Episodes
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Cosmic Guitar
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
I've been thinking about a couple of guitar mixes for a while, collecting tracks as I find them but not really sure of the direction the mix would take. Then fellow mixologist Paul Asbury Seaman turned me on to the track "Franky's Floyd" from "An Evening With Friends" by Ron Boots. The heart of the track is a guitar solo homage to David Gilmore & Pink Floyd. It's fantastic! When I heard it I decided to split the guitar mix in two - one would be louder where the occasional guitar solo would be right at home. The other mix would be a bit more spacey, more ethereal.
So this mix, Cosmic Guitar, is the later style - ambient, atmospheric, cosmic. The timing for this mix is great because two new albums coming in February fit perfectly. They are "Abandoned Spaces" by OdNu + Ümlaut and "Astral Gold" by Dean McPhee. Keep an eye/ear out for them next month.
LINKS TO THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX:
- https://deanmcphee.bandcamp.com/
- https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000002GGS
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000E5N634/ref=dm_rwp_pur_lnd_albm_fr
- https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/the-edge-of-the-sea
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NQKWA6S/ref=dm_rwp_pur_lnd_albm_fr
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006XY3J6E/ref=dm_rwp_pur_lnd_albm_fr
- https://kakiking.bandcamp.com/album/modern-yesterdays
- https://marenostrumlabel.bandcamp.com/album/cold-space-symmetry-2
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005F2EHJI/ref=dm_rwp_pur_lnd_albm_fr
- https://ab-odnumlaut.bandcamp.com/album/abandoned-spaces
- https://foreignbodysensation.bandcamp.com/album/subterranean-environments
- https://thenationalpool.bandcamp.com/track/solace
- https://nacioguz.bandcamp.com/album/kirpi-i-kilemi
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Dia de Los Muertos
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
I've done Halloween mixes in the past but never one quite like this. I decided to take some of the Latin guitar sounds found in my Guitarissimo mixes, tilt them slight off kilter and give the mix a slightly sinister vibe.
It's not too dark, and some of it is kinda of fun, just the way Halloween should be. There are a few artists I was familiar with or have played before like David Lynch, SUSS, The Phonometrician, Shakey Graves, Ry Cooder, and Tommy Guerrero. The rest are all new artists I discovered while looking for tracks that fit this theme. That was a lot of fun discovering all of that new music.
Grab some mezcal, turn the lights out and enjoy. Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Via Mardot - Portal (2022)
- 01:58 Sun City Girls - Blue West (Funeral Mariachi 2012)
- 04:55 Combustible Edison - Carnival of Souls (I, Swinger 1994)
- 07:50 Shakey Graves - Chupacadabra (Deadstock 2023)
- 09:25 The Focus Group - Bells Hazes (Sketches And Spells 2011)
- 10:14 Tommy Guerrero - Signals from Points Beyond (Perpetual 2015)
- 13:10 Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas (Paris, Texas 1985)
- 15:45 SUSS - Gunfighter (Ghost Box 2018)
- 20:09 Topaz Rags - Sightings (Capricorn Born Again 2009)
- 22:55 Pram - Track of the Cat (Dark Island 2003)
- 26:58 Last Ex - Hotel Blues (Last Ex 2014)
- 29:43 The Phonometrician - Death Rides a Horse: Part II (Cóiste Bodhar 2022)
- 34:25 Ben Von Wildenhaus - The Knife Thrower II (II 2015)
- 36:57 Louie Zong - Ghost Duet (2023)
- 37:54 David Lynch - The Night Bell With Lightning (Crazy Clown Time 2011)
- 42:47 Via Mardot - Towers (2023)
- 44:52 Shakey Graves - Who Died (Deadstock 2023)
- 48:44 Guano Padano - A Country Concept (Guano Padano 2009)
- 53:21 Tommy Guerrero - Embers of Memory (Perpetual 2015)
- 56:16 Via Mardot - Pining (2023)
- 58:13 Ry Cooder - No Safety Zone (Paris, Texas 1985)
- 59:33 Wilburn Burchette - Birth of a Witch (Guitar Grimoire 1973)
- 64:38 end
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Between Interval: Instrumental gems (mostly) from 70s rock - by Paul Asbury Seaman
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Two guest mixes in a row - I am a lucky guy! This one comes to us from LLM regular contributor, Paul Asbury Seaman. It's a great collection of instrumental tracks that, as the title says, leans heavily on music from the 70s.
My brain has been stuck in the 70s for a while as I collect tunes for the Electronic Music of the 70s series(1971 is coming soon). So I was excited about the coincidence of Paul coming up with a 70s(mostly) mix. Some tracks I was familiar and others I was hearing for the first time, which is the wonderful thing about these guest mixes - they go in directions that I would not have taken them. This one turns into a great journey of nostalgia and discovery.
Here's what Paul has to say about this mix:
“Something old, something new. Something cheerful, something blue. Some great instrumental tracks that might have slipped between the cracks. So, no “Colour My World.” Yes to Black Sabbath. Plus a couple of mellow vocal numbers, chosen for their melodies that were just too pretty to leave out. The selections here span more than fifty years, though most are from the 1970s.
The title of this mix comes from the working name (one of my all-time favorites) of Swedish ambient electronic artist Stefan Jonsson.”
Thanks, Paul, for another excellent set. Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Agitation Free - First Communication (2nd 1973)
- 05:57 Jeff Greinke - Losing Time (A Thousand Year Flood 2023)
- 11:23 Between Interval - Portals in Time (The Edge of a Fairytale 2009)
- 14:38 Vangelis - Love Theme, Blade Runner (Nocturne: The Piano Album 2019)
- 20:35 Mike Oldfield - Incantations - part four(excerpt) (Incantations 1978)
- 24:50 Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Faerie Steps (Time is the Key 1979)
- 30:10 Moody Blues - Visions of Paradise (In Search Of The Lost Chord 1968))
- 34:15 Genesis - Horizons (Foxtrot 1972)
- 35:50 Rick Wakeman - Summertime (Rhapsodies 1979)
- 40:08 Neal Schon - Midnight Express (Electric World 1997)
- 45:15 Iron Butterfly - Slower Than Guns (Metamorphosis 1970)
- 48:53 Black Sabbath - Laguna Sunrise (Vol. 4 1972)
- 51:37 Ian Anderson - Boris Dancing (The Secret Language Of Birds 2000)
- 54:40 Pink Floyd - It's What We Do (The Endless River 2014)
- 59:50 Bill Frisell - Bird On A Wire (Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen 2022)
- 63:35 end
Sunday Jun 26, 2022
Guitarissimo Vol. 3
Sunday Jun 26, 2022
Sunday Jun 26, 2022
I made the first Guitarissimo mix 5 years ago. I followed it up a year or so later. But then for some reason it took me 4 years to get to volume 3.
This version is similar to the others the vibe is a bit spaghetti western and dusty, moody, twangy with a little Latin feel. But of course much of it has an ambient vibe.
One of my favorite discoveries while making this mix was Hermanos Gutiérrez. As the name implies the band is brothers - Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez. They create beautiful Latin landscapes with their guitars. Check out their stuff here - https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/
Here are links to the two previous Guitarissimo mixes:
- https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/guitarissimo/
- https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2017/04/guitarissimo.html
- https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/in-a-languid-mood-guitarissimo-2/
- http://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2018/06/guitarissimo-2-in-languid-mood.html
Links to the albums used in this mix in order of appearance:
- https://panamerican.bandcamp.com/album/a-son
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M06S0DW/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp
- https://richardthompson.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-grizzly-man
- https://khruangbin.bandcamp.com/album/a-calf-born-in-winter
- https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/el-camino-de-mi-alma
- https://www.amazon.com/Then-Nothing-Turned-Itself-Inside-Out/dp/B00004C4OA
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004C4OA/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_5
- https://www.amazon.com/Simpatico-Gary-McFarland/dp/B00164POE6
- https://bwaarecords.bandcamp.com/album/suwi
- https://supergombozprod.bandcamp.com/album/sigi-tolo
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L8D3DZ7/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_15
- https://www.amazon.com/Voodoo-Shivaya-Bobby-BeauSoleil/dp/B07D98NK9L/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1656255539&refinements=p_32%3ABobby+BeauSoleil&s=music&sr=1-2
- https://suss.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-box-expanded-2
- https://hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/hijos-del-sol-2
- https://panamerican.bandcamp.com/album/the-patience-fader
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Pan American - Sleepwalk Guitars (A Son 2019)
- 03:24 Brightblack Morning Light - Miwok Shapes (Brightblack Morning Light 2006)
- 09:00 Richard Thompson - Glencoe (Grizzly Man 2005)
- 10:40 Khruangbin - A Calf Born in Winter (2014)
- 13:37 Hermanos Gutiérrez - Hombre Honrado (El Camino de mi Alma 2018)
- 17:13 Yo La Tengo - Tired Hippo (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out 2000)
- 21:51 Gary McFarland Gabor Szabo - Simpatico (Simpatico 1966)
- 26:29 SUWI - Dessert (Sumi 2020)
- 30:52 Supergombo - Le reve de Kovacks (Sigi Tolo 2020)
- 35:10 David Sylvian - The Stigma Of Childhood(Kin) (Rarities 1988-1993)
- 42:26 Bobby Beausoleil - Saundaria Lahari (Voodoo Shivaya 2018)
- 50:40 SUSS - Laredo (Ghost Box 2018)
- 54:20 Hermanos Gutierrez - Railroad Vista (Hijos Del Sol 2020)
- 56:49 Pan American - Outskirts, Dreamlit (The Patience Fader 2022)
- 63:16 end
Sunday May 15, 2022
Fractal Panorama - Guitar Space Rock
Sunday May 15, 2022
Sunday May 15, 2022
Seven years ago I did a mix called "Space Rock" that is unique in the Low Light Mixes catalog. It's a collection of instrumental tunes that are guitar driven and are a bit spacey, a little prog rock, and with some post-rock tossed in as well. You can find to original mix here: http://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2015/04/space-rock.html
I've always wanted to do a follow-up mix but never got around to until now. So here is "Fractal Panorama - Guitar Space Rock". It's a set of new and old instrumentals with the same vibe as the first mix. I was happy to have dug up some really old cuts from 1972, '73 & '74. I was especially psyched to have stumbled on the Richard Pinhas homage to Robert Fripp with the track "In the Wake of King Fripp" from 1974. But my favorite cut in the mix is "Slowburn" by Sonar With David Torn. It's got this great, slightly menacing vibe to it.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 The Re-Stoned - Fractal Panorama (Stories of the Astral Lizard 2018)
- 09:50 Dungen - Kalifen(versio) (Haxan - Versions by Prins Thomas 2017)
- 17:20 Agitation Free - First Communication (2nd 1973)
- 22:46 Maat Lander - Planet of the Intelligent Gas-shaped Lifeforms (Seasons of Space Book #12017)
- 27:50 Sonar With David Torn - Slowburn (Tranceportation Vol. 2 2020)
- 37:00 Papir - IIII (IIII 2014)
- 41:50 Achim Reichel & Machines - Invitations (Echo 1972)\
- 46:45 Heldon - In the Wake of King Fripp (Allez Teia 1974)
- 53:12 My Brother the Wind - Once There Was A Time When Time And Space Were One (Once There Was A Time When Time And Space Were One 2014)
- 56:32 My Brother the Wind - Epilogue (Once There Was A Time When Time And Space Were One 2014)
- 60:49 end
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
Chill Summer Guitars
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
I few weeks ago the good folks over at The Slow Music Movement sent me a couple tracks by Wiki Chaves. After listening I immediately knew I had to construct a mix around the laid back guitar style. A style The Slow Music Movement calls - "Perfect for all your beach lying, garden barbecuing, hammock slouching, sunbathing, holiday taking soundtrack needs."
Here's a link to the latest Wiki Chaves release: https://wikichaves.bandcamp.com/
From there I listened to guitar music for a couple of weeks, collecting tracks with a similar vibe. There were some artists I knew right away that I would include like Khruangbin, Bill Frisell & William Tyler. Some were new discoveries like Tommy Guerrero & Jeffrey Silverstein. While others were older tracks I was happy to rediscover such as Steve Hiett, Pat Metheny, Durutti Column and Yo La Tengo.
I like how the mix takes a more acoustic turn about half way through. Starting with new music from The Phonometrician then an old track from Calexico to even older tracks from Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny and Yo La Tengo.
Many of the mixes I do tend to focus on new music because that's what I'm listening to at the time. This mix, however, hits on 5 decades of music and it's pretty cool how they mesh together.
Artist/album links:
- https://wikichaves.bandcamp.com/
- https://khruangbin.bandcamp.com/album/mordechai
- https://williamtyler.bandcamp.com/
- https://tommy-guerrero-too-good.bandcamp.com/
- https://jeffreysilverstein.bandcamp.com/
- https://theslowmusicmovement.bandcamp.com/album/future-folk-friendly-faces-different-spaces
- https://trondkallevag.bandcamp.com/album/bedehus-hawaii
- https://thephonometrician.bandcamp.com/
- https://casadecalexico.bandcamp.com/
- https://yolatengo.bandcamp.com/
- https://thegreenkingdom.bandcamp.com/
- https://efficientspace.bandcamp.com/album/down-on-the-road-by-the-beach
- https://store.unseen-music.com/album/eingya
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Wiki Chaves - Pleasure Point (Raiz 2021)
- 04:16 Khruangbin - Father Bird, Mother Bird (Mordechai 2020)
- 07:17 Steve Hiett - Blue Beach (Down on the Road by the Beach 1983)
- 11:21 Bill Frisell - The Shortest Day (Guitar in the Space Age! 2014)
- 14:05 William Tyler - Highway Anxiety (Modern Country 2016)
- 19:27 Tommy Guerrero - Sun Rays Lie Stilts (Perpetual 2015)
- 21:15 Jeffrey Silverstein - This and Also (Future Folk: Friendly Faces; Different Spaces 2021)
- 25:15 Durutti Column - Sara E Tristana (Amigos Em Portugal 1983)
- 28:03 Bexar Bexar - n.r.o.t. (haralambos 2003)
- 31:17 Trond Kallevåg Hansen - Bedehus og Hawaii (Bedehus & Hawaii 2019)
- 36:15 The Phonometrician - Campos de Trigo (El Mar Convertido en Oceano 2021)
- 39:45 Calexico - Above the Ranch (Tool Box 2007)
- 42:50 Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny - Cinema Paradiso (Beyond The Missouri Sky 1997)
- 46:33 Yo La Tengo - Green Arrow (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One 1997)
- 51:40 The Green Kingdom - Sol 1 (Solaria 2021)
- 55:09 Steve Hiett - Standing There (Down on the Road by the Beach 1983)
- 58:27 Helios - Emancipation (Eingya 2006)
- 60:50 Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - September Fifteenth (As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls 1980)
- 62:47 end
Sunday Feb 02, 2020
Guitarscapes 2020
Sunday Feb 02, 2020
Sunday Feb 02, 2020
This mix doesn't need a lot of introduction or explanation. It's a collection of ambient guitar tunes. The kind with swells of sound and long, slow washes of beautiful ambient guitar.
Some of the tracks came from ideas found in this thread on Mixcloud. Feel free to add any other tracks to the discussion.
https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/posts/ambient-guitar/
Enjoy the ambient guitarscapes.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Wayne Robert Thomas - A Grey Morning, Later Lovely Sunshine (2019)
- 06:29 Wil Bolton - Night Paths (2017)
- 10:22 Stijn Hüwels - untitled IV (2016)
- 13:18 Sean Curtis Patrick - If This (2019)
- 16:50 Chihei Hatakeyama - Wilderness (2018)
- 21:45 Ben Rath - Wait For It (2019)
- 30:45 Noveller & thisquietarmy - Reverie 1 (2014)
- 35:23 The Green Kingdom - Dripstone (2019)
- 39:39 Pan American - Nightbirds (2019)
- 46:53 M. Grig - h (2019)
- 51:36 Pausal - One Watery Lens (2010)
- 56:40 Wayne Robert Thomas - Well Now You Know (2019)
- 60:20 end
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
Ambient Twang
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 Jun 22, 2018
Guitarissimo #2 - In a Languid Mood
Friday Jun 22, 2018
Friday Jun 22, 2018
I've been planning on doing a follow up to Guitarisimo, a mix from April of 2017. When several albums from 2018 fit the sound I knew I had to do the mix now.
The album that got me started is "Con Todo El Mundo" by Khruangbin. It's one of my favorite records this year. Entirely guitar-based it's sound include surf music, Latin, Thai & Indian music. I highly recommend it.
https://khruangbin.bandcamp.com/album/con-todo-el-mundo-n-s-america-edition
Most of this mix sounds like it grew from that album with a few ambient sidetracks. This is a nice follow up to the Warming Trend mix post a couple of weeks ago because this music sounds like it should be listened to in hot weather. Grab an El Diablo or a Chalino Special and enjoy.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Opez - Carlos Primero(2015)
- 03:00 Dans Dans - Zephyr(2014)
- 07:05 Youth - Lotus Rhubarb (Colliding Sky Whale Dub)(2018)
- 08:47 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross(1975)
- 11:50 Dead Combo - In A Mellotron(2018)
- 16:00 David Byrne & Brian Eno - Solo Guitar with Tin Foil(1981)
- 17:05 Alexandre Desplat - Les Paris(2012)
- 18:05 Dan Phelps - Cumulonimbus(2011)
- 21:50 Khruangbin - Como Te Quiero(2018)
- 25:46 Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos - Aurora en Pekhn(1998)
- 31:08 Ozgur Yilmaz - Karincalar(2016)
- 33:49 Ezra Feinberg - Experinece Near(2018)
- 39:52 Seabuckthorn - Inner(2018)
- 43:00 Calexico - Longboard(2018)
- 45:50 Paul White - Returning(2018)
- 50:05 Dans Dans - Au Hasard(2013)
- 54:35 The National Pool - Solace(2018)
- 56:40 Slow Clinic - Salt(2018)
- 58:55 Chequerboard - A Field of Night(2013)
- 64:35 Ruven Nunez - Evening Song(2017)
- 78:08 end
Sunday Apr 16, 2017
Guitarissimo
Sunday Apr 16, 2017
Sunday Apr 16, 2017
I love moody guitar music with a bit of dust and twang. In an earlier mix, Mysterioso, I included a cut by Dead Combo. Their music was new to me. I was interested to learn from a listener that they are from Portugal and have achieved cult status there.
That listener directed me to a mix he'd done with a Dead Combo track. I love the mix, you find it here... https://www.mixcloud.com/jorgempaulino/here-it-begins/ His other mixes are excellent as well.
After hearing that mix I just knew I had to create a guitar based mix that was a bit spaghetti western and dusty, moody, twangy with a little Latin feel. The result is this new mix - Guitarissimo. I stole that title from an album by Roxy Music guitarist, Phil Manzanera, who also has a track in the mix. I tried not to steal too much from the "Here It Begins" mix but I just had to use the Yo La Tengo song from that mix in this one too.
I really like how this turned out and I hope to do a follow up sometime.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
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00:00 Dead Combo - Aquele Beijo Eterno
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01:50 Ry Cooder - Paris, TX
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04:15 Daniel Lanois - Satie
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08:14 Yo La Tengo - Green Arrow
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13:18 Ocelote Rojo - Untitled #1
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15:55 Phil Manzanera - Criollo
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20:42 Calexico - The news about William
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23:10 TSU! - The Sun Club
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26:10 David Sylvian - Silver Moon Over Sleeping Steeples
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27:55 Matt Borghi - Truth and Being
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32:20 The MDH Band - Bathtub
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33:15 Eraldo Bernocchi and Prakash Sontakke - From Star to Star
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38:15 Dead Combo - Quando a alma nao e pequena
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40:50 Brian Eno - Weightless
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45:00 Cyber Zen Sound Engine - No East, No West
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50:30 Danial Lanois - Plains of Abraham
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52:43 William Ryan Fritch - Siri Song
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54:38 Peals - Blue Elvis
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59:03 Calexico - Amor Adolescente
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59:40 Dead Combo - Ana
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61:55 TSU! - Dadebe
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63:50 One Mile North - Parents Arrive
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69:22 end