Dia de Los Muertos

 

I've done Halloween mixes in the past but never one quite like this. I decided to take some of the Latin guitar sounds found in my Guitarissimo mixes, tilt them slight off kilter and give the mix a slightly sinister vibe. 

It's not too dark, and some of it is kinda of fun, just the way Halloween should be. There are a few artists I was familiar with or have played before like David Lynch, SUSS, The Phonometrician, Shakey Graves, Ry Cooder, and Tommy Guerrero. The rest are all new artists I discovered while looking for tracks that fit this theme. It was a lot of fun discovering all of that new music.

Grab some mezcal, turn the lights out and enjoy. Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Via Mardot - Portal (2022)
• 01:58    Sun City Girls - Blue West (Funeral Mariachi 2012)
• 04:55    Combustible Edison - Carnival of Souls (I, Swinger 1994)
• 07:50    Shakey Graves - Chupacadabra (Deadstock 2023)
• 09:25    The Focus Group - Bells Hazes (Sketches And Spells 2011)
• 10:14    Tommy Guerrero - Signals from Points Beyond (Perpetual 2015)
• 13:10    Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas (Paris, Texas 1985)
• 15:45    SUSS - Gunfighter (Ghost Box 2018)
• 20:09    Topaz Rags - Sightings (Capricorn Born Again 2009)
• 22:55    Pram - Track of the Cat (Dark Island 2003)
• 26:58    Last Ex - Hotel Blues (Last Ex 2014)
• 29:43    The Phonometrician - Death Rides a Horse: Part II (Cóiste Bodhar 2022)
• 34:25    Ben Von Wildenhaus - The Knife Thrower II (II 2015)
• 36:57    Louie Zong - Ghost Duet (2023)
• 37:54    David Lynch - The Night Bell With Lightning (Crazy Clown Time 2011)
• 42:47    Via Mardot - Towers (2023)
• 44:52    Shakey Graves - Who Died (Deadstock 2023)
• 48:44    Guano Padano - A Country Concept (Guano Padano 2009)
• 53:21    Tommy Guerrero - Embers of Memory (Perpetual 2015)
• 56:16    Via Mardot - Pining (2023)
• 58:13    Ry Cooder - No Safety Zone (Paris, Texas 1985)
• 59:33    Wilburn Burchette - Birth of a Witch (Guitar Grimoire 1973)
• 64:38    end

Now That's What I Call Ambient - October '23

 

Sometimes I get so wrapped up in themed mixes or guest mixes that I forget about doing a nice straightforward ambient mix. So that's what this is - a mix featuring ambient tracks from 2023. No story to tell, no underlying theme, just excellent ambient tracks to drift away on.

Links to all the music used in this mix:

• https://willebrant.bandcamp.com/album/leaving-space
• https://homenormal.bandcamp.com/album/summer-chronicles
• https://ab-pulsemandaladistantfiresburning.bandcamp.com/album/r-abacus-lndr
• https://www.iamjonek.com/
• https://innesti.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-we-knew
• https://astralindustries.bandcamp.com/album/ai-35-ghost-lights
• https://davidtagg.bandcamp.com/album/cyrene
• https://courtneybarnett.bandcamp.com/album/end-of-the-day-music-from-the-film-anonymous-club
• https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/an-imaginary-autumn
• https://purelink.bandcamp.com/album/signs
• https://valleyviewrecords.bandcamp.com/album/astral-solstice
• https://carbonbasedlifeforms.bandcamp.com/album/seeker
• https://relationreset.bandcamp.com/album/the-feeling-of

Coming next week - a Halloween mix. Cheers!

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T R A C K L S T :

• 00:00    Crows Labyrinth & Willebrant - Leaving Space (2023)
• 03:35    David Cordero & Rhucle - Micnight Breeze (Summer Chronicle 2023)
• 07:03    Pulse Mandala & Distant Fires Burning - R Abacus Lndr (R Abacus Lndr 2023)
• 12:29    Jon E.K. - Golden Hour (As Water In A Foutain Flows 2023)
• 16:50    Innesti - Whereto (The World We Knew 2023)
• 20:50    Rod Modell - Side A excerpt (Ghost Lights 2023)
• 26:33    David Tagg - Cyrene IV (Cyrene 2023)
• 32:32    Courtney Barnett - Eternity Repeat (End Of The Day 2023)
• 33:40    Tatsuro Murakami - In Her Absence (An Imaginary Autumn 2023)
• 41:45    Purelink - 4k Murmurs(feat. J) (Signs 2023)
• 48:04    Crows Labyrinth & Pulse Mandala - Astral Solstice (Astral Solstice 2023)
• 51:45    Carbon Based Lifeforms - Starfish (Seeker 2023)
• 56:50    Inhmost - Don't Go Quiet Now (The Feeling Of..... 2023)
• 61:38    end

Train No. 8: Autumn Excursion by Paul Asbury Seaman

I have been having a hard time keeping up my mix output lately. There are many reasons, from too much work to too many concerts and social things to a pennant run in baseball. Also playing a part is me getting a little burned out on ambient music. There is so much of it released every week, every month that it becomes a bit overwhelming and it all starts to blend together after a while. I end up with little motivation to find another theme for yet another ambient mix. 

I'm sure I'll snap out of this funk but for now Paul Asbury Seaman comes to the rescue! Just when I needed it, Paul delivers a fantastic berlin-school, train-themed mix. As I've said many times before, I like Paul's mixes because sometimes they go in directions I normally don't go with my own mixes. That's the case again here with these berlin-school tracks. I like sequencer based music but it's not a style I reach for often. And then I hear one of Paul's mixes and I'm like - "Why don't I listen to this music more often?" Whatever the reason, I'm glad Paul is here to remind us about how cool this style can be.

Here's what Paul has to say about this collection:

“No powerful locomotives this time. No high-speed rail or epic cross-country journey. Just a relaxed excursion through autumn foliage. All but three of these tracks are from 2023. Watch for the REAL guitar on ‘In the Fading Starlight.’ Synth Replicants was one of my big/happy discoveries this past year. (This was one of the milder tracks!) Enjoy.”

Thanks Paul!

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Wil Bolton - Yellow Morning (So​̈​dermalm In Autumn 2023)
• 09:09    Erik Wøllo - Motion Picture (Cloud of Strings 2023)
• 12:50    Thom Brennan - Wavemaker pt. 2 (Wavemaker 2023)
• 21:12    Mac Of Bionight - Memory Has No Conscience (COORDINATES volume 11 2023)
• 28:12    Nils Frahm - #2 (All Melody 2018)
• 36:25    Steve Roach The Weaving Way (The Weaving Way 2023)
• 42:18    Node - The Traveller (Node 2 2014)
• 47:18    Synth Replicants - In The Fading Starlight (Time of Legends 2023)
• 53:30    Alpha Wave Movement - Lattices of Light (Cerulean Skies 2017)
• 61:20    Larkenlyre - Sometimes Hope Comes Wrapped In Dark Skies (You and I and Every Sky 2023)
• 65:18    end