the Quiet times

the Quiet times, vol. 65

sleepyboy@excite.com — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:56:10 GMT

It's one of our favorite times of the year and, consequently, this is always one of our favorite mixes to make. So whether you're already making the party rounds, or still deciding on what your costume will be on the big night, this mix should help get you in the spirit. We think we've hit on the perfect combination of antagonism and atmosphere with this one. It may make interesting background fodder for cocktails with your fellow ghouls, but for the best effect try listening through headphones. In the dark, of course.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 65 (192 kpbs, 83.6 MB, 1:00:33 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. bear in heaven: fraternal noon
2. burial: spaceape
3. nosaj thing: voices
4. moloko: boo
5. edIT: dex
6. senking: mist
7. legendary pink dots: the hot breath on your neck
8. palms: boundary waters
9. cabaret voltaire: yashar
10. towa tei: raga musgo
11. emma pollock & various production: limbs
12. louderbach: shine
13. chromatics: night drive
14. the caretaker: poor enunciation
15. ms. john soda: if someone would know

The cover is a detail from a collage by Robert Rauschenberg.

the Quiet times, vol. 64

sleepyboy@excite.com — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:14:11 GMT

First up, huge apologies for the sporadic output lately. It's been a very busy fall! We're still trying to get to volume 72 by the end of the year (whew), so there may be a lot more coming your way in the next few months.

For now, we wanted to offer up a sort of understated mix. Fall's in full swing on this one, so there are some more earthy vibes than usual, and we've worked in a few tracks that we've always wanted to put on a podcast but somehow never managed to until now. It should be a good match for these early days of fall, and we promise not to keep you waiting too long on the upcoming Halloween mix.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 64 (192 kpbs, 82.1 MB, 59:41 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. john martyn: solid air
2. lemon jelly: come
3. holden: le belle vie
4. the lucy show: part of me now
5. rework: wrong in all our ways
6. school of seven bells: half asleep
7. washed out: feel it all around
8. donna regina: why
9. saint etienne: archway people
10. trembling blue stars: haunted days
11. minizza: je suis mort
12. fra lippo lippi: shouldn't have to be like that
13. departure lounge: charles de gaulle to belleville
14. coldplay: high speed

the Quiet times, vol. 63

sleepyboy@excite.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:55:03 GMT

Around this time every year, while we wait for the weather to change, we like to take a little trip off the planet completely. This time around we've gone with a bit of an aquatic twist, so in addition to sailing through the stars, you should be well equipped to explore alien oceans with this set of fluid downtempo and dub techno. Don't wander too far; we have a few more mixes coming soon that should bring you back down to Earth gently. But in the meantime, bon voyage.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 63 (192 kpbs, 82.2 MB, 59:28 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. mus: duérmete neñu duerme
2. signer: detached under buildings
3. torch song: kang kalika
4. lone: lens flare lagoon
5. sneakster: sweet melody
6. ruxpin: formations
7. monolake: television tower
8. fax and alex ayuli: spellbound
9. ramadanman: humber (sven weisemann's rumber remix)
10. pendle coven: uncivil engineering (calm mix)
11. saafi brothers: the green cloud

the Quiet times, vol. 62

sleepyboy@excite.com — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:23:18 GMT

Sorry, this has been ready for a few days but we're just now getting a chance to post it.

This new 'cast is our special goodbye to what, for us, was a very good summer, both music-wise and otherwise. We created this mix of blurry melodies and sunny synths and laidback beats to be a sort of musical postcard for the crazy months that just passed. And our new artistic contributor, Maldorora, made it even more visual with her great cover art. The mix definitely has a consistent feel versus some of our more ecletic selections lately, and there are a few familiar voices in there for you as well to guide you through the relaxing instrumental landscape. Enjoy, and we'll get started on fall soon (after maybe a quick detour).

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 62 (192 kpbs, 80.1 MB, 58:06 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. broadcast: echo's answer
2. tycho: sunrise projector
3. boards of canada: everything you do is a balloon
4. secede: leraine
5. ourson: labyrinths (mrs jynx mix)
6. milky globe, walltapper & peter green: moon milk
7. his name is alive: summer of E.S.P.
8. bibio: cry! baby!
9. boom bip: last walk around mirror lake (boards of canada remix)
10. xela: this moment will last a lifetime
11. belbury poly: owls and flowers
12. plone: summer plays out
13. wanda sá: to say goodbye (pra dizer adeus)
14. all india radio: the time
15. kettel: kroost kids

the Quiet times, vol. 61

sleepyboy@excite.com — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:37:38 GMT

Some of you may already be enjoying your first cooler days, but here in the South, August is full of the out-and-out dog days, where it's so hot and muggy that even our mint juleps don't give us much relief. This mix was inspired by that heavy late-summer vibe and the music is appropriately dense. Also every summer we try to catch a few outdoor concerts, so some portions of this mix slip into that sort of anthemic sound that always comes along with those. Added all together, it makes for one of our most eclectic mixes so far this year, and while you'll no doubt be familiar with some of these songs and artists, we think you'll enjoy what we did with them.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 61 (192 kpbs, 83.4 MB, 1:00:19 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. sinéad o'connor: ode to billie joe
2. speck mountain: angela
3. perry blake: california
4. low motion disco: talk low when in space
5. tears for fears: the working hour
6. the cure: sinking
7. woolfy vs projections: absynth
8. anna domino: lake
9. swallow: oceans and blue skies
10. healamonster and tarsier: daxmosphere
11. pallers: slow down quickly
12. current 93 and antony: the beautiful dancing dust (matmos remix)
13. mercury rev: delta sun bottleneck stomp (the chemical brothers remix)

the Quiet times, vol. 60

sleepyboy@excite.com — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:58:31 GMT

First of all, apologies for the delay. We've had some computer issues and upgrades going on, not to mention a pretty crazy summer so far.

As we're working on the next mix, we want to offer a bit of a stop-gap, but it's something I know a few of you have been waiting on. Before The Quiet Times kicked off, we had some mixes on our website, and the most popular was always "Just Say Om," a Zen-influenced relaxation mix. And that of course fits the modus operandi of The Quiet Times (when we're not off on weird tangents, at least), so it makes sense to offer the mix as part of this series, and add these classic cuts to our canon.

If you have the old mix you'll notice this has a new Quiet Times-approved cover (with a photo courtesy of Pon), a higher, CD-quality bitrate, and the tracklist has been refined, with a few of the harder-edged songs removed in favor of some new choices that suit the mix better.

For those who missed the earlier mix, get ready to go on a journey to the depths of your subconscious. Or at least to the bottom of a cup of green tea.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 60 (192 kpbs, 81.1 MB, 58:38 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. john foxx and robin guthrie: ultramarine
2. plaid: ralome
3. asa-chang and junray: nigatsu
4. gabor szabo: search for nirvana
5. bonobo: terrapin
6. kreidler: reflections
7. tosca: suzuki
8. dj krush and kazufumi kodama: day's end
9. pan american: het volk
10. macha: now disappearing
--. chris cooper and meryl streep, dialogue from adaptation
11. dot allison: morning sun
12. badmarsh + shri: appa
13. toumani diabaté and ballake sissoko: yamfa
14. emilíana torrini: serenade
--. henry wolff & nancy hennings: starfires (edit)

the Quiet times, vol. 59

sleepyboy@excite.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:40:30 GMT

Despite a few moments where we're nursing a bit of a "house hangover," we've mostly moved away from the 4/4 thump of the past few mixes and back towards our normally eclectic mix of tempos and styles. And while we are still presenting some very freshly-minted tracks, we have thrown in a run of classics that we felt you may love as much as we do. All in all, we're very happy with this mix, as it seems to capture the restless spirit of the early summer filtered through a consistently romantic and arty haze. But maybe we're waxing poetic. Just give it a listen to hear for yourself.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 59 (192 kpbs, 80.6 MB, 58:20 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. holger zilske and august landelius: to them to me
2. he said: pump
3. the boats: we sometimes forget
4. four tet: ribbons
5. gravious: world of tomorrow
6. lukid: laughin
7. jun miyake, arto lindsay and zeno ishida: trejeitos
8. gal costa and caetano veloso: coração vagabundo
9. nancy sinatra and lee hazlewood: summer wine
10. carmen maki: ie naki ko
11. pram: play of the waves
12. the long lost: amiss (fink remix)
13. ofrin: how come