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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
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
This mix started via a Spotify playlist with the same name - "You're in an 80s Film Driving at Night." I really liked the synth vibes so I created my own folder at home and began collecting tracks.
The mix has a great retro vibe even though many of the tracks are from the last 10 years. But, of course, I had to include some cuts from the time period with songs from Tangerine Dream, John Carpenter & Vangelis.
Hop in your Delorean and head back to the 1980s for some retro electronic goodness.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 All India Radio - Rust (Solo Electronique 1984 2017)
- 02:47 Tangerine Dream - Dr. Destructo (Thief 1981)
- 05:45 Sinoia Caves - 1983 Main Theme (Beyond the Black Rainbow 2014)
- 08:15 Emmx - The Nation (The Nation 2022)
- 11:00 A.L.I.S.O.N - Subtract (Signal Flow 2019)
- 15:45 John Carpenter - He's Still Alive/Romero (Escape From New York 2005)
- 17:55 Harold Faltermeyer - Logo-Bakersfield (The Running Man 1987)
- 20:50 Baldocaster - Map to the Stars (Part II) (Solare 2019)
- 22:25 Tangerine Dream - Love on a Real Train (Risky Business 1984)
- 26:00 Volkor X - Outlaws (Heart Wired, Pt. 1 2019)
- 31:51 Baldocaster - Shadow Figures (Memorie 2022)
- 36:17 John Carpenter - Night (John Carpenter's Lost Themes 2015)
- 39:45 Vangelis - Blade Runner(End Titles) (Blade Runner 1994)
- 44:08 Cliff Martinez - Bride of Deluxe (Drive 2011)
- 46:47 Disasterpeace - Detroit (It Follows 2015)
- 47:52 Inhmost - Gravity(feat. Nashira) (Dragbacks on Dockweiler State Beach 2015)
- 53:16 Tangerine Dream - Beach Scene (Thief 1981)
- 59:11 end
Tuesday Aug 12, 2025
Tuesday Aug 12, 2025
The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight and tomorrow night, August 12th & 13th. I like to use the Perseids as an excuse to create a spacey, ambient mix for stargazing. So here it is.
The first track I grabbed for this mix was Jeff Pearce - For The Perseids, from the Gemstones IV compilation. How could I not use that cut in a mix like this. So I decided to look for other tracks with names that would fit and it was fairly easy to find a bunch that worked. Again, how could I resist tunes called "Luminous Dust Trails" and "Night Drifters" and "Comet Tails."
Get outside and scan the skies.
LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX:
- https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/album/gemstones-iv-cyd-0089
- https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ashes
- https://tonepoet.bandcamp.com/album/scenes-from-the-apocalyptic-bliss
- https://pulsemandala.bandcamp.com/album/cocoon
- https://foundrysite.bandcamp.com/album/lost-and-found-a-foundry-anthology
- https://dataobscura.bandcamp.com/album/garden-of-twilight
- https://philippedeschampsfilms.bandcamp.com/album/the-silence-of-pallas
- https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/murmurs-of-the-machine
- https://nicoless.bandcamp.com/album/moving
- https://philippedeschampsfilms.bandcamp.com/album/endless-vanishing-lines
- https://synphaera.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-echo
- https://lawrenceenglish.bandcamp.com/album/selene
- https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/tarnished-tapes-and-saturated-signals
- 00:00 Jeff Pearce - For the Perseids (Gemstones IV 2023)
- 05:25 Logic Moon - Night Drifters (Ashes 2025)
- 08:08 Tonepoet - Infinite Tide of Stars (Scenes From The Apocalyptic Bliss 2024)
- 12:09 Applefish & Pulse Mandala - Touch of Gravity (Cocoon 2024)
- 17:38 EM - Galaxies Like Grains of Sand (Lost and Found: A Foundry Anthology 2002)
- 21:54 Robert Davies - Beneath Strange Stars (Garden Of Twilight 2006)
- 25:30 Philippe Deschamps - Cybele Asteroids (The Silence of Pallas 2024)
- 30:21 Xu - Luminous Dust Trails (Murmurs of the Machine 2025)
- 33:03 Nico Less - Textures (Moving 2024)
- 37:11 Logic Moon - Transient Light (Ashes 2025)
- 39:47 Philippe Deschamps - Shape of the Night (Endless Vanishing Lines 2025)
- 43:12 Martin Stürtzer - Comet Tails (Cosmic Echo 2023)
- 52:24 Akira Kosemura & Lawrence English - Twilight Wave (Selene 2024)
- 56:00 Mike Lazarev - The Final Resonance of Light (Tarnished Tapes and Saturated Signals 2025)
Wednesday Aug 06, 2025
Wednesday Aug 06, 2025
I've been listening to the ECM record label since the 1970s. You can always count on ECM to put out interesting and sometimes great records.
My favorite ECM release is Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians." It's not only my favorite ECM album, it's one of my top albums of all-time. A real desert island record for me. A few of my other favorite regular ECM artists are Steve Tibbetts, Eberhard Weber & Pat Metheny.
We had a discussion about our favorite ECM recordings over on Mixcloud. You can read or join in the thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/posts/favorite-ecm-albums/
I decided it wouyld be cool to make a mix of my top ten favorite ECM albums. I put it together in chronological order, starting with Ralph Towner & a fantastic version of Icarus. And ending with a 2017 album from Björn Meyer.
Please leave a comment with some of your favorites in the comments and enjoy this little journey through ECM.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Ralph Towner - Icarus (Diary 1974)
- 06:08 Pat Metheny - Sirabhorn (Bright Size Life 1976)
- 11:28 Eberhard Weber - Moana I (The Following Morning 1976)
- 19:54 Steve Reich - Pulses (Music For 18 Musicians 1978)
- 25:08 Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita, So Falls
- Wichita Falls (As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls 1980)
- 32:45 Steve Tibbetts - Ur (Yr 1988)
- 40:15 Jan Gabarek - Parce Mihi Domine(de Morales) (Officium 1993)
- 45:40 Arvo Pärt - Spiegel Im Spiegel (Alina 2000)
- 54:30 Jon Hassell - Blue Period (Last Night The Moon Came Dropping
- Its Clothes In The Street 2009)
- 61:20 Björn Meyer - Pulse (Provenance 2017)
- 64:05 end
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
I have said many times that I love hosting guest mixes. Whether it's from regular contributors Paul & Erwin or from artists in the ambient space, the mixes expose to new music and artists, and I delight in hearing how someone else approaches the creation of a coherent mix.
This new guest mix comes from an ambient artist that I have admired for years - Benoît Pioulard(Tom Meluch). I love his brand of hazy, dreamy ambient music. He has an excellent new album out, which you can find here - https://pioulard.bandcamp.com/album/stanza-iv It's one of my favorite ambient albums of the year so far.
The title of this mix is Pluvial Scansion, about which Tom says - "It’s been a rainy spring and summer here, so I think that’s affected some of the overall mood." Here's what he has to say about putting together this mix:
"For this mix, I wanted to highlight the work of some very talented friends, and some mellower releases from the past year or so that I've enjoyed during various moments of transit or deep focus. Every track has some form of ambient washiness, and I tried to cover as much of a sonic range as possible within that framework. My latest release is Stanza IV, a limited LP complemented by a collection of reworks by Markus Guentner, James Devane, MJ Guider, arovane, Clarice Jensen, and Viul.
Here, I've included an abridged version of one of the album tracks, along with the arovane piece, but you can hear the whole thing at pioulard.bandcamp.com, and subscribe for a ton of exclusive work plus new stuff every month, at pioulard.bandcamp.com/subscribe .. and, if you're in Tokyo on August 18th, come see me perform with Satomimagae! Hope you'll enjoy the playlist <3
Thanks for this well-crafted collection.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Ogawa & Tokoro - Dancing In The River (Khotin Remix) (2024)
- 08:12 Viul - Starlight Park (Bright Decline 2019)
- 11:35 Clinic Stars - Shiver (Walking Over Time) (Only Hinting 2024)
- 15:20 Benoit Pioulard - Ersatz Immortality (edit) (Stanza IV 2025)
- 21:08 Mikron - Lyre (Severance 2019)
- 26:04 zakè & Wayne Robert Thomas - Catch (Remembrance 2022)
- 29:27 alex - Moments Lost (In Environment 2025)
- 31:29 somesurprises - Lush (Year Without Spring 2025)
- 34:50 U.e - Drawing of Me (Hometown Girl 2025)
- 38:50 Jogging House - Chance (Chants 2020)
- 42:32 Benoit Pioulard - Fog Dialect (arovane Version) (Stanza IV 2025)
- 45:35 Isaac Helsen - The Memory You Take (Remnants 2019)
- 51:15 Mikkel Rev - A Promise of Healing (Journey Beyond 2025)
- 63:04 Bibio - SYCHDER MCMLXXXIX (Phantom Brickworks LP II 2024)