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My 2-hour contribution to the fifth edition of the 8-hour Winter Solstice broadcast on Concertzender Nederland.

For this fifth Winter Solstice mix, I chose fragments (most of them heavily edited) that are all more or less in the same key. In the first hour all tracks are in B-minor, in the second hour the tracks are in F-minor (first half) and A-minor (closing half). These chords define the overall atmosphere: from 'solitary, melancholic' to 'obscure, funereal', and finally 'tender, soothing'. At least, that's what the theory says. In the end, it's the listener that associates his emotions with the soundscapes. But one thing is clear: these two hours definitely fit the darkest and longest of nights.

For a detailed tracklisting and more info (including a surround version), visit: https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/?p=30221

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Could this be ‘the saddest mix of all time’? I don’t think so myself, I would rather call it melancholic – in a pleasant way. But it’s a fact that all of these tracks are in D minor (Dm), which is said to be ‘the saddest chord’:“The D minor chord (often written as Dm) is a chord that evokes a sense of melancholy and contemplation on the negative side of situations. Like many other minor chords, Dm can create a heavy, serious atmosphere — and sometimes even creates an almost otherworldly sense of drama.”

For a detailed tracklisting and more info (including a surround version), visit: https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/?p=28862

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This is my contribution to the fourth ambient night on Concertzender Nederland, which is traditionally scheduled on or around midwinter solstice. It was broadcast from 5:00-7:00 AM on December 25, and closed the 8-hour night.

As in all of my (Ambientblog) mixes, Winter Solstice 4 is a collage created from (short) fragments - hence the extended tracklist below. This time, I used a different method of selecting tracks: I chose only tracks in the key of C. (Or, to be honest: the tracks thatmy software told me were in C - I have no absolute hearing). It's quite a hallucinating two-hour trip to dive deep into. I hope you enjoy listening! And of course: feedback is always appreciated.

For a detailed track listing, visit https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2022-12/winter-solstice-4-in-c-mix/

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Most (if not all) previous Ambientblog mixes always had some dark moments in them, they are never 'just' relaxing. You can only feel release if you also felt tension. This time, I wanted to avoid the darkness and create a 'lighter mood mix'. Not of the 'Ibiza Chillout Lounge' kind, but one that can be played in the background and is still exciting enough to listen to. I hope I succeeded, but of course, you're the one to decide about that!With two hours, Cloudwatching is longer than usual. Only a few tracks are included in their full length, but most are heavily edited or even just short fragments. Also, they are often overlayed, so you'll hear the music in a different context. The extensive playlist below may help you track down the original in their full-length versions. I really hope you'll enjoy watching these -imaginary- clouds!

Tracklisting

Start Length Artist - TitleAlbum Title, Year, Label

00:00 3:58 Francisco López - Untitled #373Untitled, 2019, Esc.Rec
00:17 4:09 Lawrence English - Pre-Approach - CitizenApproach, 2022, Room40
01:47 6:04 William Basinski & Janek Schaefer - … On Reflection (Four)… On Reflection, 2022, Temporary Residence Limited
06:15 4:02 Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang - The Swans Bend Their Necks Backward To See GodThe Height Of The Reeds, 2018, Rune Grammofon
09:22 2:59 Masayoshi Fujita - HarpBook Of Life, 2018, Erased Tapes
11:12 4:07 Mombi Yuleman - Mental TelepathyHours Lost, 2022, ZeroK
13:14 2:31 Asmus Tietchens - Paralelle Ebene 1Parallelen, 2022, Line
14:26 2:41 Abul Mogard - Like WaterStrega Music, 2022, Make Noise Music
16:14 2:48 Keda - La Lune De CoréeHwal, 2015, Bruit Clair
18:31 4:27 Tapani Rinne & Teho Majamäki - ReflectionOn the Border, 2022, Signature Dark
22:34 4:01 Radboud Mens - ConvolutionContinuous, 2022, ERS
26:02 3:03 Alex Haas & Michel Banabila - The Woods (ft. Bill Laswell)Singles (2020-2022), 2022, Tapu Records
27:58 2:01 Imperial Valley - Fields North Of Kane Spring, Oct 8, 1938Imperial valley III, 2022, Folded Rime
29:03 3:47 James Murray - ClearingsCareful Now, 2022, Home Normal
31:41 2:02 Raum - DaughterDaughter, 2022, Yellow Electric
32:04 3:05 Tierro Cosmico - Eres NocturnaFigments Of Wonder, 2022, Neotantra
34:29 2:34 Emmanuel Holterbach - Rivage (Shore)Le Rêve, L'Ombre Et La Vision, 2022, Canti Magnetici
35:09 3:51 Holland Patent Public Library - A Road I've Passed But Never TakenSongs To Fall Asleep At The Wheel To, 2022, Dear Life Records
38:34 2:11 Thomas Ragsdale & Richard Arnold - The ViewChasing Waves, 2022, Frosti
39:24 3:50 David Cordero & Kenji Kihara - GrazalemaKomorebi, 2022, Home Normal
42:27 2:14 Abul Mogard - The Rain Has GoneFor Ukraine Vol. 3, 2022, Headphone Commute
44:06 3:43 Robyn Miller - GateroomRiven - The Soundtrack, 1998, Virgin
47:34 2:12 From The Mouth Of The Sun - Paint & StoriesA Broken House, 2021, Dronarivm
49:01 4:23 Olga Wojciechowska - Recreating WorldsFor Ukraine Vol. 3, 2022, Headphone Commute
52:50 3:13 Biosphere - Aura In The Kitchen With The CandlesticksDeparted Glories, 2016, Smalltown Supersound
55:35 1:46 Jolanda Moletta - Spell II: Daydream And NightbloomNine Spells, 2022, Ambientologist
56:32 1:48 Budhaditya Chattopadhay - DhvaniAnthology Of Exploratory Music From India, 2021, Unexplained Sounds Group
57:01 6:29 Cell - GeigerOnwards System, 2022, Ultimae Records
1:02:46 1:33 Clarice Jensen - FearEsthesis, 2022, FatCat Records
1:03:19 4:06 Erik Wøllo - Peace BellsSojourns, 2022, Projekt
1:06:30 4:07 Tarotplane - AuximenesAeonium, 2022, Constellation Tatsu
1:09:30 2:39 Norman W. Long - Return & RecoveryReturn & Recovery, 2022, Line
1:10:51 3:08 Marine Eyes & Antarctic Wastelands - EnshroudedSustain Series, Vol. 3, 2022, Ambientologist
1:13:54 1:34 Ryoji Ikeda - Data.Tron (2007-14)Music For Installations Vol. 1, 2021, Codex Edition
1:14:37 2:07 Masayoshi Fujita - PonsBird Ambience, 2021, Erased Tapes
1:16:39 3:32 Tetsuroh Konishi - Kevaan AaniaScenes, 2021, Off-Recordlabel
1:19:38 3:30 Madeleine Cocolas - PresenceSpectral, 2022, Room40
1:22:17 1:49 Pinkcourtesyphone - Comfortable PredictabilityAll Intensive Purposes, 2022, Room40
1:23:51 4:10 Clarice Jensen - LoveEsthesis, 2022, FatCat Records
1:26:16 3:47 Radboud Mens - ModularMovement, 2022, ERS
1:29:16 2:08 Arve Henriksen - The Farmers Of Sonic AlchemyMurimorphosis, 2021, Arve Music
1:31:18 2:10 Daigo Hanada - KageSatori, 2022, Moderna Records
1:33:04 3:21 Ivan Cebrian - Snow In SilenceInside/Outside, 2022, Oigovisiones
1:35:53 3:34 Robert Rich & Luca Formentini - First DayFor Sundays When It Rains, 2022, Soundscape Productions
1:39:20 1:48 Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka - OutroLanguoria, 2022, Unsound / Mondoj
1:41:03 1:50 Sven Laux & Fione - StayTomorrow Everything Could Be Different, 2022, Whitelabrecs
1:42:07 4:16 Loscil - Dub For CascadiaEndless Falls, 2010, Kranky
1:45:50 2:22 Powlos & Holt - Our Shimmering BreathSustain Series, Vol. 3, 2022, Ambientologis
1:47:48 3:33 Anne Chris Bakker - Johan (In Memoriam)A Sketch In Leaving, 2022, Whitelabrecs
1:50:45 2:34 Glåsbird - SirsaHimalaya, 2022, Whitelabrecs
1:53:15 1:04 Trio Ramberget - D Minor Postlude24 Ways Vol. 1, 2022, Piano And Coffee Records
1:54:11 2:08 Galya Bisengalieva - The CrashHold Your Breath: The Ice Dive OST, 2022, One Little Independent Records
1:55:48 4:11 Madeleine Cocolas - EnfoldSpectral, 2022, Room40

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Apart from its opening sample - 'It is time to stop seeing. It is time to stop speaking. It is time to listen', from David Cronenberg's Crimes Of the Future - this mix has no central theme or story. It's up to you, the listener to take the time to listen and go with the flow. Let your fantasy tell you the story. And, after you did, I'd love to hear what you heard.

Tracklist Start time Sample Length Artist - TitleAlbum - Year - Label

00:00 01:12 David Cronenberg - Time To Listen (Sample)Crimes Of The Future, 2022
00:04 03:35 Dronny Darko & Protou - Sin EaterLiberty: Compilation Of Experimental Music From Ukraine, 2022, Flaming Pines
02:28 02:42 William St. Hugh - Voice Of The DolphinsDominion, 2022, self-released
04:31 02:16 Tapani Rinne & Teho Majamaki - Lucid DreamOn The Border, 2022, Signature Dark
06:13 02:36 Ivan Cebrian & Victor Cerdan- Enemigo IntimoInside // Outside, 2022, Oigovisiones
06:40 02:30 Park Jiha - At DawnThe Gleam, 2022, Glitterbeat
08:49 02:39 Benedicte Maurseth - EidfyrderHárr, 2022, Hubro
10:47 03:51 Bill Fontana - Imaginary Sonic VisionsMSCTY Expo Unknown Pleasures Zone, 2022, MSCTY Editions
12:40 02:18 Alva Noto - Odradek (for Jhonn Balance)For, 2006, Line
13:31 01:50 Jacek & Ewa Doroszenko - Night MasqueBodyfulness, 2022, Audiobulb Records
14:17 02:27 Higher Intelligence Agency - The Black PatchSong Of The Machine, 2022, self-released
15:58 02:50 Siddhartha Barnhoorn - Final AscensionOut There, Oceans Of Time, vol. 1, 2022, self-released
18:27 02:24 Mike Lazarev - All That RemainsWhen You Are, 2022, Slowcraft Recordings
20:27 03:17 Orghanon - Dronework VDroneworks I-V, 2022, St.An.Da
22:13 03:27 Aleksi Myllykoski ft Wimme - Composition VI: Inherently Destructive ContaminationSt. Virus, 2021, Signature Dark
24:37 04:13 Peter Phippen, Rahbi Crawford, Invar Lunde Jr. - AndromedaGalaxies, 2022, Projekt Records
28:46 02:30 Jóhann Jóhansson & Echo Collective - Shell12 Conversations With Thilo Heinzmann, 2019, Deutsche Grammophon
29:46 05:29 Maggi Payne - Distant ThunderArctic Winds, 2010, Innova Recordings
33:08 03:07 Leo Kupper - Litanea 1987Complete Electronic & Voices Works 1961-1987, 2022, Sub Rosa
36:22 04:35 Monty Adkins - Remote CommunionRemote Communion, 2020, Cronica
38:56 01:28 Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet - Thunder Continues In The AfternoonLandfall, 2018, Nonesuch
40:11 04:35 Cell - Passive Control Part 1Onwards System, 2022, Ultimae Records
43:27 03:59 Alphaxone & Protou - Sub SignalStardust, 2017, Cryo Chamber
45:51 03:03 Wil Bolton & Francis Gri - The Ripples TheoryImaginary Tales, 2022, Krysalisound
47:54 02:11 Xqui - NarratorPieces Part 2, 2022, Somewherecold Records
48:45 03:57 Michel Banabila - AlienationMonochromes, 2022, Tapu Records
52:21 00:55 Stuart A. Staples - FluidsMusic For Claire Denis' High Life, 2019, Lucky Dog
52:31 01:13 Helge Sten - Quad 2Monochromes, 2014, Bôlt
52:45 02:29 Dean Hurley - Girl Appears /Black SmokeAnthology Resource Vol. I: △△, 2017, Sacred Bones Records
54:00 01:55 I Wound - To Wind, Wound, WoundHomework Year 1, Taâlem
54:52 05:07 Francois Robin & Mathias Delplanque - Le PuitsL'Ombre De La Bête, 2022, Parenthèses Record

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This mix is simply named after the podcast itself: SoundWave. It is a happy coincidence that it literally starts with 'waves' - sonically manipulated by Jos Smolders - and ends with the same waves morphing into the sound of a cheering crowd. Different kinds of soundwaves are all around us, every moment. Sometimes we're aware, most of the time we are not. This mix (hopefully) shows that it can be rewarding to take a moment's rest to really listen and let the sounds affect you. Thanks to Joseph Aleo for inviting me!More details, download and surround version here:https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2021-04/soundwave-mix/

Tracklist: Start time Sample length Artist – Title Album Title, Year, Label

00:00 02:41 Jos Smolders - Plate 7 Submerge - Emerge, 2021, Crónica
00:45 02:06 Mia Zabelka & IcosTech - The Final Stop Aftershock, 2021, Subcontinental Records
02:18 02:47 Robert Scott Thompson - Still The Syllables Of Water Whisper Escapology, 2021, Somewhere Cold Records
04:40 02:57 Charley van Veldhoven & Túrion - Hemellichaam IV (Henrik Meierkord Recycle) Sustain Series, Vol. 1, 2020, Ambientologist
07:00 02:08 FM Einheit & Susie Green - Joyful Pleasure Exhibition Of A Dream, 2021, Cold Spring
07:30 04:04 Joey Largent - Below Diorite Waters Below Diorite Waters, 2021, Dragon's Eye Recordings
10:07 03:21 Barbara Ellison - De Auflaan de Pussychat Cybersongs, 2021, Unsounds
12:21 04:45 Jana Winderen - The Listener The Listener, 2016, Ash International
15:38 03:22 Grace Ferguson - Barnumbirr Voler, 2020, Music Company
18:27 02:47 C-Drik - An Imaginary Place Inhabited By Those Who Are Asleep To Yemen With Love, 2020, Not on label
19:16 02:14 James Osland & Finn Kelvin - Things That Have Form Will Always Disappear Don't Worry, I'm With You, 2021, Whitelabrecs
21:02 01:16 Daniel Thomas Freeman - Crawling Out Of The Void The Silence After Life, 2020, self-released
21:37 01:34 William Basinski - For Whom The Bell Tolls Lamentations, 2020, Temporary Residence Ltd.
22:33 02:56 Morgen Würde - Mittsommer Pop Ambient 2021, 2021, Kompakt
24:28 01:16 Biosphere - Stordjupta The Senja Recordings, 2019, Biophon Records
25:10 02:46 Randal Collier-Ford - Eyes Of The Temple (feat. Northumbria) Advent, 2020, Cryo Chamber
27:25 03:00 Merope - Alma Salos, 2021, Granvat
29:41 02:34 Space Whisper - Park Date Presence, 2021, Amity Recordings
31:13 03:44 Innesti - Dark Describes An Arc Parenthetical, 2020, self-released
34:17 01:01 Joost Lijbaart - Twinkling Night Free, 2020, Challenge Records
34:32 02:50 Pinkcourtesyphone - Another Interior Leaving Everything To Be Desired, 2020, room40
36:13 01:42 F5Point6 - Natural Selection Shade Rather Than Light Anthology One, 2021, See Blue Audio
37:33 03:54 Andrew Heath - I Sleep Above The Forest A Trace Of Phosphor, 2020, Disco Gecko
40:04 03:48 Lustmord - Journey Of The Dead Man Trinity, 2020, self-released
42:26 03:09 Bow Quintet feat. Aidan Baker - Bryanbaum Variation String Layers, 2020, 7K!
44:40 02:30 Aase Frejadóttir - Saying It Music For Drifting, 2020, Editions Verde
47:10 02:10 James Rushford - Musica Callada, Book I - Angelico Musica Callada / See The Welkter, 2020, Unseen Worlds
48:51 02:03 Nick Luscombe - Tokyo Spring Birdsong Fieldwave Vol. 1, 2020, Nonclassical
49:52 01:39 Akropolis Reed Quintet - Homage To Paradise Valley - I. Ghosts Of Black Bot Ghost Light, 2021, New Focus Recordings
51:01 01:25 Kate Carr - I Spotted Some Backyard Dancing Overheard In Doi Saket, 2014, 3Leaves
51:43 02:06 Olivier Alary - Khaltoum Fiction / Non-Fiction, 2016, 130701
53:23 03:31 Kazuya Nagaya - the Book Of Sunken Memory Dream interpretation, 2020, !K7 Records
56:01 02:12 Jos Smolders - Plate 5 Submerge - Emerge, 2021, Crónica
57:00 02:50 A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Every Solstice & Equinox Invisible Cities / Le Città Invisibili, 2021, Artificial Pine Arch Manufacturing

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Music For Long Winter Nights This is my 2-hour contribution to the (7-hour) ambient music night on Concertzender Nederland radio, which was broadcast in the December 19-20 night. When compiling this set, I tried to keep in mind that this was intended to be listened to in the deepest and darkest of the night. But it is not a 'sleep set', due to the variety of moods and atmospheres. It's a celebration of the dark of night that can be enjoyed at any time - every time you're in the mood for a moment (or 2 hours) of unhurried immersiveness.

PART 1: 05:00-06:00: *"EVER FALLING DOWN" (Note: first time is start time, second time is fragment length)*

00:00 4:54 Dr. Jeffrey Thompson - Rings Of UranusNASA Voyager I & II Space Probe Recordings, 1992, Brain/Mind Research
02:54 2:28 Geneva Skeen - The Double BindDouble Bind, 2020, Room40
04:44 3:27 Hannes Kretzer - Juno Had A Sad DreamAmbient Layers, 2020, 7K! Records
07:41 1:42 Zona - Silent CitySilent City, 2020, Shimmering Moods Records
08:32 4:14 Ana Roxanne - A Study In VastnessBecause of a Flower, 2020, Kranky
12:04 3:04 Simon Scott - Apart FApart, 2020, 12K
14:20 1:50 Hildur Gudnadottir, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Rutger Hoedemaekers - The CurseTrapped (OST), 2019, Milan Records
16:07 3:18 Sam Rosenthal & Projekt Artists - Frail Filament Of LightTim, Where Are You Now?, 2020, Projekt
19:19 3:15 Galya Bisengalieva - KantubekAralkum, 2020, One Little Independent Records
22:10 4:19 Max Richter - Murmuration (voiceless mix)Voices, 2020, Decca
25:57 2:47 Berangere Maximin - A Kind Of Night RitualLand Of Waves, 2020, Karl Records
27:24 7:35 Sleep Research Facility - UnrestFrom Here To Tranquility Vol. 12 (Horizonte Aeternitatis), 2020, Silent Records
33:41 2:16 Ian Fleming - Approaching A Dead PlanetNecros, 2020, self-released
35:00 2:25 Emil Friis - Home Is Where The Head IsSongs From The Deep, 2020, self-released
36:51 1:32 Rutger Zuydervelt - Entry DronePorcelain (OST), 2020, self-released
38:00 3:09 Mathieu Karsenti - Time To GoBygones, 2020, Slowcraft Records
40:42 3:08 Tapani Rinne - PolarFoghornia, 2020, Signature Dark
43:15 2:26 Angad Berar - Shh.. Tele's ZzzA Broadcast, Underwater, 2020, self-released
44:41 3:04 Sjunde Inseglet - Satariel (Instrumental)De Kliffotiska Ritualpoemen (Extended Instrumentals), 2020, Dragon Rouge
46:47 2:31 Echoflex - B PhrygianPiano Net, 2020, SeeHear
48:26 3:01 Halvknaegten - Stumme BygerImens Vi Stadig Findes, 2020, Fusem
50:00 2:38 Kamila Govorcin - AnimasAnima, 2020, Clang
51:53 1:56 Alphaxone, Protou, Onasander - Dusk WingsShadows Of Forgotten Legends, 2020, Cryochamber
53:09 2:50 Snorri Hallgrímsson - Ekkert Hefur Gerst Nem DettaLandbrot I, 2020, Moderna Records
54:57 4:59 Dr Jeffrey Thompson - Saturn's RingsNASA Voyager I & II Space Probe Recordings, 1992, Brain/Mind Research

PART 2: 06:00 - 07:00: "IMPRESSIONS FROM ANOTHER TIME" * 59:21 7:17 Joachim Spieth - SparshaOusia, 2020, Affin Records (rel 01-2021) * 1:06:12 3:24 Daina Dieva - Liūtis Remias Siena Į Virpantį Vandenį (Shortmix)Note Lithuania, 2019, Music Information Centre Lithuania * 1:08:27 4:05 Monolake - Phaenon OnoArchaeopteryx, 2020, Imbalance Computer Music * 1:11:51 2:09 Mary Jane Leach - Dowland's Tears (For Solo Flute And Nine Accompanying Flutes)(F)Lute Songs, 2018, Modern Love * 1:13:47 3:12 Fovea Hex - TrisammaThe Salt Garden III, 2019, Headphone Dust/Die Stadt * 1:16:40 1:21 Biosphere - BjorvikaThe Senja Recordings, 2019, Biophon Records * 1:16:55 2:12 Reinier van Houdt - Midnight RohrschachIgitur Carbon Copies, 2018, Hallow Ground * 1:18:02 3:28 Max Richter - Space 25 (Epicardium)Sleep, 2015, Deutsche Grammophon * 1:19:24 3:05 Max Richter - Space 2 (Slow Waves)Sleep, 2015, Deutsche Grammophon * 1:21:21 6:48 Max Richter - Path 17 (Before The Ending Of Daylight)Sleep, 2015, Deutsche Grammophon * 1:26:04 3:34 Don Hill - Chinook Winds On Sleeping BuffaloSonic Journeys [Vol. 1], 2010, Music Is Medicine * 1:28:08 4:42 Stars Of The Lid - Even If You're Awake (Deuxième)And Their Refinement Of The Decline, 2007, Kranky * 1:31:26 4:49 Joost van Duppen - SuomenlinnaKaamos, 2019, Self-released * 1:34:44 3:42 Jackson Greenberg - First LightFirst Light, 2020, Ravello Records * 1:37:33 2:28 Joshua van Tassel - Eternal TurtleDance Music volume II: More Songs for Slow Motion, 2020, Backward Music * 1:39:26 2:22 Toto Tobass - Zwischen Flüsternden WassergeisternCommunal Music Vol. 5, 2020, AEMC * 1:41:14 2:06 Coen Oscar Polack - Een Diepnoodlottig Neergelaten WenkbrauwHaarlemmerhout, 2020, Moving Furniture Records * 1:42:02 2:59 Andrew Sherwell - Balcony Views 3AMHome Diaries 004, 2020, Whitelabrecs * 1:44:11 2:10 Kemper Norton - Halan 2Brunton Calciner, 2019, Self-Released * 1:46:04 2:49 Library Tapes - It Wasn't Always Like ThisThe Quiet City, 2020, 1631 Recordings * 1:48:26 2:19 Cousin Silas - Empty CoastlineAdrift Off The Islets Of Langerhans, 2010, self-released * 1:50:21 4:59 Dronny Darko - Rotten OrchestraSpira Igneus, 2016, Cryo Chamber * 1:54:48 2:32 Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - By This RiverSummvs, 2011, Raster-Noton * 1:57:13 2:04 Brian Eno - By This RiverBefore & After Science, 1977, Polydor / Virgin EMI

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When I first heard Christine Ott's Comma, I felt that this piece should be the starting point of a new mix. In the end, it became the final piece of the same mix - somewhat a movie's intro and end credits.I did not start this mix with a specific theme in mind. Its title only occurred to me after it was completed because it reflected its mood: a somewhat melancholy journey that fits the end of this remarkable year.

Tracklist:Start time Sample length Artist - TitleAlbum Title, Year, Label

00:00 04:00 Christine Ott - CommaChimères (Pour Ondes Martenots), 2020, Nahal Recordings
04:00 01:58 Snowdrops - Comma Variation 1Volutes, 2020, Injazero Records
05:38 02:17 Innesti - Ideas Not ConsideredApperception, 2020, Self-Released
06:38 02:39 Andreas Söderström - Alderns TröstNattmusik, 2020, Floraochfauna.org
08:05 03:50 Elijah Knutsen - Atago Altitude ParkBlue Sun Daydream, 2020, Memory Color
10:45 01:59 Boards Of Canada - Uritual (+ L/R swapped)Tomorrow's Harvest, 2013, Warp Records
12:17 01:36 Kamran Sadeghi - NightBetween Us, 2020, Dragon's Eye Recordings
12:39 03:41 Martina Claussen - VerwobenVerwoben, 2020, Forwind
15:00 01:17 Christina Vantzou - Marmara Beach IIMulti Natural, 2020, Edições Cn
16:05 03:38 Francis M. Gri - Stanze E Distanze (Part 5)Home Diaries 015: Stanze E Distanze, 2020, Whitelabrecs
18:44 04:10 Salar Asid & Michel Banabila - Amal (edit)All Connected, 2020, Tapu Records
20:35 01:35 Michel Banabila, Mark Lentczner, Kristopher Cadwell, Samo Giorgio Giuribla - Mood Swings (Phase Ii Disquiet Junto 0430 Solitary Ensembles X2)All Connected, 2020, Tapu Records
22:41 01:26 Jana Irmert - So Much MoreCusp, 2020, Fabrique Records
23:06 01:45 Soheil Soheilo - Quiet Before The StormAnthology Of Persian Experimental Music Volume II, 2020, Unexplained Sounds Group
24:11 02:14 Llyn Y Cwn - BraichDinorwic, 2020, Cold Spring
25:40 02:53 Antonymes - Coming Into SilenceGap In Time, 2020, Dronarivm
27:51 02:11 Charlie Campagna - Earth Day IsolationTouch: Isolation, 2020,Touch
28:54 01:52 Hub New Music - AlcoveSoul House, 2020, New Amsterdam Records
30:27 02:36 Ramin Djawadi - Kill Them AllGame Of Thrones Soundtrack, 2011, Varèse Sarabande
32:33 03:42 Caldon Glover - Old And Brittle Glue Binding Held In Place With Scotch TapeThe Mundane, 2020, Self-released
35:25 03:56 Kamila Govorcin - VientoAnima, 2020, Clang
38:12 03:36 Madeleine Cocolas - Across The Ocean, But Not YetIthaca, 2020, Someone Good
41:13 01:15 Aidan Baker - Aberration Two (Train-Wind)Aberration, 2017, Somewherecold Records
41:13 01:34 Michael Begg; Human Greed - Francis Bacon A RoomLet The Cold Stove Sing, 2016, Omnempathy
42:03 03:41 Alva Noto - Xerrox NeantXerrox 4, 2020, Noton
44:15 02:59 Brian Fast Leiser - Second ChancesSaudade Live, 2020, Self-released
46:54 01:36 Laurie Spiegel - Three Sonic Spaces IUnseen Worlds, 1994/2019, Unseen Worlds
47:36 03:37 Rutger Zuydervelt - Last GoodbyePorcelain (OST), 2020, Self-released
50:03 05:32 Hamed Mafakheri - Third DurationDurations, 2020, Flaming Pines
51:32 01:53 Grand Larsonie - Ambient IslandFata Morgana, 2020, Self Released
53:55 02:32 Snowdrops - Comma Variation 1Volutes, 2020, Injazero Records
56:28 02:10 Christine Ott - CommaChimères (Pour Ondes Martenots), 2020, Nahal Recordings

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I'm very honoured to present this collaboration mix with Dave Michuda from Low Light Mixes, who has been a source of inspiration from the very beginning of Ambientblog.net. When we talked (or rather: mailed, since Wisconsin and Holland are not exactly near) about creating a mix together, we chose not to go for a 'simple' back-to-back exchange but gave ourselves an objective without knowing where this would lead to:5 minutes each turn. Start with a 5minute track, increase the sample count each turn (next turn 2, next turn 3, next turn 4…) until we reach 60 minutes… (last 5 minutes contain 6 samples each turn). See what happens.

Tracklist(A)00:00 Yair Elazar Glotman & Mats Erlandsson - ProcessionEmanate - 2020(L)05:00 William Ryan Fritch - Dream Glitch-Fugue State-Broken BarriersThe Letdown - 2020(A)09:45 Apparat - SuicideSoundtracks: Stay Still, 202011:18 Biosphere - You Want To See It TooDeparted Glories, 2016(L)15:00 Ashlar - The First SaturdaySaturday Drones, 201218:45 Echospace - Fallen Tribes ReducedEchospace [Detroit] Presents Echoes In Space, 2014(A)19:31 Sonologyst - Planetary WarningUnexplained Sounds (New Edition), 202020:26 Michael Begg & Clodagh Simonds - Witness 3Witness 3, 202022:36 Alva Noto - Xerrox ApesanteurXerrox 4, 2020(L)24:55 Max Richter - EncounterAd Astra, 201925:38 Mono-Poly - MaanreflectieHainbach remix, 202027:21 Cinchel - Porch SwingsA House Once Lived That Never Was, 2014(A)29:30 Carmen Villain - Affection In A Time Of CrisisAffection In A Time Of Crisis, 202031:18 Stephen O'Malley - Géante 4 - Layer 5Géante 4, 202032:30 Abul Mogard - Quiet DreamsAbove All Dreams, 201833:35 Black Glass Ensemble & Friends - Be Mine In Patience: An Embrace in B MinorBe Mine In Patience: An Embrace in B Minor, 2020(L)34:55 Halftribe - FaderArchipelago, 202036:20 Radio Bulgariaunknown37:03 Teleferick - i.history favours the winnersSixteen Frames, 201738:15 Test Card - Monochrome Dreaming Softened The BroadcastMusic For The Towers, 2020(A)39:40 Michel Banabila - Scripts of the LagoonScripts Of The Lagoon - Exploratorium, 202041:04 Kamila Govorcin - Rito De MuerteAnima, 202041:15 Chris Watson - GobabebTouch Isolation, 202043:04 Gia Margaret - BodyMia Gargaret, 202043:10 Aleksi Myllykoski with Tapani Rinne - Lost MarblesDark Days, 2020(L)44:48 Masaya Ozaki - Subtlety In ReverseFluid And Dreaming Of Stripes, 201546:12 Andrew Pekler - Nocturne 3Nocturnes, False Dawns & Breakdowns, 200447:05 The Focus Group - Hazy TimeStop-Motion Happening, 201748:00 Les Halles - KWorld, 201249:24 Sonmi451 - Umi BearEilean 100, 2019(A)49:50 Radiomentale - GotlanderI-Land (Redux), 202051:54 Ian William Craig - CommaRed Sun Through Smoke, 202052:50 Sylvain Chauveau - QLife Without Machines, 202053:29 Sample, THX 1138THX 1138, 197153:34 Elegi - Lys & LykteGap In Time, 202054:26 The Future Eve feat. Robert Wyatt - 04.02Kitsune / Brian the Fox - Kitsune Ring Version, 2019(L)55:00 The Insects - This is Where You Say GoodbyeDEVS soundtrack, 202055:30 Seabuckthorn - UnforeseenOther Other, 202056:21 Alva Noto - Xerrox VoyageXerrox Vol. 4, 202057:10 Laurie Anderson - Life Lived BackwardsHeart of a Dog, 201558:21 Laurie Anderson - The CloudHeart of a Dog, 201559:01 Helios - All You AreRemembrance, 201660:00 end

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If you listen back, most of my mixes have a rather dark edge to them. There's always a lot of 'tension/release' - but in this case, it seems there's a bit more 'tension' than 'release'. Sign of the times, probably…I tried to find another name (and image) for this mix, but it seems that only one title remained appropriate at this time.I'm very proud that this mix is also published on Dave Michuda's great Low Light Mixes blog.

Tracklist:Start time Sample length Artist - TitleAlbum Title, Year, Label

00:00 03:23 Fovea Hex - IsIs Lanza Light & Given (Steven Wilson Remixes), 2019, Die Stadt/Janet Records
01:25 04:35 Maggi Payne - Fluid DynamicsArctic Winds, 2020, Aguirre Records
02:03 01:45 Pat Keista - DopplerStill Of The Void, 2020, self-released
04:17 01:47 Dave Phillips - PhytognosophysiologyPost Homo Sapiens, 2020, Attenuation Circuit
05:10 02:45 Jóhann Jóhannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman - PreludeLast And First Men, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon
05:42 02:00 Andrew Pekler - Fonseca Winds (Lament)Sounds From Phantom Islands, 2019, Faitiche
07:29 01:19 Jóhann Jóhannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman - Telepathic UnityLast And First Men, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon
08:13 03:10 Ben Bertrand - Those Behind Us That We FollowManes, 2020, Les Albums Claus
11:08 01:31 Fani Konstantinidou - (Variations)Moving Music: Sounds From The Rocking Chair, 2020, Moving Furniture Records,
11:58 01:32 Aaron Martin - Overcoming InertiaTest Subjects, 2019, self released
12:53 01:51 A Journey Of Giraffes - Gone Is The New FujiKona, 2019, Somewherecold records
13:29 03:30 Robert Haigh - Ghosts Of Blacker DykeBlack Sarabande, 2020, Unseen Worlds
16:46 02:48 Snorri Hallgrímsson - FearChasing The Present, 2020, Moderna Records
16:53 00:30 Mica Levy - MensajeroMonos, 2019, Invada
17:40 02:30 Snorri Hallgrímsson - SufferingChasing The Present, 2020, Moderna Records
19:22 01:58 Bersarin Quartett - PrologMethoden Und Maschinen, 2019, Denovali
20:41 01:09 Ruairi O'Baoighill - ScryerTo See Without Eyes, 2018, Cursed Monk Records
20:50 01:59 I Wound - The Choir Of The Drowned Sings 'Our Demons Are Real'Homework Year 3, 2018, Taâlem
21:48 03:01 Christine Ott - CommaChimères (Pour Ondes Martenots), 2020, Nahal Recordings
24:22 02:34 Ida Toninato - Pour Retourner Au SilenceWe Become Giants, 2020, Dragon's Eye Recordings
25:32 03:47 Merrin Karras - Drawn, QuarteredNorthwest Passage, 2020, A Strangely Isolated Place
28:27 02:07 Ciro Berenguer - Luna CrecienteEilean 100, 2019, Eilean Records
29:57 01:47 Yiorgis Sakellariou - B4Diapsalmata: A Collection Of Short Works, 2018, Tanuki Records
29:57 01:19 Celer - Birds Inside The High Halls Of Hangzhou (06.23.17)Xièxie, 2019, Two Acorns
30:12 03:18 Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr, Koichi Shimizu - Sharjah And JavaMetaphors - Selected Soundworks from the cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2017, Sub Rosa
31:24 00:44 Coil - Corybantic EnnuiStolen & Contaminated Songs, 2019, Cold Spring Records
32:32 01:22 Olivier Messiaen - Quator Pour Le Fin Du Temps III: Abîme des OiseauxOlivier Messiaen - Complete Edition, 2008, Deutsche Grammophon
33:54 01:26 Hildur Gudnadottir - Following SophieJoker OST, 2019, Watertower Records
35:14 00:55 Ryuichi Sakamoto - CountdownBlack Mirror: Smithereens, 2019, Milan
35:45 03:24 Silent Chaos - Nocturne On Ganymede Macro, 2020, We Don't Give A Fuck
38:52 04:03 Roger Eno & Brian Eno - Burnt UmberMixing Colours, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon
42:38 02:13 Martina Bertoni - Invisible CracksAll The Ghosts Are Gone, 2020, Falk
44:29 03:30 Eivind Aarset & Jan Bang - NightspellSnow Catches On Her Eyelashes, 2020, Jazzland Recordings
46:21 02:13 Jana Irmert - FogCusp, 2020, self-released
47:40 01:36 Fovea Hex - GivenIs Lanza Light & Given (Steven Wilson Remixes), 2019, Die Stadt/Janet Records
48:42 02:40 Frank Makowski - Fliegende Schatten - Canon 1Canon der Finsternisse, 2019, Diffusschall
49:05 01:12 Michael Begg - Plain ChantSonambulo, 2019, Omnempathy
50:40 02:20 A Winged Victory For The Sullen - The Slow Descent Has BegunThe Undivided Five, 2019, Ninja Tune
52:35 04:30 Felix Blume - Horns In Fog Pt. 2Fog Horns, 2019, Discrepant
55:49 03:02 Max Richter - Ursa Minor - VisionsAd Astra, 2019, Deutsche Grammophon
58:30 00:40 Jóhann Jóhannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman - The SunLast And First Men, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon
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A two-hour mix for the longest night: Winter Solstice. To be played (and hopefully enjoyed) in the deepest darkness. "Dream All The Dark Away" ... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

December 21 is the longest night in the Northern hemisphere. It marks the start of Winter (even though it is also called "Midwinter"), but gradually the nights will slowly get shorter as to indicate spring will be coming, eventually. For the 2019 Winter Solstice, Dutch Radio station Concertzender Nederland programmed an 8-hour ambient music special from 23:00 until 07:00 (11pm to 7am). That's a good night's sleep for most people! My contribution was scheduled to close the night: from 05:00 to 07:00 (5am to 7am).

For the context of this ambient night, I created a mix that is somewhat different from most Ambientblog.net mixes - after all, this was intended to be broadcast in the deepest hours of the darkest night of the year. So this one is more drone-oriented for the most part, slower, less 'dynamic' and less 'intense'.

More info on https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2019-12/winter-solstice-mix/

note: first time is start time, second time is fragment length

00:00 01:48 Suzanne Vega - Stay AwakeStay Awake (Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films), 1988, A&M Records
00:20 05:09 Atom TM - Texturen ITexturen I, 2015, No.
01:19 02:57 Chris Meloche - Loop 6 (Excerpt)X-Rated - The Electronic Files, 2002, Boudisque Records
03:41 03:22 Thomas Koehner & Asmus Tietchens - Frühruin Part 1Σ + Frühruin (Kontakt Der Jünglinge Box), 2004, Die Stadt
06:01 04:07 Thomas Köner - NuukNuuk, 2004, MillePlateauxMedia
08:55 03:07 Akira Rabelais - Track 52Spelle Remixes, 2005, unreleased (private collection)
09:05 03:39 Bass Communion - Sisters Oregon, Part 3Sisters Oregon, 2017, Drone Records
11:07 06:15 Bass Communion - Sisters Oregon, Part 4Sisters Oregon, 2017, Drone Records
14:27 04:52 Else Marie Pade & Jacob Kirkegaard - NimbostratusSvaevninger, 2013, Important Records
16:24 05:42 Eliane Radigue - L'Île ResonanteOeuvres Electroniques, 2018, INA-GRM
20:39 06:56 Brian Eno - Five Light PaintingsMusic From Installations, 2018, Opal Records
26:00 04:15 Hilary Jeffery - Belfast Tromboscillator 2Belfast Tromboscillator, 2007, self-released
28:37 05:53 James Plotkin & Mick Harris - DissolveCollapse, 1996, Asphodel
31:24 06:23 Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - GlassGlass, 2018, Noton
34:44 05:48 Deep Listening Band - CCCC (Cistern Chapel Chance Chants)The Ready Made Boomerang, 1991, New Albion
38:04 05:12 Michael Fahres - The Tubes (feat. Jon Hassell & Mark Atkins)The Tubes, 2007, Cold Blue Music
41:21 06:02 William Basinski - WorryTwo Point Two, 2003, 12K
45:05 08:22 Biosphere - ValchyrieX-Rated - The Electronic Files, 2002, Boudisque Records
48:56 08:15 Yann Novak - SurroundingsSurroundings, 2017, Line
53:08 07:23 Broeder Dieleman - Omer GiellietUut De Bron, 2015, Snowstar Records
59:42 02:08 Jeff Bridges - Sleep, Dream, WakeupSleeping Tapes, 2015, Squarespace
1:01:01 02:06 Morgen Wurde feat. Maria Estrella - Laesst LosPop Ambient 2020, 2019, Kompakt
1:02:24 03:52 Monty Adkins - Secret DreamsRift Patterns, 2014, Audiobulb
1:05:06 02:25 Ambrose Field & John Potter - Presque Quelque ChoseBeing Dufay, 2009, ECM
1:06:52 03:00 A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Aqualung, MotherfuckerThe Undivided Five, 2019, Ninja Tune
1:08:39 03:37 Jacob Kirkegaard - Opus Morturarium - ExcerptOpus Mors, 2019, Fonik
1:10:49 05:56 Ben Lukas Boysen - The Behinian GospelGravity, 2013, Ad Noiseam
1:14:49 01:53 Dean Hurley - Low Sustained MysteryAnthology Resource Vol. 1, 2017, Sacred Bones Records
1:15:51 04:03 Jeff Greinke - Out From Under (excerpt)A Storm Of Drones, 1995, Asphodel
1:18:46 04:22 Gray Acres - Unconditional Material Forces, 2019, Whitelabrecs
1:20:49 05:54 Robert Henke - Studies Of Thunder Signal To Noise, 2004, Imbalance Computer Music
1:24:35 04:34 James Murray - CarinaHeavenly Waters, 2017, Slowcraft
1:28:34 03:27 Robert Rich - Senescent ArchitectureTactile Ground, 2019, Soundscape
1:30:46 03:18 Kim Cascone - Lunar Gauzes-Alchemisphere Lunar Gauzes-Alchemisphere, 2012, eSpace
1:32:52 09:44 Fovea Hex - We Dream All The Dark Away (Abul Mogard Remix)The Salt Garden II, 2017, Headphone Dust/Die Stadt
1:41:18 03:23 Jana Winderen - SubmergedSubmerged, 2009, Touch
1:42:51 09:04 Greg Haines - 183 TimesDigressions, 2012, Preservation
1:50:52 03:16 Chris Watson - Cima VerdeCima Verde, 2008, Fondazione Edmund Mach
1:52:50 06:37 Oliver Messiaen - Oraison, 1937Ohm - The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music 1948 - 1980, 2000, Ellipsis Arts
1:58:22 01:30 Biosphere - SteinfjordThe Senja Recordings, 2019, Biophon Records

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The mix title, Radical Candor, comes from the (management) philosophy that argues that feedback (on behaviour) is most effective if it is 'challenging' but at the same time shows that you 'care'. I felt there was a resemblance: the mix is 'caring' at times but can also be quite 'challenging' to the listener. At least, that was my intention. Now you decide. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

A word of warning first. This is not an ambient mix intended to relax or create a calm atmosphere. Also, it is not a showcase with full album tracks. It is a 'create-your-own-movie' soundtrack with some rather intense climaxes.And 42 track fragments in less than one hour - almost none of those in full length: all tracks are cut-up, fragmented, edited, layered and re-assembled (but never altered sonically) - like creating a collage from torn pictures. This also means that none of the parts represents the artists' original intention (I hope they still can appreciate what I do here). For further exploration, the release details of the fragments are provided so you can check out the original full versions and support the artist wherever possible.

More info on https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2019-07/radical-candor-mix/

Tracklist: [starting time] [fragment length] Artist name - Track titleAlbum title, release year, label

00:00 02:08 Areni Agbabian - Garun ABloom, 2019, ECM 2549
00:52 01:49 Gideon Wolf - Self PortraitReplicas, 2019, Fluid Audio 060
01:37 01:26 Kammarheit - The Indefinite VaultsDrone Islands - Land Raising, 2019, Eighth Tower Records
02:43 01:34 Resina - Trigger (Abul Mogard Remix)Traces - Remixes, 2019, 130701/Fatcat Records LP1335
03:36 02:23 Craig Leon - The Twenty Second Step As Well As The TenthAnthology Of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 2, 2019, RVNG Intl RVNGNL55
05:03 02:53 Angelina Yershova - CosmotengriCosmotengri, 2019, Twin Paradox
07:02 02:55 Ashtoreth - Elemental IDrone Islands - Land Raising, 2019, Eighth Tower Records
09:16 01:31 Robert Scott Thompson - ProximityPhonotopological, 2018, Acourant AWD 379561
10:10 02:42 Alla Zakaykevych - Voice/WayKaleidoscope - Experimental Music From Ukraine, 2019, Flaming Pines FLP079
12:38 01:51 Snowdrops - Manta RayManta Ray OST, 2019, Gizeh Records GZH87
14:13 02:20 Zeno van den Broek - Interlude TwoBreach, 2019, Moving Furniture MFR072
15:03 03:52 Jessica Moss - Fractals (Truth 4)Entanglement, 2018, Constellation CST138
18:28 02:55 The London Sound Survey - Maplin SandsThames, 2019, Persistance Of Sound PS003
19:28 02:17 Rebecka Sofia Ahvenniemi - WindsTacit-Citat-Ion, 2019, Ravello Records RAVL8011.2
21:08 01:58 Giulio Aldinucci - The Burning AlphabetDisappearing In A Mirror, 2018, Karl Records KR055
22:06 03:33 John Haniver - BlackHow To Live Like A Ghost, 2019, Linge Records LINGE089
22:20 00:44 Anxious Bot - Check The BasementCrystal Bible, 2018, self-released
23:38 01:56 Anxious Bot - Check The BasementCrystal Bible, 2018, self-released
24:20 03:25 Carl Stone - Kuk II Kwan (1981)Electronic Music From The Seventies And Eighties, 2016, Unseen Worlds UW15
26:07 01:22 Maxime Tanguay - Nain FieldSertraline, 2018, the end is near then012
26:53 01:44 Colin Stetson - Second Seance, Pt. 1 (+ Reversed)Hereditary OST, 2018, Milan M2-36952
27:42 02:06 Osa7209 - Osa 14Orchestral, 2019, self-released
29:11 02:14 Sven Laux & Daniela Orvin - A Moment Of SilenceThe Writings, 2019, Dronarivm DR-59
31:00 02:33 Jane Antonia Cornish - LuxConstellations, 2018, Innova Recordings innova 006
32:28 02:34 Fiona Brice - Movement 1 (Holographic Field Rework)String Quartet No. 1, 2018, Bigo And Twigeti
34:44 00:58 Goncalo F. Cardoso - Radio Zanzibar Étude 1Impressões De Uma Ilha (Unguja), 2018, Edições Cn ‎ECN19
35:08 01:12 Juha-Matti Rautiainen - VoidAbove Me Weeps The Sky, 2018, Randomizer Media RDZCD05
35:20 02:26 Joseph Dugan - Sit In The Center Watching And Forget That You're ThereSwaha, 2019, self-released
35:32 00:50 The Books - BonanzaThe Lemon Of Pink, 2003, Tomlab tom 32
37:15 02:36 Julia Kent - Through The WindowTemporal, 2019, Leaf BAY 106CD
38:54 04:19 The London Sound Survey - Alhallows Marshes NightThames, 2019, Persistance Of Sound PS003
39:03 07:40 Sleep Research Facility - Theta2DeltaFrom Here To Tranquility Volume 9 - In Dreams, 2018, Silent Records
42:33 03:14 Sarah Davachi - EvensongGave in Rest, 2018, Ba Da Bing! BING 137
44:31 02:39 Keru Not Ever - Équilibre De La TerreurThe Wind Of ?, 2019, Infinite Machine IM071
46:04 02:52 Bas van Huizen - TorrewolkKulverzuchter, 2018, Moving Furniture Records MFR063
47:40 01:32 Rafael Kolacki - Ra'sA'Za. Hearing Ethiopia, 2017, Zoharum ZOHAR 154-2
48:20 02:00 Rauelsson - MistralMirall, 2018, Sonic Pieces 027
49:40 01:05 Rafael Kolacki - Ra'sA'Za. Hearing Ethiopia, 2017, Zoharum ZOHAR 154-2
50:02 02:36 Deaf Center - UndoneLow Distance, 2019, Sonic Pieces 028
51:54 02:55 Alla Zakaykevych - Voice/WayKaleidoscope - Experimental Music From Ukraine, 2019, Flaming Pines FLP079
54:03 03:11 Martin Ptak - The SourceRiver Tales, 2018, Col Legno WWE 1CD 20441
56:10 02:41 Dickon Hinchliffe - Return To The ForestLeave No Trace OST, 2018, Lakeshore Records
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"For me, personally, a mix has the most impact when it feels like I'm watching a movie. With ups, downs, some drama, sentiment, moment of joy, climax and anticlimax. And yes: tension and release." --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

When I started working on this mix, its working title was Wonderlust, simply because I liked that word: a variation on wanderlust ('a desire to travel') which the Urban Dictionary describes as 'the desire to be in a constant state of wonder'.But as the mix progressed, the title didn't fit very well. There were too many dark and unsettling moments... moment that may evoke their own 'state of wonder' but of a completely different kind. The Questions in Anja Garbarek's track are crucial to this mix and gave it its title: a few simple questions to diagnose severe psychotic disorders, a delusional state of mind. There may be quite a few of these delusional moments in this mix, but they are alternated with moments of joy in an almost melodramatical equilibrium.

More info on https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2019-01/delusional-mix/

Tracklist:(first time is the start time, time in brackets is the sample length)

00:00 (01:13) Angelo Badalamenti/City Of Prague Orchestra - Mulholland Drive ThemeMulholland Drive soundtrack, 2001, Milan 74321 89823 2
00:59 (00:59) Allesio Ballerini - WiwananaWiwanana OST, 2018, Fluid Audio 054
01:43 (01:49) Martin Ptak - StormRiver Tales, 2018, Col-Legno WWE 1CD 20441
01:57 (00:32) Goblin - Suspiria (Celesta & Bells)Suspiria OST, 1977/2012, Cinevox CD OST 702/s
02:30 (02:04) Jóhann Jóhannsson - Seeker Of The Serpents EyeMandy OST, 2018, Invada LSINV203CD
03:11 (02:57) Monty Adkins - Still Juniper Snow: Distant WatersBozzini+, 2018, Huddersfield Contemporary Records HCR19CD
05:38 (01:08) Anja Garbarek - QuestionsThe Road Is Just A Surface, 2018, Drabant Music, DM58LPPER
05:52 (03:17) Gryllus Ábris - Post_02Post_, 2017, Farbwechsel FARB026
08:01 (01:51) Autechre - Sinstrailab AirNTS Sessions 2, 2018, Warp Records WARPCD364
08:30 (02:31) Jessica Moss - Fractals (Truth 3)Entanglement, 2018, Constellation CST138
10:09 (01:58) Rudolf Eb.er - IshikiriOm Kult: Ritual Practice Of Conscious Dying- Vol. II, 2018, Om Kult OM-2
10:27 (00:25) Anja Garbarek - QuestionsThe Road Is Just A Surface, 2018,
11:05 (01:17) Ulnar - Daylight FireworksDreaming Of Sailing Further West, 2017, Colectivo Casa Amarela CCA003
11:41 (02:42) Jean C. Roche - Rancho GrandeBirds Of Venezuela, 1973/2018, Sub Rosa SR411LP
12:05 (03:08) Arve Henriksen - SanmyakuSakuteiki, 2001, Rune Grammofon RCD2021
14:12 (02:34) The Newton Brothers - Feel NothingThe Haunting Of Hill House OST, 2018, Wax Work Records
16:23 (02:22) Thomas Vaquié - EcumeEcume, 2016, Antivj Recordings
18:31 (02:56) From The Mouth Of The Sun & Seabuckthorn - Lesser StillWe Stayed The Path That Fell To Shadow, 2018, Lost Tribe Sound
21:21 (00:43) Maria W. Horn - AtropaKontrapoetik, 2018, XKatedral XK12
21:44 (01:35) Bass Communion - Drugged IV Reconstructions And Recycling (Bass Communion Remixed), 2003, Headphone Dust BCCD5
22:30 (03:07) Alea Saxophone Quartet - Arvo Pärt: SolfeggioArvo Pärt Anima, 2017, Col-Legno WWE 1CD 20437
24:52 (02:57) BJNilsen - Table Of HoursFocus Intensity Power, 2017, Moving Furniture Records MFR062
26:40 (04:06) Illuminine - Dear, Utopia (feat. Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie)#3, 2018, Ferryhouse Productions FHP 42617
26:42 (01:27) Michael Fahres - Het Gesloten OgenblikGäbrik (music from the book by Marc Legendre), 2018, Vlaamse Onafhankelijke Stripgilde
29:33 (02:20) Mathieu St. Pierre - 23.0785729, 143.9554413 These Elephants, 2018, Se;f-released (Bandcamp)
30:46 (01:22) Janek Schaefer - To Row Against The TideWhat Light There Is Tells Us Nothing (For Robert Wyatt), 2018, Temporary Residence Limited TRR305
31:53 (01:05) Mothertape - Problem 4In Progress Vol. III, 2018, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej "Łaźnia"
31:57 (01:54) Murcof - Chapitre VILost In Time, 2018, Glacial Movements Records GMO35
33:22 (02:16) Varg, Annamelina - Stonewall PoemNordic Flora Series Pt. 5 - Crush, 2018, Posh Isolation 209
33:52 (02:03) Ipek Gorgun - MilevaEcce Homo, 2018, Touch TO:106
34:45 (02:16) Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch - RainBlade Runner 2049 OST, 2017, Epic 19075800852
36:11 (02:47) Machinefabriek - HangingEngel, 2018, Self-Released (Bandcamp)
37:44 (02:30) Adam Mankowski - Próba Dźwięki Z Offu, 2018, Attenuation Circuit ACU 1013
39:06 (03:35) Les Horribles Travailleurs - Keizersrande 4 (ft. Anja Kreysing)Off Track, 2018, Esc.Rec 62
40:53 (01:06) Rudolf Eb.Er - Licht (Unborn Light)Om Kult: Ritual Practices Of Conscious Dying - Vol. 1, 2018, Om Kult OM-1
41:32 (04:47) Claudio F. Baroni - Solo VIII-AirMotum, 2018, Unsounds 61U
41:40 (02:41) Ed Alp - RTPVCunreleased, 2009, private collection
44:31 (03:00) Monty Adkins - Still Juniper Snow: Spiral PathsBozzini+, 2018, Huddersfield Contemporary Records HCR19CD
47:02 (01:23) Minco Eggersman - Melisma & GurianKavkasia, 2017, Volkoren 73
47:30 (02:32) Jacob Lindhagen - KenopsiaPaces, 2017, 1631 Recordings FR1-015
49:14 (02:05) Jonty Harrison - Going Places (2015)Voyages, 2016, Empreintes DIGITALes IMED 16139
50:01 (01:18) Cadeu - Echoic VIIIEchoic, 2018, Esc.Rec 60
50:50 (02:50) Colin Stetson - Mothers & DaughtersHereditary OST, 2018, Milan M2-36952
53:35 (01:33) Jóhann Jóhannsson & BJ Nilsen - Carkeys (reversed)I Am Here OST, 2014, Ash International Ash 11.1
54:36 (01:13) Jon Hopkins - PrologueMonsters OST, 2010, Double Six DS036D
55:35 (04:07) Brian Eno & Metropole Orchestra - An Ending (arr. Dick Bakker)Shutov Assembly Live Paradiso, 1999, unreleased

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Headphone Commute, Ambientblog and Slowcraft Records are proud to present a unique mix by a colleague and partner in crime, Peter van Cooten, of beautiful works from a beautiful couple: James Murray and Anne Garner --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

The inspiration for this mix came after attending separate performances of James Murray and Anne Garner.The music they perform is quite different: James exploring various kinds of abstract experimental electronic soundscapes, Anne performing her poetic emotional songs blending jazz, alternative pop, folk, spectral lullabies and tender neo-classical arrangements.As different as their output may be, it still fits together very well - which is no real surprise knowing that Anne & James are a couple living together, and James produces and contributes towards Anne's music.I wanted to find out how it would work out when mixing some tracks from their past and recent albums together.And I found out it works very well, as you can hear yourself in this mix. It also shows that, if the ingredients match, 0ne plus one can be much more than two!

More info on https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2018-09/james-anne-mix/

Tracklist

00:00 Anne Garner - Haunt Me (Instrumental)Trusting A Twirled World (Instrumental), 2011
02:28 James Murray - Grace (edit)Killing Ghosts, 2017
05:20 Anne Garner - Come In (edit with Christoph Berg Remix)Be Life, 2015 / Be Life Relived, 2016
08:43 James Murray - Hold Your Breath (edit)Floods, 2012
11:31 James Murray - Greenlands (Green Lane) (edit)Floods Returned, 2017
15:02 Anne Garner - Fall Before The NightLost Play, 2018
19:32 Silent Vigils - MolenbrookFieldem, 2018
22:41 James Murray - LaterisersEyes to the Height, 2016
27:20 Anne Garner - Wednesday's Child (edit with Louis Remix)Be Life, 2015 / Be Life Relived, 2016
31:48 James Murray - EquuleusHeavenly Waters, 2017
33:57 Tetherdown - Pitch Roll And YawFirst Flight, 2016
43:01 Anne Garner - Soft Eyes (Lost Vocals Remix edit with original version) Be Life Relived, 2016 / Be Life, 2015
46:59 James Murray - These HandsMount View, 2014
50:33 James Murray - The Sea In The Sky (edit)The Sea In The Sky, 2015
54:02 Anne Garner - The TowerTrusting A Twirled World, 2011
56:46 James Murray - CarinaHeavenly Waters, 2017
1:00:35 Anne Garner - Wherever You GoBe Life, 2015

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"Follow me into a movie that you might want to see sometime... a movie that's happening in the back of your own head..." And remember: "use your ears, not your prejudices"... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:(first time is the start time, time in brackets is the sample length)

00:00 (01:33)Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet - DreamsLandfall, 2018, Nonesuch 7559-79338-9
01:21 (01:10)Tomoko Sauvage - ClepsydraMusique Hydromantique, 2017, Shelter Press SP087
01:25 (01:36)Christina Vantzou & John Also Bennett - Alfred Hitchcock HazeZin Taylor's Thought Of A Dot As It Travels The Surface, 2018, Shelter Press SP092
02:38 (01:14)Scott Worthington - InterludeOrbit, 2018, 2018, IIKKI IIKKI005
03:17 (01:34)Anne Garner - BrinkThe Last Sense To Leave Us (A Tribute To Pauline Oliveiros), 2017, Rural Colours RC80
04:23 (06:47)Swoop And Cross - St. NoStories Of Disintegration, 2018, Time Released Sound TRS074
09:56 (05:03)Rhodri Davies, David Sylvian, Mark Wastell - There Is No LoveThere Is No Love, 2017, 2017, Confront Core 01
14:07 (04:33)Rebekah Del Rio - No StarsTwin Peaks - Music From The Limited Event Series, 2017, Rhino Records 081227933982
17:57 (02:47)Jóhann Jóhannsson - The Horse LatitudesThe Mercy OST, 2018, Deutsche Grammophon 479 8303
19:17 (03:45)Stefan Wesolowski - PreludeRite OF The End, 2017, Ici D'Ailleurs
22:03 (04:24 )Tonaliens - Pallas, Pt. 2Tonaliens, 2018, Edition Telemark 785.02
22:41 (02:36)Scanner - Cast To The BottomThe Great Crater, 2017, Glacial Movements Records GM 030
24:38 (02:00)The Beacon Sound Choir - Drone 3 Sunday Songs, 2017, First Terrace Records, FTR002
25:21 (03:33)OSA7029 - Osa 2 (feat. Debi Wong)A Sense Of Belonging, 2017, self-released (Bandcamp)
27:53 (01:06)Ryuichi Sakamoto - Full Moon (intro)Async, 2017, Milan 399 903-2
28:54 (03:18)Joana Gama & Luis Fernandez - Lucid StillnessAt The Still Point Of The Turning World, 2018, Room40 RM492
31:31 (01:54)Max Richter & London Voices - What Did They Die ForHostiles OST, 2018, Deutsche Grammophon 479 9865
32:54 (04:00)Yann Novak - The Inertia Of TimeThe Future Is A Forward Escape Into The Past, 2018, Touch TO:105
35:58 (01:17)Nanook Of The North - QulingatNanook Of The North, 2018, Denovali Records
36:42 (01:32)Laurie Spiegel - Three Sonic Spaces IUnseen Worlds, 1994, Aesthetic Engineering 11001-2
37:50 (03:31)Loscil - AzimuthIlluminations II - The New Year 2018 Charity Compilation, Dronarivm
40:50 (01:56)Shall Remain Nameless - Untitled IIIUntitled, 2018, self-released
42:22 (01:28)Koenraad Ecker - L'Incendio Genovese (In Memoriam Carlo Giuliani)A Biology Of Shadows, 2018, In Aulis AUL001
43:26 (02:34)Lee Yi - DesecrationAn Instant For Momentary Desolation, 2017, Rottenman Editions
44:45 (03:24)Haarvöl - SenescénciaBombinate, 2017, Moving Furniture Records MFR042
46:23 (04:15)Solo Collective - AscensionPart One, 2017, Nonostar NR02
49:01 (06:40)Olan Mill - Molanret Orient, 2017, Hidden Vibes HV044
55:46 (02:10)Trio Mediaeval & Arve Henriksen - GammelkjerringsvalsenRimur, 2017, ECM Records ECM2520, 481 4742

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A collaboration mix with Headphone Commute's Mike Lazarev, in which we take five minutes for each turn without knowing the others tracklist. The result: Bipolar! --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

We had no clear concept for this mix when we started, other than 'each turn takes 5 minutes, we'll stop at 60, and we'll see where it gets us'. We were unaware of each other's tracklist (apart from what our ears told us). The result is a thrilling ride, where each part is a reaction to the previous section.Not exactly what we'd call an 'ambient' mix, because it's extremely dynamic. Sections may range from deep sleep sections to exuberant enthusiasm - hence 'Bipolar'.It's like a full life's story comprised in one hour.

Tracklist:

00:00 [PvC] Alejandro Dojorewski - Eye Of The Beholder// The Holy Mountain [Finders Keepers Records,1973/2015]
00:20 [PvC] Hilmar Öm Hilmarsson, Sigur Ros - Black Dog And The Scottish Play// Angels Of The Universe [FatCat Records, 2001]
01:20 [PvC] Dean Hurley - Low Sustained Mystery// Anthology Resource Vol. 1 [Sacred Bones Records, 2017]
02:06 [PvC] Bass Communion - Sisters Oregon B// Sisters Oregon [Substantia Innominata, 2017]
03:27 [PvC] H_C/Ben Frost - Artist Reflection// Artist Reflections [unreleased, 2017]----------------------------------------------------
04:30 [HC] Hlynur A. Vilmarsson - BD (excerpt)// Iceland Symphony Orchestra - Recurrance [Sono Luminus, 2017]
06:00 [HC] Actress x London Contemporary Orchestra - Audio Track 5 (Narrowest Sustain Version)// Audio Track 5 [Ninja Tune, 2017]
06:30 [HC] Roly Porter - 4101// Third Law [Triangle, 2016]
09:00 [HC] Paul Jebanasam - sigma(y waiting -x)// Continuum [Subtext, 2016]*----------------------------------------------------
09:17 [PvC] Annelies Monseré - I Will Lock You (UK Mix)// Verjaardag [Bluesanct, 2006]
10:03 [PvC] Sarah Davachi - For Voice (edit)// All My Circles Run [Students Of Decay, 2017]
11:30 [PvC] Los Angeles Percussion Quartet - Memory Palace V. Claremont (edit)// Beyond [Sono Luminous, 2017]
13:10 [PvC] Ryuichi Sakamoto - Walker (edit)// Async [Milan, 2017]
13:14 [PvC] Hans Zimmer/Benjamin Wallfisch - Furnace// Blade Runner 2049 [Epic Records, 2017]----------------------------------------------------
14:30 [HC] Kreng - Tourniquet (Part One) (excerpt)// Works For Abattoir Fermé 2007 - 2011 [Miasmah, 2012]
18:20 [HC] Robert Rich & B. Lustmord - A Point of No Return (sample)// Stalker [Fathom, 1995]
18:30 [HC] Marcus Fjellström - Arboretum (ending)// Skelektikon [Miasmah, 2017]----------------------------------------------------
19:15 [PvC] Robert Henke - Studies For Thunder// Signal To Noise [Imbalance Computer Music, 2004]
20:28 [PvC] Michael Begg - An Act Of Balance// Titan - A Crane Is A Bridge [Omnempathy, 2017]
21:50 [PvC] The Beacon Sound Choir - Sea Of Voices (Machinefabriek Rework) (edit)// Sunday Songs [First Terrace Records, 2017]
23:16 [PvC] Jon Hopkins - Hunted// How I Live OST [Just Music, 2013]----------------------------------------------------
24:30 [HC] Robert Rich & B. Lustmord - A Point of No Return (sample)// Stalker [Fathom, 1995]
26:16 [HC] Rødhåd - Withheld Walk// Anxious [Dystopian, 2017]
28:07 [HC] Barbarix & Volatile Cycle - Rundled (sample)// Monoleth 001 [MethLab, 2016]
29:00 [HC] Jason van Wyk - For Now// Opacity [Home Normal, 2017]----------------------------------------------------
29:59 [PvC] Büdie Siebert - Wal-Hall-A// Vor Der Flut - Hommage An Einen Wasserspeicher [Eigelstein Musikproduktion, 1985]
30:44 [PvC] Heiner Goebbels - Ye Who Read (edit)// Shadow/Landscape With Argonauts [ECM Records, 1993]
31:49 [PvC] Kenji Kawai - Making Of Cyborg (edit)// Ghost In The Shell OST [RCA,1995]
32:33 [PvC] Lydia Kavina; Barbara Buchholz - Vakuum-Halluzinationen (for Two Theremins, Violin, And Violoncello) (edit)// Touch! Don't Touch! (Music For Theremin) [Wergo, 2006]----------------------------------------------------
34:30 [HC] Karlheinz Stockhausen - Stimmung Model 6// Theatre Of Voices - Stimmung [Harmonia Mundi, 2007]
34:45 [HC] Aphex Twin - XMAS_EVET10 [120][thanaton3 mix]// Syro [Warp, 2014]
37:24 [HC] Hecq - Untitled (BK Remix)// Steeltongued [Hymen, 2009]
39:25 [HC] Jóhann Jóhannsson - Part 2 / IBM 1403 Printer (excerpt)// IBM 1401, A User's Manual [4AD, 2006]----------------------------------------------------
39:25 [PvC] Jóhann Jóhannsson - Sun's Gone Dim And The Sky's Turned Black (fragment; edit)// IBM 1401 - A User's Manual [4AD, 2006]
39:35 [PvC] [The User] - }.}@}.@.}@}.@.}...... (edit)//Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Printer [Staalplaat, 2002]
41:14 [PvC] Ryoji Ikeda - Transmission (edit)// Dataphonics [Div Voir, 2010]
42:14 [PvC] Neil Pomerleau - Dial-Up Sound// unreleased; (dialupsound.com)
42:23 [PvC] Looped Exodus - Psalm 88 In Morsecode (edit)// Souls Have Machines [self-released, 2016]
43:38 [PvC] Atom Heart - My Bird Can Sing// Semiacoustic Nature [Rather Interesting, 1995]----------------------------------------------------
44:30 [HC] Chris Watson - El Divisadero// El Tren Fantasma [Touch, 2011]
45:20 [HC] The KLF - Six Hours To Louisiana, Black Coffee Going Cold// Chill Out [KLF / Wax Trax / TVT, 1990]
46:20 [HC] The Future Sound Of London - Bird Wings// Lifeforms [Virgin / Astralwerks, 1994]
47:00 [HC] Chris Watson - El Divisadero (continued...)// El Tren Fantasma [Touch, 2011]
49:00 [HC] The Future Sound Of London - Everyone In The World Is Doing Something Without Me// Dead Cities [Virgin / Astralwerks, 1996]----------------------------------------------------
50:05 [PvC] Delia Derbyshire - Dreaming// Out Of This World - Atmospheric Sounds and Effects From The BBC Radiophonic Workshop [BBC Records And Tapes, 1976]
50:36 [PvC] Edward Artemyev - Solaris - Station// Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker [Torso Kino, 1990]
51:05 [PvC] Jonathan Coleclough, Colin Potter, Bass Communion - Yossaria// Jonathan Coleclough & Bass Communion & Colin Potter [ICR, 2003]
52:15 [PvC] Penjaga Insaf - Djalan// Sama Sadja [Power & Steel, 2010]----------------------------------------------------
55:08 [HC] Alva Noto - Xerrox Mesosphere// Xerrox Vol.3 [Raster-Noton, 2015]
56:15 [HC] Sana Obruent - The Preparation// Dyatlov [Blackjack Illuminist, 2017]
57:30 [HC] Max Richter - Whose Name Is Written On Water// Sleep [Deutsche Grammophon, 2015]----------------------------------------------------

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The moment I heard Rami Malek whisper "Mind awake, body asleep" (Mr Robot, series 2) I knew this would be the inspiration for a new mix. A mix about half-sleep, lucid dreaming impressions... ungraspable images... and about "letting go". After all, Mr. Robot's tagline was "Control is an Illusion". Control proved to be an illusion indeed, with these different, unrelated, fragments coming together like pieces of a puzzle, creating a mix "like its own cinematic score." (H_C)--- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist start time – fragment length – Artist – TitleAlbum Title, Year, Label Details

00:00 00:53 Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil - Sloosha's HollowCloud Atlas OST, 2012, Sony Classical 88765411202
00:20 00:30 Rami Malek - Mind Awake, Body AsleepMr. Robot, 2016
00:50 02:02 Gideon Wolf - DisquietYear Zero, 2016, Fluid Audio 038
01:31 01:38 Kenji Kawai - GhosthackGhost in the Shell OST, 1995, RCA BVCR-729
02:41 02:08 Dirigent - The Perseids (Naviarhaiku 137)3 Years of Naviar Haiku, 2017, Naviar, Bandcamp
04:11 01:22 Olivier Alary - XiFiction - Non-Fiction, 2017, 130701 LP13-24
05:14 02:19 Mayforest - –––––––Mayforest, 2017, Bandcamp
07:13 03:00 Daniel WJ Mackenzie - Abandonment I (Moon Phase)Every Time Feels Like The Last Time, 2017, Eilean Rec 048
09:35 02:59 Sij - Floating CloudsThe Time Machine, 2017, Cryo Chamber CRYO 057
10:08 00:26 Rami Malek - Mind Awake, Body AsleepMr. Robot, 2016
12:02 02:32 BJ Nilsen - Twenty Four SevenEye of the Microphone, 2013, Touch TO:95
13:10 02:19 Visible Cloaks - WintergreenReassemblage, 2017, Rvng Intl. RVNGNL37
14:54 02:03 Stéphane Roy - IIIMigrations, 2004, Empreïntes Digitales IMED 0373
15:57 01:10 Simon Fisher Turner - Burnt InGiraffe, 2017, Editions Meg EMEGO 231
17:01 03:01 Max Richter - MorphologyThree Worlds: Music From Wolf Works, 2017, Deutsche Grammophon 00289 479 6952 GH
19:13 02:44 Angelina Yershova - Intermezzo 80 HertzResonance Night, 2017, Twin Paradox TPR004
21:30 01:37 Gideon Wolf - NoiseYear Zero, 2016, Fluid Audio 038
22:11 03:06 James Murray - AllwaysKilling Ghosts, 2017, Home Normal homen091
24:40 02:47 Alva Noto - Gulf Night (For Peter Roehr)For, 2006, Line LINE_026
25:49 02:17 Mario Batkovic - Desiderii PatriaeSolo, 2015, Veruston VTR002 (2017: Invada INV16LP)
27:07 04:00 J. Peter Schwalm - EndknallThe Beauty of Disaster, 2016, RareNoise Records RNR059
30:08 03:51 Abul Mogard - Tumbling Relentless HeapsWorks, 2016, Ecstatic ELP020
32:38 02:59 Lawrence English - SomnambulistCruel Optimism, 2017, Room40 RM470CD
34:43 01:54 Penjaga Insaf - KeinsafanSama Sadja, 2010, Power & Steel PAS 27
35:27 01:21 Olan Mill - AlveOrient, 2017, Dauw d21
36:23 02:34 Jeffrey Roden - Threads of a PrayerThreads of a Prayer Volume 2, 2017, Solaire Records SOL1004
38:50 01:40 Jóhann Jóhannsson - First EncounterArrival OST, 2016, Deutsche Grammophon 4796782
39:57 01:49 Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie - They Dream Of MoreSalero OST, 2016, Erased Tapes Records ERATP091CD
40:23 00:14 Rami Malek - Mind Awake, Body AsleepMr. Robot, 2016
41:32 01:22 The Future Sound of London - Exerting Force or InfluenceEnvironment Six, 2016, fsoldigital CDTOT 70
41:54 02:14 Andrew Wasylyk - Ghosts of Park PlaceThemes for Buildings and Spaces, 2017, Tape Club Records TAPCLB083
42:43 02:57 Elegi - K-141Bånsull, 2017, Dronarivm DR-43
44:43 03:02 Dødsmaskin - HeksetimenFullstendig Brent, 2017, Malignant Records TumorCD104
45:46 03:22 FM3 - Dui XiangTing Shuo, 2014, self-released CN-M69-14
48:28 02:13 Scott Walker - Dream SequenceThe Childhood of a Leader OST, 2016, 4AD CAD3620CD
49:31 00:15 Rami Malek - Mind Awake, Body AsleepMr. Robot, 2016
50:00 03:47 Seabuckthorn - Passage of OldI Could See The Smoke, 2016, Lost Tribe Sound LTS-024
53:07 01:50 Fabio Perletta - Ichinen Pt. 1Ichinen, 2017, Line LINE_085
53:26 06:33 Olivier Alary - EpilogueFiction - Non-Fiction, 2017, 130701 LP13-24

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Your reality is manipulated. Your perception is managed. Your thoughts are not your own. Reality is imaginary. This mix is inspired by 'Hypernormalisation'. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist start time – sample length – Artist – TitleAlbum Title, Year, Label Details

00:00 01:52 Amon Tobin - Lost & Found (Machinefabriek Deconstruction)Wendingen (Selected Remixes 2005-2015), 2016, Zoharum ZOHAR 117-2
00:52 02:36 Ryuichi Sakamoto / Alva Noto - The Revenant Theme (Alva Noto Remodel)The Revenant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 2015, Milan 399-758-2
02:06 02:05 Bjørn Hatterud - Victoria ArreleanoNovember 20th, 2016, Line LINE_081
03:55 03:00 Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie - Salero End CreditsSalero (Original Motion Picture Soundstrack), 2016, Erased Tapes ERATP091
05:37 01:16 Roly Porter - 4101Third Law, 2016, Triangle 33D
06:20 01:57 Phonothek - Something HappenedLost in Fog, 2016, Cryo Chamber CRYO 037
07:02 03:44 Loren Nerell - Dark HorizonThe Venerable Dark Cloud, 2000/2016, Projekt PRO00330
10:19 00:45 Sussan Deyhim & Shirin Neshat - Open City WestSoliloquy, 2008, Venus Rising Records
10:45 01:35 Andrew Liles - Taumatawhakatangitanghangakauautamateapokaiwhenua-kitanatahullanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogochNew York Doll, 2004, Infraction INFX013
11:57 02:19 Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphic HymnOrphée, 2016, Deutsche Grammophon 00289 479 6021 GH
13:54 02:06 Jim Haynes - It Doesn't MatterThrottle And Calibration, 2016, Crónica 115~2016
15:34 02:33 Christopher Tignor - One eye Blue, One Eye Black (Blue)Along A Vanishing Plane, 2016, Western Vinyl WV149
17:34 02:35 David Toop - Human Skin And The Stone StepsEntities Inertias Faint Beings, 2016, Room40 RM475
18:07 03:02 Bionular - The Western LandsStary Pisarz, 2016, Oniron ON.004
19:14 01:16 Mark Korven - Caleb's SeductionThe Witch (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 2016, Milan 36768
20:25 00:57 Resina - NightjarResina, 2016, 130701 CD13-23
20:44 03:00 Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang - Traces XAtmosphères, 2016, ECM Records ECM 2414/15
22:32 03:13 Looped Exodus - Mein HzSouls Have Machines, 2016, self-released (Bandcamp)
25:10 02:00 Nicolas Jaar - The Three Sides Of Audrey And Why She's Alone NowNymphs, 2015, Other People OP022
27:05 01:04 John Metcalfe & Simon Richmond - A DescentSet In Stone, 2016, ECC100 Records 008
27:18 03:31 Joe Frawley - Leda And The SwanCartomancer, 2016, Self-Released (Bandcamp)
29:40 02:47 God Body Disconnect - Prisoner's Sacrifice Facing ArcadiaLocus Arcadia, 2016, Cryo Chamber CRYO041
31:40 01:16 Dimitry Evgrafov - The Lofty SkyThe Quiet Conversation, 2016, Fatcat Records/130701 DA13-25
32:40 01:51 Mi - Shanty TownMeow Wolf's House of Return: Soundscapes Vol. 2, 2016, Meow Wolf
33:33 01:44 Travis Corwin - Little HouseBeach Glass, 2016, Peconic Records 002
34:30 02:03 The Cray Twins - Duao 2The Pier, 2016, Fang Bomb FB025
35:17 05:12 Stephan Mathieu - If You Love,Radiance V: Fro Franz Wright, 2016, Schwebung Étendue V
38:30 02:36 Biosphere - ShimmerWhere Words Fail Music Speaks, A Compilation For Ania Mehring, Santa Sangre Magazine (Bandcamp)
39:53 03:53 Monolake - ErrorD E C, 2015, Imbalance Computer Music ML029
43:06 01:03 Stephen Paul McGreevy - Fish Rock Road Whistler ShowerElectric Enigma: The VLF Recordings of Stephen P. McGreevy, 1996, irdial Discs 62 ird tcp2
43:20 02:33 Mathias Delplanque - Ma Chambre Quand Je N'y Suis Pas (Paris) (Extract)Taâlem: Vijftien Années, 2016, Taâlem (Bandcamp)
44:56 03:17 Ocoeur - AsideReversed, 2016, n5MD MD243
47:57 02:08 Anders Blomqvist - Sparar (Tracking)Media Artes II, 2002, Chamber Sound 27
49:20 02:57 Tobias Freund & Valentina Berthelon - BranweltRecent Arts, 2016 Non Standard Production NSP 13
50:25 01:47 Paul Jebanasam - Eidolons beginningp = (m²A ² am to (rho-z)-y ∂t+(ρ see to wait dz/dt = it xy that I -beta do not z countlessContinuum, 2016, Subtext SUBCD006*
51:33 03:43 Nam-Khar - TenshugWhere Words Fail Music Speaks, A Compilation For Ania Mehring, Santa Sangre Magazine (Bandcamp)
52:50 02:45 Phurpa - 100 Syllabic Mantra of BonWhere Words Fail Music Speaks, A Compilation for Ania Mehring, Santa Sangre Magazine (Bandcamp)
54:47 03:03 Biosphere - Good Case And RestDeparted Glories, 2016 Smalltown Supersound, STS281CD
57:00 02:23 Dead Melodies - Hidden SeekenSubtle Imperfections, 2016, Sparkwood Records SR22
58:41 01:18 Amon Tobin - Lost & Found (Machinefabriek Deconstruction)Wendingen (Selected Remixes 2005-2015), 2016, Zoharum ZOHAR 117-2

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"Life can only be remembered backwards, but it must be lived forwards." The central piece provides the title for this mix: Solace - "Comfort in sorrow, misfortune. Consolation." This Fovea Hex track literally breathes consolation in every single note, so it seemed a good starting point for this mix. It is also one of the few tracks in the mix that are included in its full length. Even though there are quite some dark moments in this mix, I hope it may bring some 'solace' - if needed. (If not needed: even better...! It still can be nice to feel a bit melancholic for a while, can't it?) --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist start time - sample length - Artist - TitleAlbum Title, Year, Label Details

00:00 01:02 Radiohead - DaydreamingA Moon Shaped Pool, 2016, XL Recordings XLDA790
00:22 02:32 Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Revenant Main ThemeThe Revenant Soundtrack, 2016, Milan 399 758-2
01:20 03:52 Northaunt - Extinction EventIstid I-II, 2015, Cyclic Law 72nd Cycle
03:24 00:44 Radiohead - DaydreamingA Moon Shaped Pool, 2016, XL Recordings XLDA790
03:58 03:01 Daniel W.J. Mackenzie - Glass InterludeGlass Permanent, 2016, Sound In Silence sis028
05:33 02:45 Xiu Xiu - Nightsea WindPlays the Music of Twin Peaks, 2016, Polyvinyl Record Company PRC-312
06:12 01:51 Jonty Harrison - Going Places: Geoterma Pools at Seltún (Iceland) and Rotorua (New Zealand)Voyages, 2016, Empreintes Digitales IMED 16139
07:04 02:07 Lewis Pesacov & Elisabeth Cline - Entr'ActeThe Edge of Forever, 2016, The Industry Records
08:44 01:30 Poppy Nogood - Frame ShatterMusic for Mourning, 2016, Preserved Sound PS35
09:22 02:59 J. Peter Schwalm - The Anxt CodeThe Beauty of Disaster, 2016, RareNoise Records RN059LP
11:50 01:33 Mark Lyken - Scar HistoryThe Terrestial Sea, 2016, Important Records IMPREC437
12:34 01:22 Thet Liturgiske Owäsendet - Under Jord Är Du KommenJärtecken, 2015, Shimmering Moods Records SHM D010-tape2
13:23 00:53 Colin Stetson - Sorrow IISorrow (A Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony), 2016, 52Hz 52HZ001CD
13:53 02:58 Jonty Harrison - Going Places: In Transit Announcement in Airports / Railway Stations in Florence, Pisa, Rome and Castelfiore, Street Demonstration in MontpellierVoyages, 2016, Empreintes Digitales IMED 16139
14:17 04:04 Melanie De Biasio - Blackened CitiesBlackened Cities, 2016, Play It Again Sam PIASL050CD
18:00 02:15 Sercati - The Darkness In My HeartFalling On Earth, 2016, self-released
19:53 02:44 Bjarni Gunnarsson - VerlatPaths, 2016, Granny Records granny16
20:55 00:22 Radiohead - DaydreamingA Moon Shaped Pool, 2016, XL Recordings XLDA790
22:05 01:41 Laurie Anderson - Life Lived BackwardsHeart Of A Dog, 2015, Nonesuch 7559794888
23:33 03:29 Celer - Terminal PointsTwo Days And One Night, 2016, Sequel SQ05
25:34 02:55 Robert Crouch - Limbo Town (Croatoan)A Gradual Accumulation Of Ideas Become Truth, 2016, Line Line_077
27:12 02:33 Markus Mehr - Re-Directed 4Re-Directed, 2016, Hidden Shoal
29:12 00:47 Plinth - The Siren MurmurFlotsam, 2006, Second Language SL05
29:30 03:00 Chris Watson - ScanuppiaCima Verde, 2008, Fondazione Edmund Mach 761118-02708-1
29:58 01:13 Ian William Craig - LeviathanCradle for the Wanting/Half Heard And Fleeting, 2015, Recital R15
31:13 05:24 Fovea Hex - SolaceThe Salt Garden I, 2016, Die Stadt DS116
36:10 01:18 Jacob Kirkegaard - Haus Der MahreSpectral Sounds, 2016, Spectral Sounds
36:24 04:50 The [Law-Rah] Collective - Invocation 5Invocations, 2016, Raubbau Raub 036
38:42 02:43 Pierce Warnecke - Shivering As The Warmth ReturnsMemory Fragments, 2016, Room40 RM479
41:08 00:59 Sister Waize - Reverse ShamanismYour Syndrome, My Disease, 2015, self-released
41:13 03:52 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Out of HorseThe Revenant Soundtrack, 2016, Milan 399 758-2
44:53 02:17 Seanïnvey - The Big TravelThe Path, 2016, Eilean Rec 039
45:40 03:50 No Mask Effect - PunctualDouble Or Quits, 2016, Psychonavigation PSY 117
47:24 03:20 Dakhabrakha - Vesna TschiliYagudki, 2007, self-released
50:01 05:48 Thomas Köner - Tiento De La Luz 3Tiento De La Luz, 2016, Denovali Records den215
55:18 02:13 Ryuichi Sakamoto/Alva Noto - Church DreamThe Revenant Soundtrack, 2016, Milan 399 758-2
57:06 01:59 Nasa Voyager Recordings - Symphonies of the Planets 3Symphonies of the Planets, 1992, Laserlight Digital 12 125
57:14 02:12 Gentle Rain SoundOrangefreesounds.com library
58:23 00:39 Clint Mansell - A Whistling Tune From A Lonely ManStoker OST, 2013, Milan 399 456-2

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Because of the drones, atmospheric field recordings and insect sounds, this mix will be labeled as an 'ambient' mix by most listeners. And of course it is.... but at the same time it isn't. It simply isn't 'unobtrusive' enough to be 'ambient'. An hour-long journey of scene changes, meandering between Kitsch and Kult - a bit more 'psychedelic' than 'ambient', in fact. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

This particular mix was created as a submission to Secret Thirteen's 'New Blood' invitation to send in 'kaleidoscopic mixes' for their mix series (that's why their logo is in the image). The '41' refers to the number of track samples that are used in this mix.

Playlist:[Start Time] [Sample Length] [Artist] - [Title][Album, Year, Label]

00:00 01:59 Tatsuro Kojima - Kokoro Asu Wa Yoi Hi(Refraction and Reflection, 2015, Audiobulb AB063)
00:25 01:55 Trio Mediaeval, David Lang - Just (After Song of Songs)(Youth OST, 2015, Indigo Film 399 773 - 2)
01:54 01:35 Agnieszka Waligorska & Pekka Sirén - Achinech(Islas Resonantes, 2009)
02:00 02:08 Ugasanie - The Phenomenon(Eye of Tunguska, 2015, Cryo Chamber CRYO 021)
03:33 01:53 Norn - Droom Van Zinken Naar Het Holst Van Een Naamloze Diepte(Usotsuki, 2015, Moving Furniture Records MFR023)
05:04 01:02 Alan Howarth - Space Ambience(Real Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, GNP Crescendo GNPD 8054)
05:35 01:33 Alan Howarth - Interdimensional Vortex(Real Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, GNP Crescendo GNPD 8054)
06:15 01:42 Mette Henriette - & The Silver Fox(Mette Henriette, 2015, ECM 2460/61)
07:30 01:24 Stéphane Marin - Bourrasque(Matins D'Ariège, 2015, Galaverna GAL 0122)
08:15 01:37 Michel Banabila - The End of The Web(Feedback + Modular + Radiowaves, 2015, Tapu Records 011TR)
09:16 00:36 Michel Banabila - Fan(Eyes Closed, 2015, Tapu Records 010TR)
09:38 02:25 Various (Bigo & Twigetti) Artists - Another Direction(Variables, 2015, Bigo & Twigetti)
11:38 01:47 Elian - Red(Cutting Up The Sun, 2015, Longstoryshort Recording Company TLSRC2)
12:57 02:50 David Toop - Caberima Night Insects, Birds And Moths(Lost Shadows In Defence Of The Soul - Yanomami Shamanism, Songs, Ritual, 015 Sub Rosa SR379)
13:30 01:52 Mynoise.net - ASMR Whisper(online stream)
14:20 02:50 Jacaszek & Kwartludium - From A Seashell(Catalogue Des Arbres, 2014, Touch TO:94)
17:03 01:58 Giya Kancheli - Chiaroscuro(Chiaroscuro, 2015, ECM Records 2442)
18:28 03:01 Mathias Delplanque - Débris (For Ephraim Wegner)(Siebzehn Bis 8, 215, Crónica 096)
20:50 03:19 Sonmi 451 - Limbic Lobe(The Limbic System, 2015, Time Released Sound TRS050)
23:13 04:21 Michael Begg / Human Greed - Da Pacem (Apres Pärt)(Hivernant, 2015, Omnempathy OMCD06)
27:08 00:38 Trio Mediaeval, David Lang - Just (After Song of Songs)(Youth OST, 2015, Indigo Film 399 773 - 2)
27:40 00:55 Kronos Quartet - Flugufrelsarinn(Plays Sigur Ros, 2007, Nonesuch 307452)
28:04 02:16 Sakana Hosomi - Ma.Org Re.Mx(Ma.Org.Pa.Git Re.Mx, 2015, Crónica 092)
28:04 03:16 Kreng - Bargaining(The Summoner, 2015 Miasmah MIACD030)
30:43 02:30 Thomas Ragsdale - The Uncertainty Principle(Bait, 2015, This Is It Forever TIIF002)
32:58 00:50 Thomas Newman & Rick Cox - Goldmine Nectarine(35 Whirlpools Below Sound, 2014, Cold Blue Music CB0040)
33:13 00:38 Louis Sarno - Bobé Spirits Calling(Song From The Forest, 2014, Gruenrecorder GRUEN150)
33:30 02:41 Dronny Darko & Protou - Primate (50 Million Years Ago)(Earth Songs, 2015, Cryo Chamber CRYO019)
34:44 00:56 Larry Clinton - Deep Purple (Reprise)(Lost River OST, 2015, Italians Do It Better)
35:35 02:17 Glass Candy - Shell Game(Lost River OST, 2015, Italians Do It Better)
37:44 02:53 Alva Noto - Xerrox Spark(Xerrox Vol. 3, 2015, Raster-Noton R-N 159)
40:00 02:15 Woob - Intervision Intermission(Ambient Disaster Movie, 2014, Bigamoebasounds BAS017)
41:46 02:40 Todd Tobias - Teluk Dalam(Tristes Tropiques, 2015, Tiny Room Records TR005)
42:53 05:17 Kristoffer Oustad - Row Me Over(Filth Haven, 2015, Malignant Records TumorCD84)
45:33 03:11 Porcje Rosolowe - Metua Tympanis(Insects 4-7, 2015, Crónica 093)
47:11 05:07 Masaya Kato - IV(Trace Of Voices, 2015, Time Released Sounds TRS-49)
51:47 03:26 Arve Henriksen - Sanmyake(Sakuteiki, 2001, Rune Grammofon RCD2021)
54:08 03:47 Chris Dooks & Darren McClure - Ayr Scaffold Resonance(Site-Specific Works, 2015, Bandcamp)
55:25 00:24 Trio Mediaeval, David Lang - Just (After Song of Songs)(Youth OST, 2015, Indigo Film 399 773 - 2)
55:46 01:44 Mark Lyken & Emma Dove - Chenrey Hoose(Mirror Lands, 2015, Time Released Sounds TRS055)
57:20 02:40 Giya Kancheli - Chiaroscuro(Chiaroscuro, 2015, ECM Records 2442)

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On October 26, 1985, Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown arrives in his flying DeLorean time machine and persuades Marty McFly and his girlfriend, Jennifer Parker, to come back to the future with him. They arrive on October 21, 2015 Only now we found out why they chose this date! --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ambientblog.net, this mix is a part of a very special Anniversary Project. It's 'special' because it's different: this time it's not compiled from existing tracks, but from tracks that were exclusively submitted for this purpose! 35 brand new exclusive tracks by 30 artists ... in a mix that is much longer than usual: 2 hours and 16 minutes!The mix - INCLUDING the FULL original tracks - can also be downloaded from https://ambientblog.bandcamp.com

Track Listing

Start Length Artist Title

00:00 06:04 Leah Kardos - Leah's Alarm Clock/Waiting Stems/Sand Walk
04:57 04:48 Enrico Coniglio - The Slow Unfolding
09:23 05:11 Bruno Sanfilippo - For Ambientblog
13:25 06:24 Lawrence English - Laughing Frog Sweep
16:54 04:11 Janek Schaefer - Maitland Island
19:00 06:38 Monty Adkins - SU 376066[rev]0808080808086617[rev]17
24:00 08:03 Sleep Research Facility - AB-Mix
29:44 02:23 Matthew Florianz - Residual Radiation
30:44 07:42 Kleefstra, Bakker, Kleefstra - Widzjende Treast ()*
35:53 05:10 Jason Corder (offthesky) - Blacksun 2015
40:09 02:51 Machinefabriek - Studying Space
41:15 03:56 Chris Dooks - Sky Echo Bumble Bee
42:15 02:35 Arno Peeters - TL Space / Feedback Alarmscape
43:14 05:16 Joe Frawley - Driving Dream
47:09 07:17 Michel Banabila - Drone Voor Peter
53:27 03:30 Pinkcourtesyphone - Reference Point #1
55:38 03:06 Bjarni Gunnarsson - Series
58:03 05:12 Sonae - The Beauty Of Music
1:02:08 03:35 Lauki - Haszi (re-edit)
1:05:14 05:00 Matthew Florianz - T-Minus 01
1:09:35 03:08 Porya Hatami - Ambientblog Sample 1
1:10:04 02:45 Janek Schaefer - Vinyl Stylus Spinning / Bell Ballet
1:11:14 04:08 Frozen Vaults - Celestial Omnibus (Excerpt)
1:13:55 04:07 Cloud Ensemble - Sunshade Parasol (instrumental)
1:17:27 05:24 Edu Comelles (Cello + Laptop) - Lembrança
1:22:08 05:02 Antonymes (Ian Hazeldine) - Pre-Eminence
1:26:07 06:35 Darren McClure - Nightlife
1:32:06 02:19 James Murray - Forgetfulness
1:34:58 11:52 Anne Chris Bakker - I Should Tell Summer From The Trees
1:45:32 02:48 Sleep Research Facility - AB-Mix
1:46:51 06:22 Yann Novak - Sketch.001
1:51:54 05:27 Chihei Hatakeyama - Stay Down
1:56:17 06:03 Frans Friederich - St. Franciscus
2:01:30 01:58 Chris Dooks - Sky Echo Bumble Bee
2:02:30 05:20 Arash Akbari - Almost There
2:07:30 04:16 Porya Hatami - Piano Loop 22
2:11:00 05:36 Leah Kardos -Sand Walk / Waiting at Rosamond Rd.
2:16:36 End

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.... slowly evolving to a state of inert uniformity .... retracing information that was lost from the message ... searching for the uniformity in what seems to be randomly disordered ... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playliststart time sample length Artist – TitleAlbum Title, Release Year, Label details

00:00 2:54 Johnny Jewel - The Dead ZoneLost River OST, 2015, Italians do it Better
02:06 1:22 Miharu Koshi & Haruomi Hosono - Halconia VoiceEx Machina OST, 2007, Commons RZCM-45702/B
02:35 3:44 Alva Noto - Xerrox MesosphereXerrox Vol. 3, 2015, Raster-Noton RN-159
04:43 3:04 Jean-Paul Dessy - O'ClockO'Clock, 2014, Cypres CYP 4642
07:27 2:10 Jeff Stonehouse - PathwayGhosts, 2015, Taâlem alm108
07:45 1:01 Kreng - AngerThe Summoner, 2015, Miasmah MIACD030
08:45 1:40 Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie - The Endless Battle of the Maudlin Ballade Part 3Travels in Constants Vol. 24, 2105, Temporary Residence Limited TIC24
10:20 0:53 Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie - The Endless Battle of the Maudlin Ballade Part 1Travels in Constants Vol. 24, 2015, Temporary Residence Limited TIC24
11:02 2:10 Filip Szyszkowski - Water Stones (feat. Filip D. Jensen)(CellIII)Mother of Ants, 2015, Unquiet Records UNQUIET004
11:53 3:01 Max Richter & Daniel Hope - Shadow 5Vivaldi - The Four Seasons Recomposed, 2014, Deutsche Grammophon 479 2776
13:43 1:38 Disasterpeace - AnyoneIt Follows OST, 2015, Milan 36729
15:12 1:59 Monolake - VoidSilence, 2009, Imbalance Computer Music ML025
16:03 2:31 Chris Dooks & Darren McClure - When the Planes Leave TownSite Specifie Works, 2015, Bandcamp
17:13 0:44 Wolfgang Rihm - Sieben Passions-Texte für Sechs Stimme: III Velum Templi Scissum EstAstralis & Other Choral Works, 2012, Harmonia Mundi HMC 902129
17:15 3:32 Pelican Daughters - The Bicycle Ride50 Years of Sunshine, 1993, Silent SR9333
18:13 2:29 Jacques Tremblay - Empathies Entropiques 7. Rêve LibanaisChroniques d'une Seduction, 2008, Empreintes Digitales IMED 0897
19:49 5:35 Frequent Sync - WindwalkerFamiliar Fields, 2009, Seedsound SEED026
20:08 2:54 Erik K. Skodvin - Pitch DarkFlare, 2010, Sonic Pieces 009
21:49 7:37 Peter Grech - Where They Cross OverSung of the Black Canyon, 2015, Bandcamp
27:45 4:54 Jacob Kirkegaard - Fool's Fire5 Pieces, 2015, Posh Isolation 143
30:09 4:30 New Composers & Brian Eno - Long SQSmart, 1999/2015, Psychonavigation PSY106
33:00 1:43 Kate Carr - UnderwaterOverheard in Doi Saket, 2014, 3Leaves 3L030
34:00 4:04 Tattered Kaylor - Taken to BooroombaSombre Nay Sated, 2013, Stadisfield SF-1101
35:14 3:48 Tonto's Expanding Head Band - TamaZero Time, 1971, Embryo Records SD 732
38:09 2:47 Terje Isungset - Glacial MotionMeditations, 2015, All Ice Records 1407
40:04 1:32 Ulises Conti - HLos Griegos Creían Que Las Estrellas Eran Pequeños Agujeros Por Donde Los Dioses Escuchaban A Los Hombres, 2014, Flau FLAU41
40:33 3:06 Norn - Maanmeer VrÿUsotsuki [うそつき], 2015, Moving Furniture Records MFR023
42:47 3:52 John Puchiele Ensemble - ThinkingLife Cycle, 2013, Antediluvian Records ARJPE001
45:00 2:39 Bjarni Gunnarsson - PortholesProcesses & Potentials, 2013, 3Leaves 3L025
46:52 0:57 Sussan Deyhim & Hirin Nestat - TurbulentSoliloquy, 2008, Venus Rising
47:34 2:26 Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones - Ma DressingParole De Navarre, 2006/2010, Denovali DEN60
49:12 4:17 Johnny Jewel - SpellboundLost River OST, 2015, Italians do it Better
52:27 6:08 London Docks - 400 Clouds Pt. 1Tangaróa
58:35 End

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This mix is made to be published in the excellent series of mixes on the "Sounds of a Tired City", part of the larger website with the same name.Inspired by the site name, I decided I wanted to try to create a sonic 'walk' through a 'tired' city. A mix with a lot of scene changes... like walking through an unknown city on a (quiet sunday?) morning - finding hidden surprises and marvels around every corner.. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:start time - sample length - Artist - Title(Album Title, Release Year, Label details)

00:00 02:57 Boduf Songs - Grows in the Small World of NerveStench of Exist, 2015, Flenser Records, FR-50
01:20 02:30 Edward Artemyev - Stalker-MeditationSolaris, The Mirror, Stalker, 1990, Torso Kino CD 5001
03:42 01:45 Terje Isungset - The ViewMeditations, 2015, All Ice Records ALL ICE 1407
05:17 01:46 Bruce Langhorne - WindmillThe Hired Hand Soundtrack, 1971/2004, Blast First Petite PTYT 2002
06:00 03:00 Claudio Puntin, Gerdur Gunnarsdottir - Sofdu Unga Astin MinYlir, 2001, ECM 1749
08:32 03:23 Ross Douglas - On Finding the Last Known SanctuaryLevers & Cogs, 2015, self-released
10:40 05:11 New Composers - The Pendulum of TranquilityBoring Music, 2015, Psychonavigation Records PSY100
11:40 06:40 Janek Schaefer - The Ghost RoadAsleep at the Wheel..Ghost Road Soundtracks, 2011, AdiOh! Recordings AudiOh!34
16:12 02:43 Weerthof - KienPlaces, 2014, Lomechanik LOMEK025
18:30 00:34 Janek Schaefer - The Ghost RoadAsleep at the Wheel..Ghost Road Soundtracks, 2011, AdiOh! Recordings AudiOh!34
18:46 02:55 Piano Interrupted - Darkly Shining (John Lemke Rework)The Unified Field Reconstructed, 2015, Denovali DEN 226
20:40 03:15 Thomas Tilly - Hyla NanaScript Geometry, 2014, Aposiopèse APO 09
21:52 03:43 Wndfrm - Alpental CascadeElements Five, 2014, Home Normal HOMEN059
23:29 04:30 Sonae - WanderingFar Away is Right Around the Corner, 2015, Monika Enterprise M82
27:00 03:46 Atrium Carceri - Old TunnelsThe Old City OST, 2015, Cryo Chamber
28:00 04:55 Jasmine Guffond - RR VariationYellow Bell, 2015, Sonic Pieces 021
31:27 01:30 Rip, Rig & Panic - The Blue Blue ThirdGod Plus, 1982, Cherry Red CDMRED 572
32:53 03:01 Dat Rayon - Auto PartsMotor City, 2014, Zoharum 062-2
34:03 03:22 Don Hill - Shakuhachi Pan (in 3D)Insight Treks (Sound Never Ages), 2015, self-released
35:02 08:06 Deathprod - OpticalStator, 2015, Touch TO:99
40:45 06:37 Biosphere - Space is FizzyStator, 2015, Touch TO:99
45:30 06:14 Chris Dooks - (S)TarlandTiny Geographies Soundtrack, 2013, self-released
51:08 02:11 Goldmund - In a NotebookThe Malady of Elegance, 2008, Type 039
52:25 03:00 Janek Schaefer - The Ghost RoadAsleep at the Wheel..Ghost Road Soundtracks, 2011, AdiOh! Recordings AudiOh!34
53:52 03:44 Snoqualmie Falls - Journey's EndPast Disappears, 2014, Dronarivm
56:42 02:06 unknown - La Jaula D'Oro End TitleLa Jaula D'Oro OST, 2013, Animal de Luz Films
58:48 End

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"Jam Karet" is Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language) meaning "Elastic Time" (or "Rubber Hours"). To me, this concept also applies to mixes that include ambient and drone fragments... where the listener gets immersed in sound in such a way that all notion of time is lost; where music could last for minutes, or for hours. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:start time - sample length - Artist - Title(Album Title, Release Year, Label details)

00:00 04:30 Samora - Uranium(Lontano, 2014, Tranquillo / Psychonavigation TRAN005)
03:38 04:21 Witte Ruis - Droon 1.1A(Places, 2014, Lomechanik LOMEK025)
06:03 04:56 Orphax - Mantophasmatodea(Oniscus Asellus, 2014, self-released)
08:26 02:33 Alvin Lucier - Music for Gamelan Instruments, Microphones and Loudspeakers(Resonance 9.2, 2002, London Musician's Collective RES 9.2 )
09:21 02:07 Francisco Lopez - Untitled #240(Untitled [2009], 2011, Baskaru Karu:20)
11:05 02:26 Ulises Conti - M(Los Griegos Creían Que Las Estrellas Eran Pequeños Agujeros Por Donde Los Dioses Escuchaban A Los Hombres, 2014, Flau FLAU41)
12:36 03:29 Marina Rosenfeld - New York/It's All About(P.A./ Hard Love, 2013, Room40, RM430)
15:39 01:05 Paul Schütze - Sacred Agents(New Maps of Hell, 1996, Big Cat ABB 104 CD)
16:00 02:00 Brunette Models - Nie Bryza Targane Poczwary Glebin(Impressions of Whispers, 2009, Jamenda 057363)
16:30 04:10 Jacaszek & Kwartludium - Sigh (Les Peupliers)(Catalogue des Arbres, 2014, Touch TO;94)
19:30 03:34 Slim Vic - Divalater (Part 1)(Brain Mash, 2014, Lamour Records lamourcd001)
21:09 03:00 Sava Marinkovic - Opening(Evocation, 2014, self-released)
22:51 02:38 Mica Levi - Andrew Void / Lipstick to Void(Under the Skin OST, 2014, Milan, 399 543-2)
25:01 02:24 Hortus Conclusus - Drone_66 Denebola(Selected Drones, 2011, Nostress Netlabel NN_LP006_11_11)
26:00 01:32 Laurie Spiegel - Three Sonic Spaces I(Unseen Worlds, 1994, Aesthetic Engineering AE 11001-2)
27:06 00:31 Tod Dockstader - Four Telemetry Tapes, No. 2(Apocalypse, 1993, Starkland ST-202)
27:13 04:31 Pete Namlook - Music for Urban Meditation - Part VI(Music for Urban Meditation, 2004, Fax PK 08/167)
27:28 00:46 Tod Dockstader - Four Telemetry Tapes, No. 3(Apocalypse, 1993, Starkland ST-202)
28:46 05:39 Porzellan - Between Two Suns(The Fourth Level of Comprehension, 2009, Hibernate HB03)
32:33 02:50 Max Richter - Journey 3(Infra, 2010, Fat Cat Records CD 13-11)
35:00 03:40 Monolake - Avalanche(Silence, 2009, Imbalance Computer Music ML025)
37:21 03:52 Mesektet - Hollow Monolitis(Towards a Bleak Sun, 2014, Cold Spring CSR191CD)
39:33 03:07 Erik Enocksson - Epilogue(Man Tänker Sitt, 2009, Kning Disk KD070)
41:41 02:38 Kate Carr - Sunset(Overheard in Doi Saket, 2014, 3Leaves 3L030)
42:54 02:00 Man Watching the Stars - Alpha Ursae Minoris(Dusk, 2014, CIUIN UIN002)
43:31 02:31 Yair Elazar Glotman - Khaypudyr Bay(Northern Gulfs, 2014, Glacial Movements GM012)
45:18 04:19 Alva Noto - Alva Noto Z1 (For John Cage)(For, 2006, Line LINE_026)
48:21 01:57 The The - Meat Fever(Tony, 2010 Lazarus Cineola 1)
49:24 08:10 Svarte Greiner - Final Sleep (Remix by Hecq)(Conversions, 2014, Ad Noiseam adn174)
55:12 02:45 Mike Cooper - Jalan Sam Heng(White Shadows in the South Seas, 2013, Room40 RM454)
56:16 02:18 Penjaga Insaf - Cross the Border(To Whom it May Concern, 2005, Shortwave Transmission SWT01)
57:22 03:09 Penjaga Insaf - Sang Dalang(Sama Sadja, 2010, Power & Steel PAS 27)
59:01 07:11 Man Watching the Stars - Fields (Dusk)(Dusk, 2014, CIUIN UIN002)
1:06:47 - End

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This mix is built around mysterious vocals. Vocals that may guide you, or lure you, into distances unknown. Often, but not exclusively, female, and some of them not even human - like the beautiful flute-playing by Jean-Christophe Bonnafous, or the mysterious singing sound of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko that was recently discovered during the Rosetta space missions. With just a little fantasy you can imagine the Philae Space Lander being attracted by the comet's song - ultimately leading it to an untimely death. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Start - Length - Artist - Title (Album Title, Release Year, Label #)

00:00 2:39 Mendel Kaelen - Suñayaca Tãla(Sequence 8, 2014, Futuresequence SEQ008)
01:51 01:41 Hildur Gudnadottir - Poka(Saman, 2014, Touch TO:96)
03:16 00:54 Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin - End of the World Theme(Beasts of the Southern Wild OST, 2012, Thirty3 and a 3rd Records)
03:28 04:06 Giulio Aldinucci - Fieno(Aer, 2014, Dronarivm DR-25)
05:56 03:46 Iva Bittová - Fragment VI(Iva Bittová, 2013, ECM Records ECM 2275)
07:13 02:55 Ambient Music Therapy - Sleep 3(Ultimate Sleep System, 2005, Self-Released)
08:07 02:57 Above, Convenience Store! - Boneyard Stray Dog(Building in Search of the Sun, 2013, Sparkwood Records SR01)
10:15 03:54 Penjaga Insaf - Pulang(Sama Sadja, 2010, Power & Steel PAS27)
11:52 01:47 Andrew Skeoch & Sarah Koschak - Distant Bellbirds(Favourite Australian Birdsong, 2001, Listening Earth LECD 10)
13:25 01:28 Andrew Skeoch & Sarah Koschak - Pied Butcherbirds(A Morning in the Australian Bush, 1996, Listening Earth LECD 9601)
14:11 01:06 Ambrose Field - Technoform 7(Quantaform Series, 2013, Sargasso SCD28071)
14:45 00:40 Andrew Liles - Tinder Box(Black Beauty, 2007, Beta-Lactam Ring Records MT127)
14:54 05:02 Enrico Coniglio - Existenz Minimum(Areavirus Topofonie Vol. 1, 2007, Psychonavigation Records PSY 020)
19:32 01:30 Cliff Martinez - Wrong Floor(Drive OST, 2011, Sony/Lakeshore Records 88691975162)
20:36 03:21 Field Rotation - The Repetition of History(Fatalist The Repetition of History, 2013, Denovali DEN161)
23:30 01:25 Asne Valland Nordli - Veverskens Tid(Over Tones, 2014, ECM Records ECM 2315)
24:30 04:01 Darren Harper - Will My Memories of You Hold True(Suspended Memory, 2011, Self-released)
26:48 04:06 David Toop - Disposal Chute Inoperative(Mondo Black Chamber, 2014, Sub Rosa SR385)
29:39 01:57 Jack Dangers - Blast Off(Bathyscape Trieste, 2013, Primary Numbers PRIMA007)
31:03 02:32 Andrew Liles - Aviophilia(In My Father's House There Are Many Mansions, 2006, Fourth Dimension Records FDCD68)
32:50 02:16 Rodolpho Alexis - Parabolic Amphibian Mix (Various Tree Frogs)(The Wire Tapper 34, 2014, Wire Magazine Issue 362)
33:37 02:00 Lustmord - Babel(The Word as Power, 2013, Blackest Ever Black BLACKESTCD004)
35:17 03:18 Desert of Hiatus - Trepidation's Skin(Inconsolable Grief, 2014, self-released)
37:51 02:56 Alogon - Snow(Wound, 2014, Under U.R. 08)
38:49 02:29 Jean-Christophe Bonnafous - Alterina(Graines de Berceuses, 2012, Prokosnovénie, Prik144)
39:28 02:23 A Day for Strange Birds - The Night Creeps(The Sound Between The Noise, 2014, self-released)
40:40 02:16 Stefkovic van Interesse - Nebelmarsch(In the Fields, 2013, Self-Released)
42:35 04:24 Pauline Oliveros - Watertank Software(Vor Der Flut - Hommage an einen Wasserspeicher, 1985, Eigelstein Musikproduktion, ES2025/26 CD)
46:37 00:55 Paul Schütze - Sacred Agents(New Maps of Hell, 1996, Big Cat ABB 104 CD )
47:02 03:31 Deaf Center - The Day I Would Never Have(Owl Splinters, 2011, Type TYPE080 )
50:02 03:15 Mariolina Zitta - Sonar(Concert for Bats, Voices and Natural Sounds, 2007, Earth Ear ee6142)
51:46 02:33 Max Eastley - Hydrophone String Installation(Installation Recordings 1973 - 2008, 2010, Paradigm Discs PD26)
53:08 05:27 Ian William Craig - Either Or(A Turn of Breath, 2014, Recital 8)
57:12 02:27 Mica Levi - Alien Loop(Under the Skin OST, 2014, Milan M2-36678)
58:24 00:41 ESA Operations - A Singing Comet(ESA Operations Rosetta Mission, 2014, Soundcloud)
59:00 00:47 Jon Hopkins - Distant Fire(How I Live Now OST, 2013, Just Music TAO056)

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"Mental Health Hotline" is the second 'collaborative dialogue' created together with Christophe 'Klankschap' Ywaska. (The first was "Both Were Moving", 2012). Each selection a reaction to the previous addition means the story may have some unexpected turns and views... especially with over 50 samples crammed into this adventurous hour of sound! Be prepared for a dazzling - and possibly somewhat disorienting - joyride... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

00:00 Lee Patterson - Between the Erasmus Bridge and the Maastower (A)(Klankstappen - Of Steel and Water; 2012)
01:20 Jan Bang - Singers Ashes (A)(Narrative from the Subtropics, 2014)
02:22 Valentin Silvestrov - Campana Testament (A)(On Photography, 2005)
04:07 Lee Patterson - Between the Erasmus Bridge and the Maastower (A)(Klankstappen - Of Steel and Water; 2012)
04:15 Frans Friederich - Word of Shaman (Arno Peeters Remix) (A)(Recyclopedia W, 2012)
07:00 Ben Vida – Tztztztzt Part 4 (K)(Slipping control, 2014)
07:23 Ekin Fil – Long Still (K)(Reds, 2014)
08:17 Petrels – Winchester Croydon Winchester (K)(Haeligewielle, 2011)
10:33 Olafur Arnalds – Runaway (K)(Gimme shelter, 2014)
11:06 Mia Wasikowska – I’m not formed by things by myself alone (K)(Stoker, 2013)
11:14 Thomas Tilly – Crossroads, Phasing (A)(Script Geometry, 2014)
11:35 Felix Hess – Palengue (A)(Frogs 4, 1985)
11:42 Lucy Claire – Paelistin (A)(Sequence 6, 2013)
13:31 Robin Arnott – Into Darkness (A)(Antichamber, 2013)
14:10 Hills and Valley – Bells (A)(Sequence 4, 2012)
15:21 Ruben Garcia – Totem (A)(Somewhere on the Edge, 2012)
15.54 Vijay Iyer - Mutation ii rise (K)(Mutations, 2014)
16:06 Erik K Skodvin – Amber and Glass (K)(…And Darkness Came, 2012)
17:40 Coil – Is suicide a solution (K)(Black Gold (Collected Rarities), 1999)
18:55 Mica Levi – Andrew Void (K)(Under the Skin, 2014)
19:07 Ø – Metsan Sydan (K)(Konstellaatio, 2014)
20:28 Simon Fisher Turner – Gasherbrum / Broad Peak (A)(The Epic of Everest, 2013)
21:22 Geir Jenssen – Chinese Basecamp – Near a Stone Shelter (A)(Cho Oyu 8201M, 2006)
24:08 Olan Mill – Land Cycle 4 (K)(Land Cycle, 2014)
24:46 A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Atomos VII (Greenhouse Re-Interpretation) W_Ben Frost (A)(Atomos VII, 2014)
28:17 Dat Rayon – Ghia (A)(Motor City, 2014)
29.36 Holly Herndon – Interlude (A)(Movement, 2012)
29:41 Adrian Aniol – Obscura (A)(Obscura, 2013)
30:51 Sense – MK Symphony (A)(Still Life, 2014)
31:11 Alva Noto – Pax (For chain music) (K)(For 2, 2010)
31:25 The Black Dog with Black Sifichi – Mental Health Hotline (K)(Unsavoury Products, 2002)
32:00 Marcus Fjellström – Lm-116 (K)(Library Music 1, 2011)
34:20 David Toop – Watchtower Data (A)(Mondo Black Chamber, 2014)
35:09 Pjusk – Sløret (A)(Solstøv, 2014)
37:40 Deadwood – Malum in Se (A)(Sheolic, 2014)
38:00 Dictaphone – Poem from a Rooftop (A)(Poems from a Rooftop, 2012)
39:28 Rebekka Karijord – Morula (K)(Music for Theatre and Film, 2014)
40:15 Valerio Tricoli – In your Ruins is my Shelter (K)(Miseri Lares, 2014)
40:28 Elodie – La prediction (K)(Traces éphèmeres, 2014)
41:02 Kreng - …And then in the Morning (K)(And then in the Morning,2014)
42:23 The Caretaker – Emptiness (K)(A Stairway to the Stars, 2001)
42:45 Andrew Liles / Daniel Menche – Metamorphosis (A)(The Progeny of Flies, 2008)
44:07 Andrew Liles / Daniel Menche – Pupa (A)(The Progeny of Flies, 2008)
45:02 Johann Johannson – The Priest’s Basement (A)(Prisoners OST, 2013)
46:27 Kink Gong – Baozo Khen (A)(Voices, 2013)
47:29 Mica Levi – Death (K)(Under the Skin, 2014)
48:50 Peter Zummo & Arthur Russel – Sci-Fi (K)(Zummo with an X, 1985)
49:36 Excepter – i zone (K)(The Stand, 2014)
50:58 Bass Communion – Loss (Part 2) (A)(Loss, 2006)
52:23 Arve Henriksen; Ellis Vanberg – Ukjend Katedral (A)(Ellivan, 2009)
53:56 Bersarin Quartett – Zum Greifen Nah (remix by Hecq) (A)(Hecq – Conversions, 2014)
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For this mix I aimed to create a dreamlike and timeless atmosphere - dark (but not too dark). It is calm, yet there are many shifting scenes, many passing landscapes and some conflicting emotions... When it ends, (I hope) it feels as if it was much longer than it actually was ... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist[start] [length] [Artist] - [Title][Album], [Year], [Label#]

00:00 02:28 Alvin Lucier - Elegy for Albert AnastasiaVespers and other Early Works, 2002, New World Records 80604-2
01:26 02:03 Teho Teardo - Several Tree Huggers Were Found DeadFaith in a Wet Season, 2012, Voxxov Records VOXFCD02
02:41 01:43 Threethings - ArkhangelskSequence 7, 2013, Future Sequence SEQ007
03:50 01:58 Kane Ikin - Slipping Away...And Darkness Came, 2012, Headphone Commute HCD001
05:23 01:20 Ekkehard Ehlers - Woolf PhraseMusic for William Forsythe, 2002, Whatness 005
05:32 02:35 Philippe Lamy - Trying to tell a StoryStorytelling, 2012, Audio Gourmet Netlabel AGN061
07:14 01:30 Christina Vantzou - Moonsound (Ernest Gibson Remix)No. 1 Remixes, 2011, Self-released
08:27 03:00 Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto - Microon IIISummvs, 2011, Raster-Noton r-n 132
09:41 - 02:18 Jlu - Noise100 Years of Noise, 2013, Enough Records enrcmp19
10:04 04:15 Thomas Köner - Novaya Zemlya 3Novaya Zemlya, 2012, Thouch TO:85
12:28 03:53 Dr. Jeffrey Thompson - Voice of Earth (edit)Nasa Voyager Space Recordings, 1992, Brain/Mind Research
14:17 00:52 Chris Chafe - Josef Parvizi - Stanford Scientists turn seizures into music
14:36 01:53 Arve Henriksen - Magma OscillatorChron, 2012, Rune Grammofon RLP 2152Y
15:20 02:05 Heitor Alvelos - Untitled....49 Years from Gesang der Jünglinge, 2005, Sirr 0020
16:40 02:06 David Toop - HypnogogmatistMelatonin: Meditations on Sound in Sleep, 2004, Room40 EDRM402
18:43 02:42 Arturs Maskats - Da Ispravitsja Molitva MojaOn Photography, 2005, GB Records BCGBCD07
20:48 02:35 Murcof - PlantAntibothis vol 4, 2012, Thisco thisk.072
21:29 05:45 Eyvind Kang - Petrified WoodAir Texture volume III, 2013, Air Texture AIR003
25:00 06:37 Biosphere - SuperfluidCompilation 1991 - 2004, 2012, Biophon Records BIO7D
28:20 02:19 The New Honey Shade - 2013.02.043M33S, 2013, Bandcamp
30:40 01:09 Mark Tamea - The LakeAtomism, 2013, Awal EQ:RA 002
31:37 01:30 Atom TM - Streuung - Teil IVWinterreise, 2011, self-released
32:04 02:12 Seetyca - Der Atem Des ThieresIm Traum, 2005, Dark Winter dw016
33:17 01:06 Coil + Nine Inch Nails - Eraser (Reduction)Recoiled, 2014, Cold Spring CSR193CD
33:48 02:08 Sergio Sorrentino, Machinefabriek - Buco Nero (Zwart Gat)Vignettes, 2013, Fratto 9 Under the Sky Records fratto024
34:35 02:01 Pleq - The Early Symptoms of SchizophreniaIt's not Boring, It's Ambient, 2012, Preserved Sound
35:45 03:03 John Kannenberg - Echoes of the PharosMeditations on Light (Reconstructions, 2011, Monochrome Visions, MV35
36:34 02:28 Benoit Pioulard - If I Could Possibly Tell The Difference, I Wouldn't Care AnywayAir Texture Vol. II, 2012, Air Texture AIR002
38:23 01:35 Dakhabrakha - YagudkyYagudky, 2007, self-released
39:21 01:00 Felipe Otondo - TeocalliTutuguri, 2013, Sargasso SCD28070
40:06 02:33 Penjaga Insaf - Perang DamaiTo Whom it May Concern, 2005, Shortwave Transmission SWT01
41:48 02:27 Lustmord - Y GairThe Word as Power, 2013, Blackest Ever Black BlackestCD004
43:15 02:44 Kreng - NimmermeerL'Autopsie Phenomenale De Dieu, 2009, Miasmah MIACD010
45:27 02:46 Loren Nerell - Slow DreamSlow Dream, 2012, Projekt PRO271
46:27 05:36 Mendel Kaelen - SatoriRemembering What Was Forgotten, 2010, Self Released SR001
50:27 02:08 Bass Communion - Grammatic FogBass Communion III, 2001, Burning Shed
51:45 01:39 Brady Allard - Vernichtung, Pt. 2Anamnesis, 2012, self-released/Bandcamp
52:47 02:47 Kim Cascone - The Silver StarThe Astrum Argentum, 2007, Musica Excentrica exc009
54:16 05:43 Janek Schaefer - Radio 112 FMLay-By Lullabye, 2014, 12k 12k1079
55:03 01:51 Frances White - Centre Bridge (Dark River)Electroacoustic Works, 2007, Mode 184
55:24 03:03 Jamie Drouin - A Three Month Warm UpA Three Month Warm Up, 2009, Dragon's Eye Recording de 5023
58:27 01:32 Frances White - Centre Bridge (Dark River)Electroacoustic Works, 2007, Mode 184
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If one of the criteria for 'ambient' music is that you can comfortably fall asleep to it, I guess you'd better skip this particular mix. Although it starts quiet and reassuring with soothing vocal chords from Silvestrov's "The Lord's Prayer", the mood disintegrates and sometimes can become rather unsettling - depending on your own personal 'incidental memories', of course. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

For reasons I can't really explain, this mix works better if you listen on speakers instead of headphones - just let the airwaves flow for maximum immersion.

PLAYLIST:

[Track Start] [Sample Length] [Artist - Title][Album], [Year], [Label details]

00:00 02:04 Ben Lukas Boysen - LeaveMother Nature OST, 2013, Hymen Records Y807
01:15 04:33 Valentin Silvestrov - The Lord's PrayerOn Photography, 2005, GB Records BVGBCD07
05:06 02:52 Eric La Casa - Spirale 1 (Version 2)The Walls are Whispering...Vol.2, 2004, EE-Tapes EE05
05:57 02:20 Bob Ohrum - Song for you (I'll never forget)Elevated, 2010, Relaxed Machinery rM_0004
07:21 01:46 Adrian Aniol - Dark PassageObscura, 2013, Self-Released (Bandcamp)
08:22 02:43 Fieldhead - BrokenThey Shook Hands for Hours, 2009, Home Assembly Music HAM003R
09:44 01:25 Jack Dangers - Sooth SirenForbidden Planets Explored, 2004, Important Records IMPREC038
10:05 01:35 Bionulor - Temat OjcaTheatre Music for Skazana, 2013, Oniron ON.002
10:27 02:36 Janek Schaefer - Requiem for West WitteringPanels. An Inquiry to the Spatial, The Sonic and the Public, 2010, NAim/Bureau Europa
11:46 02:07 I've Lost - Going UnderSleep Mode, 2013, Relaxed Machinery rM_0009
12:40 02:47 Rafael Anton Irisarri - Scilla Im Scilla70 Years of Sunshine, Ascent, 2013, Monotype Records mono070
13:56 00:35 Cliff Martinez & Skrillex - Rise and Shine Little B*HSpring Breakers OST, 2013, Atlantic 7567873178
14:14 03:35 Lucy Claire - Bound in SeaSequence 7, 2013, Future Sequence SEQ007
16:52 02:47 Bruce Gilbert and BAW - Creatures of Sea and AirDiluvial, 2013, Touch TO:87
17:55 02:39 JG Thirlwell - Hanging CurseMind the Gap 100, 2013, Gonzo Circus MTG 100
19:28 03:10 Francisco López - Untitled #288Aquarius, 2013, Dronarivm DR-09
20:03 04:09 Alva Noto - Anthem Berlin (For the Kingdowm of Elgaland-Vargaland)For 2, 2010, Line Line_044
22:57 03:17 Runar Magnusson - Unclean Mind in a Broken BodyOptions, 2009, Hljodaklettar ‎– #HKUSB1
26:38 03:17 Florent Colautti - Nanom+Nanom+/Untitled, 2013, Corps Electriques CD_01
26:48 01:00 Kenneth Kirschner - One Minute For the StarsOne Minute For the Stars, 2011, SEM label SEM 011
29:18 03:36 Pleq and Josco - A Broken MemoryAssembly Field Compilation #1, 2013, Assembly Field AF01
30:58 03:07 Machinefabriek - EeuwMind the Gap 100, 2013, Gonzo Circus MTG 100
32:38 03:08 Biosphere - Sun-BakedCompilation 1991-2004, 2012, Biophon Records BIO7D
34:50 01:05 Andrey Dergatchev - JapanThe Return, 2005, ECM Records ECM 1925
35:34 04:24 Julia Kent - Only ChildCharacter, 2013, Leaf BAY 80CD
38:42 02:04 M. Rösner - May0105Incidental Amplifications, 2006, Room40 EDRM405
39:35 02:51 Volume Settings Folder - Arborea OspizaIvan Hoe and Other Tales, 2012, Organic Industries OIC001-V2
40:02 03:12 Ensemble Economique - Interval Signals, Part 1Interval Signals, 2013, Denovali DEN186
42:35 04:18 Clem Leek - A Modern Hymn for NYC...And Darkness Came, 2012, Headphone Commute HCD001
43:20 01:44 Andrea Serrapiglio - Bicycles, Football, Volley and Other Sports in a Public ParkAutumn is Coming, We're all in Slow Motion, 2010, Hibernate HB20
45:34 03:18 Altus - Trying to Elude that DarkplaceNo-R-Mal, 2009, Just Not Normal JNN050
47:34 03:54 Emme Ya - Sigil Dissolution DroneDrone-Mind Mind-Drone, 2013, Drone Records MIND-02
48:22 01:44 Valentin Silvestrov - The Lord's PrayerOn Photography, 2005, GB Records BVGBCD07
49:27 03:29 Ithaca Trio - Fluidic SpaceNew Music from the Delta Quadrant, 2012, Hibernate HB45
51:29 04:30 Eren Silence - Eren I BEren I, 2013, Self-released (Bandcamp)
53:00 07:00 Guy Birkin - Tintinnabuli Mathematica 12DSequence 7, 2013, Future Sequence SEQ007

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"Autumn is here. Darkness slowly creeps up just a little bit earlier. Clouds get grayer and swell up with rain. Trees shed their colors and tighten their belts. And people begin to prepare for winter. But among all the shadows there’s a small ray of light. And with that glow comes the music… For today’s exclusive podcast, Peter van Cooten weaves in layers of haunting soundscapes spanning the gray-scale of the ambient universe. It’s a gorgeous soundtrack to the season of tears…" (Words by H_C) --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

[Start Time][Sample Length][Artist - Title][Album], [Year], [Label details]

00:00 01:20 Deathprod - A Dream for Ted GreeneMoney Will Ruin Everything 2, 2008, Rune Grammofon RCD2072
00:28 04:01 Antonymes - Tristesse (Fryderyk Chopin's 12 Études Op. 10 No. 3 in E Major)Variations of Chopin, 2013, Too Many Fireworks 2MF013
02:04 02:55 Yann Novak - Amphi, ExcerptAquarius, 2013, Dronarivm DR-09
02:53 02:21 Prurient - Terracotta SpineThrough the Window, 2013, Blackest Ever Black BLACKESTCD002
03:33 03:37 Siddhartha Barnhoorn - The CoreAntichamber, 2013, Bandcamp
06:06 01:32 Boards of Canada - TelepathTomorrow's Harvest, 2013, Warp Records WARPCD257
06:06 02:40 Space Shuttle Launch(Taken from the Youtube Video by Michael Interbartolo)
07:11 02:58 Rauelsson - Wave OutVora, 2013, Sonic Pieces 017
09:00 02:25 Monochromie - KatedraColors in the Dark, 2013, Time Released Sound TRS033
10:07 02:23 Jeremy Bible - Co_4Collisions, 2013, Experimedia.net
11:40 01:31 Jeremy Bible - Co_9Collisions, 2013, Experimedia.net
12:51 05:57 Richard Chartier - Interior Field (Part 1)Interior Field, 2013, Line 062
14:18 04:23 Felipe Otondo - SarnathTutuguri, 2013, Sargasso SCD28070
17:29 04:29 Bruce Gilbert & BAW - The ExpanseDiluvial, 2013 Touch TO:87
17:29 03:12 Bruce Gilbert & BAW - Dry LandDiluvial, 2013, Touch TO:87
20:25 02:52 Sebastian Plano - AngelsImpetus, 2013, Denovali DEN177
22:31 02:22 Squanto - And BackEvery Night Draws the Same Crowd, 2013, Fluid Audio 017
23:44 02:14 Daniel Blinkhorn - Relatively Loud TonesTerra Subfónica, 2013 Gruenrekorder Gruen 117
24:24 02:12 Sam Genovese - The Flower in Your ThroatThe Locust in Your Mouth, 2013, Bandcamp
25:18 03:28 Michel Banabila - The Late HourZoomworld, 2013, Bandcamp
28:08 04:45 Ben Lukas Boysen - The Behinian GospelGravity, 2013, Ad Noiseam ADN168CD
30:17 05:22 Jari Pitkänen - UnialusAnima Ombra, 2013, Enough Records, enrmp321
33:47 03:32 Metal Wind - Undesirable RotationsAncient Sounds Revival, 2013, Textural Records
35:29 02:32 Drøn - Frozen PassageHD188753, 2013, Drøn Release Network DRN 001
37:20 02:40 Ben Bix - Nyihahi (Nocturne I-II)All of the Variations At Once, 2013, Psychonavigation PSY071
39:13 02:02 Alexandre Desplat - L'OrqueDeRouille Et D'Os, 2012, Idol Records 691.A003.020/WNP0007
40:50 03:31 Orientalism - Slit Air OmenAli's Riot Men, 2013, Attenuation Circuit ACP 1011
41:57 01:05 Eugene Carchesio - C9Concert for One Person in a Small Room, 2013, Room40 DRM421
42:54 01:58 Marina Rosenfeld - New York_Empire State ofP.A. Hard Love, 2013, Room40 RM452
44:25 01:47 Marina Rosenfeld - Liverpool_'Round Downtown By Myself_TickTockP.A. Hard Love, 2013, Room40 RM452
45:35 04:17 Rúnar Magnússon - The Great Pretenderness: Satanísk sjálfspíningar sál2004, Hljodaklettar/Whitelabel
46:55 02:19 Niko Senpuki - Salcteo ()**Interdicted, 2013, Attenuation Circuit ACPS 1007
48:24 04:33 Philippe Lamy - Trying to Tell Another StoryStorytelling, 2012, Audio Gourmet AGN061
49:57 03:19 Marconi Union - Weightless, part 4Weightless (Ambient Transmissions Volume 2), 2012, self-released
51:42 04:07 Lustmord - GoetiaThe Word As Power, 2013, Blackest Ever Black BlackestCD004
55:16 03:52 Antonymes - Tristesse (Fryderyk Chopin's 12 Études Op. 10 No. 3 in E Major)Variations of Chopin, 2013, Too Many Fireworks 2MF013
58:36 01:23 Deathprod - A Dream for Ted GreeneMoney Will Ruin Everyting 2, 2008, Rune Grammofon RCD2072
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() *Full Title:"Salcteo, Oder: Wenn Ich Meinen Kühlschrank Öffne Springt Mir Nur Zuul Und Ein Enthaupteter Eskimo Entgegen. Zweiteres Gar Schneller Weil Der Lästige Kopf Nicht Bremst"*

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"I'm not formed by things that are of myself alone" This is the key quote (taken from Stoker) for this mix, which is also 'not formed by things of itself alone'. Every detail, every short sample, has its origin in another context, another musical composition, from which it is taken to find a new place in a completely different context. "My ears hear what others cannot hear." "Parallax" is the visual effect that, when you are moving yourself, objects closer to you seem to move by faster than objects in the distance, which slowly seem to move with you in the same direction. In sound, drones seem to create a somewhat similar effect. In some way that is what this mix is about: the background sound slowly moving along with you while some other fragments pass by so quick you cannot even focus. Just don't try to focus. "...Now I see things that were hidden from my eyes..." --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

[Start Time][Sample Length][Artist - Title][Album], [Year], [Label details]

00:00 02:11 Sigbjorn Apeland - LiteGlossolalia, 2010, Hubro CD2503
00:53 02:44 Jorg - ZoomEsc.Rec 36, 2013, Esc.Rec 036
01:47 05:07 Joseph Curwen- I-SephirothNocturnal Rites, 2013, Bandcamp
03:32 01:34 ME Raabenstein - The Plan ImposesSwimming with Friends Again, 2013, Nonine NON41
05:40 02:11 I am A Man With A St Tropez Tan - SouthendJust a Ghost, 2013, self-released
06:46 04:05 Michel Banabila - Mltvz 947 Loops, 2013, Bandcamp
08:54 03:50 Swartz Et - Ocean BreathRespire, 2012, Bandcamp
09:51 03:23 Francisco López - Untitled (2006)Untitled (2006-2007), 2008, Monochrome Vision MV25
11:35 05:32 Jffstnhs - BrokenBroken, 2013, Cooper Cult CC011
16:27 02:06 Olafur Arnalds - We (Too) Shall RestFor Now I Am Winter, 2013, Mercury Classics 00289 481 0150
18:11 02:57 Jeremy Keenan - ImmaterialImmaterial, 2013, Bigo & Twigeti
20:24 02:50 The Stargazer's Assistant - Kellarinauhat Pt. 1Antibothis Anthology vol 4, 2012, Antibothis Vol. 4
21:47 01:58 Gideon Wolf - The UnknownPaper, 2012, Fluid Audio 011
23:26 03:06 Teleferick - Sketch TwoTwenty Two Minutes of Frame, 2013, Bandcamp
24:30 03:21 Jamie Drouin - A Three Month Warm UpA Three Month Warm Up, 2013, Dragon's Eye Recordings, de5023
27:04 02:00 Ramin Djawadi - The WallGame Of Thrones, 2011, Varèse Sarabande ‎– VSD-7097
28:24 02:45 Betacicadae - PireneMouna, 2013, Elegua Records ele017
30:12 03:51 Hecq - Red SkyNight Falls, 2008, Hymen Records ¥767
32:27 02:23 Nigel Samways & Daniel Dickel - ParatheatreCompilation #1, 2013, Assembly Field AF01
33:42 02:55 Ben Lukas Boysen - BlessedMother Nature OST, 2013, Hymen Records ¥807
36:03 04:03 Richard Lainhart & Luscio Menegon - An Abandoned GardenAn Abandoned Garden, 2013, Rubber City Noise RCNlp002lp
37:07 01:55 Lawrence English - Cemetary Gate Honart AustraliaAnd The Lived In, 2012, Room40 drm420
38:32 02:05 Lawrence English - Trigona Carbonaria Hive Invasion Brisbane AustraliaSongs of the Living, 2012, Room40 drm420
39:52 03:00 Toshiya Tsunoda - Air Vibration in a Bent PipeExtract from Field Recording Archive #1, 1997, WrK WrK008CD
40:42 04:22 Stefan Funck - So Far So GodSo Far So Good, 2013, Attenuation Circuit ACR1029
44:20 03:08 Stray Theories - PromisesElements 02, 2013, The Future Elements TFE002
46:40 03:33 Marsen Jules Trio - Histoire de la Nuit (feat. Roger Döring)Présences Acousmatique, 2013, Oktaf #05
49:06 01:58 Altus - To The Urban SilenceComplex Silence 22, 2012, Treetrunk Records 205
49:57 05:32 Machinefabriek - Vergezicht 2Vergezicht, 2013, Alien Transistor N31
52:38 04:21 Karl Verkade - Than are Dreamt Of (Moonlight Mix)Elements 02, 2013, The Future Elements TFE002
53:01 04:34 DJ Olive - Wake me at MidnightBalm, 2013, Record Blanks/Bandcamp
53:51 04:40 Pietro Riparbelli - The Cathedral of Saint Germain, ParisFour Churches, 2010, Touch Spire 4
55:24 00:47 Mia Wasikowska - I'm not formed by things that are of myself aloneStoker Soundtrack, 2013, Milan M2-36621
57:22 02:27 Oren Ambarchi - SaltAudience of One, 2012, Touch TO:83
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The title of this mix is taken from the beautiful soundtrack it heavily leans on: Alexandre Desplat's "Rust and Bone" ("De Rouille et D'Os"). "Rust" usually refers to 'decay', but in dutch "Rust" simply also means 'rest', ('tranquil - or 'repos' in french). But - as we say in Holland: "Rust Roest" - or: "Too much rest will make you rusty..." In other words: don't expect just 'tranquil' sounds in this mix.. This is nót meant to be your average 'healing session ambient' soundtrack... so be prepared... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

[Start Time][Sample Length][Artist - Title][Album], [Year], [Label details]

00:00 01:16 Colin Stetson - All the Days I've Missed You (Ilay I)De Rouille et D'Os OST, 2012, Idol Records 691.A003.020/WNP0007
00:59 01:49 Ben Woods - The Brightest Lights in the Darkest SkiesMoments, 2009, Wise Owl OWL-044
01:23 03:34 Listening Mirror - There are No StarsFive Pieces, 2012, Rural Colours RC050
03:22 02:27 Y0t0 - Uriarra Road (Seaworthy)Uriarra Road, 2011, Facture 003
04:29 04:06 Luup - DawnIt's Not Boring, It's Ambient, 2012, Preserved Sound
07:54 02:32 Paulo Raposo - UntitledUntitled Songs: 49 Years from Gesang der Jünglinge, 2005, Sirr 0020
09:07 03:06 Dyane Donck - IrredeemableMind the Gap 100, 2013, Gonzo Circus GC126
10:39 02:29 Jan Kees Helms - E-NatureFall Asleep Ghosts, 2009, DNA Production DNA 72
11:27 01:34 Daddy You Scared Me sample from Possession, 2012, Ghost House Pictures
12:27 01:13 Michael Esposito, Carl Michael von Hauswolff, Phantom Air Waves - The Ghosts of Effingham,The Ghosts of Effingham, 2010, Parapsychic Acoustic Research Cooperative ‎– PARC 4
12:37 01:46 Mychael Danna - TsimtsumLife of Pi OST, 2012, 20th Century Fox 88725477252
13:56 02:25 Bob Ostertag, Phil Minton - InkVerbatim Flesh & Blood, 1998, Seeland 512
14:36 01:51 Eyvind Kang - Wintercount - Avalika SvaraGrass, 2012, Tzadik TZ8089
15:45 02:03 Alexandre Desplat - AliDe Rouille et D'Os OST, 2012, Idol Records 691.A003.020/WNP0007
16:42 03:40 Pauwel de Buck - Rehabilitated DistrictMind the Gap 88, 2011, Gonzo Cicus GC113
17:38 03:01 Offthesky - Khione Cast the ChildA Winter's Gift, 2012, Hibernate HB46
18:51 06:05 Richard Chartier - Retrieval PathAirport Symphony, 2007, Room40 EDRM417
21:30 03:38 Porya Hatami - WinterLand, 2012, Somehow Recording SR-28
23:49 02:07 Ben Frost - Feeding10, 2011, Room40 DRM410
25:18 02:29 Ben Lukas Boysen; Nils Frahm - Closing Credits (By Nils Frahm)Restive OST, 2012, hymen records ¥803
25:49 03:09 Yourai - To Karlheinz StockhausenMusic for Elevators 4, 2012, Mahorka mhrk091
27:47 04:57 Arve Henriksen - Recording AngelCartography, 2008, ECM 2086
31:33 04:43 Chris Watson - Mexico D.F.El Tren Fantasma, 2011, Touch TO:42
35:23 03:07 Bass Communion - TailwindHeadwind-Tailwind, 2009, My Own Little Label MOLL030
37:48 02:10 Alexandre Desplat - De Rouille et D'OsDe Rouille et D'Os OST, 2012, Idol Records 691.A003.020/WNP0007
38:50 05:50 Francisco Lopez - Untitled #233Untitled (2009), 2011, Baskaru Karu:20
40:19 03:38 Luca Nasciuti - CradleBrave New World, 2011, FeedbackLoop Label FbL010
42:39 03:14 Ed.S - Leftover2_(Ed.S Remix)Shinkei + mise_en_scene - Leftovers (Reworked), 2011, Crónica 060
45:29 02:23 Justin Bennett - MoorlandWildlife, 2008, Spore Records 007
46:18 03:52 Simon Whetham - FabricariaLoud Listening, 2012, Crónica 067
47:05 02:36 Yann Novak - Slow MotionSequence 5, 2012, Future Sequence SE 005
48:40 00:46 Cliff Martinez - PlaceboContagion OST, 2011, Watertower Music WTM39266
48:48 04:17 Linear Bells - Purple Night (feat. Endless Melancholy)Esther, 2012, Twice Removed TR017
50:59 03:23 Daniel Menche - Guts ThreeGuts, 2012, Editions Mego eMEGO 138
52:53 02:34 Camilla Hannan - Double GlazedAirport Symphony, 2007, Room40 EDRM417
53:21 00:55 Josco - FluxusJust a Moment, 2011, Audio Gourmet AG06
54:40 02:42 Lullatone - Wake Up Wake Up,Little Songs about Raindrops, 2004, Audio Dres, ADR 053
56:40 03:19 Jaron Lopez - Dwayne PeacheyToowong, 2012, Bandcamp
57:33 01:16 Colin Stetson - All the Days I've Missed You (ILay I),De Rouille et D'Os OST, 2012, Idol Records 691.A003.020/WNP0007
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The sheer volume of the Headphone Commute’s '…And Darkness Came' compilation – issued as a charity fundraising for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, and boasting 87 tracks (over 6 hours) of music – was also a kind of invitation to create a mix from it. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Presenting a wide range of music from well (and lesser) known artists – covering most of the ambient/electronic/post-classical/improv spectre, the compilation is an overview and 'who’s who' of what’s happening at this very moment. Its diversity of sounds and musical ideas will appeal to everyone with open ears.

Playlist

00:00 Marcus Fischer – Rising Landfall
03:15 Monolyth & Cobalt + Évo Lüthi – Dust Of
07:08 Machinefabriek – Waterspiegel
08:36 Pinkcourtesyphone – Pixels Came and Broke Your Heart
11:06 Somatic Responses – Fear Chasing Hope (Zombie Subway HC Edit)
13:35 Netherworld – Skotos
14:27 David Wenngren – Short Composition #2
15:33 Infinite Scale – Never Let Go
18:04 Sun Hammer – Incantations (For Sandy)
18:54 Max Richter – Non-Eternal
22:24 Autistici – A Concise Model of Power Outage
23:47 Gen Ken Montgomery – Sandy Drain
25:34 Takahiro Kido – Sweet Silence
28:42 Kane Ikin – Slipping Away
30:10 Roel Funcken – Trideo Vaperz
31:44 Pleq feat Strië – Our Words Are Frozen
32:09 Peter Prautszch – Überwintern
34:26 Aria Rostami – Delta
36:22 Valgeir Sigurdsson – Big Reveal
37:42 Julien Neto – Los Cien Enamorados
41:42 Riverrun – Maallinen Kuu
44:43 Hummingbird – Above the Ruins
48:01 WDNFRM – Gleneden Beach
50:05 James Murray – Still Waters Rise
51:19 Jase Rex – With Sword and Salt
53:55 Ian Hawgood – King of Light and Shadows

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If you have ever watched Stanley Kubrick's "2001 - Space Odyssey", you will definitely remember the impressive scene in which the memory modules are slowly taken away from HAL, the ship's main computer, because it started to disfunction and became a threat to the astronauts and their mission. Just before his memory fades completely, HAL remembers being programmed to sing"Daisy", one of his earliest digital 'childhood memories'. With this scene (as well as with HAL's name), Kubrick directly referred to the IBM 7094 computer (used to control the Mercury and Gemini space flights, as well as the Apollo missions) which was programmed to sing Daisy in 1961 - a remarkable accomplishment at that time! Computer systems revolting, loss of memory, human utterings that seem to come from lost souls.... I guess you'd better be prepared for a dark and suspenseful listening hour ... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist

Track Start - Sample Length - Artist - TitleAlbum Details

00:00 03:33 Huan Qing - Guang Wu Road #108Hexiefu, 2011, FM Productions Ltd, FM3CD01
01:27 02:16 Hiroki Sasajima - NanoparticleEscala 2.3.1 Ice, 2012, Escala 2:3
01:46 03:25 Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf - Die HungervogellockvorrichtungKall Trä, 2012, Empiric Records emrec 1
03:51 01:46 Maile Colbert/Simon Whetham - Light BrutalMeditations on Light, Reconstructions, 2011, Monochrome Vision mv35
04:47 01:11 Neil Milton - The Broken LinesBrave New World, 2011, FeedbackLoop Label FB010
06:02 01:43 Pierpaolo Leo - BioluminescenceUnderwater Noises, 2010, Ephre Imprint IC/eph01
06:28 01:50 Alio Die - Little PainFuneral Songs, 2001, Crowd Control Activities CCA 026
07:25 03:33 Max Richter - When She Came BackElle S'Appelait Sarah, 2010, Jade 6997269
09:24 05:06 Loscil - Endless FallsEndless Falls, 2010, Kranky krank141
12:57 02:15 Ex.Order - Shuchu Ryoku Part 3Incendium III, 2011, Loki Foundation LOKI 54
14:31 02:33 Specta Ciera - There Were No More Days After ThatCeci N'Est Pas Une Pipe, 2009, Public Spaces Lab PS010
15:23 04:17 Somatic Response - Fear Chasing Hope (Zombie Subway HC Edit)...And Darkness Came, 2012, Headphone Commute HCD001
16:45 04:52 Stanley Kubrick - HAL Memory Unload Sequence2001, A Space Odyssey, 1968, MGM
18:22 06:02 Runar Magnusson - The Heathen Harp: A Pärt for the DreamachineOptions, 2009, Hljóðaklettar – #HKUSB1
21:31 01:55 Holly Herndon - BreatheMovement, 2012, RVNG Intl RVNGL 15
23:15 01:45 [Blank] - SueñoSueño, 2012, F4TMusic F4TS001
23:50 02:52 Dustin O'Halloran - Fragile No. 2...And Darkness Came, 2012, Headphone Commute HCD001
25:33 05:20 Richard Chartier - Rendered 1_200910, 2011, Room40 DRM410
27:16 05:19 Y Create - Diablo Coast RangeThe Walls Are Whispering vol. II, 2004, EE Tapes EE05
31:33 02:01 Pawel Grabowski - UntitledEssays on Radio: Can I Have 2 Minutes of Your Time?, 2005, Cronica 020
32:14 03:31 Carlos Suarez - VanitasEscala 2.3.1 Ice, 2012, Escala 2:3
33:53 02:27 Enrico Coniglio - Calls of the WhiteDialogue One, 2011, Silentes CD 201128
35:51 03:40 Alva Noto - Stalker (For Andrei Tarkovsky)For 2, 2010, Line Line_044
38:35 00:59 Kate Carr - One Minute For the StarsOne Minute For the Stars, 2011, SEM Label, SEM 011
38:37 04:34 Runar Magnusson - The Delicate Work of the CreatorThe Greatest of the Great, 2005, Hljóðaklettar
39:13 08:52 Sala - The Hollow PineSomewhere on the Edge, 2012, Gruenrekorder GRUEN 100
40:19 06:15 Antonymes- CollapsedFive Pieces, 2012, Rural Colours RC050
46:10 01:15 Machinefabriek - Cymbal (edit)Sequence 3, 2012, Future Sequence SEQ003
46:33 03:05 Andrew Liles - ForeignerNew York Doll, 2004, Infraction INFX 013
48:36 02:20 Atom TM - Vienna1I3835Tra3Um3, 2010, Rather Interesting RI 067
49:55 03:36 Lawrence English - A Ballad for the MachineLoud Listening, 2012, Cronica 067
51:51 03:44 Dead Voices On Air - From Afar All Sparks and GleeFrom Afar All Sparks and Glee, 2010, Lens Records LENS0118
54:14 05:01 Bass Communion - DroneworkDronework, 2005, Headphone Dust HDBCCD14
56:50 01:35 IBM 7094 - Daisy Bellprogrammed by John Kelly and Carol Lockbaum,accompaniment programmed by Max Matthews (1961)
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When Christophe Ywaska, creator of the weekly Klankschap radio shows on VillaBota webradio suggested working on a mix together, I knew we were in for a sonic treat. Klankschap mixes are never "just" ambient - or "just" any other genre for that matter. Their tracklistings are a display of a deep knowledge of all kinds of experimental music, both new ánd old. Due to their nature, they dó require some 'active' listening, though: they're never meant to be 'easy listening' background music. And the same is true for this mix, "Both Were Moving": this is clearly no 'ambient' mix - it's a sonic rollercoaster ride! --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

00.00 Anja Lechner – G.I. Gurdjieff Interlude II (A)
00:20 Tim Noble – A Symphony of Exit Signs (A)
00.43 Arvo Pärt – Variations for the healing of Arinushka, for piano (Movement 2) (K)
00.59 Kid Koala – Recyclotron (page 110) (K)
01:51 Nathan Siter – Black Box Warning (Remix) (A)
02:44 Terje Paulsen – Veering (A)
03.19 Stefano Pilia – Sea (K)
04.55 Huntsville – For the working class (K)
05.28 The Caretaker – Mental caverns without sunshine (K)
07:02 PvC – Grammy (A)
07:22 PvC – Electrical Walk Generator 2 (A)
08:01 Monty Adkins – Permutations (A)
08:07 The Holy See – Snowing Ash 5 (K)
08:28 Monty Adkins – Entangled Symmetries (edit) (A)
08.37 Barry McGovern & Uwe Dierksen - Molloy I & II (K)
11.13 Johann Johannsson – Melodia (i) (K)
12:24 James Eck Rippie – [Untitled] (A)
14.07 Andrew Liles - Boston (A)
15:03 Porter Ricks - Biokinetics (A)
15.34 Alexandre Navarro – Part. 2 (Survol) (K)
17.20 Heiner Goebbels – The Thunder (K)
19.04 Nurse With Wound – A Perfectly Natural Explanation (K)
20:42 Aaron Ximm – Sales Pitch Phase (A)
21.31 Anne LaBerge – Away (A)
23.08 Alvin Curran – Canti Illuminati (A)
23.45 Simon Rowland-Jones – Suite no. 1 for violoncello in G-dur BWV 1007 – Prelude (Bach) (K)
24.59 Aeolian String Ensemble - Espacios (Eclipse) (K)
25.08 Colin Stetson feat. Laurie Anderson – A Dream Of Water (K)
27.49 Berber Ox – Milky In The House (A)
30:12 Cornelius Cardew – The Great Learning – Paragraph 7 (A)
32.56 Del Close & John Brent – How to Speak Hip (A)
33.55 Luc Ferrari – L’escaliers des aveugles #1b17 (K)
35.43 Hildur Gudnadottir – Opaque (K)
39:27 Surfaris – Wipeout (A)
39:30 Daniel Menche – Guts 2 x 4 (A)
39:41 Het Fukking Licht – Stichting Vikingbehoud (A)
40:01 2Kilos & More – What Holds Me Here (K)
40:38 Giuseppe Ielasi – Cooking Pan (A)
40:55 Ikue Mori – Sigh (K)
42:43 L A N D – Nighthawks (K)
44.07 Circle of Pines – Zerfrorenes Glas (A)
44.41 Woob – Stranger Air (A)
45.52 A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears (A)
47.40 Gilles Aubry – Berlin Backyard 2 (A)
49.58 Olafur Arnalds - 0952 (K)
50.34 Max Richter - Arboretum (K)
51.14 Sylvain Chauveau – Blanc (K)
53.25 Valgeir Sigurdsson – Draumaland (K)
55.22 Alan Lamb & Sarah Hopkins – The Winds of Heaven (A)
56.36 Murcof – Isaías (A)
57.24 Olafur Arnalds – Fra Upphafi (A)
58.05 William Basinski – Vivian & Ondine (A)

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This must be one of the darkest mixes I have created until now. I recommend headphone listening for this mix, but also recommend to avoid late night listening - unless, of course, you know what to expect. The atmosphere is immediately set with the first notes, with a threatening (Boduf Songs) howl , and may even get downright frightening in the end climax. Yet, not all is dark and gloomy. In the middle section, there are also more optimistic sounds to enjoy, some more comfortable moments. So: just let the Machinefabriek track ('Stroomtoon Eén'- about 4 minutes from the start) guide you downward to a lower consciousness level - "Inception" style - and from there let your imagination do the rest.... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

[Start] [Sample Length] [Artist] - [Title][Album Title], [Year], [Label Details]

00:00 01:05 Boduf Songs - Howl to Capitulate Undone Hours (3x)Internal Memo, 2012, Morc Records MORC59
00:25 02:02 Matthew Florianz - Kuilunused track for Los, 2011, selfreleased
01:40 01:43 Shackleton - Music for the Quiet Hours Part 1Music for the Quiet Hours, 2012, Woe to the Septic Heart! SepticCD001
02:00 04:57 Dr. Jeffrey Thompson - Voice of EarthNasa Voyager I & II Space Probe Recordings, 1992, Center for Neuroacoustic Research
03:04 02:25 Peter Prautzsch - NebelbankSchwere See, 2012, Palacmusic PM008
04:15 06:00 Machinefabriek - Stroomtoon EénStroomtoon, 2012, Nuun Records NUUN12
04:31 03:26 Dr. Jeffrey Thompson - NeptuneNasa Voyager I & II Space Probe Recordings, 1992, Center for Neuroacoustic Research
09:05 02:52 Richard Skelton - PromontoryVerse of Birds, 2012, Corbel Stone Press CSPCD001
10:37 01:10 The The - Marking TimeCineola Volume 1: Tony, 2010, Lazarus Cineola 1
11:14 03:50 Anna Rose Carter - Two for Joy (Ed Hamilton Edit)Sequence 4, 2012, Future Sequence SEQ004
14:08 02:29 Xabier Erkizia - Ahmedabad ExtasisSomewhere on the Edge, 2012, Gruenrekorder GRUEN100
15:13 02:48 Ronny Nibletts - Slap My HalyardsInsta-gram-bient, 2011, Disquiet
16:05 01:59 Enrico Coniglio - Angels of San MarcoSalicornie Topofonie, vol. 2, 2010, Psychonavigation Records, PSY039
16:30 06:20 Wil Bolton - BlackpointUnder a Name that Hides Her, 2012, Hibernate HB41
18:11 06:15 Antonymes - Familiar Things Happen, And Mankind does not bother about themLight Dispersed, 2012, Hibernate Postcard 018
21:28 06:30 Biosphere - Vi Kan Tenka Digitalt, Vi Kan Tala Digitalt (edit)Compilation 1991-2004, 2012, Biophon Records BIO7D
25:46 06-09 Joe Evans - Oort Cloud (edit)Ecliptic Plane, 2012, RunningOnAir RM008
29:11 02:25 Leah Buckareff - Breathing HeavyBreathing Heavy Breathing, 2012 Thisquietarmy records TQA023
30:21 03:28 Woob - 85bitRepurpose, 2010 Bigamoebasounds BASCD01
32:54 04:10 Loscil - HaloclineSequence 4, 2012 Future Sequence SEQ004
35:30 03:47 Deaf Center - Plateaux (edit)Lost in the Humming Air, Oktaf OKTAF004
38:25 01:59 Mark Peter Wright - A Line Made By ListeningSomewhere on the Edge, 2012, Gruenrekorder GRUEN100
39:26 06:44 Sleep Research Facility - Stealth 1 (edit)Stealth, 2012, Cold Spring CSR159CD
39:56 03:03 Sleep Research Facility - Stealth 3Stealth, 2012, Cold Spring CSR159CD
44:16 03:14 Library Tapes - FoundSun Peeking Through, 2012, Auetic auecd006
47:07 02:24 Murcof - A Lesson for the Future Farewell to the Old WaysThe Versailles Session, 2008, Leaf BAY67CD
48:25 04:42 Chris Watson - El TajinEl Tren Fantasma, 2011, Touch TO:42
49:53 04:19 Thomas Köner - Novaya Zemlya Part 2Novaya Zemlya, 2012, Touch TO:85
50:38 03:12 Pablo Sanz - Maghrib PrayerSomewhere on the Edge, 2012, Gruenrekorder GRUEN100
52:20 03:37 Laura Sheeran - The Sadness of the Sea (Esperik Glare Remix)The Sadness of the Sea Remixes, 2010, selfreleased
54:11 03:12 Recyclopedia (Frans Friedrich/Robert Kroos) - Tao ThetaRecyclopedia T, 2011, selfreleased
54:50 01:55 Nicolas Bernier, Jacques Poulin-Denis - OloSur Fond Blanc, 2012, Ekumen EK009
56:13 01:08 Bruce Gilbert - IsopyreOblivio Agitatum, 2009, Editions Mego eMEGO096
56:50 00:31 Boduf Songs - Howl to Capitulate Undone Hours (Edit, 3x)Internal Memo, 2012, Morc Records MORC59
57:18 02:42 Whistlebinkies - Nuair A Bha Mi Og (When I Was Young)Timber Timbre, 1999, Greentrax CDtrax159
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"We were playing Hide and Seek on a Cemetery Hill... ...quiet hiding in the flowers...among the Flowers and Bones..." Atmospheric drones slowly unfold into childhood memories ... Peaceful melancholic romanticism, but gradually overshadowed by fear of something out of control? Remember: all is well that ends well.... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

start time - sample length - Artist - TitleAlbum, Year, Label

00:00 - 01:14 Paolo Fresu, Daniele Di Bonaventura, A Filetta - Le LacMistico Mediterraneo, 2011, ECM 2203
00:56 - 02:21 Fovea Hex - Love for the UncertainHere Is Where We Used To Sing, 2011, Janet Records JRDS004
02:31 - 01:28 Listening Mirror - Rogue BrotherIntensity Breeds Inertia, 2010, aReW recordings RW-011
03:12 - 01:23 Mark Harris - LostJust a Moment, 2011, Audio Gourmet AG07
0350 - 02:48 Peter Prautsch - TreibeisSchwere See, 2012, Palacmusic PM008
05:06 - 09:48 Dean de Benedictis - Little Stella Part 2Unreleased 2009
05:53 - 02:47 Shackleton - There is a Place for UsThe Drawbar Organ EPs, 2012, Woe to the Septic Heart SEPTICCD001
10:33 - 04:17 Gareth Davis & Frances-Marie Uitti - Cold CallGramercy, 2012, Miasmah MIACD019
10:41 - 03:08 Mathias Delplanque - CalmeLoud Listening, 2012, Crónica 067
13:53 - 03:17 Nils Quak - Hymn to the Eternal VoidAether, 2012, Somehow Recordings SR-37
14:32 - 03:55 Honoré Feraille - Le Repos des CructacésAu Sud, 2012, Audio Gourmet AGN006
16:20 - 03:37 Honoré Feraille - Au SudAu Sud, 2012, Audio Gourmet AGN006
18:17 - 04:47 Rudi Arapahoe - Double BindHidden Landscapes 2, 2012, Audio Gourmet AGCD011
22:23 - 02:04 Steve Roden & Machinefabriek - LeavesLichtung, 2012, Eat, Sleep, Repeat ESR201201
23:41 - 03:24 Miguel A Garciá - StilEscala 2.3, 2012, Escala Netlabel 2:3
25:50 - 04:48 The Dwindlers - Flowers and BonesDreams, 2010, Feedbacklooplabel FbL008 - (bonus track from bandcamp version)
30:02 - 02:13 Andrea Belfi - CWege, 2012, Room40, RM446
31:00 - 00:59 Joe Frawley - Premonition ICarnival, 2011, Joe Frawley Music JFM-CD10
31:40 - 03:54 Adam Michalak - NowCloudy Days, 2012, Somehow Recordings SR-35
34:23 - 03:53 Jan M. Iversen - For Hans RichterStandalones, 2010, TIBProd. MP3 Album 100
35:29 - 03:56 Giuseppe Cordaro - Acciaierie di RubieraLoud Listening, 2012, Crónica 067
37:09 - 02:07 Marilyn Mazur - TranscendingCelestial Circle, 2011, ECM 2228
37:28 - 09:08 Greg Haines - 183 TimesDigressions, 2012, Preservation PRE034
45:22 - 02:40 Hiroki Sasajima - Colony 17Colony, 2012, Impulsive Habitat IHab040
46:30 - 04:30 Mathias Kispert - Anarchy in the UKSomewhere on the Edge, 2012, Gruenrekorder, Gruen 100
47:23 - 07:04 Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - A1Stare, 2012, Erased Tapes Records ERATP024EP
52:55 - 03:01 Hildur Gudnadottir - Leyfdu LjosinuLeyfdu Ljosinu, 2012, Touch TO:90
55:05 - 01:38 Giya Kancheli - Main Theme From CinemaThemes from the Songbook, 2010, ECM 2188
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Andrej Tarkovsky's 1972 movie "Solaris" inspired this mix-collage. This mix includes many different sources. Some parts of the originals Artemyev soundtrack are linked to fragments of the beautiful game soundtrack from Skyrim, by Jeremy Soule. The cinematic parts are alternated with various electronic soundscape fragments - familiar and less familiar. Together with many tiny fragments from your own memory, a new - and strictly personal- alternate reality may be created, which (like in Solaris) may be hard to distinguish from real life... Solaris was originally released in march 1972 - this tribute mix is celebrating this inspiring movie's 40th anniversary! --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Tracklist[start time][sample length] [Artist] - [Title][Album Title], [Year], [Label #]

00:00 01:06 Barry Adamson + Pan Sonic - The Hymn of the 7th IllusionMotorlab #3, 2001, Kitchen Motors, km4
01:00 00:57 Jeremy Soule - SolitudeThe Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Original Soundtrack, 2011, Bethesda Softworks, 20-65221/4
01:38 01:19 Digitonal - PolarisLeaving Eleven, 2011, Leaves LVS001
02:25 02:15 Sun Hammer - A Dream in BloodA Dream in Blood, 2012, Future Sequence FS002
03:21 03:28 Bass Communion - CitadelCenotaph, 2011, Tonefloat tf116
04:43 03:31 Bpolar- Nag ChampaDhupa, 2012, Feedbackloop Label fbl022
07:28 03:30 The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Past MidnightFrom the Stairwell, 2011, Denovali DEN86
10:08 02:31 Chris Watson - By Kelso DunesRecorded in the Field by..., 2006, Gruenrekorder Gruen 033
10:51 03:13 Skare - To the other ShoreSolstice City, 2009, Glacial Movements Records GM005
13:06 02:21 The Boats - I'm not a Pessimist, I'm SadThe Ballad of the Eagle, 2011, Our Small Ideas OSI007
14:32 03:39 Pietro Riparbelli - The Dome, OrvietoFour Churches, 2010, Touch Spire 4
16:45 06:32 Penjaga Insaf - Melting PotTo Whom it May Concern, 2005, Shortwave Transmission SWT01
22:32 01:47 Eduard Artemyev - Solaris-DreamSolaris, The Mirror, Stalker, 1990, Torso Kino, CD5001
24:00 02:46 Jeremy Soule - Sky Above, Voice WithinThe Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Original Soundtrack, 2011, Bethesda Softworks, 20-65221/4
25:42 03:40 Eduard Artemyev - Solaris-DreamSolaris, The Mirror, Stalker, 1990, Torso Kino, CD5001
27:56 04:36 Christina Vantzou - 1111 (Dustin O'Halloran Remix)No. 1 Remixes, 2012, The Numbered Series TNSCDDVD
30:42 03:55 Oophoi - Bisbigli Di Angeli Tra Cielo e Terra Part 1Il Silenzio di Dio, 2011, Databloem DB035-2011
34:08 01:11 Machinefabriek - Sol Sketch 7Sol Sketches, 2011, Self Released
34:29 02:30 Bgudna - Maybe Warm BloodedOther Plans for Field Experience, 2011, En Stillhet som döden netlabel
35:55 01:20 Luigi Turra - AuraIron: Dragon's Eye Sixth Anniversay, 2012, Dragons Eye Recordings 2012
36:42 01:45 Jan M. Iversen - Morning has Broken BonesStandalones, 2010, TIBProd Mp3 album 100
37:17 02:54 Simon Whetham - Part First (An Uncertain Distance)Prayers Unheard, 2011, Dragon's Eye Recordings – de5032
37:57 03:25 Listening Mirror - Venice BoxheadResting in Aspic, 2012, Hibernate HB39
40:34 01:52 Restive - G2 000041[M201127-09] G2.1, 2011, self-released
41:06 02:50 Wesolowski + Kaliski - 271011#3281011, 2012, Few Quiet People
43:00 02:00 Longina - OidarEssays on Radio; Can I Have 2 Minutes of Your Time, 2005, Crónica 020~2005
43:59 03:00 Porter Ricks - Porter Ricks MixReplay Debussy, 2003, Universal Music (Germany) 472 801-2
44:55 02:32 Eduard Artemyev - Solaris IIISolaris, The Mirror, Stalker, 1990, Torso Kino, CD5001
46:40 03:30 Hybernation - Occident ExpressSequence 2, 2011, Future Sequence
48:53 02:36 Jeremy Soule - Death in the DarknessThe Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Original Soundtrack, 2011, Bethesda Softworks, 20-65221/4
50:56 02:16 Jeremy Soule - Into DarknessThe Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Original Soundtrack, 2011, Bethesda Softworks, 20-65221/4
52:26 04:03 Listening Mirror - Without Saying GoodbyeResting in Aspic, 2012, Hibernate HB39
52:42 02:01 Christina Vantzou - Small Choir (Ben Vida Remix)No. 1 Remixes, 2012, The Numbered Series TNSCDDVD
54:47 02:35 Human Greed - In Absentia VariationsFortress Longing, 2011, Omnempathy OMIC2
56:32 01:03 Landfire - Most People were SilentIncendium III, 2000, Loki Foundation LOKI 54
57:22 01:52 Max Richter - The CampElle S'Appelait Sarah OST, 2010, Jade 6997269
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This mix obviously found its name from the lovely intro (and outtro) track by Nest. Inbetween, there are many moments of 'stillness', too... Moments you may slowly drift off into the drones, letting your mind wander ... to be pulled back again by some of the post-classical 'anchors' in this mix. Maybe it's a small opportunity to retreat from current society's turmoil, and to find some time to 'cocoon' to the sounds (and the sometimes fascinating depths) of 'Stillness'. Some word of warning, however: if this suggests this mix only contains warm, comfortable and pleasurable sounds, be prepared for some suprises. I never said that "Stillness" always means "Comforting"... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Tracklist:

[start time][sample length][artist - title][album details]

00:00 05:55 Nest - StillnessBody Pilot, 2011, Serein SERE 11.3
04:04 02:07 Electricityprivate collection, 2011, not on album04:44 02:33 I8U - TolueneSurface Tension, 2011, Murmur Records MMR10
06:32 01:29 Cliff Martinez - I'm SickContagion Soundtrack, 2011, Watertower Music WTM39266
07:09 05:01 Esther Venrooy - VesselVessel, 2011, Entr'acte E104
08:43 03:34 Leah Kardos - The WaitingFeather Hammer, 2011, Bigo and Twigetti
11:15 03:02 Lance Olsen - The Creature that Drank SoundAu Clair de La Lune, 2009, Infrequency IN005
12:05 08:10 Bass Communion - CenotaphCenotaph, 2011, Tonefloat TF115
18:16 02:45 A Winged Victory for the Sullen - A Requiem for the Static KingA Winged Victory for the Sullen, 2011, Kranky KRANK157
20:33 03:57 Vladimír Godár - Postludio - MantraQuerela Pacis, 2011, Pavian Records PM0050-2
23:16 06:27 Human Greed, Michael Begg, Colin Potter - DeshretFortress Longing, 2011, Omnempathy OMIC2
28:13 03:10 Carbon Based Lifeforms - SystemTwentythree, 2011, Ultimae Records, INRE047
30:27 02:07 Kirill Platonkin - Stellar Seeds (Original)Purified by the Fire, 2011, ADX 035
30:51 06:02 Sister Waize - Side Time DownA Dawning of Wonder, 2011, self-released
36:17 02:16 Spectra Ciera - Unlit PathwayUnderpass, 2011, Feedback Loop Label FBL020
37:02 02:21 Justin Bennett - Tiergarten 1Wildlife, 2008, Spore Records Spore 2007
38:26 03:16 Jacaszek - WindhoverGlimmer, 2011, Ghostly International, GI-147
40:50 03:01 Tom Lawrence - Moore's WellWater Beetles of Pollardstown Fen, 2011, Gruenrekorder GRUEN 087
41:51 04:08 Pascal Savy - Reflective ShadowLiminal, 2011, Feedback Loop Label, PHBL02
44:39 02:53 Jan M. Iversen - Wolfsburg (Long)Standalones, 2010, TIBProd 100
45:28 01:03 Paul Schütze - Sacred AgentsNew Maps of Hell, 1992, Big Cat UK Records ABB 104 CD
46:57 00:49 Chris Watson - El DivisaderoEl Tren Fantasma, 2011, Touch TO:42
47:16 01:47 Chris Watson - Sierra TaramuharaEl Tren Fantasma, 2011, Touch TO:42
48:12 01:31 Israel Martinez - There Were People IIEl Hombre Que Se Sofoca, 2011, Sub Rosa SR319
48:53 04:46 Maya Beiser - Memories (by Djivan Gasparyan)Provenance, 2011, Innova 778
52:28 05:32 Penjaga Insaf - Alam SemstaSama Sadja, 2010, Power & Steel PAS 27
57:12 02:47 Nest - StillnessBody Pilot, 2011, Serein SERE 11.3
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In the Northern Hemisphere, the November month is the month of Autumn: the month that summer is definitely over, when cold and darkness slowly creeps in. (In the Southern Hemisphere, November is a month of Spring - which means this mix will probably not fit your "November Thoughts" at all). (Northern) November can be rough and harsh, but it's also very beautiful to watch nature prepare for winter and finding ourselves doing the same. It is also a good month to think November Thoughts. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlistfirst time is start-time; second time is sample length

00:00 04:30 Christina Vantzou - Prelude for Juan(No.1, 2011, Kranky Krank159)
03:30 04:36 David Darling - September Mom(Prayer for Compassion, 2009, Wind over the Earth WE2340)
05:48 03:05 Amiina - Sicsak(Puzzle, 2010, Amínamúsík Ehf. – AMIINA 5)
07:20 04:30 Runar Magnusson & Thor Magnusson - Kizxju(Classifields, 2007, Tri Postal Trip 6)
09:22 02:36 Siberische Zelle - Knechte des Tourismus(Archive 1, 2005, 90% Wasser WCD 003)
09:55 03:07 Alex Durlak - Bellows(Kanshin, 2011, Hibernate 008)
11:26 03:46 Field Rotation, Mari Solaris - Lament(Brave New World, 2011, Feedbackloop FBL010)
14:00 03:54 Dadavistic Orchestra - Deep Old Mu(Dokument.02, 2011, Dust Science Recordings Dustcd025)
15:41 03:25 Brian Eno - Calcium Needles(Small Craft on a Milk Sea, 2010, WARP warpcd207)
17:40 07:18 Yann Novak - Presence(Presence, 2011, Hibernate HB35)
21:38 04:39 Peter Broderick - Pause(SMM Context, 2011, Ghostly International, GI-133)
25:18 03:39 Clem Leek - Origami Soldiers(Lifenotes, 2011, Drifting Falling DRIFTING023)
26:54 04:09 Antonymes - Endlessly(The Licence to Interpret Dreams, 2011, Hidden Shoal HSR080)
30:21 01:00 Macu - One Minute for the Stars(One Minute for the Stars, 2011, SEM 011)
30:45 03:08 Daniel Menche - Hover(Hover, 2010, Touch Spire 3)
32:23 02:56 Allessio Ballerini - Zeit_Partone(Music From the Puddle, 2011, Time Released Sound TRS-03)
33:25 02:55 Natalia Noelis Siebula & Bartosz Dziadosz - Otta Og Kvida(In the Bleak Wilderness of Sleep, 2011, Audio Gourmet Netlabel AGCD05)
35:35 03:39 Erik Carlsson & Steven Hess - Waal(Bridges, 2011, Machinefabriek self-released)
37:50 03:38 Carl Michael Von Hausswolff - Night(800.000 Seconds in Harar, 2011, Touch TO:82)
39:09 05:35 Yann Novak - Lullabye(Cotton Dragon's Eye Second Anniversary, 2011, Dragon's Eye Recording, der003)
43:32 03:21 Sense - Less Than Perfect(Selected Moments Volume 1, 2011, Psychonavigation PSY046)
46:03 02:53 Janek Schaefer - Unfolding Honey(10, 2011, Room40 DRM410)
47:49 02:25 Franz Hautzinger - T-Gone(Gomberg II, 2007, Loewenhertz 018)
48:58 02:52 Kleidosty - Fruited Plain(Kleidosty, 2011, Loöq Records LQ-1108 )
50:50 03:23 Penjaga Insaf - Pelamun(Sama Sadja, 2011, Power & Steel PAS27)
52:26 04:23 Runar Magnusson - Useless Feelings(Mixed Feelings, 2005, Whitelabel)
54:07 03:04 Jean-Francois Laporte - Electro-Prana(Soundmatters, 2007, 23five 009)
56:55 01:30 Clem Leek - November 11th(Lifenotes, 2011, Drifting Falling DRIFTING023)
57:30 02:18 Stephan Mathieu, Janek Schaefer - Cosmos(Hidden Name, 2006, Crónica 027)
58:34 01:14 Jean-Francois Laporte - Electro-Prana(Soundmatters, 2007, 23five 009)
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"Teloorgang" is a beautiful dutch word that can be best translated with "Loss" or "Decay". Some say there is beauty in decay....This may be true, but in fact only when watched from a safe distance - the 'decay' not regarding ourselves or our own environment.. It is, of course, tempting to relate the theme of this mix to the current state of our (western) society. But that may just be coincidence: this word "Teloorgang" came to mind when listening back the mix after it was finished. Sit back, close your eyes and immerse yourself in the beauty of decay and loss.--- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

[start time][sample length] Artist - TitleAlbum, Year, Label

00:00 01:29 Alexandre Desplat - (stretched string intro)Tree of Life OST, 2011, Lakeshore Records
00:50 01:00 Julien Demoulin - InertiaJust a Moment (V.A.), 2011, Audio Gourmet
01:17 01:24 MB+ICS - La Eternula PrenisCon Fuoco D'Occhi Un Nostalgico Lupo II, 2010, Lost Children Netlabel
02:27 03:09 Stephan Mathieu, Janek Schaefer - FugueHidden Name, 2006, Crónica
02:32 00:26 Martin Lukanov & Mytrip - MT-r- Ml-l (x3)Two, 2011, Abandonment
04:10 02:20 Michael Trommer - Pushing Through GrayIn the Bleak Wilderness of Sleep, 2011, Audio Gourmet
04:32 02:02 Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer - RethikiyRe:ECM, 2011, ECM
06:04 01:39 Aairial - Piano Impro #1Together EP, 2011 Imaginary Nonexistent Records
06:43 04:20 36 - After TimeMemories in Widescreen, 2010, 3six records
08:50 05:46 Obfusc - Alto PianoUntitled, 2009, Install
12:05 04:41 Jacob Kirkegaard - RavineEco e Narciso. Presenze Sonore, 2006, Provincia Di Torino
15:00 03:17 Ozy & Runar Magnusson - Serenade for Strings in C Op. 48 "Andante Non Troppo-Allegro Moderato"Tchaikovsky Electro (V.A.), 2004, KAMA Records
16:22 05:43 Andrew Liles - Song of the ErgophileIn my Father's House there are many Mansions, 2006, Fourth Dimension Records
19:49 04:50 Mental Youth - Brainwave #03 Embraceunreleased
23:13 01:46 Kreng - KarcistGrimoire, 2011, Miasmah
24:22 04:37 Jacaszek - ElegiaSMM:Context (V.A.), 2011, Ghostly International
28:22 02:34 David Velez - Division 2Vacío Retórico, 2010, Audio Gourmet
29:44 05:09 Human Greed - Weeping Bees of HeraklionFortress Longing, 2011, Omnempathy
34:17 02:22 Digital Mass - Desolatus RemixDesolatus Remix, 2011, Petcord
35:41 02:18 Desert of Hiatus - The Meaning of SoundThe Meaning, 2011, Desert of Hiatus
37:18 00:55 Machinefabriek - Sol Sketch 21Sol Sketches, 2011, self-released
37:36 03:01 Machinefabriek - Sol Sketch 20Sol Sketches, 2011, self-released
39:54 03:10 Rui Costa - UntitledUntitled Songs: 49 Years from Gesang der Jünglinge (V.A.), 2005, Sirr
42:32 01:42 Restive - G2 000033G2.1, 2011, Self-released
43:50 03:56 Amiina - ThokaPuzzle, 2010, Amínamúsík Ehf.
46:52 02:39 On - In the Forest of the NightYour Naked Ghost Comes Back at Night, 2009, Type
48:48 03:35 Gordon Monahan - Speaker SwingingMusic Dances Itself (V.A.), 2006, Sonic Arts Network
52:02 02:19 Sublamp - Corner GhostIn Our Hiding Voice, 2011, Hibernate
53:45 00:51 Max Richter - Clouds 2Elle 's Appellait Sarah OST, 2010, Jade
54:02 02:32 Enrico Coniglio - WaterphonicsAreavirus: Topofonie Vol. 1, 2007, Psychonavigation
56:03 03:57 Alexandre Desplat - Emergence of LifeTree of Life OST, 2011, Lakeshore Records

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The main theme for this mix (as well as the title "Discouraging Intruders" ) came from the spoken word track by the Dwindlers: "What the Wolves Said": "No two of us on the same note, we sound bigger...our harmony discouraging intruders..." Although generally not sounding like a pack of howling wolves, sometimes the purpose of 'ambient' music also is also is to 'discourage intruders' (such as unwanted sounds) to invade your environment.. From the opening, this mix slowly dwells into long drone soundscapes - some discouraging, others comforting - only to be interrupted by a climactic eruption from Siddhartha Barnhoorn's cinematic 'Artifacts' directly following the enchanting vocals of Fovea Hex, a choir arrangement that seems to be coming directly from heaven by Franz Liszt (from 'Via Crucis', 1879!), followed by a Sibil'La Catalana string theme from the 15th century - and finally to be concluded by the acquiescent vocals from the Terje Isungset track. Whether you prefer to be on the inside or the outside is up to your imagination... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist

(First time is the start time, second time indicates sample length)

00:00 (01:30) Äpne Sinn - EspiritistaEspiritista, 2011; Relaxed Machinery rM015
01:00 (02:00) Antonymes - On Arrival at the Strange Museum (ending)The Licence to Interpret Dreams, 2011; Hidden Shoal Recordings HSR080
03:00 (03:13) Antonymes - On Arrival at the Strange MuseumThe Licence to Interpret Dreams, 2011; Hidden Shoal Recordings HSR080
05:35 (04:12) The Dwindlers - What the Wolves Said -Various Artists - Brave New World, 2011; Feedback Loop Label FbL010
08:00 (06:07) Field Rotation - A Dimly Haze (Asleep Pt. 1)And Tomorrow I Will Sleep, 2011; Hibernate HB31
09:00 (01:24) Enrico Coniglio - Kingdom of HerDialogue One, 2011; Silentes cd 201128
10:08 (04:16) Arturas Bumsteinas - Boletus SatanasPastoral, 2011; Crónica 055
12:28 (04:53) Johann Johannsson - An Injury to One is the Concern of AllThe Miners' Hymn, 2011; 130701 CD13-13
16:11 (05:40) Johann Johannsson - Freedom from Want and FearThe Miners' Hymn, 2011; 130701 CD13-13
18:34 (04:04) Model Citizen - Sleep LearningVarious Artists - Brave New World, 2011; Feedback Loop Label FbL010
19:40 (06:37) Fovea Hex - Cup Of Joy (Colin Potter remix)Here is where we used to sing (bonus EP), 2011; Janet Records JRDS004B
25:45 (02:57) Siddhartha Barnhoorn - ArtifactsPillars of Light, 2011; Self-released
27:14 (03:59) Michael Prime - God's Own DibberL-Fields, 2000; Sonoris SON-08
28:34 (06:00) Carl Michael von Hausswolff - Day800 000 seconds in Harar, 2011; Touch TO:82
30:30 (04:54) Yann Novak - NightfallNightfall, 2011; self-released
34:27 (01:03) Franz Liszt - Station III, Jesus Fällt zum ersten malVia Crucis, 1986; Decca 4805133
35:20 (01:18) Anonymus - Sibil'la CatalanaEl Cant de la Sibil-La, 1988; AliaVox Heritage AVSA 9879
36:20 (01:20) Arms and Sleepers - CrashNostalgia for the Absolute, 2011; self-released
37:12 (04:49) Robert Crouch - A Body of WorkVarious Artists - Wood, Dragon's Eye Fifth Anniversary, 2011; Dragon's Eye, de6008
40:16 (05:58) Loscil - Névé -Coast Range Arc, 2011; Glacial Movements GM010
43:44 (02:41) Stuart Sweeney - Where the Shores Meet (16-9 version)16-9, 2011; Oomff UK OOMFF1001CD
45:41 (02:20) Philip Samartzis - Davis StationVarious Artists - 10, 2011; Room40 DRM410
45:49 (03:53) John Duncan, Valerio Tricoli - The Garden (excerpt)Eco et Narcisso. Presenze Sonore, 2006; Provincia Di Torino
49:03 (02:36) Christina Kubisch - Circles 1Various Artists - Music Dances Itself, 2006; Sonic Arts Network, SAN200
50:24 (04:17) Cliff Child - Between SidesEinn, 2010; Fruit Tree Records
53:33 (02:06) Scanner - Black Box WarningMay the Plague be with you - Remixes, 2007; Plague Recordings Plague 013 D/L
54:51 (03:08) Terje Isungset - RetrospectWinter Songs, 2010; All Ice Records

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Although it was created in March, this mix shows little signs of "Spring". There was no intentional relation, but inevitably the devastating Japan Earthquake, and the frightening nuclear disaster following it, somehow found its way into this mix. The result: a rather dark overall atmosphere, which seems to leave little room for hope. But at the same time, in Europe, winter retreats and daylight returns. Nature shows that it can destroy as well as recuperate. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

00:00 Porzellan - Vopar Tar[Parvo] Art, 2009, parvo 007
02:15 Max Richter - The Vel D'HivElle s'appelait Sarah, 2010, Editions Jade
05:12 Colin Potter & Michael Begg - CarnethyFragile Pitches, 2010, Omnempathy OMIC1
08:29 Victor Joaquim - Radio_OEssays on Radio: Can I Have 2 Minutes of Your Time, 2005, Crónica 020
09:39 Janek Schaefer - Untitled49 Years from Gesang der Jünglinge (2005-1958), 2005, Sirr 0020
13:08 Mikko Tarmia - Amb_end_softAmnesia, The Dark Descent (Game Soundtrack), 2010, Frictional Games
13:25 Mikko Tarmia - Amb_extra01Amnesia, The Dark Descent (Game Soundtrack), 2010, Frictional Games
13:40 Jack Wall - Linking ChamberMyst IV, Revelation (Game Soundtrack), 2005, Ubisoft
14:12 Mikko Tarmia - Event_hallwayAmnesia, The Dark Descent (Game Soundtrack), 2010, Frictional Games
14:18 Alio Die & Mariolina Zitta - Lithos (Part II)La Sala Dei Cristalli, 2010, Hic Sunt Leones HSL058
16:08 Peter Andersson - SarkophagusMusic for Film & Exhibition II, 2010, Old Europa Cafe, OECD135
18:07 Deaf Center - Hunted TwiceOwl Splinters, 2011, Type 080
22:13 Heitor Alvelos - Had a Scanner been born on the BopsphorusEssays on Radio: Can I Have 2 minutes of Your Time, 2005, Crónica 020
22:48 Max Eastley - Aerophones 5Installation Recordings (1973 - 2008), 2010, Paradigm Discs, PD26
23:14 The Green Kingdom - Velvet LandscapeHidden Landscapes, 2011, Audio Gourmet AGCD003
26:10 The Fun Years - Re: We're Again Buried UnderBaby It's Cold Inside, 2008, Barge Recordings, BRG005
28:17 Steve Peters - Hymne (pour un Fils des Étoiles)Erik Satie et les Nouveaux Jeunes, 2011, Arbouse ARBOU028
30:58 Gareth Davis & Machinefabriek - Grower, part 1Grower, 2011, Sonic Pieces 010
37:28 Sussan Deyhim - PulsePossessed, 2001, Venus Rising Records
40:44 Carl Michael von Hausswolff - Life and Death of PbocLife and Death of Pboc, 1986, Radium 226.05 RAPH 013-4(also in the 'Enter the Void' Soundtrack, 2010)
42:08 Michel Banabila - The FallAlice in Wonderland & Various Other Works, 2010, unreleased
43:47 Eluvium - Ogives RedistributedErik Satie et les Nouveaux Jeunes, 2011, Arbouse ARBOU028
46:05 Lexithimie - Flesh and StonesI Rather Die Terrified, 2010, Audio Gourmet AGN018
47:28 Antonymes - A Fragile AcceptanceThe Licence to Interpret Dreams, 2011, Hidden Shoal Recordings
50:55 Deaf Center - Fiction DawnOwl Splinters, 2011, Type 080
52:21 Chris Watson - Runway O2EIncidental Amplifications, 2006, Room40, EDRM405
53:03 Alva Noto - Interim (for Dieter Rams)For 2, 2010, Line Line_044
54:00 Pleq - Good Night, Pjusk RemixGood Night EP, 2010, Basses Frequences BF29
58:06 Porzellan - Nebuleuse IIThe Fourth Level of Comprehension, 2009, Hibernate HB03
1:00:00 End

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When I started working on this 'single artist mix' featuring music and sounds from Arno Peeters, I did not realise that creating a mix-collage based on soundscapes would be more difficult than one based on single tracks. A soundscape is a collage in itself - and using fragments from soundscapes to build another soundscape is like ripping up a collage and presenting the fragmented details out of their original context, rearranging them to create a new caleidoscopic image. The original context gets lost, and the result feels like an aural stream of consciousness that may not exactly be "easy on the ears" .... but may prove to be a fascinating exploration of imaginary territories.. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Tracklist

00:00 ElementsAutumn Leaves (2007) Compilation
01:07 Headtrick Modulation & Transformation 4 (1999) - Compilation
02:01 Taurus 'Stars of the Sky'-performance (2010)
03:49 Blindside Soundscape Jakarta (2001) - In commission NPS
04:26 Soundscape Battle (with Radboud Mens)Live recording CEM-Festival (2004)
06:30 As Death Passes By Tape (not released, 1988)
06:40 Intro 'Stars of the Sky'-performance (2010)
08:20 If You Have a Girlfriend Tape (not released, 1984)
08:48 Voltage Control - Yatiyana To An Undefined Public (1991)
12:55 Amunite Int. Email Audio Art Project Volume 4 (2010) - Compilation
13:42 Spasms - World on Prozac Fuzzy Logic (1995)
16:03 Don't Breathe a Word Electro-acoustic Music From The Netherlands (2001) - Compilation
19:05 Headtrick Modulation & Transformation 4 (1999) - Compilation
19:31 Oscillator Concert Tape (not released, 1983)
19:48 Drone Cancer - Leo 'Stars of the Sky'-performance (2010)
23:18 Try to be very Zen about it AeroSon (1996)
24:25 Dawning of a New Era Tape (not released, 1990)
24:49 To Ivory Towers Plugin Drop Out (2002)
27:21 Headtrick Modulation & Transformation 4 (1999) - Compilation
27:34 SMS 1 Plugin Drop Out (2002)
28:53 Scorpio 'Stars of the Sky'-performance (2010)
29:56 M-A Soundtrack for a fashion short by Martijn Berk (2010)
30:22 Amorph AeroSon (1996)
31:43 Audentity II AeroSon (1996)
34:53 Spasms - What's Going Down and Why am I going with it Fuzzy Logic (1995)
35:52 Twinthought - Insanity Shake Tape (not released, 1986)
38:06 Mayrau "Fossil Sounds, Memory Mining” Fossil Sounds, Memory Mining
40:31 NVDK Soundscape Night of Art, Music and Theatre, Enschede (2008)
45:14 Turning to Raseborg Turning to Raseborg, Finland (2008)
48:01 Water Soundtrack video by Iris Honderdos (2007-2008)

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When I read that a new Fovea Hex album will be released in the "Very-Imminent-Future", this revived fond memories of their 2007 box set called "Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent". Two quotes may introduce this fascinating collection: Brian Eno thought these were "Some of the Most Extraordinary Songs I've heard in Years", and The WIRE aptly summarized it this way: "If Emily Dickinson had ever been allowed to make a record, this is probably what it would have sounded like". These comments are all about the songs, but I was also impressed by the way Fovea Hex combined the (unmistakable English) "folk" tradition, their sweet sounding but very strange and mysterious vocal poetry, with a daringly experimental sound backing - even to the most extreme on the stretched minimalist remixes of the Hafler Trio (Andrew McKenzie) on the bonus versions included in the original limited special edition. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

H30 (Hafler Trio) - The Discussion (Bloom Bonus)2. Fovea Hex - Don't these Windows Open (Bloom)3. H30 (Hafler Trio) - The Discussion (Bloom Bonus)4. H30 (Hafler Trio) - An Answer (Allure Bonus)5. Fovea Hex - Allure (Allure)6. H30 (Hafler Trio) - The Discussion (Bloom Bonus)7. Fovea Hex - While You're Away (Huge)8. H30 (Hafler Trio) - The Explanation (Huge Bonus)9. H30 (Hafler Trio) - An Answer (Allure Bonus)10. Fovea Hex - Huge (The Joy of Trouble) (Huge)11. H30 (Hafler Trio) - An Answer (Allure Bonus)12. Fovea Hex - We Sleep You Bloom (Bloom)13. Fovea Hex - Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent (Allure)14. H30 (Hafler Trio) - An Answer (Allure Bonus)

All tracks from "Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent", 2007 Limited Edition Box Set containing "Bloom" "Huge" and "Allure". Die Stadt; Janet Records, DS83, DS86, DS89, JR001, JR002, JR003

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What exactly happens at the moment night changes back into day again, when darkness slowly retreats and light comes back in? Are we aware of what happens outside, at that time of day most of us are still sleeping? What sort of animals or creatures are hiding from the light, and what sort finally dare to come out again? Would we discover “Dawn Secrets” when we’d leave our own safe and familiar surroundings? To be honest, I did not start this mix with this theme in mind…it just ‘dawned’ on me when listening to it when it was almost finished…But from the start, I wanted this mix to have a strong ‘environmental’ feel (but not only include field recordings). --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

00:00 Atom TM - Notturni No.1- 1i3835tra3Um3, 2010, Rather Interesting RI067
00:52 Atom TM - Notturni No.2- 1i3835tra3Um3, 2010, Rather Interesting RI067
02:54 Plinth - Drift- Flotsam, 2006, Second Language SL05X
04:47 Jon Hopkins- Dawn - Monsters (OST), 2010, Domino Records DS036CD
06:03 Simon Whetham - Music's a Wood you Walk Through- Wood - Dragon's Eye Fifth Anniversary, 2011, Dragon's Eye Recording de6008
07:54 Enrico Coniglio - The Crab's Secrets- Underwater Noises, 2011, Ephre Imprint/Lost Children Netlabel
10:19 Mariolina Zitta - Cave Calls- Concert for Bats, Voices and Natural Sounds, 2007, Earth Ear ee6142
12:50 Philip Samartzis - General Electric- Audible Geography, 2008, Room40 EDRM416
13:50 Un Vortice di Bassa Pressione - Hydrocoma Pt. 3- Underwater Noises, 2011, Ephre Imprint/Lost Children Netlabel
15:30 Listening Mirror - The Organist- Coffee Break Ambient, 2010, Audio Gourmet Netlabel AGN021
15:50 Chubby Wolf - Vocal Sounds Vibrate Air- Wood - Dragon's Eye Fifth Anniversary, 2011, Dragon's Eye Recording de6008
16:24 Balmorhea - Palestrina- Constellations, 2010, Western Vinyl WEST070
20:50 Johann Johannsson - Sifreri- Explorer's Club 7 - Reykjavik, 2010, Loaf LOAF36D7
22:07 Wil Bolton - Slate- Time Lapse, 2010, Hibernate HB22
23:40 Sigur Rós - Kafari- Sing me to Sleep (Indie Lullabies), 2010, American Laundromat Records ALR-0023
28:35 Jos Smolders - Aiolos (Vangsaa Exterior)- Various Sampler Contributions, 2010, Earlabs
32:43 Julien Mier - Breathe With Me- Flakes, 2010, Esc.Rec esc.rec.30 / Lomechanik lomek15
34:28 Sleepingdog - Polish Love Song- Sampler Winter 2010, 2010, Gizeh Records
37:40 Markus Mehr - Datenwolke- Lava, 2010, Hidden Shoal Recordings HSR069
39:40 Keith Kenniff - Anchor's Hold- The Last Survivor, 2010, Unseen Music
40:52 Jon Hopkins - Attack- Monsters (OST), 2010, Domino Records DS036CD
42:16 MiaMia - Bend Over Harder- Flakes, 2010, Esc.Rec esc.rec.30 / Lomechanik lomek15
43:50 Enrico Coniglio - Fondamente Nove Incl. 130 Cm S- Salicornie Topofonie, Vol. 2, 2010, Psychonavigation PSY039
47:25 Giya Kancheli - Theme From Hamlet, Var. I & II- Themes from the Songbook, 2010, ECM Records 2188
49:59 Ephraim Wegner - Swarm- Audible Landscapes, 2010, Crónica 052
50:50 Collin Thomas - Blackjack Afternoon- Stones/Still, 2010, collinthomas.net
54:20 Zazie Von Einem Anderen Stern - Nacht- Regen:Tropfen, 2010, Drifting Falling DRIFTING018
57:00 Zazie Von Einem Anderen Stern - Intro- Regen:Tropfen, 2010, Drifting Falling DRIFTING018
57:10 Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson - Degradation- Angels of the Universe, 2001, Fat Cat Records FAT1102
58:22 Atom TM - Notturni N0.3- 1i3835tra3Um3, 2010, Rather Interesting RI067
59:02 Julien Mier - Breathe With Me- Flakes, 2010, Esc.Rec esc.rec.30 / Lomechanik lomek15

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Imagine yourself in deep sleep. Very deep sleep. Unaware of your surroundings, unable to control images built from memories, unable to distinguish your dreams from impressions originating from the outside world. At times, following a gentle sleep cycle, your consciousness slowly raises - almost up to the point of waking up. At these moments, the outside world is more perceptible, you're vaguely aware of what's happening around you. But not for long, because you gradually sink back to the realm of subconscious deep sleep. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

PLAYLIST:

00:00 Susanna and the Magical Orchestra - Hallelujah (stretched intro)- Melody Mountain, 2010, Rune Grammofon RCG 2057,
00:32 Able - The Circumpolar North- Migrations, 2010, Rope Swing Cities RSC040
01:40 Cliff Child - Between Sides- Einn, 2010, Fruit Tree Records
03.27 Colin Potter & Michael Begg - Lymphoy a Precise Flight- Fragile Piches, 2010, Omnempathy OMIC1
04:47 Max Richter - When She Went Away- Elle s'appelait Sarah (OST), 2010, Editions Jade
06:27 Benjamin Dauer - Sense of Place- Burning of Wine, 2010, Distance Recordings, DIST018
08:18 Gonjasufi - Candylane (filtered acapella)- 2010, unreleased
08:50 Alan Lamb & Sarah Hopkins - Cello Chi- Sky Song, 1989, Vox Australis VAST0122
10:03 i8u - Gallowalking- Flowers Dragon's Eye Fourth Anniversary, 2010, Dragon's Eye DE6006
12:30 Bob Ohrum - Everytime I Close My Eyes- Elevated, 2010, Relaxed Machinery, rM_004
13:40 Janek Schaefer - Exposure- Explorer's Club, 2010, Explorer's Club
17:20 Federico Durand - Pudu, Tu Nombre Es Tobias- La Siesta Del Cipres, 2010, Spekk, KK:023
18:51 David Velez - Division 1- Vacío Retórico, 2010, Audio Gourmet Netlabel AGN020
23:26 Elian - Whispers, Then Silence- Whispers, Then Silence, 2010, Home Normal homen017
25:58 Het Fukking Licht - Flutheelal- Kutplaneet, 2010, Narrominded NM038
27:41 Fredo Viola - Lullabye- Soothing Sounds for Baby, 2010, Luvsound.org
29:15 Joe Frawley - Apparition- Speak of This to No One, 2010, Joe Frawley Music JFM-CD09
31:33 Benjamin Dauer - Contoured Silhouette- Burning of Wine, 2010, Distance Recordings, DIST018
34:08 Listening Mirror - The Leechpool- ...After The Briefest of Pauses, 2010, Rural Colours rc002
37:08 Brian McBride - Girl Nap- The Effective Disconnect, 2010, Kranky krank150
39:04 Brian McBride - Mélodrames Télégraphies (in B Major 7Th) Part 2- The Effective Disconnect, 2010, Kranky krank150
41:48 Herzog - K Lessgo- Coffee Break Ambient, 2010, Audio Gourmet Netlabel AGN021
42:12 Max Richter - Time Piece- Elle s'appelait Sarah (OST), 2010, Editions Jade
42:59 Anna Rose Carter - A Mirror Sitting- Silver Lines, 2010, Schedios SCH_002
45:10 Mark Rushton - Owlsketch- Three Sketches, 2010, Audio Gourmet Netlabel AGN010
47:13 Slow Dancing Society - Love is on the Way- Under the Sodium Lights, 2010, Hidden Shoal Recordings HSR072
50:48 Gaston Aravelo - Marea- Marea, 2010, Passage pass 004
51:58 Jonathan Uliel Saldanha - Rumor is Listening (In Verto)- The Earth as a Floating Egg, 2010, Soopa.org
52:46 Dr. Jeffrey Thompson - Miranda- NASA Voyager I & II Space Probe Recordings, 1992, Psychoactive Audio Programs
55:32 Ozy - Night Shift 33C- Duskscape Not Seen, 2010, Nothings66 N66CD001
59:11 Christina Kubisch - "An Electrical Walk - Utrecht" (stretched sample)- Impakt Festival, Utrecht, 2010, unreleased private recording
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I guess I should start with a warning for regular visitors: this mix is different from what you're used to. First: it's definitely not an "ambient mix", although there's quite a lot of ambience involved in this music. Second: it's not a compilation mix, but a mix featuring the music of one artist only: Michel Banabila. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

This mix is not a 'Best of Banabila', neither is it a collection of personal favourites (in that case it would be a lot longer!). Looking back on this mix, I see a painful amount of tracks-that-should also-have-been-included.... But it covers a lot of different aspects of Michel Banabila's musical world.A world built from "Streets, Dreams and Memories", waiting to be discovered by those with open ears..

Playlist:

00:00 T A P E (Mix 2), Unreleased, 2008
00:23 Intro Harbour Set, Harbour Set, 2010 (for Geert Mul)
02:07 Phonema 2, Phonema, 2003 (with Rotterdamse Improvisatie Pool)
02:36 Satellite Queens, Satellite Queens, 2007
04:11 Phonema 4, Phonema, 2003 (with Rotterdamse Improvisatie Pool)
05:31 A Man in a Room, Precious Images, 2008
06:30 My Mother's Voice, Vuka! Vuka! theatre show, SA, 2005
08:51 Watercolour, A Living Thing, 1998
10:14 UAV, Sperics, 2003 (+ UAV - Sanjana Mix, 2006)
13:42 Buildings, Changing Structures, 2008
14:23 A Strong Sense of Urgency, Spherics, 2002
17:47 Babylon, Precious Images, 2008
17:56 Untitled, Unreleased, 2010 (with Mehmet Polat)
22:12 Azmignie, Voiznoiz - Urban Soundscapes, 1999
24:02 Do Something About it, Voiznoiz - Urban Soundscapes, 1999
25:05 SMS-ing, Hilarious Expedition, 2005
26:06 Quietly Descending, Changing Structures, 2008
27:20 My Name is Johnny, Banabila-Monoscope live, 2005 (with Anton Goudsmit)
29:04 Lost in a Big Building, Changing Structures, 2008
30:40 Bicycle Exotica (reworked), Hilarious Expedition, 2005
35:25 The Perfume Route (for Maher Al Sabbagh), O.S.T. The Perfume Route, 2010
36:20 X-Zone, A Living Thing, 1998
37:04 Friedrich Remixed, Recyclopedia, 2009 (with Eric Vloeimans & Frans Friedrich)
41:37 Voices from a Secret World, A Living Thing, 1998
43:06 Intro, Vuka! Vuka!, 2006
45:47 Hosanna, Voiznoiz - Urban Soundscapes, 1999
47:00 The Monitor is Dead, Spherics, 2003
51:24 Zeer Duister (Voor Peter van Cooten), unreleased, 2007
53:06 My Brain is Electric, Hilarious Expedition, 2005
54:30 Magical Day (Huiskameronweer Mix), Precious Images, 2008(+ Voix du Fou Remix, with Eric Vloeimans)
56:52 Small Talk (Off Balance Quasimodo Mix), Drone Download Project, 2009
58:26 The Holy Mountain, Precious Images, 2008 (with Eric Vloeimans)

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A collaborative mix by Muttley (Subversion Weblog) and myself. The mix is divided in 'sets' getting shorter each round. In minutes: 20-20-10-10-5-5. Every 'set' (except the first, of course) is created as an associative reaction to the the preceding one. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

Part 1 - Muttley00:00 David Tagg - Stele (Split with Hakobune, 2009)09:00 Quosp - Pine (Soundscapes I, U-Cover, 2008)14:25 Oneohtrix Point Never - Describing Bodies (Returnal, Editions Mego, 2010)17:03 Kettel - Song From 4PM Herring (Myam James II, Sending Orbs, 2009)Part 2 - PvC19:29 Machinefabriek - Duotoon (Duotoon, self-released, 2009)22:30 Ephraim Wegner - Flock of Sheep RMX (Audible Landcapes, Crónica, 2010)23:53 Lost in Hildurness - Light (Mount A, Tónar, 2006)24:57 Akira Rabelais - 1440 Promp. Parv. 5182 Wawyn ...26:31 Thomas Köner - E Dalmatinsk, Beograd (La Barca Special Edition, Fario, 2010)27:09 Kyle Bobby Dunn - Dissonant Distances (Rural Route No. 2, Standard Form, 2010)30:17 Balmorhea - Winter Circle (Constellations, Western Vinyl, 2010)31:51 Francisco López - Fabrikas (Machines, Elevator Bath, 2010)32:56 Drape - Cosmic Purces (Dream Words, Gears of Sand, 2010)34:43 Field Rotation - Sleepless (Why Things are Different, Hibernate, 2010)36:32 Machinefabriek - Duotoon (Duotoon, self-released, 2009)Part 3 - Muttley38:07 Robert Haigh & Silent Storm - Untitled (From The Air bonus CD, Seal Pool, 2007)41:50 Stars Of The Lid - Articulate Silences Pt. 2 (And Their Refinement Of The Decline, Kranky, 2007)45:43 Fridge - Our Place In This (The Sun, Temporary Residence, 2007)Part 4 - PvC49:28 Susumu Yokota - Blue Moon (Kaleidoscope, Lo Recordings, 2010)51:31 Solo Andata - Myrmecia (Ritual, Desire Path Recordings, 2010)53:51 Boduf Songs - The Giant Umbilical Cord That Connects Your Brain to the Centre (This Alone Above Else In Spite of Everything, Kranky, 2010)56:57 Robyn Miller - Jungle Totem (Myst II: Riven Soundtrack; Virgin, 1998)Part 5 - Muttley57:57 :papercutz - The Gift Of Self (Simon Scott remix) (Do Outro Lado Du Espelho - Lylac remixes, Audiobulb, 2010)58:33 Neu! - Elanoizan (Neu! 4, Captain Trip Records, 1995)59:45 Zelienople - Parts Are Lost [edit] (His/Hers, Type, 2007)1:01:16 Roger Eno - The Parting Glass (Swimming, All Saints, 1996)Part 6 - PvC1:04:25 Sawako - The Town (Favourite Places 2, Audiobulb, 2009)1:06:11 Frank Rothkamm - AAA (Alt, Baskaru, 2009)1:07:55 Mashta Uirtu - Adrearium (Unbigoted, self-released, 2009)1:09:53 Robyn Miller - Myst Link (Myst II: Riven Soundtrack, Virgin, 1998)1:10:00 End

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Though the title of Arve Henriksen’s opening track (Stille Veg, Quiet Road) was the working title for this mix, I finally decided to call it “Invisible Ink” - referring to the quote from Laurie Anderson’s track from "Homeland", which may describe the confused global state (and - if you wish - the political state of Holland in particular): "Was the Constitution written in visible ink? Has everybody here forgotten how to think? Is this great big boat starting to ... sink?” But apart from this, this journey along the ‘Stille Veg’ may present some interesting encounters - some dark and mysterious, others enchanting and optimistic… --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

Note: time indicates start time

00:00 Arve Henriksen – Stille VegEllivan, 2009, NORCD 0979
01:23 Ryan Teague – Study for prepared ViolinSilva, 2006, Miasmah MIACD001
02:30 Marow – GatowLysar, 2010, Klitorik 013
04:30 sample from “Shutter Island”Shutter Island, 2010, Paramount Pictures
04:32 The Black Dog – LoungeMusic for Real Airports, 2010, Soma Quality Recordings, SOMACD083
05:00 Michel Banabila – The PuppetsProposals for NNT’s stage performance of Alice in Wonderland, 2010, unreleased
06:14 Able – Forest in MotionMigrations, 2010; Rope Swing Cities 040
06:48 Darren Harper – Leaves and PianoMomentary, 2010, Audio Gourmet Netlabel AFN002
07:12 Hummingbird – Garden of SecretsOur Fearful Symmetry, 2010, Fluid Audio 005
09:44 Rena Jones – Photosynthesis (Nalepa Remix)Imaginary Friends, 2009, Ultimae Records inre037
11:26 Laurie Anderson – Dark Time in the RevolutionHomeland, 2010, Nonesuch 5240552
12:19 Spidergod – Sinister ForestThe Darker Void, 2010, http://spidergod.bandcamp.com
13:57 Thomas Köner – W. Bilderdijkkade, AmsterdamLa Barca Vinyl Edition, 2010, Fario SPLP01
16:10 Cornelius Cardew & Scratch Orchestra – Paragraph 7The Great Learning, 1971, Cortical Foundation organofCortu21
18:27 Max Richter – Infra 1Infra, 2010, 130701, lp1311
21:48 Colin Potter & Michael Begg – Kitchen MossFragile Pitches, 2010, Omnempathy, ICR OMIC1A ICR 823566502227
22:10 Goldmund – The PursuerUnreleased Tracks 2009, 2009, Fugues, no cat.#
22:57 Philippe Lamy – Du Centre Au MilieuHistoires Naturelles, 2009, High Linear Music HLM05
26:09 Bjarni Gunnarsson – BlindniSafn 2006-2009, 2009, Lamadameaveclechien DOG006CD
28:50 Taylor Deupree – Falls Touching GrassesShoals, 2010, 12k 060
30:08 Anna Rose Carter – Rain AgainSomething for a Rainy Day, 2010, Dedicated Records dedrec016
31:03 Carl Sagan’s Ghost – Especially for them Part 2Especially for them, 2010, BFW Recordings BFW052
32:06 Lee Patterson - Móine Mhór WiresAudible Geography, 2008, Room40 EDRM416
33:37 Alan Lamb & Sarah Hopkins – MiragesSky Song, 1989, Vox Australis VAST0122
35:46 Gareth Hardwick – Dissolve (Chris Herbert Remix)Aversions, 2009, Low Point LP025
37:44 The Caretaker – Black Box Warning {MSR990 Memories Mix}May The Plague Be With You {Remixes} , 2007, Plague recordings plague013DL
39:18 The Dead Sea – Nulla DesiderataThe Silent Ballet Vol. 9, 2008, Lost Children Netlabel, lostchildren 051
40:42 Marconi Union – DebrisA Lost Connection, 2010, Just Music TAO027
44:12 A.R.Rahman - Latika’s Theme,Slum Dog Millionnaire Soundtrack, 2009, Interscope 1796869
46:07 WW. Lowman – Excerpt 23Musique pour Statues Menhirs, 2009, Arbouse Recordings arbou026
47:53 Yves Robert – In Touch Var. IIn Touch, 2002, ECM 1787
48:00 Retreat – HymnNo R-Mal, 2009, Just not normal jnn050
50:12 Andrew Liles - AnhedoniaBlack Sea, 2007, Beta-lactam Ring Records mt130BlackSeriesnegro10
51:21 Memór - Look! The PleiadesFin D’Hiver, 2010, Dedicated Records dedrec019
53:09 Woob – 85 BitRepurpose, 2010, Bigamoebasounds BASCD01

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Since 1995, X-Rated (a weekly three hour radio show on dutch alternative music radio channel Kink FM) has been a "platform for 'difficult' music". Experimental, avant-garde, poetry, soundscapes: uncensored and uncompromised. (The FM in the channel's name is somewhat misleading, since it's a cable radio station that can also be received via internet or satellite). X-Rated's existence for more than 15 years is nothing short of remarkable, because Kink FM (daughter of Veronica Broadcasting company) is a commercial station, while the music X-Rated features is about the opposite of "commercial". Since dutch public radio has ended (almost) all of the experimental radio shows, X-Rated is about the last dutch program hosting experimental electronic music. Needless to say that I'm very very proud to have X-Rated broadcast a full one-hour mix, especially created for this occasion. This mix was broadcast on the May 23, 2010 show (the first day of Pentecost). Vortex was especially created for X-Rated. Thanks to Bob Rusche for broadcasting this on his show! --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Tracklist

00:00 Harold Budd & Clive Wright - Queen of CydoniaLittle Windows, 2010. Darla DRL-234-2
02:00 Alan Howarth - Space AmbienceReal Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, GNP Crescendo GNPD 8054
02:32 Sussan Deyhim & Shirin Neshat - Open City EastSoliloquy, 2001, Venus Rising Records (no cat. #)
03:03 Sussan Deyhim & Shirin Neshat - Open City WestSoliloquy, 2001, Venus Rising Records (no cat. #)
03:23 Erik Enocksson - II. Non LupiMan Tänker Sitt, 2009, Kning Disk KD070
05:26 Fieldhead - Almost Everything there is to KnowDuskscape not seen, 2010, Nothings66 N66CD001
06:21 Bjarni Gunnarsson - AfturSafn 2006 - 2009, 2009, Lamadameaveclechien DOG006CD
09:20 Sussan Deyhim & Shirin Neshat - Chase Out the DevilSoliloquy, 2001, Venus Rising Records (no cat. #)
10:11 The Black Dog - Wait Behind the LineMusic for Real Airports, 2010, SOMA Records SOMACD83
13:24 Derek Holzer - Monte Alegre Lago at DuskRecorded in the Field by…. 2006, Gruenrekorder Gruen 033
14:30 Heather Woods Broderick - Something Other ThanFrom The Ground, 2009, Preservation PRE027
15:55 Jónsi & Alex - Chapter TwoAll Animals EP, 2009, Parlophone 5099968544520
16:42 Simon Scott - LureFugues Unreleased Tracks 2009, 2009, Fugues 003
18:23 Mashta Uirtu - AdreariumUnbigoted, 2009, (no label)
22:10 Circle of Pines - Zerfrorenes GlassDarkwater Pond, 2007, Darkwinter dw030
24:12 Rafael Anton Irisarri - Für AlinaReverie, 2010, Immune 010
27:40 Aeolian String Ensemble - EspaciosEclipse, 2004, Robot Records RR-32
32:37 Murw - GasnipOldsong, 2009, eigen beheer (http://murw.bandcamp.com/album/oldsong)
33:17 Jóhann Jóhannsson - City BuildingAnd in the Endless Pause there came the Sound of Bees, 2010, TYPE Type064
34:52 Scanner - Black Box Warning (remix)May the Plague be with you (remixes), 2009, Plague Recordings Plague 013
38:08 Celer - HyperopiaNacreous Clouds, 2008, and/OAR and/33
39:26 Luca Formentini - AvaazZaum, Vol.1, 2009, Psychonavigation records PSY029
42:59 Bas van Huizen - StrijkpeilWegwerpwee, 2009, Resting Bell RB066
44:37 Clint Mansell - I'm Sam Bell, TooMoon (Original Score), 2009, Black Records CMCD001
47:55 Franz Hautzinger - T-GoneGomberg II, 2007, Loewenhertz Loewenhertz 018
48:34 Bruce Gilbert - ZerosOblivio Agitatum, 2009, Editions Mego, eMEGO096
51: 10 Horchata - YardIsolated House, 2008,Dark Winter dw047
52:35 Murcof - MateoLa Sangre Illuminada, 2009, Intolerancia INTI016
52:34 Alan Howarth - Interdimensional VortexReal Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, GNP Crescendo GNPD 8054
54:11 Sussan Deyhim & Shirin Neshat - Open City EastSoliloquy, 2001, Venus Rising Records (no cat. #)

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If you check out the Fluid Radio Mixcloud playlist,you'll find a lot of familiar names: it seems that almost all artists working in the contemporary electronic experimental music field have contributed one or more mixes themselves. Most of these have appeared somewhere in one of my earlier mixes. These mixes make Fluid Radio one of the most popular channels on Mixcloud. Fluid Radio Webchannel Apart from that, Fluid Audio represents a label that has released some impressive music in equally impressive packages...! The mix presented here was created specifically for Fluid Radio. It is no 'head-tail' mixtape, but a collage of fragments that are represented in a different context and, doing so, get a different musical meaning. Like all of my other mixes, there are a lot of details presented in layers, creating new perspectives - 'enhanced' landscapes which sometimes may not be too comfortable but hopefully will be as fascinating to you as they are for me... This particular mix was especially created for Fluid-Radio in march 2010. It was broadcast on Fluid Radio on May 20, 2010. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

PLAYLIST:

00:00 Porzellan - Nothing More than NothingFourth Level of Comprehension, 2009, Hibernate HB03
01:54 Field Rotation - Regenzeit IIImaginary Friends, 2009, Ultimae Records INRE 037
04:16 Porzellan - Nothing More than NothingFourth Level of Comprehension, 2009, Hibernate HB03
05:54 Klimek - A LamentMovies is Magic, 2009, Anticipate 008
08:20 Ethan Rose - Grand MarcherOaks, 2009, Baskaru karu:14
09:58 Shinkei - Wu (For Luigi)Flowers Dragon's Eye Fourth Anniversary, 2009, Dragon's Eye Recordings de6006
09:59 Paul Giger - Karma ShadubIgnis, 2000, ECM New Series 1681
11:53 Thomas Köner - KyrosNight Passage Demixed, 1996, Dorobo Dorobo011
12:55 Greg Haines - The Tired DiarySilva, 2006, Miasmah MIACD001
16:20 Lawrence English & Tom Hall - Veiled TwilightEuphonia, 2008, Presto!? P003
17:13 Kyle Bobby Dunn - Last Minute JestA Young Person's Guide to Kyle Bobby Dunn, 2010, Low Point LP033
18:19 Maksim Shentelev - Insects in Old TreeRecorded in the Field by…, 2006, Gruenrekorder GRUEN033
19:14 Dallas Simpson - Valley of CrowsRecorded in the Field by…, 2006, Gruenrekorder GRUEN033
19:22 Carl Stone - Al-Noor (3 fragments)Al-Noor, 2007, In-Tone Music ITOCD10
21:26 Balmorhea - To the Order of the NightConstellations, 2010, Western Vinyl WEST070
22:35 Raspad Atoma - Rest in MistFall Asleep Ghosts, 2009, DNA PRoduction DNA72
24:16 Bjarni Gunnarsson - FingrafjallSafn 2006-2009, 2009, Lamadameaveclechien, DOG006CD
26:39 Ben Cox - WillettOn Water, 2005, Lotuspike LS0003
29:00 Tomas Dvorak - The PrisonMachinarium, 2010, Minority Records MIN25
30:10 Andrea Polli - Round MountainAudible Geography, 2008, Room40 EDRM416
31:37 Erik Enocksson - Prologue SomnioMan Tänker Sitt, 2009, Kning Disk KD070
33:26 Elegi - SvanesangVarde, 2009, Miasmah MIACD009
36:42 Pavonine - Méfie-toi de l'eau qui dortPavonine, 2009, Webbed Hand wh118
40:45 Thomas Köner - 41O 24 O N 2 O 10 O E 12th HourLa Barca, 2009, Fario fariocd09
42:12 Arve Henriksen - HaustEllivan, 2009, NORCD009
43:22 Jamie Drouin - A Three Month Warm-UpA Three Month Warm-Up, 2009, Dragon's Eye Recording de5023
44:27 Thomas Köner - 41O 24 O N 2 O 10 O E 12th HourLa Barca, 2009, Fario fariocd09
45:57 Monos - PerhapsBelow the Earth, ICR ICR71
49:04 Juan Antonio Nieto - Divisions of SpaceDivisions of Space, 2009; Experimedia EXP052
51:43 Eluder - PneumaAncient Agent, 2009, not on label
53:14 Mathew Adkins - Concrète Instrumental[60]Project, 2009, Impreintes Digitales IMED 0898
55:17 Frank Rothkamm - 000Alt, 2009, Baskaru karu15
58:02 Last Days - Saved by a HelicopterThese places are now Ruins, 2007, n5MD CATMD151
59:59 End

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Let me begin with a warning: this mix is quite unlike the previous ones! Though there are quite a lot 'ambient moments' to enjoy, it cannot be qualified as 'ambient music mix' because it contains a lot of other musical elements too. This mix was created especially for Frans Friederich - a dutch musician currently working on a megalomaniac project he started in 1997: Recyclopedia. One single full CD for each letter in the alphabet. 26 CD's recycling and rewriting musical history associatively...! Frans Friederich's musical history shows a variety of styles: he played in jazz-, ska-, and big-bands, but also in experimental acts like Dull Schicksal and Trespassers W. This musical diversity is also heard on the Recyclopedia albums: it's a musical roller coaster ride with Friederich himself joining the musical extremes in his own personal style. In 2009, Friederich completed the "Recyclopedia Q" album - which contains beautiful ambient music created together with soundscape artist Robert Kroos. (So, by now, about 65% of this project is finished - with this average output the entire Recyclopedia will be completed around 2017!) When I started this Recyclopedia mix, I originally wanted to focus on the many ambient music pieces throughout the series, creating an ambient mix and leaving out all other music. But the nature of the project decided otherwise. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

RECYCLOPEDIA REMIX PLAYLIST:

00:00 - All Heavens 3 (H-3)
00:10 - Gootsteen #2 (G-2)
00:36 - Golven #2 (G-7)
01:22 - Drie Bellen (E-7)
01:39 - All Heavens 3 (H-3)
02:07 - Manifestations of the Mind (M-4)
03:48 - Initiation (I-2)
05:48 - Strijd (E-8)
05:51 - Kadans (K-1)
07:14 - De Vlucht - Ontberingen (C-5)
09:35 - Kangaroe (K-2)
09:52 - Golven #3 (G-8)
11:06 - Psalms - Promised Land (P-9)
12:48 - Onze wens is (C-3)
13:32 - Live - LaRue (L-13)
14:11 - Vaar-wel (E-14)
14:32 - Part 15 (A-15)
16:12 - Dharamsala (D-7)
18:04 - Unmanifested (Q-1)
19:11 - In Memoriam (I-6)
20:18 - The Synodic Moon (Q-3)
21:32 - Desolation/Duchamp (D-3)
22:18 - The Synodic Moon (Q-3)
24:11 - Peace, Pt. 1 (P-5)
26:43 - F für Friede (F-11)
30:36 - Karma (K-3)
35:05 - Uitstrooing (E-9)
35:12 - The Origin that is also You (Q-8)
36:44 - Sepia Coloured Memories (Q-4)
38:11 - Royal Star Bazoonya (C-20)
38:16 - Deserts (D-4)
42:22 - Peace (Friederich Remixed) (P-7)
47:33 - Gedrup (G-10)
48:23 - Gasten (G-9)
48:58 - Motions (M-1)
49:34 - Give me a Sign (Q-2)
50:32 - Boot (B-1)
51:04 - The Morning Star of Gemini (Q-9)
51:10 - Gootsteen #2 (G-2)
52:34 - Klaagzang (E-5)
53:39 - Mankind (M-2)
55:25 - The Cosmos and Beyond (Q-11)
57:18 - Nee Het Zijn Niet Louter Woorden (C-11)
57:00 - All Heavens 3 (H-3)

Music:

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Not long ago, Muttley's "Isolate" mix was published on Ambientblog as a guest mix. Muttley's own Subversion weblog hosts a lot of his mixes, as well as the 15 Minutes of Fame series. The SubVersion 15 Minutes of Fame format dictates that any mix should contain no more than 10 tracks and last no longer than 40 minutes. That's an average of 4 minutes per track. So, when asked to do a guest mix for this weblog, I had to change my usual approach. In the 'collage' mix format I mostly use, 4 minutes is about the maximum time any included sample gets played - usually far more tracks overlay at any single instance. So I had to restrict myself in that matter, to create a 'mixtape' mix format for this particular issue. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

TRACKLISTING

00:00 Ian Hawgood - A Film bij Chihei Hatakeyama(Slow Films in Low Light, 2010)04:48 Yannick Frank - Beaurieux(Favourite Places 2, 2009)07:56 NASA Voyager Recordings - Symphonies of the Planets 2(NASA Voyager Recordings vol. 1, 1992)13:00 Monolake - Watching Clouds(Silence, 2009)17:00 Jim Cole & Spectral Voices - Passion(Sky - Overtone Singing in a Water Tower, 2007)21:35 Yann Novak - Shortwaves to Longwaves(Flowers, Dragon's Eye Fourth Anniversary, 2010)26:54 Helios - The Jaguar Sun(Unreleased, vol. 1)29:35 Kim Cascone - Spectral Space(The Astrum Argentum, 2007)31:58 David Kristian & Ryosuke Aoike - Kenzobutsu(Ghost Storeys, 2006)34:17 Jóhann Jóhannsson - Escape(And in the Endless Pause there came the sound of Bees, 2009)

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First, let me give my best wishes for 2010 to all of you!! What better way to start the new year than with a brand new mix ánd a brand new design (thanks Ingmar from Planet KL!)? The design change is symbolic, in a way: after publishing a lot of mixes in 2009, all of wich were created for radio broadcast, it is now time to take a further step and start publishing new mixes. "Miserere" is the first of these brand new mixes to be published. "Miserere" has taken its name from the concluding piece: Gregoria Allegri's Miserere, as performed by the Tallis Scholars. While working on this mix, I soon felt that this piece had to be the conclusion, and that it should not be combined with other pieces of music or environmental sounds.--- originally published on Ambientblog ---

MISERERE PLAYLIST

0:00 Robert Hampson - Ahead Only the Stars- Vectors, 2009 Touch TO:71
0:10 Meredith Monk - Liquid Air- Mercy, 2002 Ecm 1829
1:14 Don Peyote - The Guardian- Eternal Now, 2009 Don Peyote Recordings DPY1CD004
3:02 Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori - The Rookie- Halo 3 ODST Soundtrack, 2009 Something Else
6:47 Kreng - Slaapliedje- L'Autopsie Phénomenale de Dieu, 2009 Miasmah MIALP010
7:16 The Caretaker - I Saw Your Face in a Dream- We'll all go riding on a Rainbow, 200x v/VM Test records VVMTCD15
7:29 Thomas Köner - 31 46 N 35 12 E Hour Ten- La Barca, 2009 Fario cd09
9:43 Nigel Samways - City of Gas Streetlamps- Veilleur de Nuit, 2009 Experimedia EXP051
10:09 Rafael Anton Irrisarri - Still- Musique Pour Statues Menhirs, 2009 Arbouse recording arbou26
12:58 Michel Banabila - Tape (Mix 2)- Changing Structures, 2009 soundcloud
13:22 Jóhann Jóhannsson - The Flat- And in the endless Pause there came the sound of Bees, 2009 Type Type64LP
16:02 Jónsi & Alex - Sleeping Giant- Riceboy Sleeps, 2009 Parlophone 5099996300220
17:00 Michel Banabila - Zeer Duister (voor Peter van Cooten)- Not on album, 2007 unreleased
17:29 Kreng - Mythobarbital- L'Autopsie Phénomenale de Dieu, 2009 Miasmah MIALP010
19:06 Benjamin Dauer - Murmur- Ceci N'Est pas une Pipe, 2009 Public Space Labs PS010
21:20 Taylor Deupree - 6 A.M.- Favourite Places 1, 2007 Audiobulb 2007 AB016
22:33 Robert Hampson - Ahead- Only the Stars - Vectors, 2009 Touch TO:71
24:04 Franz Hautzinger - Deep T.- Gomberg II, 2007 Loewenhertz 018
25:25 Franz Hautzinger - Fahne- Gomberg II, 2007 Loewenhertz 018
26:20 Murcof - Isaías IV- La Sangre Illuminada, 2009 Intolerancia Records
28:11 Exuviae - Wane and Flicker- Intrinsic Luminance, 2009 Endless Ascent ea007
30:15 Jónsi & Alex - Boy 1904- Riceboy Sleeps, 2009 Parlophone 5099996300220
33:22 Sleep Research Facility - Dark Side of the Lune- Au Clair de La Lune, 2009 Infrequency 005
34:05 Else Marie Pade - Illustrations - The Palace of the Sea King- Water-colours of the Sea, 2009 Dacapo Records 8.226544
34:44 Netherworld - Jostedaal- Zaum, 2009 Psychonavigation Records PSY029
37:02 Else Marie Pade - Illustrations - The Palace of the Sea King- Water-colours of the Sea, 2009 Dacapo Records 8.226544
37:41 Ronald van der Meijs - Under the Dream- Private collection, 2009 unreleased
39:05 Lawrence English - Quiet Planigale- Favourite Places 2, 2009 Audiobulb AB026
43:27 Clint Mansell - We're Not Programs, Gerty, We're People- Moon OST, 2009 Black Records CMCD001
44:15 Elegi - Fandens Bre- Varde, 2009 Miasmah MIACD009
45:18 Hildur Gudnadottir - Unveiled- Without Sinking, 2009 Touch TO:70
45:31 Hildur Gudnadottir - Elevation- Without Sinking, 2009 Touch TO:70
47:35 Last Days - Thoughts of Alice- The Safety of the North, 2009 n5MD MD166
50:12 Wixel - Jotunheimen- Norway, 2009 (august) 2009.bandcamp.com
51:08 Scanner - Leoni- Consegnaci, Bambina, I Tuoi Occhi, 2009 Horus Music
51:37 Robert Henke - Indigo_Transform- Indigo_Transform, 2009 Imbalance Computer Music ICM 08
52:46 Mathew Adkins - Sea Soundscape- [60] Project, 2008 Impreintes digitales IMED0898
55:00 Roland Etzin - On the Bus- Recorded in the Field by…, 2006 Gruenrekorder Gruen033
55:13 Elian - It was over, just like that- And Then, One Day, It was over, just like that, 2008 Trans>Parent Radiation Trans012
55:20 Murcof - Eugenio- La sangre Iluminada, 2009 Intolerancia Records
56:30 The Caretaker - Past Life Regression- Persistent Repetition of Phrases, 2008 History Always Favours the Winners HAFTWDL003
57:07 The Gentleman Losers - Oblivion's Tide- Dustland, 2009 City Centre Offices TowerblockCD043
57:50 Aaron Ximm (The Quiet American) - Starboard- Maritime Suite, 200x self-released
58:00 The Tallis Scholars - Gregorio Allegri - Miserere (3 fragments)- Allegri: Miserere, 2005 Gimsell Records GIMSE401

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This is the last upload of the mixes that were created for radio. 2010 will start off with new mixes exclusively created for this weblog. Like "Sounds of Spellborn" (published last week) this mix is different from most previous mixes, in that it does not include many different artists, but concentrates on the music of one single artist: Mark Tamea. Tamea is a composer from England, currently living in Nijmegen (Holland). His music is a fascinating combination of electronics, environmental sounds, musique concrête, acoustical and modern classical music. When I hear the music he creates, I can imagine the wondrous feelings Alice must have had when exploring Wonderland: landscapes vaguely familiar yet alienating, a new surprise at every corner... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

MARK TAMEA PLAYLIST:

Eg Nog Ra(Distant Suns, 1996, EQ:RA)
The Forest Star(Tessellation, 2008, EQ:RA EQ:RA006)
The Cell Assailed(Tessellation, 2008, EQ:RA EQ:RA006)
A Brain Shaped Hole Where A Head Used to Be(Tessellation, 2008, EQ:RA EQ:RA006)
Witch Become Child(Buried Traktora, 2007, EQ:RA)
The Orgeo Crux(Ressonus Net. Vol.1, 2008, Ressonus records ress03)
Planked and Shored(Mark Tamea & Kymatik: The Paignton Anomaly, 2008, Non Serviam/Paradigm)
What we Know, Triplicate(Buried Traktora, 2007, EQ:RA)
Odium(Buried Traktora, 2007, EQ:RA)
Mogahm(Distant Suns, 1996, EQ:RA)
Tisedni (Dur-as-Sulh, 2001, Paradigm PD15)
Legolum (EQ:RA Mix)(Buried Traktora, 2007, EQ:RA)
A Pool of Uniformed Intent(Tessellation, 2008, EQ:RA EQ:RA006)
Split, Ranged and Trussed(Tessellation, 2008, EQ:RA EQ:RA006)

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‘The Chronicles of Spellborn‘ came with so much interesting soundscapes, that I decided to create a second mix, an alternate version to the first one published the week before. Basically, the ingredients and the atmosphere are the same, but different tracks and samples are chosen. In fact, both of these mixes can be played together and be listened to as one (two-hour) mix. Read the information in the previous podcast entry for more details about this mix and about the Chronicles of Spellborn game. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

THE SOUNDS OF SPELLBORN - ALTERNATE MIX PLAYLIST:

Spellborn Intro English (voice: Anna Drijver)
Arena – Tune
Music Menu: The Chronicles of Spellborn
Character Creation
Deadspellstorm – Armada
Trialcave lvl 45 – Ambience
Death
Chamber of Whispers
Shop – Rune Ambience
Ringfell – Exploration
Green District – Amsell
Raftyards
Parliament – Hoggsridge
Ritual Fight Music
Ancestral Quest – Ormuburu Lair
Music – Credits (Lullabye)
Ringfell – Holy Ground
Shop – General Store
Shop – Forge Ambience
Green District - Day Park
Quartestone Exploration - Palace and Oracle
Deadspellstorm – Drydock Inside
Slywood – Tavern Ambience
Mines and Dark Places
Parliament – Sorrowmist
Mount of Heroes – Cave Wind
Mount of Heroes – Entering Cave
Trialcave – Outer Burial Grounds
Trialcave – Mine Ambience
Ringfell – Hearth
Slywood – Exeto’s Lair
Mount of Heroes – South
Slywood – Tavern Ambience
Mount of Heroes – Mines
Ringfell – Tombs Area
Ringfell – Lower Exploration Music
Quarterstone – Oracle Day Roads
Slywood – Day Ruins
Demon Army Camp – Wheel of War
Statue District

Music by Jesper KydAmbient atmospheric soundscapes by *Matthew Florianz*

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If you have listened to previous mixes on this weblog, you may have grown accustomed to the kind of format that they share. This one has a different approach. I noticed that a lot of people are unfamiliar with ambient music, but still get exposed to it more than ever: in movie soundtracks, and even more: when playing games. It may not be recognised as 'music' at all, but more as sounds to create/enhance an environment - but still: that's what ambient music is about, isn't it? When The Chronicles of Spellborn was released early 2009, I decided to create a special mix from a selection of the sound and music that comes with it. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

SOUNDS OF SPELLBORN PLAYLIST:

Chelicerata
Spellborn Intro English (voice: Anna Drijver)
Parliament – Gravesbow
Character Creation
Tutorial Intro (voice: Anna Drijver)
Atheneum – Largeroom
Lullabye (Music Credits)
Mount of Heroes – Night Research
Tomb of the Ancestors – Burial Grounds
Slywood – Bealemeadow
Dungeon Entrance
Arena – Inside
Arena – Inside Low
Arena – Inside Lower
Ringfell – Shorathmesa
Ringfell – Shorathmesa – Shrine of Currents
Ringfell – Night – Shorathmesa Marsh
Slywood Tavern Ambience
Tavern – Drowning Maiden
Tavern – The Gleaming Cauldron
Parliament Tunnel Suspence
Parliament Tunnels
Mount of Heroes – Howlers
Ringfell – Smokespires
Tavern – Drowning Maiden
Ringfell – Day Shorathmesa Forest
Ringfell – Lower Exploration Music
Exarchyon – Shardship Explodes
Trialcace lvl 50 – Rune
Exarchyon – Cutscene
Parliament – House Shroud
Slywood
Tavern
Tavern – The Grim Lie
Tavern – Traiter’s Rest
Mount of Heroes – Research Day
Deadspell Storm Music
Tutorial Strange (voice: Anna Drijver)
Music Menu: The Chronicles of Spellborn
Quarterstone – Graveyard Night No Music
Slywood – Graveyard

Music by Jesper KydAmbient atmospheric soundscapes by *Matthew Florianz*

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Nonstop Ambient Montage: from Alva Noto to Arvo Pärt, via Arve Henriksen and Jacaszek, with short stops at Christopher Bissonnette, Entia Non, Kraken, Goldmund, and many, many others. This mix was created may/june 2009. Image by Weirena This is the last of the 'ambient montages' that were created for radiobroadcast. Until now, 24 mixes are published on this weblog, counting 26 hours of continuous ambient/electronic/experimental music. In the remaining weeks of this year some 'different approach' mixes will be published additionally: one focussing on game music and another focussing on the work of one composer. Then, in 2010, on to the next phase.... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

DREAM CALIBRATION PLAYLIST:

The Green Kingdom/Gogooo - Miniature Forest- Miniature Forest - 2008 - SEM Label - IOD 004
Goldmund - Apalachee- The Malady of Elegance - 2008 - Type - Type 039
Michael Trommer - Frau Straubinger- Tree Line - 2008 - Serein - SER 018
Autistici - Attaching Softness to a Shell- 12K Promo Sampler - 2007 - 12K - 12kP001
Náhvalur - Laveer- Aboideau - 2008 - Mystery Sea - MS46
Kraken - C 03- Nachtschade - 2008 - Spectre - S30
Angus MacLaurin - Sea Shanti- Glass Music - 2000 - BubbleCore - BC032
Vibration Institute - Environment- Two Dream Calibration - 2008
Christian Hoy Knudsen - Plankton- Hav - 2000 - Council of Nine - COFN002CD
Christopher Bissonnette - A Touch of Heartbreak (edit)- In Between Words - 2008 - Kranky - KRANK 118
Jacaszek - Lament- Treny - 2008 - Miasmah - MIACD007
Nighel Samways - There’s a Long Raincloud Deep Inside- Veilleur de Nuit - 2009 - Experimedia.net - EXP051
Harold Budd - Of Many Mirrors- A Song for Lost Blossoms - 2008 - Darla Records - DRL198
Arvo Pärt - Für Lennart in Memorian- In Principio - 2009 - ECM New Series - ECM 2050
Rudi Arapahoe - Dionysian Birds- Echoes from One to Another - 2008 - Symbolic Interaction - SIC015
Elian - It was over, Just Like That- And Then it was over Just like That - 2008 - Trans>Parent Radiation - Trans012
Amir Baghiri - Halley- Planet X - 2006 - BlueBox - BB002
Entia Non - Perfunctory Jousting- Lilt - 2008 - Test Tube - tube122
Kraken - C03- Nachtschade - 2008 - Spectre - S30
Alva Noto - Monophaser 2- Xerrox Vol. 2 - 2009 - Raster-Noton - R-N 103
Yui Onodera - Le Jardin- Le Jardin - 2007 - Taâlem - alm45
Chris Watson & BJ Nilsen - Austrvegr- Storm - 2006 - Touch - Tone 27
Audela - Part 3- Audela - 2007 - Plague Recordings - Plague 002
Arve Henriksen - Famine’s Ghost- Cartography - 2008 - ECM - ECM 2086
Janek Schaefer - Broadstairs Children’s- Piano MUS***C - 2008 - Crónica - 032
Atom TM- Weisses Rauschen (Ausleitung)- Liedgut - 2008 - Raster-Noton - R-N099

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“Utsura-Utsura” is a japanese expression indicating the ‘fluctuation between alert wakefulness and a state of half-sleep’. This is exactly what this hour-long mix is about: between being awake and half asleep. Sigur Rós, Arve Henriksen and Helios may be your grip to reality in this somewhat abstract, sometimes hallucinatory sound. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

UTSURA-UTSURA PLAYLIST:

0.00 - FM3 - Loop 3 (Buddha Machine v. 20; 2008)
1.07 - Andrey Dergatchev - Piano (The Return; 2005, ECM 1923)
3.25 - [none] - 4 Figure Counting 10 Rough Tones(Conet Project; 1997, Irdial ird059)
3.58 - Alan Howarth - Into the 8th Dimension (Real Hollywood Sound Effects; 1997, GNP Crescendo GNP8054)
4.34 - The Caretaker - Poor Enuncration (Persistent Repetition of Phrases; 2008, Install INST002)
5.50 - Daniel Lara - Kaaiatae (Nuzita.net; 2008, nuzita.net/konfort -)
7.30 - Horchata - Basement (Isolated House; 2008, dark winter dw047)
9.22 - Esther Venrooy - Arthur (Shift Coordinate Points; 2006, Entr’Acte 30)
10.14 - Colin Potter and Paul Bradley - Cavity (Behind your very eyes; 2003, ICR icr37)
12.15 - Nomad Palace - Northern (Favourite Places; 2007, Audiobulb ab016)
12.55 - Aaron Ximm (the Quiet American) - Starboard (Maritime Suite; 1999, Echolocations 2)
14.20 - Akira Rabelais - 1483 Caxton Legg, He put away not the wodenes of his flesh (+ various short Spelle mixes)(Spellewauerynsherde remixes; 2004, unreleased, private collection)
17.07 - Evan Bartholomew - Reborn, we fluctuate and fade(Caverns of Time; 2007, Somia 001)
19.15 - Arve Henriksen - Sorrow and its opposite(Cartography; 2008, ECM 2086)
20.30 - FM3 - Loop 1(Buddha Machine v. 20; 2008, Buddha 02)
21.17 - Controlled Dissonance - Theme for Spooly(This is what it sounds like when drones cry; 2006, Intelligent Machine Prod. IMP021)
22.45 - Lawrence English & Ai Yamamoto - Longing(Plateau; 2008, Post Everything PS07)
23.57 - Arsenije Jovanovic - Athos - Montana Sacra(Athos - Montana Sacra; 2006, CCnC Records)
26.42 - Arve Henriksen - Recording Angel (Cartography; 2008, ECM ecm2086)
29.41 - Chris Watson - Cima Verde(Cima Verde; 2008, Fondazione Edmund Mach 761118-02708-1)
29.15 - Esther Venrooy & Heleen van Haegenborgh - Interior View (Mock Interiors; 2008, Entr’Acte E55)
31.22 - Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry - Vryashn(Vryashn; 2008, Gears of Sand GOS 40)
33.52 - The Caretaker - I saw your face in a dream(We’ll all go riding on a rainbow; 2003, V/VM Test Records VVMTCD15)
35.45 - Cory Allen - Gesemi Tropisms(Gesemi Tropisms; 2005, trans>Parent Radiation TRANS004)
37.35 - Náhvalur - Remora(Aboideau; 2008, Mystery Sea MS46)
38.58 - Blindman Saxophone Quartet - Four2 - polyphony with aleatoric time shifting(Multiple Voice; 2002, Universal Music 472596-2)
42.38 - Hilary Jeffery - Announcement (Solo Trombone & Electronics 2; 2007, FMR 210-0906)
44.08 - Sigur Rós - Straumnes(Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust; 2008, EMI 228 7282)
45.16 - Ruth Anderson - I Come Out of Your Sleep (Sinopah; 1998, Experimental Intermedia XI 118)
48.18 - [none] - Kones Kones (Conet Project; 1997, Irdial ird059)
49.34 - Angus Maclaurin - Sea Shanti(Glass Music; 2000, Bubble Core Records BC-032)
50.23 - David Kristian & Ryosuke Aoike - Kenzobutsu(Ghost Stories; 2007, Cocosolidciti CDC014)
51.49 - Helios - Hollie(Caesura; 2008, Type Type042)
56.17 - FM3 - Loop 3 + 1(Buddha Machine v. 20; 2008)
56.26 - [none] - Ready Ready(Conet Project; 1997, Irdial ird059)

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Like it's companion mix ("Strange Birds", published last week) this mix was also broadcast in April 2008. It's a further walk in the same landscape. Sometimes the tension may rise somewhat, but the view remains spectacular. This mix is concluded by the Soccer Committee song 'True' that also gave this mix it's title. In her search for quietness, Mariska Baars (Soccer Committee) has proven that 'ambient' music does not necessarily involves 'electronics'. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

TRUE PLAYLIST:

Tzesne – By the Dry Sea…By the Falling Leaves– Cliffs under the Mist – Mystery Sea – 2007
August Stars – Nor’ Easter– Midwinter – Make Mine Music – MMM030 – 2007
Dirac – Lysis– Untitled – U-Cover – CDR048 – 2007
Stars of the Lid – The Moutchchew pt.2– Carte de Visite – Not on Label – 2007
Emil Klotzsch – Kummer– Symbiosis – Zymogen – net-only – 2007
Sylvain Chauveau – Old Friend– Nuage – Type – Type034 – 2007
Robert Curgenven – Silent Landscape #2– Autumn Leaves – Gruenrecorder – Gruen053 – 2007
Krypton – Croon– Silent Drama – Test Tube – Tube102 – 2007
Oöphoi & Faryus – Thuban– Forgotten Rituals – Farya Records – Far-10 – 2007
Hilary Jeffery – Procession– Solo Trombone & Electronics – FMR – 210-0906 – 2007
Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd – Inside, A Golden Echo– After the Night Falls – Darla Records – DRL182 – 2007
Machinefabriek – Interlude– Music for Intermittent Movements – Not on Label – 2008
NSI – 19– Non Standard Institute Plays Non Standards – Sähkö – 022CD – 2007
Stephen Phillips – Mournful Content– Somber Waves of Grain – Blue Water Records – BWR038 – 2007
Muhr – Intro– Forever Tunnels – Miasmah – MIA063 – 2007
Kontakt der Jünglinge – Montreal Solution #1– Untitled – Die Stadt – DS104 – 2007
BJ Nilsen – Pole of Inaccessability– The Short Night – Touch – TO:75 – 2007
Jacob Kirkegaard – Ala– Eldfjall – Touch – T33:20 – 2005
Jacob Kirkegaard – Gerd– Eldfjall – Touch – T33:20 – 2005
Tzesne – Sunburnt Skin– Cliffs under the Mist – Mystery Sea – 2007
Goldmund – See– Two Point Discrimitation – Western Vinyl – West048 – 2007
Hilary Jeffery – Announcement– Solo Trombone & Electronics – FMR – 210-0906 – 2007
Venetian Snares – Room 379– My Downfall – Planet MU – 2007
Mariska Baars, Wouter Van Veldhoven, Rutger Zuydervelt – Zeeg– Zeeg – Digitalis – ACE004CD – 2007
Juan Jose Calarco – Piano Vertical 2– Piano Vertical – Test Tube – Tube087 – 2007
Quosp – Bistre– Soundscapes – Metanoia Media – Meta 044 – 2007
Stars of the Lid – Virginia 20.03– Carte de Visite – Not on Label – 2007
Soccer Committee – True– sC – MORC Records – MORC44 – 2007
Charlie Fox – Four Wild places– Autumn Leaves – Gruenrecorder – Gruen053 – 2007

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The central thematic piece in this mix is Christina Kubisch' "Tea Time (Autumn Leaves Mix)", from Gruenrecorder's "Autumn Leaves" - male singers communicating as if they were birds, twittering words like "Who's awake?", "Me Too!" and "Who cooks for you?". This spring-like chatter evokes a strange and hypnotic landscape sometimes unnerving, sometimes comforting. This mix was created february - march 2008, together with "True". It was definitely an early spring that year! --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

STRANGE BIRDS PLAYLIST:

David Lynch – Untitled 1– The Air is On Fire – Strange World Music – SWM001 – 2007
1000 Finnish Soundscapes – Parolanummi– Autumn Leaves – Gruenrecorder – Gruen053 – 2007
Goldmund – Then– Two Point Discrimination – Western Vinyl – West048 – 2007
Audela – Audela part 3– Audela – Plague Recordings – Plague002 – 2007
Krypton – Polelum– Silent Drama – Test Tube – tube 102 – 2007
Mensa – Skane– Nordic Recordings – Resting Bell – RB011 – 2007
Patrick Franke – Schwarzspecht– Autumn Leaves – Gruenrecorder – Gruen053 – 2007
Klimek – For Steven Spielberg & Azza El-Hassan– Dedications – Anticipate recordings – ANTICIPATE004A – 2007
Oophoi – Cold Sun– Whispers from the Noisy Void – Umbra/Penumbra – Umbra060 – 2007
Entia Non – Above– Distal – Test Tube – tube099 – 2007
Venetian Snares – Colorless– My Downfall – Planet MU – 2007
Christina Kubisch – Tea Time (Autumn Leaves Mix)– Autumn Leaves – Gruenrecorder – Gruen053 – 2007
Krypton – Silent Drama– Silent Drama – Test Tube – tube 102 – 2007
Eliane Radigue – Death Nirvana– Jetsun Mila – Lovely Music – LCD2003 – 2007
Andrew Chalk – Obscure in the Valley– Time of Hayfield – Faraway Press – FP13 – 2007
Konntinent – All Lines Lead In– All Lines Lead In – Serein – SER015 – 2007
Worrytrain – Prelude for Piano & Malaria– Fog Dance, My Moth Kingdom – Own Records – 2007
Arno Peeters – Elements– Autumn Leaves – Gruenrecorder – Gruen053 – 2007
Christina Kubisch – Tea Time (Autumn Leaves Mix)– Autumn Leaves – Gruenrecorder – Gruen053 – 2007
Tzesne – The Pet– Cliffs under the Mist – Mystery Sea – 2007
Andrew Chalk – Suspended in the Air– Time of Hayfield – Faraway Press – FP13 – 2007
David Lynch – Untitled 8– The Air is On Fire – Strange World Music – SWM001 – 2007
Goldmund – One– Two Point Discrimination – Western Vinyl – West048 – 2007
Cusack – Chernobyl Dawn– Autumn Leaves – Gruenrecorder – Gruen053 – 2007

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According to my dictionary, 'Allegaar' translates to 'Hotchenpotch' - but I can imagine there may be a better word for that!? Just like the previous mix ("Leftover Mix"), this 2008 mix has no special theme, it's just a collection of tracks mixed together fairly randomly. But in their new context the tracks seem to start to tell their own new story! --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

ALLEGAAR PLAYLIST:

Spyweirdos - Sixth- (Ten Numbers, 2008, Creative Space CS012)
Spyweirdos - Fourth - (Ten Numbers, 2008, Creative Space CS012)
Spyweirdos - Fifth - (Ten Numbers, 2008, Creative Space CS012)
Lawrence English - Intercepted Communications- (Studies for Stradbroke, 2008, Winds Measure Recordings WM11)
Sinke Dûs - That which was lost - (Akrasia, 2007, Cyclic Law 19th cycle)
Lost Lanterns - Home Distortion- (Polar Living, 2007, Resting Bell RB022)
Milieu - The Singing Pond - (Milieu, 2006, Experimedia EXP041)
Quosp - Aqua- (Soundscapes, 2007, U-Cover CDR045)
Off Land - Take Count- (Encounter Point, 2008, Resting Bell RB028)
Evan Bartholomew - Secret Enties into Darkness- (Secret Enties into Darkness, 2008, Somnia 002)
Olafur Arnalds - Haust- (Variations of Static, 2008, Erased Tapes Records ERATP8CD)
Olafur Arnalds - Fok- (Variations of Static, 2008, Erased Tapes Records ERATP8CD)
Johann Johannsson - Ef Eg Heroi Aldrei- (Englaborn, 2007, 4AD CAD 2733CD)
Johann Johannsson - Odi et Amo - Bis- (Englaborn, 2007, 4AD CAD 2733CD)

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Though the title may give the impression that this mix consists of 'second choice music', that is definitely nót the case! These tracks did not find their way to a 2007 Folio radio show, but were too good to stay unnoticed. So I used them in this '2007 end-of-year' mix. It serves these tasty 'leftovers' as one uninterrupted delicate stew. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

Jeph Jerman - Albuquerque Hotel Room- On Isolation (2006, room40 edrm410(ltd) )
Spyweirdos - Portal- Wetsound Orchestra (2007, poeta negra - pn30cd)
David Bickley & Tom Green - Polar Sirens- Erebus & Terror (2006, h/s recordings hscd15)
Fovea Hex - Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent- Allure (2007, die stadt ds89)
Ben Frost - 4 Good Reasons…- On Isolation (2006, room40 edrm410(ltd) )
Eivind Kang - Ros Vespertinus- Athlantis (2007, ipecac ipc087)
Pausal - Song From A Cloth Pocket- Pausal (2007, highpoint lowlife hpw 024)
Valgeir Sigurdsson - Before Nine- Ekvilibrium (2007, bedroom community hvalur 3)
Dale Lloyd - Among The Many- On Isolation (2006, room40 edrm410(ltd) )
Dag Rosenqvist / Rutger Zuydervelt - Tappad Vale- Vintermusik (2007, eigen beheer)
Aaron Martin/Machinefabriek - Cello Drowning- Cello Recycling/Cello Drowning (2007, type 029)
Toshiya Tsunoda - Ratios Of Pipes- Golden: Wide Ranging Interpretations Of The Golden Mean (2007, bremsstrahlung trans002)
Amiina - Sexfaldur- Kurr (2007, ever records ever11cd)
Social Interiors - Spatial Circumference- Spatial Circumference (2007, endgame end007)
Hannu - Sumu- Worms In My Piano (2006, osaka osa008)
Pjusk - Kontur- Sart (2007, 12k 1042)
Machinefabriek - Stofstuk, Julien Neto Mix- Kruimeldief (2007, eigen beheer)
Matthew Florianz - Slywood- The Chronicles Of Spellborn (2007, unreleased game demo track)
Rafael Anton Irisarri - A Thousand Yard Stare- Daydreaming (2007, miasmah miacd004)
David Sylvian - When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima- When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima (2007, samadhisound cd ss0011)
Muhr - An End To Nine- Poussière (2007, serein ser014)
Muhr - La Gouache- Poussière (2007, serein ser014)

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No special theme for this mix...just flowing, quiet music... The title obviously comes from the track by Svarte Greiner. (This mix was broadcast paired with 'Be Still'' in june, 2007, which will be published next week). --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

PLAYLIST:

Fovea Hex - Huge (The Joy of Trouble)- Huge - 2006 - Janet Records / Die Stadt - JR002 /DS86
Lustmord - Erie- Juggernaut - 2007 - Hydra Head - HH666123
Roto Visage - Spiral Ignite Flesh- La Muse Cachée - 2006 - Kikapu - KPU099
Roto Visage - Her Veil Projected- La Muse Cachée - 2006 - Kikapu - KPU099
Northaunt - Night Alone- Horizons - 2006 - Cyclic Law - 16th Cycle
Pawel Grabowski - The Box- Notes From The House Of Dead - 2006 - Silence - is - Not - Empty - Sil004
Arve Henriksen - Leaf & Rock- Strjon - 2007 - Rune Gramofon - RCD2061
Peter Anderson - Moribund Creation- Music for Films and Exhibitions - 2007 - Yantra C - YA - 2007 - 09
Peter Anderson - Natura fluxus- Music for Films and Exhibitions - 2007 - Yantra C - YA - 2007 - 09
Ethan Rose - Ceiling Song 2- Ceiling Songs - 2006 - Locust Music - locust 84
Circle of Pines - Lichen Ritual- Darkwater Pond - 2006 - Darkwinter - DW030
Flim - Ploetzlich Star- Ohne Titel…1916 - 2006 - Plinkity Plonk - plonk015
Loren Dent - Love Song: Kinetics and Hope- Empires and Milk - 2007 - Contract Killers Records - 837101283847
Heller - St. Jean_Sumo04- Sur - Terre.net - 2006 - sur - terre.net
Steve Roden - Trainslation- Sur - Terre.net - 2006 - sur - terre.net
Nest - Charlotte- Nest - 2007 - Serein - ser013
Atau Tanaka - Intra Terrestial- Sur - Terre.net - 2006 - sur - terre.net
Stars of the Lid - Even if You're Awake- And their refinement of the Decline - 2007 - Kranky - Krank100
Fovea Hex - Don't these windows open- Bloom - 2005 - Janet Records / Die Stadt - JR001 / DS83
Arve Henriksen - Ascent- Strjon - 2007 - Rune Gramofon - RCD2061
Svarte Greiner - Final Sleep- Knive - 2006 - Type - 106
Nest - Lodge- Nest - 2007 - Serein - ser013

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No special theme for this mix...just flowing, quiet music... This mix was broadcast paired with 'Final Sleep' in june, 2007. In this mix the title is taken from the Adrian Klumpes track. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

PLAYLIST:

Denzel & Huhn - July- Paraport - 2007 - City Centre Offices - Towerblock 036
Triosk - Lazyboat- The Headlight Serenade - 2006 - Leaf - 49
Peter Andersson - Nature Morte- Music for Film and Exhibition - 2006 - Yantra - YA - 2007 - 09
Circle of Pines - Wasser Madrigal- Darkwater Pond - 2006 - Darkwinter - DW030
Miasto Ni Spalo - VII- Piesni Zalobne I - VII - 2007 - Silence is not Empty - SIL009
Faune - 4- Reve Eveille - 2006 - Pathmusick - path0xC1
Xela - Never Going Home- The Dead Sea - 2006 - Type - 06
Pocka - Gesang an die Welt- Seigt - 2006 - Kurzwellen - kwn003
Lisa Gerrard - In Exile- The Silver Tree - 2007 - Rubber Records - 3771732
Arve Henriksen - Wind and Bow- Strjon - 2007 - Rune Gramofon - RCD2061
Adrian Klumpes - Be Still- Be Still - 2006 - Leaf - BAY56CD
Loren Dent - Work Song: Texas City- Empires and Milk - 2007 - Contract Killer Records
Jim Haynes - Untitled- Telegraph by the Sea - 2006 - Helen Scarsdale Agency
Peter Andersson - Tulpa part II - By the Water- Music for Film and Exhibition - 2006 - Yantra - YA - 2007 - 09
Peter Andersson - Tulpa Part VII - Yang - Tul unveiled- Music for Film and Exhibition - 2006 - Yantra - YA - 2007 - 09
Observation Point - Chymera- Thought Paths - vol 3. - 2006 - OUIM Net.Label - ouimnet028
Pawel Grabowski - Break- Notes from the House of Dead - 2006 - Silence is not Empty - SIL004
Akashic Crow's Nest - Antikythera Pt. 2- Hawk of an Uncanny Nest - 2007 - Webbed Hand - WH078
Arve Henriksen - Strjon- Strjon - 2007 - Rune Gramofon - RCD2061
Raison d'Etre - Phase VI- Metamorphyses - 2006 - Cold Meat Industry - 158
Miasto Ni Spalo - III- Piesni Zalobne I - VII - 2007 - Silence is not Empty - SIL009

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"Ring" is the second part of the two part auditive "guided fantasy" from 2006 ("Wave" being the first part). A mix of ambient music, soundscapes and other musical surprises, created in 2006. The first of these four programs was a compilation of the (magnificent) album 'Spellewauerynsherde' by Akira Rabelais, the fourth part was a compilation of music from Iceland. (Since these programs are not 'ambient mixes' they are not included in this collection). The four parts were called "Spelle", "Wave", "Ring" and "Sharde", which together is also the full title of Akira Rabelais' "Spellewauerynsherde" album. Tracks and fragments of this album are present throughout all four programs. I'm very grateful to Akira for sharing some of the unreleased shardes from his magnificient Spellewauerynsherde project! BTW - the pictures shown above are from Helga Kvam. No one ever captured the mysterious Icelandic nature better than she does. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

RING Playlist:

Akira Rabelais - 1300 cursor M. 2699 (02,) His Fader Nineti and Nine That Day - Unreleased, 2004
Sleep Research Facility - D-Deck - Nostromo - Manifold MANCD45 2004
Breath Sequence + Hibernation Termination from "2001 - A Space Odyssey", MGM, 1968
Falling You - Inside the Whale - Definitive: Twisted - 42 records 42R003 2002
Tree Helicopters - Count Control (darkdrone mix ) - The Darkdrone Mix - Webbed Hand WH050 2005
Basic Channel - Mutism - BCD - BC 09 1995
Earth - Fish Rock Whistler Shower - Electric Enigma - Irdial~discs 62ird tcp2 1996
John Zorn - The Clavicle of Solomon - IAO: Music in Sacred Light - Tzadik 7338 2002
Aaron Ximm - Deep Creatures - The Quiet American - www.quietamerican.org 2004
Jon Hassell - Wilderness Psalms - Sonic Scenery: Music for Collections National History Museum, Los Angeles 2006
Praxis - Babble Stream - Mold - Yikes 7775 1998
Arno Peeters - Matches - unreleased, 2006
Akira Rabelais - 1300 cursor M. 2699 (99) His Fader Nineti and Nine That Day - unreleased, 2004
Brian McBride - Overture (for Other Halfs) - When the Detail lost its Freedom - Kranky 88 2005
Biosphere - People are friends - Dropsonde - Touch TO:66 2006
David Shea - Elegy - The Tower of Mirrors - Sub Rosa 94 1996
Eleven Shadows - Chenrezi - Sangsara - AdAstra 9904 1999
Graham Haynes - Climate - BPM - Knitting Factory KFR-270 2000
Andrey Dergatchev - Mugam - The Return - ECM 1923 2005
Coph Nia - Holy Wars (part 2 - Silence) - That Which Remains - CMI 85 2000
Alio Die - An Instant in Transformation - The Hidden Spring - Crowd Control Crowded 04 1998
Isomorph - Grotta del Vento - In Abscence of Light
Akira Rabelais - 1300 cursor M. 2699 (54) His Fader Nineti and Nine That Day - unreleased, 2004
Isan - Remegio - Clockwork Menagerie - Morr Music 28 2002
Goldmund - Doors of Our Home - Corduroy Road - Type recordings 005 2005
Necrophorus - Ice Shifting - Drifting in Motion - Crowd Control Crowded 18 2000
Stars of the Lid - Dust Breeding - Avec Laudanum - Kranky 59 2002
Christophe Charles - Untitled 1 - Undirected 1986-1996 - Mille Plateaux 683 1997
Matthew Florianz - Storm - Niemandsland - HS Recordings 2006
Matthew Florianz - Spiegel - Niemandsland - HS Recordings 2006
Francoiz Breut - Sur le Balcon - Une Saison Volée - Tribu 7240 2005
Boyd Rice (Non) - The Fountain of Fortune - Terra Incognita - Ambient Works 1975 - present - Mute CDSTUMM219 2004
William Basinski -The Garden of brokenness - The Garden of brokenness - 2062 2006
Akira Rabelais - 1671 Milton Samsom 1122 - Spellewauerynsherde - Samadhisound SS003 2004

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"Wave" is the first of a two part an auditive "guided fantasy" ("Ring" being the second part). A mix of ambient music, soundscapes and other musical surprises, created in 2006. No track is played completely, but the interaction of the fragments creates a completely new structure.... Which, in fact, is true for all ambient mixes of course... These two mixes were part of a 4-hour radio broadcast that were thematically related to Icelandic music. At least: the first and the last were mostly. The first of these four programs was a compilation of the (magnificent) album 'Spellewauerynsherde' by Akira Rabelais, the fourth part was a compilation of music from Iceland. I guess it's safe to assume that this also probably is the first (and possibly single) ambient music collage containing Venetian Snares music! (read more for complete paylist) --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

WAVE PLAYLIST:

Akira Rabelais - 1300 cursor M. 2699 (34) His Fader Nineti and Nine That Day- unreleased, 2004
Eyvind Kang - Circle of Fair Karma- The Story of Iceland, Tzadik 7059, 2000
"Readmittance will be denied"from "Twelve Monkeys", Terry Gilliam, Universal Pictures, 1995
Hans Tutschku - …Erinnerung…- Moment, Empreintes Digitales 9947, 1999
Coph Nia - Veil- That Which Remains, CMI 85, 2000
Venetian Snares - Contain- Meathole, Planet Mu 99, 2005
Michel Banabila - intro (instrumental)- Vuka! Vuka!, unreleased, 2005
Jorge Reyes - The Body Song- Solar: A Music Travelogue Volume 1, Soleilmoon Recordings, 1997
Djinnestan - RainI (darkdrone edit)- The Darkdrone Mix, Webbed Hand WH050, 2005
Andrey Dergatchev - Rain- The Return, ECM 1923, 2005
Carl Stone - Mound Ridlight- Sampling Neurosis, 2000
Hafler Trio - The Most Beautiful breath (extract)- And I'll be the Wind, Soleilmoon Recordings, 2003
Dwight Ashley - Untitled- Four, Orchard 809236, 2005
Aquaboogie - The Queen's Birthday- The Noise and the City, autres directions mounlin008, 2004
Deathprod - Deerstalker- Money will Ruin Everything, Rune Grammophon rcd 2032 , 2003
Bolander - The Center of the Lake on a Quiet Afternoon- Drone Download Project, tzpdc 07, 2005
Faultline - Mystery track- Closer Colder, Leaf 12, 1999
Eliane Radigue - Kailasha- Trilogie de la Mort, XI 119, 1998
Kjartan Ólafsson - Völuspá- Vóluspá, Erki Tónlist 9, 2003
Akira Rabelais - 1300 cursor M. 2699 (75) His Fader Nineti and Nine That Day- unreleased, 2004
"Hoosh Ritual"from "The Story of the Weeping Camel" - HFF/BR, 2003
David Darling - Two or Three Things- Cello ECM 1464 1992
Yannick Dauby - Chant de Dune- Le Silence de Sirènes, 1999
Richard Chartier - Component- Two Locations, Line 013, 2003
James Plotkin & Mark Spybey - Vord Lae- A Peripheral Blur, Kranky 32, 1998
Yuval Ron - Reve d'Eternite- In the Shallows, CDBaby, 2003
Llips - Flux- Dos Partes, U-Cover 007, 2001
Michel Banabila - My Mother's Voice- Vuka! Vuka!, Unreleased, 2005
Akira Rabelais - 1300 cursor M. 2699 (39) His Fader Nineti and Nine That Day- private collection n.v.t. 2004
Carmen Baier - Spelle- Spellewauerynsherde: Interpretations Various & Sundry, Bremstrahlung TRANS001, 2004
Biosphere - From a Solid to a Liquid- Dropsonde,Touch TO:66, 2006
Andrey Dergatchev - Underwater- The Return, ECM 1923, 2005
310 - More North than Portland- Recessional, Leaf 33, 2003
Brannan Lane - Sonic Pillow- Sleep Cycle, BLM 501CD, 2003
Deadbeat - Habitat for Heavy Hearts- New World Observer, ~scape 27, 2005
Akira Rabelais - Gymnopedie No. 2- Eisotrophobia, Ritornell 14871, 2001
Akira Rabelais - 1671 Milton Samsom 1122- Spellewauerynsherde, Samadhisound SS003, 2004

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'The End of Trying' is not a 'typical' Dakota Suite Release. Unlike most Dakota Suite albums (except 1999's Navigators Yard) it is fully instrumental, with Chris Hooson, David Buxton and Colin Dunkley playing piano and David Darling playing cello. The latter fact may indicate the mood of the music on this album: it is extremely delicate, heartbreaking melancholic music. A 'classic' release that immediately struck me when I first heard it in the beginning of this year. The track titles indicate the overall mood of this music: How Could You Let Me Go, Things We Lost Along The Way, All The Love I Had Was Not Enough, A Quietly Gathering Tragedy, and not forgetting "Een Langzaam Lekkende Wond' (A Slow Leaking Wound) which reminds us of the fact that Chris Hooson lived in Holland for quite a few years. This beautiful sad music is clearly not meant to brighten up your day. But it might soothe your sadness with rays of hope shining through empathic, understanding themes and fabulous cello sounds. 'The End of Trying' is one of the most beautiful albums I have heard this year, and it even gains strength with the companion CD that was released shortly after the release of the original: "The Night Keeps Coming In". --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

Arve Henriksen - The End of Trying (2)2. Dakota Suite - The End of Trying part I (1)3. Dakota Suite - How Could You Let Me Go (1)4. Jacaszek - How Could You Let Me Go (2)5. Loscil - Things We Lost Along the Way (2)6. Dakota Suite - Things We Lost Along the Way (1)7. Elegi - All The Love I Had Was Not Enough(2)8. Dakota Suite - All The Love I Had Was Not Enough(1)9. Dakota Suite - The End of Trying Part III (1)10. Hannu - The End of Trying Part III (2)11. Peter Broderick - This Failing Sea (2)12. Dakota Suite - This Failing Sea (1)13. Dakota Suite - A Quietly Gathering Tragedy (1)14. Hauschka - A Quietly Gathering Tragedy (2)15. Dakota Suite - Very Early One Morning on Old Road (1)16. Deaf Center - Very Early One Morning on Old Road (2)17. Machinefabriek - One day without harming You (2)18. Dakota Suite - One day without harming You (1)

(1) - Dakota Suite - The End of Trying2009; Karaoke Kalk CD 49

(2) - Various Artists - The Night Keeps Coming In2009; Navigators Yard NY001

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"The Hum in the Room" the final part of the three-part mix dedicated to ... the hum in your room! The buzz that you suddenly notice, that appears to have been there forever but unnoticed - until this moment. The sound that will be there forever from now. The hum that appears to come from the inside of your head, and that keeps changing when you turn your head or walk through the room. The noise that can irritate as well as fascinate. Or, to quote John Cage from a 1937 lecture: "Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating. The sound of a truck at 50 m.p.h. Static between the stations. Rain. We want to capture and control these sounds, to use them, not as sound effects, but as musical instruments. " --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

PLAYLIST:

Ryoji Ikeda - Matrix (for Rooms) Matrix , 2001, Touch TO:44
Ryoji Ikeda - 1011111111 Matrix , 2001, Touch TO:44
Akira Rabelais - Notturno (2) Eisotrophobia, 2001, Ritornell
Brannan Lane - Zone One Hypnotic Drift, 2003, Sampler CD
Disinformation - National Grid New Forms, Contemporary Electronic Music in the Context of Art, 2000, Galerie Fuer Zeitgenoessische Kunst Leipzig
Robert Henke - Signal to Noise 1 Signal to noise, 2004, Kompakt ICM 05
Alp - Fax Machine – Toilet Plumbing At home with Alp, 1999, Soleilmoon 01863
Tamia / Pierre Favre - Solitude Solitudes, 1992, ECM 1442
Brannan Lane - Mesosphere (part 1) Troposphere, soundtrack for your head, 2000, World Circle Records, WCD804CD
Oöphoi - Cydron The dreaming of Shells, 2003, Mystery Sea
Albrecht Kunze - Motion Control Maschinelle Strategeme, 2000, Ritornell, RIT010
Biosphere - Modifié Autour de La Lune, 2004, Touch TO:62
Edgar Varese - Poem Electronique Ohm, the Electric Gurus of Electronic Music 2000, Ellipsis CD3270
Joyi Yuasa - Projection Esemplastic for White Noise Ohm, the Electric Gurus of Electronic Music 2000, Ellipsis CD3270
Alp - Disk Drive Kettle Washing Machine At home with Alp, 1999, Soleilmoon 01863
Matthew Florianz - Erik + Matthew -1 unreleased
Michel Redolfi - Desert Tracks – Mojave Desert Desert tracks, 1988, Ina GRM, INA_C 1005
E-Hum 1 - private collection
Arvo Pärt - Solfeggio De Profundis, 1997, Harmonia Mundi, HMU 907182
David Shea - Elegy The Tower of Mirrors, 1996 Sub Rosa SR94
Food Mixer - private collection
Alan Howarth - Sailing Ships Creaks Real Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, Gnp crescendo 8054
Thomas Köner - Tu, Sempre Zyklop, 2003, Mille Plateaux MP118
Thomas Köner - Les Soeurs Lumiere Unerforschtes Gebiet, 2003, Die Stadt, DS56
Alan Howarth - Ships Interior Real Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, Gnp crescendo 8054
Thomas Köner - Nuuk (Night) Nuuk, 1997-2004 Mille Plateaux Media MPM 03
Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft - Voices Out Here in there, 2002 Jazzland 017 368-2 Cas de Marez - Sens (fragment) PEMCD, unreleased
Matthew Florianz - Elementen unreleased, 2003
Biosphere - Thermal Motion Shenzhou, 2002, Touch TO:55
Pauline Oliveros, Panaiotis, Dempster - Ione Deep Listening, 1989, New Albion, NA 022
Tetsu Inoue - Magnetic Field Ambiant Otaku, 1994, Fax, PS08/43
David Kwan - +/- IV Storm of Drones, 1996, Asphodel 966
Tibor Szemzo - Tractatus Tractatus, 1991 – 1995, 1995, LeoRecords LR 227
Moljebka Pvlse - Jiken Evolved as One, a collection of Emotional Ambient-Drones, 2003, Evolved as One, EVOL 01
Sleep Research Facility - Back to the Egg Dead Weather Machine – re:Heat, 2004, manifold MANCD043
Kettel - Electrician and Adventurer Volleyed Iron, 2004, U Cover, 018
Thomas Gerwin - Air Wattenmeer Suite, 1996, IAP 011
Quiet American - Night web download

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"Acoustical Illusions", a part of the "Hum in the Room-trilogy" (2005), is dedicated to the environmental sounds that sound like distant choirs or orchestras. Sometimes when you listen to sounds in your environmental background, they may vaguely sound like a full string orchestra, or like soft whispering voices. An orchestra tuning? Cars passing on the highway?Sound that sound different from what they really are - Acoustical Illusions. Like the other wo mixes in this set ("Mantra of Walls and Wiring" and "The Hum in the Room") this is a very minimal, drone-oriented mix. And probably, you'll also hear some sounds that aren't even in it! --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

PLAYLIST:

Matthias Grassow - Hidden Deep- Hidden deep, 1999, 2001, Sistema Operativo
Paul Schutze - The Head, the Soles of the Feet, an Arm- Third Site, 1999, Rykodisc RCD 10464
Matthew Florianz - Heden- Sprook, 1999, unreleased
Anders Blomqvist - Sparar (Tracking)- Media Artes II, 2002, Chamber Sound 27
Banabila - Still Waiting- Hilarious Expedition, 2005, TAPU RECORDS, TRBOP01
Banabila - SMS-ing- Hilarious Expedition, 2005, TAPU RECORDS, TRBOP01
Astrogenic Hallucinauting - Non Angular Chamber- Drone Download Project 2003
Biosphere - The Silent Orchestra- Man with a Movie Camera, 2001, Touch TO:50
Matthew Florianz - Hidden- Electronic Forest, 2002. H/S Recordings HSCD6
Michael Prime - Armillaria- Solar, A Musical travelogue, vol II, 2002 Soleilmoon 04140
Arve Henriksen - Ending Image- Chiaroscuro, 2004, Rune Grammofon RCD2037
Leif Inge - Beetstretch B912 (2x)- Beetstretch, (Beethoven's 9th stretched to 24 hours)
Robert Henke - Studies of Thunder- Signal to noise, 2004, Kompakt ICM 05
Frank Perry - Treasure of the Mountain - Solar, A Musical travelogue, vol II, 2002 Soleilmoon 04140
Brian Eno - Deep Glass Bells (with Harmonic Clouds)- Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now, 2003, Opal, Opal CD02
Scanner - Throat Paint Fortune- Solar, A Musical travelogue, vol II, 2002 Soleilmoon 04140
Michel Redolfi - Crysallis – Deep Sleep- Crysallis, Underwater Opera, 1999, unknown
Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft - Voices- Out Here in there, 2002 Jazzland 017 368-2
Claude Schryer - Musique de l'Odyssee Sonore – Eau- Excitations, 1997, Empreintes Digitales IMED 0050
Higher Intelligence Agency & Biosphere - Meltwater- Polar Sequences, 1995, Beyond RBACD17
Voice of Eye - Sirens at Propolis- Storm of Drones, 1996, Asphodel 966
Jocelyn Montgomery/David Lynch - Flame and Vision- Lux Vivens, 1999, Mammoth 98013
Thomas Köner - Nival- Permafrost, 1994 Barooni BAR 009
Dino Pacifici - The Currents of Space- The Float Zone, 2004, Scorpio Rising Music
Oöphoi - Cydron- The dreaming of Shells, 2003, Mystery Sea
Christophe Charles - Verena- Maschinelle Strategeme, 2000, Ritornell, RIT010
Banabila - Phonema (1)- Hilarious Expedition, 2005, TAPU RECORDS, TRBOP01
Brian Eno - Night Thoughts- Textures, 1996, Standard Music Library, ESL003

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"Mantra of Walls and Wiring" is the first of a set of three one hour mixes created in 2005. The other two are "The Hum in the Room" and "Acoustical Illusion" (will follow later). As you can read from the titles, these mixes thematically deal with the sound you can hear in your living environment; the 'everyday hum' surrounding you. I got inspired for this theme when I listened to a slowly fading ambient-cd...and finally realised the cd had already stopped for quite a while and I was obviously listening to (and enjoying) the hum of my own refrigerator! Since then the household environmental sounds do not disturb me anymore...they became part of the music I'm playing. Starting point of these programs is the text Paul Simon wrote for Philip Glass's 'Changing Opinion' ('Songs from Liquid Days'), featured here in an extremely 'deconstructed' version (full text below). Compared to the previous mixes these mixes are less accessible for listeners not used to 'ambient drone music'. These are the most 'minimal' mixes, containing some very strange combinations: the David Darling recording with the Wulu Bunun for example (which may give the feeling you are lifted into the sky) flowing into the sound of eternal rest of Eliane Radigue, followed by Herbert's sound of home-cooking bringing you back to your own private home. As in all mixes, there are some dark and tense parts. This is not meant to be 'new age happiness' at all. But in fact its serene timelessness never fails to amaze me. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

PLAYLIST:

Philips Cellulite Remover- private collection
Evil Jon - fc4004- Wein, Weib und Gesang, 2004, Kikapu KPU 072
Philip Glass - Changing Opinion (deconstructed)- Music from Liquid Days, 1986, CBS DIDC 10217
Stephen Phillips - Drone 2- Drone Download Project 2003
Scanner - Spyder- X-Rated, the Electronic Files, 2002, Boudisque BOU 8
Sleep Research Facility - Nostromo – A Deck- Nostromo, 2001, Cold Spring csr34cd
Alp Fridge - Freezer- At home with Alp, 1999, Soleilmoon 01863
Igneous Flame - Cyclical- unreleased, 2004
Arve Henriksen - Breathing- Sakuteiki, 2001, Rune Grammofon 2021
Alan Howarth - Sailing Ship Creaks- Real Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, GNP crescendo 8054
Annette van de Gorne - Terre- Storm of Drones, 1996, Asphodel 966
Christopher Hobbs - McGrimmon will never return- Ensemble Pieces, 1975, Obscure OBS2
Austere - Whainer- Drone Download Project 2003
Stars of the Lid - Down 3- The Tired Sounds of, 2001, Kranky KRANK 050
Alvin Lucier - Music on a long thin wire- Ohm, the Electric Gurus of Electronic Music 2000, Ellipsis CD3270
Darrin Verhagen - As X-rays- Black Frost, 2004, Dorobo 020
Rumble, low frequency- private collection
Arno Peeters - The Clothing Room Sphere- private collection
Arno Peeters - Shaftsphere- private collection
Sleep Research Facility - Dead Weather Machine- Dead Weather Machine, 2004, manifold MANCD042
Johann Johannson - Virgulegu Forsetar, second movement- Virgulegu Forsetar, 2004, Touch TO:64
Richard Bone - Stillness Repeating- Ambienism, 2004, Spiralight Recordings
Grandma's Fussbuster - How Dry I Am / Rub-a-dub-dub, I can't believe it's a tub- Grandma's Fussbuster, CDBABY, 1996
Boyd Rice (Non) - Extract 12- Terra Incognita, 2004, Mute Records 9256
David Darling & the Wulu Bunun - Pasibutbut (Prayer for a rich millet harvest)- Mudanin Kata, 2004, Riverboat, TUGCD 1032
Eliane Radigue - Kailasha- Trilogie de la Mort, 1998, XI records, XI 119
Herbert - In the Kitchen- Around the House, 2002, !K7, !K7105CD
Alp - Microwave Oven / Electric Oven / Pan of Boiling Water- At home with Alp, 1999, Soleilmoon 01863

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Part 2 of the 2-part mix called 'S.A.D. Sounds (Voorjaarsmoe)' (from april 2004). The first part can be found here. (Please listen in sequence...) "S.A.D." is an acronym of 'Seasonal Affective Disorder', otherwise known as 'Spring Fatigue' (and also for the other season's equivalents, like 'Winter Depression'). In Part 2, this theme is reflected in the closing part, a recording of a Kathleen Ferrier's performance of Handel's "Spring is Coming" (From 'Ottone'): Why should I alone be silent, when all nature awakes to life?" --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

Michael Fahres - The Tubes- The Tubes 1995-2003, unreleased, private collection (released in 2006 on Cold Blue Music, CB0024)
Michael Fahres - Fram (2002) für Grossen Brummkreisel- Frames, 2002, Rachel Haferkamp RH CD 001
Biosphere – Heatleak- Shenzhou, 2002, Touch 2002
Christina Kubisch - Sechs Spiegel- Sechs Spiegel, 1995, Parallelle 3
Leif Inge - bs932- 9Beetstretch, www.notam02.no/9/
Christina Kubisch - Sechs Spiegel- Sechs Spiegel, 1995, Parallelle 3
Arve Henriksen - Viewing Infinite Space- Sakuteiki, 2001, Rune Grammofon RCD2021
Michel Redolfi / Jon Hassell – Vents d'Automne- Riviera Roulette – Un Roman Acoustique sur Nice, 2000, private collection
Tarentel – Adonai- The Order of Things, 2001, Neurot Recordings NR010
Crooked Crow - Closeup of Cricket at Sutter Creek- Replacement Sponge, 2001, Crooked Crow Records
Matthew Florianz – Dageraad- Grijsgebied, 2001, H/S Recordings HSCD1
Biff Johnson - The Other Side of What- Reading the Bones, 1998, Broad Vista Music
Sarah Peebles - Tomoe (Revolving Life)– Rebirth - Suspended in Amber, 1994, Deep Listening, PS-CD-1
David Hayden - Natural Bridges 1- The Dark Night of the Soul, 1999, MP3.com
Sara Ayers - Winter and the Sound of Nothing- Sylvatica preview, 2000, MP3.com
Alio Die - The Hidden Spring- The Hidden Spring, 1997, Crowd Control, Crowded 004
Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight- The Blue Notebooks, 2004, 130701 Records CD 13-04p
Walter Carlos – Spring- Sonic Seasonings, 1972, CBS S67267
Myst Uru Game Soundtrack - Teledahn Age- Uru, Ages beyond Myst, Ubisoft, 2003
Thomas Köner - Unerforschtes Gebiet- Unerforschtes Gebiet, 2003, Mille Plateaux MP118
Michel Redolfi - Mata Pau (Mara and the Bird)- Detours, 1995, Mirage Musical Records
A Produce - Inner Sanctum- Inner Sanctum, 1999, MP3.com
David Darling - Light- Dark Wood, 1995, ECM Records, ECM 1519
Rothko - blk. with Bear - Dream for an End to Sorrow- Wish for a World Without Hurt, 2003, Trace Recordings TRACECD001
Higher Intelligence Agency - Cannon Hill- Birmingham Frequencies, 1998, Headphone h002
Kelvin L. Smith – Freshwater- Reclining Music, 2003, Farfield records
Gilles Reaves - Sacred Space- Sacred Space, 2000, MP3.com
Matthew Florianz, Stan Linders, Ivo Selder - Open Stage 20 april unmastered- Open Stage, 2002, www.matthewflorianz.com
Echoes of Nature – Twilight Bayou: the Natural Sounds- Echoes of Nature, Delta, #12252
Kathleen Ferrier - Spring is Coming (Ottone - Handel)- What is Life? Songs, Arias and Sacred Pieces, Memoir Classics UK
Thomas Gerwin - Air- Wattenmeer Suite , 1996, Integral Art Project IAP011

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The joys of springtime usually get the most attention, but the season has a dark side, too: “Spring Fatique”. The need to eat and to sleep more than usual, inexplicable mood changes, the difficulty to be able to concentrate, etc. These feelings are not strictly limited to the spring season, however. Comparable feelings are also known in Winter and Fall. About 60% of all people will probably recognise these symptoms. About 2% suffer from the more serious “Seasonal Affective Disorder’ (S.A.D.), also known as ‘Winter Depression’. The symptoms described can almost be heard in the strange soundscapes of this mix: not only in the titles of the tracks, but also in the atmosphere. Dark sounds, mostly, especially in the beginning. Luckily, the keynote of the pieces used gets lighter when time progresses: it is as if you hear the sun struggling to break through the sky.. Besides being an auditive impression of the tiredness of spring, this program may hopefully also be a remedy against it. This mix was created in 2004. The classic Peter Hammill track ‘The Birds’ in the beginning of Part 1 defines the theme: 'Spring came far too early this year: Mayflowers blooming in February. Should I be sad for the months, or glad for the sky? The birds don’t know which way to sing, and, my friends, neither do I.' --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

Echoes of Nature – Birdsong- Rainforest: The Natural Sounds, 1993, Delta 12251
Peter Hammill - The Birds- The Love Songs, 1971, Virgin CAS 1166
Dallas Simpson - Bottle Disposal- Binaural Performances, Farfield Records
Falling You - Inside the Whale- internet download, 2000, MP3.com
A Produce – Overground- Altara, 2001, MP3.com
Einóma – Brot Undir- Feilnótum, 2002, Vertical Form VFORM019CD
Biosphere - As the Sun Kissed the Horizon- Substrata (remastered), 2001, touch to:50
Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm - Two Voices- Drawn from Life, 2001, Virgin Venture CDVEDJX954
Aaron Ximm - Deep Creatures- The Quiet American, http://www.quietamerican.org
Lull - Lonely Shelter- Cold Summer, 1995, Subharmonic, SD 7013
Michel Redolfi - Crysalis- Deep Sleep - Detours, 1995, Mirage Musical Records
Paul Schutze - Born by Clouds- Regard: Music by Film, 1997, Tone Casualties 610743971927
Matthew Florianz – Duisternis- Sprook, 2003, H/S Recordings
The Innocence Mission - No Storms Come- Befriended, 2003, Badman Recording
Scott Smallwood – Debris- Desert Winds: Six Windblown Pieces, 2002, Deep Listening DL 17
Deeplab Audioscapes – Chaak- Deeplab Audioscapes, 1999, mp3.com
Brian Eno - Emphasizing Harmonic Partials- January 07003, Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now, 2003, Opal CD02
Esa Ruoho - Departure (18-02-01)- Spaces, 2001, U-Cover 005
Pete Namlook - Je Suis Triste et Seul Ici- Ambient Compilation 4, 1993, Fax +49-69/450464
Michael Fahres - Mercury Sound Escape Shore- Hain, 1996, Trikont US-0232
Vor der Flut - excerpt- Various Artists: Vor der Flut, Hommage an einem Wasserspeicher, EIGELSTEIN 2025/26
Boxhead Ensemble – One- Quartets, 2003, Atavistic 567203
Thomas Köner - Nuuk (Night)- Driftworks, 1997, Big Cat ABB1000CD
Nils Petter Molvaer - Kakonita-Deathprod Mix- Recoloured, the remix album, 2001, Emarcy 013 591-2
Biosphere - Poa Alpina- Substrata (remastered), 2001, Touch 2001
Pete Namlook - Spring-from April to May- Seasons Greeting – Spring, Fax +49-69/450464 sea02
Andy Mellwig - Coloured Grey- Various Artists – Modulation & Transformation 4, 1999, MP 061 3CD
Dhafer Youssef – Diaphanes- Digital Prophecy, 2003, Sony CD / 22.04.03
Alan Howarth - Interdimensional Vortex- Real Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, GNP Crescendo 052824805422
Cypher 7 - Falling Backwards- Security, 2001, Subharmonic SUB7017
Brannan Lane - Relaxing Effect of Water- Relaxing Effects of Water, 2002, Brannanlane Music BLM503CD
Greyworld - Studio 5- Sonic Boom, 2000, Hayward Gallery, ISBN 1-85332-208-3
Hildegard Westerkamp - Beneath the Forest Floor- Transformations, 1996, Empreintes Digitales, IMED 9631
A Silver Mt. Zion - For Wanda- He Has Left Us Alone…, 2000, Constellation #9
Hildegard Westerkamp - Beneath the Forest Floor- Transformations, 1996, Empreintes Digitales, IMED 9631
Michel Redolfi - Sons Frisson Cue 3- Sons Frisson, 1998, Private Collection
Susumu Yokota – Beans- The Boy and the Tree, 2002, Leaf BAY25CD
David Sylvian - Darkest Dreaming- Dead Bees on a Cake, 1999, Virgin CDV 2471

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Peinzing - Part 2 (2003) is of course the second part of Peinzing (Pondering; Muse-ing). Since both parts are meant to be listened to as one, please download part 1 first and listen to them sequentially. You can find the full comments with Peinzing - Part 1, so for this edition I'll just stick to the playlist.. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Do nót expect 'New Age' music, despite some whale-, cricket- and other sounds of nature. At times the layers of sounds are dark and threatening, maybe even confronting.There's always the dynamic range between tension and release. The quiet piano sounds of John Cage and Arvo Pärt surround a broad spectrum of auditive landscapes. Inbetween, sometimes 'ordinary' pop-songs define the theme, like Paul Simon's 'Quiet':"I am heading for a time of quiet / When my restlessness is past / And I can lie down on my blanket / And release my fists at last".

This particular sequence (Arno Peeter's collage of hectic life's answering machines, Paul Simon's detaching Zen-like song 'Quiet', and Jon Hassell seemingly rephrasing Paul Simon's last vocal line) is one of my all time favourite sequences.

Peinzing - Part 2 Playlist:

Brannan Lane - Mouth- Lost Caverns of Thera - World Circle Records - 2000
John Zorn - Mysteries- IAO - Music In Sacred Light - Tzadik TZ 7338- 2002
Thom Brennan - Mist- Mist - TMB Music TB1034 - 2000
Roger Eno - Where the Rock Fish Feeds- Night Garden - La Cooka Ratcha Records CD-16714 - 2000
Tim Gerwing - Stars- Being to Being - MAPL (no number) - 2002
Banabila/Vloeimans - Roofscape- Voiznoiz III - Javaanse Jongens/Challenge JJT 77009 - 2002
Silent Watcher of Dark Matter - Toward the Infinite- Hempmachine Music - 2001
Aphex Twin - 11- Selected Ambient Works II - Warp 021 LP - 1994
Yves Daoust - Suite Baroque: l'Extase- Excitations - Empreintes Digitales - 2000
Jon Hassell - Rising Thermal 14-16N;32-28E- Fourth World: Possible Musics - Editions E.G. EGED7 - 1980
Jamuud - SayanNiskala - Konstellations, 769490111152/SSeyo CDRom - 1999
Bono/Eno/Hassell/Lanois - Bathtub- The Million Dollar Hotel - Interscope 542395- 2000
Bono/Eno Hassell/Lanois - The First Time- The Million Dollar Hotel - Interscope 542395- 2000
Echoes of Nature - Hoots and Howls- Jungle Talk: The Natural Sounds Of The Wilderness - Delta B000001V4S - 1993
Akira Rabelais - [....] edit- Full Swing Edits - Orthlong Musork orth 05- 2002
Alio Die - In Mean Time- The Hidden Spring - Crowd Control Crowded 004 - 1997
Alan Howarth - Blue Light Constant- Real Hollywood Sound Effects - GNP Crescendo GNPD 8054 - 1997
Dino Pacifici - Timeshift (edit)- Hallowed Ground - Dance Plant Records/Farfield Records - 1999
Tosca - Schwimmer.session 4- Dehli9 - G-Stone/!K7 140cd - 2003
Justin Bennett - The Mosques of Tanger 1 + 2- The Mosques of Tanger - Staalplaat STmCD 010 - 1994
Holger Czukay - Mirage- Good Morning Story - Tone Casualties tccd 9944 - 1999
Barry Truax - Fog (Pacific Region), part 2- Fog - Cambridge Street Records, CSR CD 9101 - 1990
Humpback Whale- NOAA Ocean Explorer Archive
Beth Gibbons - Mysteries- Out of Season - Polydor 066 574-2 - 2002
Humpback Whale / SlowdownNOAA Ocean Explorer Archive
Stephan Micus - Adela (edit)- Desert Poems - ECM 1757 - 2002
Arno Peeters - Blindside- Soundscape Jabotek 2001 radio recording* - 2001
Banabila - Steam- Spherics II - Boudisque Recording BOU 8 - 2003
Brannan Lane - Cavern V: Circle of Darkness- Lost Caverns of Thera - World Circle Records - 2000
Plenum - GSD- Various Artists: Communication Problems - Vibragun VIN 003 - 2002
Harmonic Choir - Rainbow Voice- Hearing Solar Winds - Ocora c. 558607 - 1988
Arvo Pärt - Für Aline- Alina - ECM 1591 - 2000
AV911 - Rain Storm one + two- mp3.com

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"Peinzing" (pondering, muse-ing) (2003) is the name of the musical collage in which the difference between 'music' and 'sound' will not always be clear to the listener. Over time, this has proven to be one of the most popular mix, especially with listeners that were not exactly familiar to ambient/electronic music. It is indeed one of the more accessible - which does nót necessarily mean this is 'easy listening'. Do nót expect 'New Age' music, despite some whale-, cricket- and other sounds of nature. At times the layers of sounds are dark and threatening, maybe even confronting. There's always the dynamic range between tension and release. The quiet piano sounds of John Cage and Arvo Pärt surround a broad spectrum of auditive landscapes. Inbetween, sometimes 'ordinary' pop-songs define the theme, like Paul Simon's 'Quiet':"I am heading for a time of quiet / When my restlessness is past / And I can lie down on my blanket / And release my fists at last". This particular sequence (Arno Peeter's collage of hectic life's answering machines, Paul Simon's detaching Zen-like song 'Quiet', and Jon Hassell seemingly rephrasing Paul Simon's last vocal line) is one of my all time favourite sequences. Because for me this part expresses what most mixes are about: Tension...Release...and then again: dark clouds gathering above strange landscapes... Please note that this 2-part mix is meant to be listened as one. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

playlist:

Alexei Lubimov - John Cage: In a LandscapeDer Bote - ECM New Series 1771 461812-2 - 2002
DNTel - PillowcaseLife is Full of Possibilities - Plug Research PR320106CD - 2001
Autopoieses - c[] editFull Swing Edits - Orthlong Musork orth 05- 2002
Arno Peeters - Audentity IIAeroson - Mille Plateaux MP031 CD - 1996
Paul Simon - QuietYou're the One - Warner Bros 47844 - 2000
Jon Hassell - These Times...Dream Theory in Malaya - Editions EG EEGCD13 - 1981
Thomas Köner - Daikan I + IVDaikan - Mille Plateaux MP 107 - 2002
Christina Kubisch - Oase 2000Sonic Boom - Sonic Boom - 2000
Biosphere - Green ReflectionsCirque - Touch TO:55 - 2001
Arno Peeters - Audentity - extendedAeroson - Mille Plateaux MP031 CD - 1996
Echoes of Nature - Turkey TalkJungle Talk: The Natural Sounds Of The Wilderness - Delta B000001V4S - 1993
Eleni Karaindrou - Lament ITrojan Women - ECM New Series 1810 - 2002
Nigel Ayers/John Everall/Mick Harris - Mesmeric Enabling Device part 2Mesmeric Enabling Device - Soleilmoon 01923 - 1997
A Produce - Midnight PondThe Other World- Hypnos hyp 1804 - 1998
Bass Communion - A Grapefruit in the World of ParkWhere Stalks the Sandman - Noh Poetry NPR 003 - 2001
Kent Sparling - In a Mumbling SkyUnder New Manna - Farfield Records - 2000
Susumu Yokota - Grass, Tree and StoneThe Boy and the Tree - Leaf Label bay25cd - 2002
Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet - Coney Island LowRequiem for a Dream - Nonesuch 79611-2 - 2000
Dhafer Youssef - La Priere de l'AbsentElectric Sufi - Enja 9412-2 - 2002
Jah Wobble - The CompoundUmbra Sumus - 30Hertz cd 5 - 1998
Jah Wobble - ChelaUmbra Sumus - 30Hertz cd 5 - 1998
Alan Howarth - Storm on Ceti Beta VIIReal Hollywood Sound Effects - GNP Crescendo GNPD 8054 - 1997
Fred Szymanski - It's Hard to KnowVarious Artists: A Storm of Drones - Asphodel ASP 0966 - 1996
Thomas Köner - IliraTeimo - Barooni BAR05cd - 1991
Thomas Köner - FoutuVarious Artists: Communication Problems - Vibragun VIN 003 - 2002
Rothko - BloodtiedA Continual Search for Origins- Too Pure - 2002
Liquid Morphine - Droom (not on album) - 2000
Arve Henriksen - Path around the PondSakuteiki - Rune Grammofon 2021 - 2001
Leif Inge - 9Beetstretch 3.2 (partial)9Beetstretch - EX FIELD X 24H 9B - 2002
John Taverner - Funeral IkosByzantia - Virgin Classics 7243 5 45352 2 2 - 1999
AV911 - Rain Storm 2 mp3.com

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Vergeten Tijd ('Time Forgotten') was not specifically created for the Polderlicht Project (Amsterdam, 2001), but the mix fits in seamlessly with KlankSluis and Eindpunt. Because these three mixes were broadcast in one 'go' on dutch radio in 2002, I like to refer to them as the "Polderlicht Trilogy". To me, good drone/ambient music always has a feeling of timelessness. This mix (like most of my others) combines some of the deepest drones (Thomas Köner, Alio Die, Stars of the Lid) with music that is not even remotely considered 'ambient', yet has a similar feeling (Calexico, David Darling, Kimmo Pohjonen). --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Vergeten Tijd Playlist:

Kimmo Pohjonen - Avanto - Kluster - 2002
Alio Die - The Hidden Spring - The Hidden Spring -1999
Kit Clayton - Untitled 7 - Lateral Forces (Surface Fault) - 2001
Stars of the Lid - Gasfarming - The Tired Sounds of...- 2001
Toshinori Kondo & Bill Laswell - Untitled Track - Life Space Death - 2001
Tom Heasley - Ground Zero - Where the Earth Meets the Sky - 2001
310 - Persian Wolf - Downtown and Brooklyn Only - 2001
310 - Prewar Doorman - Downtown and Brooklyn Only - 2001
David Darling - Lament - Cello - 1993
Silent Watcher of Dark Matters- Deep Space - Toward the Infinite - 2001
Peter Schaefer - Gulf Savannah - The Mynah - 1996
Austere - Thanatos - Monodia- 1999
Loop Guru - Saboda - Catalogue of Desires, vol. 3: the Clear White Variation - 1996
Thomas Köner - Meta Incognita - Permafrost - 1997
Jochem Paap - Un-klkkn - Vrs-Mbnt-Pcs 9598 I - 1998
Falling Water - Bamboo Rainsticks - Bamboo Rainsticks - 1999
Arve Henriksen - White Gravel - Sakuteiki - 2001
David Tollefson - Exqoor (illusive mix) - The Other World - 1998
Kimmo Pohjonen - Alla - Kluster - 2002
Calexico - Untitled II - Hot Rail - 2000
Egghatcher - Sweep - The Other World - 1998
Lull - Travels - Dreamt about Dreaming - 1992
LLIPS vs. Starfish Pool - Mouthful - Sweetwater - 2000
Steve Roach - Midnight Loom - Midnight Moon - 1998
Solitaire - Runes - Ritual Ground - 1993
Air Liquide - Tinitus - rauschen gefährdet ihre gesundheit - Abuse your Illusions - 1995
Paul Giger - Zauerli 3 - Alpstein - 1991
Piano Magic - Untitled III - Son de Mar - 2001

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One of the reactions on the earlier 4 hour non stop ambient collages broadcast by Supplement (...dutch radio program with a focus on modern/avant garde/experimental music...) in the past years, was an invitation to contribute two sound installations to the location project called Polderlicht (Amsterdam, november 2001). This is the second one: "Eindpunt (End of the Line)" The first one was "Klanksluis" (SoundLock, as in 'Airlock'). --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:

Brian Eno - Old Brompton Road, feb 20 - Music for White Cube - 1997
Brian Eno - The Oval, feb 24 - Music for White Cube - 1997
tramrit a'dam 50's - - Library of vanished sounds
Sara Ayers - Interiors - Interiors - 2001
Lost Time Accident - Cave - Age 2 Wonder at - 2001
paardentram - Library of vanished sounds
Banabila - Primitive Lab - Spherics - 2001
Crooked Crow - Bakersfield Station - Replacement Sponge - 2001
Fluxion - Unechoic Dream - [Spaces] - 2001
DJ Jizello - Hwok_pur - unknown - 2001
The East CourtYard - Live Ambient Vibes - 2001
Biosphere - Moistened & Dried - Cirque - 2000
Francis Dhomont - Espace-escape - Excitations - 2000
Jeff Greinke - Harbor Island 2 - Cities in Fog 2 - 1997
oude tram interieur - Library of vanished sounds
Brian Eno - Camden Town, feb 24 - Music for White Cube - 1997
Aphex Trim - 11 - Selected Ambient Works, vol II - 1994
tramrit a'dam 50's - Library of vanished sounds
Robyn Schulkowsky / Nils Petter Molvaer- VII - Hastening Westward - 1995
Thomas Köner - Nuuk - Aubrite - 1995
Bill Fontana - Köln-Kyoto Sound Bridge - ?
Vladislav Delay - Ranta - Multila - 2000
Richard Chartier - Filer - Clicks and Cuts 2 - 2000
Biosphere - Proem - Insomnia-No Peace for the Wicked - 1997
Stephen Philips - Drone Symphony in E - Cycles 3 - 2000
paardentram - Library of vanished sounds
oude tram interieur - Library of vanished sounds
Sutekh - 19xx - Clicks and Cuts 2 - 2000
Brian Eno - Lavender Hill, feb 14 - Music for White Cube - 1997

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One of the reactions on the earlier 4 hour non stop ambient collages broadcast by Supplement (...dutch radio program with a focus on modern/avant garde/experimental music...) in the past years, was an invitation to contribute two sound installations to the location project called Polderlicht (Amsterdam, november 2001). This is the first one: "Klanksluis" (SoundLock, as in 'Airlock'). The other one is "Eindpunt (End of the Line)", which will be published next. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

ankSluis Playlist:

zomers platteland in Nederland (dutch flatlands in summer) - Library of vanished sounds
Michel Redolfi - Palm Canyon - Swarm of Drones - 1995
Austere - Retouched Preview/Crystil - Austere remix - Falling You - 2000
Max Corbacho - Predawn Darkness - Far Beyond The Immobile Point - 2000
Steve Reich - Interior of the Cave - The Cave - 1995
Steve Roach - Early Dawn - Early Man - 2000
Boulding/ Bollman / Wolff - Invocationes - Vor der Flut; Hommage an einen Wasserspeicher - ?
Laraaji - Kalimba - Music for Films III - 1988
AV911 Multimedia - Rain Storm One - - Soundscape: Rain Storm One - 1999
Final - Hide - Ambient, vol. 4: Isolationism - 1995
Robert Rich - Electric Fish - Somnium DVD (excerpt) - 2001
Thomas Köner - Ilira - Teimo - 1992
Kit Clayton - Nuchu -Nek Salanet - 1999
Hildegard Westerkamp - Breathing Room - Excitations - 2000
Hildegard Westerkamp - Cricket Voice - Transformations - 1996
Esa Ruoho - Space (29.11.99.1) - Spaces - 2001
Dreamstate - White Winter Moon - ambient01@hyperreal - 1999
David Hayden - Calling the Spirit of the Canyon Wind - Natural Bridges - 2001
Andy Mellwig - Coloured Grey - Modulation & Transformation, Vol. 4 - 1999
Kim Cascone - nb2e_vortex.aiff - Modulation & Transformation, Vol. 4 - 1999
Silent Watcher of Dark Matter - Through space & time - Deep Space - 2001
Balanescu Quartet - Mother - Luminitza - 1994
Ryoji Ikeda - 0-Zero Degrees - Sonic Boom - 2000
Alvin Lucier- Music on a long thin wire - Ohm - 2000
Thomas Köner & TT Wipp - Mesurait la Force - Modulation & Transformation, Vol. 4- 1999
Christian Calon - Portrait d'un Visiteur - Excitations - 2000
Natasha Barrett - Racing Unseen - Excitations - 2000
Neotropic - Rote - La Prochaine Fois - 2001
Random Inc - Jerusalem 22 - Jerusalem; Tales outside the Framework of Orthodoxy - 2001
Random Inc - Jerusalem 17 - Jerusalem; Tales outside the Framework of Orthodoxy - 2001
Thomas Köner - Firn - Permafrost - 1997
H.M. Gorecki - Wislo Moja, Wislo Szara - Miserere - 1999
zomers platteland in Nederland (dutch flatlands in summer) - Library of vanished sounds

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DreamScenes was originally created in 2001 for dutch radio. It consists of four one-hour parts that were broadcasted uninterrupted. This is part 4. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

DreamScenes - Part 4 Playlist:

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Sea of Vapours - Mustt Mustt
Zero Ohms - Power of Nothingness - [MP3.com]
Bill Laswell / Michael J. Harris - Distal Sonority - Ambient Compendium
DreamState - PM Landscape 1 - [MP3.com]
Tim Gerwing - Chikatetsu - [MP3.com]
SAO - Grassland - [MP3.com]
Thomas Koener - Permafrost - Permafrost
Christina Kubisch - Oase 2000 - Sonic Boom
Vidna Obmana - Evening Chorus (gamelan 2) - Anthology Part One 1992-1994
Ronu Majumdar - A Day for Trade Winds - Hollow Bamboo
Brian Eno - Kentish Town, jan 29 - White Cube
Brian Eno - Barbican Station, feb 24 - White Cube
David Hayden - Calling the Spirit of the Canyon - [MP3.com]
Zero Ohms - Radha Shabda - [MP3.com]
Russell Mills - Heaven Dips - Pearl + Umbra
Faultline - Mystery Track - Closer Colder
David Darling - Dawn - Dark Wood
Godspeed You Black Emperor - The Buildings they are sleeping - Raise your hands…
Sara Ayers - Night Hounds - [MP3.com]
Olivier Messiaen - Oraison (1937) - OHM - Gurus of Electronic Music
Steve Reich - Interior of the Cave - The Cave

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DreamScenes was originally created in 2001 for dutch radio. It consists of four one-hour parts that were broadcasted uninterrupted. This is part 3. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

DreamScenes - Part 3 Playlist:

Biosphere - Le Grand Dôme - Cirque
Fred Szymansky - It's Hard to Know - A Storm of Drones
Giles Reaves - Toward the One - [MP3.com]
Michel Redolfi - Palm Canyon - A Swarm of Drones
Umlaut Soundscapes - The Sarcophagus part One - [MP3.com]
Eliane Radigue - Mila's Journey - Inspired by a Dream
Kudsi Erguner - Suheyla
Steve Roach / Thupten Pema Lama - Prayers to the Protector(instrumental) - Prayer to the Protector
Sara Ayers - Strand of Pearls - [MP3.com]
Startled Insects - Lifepulse - Lifepulse
Laurie Anderson - Tightrope - Bright Red / Tightrope
Laswell / Hosono / Harris - Main Dream - Alien Ambient Galaxy
A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Angels Standing Guard around the Side - He has left us alone
Brian Eno - Camden Town, feb 24 - White Cube
Hector Zazou - Notte - Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses

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DreamScenes was originally created in 2001 for dutch radio. It consists of four one-hour parts that were broadcasted uninterrupted. This is part 2. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

DreamScenes - Part 2 Playlist:

Hassell / Arreguin / Muhoberac / Freeman - Amsterdam Blue (Cortege) - Million Dollar Hotel OST
Bill Laswell - Broken Dream - Ambient Compendium
Paul Lansky - 6 Fantasies on a poem by Thomas Campion: Her Song (1978) - OHM - Gurus of Electronic Music
Rachel's Handwriting - Full on Night, Full on Night Obscurio - Flow - [MP3.com]
Russell Mills - A Swoon in Amber - Pearl + Umbra
Rothko - Suddenly Becomes Light - [MP3.com]
Steve Roach - Begins Looking Skyward - Early Man
Scanner - Ground Veil - [MP3.com]
John Surman - A Monastic Calling - Absalom Dawe
SAO - Evening Fire on Mimosa Ridge - [MP3.com]
Robert Ashley - Automatic Writing (1979) - OHM - Gurus of Electronic Music
Thomas Koener / Max Eastley - In Concert - Sonic Boom
Robyn Schulkowsky / Nils Petter Molvaer - Hastening Westward VII - Hastening Westward
Maryanne Amacher - Living Sound, Patent Pending (1979) - OHM - Gurus of Electronic Music
Jamuud - Sayan - Niskala
Paul Bowles / Bill Laswell - Baptism of Solitude - Baptism of Solitude
Sheila Chandra - AboneCroneDrone 1 - AboneCroneDrone
Stuart Dempster - Melodic Communion - Underground Overlays in the Cistern Chapel

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DreamScenes was originally created in 2001 for dutch radio. It consists of four one-hour parts that were broadcasted uninterrupted. To my surprise it led to quite a few reactions, some people even listened to the the full 4 hours in one radio session. This mix actually was the second in the series: in april 2001 the first one, called 'Ambient Mix' was broadcast (also 4 hours). That one was in fact more of a 'live mix' (I had no good setup to pre-listen to the tracks), so I find this mix a bit too messy to publish here. Quite a few of these mixes would follow in later years. I will gradually publish them all on this podcast weblog I will of course publish full playlist details here too. Hope you'll enjoy them and hope to find you here again in the future... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

DreamScenes part - 1 Playlist:

(Note: The mix starts with a computerized vocal instruction on how to induce 'lucid dreaming', which is in dutch - so be patient for a while)

Biosphere - Chamber - Insomnia
Laurie Anderson - Bright Red - Bright Red / Tightrope
Laswell / Hosono / Harris - Main Dream - Alien Ambient Galaxy
Steve Roach - Early Dawn - Early Man
Sara Ayers - A Moment Passing - MP3.com
DreamState - Floating/Dreaming - Linger [MP3.com]
Jocelyn Montgomery / David Lynch - Flame and Vision - Lux Vivens
Kit Clayton - Nuchu - ~scape,
Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel - Alina
Brian Eno - Old Brompton Road, feb. 20 - Music for the White Cube
Luc Ferrari - Music Promenade (1969) - Ohm - Gurus of Electronic Music
Jon Hassell - Dream Theory - Dream Theory (in Malay)
Farfield - Ascent - Glastonbury 2000 - [MP3.com]
Dave Stafford - Willing Participation in the Dream - [MP3.com]
Thomas Koener / TT Wipp - Measurait la Force - Sonic Boom
Russell Mills / Ian Walton - Mantle - Sonic Boom
Stina Nordenstamm - Come to Me - People are Strange
AV911 - Evening Rain Storm - [MP3.com]
Christina Kubisch - Sechs Spiegel, Sechs Spiegel
Yonderboi - Sinking Slowly - Shallow and Profound

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