tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:49:06 +0000Muttley - Back To Mine Pt.1 - Overshadowed......mixtapes for nonlinear mindshttp://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (nrvnet)Blogger29125en-usnohydrogen,cafe,ambient,music,mix,Brian,Eno,hydrogen,lo,fi,downtempo,Harold,Budd,mixtape,eno,minimal,electronic,quiet,slowThe Hydrogen Cafe serves slow music mixes spanning ambient, minimal, lo-fi and other genres. It's a place to come and sit a while, have a cup, and listen to the quiet earth.ambient music mixes...serving slowday sounds and gravitywell dreamsnrvnetnrvnet9@gmail.comnrvnettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-5940378235213267572Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:46:00 +00002010-10-23T22:47:51.989-04:00This is the end of the Hydrogen Cafe. I don't really have the motivation or the muse to do it anymore. Thanks to everyone who listened and to all who made such positive comments over the years. - nrvnet “If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” -&nbsp; Orson Welleshttp://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2010/10/end.html35nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-7379115842279841842Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:52:00 +00002009-12-19T20:42:26.321-05:00Muttley - Back To Mine Pt.1 - Overshadowed Muttley - Back To Mine Pt.1 - Overshadowed Another first for the Hydrogen Cafe…a guest mix by my “Transference” partner Muttley. This new Muttley mix is exclusive to the Hydrogen Cafe. Here is Overshadowed as described by Muttley… “Overshadowed”: the “Back To Mine” model taken literally, in a mixed-construction collage of music very personal to my existence; upheld as a return to being myself.http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2009/11/overshadowed.html9nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-8205054286885293158Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:17:00 +00002010-01-03T21:58:19.103-05:00“Transference” is the result of the first collaboration between fellow mixtape creators Muttley &amp; nrvnet. Transference began as an exercise in association. Muttley started rummaging through his monthly archives one day, for tracks with titles that suggested an action of transference in the composition of a message. Given the biggest percentage of his collection consisted of beatless audio, http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2009/10/transference-is-result-of-first.html2nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-5417748731829497680Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:48:00 +00002009-06-14T15:15:24.779-04:00Hiking up a mountain for the first time does something to you. It changes you in ways that are hard to describe. Faced with so much overwhelming beauty on a scale that is hard to image, you can’t help but be affected. So when you descend, it’s almost like you are a different person—somehow more than when you began your climb.Last year I had the opportunity to hike up a mountain in the Swiss Alps http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2009/06/music-for-swiss-alps.html12nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-58020071753628569Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:47:00 +00002009-03-08T22:12:56.704-04:00THC Series [20][12] Here is the second of 12 mixes from THC Series [20][12] for the 15 Minutes of Fame Mix Series. [02] Absolute Motion is another departure from the usual quiet ambient mixes on the Hydrogen Cafe. I wanted to do something that was much more polyrhythmic and incorporated cuts from some Berlin-school electronic artists like Tangerine Dream and Synthetic Block. I wanted to create http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2009/03/02-absolute-motion.html5nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-8168896643977220978Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:53:00 +00002009-03-08T20:00:52.409-04:00I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who takes the time to write to me about the Hydrogen Cafe mixes. It means a lot to me when people take the time to let you know they enjoy what you have done. I thought I would take a moment to let folks know a few things and to also post some interesting links.I would like to remind people that the Zip files I post with my mixes contain artwork for thehttp://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2009/03/thc-coffee-break.html1nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-7292122550697519840Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:06:00 +00002009-01-26T00:08:44.909-05:00THC Series [20][12]A good mate Mick invited me to participate in his “15 Minutes of Fame Mix Series” which asks folks to submit shorter-form mixes. There are some great mixes posted there, several excellent ones by Mick himself. So, I thought I would start a new series of short-form mixes for 15 Minutes of Fame. “THC Series [20][12]” will be a series of 12 mixes, all 20 minutes in length. I http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2009/01/01-monoamine-road.html2nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-7051891395421315580Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:25:00 +00002008-12-14T13:52:59.073-05:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2008/12/music-for-stargazing-vol-2.html12nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-2007020051373230549Sun, 11 May 2008 00:21:00 +00002008-12-14T14:20:22.540-05:00After a very long absence I am finally posting a new mix. I started a new job in January, so the past several months have been insanely busy. But the last few months have really brought a sea change in my life as well. My last two mixes really reflected my mood at the time. But, just when I thought the desolation and rain would last forever, things suddenly changed for the better. I feel like I http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2008/05/light-cycles.html13nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-2886657388230367767Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:46:00 +00002008-12-14T14:27:42.557-05:00While I was gathering music for the Desolation Angels mix, I was originally going to have both vocal and instrumental tracks. Once I started putting it together, however, I felt that having a mix of just instrumental and operatic cuts was best. So, I decided to put all of the vocal tracks left over from Desolation Angels together in their own mix which became Tears in Rain. It was actually fairlyhttp://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2008/01/tears-in-rain.html9nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-78371619686186048Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:12:00 +00002008-01-01T23:15:42.680-05:00Greetings, felicitations and a Happy New Year to all! I wanted to express my sincere thanks to everyone who has taken the time to download and listen to my Hydrogen Cafe mixes. The response I've gotten since I started this has been humbling. I also appreciate everyone who has taken the time to e-mail me or post a comment. They are greatly appreciated!There will be a lot to come in 2008 http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2008/01/happy-new-year.html0nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-4148989362009139975Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:52:00 +00002007-11-11T16:43:26.962-05:00Here is another in a series of posts providing links that I think might be interesting to Hydrogen Cafe listeners. This is the Hydrogen Cafe International Edition!First is a link to a really nice ambient mix done by my friend Lord Sherwell from the UK. This is his first mix using the Acoustica mixing software that I use for my mixes. In his own words:It was originally inspired by walking early http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2007/11/hydrogen-links-two.html0nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-7747422389800268796Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:49:00 +00002007-10-20T15:20:05.289-04:00I recently decided to switch hosting services for my mix files. I've been using Switchpod to host my files since the beginning of the Hydrogen Cafe. But, their service has been going steadily downhill. So, I stumbled upon the Podbean hosting service and decided to make the switch. So far, Podean rules. They have a pricing structure similar to Switchpod but Podbean has no upper limit to the http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-host.html0nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-180005633036711798Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:49:00 +00002007-09-30T14:47:51.461-04:00“There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.”- Carl JungThis mix is dedicated to my friend Katie. Taken from us much too soon, her bright smile and love of life will forever illuminate our world.Downloads (http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2007/09/desolation-angels.html4nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-7799769418860942959Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:43:00 +00002007-09-29T12:50:31.769-04:00I happened to find this video on YouTube. First Light is the opening cut on Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror by Harold Budd &amp; Brian Eno. First Light is also one of the opening cuts from my mix Music for Sunrise. Cool video.http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2007/09/first-light.html1nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-5055693677297481799Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:18:00 +00002007-09-23T17:06:54.409-04:00It's been a lot of fun putting this music mix blog together. In the course of the past year I've gotten a number of e-mails from people who have the liked the various ambient mixes I've done. Knowing that people have taken the time to write me makes the work I put into the mixes really worthwhile. A number of those e-mails have been from artists whose work may have been included in a mix http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2007/09/hydrogen-links-one.html0nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-1109260381436232797Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:29:00 +00002007-09-29T15:31:06.765-04:00 I received a lot of really nice feedback on my last mix Music for Stargazing Vol 1. Thanks for all of the nice comments. One listener asked if I could go from night to day and do a sunrise mix. So, per your request, I would like to present: Music for Sunrise. This mix, like the last, was inspired by the annual trips I take to a lake cottage in northern Wisconsin. Besides putting together music http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2007/07/music-for-sunrise.html13nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-590302118784839866Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:27:00 +00002007-09-29T15:23:14.215-04:00 Sorry for the long delay between mixes! Life has been busy and complicated lately and time has a way of slipping by. I also thought I’d breeze through putting this mix together but I ended up tweaking it for weeks to try and get all the sound levels right. I also will try my best to not let too much time go by before my next mix. I have two mixes (unrelated to this current mix) that I have http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2007/06/music-for-stargazing-vol-1.html21nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-360153345512874547Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:47:00 +00002007-09-29T15:19:21.185-04:00A new year brings a new mix. The first mix for 2007 is called The Dharma Bums. The title is taken from a book by Jack Kerouac which covers his exploration of Buddhism and the search for Truth. With this new mix I wanted to expand on the ethno-ambient feel of one of my other mixes, Tea Time at Brian Eno's House. The Dharma Bums was also greatly inspired by the amazing field recordings done by The http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2007/01/dharma-bums.html17nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-2917224383782459351Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:34:00 +00002007-01-08T17:46:08.140-05:00 My friend Dave has put together another great mix over at his music mix blog Low Light Mixes. It's called: First Snow - An Ambient Winter Mix. A great mix of tunes for frigid winter days. Go have a listen.http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2007/01/winter-mix-at-low-lights.html1nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-116275894093862173Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:02:00 +00002007-09-29T15:01:48.972-04:00This is the third installment of the Lost Lake Stories cycle. This mixup was inspired by the movie Paris, Texas featuring an awesome soundtrack score by Ry Cooder. The movie opens with a man walking alone in the desert with nothing but the wind and sun for company. I took this image and decided to create my own soundtrack of a solitary lonesome man traveling in an empty quiet western landscape http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2006/11/lonesome-traveler.html6nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-116275687580678049Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:47:00 +00002006-11-05T15:01:15.876-05:00 Not that anyone cares or will notice but I changed my blog title. I took the accent off the "e" in cafe. It seems it was screwing up search engines and making trouble for feeds. http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2006/11/new-e-in-cafe.html0nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-116269108096443834Sun, 05 Nov 2006 01:29:00 +00002006-11-04T20:53:21.493-05:00 It's been a busy last couple of months but I am finally getting back to the Café! I'll be posting a new mix shortly...Chapter 3 of the Lost Lake Stories cycle...Lonesome Traveler.My friend Dave over at Low Light Mixes has recently posted two excellent mixes, "Autumn MIx" and "String Theory". Go check them out, they're great!http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2006/11/new-low-light-mixes.html0nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-115723793651962031Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:12:00 +00002007-09-29T14:56:29.213-04:00Here is the second installment from the Lost Lake Stories collection of mixups previously posted at Low Light Mixes. The title, Book of Dreams, is taken from a book by Jack Kerouac (as will the next several in the Lost Lake Stories collection). I tried to make this mix dream-like, having pieces of music float from one into another and fade out then back in again later as often happens with http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2006/09/book-of-dreams.html14nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33065035.post-115671170343087396Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:18:00 +00002006-08-27T16:52:02.106-04:00Jim Cole (from Spectral Voices) e-mailed me to suggest that I put time codes in the tracklisting for Tea Time at Brian Eno’s House and The Stars My Destination so people could tell where pieces start and end. I wrote back to explain that my “mixups” truly mix songs up with pieces starting and stopping in the middle of the song and sometimes starting again. Others may start in the middle and http://hydrogencafe.blogspot.com/2006/08/music-mix-scores.html5nrvnet9@gmail.com (nrvnet)