the Quiet times

the Quiet times, vol. 99

sleepyboy@excite.com (thequiettimes) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:57:15 GMT

The bittersweet moment has arrived... Here is our last podcast. Along with finding some new ways to say goodbye, we are tying up some loose ends, especially for those who have been with us since that first mix CD went out in the fall of 2002. And instead of diving into sadness or any seasonal or apocalyptic fervor, we're sending you off with an especially blissed-out hour of loveliness.

Let us take the time now to thank you so, so much for listening throughout the years, and for all the kind words and encouragement you've given us.

And, finally, as a last gift to you, we have created an archive of all 99 mixes at thequiettimespodcast.tumblr.com (use the password "asamouse" to enter, if prompted). We have tidied up the library with consistent tagging and with larger artwork and image refreshes for some of the earlier issues. If you've joined us late in the game, there is heaps of music there to discover, and if you've been listening for a while, we'd encourage you to revisit the mixes as often as you like. It will be like we've never left.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 99 (192 kpbs, 83.3 MB, 1:00:14 running time).

tracklist:
1. felt: book of swords
2. françoise hardy: comment te dire adieu
3. saint etienne: afraid to go home
4. candy claws: a strange land discovered
5. the bill wells octet vs future pilot a.k.a.: om namah shivaya
6. bombay dub orchestra: dust
7. gel-sol: your day in the sun
8. childs: reki
9. faye wong: after the beep
10. silent poets and virginia astley: don't break the silence
11. lemon jelly: soft
12. loops of your heart: riding the bikes
13. weekend: red planes ('81 demo)
14. sleepy theory: unhello
15. anja garbarek: stay tuned

the Quiet times, vol. 98

sleepyboy@excite.com (thequiettimes) — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:05:38 GMT

Some of our favorite seasonal mixes have been the ones we've done for the winter holidays. And while we've dabbled in carols and standards before, it always feels most natural to fall back on tunes that somehow give us that twinkly, chilly feeling without too many yuletide clichés. And, as this is our last chance to soundtrack your holiday cocktail parties, we've packed in an extra amount of lovely anti-holiday tracks for your sugarplum fairies to shake their shiny behinds to. Enjoy, and you have one more present coming from our way before Christmas proper, so stay tuned...

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 98 (192 kpbs, 83.6 MB, 1:00:29 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. marsen jules: œillet sauvage
2. operating theatre: eighties rampwalk
3. shugo tokumaru: 5 a.m. (tears below the freezing point)
4. cornelius: sleep warm
5. gustav: rettet die wale
6. frazier chorus: sugar high
7. minus 8: white
8. cecilia stalin: so blue and green
9. pale saints: porpoise
10. yppah: film burn
11. sabres of paradise: smokebelch II (beatless mix)
12. pulseprogramming: snowmaps on paper
13. club 8: a place in my heart
14. marconi union: these european cities
15. worm is green: part two
16. isan: m.mouse
17. lali puna: i've been over the rainbow

the Quiet times, vol. 97

sleepyboy@excite.com (thequiettimes) — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:56:53 GMT

We've got two more podcasts coming after this one (by now you've probably guessed the magical ending number), but for this one, we've gone ahead and embraced the inevitable end of our transmission. The initial idea of all break-up songs proved to be just too devastating, so we kept the best and filled the space with lots of deep instrumental tracks that we'd always hoped to use. The end result turned out pretty good, we think, with more peaks and valleys than a very flat and gentle rollercoaster. And, now that the difficult conversations about "us" are out of the way, we can gently see through you through the rest of the year with warmer and fuzzier sentiments. We'll be back in just a couple of weeks with those last 'casts, but for now, make some cocoa, wrap up in your favorite blanket, put on your headphones, and prepare to get bittersweet.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 97 (192 kpbs, 81.5 MB, 58:47 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. balloon: now that the thrill's gone
2. jacaszek: rytm to nieśmiertelność II
3. kate bush: all the love
4. adrian sherwood: starship bahia
5. righteous boy: no more love
6. a forest mighty black: rebirth
7. mayonnaise: death defying
8. telefon tel aviv and lindsay anderson: bubble and spike
9. the golden palominos vs. terre thaemlitz: gun (brown stain walls, red jelly corners)
10. sketch show: wiper
11. blue roses: doubtful comforts
12. chessie: shasta
13. alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto: pionier IOO
14. the blue nile: from a late night train