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A Decade of Ambient

 

Ugh, this was difficult. I went through old end-of-the-year lists, checked Spotify playlists, looked up other folks' lists and dug up old mixes. There is just no easy way to sort through soooooo much music. But I finally ended up with something that is sort of coherent.

 I decided not to call this mix Best of the Decade as I have done with mixes for years. I've realized that the "Best" label is not accurate.  I'm sure I missed a ton of albums and I feel bad leaving some out. So these are my favorites that provide a good cross-section of ambient throughout the decade.

 Initially, I had harder electronic artists like Jon Hopkins & Rival Consoles on the list but I realized that I'd rather split those off into a smaller, favorite electronic album of the decade lineup. I'm not sure if I'll make a mix for the electronic favs but I'll at least post the list soon.

 The first thing that you'll notice about this mix is it's looooong. This is the longest mix I've done other than Endless Ambient, which was 5 or 6 hours long. This one clocks in at about 3 hours and 19 minutes. I basically was too lazy to make 2 mixes so we'll all have to put up with this monster which is actually kind of cool having this large of a collection of great music.

 Here's the list in alphabetical order:

1. 36 - Memories in Widescreen (2010)

2. 36 - Sine Dust EP (2015)

3. 36 - Tomorrow’s Explorers (2017)

4. 2814 - 新しい日の誕生 (2016)

5. A Strangely Isolated Place - Full Circle (2018)

6. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - s/t (2011)

7. Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol. 3 (2015)

8. Benoit Pioulard - Lingnin Poise & Slow Spark, Soft Spoke (2017)

9. Bersarin Quartett - II (2012)

10. Brambles - Charcoal (2012)

11. Brian Eno - Sisters (2017)

12. Chris Walla - Tape Loops (2015)

13. Chris Watson - El Tren (2011)

14. Colin Stetson - All This I Do For Glory (2017)

15. Dylan Howe - SUBTERRANEAN (2014)

16. Eli Keszler - Stadium (2018)

17. Jane Antonia Cornish - Constellations (2018)

18. Jens Pauly - Vihne (2019)

19. Johann Johannsson - Arrival OST (2016)

20. Johann Johannsson - Orphee (2016)

21. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ears (2016)

22. Kasper Bjorke Quartet - The Fifty Eleven Project (2018)

23. Klangriket & Sjors Mans - The Amsterdam Sessions (2018)

24. Koss, Henriksson & Mullaert - The Mollan Sessions (2011)

25. Kyle Bobby Dunn - A Young Person's Guide To...(2010)

26. Kyle Bobby Dunn - Bring Me The Head of (2012)

27. Loscil - Endless Falls (2010)

28. Loscil - Sketches from New Brighton (2012)

29. Mac Quayle - Mr. Robot, Vol. 1 OST (2016)

30. Maps & Diagrams - Get Lost (2011)

31. Maps & Diagrams - the town beneath the sea (2011)

32. Marconi Union - Distance (2012)

33. Max Richter - Sleep (2015)

34. Mohn - Mohn (2012)

35. Nest - Retold (2010)

36. Nils Frahm - Felt (2011)

37. Ocoeur - Inner (2018)

38. Olafur Arnalds - Island Songs (2016)

39. Olafur Arnalds - re:member (2018)

40. Paul Haslinger - Halt & Catch Fire (2016)

41. Robert Davies - Elemental Shimmer (2018)

42. Ryuichi Sakamoto And Alva Noto - The Revenant OST (2016)

43. Solidarity Hymnn - For a Wandering Beam of Sun (2018)

44. sonmi451 - spectrum (2010)

45. sonmi451 - Star Atlas (2011)

46. Steve Roach & Dirk Serries - Low Volume Music (2012)

47. Taylor Dupree - Fallen (2018)

48. William Ryan Fritch - Deceptive Cadence: Music For Film Vol. I & II (2019)

49. William Selman - Musica Enterrada (2018)

50. willamette - always in postscript (2012)

 

Here's to the next ten years of ambient music and ambient mixes!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    36 - Poekhali (Tomorrow’s Explorers 2017)
• 06:27    Bersarin Quartett - Jedem Zauber wohnt ein Ende inne (II 2012)
• 11:36    Brian Eno - Hannah (Sisters 2017)
• 15:22    Chris Walla - Kanta's Theme (Tape Loops 2015)
• 20:00    Jane Antonia Cornish - Constellations 1 (Constellations 2018)
• 24:53    Brambles - To Speak of Solitude (Charcoal 2012)
• 29:00    Saffronkeira + Mario Massa - The Journey (Cause and Effect 2013)
• 33:33    Loscil - Khanamoot (Sketches from New Brighton 2012)
• 37:20    Koss, Henriksson & Mullaert - Monday Conversations (The Mollan Sessions 2011)
• 42:40    William Selman - Lithic Reduction (Musica Enterrada 2018)
• 44:40    Benoit Pioulard - Velha, nacre (Slow Spark, Soft Spoke 2017)
• 50:40    Solidarity Hymnn - For a Wandering Beam of Sun (For a Wandering Beam of Sun 2018)
• 56:10    Kyle Bobby Dunn - The Tributary-For Lost Voices (A Young Person's Guide To...2010)
• 1:02:15 Robert Davies - Honeysuckle Vapour (Elemental Shimmer 2018)
• 08:55    Maps & Diagrams - Floating Sculptures (Get Lost 2011)
• 13:22    Taylor Dupree - The Ephemerality of Chalk (Fallen 2018)
• 19:40    sonmi451 - Orange (Spectrum 2010)
• 23:25    Ocoeur - Echo (Inner 2018)
• 27:10    Paul Haslinger - The Scenic Route (Halt & Catch Fire 2016)
• 28:28    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Existence in the Unfurling (Ears 2016)
• 36:25    Johann Johannsson - Kangaru (Arrival 2016)
• 38:49    Olafur Arnalds - Raddir (Island Songs 2016)
• 42:26    Nest - Cad Goddeu (Retold 2010)
• 46:45    Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Revenant Theme Atmospheric (The Revenant 2016)
• 49:18    William Ryan Fritch - Visible Wear (Deceptive Cadence: Music For Film Vol. I & II 2019)
• 51:14    Nils Frahm - less (Felt 2011)
• 56:27    Max Richter - Dream 11-whisper music (Sleep 2015)
• 2:12:00 A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears (awvfts 2011)
• 15:05    Winterlight - Awake and Sleeping (A Strangely Isolated Place - Full Circle (2018)
• 19:14    Alva Noto - Xerrox Solphaer (Xerrox Vol. 3 2015)
• 24:20    Marconi Union - Inter (Distance 2012)
• 28:45    Eli Keszler - Flying Floor for US Airways (Stadium 2018)
• 32:03    Dylan Howe - Moss Garden (SUBTERRANEAN 2014)
• 37:27    Kasper Bjorke Quartet - Seminom Non Seminom (The Fifty Eleven Project 2018)
• 42:00    Klangriket & Sjors Mans - Prinsengracht (The Amsterdam Sessions 2018)
• 48:10    Mohn - Ambientôt (Mohn 2012)
• 53:08    Mac Quayle - 1.0_2-oneincontrol.aiff (Mr. Robot, Vol. 1 2016)
• 54:54    2814 - テレパシー (Birth of a New Day 2015)
• 3:00:50 willamette - avenue heights carouselled horse (always in postscript (2012)
• 02:45    Jens Pauly - Elde (Vihne 2019)
• 06:52    Steve Roach & Dirk Serries - Bow (Low Volume Music 2012)
• 3:18:51 end

 

Best Ambient of 2019 Vol. 2

 

 

As I said in the previous post, there was so much good music this year, every year really, that I couldn't fit it all into one mix. So here is volume 2. This one focuses on modern classical/electro-acoustic music.

 

The first track in the mix is from William Ryan Fritch's massive album - Deceptive Cadence - Music For Film Vol I & II, easily the best release of the year. It was just one of several albums put out by Lost Tribe Sound that are all phenomenal. Anybody who likes beautiful packaging should check out their stuff. 2019 saw some gorgeous sets from LTS.

 

https://losttribesound.bandcamp.com/

 

Some of my other favorite releases of 2019 came from Whitelabrecs. They had a monster year putting out a ton of excellent albums. They started the year strong with Grønland by Glåsbird and Vihne by Jens Pauly and kept going all the way to Timecuts by Luis Miehlich and Lowlands by Jack Hyde.

 

https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/music

 

Here's to more good music and more mixes in 2020, that is if the presidential campaign doesn't make me drive off a cliff.

 

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    William Ryan Fritch - Sleight of Hand (Deceptive Cadence-Music For Film Vol I & II) [lost tribe sound]
• 07:00    Olga Wojciechowska - Ready to Return (Infinite Distances) [ASIP]
• 11:35    Sven Laux and Daniela Orvin - A Moment of Silence (The Writings) [dronarivm]
• 16:32    Bersarin Quartett - Nichts zu verlieren (Methoden und Maschinen) [denovali]
• 21:40    The Phonometrician - We're Burning (Mnemosyne)[lost tribe sound]
• 25:05    Seabuckthorn - To Which the Rest Were Dreamt (Crossing) [eilean]
• 28:20    Dalot - May-ness (Place Language) [fluid radio]
• 34:05    A Winged Victory for the Sullen - The Slow Descent Has Begun (The Undivided Five) [ninja tune]
• 38:38    Anne Müller - Nummer 2 (Heliopause) [erased tapes]
• 44:09    William Ryan Fritch - Pristine (Artifishal)[lost tribe sound]
• 46:07    Glåsbird - Hvítar Fjöll (Grønland) [whitelabrecs]
• 53:00    Porya Hatami, Aaron Martin, Roberto Attanasio - Rebendan (Sallaw) [dronarivm]
• 61:00    Ian Hawgood - Grace (Impermanence) [Slowcraft]
• 65:10    end

 

Best Ambient of 2019

 

It's an impossible task to narrow down the multitude of ambient recordings released every year into a definitive "Best of" list. There's so much music out there that I'll never hear it all and what I do hear is hard to give the proper attention to. So many factors can influence a record making the list - where did a first hear it, what mood was I in, what other music did I listen to around it, did I use it in a mix, etc. Suffice it to say, this list is not definitive and is highly subjective.

 I will end up making two mixes from this list - this first one is more straight forward ambient and the next one will have a more modern classical/electro-acoustic tone. I split it into two mixes so that I didn't end up with a 4-hour mix. Ain't nobody got time for that!

 So here it is, my personal favs of 2019, in alphabetical order:

 

BEST AMBIENT MUSIC OF 2019: 

1. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - The Undivided Five [ninja tune]

2. Ann Annie - wander into

3. Anne Muller - Heliopause [erased tapes]

4. anthéne - asymmetry [whitelabrecs]

5. Benoît Pioulard & Sean Curtis Patrick  - Avocationals [Beacon Sound]

6. Bersarin Quartet - methoden und maschinen [denovali]

7. Chihei Hatakeyama - Forgotten Hill [room 40]

8. Danny Scott Lane - how to empty a cup [shimmering moods]

9. Glåsbird - Grønland [whitelabrecs]

10. Halftribe - Backwater Revisited [dronarivm]

11. Hipnotic Earth - Suspended In Silence [whitelabrecs]

12. Hipnotic Earth - Extended Savasana [desert trax]

13. Ian Hawgood - impermanence [Slowcraft]

14. Innesti - Between Worlds

15. Jazzdefector and Slow Clinic - Green Echo [whitelabrecs]

16. Jens Pauly - Vihne [whitelabrecs]

17. Jogging House - Lure [seil records]

18. Jonsi & Alex - Lost And Found [krunk]

19. Kryshe - Hauch [serein]

20. Loneward - Home

21. Louigi Verona - Nocturnal Creatures

22. Luis Miehlich - Timecuts [whitelabrecs]

23. M. Grig - Mount Carmel [12k]

24. Marty Hicks - Olreilion [white paddy mountain]

25. Moss Covered Technology - Slow Walking [polar seas]

26. Ohio - upward, broken, always [12k]

27. Olga Wojciechowska - Infinite Distances [ASIP]

28. Past Inside The Present - Healing Sounds- A Compilation for Hurricane Recovery [pitp]

29. Plïnkï Plønkï - Pangur Din [piano & coffee records]

30. Porya Hatami, Aaron Martin, Roberto Attanasio - Sallaw [dronarivm]

31. Ripperton – Contrails [ESP institute]

32. Seabuckthorn - Crossing [eilean]

33. Sean Curtis Patrick - The Best Driving Music in the World Ever [pitp]

34. Sjors Mans - Noord [piano and coffee records]

35. Sven Laux and Daniela Orvin - The Writings [dronarivm]

36. The Phonometrician - Mnemosyne [lost tribe sound]

37. Trond Kallevag Hansen - Bedehus & Hawaii [hubro]

38. Various Artists - Place Language [fluid audio]

39. William Ryan Fritch - Deceptive Cadence- Music For Film Volume I & II [lost tribe sound]

40. William Ryan Frisch - Artifishal [lost tribe sound]

 

And here's the tracklist for the actual mix:

 

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00    Innesti - Barrockstadt Station (Between Worlds)

04:28    anthéne - lucky (asymmetry)

07:25    Moss Covered Technology - Gen #4 (Slow Walking)

10:50    Ohio - Crepescule (upward, broken, always)

14:10    Benoît Pioulard & Sean Curtis Patrick  - Sunek (Avocationals)

17:25    Ripperton – Love Is Not Enough (Contrails)

22:22    Plïnkï Plønkï - Pangur Din (Pangur Din) 

27:05    Danny Scott Lane - Four (how to empty a cup)

30:12    Jogging House - Fountains (Lure)

34:18    Jens Pauly - Form (Vihne)

37:55    Jonsi & Alex - hundslappadrifa (Lost and Found)

42:55    Loneward - Savour (Home)

48:42    Louigi Verona - Coming of Dawn (Nocturnal Creatures)

54:02    Halftribe - Bumpy Roads (Backwater Revisited) 

56:18    Saltbreaker - Leaf pt 2 (Healing Sounds - A Compilation for Hurricane Recovery)

59:47    Hipnotic Earth - The Gentling (Suspended In Silence)

63:25    Ann Annie - wander into (wander into)

68:52    M. Grig - Capistrano (Mount Carmel)

71:08    Sean Curtis Patrick - Simon & Anna (The Best Driving Music in the World Ever)

73:50    Jazzdefector and Slow Clinic - Green Echo (Green Echo)

81:12    Kryshe - Meditation (Hauch)

84:27    Marty Hicks - Hiolorium (Olreilion)

90:07    Sjors Mans - Oventura (Noord)

95:18    end

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soft Focus

 

I have a bunch of folders of music that I collect for mixes. I have one called "sea '19" for a sea-themed mix. One called "fog bound" for music that sounds like a foggy night. Other folders include PNO, stargazing, foreign lands, retro synths, dusty, 4th world and many more.

The music for this mix is in a folder called "ambient just plain old ambient." So this mix is just that - a simple collection of ambient tunes. No theme, no temporal significance. Just good ambient music.

Enjoy!

PS - coming soon...end of the year and end of the decade mixes.

T R A C K L I S T :

 

• 00:00    anthéne - siphon (skyglow 2019)
• 03:30    Moss Covered Technology - Distant Station(Nocturne) (Once Hallowed 2019)
• 06:23    Brian Eno - Darla (Sisters 2017)
• 13:18    Thomas Köner - Tiento de la Luz 6 (Tiento de la Luz 2019)
• 18:20    Kyle Bobby Dunn - Boul. Gouin (From Here to Eternity 2019)
• 22:30    Benoît Pioulard & Sean Curtis Patrick - Nordmeer (Avocationals 2019)
• 26:17    Taylor Deupree - The Lost See (Fallen 2018)
• 31:51    Chihei Hatakeyama - Buddha Statue Without Roof (Forgotten Hill 2019)
• 34:45    Josh Mason - Untitled(For Amy) (Conduit 2013)
• 39:27    Robert DaVIes - Petals Floating (Sylvan Glen 2019)
• 48:33    Alaskan Tapes - And, We Disappear (Views From Sixteen Stories 2019)
• 52:10    Logic Moon - Somnia (I See Planets 2019)
• 56:40    Moss Covered Technology - Gen #2 (Slow Walking 2019)
• 60:15    llm - Gaia (Healing Sounds: A Compilation for Hurricane Recovery 2019)
• 65:55    of the quiet stars - wading in overflowed meadows (Kage Vol 1 Quiet Dreams 2016)
• 68:34    end

Ambient Twang

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Almost Home

 

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

 

A Rhythmic Passage

 

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 

Levitate by Innesti

 

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://innesti.bandcamp.com/

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whitelabrecs 2019(so far)

 

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

 

The Gentle Space Music of Hollan Holmes curated by Paul Asbury Seaman

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