low light mixes

Not seeing is a flower

 

This mix came about from an idea by a listener, Kevin. He suggested a mix based on artists from Japan. I asked for track recommendations and Kevin came back with an entire list. That list fills out most of this mix. I added tracks by Hiroshi Yoshimura, Geskia!, Sawako and Akira Kosemura.

Kevin also suggested the title - "Not seeing is a flower" which means that reality can't compete with imagination. The mix itself is a fairly straight forward mix of ambient tracks from Japan.

Thanks to Kevin for doing all the heavy lifting on this mix. I think it turned out great.

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Minamo - Zeitraum
• 05:58    Takashi Kokubo - Memory of summer
• 12:36    Yoshiaki Ochi - Ear Dreamin'
• 16:59    Fumio Miyashita - See The Light(Abridged)
• 19:48    Hiroshi Yoshimura - Water Copy
• 22:54    Geskia! - Lampland
• 27:52    Sawako - Incense Of Voice
• 32:00    Takahiro Kido - Rust Summer in Tokyo
• 37:25    Mokyow - Small Small Flag
• 44:20    Chihei Hatakeyama - Starlight And Black Echo
• 48:54    Hakobune - Letter Forgotten
• 53:35    Masashi Kitamura & Phonogenix - Variation III
• 56:27    Satoshi Ashikawa - Still Space
• 58:08    Akira Kosemura - Hicari
• 60:00    end

 

Serenity, Hope & Grace by Paul Asbury Seaman

I can always count on Paul for a good palate cleanser. After the bizzaro world of DEVS & the continuing covid crapola, I think everyone is in need of a little positivity.

Paul and I have talked often about how a lot of ambient music has a melancholy vibe. I know I definitely gravitate toward that end of the spectrum. Paul figured we could use something hopeful in these strange days. Here's what he says about this mix:

“I think authenticity is a precursor to authentic redemption. Thus, we honor our grief and fears and all the losses of this time we’re living through. There is pain alongside, not canceled by, the tranquility we seek. And there is a mysterious grace that gives us the strength to remain clear-eyed and truthful as we embrace hope.”

Thanks to Paul for another well-thought-out mix. Thanks to the folks at Kaya Project for letting us use the artwork from their latest album as the cover art for this mix. That art is from Suzybee - https://www.suzybee.buzz/ .  And thanks to all the artists that continue to crank out lovely music which helps us through the quarantine. 

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Shoshana Michel - Quietly, Gently, Peacefully ( Impressions 2020)
• 04:16    Eguana - Deep Sleep (Invisible Civilization Vol. 3 2019)
• 11:05    Tonepoet - The  Grieving Soul Begins To Awaken (Kaleidoscope 2020)
• 15:15    Kaya Project - Finding Balance Ambient MIx (body.mind.soul 2020)
• 20:00    Sigesmundsen & Gregory Paul Mineeff - Forgotten Borders (Crrossing Worlds 2020)
• 23:55    Darshan Ambient - A Day Within Days (A Day Within Days 2010)
• 28:25    Slow Meadow - Clouds, Not Clocks (Clouds, Not Clocks / Rara Pluma 2018)
• 32:35    Kit Watkins - Tranquility (This Time and Space 2008)
• 36:20    Jeff Pearce - Sun On Frost ( From The Darker Seasons 2017)
• 38:30    Endeleas - Forgotten Shore (Forgotten Shore 2019)
• 42:12    Bruno Sanfilippo - Unity (Unity 2018)
• 50:45    Slow Dancing Society - How Life Was Meant To Be Lived (The Sound of Lights When Dim 2020)
• 58:46    end

 

Lockdown - by Peter Van Cooten of Ambientblog.net

I like to think that I put a lot of thought and effort into these mixes. Hopefully, the mix as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts. But what I do is nothing compared to the transformative touch that Peter Van Cooten brings to his mixes.

 Each mix is a unique work of art. Peter rarely lets a track play in its complete form. Instead, he uses smaller samples and deftly weaves the tracks in and out of each other. Sometimes 2,3, or 4 tracks play simultaneously, creating something new from different elements. In this mix, he uses an incredible 41 tracks! Here's what Peter has to say about using so many short samples:

 "Sometimes I feel a bit embarrassed about using such short samples and/or editing the tracks (of these 41, only 8 are used in their complete form). It's a bit like cutting up the Mona Lisa to create a landscape patchwork with the fragments ;-)  But on the other hand, this is what I feel makes these mixes unique. Taken out of their context and in relation to other fragments, the music sometimes tells a different story."

 This mix is a bit darker than most of my mixes. But it's dark in an interesting way, not in a droney, dissonant way. The mix has a very cinematic feel and combined with the cover art and title I can imagine drone shots of empty streets and newspapers blowing across the square. Peter was hesitant about the name and the cover art. He says - 

"It may be too closely linked to the current worldwide crisis, but on the other hand I have tried to think of another name or context but the uncertain times seem to be too dominant to think of another name I could give it. The funny thing is, that if you listen back most of my mixes have a rather dark edge to them. There's always a lot of 'tension/release' to them. But in this case, it seems there's a bit more 'tension' than 'release'. Oh well, sign of the times..."

Peter runs his own ambient music blog called, appropriately, Ambientblog.net. Where in addition to his fine mixes(available in DTS surround as well), he has a ton of good reviews and recommendations. You can find it here...  

https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/   He's also on Mixcloud here... https://www.mixcloud.com/ambientblog/

When he creates these extraordinary mixes he posts a pic of the total track layout, layer upon layer of all the music used. Here is the map of this mix...

 

 

 Peter does his tracklist a little differently than I do. He gives listeners more info about each track, including start time, sample length, artist, title, album title, year and record label.

Thanks to Peter Van Cooten of Ambientblog.net for such an excellent mix. Hopefully, I can talk him into doing another one in the future.

 

Cheers, and stay safe.

 

T R A C K L I S T - Start time - Sample length - Artist - Title

Album Title, Year, Label

00:00  03:23 Fovea Hex - Is 

Is Lanza Light and Given (Steven Wilson Remixes), 2019, Die Stadt/Janet Records

01:25  04:35 Maggi Payne - Fluid Dynamics

Arctic Winds, 2020, Aguirre Records

02:03  01:45 Pat Keista - Doppler

Still Of The Void, 2020, self-released

04:17  01:47 Dave Phillips - Phytognosophysiology

Post Homo Sapiens, 2020, Attenuation Circuit

05:10  02:45 Jóhann Jóhannsson and Yair Elazar Glotman - Prelude

Last And First Men, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon

05:42  02:00 Andrew Pekler - Fonseca Winds (Lament)

Sounds From Phantom Islands, 2019, Faitiche

07:29  01:19 Jóhann Jóhannsson and Yair Elazar Glotman - Telepathic Unity

Last And First Men, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon

08:13  03:10 Ben Bertrand - Those Behind Us That We Follow

Manes, 2020, Les Albums Claus

11:08  01:31 Fani Konstantinidou - (Variations)

Moving Music: Sounds From The Rocking Chair, 2020, Moving Furniture Records,

11:58  01:32 Aaron Martin - Overcoming Inertia

Test Subjects, 2019, self-released

12:53  01:51 A Journey Of Giraffes - Gone Is The New Fuji

Kona, 2019, Somewherecold records

13:29  03:30 Robert Haigh - Ghosts Of Blacker Dyke

Black Sarabande, 2020, Unseen Worlds

16:46  02:48 Snorri Hallgrímsson - Fear

Chasing The Present, 2020, Moderna Records

16:53  00:30 Mica Levy - Mensajero

Monos, 2019, Invada

17:40  02:30 Snorri Hallgrímsson - Suffering

Chasing The Present, 2020, Moderna Records

19:22  01:58 Bersarin Quartett - Prolog

Methoden Und Maschinen, 2019, Denovali 

20:41  01:09 Ruairi O'Baoighill - Scryer

To See Without Eyes, 2018, Cursed Monk Records

20:50  01:59 I Wound - The Choir Of The Drowned Sings 'Our Demons Are Real'

Homework Year 3, 2018, Taâlem

21:48  03:01 Christine Ott - Comma

Chimères (Pour Ondes Martenots), 2020, Nahal Recordings

24:22  02:34 Ida Toninato - Pour Retourner Au Silence

We Become Giants, 2020, Dragon's Eye Recordings

25:32  03:47 Merrin Karras - Drawn, Quartered

Northwest Passage, 2020, A Strangely Isolated Place

28:27  02:07 Ciro Berenguer - Luna Creciente

Eilean 100, 2019, Eilean Records

29:57  01:47 Yiorgis Sakellariou - B4

Diapsalmata: A Collection Of Short Works, 2018, Tanuki Records

29:57  01:19 Celer - Birds Inside The High Halls Of Hangzhou (06.23.17)

Xièxie, 2019, Two Acorns

30:12  03:18 Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr, Koichi Shimizu - Sharjah And Java

Metaphors - Selected Soundworks from the cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2017, Sub Rosa

31:24  00:44 Coil - Corybantic Ennui

Stolen and Contaminated Songs, 2019, Cold Spring Records 

32:32  01:22 Olivier Messiaen - Quator Pour Le Fin Du Temps III: Abîme des Oiseaux

Olivier Messiaen - Complete Edition, 2008, Deutsche Grammophon

33:54  01:26 Hildur Gudnadottir - Following Sophie

Joker OST, 2019, Watertower Records

35:14  00:55 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Countdown

Black Mirror: Smithereens, 2019, Milan

35:45  03:24 Silent Chaos - Nocturne On Ganimede 

Macro, 2020, We Don't Give A Fuck

38:52  04:03 Roger Eno and Brian Eno - Burnt Umber

Mixing Colours, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon

42:38  02:13 Martina Bertoni - Invisible Cracks

All The Ghosts Are Gone, 2020, Falk

44:29  03:30 Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang - Nightspell

Snow Catches On Her Eyelashes, 2020, Jazzland Recordings

46:21  02:13 Jana Irmert - Fog

Cusp, 2020, self-released

47:40  01:36 Fovea Hex - Given

Is Lanza Light and Given (Steven Wilson Remixes), 2019, Die Stadt/Janet Records

48:42  02:40 Frank Makowski - Fliegende Schatten - Canon 1

Canon der Finsternisse, 2019, Diffusschall

49:05  01:12 Michael Begg - Plain Chant

Sonambulo, 2019, Omnempathy

50:40  02:20 A Winged Victory For The Sullen - The Slow Descent Has Begun

The Undivided Five, 2019, Ninja Tune

52:35  04:30 Felix Blume - Horns In Fog Pt. 2

Fog Horns, 2019, Discrepant

55:49  03:02 Max Richter - Ursa Minor - Visions

Ad Astra, 2019, Deutsche Grammophon

58:30  00:40 Jóhann Jóhannsson and Yair Elazar Glotman - The Sun

Last And First Men, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon

59:10 End

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Voice of Silence: Bells, Gongs & Gamelan - by Paul Asbury Seaman

When Paul emailed a few weeks back with the idea of doing a bell themed mix I got all excited. I thought to myself - "Perfect, I have a whole folder of bell tunes I've been collecting." So I go to that folder and there are two tracks in it. That's it. I guess it's the thought that counts?

 If Paul hadn't come up with this mix I probably never would have gotten around to it. Maybe there's some sort of lesson for the new year here - Finish what you start. Whatever the lesson, Paul's mix is a perfect way to start the new year and the decade. Here's what Paul has to say about it:

 “There’s a certain irony in composing music meant to convey silence. Nevertheless, this seems to be a recurring theme among ambient artists, just as music in this genre is often fused with melancholy. Most of the time that resonates with me—as a very truthful feeling in our age of loneliness, upheaval and uncertainty. But this week I’m focusing on hopeful sounds, to ring in the new year with comfort and reflection.”

 Happy New Year & Cheers to a better 2020!

  

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Gordon Pigeon - La Voix du Silence (La voix du silence 2009)
• 03:23    Rudy Adrian - Subterranean River (Desert Realms 2008)
• 08:36    Peter Kater - Night's Cavern (Resonance 2016)
• 17:20    Michael Stearns - Monk with Bell (Baraka 1993)
• 19:39    Erik Wollo - Crystal Bells 1 (Crystal Bells 2012)
• 25:12    David Parsons - Urartu to Ubud (Ngaio Gamelan 1999)
• 31:36    Arve Henriksen - Float (Wolrd of Glass 2014)
• 32:30    Jeff Oster - Beautiful Silence (Surrender 2011)
• 36:18    James Hood - Timebomb(Any Minute Now) (Pure Ceremony 2017)
• 40:50    Forrest Fang - Seven Coronas (Letters To The Farthest Star 2015)
• 47:20    Jarguna - Garden of the Mantras (Prospettive Animiche 2019)
• 54:39    Gordon Pigeon - Rêves de carillons éoliens (La voix du silence 2009)
• 60:34    end

 

Mystical Ambience 2: Tactile Ground by Paul Asbury Seaman

Cover art created by and courtesy of Robert Rich, https://robertrich.com/graphic-art/.

 

As regular visitors to this blog have probably figured out, I don't really plan things out here. Sometimes it's a mix a week, sometimes it's a month between mixes. The last Blade Runner mix is the perfect example, I wasn't even thinking about that mix until we hit Nov. 2019 which is the month and year of Blade Runner. So I quickly threw that mix together and boom, there it was. So then other mix ideas get pushed back or forgotten about until some other piece of music catches my ear.

 

So it's not a big surprise that Paul emailed me the tracklist for this mix back in May. Every time I'd think about starting this set something would distract my social media addled brain and the mix would get pushed back. With the end of the year closing in I finally have laid down all the tracks and Mystical Ambience 2: Tactile Ground is here.

 

This is what Paul has to say about this mix:

 

"A listener on Bandcamp described a recent Spotted Peccary label sampler as “Not too sweet, not too dark.” Which is the same balance I try to bring to my selections for Low Light Mixes. This one is another journey concept. I’ve always had a special fondness for artists who can sensitively blend electronic and acoustic instruments to create beautiful juxtapositions of textures, and also offers a metaphor for balancing the ethereal and the concrete. In that spirit, this mix includes some slow- earthy, cross-cultural jazz before ending with cosmic tranquility.” 

 

Thanks Paul!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00 Remote Vision - The Glittercliff (Into Light 2018)
• 06:17 Hibernation - Wabi Sabi (Second Nature 2012)
• 11:35 Hibernation - The Uncarved Block (Second Nature 2012)
• 16:00 Marion Brown Jazz Cussion - Naima (Echoes of Blue 2006)
• 22:09 Kaya Project - Forgive(ambient mix) (Ambient Mixes 2 2019)
• 27:42 Jan Garbarek - Cloud of Unknowing (In Praise of Dreams 2004)
• 32:49 Massergy - Phenakistoscope (A Novel Sense of Calm 2015)
• 38:15 Chronotope Project - A Prayer for Tenderness (Lotus Rising 2018)
• 43:20 Hollan Holmes - Prayer to the Energy (Prayer to the Energy 2017)
• 48:45 Northumbria - Sacred Ground (Helluland 2015)
• 52:35 Robert Rich - The Abiding Wheel (Tactile Ground 2018)
• 58:55 Meg Bowles - Chalice of Shadows (Evensong: Canticles for the Earth 2018)
• 63:30 Steve Roach - Spiral Triptych 2 (Texture Maps 2002)
  

 

Mostly Flute: Ambient New Age by Paul Asbury Seaman

 

I've been heckin' busy this summer. First of all, it's summer so beer gardens, baseball games, northwoods vacations, beer gardens, yard work, beer gardens, etc. Plus I've been doing a ton of freelance work. And lastly, my daughter is getting married in a month and I'm editing a video for the reception. I have not been able to get any new mixes going in a while.

 

So it's Paul Asbury Seaman to the rescue! Thankfully this excellent mix from Paul will fill the void. It's another great collection from my partner in ambient crime. Here's what he has to say about it:

 

“This is a crossover mix, as the title suggests, and may be the sweetest one I’ve ever done. I’ve kept the emphasis on an atmosphere of tranquility, tailor-made for going-to-sleep music. All of the tracks here are from the fairly-new Heart Dance Records. I discovered this label while looking on Bandcamp for an album recently featured on Hearts of Space. As I dug deeper, and contrary to my stereotypes about “uplifting” (read: new age) music, it became obvious that there was plenty here for space fans to like, or if you’re looking for something calm for meditation. Feel the flow around the stillness. (Cover image for this mix courtesy of Sherry Finzer, from the album LET THERE BE LIGHT.)”

 

Definitely check out more music from Heart Dance Records here...

https://heartdancerecords.bandcamp.com/

  

Thanks, Paul!

 

 

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00    Sherry Finzer & Darin Mahoney - White Sky In November(Transformation 2013)

04:32    Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer - Star Trails(Sound Currents 2019)

10:05    Paul Horn - Mumtaz Mahal(Inside 1969)

12:20    Ivan Teixeira - Abundance(ALLAYER Project One 2019)

16:37    Monica Williams - Wandering(Journey Of Tears 2018)

22:43    ANAAMALY - A Peaceful Drift(Fileds Of Light 2018)

29:18    Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer - Midnight Mystique(Sound Currents 2019)

34:48    Monica Williams - Love From A Distance(Journey Of Tears 2018)

38:18    Majestica - Aurora Australis(In the Midst of Stars 2016)

48:26    Sherry Finzer - Breathe(Acceptance 2018)

64:47    end

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lost Tribe Sound: The Western Divide

 

I can't tell you how excited I am for this mix. Well, actually I'm telling you right now so that first line was bullshit. Suffice it to say I love this mix. It comes from our good friends at Lost Tribe Sound, an amazing record label that is having a hell of a year. Of course, last year was pretty darn good as well.

 

Ryan Keane, the man behind Lost Tribe Sound, has put together a mix that is interesting and varied. It's cohesive without sounding all the same. This is a wonderful collection of tunes. 

 

Here's what Ryan has to say about this mix:

 

Rarely do I get the chance to work on creating mixes of music, but I’m definitely more inspired to do so when I can ground the mix in a solid theme or concept.  When I was given the chance to create one for the highly-esteemed Low Light Mixes, I figured, it better be decent.

 

‘The Western Divide,’ my latest mix, is a grab bag of emotions, sort of manic, nostalgic, playful, with the ever-present tinge of dread and uncertainty that really mirrors how I’ve been feeling about life and society as a whole lately.  I partly wanted to see how bizarre the music I mixed together could get while still remaining palatable. Honing in on some pieces of music that come across as somewhat otherworldly spaghetti western sounding, I set about juxtaposing them with odd forms of jazz, electronic, hymn-like horn and organ pieces. It may have a bit of that Ennio Morricone score to some dystopian future General Hospital sort of vibe to it.  

 

I’ve been infatuated as of late with unique uses of horns in experimental music, it seems that most of the time horns can easily be a pitfall in many styles of music. Either from overstaying their welcome, riding too long on what I like to call the “Dad Chords,” where it just gets cheesy, or simply becoming too noodly and irritating that the song would be better off without them. So hopefully I’ve combined some enjoyable uses of horns into the mix that avoid these situations, but who knows, I’m quite possibly out of touch.

 

In full disclosure, I run the label Lost Tribe Sound, so a few of the selections in the mix are from recent or upcoming albums on the label.  The opening piece is from a brilliant electro-acoustic Danish trio, Skyphone, which we’ve have the honor of putting out two albums for this August.  Kali Malone follows with her perfect use of a church organ as the ultimate drone machine. Next, a very odd find from a Spotify suggestion of all places, Jeremy Krinsley and Greg Heffernan’s only album together, ‘Material Culture 9.19.15’ is some left-field electronica, filled with loads of charming moments.   

 

Next, Hampshire & Foat kick in, their ‘Saint Lawrence’ album from this year is an instrumental masterpiece for those into dim-lit jazz fueled folk. Sailcloth up next, also blew my mind, primarily an experimental upright bassist, the featured selection works more off of a droning horn and subdued bass notes than some of the other more pronounced tunes on the EP, ‘Close Keeping.’  Then, Danny Scott Lane who’s recent album on Shimmering Moods is about as perfectly refined an example as one could hope for from an experimental drone/classical album. Hoera is a mixed bag of tricks as well, bizarre combos of electronics, jazz, ambient and folk somehow fold into a very satisfying whole, definitely recommend all three of their albums. Drombeg, another tasty discovery, thanks to the Thesis label, an intense focus of melody and progression make this breed of classical well worth checking out.

 

Working in his way slowly into the tail end of Drombeg is a new piece from Ben McElroy, a highly emotive and creative songwriter, his whole catalog is sublime.  Mute Forest, a long-time favorite, lent me an exclusive song from his upcoming album for this mix, introducing “The Riven Sun.”  Followed that with a rising master of primitive guitar experimentalism, Seabuckthorn, from his new album, “It Can Ashen” is a droning genius.  Next up, Spheruleus with his title track from his brand new and highly engaging electro-acoustic album for my label Lost Tribe Sound. Zakè follows with some seriously delicious droning classical string and tape experiments from this year courtesy of Past Inside The Present. Kinbrae’s album, ‘Landforms’ from earlier this year totally destroys me, and is a great example of how to use those horns properly.  After that, Federico Mosconi delivers beautiful finger-picked guitar, bathed in the most melancholic waves of static and synths one could ask for! 

 

MALK comes next with ‘Re-treat’ and delivers one of the most offbeat, original albums Lost Tribe Sound has ever produced, just give in to it. The penultimate piece comes from Offthesky, who’s had a hugely impressive year with two new albums that I’d consider among the best of the year. “Future Fire” provides another gorgeous example of how horns can work so beautifully in ambient music.  Finally, the mix closes with one of my favorite artists of all time, Geir Sundstøl. Geir’s newest genre-bending album on Hubro, is beyond genius.  I’ve got give a special thanks to Hubro, who’ve finally uploaded their entire catalog to Bandcamp, making it far easier to enjoy, definitely go explore the music they put out.

 

Hope you enjoy these tunes. Thanks for listening and having a read.

 

Thanks, Ryan!

 

 

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00    Skyphone - Les Clouds(Marsh Drones)

04:00    Kali Malone - Sacrificial Code(The Sacrificial Code)

06:56    Jeremy Krinsley / Greg Heffernan - Material Culture 9.19.15, Pt. 1(Material Culture 9.19.15)

08:00    Hampshire & Foat - The Undercliff(Saint Lawrence)

13:04    Sailcloth - Year Long Storm(Close Keeping)

15:04    Danny Scott Lane - Four(How To Empty A Cup)

18:08    HOERA. - Jin(Jaunu)

21:20    Drombeg - The White Raven(Thesis Drive 2/3)

27:52    Ben McElroy - They Told Us Not To Wonder(They Told Us Not To Wonder)

29:50    Mute Forest - The Riven Sun(Riders Storm)

33:20    Seabuckthorn - It Can Ashen(Crossing)

37:20    Spheruleus - Light Through Open Blinds(Light Through Open Blinds)

39:44    Zakè - 000425978 OTS1[pure violet](Orchestral Tape Studies)

42:24    Kinbrae - Meander(Landforms)

48:04    Federico Mosconi - Melody Not Melody(Light Not Light)

51:20    MALK - Re-Treat(WMAIDIT)

54:08    Offthesky - Future Fire(Illuminate)

57:36    Geir Sundstøl - Waterloo(Brødløs)

62:28    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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open Spaces

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liminal / Space: Long-form Droning

 

You know how when you see a certain director is involved with a film, like Christopher Nolan, you just know it'll be interesting. Or how music released on certain labels, such as 12k, will definitely be worth exploring. Well, that's how I feel when the tag "Curated by Paul Asbury Seaman" is attached to a mix.

 

Paul & I have collaborated on several mixes and all have been excellent. It's only Feb. 10th and already we've been treated to two of Paul's mixes. This one is a bit of a departure for him, using pieces that are, like the title says, long-form drones. For me droning ambient can be very hit & miss. This mix is definitely a hit.

 

Here's what Paul says about it:

 

“Most of us have contemplated the seemingly contradictory opposites that are a fundamental aspect of reality: good and evil, joy and pain, love and hate, our inner world and infinite space. But this ying/yang, male/female, fire/water dichotomy obscures the fact that much of life is lived in the in-between, in the places where light and dark overlap. Perhaps one reason so many people find calm and inspiration at the beach is its liminal quality—between the ocean and the land. In this mix I give you 71 minutes in that mysterious clarity between trance and tranquility.”

 

Thanks Paul!

 

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Alio Die - A Place Beyond(Sitar Meditations 2015)
• 10:46    Louigi Verona - droning198(droning198 2016)
• 26:55    Louigi Verona - droning276(droning276 2017)
• 46:28    Ascendent - Sylvan Rotation(Meridian EX 2018)
• 58:08    Steve Roach - Part Seven(Ultra Immersion Concert 2013)
• 71:32    end