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Thursday Feb 27, 2025

this lonely path

Thursday Feb 27, 2025

I like it when a mix discovers itself. I started grabbing a few tracks for a new ambient mix and two of the tunes I pulled had the word "lonely" in the title. That got me thinking about making the entire mix a "lonely" mix. And this is the result.

It was fairly simple - I just searched for tracks with the word "lonely." and in no time at all I had enough for a mix. That's all there really is to say about it.

Cheers!

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Anthéne - this lonely path (the slow wave 2021)
03:35 Kevin Paczesny - Lonely River (Lost Horizons 2025)
09:52 The Howard Hughes Suite - The Lonely Shore (Through the Ether 2021)
13:48 Stars Of The Lid - The Lonely People(Are Getting Lonlier) (The Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid)
20:30 Brian Eno & Harold Budd - Wind In Lonely Fences (Ambient 2 The Plateaux Of Mirror 1979)
24:10 Sonmi451 - The Distant Sound Of A Lonely Tree (Hummingbird 2013)
29:12 Juliet Walkingtom & Jim Howard - Lonely Road (Beyond The Treeline 2025)
34:21 Klaus Schulze - The Lonely Dead of Midnight (Timbres Of Ice 2019)
41:40 derrickderrick - A pack of gauloises to fill the lonely nights (Happiest in illusion 2024)
44:30 David Parsons - Meditation on a Lonely Pool (Tibetan Plateau / Sounds of the Mothership 1991)
48:30 SUSS - Road Trip Part 3(The Lonely Path) (High Line 2019)
51:20 Hammock - Lonely, Some Quietly Wander in the Hall of Stars (Longest Year 2010)
57:10 Building a Building - Galactic Static & Lonely Pings (Notebook of Strange Dreams & Nightmares 2021)
60:00 end

Sunday Jan 26, 2025

Sunday Morning Music Vol. 24 - Dream State

Sunday Jan 26, 2025

I did not do a Sunday Morning Music mix at all last year 😮 That's probably the first year since the series started in 2011 that I didn't post a Sunday mix. The Sunday Morning series is one of the reasons that Low Light Mixes blew up on Mixcloud. So you'd think I would be posting more of these mixes to feed the algorithm. But, no, there is no plan for curating these mixes, they just happen when they happen.

With all that preamble, I'm excited to finally get a Sunday mix up & running. This follows the classic format of some laid back jazz, some ambient & some quiet vocal tunes. My favorite track in the mix is "Amber Waves" by Ethel Cain. It's from her new album, "Perverts", which is an interesting collection of tunes that range from noisy, dark ambient to beautiful vocal tracks like "Amber Waves."

LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX:

Cheers!

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Andert Tysma - Dalmally (Hana 2024)
05:35 Earthen Sea - Present Day (Recollection 2024)
09:35 Alister Fawnwoda, Suzanne Ciani, Greg Leisz - Night Bunny (Milan 2021)
15:48 Oliver Patrice Weder - Breathe In (The Shoe Factory 2024)
19:03 Sam Wilkes - Descending(Frue) (iiyo iiyo iiyo 2024)
23:19 Arooj Aftab - Raat Ki Rani (Night Reign 2024)
28:22 Faye Webster - Wanna Quit All the Time (Underdressed at the Symphony 2024)
31:27 G.S. Schray - Another Haunted Mirror (Whispered Something Good 2024)
35:25 Ethel Cain - Amber Waves (Perverts 2025)
42:40 Kamasi Washington - Dream State (Fearless Movement 2024)
50:45 This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers (Live at The Minack Theatre 2024)
53:45 Von Spar & Eiko Ishibashi - I (Album I 2024)
60:00 end

Wednesday Jan 22, 2025

Gossamer by Robert Farrugia

Wednesday Jan 22, 2025

I've said many times that I love guest mixes. And I especially love getting mixes from artists that I've been listening to for years. Such is the case with this new set from Robert Farrugia.

I have several of Robert's albums and I always look forward to checking out his new material. Well, now he's got some new material definitely worth checking out. His new album is called "Natura Maltija - Official Soundtrack" and it just came out last week. You can find it here - https://robertfarrugia.bandcamp.com/album/natura-maltija-official-soundtrack

To celebrate the release of this new album Robert put together a wonderful ambient mix for us. Here is what he says about it:

"This mix features a selection of tracks from recent Ambient, Neoclassical, and Electronica releases, curated by Robert Farrugia. Centered around my latest album, 'Natura Maltija - Official Soundtrack,' the mix also includes tracks from friends and collaborators."

Links to all the music used in this mix:

Thanks to Robert for curating this excellent collection of tunes that fits perfectly into the Low Light Mixes vibe.

Cheers!

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Joachim Spieth & Warmth - Spectral (Fragments 2025)
06:34 zakè, From Overseas, City of Dawn - Certain Path (Certain Path 2024)
11:03 A Lily - Kemn Nixtieq Li Qed (Saru l-Qamar 2024)
14:41 Robert Farrugia - Bufula (Natura Maltija 2025)
16:50 A Lily - Solar Systems (Virgin Stoner: Works 2001-2004 2024)
20:29 Robert Farrugia - Qabru (Natura Maltija 2025)
26:39 Robert Farrugia - Qarnita (Natura Maltija 2025)
31:38 Jogging House - State (Softie 2024)
37:57 Benoît Pioulard - Op. 448, Adagio (Hallucination Archive 2024)
44:12 The Green Kingdom - Sunsetgradient (Ether Hymns 2024)
48:05 rhubiqs - Hope’s Canvas (Aegis of Silence 2024)

Wednesday Jan 15, 2025

Morning Sun in Winter

Wednesday Jan 15, 2025

This is one of those mixes where there's not much to say about it because there is no theme. It's just a nice collection of wonderful ambient tunes. Most of the tracks are fairly slow and drifty. A few of these I just discovered at the end of 2024 by browsing end-of-the-year lists.

One of those is Gems III by Celer which as an absolutely beautiful record. Another one that was new to me is the closing track - "Il Mare Cancella, Di Notte(II)," a long, slow cut that I wish could go on forever.

Here's to the start of 2025 and looking ahead to a year filled with excellent music.

Cheers!

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 James Murray - Feverfew (Weeds 2024)
06:40 Yoyu - The Indigo Space Around Us (It's All Gonna Be Ok Somehow 2024)
10:33 Lantscap - Fragile Peaks (Fragile Peaks 2025)
15:55 Celer - Gems III.I (Gems III 2024)
20:27 Last Days of Living - Where The Bay Becomes The Sea (. 2024)
25:30 Calm Whale & Mik Kosma - Ocean Calling (TwoGather 2024)
31:15 David Cordero - Alquézar (Postales 2024)
35:03 Andrew Heath & Halftribe (feat. Anne Chris Bakker) - Garden Leave (Illuminations III 2024)
42:06 Alaskan Tapes - Random Sequence (Something Ephemeral 2024)
45:08 Marine Eyes - In The Spaces (To Belong 2024)
48:18 Lamasz & come le onde - Il Mare Cancella, Di Notte(II) (Il Mare Cancella, Di Notte 2024)
66:00 end

Sunday Dec 22, 2024

2024 Favorite Ambient Albums Part 2

Sunday Dec 22, 2024

I like making these favorites mixes because it reminds me of why I liked certain albums in the first place. The perfect example is Abandoned Spaces by OdNu & Ümlaut. It's so good and I'm glad I can share with folks via these mixes.

This mix, Part 2, has a little different vibe than Part 1. More sequencer driven tracks, some percussion here and there, generally a bit more active than the first mix. At least the first half is more active, then we slow down & space out. I hope you enjoy this one as much I do.

You can find the full list of favorite ambient albums of 2024, and links to each album, in the post with Part 1 - https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2024/12/2024-favorite-ambient-albums-part-1.html

Cheers!

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Martin Stürtzer - The Last Oupost (Lander Modules)
06:50 Extraworld - Axial Precession (Perihelion)
13:40 Civilistjävel! - VI(feat. Thommy Wahlström) (Brödföda)
17:00 OdNu + Ümlaut - Unforseen Scenes (Abandoned Spaces)
23:00 2fel - Stranger Flow (Stranger Flow)
27:25 Altus - Origin Extract (Ultraviolet)
32:27 The Green Kingdom - New Constellations (Horizons)
37:10 Michael A. Muller - Mirror 2 (Mirror Music)
41:50 Heavenchord - Atmospheres & Soundscapes 1 (Atmospheres & Soundscapes)
49:55 v e n n - Long Farewell Pt. 1(v e n n & Brannan Lane) (XIII)
54:06 Ulla & Ultrafog - Jesses Car (It Means A Lot)
59:13 end

Thursday Dec 19, 2024

2024 Favorite Ambient Albums Part 1

Thursday Dec 19, 2024

Another year, another ton of releases to sift through. I could keep adding and subtracting albums for weeks and still not be entirely satisfied with the final list. But here it is - my Favorite Ambient Albums of 2024.

As I was creating this part 1 mix, I kept questioning my choices. And then, when the mix was done and I listened to it, I was like "Wow, this turned out really well." I really like how the mix evolves with the first half being a bit more electronic and noisy and the second half leaning more orchestral.

Here's the list of my favorite ambient albums of 2024, in alphabetical order:

2fel - stranger flow
Adam Wiltzie - Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal [Kranky]
Akmuo - Dreamwalker [Space of Variants]
Altus - Ultraviolet
Alva Noto - Xerrox, Vol.5 [Noton 2024]
Benoit Pioulard & Offthesky - Sunder [laaps 2024]
Circa Alto - Faint Structures (Whitelabrecs 2024]
Civilistjävel! - Brödföda [Felt 2024]
Dirk Serries - Streams Of Consciousness Compiled [Projekt]
Eli Keszler - LIVE 2 [LuckyMe]
Extraworld - Perihelion [Exosphere]
Hainbach - The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost Soundtrack [Seil]
Heavenchord - Atmospheres & Soundscapes [Cold Tear]
Humble Bee & Offthesky - Here In, Absence [IIKKI]
Innesti - Contemplate
Jogging House - Live at home
Jonas Munk - Mirror Phase [Azure Vista]
Maps and Diagrams - if all will be lost [Quiet Details]
Maps and Diagrams - Islands [Handstitched]
Martin Stürtzer - Lander Modules [Echo Elberfeld]
mastroKristo - Passage [Lost Tribe Sound]
Max Richter - In A Landscape [Decca]
Michael A. Muller - Mirror Music [Deutsche Grammophon]
OdNu + Ümlaut - Abandoned Spaces [Audiobulb]
Pan American & Kramer - Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road
Polaroid Notes - Quiet Rooms [Whitelabrecs]
Sumner James, Robert Chamberlain, Volcano Lazerbeam, Saroon - Dive 1- Refraction [Bathysphere Records]
Tewksbury - Floes Volumes I-IV (Tridek]
The Green Kingdom - Horizons [The Slow Music Movement]
Ulla & Ultrafog - It Means A Lot [Motion Ward]
v e n n - XIII
William Ryan Fritch - Adhesion [Lost Tribe Sound]

And here are links to each album:

Stranger Flow | 2fel

Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal | Adam Wiltzie

Dreamwalker | Akmuo | Space Of Variants

Ultraviolet | Altus

Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol. 5 | Noton

Sunder | Benoît Pioulard & Offthesky | laaps

Faint Structures | Circa Alto | Whitelabrecs

Brödföda | Civilistjävel!

Streams Of Consciousness Compiled | Dirk Serries | Projekt Records

LIVE 2 | Eli Keszler

Perihelion | Extraworld | Exosphere

The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost Soundtrack | Hainbach

Atmospheres & Soundscapes | Heavenchord | Cold Tear Records

Here In, Absence | The Humble Bee & Offthesky | IIKKI

Contemplate | Innesti

Live at Home | Jogging House

Mirror Phase | Jonas Munk | Azure Vista

if all will be lost | Maps and Diagrams | quiet details

Islands | Maps & Diagrams | Handstitched

Lander Modules | Martin Stürtzer

Passage | mastroKristo | Lost Tribe Sound

In A Landscape | Max Richter | Decca

Mirror Music | Michael A. Muller | Deutsche Grammophon

Abandoned Spaces | OdNu + Ümlaut | Audiobulb

Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road | Pan American & Kramer

Quiet Rooms | Polaroid Notes | Whitelabrecs

Dive 1: Refraction | Sumner James, Robert Chamberlain, Volcano Lazerbeam, & Saroon | Bathysphere Records

Floes: Volumes I-IV | Tewksbury

Horizons | The Green Kingdom | The Slow Music Movement Label

VIII | v e n n

It Means A Lot | Ulla & Ultrafog | Motion Ward

Adhesion | William Ryan Fritch | Lost Tribe Sound

I hope you enjoy part 1. Part two is coming soon. Followed by a mix of jazz favorites from 2024.

What are some of your favorite ambient albums from the past year?

Cheers!

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Pan American / Kramer - Floating Island (Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road)
04:22 Maps and Diagrams - Hvar (Islands)
07:35 Jogging House - Live at Home pt. 1 (Live at Home)
13:15 Innesti - Astral Secrets (Contemplate)
16:14 Alva Noto - Xerrox Arc (Xerrox, Vol.5)
20:53 Hainbach - End of Work (The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost Soundtrack)
22:45 Akmuo - Dreamwalker (Dreamwalker)
26:50 Sumner James, Robert Chamberlain, Volcano Lazerbeam, & Saroon - Euphotic (Dive 1: Refraction)
31:36 Benoît Pioulard & Offthesky - Fed On Lilies (Sunder)
35:48 Jonas Munk - Dawn Layer (Mirror Phase)
40:40 Polaroid Notes - The Night Returns Without A Sound (Quiet Rooms)
45:40 The Humble Bee & Offthesky - Space (Here In, Absence)
52:00 William Ryan Fritch - Gravitropic (Adhesion)
60:10 Adam Wiltzie - Mexican Helium (Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal)
62:44 Max Richter - A Time Mirror(Biophony) (In A Landscape)
66:36 mastroKristo - Waves(Federico Mosconi Rework) (Passage)
73:40 Dirk Serries - the whispering scale (Streams Of Consciousness Compiled)
82:45 Tewksbury - Aperture (Floes Volumes I-IV)
94:23 end

Wednesday Nov 27, 2024

Gifts at Dinner - an Ambient Thanksgiving

Wednesday Nov 27, 2024

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Just hanging out all day with family, eating and drinking. Perfect.

The songs in this mix were all chosen for the titles, which all fit the Thanksgiving theme. Besides the obvious titles with the word "thanks" my favorite track titles are "my dad's famous potatoes", "Give me cornbread when I'm hungry", and "An Awkward Conversation at a Family Gathering."

Play this in the background as you eat way too much food and hopefully not way too much beer.

Cheers & Happy Thanksgiving!

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Grouper - Thanksgiving Song
02:42 Ólafur Arnalds - Family Stroll
04:30 Massive Attack - Everybody's Got a Family
05:55 Matt Morton - A Special Thank You
08:00 anderegg - thanksgiving
10:14 lawrence - falling down a dam of mashed potatoes
13:33 Lullatone - An Awkward Dinner Conversation at a Family Gathering(piano version)
14:55 TSU! - Dear Stanley, Thank You
17:29 Richard Thompson - Family(guitar version)
20:13 Bill Frisell - Thankful
25:15 Carlos Niño & Friends - Togetherness feat. Jamael Dean & Devin Daniels
28:42 The Circular Ruins & Off The Sky - Giving to You
30:48 Tiny Isles - With Thanks, Petal
34:53 Cliff Martinez - my dad's famous potatoes
37:06 John Fahey - Give me cornbread when I'm hungry
40:13 Loren Connors - Why We Came
41:45 Peter Gregson - Gifts at Dinner
45:42 Hildur Guðnadóttir - Many Secrets in this Family
48:00 Endless Melancholy - Moments We Spent Together
51:51 Sven Laux - Thank You, Goodbye
54:44 Pat Metheny - Last Train Home
59:18 end

Tuesday Nov 05, 2024

Meditative Music To Get You Thru Election Night 2024

Tuesday Nov 05, 2024

Thanks goodness election season is almost over. Election night can be a stressful time so here's a mix of new ambient tunes to help us all get through the night.

Cheers!

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Logic Moon - Lifelines (Lifelines 2024)
03:15 Bruce Brubaker - Music For Airports, 1/2(Bows Version) (Eno Piano 2 2024)
07:00 Feeling Flying - Shimmer (Spirit Level 2024)
13:15 Andrew Lang - Tristan's Ascension (Frailty 2024)
17:15 Martin Stürtzer - Radiance (Dawn of Time 2024)
24:50 Steve Roach - One Day (One Day Forever 2024)
32:07 zakè & anthéne - distant forms (regeneration 2024)
37:16 Michael Scott Dawson - Mojave Flowers(feat. Michael Grigoni) (The Tinnitus Chorus 2024)
41:07 Faux Tapes - Dive Pr 2 (Dive 2024)
45:15 David Cordero - Sonidos olvidados (Melodías Susurradas 2024)
48:54 LAB'S CLOUD - Praia da Cruz(Solo Version) (Arquitectura Natural 2024)
54:18 Glasbird - Days of Iron and Steam (Fenscapes 2024)
60:21 end

Thursday Oct 17, 2024

Wind and Wandering

Thursday Oct 17, 2024

This mix is a continuation of a trend I noticed several years ago - the use of sax or other wind instruments in ambient music. I think I've done 3 other mixes that feature wind instruments.

This one came together fairly quickly as there is a lot to choose from. Most of the tracks are 2023 or 2024 with 4 of the 14 a bit older. I really like the flow of this set, one song bleeds right into the next with the beginnings and endings slightly obscured.

This also seems to work well as and autumn themed mix. I picture a cold, dreary autumn day like the one in the cover art. Speaking of the cover art, does anyone get the connection between the title and the cover?

Links to al the music used in this mix:

Cheers!

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Naima - nO0NOu (She Was Like Art 2024)
03:30 Anne Chris Bakker - Qanik (A Sketch in Leaving 2022)
05:10 Circo Alto - For Reeds (Faint Structures 2024)
11:02 Lotte Pen - Wanderer (Pelgrim 2022)
14:23 Jon Gibson - Extensions II (In Good Company 2010)
19:52 Sumner James, Robert Chamberlain, Volcano Lazerbeam, Saroon - Bathypalegic (Dive 1: Refraction 2024)
24:24 Sarah Neufeld & Colin Stetson - And Still They Move (LateNightTales 2016)
27:14 Naima - Ectenic Force (This Must Be The Place 2023)
34:47 CV & JAB - Dwelling (Κλίμα(Klima) 2023)
38:27 Taylor Deupree - Snowsand(For Clarinets, VIbraphone, Cello & Percussion) (Sti.ll 2024)
41:30 Juha Mäki-Patola & Tapani Rinne - Decaying Light (Decaying Light 2024)
45:12 Machinefabriek - IV(after Horovitz) (Recytle 2023)
48:22 Jonathan Coleclough, Theo Travis, Jeph Jerman - Slowed Life (Slowed Life 2024)
52:39 Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti - Travelling Through The Stars To Gaia (Music For A Cosmic Garden 2023)
62:25 end

Thursday Sep 19, 2024

Primordial Dreams

Thursday Sep 19, 2024

This is a collection of tribal ambient tunes. Think frame drums and synth washes. Think Steve Roach & Robert Rich - "Strata." Think Byron Metcalf.

There's really not much else to say, if you like the sounds mentioned above, you'll enjoy this mix.

Cheers!

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Louigi Verona - Geothermal Rising (Abiogenesis 2024)
06:30 Steve Jansen & Richard Barbieri - Remains Of A Fragile Illusion (Other Worlds In A Small Room 1995)
11:11 Byron Metcalf & Mark Seelig - A Teacher Appears (Kali Raga 2024)
20:52 Glasbird - Lokoteraina (A Sonic Expedition 2024)
23:40 Mystic AM - Thus Spoke Zarathustra / The Djinn (Cardamom & Laudanum 2022)
31:42 Cowboy Sadness - Billings, MT (Selected Jambient Works Vol. 1 2024)
35:45 Byron Metcalf - Nine (The Shaman's Heart II 2011)
44:10 The Rain Dogs - Delta Drift (Variations (i) 2020)
50:45 Craig Leon - The Gates Made Plain (Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 2: The Canon 2019)
56:10 Frore & Shane Morris - Into The Dust (Ochre 2023)
67:30 end