When Daniel wrote that he had a new mix based around silence I knew it would be good. Then I saw the tracklist and I knew it would be great. He includes cuts from some of my favorite artists - Halftribe, Innesti, Sonmi451, Loscil, and A Produce. The A Produce track, A Smooth Surface, is one of my favorite ambient tracks of all time.
Here's what Daniel says about his new mix:
Claude Debussy once wrote: “The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between them”, suggesting that music's emotional impact, beauty, and expression come from the pauses and spacing between sounds. The first thing I think of is Eno’s classic Music for Airports - man did I fall in love with that album. Roach’s Dream Circle comes to mind - low and slow - the music just seems to breathe. Of course you have the steady state drone stuff from Grassow and friends, which I like - but there is no real structure - that’s the point I guess. I tried to pick work for this mix that had at least a bit of melody, but plenty of silence to define the notes. There is a sweet spot that when achieved sends me at least into a deep peaceful space. I’m thinking we all need to spend some time in that space these days to recharge and nurture our sanity. Hoping this mix might help with that my friends.
Thanks, Daniel, for another excellent mix.
LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX:
- https://synphaera.bandcamp.com/album/patterns-of-sync
- https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/sekunder-eoner
- https://quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/tales-of-introspection
- https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/filament-and-place
- https://aproducebarrycraig.bandcamp.com/album/reflect-like-a-mirror-respond-like-an-echo
- https://hipnoticearth.bandcamp.com/album/the-waters-of-home
- https://labscloudmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-structure-of-emotions
Cheers!
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T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Halftribe & Spinnet - A Minimal Resolution (Patterns of Sync 2020)
- 09:09 Snufmumriko - Mot Nattens Hjรคrta (Sekunder, Eoner 2019)
- 12:12 ASC - Find Yourself (Tales Of Introspection 2025)
- 22:48 Innesti - Nothwithstanding (Filament and Place 2021)
- 28:00 Sonmi451 - Oxygen Is Flowing (Oxygen Is Flowing single 2025)
- 33:12 Loscil - Stella (Clara 2021)
- 42:23 A Produce - A Smooth Surface(Edit) (White Sands 1995)
- 47:40 Hipnotic Earth - Repose (The Waters of Home 2017)
- 57:00 Lab's Cloud - Rising (The Structure of Emotions 2021)
- 63:58 end
