Thursday, May 15, 2025

Handpan Meditations

 

Oh man, this is a good one. Well, all the mixes here are good but for some reason this one resonates with me right now. Two years ago I posted a mix called "Walk Softly Upon This Earth" that featured the handpan as the main instrument.

I love that mix and have always wanted to do a follow up. Then in April a new EP dropped that I immediately fell in love with and it prompter me to create this mix. The EP is called "Kalima" from Lab's Cloud in collaboration with Falvio Salvaje. Check it out here - https://labscloudmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kalima

The rest of the mix is collection of some truly excellent handpan music with my favorite, other than the tracks from "Kalima," being "Passage IV" from Laura Inserra. It combines handpan and electric guitar in a beautiful way. 

Links to all the music used in this mix:

I hope this mix brings you all some peace in these insane times.

Cheers!




T R A C K L I S T :

  • 00:00   Lab's Cloud and Flavio Salvaje - I'm your sun (Kalima 2025)
  • 05:00   Laura Inserra - Passage IV (Musical Incense - Vol. Two 2009)
  • 16:10   Christine Ott - Sorrow / Lover's Dance (Tabu 2016)
  • 26:33   Flavio Salvaje & Onanya - Buen Viaje (Cruise Slowly 2023)
  • 34:09   Quentin Kayser - Fred(feat. Carola Ortiz) (The End of the Beginning(Future Rust Vol. 4 2023)
  • 39:12   Lab's Cloud and Flavio Salvaje - Sandwhistle (Kalima 2025)
  • 43:24   James Hood - Huasca(We Are Not Alone) (Pure Ceremony 2017)
  • 48:50   Laura Inserra - Sentiment (Altitude 2019)
  • 54:35   Christopher Of The Wolves - Floating (Rhythms Of Sleep 2015)
  • 69:40   end


Tuesday, May 06, 2025

A Violet Sky

 

This is straightforward ambient mix. Nothing fancy, just good music. The one unifying trait of this mix, other than all the tracks being awesome, is that everything is from this year.

I started the set with a track from Alio Die. Every so often I need a reminder why I love an artist I've been listening to forever. And stumbling upon this new album definitely brought back why Alio Die is one of my all-time favs.

LINKS TO ALL THER MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX:

Cheers!




T R A C K L I S T :
  • 00:00   Arborescence & Alio Die;  - Kindling Leaves (The Inner Vaults 2025)
  • 08:05   David Tagg - The King of Songs performs the prelude to Cruciform Heart
  • (The Wind Kept Land 2025)
  • 13:15   Yumiko Morioka & Takashi Kokubo - O-KA-GU-RA (Gaiaphilia 2025)
  • 15:35   State Azure - Stillness (Stillness 2025)
  • 22:55   SVLBRD - Indigo Light (Monochrome 2025)
  • 28:35   Innesti - Crosscurrents Through Nuances (Fragility and Circumstance 2025)
  • 34:16   Loneward - Temporal Dunes (Gossamer Wings of Illusion 2025)
  • 41:41   Celer - IV.VI (Gems IV 2025)
  • 47:55   variant - sequential sleep(unreleased modular-scape)
  • (sequential sleep series collection 2025)
  • 60:00   end