Now That's What I Call Ambient - March 2024

 

Pretty straightforward ambient mix here. All the tracks in this set are 2024 releases, many within the last few weeks. There are definitely some fine albums in this group, a few of which might make it on a best of list at the end of the year.

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

• https://sixmissing.bandcamp.com/track/balloons
• https://polarseasrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/at-dusk-hour-the-crickets
• https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/flowers-of-the-heart
• https://davidcordero.bandcamp.com/album/wild-air
• https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/homegrown-apples
• https://quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/if-all-will-be-lost
• https://ab-andrewheathandmicosaderesistance.bandcamp.com/album/caf-tristesse
• https://ab-odnumlaut.bandcamp.com/album/abandoned-spaces
• https://tonepoet.bandcamp.com/album/scenes-from-the-apocalyptic-bliss
• https://oscarson.bandcamp.com/album/the-lonely-bell-the-absent-years
• https://soundinsilencerecords.bandcamp.com/album/perennial
• https://matthewhiram.bandcamp.com/album/yucca-music
• https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/boat

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Six Missing - Baloons (2024)
• 03:50    Kilometre Club - Warmer (At Dusk Hour the Crickets 2024)
• 05:25    Near Lakes - Quiet Desire (Flowers of the Heart 2024)
• 09:37    Ian Hawgood & David Cordero - A Path of No Hiding (Wild Air 2024)
• 14:45    mark david hadley - whimsy (homegrown apples 2024)
• 18:40    Maps and Diagrams - far distant from this land (if all will be lost 2024)
• 23:42    Andrew Heath and Mi Cosa de Resistance - The Absentee (Café Tristesse 2024)
• 27:37    OdNu + Ümlaut - Unforseen Scenes (Abandoned Spaces 2024)
• 34:20    Tonepoet - Infinite Tide of Stars (Scenes From The Apocalyptic Bliss 2024)
• 37:37    The Lonely Bell - The Absent Years (The Absent Years 2024)
• 42:22    SineRider - Fragile (Perennial 2024)
• 45:50    Hiram - First Light (Yucca Music 2024)
• 52:12    Low Altitude - Slow Drift (Boat 2024)
• 56:03    end

Infinitely Small by Htennek Niwhsa

 

Thanks to our good friends at Nettwerk Music we have another wonderful guest mix to share. The mix is called "Infinitely Small", expertly curated by Htennek Niwhsa.

Piano is the main instrument throughout this lovely set. I don't listen to quite as much piano music as I used to so it was a great to hear so many track featuring the instrument. This would be a great mix to listen to on a Sunday morning with coffee and the paper.

Ken Harrison and Ashwin Sood are the masterminds behind the Htennek Niwhsa project. I'll them tell you about this warm and inviting mix:

"We’re so pleased to be asked to do a guest mix for Low Light! We’ve spent the last two years soaking in a bath of simple but pure melodies that an unknown composer named Htennek Niwhsa prepared. We’ve searched unsuccessfully for him but, in our quest, have found him to be a patient teacher. This playlist is a reflection of the lesson Htennek taught us about the value of slowing down and noticing the small and seemingly insignificant. Universes contained in a miniature figurine. Symphonies contained in a well thought out melodic phrase. We’ve compiled this mix from other composers who we think shared Htennek’s vision - some of them friends, some of them heroes."

The new EP "The Smell of a Solitary House" by Htennek Niwhsa just came out last week, March 8th. Here's the link - https://htennekniwhsa.bandcamp.com/album/the-smell-of-a-solitary-house  If you like this, you'll like the new EP. Definitely check it out.

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Patrick Watson - Ode to Vivian (rework) (2022)
• 01:35    Joep Beving - For Mark (Hermetism, 2022)
• 06:32    Htennek Niwhsa - Fugitive Words (The Smell of a Solitary House 2024)
• 08:30    Stephan Moccio - Sea Change (Tales of Solace, 2020)
• 11:15    Hiroshi Yoshimura - Sleep (Green 2020)
• 17:29    Haruhisa Tanaka - Byakuya (Byakuya 2024)
• 19:55    Harold Budd, Brian Eno - The Silver Ball (The Pearl 1983)
• 23:12    Htennek Niwhsa - The Smell of a Solitary House (The Smell of a Solitary House 2024)
• 25:20    Htennek Niwhsa - Two Motionless Gondoliers (The Smell of a Solitary House 2024)
• 27:08    Ennio Morricone - Love Theme (Cinema Paradiso 1988) 
• 28:36    Ann Annie - Aviary Reverie - Waltz No. 2 in C (Sweet Coast, 2024)
• 31:24    Stephan Moccio - The Wanderer (The Wanderer, 2024)
• 34:45    Alexandra Streliski - Élegie (Néo- Romance, 2023)
• 38:46    Hollie Kenniff - Eunoia (We All Have Places That We Miss 2024)
• 42:06    Max Richter - Dream 1 (before the wind blows it all away) (Pt. 1) (Sleep 2015)
• 44:35    P-RAM - Arco (Arco, 2024)
• 48:18    NVLP - Elements the Elements (2023)
• 52:00    Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel - Version for Cello and Piano (Arvo Pärt : Alina, 1999)

Electronic Music of 1973

 

At last we return to the "Electronic Music of (insert year)" series. That's obviously not the actual title of the series but since I don't have a title that will do for this post. I really enjoyed putting together mixes for for 1970, '71, and '72 but then I got distracted and lazy, and I almost forgot about the series. 

Now we're back to 1973 to continue our journey through the electronic music of the decade. I went down a Tangerine Dream rabbit hole recently and discovered their album Atem, which I had somehow missed. But I was happy to have found it because it fit in nicely with this '73 collection.

I'm already thinking about 1974 so hopefully there won't be so much time between mixes.

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Between - Syn (And The Waters Opened)
• 05:45    Fripp & Eno - The Heavenly Music Corporation (No Pussyfooting)
• 16:22    Cosmic Jokers - Galactic Joke (Cosmic Jokers)
• 23:00    Kraftwerk - Ananas Symphonie (Ralf & Florian)
• 28:25    Tangerine Dream - Circulation of Events (Atem)
• 33:45    Vangelis - La Mer Recommencée (Apocalypse Des Animaux)
• 39:09    Klaus Schulze - Symphära (Cyborg)
• 45:58    Jean Michel Jarre - Les granges brûlées (Les granges brûlées)
• 48:48    Bob Callaghan - Noi Due Nel Mondo E Nell'Anima (Instrumental Moog Synthesizer
• 51:27    Neu! - Neuschnee (Neu! 2)
• 55:25    Kraftwerk - Tanzmusik (Ralf & Florian) 
• 61:47    end