the Quiet times

the Quiet times, vol. 84

sleepyboy@excite.com — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:36:33 GMT

Yeah, yeah, Valentine's Day is a made-up holiday, but love is so real. And you love your ears, don't you? So give them a treat.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 84 (192 kpbs, 83.1 MB, 1:00:01 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. violet indiana: poppy
2. sybarite: second cities
3. banzai republic and natacha atlas: love throughout the world
4. zwicker and heidi happy: make it happen
5. vanessa daou: sunday afternoons
6. deux: ministry of love
7. kylie minogue: 2 hearts (version by studio)
8. autosundmädchen: all the world loves lovers
9. butterfly child: the beautiful girls
10. ike reiko: guitar of roaming
11. XTC: ten feet tall
12. shack: i need you
13. jean-michel jarre: pleasure principle
14. the white birch: love is so real

the Quiet times, vol. 83

sleepyboy@excite.com — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:40:32 GMT

Just under the wire, here's a holiday gift for you. It's not a seasonal mix, exactly. There are equal amounts of wintry drift and warm-weather escapism so you can choose your own adventure. Enjoy, and we'll try to get another to you very soon.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 83 (192 kpbs, 81.6 MB, 58:51 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. kreidler: vive la vie
2. pandatone and julianna barwick: i forgot if we dreamed
3. bola: soleiele
4. nylon: das geht mir ans herz
5. holden: madrid
6. lullabies in the dark: song for marie and elise
7. noveller: ends
8. seekae: reset head
9. automelodi: limite malade
10. craig bethell: other people's dreams
11. water borders: waldenpond.com
12. diskjokke: panutup
13. harold budd, bill nelson and fila brazillia: blue locus
14. tram: nothing left to say

the Quiet times, vol. 82

sleepyboy@excite.com — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:51:14 GMT

After several themed mixes, we decided to get back to our eclectic, "anything-goes" approach. Somehow though, all of these songs felt very appropriate for this point in the year. Enjoy.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 82 (192 kpbs, 81.8 MB, 59:15 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. tenniscoats: sabaku
2. bed: the silent bees
3. ak-momo: cold war of the hearts
4. the wake: all i asked you to do
5. new order: chosen time
6. peaking lights: tiger eyes (laid back)
7. the motion sickness of time travel: late day sun silhouettes
8. nini tounuma: stripe sky
9. tropics: on the move
10. alias: autumnal ego
11. africa hitech: don't fight it
12. voodoo child: patient love
13. mountains: blue lanterns on east oxford

the Quiet times, vol. 81

sleepyboy@excite.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:30:38 GMT

Almost skipped our Halloween mix this year because of overworked schedules, but then we realized it's as much of a holiday tradition as carving a jack o' lantern or re-watching "The Shining." So here is a creaky, haunted mix with tension so thick you could cut it with an axe. Use it to give your Halloween party guests an authentic scare, or pipe it out of your windows on the 31st to test the mettle of your neighborhood trick-or-treaters. We'll be back in a couple of weeks with some less sinister autumn vibes. Until then, beware and be safe.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 81 (192 kpbs, 81.6 MB, 59:21 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. marcus fjellström: antichrist architecture management
2. babe rainbow: chains
3. deaf center: new beginning (tidal darkness)
4. a broken consort: something fell
5. depeche mode: black day
6. andy stott: cracked
7. phoenecia: grrl trrbl
8. trisomie 21: see the devil in me
9. HTRK: eat yr heart
10. LA vampires & zola jesus: no no no
11. kammerflimmer kollektief: eiderdaunen (gerupft)
12. jay-jay johanson: sudden death
13. a broken consort: something fell (reprise)
14. planningtorock: going wrong

Sound effects from "The Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House" (Disney, 1979).

the Quiet times, vol. 80

sleepyboy@excite.com — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:01:03 GMT

Fire up some nag champa and pull your meditation pillow out of the closet because this time around we're going deep into inner space.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 80 (192 kpbs, 83.5 MB, 1:00:02 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. michael brook with brian eno and daniel lanois: midday
2. tuu: migration
3. raphael: serpent
4. o yuki conjugate: sunchemical
5. al gromer khan: la chanson de la rose
6. steven halpern: earthrise (part 2)
7. hatchback: orinoco waltz
8. robert rich and steve roach: the grotto of time lost
9. iasos: angel play

the Quiet times, vol. 79

sleepyboy@excite.com — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:02:37 GMT

This time around, we're focusing only on lovely French melodies. It's a little late for Bastille Day, but there's never a bad time for music this good. While the French-language denominator remains for the whole mix, the music veers a bit from classic chanson through newer, spacier moods. So we hope you enjoy this little continental detour, and we'll be back with something completely different next time.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 79 (192 kpbs, 81.5 MB, 59:01 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. testbild!: l'errante
2. helena noguerra: lin blanc
3. coralie clément: samba de mon coeur qui bat
4. juliette gréco: clopin clopant
5. brigitte fontaine et jacques higelin: la grippe
6. marianne dissard: flashback
7. rose: les jeux sont faits
8. arnaud fleurent-didier: reproductions
9. austine: la pauvre scarlette
10. stéphanie lapointe: au nord de moi
11. peppermoon: la refuge
12. lisa portelli: dans l'air
13. marie-pierre arthur: entre nous
14. jenifer: le risque
15. autour de lucie: les hommes peuvent être...
16. poney express: brest

the Quiet times, vol. 78

sleepyboy@excite.com — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:26:10 GMT

Finally, spring.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 78 (192 kpbs, 81.7 MB, 59:15 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. straitjacket fits: if i were you
2. woodbine: mound of venus
3. action biker: hesperian puisto
4. the advisory circle & hong kong in the 60s: seasons change
5. the sea and cake: inn keeping
6. roll the dice: guadeloupe
7. kahimi karie: tiny king kong
8. saint etienne: junk the morgue
9. insides: distractions
10. trashmonk: girl i used 2 know
11. yukihiro takahashi: forever bursting into flame
12. towa tei: siesta
13. the diogenes club: early may

the Quiet times, vol. 77

sleepyboy@excite.com — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:11:28 GMT

As promised, we're trying to usher in spring early, and quite furiously. In addition to the more confrontational vibe, most of the tracks here are spun through with a bit of fuzz and wobble that was inspired by Nyquil, head congestion, and marathon sleeping. Still there are definitely blasts of sunshine and melody peeking out through the fog. Enjoy, and maybe we'll have a completely clear forecast for the next one. We can hope, right?

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 77 (192 kpbs, 81.7 MB, 58:42 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. annie ross: skylark/koss: beauty
2. the geraldine fibbers: butch
3. ada: forty winks
4. foals: 2 trees
5. cowboy junkies: cicadas
6. paul frick and emika: i mean (dollkraut's band reinterpretation)
7. teebs: my whole life
8. massive attack and liz fraser: silent spring
9. keaver & brause: laastic
10. balam acab: dream out
11. love spirals downwards: madras
12. daniel land & the modern painters: run silent run deep
13. jefre cantu-ledesma: river like spine
14. do while: dancing on diamond water

the Quiet times, vol. 76

sleepyboy@excite.com — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:01:19 GMT

That was quite a delay but now we're back with a winter mix that has been gestating longer than an alien virus frozen in the Arctic ice. So finally here is some brittle ambient, icicle-sharp techno and warm-under-the-covers jazz to soundtrack the last of this brutal season. Watch where you step; it's slicker than it looks out there. But, like good old Punxsutawney Phil, we are foreseeing an early spring, and might even have a bright new 'cast ready for you before the end of the month. Stay warm & stay tuned.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 76 (192 kpbs, 79.9 MB, 57:49 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. tosca: wien in E
2. ethernet: seaside
3. ane brun: a temporary dive (biosphere remix)
4. on: something that has form and something that does not
5. morgan packard: persist
6. margaret dygas: barrier
7. dorisburg: sinai hypnosis
8. sidsel endresen/bugge wesseltoft: try
9. dj krush & toshinori kondo: mu-getsu
10. kitty hoff und forêt-noire: wintermeer
11. les gammas: chiffre

the Quiet times, vol. 75

sleepyboy@excite.com — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 04:36:50 GMT

We've been moving at a pretty slow pace lately but we couldn't resist whipping up a quick Halloween mix, as it's been a yearly tradition. And like previous years, we went for a more genuinely terrifying and sinister sound palette instead of following through on some initial, more kitschy ideas. Hopefully you all have strong constitutions and can handle it; if not, just know what you're in for. The first part of the mix surveys some brutally dark ambient, and once it begins to get relentless, we will escort you out through the goth club upstairs before leading you back out into the sunlight. Enjoy our sonic haunted house and we'll be back very soon with something a little less confrontational.

Download: The Quiet Times, vol. 75 (192 kpbs, 81.8 MB, 59:09 running time) or subscribe.

tracklist:
1. ben frost: leo needs a new pair of shoes
2. onna-kodomo: phantom pain
3. aarktica: am i demon?
4. naked city: verlaine part one "un midi moins dix"
5. the world of skin: everything at once
6. rene hell: prize mischief hold
7. passarella death squad: those are sirens
8. kreng: kolossus
9. demdike stare: conjoined
10. redshape: man out of time
11. betty botox: xantac
12. the frozen autumn: painted girls
13. xeno & oaklander: rendez-vous d'or
14. cocteau twins: garlands
15. caterwaul: maybe in a million years

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. 44

sleepyboy@excite.com — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:45:51 GMT

In discussing Halloween costumes with friends, we seem to hear a recurring dilemma: should the outfit be scary, silly, or sexy? And it seems that most of our friends, after years of silly and/or simply scary costumes, have decided to play up the sexy angle. We now have sexy nurses, sexy devils, sexy black cats, sexy witches, and so on to look forward to... So when it came time to mix up a Halloween Quiet Times for you, we decided to play around with some of these sexy archetypes. Of course there is a bit of horror and mayhem and classic gothicness among these tracks, but we think all of the songs included pulse with a primal sexuality that would make the perfect soundtrack for a naughty, private burlesque show in devil horns and a tail, and very little else.

Download link: The Quiet Times, vol. 44. 192 kpbs, 82.5 MB, 59:54 running time.

tracklist:
1. siouxsie & the banshees: red light
2. lucky pierre: fan dance
3. trance to the sun: olive the slut
4. lycia: ionia
5. phuture primitive: darkness
6. soft circle: earthed
7. o yuki conjugate: alia ma
8. alaya vijana: touminchuu no koguma no yume
9. pram: carnival of souls
10. meat beat manifesto: zombie
11. locust: master and servant
12. cujo: cat people
13. my life with the thrill kill kult: confessions of a knife (theme part II)
14. broadway project: blood in the temple
15. miranda sex garden: blue light

the Quiet times, vol. 22

sleepyboy@excite.com — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:28:21 GMT

What goes bump in the night? And you find yourself asking "WHAT IS THAT??!?!!?!!??" Take a deep breath and tell yourself, it's just our latest podcast creeping its way up into your iTunes. It's even a little early to give you maximum listening time before Halloween. And no matter if you're M.I.A. on the 31st itself, our podcast will be here to give you endless tricks and treats.

Download link: The Quiet Times, vol. 22. 192 kpbs, 81.8 MB, 59:25 running time.

tracklist:
1. arc lab: spectres
2. boards of canada: the devil is in the details
3. susanna and the magical orchestra: sweet devil
4. nobukazu takemura: let my fish loose (aphex twin mix)
5. amon tobin: deo
6. neotropic: under violent objects/sideshow man
7. the church: witch hunt
8. nurse with wound: yagga blues
9. the heart throbs: she's in a trance
10. double: devils ball
11. dj cam: candyman
12. rekid: legend
13. cowboy junkies: witches (reverbed)
14. third eye foundation: ghosts...