Sunday, February 26, 2023

Sunday Morning Music Vol. 23 - A Sunday Kind of Love


A couple of tunes were the inspiration for cranking out another Sunday Morning mix. First is the lead-off track - A Sunday Kind of Love by Etta James. It's simply a great tune that I'm surprised I haven't used before. Next is an track from 1971 that I'd never heard of until a few weeks ago. I stumbled on an Instagram reel that talked about the gentle beauty of "Curry Rice" by Kenji Endo. I immediately fell in love with it and the rest of the album.

That's where the mix started and from there it follows the usual formula - some jazz, some ambient, some folk - all flowing together in a sweet Sunday mix.

Here the links to all the music used in this mix:


Cheers!




T R A C K L I S T :
  • 00:00    Etta James - A Sunday Kind of Love (At Last! 1960)
  • 03:15    Fuubutsushi - Cicada Season (Fuubutsushi 2020)
  • 05:46    Kenji Endo - Curry Rice (Manzoku Dekirukana 1971)
  • 08:42    John Surman - Sunday Morning (Such Winters Of Memory 1983)
  • 15:30    Andrew Tasselmyer & Blurstem - Ray (Duets 2022)
  • 18:52    Carlos Niño & Friends - Ripples Reflection Loop (More Energy Fields, Current 2021) 
  • 21:17    Nyokabi Kariuki - Home Piano (Peace Places Kenyan Memories 2022)
  • 23:48    Foreign Body Sensation & Justin Maranga - In the Lair of the 5-Sided Serpent (Subterranean Environments 2023)
  • 30:30    Hior Chronik - Cloud Peels (Haze 2022)
  • 33:17    Peppermoth - Sun Dreamer (Ventrilokissed 2021)
  • 37:28    Cole Pulice - Scry (Scry 2022)
  • 44:39    Joan Shelley - Amberlit Morning (The Spur 2022)
  • 49:44    Los Indios Tabajaras - Wide Horizon (Always in My Heart 1964)
  • 52:28    Bill Frisell - Waltz for Hal Willner (Four 2022)
  • 55:04    Zolton Fecso - Morning's Theme (Daylight in an Empty Room 2020)
  • 58:07    Ben McElroy & A Spot on the Hill - A New Light (Everything Was Different Yesterday 2023)
  • 60:10    end


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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Now That's What I Call Ambient

 

Hmmm, what kind of mix do you think this one might be? I believe the gaudy cover art gives it away. This is essentially a continuation of my "Simply Ambient" series. A straightforward mix of new ambient tunes.

I got tired of coming up with variations of "simply ambient" such as absolutely ambient, purely ambient, totally ambient, etc. So I decided to ripoff the over-the-top "Now That's What I Call Music" series. I'm not sure if, like that series, I'll keep adding numbers to each mix so that I end up with "Now That's What I Call Ambient Vol. 84".

Here are the links to all the music used in this mix:


These are the labels all this wonderful music was released on:


Cheers!





T R A C K L I S T :
  • 00:00    Hummingbird - Leuken (Langd 2023)
  • 03:53    Flexagon - Ozanne Tower The Folly (The Towers I - Inaccessible 2023)
  • 08:30    David Cordero - Sunrise (Endless Lonliness 2023)
  • 11:42    Mike Lazarev - Tonality Number Three (Sacred Tonalities 2023)
  • 15:45    Loscil/Lawrence English - Yellow (Colours of Air 2023)
  • 20:00    Tomo-Nakaguchi - Noto (The Long Night in Winter Light 2023)
  • 23:50    Purple Decades - Forest (Journey Test 2023)
  • 26:27    Russ Young - Folding Valley (Cloak 2023)
  • 29:12    Hummingbird - Leuken (Langd 2023)
  • 36:50    blochemy - pone (blurr. 2023)
  • 40:00    Jogging House - Floor (Face 2023)
  • 43:18    A Journey of Giraffes - Ambient Gold Fudge (Empress Nouveau 2023)
  • 45:50    Arovane - Faraday (Sinter 2023)
  • 47:55    harry towell & polaroid notes - lepidodendron (petrologist's lens 2023)
  • 52:18    glåsbird - lokoteraina (pacifica 2023)
  • 54:43    Peter Kvidera - Kostrbatý (Verism 2023)
  • 58:00    end

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Artificial Harmonies - A Hymn to the Vocoder

 

This mix started with the track "Light & Grace" by Schneider TM. When I heard it I was reminded about how much I like the sound of a vocoder. I also realized that I never did a follow-up to the the vocoder mix I did all the way back in 2010 - http://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2010/10/vox-electronix.html

So here is a new collection of vocoder tunes. I'm not sure how many of these tracks actually use a vocoder and how many are other vocal effects but I don't care. I'm just going for a sound and vibe. Many of these tracks are new to me as I discovered them in my search for vocoder songs. I am particularly taken with "Last Man Standing" by Cities of Foam. And of course the Eno track from his album of last year is fantastic.

Enjoy the robo-tunes!


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T R A C K L I S T :

  • 00:00    Boards of Canada - Telepath (Tomorrow's Harvest 2013)
  • 01:26    Schneider TM - Light & Grace (The 8 Of Space 2021)
  • 05:18    Paul McCartney - Be What You See(Link) (Tug of War 1982)
  • 05:43    Dimmes - I Am Still (2018)
  • 07:53    Cylob - Are We Not Men Who Live & Die (IDMEMO - A Future of Nostalgia 2020)
  • 09:20    Holly Herndon - Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt (PROTO 2019)
  • 12:06    Cities Of Foam - Last Man Standing (A Great Day For The Race 2005)
  • 16:20    Vanishing Twin - Light Vessel (Ookii Gekkou 2021)
  • 19:52    Röyksopp - Daddy's Groove (Late Night Tales 2013)
  • 22:50    Peter Baumann - Biking Up The Strand (Transharmonic Nights 1979)
  • 25:12    Plone - Plock (Plock 1998)
  • 29:02    Tex La Homa - Vapour Trails (Some Lost Bliss 2006)
  • 34:50    Boards of Canada - 1969 (Tomorrow's Harvest 2013)
  • 38:40    Crys Cole & Oren Ambarchi - Burrata (Hotel Record 2017)
  • 44:47    Brian Eno - Making Gardens Out of Silence (FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE 2022)
  • 52:25   Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm - Rising Dust (Drawn From Life 2001)
  • 59:53    end


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