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Sunday Sep 29, 2019
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
I remember the first time I heard the Daniel Lanois tunes From Eno's Apollo album, I didn't really care for them. I didn't like the pedal steel guitar. I absolutely hated country music back then and I associated the sound of pedal steel with country and nothing else.
Eventually, the tunes grew on me and I've come to love the sound of pedal steel guitar. I also came around on country-tinged music as I fell in love with indie-folk which can make great use of traditional instrumentation minus the pickups trucks, girls & booze of crappy country.
This brings me back around to pedal steel in ambient. There's not a ton of it out there but definitely enough for a good mix. There are four main practitioners of ambient twang - Daniel Lanois, Chuck Johnson, Bruce Kaphan and Chas Smith. I think they all have appeared in earlier Low Light Mixes. All four are in this mix as well as Eno/Lanois tunes, some oddball selections, and some YouTube recordings. Many of the tracks here use an actual pedal steel guitar and some use lap steel.
Up next - synth sequencer heaven.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Brian Eno - Weightless
- 04:15 Bruce Kaphan - Outpost
- 11:55 Chas Smith - Santa Fe
- 14:00 Chuck Johnson - Balm of Gilead
- 21:05 Daniel Lanois - In Crystal
- 24:22 Will Van Horn - Aphex Twin - Avril 14 on pedal steel
- 26:18 Joe Carolino - Ambient drone with lap steel & guitar
- 32:53 Youth - Lotus Rhubarb(Colliding Sky Whale Dub)
- 34:18 The National Pool - Solace
- 36:15 Ryan Lutton - Ambient Improv XXIII
- 39:03 Brian Eno - Deep Blue Day
- 42:28 Xploding Plastix - Ritalin For Four Pedal Steel Guitars
- 49:05 Chuck Johnson - Eye on the Sparrow
- 55:42 Brian Eno - Last Step from the Surface
- 59:31 end
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Friday Sep 20, 2019
I'm not sure exactly where this mix started. I heard a few tunes that had a wistful, almost melancholy feel to them and began collecting tracks.
The result is this new mix of mostly modern classical music but with a good dose of electronics and atmospherics. Most of the music is new with 10 of the 15 tracks from 2019. I think this mix would also work well as a soundtrack for fall.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Glåsbird - Isbjørnøya(Svalbarð 2019)
- 04:44 Halftribe - Maybe(Backwater Revisited 2019)
- 07:40 William Ryan Fritch - Time Curves So Subtly(Deceptive Cadence 2019)
- 10:56 Slow Meadow - You Felt Like Home(Those Who Rush Across the Sea 2018)
- 15:12 Caminauta - Almost Home(Fragments 2018)
- 21:12 Emanuele Errante - Old Summer Afternoons(This World 2019)
- 25:56 36 - Lahaina Noon(Healing Sounds: A Compilation for Hurricane Recovery 2019)
- 28:39 Sven Laux - Being Too Optimistic(The Writings 2019)
- 35:05 Christoph Berg - Coda(Day has Ended 2013)
- 38:45 Dakota Suite - Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You(What Matters Most 2018)
- 42:22 Dan Romer & Saul Simon MacWilliams - Goodbye Lizard Island(Chasing Coral 2017)
- 45:37 James Murray & Mike Lazarev - Living Treasure(2019)
- 48:57 Loneward - Memories Past(Home 2019)
- 56:02 Porya Hatami & Aaron Martin & Roberto Attanasio - Xakelewe(Sallaw 2019)
- 65:33 Mikael Lind - Ending WithThe Beginning(Contingencies 2019)
- 69:54 end
Sunday Sep 08, 2019
Sunday Sep 08, 2019
Two years ago I did a mix called "A Distant Pulse" which featured a lot of tribal ambient sounds. I've been meaning to do a sequel and now it's here with "A Rhythmic Passage."
What finally got the ball rolling for a new mix is a new album from Louigi Verona called "Nocturnal Creatures." Recommended by my ambient collaborator, Paul Asbury Seaman, the album is similar to classic Steve Roach tribal albums. But the drum sound is huge with deep, booming low end to shake your speakers and rattle the windows. Add in some drones and subtle arpeggiated electronics and you've got an excellent album. You can find it here...
https://louigi.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnal-creatures
The rest of the mix is a collection of old(Tibbetts, Craig Leon, Biosphere) and new(Spheruleus, Pike, Keszler, Kilchhofer, Selman) tunes.
Enjoy the rhythms. Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Louigi Verona - Darkening(Nocturnal Creatures 2019)
- 07:38 Biosphere - Ancient Campfire(Shenzhou 2002)
- 09:50 Byron Metcalf - A Perfect Place(Inner Rhythm Meditations 2016)
- 18:18 Dino Sabatini - And It All Ends Here(Omonimo 2016)
- 22:30 Steve Tibbetts - Full Moon Dogs(The Fall Of Us All 1994)
- 27:37 William Selman - The Island Before The Internet - Borne's Snail Mail Shimmer(Interpretations Vol II - Musica Enterrada 2018)
- 36:10 unknown - Cloudless(2007)
- 41:20 Laurence Pike - Holy Spring(Holy Spring 2019)
- 44:25 Eli Keszler - Fifty Four To Madrid(Stadium 2018)
- 47:36 Craig Leon - One Hundred Steps(Early Electronic Works 2014)
- 51:20 Spheruleus - Intercoastal(Light Through Open Blinds 2019)
- 53:55 Benjy Wertheimer & John de Kadt - Underwater(One River 2012)
- 61:01 The Heart Is Awake - Os(Echosphere 2017)
- 64:25 Kilchhofer - Leng(The Book Room 2018)
- 71:23 end
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
One of my favorite discoveries over the past year has been Innesti. The last album, released in February, is called Formless and that describes perfectly the music of Innesti. The tunes have a hazy, meandering feel that I love in ambient music.
Today Innesti releases a new album - Between Worlds, which I am very excited about. To celebrate this new release we have a new mix from Innesti created for Low Light Mixes. The new mix is called Levitate and here is what the artist has to say about it:
"This mix is designed to showcase some recent ambient releases from 2019. The soundscapes are introspective, quiet, and restorative, and should be ideal for reading, sleeping, or meditating."
Check out Innesti music here:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6vjQzIlQxwDP0miO2oGoXE
I'm playing the new album for the first time as I type this and it's wonderful!
Thanks for the great music and beautiful mix!
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
00:00 Innesti - Oars Divide the Ocean (Between Worlds)
05:03 anthéne - Lost Channel (Lost Channel)
08:40 Bzaurie - Flight of Pollen (Floral Patterns)
13:50 Tabard - Garden Palace (Garden Palace)
17:45 扎克 - Radiance (扎克)
21:35 Eternell & endlesstrains - Elevation (Autumn Sky)
25.19 Kenji Kihara - Hayama Ambient 001 (Hayama Ambient 001)
30:00 end
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
I made a list of my favorite ambient albums of the first half of 2019 and noticed that there were 6 releases from the Whitelabrecs label on it. Harry Towell, who records as Spheruleus, runs Whitelabrecs and he has done a great job expanding the roster of artists and getting better and better every year.
So to celebrate all these excellent recordings I decided to make a mix using all 2019 Whitelabrecs releases. You can find Whitelabrecs on Bandcamp here...
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/music
Here are all the albums used in this mix...
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/odd
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/the-other-gold-side
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/suspended-in-silence
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/any-given-moment
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/asymmetry
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/vihne-2
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/gr-nland
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/sleeplaboratory10
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 anthene - lucky(asymmetry 2019)
- 03:12 Jens Pauly - Staub(Vihne 2019)
- 08:00 Samsuo - Still Trees(The Other Gold Side 2019)
- 13:48 Hipnotic Earth - And Then She Smiles(Suspended in Silence 2019)
- 18:30 Sven Laux - ODD I(ODD 2019)
- 26:38 Glåsbird - Tundra(Grønland 2019)
- 32:45 Ben Rath - Wait For It(Any Given Moment 2019)
- 41:44 Daniela Orvin - Wide Ocean(Sleeplaboratory 1.0 2019)
- 45:10 Jens Pauly - Nacht(Vihne 2019)
- 49:34 Hipnotic Earth - Afterthe Rain, Moss(so) Alive(Vibrant)(Suspended in Silence 2019)
- 53:35 Sven Laux - ODD IV(ODD 2019)
- 61:00 end
Sunday May 26, 2019
Sunday May 26, 2019
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| created by and through the courtesy of Hollan Holmes |
I am excited to bring you another beautifully curated mix from Paul Asbury Seaman. Anyone who has been to this blog in the last couple of years should be familiar with Paul's excellent mixes. The most recent of which was a train mix from a couple of months ago...
http://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2019/03/places-ive-never-beenode-to-high-speed.html
This collection of tunes is a tribute to one of Paul's favorite artists, Hollan Holmes.
https://hollanholmes.bandcamp.com/
Here's what Paul has to say about this mix:
“The Hearts of Space radio program wasn’t named after Hollan Holmes, but it could have been. His music is infused with both awe and a tenderness not often found in space music, which is all the more impressive given that he uses no acoustic instruments. This mix, in honor of Holmes’s soon-to-be-released seventh album, includes two tracks by Richard Burmer, a primary influence on Holmes, and two by fellow Spotted Peccary artist, Massergy. (Note: Cover artwork for this mix was created by and through the courtesy of Hollan Holmes, from his forthcoming album, MILESTONES.)”
Thanks Paul!
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Hollan Holmes - Darkness and Light(Prayer to the Energy 2017)
- 05:00 Richard Burmer - Solarsex(Mosaic 1984)
- 10:30 Hollan Holmes - That Ephemeral Spark(Prayer the the Energy 2017)
- 17:46 Richard Burmer - Winter on the Wind(Mosaic 1984)
- 21:54 Hollan Holmes - A Precarious Trajectory(Phase Shift 2013)
- 27:35 Massergy - Cold White Smoke(Fire Opal 2019)
- 36:15 Stellardrone - Breathe In The Light(Between The Rings 2017)
- 40:56 Massergy - The Shepherdess(Fire Opal 2019)
- 50:42 Hollan Holmes - Enduro(The Spirits of Starlight 2014)
- 57:12 Hollan Holmes - Interstellar Lullaby(Incandescent 2015)
- 62:45 end
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Nine years ago I did a mix of 70s & 80s library music as a soundtrack for underwater exploration. I've always liked the odd vibe of that mix and always wanted to do a follow up. Now it's finally here with Subaquatic Universe.
It's essentially the same formula and sound as the first one. Vibraphone, fender rhodes, flutes and bubbles play a large role in creating this underwater universe.
While collecting tracks for this mix I came across a bunch of other library music which will make for a great retro 70s sci fi mix which I'll put together later this year.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 John Hyde - Heron
- 01:33 Eric Vann - Diving
- 04:37 Walter Rockman - Chromosomes
- 06:03 Atmo - Acque Tranquille
- 08:18 Jim Harbourg - Empathy
- 10:48 Joel Vandroogenbroeck & F. Voelxen - Cascades
- 13:27 John Tender - Underwater Fantasy
- 15:30 Franco Tamponi - Stelle Marine
- 18:20 Gaston Borreani - Prelude aux Voiliers
- 20:25 Bruton Library Music - Running Waters
- 21:50 Walter Rockman - Sea Life
- 23:20 Teddy Lasry - Moins 8000
- 27:40 Gerhard Narholz - Electronique
- 29:20 A.Perry & D.Sarkys - Canadian Colours 4
- 30:00 Amedeo Tommasi - Correnti Sottomarine
- 33:03 Walt Rockman - Submarine Scenery
- 35:03 Eric Vann - Sunken Galleons
- 38:30 Alan Hawkshaw - Eternity
- 42:15 Atmo - Acque Profonde
- 44:30 Piero Umiliani - Musica Delle Sfere
- 46:12 Gaston Borreani - Cirrus
- 49:35 Georg Deuter - Deep Sea
- 52:43 end
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
I digitized my music collection a long time ago. I have a Sonos system throughout my house so I digitized thousands of CDs and packed up the physical copies. I haven't pulled out the actual CDs in a long time but recently I rearranged some furniture and realized that I had sofa table with a cd rack built into it. The thing had been in the same place for so long that I'd forgotten there were CDs in it. I played a bunch of the discs and had a good time re-discovering music that I hadn't heard in quite awhile.
So I made a mix of some my favs. The release years range from 2003 - 2012. There are some regulars that have appeared in many of my mixes - The Green Kingdom, Kyle Bobby Dunn, Maps & Diagrams, From The Mouth Of The Sun. Along with some that I've probably never used - Shirk, Lopside, Relmic Statute, Logreybeam, Herion.
The album, 37, by Lopside was especially cool to reacquaint myself with. It falls into the Boards of Canada, Casino versus Japan category but it's not very well known. It was great to get back into it. Here is the link to Spotify...
https://open.spotify.com/album/5iFHLB4ryyT0aHeeYjPcjB?si=s7k-42RBTqSdVnDBFneOwg
The mix starts out a little glitchy and finishes with some classic ambient sounds. I hope you enjoy this little side trip down memory lane.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Logreybeam - Beetelguise(It's All Just Another Aspect Of Mannerism 2004)
- 03:39 Lopside - The Shallow End(37 2003)
- 06:45 Mokira - untitled 1(album 2003)
- 10:55 The Green Kingdom - Maplecopter(Twig and Twine 2009)
- 17:00 Sleepy Town Manufacture & Unit 21 - Swollenguest(No Traces 2009)
- 19:21 From the Mouth of the Sun - The Crossing(Woven Tide 2012)
- 20:15 Shirk - Dipsy(The Long Game 2008)
- 23:05 Map & Diagrams - Everybody's got something to hide(Hidden Landscapes 2011)
- 25:55 Relmic Statute - template for sand & forest(morning tapes 2010)
- 30:45 Northern - Coasting(Drawn 2007)
- 33:15 Tanner Menard - Chemical Secrets And Golden Flowers(The Oceans Of Your Aura 2010)
- 36:15 A Produce & Loren Nerell - Meadow Dusk(Intangible 2011)
- 42:00 Chihei Hatakeyama - Cave(Ghostly Garden 2009)
- 46:05 Adam Pacione - Available Light(from stills to motion 2007)
- 47:10 Kyle Bobby Dunn - The Tributary -For Voices Lost(A Young Person's Guide To 2010)
- 54:08 Herion - Moske Orgulie(Out & About 2010)
- 58:33 end
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
This mix came about thanks to the sleepy inspiration of two 2019 recordings - "Formless" by Matt Borghi and the "Sleeplaboratory" compilation from Whitelabrecs.
https://mattborghi.bandcamp.com/album/formlessness
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/sleeplaboratory10
I've been listening to both of these albums at night since they were released. Both are excellent. They serve as bookends on this 86 minute long sleep mix. Check 'em out & then check the mix. Or check out the mix then check out the albums. Or play all three simultaneously to really blow your mind(probably a bad idea actually).
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Matt Borghi - Water(Formless 2019)
- 04:23 M. Grig - Nod(Sleeplaboratory 2019)
- 07:45 Hotel Neon - 12:41AM(Context 2017)
- 12:56 Glåsbird - Norðurljós(Grønland 2019)
- 15:47 The Green Kingdom - Cloud Cloak(Ephemera 2018)
- 19:26 Rim - Ode To Plutonium(We Are Invisible Now 2016)
- 26:04 Andrew Chalk - Naoko(One Long Year 2019)
- 27:56 Warmth - Saros(Parallel 2018)
- 35:40 Robert Rich - Elevations(Tactile Ground 2019)
- 41:48 Billow Observatory - Soft Logic(III: Chroma/Contour 2019)
- 45:34 Yoyu - In the Field Where Lovers Meet(Ordinary Moon 2017)
- 53:47 Mount Shrine - Empty Slopes(Ghosts on Broken Pavement 2019)
- 61:16 Steve Roach - Atmosphere for Dreaming(Atmosphere for Dreaming 2018)
- 68:30 Music For Sleep - Waterforms(Waterforms 2019)
- 72:24 Brian Eno - Irial(Sisters 2017)
- 81:27 Matt Borghi - Undoing(Formless 2019)
- 84:22 Daliah - With Z((Sleeplaboratory 2019)
- 86:48 end
Sunday Feb 17, 2019
Sunday Feb 17, 2019
One of my favorite discoveries late last year was the album In Currents by Innesti. It's a wonderful combination of field recordings, loops, drones and light touches. I put it on my second Best of 2018 mix.
Innesti has a new album coming out on Feb. 25th and we are lucky to have a preview of it on this guest mix he has created.The mix stays true to the Innesti sound - gentle, calming, floating. I am excited to hear the new album and excited for this sneak peak.
Here are a couple Innesti links...
https://innesti.bandcamp.com/album/in-currents
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6vjQzIlQxwDP0miO2oGoXE
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Innesti - The Architecture of Clouds (Formless)
- 04:42 Yoyu - Open Space, Holding You Tenderly (Manitoba Forest Medicine)
- 08:32 Astrolabe - Afterglow (Lights Beyond the Mist)
- 12:34 Gallery Six - Harukaze (Bansyun)
- 16:06 Ishq - Cloud Forest (Flowering Mountain Earth)
- 18:14 ASC - Hadal Zone (The Waves)
- 21:47 Jacob Newman - Invisible Autumn (Invisible Autumn)
- 23:49 Eternell - Haven (Haven)
- 28:56 end