tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21018554.post8951896529714670842..comments2024-03-20T18:17:47.946-05:00Comments on Low Light Mixes: Best Ambient 2016Low Light Mixeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01662565941443656175noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21018554.post-36279810501343094682016-12-26T10:17:55.267-06:002016-12-26T10:17:55.267-06:00Mick, Thanks for the heads up on all this music. ...Mick, Thanks for the heads up on all this music. Some I knew of, like the Koner recording, but had forgotten about. But many others I am totally unfamiliar with and am looking forward to delving into.<br /><br />Thanks also for your support over the years. I can't believe I've been doing these mixes for 10 years.<br /><br />Cheers!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10090144268825543091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21018554.post-57950633899852953532016-12-24T04:36:39.703-06:002016-12-24T04:36:39.703-06:00Looks like a good mix Dave, friend. As for my favo...Looks like a good mix Dave, friend. As for my favourite ambient albums of 2016, I don't have many, actually, except my FL ones. It's mainly my own stuff, and ASC - No Stars Without Darkness. I like stuff from 36, The Infinity Room is nice. Suzanne Ciani's collaboration with Kaitlyn is likely the best collaboration I heard all year recording wise. And as ever, Steve Roach is putting out great drone on eMusic. <br /><br />Also a fan of Delia Derbyshire - Electronic CD from earlier this year, released through boomkat. An outlier on library music fringes. Haunting sounds, very Leyland Kirby. The "Sadly" CD housing was so morbid I had to bin it, however in the end. <br /><br />I never got much chance to really listen to the latest Tim Hecker opus. <br /><br />Looking forward to Eluvium's new output, the 7LP box and GAS (Wolfgang Voigt) 10 LP 4 CD box were highlights, but I do not have the bank balance to spend that amount on vinyl records. The Harry Bertoia from Christmas 2015 was a special 9CD box set gift of hauntological ambient and spectrally DARK tones. Mad decent, noir sounds. <br /><br />This year I have been appreciating the jaunty piano music of Jandek - "Song Of Morgan" 9CD box on Corwood Industries which came out in about 2013. Wire interviewed fellow recluse. <br /><br />The Eilean releases this year have been special ones, wndfrm released a nice field album, Thomas Koner - Tiento De La Luz (very very good)...the list goes on. For neoclassical influenced ambient, my bet is likely on Ryan Teague - Site Specific. <br /><br />I reviewed that for Fluid Radio. I keep reviewing with James Catchpole and Daniel Crossley. Hotel Neon had a heartwarming release, and Wild Anima on Blue Tapes released Grouper alike sounds of charm and wonder. <br /><br />In terms of Grouper-y drone, my favourite album of 2016 was Drawing Virtual Gardens - Heartbeats Of A Premature Image. <br /><br />Peace mate. <br /><br /><br />Muttleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14817512954774490415noreply@blogger.com