Pluvial Scansion - guest mix by Benoît Pioulard

 

I have said many times that I love hosting guest mixes. Whether it's from regular contributors Paul & Erwin or from artists in the ambient space, the mixes expose to new music and artists, and I delight in hearing how someone else approaches the creation of a coherent mix.

This new guest mix comes from an ambient artist that I have admired for years - Benoît Pioulard(Tom Meluch). I love his brand of hazy, dreamy ambient music. He has an excellent new album out, which you can find here - https://pioulard.bandcamp.com/album/stanza-iv It's one of my favorite ambient albums of the year so far.

The title of this mix is Pluvial Scansion, about which Tom says - "It’s been a rainy spring and summer here, so I think that’s affected some of the overall mood." Here's what he has to say about putting together this mix:

"For this mix, I wanted to highlight the work of some very talented friends, and some mellower releases from the past year or so that I've enjoyed during various moments of transit or deep focus.  Every track has some form of ambient washiness, and I tried to cover as much of a sonic range as possible within that framework.  My latest release is Stanza IV, a limited LP complemented by a collection of reworks by Markus Guentner, James Devane, MJ Guider, arovane, Clarice Jensen, and Viul. 

Here, I've included an abridged version of one of the album tracks, along with the arovane piece, but you can hear the whole thing at pioulard.bandcamp.com, and subscribe for a ton of exclusive work plus new stuff every month, at pioulard.bandcamp.com/subscribe .. and, if you're in Tokyo on August 18th, come see me perform with Satomimagae!  Hope you'll enjoy the playlist <3

Thanks for this well-crafted collection.

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Ogawa & Tokoro - Dancing In The River (Khotin Remix) (2024)
• 08:12    Viul - Starlight Park (Bright Decline 2019)
• 11:35    Clinic Stars - Shiver (Walking Over Time) (Only Hinting 2024)
• 15:20    Benoit Pioulard - Ersatz Immortality (edit) (Stanza IV 2025)
• 21:08    Mikron - Lyre (Severance 2019)
• 26:04    zakè & Wayne Robert Thomas - Catch (Remembrance 2022)
• 29:27    alex - Moments Lost (In Environment 2025)
• 31:29    somesurprises - Lush (Year Without Spring 2025)
• 34:50    U.e - Drawing of Me (Hometown Girl 2025)
• 38:50    Jogging House - Chance (Chants 2020)
• 42:32    Benoit Pioulard - Fog Dialect (arovane Version) (Stanza IV 2025)
• 45:35    Isaac Helsen - The Memory You Take (Remnants 2019)
• 51:15    Mikkel Rev - A Promise of Healing (Journey Beyond 2025)
• 63:04    Bibio - SYCHDER MCMLXXXIX (Phantom Brickworks LP II 2024)