Low Light Mixes: June 2023

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Longform Sleepy Time

This mix is pretty just as the title describes - a set of long ambient pieces, perfect for sleeping. There's not much else to say other than the tracks are all fairly new with most of them from 2023.

I was happy to use a longer version of the Crows Labyrinth track in this mix. I used it in my Blade Runner mix earlier in the year but it was the short version. I have been listening to the long version a lot this year and using it as a sleep soundtrack quite a bit as well. So I knew I had to use more of the 39 minute track in this mix. That album will make my best of the year list for sure.

Speaking of best of the year lists - head over to Mixcloud Posts to see my favorite albums of 2023, so far - MIXCLOUD Best of 2023(so far)

Links to all the music used in this mix:

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Loscil - Alta (Alta 2023)
10:20 Loneward - Light Blossom (Willoweald 2023)
18:00 Crows Labyrinth - Neon Scenes I (Neon Scenes I: Granular Dreams 2023)
27:45 Milieu - Beside a Green Window (Beside a Green Window 2023)
37:07 Katharina Schmidt - Particles (Particles 2022)
46:44 Spectrical - Distant Rain (Fleeting visions into sleep 2023)
55:10 Mount Shrine - Foghorn (Lost Loops Collection 2023)
1:12:25 Robert Davies - Diffused Meadow (Delicate Terrain 2022)
1:26:30 cv313 - Star Alignments (Plays Sequential Space 2023)
2:00:00 end

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Aquadream by Fragile X

I love getting guest mixes from creative artists. I love hearing excellent segues as the music flows seamlessly across the set. And I love discovering new music. So, of course, I'm excited about this latest offering from Fragile X.

https://soundcloud.com/fragilex
https://fragilex.bandcamp.com/

https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/being-human-by-fragile-x/

There so much good stuff in this mix, like one of my favorite tracks of all time - Submarine Poetry, I could go on and on but I'll let John say a few things about it:

"I've been inspired by my recent trip to Croatia and have made a water themed mix. I've called it "Aquadream". I wanted the mix to be able to act as a soundtrack to all kinda things. From casual swimming, deep sea diving, floating, boating or even just watching from the shoreline. It's pretty much all ambient material. It's got that hazy and submerged feel about it and is a wee bit disorientating at times but is ultimately a calm and hopefully refreshing mix!"

Thanks, John, for this awesome collection of music!

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T R A C K L I S T :

ARTIST - TITLE / LABEL / YEAR

00:00 Sample of the World's Loneliest Whale, 52 Hertz
00:44 Rennie Foster - Devil's Water (Devil's Reprise) / Rebirth / 2009
04:48 Fragile X - The Descent / Gorecki Productions / 2015
07:11 Krill.minima - Submarine Poetry / Native State Records / 2007
12:23 Daar - Sea Wind / Silent Season / 2021
18:35 The Persuader - Pressure Relief / Stockholm LTD / 2015
21:51 Michael FK - Black Whale / Ambient / 2014
26:48 Newworldaquarium - Thousand Oaks / Ostgut Ton / 2014
29:56 Karen Vogt - Searching For Shoals (Karen Vogt remix) / Self Released / 2023
31:45 Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Wetlands / Western Vinyl / 2016
33:03 This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren / 4AD / 1983
36:47 Inhmost - Waters Edge / Huinali Recordings / 2021
41:11 Tom Leclerc - Postcard From The Sea / Giraffe Tapes / 2022
43:50 Leafcutter John - Music Under The Water / Desire Path / 2015
48:04 Chromasy - Naoshima /Self Released / 2020
52:32 Copula - North Sea Dream / Traumgarten / 2020
54:48 Balsam - Water Conception / Neotantra / 2019
56:21 Julianna Barwick - One Half / Dead Oceans / 2012
59:13 Circular - Calm / Beatservice Records/ 1999
65:19 Asura - Ascension In Blue / Ultimae Records / 2014
72:30 Fragile X - Mvto More / Unreleased / 2023
78:48 Picnic - Drops in The Water (DJ Paradise remix) / Daisart / 2021
80:45 Saphileaum - Freshwater Body / Nyame Records / 2020
85:35 Yosi Horikawa - Fluid / Borrowed Scenery / 2019

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Electronic Music 1971

The Electronic Music of the 1970s series continues with a trip back to 1971. This year was a bit easier to curate than '70 because we have a few more good uses of electronic instruments featured prominently.

For me, the best electronic album of 1971 is "Zero Time" by Tonto's Expanding Head Band. It's very synthetic sounding without being too cheesy. I enjoyed discovering new music for this mix like "The Andromeda Strain" soundtrack and a Tangerine Dream soundtrack for an unreleased movie. I hope you too discover something new in this journey back to 1971.

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Moog - Moog demonstration record
00:36 Tonto's Expanding Head Band - Tama (Zero Time)
05:48 Beaver & Krause - Nine Moons In Alaska (Gandharva)
07:30 Tangerine Dream - Sunrise In The Third System (Alpha Centauri)
11:07 Achim Reichel - Einleitung(Invitation) (Echo)
16:00 Deuter - Babylon (D)
19:49 Pat Prilly - Aerolithe Alpha (Moog Sensations)
21:15 Harold Budd - Pastoral Symphony (The Oak Of The Golden Dreams)
22:00 Popol Vuh - Aguirre (In the Gardens of the Pharao | Aguirre)
27:00 Ash Ra Tempel - Traummaschine (Ash Ra Tempel)
33:18 Pat Prilly - Coeur Synthetique (Moog Sensations)
34:12 Tonto's Expanding Head Band - Cybernaut (Zero Time)
38:30 Doug McKechnie - Moving (San Francisco Moog: 1968-72 Vol. 2)
41:10 Jean Michel Jarre - La Cage (La Cage)
44:25 Morton Subotnick - Sidewinder (Sidewinder)
46:15 Gil Mellé - Andromeda (The Andromeda Strain)
47:47 Tangerine Dream - Vampira VI (Vampira)
50:53 W. Merrick Farran & E. Vetter - Sea of Storms (KPM Electronic Music)
52:42 Tonto's Expanding Head Band - Aurora (Zero Time)
59:10 end

Wednesday, June 07, 2023

Fresh Ambient June 2023

The theme for this mix is simple - a collection of new ambient tracks, most released within the last couple of months. Sometimes after posting a lot of theme mixes or guest mixes I need to crank out a set that is just straightforward ambient. Nothing fancy, just beautiful, drifting music to ease the mind.

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

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Laraaji & Kramer - Immersion (Baptismal 2023)
06:00 Between - Back (Low Flying Owls 2023)
11:10 William Selman - Leaky Paradise (The Weather Indoors 2023)
14:28 Civic Hall aka Euan McMeeken & Craig Tattersall - Excerpt I (Maps To Where The Poison Grows 2023)
19:15 Sebby Kowal - Sakura Schoolyard (There Is Light 2023)
22:36 Michael Scott Dawson - Notes On Longing (Find Yourself Lost 2023)
25:50 Alva Noto - Die Undergründigen - Redux (Kinder der Sonne(From "Komplizen") 2023)
29:55 Sachi Kobayashi - Morning Dew (Melodies in the Garden 2023)
33:40 David Cordero - Middle Distance (Spring Memories 2023)
39:20 blochemy - lane (sen 2023)
44:11 Andy Cartwright - Mended Environment (Below the Noise 2023)
48:05 Kenji Katayose - Aika (Sonoris 2023)
54:18 Inhmost - Eternal (Above The Sky 2023)
58:52 Maps and Diagrams - Brume (A Study of Ends or Purpose 2023)
64:16 end