Episodes
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Summoning The Spirits
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
One of my favorite ambient albums from the first half of 2023 is "Intrapersonal Experience" by Saphileaum. It's a great combination of atmospherics and percussion, reminiscent of 90s Steve Roach tribal ambient. After hearing this album I needed to do a drum/percussion-based mix and "Summoning The Spirits" is the result.
Another recent discovery makes its way into this mix - The Rain Dogs. So far I only have one of their albums but I plan on buying many more. I have To pace myself though. Their album, From Abydos To Dendera, has shades of Jon Hassell and other 4th world styles I love. The tracks fit perfectly in this mix.
I hope you enjoy the atmosphere and the rhythms.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 The Rain Dogs - Market Day (From Abydos To Dendera 2021)
- 05:33 Saphileaum - Dear (Intrapersonal Experience 2023)
- 09:45 The Chi Factory - Part One (Travel In Pece 2020)
- 14:40 Benjy Wertheimer & John de Kadt - Underwater (One River 2012)
- 21:08 Byron Metcalf - As Clouds Dance (Inner Rhythm Meditations 2016)
- 29:50 Chi - Before The Mountain (The Original Recordings 2016)
- 36:50 The Rain Dogs - Dawn Over Qurna (From Abydos To Dendera 2021)
- 40:54 Eli Keszler - Barcelona Part VI (LIVE 2023)
- 44:40 D.K. - Summoning the Spirits (The Goddess Is Dancing 2019)
- 50:00 Saphileaum - Remote (Intrapersonal Experience 2023)
- 54:40 The Chi Factory - Part Two (The Kallikatsou Recordings 2017)
- 57:43 Night Sky Pulse - Luminescence (These Possible Lives 2021)
- 61:03 end
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Favorite Ambient Albums of 2023, so far
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
- 00:00 Rod Modell & Taka Noda - Untilted 1 [Glow World (13)]
- 05:40 Nico Less - Try a Little Kindess [Still]
- 09:40 Pan American - Renzo [in daylight dub (Foam On A Wave)]
- 13:50 Eli Keszler - Manhattan Part III [LIVE (LUCKYME)]
- 20:10 Foreign Body Sensation & Justin Maranga - Cenote Meditation [Subterranean Environments (Dune Alter)]
- 25:30 Michael Scott Dawson - Almanac Pages [Find Yourself Lost (We Are Busy Bodies)]
- 32:00 Brendan Eder Ensemble - #20 Lichen Aphex Twin Cover [Therapy]
- 35:40 William Ryan Fritch - Futiles Heaves [Cohesion (Lost Tribe Sound)]
- 39:33 this floating world - winds I [floatings (Whitelabrecs)]
- 40:50 Between - Pushed [Low Flying Owls (12k)]
- 46:38 Sigur Rós - Blóðberg [ÁTTA)]
- 53:25 Alva Noto - Sehnsuchtsvoll [Kinder der Sonne(From Komplizen) (Noton)]
- 1:06:00 Hainbach - Last Song of Summer [Voice Magnetic (Seil)]
- 1:03:05 Mount Shrine - Ghostly [Lost Loops Collection (Cryo Chamber)]
- 1:06:50 ARROWOUNDS - Tree of Disciples [In The Octopus Pond (LostTribe Sound)]
- 1:12:42 Loneward - Delicate Illusions [Willoweald (Stereoscenic)]
- 1:21:30 end
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Longform Sleepy Time
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
This mix is pretty just as the title describes - a set of long ambient pieces, perfect for sleeping. There's not much else to say other than the tracks are all fairly new with most of them from 2023.
I was happy to use a longer version of the Crows Labyrinth track in this mix. I used it in my Blade Runner mix earlier in the year but it was the short version. I have been listening to the long version a lot this year and using it as a sleep soundtrack quite a bit as well. So I knew I had to use more of the 39 minute track in this mix. That album will make my best of the year list for sure.
Speaking of best of the year lists - head over to Mixcloud Posts to see my favorite albums of 2023, so far - MIXCLOUD Best of 2023(so far)
Links to all the music used in this mix:
- https://loscil.bandcamp.com/album/alta
- https://altusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/willoweald
- https://crowslabyrinth.bandcamp.com/album/neon-scenes-i-granular-dreams
- https://milieumusic.bandcamp.com/album/beside-a-green-window
- https://slaapwel.bandcamp.com/album/particles
- https://perceptualtapes.bandcamp.com/album/fleeting-visions-into-sleep - active on 7/14/23
- https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/lost-loops-collection
- https://dataobscura.bandcamp.com/album/delicate-terrain
- https://cv313.bandcamp.com/album/plays-sequential-space
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Loscil - Alta (Alta 2023)
- 10:20 Loneward - Light Blossom (Willoweald 2023)
- 18:00 Crows Labyrinth - Neon Scenes I (Neon Scenes I: Granular Dreams 2023)
- 27:45 Milieu - Beside a Green Window (Beside a Green Window 2023)
- 37:07 Katharina Schmidt - Particles (Particles 2022)
- 46:44 Spectrical - Distant Rain (Fleeting visions into sleep 2023)
- 55:10 Mount Shrine - Foghorn (Lost Loops Collection 2023)
- 1:12:25 Robert Davies - Diffused Meadow (Delicate Terrain 2022)
- 1:26:30 cv313 - Star Alignments (Plays Sequential Space 2023)
- 2:00:00 end
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Aquadream by Fragile X
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
I love getting guest mixes from creative artists. I love hearing excellent segues as the music flows seamlessly across the set. And I love discovering new music. So I'm excited about this latest offering from Fragile X.
There so much good stuff in this mix I could go on and on but I'll let John say a few things about it:
"I've been inspired by my recent trip to Croatia and have made a water themed mix. I've called it "Aquadream". I wanted the mix to be able to act as a soundtrack to all kinda things. From casual swimming, deep sea diving, floating, boating or even just watching from the shoreline. It's pretty much all ambient material. It's got that hazy and submerged feel about it and is a wee bit disorientating at times but is ultimately a calm and hopefully refreshing mix!"
Thanks, John, for this awesome collection of music!
- 00:00 Sample of the World's Loneliest Whale, 52 Hertz
- 00:44 Rennie Foster - Devil's Water (Devil's Reprise) / Rebirth / 2009
- 04:48 Fragile X - The Descent / Gorecki Productions / 2015
- 07:11 Krill.minima - Submarine Poetry / Native State Records / 2007
- 12:23 Daar - Sea Wind / Silent Season / 2021
- 18:35 The Persuader - Pressure Relief / Stockholm LTD / 2015
- 21:51 Michael FK - Black Whale / Ambient / 2014
- 26:48 Newworldaquarium - Thousand Oaks / Ostgut Ton / 2014
- 29:56 Karen Vogt - Searching For Shoals (Karen Vogt remix) / Self Released / 2023
- 31:45 Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Wetlands / Western Vinyl / 2016
- 33:03 This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren / 4AD / 1983
- 36:47 Inhmost - Waters Edge / Huinali Recordings / 2021
- 41:11 Tom Leclerc - Postcard From The Sea / Giraffe Tapes / 2022
- 43:50 Leafcutter John - Music Under The Water / Desire Path / 2015
- 48:04 Chromasy - Naoshima /Self Released / 2020
- 52:32 Copula - North Sea Dream / Traumgarten / 2020
- 54:48 Balsam - Water Conception / Neotantra / 2019
- 56:21 Julianna Barwick - One Half / Dead Oceans / 2012
- 59:13 Circular - Calm / Beatservice Records/ 1999
- 65:19 Asura - Ascension In Blue / Ultimae Records / 2014
- 72:30 Fragile X - Mvto More / Unreleased / 2023
- 78:48 Picnic - Drops in The Water (DJ Paradise remix) / Daisart / 2021
- 80:45 Saphileaum - Freshwater Body / Nyame Records / 2020
- 85:35 Yosi Horikawa - Fluid / Borrowed Scenery / 2019
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Fresh Ambient June 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
The theme for this mix is simple - a collection of new ambient tracks, most released within the last couple of months. Sometimes after posting a lot of theme mixes or guest mixes I need to crank out a set that is just straightforward ambient. Nothing fancy, just beautiful, drifting music to ease the mind.
Here are some links to the music used in this mix:
- https://kramer.bandcamp.com/album/baptismal
- https://12kmusic.bandcamp.com/album/low-flying-owls
- https://williamselman.bandcamp.com/album/the-weather-indoors
- https://losttribesound.bandcamp.com/album/maps-to-where-the-poison-grows-subscription-series
- https://atlantearecords.bandcamp.com/album/there-is-light
- https://michaelscottdawson.bandcamp.com/album/find-yourself-lost
- https://bleep.com/release/380644-alva-noto-kinder-der-sonne-from-komplizen
- https://sachikobayashi.bandcamp.com/album/melodies-in-the-garden
- https://davidcordero.bandcamp.com/album/spring-memories
- https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/sen
- https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/below-the-noise
- https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/sonoris
- https://aispatial.bandcamp.com/album/above-the-sky
- https://handstitched.bandcamp.com/album/a-study-of-ends-or-purpose
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Laraaji & Kramer - Immersion (Baptismal 2023)
- 06:00 Between - Back (Low Flying Owls 2023)
- 11:10 William Selman - Leaky Paradise (The Weather Indoors 2023)
- 14:28 Civic Hall aka Euan McMeeken & Craig Tattersall - Excerpt I (Maps To Where The Poison Grows 2023)
- 19:15 Sebby Kowal - Sakura Schoolyard (There Is Light 2023)
- 22:36 Michael Scott Dawson - Notes On Longing (Find Yourself Lost 2023)
- 25:50 Alva Noto - Die Undergründigen - Redux (Kinder der Sonne(From "Komplizen") 2023)
- 29:55 Sachi Kobayashi - Morning Dew (Melodies in the Garden 2023)
- 33:40 David Cordero - Middle Distance (Spring Memories 2023)
- 39:20 blochemy - lane (sen 2023)
- 44:11 Andy Cartwright - Mended Environment (Below the Noise 2023)
- 48:05 Kenji Katayose - Aika (Sonoris 2023)
- 54:18 Inhmost - Eternal (Above The Sky 2023)
- 58:52 Maps and Diagrams - Brume (A Study of Ends or Purpose 2023)
- 64:16 end
Wednesday May 31, 2023
The Lonely Orbit
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
A few months ago I stumbled across two tunes called "Lonely Satellite" & "The Lonely Orbit." Those titles intrigued me and I thought they would make a great theme for a mix. I started collecting tracks, not knowing when the mix would come to fruition.
Then this past week I heard the new album from Alva Noto called "Kinder der Sonne (From "Komplizen")" and I knew immediately that I had to make this mix. I could have included 4 or 5 tracks from the Alva Noto album but Mixcloud only allows a maximum of 3 songs from one album. I ended up using two cuts.
As usual the mix leans heavily on new tunes, with 11 of 18 tracks from 2020 - 2023. That includes the two "lonely" cuts that started this whole thing.
Funny side note - there has been a lot construction in my neighborhood lately and as I was putting the mix together I would hear the beeping of a backhoe reversing or some other truck backing up. It got to be annoying because sometimes I couldn't tell if the beeping sounds were from the music or the construction outside. Haha!
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Alexandre Navarro + Letna - Psamathe (Redfish 2013)
- 03:15 Alva Noto - Kinder der Sonne(Intro) (Kinder der Sonne (From "Komplizen") 2023)
- 06:15 xu - this illusory continuity (slicing space-time into objects 2022)
- 07:55 Scanner - Wing Pinger 02 (Wing Pinger 2021)
- 09:14 Loscil - Estuarine (Endless Fall 2010)
- 17:10 Lunar Testing Lab - Lunar Radio Control (Space Debris - Space Transmission 2008)
- 18:17 Hainbach - Izmir (Voice Magnetic 2023)
- 19:40 Brian Eno - Cavallino (The Shutov Assembly 1992)
- 22:20 Saros Sky - Lonely Satellite (Ambient Oceania 2021)
- 25:47 Loscil - Bipolar, Pt. 2 (Lifelike 2019)
- 28:57 Hans Zimmer - Atmospheric Entry (Interstellar 2014)
- 30:17 Steven Price - Aurora Borealis (Gravity 2013)
- 31:22 Alva Noto - Die Untergründigen (Kinder der Sonne (From "Komplizen") 2023)
- 39:18 Peter Kvidera - Popping (Verism 2022)
- 44:30 State Azure - Prism (As The Dawn Fades 2023)
- 50:23 Brian Eno - Kazakhstan 4 (Kazakhstan 2023)
- 55:12 Aethernal - The Lonely Orbit (Exile 2022)
- 58:49 arovane - laap (gestalt 2020)
- 60:30 end
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
The Undersea World of Low Light Mixes
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
I've done a couple mixes featuring library music from the 70s & 80s that have the vibe of a cheesy deep sea exploration documentary. I've always wanted to do a follow up and here it is.
One of the problems is that I didn't check the tracklist from the last mix and so quite a few tracks from that set made it into this one. When I figured out what had happened, it was too late to change. Well, actually, I was just too lazy to change it. I think about 9 of the 23 tracks in this mix appeared in the last one.
I love the retro vibe of these mixes. Take some old vinyl albums with echoing fender rhodes piano, add some scuba sound fx and a few synths and you've got yourself a 70s soundtrack to the Undersea World of Low Light Mixes.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Eric Vann - Algues Marines (Water World 1982)
- 01:32 Walt Rockman - Submarine Scenery (Underwater Vol 1 1980)
- 03:45 Stefano Liberati - Tombala la grande corrente (Pericolo negli abissi 1978)
- 04:38 Walt Rockman - gas-bubbles (Biology 1980)
- 05:28 Roger Roger & Nino Nardini - Eery Dream (Informatic 2000 1982)
- 07:21 Joel Vandroogenbroeck & F. Voelxen - Cascades (Contemporary Pastoral and Ethnic Sounds 1979)
- 10:03 John Hyde - Curlews (Red Kite 1982)
- 11:11 John Tender - Underwater Fantasy 1 (Fantasyland Vol. 1 1982)
- 12:50 Walt Rockman - chromosomes (Biology 1980)
- 14:42 Tamponi - acque profonde (Ittiologia 1973)
- 16:07 Amedeo Tommasi - Correnti sottomarine (Biologia marina 1973)
- 19:08 Mikrokristal - Bubbles (Hidden Way Between Some Rains 2013)
- 23:52 Georg Deuter - Deep Sea(mysterious - lost - sunken ship) (Soundtrack 1973)
- 26:15 Atmo - subacquatic (Ittiologia 1973)
- 28:00 Walt Rockman - dark depth 1 (Underwater Vol 1 1980)
- 29:31 Teddy Lasry - moins 8000 (+ ou - 8000 1977)
- 33:33 Franco Tamponi - Profondita (Biologia Marina 1973)
- 35:55 Jim Harbourg - Harbourg Empathy (Sonoton Soundscapes 1985)
- 38:23 John Hyde - Underwater (Red Kite 1982)
- 40:00 Stefano Liberati - La caverna di ghiaccio (Pericolo negli abissi 1978)
- 41:20 Piero Umiliani - musica delle sfere (Omaggio ad Einstein 1973)
- 43:10 Raymond Scott - Sleepy Time (Soothing Sounds for Baby, Volume 1 1997)
- 47:15 Eric Vann - Diving (Water World 1982)
- 50:37 end
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Current Ambient Obsessions
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
This mix is pretty straightforward - it's a collection of tracks from some of my favorite ambient albums of 2023. The first three tracks are probably my top three albums of the year so far and I expect them to be on my year-end list in December.
There's not much else to say, just sit back and enjoy some excellent ambient music.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Rod Modell & Taka Noda - Untitled 9 (Glow World 2023)
- 07:03 Brendan Eder Ensemble - Ending(feat. Ethan Haman) (Therapy 2023)
- 14:55 ARROWOUNDS - Tree of Disciples (In The Octopus Pond 2023)
- 21:15 Robert Davies - Lakeside Reminiscence (Lakeside Haven 2023)
- 27:50 Pan•American - Renzo (In Daylight Dub 2023)
- 37:30 Harry Towell & Pruski - lacustyna (petrologist's lens 2023)
- 42:30 Tim Hecker - Monotony II (No Highs 2023)
- 44:44 Max Richter - Tranquility VII & VIII (SLEEP: Tranquility Base 2023)
- 49:20 36 - Last Wake Dreamout (Dreamloops Suite 2023)
- 60:00 end
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Lost In Transmission
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
I love making shortwave mixes, so it's hard to believe it's been almost 11 years since my last new shortwave creation. Yikes! I know these mixes are labor intensive and I am a terrible procrastinator but I am shocked that it's been that long.
Here are the previous mixes:
- https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2007/04/drift-on-signal.html
- https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2008/06/ghost-in-phase.html
- https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2010/04/flicker-fade.html
- https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2011/03/distant-transmissions.html
- https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2012/05/on-behavior-of-radio-waves.html
This mix is a combo of real shortwave broadcasts, tracks that have broadcasts already embedded, and tracks that have that scratchy, radio feel. I couldn't resist adding a bit of Conet Project recordings here and there. Most of the straight radio broadcasts come from Myke Dodge Weiskopf. I've been using his recordings for years. You can find his stuff here - https://www.myke.me/
Two of my favorite cuts in this mix are by Mount Shrine from the album Shortwave Ruins. https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/shortwave-ruins It's a perfect combo of ambience, drone, and radio chatter. Mount Shrine is Cesar Alexandre, who sadly passed away in 2021. His two tracks in this mix fit the vibe perfectly.
I hope you enjoy the washes of static and voices from the ether. Hopefully it won't be 11 years until the next shortwave mix.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 shortwave noise
- 00:40 Mount Shrine - Earth Bridge (Shortwave Ruins 2020)
- 04:50 Rival Consoles - Noise Call and Response
- 06:35 Mike Benoit - November’s Static Is Chill & Drear, November’s Leaf Is Red & Sear
- 07:10 Federico Durand - el grillo de nacar(the cricket of nacre) (a traves del espejo 2016)
- 09:36 9_11_01(Unknown time and frequency)
- 10:20 Enrico Coniglio & Matteo Uggeri - Jessaias de reduire mes medicaments
- 12:53 David Sylvian - Camphor
- 16:03 Helios - All You Are (Remembrance)
- 17:00 The Focus Group - CineToneOne (Stop-Motion Happening 2017)
- 17:12 Goncalo F Cardoso - Radio Zanzibar Etude 1
- 17:50 Tetsu Inoue - Invitable Colour (World Receiver 1996)
- 21:12 Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4
- 22:45 Jogging House - Frail
- 25:55 Ant’lrd - Slow Dream (Deck Amber 2018)
- 27:15 Radio Belarus – German Service 3-Aug-2010
- 28:20 Cremation Lily - Immaculacy (In England Now, Underwater 2018)
- 29:40 Radio Bulgaria 2-13 5800 kHz, 11_12_05 (2054UTC)
- 30:20 Austin Rockman - Sun Ink (Our Own Unknown 2022)
- 34:30 Janek Schaefer - Lagoon (glitter in my tears 2017)
- 36:03 Teleferick - g.klarf (sixteen frames 2017)
- 36:45 Lee Noyes & Radio Cegeste - broken only by the need for breath (to orient themselves with coastlines 2012)
- 37:15 Mount Shrine - Across Rooftops (Shortwave Ruins 2020)
- 42:10 Maps & Diagrams - Mutability (Teygja Part B 2021)
- 45:42 KJES 5-03 7555 kHz, 8_1_05 (0154UTC)
- 47:00 Rival Consoles - Outline of a Distant Memory
- 50:27 The Focus Group - Sir John Pepper (Stop-Motion Happening 2017)
- 51:22 Swod - Tucholskystr, 34 (Gehen 2004)
- 51:47 Olli Aarni - Puro (Puu tuulessa 2015)
- 54:33 half light - Rest (Rest 2022)
- 59:44 end
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Piano Day 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
International Piano Day is March 29th and, as has been the case for the last five years, I've put together a new mix in celebration of ambient piano tunes. I don't do quite as many piano mixes as I once did but when I create these Piano Day sets I find I really enjoy the vibe.
There are a lot of new tracks in the mix, half of them from 2022 & 2023. But there are a few older tunes as well. I really like how this one turned out. I hope you enjoy the latest Piano Day excursion.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
02:45 Hania Rani - The Beach(From I Never Cry) (Music for Film and Theatre 2021)
05:14 Ryuichi Sakamoto - 20211130 (12 2023)
10:02 h hunt - 11e (playing piano for dad 2016)
12:49 Arin Aksberg - In Memory (It Flows Between U 2023)
16:47 Olafur Arnalds - Still, Sound (A Sunrise Session 2021)
20:42 ANNA - Receiving(Jon Hopkins piano version) (2023)
25:15 Hania Rani - Whale's Song (Inner Symphonies 2021)
29:42 Ryuichi Sakamoto - 20211201 (12 2023)
34:37 Library Tapes - Safe Haven (Dusk 2021)
36:41 Bing and Ruth - We Are on the Side of Angels (Tomorrow Was The Golden Age 2014)
42:53 Milieu - Antique Sunlight (Smokebuilder's Woodshop 2008)
47:56 Nebel Lang - Past All Unknowing (Directions For Stopping 2022)
52:43 Lorenz Weber - as time goes by (only the wind 2022)
56:10 Purple Decades - Forest (Journey Test 2023)
59:10 end