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The Winter Solstice Ambient Night on Concertzender Nederland has become a yearly tradition: this is the sixth edition already of the 8-hour ambient music night presented by four of their radio show hosts. Like in all previous editions, I'm honored to close the night with a two-hour collage. My contribution is presented here, but for those interested the complete night will remain available on-demand from the Concertzender Nederland website.

Other than you might expect, this mix is not intended to make you sleep. On the contrary: the challenge is to keep you awake in these last two hours of this ambient music night. Which will probably be quite hard if you're listening in real time. As usual, only very few tracks are played in full here. Most are fragments, sometimes samples, taken from much longer pieces (which you can check out using the list below). This time, the overall key of this mix is E-Minor.

For a detailed tracklisting and more info (including a surround version), visit ambientblog.net.

My 2-hour contribution to the fifth edition of the 8-hour Winter Solstice broadcast on Concertzender Nederland.

For this fifth Winter Solstice mix, I chose fragments (most of them heavily edited) that are all more or less in the same key. In the first hour all tracks are in B-minor, in the second hour the tracks are in F-minor (first half) and A-minor (closing half). These chords define the overall atmosphere: from 'solitary, melancholic' to 'obscure, funereal', and finally 'tender, soothing'. At least, that's what the theory says. In the end, it's the listener that associates his emotions with the soundscapes. But one thing is clear: these two hours definitely fit the darkest and longest of nights.

For a detailed tracklisting and more info (including a surround version), visit: https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/?p=30221

When I first heard Christine Ott's Comma, I felt that this piece should be the starting point of a new mix. In the end, it became the final piece of the same mix - somewhat a movie's intro and end credits.I did not start this mix with a specific theme in mind. Its title only occurred to me after it was completed because it reflected its mood: a somewhat melancholy journey that fits the end of this remarkable year.

Tracklist:Start time Sample length Artist - TitleAlbum Title, Year, Label

• 00:00 04:00 Christine Ott - CommaChimères (Pour Ondes Martenots), 2020, Nahal Recordings
• 04:00 01:58 Snowdrops - Comma Variation 1Volutes, 2020, Injazero Records
• 05:38 02:17 Innesti - Ideas Not ConsideredApperception, 2020, Self-Released
• 06:38 02:39 Andreas Söderström - Alderns TröstNattmusik, 2020, Floraochfauna.org
• 08:05 03:50 Elijah Knutsen - Atago Altitude ParkBlue Sun Daydream, 2020, Memory Color
• 10:45 01:59 Boards Of Canada - Uritual (+ L/R swapped)Tomorrow's Harvest, 2013, Warp Records
• 12:17 01:36 Kamran Sadeghi - NightBetween Us, 2020, Dragon's Eye Recordings
• 12:39 03:41 Martina Claussen - VerwobenVerwoben, 2020, Forwind
• 15:00 01:17 Christina Vantzou - Marmara Beach IIMulti Natural, 2020, Edições Cn
• 16:05 03:38 Francis M. Gri - Stanze E Distanze (Part 5)Home Diaries 015: Stanze E Distanze, 2020, Whitelabrecs
• 18:44 04:10 Salar Asid & Michel Banabila - Amal (edit)All Connected, 2020, Tapu Records
• 20:35 01:35 Michel Banabila, Mark Lentczner, Kristopher Cadwell, Samo Giorgio Giuribla - Mood Swings (Phase Ii Disquiet Junto 0430 Solitary Ensembles X2)All Connected, 2020, Tapu Records
• 22:41 01:26 Jana Irmert - So Much MoreCusp, 2020, Fabrique Records
• 23:06 01:45 Soheil Soheilo - Quiet Before The StormAnthology Of Persian Experimental Music Volume II, 2020, Unexplained Sounds Group
• 24:11 02:14 Llyn Y Cwn - BraichDinorwic, 2020, Cold Spring
• 25:40 02:53 Antonymes - Coming Into SilenceGap In Time, 2020, Dronarivm
• 27:51 02:11 Charlie Campagna - Earth Day IsolationTouch: Isolation, 2020,Touch
• 28:54 01:52 Hub New Music - AlcoveSoul House, 2020, New Amsterdam Records
• 30:27 02:36 Ramin Djawadi - Kill Them AllGame Of Thrones Soundtrack, 2011, Varèse Sarabande
• 32:33 03:42 Caldon Glover - Old And Brittle Glue Binding Held In Place With Scotch TapeThe Mundane, 2020, Self-released
• 35:25 03:56 Kamila Govorcin - VientoAnima, 2020, Clang
• 38:12 03:36 Madeleine Cocolas - Across The Ocean, But Not YetIthaca, 2020, Someone Good
• 41:13 01:15 Aidan Baker - Aberration Two (Train-Wind)Aberration, 2017, Somewherecold Records
• 41:13 01:34 Michael Begg; Human Greed - Francis Bacon A RoomLet The Cold Stove Sing, 2016, Omnempathy
• 42:03 03:41 Alva Noto - Xerrox NeantXerrox 4, 2020, Noton
• 44:15 02:59 Brian Fast Leiser - Second ChancesSaudade Live, 2020, Self-released
• 46:54 01:36 Laurie Spiegel - Three Sonic Spaces IUnseen Worlds, 1994/2019, Unseen Worlds
• 47:36 03:37 Rutger Zuydervelt - Last GoodbyePorcelain (OST), 2020, Self-released
• 50:03 05:32 Hamed Mafakheri - Third DurationDurations, 2020, Flaming Pines
• 51:32 01:53 Grand Larsonie - Ambient IslandFata Morgana, 2020, Self Released
• 53:55 02:32 Snowdrops - Comma Variation 1Volutes, 2020, Injazero Records
• 56:28 02:10 Christine Ott - CommaChimères (Pour Ondes Martenots), 2020, Nahal Recordings

I'm very honoured to present this collaboration mix with Dave Michuda from Low Light Mixes, who has been a source of inspiration from the very beginning of Ambientblog.net. When we talked (or rather: mailed, since Wisconsin and Holland are not exactly near) about creating a mix together, we chose not to go for a 'simple' back-to-back exchange but gave ourselves an objective without knowing where this would lead to:5 minutes each turn. Start with a 5minute track, increase the sample count each turn (next turn 2, next turn 3, next turn 4…) until we reach 60 minutes… (last 5 minutes contain 6 samples each turn). See what happens.

Tracklist(A)00:00 Yair Elazar Glotman & Mats Erlandsson - ProcessionEmanate - 2020(L)05:00 William Ryan Fritch - Dream Glitch-Fugue State-Broken BarriersThe Letdown - 2020(A)09:45 Apparat - SuicideSoundtracks: Stay Still, 202011:18 Biosphere - You Want To See It TooDeparted Glories, 2016(L)15:00 Ashlar - The First SaturdaySaturday Drones, 201218:45 Echospace - Fallen Tribes ReducedEchospace [Detroit] Presents Echoes In Space, 2014(A)19:31 Sonologyst - Planetary WarningUnexplained Sounds (New Edition), 202020:26 Michael Begg & Clodagh Simonds - Witness 3Witness 3, 202022:36 Alva Noto - Xerrox ApesanteurXerrox 4, 2020(L)24:55 Max Richter - EncounterAd Astra, 201925:38 Mono-Poly - MaanreflectieHainbach remix, 202027:21 Cinchel - Porch SwingsA House Once Lived That Never Was, 2014(A)29:30 Carmen Villain - Affection In A Time Of CrisisAffection In A Time Of Crisis, 202031:18 Stephen O'Malley - Géante 4 - Layer 5Géante 4, 202032:30 Abul Mogard - Quiet DreamsAbove All Dreams, 201833:35 Black Glass Ensemble & Friends - Be Mine In Patience: An Embrace in B MinorBe Mine In Patience: An Embrace in B Minor, 2020(L)34:55 Halftribe - FaderArchipelago, 202036:20 Radio Bulgariaunknown37:03 Teleferick - i.history favours the winnersSixteen Frames, 201738:15 Test Card - Monochrome Dreaming Softened The BroadcastMusic For The Towers, 2020(A)39:40 Michel Banabila - Scripts of the LagoonScripts Of The Lagoon - Exploratorium, 202041:04 Kamila Govorcin - Rito De MuerteAnima, 202041:15 Chris Watson - GobabebTouch Isolation, 202043:04 Gia Margaret - BodyMia Gargaret, 202043:10 Aleksi Myllykoski with Tapani Rinne - Lost MarblesDark Days, 2020(L)44:48 Masaya Ozaki - Subtlety In ReverseFluid And Dreaming Of Stripes, 201546:12 Andrew Pekler - Nocturne 3Nocturnes, False Dawns & Breakdowns, 200447:05 The Focus Group - Hazy TimeStop-Motion Happening, 201748:00 Les Halles - KWorld, 201249:24 Sonmi451 - Umi BearEilean 100, 2019(A)49:50 Radiomentale - GotlanderI-Land (Redux), 202051:54 Ian William Craig - CommaRed Sun Through Smoke, 202052:50 Sylvain Chauveau - QLife Without Machines, 202053:29 Sample, THX 1138THX 1138, 197153:34 Elegi - Lys & LykteGap In Time, 202054:26 The Future Eve feat. Robert Wyatt - 04.02Kitsune / Brian the Fox - Kitsune Ring Version, 2019(L)55:00 The Insects - This is Where You Say GoodbyeDEVS soundtrack, 202055:30 Seabuckthorn - UnforeseenOther Other, 202056:21 Alva Noto - Xerrox VoyageXerrox Vol. 4, 202057:10 Laurie Anderson - Life Lived BackwardsHeart of a Dog, 201558:21 Laurie Anderson - The CloudHeart of a Dog, 201559:01 Helios - All You AreRemembrance, 201660:00 end

If you listen back, most of my mixes have a rather dark edge to them. There's always a lot of 'tension/release' - but in this case, it seems there's a bit more 'tension' than 'release'. Sign of the times, probably…I tried to find another name (and image) for this mix, but it seems that only one title remained appropriate at this time.I'm very proud that this mix is also published on Dave Michuda's great Low Light Mixes blog.

Tracklist:Start time Sample length Artist - TitleAlbum Title, Year, Label

• 00:00 03:23 Fovea Hex - Is Is Lanza Light & Given (Steven Wilson Remixes), 2019, Die Stadt/Janet Records
• 01:25 04:35 Maggi Payne - Fluid DynamicsArctic Winds, 2020, Aguirre Records
• 02:03 01:45 Pat Keista - DopplerStill Of The Void, 2020, self-released
• 04:17 01:47 Dave Phillips - PhytognosophysiologyPost Homo Sapiens, 2020, Attenuation Circuit
• 05:10 02:45 Jóhann Jóhannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman - PreludeLast And First Men, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon
• 05:42 02:00 Andrew Pekler - Fonseca Winds (Lament)Sounds From Phantom Islands, 2019, Faitiche
• 07:29 01:19 Jóhann Jóhannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman - Telepathic UnityLast And First Men, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon
• 08:13 03:10 Ben Bertrand - Those Behind Us That We FollowManes, 2020, Les Albums Claus
• 11:08 01:31 Fani Konstantinidou - (Variations)Moving Music: Sounds From The Rocking Chair, 2020, Moving Furniture Records,
• 11:58 01:32 Aaron Martin - Overcoming InertiaTest Subjects, 2019, self released
• 12:53 01:51 A Journey Of Giraffes - Gone Is The New FujiKona, 2019, Somewherecold records
• 13:29 03:30 Robert Haigh - Ghosts Of Blacker DykeBlack Sarabande, 2020, Unseen Worlds
• 16:46 02:48 Snorri Hallgrímsson - FearChasing The Present, 2020, Moderna Records
• 16:53 00:30 Mica Levy - MensajeroMonos, 2019, Invada
• 17:40 02:30 Snorri Hallgrímsson - SufferingChasing The Present, 2020, Moderna Records
• 19:22 01:58 Bersarin Quartett - PrologMethoden Und Maschinen, 2019, Denovali
• 20:41 01:09 Ruairi O'Baoighill - ScryerTo See Without Eyes, 2018, Cursed Monk Records
• 20:50 01:59 I Wound - The Choir Of The Drowned Sings 'Our Demons Are Real'Homework Year 3, 2018, Taâlem
• 21:48 03:01 Christine Ott - CommaChimères (Pour Ondes Martenots), 2020, Nahal Recordings
• 24:22 02:34 Ida Toninato - Pour Retourner Au SilenceWe Become Giants, 2020, Dragon's Eye Recordings
• 25:32 03:47 Merrin Karras - Drawn, QuarteredNorthwest Passage, 2020, A Strangely Isolated Place
• 28:27 02:07 Ciro Berenguer - Luna CrecienteEilean 100, 2019, Eilean Records
• 29:57 01:47 Yiorgis Sakellariou - B4Diapsalmata: A Collection Of Short Works, 2018, Tanuki Records
• 29:57 01:19 Celer - Birds Inside The High Halls Of Hangzhou (06.23.17)Xièxie, 2019, Two Acorns
• 30:12 03:18 Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr, Koichi Shimizu - Sharjah And JavaMetaphors - Selected Soundworks from the cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2017, Sub Rosa
• 31:24 00:44 Coil - Corybantic EnnuiStolen & Contaminated Songs, 2019, Cold Spring Records
• 32:32 01:22 Olivier Messiaen - Quator Pour Le Fin Du Temps III: Abîme des OiseauxOlivier Messiaen - Complete Edition, 2008, Deutsche Grammophon
• 33:54 01:26 Hildur Gudnadottir - Following SophieJoker OST, 2019, Watertower Records
• 35:14 00:55 Ryuichi Sakamoto - CountdownBlack Mirror: Smithereens, 2019, Milan
• 35:45 03:24 Silent Chaos - Nocturne On Ganymede Macro, 2020, We Don't Give A Fuck
• 38:52 04:03 Roger Eno & Brian Eno - Burnt UmberMixing Colours, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon
• 42:38 02:13 Martina Bertoni - Invisible CracksAll The Ghosts Are Gone, 2020, Falk
• 44:29 03:30 Eivind Aarset & Jan Bang - NightspellSnow Catches On Her Eyelashes, 2020, Jazzland Recordings
• 46:21 02:13 Jana Irmert - FogCusp, 2020, self-released
• 47:40 01:36 Fovea Hex - GivenIs Lanza Light & Given (Steven Wilson Remixes), 2019, Die Stadt/Janet Records
• 48:42 02:40 Frank Makowski - Fliegende Schatten - Canon 1Canon der Finsternisse, 2019, Diffusschall
• 49:05 01:12 Michael Begg - Plain ChantSonambulo, 2019, Omnempathy
• 50:40 02:20 A Winged Victory For The Sullen - The Slow Descent Has BegunThe Undivided Five, 2019, Ninja Tune
• 52:35 04:30 Felix Blume - Horns In Fog Pt. 2Fog Horns, 2019, Discrepant
• 55:49 03:02 Max Richter - Ursa Minor - VisionsAd Astra, 2019, Deutsche Grammophon
• 58:30 00:40 Jóhann Jóhannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman - The SunLast And First Men, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon
• 59:10 End

A two-hour mix for the longest night: Winter Solstice. To be played (and hopefully enjoyed) in the deepest darkness. "Dream All The Dark Away" ... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

December 21 is the longest night in the Northern hemisphere. It marks the start of Winter (even though it is also called "Midwinter"), but gradually the nights will slowly get shorter as to indicate spring will be coming, eventually. For the 2019 Winter Solstice, Dutch Radio station Concertzender Nederland programmed an 8-hour ambient music special from 23:00 until 07:00 (11pm to 7am). That's a good night's sleep for most people! My contribution was scheduled to close the night: from 05:00 to 07:00 (5am to 7am).

For the context of this ambient night, I created a mix that is somewhat different from most Ambientblog.net mixes - after all, this was intended to be broadcast in the deepest hours of the darkest night of the year. So this one is more drone-oriented for the most part, slower, less 'dynamic' and less 'intense'.

More info on https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2019-12/winter-solstice-mix/

note: first time is start time, second time is fragment length

• 00:00 01:48 Suzanne Vega - Stay AwakeStay Awake (Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films), 1988, A&M Records
• 00:20 05:09 Atom TM - Texturen ITexturen I, 2015, No.
• 01:19 02:57 Chris Meloche - Loop 6 (Excerpt)X-Rated - The Electronic Files, 2002, Boudisque Records
• 03:41 03:22 Thomas Koehner & Asmus Tietchens - Frühruin Part 1Σ + Frühruin (Kontakt Der Jünglinge Box), 2004, Die Stadt
• 06:01 04:07 Thomas Köner - NuukNuuk, 2004, MillePlateauxMedia
• 08:55 03:07 Akira Rabelais - Track 52Spelle Remixes, 2005, unreleased (private collection)
• 09:05 03:39 Bass Communion - Sisters Oregon, Part 3Sisters Oregon, 2017, Drone Records
• 11:07 06:15 Bass Communion - Sisters Oregon, Part 4Sisters Oregon, 2017, Drone Records
• 14:27 04:52 Else Marie Pade & Jacob Kirkegaard - NimbostratusSvaevninger, 2013, Important Records
• 16:24 05:42 Eliane Radigue - L'Île ResonanteOeuvres Electroniques, 2018, INA-GRM
• 20:39 06:56 Brian Eno - Five Light PaintingsMusic From Installations, 2018, Opal Records
• 26:00 04:15 Hilary Jeffery - Belfast Tromboscillator 2Belfast Tromboscillator, 2007, self-released
• 28:37 05:53 James Plotkin & Mick Harris - DissolveCollapse, 1996, Asphodel
• 31:24 06:23 Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - GlassGlass, 2018, Noton
• 34:44 05:48 Deep Listening Band - CCCC (Cistern Chapel Chance Chants)The Ready Made Boomerang, 1991, New Albion
• 38:04 05:12 Michael Fahres - The Tubes (feat. Jon Hassell & Mark Atkins)The Tubes, 2007, Cold Blue Music
• 41:21 06:02 William Basinski - WorryTwo Point Two, 2003, 12K
• 45:05 08:22 Biosphere - ValchyrieX-Rated - The Electronic Files, 2002, Boudisque Records
• 48:56 08:15 Yann Novak - SurroundingsSurroundings, 2017, Line
• 53:08 07:23 Broeder Dieleman - Omer GiellietUut De Bron, 2015, Snowstar Records
• 59:42 02:08 Jeff Bridges - Sleep, Dream, WakeupSleeping Tapes, 2015, Squarespace
• 1:01:01 02:06 Morgen Wurde feat. Maria Estrella - Laesst LosPop Ambient 2020, 2019, Kompakt
• 1:02:24 03:52 Monty Adkins - Secret DreamsRift Patterns, 2014, Audiobulb
• 1:05:06 02:25 Ambrose Field & John Potter - Presque Quelque ChoseBeing Dufay, 2009, ECM
• 1:06:52 03:00 A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Aqualung, MotherfuckerThe Undivided Five, 2019, Ninja Tune
• 1:08:39 03:37 Jacob Kirkegaard - Opus Morturarium - ExcerptOpus Mors, 2019, Fonik
• 1:10:49 05:56 Ben Lukas Boysen - The Behinian GospelGravity, 2013, Ad Noiseam
• 1:14:49 01:53 Dean Hurley - Low Sustained MysteryAnthology Resource Vol. 1, 2017, Sacred Bones Records
• 1:15:51 04:03 Jeff Greinke - Out From Under (excerpt)A Storm Of Drones, 1995, Asphodel
• 1:18:46 04:22 Gray Acres - Unconditional Material Forces, 2019, Whitelabrecs
• 1:20:49 05:54 Robert Henke - Studies Of Thunder Signal To Noise, 2004, Imbalance Computer Music
• 1:24:35 04:34 James Murray - CarinaHeavenly Waters, 2017, Slowcraft
• 1:28:34 03:27 Robert Rich - Senescent ArchitectureTactile Ground, 2019, Soundscape
• 1:30:46 03:18 Kim Cascone - Lunar Gauzes-Alchemisphere Lunar Gauzes-Alchemisphere, 2012, eSpace
• 1:32:52 09:44 Fovea Hex - We Dream All The Dark Away (Abul Mogard Remix)The Salt Garden II, 2017, Headphone Dust/Die Stadt
• 1:41:18 03:23 Jana Winderen - SubmergedSubmerged, 2009, Touch
• 1:42:51 09:04 Greg Haines - 183 TimesDigressions, 2012, Preservation
• 1:50:52 03:16 Chris Watson - Cima VerdeCima Verde, 2008, Fondazione Edmund Mach
• 1:52:50 06:37 Oliver Messiaen - Oraison, 1937Ohm - The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music 1948 - 1980, 2000, Ellipsis Arts
• 1:58:22 01:30 Biosphere - SteinfjordThe Senja Recordings, 2019, Biophon Records

The mix title, Radical Candor, comes from the (management) philosophy that argues that feedback (on behaviour) is most effective if it is 'challenging' but at the same time shows that you 'care'. I felt there was a resemblance: the mix is 'caring' at times but can also be quite 'challenging' to the listener. At least, that was my intention. Now you decide. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

A word of warning first. This is not an ambient mix intended to relax or create a calm atmosphere. Also, it is not a showcase with full album tracks. It is a 'create-your-own-movie' soundtrack with some rather intense climaxes.And 42 track fragments in less than one hour - almost none of those in full length: all tracks are cut-up, fragmented, edited, layered and re-assembled (but never altered sonically) - like creating a collage from torn pictures. This also means that none of the parts represents the artists' original intention (I hope they still can appreciate what I do here). For further exploration, the release details of the fragments are provided so you can check out the original full versions and support the artist wherever possible.

More info on https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2019-07/radical-candor-mix/

[starting time] [fragment length] Artist name - Track titleAlbum title, release year, label

• 00:00 02:08 Areni Agbabian - Garun ABloom, 2019, ECM 2549
• 00:52 01:49 Gideon Wolf - Self PortraitReplicas, 2019, Fluid Audio 060
• 01:37 01:26 Kammarheit - The Indefinite VaultsDrone Islands - Land Raising, 2019, Eighth Tower Records
• 02:43 01:34 Resina - Trigger (Abul Mogard Remix)Traces - Remixes, 2019, 130701/Fatcat Records LP1335
• 03:36 02:23 Craig Leon - The Twenty Second Step As Well As The TenthAnthology Of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 2, 2019, RVNG Intl RVNGNL55
• 05:03 02:53 Angelina Yershova - CosmotengriCosmotengri, 2019, Twin Paradox
• 07:02 02:55 Ashtoreth - Elemental IDrone Islands - Land Raising, 2019, Eighth Tower Records
• 09:16 01:31 Robert Scott Thompson - ProximityPhonotopological, 2018, Acourant AWD 379561
• 10:10 02:42 Alla Zakaykevych - Voice/WayKaleidoscope - Experimental Music From Ukraine, 2019, Flaming Pines FLP079
• 12:38 01:51 Snowdrops - Manta RayManta Ray OST, 2019, Gizeh Records GZH87
• 14:13 02:20 Zeno van den Broek - Interlude TwoBreach, 2019, Moving Furniture MFR072
• 15:03 03:52 Jessica Moss - Fractals (Truth 4)Entanglement, 2018, Constellation CST138
• 18:28 02:55 The London Sound Survey - Maplin SandsThames, 2019, Persistance Of Sound PS003
• 19:28 02:17 Rebecka Sofia Ahvenniemi - WindsTacit-Citat-Ion, 2019, Ravello Records RAVL8011.2
• 21:08 01:58 Giulio Aldinucci - The Burning AlphabetDisappearing In A Mirror, 2018, Karl Records KR055
• 22:06 03:33 John Haniver - BlackHow To Live Like A Ghost, 2019, Linge Records LINGE089
• 22:20 00:44 Anxious Bot - Check The BasementCrystal Bible, 2018, self-released
• 23:38 01:56 Anxious Bot - Check The BasementCrystal Bible, 2018, self-released
• 24:20 03:25 Carl Stone - Kuk II Kwan (1981)Electronic Music From The Seventies And Eighties, 2016, Unseen Worlds UW15
• 26:07 01:22 Maxime Tanguay - Nain FieldSertraline, 2018, the end is near then012
• 26:53 01:44 Colin Stetson - Second Seance, Pt. 1 (+ Reversed)Hereditary OST, 2018, Milan M2-36952
• 27:42 02:06 Osa7209 - Osa 14Orchestral, 2019, self-released
• 29:11 02:14 Sven Laux & Daniela Orvin - A Moment Of SilenceThe Writings, 2019, Dronarivm DR-59
• 31:00 02:33 Jane Antonia Cornish - LuxConstellations, 2018, Innova Recordings innova 006
• 32:28 02:34 Fiona Brice - Movement 1 (Holographic Field Rework)String Quartet No. 1, 2018, Bigo And Twigeti
• 34:44 00:58 Goncalo F. Cardoso - Radio Zanzibar Étude 1Impressões De Uma Ilha (Unguja), 2018, Edições Cn ‎ECN19
• 35:08 01:12 Juha-Matti Rautiainen - VoidAbove Me Weeps The Sky, 2018, Randomizer Media RDZCD05
• 35:20 02:26 Joseph Dugan - Sit In The Center Watching And Forget That You're ThereSwaha, 2019, self-released
• 35:32 00:50 The Books - BonanzaThe Lemon Of Pink, 2003, Tomlab tom 32
• 37:15 02:36 Julia Kent - Through The WindowTemporal, 2019, Leaf BAY 106CD
• 38:54 04:19 The London Sound Survey - Alhallows Marshes NightThames, 2019, Persistance Of Sound PS003
• 39:03 07:40 Sleep Research Facility - Theta2DeltaFrom Here To Tranquility Volume 9 - In Dreams, 2018, Silent Records
• 42:33 03:14 Sarah Davachi - EvensongGave in Rest, 2018, Ba Da Bing! BING 137
• 44:31 02:39 Keru Not Ever - Équilibre De La TerreurThe Wind Of ?, 2019, Infinite Machine IM071
• 46:04 02:52 Bas van Huizen - TorrewolkKulverzuchter, 2018, Moving Furniture Records MFR063
• 47:40 01:32 Rafael Kolacki - Ra'sA'Za. Hearing Ethiopia, 2017, Zoharum ZOHAR 154-2
• 48:20 02:00 Rauelsson - MistralMirall, 2018, Sonic Pieces 027
• 49:40 01:05 Rafael Kolacki - Ra'sA'Za. Hearing Ethiopia, 2017, Zoharum ZOHAR 154-2
• 50:02 02:36 Deaf Center - UndoneLow Distance, 2019, Sonic Pieces 028
• 51:54 02:55 Alla Zakaykevych - Voice/WayKaleidoscope - Experimental Music From Ukraine, 2019, Flaming Pines FLP079
• 54:03 03:11 Martin Ptak - The SourceRiver Tales, 2018, Col Legno WWE 1CD 20441
• 56:10 02:41 Dickon Hinchliffe - Return To The ForestLeave No Trace OST, 2018, Lakeshore Records
• 58:52 End

"For me, personally, a mix has the most impact when it feels like I'm watching a movie. With ups, downs, some drama, sentiment, moment of joy, climax and anticlimax. And yes: tension and release." --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

When I started working on this mix, its working title was Wonderlust, simply because I liked that word: a variation on wanderlust ('a desire to travel') which the Urban Dictionary describes as 'the desire to be in a constant state of wonder'.But as the mix progressed, the title didn't fit very well. There were too many dark and unsettling moments... moment that may evoke their own 'state of wonder' but of a completely different kind. The Questions in Anja Garbarek's track are crucial to this mix and gave it its title: a few simple questions to diagnose severe psychotic disorders, a delusional state of mind. There may be quite a few of these delusional moments in this mix, but they are alternated with moments of joy in an almost melodramatical equilibrium.

More info on https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2019-01/delusional-mix/

Tracklist:(first time is the start time, time in brackets is the sample length)

• 00:00 (01:13) Angelo Badalamenti/City Of Prague Orchestra - Mulholland Drive ThemeMulholland Drive soundtrack, 2001, Milan 74321 89823 2
• 00:59 (00:59) Allesio Ballerini - WiwananaWiwanana OST, 2018, Fluid Audio 054
• 01:43 (01:49) Martin Ptak - StormRiver Tales, 2018, Col-Legno WWE 1CD 20441
• 01:57 (00:32) Goblin - Suspiria (Celesta & Bells)Suspiria OST, 1977/2012, Cinevox CD OST 702/s
• 02:30 (02:04) Jóhann Jóhannsson - Seeker Of The Serpents EyeMandy OST, 2018, Invada LSINV203CD
• 03:11 (02:57) Monty Adkins - Still Juniper Snow: Distant WatersBozzini+, 2018, Huddersfield Contemporary Records HCR19CD
• 05:38 (01:08) Anja Garbarek - QuestionsThe Road Is Just A Surface, 2018, Drabant Music, DM58LPPER
• 05:52 (03:17) Gryllus Ábris - Post_02Post_, 2017, Farbwechsel FARB026
• 08:01 (01:51) Autechre - Sinstrailab AirNTS Sessions 2, 2018, Warp Records WARPCD364 
• 08:30 (02:31) Jessica Moss - Fractals (Truth 3)Entanglement, 2018, Constellation CST138
• 10:09 (01:58) Rudolf Eb.er - IshikiriOm Kult: Ritual Practice Of Conscious Dying- Vol. II, 2018, Om Kult OM-2
• 10:27 (00:25) Anja Garbarek - QuestionsThe Road Is Just A Surface, 2018,
• 11:05 (01:17) Ulnar - Daylight FireworksDreaming Of Sailing Further West, 2017, Colectivo Casa Amarela CCA003
• 11:41 (02:42) Jean C. Roche - Rancho GrandeBirds Of Venezuela, 1973/2018, Sub Rosa SR411LP
• 12:05 (03:08) Arve Henriksen - SanmyakuSakuteiki, 2001, Rune Grammofon RCD2021
• 14:12 (02:34) The Newton Brothers - Feel NothingThe Haunting Of Hill House OST, 2018, Wax Work Records
• 16:23 (02:22) Thomas Vaquié - EcumeEcume, 2016, Antivj Recordings 
• 18:31 (02:56) From The Mouth Of The Sun & Seabuckthorn - Lesser StillWe Stayed The Path That Fell To Shadow, 2018, Lost Tribe Sound
• 21:21 (00:43) Maria W. Horn - AtropaKontrapoetik, 2018, XKatedral XK12
• 21:44 (01:35) Bass Communion - Drugged IV Reconstructions And Recycling (Bass Communion Remixed), 2003, Headphone Dust BCCD5
• 22:30 (03:07) Alea Saxophone Quartet - Arvo Pärt: SolfeggioArvo Pärt Anima, 2017, Col-Legno WWE 1CD 20437
• 24:52 (02:57) BJNilsen - Table Of HoursFocus Intensity Power, 2017, Moving Furniture Records MFR062
• 26:40 (04:06) Illuminine - Dear, Utopia (feat. Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie)#3, 2018, Ferryhouse Productions FHP 42617
• 26:42 (01:27) Michael Fahres - Het Gesloten OgenblikGäbrik (music from the book by Marc Legendre), 2018, Vlaamse Onafhankelijke Stripgilde
• 29:33 (02:20) Mathieu St. Pierre - 23.0785729, 143.9554413 These Elephants, 2018, Se;f-released (Bandcamp)
• 30:46 (01:22) Janek Schaefer - To Row Against The TideWhat Light There Is Tells Us Nothing (For Robert Wyatt), 2018, Temporary Residence Limited TRR305
• 31:53 (01:05) Mothertape - Problem 4In Progress Vol. III, 2018, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej "Łaźnia"
• 31:57 (01:54) Murcof - Chapitre VILost In Time, 2018, Glacial Movements Records GMO35
• 33:22 (02:16) Varg, Annamelina - Stonewall PoemNordic Flora Series Pt. 5 - Crush, 2018, Posh Isolation 209
• 33:52 (02:03) Ipek Gorgun - MilevaEcce Homo, 2018, Touch TO:106
• 34:45 (02:16) Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch - RainBlade Runner 2049 OST, 2017, Epic 19075800852
• 36:11 (02:47) Machinefabriek - HangingEngel, 2018, Self-Released (Bandcamp)
• 37:44 (02:30) Adam Mankowski - Próba Dźwięki Z Offu, 2018, Attenuation Circuit ACU 1013
• 39:06 (03:35) Les Horribles Travailleurs - Keizersrande 4 (ft. Anja Kreysing)Off Track, 2018, Esc.Rec 62
• 40:53 (01:06) Rudolf Eb.Er - Licht (Unborn Light)Om Kult: Ritual Practices Of Conscious Dying - Vol. 1, 2018, Om Kult OM-1
• 41:32 (04:47) Claudio F. Baroni - Solo VIII-AirMotum, 2018, Unsounds 61U
• 41:40 (02:41) Ed Alp - RTPVCunreleased, 2009, private collection
• 44:31 (03:00) Monty Adkins - Still Juniper Snow: Spiral PathsBozzini+, 2018, Huddersfield Contemporary Records HCR19CD
• 47:02 (01:23) Minco Eggersman - Melisma & GurianKavkasia, 2017, Volkoren 73
• 47:30 (02:32) Jacob Lindhagen - KenopsiaPaces, 2017, 1631 Recordings FR1-015
• 49:14 (02:05) Jonty Harrison - Going Places (2015)Voyages, 2016, Empreintes DIGITALes IMED 16139
• 50:01 (01:18) Cadeu - Echoic VIIIEchoic, 2018, Esc.Rec 60
• 50:50 (02:50) Colin Stetson - Mothers & DaughtersHereditary OST, 2018, Milan M2-36952
• 53:35 (01:33) Jóhann Jóhannsson & BJ Nilsen - Carkeys (reversed)I Am Here OST, 2014, Ash International Ash 11.1
• 54:36 (01:13) Jon Hopkins - PrologueMonsters OST, 2010, Double Six DS036D
• 55:35 (04:07) Brian Eno & Metropole Orchestra - An Ending (arr. Dick Bakker)Shutov Assembly Live Paradiso, 1999, unreleased

Headphone Commute, Ambientblog and Slowcraft Records are proud to present a unique mix by a colleague and partner in crime, Peter van Cooten, of beautiful works from a beautiful couple: James Murray and Anne Garner --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

The inspiration for this mix came after attending separate performances of James Murray and Anne Garner.The music they perform is quite different: James exploring various kinds of abstract experimental electronic soundscapes, Anne performing her poetic emotional songs blending jazz, alternative pop, folk,  spectral lullabies and tender neo-classical arrangements.As different as their output may be, it still fits together very well - which is no real surprise knowing that Anne & James are a couple living together, and James produces and contributes towards  Anne's music.I wanted to find out how it would work out when mixing some tracks from their past and recent albums together.And I found out it works very well, as you can hear yourself in this mix. It also shows that, if the ingredients match, 0ne plus one can be much more than two!

More info on https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2018-09/james-anne-mix/

Tracklist

• 00:00 Anne Garner - Haunt Me (Instrumental)Trusting A Twirled World (Instrumental), 2011
• 02:28 James Murray - Grace (edit)Killing Ghosts, 2017
• 05:20 Anne Garner - Come In (edit with Christoph Berg Remix)Be Life, 2015 / Be Life Relived, 2016
• 08:43 James Murray - Hold Your Breath (edit)Floods, 2012
• 11:31 James Murray - Greenlands (Green Lane) (edit)Floods Returned, 2017
• 15:02 Anne Garner - Fall Before The NightLost Play, 2018
• 19:32 Silent Vigils - MolenbrookFieldem, 2018
• 22:41 James Murray - LaterisersEyes to the Height, 2016
• 27:20 Anne Garner - Wednesday's Child (edit with Louis Remix)Be Life, 2015 / Be Life Relived, 2016
• 31:48 James Murray - EquuleusHeavenly Waters, 2017
• 33:57 Tetherdown - Pitch Roll And YawFirst Flight, 2016
• 43:01 Anne Garner - Soft Eyes (Lost Vocals Remix edit with original version) Be Life Relived, 2016 / Be Life, 2015
• 46:59 James Murray - These HandsMount View, 2014
• 50:33 James Murray - The Sea In The Sky (edit)The Sea In The Sky, 2015
• 54:02 Anne Garner - The TowerTrusting A Twirled World, 2011
• 56:46 James Murray - CarinaHeavenly Waters, 2017
• 1:00:35 Anne Garner - Wherever You GoBe Life, 2015

"Follow me into a movie that you might want to see sometime... a movie that's happening in the back of your own head..." And remember: "use your ears, not your prejudices"... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Playlist:(first time is the start time, time in brackets is the sample length)

• 00:00 (01:33)Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet - DreamsLandfall, 2018, Nonesuch 7559-79338-9
• 01:21 (01:10)Tomoko Sauvage - ClepsydraMusique Hydromantique, 2017, Shelter Press SP087
• 01:25 (01:36)Christina Vantzou & John Also Bennett - Alfred Hitchcock HazeZin Taylor's Thought Of A Dot As It Travels The Surface, 2018, Shelter Press SP092
• 02:38 (01:14)Scott Worthington - InterludeOrbit, 2018, 2018, IIKKI IIKKI005
• 03:17 (01:34)Anne Garner - BrinkThe Last Sense To Leave Us (A Tribute To Pauline Oliveiros), 2017, Rural Colours RC80
• 04:23 (06:47)Swoop And Cross - St. NoStories Of Disintegration, 2018, Time Released Sound TRS074
• 09:56 (05:03)Rhodri Davies, David Sylvian, Mark Wastell - There Is No LoveThere Is No Love, 2017, 2017, Confront Core 01
• 14:07 (04:33)Rebekah Del Rio - No StarsTwin Peaks - Music From The Limited Event Series, 2017, Rhino Records 081227933982
• 17:57 (02:47)Jóhann Jóhannsson - The Horse LatitudesThe Mercy OST, 2018, Deutsche Grammophon 479 8303
• 19:17 (03:45)Stefan Wesolowski - PreludeRite OF The End, 2017, Ici D'Ailleurs
• 22:03 (04:24 )Tonaliens - Pallas, Pt. 2Tonaliens, 2018, Edition Telemark 785.02
• 22:41 (02:36)Scanner - Cast To The BottomThe Great Crater, 2017, Glacial Movements Records GM 030
• 24:38 (02:00)The Beacon Sound Choir - Drone 3 Sunday Songs, 2017, First Terrace Records, FTR002
• 25:21 (03:33)OSA7029 - Osa 2 (feat. Debi Wong)A Sense Of Belonging, 2017, self-released (Bandcamp)
• 27:53 (01:06)Ryuichi Sakamoto - Full Moon (intro)Async, 2017, Milan 399 903-2
• 28:54 (03:18)Joana Gama & Luis Fernandez - Lucid StillnessAt The Still Point Of The Turning World, 2018, Room40 RM492
• 31:31 (01:54)Max Richter & London Voices - What Did They Die ForHostiles OST, 2018, Deutsche Grammophon 479 9865
• 32:54 (04:00)Yann Novak - The Inertia Of TimeThe Future Is A Forward Escape Into The Past, 2018, Touch TO:105
• 35:58 (01:17)Nanook Of The North - QulingatNanook Of The North, 2018, Denovali Records
• 36:42 (01:32)Laurie Spiegel - Three Sonic Spaces IUnseen Worlds, 1994, Aesthetic Engineering 11001-2
• 37:50 (03:31)Loscil - AzimuthIlluminations II - The New Year 2018 Charity Compilation, Dronarivm
• 40:50 (01:56)Shall Remain Nameless - Untitled IIIUntitled, 2018, self-released
• 42:22 (01:28)Koenraad Ecker - L'Incendio Genovese (In Memoriam Carlo Giuliani)A Biology Of Shadows, 2018, In Aulis AUL001
• 43:26 (02:34)Lee Yi - DesecrationAn Instant For Momentary Desolation, 2017, Rottenman Editions
• 44:45 (03:24)Haarvöl - SenescénciaBombinate, 2017, Moving Furniture Records MFR042
• 46:23 (04:15)Solo Collective - AscensionPart One, 2017, Nonostar NR02
• 49:01 (06:40)Olan Mill - Molanret Orient, 2017, Hidden Vibes HV044
• 55:46 (02:10)Trio Mediaeval & Arve Henriksen - GammelkjerringsvalsenRimur, 2017, ECM Records ECM2520, 481 4742