Back in the 70s I was a huge prog rock fan and an offshoot of that fandom was discovering jazz fusion. I think Jean-Luc Ponty was the first proper fusion record I ever owned. I believe I was a fusion fan before getting into jazz in general.    I've been planning on creating a fusion mix for months but just haven't gotten around to it. Then last month I was sipping coffee on a cold morning, listening to a fusion playlist, when a couple of laid back tunes came up. I immediately started a new playlist for quiet fusion tracks. And this mix is the result.   It's got some of my all time favorite jazz fusion artists - Alan Holdsworth, Brand X, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock & Miles Davis. But surprisingly, not my fav fusion artist - Bill Bruford. He just didn't have anything quiet enough that worked with the mix. But at least his guitarist, Alan Holdsworth made the cut.   I hope you enjoy listening to this little diversion as much as I did creating it.   Cheers!     T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00   Herbie Hancock - Vein Melter (Head Hunters 1973)
• 08:50   Allan Holdsworth - Distance vs Desire (Sand 1987)
• 13:56   John Abercrombie - Timeless (Timeless 1974)
• 21:38   Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - September Fifteenth
• (As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls 1981)
• 29:06   Jaco Pastorius - Continuum (Jaco Pastorius 1976)
• 33:30   Soft Machine  - Between (Six 1973)
• 35:33   Joe Zawinul - In A Silent Way (Zawinul 1971)
• 40:11   Gong Emotions (Downwind 1979)
• 44:50   Jean-Luc Ponty - I Only Feel Good With You
• (Cosmic Messenger 1978)
• 47:38   Brand X - Black Moon (Masques 1978)
• 51:55   Miles Davis - It's About Time
• (The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions 2001)
• 60:49   e n d

 

 

We have a special treat for this mix - an upbeat collection with an ambient house music vibe. I have a folder on my hard drive that is labeled "gentle house music." It contains tracks that have a definite 4-on-the-floor style but aren't hardcore, fill-the-dance-floor tunes. Something like Kiasmos. I have avoided making a mix of these tune because, truthfully, I suck at beat matching. I don't use professional software that would do it for me and I don't have quite the musical ear to pull it off on my own, at least for an entire mix.

That's where Johan Kisro and Petter Lindhagen come to the rescue. Johan and Peter record as Dött ljus and they have a new EP coming out on February 5th called Bottna. You can find it here - https://slowcraft.bandcamp.com/album/bottna  The EP is on Slowcraft Records which says "the irrepressible energy of their hybrid electronica finds itself subtly grounded in a tenderly ambient melancholy."

I was immediately taken by the vibe of the new EP so I was over the moon when Johan suggested doing a mix for LLM. Perfect! I've always wanted a mix that sounds like this.

Here's what Johan says about this collection of tracks:

"This mix is a collection of songs we love—some of which may have influenced our upcoming EP, Bottna (out February 5th via Slowcraft Records). Bottna is a refuge, a place where anything can become something, where color breaks through the cracks in the pavement, hidden from the intensifying hum of a world unraveling. The songs exist at the intersection of rhythm and droning textures, and we wanted this mix to follow that same path—from fragments to flourish."

Thanks to Johan and Peter for curating this excellent mix.

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00   Kejser audiovisual - EMO TREE 3.0, pt.1 (EMO TREE 3.0 2024)
• 00:46   Bonnie Beecher - Come Wander with me (1964) 
• 02:21   Dött ljus - Förr (Bottna 2025) 
• 07:06   The XX - VCR (Four Tet Remix) (2010) 
• 15:22   Sofia Kourtesis - Vajkoczy (Madres 2023) 
• 19:14   Radiohead - Everything in its Right Place (Gigamesh Remix 3.0) (2024)
• 23:40   Menke - Nattskärran (Christian Löffler Remix) (2018)
• 26:56   Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate (Dreamstate 2024)
• 32:16   Colin Stetson - All the days I’ve missed you (ILAIJ I)
• (New History Warfare Vol 2: Judges 2011)
• 33:09   Brian McBride - Prelude (When the Detail Lost its Freedom 2005)
• 34:46   Fred again…, Delilah Montegun - Delilah (pull me out of this)
• (Actual Life 3 [January 1 - September 9 2022] 2022)
• 38:50   Caribou - Honey (Honey 2024)
• 43:13   Abul Mogard - Half Light of Dawn (Circular Forms 2015)
• 49:20   Donnie & Joe Emerson - Baby (Dreamin’ Wild 1979)
• 52:48   Dött ljus - Bottna (Bottna 2025)

    I did not do a Sunday Morning Music mix at all last year 😮 That's probably the first year since the series started in 2011 that I didn't post a Sunday mix. The Sunday Morning series is one of the reasons that Low Light Mixes blew up on Mixcloud. So you'd think I would be posting more of these mixes to feed the algorithm. But, no, there is no plan for curating these mixes, they just happen when they happen.   With all that preamble, I'm excited to finally get a Sunday mix up & running. This follows the classic format of some laid back jazz, some ambient & some quiet vocal tunes. My favorite track in the mix is "Amber Waves" by Ethel Cain. It's from her new album, "Perverts", which is an interesting collection of tunes that range from noisy, dark ambient to beautiful vocal tracks like "Amber Waves."   LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX:

• https://apollorecords.bandcamp.com/album/hana
• https://earthensea.bandcamp.com/album/recollection
• https://af13.bandcamp.com/album/milan
• https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-shoe-factory
• https://samwilkes.bandcamp.com/album/iiyo-iiyo-iiyo
• https://shop.aroojaftabmusic.com/products/night-reign-lp
• https://fayewebster.bandcamp.com/album/underdressed-at-the-symphony
• https://gsschray.bandcamp.com/album/whispered-something-good
• https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0DNZQ58QQ
• https://kamasiwashington.bandcamp.com/album/fearless-movement
• https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0CZ4B4M61
• https://www.amazon.com/Album-Eiko-Talia-Spar-Ishibashi/dp/B0D9ZY1DXW/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.acUyTDm7L3-aUoCkmcVA9A5LtOhLs5TQ1v0CU74c7jU.6snIHYORMuWGNW-aOAv2puQ62pmjqPHCTaK6j1GBd1E&dib_tag=se&qid=1737331033&refinements=p_32%3A+Eiko+%2F+Talia%5Cc+Joe%5CcVon+Spar+%2F+Ishibashi&s=music&sr=1-1
  

Cheers!     T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00   Andert Tysma - Dalmally (Hana 2024)
• 05:35   Earthen Sea - Present Day (Recollection 2024)
• 09:35   Alister Fawnwoda, Suzanne Ciani, Greg Leisz - Night Bunny (Milan   2021)
• 15:48   Oliver Patrice Weder - Breathe In (The Shoe Factory 2024)
• 19:03   Sam Wilkes - Descending(Frue) (iiyo iiyo iiyo 2024)
• 23:19   Arooj Aftab - Raat Ki Rani (Night Reign 2024)
• 28:22   Faye Webster - Wanna Quit All the Time (Underdressed at the  Symphony 2024)
• 31:27   G.S. Schray - Another Haunted Mirror (Whispered Something Good  2024)
• 35:25   Ethel Cain - Amber Waves (Perverts 2025)
• 42:40   Kamasi Washington - Dream State (Fearless Movement 2024)
• 50:45   This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers (Live at The Minack Theatre  2024)
• 53:45   Von Spar & Eiko Ishibashi - I (Album I 2024)
• 60:00   end

 

 

 

I've said many times that I love guest mixes. And I especially love getting mixes from artists that I've been listening to for years. Such is the case with this new set from Robert Farrugia.

I have several of Robert's albums and I always look forward to checking out his new material. Well, now he's got some new material definitely worth checking out. His new album is called "Natura Maltija - Official Soundtrack" and it just came out last week. You can find it here - https://robertfarrugia.bandcamp.com/album/natura-maltija-official-soundtrack

To celebrate the release of this new album Robert put together a wonderful ambient mix for us. Here is what he says about it:

"This mix features a selection of tracks from recent Ambient, Neoclassical, and Electronica releases, curated by Robert Farrugia. Centered around my latest album, 'Natura Maltija - Official Soundtrack,' the mix also includes tracks from friends and collaborators."

Links to all the music used in this mix:

• https://zakedrone.bandcamp.com/album/certain-path
• https://alily.bandcamp.com/album/saru-l-qamar
• https://robertfarrugia.bandcamp.com/album/natura-maltija-official-soundtrack
• https://alily.bandcamp.com/album/psalm018-virgin-stoner-works-2001-2004
• https://jogginghouse.bandcamp.com/album/softie
• https://pioulard.bandcamp.com/album/op-448-adagio-hallucination-archive-2
• https://thegreenkingdom.bandcamp.com/album/ether-hymns
• https://rhubiqs.bandcamp.com/album/aegis-of-silence

 

Thanks to Robert for curating this excellent collection of tunes that fits perfectly into the Low Light Mixes vibe.

 

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00   Joachim Spieth & Warmth - Spectral (Fragments 2025)
• 06:34   zakè, From Overseas, City of Dawn - Certain Path (Certain Path 2024)
• 11:03   A Lily - Kemn Nixtieq Li Qed (Saru l-Qamar 2024)
• 14:41   Robert Farrugia - Bufula (Natura Maltija 2025)
• 16:50   A Lily - Solar Systems (Virgin Stoner: Works 2001-2004 2024)
• 20:29   Robert Farrugia - Qabru (Natura Maltija 2025)
• 26:39   Robert Farrugia - Qarnita (Natura Maltija 2025)
• 31:38   Jogging House - State (Softie 2024)
• 37:57   Benoît Pioulard - Op. 448, Adagio (Hallucination Archive 2024)
• 44:12   The Green Kingdom - Sunsetgradient (Ether Hymns 2024)
• 48:05   rhubiqs - Hope’s Canvas (Aegis of Silence 2024)

  This is one of those mixes where there's not much to say about it because there is no theme. It's just a nice collection of wonderful ambient tunes. Most of the tracks are fairly slow and drifty. A few of these I just discovered at the end of 2024 by browsing end-of-the-year lists.    One of those is Gems III by Celer which as an absolutely beautiful record. Another one that was new to me is the closing track - "Il Mare Cancella, Di Notte(II)," a long, slow cut that I wish could go on forever.   Here's to the start of 2025 and looking ahead to a year filled with excellent music.   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00   James Murray - Feverfew (Weeds 2024)
• 06:40   Yoyu - The Indigo Space Around Us (It's All Gonna Be Ok Somehow 2024)
• 10:33   Lantscap - Fragile Peaks (Fragile Peaks 2025)
• 15:55   Celer - Gems III.I (Gems III 2024)
• 20:27   Last Days of Living - Where The Bay Becomes The Sea (. 2024)
• 25:30   Calm Whale & Mik Kosma - Ocean Calling (TwoGather 2024)
• 31:15   David Cordero - Alquézar (Postales 2024)
• 35:03   Andrew Heath & Halftribe (feat. Anne Chris Bakker) - Garden Leave (Illuminations III 2024)
• 42:06   Alaskan Tapes - Random Sequence (Something Ephemeral 2024)
• 45:08   Marine Eyes - In The Spaces (To Belong 2024)
• 48:18   Lamasz & come le onde - Il Mare Cancella, Di Notte(II) (Il Mare Cancella, Di Notte 2024)
• 66:00   end

 

What a great way to start off the new year! Jumping right in with this excellent mix from friend of the show, Andy McNeill. Andy records as Maple Mountain Sunburst and he released a wonderful album last year - https://maplemountainsunburst.bandcamp.com/album/ecstatic  He also did a guest mix for us last year which you can find here - Mixcloud  &  Low Light Mixes Blog.

My favorite discovery in this mix is the third track, "My Dog's Eyes" by Zammuto. I am blown away each time I hear it. One of my favorite track of 2024 is also included in the mix - Andy's own "Pop-a-matic." So good! The rest of the mix a great as well. 

Here's what Andy says about his latest creation:

"Cycles, patterns and joy in repetition. I’ll paraphrase redditer Waves_of_awesome who said strongly repetitive music has the ability to transport the listener to a meditative state. “… repeating passages echo like a mantra, almost hypnotizing you”. It’s a fundamental yet unpremeditated element in my musical endeavours.

A lot of different genres represented here — not really intentionally, I just wanted to include some favourites and influential tracks. But wait where’s O Superman? It’s Gonna Rain? I guess we’ll have to do a part two. I hope you all enjoy the journey."  -  Andy

>>>Links to all the music used in this mix<<<

• https://open.spotify.com/album/6eUPFGpUKBafZKPpif4i1f?si=PJ4A6c8DR5WHr2z80vb_Ew
• https://philipglass.com/recordings/aguas_da_amazonia/
• https://zammuto.bandcamp.com/album/veryone
• https://mississippirecords.bandcamp.com/album/furaha-wenye-gita
• https://maplemountainsunburst.bandcamp.com/album/ecstatic
• https://books.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-a-french-elevator-and-other-oddities
• https://crammed-discs.bandcamp.com/album/congotronics-2-buzznrumble-from-the-urbnjungle
• https://juanamolina.bandcamp.com/album/tres-cosas
• https://open.spotify.com/track/7jOnhe335cbTJyTiZoPkxg?si=6b8e76be504245d4
• https://maplemountainsunburst.bandcamp.com/album/the-maple-mountain-sunburst-triolian-orchestra
• https://open.spotify.com/track/65niHA7Rhd3oboXFpJ2Ah9?si=5c0b329838dc46ef
• https://maplemountainsunburst.bandcamp.com/album/ecstatic
• https://open.spotify.com/track/7hRG2HYhxsffbK2Iz2zlex?si=cff26a4af10c43e8
• https://open.spotify.com/track/6maBIgAWIxANaZlftqeYUA?si=2e50a4e857aa4487
• https://open.spotify.com/track/2q0WFOsFc7Gd9cujpPmZMC?si=a674dbcee6cf4337

Thanks Andy, for creating this most excellent mix.

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00   Chapterhouse/Global Communication - Gamma Phase edit (Pentamerous Metamorphosis 1993)
• 05:01   Uakti - Japura River (Philip Glass) (Aguas da Amazonia 1999)
• 09:51   Zammuto - My Dog’s Eyes (Veryone 2016)
• 12:50   George Mukabi - Kuoa Utaoa (Furaha Wenye Gita 2017)
• 15:38   Maple Mountain Sunburst - Pop-a-matic (Ecstatic 2024
• 19:37   The Books - Cello Song ft. José González (Music For A French Elevator… 2013)
• 23:28   Sobanza Mimanisa - Kiwembo (edit) (Congotronics 2 2005)
• 27:15   Juana Molina - Salvese Quien Pueda (Tres Cosas 2004)
• 32:41   Christina Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata - Ciaconna (Youtube)
• 36:40.  Maple Mountain Sunburst - Age of Steam (MMSTO 2010)
• 39:52   Faust - Lauft… (aka Giggy Smile) (Faust IV 1973)
• 43:06   Maple Mountain Sunburst - Without Fear (Ecstatic 2024)
• 47:51   Seefeel - Climactic Phase 3 (edit) (Quique 1993)
• 53:38   Soft Machine - We Did It Again (Soft Machine 1968)
• 55:50   Air - Universal Traveler (Talkie Walkie 2004)
• 60:09   Maple Mountain Sunburst Triolian Orchestra - The Ruby Yacht (MMSTO 2010)
• 62:25   Leo Kottke - Doorbell (My Father’s Face 1989)
• 67:24   end

 

 

This year, like last year, I listened to more jazz than I have in a long time. It should come as no surprise that a lot of my listening tends towards atmospheric jazz. My favorite jazz record of the year, Nala Sinephro - Endlessness, definitely falls into that ambient jazz category. Or as a Pitchfork reviewer called in - Jazz, Not Jazz.

Here are my favorite jazz albums of 2024:

• Bill Laurance & Michael League - Keeping Company
• Charles Lloyd - The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
• Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn - Quiet in a World Full of Noise
• Eli Keszler - LIVE 2
• Emile Londonien - Inwards
• Flock - Flock II
• Fuubutsushi - Meridians
• Jasmine Myra - Rising
• Kika Sprangers - (In)finity
• Kinkajous - Nothing Will Disappear
• Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
• Prefuse 73 - New Strategies For Modern Crime Volume 1
• Shay Hazan - Wusul
• SHOLTO - Letting Go of Forever
• Slowly Rolling Camera - Silver Shadow
• The Bad Plus - Complex Emotions
• The Sorcerers - I Too Am a Stranger
• Total Blue - Total Blue

Not every album made into the mix plus I added a couple of tracks not on my album list. I hope you enjoy the jazz vibes. I'd love to know if listeners had any jazz favs from 2024. Leave a comment with some of you favorites.

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00   Kika Sprangers - Winter ( (In)finity )
• 02:27   Slowly Rolling Camera - Desert Sun (Silver Shadow)
• 05:55   Nala Sinephro - Continuum 8 (Endlessness)
• 09:28   Jasmine Myra - How Tall the Mountains (Rising)
• 16:43   The Sorcerers - Bebaynetu (I Too Am a Stranger)
• 20:43   SHOLTO - Moki, Pt. II (Letting Go of Forever)
• 23:27   Work Money Death - The Fast Flowing River (People Of The Fast Flowing River)
• 29:00   Kinkajous - Pulses (Nothing Will Disappear)
• 32:10   Total Blue - Heart of the World (Total Blue)
• 39:06   Shay Hazan - Shimo Kitazawa (Wusul)
• 42:20   Prefuse 73 - The End Of Air (New Strategies For Modern Crime Volume 1)
• 46:47   Fuubutsushi - Circulating Air (Meridians)
• 50:04   Emile Londonien - Jundo (Inwards)
• 54:10   Joel Ross - What Am I Waiting For! (Nublues)
• 56:45   Bill Laurance & Michael League - Yours (Keeping Company)
• 59:25   Flock - Edge Of Empty (Flock II)
• 64:55   Nala Sinephro - Continuum 3 (Endlessness)
• 68:50   Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn - Try (Quiet in a World Full of Noise)
• 74:06   end

 

I like making these favorites mixes because it reminds me of why I liked certain albums in the first place. The perfect example is Abandoned Spaces by OdNu & Ümlaut. It's so good and I'm glad I can share with folks via these mixes.

This mix, Part 2, has a little different vibe than Part 1. More sequencer driven tracks, some percussion here and there, generally a bit more active than the first mix. At least the first half is more active, then we slow down & space out. I hope you enjoy this one as much I do.

You can find the full list of favorite ambient albums of 2024, and links to each album, in the post with Part 1 - https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2024/12/2024-favorite-ambient-albums-part-1.html

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00   Martin Stürtzer - The Last Oupost (Lander Modules)
• 06:50   Extraworld - Axial Precession (Perihelion)
• 13:40   Civilistjävel! - VI(feat. Thommy Wahlström) (Br​ö​df​ö​da)
• 17:00   OdNu + Ümlaut - Unforseen Scenes (Abandoned Spaces)
• 23:00   2fel - Stranger Flow (Stranger Flow)
• 27:25   Altus - Origin Extract (Ultraviolet)
• 32:27   The Green Kingdom - New Constellations (Horizons)
• 37:10   Michael A. Muller - Mirror 2 (Mirror Music)
• 41:50   Heavenchord - Atmospheres & Soundscapes 1 (Atmospheres & Soundscapes)
• 49:55   v e n n - Long Farewell Pt. 1(v e n n & Brannan Lane) (XIII)
• 54:06   Ulla & Ultrafog - Jesses Car (It Means A Lot)
• 59:13   end

Another year, another ton of releases to sift through. I could keep adding and subtracting albums for weeks and still not be entirely satisfied with the final list. But here it is - my Favorite Ambient Albums of 2024.

As I was creating this part 1 mix, I kept questioning my choices. And then, when the mix was done and I listened to it, I was like "Wow, this turned out really well." I really like how the mix evolves with the first half being a bit more electronic and noisy and the second half leaning more orchestral.

Here's the list of my favorite ambient albums of 2024, in alphabetical order:

2fel - stranger flow 
Adam Wiltzie - Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal [Kranky]
Akmuo - Dreamwalker [Space of Variants]
Altus - Ultraviolet
Alva Noto - Xerrox, Vol.5 [Noton 2024]
Benoit Pioulard & Offthesky - Sunder [laaps 2024]
Circa Alto - Faint Structures (Whitelabrecs 2024]
Civilistjävel! - Brödföda [Felt 2024]
Dirk Serries - Streams Of Consciousness Compiled [Projekt]
Eli Keszler - LIVE 2 [LuckyMe]
Extraworld - Perihelion [Exosphere]
Hainbach - The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost Soundtrack [Seil]
Heavenchord - Atmospheres & Soundscapes [Cold Tear]
Humble Bee & Offthesky - Here In, Absence [IIKKI]
Innesti - Contemplate
Jogging House - Live at home
Jonas Munk - Mirror Phase [Azure Vista]
Maps and Diagrams - if all will be lost [Quiet Details]
Maps and Diagrams - Islands [Handstitched]
Martin Stürtzer - Lander Modules [Echo Elberfeld]
mastroKristo - Passage [Lost Tribe Sound]
Max Richter - In A Landscape [Decca]
Michael A. Muller - Mirror Music [Deutsche Grammophon]
OdNu + Ümlaut - Abandoned Spaces [Audiobulb]
Pan American & Kramer - Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road
Polaroid Notes - Quiet Rooms [Whitelabrecs]
Sumner James, Robert Chamberlain, Volcano Lazerbeam, Saroon - Dive 1- Refraction [Bathysphere Records]
Tewksbury - Floes Volumes I-IV (Tridek]
The Green Kingdom - Horizons [The Slow Music Movement]
Ulla & Ultrafog - It Means A Lot [Motion Ward]
v e n n - XIII
William Ryan Fritch - Adhesion [Lost Tribe Sound]

 

And here are links to each album:

Stranger Flow | 2fel

Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal | Adam Wiltzie

Dreamwalker | Akmuo | Space Of Variants

Ultraviolet | Altus

Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol. 5 | Noton

Sunder | Benoît Pioulard & Offthesky | laaps

Faint Structures | Circa Alto | Whitelabrecs

Brödföda | Civilistjävel!

Streams Of Consciousness Compiled | Dirk Serries | Projekt Records

LIVE 2 | Eli Keszler

Perihelion | Extraworld | Exosphere

The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost Soundtrack | Hainbach

Atmospheres & Soundscapes | Heavenchord | Cold Tear Records

Here In, Absence | The Humble Bee & Offthesky | IIKKI

Contemplate | Innesti

Live at Home | Jogging House

Mirror Phase | Jonas Munk | Azure Vista

if all will be lost | Maps and Diagrams | quiet details

Islands | Maps & Diagrams | Handstitched

Lander Modules | Martin Stürtzer

Passage | mastroKristo | Lost Tribe Sound

In A Landscape | Max Richter | Decca

Mirror Music | Michael A. Muller | Deutsche Grammophon

Abandoned Spaces | OdNu + Ümlaut | Audiobulb

Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road | Pan American & Kramer

Quiet Rooms | Polaroid Notes | Whitelabrecs

Dive 1: Refraction | Sumner James, Robert Chamberlain, Volcano Lazerbeam, & Saroon | Bathysphere Records

Floes: Volumes I-IV | Tewksbury

Horizons | The Green Kingdom | The Slow Music Movement Label

VIII | v e n n

It Means A Lot | Ulla & Ultrafog | Motion Ward

Adhesion | William Ryan Fritch | Lost Tribe Sound

 

I hope you enjoy part 1. Part two is coming soon. Followed by a mix of jazz favorites from 2024.

What are some of your favorite ambient albums from the past year?

 

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00   Pan American / Kramer - Floating Island (Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road)
• 04:22   Maps and Diagrams - Hvar (Islands)
• 07:35   Jogging House - Live at Home pt. 1 (Live at Home)
• 13:15   Innesti - Astral Secrets (Contemplate)
• 16:14   Alva Noto - Xerrox Arc (Xerrox, Vol.5)
• 20:53   Hainbach - End of Work (The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost Soundtrack)
• 22:45   Akmuo - Dreamwalker (Dreamwalker)
• 26:50   Sumner James, Robert Chamberlain, Volcano Lazerbeam, & Saroon - Euphotic (Dive 1: Refraction)
• 31:36   Benoît Pioulard & Offthesky - Fed On Lilies (Sunder)
• 35:48   Jonas Munk - Dawn Layer (Mirror Phase)
• 40:40   Polaroid Notes - The Night Returns Without A Sound (Quiet Rooms)
• 45:40   The Humble Bee & Offthesky - Space (Here In, Absence)
• 52:00   William Ryan Fritch - Gravitropic (Adhesion)
• 60:10   Adam Wiltzie - Mexican Helium (Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal)
• 62:44   Max Richter - A Time Mirror(Biophony) (In A Landscape)
• 66:36   mastroKristo - Waves(Federico Mosconi Rework) (Passage)
• 73:40   Dirk Serries - the whispering scale (Streams Of Consciousness Compiled)
• 82:45   Tewksbury - Aperture (Floes Volumes I-IV)
• 94:23   end

 

 

I have hosted more guest mixes than ever this year, which I love because it exposes me to new artists and new mix concepts. Many of these mixes have come through the fine folks at Nettwerk Music Group. It's appropriate then that this final guest mix of the year comes from one of their artists - Hollie Kenniff. I absolutely love the way this mix ebbs and flows, the tracks blend together perfectly.

Hollie just released her fourth album, For Forever, which is a lush, melodic ambient record that uses electronic and acoustic instrumentation to create an emotional, ethereal listening experience. 

Here's what Hollie says about her music: “My hope is that my music encourages others to explore their inner landscapes and to inspire reflection. I want my music to be a musical backdrop for meaningful and transformative moments in other people's lives.”   I'm a music mix dork who loves a good segue between songs and this beautiful mix from Hollie has a ton of them, an absolute joy to soak in.   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00   Hollie Kenniff - Over Ocean Waves (Anita Tatlow Remix)
• 02:08   Kazuma Okabayashi - Rainfall
• 04:55   Warmth - Receiver
• 07:40   Tangent Universes - An Elegant. Disinterested Trance (Field Collage)
• 10:32   Chihei Hatakayama - Sound of Air
• 13:54   Black Brunswicker - The World Passing By
• 16:17   Akira Kosemura - Dear Sunshine
• 18:10   Alanna Crouch - Repeating Events 
• 21:18   Human Is Alive and Warmth - Spectrum
• 23:58   Felicia Atkinson - Shall I Return To You
• 26:46   Antarctic Wastelands - Mysteries
• 28:46   Hollie Kenniff - Surface
• 32:10   Jon Hopkins and Olafur Arnalds - Forever Held
• 34:31   Clariloops - Morning
• 38:55   Gollden - There Will Be Birds in September
• 42:36   Kilometre Club - Connect
• 44:42   Nala Sinephro - Continuum 3
• 48:33   Markus Guentner - Vanish (Feat. Joachim Spieth) 
• 53:16   Chad Lawson - In Another Place (Helios Rework)
• 56:16   Ben Lukas Boysen - Alta Ripa

 

At the beginning of September when I posted my "Sequencer City" mix, I said I'd been on a berlin school bender. Well, now three months later I'm still on that sequencer synth kick. At the end of October the analog synth itch was scratched by a stellar guest mix from Erwin Broers called "Capturing The Voice Of A Galaxy." It featured tracks from the Klaus Schulz label, "Innovative Communications.

Now we have have a follow up mix from Erwin called "Back to the Roots of Berlin School." Oh man, this is some good stuff! Erwin tells me that "there's a whole sub-category of "Berlin School" out there called "Retro Berlin School". In the mid 1990's "Berlin School" was revived by nostalgic electronic artists who benefited from technological innovations to make the iconic analog synths such as the Mellotron, the ARP 2600 and the big Moog Modular more playable. The result was a huge resurgence of mid 1970's style Berlin School EM which was dubbed "retro" to mark the difference with the classics such as Tangerine Dream's Stratosfear, Klaus Schulze's Timewind and Ashra's New Age Of Earth."

I hope my current obsession with this genre continues because I am loving every minute of it. Thanks for another great mix, Erwin.

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L S I S T :

• 00:00   Redshift - Redshift(excerpt) (Redshift, 1996)
• 09:20   Cosmic Hoffmann - Shiva Connection (Shiva Connection, 2000)
• 15:00   Free System Projekt - And Then There Were Two (Impulse (reissue), 2005)
• 29:00   Brendan Pollard - Aquarius (Expansion, 2005)
• 31:17   Ramp - Phasenverzerrung (Nodular, 1998) 
• 42:50   Javi Canovas - North Of Circle (Impasse, 2005)
• 56:42   Arcane - Dystopian Fictions (Gather Darkness, 1999)
• 71:02   end