ECM Favorites Vol. 2 by Erwin Broers

I know two things that are true - Erwin Broers is a great contributor to Low Light Mixes and I'm an airhead. 🤪 Last year after I posted a mix of my favorite albums from ECM records, Erwin did his own version. He sent it to me in September and I totally spaced out and forgot about it until this week. But it works out in the end because I've been busy lately so a guest mix is just what I needed.

Here's what Erwin says about his ECM favorites:

"When LLM published a set of highlights from the revered ECM label back in early Aug '25, https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/ecm-favorites/, it just felt like short-selling its 1600+ title catalogue. A second installment seemed only a matter of time. And here it is! 

The mix mostly contains tracks one could characterize as "smooth contemporary jazz", the kind of music you put on to unwind after a busy day. A classic in this genre is John Abercrombie's "Timeless". 

But it also features a very special piece by Stephan Micus, the renowned German multi-instrumentalist, for whom ECM seems to have been created. We hear him singing in an imaginary language and playing several instruments; hauntingly beautiful!

Cover Artwork: Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, 2017"

Thanks for another wonderful set, Erwin.

Cheers!

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( ( ( T R A C K L I S T ) ) )

• 00:00:00   Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang & Tigran Hamasyan - Traces I (Atmosphères, 2016)
• 00:06:12   John Abercrombie, Jan Hammer & Jack De Johnette - Timeless (Timeless, 1975)
• 00:18:00   Stephan Micus - To The Evening Child (To The Evening Child, 1992)
• 00:25:43   Pat Metheny, Eberhard Weber, Lyle Mays & Dan Gottlieb - Sea Song (Watercolors, 1977)
• 00:35:46   Bill Frisell - Etude (Works, 1988)
• 00:39:50   John Surman - Holding Pattern I (Withholding Pattern, 1985)
• 00:44:18   Tord Gustavsen Trio - Vicar Street (Being There, 2007)
• 00:47:49   Egberto Gismonti, Nando Carneiro & Zeca Assumpçao - Um Anjo (ZigZag, 1996)
• 00:53:32   Anouar Brahem - Ashen Sky (Souvenance, 2014)
• 01:00:50   Terje Rypdal - Shining (Skywards, 1997)
• 01:03:04   François Couturier & Tarkovsky Quartet - Nuit Blanche (Nuit Blanche, 2017)
• 01:08:28   Marcin Wasilewski Trio - Oz Guizos (Faithful, 2011)
• 01:14:55   end

Sunday Morning Music Vol. 25 - The Beauty of Sundays

It's been a little over a year since my last Sunday Morning Music mix so I figured we needed to revisit this beautiful series. This mix follows the same format as previous sets - a little jazz, some ambient and a few vocal tunes. There's not much else to say other than grab a cup of coffee, kick back and enjoy some Sunday Morning Music.

LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX:

• https://ecmrecords.com/product/touch-of-time-arve-henriksen-harmen-fraanje/
• https://blendreed.bandcamp.com/album/tales-of-tides
• https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0CLPDMX8R
• https://ecmrecords.com/product/convergence-bjorn-meyer/
• https://panamerican.bandcamp.com/album/new-world-lonely-ride
• https://momokogill.bandcamp.com/album/momoko
• https://phi-psonics.bandcamp.com/album/morning-sun-arrival
• https://michaelscottdawson.bandcamp.com/album/the-tinnitus-chorus
• https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0CVJ8D5ZC
• https://anjalauvdal.bandcamp.com/album/farewell-to-faraway-friends-vol-1-2
• https://amanaz.bandcamp.com/album/africa
• https://barrywalker.bandcamp.com/album/paleo-sol
• https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BPQ216WH
• https://johnalsobennett.bandcamp.com/album/klima
• https://alabasterdeplume.bandcamp.com/album/to-cy-lee-instrumentals-vol-1
• https://aaronshaw.bandcamp.com/album/and-so-it-is

Cheers!

[ s t r e a m ]    [ d o w n l o a d ]    [ a p p l e _ p o d c a s t s ]

T R A C K L I S T :
00:00   Arve Henriksen - The Beauty of Sundays (Touch of Time 2024)
03:00   Blendreed - Sillages (Tales Of Tides 2025)
07:54   Knudsen, Bremer, Ewert - Broken Beauty (Bushbabies 2024)
11:22   Björn Meyer - Motion (Convergence 2026)
16:25   Michael Grigoni & Pan American - Sun Morning Sun (New World, Lonely Ride 2025)
19:45   Momoko Gill - Heavy (Momoko 2026)
23:23   Phi-Sonics - Morning Sun (Morning Sun/Arrival 2024)
28:12   Michael Scott Dawson - Present Day(feat. Jairus Sharif) (The Tinnitus Chorus 2024)
30:50   Kamaal Williams - Everything in its Right Place (2024)
36:12   Anja Lauvdal - Silk (Farewell to Faraway Friends 2023)
38:38   Amanaz - Sunday Morning (Africa 1975)
43:30   Barry Walker Jr. - Under Leaf Hill (Paleo Sol 2026)
45:54   The Japanese House - Indexical Reminder Of A Morning Well Spent (In The End It Always Does 2023)
50:05   CV & JAB - Dwelling (Klima 2023)
53:50   Alabaster DePlume - Not My Ask (To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals vol. 1 2020)
57:10   Aaron Shaw - Soul Journey (And So It Is 2026)
61:28   END

The Silence Between by Daniel Hawkins

 

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!

[ s t r e a m ]    [ d o w n l o a d ]    [ a p p l e _ p o d c a s t s ]

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 Hjärta (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