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Stillness [Mix]

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0700

"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

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November Thoughts (Mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:11:00 -0700

(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

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Teloorgang (Decay and Loss) (Mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0700

"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)

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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

Discouraging Intruders (Mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:00:00 -0700

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 Plague 013 D/L
54:51 (03:08) Terje Isungset - Retrospect
Winter Songs, 2010; All Ice Records

This mix was created in may/june 2011.

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Amnesia (Mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:00:00 -0700

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

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Arno Peeters - The Peeters Principle (Mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:15:00 -0700

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)
38:06 Mayrau "Fossil Sounds, Memory Mining”
Fossil Sounds, Memory Mining
40:31 NVDK Soundscape
Night of Art, Music and Theatre, Enschede (2008) - Full version
45:14 Turning to Raseborg
Turning to Raseborg, Finland (2008) - Full version
48:01 Water Soundtrack
video by Iris Honderdos (2007-2008) - Full version

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Pleq - Ambientblog Mix

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:00:00 -0700

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]

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Fovea Hex - Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent (Mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:56:00 -0700

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

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Dawn Secrets (Mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 12:00:00 -0700

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 & II
- Themes from the Songbook, 2010, ECM Records 2188
49:59 Ephraim Wegner - Swarm
- Audible Landscapes, 2010, Crónica 052
50:50 Collin Thomas - Blackjack Afternoon
- Stones/Still, 2010, collinthomas.net
54:20 Zazie Von Einem Anderen Stern - Nacht
- Regen:Tropfen, 2010, Drifting Falling DRIFTING018
57:00 Zazie Von Einem Anderen Stern - Intro
- Regen:Tropfen, 2010, Drifting Falling DRIFTING018
57:10 Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson - Degradation
- Angels of the Universe, 2001, Fat Cat Records FAT1102
58:22 Atom TM - Notturni N0.3
- 1i3835tra3Um3, 2010, Rather Interesting RI067
59:02 Julien Mier - Breathe With Me
- Flakes, 2010, Esc.Rec esc.rec.30 / Lomechanik lomek15

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Secret Chords and Apparitions (Mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0700

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

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Streets, Dreams and Memories (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 23:02:00 -0700

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)

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links:
Banabila Website
Soundcloud
Myspace
Flickr

Division Dialogue (Mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:00:00 -0700

"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

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Invisible Ink (Mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:50:00 -0700

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, Bigamoebasounds BASCD01

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VorteX mix

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:00:00 -0700

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. #)

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Fluid Radio Mix

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 22 May 2010 20:00:00 -0700

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 Fluid Radio MixCloud collection.

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Cinta Cita - part 2

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:00:00 -0700

"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

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Cinta Cita - Part 1

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:00:00 -0700

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

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[R]ecyclopedia [R]emix

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:00:00 -0700

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 van Wessels, Hugo van Rooy, Katja de Vetter, Pierre Verbeek, Willie Bakker, Hans Tonino, Ron Krepel, Eric Vloeimans, René de Ries, Maarten, May en Moonie Witjes

Mixed in january/february 2010 by Peter van Cooten

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Subversion Guest Mix

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:23:00 -0700

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)

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Isolate (Mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:00:00 -0700

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

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Miserere (Mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:05:00 -0700

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 Psychonavigation Records PSY029
37:02 Else Marie Pade - Illustrations - The Palace of the Sea King
- Water-colours of the Sea, 2009 Dacapo Records 8.226544
37:41 Ronald van der Meijs - Under the Dream
- Private collection, 2009 unreleased
39:05 Lawrence English - Quiet Planigale
- Favourite Places 2, 2009 Audiobulb AB026
43:27 Clint Mansell - We're Not Programs, Gerty, We're People
- Moon OST, 2009 Black Records CMCD001
44:15 Elegi - Fandens Bre
- Varde, 2009 Miasmah MIACD009
45:18 Hildur Gudnadottir - Unveiled
- Without Sinking, 2009 Touch TO:70
45:31 Hildur Gudnadottir - Elevation
- Without Sinking, 2009 Touch TO:70
47:35 Last Days - Thoughts of Alice
- The Safety of the North, 2009 n5MD MD166
50:12 Wixel - Jotunheimen
- Norway, 2009 (august) 2009.bandcamp.com
51:08 Scanner - Leoni
- Consegnaci, Bambina, I Tuoi Occhi, 2009 Horus Music
51:37 Robert Henke - Indigo_Transform
- Indigo_Transform, 2009 Imbalance Computer Music ICM 08
52:46 Mathew Adkins - Sea Soundscape
- [60] Project, 2008 Impreintes digitales IMED0898
55:00 Roland Etzin - On the Bus
- Recorded in the Field by…, 2006 Gruenrekorder Gruen033
55:13 Elian - It was over, just like that
- And Then, One Day, It was over, just like that, 2008 Trans>Parent Radiation Trans012
55:20 Murcof - Eugenio
- La sangre Iluminada, 2009 Intolerancia Records
56:30 The Caretaker - Past Life Regression
- Persistent Repetition of Phrases, 2008 History Always Favours the Winners HAFTWDL003
57:07 The Gentleman Losers - Oblivion's Tide
- Dustland, 2009 City Centre Offices TowerblockCD043
57:50 Aaron Ximm (The Quiet American) - Starboard
- Maritime Suite, 200x self-released
58:00 The Tallis Scholars - Gregorio Allegri - Miserere (3 fragments)
- Allegri: Miserere, 2005 Gimsell Records GIMSE401

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Mark Tamea Mix

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:00:00 -0700

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)

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January 2010 Update:
Mark Tamea's new album, 'Metonymy', is now released and available at AtmoWorks.

Sounds of Spellborn - Alternate (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:58:00 -0700

‘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

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Sounds of Spellborn (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:53:00 -0700

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

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Dream Calibration (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:46:00 -0700

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

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Utsura - Utsura (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:30:00 -0700

“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)

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True (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0700

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

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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)

Strange Birds (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0700

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

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Allegaar (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:59:00 -0700

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)

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The Leftover Mix (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0700

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)

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Be Still (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0700

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

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Final Sleep (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:59:00 -0700

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

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Ring (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:00:00 -0700

"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

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Wave (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:59:00 -0700

"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 - Sonic Pillow
- Sleep Cycle, BLM 501CD, 2003
Deadbeat - Habitat for Heavy Hearts
- New World Observer, ~scape 27, 2005
Akira Rabelais - Gymnopedie No. 2
- Eisotrophobia, Ritornell 14871, 2001
Akira Rabelais - 1671 Milton Samsom 1122
- Spellewauerynsherde, Samadhisound SS003, 2004

(*) These are the instructions for the first time crew. Listen carefully: they must be followed exactly. All openings of your garment must be sealed completely. If the integrity of your suit is compromised in any way, if the fabric is torn or zippers not closed, re-admittance will be denied." (from: "Twelve Monkeys")

(**) "I dreamt I saw my mother coming and call me. But when I opened my eyes I did not see her. I t was beautiful, but I was so scared...because... I heard that voice first, but then I remembered that I don't know my mother... But that voice - it's really....that voice is my mother's voice". from "Vuka! Vuka! (Wake up! Wake up!)" - Michel Banabila

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The Hum in the Room (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0700

"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 Iron, 2004, U Cover, 018
Thomas Gerwin - Air - Wattenmeer Suite, 1996, IAP 011
Quiet American - Night web download

Note: You may notice some artefacts in the first minutes of this mix, due to the extreme frequencies from Ryoji Ikeda's music not translating to the MP3 format very well.

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Acoustical Illusions (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:15:00 -0700

"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 words." Another lady said, "I've never heard a tune that I could identify. It sounds more like an orchestra warming up." Another woman described hers thus; "When I am in a real quiet room I hear this humming in my head like someone is humming a song but can't keep a tune."

Make no mistake, when we hear pseudo-auditory hallucinations, it is a very real experience to us. One woman commented to her husband after they arrived at their hotel that she had really enjoyed the music on the plane trip. Her husband replied, "There was no music on the plane." On the return trip she again heard the music and nudged her husband. He listened and replied, "Nope! No music!" A man related, "I would often lie half awake in the morning and hear a 'radio.' A guy would be talking like they did in the 50's. Kind of a monotone voice and all the advertisements like they did back then." One lady noted that when she was a young girl and flying with her dad in small planes, she would hear music. She described it, "The music was a full choir, rather like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and when I was very young, I thought it was angels singing." "

text taken from:
http://www.hearinglosshelp.com/articles/hallucinations.htm

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Mantra of Walls and Wiring (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:34:00 -0700

"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

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"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 walls
We crossed diagonals and put our hands on the floor

Sometimes it was a murmur
Sometimes it was a pulse

Maybe it's the hum of a calm refrigerator cooling on a big night
Maybe it's the mantra of the walls and wiring
Deep breathing in soft air
mmmmmm

S.A.D. Sounds - 2 (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:52:00 -0700

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

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S.A.D. Sounds - 1 (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:41:00 -0700

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
- Sonic Boom, 2000, Hayward Gallery, ISBN 1-85332-208-3
Hildegard Westerkamp - Beneath the Forest Floor
- Transformations, 1996, Empreintes Digitales, IMED 9631
A Silver Mt. Zion - For Wanda
- He Has Left Us Alone…, 2000, Constellation #9
Hildegard Westerkamp - Beneath the Forest Floor
- Transformations, 1996, Empreintes Digitales, IMED 9631
Michel Redolfi - Sons Frisson Cue 3
- Sons Frisson, 1998, Private Collection
Susumu Yokota – Beans
- The Boy and the Tree, 2002, Leaf BAY25CD
David Sylvian - Darkest Dreaming
- Dead Bees on a Cake, 1999, Virgin CDV 2471

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Peter Hammill - The Birds

Spring came far too early this year:
May flowers 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.

Two days ago, a girl I truly thought I loved
suddenly didn't seem to matter at all.
Should I sing sad farewell to things
I'm really glad I've left behind?
The birds don't know which way to sing and, my friends,
neither do I.

In another day, heavy snow will lie upon the ground,
and buds prematurely bloom shall fail;
And every creature living now, then will
surely die...
The birds don't know which way to sing and, my friends,
neither do I.
The birds don't know if it's time yet to fly,
and they don't know which way to go and, my friend,
neither do I.
Neither do I.
Neither do I.
Neither do I.

Innocence Mission - No Storms Come
adapted from a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins
HEAVEN-HAVEN (a nun takes the veil)

I have desired to go
Where springs not fail,
To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail
And a few lilies blow.

And I have asked to be
Where no storms come,
Where the green swell is in the havens dumb,
And out of the swing of the sea.

David Sylvian - Darkest Dreaming

Stay tonight
We'll watch the full moon rising
Hold on tight
The sky is breaking
I don't ever want to be alone
With all my darkest dreaming
Hold me close
The sky is breaking

I don't ever want to be alone
With all my darkest dreaming
Hold me close
The sky is breaking

Peinzing - Part 2 (mix)

info@ambientblog.net (PvC - Ambientblog) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:37:00 -0700

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

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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