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Wednesday Nov 19, 2025
Wednesday Nov 19, 2025
This is a perfect mix for floating in a floatation tank, drifting off to sleep, or viewing the northern lights(which we've had several nights of this year). All the music is from this year, much of it from the last few months. There's not much else to say other than kick your feet up, relax and float away.
LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX:
https://altusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/musings-of-a-painted-sky
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/partial-holograms
https://rohsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gray
https://brianweza.bandcamp.com/album/fizzles-2
https://purl.bandcamp.com/album/a-quiet-awakening-ii
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/water-planets
https://brannanlane.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-moonlight-collaborations-vol-1
https://theliftedindex.bandcamp.com/album/agonist
https://laaps.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnas
https://buriedmarie.bandcamp.com/album/the-ghost-you-will-be
https://laaps.bandcamp.com/album/anti-atlas
https://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/album/a-new-life
Cheers!
- 00:00 Loneward - Dream Palette (Musings of a Painted Sky 2025)
- 07:20 Tapes and Topographies - Partials (Partial Holograms 2025)
- 10:33 Submersion - Field IV (Gray 2025)
- 12:49 Brian Weza - The Way Out Is In (Fizzles 2025)
- 18:05 Purl - What The Ocean Promised (A Quiet Awakening II 2025)
- 26:40 deepspace - Descent Into The Mollusc(5000 metres) (Water Planets 2025)
- 31:12 Brannan Lane & Stephen Weber - Music To Which One Levitates (Under The Moonlight Collaborations, Vol. 1 2025)
- 34:15 The Lifted Index - Morning Paralytic (Agonist 2025)
- 37:40 Offthesky - Somnambulance On The Shore (Nocturnas 2025)
- 41:00 Buried Marie - The Ghost You Will Be X (The Ghost You Will Be 2025)
- 45:15 Thme - Ombre (Anti Atlas 2025)
- 50:00 Florian T M Zeisig - Eternal Shore (A New Life 2025)
- 60:42 end
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
My love for tribal ambient music, of course, starts with Steve Roach. Going back to Dreamtime Return, Desert Solitaire, Western Spaces, Origins, Strata, On This Planet, and The Dream Circle, just to name a few. I go through phases where I may tire of the style but I always come back to it, usually when a new record reminds me of how much I love the genre.
In this case that new album is "A Path Within A Path" by Seabuckthorn. I always enjoy Seabuckthorn music so I dove into the new album and discovered a few tracks with an excellent, organic percussion sound that I love. The entire album is great. Once I latched onto those rhythmic tracks I knew I had to compile a few more for a new tribal ambient mix.
Surprisingly there are no Steve Roach tracks in the mix. Although there's a great track from one of his frequent collaborators, Byron Metcalf, from his lates album - Spiral Exchange. I've created several tribal mixes over the years and I hope you enjoy this and the others as much as I do.
LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX:
https://seabuckthorn.bandcamp.com/album/a-path-within-a-path
https://byronmetcalf.bandcamp.com/album/spiral-exchange
https://rainforestspiritualenslavement.bandcamp.com/album/killer-whale-atmospheres
https://marcoshuttle.bandcamp.com/album/cobalt-desert-oasis
https://hubertdupont.bandcamp.com/album/trio-kosmos-3
https://laurencepike.bandcamp.com/album/the-undreamt-of-centre
https://frore-shanemorris.bandcamp.com/album/ochre
https://orenambarchi.bandcamp.com/album/kind-regards
https://craigleon.bandcamp.com/album/anthology-of-interplanetary-folk-music-vol-2-the-canon
https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/theme
https://jfoersternkramer.bandcamp.com/album/habitat
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Seabuckthorn - Thunder Without A Sound (A Path Within A Path 2025)
- 03:20 Byron Metcalf - Cycles Of Ascension (Spiral Exchange 2025)
- 09:27 Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Orca Skull Memories(Bering Strait)
- (Killer Whale Atmospheres 2023)
- 16:44 Marco Shuttle - Winds Of Cydonia (Cobalt Desert Oasis 2021)
- 21:20 Hubert Dupont - Bathyscaphe (Trio Kosmos 2020)
- 24:27 Laurence Pike - Universal Forces (The Undreamt-of Centre 2024)
- 29:44 Frore & Shane Morris - Into Dust (Ochre 2023)
- 37:47 Oren Ambarchi & Eric Thielemans - Kind Regards(Begining) (Kind Regards 2025)
- 43:18 Craig Leon - The Gates Made Plain (Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 2 2019)
- 48:39 Seabuckthorn - White Boar (A Path Within A Path 2025)
- 50:30 Bartosz Dziadosz - Fragments (Theme 2025)
- 55:10 J Foerster & N Kramer - Levitation Room (Habitat 2021)
- 59:09 end
Wednesday Nov 05, 2025
Wednesday Nov 05, 2025
The guest mix hit parade continues! Right on the heels of his last train mix Paul gives another train-themed set. This is one more in line with many of Paul's other train mixes in that it's main genre is berlin-school. I have been on a berlin-school bender all year so I am excited for this one.
Here's what Paul says about the mix:
"You’re sitting on a grassy slope above the cottage, looking out across the landscape below. It’s night and soft dots of light here and there indicate other houses, groups of houses, a road. In the distance you can see the black edge of a ruler, marking the gap between carriages and a bright bar of light moving left in front of it. Like happens in dreams, you are watching the scene and then you are in it, your seat tipped back, not quite asleep, you’re looking out the window. It’s a modern train. Gone is the classic click-click, click-click, but you can still feel the subtle rocking back and forth as the train hurtles silently forward. Under the stars. The cacophony of a station stop, made eerie in the wee hours of the morning. Or memory stirring up a previous adventure then returning you to your current tranquility."
Thanks, Paul, for another excellent entry in your continuing train series.
LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX:
- https://matthewlabarge.bandcamp.com/album/while-we-were-there
- https://madis.bandcamp.com/album/plains-of-elysium
- https://macofbionight.bandcamp.com/album/mangrovie
- https://sovietspacedogproject.bandcamp.com/album/memories-of-space
- https://caughtinjoy.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-nowhere
- https://colinrayment.bandcamp.com/album/time-dilation
- https://synphaera.bandcamp.com/album/protostar
- https://nuellmartin.bandcamp.com/album/slaves-to-the-stars
- https://synthreplicants.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-of-paradise-album
- https://codeindigomusic.bandcamp.com/album/endgame-the-best-moves
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Larkenlyre - Dark Forest (While We Were There 2025)
- 06:20 Madis - Matter of Time (Plains of Elysium 2023)
- 12:50 Mac of BiONight - The Next Train (Mangrove 2025)
- 17:44 The Soviet Space Dog Project - Memories 3 (Memories of Space 2021)
- 28:07 Caught In Joy - Gravity Waves (Out of Nowhere 2024)
- 39:28 Colin Rayment - Fast Forward Chronograph (Time Dilation 2023)
- 48:50 Martin Stürtzer - Supernova Shell (Protostar 2025)
- 55:35 Nuell Martin - Slaves to the Stars (Slaves to the Stars 2024)
- 61:55 Synth Replicants - Dreams of Paradise (Dreams of Paradise 2024)
- 70:15 Code Indigo - Return to Gaia (Endgame - The Best Moves 2025)
- 78:42 end
Thursday Oct 30, 2025
Thursday Oct 30, 2025
Yorgos Dousos is a multi-instrumentalist and composer located in Athens. He plays flute and clarinet to combine Greek music tradition, European jazz, and ambient electronic into an inspired musical experience. I got to hear an advance copy of his latest album - LUPUS, Love Under Pain, Upon Suffering - I knew immediately that I had to reach out to Yorgos about a guest mix. And here it is!
Here's what Yorgos has to say about this set:
“Late Night” is a small map of where my head has been living while finishing my new record. It’s the hour when things get quieter, when the room feels bigger than it is and every sound has more weight. I wanted this mix to sit in that space where breath, memory, and repetition start to blur.
It opens with my own pieces (“Marisha” and “Breath” from "LUPUS, Love Under Pain, Upon Suffering") because that’s the emotional ground I’m working from lately. All of the tracks orbit the same questions I’m dealing with on the album: what it means for sound to feel physical and intimate but also distant and ghosted; how much you can say emotionally with or without melody; and where the human breath sits inside electronics and processing.
Thanks, Yorgos, for this excellent mix!
LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX:
https://yorgosdousos.bandcamp.com/album/lupus-love-under-pain-upon-suffering
https://johnalsobennett.bandcamp.com/album/ston-elai-na
https://mastrokristo.bandcamp.com/album/passage
https://kalimalone.bandcamp.com/album/the-sacrificial-code-2019-edition
https://colinstetson.bandcamp.com/album/all-this-i-do-for-glory
https://christinavantzou.bandcamp.com/album/no-1
https://haniarani.bandcamp.com/album/on-giacometti
https://aphextwin.bandcamp.com/album/i-care-because-you-do
https://timhecker.bandcamp.com/album/shards
https://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/album/original-spirit
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Yorgos Dousos - Marisha (LUPUS, Love Under Pain, Upon Suffering)
- 04:53 John Also Bennett - Ston Elaiona (Ston Elaiona)
- 09:15 mastroKristo - The Dream (Passage)
- 12:53 Kali Malone - Sacrificial Code (The sacrificial code)
- 18:18 Yorgos Dousos - Breath (LUPUS, Love Under Pain, Upon Suffering)
- 24:00 Colin Stetson - Spindrift (All this I do for glory)
- 30:24 Christina Vantzou - 11: 11 (No1)
- 34:23 Hania Rani - Dreamy (On Giacometti)
- 37:11 Aphex Twin - Alberto Balsalm (…I care because you do)
- 42:22 Tim Hecker - Heaven will come (Shards)
- 47:02 Les Halles - Angels of Venice (Original Spirit)
- 51:33 end
Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
We've had a nice run of guest mixes lately here at Low Light Mixes world headquarters. And that streak continues will a wonderful new set from Daniel Hawkins. Here his two previous guest mixes:
https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/dark-woods-by-daniel-hawkins/
https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/metallic-memories/
This mix has a perfect fall vibe. Here's what Daniel says about this collection of tracks:
"As I was saving some of the songs that I liked over the past few weeks, I noticed a bunch of them were guitar pieces - so I figured that was as good a reason as any to do a themed mix. For me the hardest part of doing the mixes is I end up with a lot of good music and have to make tough choices about what to cut from the final mix. There are just so many great musicians out there now doing superb work. So I just go slow and make changes - I think this is a cohesive mix with a nice flow - you be the judge."
Thanks, Daniel, for another excellent mix.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Chris Coco - Portmerion Tide Flow(Jonny Nash Remix) (Portmerion Tide Flow - Single)
- 06:10 kwajbasket - The Gentleman, Pt. 9 (The Gentleman)
- 11:22 The Album Leaf - Last Time Here (One Day I'll Be On Time)
- 15:18 Animat - Thermostellar (Mirador: Selected Works 2005-2015)
- 18:32 Kaya Project - Drift (...& So It Goes)
- 21:20 Jonny Nash - October Song (Point of Entry 2024)
- 25:20 Michael Scott Dawson - Where There Is Happiness There Is Happiness(feat. M. Sage) (The Tinnitus Chorus 2024)
- 28:45 Maps and Diagrams - Spawn (Streams - EP)
- 33:16 Peter Broderick - Pause (SMM: Context)
- 37:45 William Gregg - Ur-Th (Epiphenomenon 2013)
- 43:45 Lawrence English - Watching It Unfold (A Colour for Autumn)
- 48:42 Tomotsugu Nakamura - Monologue (Monologue)
- 50:45 Divine Electronics - The Truth We Dare Not Face (Endomorphine)
- 55:21 end
Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
The king of Berlin School EM music, Erwin Broers, is back with a fantastic update to his regular series. This fall update just may the best yet. I listened to this while biking home from work, unsure whether it would fit the activity. Oh man, it was perfect! It kept me pedaling and focused while exposing me to fresh electronic sounds.
Here's what Erwin has to say about this set:
"Another look at what's been happening on the Electronic/Berlin School/Synth Music spectrum over the last months.
As might be expected, a variety of styles and vibes, so listen to the whole mix and I guarantee you'll find at least a few tracks to your liking.
All music is from 2025 and from a wide variety of countries including Germany, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, the USA, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Poland and even Argentina!
Click on the links below for more information on the artists and please consider purchasing the music you like!"
Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
- 00:00 The Lonely Bell - Time Beyond The Edges (ft. Claire Deak)
- 04:30 Sangam Dream - Open Wound
- 08:25 Ben Frost - Permcat, Ки́їв
- 12:00 Birds of Passage - Between The Hours
- 15:00 Sarah Novi - Winter Whispers
- 19:34 Kara-Lis Coverdale - Cumulative Resolution
- 20:54 Ali Murray - Denizen
- 23:40 Lyndsie Alguire - the colour of angel's wings
- 30:10 Alex Bober - Betray Me, Crush Me
- 35:40 Slow Blink - The Heart's Docent (excerpt)
- 38:45 Evgeny Bylina - Something of Mind Alone (excerpt)
- 43:06 Sangam Dream - Open Wound
- 47:40 Hadley Roe - The Inner Garden
- 52:12 The Lonely Bell - The Fading World (ft. Joachim Spieth)
- 57:23 end
Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
More than 8 years ago, Paul Asbury Seaman came to me with an idea for a mix. He would provide the theme and tracklist, and I would man the faders and knobs to create his first guest mix. Of course that first mix was a train-themed set.
Now, after 9 railway mixes & many hours traveling on the audio tracks, Paul brings us his tenth train-themed mix. This one is a b it different than the others so I'll let Paul tell you about it:
"To celebrate my tenth train mix for Low Light Mixes I’m doing a collection of vocal tracks. There are way too many great train songs to call this set a “Best Of,” thus the qualified title. (I have five CD-length train song mixes for my own use.) These are some of my favorites. And here’s several more to start your own playlists, that didn’t make the cut only because of time limitations: “People Get Ready” (several good versions), “City of New Orleans” (Arlo Guthrie), “Locomotive Breath” (Jethro Tull), “Long Train Runnin’” (Doobie Brothers), “The Midnight Special” (CCR), “Downtown Lights” (Annie Lennox version) and of course “Hear My Train a Comin’” by Jimi Hendrix (from the Winterland LIVE box set)."
Thanks, Paul, for another thoughtful collection of songs. Here's to 10 more excursions on the rails.
LINKS TO PAUL'S OTHER TRAIN MIXES:
- 2017 - THE MEMORY OF TRAINS
- 2018 - GALAXY EXPRESS
- 2019 - PLACES I'VE NEVER BEEN TO - AN ODE TO HIGH-SPEED RAIL
- 2020 - LULLABIES FOR A NIGHT TRAIN
- 2021 - MYSTICAL TRAIN
- 2022 - TRAIN SIX 56
- 2023 - LAST TRAIN HOME
- 2023 - TRAIN NO. 8 - AUTUMN EXCURSION
- 2024 - MORE TRAIN TRACKS
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Gary Clark Jr. - When My Train Pulls In (Gary Clark Jr. Live 2014 )
- 07:07 Bruce Cockburn - Night Train (The Charity of Night 1997)
- 13:10 The Hooters - 500 Miles (Zig Zag 1989 )
- 17:23 Leonard Cohen - The Stranger Song (The Essential Leonard Cohen 2002)
- 22:15 Gladys Knight & the Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia (The Best... 1990)
- 26:44 The Neville Brothers - Mystery Train (Brother's Keeper 1990)
- 31:02 Cat Stevens - Peace Train (Teaser and The Firecat 1971)
- 34:56 Neil Young & The International Havesters - Southern Pacific (A Treasure 2011)
- 42:39 Soul Asylum - Runaway Train (Grave Dancers Union 1992)
- 46:54 Bruce Springsteen - Downbound Train (Born in the U.S.A. 1984)
- 50:19 Patty Smyth - Downtown Train (It's About Time 2020)
- 55:00 Tab Benoit - Night Train (Night Train to Nashville 2008)
- 59:45 Bob Dylan - Slow Train (Slow Train Coming 1979)
- 65:32 Peter, Paul & Mary - Freight Train (In The Wind 1963)
- 68:12 Paul Simon - Train in the Distance (Hearts & Bones 1983)
- 72:19 Arlo Guthrie - Last Train (The Best Of Arlo Guthrie 1977)
- 75:25 end
Thursday Sep 18, 2025
Thursday Sep 18, 2025
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This mix is pretty straightforward - all ambient, all new. It can be hard to keep up with new releases so I decided to put together a nice collection of new 2025 tracks. Turned out pretty darn good if I do say so.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Aiko Takahashi - Collage On Paper Laid On A Cardboard (Monologue 2025)
- 02:12 Of Mountains And Seas - Cygnus (Of Mountains And Seas 2025)
- 05:10 Rick Sanders - Nautical Dawn (The Arrow of Time 2025)
- 11:20 Seth Thorn - necarney creek (a curious doubling of terms 2025)
- 14:40 Akmuo - Language Of The Clouds (Grace Of God 2025)
- 24:25 SPIRIT RADIO - A Sighting 4 (Dew Point 2025)
- 26:00 Pye Corner Audio - Volcanic Rock (Lake Deep Memory 2025)
- 31:40 Niklas Paschburg Moos (Mexican Alps 2025)
- 34:10 ILUITEQ & Eraldo Bernocchi - Remain, Alone (Fade, Remain 2025)
- 38:06 Photosphere & Unusual Cosmic Process - Fields of Gold (Enlightenment 2025)
- 40:30 Almost An Island - An Ode To Nothing (Almost An Island2025)
- 45:40 02:12 Of Mountains And Seas - Home (Of Mountains And Seas 2025)
- 50:55 Field Lines Cartographer - Irradiance (Solar Maximum 2025)
- 56:33 Philippe Deschamps, Relief - The Night Timbre (Shifting Horizons 2025)
- 59:31 end
Wednesday Sep 03, 2025
Wednesday Sep 03, 2025
I really didn't intend to follow an 80s themed mix with another mix with an 80s vibe. But I couldn't help myself because of the brand new album from Crows Labyrinth - Neon Scenes II: Echoes of Then https://crowslabyrinth.bandcamp.com/album/neon-scenes-ii-echoes-of-then
The album is a follow-up to an album called "Neon Scenes I: Granular Dreams." Both albums are longform generative drone ambient pieces that have this great Blade Runner vibe. I used the first album as the jumping off point for my last Blade Runner themed mix in March 2023 - https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/replicant-memories/ Upon hearing this new Crows Labyrinth album I just knew I had to create some more Blade Runner ambiance.
Links to all the music used in this mix:
- https://crowslabyrinth.bandcamp.com/album/neon-scenes-ii-echoes-of-then
- https://phelios.bandcamp.com/album/nexus-6
- https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/void-rituals
- https://logicmoon.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-film-vol-1
- https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/futuristic-dereliction
- https://graintable.bandcamp.com/album/music-to-watch-seeds-grow-by-003-graintable-blue-flax
- https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/neon-blue-utopia
- https://dave-nelson.bandcamp.com/album/the-act-of-vanishing
- https://uthermoads.bandcamp.com/album/uther-moads
- https://juneunit.bandcamp.com/album/s-t
- https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/2150
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Crows Labyrinth - Neon Scenes II: Echoes of Then (Neon Scenes II: Echoes of Then 2025)
- 08:25 Martin Stürtzer - Nexus-6 (Nexus-6 2025)
- 17:00 Ruptured World - The Great Void (Void Rituals 2024)
- 22:00 Logic Moon - New Arcadia (Music For Film Vol.1 2024)
- 25:30 Alphaxone & Onasander - Megacities (Futuristic Dereliction 2024)
- 32:24 Graintable - Cascade Moutain Ash (Music to Watch Seeds Grow By 003: Graintable (Blue Flax) 2025)
- 37:00 deepspace - Entering Aquarium Prefecture (Neon Blue Utopia 2025)
- 43:12 Dave Nelson - The New Normal (The Act of Vanishing 2020)
- 46:00 Uther Moads - Future Waves (Uther Moads 2011)
- 49:30 juneunit - lude (juneunit 2019)
- 53:30 Sabled Sun - Onboarding Errors (2150 2025)
- 58:54 end