Dark Woods by Daniel Hawkins

 

 

I've fallen behind a bit on creating and uploading mixes. But have no fear, it's Daniel Hawkins to the rescue! He's come up with a guest mix at just the right time. You'll remember Daniel form his previous mix, "Metallic Memories" - https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/metallic-memories/ 

For this set he takes us into the modern classical realm. Here's what Daniel has to say about this new mix:

"I was thinking about some of the nice Neo-classical/crossover stuff I like and then got to thinking about the way having a label for a style of music can actually be a limiting factor.  The best creative work in any field so often transcends genres and labels and breaks new ground - Issak Dinsen said “A work of art is a thing of infinite loneliness and the least to be understood through criticism.”  I remember back in the 1970’s playing Keith Jarret’s solo piano albums and my friends asking what kind of music it was.  What do you say?  Back then they stocked it in the jazz section of the record store with the other ECM releases, but I have never thought of that body of work as jazz.  Music continues to evolve - Ambient?  Chillout?  Drone?  Electronic?  Tribal?  Names and more names.  So what do you call this collection of cello music?  Is it classical because it features an instrument that is typically found in an orchestral setting?  Personally I don’t think we need a label.  I know good music when I hear it.  The mix leans to the somber side - something strings do so well - deep and evocative.  Explorations of the dark night of the soul."

Thanks, Daniel, for another excellent mix!

Cheers!

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00   Snorri Hallgrímsson - I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest (I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest 2023)
• 06:04   Peter Gregson - Softly Falling (Softly Falling - Single 2024)
• 08:08   Hildur Guðnadóttir - Ascent (Without Sinking 2009)
• 12:42   Bob Holroyd - Enough (The Cage 2018)
• 18:01   David Darling - Dawn (Darkwood IV) (Dark Wood 1993)
• 23:00   Ketil Bjørnstad, Svante Henryson - Visitor (Night Song 2011)
• 27:55   Ólafur Arnalds - Partisans (The Invisible EP 2021)
• 31:03   Henrik Meierkord - Kval (Kval 2021)
• 35:50   Willebrant - Undercurrent (Undercurrent - Single 2023)
• 38:05   Slow Meadow - Palemote (Palemote - Single 2016)
• 43:30   Peter Gregson - Ritual (Peter Gregson 2025)
• 46:57   Gabriel Ólafs - Whale Overture (Polar 2025)
• 51:33   Snorri Hallgrímsson - Three Week Cloud (Longer shadows, softer stones - EP 2024)