Episodes
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
The Frozen Wild: An Antarctic Expedition
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
A couple of years ago I watched and read a ton on Ernest Shackleton, the English Explorer who went to Antarctica 3 times. One of those was a journey that saw his ship, Endurance, get stuck in the ice and then crushed by the ice, leaving the crew of 27 adrift on an ice floe.
After 6 months of drifting they made their way in the ship's boats to Elephant Island. Shackleton and five crewmates set sail in one of the boats to South Georgia island, a journey of 800 miles (1,300 kilometres) through the Southern Ocean.
Launching from Elephant Island |
After a 17-day voyage, the crew and small boat reached the southern coast of South Georgia. Historians regard the voyage of the crew in a 22.5-foot (6.9 m) ship's boat through the "Furious Fifties" as one of the greatest small-boat journeys ever completed.
Shackleton and two others crossed the island's mountains on foot to a whaling station where they organized the rescue of the rest of the crew. Ultimately, the entire Endurance crew returned home, without loss of life.
Welp, I hadn't intended on writing that much about Shackleton but it's such an amazing story. That was two years ago when I learned about Shackleton. Fast forward to today & I'm reading a book called "Antarctica" by Kim Stanley Robinson which has rekindled my fascination with the continent. I have now learned about Amundsen and his trek to the pole. And about Scott's tragic expedition in which he made it to the pole but froze to death on the way back. A surviving member of Scott's crew wrote a book about a part of the trip with a great title - "The Worst Journey in the World."
Oof, that was a long-winded way of saying that I have had Antarctica on the brain lately. Of course, I had to create a mix to go with my obsession. One way to approach this mix would be to use atmospheric dub tracks. A lot of ambient dub music uses environmental themes and cold, arctic imagery. I thought that was the direction I was going to go until I stumbled on a bunch of tracks from William Ryan Fritch. He had a ton of great titles that fit perfectly, such as "On Frozen Ground" & "Ghosts in the Gale". And a couple of new tracks, "Blistering Wind" & "A Fissure Too Wide", are from his new album, Polarity, coming out this week.
After hearing those tracks I decided to go with a more organic sound. It seemed to fit better when thinking of journeys happening between 1905 to 1917. There are some electronics and synths that show up but generally, the mix has a more acoustic, orchestral feel.
The track titles show how the mix will take the listener on a journey that is a composite of many expeditions in Antarctica. The track by Irezumi is called Endurance, the name of Shackleton's ship. He uses some spoken word in the track that I assume is supposed to be Shackleton. The mix finishes with a whispering wind and the beautiful track "Before My Time" with vocals from Scarlett Johansson and lyrics that work well with the theme.
Bundle up and enjoy this excursion to the bottom of the world.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Okomotive, Joel Schoch - Sail, my Friend! (FAR: Lone Sails Soundtrack 2018)
- 03:10 Trigg & Gusset - Sea & Wind (Black Ocean 2021)
- 06:00 Ben McElroy - The Sailor and the Albatross (The Word Cricket Made Her Happy 2018)
- 09:45 Ugasanie - Shores Of Antarctica (Ice Breath of Antartica 2018)
- 10:37 Vangelis - Back To Antarctica (Antarctica 1983)
- 12:10 John Luther Adams - The Farthest Place (The Light that Fills the World 2002)
- 15:10 Seabuckthorn - There Was A Vastness (And Spark And Singe 2021)
- 17:35 William Ryan Fritch - On Frozen Ground (The Old Believers 2017)
- 19:22 Terje Isungset - Ice Beauty (Igloo 2006)
- 22:00 William Ryan Fritch - Ghosts In The Gale (Ill Tides 2016)
- 23:54 Tim Hecker - Left on the Ice (The North Water 2021)
- 27:23 Jóhann Jóhannsson & Hildur Guðnadóttir & Rutger Hoedemaekers - Trapped (Trapped 2019)
- 28:44 From the Mouth of the Sun - Snow Burial(while blue skies gather) (Woven Tide 2012)
- 31:48 John Luther Adams - Dream in White on White (The Far Country 1999)
- 36:00 Staalklang - The White Plains (The Loneliness of a Polar Expedition Pt 2 2021)
- 39:20 Tom Heasley - Adrift (Waves/Adrift)
- 41:40 William Ryan Fritch - Blistering Wind (Polarity 2023)
- 48:08 William Ryan Fritch - A Fissure Too Wide (Polarity 2023)
- 49:15 Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin - Death Bed (Beasts of the Southern Wild 2012)
- 50:20 Irezumi - Endurance IV (Endurance 2008)
- 54:18 William Ryan Fritch - A Sad Whispering Wind II (Her Warmth 2016)
- 57:42 J. Ralph & Scarlett Johansson - Before My Time (Chasing Ice 2012)
- 61:22 end
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
Jazz Tracks 2022
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
I usually listen to jazz at work while doing some computer maintenance or slogging through emails. I don't keep as close track of standout albums like I do with ambient and indie. So this is a collection of tracks that I happened to enjoy this year and of course they had to fit with the vibe of the whole mix.
My top 5 jazz albums are:
- Charles Lloyd - Trio Of Trios
- Makaya McCraven - In These Times
- Vega Trails - Tremors in the Static
- Tapani Rinne & Juha Mäki-Patola - Open
- Oren Ambarchi - Shebang & Oren Ambarchi - Ghosted
I cheated on number 5 and included two Oren Ambarchi albums, both of which aren't exactly jazz but I don't really know what genre they are so they get plopped into jazz. I absolutely love both albums and it's my list so I can do whatever I want. Number 4 on the list may not be jazz either as I had it in my top 10 for ambient albums. It's the perfect melding of the two genres. Makaya McCraven - In These Times has gotten a lot of mainstream attention and has shown up on a lot of year-end lists and it deserves it. The album by Vega Trails is essentially bass & wind instruments so it's nice and sparse which why I love it. Charles Lloyd - Trio of Trios is the most straightforward jazz and it's fantastic.
This is the last mix of 2022. Here's to another good musical year in 2023.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Omri Ziegele, Where's Africa - Sunflowerpower (That Hat)
- 05:02 Makaya McCraven - High Fives (In These Times)
- 08:40 Vega Trails - Train To Kyoto (Tremors In The Static)
- 11:28 Charles Lloyd - Ay Amor(Live) (Trio Of Trios)
- 18:38 Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano - Pause (Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian)
- 24:17 Tapani Rinne & Juha Mäki-Patola - Brevity (Open)
- 28:31 Dexter Story - Kalimba, Then Space (Feel Recordings Volume 1)
- 30:55 The Arteries of New York City - The Arteries of New York City (The Arteries of New York City)
- 33:50 Akusmi - Fleeting Future (Fleeting Future)
- 38:28 Oren Ambarchi - II (Shebang)
- 48:50 Carlos Nino - Youwillgetthroughthis, I promise (Extra Presence)
- 55:15 Ralph Heidel - SOII (Modern Life)
- 59:10 Bill Frisell - Dear Old Friend(for Alan Woodard) (Four)
- 61:34 end
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Best Ambient 2022 part 3
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
I can't decide which of these Best Ambient mixes I like the most. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to listen all 3 all day, every day until the end of the year. Then the journey starts all over again.
As another year comes to a close, it's hard to believe I've been at this for 17 years. Yikes! I'm not sure how long I'll keep creating these mix but I at least have to make it to 20 years, right? If I ever retire from my day job this seems like the perfect retirement activity. Forget golf, I just want to listen to music and create mixes(and go to movies, concerts and funky restaurants.)
Here's to a hopefully less chaotic 2023.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Seabuckthorn - Of No Such Place (Of No Such Place - Laaps)
- 03:26 Son of Chi & Arthur Flink - Part Two (The Fifth World Recordings - Astral Industries)
- 07:45 Tapani Rinne & Juha Mäki-Patola - Distant (Open - Hush Hush)
- 12:36 Nils Frahm - Do Dream (Music for Animals - Leiter)
- 19:35 Toàn - Coraline (Phonolite - [Krysalisound)
- 22:35 Gylden - A drink at the stream (Island Friend - Seil)
- 27:00 Oren Ambarchi - IV (Ghosted - Drag City)
- 31:10 Adrian Copeland - No Heat No Light (If This Were My Body - Lost Tribe Sound)
- 36:45 Roméo Poirier - Le case degli altri (Living Room - Faitiche)
- 40:00 't Geruis - Quand Le Bois Chante (Bain D'Étoiles - Laaps)
- 43:20 The Lonely Bell - The Final Light (Kingdoms Of The Deep)
- 49:40 Music For Sleep - L'ansia che cura (L'ansia che cura)
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Best Ambient 2022 part 2
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Not much to say other than here is Best Ambient 2022 part 2.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Snufmumriko - Langt under noll (Radio Mnemosyne - Dronarivm)
- 06:10 Heavenchord - Field Recordings #19(Field Recordings #4 - Secret Domain)
- 12:00 Austin Rockman - Muter (Our Own Unknown - Krysalisound)
- 13:27 Alio Die - Il Lievito Dell'anima (Distillation Of Time - Hic Sunt Leones)
- 18:25 Taylor Deupree - Rythn (Harbor - Laaps)
- 21:15 Jason Kolàr - Magic / Random / Exotism (Liquid Rhythm - Dauw)
- 27:37 Jarguna - Neogene (Neogene - Projekt)
- 28:33 Alio Die & Dirk Serries - Without The Light Of The Sky, Time Is Lost (The Chapters Of The Eclipse - Projekt)
- 34:25 State Azure - Nova Sonus (Nova Sonus)
- 42:40 Deepchord - Drassanes (Functional Designs - Soma)
- 47:20 Louigi Verona - Journeys on Google Earth III (Journeys on Google Earth)
- 54:22 CELL - Auxin (Onwards System - Ultimae)
- 59:50 Calm Whale - Awaken Earth (Handpan Journey)
- 67:37 Ruven Nunez - Untitled No. 51 (Untitled No. 51 - Longform Editions)
- 75:06 end
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Best Ambient of 2022 part 1
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Man, these lists are tough to assemble. So why do I does this? Mostly because I enjoy the exercise of reviewing the tons and tons of music that is released over the year. It's a more active and intentional listening mode that I switch to at this time of year. I love checking out other lists to see what I may have missed. But mostly I'm just a music dork who likes lists. So here it is my favorite ambient music of 2022.
My Top 10 Ambient Albums of 2022
- Ecovillage - The Road Not Taken [Laaps]
- Snufmumriko - Radio Mnemosyne [Dronarivm]
- Man Watching the Stars - The Sextant of a Blind Seafarer
- Gylden - Island Friend [Seil]
- Nils Frahm - Music For Animals [Leiter]
- Glåsbird - Himalaya [Whitelabrecs]
- Alio Die & Dirk Serries - The Chapters Of The Eclipse [Projekt]
- Tapani Rinne & Juha Maki-Patola - Open [Hush Hush Records]
- Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin - Ghosted [Drag City]
- Tapes and Topographies - Modalities [Simulacra]
Here's the rest of the list in alphabetical order:
- 't Geruis - Bain D'Étoiles [Laaps]
- 't Geruis - Slow Dance on Moss Beds [Lost Tribe Sound]
- Adrian Copeland - If This Were My Body [Lost Tribe Sound]
- Alio Die - Distillation of Time & Spirals of Light [Hic Sunt Leones]
- Austin Rockman - Our Own Unknown [Krysalisound]
- Calm Whale - Awaken Earth
- CELL - Onwards System [Ultimae]
- Deepchord - Functional Designs [Soma]
- Glåsbird - Cinéma Noir [Whitelabrecs]
- Harry Towell & Guy Gelem - Restful Spaces [Polar Seas]
- Heavenchord - Field Recordings #4 [Secret Domain]
- Inhmost - Space & Awareness [Tonight’s Dream Records]
- Jarguna - Neogene [Projekt]
- Jason Kolàr - Liquid Rhythm [Dauw]
- Jens Pauly - 1989 [Whitelabrecs]
- Johann Johannsson - Drone Mass [DG]
- Louigi Verona - Journeys on Google Earth
- Michael Scott Dawson - Music For Listening
- Moss Covered Technology - Brick & Air [Audiobulb]
- Oren Ambarchi - Shebang [Drag City]
- Pan-American - The Patience Folder [Kranky]
- Polaroid Notes - Cloud Anthems [Whitelabrecs]
- Romeo Poirier - Living Room [Faitiche]
- Ruven Nunez - Untitled #51 [Longform Editions]
- S. van der Toorn - vervlogenheden i-xi [Aural Canyon]
- Scattered Light - D.A. #017 A.D. 2022 [Dust Archive]
- Seabuckthorn - Of No Such Place [Laaps]
- Son of Chi & Arthur Fink - The Fifth World Recordings [Astral Industries]
- State Azure - Nova Sonus [2022]
- Steve Tibbetts - Hellbound Train [ecm]
- Tapani Rinne & Juha Maki-Patola - Open [Hush Hush Records]
- Tapes and Topographies - Amplitudes [Whitelabrecs]
- Taylor Deupree - Harbor [Laaps]
- The Lonely Bell - Kingdoms Of The Deep
- Toàn - Phonolite [Krysalisound]
- William Basinski & Janek Schaefer - “ . . . on reflection [Temporary Residence]
I've done three separate mixes to celebrate the best ambient music of 2022 and I will post one a day.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Ecovillage - Silent River(ft. Henrik Meierkord & Ruven Nunez) (The Road Not Taken - Laaps)
- 03:10 Jens Pauly - Vast (1989 - Whitelabrecs)
- 08:40 't Geruis - la petite riviere (Slow Dance on Moss Beds - Lost Tribe Sound)
- 13:00 William Basinski & Janek Schaefer - . . . on reflection(one) (“ . . . on reflection " - Temporary Residence)
- 19:41 Scattered Light - A.D. 2022 - SP#086 (D.A. #017 - A.D. 2022 - Dust Archive)
- 23:36 Man Watching the Stars - Sakkyoku • 55 Cancri (The Sextant of a Blind Seafarer)
- 29:10 Harry Towell & Guy Gelem - Montague's Creek (Restful Spaces - Polar Seas)
- 36:05 Inhmost - So Far Away (Space & Awareness - Tonight's Dream Records)
- 40:12 Glåsbird - Vansa (Himalaya - Whitelabrecs)
- 44:30 Johann Johannsson - To Fold & Remain Dormant (Drone Mass - DG)
- 47:54 Tapes and Topographies - The First of Many Moons (Modalities - Simulacra)
- 51:54 S. van der Toorn - vervlogenheid i (vervlogenheden i-xi - Aural Canyon)
- 55:08 Michael Scott Dawson - Summerfallow (Music For Listening)
- 57:51 Pan•American - Swimming in a Western Hotel (The Patience Fader - Kranky)
- 60:30 end
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
A Tribute to Manuel Gottsching
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
I have been a casual fan of Manuel Gottsching for a long time but I never really dug into his discography until the last few days with the news of his passing. I don't have time to write much about him so I'll cut & paste a few things from Pitchfork.
"Manuel Gottsching, the Ash Ra Tempel bandleader who went on to compose the electronic cornerstone album E2-E4, died last Sunday (December 4).
Göttsching made his name in the West Berlin underground scene in the late 1960s and early ’70s. He was a core member of Ash Ra Tempel, a krautrock linchpin with revolving members including Tangerine Dream’s Klaus Schulze. The loose, shapeshifting outfit released five influential albums between 1971 and 1973. Göttsching’s solo debut, 1975’s Inventions for Electric Guitar, was subtitled Ash Ra Tempel VI; from then on he mostly produced records under his own name or as Ashra, such as the 1976 classic New Age of Earth.
In 1981, after a visit to Schulze, Göttsching improvised the composition that became known as E2-E4, hoping to throw together some listening material for an imminent trip. That mysteriously perfect hourlong exercise, which combined Prophet 10 synth pulses with waves of electronic percussion and electric guitar, came to define his post-krautrock output. After composing the track, Göttsching later recalled, the billionaire and Virgin Records owner Richard Branson invited him to his houseboat and, upon hearing the track, advised Göttsching that it could make him a fortune. But Göttsching decided to release the full improvisation on his friend Schulze’s label, without overdubs, in 1984, and it appeared to have little impact.
Though E2-E4 sold poorly, it had—unbeknownst to Göttsching—made its way across the Atlantic and into Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage sets, as well as the collections of key electronic music innovators. As Pitchfork’s Mark Richardson wrote in a 2016 review, the improvisation “wound its way across the world, morphing and changing with formats and remixes, finding new contexts, a music that is constantly in the process of becoming.”
It was a nice trip through Gottsching's music making this mix. I hope he is improvising with his buddy Klaus somewhere.
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Ash Ra Tempel - Traummaschine (Ash Ra Tempel 1971)
- 11:37 Manuel Göttsching(Ash Ra Tempel VI) - Echo Waves (Inventions for Electric Guitar 1975)
- 24:35 Ashra - Slightly Delayed (Blackouts 1977)
- 30:55 Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4 (E2-E4 1984)
- 47:00 Ashra - Deep Distance (New Age Of Earth 1976)
- 52:12 Manuel Göttsching - Halensee(Excerpt) (The Best Of The Private Tapes 1998)
- 58:24 Manuell Göttsching(Ash Ra Tempel VI) - Quasarsphere (Inventions for Electric Guitar 1975)
- 64:52 end
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Bells and Flutes for Sleep & Meditation by Paul Asbury Seaman
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
photo by Paul Asbury Seaman |
This is the perfect mix to offset the hustle & bustle of the holiday season. Skip the shopping and make some tea and chill the f*** out to this wonderful meditation mix from Paul Asbury Seaman.
Here's what Paul says:
"Native American flutes. A bit of Ireland, a bit of acoustic guitar (with echoes of India), interspersed with Tibetan bells, wind chimes, and a recent track by Steve Roach that is his most sublime composition since “Structures From Silence.” So, a bit of variety, but all with a consistent tone of serenity—my most soothing mix yet.”
Here links to all the music used in this mix:
- https://mysticjourney.net
- https://www.amazon.com/Baraka-Deluxe-Michael-Stearns/dp/B008MZPW4O
- https://sherryfinzer.bandcamp.com/album/synesthesia
- https://jeffjohnsonarkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/coming-going
- https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/prospettive-animiche
- https://whiteswanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/om-guitar
- https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-wanderers
- https://whiteswanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dhyana-aman-meditation-of-no-mind
- https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/projekt2022-name-your-price
- https://whaleloryb.bandcamp.com/album/blue-moon-meditation
Thanks Paul for another great mix! Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
00:00 Suzanne Teng & Gilbert Levy - Sounding the Bell (Shimmer 2022)
05:25 Michael Stearns - Monk with Bell (Baraka 1993)
07:42 Sherry Finzer - Obsidian Shadows (Synesthesia 2022)
10:55 Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning - Shepherding the Wind (Coming, Going 2022)
13:55 Jarguna - Garden of the Mantras (Prospective Animiche 2019)
21:35 Stevin McNamara - Aubade (Om Guitar 2020)
29:00 Forrest Fang - Song of the Wanderer (The Bok of Wanderers 2020)
34:15 Manrose - Tengpoche Monastery (Dhyana Aman 2010)
40:43 Suzanne Teng & Gilbert Levy - Mother and Child (Shimmer 2022)
45:55 Steve Roach - What Remains(excerpt) (Projekt2022 2022)
53:01 Calm Whale - Blue Moon Wind (Blue Moon Meditation 2017)
60:00 end
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
Seabuckthorn - Transcendental Freq.
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
A couple of weeks ago I posted the Numinoustrings mix which featured a track by Seabuckthorn. I like the vibe of that mix and how the Seabuckthorn cut fit in. So I reached out to the man behind Seabuckthorn, Andy Cartwright, to see about him creating a guest mix. I was psyched when he said yes!
I am happy to present Transcendental Freq. Similar to Numinoustrings, it falls into the ambient/modern classical category. This set does exactly what I love about guest mixes - it combines familiar artists with new discoveries and tosses in a surprise or two. Andy saves the best surprise for last - an unreleased Seabuckthorn song recorded last year.
Here a link to Seabuckthorn music on Bandcamp - https://seabuckthorn.bandcamp.com/music
And here are links to all the music used in this mix in the order in which they appear:
https://boomkat.com/products/camo-06cba13d-7559-414d-96e0-d1875a1a534d
https://aeolian.bandcamp.com/album/the-complete-landings
https://astralindustries.bandcamp.com/album/ai-30-cardamom-laudanum
https://highaurad.bandcamp.com/album/no-river-long-enough-doesnt-contain-a-bend
https://setfiretoflames.bandcamp.com/album/telegraphs-in-negative-mouths-trapped-in-static-2
https://lowtheband.bandcamp.com/album/things-we-lost-in-the-fire
https://enniomorricone.bandcamp.com/album/crime-and-dissonance
https://seabuckthorn.bandcamp.com/album/of-no-such-place
https://facture.bandcamp.com/album/unstill
https://nathanmoody.bandcamp.com/album/tudes-i-blue-box
https://mandysoundtrack.bandcamp.com/album/mandy-original-motion-picture-soundtrack
https://ambientoan.bandcamp.com/album/hist-s-lusis
https://kningdisk.bandcamp.com/album/the-journey
https://aeolian.bandcamp.com/album/the-complete-crow-autumn
https://ianwilliamcraig.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-magnesium-173
https://williamryanfritch.bandcamp.com/album/at-once-there-was-no-horizon
https://williamtyler.bandcamp.com/album/new-vanitas
https://benfrost.bandcamp.com/album/by-the-throat
- 00.00 Seabuckthorn – Fell Into Journey (Laaps 2022)
- 01:40 Ben Bondy – I Thought You'd Look Away (Good Morning Tapes 2022)
- 05:30 Richard Skelton – Undertow (Sustain Release 2009)
- 08:55 Mystic AM – The Dervish (Astral Industries 2022)
- 11:25 High Aura'd – All The Spirits That Dance (Debacle Records 2017)
- 13:47 Set Fire To Flames – Your Guts Are Like Mine (Alien8/Fat Cat 2003)
- 15:30 Low – Whitetail (Kranky 2001)
- 19:50 Ennio Morricone - Ninna Nanna Per Adulteri (Ennio Morricone 1968)
- 22:38 Seabuckthorn – Jagged Horizon (Laaps 2022)
- 25:20 Andy Cartwright – A Diary Of Sorts (Fluid Audio 2021)
- 28:12 Nathan Moody – Cobalt (Studio Obsidian 2017)
- 29:25 Johann Johannsson - Mandy Love Theme (Lakeshore Records 2018)
- 31:16 Toán -Inland (Eilean Rec 2017)
- 34:44 Voice Of The Seven Woods – Breaking Moonlight (Kning Disk 2008)
- 36:00 A Broken Consort – Like Rain (Aeolian 2011)
- 38:28 Ian William Craig – Its A Sound, Not An Ocean (Fatcat 2022)
- 42:50 William Ryan Fritch - At Once, There Was No Horizon (Lost Tribe Sound 2020)
- 45:05 William Tyler – Slow Nights Static (Merge Records 2020)
- 48:02 Ben Frost - Leo Needs A New Pair Of Shoes (Bedroom Community 2009)
- 51:30 Seabuckthorn - Phthalo (Unreleased Song)
- 54:08 end
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
A Little Louder
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
I was going to say - "...and now for something completely different" because this mix is louder than normal. But having recently posted a Robert Fripp mix I guess this isn't "completely different." However, this mix is, as the title says, a little louder than a normal Low Light ambient mix.
As per usual the mix started with one album in particular - Mox by Mox from 1998. I absolutely loved it when it came out in '98. I stumbled upon it a couple weeks back and decided to build a mix around non-ambient instrumentals. Some of the tunes have a kraut rock vibe, some are jazzy, some have a retro feel, and others are just cool. More than half the tracks are from 2022 with one of the old ones going all the way back to 1973.
I hope you enjoy this diversion. We'll be back to ambient soon. Oof, I just realized that I should start thinking about best of the year lists. Any suggestions?
Cheers!
T R A CK L I S T :
- 00:00 MOX - Wig (MOX 1998)
- 04:40 Project Gemini - Scorpios Waltz (The Children Of Scorpio 2022)
- 07:52 Surprise Chef - New Ferrari (Daylight Savings 2022)
- 12:05 Ghost Power - Asteroid Witch (Ghost Power 2022)
- 15:33 Pneumatic Tubes - Saw Teeth (A Letter from TreeTops 2022)
- 19:25 Cathode Ray Tube - Invisibility (The Burning Century 2022)
- 24:50 Oren Ambarchi & Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin - I (Ghosted 2022)
- 32:32 The Comet Is Coming Lucid Dreamer (Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam 2022)
- 35:57 Passengers - One Minute Warning (Original Soundtracks 1 1995)
- 39:10 Dungen - Trollkarlen och fageldrakten version 2 (Haxan Versions 2017)
- 44:20 Can - Spray (Future Days 1973)
- 49:23 AI Lover - Stereoscopic View (Cosmic Joke 2022)
- 54:10 Polyoctopus - Ill Patience (Central Standards, A Strange Melodic Shape 2004)
- 57:43 Rain Tree Crow - Big Wheels In Shanty Town (Rain Tree Crow 1991)
- 63:59 end
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
NUMINOUSTRINGS
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
Many times a new mix is inspired by a track or album. In this case it was the new album, The Road Not Taken by Ecovillage.
The album is full of long, deep string vibrations that carry you along from track to track, place to place, and memory to memory. This is one of my favorite albums of the year.
So I went looking for, not just string based tunes, but tracks that had a similar slow, reflective pull. Sometimes a mix with track that are too similar can be stale but in this case the mix becomes one long meditation. As the tracks bleed one into another I experience an almost devotional trance, an ethereal sojourn.
Here are links to all the music used in this mix in the order in which they appear:
https://seabuckthorn.bandcamp.com/album/of-no-such-place
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/floating-world-reflections-on-36-views-of-newland-island
https://kasperbjorke.bandcamp.com/album/mother
https://andrewheath.bandcamp.com/album/a-is-for-autumn
https://annemuller.bandcamp.com/album/heliopause
https://lineimprint.bandcamp.com/album/vast
https://ambientologist.bandcamp.com/album/sustain-series-vol-3
https://alderandashmusic.bandcamp.com/album/if-this-were-my-body
https://manwatchingthestars.bandcamp.com/album/the-sextant-of-a-blind-seafarer
https://polarseasrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/restful-spaces
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/cin-ma-noir
https://ambientologist.bandcamp.com/album/venusia
Cheers!
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Ecovillage - Ascend(ft. Henrik Meierkord) (The Road Not Taken 2022)
- 04:09 Seabuckthorn - So It Remains (Of No Such Place 2022)
- 07:40 tapes and topographies - the floating world (floating world - reflections on 36 views of newland island 2022)
- 12:55 Kasper Bjørke Quartet - Formation (Mother 2022)
- 18:18 Andrew Heath & Simon McCorry - Tree Shadows (A Is For Autumn 2022)
- 20:36 Anne Mueller - Heliopause (Heliopause 2019)
- 25:12 't Geruis - Tastbare Stilte, Zilver (Vast 2022)
- 30:33 Halftribe & Seabuckthorn - Sway (Ambientologist Sustain Series, Vol. 3 2022)
- 36:20 Adrian Copeland - Stars With No Sky (If This Were My Body 2022)
- 40:55 Man Watching the Stars - Na Leigheasan • UGC 10214 (The Sextant of a Blind Seafarer 2022)
- 46:15 Harry Towell & Guy Gelem - Sefad (Restful Spaces 2022)
- 50:40 glåsbird - restless progress (cinéma noir 2022)
- 53:40 Henrik Meierkord, Pawel Kobak, Marco Lucchi & Rocco Saviano - Sunshine(Stilla Natt) (Venusia 2022)
- 57:06 Anne Mueller - Nummer 2 (Heliopause 2019)
- 63:00 end