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driftage

Drifting...floating...coasting...gliding...swimming... Whatever word you choose, all would describe this mix perfectly.  It's just a nice collection of mostly new tunes, all with a drifting, floating feel.

This mix works great for sleeping, enjoy. T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00 Moustache Mountain - poisonoussnake
• 05:50 Ben Fleury Steiner - Purple as the Dawn
• 09:45 Pausal - Midshipman
• 12:40 Back to Comm - Hotel Freund
• 16:00 Aglaia - A Boat Hunted the Edge of the Sea
• 22:40 Dirk Serries - microphonics v
• 28:35 Windy & Carl - I Have Been Waiting to Hear from You
• 34:40 Fabio Orsi - part 2 from Winterreise
• 40:15 Hildur Gudnadottir - Iridescence
• 49:15 m. ostermeier - Lost Weekend
• 53:00 Spheruleus - Orchid
• 57:00 end

eppur si muove(and yet it moves)

The mixes are coming fast and furious!  I'm trying to crank out a few more than normal.  This one seems to be fast paced compared to the usual mixes found here. This creation is similar to a mix I did in 2008 called "Motion for Relief".  Ambient dub would be the best way to describe this installment.  Not all the tunes are "dub" but most have beats, some more prominent than others.  The feel is still pretty laid back, with just enough going on to give a sense of movement.  Hence the title, "eppur si muove(and yet it moves)", which is apparently a phrase uttered by Galileo. Enjoy T R A C K L I S T :

• • 00:00 Pan American - B esso
  • 04:30 Deepchord - Vantage Isle (echospace reshape)
  • 08:50 Aardvarck - bloom 4
  • 11:45 Marconi Union - Shibuya
  • 14:45 Porter Ricks - Redundance 3
  • 20:40 Rhythm & Sound - Hit You Version ??
  • 27:40 Kiln - Royal Peppermint Forest
  • 30:50 Rena Jones - Indra's Web
  • 33:40 Rod Modell - beach
  • 37:20 Shuttle 358 - Calty
  • 40:50 Marconi Union - We Travel
  • 47:25 Jonathan Hughes - Dieresis
  • 49:40 Basic Channel - Radiance i edit
  • 53:30 James Murray - eleven (decades mix)
  • 59:57 end

flicker & fade

This is the third mix I’ve done with a shortwave radio theme. Many of the tunes have noise & static already built in. Sometimes radio washes have been added. As with past shortwave mixes, the actual shortwave recordings come courtesy of Myke Dodge Weiskopf. He runs a great site dedicated to shortwave music. This mix was originally posted on MixCloud by folks at Fluid Radio.  I am honored that Fluid Radio posted one of my mixes among their growing list of great music.  I'm posting here to allow direct download.  That's one feature I wish MixCloud had, the option of downloading the mixes.   It's a great community over at MixCloud that would be even better with downloads. I hope you enjoy vol. 3 in the shortwave series. T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Myke Weiskopf - Test Transmission
• 00:40    Tim Hecker - Arctic Loner's Rock
• 03:50    All India Radio
• 05:20    Andrey Dergatchev - Culmination
• 07:45    Karlheinz Stockhausen - realization 6 (from spiral)
• 08:50    Tu M' - monochrome 3
• 14:20    Library Tapes - The Fragile Tide
• 16:30    Radio Slovakia Int'l
• 17:20    36 - Juliet
• 19:20    Maps & Diagrams - Mold
• 23:45    Marihiko Hara - modena
• 26:05    WNOH - Runyon's Gospel Descent
• 27:40    Ous Mal - Viime Talvi
• 29:40    Myke Weiskopf - Into the Telemetry Haze
• 30:50    Brian Grainger - untitled
• 34:10    Helios - Vargtimme
• 37:30    random noise fx
• 38:20    36 - intercept
• 39:00    BNR Radio Bulgaria
• 40:30    Drowning the Virgin Silence - We Twist the Sun & Sea
• 44:20    Krzysztof Orluk - over the sky (bright sphere)
• 46:30    Motion - dispersal patterns
• 48:00    atom - wellen and felder II
• 49:10    Xela - An Abandoned Robot
• 51:45    Eluvium - As I Drift Off
• 54:30    end

cloud mapping

I have no idea why I called this mix "cloud mapping". It started off as something about the sky, then aerial views of something, then blah blah blah...then it ends up as "cloud mapping". Most of the music is new or new-ish.  There is no big time theme in this mix, just good, drifting ambient music.  I guess you could picture yourself flying over clouds while listening to this.  My favorite track in the mix is from Christopher Willits' release "Live on Earth Vol.1".  It's the track, "Stars and Plants (live) – Kyoto, Japan – June 19, 2008". Enjoy some good 'ole floaty ambient. T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    in the field - rising
• 03:30    Christopher Willits - Stars and Plants (live) – Kyoto, Japan – June 19, 2008
• 12:45    Maps & Diagrams - Shuffle
• 17:50    Relmic Statute - a test for tapes & memories
• 22:10    Jannick - Schou - Night
• 26:50    Itaca Trio - Dragon Sleeps Well
• 30:55    Markus Guenter - Doppelgaenger
• 38:05    Terje Isungset - a glimpse of light
• 40:00    Cluster - lerandis
• 41:30    Akira Kosemura - 9 Guitar
• 42:20    Chihei Hatakeyama - light drizzle
• 46:30    Kyle Bobby Dunn - Empty Gazing
• 52:10    Christopher Willits - Golden Yarrow
• 55:00    Simon James French - Misery
• 59:23    end

a canticle unfolds

a canticle unfolds

I love all the mixes being posted on Mixcloud by Fluid Radio. They have a ton of neo-classical, Ambient, Modern Classical, Experimental Acoustic mixes on their Mixcloud page. So I set out to make my own "neo-classical" mix. And as I have said here before, sometimes mixes take you in directions that you weren't anticipating. With "a canticle unfolds", I discovered some vocal music as I was searching for tracks with a modern classical feel. Some of the tunes appear as recorded, others have been altered or remixed a bit. In the end, I ended up with 10 vocal cuts. This mix started out fairly straight forward, turned into an experiment and ended up as a nice listening experience. I hope you like it. T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00 The Hilliard Ensemble & Ivan Moody - Canticum Canticorum Remixed
• 03:40 Misound - sonno
• 05:30 Satie - Gnossienne Remixed
• 08:00 Nest - Marefjellet
• 12:00 Ambrose Field - La Dolce Vita
• 14:30 Gavin Byars Remixed
• 17:30 Morton Feldman - Rothko Chapel 5
• 21:00 Akira Rabelais - 1382_wyclif_gen._ii._7
• 24:30 Panoptique Electrical - the free form
• 29:40 Chorovaya Akademia - Nine Sili Nebesniye 1
• 32:40 Gavin Byars - Epilogue from Wonder Lawn
• 39:10 Bach Remixed
• 39:35 Roedelius - Lustwandel
• 43:15 Andrei Machado - ecce homo
• 47:30 Arvo Part - O Adonai
• 49:50 Annelies Monsere - 7
• 52:20 Debussy - des pas sur la neise
• 57:00 John Tavener - Mother & Child
• 60:12 end

the landscape listens

It's the dead of winter, just trying to outlast the snow & cold, trying to make it to spring break. The music in this mix has a sort of lonely winter feel to it. The tracks are not too dark or depressing, they just seem to conger up images of vast, snowy landscapes. There are a few recordings in this mix from some of my recent favorite record labels. I'll just list some of those favorites... Low Point Experimedia Hibernate Under the Spire Home Normal Phantom Channel Dead Pilot Records Own Records Low Point, Phantom Channel, Home Normal, Infraction, Serein, 12k and Under the Spire all made it into the mix. Although no Hibernate recordings made it, I've really been enjoying all the output from them lately. Check out the releases from all these great labels. Next month I've got a mix coming out on Fluid Radio on MixCloud. I'll keep you posted. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this newest mix. T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00 Savvas Ysatis & Taylor Deupree - Hourglass
• 06:20 Kyle Bobby Dunn - Butel
• 11:15 Nest - Far From Land
• 15:30 Shaula - O
• 20:20 Shaula - Under a Palpebra
• 24:20 Ian Hawgood - Before I let the sunshine rot
• 30:45 Chihei Hatakeyama - Illusion of Memory 2
• 32:50 Kyle Bobby Dunn - There is no end to your beauty
• 42:10 Parks - Franja
• 47:50 Chihei Hatakeyama - The moon reflecting on the surface of the ocean
• 49:50 Marconi Union - Nothing ever happens in Tunguska
• 54:45 Coldstream - Alarums
• 1:00:00 end

slo mo

Here's the first mix for 2010.  It's called slo_mo because all the tunes are slow & droney. One aspect of this mix that makes it a bit different is the use of a few "stretched" tracks.  I think I've mentioned this program here before, it's called "Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch".  I couldn't find a link to it, but at one time, on the web, there was a version of Beethoven's 9th Symphony that had been stretched to 24 hours. I stretched 3 songs for the mix, Eno - Music for Airports, Laetetur Cor (Choir of the Abbey of Saint Wandrille) and Budd & Eno - A Stream With Bright Fish.  Those tracks along with the others combine for a very slow mix that works pretty well for sleeping(I couldn't make past the 20min mark twice last night). Enjoy. T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Eno - Music for Airports (s t r e t c h e d)
• 08:25    lexithimie - scale 1
• 12:35    Apalusa - Coventry, January 21, 2008
• 18:00    Laetetur Cor - Choir of the Abbey of Saint Wandrille (s t r e t c h e d)
• 22:20    Budd & Eno - A Stream with Bright Fish (s t r e t c h e d)
• 30:35    Celer - Gaited Florets
• 38:00    Porzellan - Rosen
• 47:10    Spheruleus - Time Fades
• 54:12    Language of Landscape - And The Rain Embraced Our Closing Words

a solitary sea

I haven't had time to do anything new lately but today I'm home sick so I had some time in between naps.

I was listening to "Nautica" by krill.minima, and it got me in the mood for some "sea" music.

A few things came to mind immediately, such as Eluder, Loscil & a new track by Intrusion. From there I just searched for tunes with 'sea', 'water', 'ocean' or other watery words in the titles. I think the tunes work pretty well together. The first 20 minutes has a great ebb & flow, breathing-like quality which I love. Enjoy. Download(right click/save) :  110mb, 60:00 min. a solitary sea T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    krill.minima - Submarine Poetry
• 07:00    Intrusion - Under the Ocean
• 10:00    Eluder - The Most Beautiful Blue
• 14:30    Rod Modell - Cold Watery Depths
• 21:30    Jim Cole - Ocean Depths
• 25:00    Adam Pacione - Buoy
• 31:10    Loscil - Pressure
• 35:00    Thomas Koner - 31.46.n.35.13e(hour ten)
• 36:20    Milieu - Christening Ships at port
• 43:20    krill.minima - Surface from the Groundless Oceans
• 50:30    Shaula - Sea of Trees
• 53:30    Jeff Greinke - Over Water
• 1:00:00    end

Reflections

My output hasn’t been great the last couple of months but thanks to some talented guest mixers Low Light Mixes has new material to post.  This is the third guest mix in the last 4 or 5 months and they are all greatly appreciated. For this mix Muttley presents – Back to Mine Pt. 2 – Reflections.  This is our second mix from Mick, who did “Drones in Duality” back in June.  He describes "Reflections" as “music for healing bereavements, remedying mental disorders brought to light, enacting occupational therapy, and cherishing the good memories that can sometimes be hard to reach.” Mick has other fine mixes floating around the intertubes.  You can find some at Subversion and his Ambient Lovers thread(congrats on 300 posts!).  Soon he will have mixes available at Hydrogen Cafe and Presto Samo.  Mick also collaborated with Rick at Hydrogen Cafe on a great mix called “Transference”.  Check out all of the Muttley mixes, wherever you may find them. T R A C K L I S T : 01. Brian Mcbride - The Guilt Of Uncomplicated Thoughts (from the album "When The Detail Lost Its Freedom" - Kranky) 02. Philip Jeck - Wholesome (from the album "7" - Touch) 03. Rameses III - The Kindness Of Letting Go (from the album "I Could Not Love You More" - Type) 04. Mogwai - Aidan's Waltz (from the album "Come On Die Young" - Chemikal Underground) 05. Hilmar O Hilmarrson & Sigur Ros - Degradation (from the album "Angels Of The Universe" - Import) 06. Olafur Arnalds - Lost Song (from the album "Found Songs" - Erased Tapes) 07. ASC - Highbrow (from the Warm008 12' - Warm Communications) 08. Autechre - Nil (from the album "Amber" - Warp) 09. The Drift - Noumena (from the album "Ceiling Sky" - Temporary Residence) 10. The Alpha Rhythm - The Return (from the album "Proof Of Concept" - Seedknowledge) 11. The Cinematic Orchestra - Diabolus (from the album "Motion" - Ninja Tune) 12. Badmammal - Sending And Taking (goodluck/badluck unreleased) 13. Glint - Double Vision (from the album "Sound In Silence" - www.glintonline.com) 14. A Silver Mount Zion - The Triumph Of Our Tired Eyes (from the album "Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upward" - Constellation)

Beyond this window

Generally I like autumn.  I don't mind the colder temps, colors are great, don't have to mow the lawn anymore, etc.  But this year the weather has been nasty, too cold too soon & lots of rain. So I set out to do a bleak, cold October mix.  But as usually happens with mixes, they take on a life of their own and lead you in different directions.  I realized, as I was collecting tunes, that I didn't want the mix to turn into some dark, Halloween-ish affair. Ultimately I turned to all new music as source material.  While most of it is not all bleak & depressing, neither is it all sunny & bright.  I'm glad to have worked some currents favs into the mix, such as Leyland Kirby, Sufjan Stevens, Loren Dent & Volcano Choir. Even though today was a beautiful, sunny fall day, I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunities for a hot cup of coffee, listening to this mix & gazing beyond this, or any, window. T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    wind
• 00:30    Solo Andata - Beyond this Window (from the album Solo Andata)
• 04:00    David Tagg - Wind Blown Guitar (from the album Wind Blown Guitar)
• 07:50    Aidan Baker - Explosions (from the album Dry)
• 11:30    Segue - October (from the album Grey)
• 16:00    Ian Hawgood - Shore Peotry (from the album Snow Roads)
• 16:30    Isnaj Dui - That whgich was lost (from the album unstable equlibrium)
• 22:00    Leyland Kirby - Memories live longer than dreams (from the album sadly the future is no longer what it was)
• 27:20    Sufjan Stevens - Postlude - Critical Mass (from the album The BQE)
• 29:30    Talvihorros - Handwriting Pt. 1 (from the album Some Ambulance)
• 34:20    Loren Dent - Ecstasy of Morning (from the album Anthopology extras)
• 40:50    Ave Maria stretched
• 42:50    Billy Gomberg - Verse (from the album Days)
• 47:50    Volcano Choir - Husks & Shells (from the album unmap)
• 51:00    Chihei Hatakeyama - Landscape on a Hill (from the album Saunter)
• 59:22    end