Sunday Morning Music Vol. 8 - slow mornings

Grab a cup of coffee and the paper with this mix as your Sunday soundtrack.

This iteration of the Sunday morning series uses mostly new music including a couple of great Bob Dylan covers from Sarah Jarosz and Phosphorescent.  I couldn't resist starting the mix with the wonderful "Morning" from Beck's new release.  I found this track on a mix by Bob Duskis over at Six Degrees Records.  Check out their excellent mix on Mixcloud here...SixDegreesRecords

From there we move on to a beautiful, jazzy track from Philémon Chante that I have been itching to use for a while.  That cut is from his album called Les Sessions Cubaines which you can find on Bandcamp here...Philémon Chante

There a couple soundtracks represented in the mix from two of the best films of 2013, "Her" and "Nebraska."  Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett collaborated for the "Her" soundtrack, with two cuts in this mix.  Mark Orton did the beautifully simple soundtrack for "Nebraska" and it shows up here in the track "The Old Compressor Escape."  I've got an Americana mix waiting in the wings which will have more from that soundtrack.

One of my other favs is the cut from Bill Callahan.  He remixed his 2013 album, "Dream River," as a dub album called "Have Fun With God."  It's fantastic!

Enjoy.


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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00 Beck - Morning
• 05:12 M. Ostermeier - Sunlight on My Desk
• 07:55 Sam Prekop - A Cloud to the Back
• 11:30 Philémon Chante - J'arrive toujours un peu trop tard
• 15:40 Sarah Jarosz - Simple Twist of Fate
• 20:20 Mark Orton - The Old Compressor Escape
• 22:50 Thievery Corporation - le coeur (feat lou lou ghelichkhani)
• 25:45 Assia Cunego - Canto Ostinato Section 25-30
• 29:00 Segue - slow mornings
• 34:00 Bill Callahan - Small Dub
• 37:45 Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett - Dimensions
• 40:34 Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - An Invitation
• 43:08 Nick Cave - Into My Arms
• 47:17 Phosphorescent - Tomorrow is a Long Time
• 51:30 Paul Buchanan - Mid Air
• 53:45 Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett - We're All Leaving
• 56:17 end

Sunday Morning Music vol. 8 - slow mornings by Low Light Mixes on Mixcloud

Late Night Encounters Vol. 1

The title of this mix pretty much says it all.  This is a collection of tunes that works well at night.

I didn't want the mix to be dark & depressing or dark and scary, just something that feels more at home at night.  It's sort of the opposite of the Sunday morning mixes.  Although a few tunes could go either way.

I didn't start out making a "night" mix, it just sort of happened on it's own after the first few cuts.  The mix opens with a fantastic remix of Bowie's Sound & Vision.  This cut isn't necessarily a "night" tune but I just had to use it.  The next three cuts are what took the mix in the nightside direction.

I labeled the mix "Vol. 1" because I'd like to turn this into a series just like the Sunday morning mixes.  So look for more in 2014.  But there's still one more mix on it's way in 2013.

Enjoy.


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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    David Bowie - Sound and Vision(Sonjay Prabhakar remix)
• 02:50    Arve Henriksen - Shelter From The Storm
• 06:00    Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle - By The Time That I Awoke
• 10:00    Moritz von Oswald & Nils Petter Molvaer - Step by Step
• 15:45    Justin Walter - The Way Of Five
• 20:10    A.A. Bondy - Mightiest Of Guns
• 23:22    Loren Connors - Shadows
• 26:30    Labradford - By Chris Johnston, Craig Markva, Jamie Evans
• 31:00    Public Service Broadcasting - Late Night Final
• 36:30    Jon Hassell - Amsterdam Blue
• 44:30    The National - Hard To Find
• 48:25    Jonathan Boulet - Cent Voix
• 52:55    Ghosting Season - Lie
• 56:00    Mirroring - Mirror Of Our Sleeping
• 59:30    Loren Connors - Night In Vain
• 1:01:45    Grace Cathedral Park - Hey Pretty, Could You Stay Awhile
• 1:11:28    end

Late Night Encounters Vol. 1 by Low Light Mixes on Mixcloud

Sunday Morning Music - 1970s Recollections

More Sunday morning music - this time all the tracks are from the 1970s.  In collecting these cuts I discovered two albums that I somehow missed - Kraftwerk - Ralf & Florian and Cluster - Sowiesoso.  I have plenty of Kraftwerk & Cluster in my collection but I didn't have those two albums &  they are both wonderful.  So thanks to Matt for suggesting those two records.  Also thanks Matt for suggesting the Nue! track.  That one was "new" to me and it fit perfectly.  

I know the Nick Drake tune was technically not the 1970s but I had already fallen in love with it & put it in the mix before I realized that it was released in 1969.  Oh well.  

I went back and forth about using the Ralph Towner cut.  It's a bit too pretty, almost new age-like, but I used to love that song.  Along with Eberhard Weber, Towner's Icarus was my introduction into the wonderful world of ECM records back when I was in college.  So I had to include it for nostalgia sake.  I'm glad I did because it really is a beautiful tune.

I wasn't able to squeeze in all of the great suggestions from listeners so I'm definitely going to have to do a second mix with this theme.  I really want to work that Kris Kristofferson tune into the next one.  And I didn't get a chance to work in Josh's suggestions of electronic library music.  I sought out the Monkman album & it's so cool, it just has to be included next time.  Too many good tunes left on the cutting room floor!  I better get started on the next mix.

Enjoy.


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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Kraftwerk - Heimatklange[1973]
• 03:31    King Crimson - Peace a Theme[1970]
• 04:40    Nick Drake - Riverman[1969]
• 08:50    Cat Stevens - The Wind[1971]
• 10:22    Ralph Towner - Icarus[1974]
• 16:27    Nue! - Leb Wohl[1975]
• 24:50    Cluster - in ewigkeit[1976]
• 31:25    Miles Davis - Recollections[1970]
• 38:25    Kraftwerk - ananas symphonie[1973]
• 45:30    Brian Eno - Julie With[1977]
• 50:30    Eberhard Weber - Moana I[1976]
• 55:22    Genesis - Horizons[1972]
• 56:55    Loudon Wainwright III - Lullaby[1973]
• 59:45    Steve Tibbetts - The Secret[1977]
• 04:25    Heldon 2 - In the Wake of King Fripp[1975]
• 08:30    Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain[1974]
• 13:20    end

Sunday Morning Music - 1970s Recollections by Lowlight on Mixcloud

Sunday Morning Music Vol.2

On Sundays I don't do anything useful until noon.  I read the paper, listen to music, read a book, sort & catalog my mp3's, sit out on the deck, etc.

This mix is a soundtrack for Sunday mornings.  Some instrumental tunes, some vocal tracks.  All of it mellow & laid back.  Perfect for a lazy Sunday morning.

When I did my first Sunday morning mix I wasn't really sure if I even liked it.  Then it turned out to be the most listened to mix I've ever had at Mixcloud.  Go figure.

Vol. 2 starts with one of my favorite songs of all time, John Martyn's "Small Hours".  I think that was the tune that got me into John Martyn in the first place.  There are several covers in the mix.  The most unusual being Evan Chapman's percussion cover of Bon Iver's Holocene.  Evan has a bunch of videos up on his youtube channel that are worth watching.  One of my favorites is "Opening" by Philip Glass.  I'll definitely have to work some more Evan's covers into other mixes.

Speaking of Bon Iver, there's another cover in the mix with Peter Gabriel doing "Flume" and then Gabriel gets covered by Twin Shadows doing "Here Comes the Flood."  And we have another Bon Iver tune, this time done live by Justin Vernon & Sean Carey for 4AD sessions.

There are two other tracks also taken from live sessions, Daughter - In The Shallows from a Daytrotter session and Iron & Wine - Tree by the River from a 4AD session.  All three live tunes are cool because they are so organic & intimate.

Enjoy volume 2 in the Sunday morning music series.

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    John Martyn - Small Hours 
• 08:25    Brian Eno - and then so clear 
• 13:55    Evan Chapman - Holocene (Bon Iver cover) 
• 17:40    Iron & Wine - Tree by the River (4AD session) 
• 21:05    Bill Frisell - Arkansas (part 1) 
• 22:52    Sun Ra - Yesterdays 
• 26:48    Twin Shadows - Here Comes the Flood (Peter Gabriel cover) 
• 30:36    Vieo Abiungo - Drowsy Salted Mornings (Tokyo Bloodworm Remix) 
• 34:33    Daughter - In The Shallows (Daytotter session) 
• 40:10    JBM - Sunset Rocks 
• 42:00    David Holmes - The Ballad of Sarah & Jack 
• 46:18    Peter Gabriel - Flume (Bon Iver cover) 
• 49:05    Nils Frahm - For 
• 52:35    Bon Iver - Hinnom, TX(4AD/Jagjaguwar session) 
• 55:35    Vijay Iyer Trio - The Village of Virgins 
• 1:00:44    end

Sunday morning music vol. 2 by Lowlight on Mixcloud

a further sea

This is my 5th "sea" mix.  I guess ambient artists really like the imagery & sounds of the sea.  Me too.

This one is very similar to the other "sea" mixes.  A lot of white noise accompanies you as you drift on the swells of "a further sea."

Most of the music is fairly new, especially nice is the new release from 36 - "Lithea".  It's another excellent recording from Dennis Huddleston.  Definitely check out all the releases by 36!

Also playing a prominent role in this mix is music from Maps & Diagrams - "Get Lost".  I love this album from Time Released Sound.  The whole recording is like an ambient sea voyage.

The "sea" mixes are some of my favorites and I hope you enjoy this addition to the series.

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Vieo Abiungo - A Sad Swell (Humble Remix)
• 03:15    Maps & Diagrams - Floating Sculptures
• 07:45    M. Ostermeier - Underwater Drifting
• 10:20    Jeff Greinke & Rob Angus - harbor island
• 15:30    36 - Lithea
• 19:00    the humble bee/e and i - Pearls for Alma
• 25:35    Willamette - un court thme pour lyla
• 26:55    Maps & Diagrams - Timelines
• 29:30    Radere - Lost at Sea
• 36:33    Vieo Abiungo - Feast Before Havest (Green Kingdom - greenfeast Remix)
• 38:38    36 - Susurrus
• 44:44    Willamette - portrait of a sleeping girl with radio
• 47:45    Maps & Diagrams - Unordinary People
• 49:30    Marcus Fischer - Span
• 53:25    Loscil - Fromme
• 1:00:04    end

A further sea by Lowlight on Mixcloud

dubby & dreamy

My son the dubstep DJ(he had nothing to do with the mix, but the pic went with the music).

Ambient dub, minimal dub, ambi-dub, whatever you want to call it, is something that I listen to every now & then.  I like making mixes with this music because the tracks flow so well together.

I've done three previous dub mixes and while they are all laid back, this one may be more so.  It collects some dubby cuts & weaves in some noise & washes of field recordings from the fantastic ambi-dub recording, "DeepChord presents Echospace - Liumin."  The bonus cd for that album is all the field recordings that were the source material for the tracks on the other disc.

Not all the cuts are straight up dub tracks, but they do all fit together nicely.  Almost all the tracks are new with the exception of the krill.minima & Plastikman tunes.

Enjoy.

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Andy Stott - Submission
• 01:10    Sven Schienhammer -  Sound Signals for Other Planets
• 04:15    Bop - My Heart in a Freezer
• 06:10    Demdike Stare - Matilda's Dream
• 09:50    Resoe - Edith's Serenade(r.i.p)
• 13:52    Overcast Sound - Devil's Mountain
• 14:25    Robag Wruhme - Brucke Eins
• 14:25    Deepchord - Untitled #1 (runs concurrently)
• 15:50    Vatican Shadow - missing hmm364 squadron purple foxes assassins
• 18:05    Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Pattern #4
• 20:35    Demdike Stare - Nothing But The Night 2
• 22:50    Marow - Iridescence
• 24:15    Coppice Halifax - Sunken Dancehall
• 29:35    Sven Schienhammer - Being Immersed in Another World
• 35:55    Deepchord - Untitled #7
• 36:40    krill.minima - Princess of the Undersea Gardens
• 40:35    Koss - Monday Conversations
• 42:55    Coppice Halifax - Luxury
• 47:50    Plastikman - cor ten
• 50:10    Sven Schienhammer - Back Into The Here & Now
• 54:30    krill.minima - sommerdellen
• 57:45    end 

 

Dubby and dreamy by Lowlight on Mixcloud