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Stillness [Mix] | "Stillness" image by imago2007 This mix obviously found its name from the lovely intro (and outtro) track by Nest. Inbetween, there are many moments of 'stillness', too... Moments you may slowly drift off into the drones, letting your mind wander ... to be pulled back again by some of the post-classical 'anchors' in this mix by Winged Victory For the Sullen, Human Greed, Vladimír Gódar, and Maya Beiser (member of Bang on a Can, with a stunning cello performance of the Djivan Gasparyan composition 'Memories'). Most of the tracks featured in this were released in 2011. But this mix is nót intended as a "Best of.." overview. That would result in a mix with an entirely different atmosphere (- and much longer, because one hour would not be enough to cover all the great releases I have enjoyed in 2011). Maybe it's a good way to start a new year with a small opportunity to retreat from current society's turmoil, and to find some time to 'cocoon' to the sounds (and the sometimes fascinating depths) of 'Stillness'. Some word of warning, however: if this suggests this mix only contains warm, comfortable and pleasurable sounds, be prepared for some suprises. I never said that "Stillness" always means "Comforting"... Best wishes for 2012 to all of you! Tracklist: [start time][sample length][artist - title] [album details] 00:00 05:55 Nest - Stillness Body Pilot, 2011, Serein SERE 11.3 04:04 02:07 Electricity private collection, 2011, not on album 04:44 02:33 I8U - Toluene Surface Tension, 2011, Murmur Records MMR10 06:32 01:29 Cliff Martinez - I'm Sick Contagion Soundtrack, 2011, Watertower Music WTM39266 07:09 05:01 Esther Venrooy - Vessel Vessel, 2011, Entr'acte E104 08:43 03:34 Leah Kardos - The Waiting Feather Hammer, 2011, Bigo and Twigetti 11:15 03:02 Lance Olsen - The Creature that Drank Sound Au Clair de La Lune, 2009, Infrequency IN005 12:05 08:10 Bass Communion - Cenotaph Cenotaph, 2011, Tonefloat TF115 18:16 02:45 A Winged Victory for the Sullen - A Requiem for the Static King A Winged Victory for the Sullen, 2011, Kranky KRANK157 20:33 03:57 Vladimír Godár - Postludio - Mantra Querela Pacis, 2011, Pavian Records PM0050-2 23:16 06:27 Human Greed, Michael Begg, Colin Potter - Deshret Fortress Longing, 2011, Omnempathy OMIC2 28:13 03:10 Carbon Based Lifeforms - System Twentythree, 2011, Ultimae Records, INRE047 30:27 02:07 Kirill Platonkin - Stellar Seeds (Original) Purified by the Fire, 2011, ADX 035 30:51 06:02 Sister Waize - Side Time Down A Dawning of Wonder, 2011, self-released 36:17 02:16 Spectra Ciera - Unlit Pathway Underpass, 2011, Feedback Loop Label FBL020 37:02 02:21 Justin Bennett - Tiergarten 1 Wildlife, 2008, Spore Records Spore 2007 38:26 03:16 Jacaszek - Windhover Glimmer, 2011, Ghostly International, GI-147 40:50 03:01 Tom Lawrence - Moore's Well Water Beetles of Pollardstown Fen, 2011, Gruenrekorder GRUEN 087 41:51 04:08 Pascal Savy - Reflective Shadow Liminal, 2011, Feedback Loop Label, PHBL02 44:39 02:53 Jan M. Iversen - Wolfsburg (Long) Standalones, 2010, TIBProd 100 45:28 01:03 Paul Schütze - Sacred Agents New Maps of Hell, 1992, Big Cat UK Records ABB 104 CD 46:57 00:49 Chris Watson - El Divisadero El Tren Fantasma, 2011, Touch TO:42 47:16 01:47 Chris Watson - Sierra Taramuhara El Tren Fantasma, 2011, Touch TO:42 48:12 01:31 Israel Martinez - There Were People II El Hombre Que Se Sofoca, 2011, Sub Rosa SR319 48:53 04:46 Maya Beiser - Memories (by Djivan Gasparyan) Provenance, 2011, Innova 778 52:28 05:32 Penjaga Insaf - Alam Semsta Sama Sadja, 2010, Power & Steel PAS 27 57:12 02:47 Nest - Stillness Body Pilot, 2011, Serein SERE 11.3 1:00:00 end DOWNLOAD: 96 Mb (59 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 31-12-11 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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November Thoughts (Mix) | (Photo by Lisa Fanucchi) In the Northern Hemisphere, the November month is the month of Autumn: the month that summer is definitely over, when cold and darkness slowly creeps in. (In the Southern Hemisphere, November is a month of Spring - which means this mix will probably not fit your "November Thoughts" at all). (Northern) November can be rough and harsh, but it's also very beautiful to watch nature prepare for winter and finding ourselves doing the same. It is also a good month to think November Thoughts. [November Thoughts - Sequence Scheme] Playlist first time is start-time; second time is sample length 00:00 04:30 Christina Vantzou - Prelude for Juan (No.1, 2011, Kranky Krank159) 03:30 04:36 David Darling - September Mom (Prayer for Compassion, 2009, Wind over the Earth WE2340) 05:48 03:05 Amiina - Sicsak (Puzzle, 2010, Amínamúsík Ehf. – AMIINA 5) 07:20 04:30 Runar Magnusson & Thor Magnusson - Kizxju (Classifields, 2007, Tri Postal Trip 6) 09:22 02:36 Siberische Zelle - Knechte des Tourismus (Archive 1, 2005, 90% Wasser WCD 003) 09:55 03:07 Alex Durlak - Bellows (Kanshin, 2011, Hibernate 008) 11:26 03:46 Field Rotation, Mari Solaris - Lament (Brave New World, 2011, Feedbackloop FBL010) 14:00 03:54 Dadavistic Orchestra - Deep Old Mu (Dokument.02, 2011, Dust Science Recordings Dustcd025) 15:41 03:25 Brian Eno - Calcium Needles (Small Craft on a Milk Sea, 2010, WARP warpcd207) 17:40 07:18 Yann Novak - Presence (Presence, 2011, Hibernate HB35) 21:38 04:39 Peter Broderick - Pause (SMM Context, 2011, Ghostly International, GI-133) 25:18 03:39 Clem Leek - Origami Soldiers (Lifenotes, 2011, Drifting Falling DRIFTING023) 26:54 04:09 Antonymes - Endlessly (The Licence to Interpret Dreams, 2011, Hidden Shoal HSR080) 30:21 01:00 Macu - One Minute for the Stars (One Minute for the Stars, 2011, SEM 011) 30:45 03:08 Daniel Menche - Hover (Hover, 2010, Touch Spire 3) 32:23 02:56 Allessio Ballerini - Zeit_Partone (Music From the Puddle, 2011, Time Released Sound TRS-03) 33:25 02:55 Natalia Noelis Siebula & Bartosz Dziadosz - Otta Og Kvida (In the Bleak Wilderness of Sleep, 2011, Audio Gourmet Netlabel AGCD05) 35:35 03:39 Erik Carlsson & Steven Hess - Waal (Bridges, 2011, Machinefabriek self-released) 37:50 03:38 Carl Michael Von Hausswolff - Night (800.000 Seconds in Harar, 2011, Touch TO:82) 39:09 05:35 Yann Novak - Lullabye (Cotton Dragon's Eye Second Anniversary, 2011, Dragon's Eye Recording, der003) 43:32 03:21 Sense - Less Than Perfect (Selected Moments Volume 1, 2011, Psychonavigation PSY046) 46:03 02:53 Janek Schaefer - Unfolding Honey (10, 2011, Room40 DRM410) 47:49 02:25 Franz Hautzinger - T-Gone (Gomberg II, 2007, Loewenhertz 018) 48:58 02:52 Kleidosty - Fruited Plain (Kleidosty, 2011, Loöq Records LQ-1108 ) 50:50 03:23 Penjaga Insaf - Pelamun (Sama Sadja, 2011, Power & Steel PAS27) 52:26 04:23 Runar Magnusson - Useless Feelings (Mixed Feelings, 2005, Whitelabel) 54:07 03:04 Jean-Francois Laporte - Electro-Prana (Soundmatters, 2007, 23five 009) 56:55 01:30 Clem Leek - November 11th (Lifenotes, 2011, Drifting Falling DRIFTING023) 57:30 02:18 Stephan Mathieu, Janek Schaefer - Cosmos (Hidden Name, 2006, Crónica 027) 58:34 01:14 Jean-Francois Laporte - Electro-Prana (Soundmatters, 2007, 23five 009) 1:00:00 End DOWNLOAD: 107 Mb (60 min.) (Right-click and Save As) Drop me a note if you're interested in in a DTS surround version of this mix - for your Enhanced MultiDimensional Immersive listening pleasure! A DTS WAV is playable on home surround system sets using your DVD player. It can NOT be played on normal stereo systems. | 11-11-11 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Teloorgang (Decay and Loss) (Mix) | "Teloorgang" is a beautiful dutch word that can be best translated with "Loss" or "Decay". Some say there is beauty in decay....This may be true, but in fact only when watched from a safe distance - the 'decay' not regarding ourselves or our own environment.. It is, of course, tempting to relate the theme of this mix to the current state of our (western) society. But that may just be coincidence: this word "Teloorgang" came to mind when listening back the mix after it was finished. True: this mix is a somewhat darker than some of the others published here. Thus, it perfectly fits in with the season that is up ahead: summer retreats, autumn kicks in, nights getting darker and colder. Sit back, close your eyes and immerse yourself in the beauty of decay and loss. (The picture was taken in a small town nearYusufeli (Turkey): an near-desolate area that will be covered with water in the near future when the Dam Project will be completed) DOWNLOAD: 96 Mb (60 min.) (Right-click and Save As) Teloorgang (Decay & Loss) - Sequence Scheme Playlist: [start time][sample length] Artist - Title Album, Year, Label 00:00 01:29 Alexandre Desplat - (stretched string intro) Tree of Life OST, 2011, Lakeshore Records 00:50 01:00 Julien Demoulin - Inertia Just a Moment (V.A.), 2011, Audio Gourmet 01:17 01:24 MB+ICS - La Eternula Prenis Con Fuoco D'Occhi Un Nostalgico Lupo II, 2010, Lost Children Netlabel 02:27 03:09 Stephan Mathieu, Janek Schaefer - Fugue Hidden Name, 2006, Crónica 02:32 00:26 Martin Lukanov & Mytrip - MT-r- Ml-l (x3) Two, 2011, Abandonment 04:10 02:20 Michael Trommer - Pushing Through Gray In the Bleak Wilderness of Sleep, 2011, Audio Gourmet 04:32 02:02 Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer - Rethikiy Re:ECM, 2011, ECM 06:04 01:39 Aairial - Piano Impro #1 Together EP, 2011 Imaginary Nonexistent Records 06:43 04:20 36 - After Time Memories in Widescreen, 2010, 3six records 08:50 05:46 Obfusc - Alto Piano Untitled, 2009, Install 12:05 04:41 Jacob Kirkegaard - Ravine Eco e Narciso. Presenze Sonore, 2006, Provincia Di Torino 15:00 03:17 Ozy & Runar Magnusson - Serenade for Strings in C Op. 48 "Andante Non Troppo-Allegro Moderato" Tchaikovsky Electro (V.A.), 2004, KAMA Records 16:22 05:43 Andrew Liles - Song of the Ergophile In my Father's House there are many Mansions, 2006, Fourth Dimension Records 19:49 04:50 Mental Youth - Brainwave #03 Embrace unreleased 23:13 01:46 Kreng - Karcist Grimoire, 2011, Miasmah 24:22 04:37 Jacaszek - Elegia SMM:Context (V.A.), 2011, Ghostly International 28:22 02:34 David Velez - Division 2 Vacío Retórico, 2010, Audio Gourmet 29:44 05:09 Human Greed - Weeping Bees of Heraklion Fortress Longing, 2011, Omnempathy 34:17 02:22 Digital Mass - Desolatus Remix Desolatus Remix, 2011, Petcord 35:41 02:18 Desert of Hiatus - The Meaning of Sound The Meaning, 2011, Desert of Hiatus 37:18 00:55 Machinefabriek - Sol Sketch 21 Sol Sketches, 2011, self-released 37:36 03:01 Machinefabriek - Sol Sketch 20 Sol Sketches, 2011, self-released 39:54 03:10 Rui Costa - Untitled Untitled Songs: 49 Years from Gesang der Jünglinge (V.A.), 2005, Sirr 42:32 01:42 Restive - G2 000033 G2.1, 2011, Self-released 43:50 03:56 Amiina - Thoka Puzzle, 2010, Amínamúsík Ehf. 46:52 02:39 On - In the Forest of the Night Your Naked Ghost Comes Back at Night, 2009, Type 48:48 03:35 Gordon Monahan - Speaker Swinging Music Dances Itself (V.A.), 2006, Sonic Arts Network 52:02 02:19 Sublamp - Corner Ghost In Our Hiding Voice, 2011, Hibernate 53:45 00:51 Max Richter - Clouds 2 Elle 's Appellait Sarah OST, 2010, Jade 54:02 02:32 Enrico Coniglio - Waterphonics Areavirus: Topofonie Vol. 1, 2007, Psychonavigation 56:03 03:57 Alexandre Desplat - Emergence of Life Tree of Life OST, 2011, Lakeshore Records | 2-9-11 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Discouraging Intruders (Mix) | The main theme for this mix (as well as the title "Discouraging Intruders" ) came from the spoken word track by the Dwindlers: "What the Wolves Said": "No two of us on the same note, we sound bigger...our harmony discouraging intruders..." Although generally not sounding like a pack of howling wolves, sometimes the purpose of 'ambient' music also is also is to 'discourage intruders' (such as unwanted sounds) to invade your environment.. From the opening, this mix slowly dwells into long drone soundscapes - some discouraging, others comforting - only to be interrupted by a climactic eruption from Siddhartha Barnhoorn's cinematic 'Artifacts' directly following the enchanting vocals of Fovea Hex, a choir arrangement that seems to be coming directly from heaven by Franz Liszt (from 'Via Crucis', 1879!), followed by a Sibil'La Catalana string theme from the 15th century - and finally to be concluded by the acquiescent vocals from the Terje Isungset track. Whether you prefer to be on the inside or the outside is up to your imagination... Image with kind permission from the Panopticons project. Playlist (First time is the start time, second time indicates sample length) 00:00 (01:30) Äpne Sinn - Espiritista Espiritista, 2011; Relaxed Machinery rM015 01:00 (02:00) Antonymes - On Arrival at the Strange Museum (ending) The Licence to Interpret Dreams, 2011; Hidden Shoal Recordings HSR080 03:00 (03:13) Antonymes - On Arrival at the Strange Museum The Licence to Interpret Dreams, 2011; Hidden Shoal Recordings HSR080 05:35 (04:12) The Dwindlers - What the Wolves Said - Various Artists - Brave New World, 2011; Feedback Loop Label FbL010 08:00 (06:07) Field Rotation - A Dimly Haze (Asleep Pt. 1) And Tomorrow I Will Sleep, 2011; Hibernate HB31 09:00 (01:24) Enrico Coniglio - Kingdom of Her Dialogue One, 2011; Silentes cd 201128 10:08 (04:16) Arturas Bumsteinas - Boletus Satanas Pastoral, 2011; Crónica 055 12:28 (04:53) Johann Johannsson - An Injury to One is the Concern of All The Miners' Hymn, 2011; 130701 CD13-13 16:11 (05:40) Johann Johannsson - Freedom from Want and Fear The Miners' Hymn, 2011; 130701 CD13-13 18:34 (04:04) Model Citizen - Sleep Learning Various Artists - Brave New World, 2011; Feedback Loop Label FbL010 19:40 (06:37) Fovea Hex - Cup Of Joy (Colin Potter remix) Here is where we used to sing (bonus EP), 2011; Janet Records JRDS004B 25:45 (02:57) Siddhartha Barnhoorn - Artifacts Pillars of Light, 2011; Self-released 27:14 (03:59) Michael Prime - God's Own Dibber L-Fields, 2000; Sonoris SON-08 28:34 (06:00) Carl Michael von Hausswolff - Day 800 000 seconds in Harar, 2011; Touch TO:82 30:30 (04:54) Yann Novak - Nightfall Nightfall, 2011; self-released 34:27 (01:03) Franz Liszt - Station III, Jesus Fällt zum ersten mal Via Crucis, 1986; Decca 4805133 35:20 (01:18) Anonymus - Sibil'la Catalana El Cant de la Sibil-La, 1988; AliaVox Heritage AVSA 9879 36:20 (01:20) Arms and Sleepers - Crash Nostalgia for the Absolute, 2011; self-released 37:12 (04:49) Robert Crouch - A Body of Work Various Artists - Wood, Dragon's Eye Fifth Anniversary, 2011; Dragon's Eye, de6008 40:16 (05:58) Loscil - Névé - Coast Range Arc, 2011; Glacial Movements GM010 43:44 (02:41) Stuart Sweeney - Where the Shores Meet (16-9 version) 16-9, 2011; Oomff UK OOMFF1001CD 45:41 (02:20) Philip Samartzis - Davis Station Various Artists - 10, 2011; Room40 DRM410 45:49 (03:53) John Duncan, Valerio Tricoli - The Garden (excerpt) Eco et Narcisso. Presenze Sonore, 2006; Provincia Di Torino 49:03 (02:36) Christina Kubisch - Circles 1 Various Artists - Music Dances Itself, 2006; Sonic Arts Network, SAN200 50:24 (04:17) Cliff Child - Between Sides Einn, 2010; Fruit Tree Records 53:33 (02:06) Scanner - Black Box Warning May the Plague be with you - Remixes, 2007; Plague Recordings Pla | 7-6-11 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Amnesia (Mix) | Although it was created in March, this mix shows little signs of "Spring". There was no intentional relation, but inevitably the devastating Japan Earthquake, and the frightening nuclear disaster following it, somehow found its way into this mix. The result: a rather dark overall atmosphere, which seems to leave little room for hope. But at the same time, in Europe, winter retreats and daylight returns. Nature shows that it can destroy as well as recuperate. Playlist: 00:00 Porzellan - Vopar Tar [Parvo] Art, 2009, parvo 007 02:15 Max Richter - The Vel D'Hiv Elle s'appelait Sarah, 2010, Editions Jade 05:12 Colin Potter & Michael Begg - Carnethy Fragile Pitches, 2010, Omnempathy OMIC1 08:29 Victor Joaquim - Radio_O Essays on Radio: Can I Have 2 Minutes of Your Time, 2005, Crónica 020 09:39 Janek Schaefer - Untitled 49 Years from Gesang der Jünglinge (2005-1958), 2005, Sirr 0020 13:08 Mikko Tarmia - Amb_end_soft Amnesia, The Dark Descent (Game Soundtrack), 2010, Frictional Games 13:25 Mikko Tarmia - Amb_extra01 Amnesia, The Dark Descent (Game Soundtrack), 2010, Frictional Games 13:40 Jack Wall - Linking Chamber Myst IV, Revelation (Game Soundtrack), 2005, Ubisoft 14:12 Mikko Tarmia - Event_hallway Amnesia, The Dark Descent (Game Soundtrack), 2010, Frictional Games 14:18 Alio Die & Mariolina Zitta - Lithos (Part II) La Sala Dei Cristalli, 2010, Hic Sunt Leones HSL058 16:08 Peter Andersson - Sarkophagus Music for Film & Exhibition II, 2010, Old Europa Cafe, OECD135 18:07 Deaf Center - Hunted Twice Owl Splinters, 2011, Type 080 22:13 Heitor Alvelos - Had a Scanner been born on the Bopsphorus Essays on Radio: Can I Have 2 minutes of Your Time, 2005, Crónica 020 22:48 Max Eastley - Aerophones 5 Installation Recordings (1973 - 2008), 2010, Paradigm Discs, PD26 23:14 The Green Kingdom - Velvet Landscape Hidden Landscapes, 2011, Audio Gourmet AGCD003 26:10 The Fun Years - Re: We're Again Buried Under Baby It's Cold Inside, 2008, Barge Recordings, BRG005 28:17 Steve Peters - Hymne (pour un Fils des Étoiles) Erik Satie et les Nouveaux Jeunes, 2011, Arbouse ARBOU028 30:58 Gareth Davis & Machinefabriek - Grower, part 1 Grower, 2011, Sonic Pieces 010 37:28 Sussan Deyhim - Pulse Possessed, 2001, Venus Rising Records 40:44 Carl Michael von Hausswolff - Life and Death of Pboc Life and Death of Pboc, 1986, Radium 226.05 RAPH 013-4 (also in the 'Enter the Void' Soundtrack, 2010) 42:08 Michel Banabila - The Fall Alice in Wonderland & Various Other Works, 2010, unreleased 43:47 Eluvium - Ogives Redistributed Erik Satie et les Nouveaux Jeunes, 2011, Arbouse ARBOU028 46:05 Lexithimie - Flesh and Stones I Rather Die Terrified, 2010, Audio Gourmet AGN018 47:28 Antonymes - A Fragile Acceptance The Licence to Interpret Dreams, 2011, Hidden Shoal Recordings 50:55 Deaf Center - Fiction Dawn Owl Splinters, 2011, Type 080 52:21 Chris Watson - Runway O2E Incidental Amplifications, 2006, Room40, EDRM405 53:03 Alva Noto - Interim (for Dieter Rams) For 2, 2010, Line Line_044 54:00 Pleq - Good Night, Pjusk Remix Good Night EP, 2010, Basses Frequences BF29 58:06 Porzellan - Nebuleuse II The Fourth Level of Comprehension, 2009, Hibernate HB03 1:00:00 End DOWNLOAD: 99 Mb (60 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 11-4-11 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Arno Peeters - The Peeters Principle (Mix) | When I started working on this 'single artist mix' featuring music and sounds from Arno Peeters, I did not realise that creating a mix-collage based on soundscapes would be more difficult than one based on single tracks. A soundscape is a collage in itself - and using fragments from soundscapes to build another soundscape is like ripping up a collage and presenting the fragmented details out of their original context, rearranging them to create a new caleidoscopic image. The original context gets lost, and the result feels like an aural stream of consciousness that may not exactly be "easy on the ears" .... but may prove to be a fascinating exploration of imaginary territories.. Arno Peeters is a musician/artist/sound engineer working from Utrecht, Holland. Starting from the 80's techno scene (with Voltage Control, credited to release the very first 'Acid' record in the Netherlands), he soon ran into the limitations of the genre and pushed some borders releasing 'Fuzzy Logíc' on Djax-Up-Beats, and the even more experimental "Aeroson" soundscape on the legendary Mille Plateaux label. From there, Arno's focus has shifted from recording projects to sounddesign and installation projects - partnering with installation artist Iris Honderdos on numerous global 'social art' projects. Looking back on this mix, presenting fragments of Arno's experimental work (spanning almost 30 years), it appears the overall theme in Arno Peeters work is human communication in all its difficulties - demonstrated most clearly by the collection of voicemail messages in Audentity II . That particular track, by the way, was also used in one of my earlier mixes - Peinzing - sequencing it into Paul Simon's 'Quiet' and from there into Jon Hassell's 'These Times...' - a particular sequence I have always considered one of the most 'emotional' of all previous mix-collages. If you're looking for strictly ambient mixes, this one will probably not be one to start with. But hey...did anyone say they all should be 'easy on the ears'? The tracklist below may be your source for further exploration of Arno Peeters’ work. Tracklist 00:00 Elements Autumn Leaves (2007) Compilation 01:07 Headtrick Modulation & Transformation 4 (1999) - Compilation 02:01 Taurus 'Stars of the Sky'-performance (2010) - Full version 03:49 Blindside Soundscape Jakarta (2001) - In commission NPS 04:26 Soundscape Battle (with Radboud Mens) Live recording CEM-Festival (2004) - Full version 06:30 As Death Passes By Tape (not released, 1988) - Full version 06:40 Intro 'Stars of the Sky'-performance (2010) - Full version 08:20 If You Have a Girlfriend Tape (not released, 1984) 08:48 Voltage Control - Yatiyana To An Undefined Public (1991) - Full version 12:55 Amunite Int. Email Audio Art Project Volume 4 (2010) - Compilation 13:42 Spasms - World on Prozac Fuzzy Logic (1995) 16:03 Don't Breathe a Word Electro-acoustic Music From The Netherlands (2001) - Compilation 19:05 Headtrick Modulation & Transformation 4 (1999) - Compilation 19:31 Oscillator Concert Tape (not released, 1983) 19:48 Drone Cancer - Leo 'Stars of the Sky'-performance (2010) - Full version 23:18 Try to be very Zen about it AeroSon (1996) 24:25 Dawning of a New Era Tape (not released, 1990) 24:49 To Ivory Towers Plugin Drop Out (2002) - Full album 27:21 Headtrick Modulation & Transformation 4 (1999) - Compilation 27:34 SMS 1 Plugin Drop Out (2002) - Full album 28:53 Scorpio 'Stars of the Sky'-performance (2010) - Full version 29:56 M-A Soundtrack for a fashion short by Martijn Berk (2010) - Full version 30:22 Amorph AeroSon (1996) 31:43 Audentity II AeroSon (1996) 34:53 Spasms - What's Going Down and Why am I going with it Fuzzy Logic (1995) 35:52 Twinthought - Insanity Shake Tape (not released, 1986) &nbs | 27-3-11 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Pleq - Ambientblog Mix | Ambientblog proudly presents a new "Guest mix", contributed by Bartosz Dziadosz a.k.a. Pleq. After reviewing his latest releases, I did not hesitate when Bartosz asked me if he could contribute a mix to the ambientblog podcasts. This Pleq Ambientblog mix is not a mix of his own music, but a mix of Various Artists that gives great insight in the kind of music that inspires Pleq. It kicks in fairly heavy with the high pitched noise of Go Koyashiki's "Silhouette", which when it suddenly drops feels like it has prepared your mind to 'open up' for the sounds to follow. Bartosz' mix balances the almost industrial electronic sounds with the more organic romanticism of (for example) Library Tapes, Max Richter and Spyweirdos. Before closing the mix, two previously unreleased tracks are included: a collaboration with Hakobune and another with Natalia Noeila Siebula. Tracklist: Go Koyashiki - Silhouette (Touch, mAtter 2010) Yui Onodera - Synergetics #1 (Synergetics, Drone Records 2007) Library Tapes - Pieces Of Us Were Left On The Tracks... (A Summer Beneath The Trees, Make Mine Music 2008) Max Richter - Infra 5 (Infra, 130701 2010) Aidan Baker - Shadow Of Death Dream On (Within The Final Circle, Mirakelmusik 2005) Andy Graydon - Untitled 5 (Geomancy, mAtter 2009) Celer - Bracelets Passed To Spanish Hands (Capri, Hummnig Conch 2009) Marihiko Hara - In Dem Dritten Innenhof (Reflexion, Und Dann, Metamorphose, U-Cover 2008) Solo Andata - A Ballet Of Hands (Fyris Swan, Hefty Records 2006) Library Tapes - Feeling For Something Lost In Two Parts (Part. 1) (Feelings For Something Lost, Resonant 2006) Off The Sky - Her Soft Circumference (Caustic Light, Autoplate 2005) Hakobune + Pleq - Critique Of Practical Reason (Unreleased, 2011) Natalia Noeila Siebula & Bartosz Dziadosz - Leit (Unreleased, 2011) Spyweirdos - Sixth (The Numbers, Creative Space Records 2008) Mixed by Bartosz Dziadosz (Pleq) - march 7, 2011 Pleq [Facebook Page] DOWNLOAD: 125 Mb (55 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 9-3-11 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Fovea Hex - Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent (Mix) | When I read that a new Fovea Hex album will be released in the "Very-Imminent-Future", this revived fond memories of their 2007 box set called "Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent". Two quotes may introduce this fascinating collection: Brian Eno thought these were "Some of the Most Extraordinary Songs I've heard in Years", and The WIRE aptly summarized it this way: "If Emily Dickinson had ever been allowed to make a record, this is probably what it would have sounded like". These comments are all about the songs, but I was also impressed by the way Fovea Hex combined the (unmistakable English) "folk" tradition, their sweet sounding but very strange and mysterious vocal poetry, with a daringly experimental sound backing - even to the most extreme on the stretched minimalist remixes of the Hafler Trio (Andrew McKenzie) on the bonus versions included in the original limited special edition. "Fovea Hex" is in fact Clodagh Simonds (with Laura Sheeran on supporting vocals). In the early 70's she recorded with Thin Lizzy as well as Mike Oldfield, but her discography also includes recordings with Matmos, Current 93 and Russell Mills. The list of contributors to "Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent" almost reads like a "who's who of British experimental electronic music": how many artists can list contributions by people like Brian and Roger Eno, Roger Doyle, Colin Potter, Michael Begg, Percy Jones, Steven Wilson, Robert Fripp, and Andrew 'H3O' McKenzie on one single album release? Considering all this, I have always felt that this album deserved to get more attention than it actually got. It was critically acclaimed well enough (check the Pitchfork Reviews on the Wiki page), but to my opinion too few people seem to know about this album at all. It seems to have "gone cult". Which is nice, but probably a lot more people would like it when they heard it. Since the original EP's are still available through Bandcamp, but the limited special edition box set (including the Hafler Trio Bonus CD's) has sold out, I decided to dig up this mix from the radio archives and present it here on ambientblog.net once more. The original NPS-Folio program was aired on January 1, 2008 (the quiet drone in the beginning was intended for the introduction which is left out here). Playlist: 1. H30 (Hafler Trio) - The Discussion (Bloom Bonus) 2. Fovea Hex - Don't these Windows Open (Bloom) 3. H30 (Hafler Trio) - The Discussion (Bloom Bonus) 4. H30 (Hafler Trio) - An Answer (Allure Bonus) 5. Fovea Hex - Allure (Allure) 6. H30 (Hafler Trio) - The Discussion (Bloom Bonus) 7. Fovea Hex - While You're Away (Huge) 8. H30 (Hafler Trio) - The Explanation (Huge Bonus) 9. H30 (Hafler Trio) - An Answer (Allure Bonus) 10. Fovea Hex - Huge (The Joy of Trouble) (Huge) 11. H30 (Hafler Trio) - An Answer (Allure Bonus) 12. Fovea Hex - We Sleep You Bloom (Bloom) 13. Fovea Hex - Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent (Allure) 14. H30 (Hafler Trio) - An Answer (Allure Bonus) All tracks from "Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent", 2007 Limited Edition Box Set containing "Bloom" "Huge" and "Allure" Die Stadt; Janet Records, DS83, DS86, DS89, JR001, JR002, JR003 DOWNLOAD: 94 Mb (59:30 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 27-1-11 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Dawn Secrets (Mix) | What exactly happens at the moment night changes back into day again, when darkness slowly retreats and light comes back in? Are we aware of what happens outside, at that time of day most of us are still sleeping? What sort of animals or creatures are hiding from the light, and what sort finally dare to come out again? Would we discover “Dawn Secrets” when we’d leave our own safe and familiar surroundings? To be honest, I did not start this mix with this theme in mind…it just ‘dawned’ on me when listening to it when it was almost finished…But from the start, I wanted this mix to have a strong ‘environmental’ feel (but not only include field recordings). Like most of my previous mixes, I also wanted it to be be unnerving as well as comforting: to cycle between ‘tension’ and ‘release’ foa a ‘storytelling’ feeling. So I guess it’s better labeled as “cinematic environmental” than just as “ambient”. I know it sounds weird, but when creating a mix like this, I always feel like if the mix itself is choosing the tracks to be included. The result of some combinations often surprises me. I hope that this mix tells its mysterious story to you … and maybe reveal some ‘secrets’ along the way… This mix was created in december, 2010 and published on Headphone Commute in january, 2011. Playlist: 00:00 Atom TM - Notturni No.1 - 1i3835tra3Um3, 2010, Rather Interesting RI067 00:52 Atom TM - Notturni No.2 - 1i3835tra3Um3, 2010, Rather Interesting RI067 02:54 Plinth - Drift - Flotsam, 2006, Second Language SL05X 04:47 Jon Hopkins - Dawn - Monsters (OST), 2010, Domino Records DS036CD 06:03 Simon Whetham - Music's a Wood you Walk Through - Wood - Dragon's Eye Fifth Anniversary, 2011, Dragon's Eye Recording de6008 07:54 Enrico Coniglio - The Crab's Secrets - Underwater Noises, 2011, Ephre Imprint/Lost Children Netlabel 10:19 Mariolina Zitta - Cave Calls - Concert for Bats, Voices and Natural Sounds, 2007, Earth Ear ee6142 12:50 Philip Samartzis - General Electric - Audible Geography, 2008, Room40 EDRM416 13:50 Un Vortice di Bassa Pressione - Hydrocoma Pt. 3 - Underwater Noises, 2011, Ephre Imprint/Lost Children Netlabel 15:30 Listening Mirror - The Organist - Coffee Break Ambient, 2010, Audio Gourmet Netlabel AGN021 15:50 Chubby Wolf - Vocal Sounds Vibrate Air - Wood - Dragon's Eye Fifth Anniversary, 2011, Dragon's Eye Recording de6008 16:24 Balmorhea - Palestrina - Constellations, 2010, Western Vinyl WEST070 20:50 Johann Johannsson - Sifreri - Explorer's Club 7 - Reykjavik, 2010, Loaf LOAF36D7 22:07 Wil Bolton - Slate - Time Lapse, 2010, Hibernate HB22 23:40 Sigur Rós - Kafari - Sing me to Sleep (Indie Lullabies), 2010, American Laundromat Records ALR-0023 28:35 Jos Smolders - Aiolos (Vangsaa Exterior) - Various Sampler Contributions, 2010, Earlabs 32:43 Julien Mier - Breathe With Me - Flakes, 2010, Esc.Rec esc.rec.30 / Lomechanik lomek15 34:28 Sleepingdog - Polish Love Song - Sampler Winter 2010, 2010, Gizeh Records 37:40 Markus Mehr - Datenwolke - Lava, 2010, Hidden Shoal Recordings HSR069 39:40 Keith Kenniff - Anchor's Hold - The Last Survivor, 2010, Unseen Music 40:52 Jon Hopkins - Attack - Monsters (OST), 2010, Domino Records DS036CD 42:16 MiaMia - Bend Over Harder - Flakes, 2010, Esc.Rec esc.rec.30 / Lomechanik lomek15 43:50 Enrico Coniglio - Fondamente Nove Incl. 130 Cm S - Salicornie Topofonie, Vol. 2, 2010, Psychonavigation PSY039 47:25 Giya Kancheli - Theme From Hamlet, Var. I | 16-1-11 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Secret Chords and Apparitions (Mix) | Imagine yourself in deep sleep. Very deep sleep. Unaware of your surroundings, unable to control images built from memories, unable to distinguish your dreams from impressions originating from the outside world. At times, following a gentle sleep cycle, your consciousness slowly raises - almost up to the point of waking up. At these moments, the outside world is more perceptible, you're vaguely aware of what's happening around you. But not for long, because you gradually sink back to the realm of subconscious deep sleep. This mix was created in november, 2010. It was 'premiered' on Fluid Radio Mixcloud PLAYLIST: 00:00 Susanna and the Magical Orchestra - Hallelujah (stretched intro) - Melody Mountain, 2010, Rune Grammofon RCG 2057, 00:32 Able - The Circumpolar North - Migrations, 2010, Rope Swing Cities RSC040 01:40 Cliff Child - Between Sides - Einn, 2010, Fruit Tree Records 03.27 Colin Potter & Michael Begg - Lymphoy a Precise Flight - Fragile Piches, 2010, Omnempathy OMIC1 04:47 Max Richter - When She Went Away - Elle s'appelait Sarah (OST), 2010, Editions Jade 06:27 Benjamin Dauer - Sense of Place - Burning of Wine, 2010, Distance Recordings, DIST018 08:18 Gonjasufi - Candylane (filtered acapella) - 2010, unreleased 08:50 Alan Lamb & Sarah Hopkins - Cello Chi - Sky Song, 1989, Vox Australis VAST0122 10:03 i8u - Gallowalking - Flowers Dragon's Eye Fourth Anniversary, 2010, Dragon's Eye DE6006 12:30 Bob Ohrum - Everytime I Close My Eyes - Elevated, 2010, Relaxed Machinery, rM_004 13:40 Janek Schaefer - Exposure - Explorer's Club, 2010, Explorer's Club 17:20 Federico Durand - Pudu, Tu Nombre Es Tobias - La Siesta Del Cipres, 2010, Spekk, KK:023 18:51 David Velez - Division 1 - Vacío Retórico, 2010, Audio Gourmet Netlabel AGN020 23:26 Elian - Whispers, Then Silence - Whispers, Then Silence, 2010, Home Normal homen017 25:58 Het Fukking Licht - Flutheelal - Kutplaneet, 2010, Narrominded NM038 27:41 Fredo Viola - Lullabye - Soothing Sounds for Baby, 2010, Luvsound.org 29:15 Joe Frawley - Apparition - Speak of This to No One, 2010, Joe Frawley Music JFM-CD09 31:33 Benjamin Dauer - Contoured Silhouette - Burning of Wine, 2010, Distance Recordings, DIST018 34:08 Listening Mirror - The Leechpool - ...After The Briefest of Pauses, 2010, Rural Colours rc002 37:08 Brian McBride - Girl Nap - The Effective Disconnect, 2010, Kranky krank150 39:04 Brian McBride - Mélodrames Télégraphies (in B Major 7Th) Part 2 - The Effective Disconnect, 2010, Kranky krank150 41:48 Herzog - K Lessgo - Coffee Break Ambient, 2010, Audio Gourmet Netlabel AGN021 42:12 Max Richter - Time Piece - Elle s'appelait Sarah (OST), 2010, Editions Jade 42:59 Anna Rose Carter - A Mirror Sitting - Silver Lines, 2010, Schedios SCH_002 45:10 Mark Rushton - Owlsketch - Three Sketches, 2010, Audio Gourmet Netlabel AGN010 47:13 Slow Dancing Society - Love is on the Way - Under the Sodium Lights, 2010, Hidden Shoal Recordings HSR072 50:48 Gaston Aravelo - Marea - Marea, 2010, Passage pass 004 51:58 Jonathan Uliel Saldanha - Rumor is Listening (In Verto) - The Earth as a Floating Egg, 2010, Soopa.org 52:46 Dr. Jeffrey Thompson - Miranda - NASA Voyager I & II Space Probe Recordings, 1992, Psychoactive Audio Programs 55:32 Ozy - Night Shift 33C - Duskscape Not Seen, 2010, Nothings66 N66CD001 59:11 Christina Kubisch - "An Electrical Walk - Utrecht" (stretched sample) - Impakt Festival, Utrecht, 2010, unreleased private recording 60:00 End DOWNLOAD: 96 Mb (60 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 9-12-10 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Streets, Dreams and Memories (mix) | I guess I should start with a warning for regular visitors: this mix is different from what you're used to. First: it's definitely not an "ambient mix", although there's quite a lot of ambience involved in this music. Second: it's not a compilation mix, but a mix featuring the music of one artist only: Michel Banabila. Ever since I heard Banabila play a live set for VPRO's radio program Spleen (way back in 1983, mind you!), I have been addicted to his music. This particular track has remained one of my favourite over the years...although the sound quality slowly deteriorated because I had to copy it a few times from cassette to cassette to preserve it...(that's the reason it is not included in this mix). Looking back to the musical output of almost 30 years, Banabila's music is hard to categorize. He has released ambient music, as well as world fusion and sample jazz music ("Voiznoiz 3 - Urban Jazz Scapes", recorded with dutch jazz trumpeteer Eric Vloeimans was awarded an Edison in 2003). His tracks has been used in many theatre productions and television documentaries! Banabila's music is very experimental at times, yet it conveys emotions one can easily relate to - and it is exactly that which makes him a unique musician...as well as one difficult to market because he cannot be 'pinpointed' to any contemporary style. When I started on this mix, at first I wanted to focus on the ambient music Banabila has created. But in fact that would not do him right, it would represent only a small part of all the music he created. This mix is not a 'Best of Banabila', neither is it a collection of personal favourites (in that case it would be a lot longer!). Looking back on this mix, I see a painful amount of tracks-that-should also-have-been-included.... But it covers a lot of different aspects of Michel Banabila's musical world. A world built from "Streets, Dreams and Memories", waiting to be discovered by those with open ears.. Banabila - Mix Sequence Playlist: 00:00 T A P E (Mix 2), Changing Structures, 2008 00:23 Intro Harbour Set, Harbour Set, 2010 (for Geert Mul) 02:07 Phonema 2, Phonema, 2003 (with Rotterdamse Improvisatie Pool) 02:36 Satellite Queens, Satellite Queens, 2007 04:11 Phonema 4, Phonema, 2003 (with Rotterdamse Improvisatie Pool) 05:31 A Man in a Room, Precious Images, 2008 06:30 My Mother's Voice, Vuka! Vuka!, 2006 08:51 Watercolour, A Living Thing, 1998 10:14 UAV, Sperics, 2003 (+ UAV - Sanjana Mix, 2006) 13:42 Buildings, Changing Structures, 2008 14:23 A Strong Sense of Urgency, Spherics, 2002 17:47 Babylon, Precious Images, 2008 17:56 Untitled, Unreleased, 2010 (with Mehmet Polat) 22:12 Azmignie, Voiznoiz - Urban Soundscapes, 1999 24:02 Do Something About it, Voiznoiz - Urban Soundscapes, 1999 25:05 SMS-ing, Hilarious Expedition, 2005 26:06 Quietly Descending, Changing Structures, 2008 27:20 My Name is Johnny, Banabila-Monoscope live, 2005 (with Anton Goudsmit) 29:04 Lost in a Big Building, Changing Structures, 2008 30:40 Bicycle Exotica (reworked), Hilarious Expedition, 2005 35:25 The Perfume Route (for Maher Al Sabbagh), O.S.T. The Perfume Route, 2010 36:20 X-Zone, A Living Thing, 1998 37:04 Friedrich Remixed, Recyclopedia, 2009 (with Eric Vloeimans & Frans Friedrich) 41:37 Voices from a Secret World, A Living Thing, 1998 43:06 Intro, Vuka! Vuka!, 2006 45:47 Hosanna, Voiznoiz - Urban Soundscapes, 1999 47:00 The Monitor is Dead, Spherics, 2003 51:24 Zeer Duister (Voor Peter van Cooten), unreleased, 2007 53:06 My Brain is Electric, Hilarious Expedition, 2005 54:30 Magical Day (Huiskameronweer Mix), Precious Images, 2008 (+ Voix du Fou Remix, with Eric Vloeimans) 56:52 Small Talk (Off Balance Quasimodo Mix), Drone Download Project, 2009 58:26 The Holy Mountain, Precious Images, 2008 (with Eric Vloeimans) (c) All compositions by Michel Banabila DOWNLOAD: 102 Mb (63 min.) (Right-click and Save As) links:& | 8-10-10 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Division Dialogue (Mix) | "Dialogue" - Doc Ross A collaborative mix by Muttley (Subversion Weblog) and myself. The mix is divided in 'sets' getting shorter each round. In minutes: 20-20-10-10-5-5. Every 'set' (except the first, of course) is created as an associative reaction to the the preceding one. Playlist: Part 1 - Muttley 00:00 David Tagg - Stele (Split with Hakobune, 2009) 09:00 Quosp - Pine (Soundscapes I, U-Cover, 2008) 14:25 Oneohtrix Point Never - Describing Bodies (Returnal, Editions Mego, 2010) 17:03 Kettel - Song From 4PM Herring (Myam James II, Sending Orbs, 2009) Part 2 - PvC 19:29 Machinefabriek - Duotoon (Duotoon, self-released, 2009) 22:30 Ephraim Wegner - Flock of Sheep RMX (Audible Landcapes, Crónica, 2010) 23:53 Lost in Hildurness - Light (Mount A, Tónar, 2006) 24:57 Akira Rabelais - 1440 Promp. Parv. 5182 Wawyn [...](Spellewauerynsherde, Samadhisound, 2004) 26:31 Thomas Köner - E Dalmatinsk, Beograd (La Barca Special Edition, Fario, 2010) 27:09 Kyle Bobby Dunn - Dissonant Distances (Rural Route No. 2, Standard Form, 2010) 30:17 Balmorhea - Winter Circle (Constellations, Western Vinyl, 2010) 31:51 Francisco López - Fabrikas (Machines, Elevator Bath, 2010) 32:56 Drape - Cosmic Purces (Dream Words, Gears of Sand, 2010) 34:43 Field Rotation - Sleepless (Why Things are Different, Hibernate, 2010) 36:32 Machinefabriek - Duotoon (Duotoon, self-released, 2009) Part 3 - Muttley 38:07 Robert Haigh & Silent Storm - Untitled (From The Air bonus CD, Seal Pool, 2007) 41:50 Stars Of The Lid - Articulate Silences Pt. 2 (And Their Refinement Of The Decline, Kranky, 2007) 45:43 Fridge - Our Place In This (The Sun, Temporary Residence, 2007) Part 4 - PvC 49:28 Susumu Yokota - Blue Moon (Kaleidoscope, Lo Recordings, 2010) 51:31 Solo Andata - Myrmecia (Ritual, Desire Path Recordings, 2010) 53:51 Boduf Songs - The Giant Umbilical Cord That Connects Your Brain to the Centre (This Alone Above Else In Spite of Everything, Kranky, 2010) 56:57 Robyn Miller - Jungle Totem (Myst II: Riven Soundtrack; Virgin, 1998) Part 5 - Muttley 57:57 :papercutz - The Gift Of Self (Simon Scott remix) (Do Outro Lado Du Espelho - Lylac remixes, Audiobulb, 2010) 58:33 Neu! - Elanoizan (Neu! 4, Captain Trip Records, 1995) 59:45 Zelienople - Parts Are Lost [edit] (His/Hers, Type, 2007) 1:01:16 Roger Eno - The Parting Glass (Swimming, All Saints, 1996) Part 6 - PvC 1:04:25 Sawako - The Town (Favourite Places 2, Audiobulb, 2009) 1:06:11 Frank Rothkamm - AAA (Alt, Baskaru, 2009) 1:07:55 Mashta Uirtu - Adrearium (Unbigoted, self-released, 2009) 1:09:53 Robyn Miller - Myst Link (Myst II: Riven Soundtrack, Virgin, 1998) 1:10:00 End DOWNLOAD: 108 Mb (70 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 24-9-10 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Invisible Ink (Mix) | Though the title of Arve Henriksen’s opening track (Stille Veg, Quiet Road) was the working title for this mix, I finally decided to call it “Invisible Ink” - referring to the quote from Laurie Anderson’s track from "Homeland", which may describe the confused global state (and - if you wish - the political state of Holland in particular): Was the Constitution written in visible ink? Has everybody here forgotten how to think? Is this great big boat starting to ... sink?” But apart from this, this journey along the ‘Stille Veg’ may present some interesting encounters - some dark and mysterious, others enchanting and optimistic… Playlist: Note: time indicates start time 00:00 Arve Henriksen – Stille Veg Ellivan, 2009, NORCD 0979 01:23 Ryan Teague – Study for prepared Violin Silva, 2006, Miasmah MIACD001 02:30 Marow – Gatow Lysar, 2010, Klitorik 013 04:30 sample from “Shutter Island” Shutter Island, 2010, Paramount Pictures 04:32 The Black Dog – Lounge Music for Real Airports, 2010, Soma Quality Recordings, SOMACD083 05:00 Michel Banabila – The Puppets Proposals for NNT’s stage performance of Alice in Wonderland, 2010, unreleased 06:14 Able – Forest in Motion Migrations, 2010; Rope Swing Cities 040 06:48 Darren Harper – Leaves and Piano Momentary, 2010, Audio Gourmet Netlabel AFN002 07:12 Hummingbird – Garden of Secrets Our Fearful Symmetry, 2010, Fluid Audio 005 09:44 Rena Jones – Photosynthesis (Nalepa Remix) Imaginary Friends, 2009, Ultimae Records inre037 11:26 Laurie Anderson – Dark Time in the Revolution Homeland, 2010, Nonesuch 5240552 12:19 Spidergod – Sinister Forest The Darker Void, 2010, http://spidergod.bandcamp.com 13:57 Thomas Köner – W. Bilderdijkkade, Amsterdam La Barca Vinyl Edition, 2010, Fario SPLP01 16:10 Cornelius Cardew & Scratch Orchestra – Paragraph 7 The Great Learning, 1971, Cortical Foundation organofCortu21 18:27 Max Richter – Infra 1 Infra, 2010, 130701, lp1311 21:48 Colin Potter & Michael Begg – Kitchen Moss Fragile Pitches, 2010, Omnempathy, ICR OMIC1A ICR 823566502227 22:10 Goldmund – The Pursuer Unreleased Tracks 2009, 2009, Fugues, no cat.# 22:57 Philippe Lamy – Du Centre Au Milieu Histoires Naturelles, 2009, High Linear Music HLM05 26:09 Bjarni Gunnarsson – Blindni Safn 2006-2009, 2009, Lamadameaveclechien DOG006CD 28:50 Taylor Deupree – Falls Touching Grasses Shoals, 2010, 12k 060 30:08 Anna Rose Carter – Rain Again Something for a Rainy Day, 2010, Dedicated Records dedrec016 31:03 Carl Sagan’s Ghost – Especially for them Part 2 Especially for them, 2010, BFW Recordings BFW052 32:06 Lee Patterson - Móine Mhór Wires Audible Geography, 2008, Room40 EDRM416 33:37 Alan Lamb & Sarah Hopkins – Mirages Sky Song, 1989, Vox Australis VAST0122 35:46 Gareth Hardwick – Dissolve (Chris Herbert Remix) Aversions, 2009, Low Point LP025 37:44 The Caretaker – Black Box Warning {MSR990 Memories Mix} May The Plague Be With You {Remixes} , 2007, Plague recordings plague013DL 39:18 The Dead Sea – Nulla Desiderata The Silent Ballet Vol. 9, 2008, Lost Children Netlabel, lostchildren 051 40:42 Marconi Union – Debris A Lost Connection, 2010, Just Music TAO027 44:12 A.R.Rahman - Latika’s Theme, Slum Dog Millionnaire Soundtrack, 2009, Interscope 1796869 46:07 WW. Lowman – Excerpt 23 Musique pour Statues Menhirs, 2009, Arbouse Recordings arbou026 47:53 Yves Robert – In Touch Var. I In Touch, 2002, ECM 1787 48:00 Retreat – Hymn No R-Mal, 2009, Just not normal jnn050 50:12 Andrew Liles - Anhedonia Black Sea, 2007, Beta-lactam Ring Records mt130BlackSeriesnegro10 51:21 Memór - Look! The Pleiades Fin D’Hiver, 2010, Dedicated Records dedrec019 53:09 Woob – 85 Bit Repurpose, 2010, | 4-9-10 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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VorteX mix | Since 1995, X-Rated (a weekly three hour radio show on dutch alternative music radio channel Kink FM) has been a "platform for 'difficult' music". Experimental, avant-garde, poetry, soundscapes: uncensored and uncompromised. (The FM in the channel's name is somewhat misleading, since it's a cable radio station that can also be received via internet or satellite). X-Rated's existence for more than 15 years is nothing short of remarkable, because Kink FM (daughter of Veronica Broadcasting company) is a commercial station, while the music X-Rated features is about the opposite of "commercial". Since dutch public radio has ended (almost) all of the experimental radio shows, X-Rated is about the last dutch program hosting experimental electronic music. Needless to say that I'm very very proud to have X-Rated broadcast a full one-hour mix, especially created for this occasion. This mix was broadcast on the May 23, 2010 show (the first day of Pentecost). Vortex was especially created for X-Rated. Thanks to Bob Rusche for broadcasting this on his show! VorteX-Rated - Mei 2010 00:00 Harold Budd & Clive Wright - Queen of Cydonia Little Windows, 2010. Darla DRL-234-2 02:00 Alan Howarth - Space Ambience Real Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, GNP Crescendo GNPD 8054 02:32 Sussan Deyhim & Shirin Neshat - Open City East Soliloquy, 2001, Venus Rising Records (no cat. #) 03:03 Sussan Deyhim & Shirin Neshat - Open City West Soliloquy, 2001, Venus Rising Records (no cat. #) 03:23 Erik Enocksson - II. Non Lupi Man Tänker Sitt, 2009, Kning Disk KD070 05:26 Fieldhead - Almost Everything there is to Know Duskscape not seen, 2010, Nothings66 N66CD001 06:21 Bjarni Gunnarsson - Aftur Safn 2006 - 2009, 2009, Lamadameaveclechien DOG006CD 09:20 Sussan Deyhim & Shirin Neshat - Chase Out the Devil Soliloquy, 2001, Venus Rising Records (no cat. #) 10:11 The Black Dog - Wait Behind the Line Music for Real Airports, 2010, SOMA Records SOMACD83 13:24 Derek Holzer - Monte Alegre Lago at Dusk Recorded in the Field by…. 2006, Gruenrekorder Gruen 033 14:30 Heather Woods Broderick - Something Other Than From The Ground, 2009, Preservation PRE027 15:55 Jónsi & Alex - Chapter Two All Animals EP, 2009, Parlophone 5099968544520 16:42 Simon Scott - Lure Fugues Unreleased Tracks 2009, 2009, Fugues 003 18:23 Mashta Uirtu - Adrearium Unbigoted, 2009, (no label) 22:10 Circle of Pines - Zerfrorenes Glass Darkwater Pond, 2007, Darkwinter dw030 24:12 Rafael Anton Irisarri - Für Alina Reverie, 2010, Immune 010 27:40 Aeolian String Ensemble - Espacios Eclipse, 2004, Robot Records RR-32 32:37 Murw - Gasnip Oldsong, 2009, eigen beheer (http://murw.bandcamp.com/album/oldsong) 33:17 Jóhann Jóhannsson - City Building And in the Endless Pause there came the Sound of Bees, 2010, TYPE Type064 34:52 Scanner - Black Box Warning (remix) May the Plague be with you (remixes), 2009, Plague Recordings Plague 013 38:08 Celer - Hyperopia Nacreous Clouds, 2008, and/OAR and/33 39:26 Luca Formentini - Avaaz Zaum, Vol.1, 2009, Psychonavigation records PSY029 42:59 Bas van Huizen - Strijkpeil Wegwerpwee, 2009, Resting Bell RB066 44:37 Clint Mansell - I'm Sam Bell, Too Moon (Original Score), 2009, Black Records CMCD001 47:55 Franz Hautzinger - T-Gone Gomberg II, 2007, Loewenhertz Loewenhertz 018 48:34 Bruce Gilbert - Zeros Oblivio Agitatum, 2009, Editions Mego, eMEGO096 51: 10 Horchata - Yard Isolated House, 2008,Dark Winter dw047 52:35 Murcof - Mateo La Sangre Illuminada, 2009, Intolerancia INTI016 52:34 Alan Howarth - Interdimensional Vortex Real Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, GNP Crescendo GNPD 8054 54:11 Sussan Deyhim & Shirin Neshat - Open City East Soliloquy, 2001, Venus Rising Records (no cat. #) DOWNLOAD: 90 Mb (55 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 4-6-10 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Fluid Radio Mix | If you check out the Fluid Radio Mixcloud playlist,you'll find a lot of familiar names: it seems that almost all artists working in the contemporary electronic experimental music field have contributed one or more mixes themselves. Most of these have appeared somewhere in one of my earlier mixes. These mixes (which are also broadcast on the ) make Fluid Radio one of the most popular channels on Mixcloud. Fluid Radio Webchannel Apart from that, Fluid Audio represents a label that has released some impressive music in equally impressive packages...! The mix presented here was created specifically for Fluid Radio. It is no 'head-tail' mixtape, but a collage of fragments that are represented in a different context and, doing so, get a different musical meaning. Like all of my other mixes, there are a lot of details presented in layers, creating new perspectives - 'enhanced' landscapes which sometimes may not be too comfortable but hopefully will be as fascinating to you as they are for me... This particular mix was especially created for Fluid-Radio in march 2010. It was broadcast on Fluid Radio on May 20, 2010. PLAYLIST: 00:00 Porzellan - Nothing More than Nothing Fourth Level of Comprehension, 2009, Hibernate HB03 01:54 Field Rotation - Regenzeit II Imaginary Friends, 2009, Ultimae Records INRE 037 04:16 Porzellan - Nothing More than Nothing Fourth Level of Comprehension, 2009, Hibernate HB03 05:54 Klimek - A Lament Movies is Magic, 2009, Anticipate 008 08:20 Ethan Rose - Grand Marcher Oaks, 2009, Baskaru karu:14 09:58 Shinkei - Wu (For Luigi) Flowers Dragon's Eye Fourth Anniversary, 2009, Dragon's Eye Recordings de6006 09:59 Paul Giger - Karma Shadub Ignis, 2000, ECM New Series 1681 11:53 Thomas Köner - Kyros Night Passage Demixed, 1996, Dorobo Dorobo011 12:55 Greg Haines - The Tired Diary Silva, 2006, Miasmah MIACD001 16:20 Lawrence English & Tom Hall - Veiled Twilight Euphonia, 2008, Presto!? P003 17:13 Kyle Bobby Dunn - Last Minute Jest A Young Person's Guide to Kyle Bobby Dunn, 2010, Low Point LP033 18:19 Maksim Shentelev - Insects in Old Tree Recorded in the Field by…, 2006, Gruenrekorder GRUEN033 19:14 Dallas Simpson - Valley of Crows Recorded in the Field by…, 2006, Gruenrekorder GRUEN033 19:22 Carl Stone - Al-Noor (3 fragments) Al-Noor, 2007, In-Tone Music ITOCD10 21:26 Balmorhea - To the Order of the Night Constellations, 2010, Western Vinyl WEST070 22:35 Raspad Atoma - Rest in Mist Fall Asleep Ghosts, 2009, DNA PRoduction DNA72 24:16 Bjarni Gunnarsson - Fingrafjall Safn 2006-2009, 2009, Lamadameaveclechien, DOG006CD 26:39 Ben Cox - Willett On Water, 2005, Lotuspike LS0003 29:00 Tomas Dvorak - The Prison Machinarium, 2010, Minority Records MIN25 30:10 Andrea Polli - Round Mountain Audible Geography, 2008, Room40 EDRM416 31:37 Erik Enocksson - Prologue Somnio Man Tänker Sitt, 2009, Kning Disk KD070 33:26 Elegi - Svanesang Varde, 2009, Miasmah MIACD009 36:42 Pavonine - Méfie-toi de l'eau qui dort Pavonine, 2009, Webbed Hand wh118 40:45 Thomas Köner - 41O 24 O N 2 O 10 O E 12th Hour La Barca, 2009, Fario fariocd09 42:12 Arve Henriksen - Haust Ellivan, 2009, NORCD009 43:22 Jamie Drouin - A Three Month Warm-Up A Three Month Warm-Up, 2009, Dragon's Eye Recording de5023 44:27 Thomas Köner - 41O 24 O N 2 O 10 O E 12th Hour La Barca, 2009, Fario fariocd09 45:57 Monos - Perhaps Below the Earth, ICR ICR71 49:04 Juan Antonio Nieto - Divisions of Space Divisions of Space, 2009; Experimedia EXP052 51:43 Eluder - Pneuma Ancient Agent, 2009, not on label 53:14 Mathew Adkins - Concrète Instrumental [60]Project, 2009, Impreintes Digitales IMED 0898 55:17 Frank Rothkamm - 000 Alt, 2009, Baskaru karu15 58:02 Last Days - Saved by a Helicopter These places are now Ruins, 2007, n5MD CATMD151 59:59 End This particular mix was especially created for Fluid-Radio in march 2010. It was broadcast on Fluid Radio on May 20, 2010 and after that included in the Flui | 22-5-10 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Cinta Cita - part 2 | "Cinta Cita - Meeting with the Tape" is the second 'guest mix' created especially for ambientblog.net. (The first was Muttley's "Isolate"). Cinta Cita is a 2 1/2 hour journey by DJ Rich-Ears, presented in two parts. This is Part 2 (Part 1 can be found [here]). "Ambient as atmosphere. Ambient as the cusp of melody and texture. Here we have an elegantly complex woven soundtrack (by DJ Rich-Ears) from the Lowlands that takes us through time, back and forth, from the familiar, the rare, the digital and the analogue. Let it be the soundtrack to a moment where everything slows down and re-engage with yourself and your surroundings." Robin Rimbaud / Scanner / april 3th - 2010 DJ Rich-Ears biography [here]. More DJ Rich-Ears mixes can be found on Soundcloud. Contact (Twitter): @DJ_RichEars Cinta Cita - Meeting with the Tape Part 2 - Playlist: Susumu Yokota - Kodomotachi Sakura, Skintone BAY13CD Harold Budd - Little Heart Avalon Sutra, Samadhisound sound-cd ss004 Ugol Ratmanova - Irc Eyes Asleep live december 27th 2009, (nanocast. N018) N.A.I.P (No Accident in Paradise) LIVE @ Bad Schandau Therme (EDIT), 2009 Brian Eno - (Condition 4) (for SF MoMa) Compact Forest Proposal, Opal records, 2001 Woob - Giant Stroke Woob2, Em:T records - 4495, 1995 Air Liquide - Ballad Of The Nameless Guitar Player The increased difficulty of concentration, Sm:)e Communications SM-8004-2, 1994 Carlos Santana & Bill Laswell - Bliss - The Eternal Now - Return Divine Light, Columbia COL 502239 9, 2001 David Toop - Slow Loris Versus Poison Snail Pink Noir, Virgin AMBT 18, 1996 Thomas Fehlmann - In The Wind Pop Ambient 2010, Kompakt KOMCD77, 2010 Axiom Ambient- Ruins Lost in The Translation, Axiom 314-524 053-2, 1994 Kettel - Halt them Exclusive download for sendingorbs.com, 2010 William Orbit - City Lights Reflection My oracle lives uptown, Kobalt Digital KD001, 2009 DOWNLOAD: 131 Mb (81 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 9-4-10 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Cinta Cita - Part 1 | "Cinta Cita - Meeting with the Tape" is the second 'guest mix' created especially for ambientblog.net. (The first was Muttley's "Isolate"). Cinta Cita is a 2 1/2 hour journey by DJ Rich-Ears, presented in two parts (Part 2 can be found [here]). "Ambient as atmosphere. Ambient as the cusp of melody and texture. Here we have an elegantly complex woven soundtrack (by DJ Rich-Ears) from the Lowlands that takes us through time, back and forth, from the familiar, the rare, the digital and the analogue. Let it be the soundtrack to a moment where everything slows down and re-engage with yourself and your surroundings." Robin Rimbaud / Scanner / april 3th - 2010 DJ Rich-Ears biography [here]. More DJ Rich-Ears mixes can be found on Soundcloud. Contact (Twitter): @DJ_RichEars Cinta Cita - Meeting with the Tape Part 1 - Playlist: Ajuin Yao - Satisfaction of Oscillation An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music; Fifth A-Chronology 1920-2007, SubRosa SR270, 2007 31mtr band (shortwave broadcast) - Segment1 WFMU blog, 2006 Jorge Antunes - AutoRetrato Musica Electronica 70's, Sistrum Edicoes Musicais Ltda. CD ST 001, 1994 T.U.U. - Body Of Light One Thousand years, SDV Tontrager SDV 027, 1992 AFTA-1 & Imani Waddy - Light & vibration LOVE IS REAL VOL.4: Vessels Behind A Moment, 2009 The Cinematic Orchestra - Breathe (Susumu Yokota Remix) You don't know: Ninja Cuts, Ninja Tune ZEN CD 150, 2008 Chris Hinze - Gayatri Mantra Passage, Keytone records KYT 764, 1992 Araxa's - Nanderu Papa Miri Timeless vision, 44798 Adham Shaikh - Journey to the Sun Instinct Ambient IAE006CD, 1995 Chris Hinze -The Old Rinpoche Keytone records KYT 799, 1997 Another Fine Day - Green Thought (In Green Shade) Beyond records RBADCD7, 1994 Global Communication - 12:18 76:14, Dedicated, DEDCD014, 1994 Biosphere - Kobresia Substrata, Thirsty Ear THI66033.2, 1997 Bombay Dub Orchestra - The Greater Silence Six Degrees 657036 1120-2, 2006 Hypnagog - Tiny Little Pieces Dreaming in Pieces, UP records, 2009 DOWNLOAD: 91 Mb (59 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 4-4-10 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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[R]ecyclopedia [R]emix | Let me begin with a warning: this mix is quite unlike the previous ones! Though there are quite a lot 'ambient moments' to enjoy, it cannot be qualified as 'ambient music mix' because it contains a lot of other musical elements too. This mix was created especially for Frans Friederich - a dutch musician currently working on a megalomaniac project he started in 1997: Recyclopedia. One single full CD for each letter in the alphabet. 26 CD's recycling and rewriting musical history associatively...! Frans Friederich's musical history shows a variety of styles: he played in jazz-, ska-, and big-bands, but also in experimental acts like Dull Schicksal and Trespassers W. This musical diversity is also heard on the Recyclopedia albums: it's a musical roller coaster ride with Friederich himself joining the musical extremes in his own personal style. In 2009, Friederich completed the "Recyclopedia Q" album - which contains beautiful ambient music created together with soundscape artist Robert Kroos. (So, by now, about 65% of this project is finished - with this average output the entire Recyclopedia will be completed around 2017!) When I started this Recyclopedia mix, I originally wanted to focus on the many ambient music pieces throughout the series, creating an ambient mix and leaving out all other music. But the nature of the project decided otherwise. A pure ambient mix wouldn't do justice to the diversity of the Recyclopedia. So, in the end, the project became more of a [R]adiophonic [R]emix collage, a bit of a [R]oller Coaster [R]ide in itself. Not all of the Recyclopedia CD's are included, by the way, because I wanted to keep the mix length to an hour and some of the work did not really fit the direction of the mix. When all goes well and as planned, this mix will be released as Recyclopedia [R] (Radiophonic Remix) somewhere in 2010. More info about the Recyclopedia project (including extensive liner notes for each single CD) can be found [here]. (Unfortunaly for foreign visitors: the website is in dutch only but if you want more information you can of course contact Frans Friederich by mail). RECYCLOPEDIA REMIX PLAYLIST: 00:00 - All Heavens 3 (H-3) 00:10 - Gootsteen #2 (G-2) 00:36 - Golven #2 (G-7) 01:22 - Drie Bellen (E-7) 01:39 - All Heavens 3 (H-3) 02:07 - Manifestations of the Mind (M-4) 03:48 - Initiation (I-2) 05:48 - Strijd (E-8) 05:51 - Kadans (K-1) 07:14 - De Vlucht - Ontberingen (C-5) 09:35 - Kangaroe (K-2) 09:52 - Golven #3 (G-8) 11:06 - Psalms - Promised Land (P-9) 12:48 - Onze wens is (C-3) 13:32 - Live - LaRue (L-13) 14:11 - Vaar-wel (E-14) 14:32 - Part 15 (A-15) 16:12 - Dharamsala (D-7) 18:04 - Unmanifested (Q-1) 19:11 - In Memoriam (I-6) 20:18 - The Synodic Moon (Q-3) 21:32 - Desolation/Duchamp (D-3) 22:18 - The Synodic Moon (Q-3) 24:11 - Peace, Pt. 1 (P-5) 26:43 - F für Friede (F-11) 30:36 - Karma (K-3) 35:05 - Uitstrooing (E-9) 35:12 - The Origin that is also You (Q-8) 36:44 - Sepia Coloured Memories (Q-4) 38:11 - Royal Star Bazoonya (C-20) 38:16 - Deserts (D-4) 42:22 - Peace (Friederich Remixed) (P-7) 47:33 - Gedrup (G-10) 48:23 - Gasten (G-9) 48:58 - Motions (M-1) 49:34 - Give me a Sign (Q-2) 50:32 - Boot (B-1) 51:04 - The Morning Star of Gemini (Q-9) 51:10 - Gootsteen #2 (G-2) 52:34 - Klaagzang (E-5) 53:39 - Mankind (M-2) 55:25 - The Cosmos and Beyond (Q-11) 57:18 - Nee Het Zijn Niet Louter Woorden (C-11) 57:00 - All Heavens 3 (H-3) Music: Frans Friederich with the help of: Robert Kroos, René de Ries, Henk B, Mariette Rouppe van der Voort, Bastiaan Baay, Mickey Timmermans, Cor Gout, Margriet Buitenhuis, Banten van Leer, Hajo Doorn, Saskia Leenes, Albert de Vos, Sebastien Morlighem, Camille Dings, Jacques Palinckx, Michel Banabila, Annelies Vree, Ab Bol, Erik Koppenol, Peter Sterk, Mariëtte Kleizen, Guus Derksen, Hans Pattist, Arthur Skova, John van Tiggelen, Ab Bol, Jan | 13-3-10 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Subversion Guest Mix | Not long ago, Muttley's "Isolate" mix was published on Ambientblog as a guest mix. Muttley's own Subversion weblog hosts a lot of his mixes, as well as the 15 Minutes of Fame series. The SubVersion 15 Minutes of Fame format dictates that any mix should contain no more than 10 tracks and last no longer than 40 minutes. That's an average of 4 minutes per track. So, when asked to do a guest mix for this weblog, I had to change my usual approach. In the 'collage' mix format I mostly use, 4 minutes is about the maximum time any included sample gets played - usually far more tracks overlay at any single instance. So I had to restrict myself in that matter, to create a 'mixtape' mix format for this particular issue. In the Subversion mix, I tried to create a balance between the electronic and the organic. Between voice, machines and nature. But also between the sounds of infinite space (as recorded by the NASA Voyager in the 90's) and the intimate sounds of raindrops (on the Monolake track). 'Tension' versus 'Release'...: the dynamics of everyday life. I truly hope this mix may help to prove that ambient music is not just meant to be 'easy on the ears'. Thanks to Muttley / SubVersion for asking me to do this mix! TRACKLISTING 00:00 Ian Hawgood - A Film bij Chihei Hatakeyama (Slow Films in Low Light, 2010) 04:48 Yannick Frank - Beaurieux (Favourite Places 2, 2009) 07:56 NASA Voyager Recordings - Symphonies of the Planets 2 (NASA Voyager Recordings vol. 1, 1992) 13:00 Monolake - Watching Clouds (Silence, 2009) 17:00 Jim Cole & Spectral Voices - Passion (Sky - Overtone Singing in a Water Tower, 2007) 21:35 Yann Novak - Shortwaves to Longwaves (Flowers, Dragon's Eye Fourth Anniversary, 2010) 26:54 Helios - The Jaguar Sun (Unreleased, vol. 1) 29:35 Kim Cascone - Spectral Space (The Astrum Argentum, 2007) 31:58 David Kristian & Ryosuke Aoike - Kenzobutsu (Ghost Storeys, 2006) 34:17 Jóhann Jóhannsson - Escape (And in the Endless Pause there came the sound of Bees, 2009) DOWNLOAD: 72 Mb (59 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 28-2-10 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Isolate (Mix) | Isolate is the first mix published on ambientblog.net created by a guest. Muttley (Michael Buckingham) is actively maintaining the Subvert Central weblog (hosting 60+ mixes now!), and also contributed some mixes to the Low Light Mixes weblog that I'm sure you are all familiar with. Isolate is a continuous mixtape focussing on drone tracks. It's a great mix to listen to at night (and falling asleep to). Or, in Muttleys own words: "The Subvert Central community has helped me grow so much since I joined. "Isolate" is dedicated to Jon Statto, who's always been there to lend a hand with blogging feedback. I picked drones as a leitmotif, as Statto is a lover of such. The catharsis doubles as a controlling agent for my screaming phenomena (see my "Better Days To Come" mixtape for further analysis), structured to relieve pain with meditative properties. "Isolate" foretells the emotions I conjure from being warmed by Jon. "What has begun, cannot be stopped" from Noisia's "The Tide" ends the program, a signal to 2010 that there will optimistically be more Muttley sets, more dedications, more progression, and more of what makes the world positively tick." ISOLATE PLAYLIST: Asher - 14 - "Landscape Studies" - Room40, 2009 Sean Mcann - Cathedral Of Limbs - "A Wind In Their Way" - Monorail Trespassing, 2008 Oophoi - Floating - "Night Currents" - Umbra, 2004 Billy Gomberg - Lights Form Her Body - "Days" - The Land Of, 2009 Leyland Kirby - Stralaeur Peninsula - "Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was" - History Always Favours The Winners, 2009 Eliane Radigue - Koume - Trilogie De La Mort" - Experimental Intermedia, 1998 David Tagg - Desperate Air - "Dulcimer Studies" - Install, 2009 Quosp - Slope - "Grassland Melodies" - Rope Swing Cities, 2006 Tim Hecker - Harmony In Blue II - "Harmony In Ultraviolet" - Kranky, 2006 Peter Broderick - Floating / Sinking - "Float" - Type, 2008 Noisia - The Tide (excerpt) - Vision 001 12' - Vision, 2005 DOWNLOAD: 85 Mb (60 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 29-1-10 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Miserere (Mix) | First, let me give my best wishes for 2010 to all of you!! What better way to start the new year than with a brand new mix ánd a brand new design (thanks Ingmar from Planet KL!)? The design change is symbolic, in a way: after publishing a lot of mixes in 2009, all of wich were created for radio broadcast, it is now time to take a further step and start publishing new mixes. "Miserere" is the first of these brand new mixes to be published. "Miserere" has taken its name from the concluding piece: Gregoria Allegri's Miserere, as performed by the Tallis Scholars. For me, this polyphonic church music, written in 1638 for two choirs (positioned on opposite sided of the church), is an example of music close to perfection. It may not be an obvious choice for an "ambient-electronic" mix - but if you have heard my previous mixes you know that I like to stretch the boundaries a bit and "ambient" as well as "electronic" are definitions that may not always fit the style. While working on this mix, I soon felt that this piece had to be the conclusion, and that it should not be combined with other pieces of music or environmental sounds. It is the coda of the mix before, where human voice seems to struggle to be heard in threatening, artificial landscapes: Meredith Monk's wordless syllables in the beginning, Jónsi and Alex' boys choir in the middle and finally the concluding Miserere. Inbetween, the sounds are dark, brooding, threatening. This mix turned out to be quite dark, compared to the others published before - maybe due to the winter days of year it was created in. But, in a way, it is also quite "romantic". The Landscapes are Artificial and Fearsome, the Dream sometimes comes close to a Nightmare. But in the end, there's always Hope.. This mix was created in november/december, 2009. MISERERE PLAYLIST 0:00 Robert Hampson - Ahead Only the Stars - Vectors, 2009 Touch TO:71 0:10 Meredith Monk - Liquid Air - Mercy, 2002 Ecm 1829 1:14 Don Peyote - The Guardian - Eternal Now, 2009 Don Peyote Recordings DPY1CD004 3:02 Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori - The Rookie - Halo 3 ODST Soundtrack, 2009 Something Else 6:47 Kreng - Slaapliedje - L'Autopsie Phénomenale de Dieu, 2009 Miasmah MIALP010 7:16 The Caretaker - I Saw Your Face in a Dream - We'll all go riding on a Rainbow, 200x v/VM Test records VVMTCD15 7:29 Thomas Köner - 31 46 N 35 12 E Hour Ten - La Barca, 2009 Fario cd09 9:43 Nigel Samways - City of Gas Streetlamps - Veilleur de Nuit, 2009 Experimedia EXP051 10:09 Rafael Anton Irrisarri - Still - Musique Pour Statues Menhirs, 2009 Arbouse recording arbou26 12:58 Michel Banabila - Tape (Mix 2) - Changing Structures, 2009 soundcloud 13:22 Jóhann Jóhannsson - The Flat - And in the endless Pause there came the sound of Bees, 2009 Type Type64LP 16:02 Jónsi & Alex - Sleeping Giant - Riceboy Sleeps, 2009 Parlophone 5099996300220 17:00 Michel Banabila - Zeer Duister (voor Peter van Cooten) - Not on album, 2007 unreleased 17:29 Kreng - Mythobarbital - L'Autopsie Phénomenale de Dieu, 2009 Miasmah MIALP010 19:06 Benjamin Dauer - Murmur - Ceci N'Est pas une Pipe, 2009 Public Space Labs PS010 21:20 Taylor Deupree - 6 A.M. - Favourite Places 1, 2007 Audiobulb 2007 AB016 22:33 Robert Hampson - Ahead - Only the Stars - Vectors, 2009 Touch TO:71 24:04 Franz Hautzinger - Deep T. - Gomberg II, 2007 Loewenhertz 018 25:25 Franz Hautzinger - Fahne - Gomberg II, 2007 Loewenhertz 018 26:20 Murcof - Isaías IV - La Sangre Illuminada, 2009 Intolerancia Records 28:11 Exuviae - Wane and Flicker - Intrinsic Luminance, 2009 Endless Ascent ea007 30:15 Jónsi & Alex - Boy 1904 - Riceboy Sleeps, 2009 Parlophone 5099996300220 33:22 Sleep Research Facility - Dark Side of the Lune - Au Clair de La Lune, 2009 Infrequency 005 34:05 Else Marie Pade - Illustrations - The Palace of the Sea King - Water-colours of the Sea, 2009 Dacapo Records 8.226544 34:44 Netherworld - Jostedaal - Zaum, 2009 Psyc | 31-12-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Mark Tamea Mix | A special mix to conclude 2009. This also is the last upload of the mixes that were created for radio. 2010 will start off with new mixes exclusively created for this weblog. Like "Sounds of Spellborn" (published last week) this mix is different from most previous mixes, in that it does not include many different artists, but concentrates on the music of one single artist: Mark Tamea. Tamea is a composer from England, currently living in Nijmegen (Holland). His music is a fascinating combination of electronics, environmental sounds, musique concrête, acoustical and modern classical music. When I hear the music he creates, I can imagine the wondrous feelings Alice must have had when exploring Wonderland: landscapes vaguely familiar yet alienating, a new surprise at every corner... His latest CD is 'Tessellation' (2008). Tessellation defines the recurring pattern in tiles - in graphic art this is best known by the work of M.C. Escher. One reviewer said “It has the mystery of the Mona Lisa smile” - and that is exactly how I feel about it. Apart from music from Tessellation, this mix also features work from older Tamea albums: Buried Traktora, The Paignton Anomaly en Distant Suns. This Mark Tamea mix was created for dutch radio in march 2009. Quite a lot of listeners reacted to this broadcast - but the very best compliment to this mix came from Mark Tamea himself when he wrote me: "You managed to surprise me with my own music!" Well - Tamea's music certainly surprised me, too! And for now I do expect it will also surprise you! MARK TAMEA PLAYLIST: Eg Nog Ra (Distant Suns, 1996, EQ:RA) The Forest Star (Tessellation, 2008, EQ:RA EQ:RA006) The Cell Assailed (Tessellation, 2008, EQ:RA EQ:RA006) A Brain Shaped Hole Where A Head Used to Be (Tessellation, 2008, EQ:RA EQ:RA006) Witch Become Child (Buried Traktora, 2007, EQ:RA) The Orgeo Crux (Ressonus Net. Vol.1, 2008, Ressonus records ress03) Planked and Shored (Mark Tamea & Kymatik: The Paignton Anomaly, 2008, Non Serviam/Paradigm) What we Know, Triplicate (Buried Traktora, 2007, EQ:RA) Odium (Buried Traktora, 2007, EQ:RA) Mogahm (Distant Suns, 1996, EQ:RA) Tisedni (Dur-as-Sulh, 2001, Paradigm PD15) Legolum (EQ:RA Mix) (Buried Traktora, 2007, EQ:RA) A Pool of Uniformed Intent (Tessellation, 2008, EQ:RA EQ:RA006) Split, Ranged and Trussed (Tessellation, 2008, EQ:RA EQ:RA006) DOWNLOAD: 96 Mb (57 min.) (Right-click and Save As) January 2010 Update: Mark Tamea's new album, 'Metonymy', is now released and available at AtmoWorks. | 26-12-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Sounds of Spellborn - Alternate (mix) | ‘The Chronicles of Spellborn‘ came with so much interesting soundscapes, that I decided to create a second mix, an alternate version to the first one published last week. Basically, the ingredients and the atmosphere are the same, but different tracks and samples are chosen. In fact, both of these mixes can be played together and be listened to as one (two-hour) mix. Read the information in the previous podcast entry for more details about this mix and about the Chronicles of Spellborn game. THE SOUNDS OF SPELLBORN - ALTERNATE MIX PLAYLIST: Spellborn Intro English (voice: Anna Drijver) Arena – Tune Music Menu: The Chronicles of Spellborn Character Creation Deadspellstorm – Armada Trialcave lvl 45 – Ambience Death Chamber of Whispers Shop – Rune Ambience Ringfell – Exploration Green District – Amsell Raftyards Parliament – Hoggsridge Ritual Fight Music Ancestral Quest – Ormuburu Lair Music – Credits (Lullabye) Ringfell – Holy Ground Shop – General Store Shop – Forge Ambience Green District - Day Park Quartestone Exploration - Palace and Oracle Deadspellstorm – Drydock Inside Slywood – Tavern Ambience Mines and Dark Places Parliament – Sorrowmist Mount of Heroes – Cave Wind Mount of Heroes – Entering Cave Trialcave – Outer Burial Grounds Trialcave – Mine Ambience Ringfell – Hearth Slywood – Exeto’s Lair Mount of Heroes – South Slywood – Tavern Ambience Mount of Heroes – Mines Ringfell – Tombs Area Ringfell – Lower Exploration Music Quarterstone – Oracle Day Roads Slywood – Day Ruins Demon Army Camp – Wheel of War Statue District Music by Jesper Kyd Ambient atmospheric soundscapes by Matthew Florianz DOWNLOAD: 89 Mb (58:24 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 18-12-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Sounds of Spellborn (mix) | If you have listened to previous mixes on this weblog, you may have grown accustomed to the kind of format that they share. This one has a different approach. I noticed that a lot of people are unfamiliar with ambient music, but still get exposed to it more than ever: in movie soundtracks, and even more: when playing games. It may not be recognised as 'music' at all, but more as sounds to create/enhance an environment - but still: that's what ambient music is about, isn't it? When The Chronicles of Spellborn was released early 2009, I decided to create a special mix from a selection of the sound and music that comes with it. The Chronicles of Spellborn's musical soundtrack was created by Jesper Kyd, while the ambient/environmental sounds were created by dutch ambient music artist Matthew Florianz. “Whereas Time is the leading element in movies, it's Location in games. That's why these media are so fundamentally different. Sound design in games means creating landscapes, surroundings, atmospheres and the movement within it. In games, the player decides where to move next, thus creating their own mix" (Florianz) Unfortunately, after it's release, Spellborn 'slipped through the cracks', as it did not get the attention it deserved, in spite of critical acclaim. It is now under redevelopment, and while it is, the current version is available to download and play for free. This mix is intended for gamers ánd non-gamers to listen to the music without the game context. I've chosen parts and samples from the soundtrack (which is over 20 hours of immersive sounds!) without relation to the gameplay and story development. I don't know what the future may bring regarding this online game, but The Chronicles of Spellborn deserves to be remembered for its great soundtrack! This mix was created in february 2009. Please note that this is part 1 of a 2-part mix. Part 2 can be found [here]. SOUNDS OF SPELLBORN PLAYLIST: Chelicerata Spellborn Intro English (voice: Anna Drijver) Parliament – Gravesbow Character Creation Tutorial Intro (voice: Anna Drijver) Atheneum – Largeroom Lullabye (Music Credits) Mount of Heroes – Night Research Tomb of the Ancestors – Burial Grounds Slywood – Bealemeadow Dungeon Entrance Arena – Inside Arena – Inside Low Arena – Inside Lower Ringfell – Shorathmesa Ringfell – Shorathmesa – Shrine of Currents Ringfell – Night – Shorathmesa Marsh Slywood Tavern Ambience Tavern – Drowning Maiden Tavern – The Gleaming Cauldron Parliament Tunnel Suspence Parliament Tunnels Mount of Heroes – Howlers Ringfell – Smokespires Tavern – Drowning Maiden Ringfell – Day Shorathmesa Forest Ringfell – Lower Exploration Music Exarchyon – Shardship Explodes Trialcace lvl 50 – Rune Exarchyon – Cutscene Parliament – House Shroud Slywood Tavern Tavern – The Grim Lie Tavern – Traiter’s Rest Mount of Heroes – Research Day Deadspell Storm Music Tutorial Strange (voice: Anna Drijver) Music Menu: The Chronicles of Spellborn Quarterstone – Graveyard Night No Music Slywood – Graveyard Music by Jesper Kyd Ambient atmospheric soundscapes by Matthew Florianz DOWNLOAD: 89 Mb (58:30 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 17-12-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Dream Calibration (mix) | Nonstop Ambient Montage: from Alva Noto to Arvo Pärt, via Arve Henriksen and Jacaszek, with short stops at Christopher Bissonnette, Entia Non, Kraken, Goldmund, and many, many others. This mix was created may/june 2009. Image by Weirena This is the last of the 'ambient montages' that were created for radiobroadcast. Until now, 24 mixes are published on this weblog, counting 26 hours of continuous ambient/electronic/experimental music. In the remaining weeks of this year some 'different approach' mixes will be published additionally: one focussing on game music and another focussing on the work of one composer. Then, in 2010, on to the next phase.... DREAM CALIBRATION PLAYLIST: The Green Kingdom/Gogooo - Miniature Forest - Miniature Forest - 2008 - SEM Label - IOD 004 Goldmund - Apalachee - The Malady of Elegance - 2008 - Type - Type 039 Michael Trommer - Frau Straubinger - Tree Line - 2008 - Serein - SER 018 Autistici - Attaching Softness to a Shell - 12K Promo Sampler - 2007 - 12K - 12kP001 Náhvalur - Laveer - Aboideau - 2008 - Mystery Sea - MS46 Kraken - C 03 - Nachtschade - 2008 - Spectre - S30 Angus MacLaurin - Sea Shanti - Glass Music - 2000 - BubbleCore - BC032 Vibration Institute - Environment - Two Dream Calibration - 2008 Christian Hoy Knudsen - Plankton - Hav - 2000 - Council of Nine - COFN002CD Christopher Bissonnette - A Touch of Heartbreak (edit) - In Between Words - 2008 - Kranky - KRANK 118 Jacaszek - Lament - Treny - 2008 - Miasmah - MIACD007 Nighel Samways - There’s a Long Raincloud Deep Inside - Veilleur de Nuit - 2009 - Experimedia.net - EXP051 Harold Budd - Of Many Mirrors - A Song for Lost Blossoms - 2008 - Darla Records - DRL198 Arvo Pärt - Für Lennart in Memorian - In Principio - 2009 - ECM New Series - ECM 2050 Rudi Arapahoe - Dionysian Birds - Echoes from One to Another - 2008 - Symbolic Interaction - SIC015 Elian - It was over, Just Like That - And Then it was over Just like That - 2008 - Trans>Parent Radiation - Trans012 Amir Baghiri - Halley - Planet X - 2006 - BlueBox - BB002 Entia Non - Perfunctory Jousting - Lilt - 2008 - Test Tube - tube122 Kraken - C03 - Nachtschade - 2008 - Spectre - S30 Alva Noto - Monophaser 2 - Xerrox Vol. 2 - 2009 - Raster-Noton - R-N 103 Yui Onodera - Le Jardin - Le Jardin - 2007 - Taâlem - alm45 Chris Watson & BJ Nilsen - Austrvegr - Storm - 2006 - Touch - Tone 27 Audela - Part 3 - Audela - 2007 - Plague Recordings - Plague 002 Arve Henriksen - Famine’s Ghost - Cartography - 2008 - ECM - ECM 2086 Janek Schaefer - Broadstairs Children’s - Piano MUS*****C - 2008 - Crónica - 032 Atom TM- Weisses Rauschen (Ausleitung) - Liedgut - 2008 - Raster-Noton - R-N099 DOWNLOAD: 79 Mb (58:30 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 12-12-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Utsura - Utsura (mix) | “Utsura-Utsura” is a japanese expression indicating the ‘fluctuation between alert wakefulness and a state of half-sleep’. Or at least: I was told that it means something like that…can anyone confirm this? True or not, this is exactly what this hour-long mix is about: between being awake and half asleep. Sigur Rós, Arve Henriksen and Helios may be your grip to reality in this somewhat abstract, sometimes hallucinatory sound. This mix was created in january/february 2009. UTSURA-UTSURA PLAYLIST: 0.00 - FM3 - Loop 3 (Buddha Machine v. 20; 2008) 1.07 - Andrey Dergatchev - Piano (The Return; 2005, ECM 1923) 3.25 - [none] - 4 Figure Counting 10 Rough Tones (Conet Project; 1997, Irdial ird059) 3.58 - Alan Howarth - Into the 8th Dimension (Real Hollywood Sound Effects; 1997, GNP Crescendo GNP8054) 4.34 - The Caretaker - Poor Enuncration (Persistent Repetition of Phrases; 2008, Install INST002) 5.50 - Daniel Lara - Kaaiatae (Nuzita.net; 2008, nuzita.net/konfort -) 7.30 - Horchata - Basement (Isolated House; 2008, dark winter dw047) 9.22 - Esther Venrooy - Arthur (Shift Coordinate Points; 2006, Entr’Acte 30) 10.14 - Colin Potter and Paul Bradley - Cavity (Behind your very eyes; 2003, ICR icr37) 12.15 - Nomad Palace - Northern (Favourite Places; 2007, Audiobulb ab016) 12.55 - Aaron Ximm (the Quiet American) - Starboard (Maritime Suite; 1999, Echolocations 2) 14.20 - Akira Rabelais - 1483 Caxton Legg, He put away not the wodenes of his flesh (+ various short Spelle mixes) (Spellewauerynsherde remixes; 2004, unreleased, private collection) 17.07 - Evan Bartholomew - Reborn, we fluctuate and fade (Caverns of Time; 2007, Somia 001) 19.15 - Arve Henriksen - Sorrow and its opposite (Cartography; 2008, ECM 2086) 20.30 - FM3 - Loop 1 (Buddha Machine v. 20; 2008, Buddha 02) 21.17 - Controlled Dissonance - Theme for Spooly (This is what it sounds like when drones cry; 2006, Intelligent Machine Prod. IMP021) 22.45 - Lawrence English & Ai Yamamoto - Longing (Plateau; 2008, Post Everything PS07) 23.57 - Arsenije Jovanovic - Athos - Montana Sacra (Athos - Montana Sacra; 2006, CCnC Records) 26.42 - Arve Henriksen - Recording Angel (Cartography; 2008, ECM ecm2086) 29.41 - Chris Watson - Cima Verde (Cima Verde; 2008, Fondazione Edmund Mach 761118-02708-1) 29.15 - Esther Venrooy & Heleen van Haegenborgh - Interior View (Mock Interiors; 2008, Entr’Acte E55) 31.22 - Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry - Vryashn (Vryashn; 2008, Gears of Sand GOS 40) 33.52 - The Caretaker - I saw your face in a dream (We’ll all go riding on a rainbow; 2003, V/VM Test Records VVMTCD15) 35.45 - Cory Allen - Gesemi Tropisms (Gesemi Tropisms; 2005, trans>Parent Radiation TRANS004) 37.35 - Náhvalur - Remora (Aboideau; 2008, Mystery Sea MS46) 38.58 - Blindman Saxophone Quartet - Four2 - polyphony with aleatoric time shifting (Multiple Voice; 2002, Universal Music 472596-2) 42.38 - Hilary Jeffery - Announcement (Solo Trombone & Electronics 2; 2007, FMR 210-0906) 44.08 - Sigur Rós - Straumnes (Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust; 2008, EMI 228 7282) 45.16 - Ruth Anderson - I Come Out of Your Sleep (Sinopah; 1998, Experimental Intermedia XI 118) 48.18 - [none] - Kones Kones (Conet Project; 1997, Irdial ird059) 49.34 - Angus Maclaurin - Sea Shanti (Glass Music; 2000, Bubble Core Records BC-032) 50.23 - David Kristian & Ryosuke Aoike - Kenzobutsu (Ghost Stories; 2007, Cocosolidciti CDC014) 51.49 - Helios - Hollie (Caesura; 2008, Type Type042) 56.17 - FM3 - Loop 3 + 1 (Buddha Machine v. 20; 2008) 56.26 - [none] - Ready Ready (Conet Project; 1997, Irdial ird059) DOWNLOAD: 91 Mb (58:30 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 5-12-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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True (mix) | Autumn Leaves cover image Like it's companion mix ("Strange Birds", published last week) this mix was also broadcast in April 2008. It's a further walk in the same landscape. Sometimes the tension may rise somewhat, but the view remains spectacular. This mix is concluded by the Soccer Committee song 'True' that also gave this mix it's title. In her search for quietness, Mariska Baars (Soccer Committee) has proven that 'ambient' music does not necessarily involves 'electronics'. TRUE PLAYLIST: Tzesne - By the Dry Sea…By the Falling Leaves - Cliffs under the Mist - Mystery Sea - 2007 August Stars - Nor' Easter - Midwinter - Make Mine Music - MMM030 - 2007 Dirac - Lysis - Untitled - U-Cover - CDR048 - 2007 Stars of the Lid - The Moutchchew pt.2 - Carte de Visite - Not on Label - 2007 Emil Klotzsch - Kummer - Symbiosis - Zymogen - net-only - 2007 Sylvain Chauveau - Old Friend - Nuage - Type - Type034 - 2007 Robert Curgenven - Silent Landscape #2 - Autumn Leaves - Gruenrecorder - Gruen053 - 2007 Krypton - Croon - Silent Drama - Test Tube - Tube102 - 2007 Oöphoi & Faryus - Thuban - Forgotten Rituals - Farya Records - Far-10 - 2007 Hilary Jeffery - Procession - Solo Trombone & Electronics - FMR - 210-0906 - 2007 Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd - Inside, A Golden Echo - After the Night Falls - Darla Records - DRL182 - 2007 Machinefabriek - Interlude - Music for Intermittent Movements - Not on Label - 2008 NSI - 19 - Non Standard Institute Plays Non Standards - Sähkö - 022CD - 2007 Stephen Phillips - Mournful Content - Somber Waves of Grain - Blue Water Records - BWR038 - 2007 Muhr - Intro - Forever Tunnels - Miasmah - MIA063 - 2007 Kontakt der Jünglinge - Montreal Solution #1 - Untitled - Die Stadt - DS104 - 2007 BJ Nilsen - Pole of Inaccessability - The Short Night - Touch - TO:75 - 2007 Jacob Kirkegaard - Ala - Eldfjall - Touch - T33:20 - 2005 Jacob Kirkegaard - Gerd - Eldfjall - Touch - T33:20 - 2005 Tzesne - Sunburnt Skin - Cliffs under the Mist - Mystery Sea - 2007 Goldmund - See - Two Point Discrimitation - Western Vinyl - West048 - 2007 Hilary Jeffery - Announcement - Solo Trombone & Electronics - FMR - 210-0906 - 2007 Venetian Snares - Room 379 - My Downfall - Planet MU - 2007 Mariska Baars, Wouter Van Veldhoven, Rutger Zuydervelt - Zeeg - Zeeg - Digitalis - ACE004CD - 2007 Juan Jose Calarco - Piano Vertical 2 - Piano Vertical - Test Tube - Tube087 - 2007 Quosp - Bistre - Soundscapes - Metanoia Media - Meta 044 - 2007 Stars of the Lid - Virginia 20.03 - Carte de Visite - Not on Label - 2007 Soccer Committee - True - sC - MORC Records - MORC44 - 2007 Charlie Fox - Four Wild places - Autumn Leaves - Gruenrecorder - Gruen053 - 2007 DOWNLOAD: 98 Mb (58:30 min.) (Right-click and Save As) True "I have learned not to desire But it's hard not to when you've looked in these eyes so peaceful and true" Soccer Committee: - "True" (sC, 2007) | 28-11-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Strange Birds (mix) | Autumn Leaves, Cover Image The central thematic piece in this mix is Christina Kubisch' "Tea Time (Autumn Leaves Mix)", from Gruenrecorder's "Autumn Leaves" - male singers communicating as if they were birds, twittering words like "Who's awake?", "Me Too!" and "Who cooks for you?". This spring-like chatter evokes a strange and hypnotic landscape sometimes unnerving, sometimes comforting. This mix was created february - march 2008, together with "True". It was definitely an early spring that year! STRANGE BIRDS PLAYLIST: David Lynch - Untitled 1 - The Air is On Fire - Strange World Music - SWM001 - 2007 1000 Finnish Soundscapes - Parolanummi - Autumn Leaves - Gruenrecorder - Gruen053 - 2007 Goldmund - Then - Two Point Discrimination - Western Vinyl - West048 - 2007 Audela - Audela part 3 - Audela - Plague Recordings - Plague002 - 2007 Krypton - Polelum - Silent Drama - Test Tube - tube 102 - 2007 Mensa - Skane - Nordic Recordings - Resting Bell - RB011 - 2007 Patrick Franke - Schwarzspecht - Autumn Leaves - Gruenrecorder - Gruen053 - 2007 Klimek - For Steven Spielberg & Azza El-Hassan - Dedications - Anticipate recordings - ANTICIPATE004A - 2007 Oophoi - Cold Sun - Whispers from the Noisy Void - Umbra/Penumbra - Umbra060 - 2007 Entia Non - Above - Distal - Test Tube - tube099 - 2007 Venetian Snares - Colorless - My Downfall - Planet MU - 2007 Christina Kubisch - Tea Time (Autumn Leaves Mix) - Autumn Leaves - Gruenrecorder - Gruen053 - 2007 Krypton - Silent Drama - Silent Drama - Test Tube - tube 102 - 2007 Eliane Radigue - Death Nirvana - Jetsun Mila - Lovely Music - LCD2003 - 2007 Andrew Chalk - Obscure in the Valley - Time of Hayfield - Faraway Press - FP13 - 2007 Konntinent - All Lines Lead In - All Lines Lead In - Serein - SER015 - 2007 Worrytrain - Prelude for Piano & Malaria - Fog Dance, My Moth Kingdom - Own Records - 2007 Arno Peeters - Elements - Autumn Leaves - Gruenrecorder - Gruen053 - 2007 Christina Kubisch - Tea Time (Autumn Leaves Mix) - Autumn Leaves - Gruenrecorder - Gruen053 - 2007 Tzesne - The Pet - Cliffs under the Mist - Mystery Sea - 2007 Andrew Chalk - Suspended in the Air - Time of Hayfield - Faraway Press - FP13 - 2007 David Lynch - Untitled 8 - The Air is On Fire - Strange World Music - SWM001 - 2007 Goldmund - One - Two Point Discrimination - Western Vinyl - West048 - 2007 Cusack - Chernobyl Dawn - Autumn Leaves - Gruenrecorder - Gruen053 - 2007 DOWNLOAD: 98 Mb (59 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 21-11-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Allegaar (mix) | According to my dictionary, 'Allegaar' translates to 'Hotchenpotch' - but I can imagine there may be a better word for that!? Just like the previous mix ("Leftover Mix"), this 2008 mix has no special theme, it's just a collection of tracks mixed together fairly randomly. But in their new context the tracks seem to start to tell their own new story! ALLEGAAR PLAYLIST: Spyweirdos - Sixth - (Ten Numbers, 2008, Creative Space CS012) Spyweirdos - Fourth - (Ten Numbers, 2008, Creative Space CS012) Spyweirdos - Fifth - (Ten Numbers, 2008, Creative Space CS012) Lawrence English - Intercepted Communications - (Studies for Stradbroke, 2008, Winds Measure Recordings WM11) Sinke Dûs - That which was lost - (Akrasia, 2007, Cyclic Law 19th cycle) Lost Lanterns - Home Distortion - (Polar Living, 2007, Resting Bell RB022) Milieu - The Singing Pond - (Milieu, 2006, Experimedia EXP041) Quosp - Aqua - (Soundscapes, 2007, U-Cover CDR045) Off Land - Take Count - (Encounter Point, 2008, Resting Bell RB028) Evan Bartholomew - Secret Enties into Darkness - (Secret Enties into Darkness, 2008, Somnia 002) Olafur Arnalds - Haust - (Variations of Static, 2008, Erased Tapes Records ERATP8CD) Olafur Arnalds - Fok - (Variations of Static, 2008, Erased Tapes Records ERATP8CD) Johann Johannsson - Ef Eg Heroi Aldrei - (Englaborn, 2007, 4AD CAD 2733CD) Johann Johannsson - Odi et Amo - Bis - (Englaborn, 2007, 4AD CAD 2733CD) DOWNLOAD: 89 Mb (57 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 14-11-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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The Leftover Mix (mix) | Though the title may give the impression that this mix consists of 'second choice music', that is definitely nót the case! These tracks did not find their way to a 2007 Folio radio show, but were too good to stay unnoticed. So I used them in this '2007 end-of-year' mix. It serves these tasty 'leftovers' as one uninterrupted delicate stew. Leftover Mix Playlist: Jeph Jerman - Albuquerque Hotel Room - On Isolation (2006, room40 edrm410(ltd) ) Spyweirdos - Portal - Wetsound Orchestra (2007, poeta negra - pn30cd) David Bickley & Tom Green - Polar Sirens - Erebus & Terror (2006, h/s recordings hscd15) Fovea Hex - Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent - Allure (2007, die stadt ds89) Ben Frost - 4 Good Reasons… - On Isolation (2006, room40 edrm410(ltd) ) Eivind Kang - Ros Vespertinus - Athlantis (2007, ipecac ipc087) Pausal - Song From A Cloth Pocket - Pausal (2007, highpoint lowlife hpw 024) Valgeir Sigurdsson - Before Nine - Ekvilibrium (2007, bedroom community hvalur 3) Dale Lloyd - Among The Many - On Isolation (2006, room40 edrm410(ltd) ) Dag Rosenqvist / Rutger Zuydervelt - Tappad Vale - Vintermusik (2007, eigen beheer) Aaron Martin/Machinefabriek - Cello Drowning - Cello Recycling/Cello Drowning (2007, type 029) Toshiya Tsunoda - Ratios Of Pipes - Golden: Wide Ranging Interpretations Of The Golden Mean (2007, bremsstrahlung trans002) Amiina - Sexfaldur - Kurr (2007, ever records ever11cd) Social Interiors - Spatial Circumference - Spatial Circumference (2007, endgame end007) Hannu - Sumu - Worms In My Piano (2006, osaka osa008) Pjusk - Kontur - Sart (2007, 12k 1042) Machinefabriek - Stofstuk, Julien Neto Mix - Kruimeldief (2007, eigen beheer) Matthew Florianz - Slywood - The Chronicles Of Spellborn (2007, unreleased game demo track) Rafael Anton Irisarri - A Thousand Yard Stare - Daydreaming (2007, miasmah miacd004) David Sylvian - When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima - When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima (2007, samadhisound cd ss0011) Muhr - An End To Nine - Poussière (2007, serein ser014) Muhr - La Gouache - Poussière (2007, serein ser014) DOWNLOAD: 95 Mb (60 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 7-11-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Be Still (mix) | No special theme for this mix...just flowing, quiet music... This mix was broadcast paired with 'Final Sleep' in june, 2007. In this mix the title is taken from the Adrian Klumpes track. BE STILL PLAYLIST: Denzel & Huhn - July - Paraport - 2007 - City Centre Offices - Towerblock 036 Triosk - Lazyboat - The Headlight Serenade - 2006 - Leaf - 49 Peter Andersson - Nature Morte - Music for Film and Exhibition - 2006 - Yantra - YA - 2007 - 09 Circle of Pines - Wasser Madrigal - Darkwater Pond - 2006 - Darkwinter - DW030 Miasto Ni Spalo - VII - Piesni Zalobne I - VII - 2007 - Silence is not Empty - SIL009 Faune - 4 - Reve Eveille - 2006 - Pathmusick - path0xC1 Xela - Never Going Home - The Dead Sea - 2006 - Type - 06 Pocka - Gesang an die Welt - Seigt - 2006 - Kurzwellen - kwn003 Lisa Gerrard - In Exile - The Silver Tree - 2007 - Rubber Records - 3771732 Arve Henriksen - Wind and Bow - Strjon - 2007 - Rune Gramofon - RCD2061 Adrian Klumpes - Be Still - Be Still - 2006 - Leaf - BAY56CD Loren Dent - Work Song: Texas City - Empires and Milk - 2007 - Contract Killer Records Jim Haynes - Untitled - Telegraph by the Sea - 2006 - Helen Scarsdale Agency Peter Andersson - Tulpa part II - By the Water - Music for Film and Exhibition - 2006 - Yantra - YA - 2007 - 09 Peter Andersson - Tulpa Part VII - Yang - Tul unveiled - Music for Film and Exhibition - 2006 - Yantra - YA - 2007 - 09 Observation Point - Chymera - Thought Paths - vol 3. - 2006 - OUIM Net.Label - ouimnet028 Pawel Grabowski - Break - Notes from the House of Dead - 2006 - Silence is not Empty - SIL004 Akashic Crow's Nest - Antikythera Pt. 2 - Hawk of an Uncanny Nest - 2007 - Webbed Hand - WH078 Arve Henriksen - Strjon - Strjon - 2007 - Rune Gramofon - RCD2061 Raison d'Etre - Phase VI - Metamorphyses - 2006 - Cold Meat Industry - 158 Miasto Ni Spalo - III - Piesni Zalobne I - VII - 2007 - Silence is not Empty - SIL009 DOWNLOAD: 93 Mb (58 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 31-10-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Final Sleep (mix) | No special theme for this mix...just flowing, quiet music... The title obviously comes from the track by Svarte Greiner. (This mix was broadcast paired with 'Be Still'' in june, 2007, which will be published next week). FINAL SLEEP PLAYLIST: Fovea Hex - Huge (The Joy of Trouble) - Huge - 2006 - Janet Records / Die Stadt - JR002 /DS86 Lustmord - Erie - Juggernaut - 2007 - Hydra Head - HH666123 Roto Visage - Spiral Ignite Flesh - La Muse Cachée - 2006 - Kikapu - KPU099 Roto Visage - Her Veil Projected - La Muse Cachée - 2006 - Kikapu - KPU099 Northaunt - Night Alone - Horizons - 2006 - Cyclic Law - 16th Cycle Pawel Grabowski - The Box - Notes From The House Of Dead - 2006 - Silence - is - Not - Empty - Sil004 Arve Henriksen - Leaf & Rock - Strjon - 2007 - Rune Gramofon - RCD2061 Peter Anderson - Moribund Creation - Music for Films and Exhibitions - 2007 - Yantra C - YA - 2007 - 09 Peter Anderson - Natura fluxus - Music for Films and Exhibitions - 2007 - Yantra C - YA - 2007 - 09 Ethan Rose - Ceiling Song 2 - Ceiling Songs - 2006 - Locust Music - locust 84 Circle of Pines - Lichen Ritual - Darkwater Pond - 2006 - Darkwinter - DW030 Flim - Ploetzlich Star - Ohne Titel…1916 - 2006 - Plinkity Plonk - plonk015 Loren Dent - Love Song: Kinetics and Hope - Empires and Milk - 2007 - Contract Killers Records - 837101283847 Heller - St. Jean_Sumo04 - Sur - Terre.net - 2006 - sur - terre.net Steve Roden - Trainslation - Sur - Terre.net - 2006 - sur - terre.net Nest - Charlotte - Nest - 2007 - Serein - ser013 Atau Tanaka - Intra Terrestial - Sur - Terre.net - 2006 - sur - terre.net Stars of the Lid - Even if You're Awake - And their refinement of the Decline - 2007 - Kranky - Krank100 Fovea Hex - Don't these windows open - Bloom - 2005 - Janet Records / Die Stadt - JR001 / DS83 Arve Henriksen - Ascent - Strjon - 2007 - Rune Gramofon - RCD2061 Svarte Greiner - Final Sleep - Knive - 2006 - Type - 106 Nest - Lodge - Nest - 2007 - Serein - ser013 DOWNLOAD: 91 Mb (58 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 24-10-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Ring (mix) | "Ring" is the second part of the two part auditive "guided fantasy" from 2006 ("Wave" being the first part). A mix of ambient music, soundscapes and other musical surprises, created in 2006. The first of these four programs was a compilation of the (magnificent) album 'Spellewauerynsherde' by Akira Rabelais, the fourth part was a compilation of music from Iceland. (Since these programs are not 'ambient mixes' they are not included in this collection). The four parts were called "Spelle", "Wave", "Ring" and "Sharde", which together is also the full title of Akira Rabelais' "Spellewauerynsherde" album. Tracks and fragments of this album are present throughout all four programs. I'm very grateful to Akira for sharing some of the unreleased shardes from his magnificient Spellewauerynsherde project! BTW - the pictures shown above are from Helga Kvam. No one ever captured the mysterious Icelandic nature better than she does. RING Playlist: Akira Rabelais - 1300 cursor M. 2699 (02,) His Fader Nineti and Nine That Day - Unreleased, 2004 Sleep Research Facility - D-Deck - Nostromo - Manifold MANCD45 2004 Breath Sequence + Hibernation Termination from "2001 - A Space Odyssey", MGM, 1968 Falling You - Inside the Whale - Definitive: Twisted - 42 records 42R003 2002 Tree Helicopters - Count Control (darkdrone mix ) - The Darkdrone Mix - Webbed Hand WH050 2005 Basic Channel - Mutism - BCD - BC 09 1995 Earth - Fish Rock Whistler Shower - Electric Enigma - Irdial~discs 62ird tcp2 1996 John Zorn - The Clavicle of Solomon - IAO: Music in Sacred Light - Tzadik 7338 2002 Aaron Ximm - Deep Creatures - The Quiet American - www.quietamerican.org 2004 Jon Hassell - Wilderness Psalms - Sonic Scenery: Music for Collections National History Museum, Los Angeles 2006 Praxis - Babble Stream - Mold - Yikes 7775 1998 Arno Peeters - Matches - unreleased, 2006 Akira Rabelais - 1300 cursor M. 2699 (99) His Fader Nineti and Nine That Day - unreleased, 2004 Brian McBride - Overture (for Other Halfs) - When the Detail lost its Freedom - Kranky 88 2005 Biosphere - People are friends - Dropsonde - Touch TO:66 2006 David Shea - Elegy - The Tower of Mirrors - Sub Rosa 94 1996 Eleven Shadows - Chenrezi - Sangsara - AdAstra 9904 1999 Graham Haynes - Climate - BPM - Knitting Factory KFR-270 2000 Andrey Dergatchev - Mugam - The Return - ECM 1923 2005 Coph Nia - Holy Wars (part 2 - Silence) - That Which Remains - CMI 85 2000 Alio Die - An Instant in Transformation - The Hidden Spring - Crowd Control Crowded 04 1998 Isomorph - Grotta del Vento - In Abscence of Light Akira Rabelais - 1300 cursor M. 2699 (54) His Fader Nineti and Nine That Day - unreleased, 2004 Isan - Remegio - Clockwork Menagerie - Morr Music 28 2002 Goldmund - Doors of Our Home - Corduroy Road - Type recordings 005 2005 Necrophorus - Ice Shifting - Drifting in Motion - Crowd Control Crowded 18 2000 Stars of the Lid - Dust Breeding - Avec Laudanum - Kranky 59 2002 Christophe Charles - Untitled 1 - Undirected 1986-1996 - Mille Plateaux 683 1997 Matthew Florianz - Storm - Niemandsland - HS Recordings 2006 Matthew Florianz - Spiegel - Niemandsland - HS Recordings 2006 Francoiz Breut - Sur le Balcon - Une Saison Volée - Tribu 7240 2005 Boyd Rice (Non) - The Fountain of Fortune - Terra Incognita - Ambient Works 1975 - present - Mute CDSTUMM219 2004 William Basinski -The Garden of brokenness - The Garden of brokenness - 2062 2006 Akira Rabelais - 1671 Milton Samsom 1122 - Spellewauerynsherde - Samadhisound SS003 2004 DOWNLOAD: 88 Mb (57 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 17-10-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Wave (mix) | "Wave" is the first of a two part an auditive "guided fantasy" ("Ring" being the second part). A mix of ambient music, soundscapes and other musical surprises, created in 2006. No track is played completely, but the interaction of the fragments creates a completely new structure.... Which, in fact, is true for all ambient mixes of course... These two mixes were part of a 4-hour radio broadcast that were thematically related to Icelandic music. At least: the first and the last were mostly. The first of these four programs was a compilation of the (magnificent) album 'Spellewauerynsherde' by Akira Rabelais, the fourth part was a compilation of music from Iceland. I guess it's safe to assume that this also probably is the first (and possibly single) ambient music collage containing Venetian Snares music! (read more for complete paylist) The four parts were called "Spelle", "Wave", "Ring" and "Sharde", which together is also the full title of Akira Rabelais' "Spellewauerynsherde" album. Tracks and fragments of this album are present throughout all four programs. (The first and fourth part are not included here because they are not really 'ambient mixes'). In the two mixes presented here, the relation to Iceland may be a difficult to hear in the music, but there's more-than-average Icelandic artists involved BTW - the pictures chosen here are from Helga Kvam. No one ever captured the mysterious Icelandic nature better than she does. WAVE PLAYLIST: Akira Rabelais - 1300 cursor M. 2699 (34) His Fader Nineti and Nine That Day - unreleased, 2004 Eyvind Kang - Circle of Fair Karma - The Story of Iceland, Tzadik 7059, 2000 "Readmittance will be denied" from "Twelve Monkeys" (*), Terry Gilliam, Universal Pictures, 1995 Hans Tutschku - …Erinnerung… - Moment, Empreintes Digitales 9947, 1999 Coph Nia - Veil - That Which Remains, CMI 85, 2000 Venetian Snares - Contain - Meathole, Planet Mu 99, 2005 Michel Banabila - intro (instrumental) - Vuka! Vuka!, unreleased, 2005 Jorge Reyes - The Body Song - Solar: A Music Travelogue Volume 1, Soleilmoon Recordings, 1997 Djinnestan - RainI (darkdrone edit) - The Darkdrone Mix, Webbed Hand WH050, 2005 Andrey Dergatchev - Rain - The Return, ECM 1923, 2005 Carl Stone - Mound Ridlight - Sampling Neurosis, 2000 Hafler Trio - The Most Beautiful breath (extract) - And I'll be the Wind, Soleilmoon Recordings, 2003 Dwight Ashley - Untitled - Four, Orchard 809236, 2005 Aquaboogie - The Queen's Birthday - The Noise and the City, autres directions mounlin008, 2004 Deathprod - Deerstalker - Money will Ruin Everything, Rune Grammophon rcd 2032 , 2003 Bolander - The Center of the Lake on a Quiet Afternoon - Drone Download Project, tzpdc 07, 2005 Faultline - Mystery track - Closer Colder, Leaf 12, 1999 Eliane Radigue - Kailasha - Trilogie de la Mort, XI 119, 1998 Kjartan Ólafsson - Völuspá - Vóluspá, Erki Tónlist 9, 2003 Akira Rabelais - 1300 cursor M. 2699 (75) His Fader Nineti and Nine That Day - unreleased, 2004 "Hoosh Ritual" from "The Story of the Weeping Camel" - HFF/BR, 2003 David Darling - Two or Three Things - Cello ECM 1464 1992 Yannick Dauby - Chant de Dune - Le Silence de Sirènes, 1999 Richard Chartier - Component - Two Locations, Line 013, 2003 James Plotkin & Mark Spybey - Vord Lae - A Peripheral Blur, Kranky 32, 1998 Yuval Ron - Reve d'Eternite - In the Shallows, CDBaby, 2003 Llips - Flux - Dos Partes, U-Cover 007, 2001 Michel Banabila - My Mother's Voice (**) - Vuka! Vuka!, Unreleased, 2005 Akira Rabelais - 1300 cursor M. 2699 (39) His Fader Nineti and Nine That Day - private collection n.v.t. 2004 Carmen Baier - Spelle - Spellewauerynsherde: Interpretations Various & Sundry, Bremstrahlung TRANS001, 2004 Biosphere - From a Solid to a Liquid - Dropsonde,Touch TO:66, 2006 Andrey Dergatchev - Underwater - The Return, ECM 1923, 2005 310 - More North than Portland - Recessional, Leaf 33, 2003 Brannan Lane - Son | 10-10-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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The Hum in the Room (mix) | "The Hum in the Room" the final part of the three-part mix dedicated to ... the hum in your room! The buzz that you suddenly notice, that appears to have been there forever but unnoticed - until this moment. The sound that will be there forever from now. The hum that appeart to come from the inside of your head, and that keeps changing when you turn your head or walk through the room. The noise that can irritate as well as fascinate. Or, to quote John Cage from a 1937 lecture: "Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating. The sound of a truck at 50 m.p.h. Static between the stations. Rain. We want to capture and control these sounds, to use them, not as sound effects, but as musical instruments. "The other parts of this 'trilogy' (created in 2005) are "The Mantra of Walls and Wiring" and "Acoustical Illusions" (both posted earlier). Together, these three mixes are the most 'minimal' but in my opinion also the most intense ones I created. The title is of course also from the Philip Glass/Paul Simon song featured in the beginning of "Mantra of Walls and Wiring" THE HUM IN THE ROOM PLAYLIST: Ryoji Ikeda - Matrix (for Rooms) - Matrix , 2001, Touch TO:44 Ryoji Ikeda - 1011111111 - Matrix , 2001, Touch TO:44 Akira Rabelais - Notturno (2) - Eisotrophobia, 2001, Ritornell Brannan Lane - Zone One - Hypnotic Drift, 2003, Sampler CD Disinformation - National Grid - New Forms, Contemporary Electronic Music in the Context of Art, 2000, Galerie Fuer Zeitgenoessische Kunst Leipzig Robert Henke - Signal to Noise 1 - Signal to noise, 2004, Kompakt ICM 05 Alp - Fax Machine – Toilet Plumbing - At home with Alp, 1999, Soleilmoon 01863 Tamia / Pierre Favre - Solitude - Solitudes, 1992, ECM 1442 Brannan Lane - Mesosphere (part 1) - Troposphere, soundtrack for your head, 2000, World Circle Records, WCD804CD Oöphoi - Cydron - The dreaming of Shells, 2003, Mystery Sea Albrecht Kunze - Motion Control - Maschinelle Strategeme, 2000, Ritornell, RIT010 Biosphere - Modifié - Autour de La Lune, 2004, Touch TO:62 Edgar Varese - Poem Electonique - Ohm, the Electric Gurus of Electronic Music 2000, Ellipsis CD3270 Joyi Yuasa - Projection Esemplastic for White Noise - Ohm, the Electric Gurus of Electronic Music 2000, Ellipsis CD3270 Alp - Disk Drive Kettle Washing Machine - At home with Alp, 1999, Soleilmoon 01863 Matthew Florianz - Erik + Matthew -1 - unreleased Michel Redolfi - Desert Tracks – Mojave Desert - Desert tracks, 1988, Ina GRM, INA_C 1005 E-Hum 1 - private collection Arvo Pärt - Solfeggio - De Profundis, 1997, Harmonia Mundi, HMU 907182 David Shea - Elegy - The Tower of Mirrors, 1996 Sub Rosa SR94 Food Mixer - private collection Alan Howarth - Sailing Ships Creaks - Real Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, Gnp crescendo 8054 Thomas Köner - Tu, Sempre - Zyklop, 2003, Mille Plateaux MP118 Thomas Köner - Les Soeurs Lumiere - Unerforschtes Gebiet, 2003, Die Stadt, DS56 Alan Howarth - Ships Interior - Real Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, Gnp crescendo 8054 Thomas Köner - Nuuk (Night) - Nuuk, 1997-2004 Mille Plateaux Media MPM 03 Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft - Voices - Out Here in there, 2002 Jazzland 017 368-2 Cas de Marez - Sens (fragment) - PEMCD, unreleased Matthew Florianz - Elementen - unreleased, 2003 Biosphere - Thermal Motion - Shenzhou, 2002, Touch TO:55 Pauline Oliveros, Panaiotis, Dempster - Ione - Deep Listening, 1989, New Albion, NA 022 Tetsu Inoue - Magnetic Field - Ambiant Otaku, 1994, Fax, PS08/43 David Kwan - +/- IV - Storm of Drones, 1996, Asphodel 966 Tibor Szemzo - Tractatus - Tractatus, 1991 – 1995, 1995, LeoRecords LR 227 Moljebka Pvlse - Jiken - Evolved as One, a collection of Emotional Ambient-Drones, 2003, Evolved as One, EVOL 01 Sleep Research Facility - Back to the Egg - Dead Weather Machine – re:Heat, 2004, manifold MANCD043 Kettel - Electrician and Adventurer - Volleyed | 7-10-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Acoustical Illusions (mix) | "Acoustical Illusions", a part of the "Hum in the Room-trilogy" (2005), is dedicated to the environmental sounds that sound like distant choirs or orchestras. Sometimes when you listen to sounds in your environmental background, they may vaguely sound like a full string orchestra, or like soft whispering voices. An orchestra tuning? Cars passing on the highway?Sound that sound different from what they really are - Acoustical Illusions. Like the other wo mixes in this set ("Mantra of Walls and Wiring" and "The Hum in the Room") this is a very minimal, drone-oriented mix. And probably, you'll also hear some sounds that aren't even in it! ACOUSTICAL ILLUSIONS PLAYLIST: Matthias Grassow - Hidden Deep - Hidden deep, 1999, 2001, Sistema Operativo Paul Schutze - The Head, the Soles of the Feet, an Arm - Third Site, 1999, Rykodisc RCD 10464 Matthew Florianz - Heden - Sprook, 1999, unreleased Anders Blomqvist - Sparar (Tracking) - Media Artes II, 2002, Chamber Sound 27 Banabila - Still Waiting - Hilarious Expedition, 2005, TAPU RECORDS, TRBOP01 Banabila - SMS-ing - Hilarious Expedition, 2005, TAPU RECORDS, TRBOP01 Astrogenic Hallucinauting - Non Angular Chamber - Drone Download Project 2003 Biosphere - The Silent Orchestra - Man with a Movie Camera, 2001, Touch TO:50 Matthew Florianz - Hidden - Electronic Forest, 2002. H/S Recordings HSCD6 Michael Prime - Armillaria - Solar, A Musical travelogue, vol II, 2002 Soleilmoon 04140 Arve Henriksen - Ending Image - Chiaroscuro, 2004, Rune Grammofon RCD2037 Leif Inge - Beetstretch B912 (2x) - Beetstretch, (Beethoven's 9th stretched to 24 hours) Robert Henke - Studies of Thunder - Signal to noise, 2004, Kompakt ICM 05 Frank Perry - Treasure of the Mountain - Solar, A Musical travelogue, vol II, 2002 Soleilmoon 04140 Brian Eno - Deep Glass Bells (with Harmonic Clouds) - Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now, 2003, Opal, Opal CD02 Scanner - Throat Paint Fortune - Solar, A Musical travelogue, vol II, 2002 Soleilmoon 04140 Michel Redolfi - Crysallis – Deep Sleep - Crysallis, Underwater Opera, 1999, unknown Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft - Voices - Out Here in there, 2002 Jazzland 017 368-2 Claude Schryer - Musique de l'Odyssee Sonore – Eau - Excitations, 1997, Empreintes Digitales IMED 0050 Higher Intelligence Agency & Biosphere - Meltwater - Polar Sequences, 1995, Beyond RBACD17 Voice of Eye - Sirens at Propolis - Storm of Drones, 1996, Asphodel 966 Jocelyn Montgomery/David Lynch - Flame and Vision - Lux Vivens, 1999, Mammoth 98013 Thomas Köner - Nival - Permafrost, 1994 Barooni BAR 009 Dino Pacifici - The Currents of Space - The Float Zone, 2004, Scorpio Rising Music Oöphoi - Cydron - The dreaming of Shells, 2003, Mystery Sea Christophe Charles - Verena - Maschinelle Strategeme, 2000, Ritornell, RIT010 Banabila - Phonema (1) - Hilarious Expedition, 2005, TAPU RECORDS, TRBOP01 Brian Eno - Night Thoughts - Textures, 1996, Standard Music Library, ESL003 Pseudo-auditory Hallucinations True Auditory Hallucinations "True auditory hallucinations are when you can clearly hear and understand voices (that are not there) talking to you. True auditory hallucinations are a sign of mental illness such as schizophrenia and have nothing to do with our ears. Pseudo-auditory Hallucinations In contrast, pseudo-auditory hallucinations have nothing to do with mental illness, but have everything to do with our faulty ears. People don't talk much about pseudo-auditory hallucinations because they think others will think they are nuts if they do. The big difference between true auditory hallucinations and pseudo-auditory hallucinations is that pseudo-auditory hallucinations are always vague—not clear and understandable. Pseudo-auditory hallucinations sound vaguely like tunes, music or voices. They sound "fuzzy" or indistinct. One lady described hers as, "like the wind blowing, but with a musical quality, as if someone off in the distance was singing without | 1-9-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Mantra of Walls and Wiring (mix) | "Mantra of Walls and Wiring" is the first of a set of three one hour mixes created in 2005. The other two are "The Hum in the Room" and "Acoustical Illusion" (will follow later). As you can read from the titles, these mixes thematically deal with the sound you can hear in your living environment; the 'everyday hum' surrounding you. I got inspired for this theme when I listened to a slowly fading ambient-cd...and finally realised the cd had already stopped for quite a while and I was oviously listening to (and enjoying) the hum of my own refrigerator! Since then the household environmental sounds do not disturb me anymore...they became part of the music I'm playing. Starting point of these programs is the text Paul Simon wrote for Philip Glass's 'Changing Opinion' ('Songs from Liquid Days'), featured here in an extremely 'deconstructed' version (full text below). Compared to the previous mixes these mixes are less accessible for listeners not used to 'ambient drone music'. These are the most 'minimal' mixes, containing some very strange combinations: the David Darling recording with the Wulu Bunun for example (which may give the feeling you are lifted into the sky) flowing into the sound of eternal rest of Eliane Radigue, followed by Herbert's sound of home-cooking bringing you back to your own private home. As in all mixes, there are some dark and tense parts. This is not meant to be 'new age happiness' at all. But in fact its serene timelessness never fails to amaze me. MANTRA OF WALLS AND WIRING PLAYLIST: Philips Cellulite Remover - private collection Evil Jon - fc4004 - Wein, Weib und Gesang, 2004, Kikapu KPU 072 Philip Glass - Changing Opinion (deconstructed) - Music from Liquid Days, 1986, CBS DIDC 10217 Stephen Phillips - Drone 2 - Drone Download Project 2003 Scanner - Spyder - X-Rated, the Electronic Files, 2002, Boudisque BOU 8 Sleep Research Facility - Nostromo – A Deck - Nostromo, 2001, Cold Spring csr34cd Alp Fridge - Freezer - At home with Alp, 1999, Soleilmoon 01863 Igneous Flame - Cyclical - unreleased, 2004 Arve Henriksen - Breathing - Sakuteiki, 2001, Rune Grammofon 2021 Alan Howarth - Sailing Ship Creaks - Real Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, GNP crescendo 8054 Annette van de Gorne - Terre - Storm of Drones, 1996, Asphodel 966 Christopher Hobbs - McGrimmon will never return - Ensemble Pieces, 1975, Obscure OBS2 Austere - Whainer - Drone Download Project 2003 Stars of the Lid - Down 3 - The Tired Sounds of, 2001, Kranky KRANK 050 Alvin Lucier - Music on a long thin wire - Ohm, the Electric Gurus of Electronic Music 2000, Ellipsis CD3270 Darrin Verhagen - As X-rays - Black Frost, 2004, Dorobo 020 Rumble, low frequency - private collection Arno Peeters - The Clothing Room Sphere - private collection Arno Peeters - Shaftsphere - private collection Sleep Research Facility - Dead Weather Machine - Dead Weather Machine, 2004, manifold MANCD042 Johann Johannson - Virgulegu Forsetar, second movement - Virgulegu Forsetar, 2004, Touch TO:64 Richard Bone - Stillness Repeating - Ambienism, 2004, Spiralight Recordings Grandma's Fussbuster - How Dry I Am / Rub-a-dub-dub, I can't believe it's a tub - Grandma's Fussbuster, CDBABY, 1996 Boyd Rice (Non) - Extract 12 - Terra Incognita, 2004, Mute Records 9256 David Darling & the Wulu Bunun - Pasibutbut (Prayer for a rich millet harvest) - Mudanin Kata, 2004, Riverboat, TUGCD 1032 Elaine Radigue - Kailasha - Trilogie de la Mort, 1998, XI records, XI 119 Herbert - In the Kitchen - Around the House, 2002, !K7, !K7105CD Alp - Microwave Oven / Electric Oven / Pan of Boiling Water - At home with Alp, 1999, Soleilmoon 01863 DOWNLOAD: 101Mb (60 min.) (Right-click and Save As) "Changing Opinion" Paul Simon - text Bernard Fowler - vocals from: Philip Glass' "Changing Opinion", Songs from Liquid Days, 1986 Gradually we became aware of a hum in the room an electrical hum in the room It went mmmmmm We followed it from corner to corner We pressed our ears against the wal | 12-7-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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S.A.D. Sounds - 2 (mix) | Part 2 of the 2-part mix called 'S.A.D. Sounds (Voorjaarsmoe)' (from april 2004). The first part can be found here. (Please listen in sequence...) "S.A.D." is an acronym of 'Seasonal Affective Disorder', otherwise known as 'Spring Fatigue' (and also for the other season's equivalents, like 'Winter Depression'). In Part 2, this theme is reflected in the closing part, a recording of a Kathleen Ferrier's performance of Handel's "Spring is Coming" (From 'Ottone'): Why should I alone be silent, when all nature awakes to life?" Voorjaarsmoe 2 Playlist: Michael Fahres - The Tubes - The Tubes 1995-2003, unreleased, private collection (released in 2006 on Cold Blue Music, CB0024) Michael Fahres - Fram (2002) für Grossen Brummkreisel - Frames, 2002, Rachel Haferkamp RH CD 001 Biosphere – Heatleak - Shenzhou, 2002, Touch 2002 Christina Kubisch - Sechs Spiegel - Sechs Spiegel, 1995, Parallelle 3 Leif Inge - bs932 - 9Beetstretch, www.notam02.no/9/ Christina Kubisch - Sechs Spiegel - Sechs Spiegel, 1995, Parallelle 3 Arve Henriksen - Viewing Infinite Space - Sakuteiki, 2001, Rune Grammofon RCD2021 Michel Redolfi / Jon Hassell – Vents d'Automne - Riviera Roulette – Un Roman Acoustique sur Nice, 2000, private collection Tarentel – Adonai - The Order of Things, 2001, Neurot Recordings NR010 Crooked Crow - Closeup of Cricket at Sutter Creek - Replacement Sponge, 2001, Crooked Crow Records Matthew Florianz – Dageraad - Grijsgebied, 2001, H/S Recordings HSCD1 Biff Johnson - The Other Side of What - Reading the Bones, 1998, Broad Vista Music Sarah Peebles - Tomoe (Revolving Life) – Rebirth - Suspended in Amber, 1994, Deep Listening, PS-CD-1 David Hayden - Natural Bridges 1 - The Dark Night of the Soul, 1999, MP3.com Sara Ayers - Winter and the Sound of Nothing - Sylvatica preview, 2000, MP3.com Alio Die - The Hidden Spring - The Hidden Spring, 1997, Crowd Control, Crowded 004 Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight - The Blue Notebooks, 2004, 130701 Records CD 13-04p Walter Carlos – Spring - Sonic Seasonings, 1972, CBS S67267 Myst Uru Game Soundtrack - Teledahn Age - Uru, Ages beyond Myst, Ubisoft, 2003 Thomas Köner - Unerforschtes Gebiet - Unerforschtes Gebiet, 2003, Mille Plateaux MP118 Michel Redolfi - Mata Pau (Mara and the Bird) - Detours, 1995, Mirage Musical Records A Produce - Inner Sanctum - Inner Sanctum, 1999, MP3.com David Darling - Light - Dark Wood, 1995, ECM Records, ECM 1519 Rothko - blk. with Bear - Dream for an End to Sorrow - Wish for a World Without Hurt, 2003, Trace Recordings TRACECD001 Higher Intelligence Agency - Cannon Hill - Birmingham Frequencies, 1998, Headphone h002 Kelvin L. Smith – Freshwater - Reclining Music, 2003, Farfield records Gilles Reaves - Sacred Space - Sacred Space, 2000, MP3.com Matthew Florianz, Stan Linders, Ivo Selder - Open Stage 20 april unmastered - Open Stage, 2002, www.matthewflorianz.com Echoes of Nature – Twilight Bayou: the Natural Sounds - Echoes of Nature, Delta, #12252 Kathleen Ferrier - Spring is Coming (Ottone - Handel) - What is Life? Songs, Arias and Sacred Pieces, Memoir Classics UK Thomas Gerwin - Air - Wattenmeer Suite , 1996, Integral Art Project IAP011 DOWNLOAD: 91Mb (76 min.) (Right-click and Save As) | 11-7-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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S.A.D. Sounds - 1 (mix) | The joys of springtime usually get the most attention, but the season has a dark side, too: “Spring Fatique”. The need to eat and to sleep more than usual, inexplicable mood changes, the difficulty to be able to concentrate, etc. These feelings are not strictly limited to the spring season, however. Comparable feelings are also known in Winter and Fall. About 60% of all people will probably recognise these symptoms. About 2% suffer from the more serious “Seasonal Affective Disorder’ (S.A.D.), also known as ‘Winter Depression’. The symptoms described can almost be heard in the strange soundscapes of this mix: not only in the titles of the tracks, but also in the atmosphere. Dark sounds, mostly, especially in the beginning. Luckily, the keynote of the pieces used gets lighter when time progresses: it is as if you hear the sun struggling to break through the sky.. Besides being an auditive impression of the tiredness of spring, this program may hopefully also be a remedy against it. This mix was created in 2004. The classic Peter Hammill track ‘The Birds’ in the beginning of Part 1 defines the theme: 'Spring came far too early this year: Mayflowers blooming in February. Should I be sad for the months, or glad for the sky? The birds don’t know which way to sing, and, my friends, neither do I.' (Part 2 of this mix can be found here) VOORJAARSMOE - 1 Playlist: Echoes of Nature – Birdsong - Rainforest: The Natural Sounds, 1993, Delta 12251 Peter Hammill - The Birds - The Love Songs, 1971, Virgin CAS 1166 Dallas Simpson - Bottle Disposal - Binaural Performances, Farfield Records Falling You - Inside the Whale - internet download, 2000, MP3.com A Produce – Overground - Altara, 2001, MP3.com Einóma – Brot Undir - Feilnótum, 2002, Vertical Form VFORM019CD Biosphere - As the Sun Kissed the Horizon - Substrata (remastered), 2001, touch to:50 Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm - Two Voices - Drawn from Life, 2001, Virgin Venture CDVEDJX954 Aaron Ximm - Deep Creatures - The Quiet American, http://www.quietamerican.org Lull - Lonely Shelter - Cold Summer, 1995, Subharmonic, SD 7013 Michel Redolfi - Crysalis - Deep Sleep - Detours, 1995, Mirage Musical Records Paul Schutze - Born by Clouds - Regard: Music by Film, 1997, Tone Casualties 610743971927 Matthew Florianz – Duisternis - Sprook, 2003, H/S Recordings The Innocence Mission - No Storms Come - Befriended, 2003, Badman Recording Scott Smallwood – Debris - Desert Winds: Six Windblown Pieces, 2002, Deep Listening DL 17 Deeplab Audioscapes – Chaak - Deeplab Audioscapes, 1999, mp3.com Brian Eno - Emphasizing Harmonic Partials - January 07003, Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now, 2003, Opal CD02 Esa Ruoho - Departure (18-02-01) - Spaces, 2001, U-Cover 005 Pete Namlook - Je Suis Triste et Seul Ici - Ambient Compilation 4, 1993, Fax +49-69/450464 Michael Fahres - Mercury Sound Escape Shore - Hain, 1996, Trikont US-0232 Vor der Flut - excerpt - Various Artists: Vor der Flut, Hommage an einem Wasserspeicher, EIGELSTEIN 2025/26 Boxhead Ensemble – One - Quartets, 2003, Atavistic 567203 Thomas Köner - Nuuk (Night) - Driftworks, 1997, Big Cat ABB1000CD Nils Petter Molvaer - Kakonita-Deathprod Mix - Recoloured, the remix album, 2001, Emarcy 013 591-2 Biosphere - Poa Alpina - Substrata (remastered), 2001, Touch 2001 Pete Namlook - Spring-from April to May - Seasons Greeting – Spring, Fax +49-69/450464 sea02 Andy Mellwig - Coloured Grey - Various Artists – Modulation & Transformation 4, 1999, MP 061 3CD Dhafer Youssef – Diaphanes - Digital Prophecy, 2003, Sony CD / 22.04.03 Alan Howarth - Interdimensional Vortex - Real Hollywood Sound Effects, 1997, GNP Crescendo 052824805422 Cypher 7 - Falling Backwards - Security, 2001, Subharmonic SUB7017 Brannan Lane - Relaxing Effect of Water - Relaxing Effects of Water, 2002, Brannanlane Music BLM503CD Greyworld - Studio 5 - | 11-7-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Peinzing - Part 2 (mix) | Peinzing - Part 2 (2003) is of course the second part of Peinzing (Pondering; Muse-ing). Since both parts are meant to be listened to as one, please download part 1 first and listen to them sequentially. You can find the full comments with Peinzing - Part 1, so for this edition I'll just stick to the playlist.. Peinzing 2 - Sequence Scheme Peinzing - Part 2 Playlist: Brannan Lane - Mouth - Lost Caverns of Thera - World Circle Records - 2000 John Zorn - Mysteries - IAO - Music In Sacred Light - Tzadik TZ 7338- 2002 Thom Brennan - Mist - Mist - TMB Music TB1034 - 2000 Roger Eno - Where the Rock Fish Feeds - Night Garden - La Cooka Ratcha Records CD-16714 - 2000 Tim Gerwing - Stars - Being to Being - MAPL (no number) - 2002 Banabila/Vloeimans - Roofscape - Voiznoiz III - Javaanse Jongens/Challenge JJT 77009 - 2002 Silent Watcher of Dark Matter - Toward the Infinite - Hempmachine Music - 2001 Aphex Twin - 11 - Selected Ambient Works II - Warp 021 LP - 1994 Yves Daoust - Suite Baroque: l'Extase - Excitations - Empreintes Digitales - 2000 Jon Hassell - Rising Thermal 14-16N;32-28E - Fourth World: Possible Musics - Editions E.G. EGED7 - 1980 Jamuud - Sayan Niskala - Konstellations, 769490111152/SSeyo CDRom - 1999 Bono/Eno/Hassell/Lanois - Bathtub - The Million Dollar Hotel - Interscope 542395- 2000 Bono/Eno Hassell/Lanois - The First Time - The Million Dollar Hotel - Interscope 542395- 2000 Echoes of Nature - Hoots and Howls - Jungle Talk: The Natural Sounds Of The Wilderness - Delta B000001V4S - 1993 Akira Rabelais - [....] edit - Full Swing Edits - Orthlong Musork orth 05- 2002 Alio Die - In Mean Time - The Hidden Spring - Crowd Control Crowded 004 - 1997 Alan Howarth - Blue Light Constant - Real Hollywood Sound Effects - GNP Crescendo GNPD 8054 - 1997 Dino Pacifici - Timeshift (edit) - Hallowed Ground - Dance Plant Records/Farfield Records - 1999 Tosca - Schwimmer.session 4 - Dehli9 - G-Stone/!K7 140cd - 2003 Justin Bennett - The Mosques of Tanger 1 + 2 - The Mosques of Tanger - Staalplaat STmCD 010 - 1994 Holger Czukay - Mirage - Good Morning Story - Tone Casualties tccd 9944 - 1999 Barry Truax - Fog (Pacific Region), part 2 - Fog - Cambridge Street Records, CSR CD 9101 - 1990 Humpback Whale - NOAA Ocean Explorer Archive Beth Gibbons - Mysteries - Out of Season - Polydor 066 574-2 - 2002 Humpback Whale / Slowdown NOAA Ocean Explorer Archive Stephan Micus - Adela (edit) - Desert Poems - ECM 1757 - 2002 Arno Peeters - Blindside - Soundscape Jabotek 2001* radio recording - 2001 Banabila - Steam - Spherics II - Boudisque Recording BOU 8 - 2003 Brannan Lane - Cavern V: Circle of Darkness - Lost Caverns of Thera - World Circle Records - 2000 Plenum - GSD - Various Artists: Communication Problems - Vibragun VIN 003 - 2002 Harmonic Choir - Rainbow Voice - Hearing Solar Winds - Ocora c. 558607 - 1988 Arvo Pärt - Für Aline - Alina - ECM 1591 - 2000 AV911 - Rain Storm one + two - mp3.com DOWNLOAD: 95Mb (75 min.) (Right-click and Save As) Mysteries (Words & Music by Beth Gibbons) God knows how I adore life When the wind turns on the shores lies another day I cannot ask for more When the time bell blows my heart And I have scored a better day Well nobody made this war of mine And the moments that I enjoy A place of love and mystery I'll be there anytime Oh mysteries of love Where war is no more I'll be there anytime | 8-7-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Peinzing - Part 1 (mix) | "Peinzing" (pondering, muse-ing) (2003) is the name of the musical collage in which the difference between 'music' and 'sound' will not always be clear to the listener. Over time, this has proven to be one of the most popular mix, especially with listeners that were not exactly familiar to ambient/electronic music. It is indeed one of the more accessible - which does nót necessarily mean this is 'easy listening'. Do nót expect 'New Age' music, despite some whale-, cricket- and other sounds of nature. At times the layers of sounds are dark and threatening, maybe even confronting. There's always the dynamic range between tension and release. The quiet piano sounds of John Cage and Arvo Pärt surround a broad spectrum of auditive landscapes. Inbetween, sometimes 'ordinary' pop-songs define the theme, like Paul Simon's 'Quiet':"I am heading for a time of quiet / When my restlessness is past / And I can lie down on my blanket / And release my fists at last". This particular sequence (Arno Peeter's collage of hectic life's answering machines, Paul Simon's detaching Zen-like song 'Quiet', and Jon Hassell seemingly rephrasing Paul Simon's last vocal line) is one of my all time favourite sequences. Because for me this part expresses what most mixes are about: Tension...Release...and then again: dark clouds gathering above strange landscapes... Please note that this 2-part mix is meant to be listened as one. Peinzing (Part 2) can be found here Peinzing part 1 - Sequence Scheme Peinzing (Part 1) playlist: Alexei Lubimov - John Cage: In a Landscape Der Bote - ECM New Series 1771 461812-2 - 2002 DNTel - Pillowcase Life is Full of Possibilities - Plug Research PR320106CD - 2001 Autopoieses - c[] edit Full Swing Edits - Orthlong Musork orth 05- 2002 Arno Peeters - Audentity II Aeroson - Mille Plateaux MP031 CD - 1996 Paul Simon - Quiet You're the One - Warner Bros 47844 - 2000 Jon Hassell - These Times... Dream Theory in Malaya - Editions EG EEGCD13 - 1981 Thomas Köner - Daikan I + IV Daikan - Mille Plateaux MP 107 - 2002 Christina Kubisch - Oase 2000 Sonic Boom - Sonic Boom - 2000 Biosphere - Green Reflections Cirque - Touch TO:55 - 2001 Arno Peeters - Audentity - extended Aeroson - Mille Plateaux MP031 CD - 1996 Echoes of Nature - Turkey Talk Jungle Talk: The Natural Sounds Of The Wilderness - Delta B000001V4S - 1993 Eleni Karaindrou - Lament I Trojan Women - ECM New Series 1810 - 2002 Nigel Ayers/John Everall/Mick Harris - Mesmeric Enabling Device part 2 Mesmeric Enabling Device - Soleilmoon 01923 - 1997 A Produce - Midnight Pond The Other World- Hypnos hyp 1804 - 1998 Bass Communion - A Grapefruit in the World of Park Where Stalks the Sandman - Noh Poetry NPR 003 - 2001 Kent Sparling - In a Mumbling Sky Under New Manna - Farfield Records - 2000 Susumu Yokota - Grass, Tree and Stone The Boy and the Tree - Leaf Label bay25cd - 2002 Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet - Coney Island Low Requiem for a Dream - Nonesuch 79611-2 - 2000 Dhafer Youssef - La Priere de l'Absent Electric Sufi - Enja 9412-2 - 2002 Jah Wobble - The Compound Umbra Sumus - 30Hertz cd 5 - 1998 Jah Wobble - Chela Umbra Sumus - 30Hertz cd 5 - 1998 Alan Howarth - Storm on Ceti Beta VII Real Hollywood Sound Effects - GNP Crescendo GNPD 8054 - 1997 Fred Szymanski - It's Hard to Know Various Artists: A Storm of Drones - Asphodel ASP 0966 - 1996 Thomas Köner - Ilira Teimo - Barooni BAR05cd - 1991 Thomas Köner - Foutu Various Artists: Communication Problems - Vibragun VIN 003 - 2002 Rothko - Bloodtied A Continual Search for Origins- Too Pure - 2002 Liquid Morphine - Droom (not on album) - 2000 Arve Henriksen - Path around the Pond Sakuteiki - Rune Grammofon 2021 - 2001 Leif Inge - 9Beetstretch 3.2 (partial) 9Beetstretch - EX FIELD X 24H 9B - 2002 John Taverner - Funeral Ikos Byzantia - Virgin Classics 7243 5 45352 2 2 - 1999 AV911 - Rain Storm 2 mp3.com DOWNLOAD: 90Mb (75 min.) (Right-click and Save As) Quiet (Words & Musi | 8-7-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Vergeten Tijd (Time Forgotten) (mix) | Vergeten Tijd ('Time Forgotten') was not specifically created for the Polderlicht Project (Amsterdam, 2001), but the mix fits in seamlessly with KlankSluis and Eindpunt. Because these three mixes were broadcast in one 'go' on dutch radio in 2002, I like to refer to them as the "Polderlicht Trilogy". To me, good drone/ambient music always has a feeling of timelessness. This mix (like most of my others) combines some of the deepest drones (Thomas Köner, Alio Die, Stars of the Lid) with music that is not even remotely considered 'ambient', yet has a similar feeling (Calexico, David Darling, Kimmo Pohjonen). The sequence image (below) shows the way the tracks are superimposed and combined. Vergeten Tijd: Mix Sequence Vergeten Tijd Playlist: Kimmo Pohjonen - Avanto - Kluster - 2002 Alio Die - The Hidden Spring - The Hidden Spring -1999 Kit Clayton - Untitled 7 - Lateral Forces (Surface Fault) - 2001 Stars of the Lid - Gasfarming - The Tired Sounds of...- 2001 Toshinori Kondo & Bill Laswell - Untitled Track - Life Space Death - 2001 Tom Heasley - Ground Zero - Where the Earth Meets the Sky - 2001 310 - Persian Wolf - Downtown and Brooklyn Only - 2001 310 - Prewar Doorman - Downtown and Brooklyn Only - 2001 David Darling - Lament - Cello - 1993 Silent Watcher of Dark Matters- Deep Space - Toward the Infinite - 2001 Peter Schaefer - Gulf Savannah - The Mynah - 1996 Austere - Thanatos - Monodia- 1999 Loop Guru - Saboda - Catalogue of Desires, vol. 3: the Clear White Variation - 1996 Thomas Köner - Meta Incognita - Permafrost - 1997 Jochem Paap - Un-klkkn - Vrs-Mbnt-Pcs 9598 I - 1998 Falling Water - Bamboo Rainsticks - Bamboo Rainsticks - 1999 Arve Henriksen - White Gravel - Sakuteiki - 2001 David Tollefson - Exqoor (illusive mix) - The Other World - 1998 Kimmo Pohjonen - Alla - Kluster - 2002 Calexico - Untitled II - Hot Rail - 2000 Egghatcher - Sweep - The Other World - 1998 Lull - Travels - Dreamt about Dreaming - 1992 LLIPS vs. Starfish Pool - Mouthful - Sweetwater - 2000 Steve Roach - Midnight Loom - Midnight Moon - 1998 Solitaire - Runes - Ritual Ground - 1993 Air Liquide - Tinitus - rauschen gefährdet ihre gesundheit - Abuse your Illusions - 1995 Paul Giger - Zauerli 3 - Alpstein - 1991 Piano Magic - Untitled III - Son de Mar - 2001 DOWNLOAD: 66Mb (60 Min) (Right-click and Save As) | 6-7-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Eindpunt (End of the Line) (mix) | One of the reactions on the earlier 4 hour non stop ambient collages broadcast by Supplement (...dutch radio program with a focus on modern/avant garde/experimental music...) in the past years, was an invitation to contribute two sound installations to the location project called Polderlicht (Amsterdam, november 2001). This is the second one: "Eindpunt (End of the Line)" The first one was "Klanksluis" (SoundLock, as in 'Airlock'). "Eindpunt" (End of the Line) was created for use in an old deserted public transport depot at the Oranje Vrijstaatkade in Amsterdam. The speakers were hidden in the old wreck of a bus (pictured above, with a light installation by Willem Marijs), reminiscing of days gone by: it includes some old recordings of a horse-tram in Amsterdam and other transport sounds. This mix should've stopped playing at eleven o'clock in the evening, but due to human error the timer clock failed and the mix kept playing all night...seemingly louder and louder white the city went to sleep. The people living at the other side of the water MUST have heard fragments of this mix in their sleep. Some of them must've had some really weird dreams that night. But no-one complained!! Eindpunt (End of the Line) Playlist: Brian Eno - Old Brompton Road, feb 20 - Music for White Cube - 1997 Brian Eno - The Oval, feb 24 - Music for White Cube - 1997 tramrit a'dam 50's - - Library of vanished sounds Sara Ayers - Interiors - Interiors - 2001 Lost Time Accident - Cave - Age 2 Wonder at - 2001 paardentram - Library of vanished sounds Banabila - Primitive Lab - Spherics - 2001 Crooked Crow - Bakersfield Station - Replacement Sponge - 2001 Fluxion - Unechoic Dream - [Spaces] - 2001 DJ Jizello - Hwok_pur - unknown - 2001 The East CourtYard - Live Ambient Vibes - 2001 Biosphere - Moistened & Dried - Cirque - 2000 Francis Dhomont - Espace-escape - Excitations - 2000 Jeff Greinke - Harbor Island 2 - Cities in Fog 2 - 1997 oude tram interieur - Library of vanished sounds Brian Eno - Camden Town, feb 24 - Music for White Cube - 1997 Aphex Trim - 11 - Selected Ambient Works, vol II - 1994 tramrit a'dam 50's - Library of vanished sounds Robyn Schulkowsky / Nils Petter Molvaer- VII - Hastening Westward - 1995 Thomas Köner - Nuuk - Aubrite - 1995 Bill Fontana - Köln-Kyoto Sound Bridge - ? Vladislav Delay - Ranta - Multila - 2000 Richard Chartier - Filer - Clicks and Cuts 2 - 2000 Biosphere - Proem - Insomnia-No Peace for the Wicked - 1997 Stephen Philips - Drone Symphony in E - Cycles 3 - 2000 paardentram - Library of vanished sounds oude tram interieur - Library of vanished sounds Sutekh - 19xx - Clicks and Cuts 2 - 2000 Brian Eno - Lavender Hill, feb 14 - Music for White Cube - 1997 DOWNLOAD: 63Mb (61 Min) (Right-click and Save As) | 6-7-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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Klanksluis (SoundLock) (mix) | One of the reactions on the earlier 4 hour non stop ambient collages broadcast by Supplement (...dutch radio program with a focus on modern/avant garde/experimental music...) in the past years, was an invitation to contribute two sound installations to the location project called Polderlicht (Amsterdam, november 2001). This is the first one: "Klanksluis" (SoundLock, as in 'Airlock'). The other one is "Eindpunt (End of the Line)", which will be published next. The Polderlicht project (consisting mainly of video art and light sculptures) created a different view on the area around the Polderweg, which was to be demolished to make place for a new shopping mall. Klanksluis was especially designed to use in the Beyersweg: a small street that was one of the entries to the Polderlicht Area, stretching over a few 100 metres. One side filled with green bushes covering an old school building (now vanished), the other side stone brick walls. Multiple speakers were located over the full length of the street, hiding in the bushes. Everyone entering the Area had to pass the 'soundlock' (hence the name 'Klanksluis'). Some visitors may hardly have noticed the sound installations (playing continously), because by walking through it, they only heard a small fragment of it. Unless, of course, they realised that the sound of croaking frogs was quite unusual in this part of town - just to name an example... Mixing and merging this music with more acoustical passages, like Gorecki composition, the trumpet of Nils Petter Molvaer, or the accordeon of Calexico, these mixes offer new emotional intensity, different compared to the original recordings. KlankSluis Playlist: zomers platteland in Nederland (dutch flatlands in summer) - Library of vanished sounds Michel Redolfi - Palm Canyon - Swarm of Drones - 1995 Austere - Retouched Preview/Crystil - Austere remix - Falling You - 2000 Max Corbacho - Predawn Darkness - Far Beyond The Immobile Point - 2000 Steve Reich - Interior of the Cave - The Cave - 1995 Steve Roach - Early Dawn - Early Man - 2000 Boulding/ Bollman / Wolff - Invocationes - Vor der Flut; Hommage an einen Wasserspeicher - ? Laraaji - Kalimba - Music for Films III - 1988 AV911 Multimedia - Rain Storm One - - Soundscape: Rain Storm One - 1999 Final - Hide - Ambient, vol. 4: Isolationism - 1995 Robert Rich - Electric Fish - Somnium DVD (excerpt) - 2001 Thomas Köner - Ilira - Teimo - 1992 Kit Clayton - Nuchu -Nek Salanet - 1999 Hildegard Westerkamp - Breathing Room - Excitations - 2000 Hildegard Westerkamp - Cricket Voice - Transformations - 1996 Esa Ruoho - Space (29.11.99.1) - Spaces - 2001 Dreamstate - White Winter Moon - ambient01@hyperreal - 1999 David Hayden - Calling the Spirit of the Canyon Wind - Natural Bridges - 2001 Andy Mellwig - Coloured Grey - Modulation & Transformation, Vol. 4 - 1999 Kim Cascone - nb2e_vortex.aiff - Modulation & Transformation, Vol. 4 - 1999 Silent Watcher of Dark Matter - Through space & time - Deep Space - 2001 Balanescu Quartet - Mother - Luminitza - 1994 Ryoji Ikeda - 0-Zero Degrees - Sonic Boom - 2000 Alvin Lucier- Music on a long thin wire - Ohm - 2000 Thomas Köner & TT Wipp - Mesurait la Force - Modulation & Transformation, Vol. 4- 1999 Christian Calon - Portrait d'un Visiteur - Excitations - 2000 Natasha Barrett - Racing Unseen - Excitations - 2000 Neotropic - Rote - La Prochaine Fois - 2001 Random Inc - Jerusalem 22 - Jerusalem; Tales outside the Framework of Orthodoxy - 2001 Random Inc - Jerusalem 17 - Jerusalem; Tales outside the Framework of Orthodoxy - 2001 Thomas Köner - Firn - Permafrost - 1997 H.M. Gorecki - Wislo Moja, Wislo Szara - Miserere - 1999 zomers platteland in Nederland (dutch flatlands in summer) - Library of vanished sounds DOWNLOAD: 71Mb (61 Min) (Right-click and Save As) | 6-7-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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DreamScenes - Part 4 (mix) | Part 4 of the 4-part mix from 2001.. Notes on this mixes can be found with Dreamscenes - Part 1. Read more for the complete playlist: DreamScenes - Part 4 Playlist: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Sea of Vapours - Mustt Mustt Zero Ohms - Power of Nothingness - [MP3.com] Bill Laswell / Michael J. Harris - Distal Sonority - Ambient Compendium DreamState - PM Landscape 1 - [MP3.com] Tim Gerwing - Chikatetsu - [MP3.com] SAO - Grassland - [MP3.com] Thomas Koener - Permafrost - Permafrost Christina Kubisch - Oase 2000 - Sonic Boom Vidna Obmana - Evening Chorus (gamelan 2) - Anthology Part One 1992-1994 Ronu Majumdar - A Day for Trade Winds - Hollow Bamboo Brian Eno - Kentish Town, jan 29 - White Cube Brian Eno - Barbican Station, feb 24 - White Cube David Hayden - Calling the Spirit of the Canyon - [MP3.com] Zero Ohms - Radha Shabda - [MP3.com] Russell Mills - Heaven Dips - Pearl + Umbra Faultline - Mystery Track - Closer Colder David Darling - Dawn - Dark Wood Godspeed You Black Emperor - The Buildings they are sleeping - Raise your hands… Sara Ayers - Night Hounds - [MP3.com] Olivier Messiaen - Oraison (1937) - OHM - Gurus of Electronic Music Steve Reich - Interior of the Cave - The Cave DOWNLOAD: 55Mb (61 Min) (Right-click and Save As) | 5-7-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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DreamScenes - Part 3 (mix) | Part 3 of the 4-part mix from 2001.. Notes on this mixes can be found with Dreamscenes - Part 1. Read more for the complete playlist: DreamScenes - Part 3 Playlist: Biosphere - Le Grand Dôme - Cirque Fred Szymansky - It's Hard to Know - A Storm of Drones Giles Reaves - Toward the One - [MP3.com] Michel Redolfi - Palm Canyon - A Swarm of Drones Umlaut Soundscapes - The Sarcophagus part One - [MP3.com] Eliane Radigue - Mila's Journey - Inspired by a Dream Kudsi Erguner - Suheyla Steve Roach / Thupten Pema Lama - Prayers to the Protector(instrumental) - Prayer to the Protector Sara Ayers - Strand of Pearls - [MP3.com] Startled Insects - Lifepulse - Lifepulse Laurie Anderson - Tightrope - Bright Red / Tightrope Laswell / Hosono / Harris - Main Dream - Alien Ambient Galaxy A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Angels Standing Guard around the Side - He has left us alone Brian Eno - Camden Town, feb 24 - White Cube Hector Zazou - Notte - Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses DOWNLOAD: 61Mb (61 Min) (Right-click and Save As) | 5-7-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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DreamScenes - Part 2 (mix) | Part 2 of the 4-part mix from 2001.. Notes on this mixes can be found with Dreamscenes - Part 1. Read more for the complete playlist: DreamScenes - Part 2 Playlist: Hassell / Arreguin / Muhoberac / Freeman - Amsterdam Blue (Cortege) - Million Dollar Hotel OST Bill Laswell - Broken Dream - Ambient Compendium Paul Lansky - 6 Fantasies on a poem by Thomas Campion: Her Song (1978) - OHM - Gurus of Electronic Music Rachel's Handwriting - Full on Night, Full on Night Obscurio - Flow - [MP3.com] Russell Mills - A Swoon in Amber - Pearl + Umbra Rothko - Suddenly Becomes Light - [MP3.com] Steve Roach - Begins Looking Skyward - Early Man Scanner - Ground Veil - [MP3.com] John Surman - A Monastic Calling - Absalom Dawe SAO - Evening Fire on Mimosa Ridge - [MP3.com] Robert Ashley - Automatic Writing (1979) - OHM - Gurus of Electronic Music Thomas Koener / Max Eastley - In Concert - Sonic Boom Robyn Schulkowsky / Nils Petter Molvaer - Hastening Westward VII - Hastening Westward Maryanne Amacher - Living Sound, Patent Pending (1979) - OHM - Gurus of Electronic Music Jamuud - Sayan - Niskala Paul Bowles / Bill Laswell - Baptism of Solitude - Baptism of Solitude Sheila Chandra - AboneCroneDrone 1 - AboneCroneDrone Stuart Dempster - Melodic Communion - Underground Overlays in the Cistern Chapel DOWNLOAD: 59Mb (60 Min) (Right-click and Save As) | 5-7-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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DreamScenes - Part 1 (mix) | DreamScenes was originally created in 2001 for dutch radio. It consists of four one-hour parts that were broadcasted uninterrupted. To my surprise it led to quite a few reactions, some people even listened to the the full 4 hours in one radio session. This mix actually was the second in the series: in april 2001 the first one, called 'Ambient Mix' was broadcast (also 4 hours). That one was in fact more of a 'live mix' (I had no good setup to pre-listen to the tracks), so I find this mix a bit too messy to publish here. Quite a few of these mixes would follow in later years. I will gradually publish them all on this podcast weblog I will of course publish full playlist details here too. Hope you'll enjoy them and hope to find you here again in the future... (Read more for Playlist Details and download link) Original Notes: In society today, sometimes we're very busy chillin' out. The non-stop "DreamScenes" collage might be helpful: without the proper (relaxed) state of mind you probably will not be able to appreciate the continuous 4 hour long audiomix. It is difficult to distinguish one track from another in this mix. It's a continuous mix, four hours long, without spoken comment (apart from the computerized instruction telling you how to do a reality check when needed). "Dreams" are the main theme of this collage. There is a remarkable cadence in the program, resembling the sleep cycle. Sometimes only distorted signals of the outer reality seem to enter your consciousness, while at other moments you seem to be awake - bright, clear and lucid. Never too long however: within short, any impression differs from the moment before. Please don't let the phrase 'chill out' distract you: this collage has nothing to do with the New Age music usually associated with it. The feverish whispering of Robert Ashley's 'Automatic Writing', for example, (at about 1'35" from the beginning of the program) sounds like someone talking in his sleep but unable to find the right words. Sounds like waking up in sweat. Anyone receptive enough may experience a lot of different atmospheres in this 'four hour virtual night', and finally will wake up unable to grasp the memories of all of them. Here's a last suggestion: listen to this broadcast in solitude. Presence of others probably only will distract you. DreamScenes part - 1 Playlist: (Note: The mix starts with a computerized vocal instruction on how to induce 'lucid dreaming', which is in dutch - so be patient for a while) Biosphere - Chamber - Insomnia Laurie Anderson - Bright Red - Bright Red / Tightrope Laswell / Hosono / Harris - Main Dream - Alien Ambient Galaxy Steve Roach - Early Dawn - Early Man Sara Ayers - A Moment Passing - MP3.com DreamState - Floating/Dreaming - Linger [MP3.com] Jocelyn Montgomery / David Lynch - Flame and Vision - Lux Vivens Kit Clayton - Nuchu - ~scape, Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel - Alina Brian Eno - Old Brompton Road, feb. 20 - Music for the White Cube Luc Ferrari - Music Promenade (1969) - Ohm - Gurus of Electronic Music Jon Hassell - Dream Theory - Dream Theory (in Malay) Farfield - Ascent - Glastonbury 2000 - [MP3.com] Dave Stafford - Willing Participation in the Dream - [MP3.com] Thomas Koener / TT Wipp - Measurait la Force - Sonic Boom Russell Mills / Ian Walton - Mantle - Sonic Boom Stina Nordenstamm - Come to Me - People are Strange AV911 - Evening Rain Storm - [MP3.com] Christina Kubisch - Sechs Spiegel, Sechs Spiegel Yonderboi - Sinking Slowly - Shallow and Profound DOWNLOAD: 54Mb (60 Min) (Right-click and Save As) | 5-7-09 | Gratis | Bekijk in iTunes |
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