always returning

I've been listening to a lot of older music lately. Been on a big progressive rock kick, King Crimson, Steve Hackett, Willowglass, Pink floyd, Phil Manzanera, Strawbs, etc. This lead me to dig up some older ambient tunes, which lead to this mix.


Listening to Michael Brook's "Hybrid" from 1985 brought back memories of how wonderful that album is. So I grabbed other ambient recordings from around the same time period and the result is the new mix, "always returning". I stole the title from the Eno tune which finishes the mix. It's appropriate because this is music that I will return to often.

Most of the recordings are from the 1980's, with two fo them from '77 & '78. There's a fair amount of Eno in here, whether it's his own tracks or his production. I guess that appropriate because in the '80's, Eno was an ambient god.

I hope you enjoy this quick bit of time traveling.


Download (right click/save as) : 73mb, 53:19
always returning


T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00 Michael Brook - Distant Village 1985
• 04:00 Jon Hassell - darbari extension 1 1983
• 08:15 Penguin Cafe Orchestra - numbers 1 - 4 1981
• 13:40 Bill Nelson - Ringing True 1989
• 15:00 Harold Budd - Bismillahi Rrahmani Rrahim 1978
• 22:40 Laraaji - Essence 1988
• 28:20 David Sylvian - The Wooden Cross 1986
  
• 31:45 Cluster & Eno - Fur Luise 1977
• 36:30 Bill Nelson - Almost Unchanging 1989
• 38:00 Peter Gabriel - Slow Water 1985
• 40:00 Brian Eno - Unfamilar Wind (leeks hills) 1982
• 44:30 Michael Brook - Ocean Motion 1985
• 49:30 Brian Eno - Always Returing 1983
• 53:19 end