Low Light Mixes: modern classical

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Wednesday, August 26, 2026

A Thousand Dreams by Roquen Lómë

I've said many times here that one reason I like hosting guest mixes is because they bring a diversity of styles and choices different from my regular offerings. This latest set from Roquen Lómë accomplishes that beautifully. This mix is lush and gorgeous in a way many of my mixes are not. Playing this mix is like a breath of fresh air.

Roquen Lómë says:

"My last mix was so long in the making that it became sort of a trip to the past. So for this musical journey I wanted to stay as present as possible. But then again, music is timeless, and so are dreams. The *thousand* theme arose naturally while selecting the tracks aiming for more ambient and less vocal vibe. No lyrics this time - only dreamscapes."

Thanks for this lovely mix!

LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX:

Aret Madilian

Seabuckthorn

Drombeg & Zenjungle

Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick

Pan American

Arash Sanee

Elori Saxl & Henry Solomon

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Aret Madilian - Sirius (The Abbey Project 2022)
03:45 Seabuckthorn - Shadow Of The Land (A Path Within A Path 2025)
06:40 Drombeg & Zenjungle - A Thousand Nights (Earthworks 2016)
12:54 Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick - Perpetual Adoration (Tragic Magic 2026)
18:10 Pan American - Silver Plane, Now Boarding (Fly the Ocean in a Silver Plane 2026)
21:29 Arash Sanee - Inside (Inside 2022)
25:34 Elori Saxl & Henry Solomon - A Thousand Steps (Seeing Is Forgetting 2026)
29:40 Glacis & Adrian Lane - Beneath The Waves Many Times Over (We Linger Where We Fell 2026)
32:50 Park Jiha - Blown Leaves (All Living Things 2025)
37:40 Christian Löffler - Pastoral (Parallels 2021)
41:10 Aukai - Vulture (Chambers 2026)
44:20 Thme - A Thousand Thrills (Sleeplaboratory3.0 2022)
48:35 Hammock - Requiem For Johan (Nevertheless 2025)
52:40 Sophie Hutchings - Sleeping Giant (Become the Sky 2025)
55:18 Poppy Ackroyd - For Those Who Wait (Liminal 2026)
61:10 Øystein Skar - Stok (Hem 2025)
65:22 end

Tuesday, June 03, 2025

Dark Woods by Daniel Hawkins

I've fallen behind a bit on creating and uploading mixes. But have no fear, it's Daniel Hawkins to the rescue! He's come up with a guest mix at just the right time. You'll remember Daniel form his previous mix, "Metallic Memories" - https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/metallic-memories/

For this set he takes us into the modern classical realm. Here's what Daniel has to say about this new mix:

"I was thinking about some of the nice Neo-classical/crossover stuff I like and then got to thinking about the way having a label for a style of music can actually be a limiting factor. The best creative work in any field so often transcends genres and labels and breaks new ground - Issak Dinsen said “A work of art is a thing of infinite loneliness and the least to be understood through criticism.” I remember back in the 1970’s playing Keith Jarret’s solo piano albums and my friends asking what kind of music it was. What do you say? Back then they stocked it in the jazz section of the record store with the other ECM releases, but I have never thought of that body of work as jazz. Music continues to evolve - Ambient? Chillout? Drone? Electronic? Tribal? Names and more names. So what do you call this collection of cello music? Is it classical because it features an instrument that is typically found in an orchestral setting? Personally I don’t think we need a label. I know good music when I hear it. The mix leans to the somber side - something strings do so well - deep and evocative. Explorations of the dark night of the soul."

Thanks, Daniel, for another excellent mix!

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Snorri Hallgrímsson - I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest (I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest 2023)
06:04 Peter Gregson - Softly Falling (Softly Falling - Single 2024)
08:08 Hildur Guðnadóttir - Ascent (Without Sinking 2009)
12:42 Bob Holroyd - Enough (The Cage 2018)
18:01 David Darling - Dawn (Darkwood IV) (Dark Wood 1993)
23:00 Ketil Bjørnstad, Svante Henryson - Visitor (Night Song 2011)
27:55 Ólafur Arnalds - Partisans (The Invisible EP 2021)
31:03 Henrik Meierkord - Kval (Kval 2021)
35:50 Willebrant - Undercurrent (Undercurrent - Single 2023)
38:05 Slow Meadow - Palemote (Palemote - Single 2016)
43:30 Peter Gregson - Ritual (Peter Gregson 2025)
46:57 Gabriel Ólafs - Whale Overture (Polar 2025)
51:33 Snorri Hallgrímsson - Three Week Cloud (Longer shadows, softer stones - EP 2024)

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

We Are Vaporized - The Music of Adam Wiltzie

One of my favorite albums this year is Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal by Adam Wiltzie.
https://adamwiltzie.bandcamp.com/album/eleven-fugues-for-sodium-pentothal

Adam has an extensive discography of work - ranging from solo albums & soundtracks to work in the groups Aix Em Klemm, The Dean Texan, and A Winged Victory For The Sullen. But he is most well known for his work as part of Stars of the Lid, one of the best ambient duos/groups of all time.

After listening to his new album I hauled out some of his other work and loved it all over again. So this mix is the result of me binging Adam's music for the last month or two. It's a great combo of ambient & modern classical. https://adamwiltzie.com/

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

00:00. Adam Wiltzie - Tissue Of Lies (Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal 2024)
02:42. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - So That the City Can Begin to Exist (Atmos 2014)
06:54. Aix Em Klemm - Sparkwood And Twentyone (Aix Em Klemm 2000)
13:28. Stars Of The Lid - Articulate Silences Part 1 (and Their Refinement of the Decline 2007)
18:40. Adam Wiltzie - the endless battle of the maudlin ballade part 3 (travels in constants, volume 24 2015)
21:06. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - A Minor Fifth Is Made Of Phantoms (The Undivided Five 2019)
24:18. The Dead Texan - The Struggle (The Dead Texan 2004)
29:10. Aix Em Klemm - The Luxury Of Dirt (Aix Em Klemm 2000)
35:00. Stars Of The Lid - Dust Breeding (1.316)+ (Avec Laudanum 1999)
40:40. Adam Wiltzie - We Were Vaporised (Eleven Fugues For Sodium Pentothal 2024)
43:23. The Dead Texan - Taco Me Manque (The Dead Texan 2004)
45:25. Stars Of The Lid - The Lonely People(Are Getting Lonelier) (The Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid 2001)
55:18. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - All Farewells Are Sudden (A Winged Victory For The Sullen 2011)
62:20. end

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

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)

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

In Praise of the Saddest Chord

What is the saddest in chord in music? I didn't know there was such a thing until Peter van Cooten, of Ambientblog fame, told me about his new guest mix. He searched his collection for tracks that are all in the key of D minor and put them together is this amazing mix.

Here is what Peter says about the mix:

"Could this be ‘the saddest mix of all time’? I don’t think so myself, I would rather call it melancholic – in a pleasant way. But it’s a fact that all of these tracks are in D minor (Dm), which is said to be ‘the saddest chord.’

“The D minor chord (often written as Dm) is a chord that evokes a sense of melancholy and contemplation on the negative side of situations. Like many other minor chords, Dm can create a heavy, serious atmosphere — and sometimes even creates an almost otherworldly sense of drama.”

There are many ambient moments, but (like most Ambientblog mixes) this is not a pure ‘ambient’ mix, since it includes many ‘post-classical’ strings and piano moments.

One advantage of selecting fragments based on the chord is that the tracks are selected regardless of the release year. Which feels like ‘as if time were the easiest thing to walk’ (The Dwindlers)."

In typical Peter van Cooten fashion, there are a lot of tracks squeezed into this hour-long mix - 33 of them. And because they all revolve around Dm, they flow together perfectly.

To download the mix go to https://www.ambientblog.net/ or better yet check out the mix on Mixcloud - STREAM ON MIXCLOUD

T R A C K L I S T :

Start time - Sample length - Artist - Title - Album Title - Year - Label

00:00 0:38 Erik K Skodvin & Rauelsson - The Return

A Score For Darling, 2018,Sonic Pieces

00:30 4:47 Erik Wøllo & Michael Stearns - Ruins Of The Past

Convergence, 2020, Projekt

03:49 2:19 Zoviet France - Amber Rose Hand

The Tables Are Turning, 2013, Soleilmoon Recordings

04:40 2:28 Monolake - Allure Publison

Archaeopteryx, 2020, Imbalance Computer Music

05:56 2:42 Mark Tamea - Tower Ch1 Rearranged

Five Augmented Locations (Vol. 1), 2014, EQ:RA

06:51 3:52 Trans Alp - Gymnopédies No.1

Après Quatre Pièces D'Erik Satie, 2013, Camomille Music

09:32 1:59 Luc Ferrari - Presque Rien No. 2 Ou Ainsi Continue La Nuit Dans Ma Tête Multiple

L'Oeuvre Électronique, 2009, INA-GRM

10:14 2:15 Madeleine Cocolas - And Then I Watch It Fall Apart

Spectral, 2022, Room40

10:40 03:53 Chihei Hatakeyama & Good Weather For An Airstike - Lost In The City

Falling Sun, 2014, Rural Colours

12:42 3:26 Luke Howard - The Closing Of The Gates (with Budapest Art Orchestra)

All Of Us, 2022, Mercury KX

15:01 3:55 Jacob Kirkegaard - Chasm Chant

Pod Tune, 2018, Not On Label

16:20 5:19 Mendel Kaelen - Light Of Nature

Remembering What Was Forgotten, 2010, Self-released

20:12 4:33 Jon Hopkins - How I Live Now

How I Live Now OST, 2013, Just Music

24:02 2:37 The Dwindlers - Dekuji Praha

Beautiful Unfamiliar, 2019, self-released

26:04 2:13 Simon Fisher Turner - Nanda Devi

The Epic Of Everest, 2013, Mute

27:26 1:51 Jeremiah Cymerman - From The Metaphysical To The Trancendental (for Bill Smith)

Citadels & Sanctuaries, 2021, 5049 Records

28:52 1:40 Don Hill (with Blast Theory) - WRGO (Lunar Lander)

WRGO (What's Really Going On), 2019, self-released

29:48 4:54 Roger Eno & Brian Eno - Obsidian

Mixing colours, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon

34:09 3:17 Mike Lazarev - When You Are

When You Are, 2022, Slowcraft Records

36:37 4:11 London Docks - Violin Improvisation - La Lluvia

Tangaróa, 2014, self-released

38:47 3:43 Agate Rollings - 1.12 AM - On The Fingers Of A Heat Which Is Burning Out

Meantime/Elsewhere, 2021, Midira Records

41:31 3:52 Gareth Davis - Stone

Souvenirs Van De Woeste Grond, 2014, Esc.Rec

41:38 2:11 Endless Melancholy - Broken

An Introduction To Soft, 2014, Soft Recordings

44:21 1:57 Arve Henriksen - First Life

Chron, 2012, Rune Grammofon

46:12 5:01 Ketil Bjørnstadt & Svante Henryson - Reticence

Night Song, 2011, ECM Records

48:09 1:26 Loscil - Ma.Org (Seque) Re.Mx

Ma.Org Pa.Git.Re.Mx, 2015 Crónica

48:11 2:36 Ben Lukas Boysen & Sebastian Plano - Glacial Sunbeam

Everything, 2017, Erased Tapes Records

50:38 2:54 Anne Chris Bakker - Droesem

Reminiscences, 2014, Dronarivm

52:51 01:23 Greg Haines - Birthday Scene

Touched 3, 2016, Touched

53:26 1:01 Clara Engel & Bradley Sean Alexander - Sleeps Again

Ghost Bird, 2021, Polar Seas Recording

54:26 1:42 Eleni Karaindrou - Adagio

Concert in Athens, 2013, ECM Records

55:59 1:49 Hans Zimmer - The One

Dune OST, 2021, WaterTower Music

57:31 4:00 Voces8 - Ola Gjeillo Still (Arr. Lawson)

Infinity, 2021, Decca Classics

Monday, April 03, 2023

Forbidden Colours - A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto

Another musical great has left this world. Ryuichi Sakamoto was a founding member of Yellow Magic Orchestra. He became well known for his neo-classical work, his collaborations, and of course his film scores, from Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence to The Revenant to the Oscar-winning score for The Last Emperor. The solo piano version of Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is one of my favorite piano pieces ever written.

In January of this year he released an album of piano tracks, called 12, that is hauntingly simple and beautiful.

In 2017 he recorded a track called "Life, Life", from the album Async, that is one of my favorite pieces of all time. I'd like to finish this post with the spoken word poem that appears in that track...

And this I dreamt, and this I dream

And some time this I will dream again

And all will be repeated, all be re-embodied

You will dream everything I have seen in dream

To one side from ourselves, to one side from the world

Wave follows wave to break on the shore

On each wave is a star, a person, a bird

Dreams, reality, death - on wave after wave

No need for a date; I was, I am, and I will be

Life is a wonder of wonders, and to wonder

I dedicate myself, on my knees, like an orphan

Alone - among mirrors - fenced in by reflections

Cities and seas, iridescent, intensified

A mother in tears takes a child on her lap

Thank you for your music.

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T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence(solo piano version)
04:40 Ryuichi Sakamoto - life, life
08:45 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Mountains
09:37 Ryuichi Sakamoto - 20220123
17:37 Ryuichi Sakamoto - In The Red
22:35 Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Revenant Main Theme Atmospheric
25:10 Ryuichi Sakamoto & Christian Fennez - oto
28:35 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Railroad Man
33:07 Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Sheltering Sky(piano version)
39:20 Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Sheltering Sky(continues as orchestral version)
38:25 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Elephantism 2
42:50 Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - Trioon I
47:38 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Aqua
51:58 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Rain(I want a Divorce)
53:22 Ryuichi Sakamoto - The End
55:36 end

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

The Frozen Wild: An Antarctic Expedition

A couple of years ago I watched and read a ton on Ernest Shackleton, the English Explorer who went to Antarctica 3 times. One of those was a journey that saw his ship, Endurance, get stuck in the ice and then crushed by the ice, leaving the crew of 27 adrift on an ice floe.

After 6 months of drifting they made their way in the ship's boats to Elephant Island. Shackleton and five crewmates set sail in one of the boats to South Georgia island, a journey of 800 miles (1,300 kilometres) through the Southern Ocean.

Launching from Elephant Island

After a 17-day voyage, the crew and small boat reached the southern coast of South Georgia. Historians regard the voyage of the crew in a 22.5-foot (6.9 m) ship's boat through the "Furious Fifties" as one of the greatest small-boat journeys ever completed.

Shackleton and two others crossed the island's mountains on foot to a whaling station where they organized the rescue of the rest of the crew. Ultimately, the entire Endurance crew returned home, without loss of life.

Welp, I hadn't intended on writing that much about Shackleton but it's such an amazing story. That was two years ago when I learned about Shackleton. Fast forward to today & I'm reading a book called "Antarctica" by Kim Stanley Robinson which has rekindled my fascination with the continent. I have now learned about Amundsen and his trek to the pole. And about Scott's tragic expedition in which he made it to the pole but froze to death on the way back. A surviving member of Scott's crew wrote a book about a part of the trip with a great title - "The Worst Journey in the World."

Oof, that was a long-winded way of saying that I have had Antarctica on the brain lately. Of course, I had to create a mix to go with my obsession. One way to approach this mix would be to use atmospheric dub tracks. A lot of ambient dub music uses environmental themes and cold, arctic imagery. I thought that was the direction I was going to go until I stumbled on a bunch of tracks from William Ryan Fritch. He had a ton with great titles that fit perfectly, such as "On Frozen Ground" & "Ghosts in the Gale". And a couple of new tracks, "Blistering Wind" & "A Fissure Too Wide", are from his new album, Polarity, coming out this week.

After hearing those tracks I decided to go with a more organic sound. It seemed to fit better when thinking of journeys happening between 1905 to 1917. There are some electronics and synths that show up but generally, the mix has a more acoustic, orchestral feel.

The track titles show how the mix will take the listener on a journey that is a composite of many expeditions in Antarctica. The track by Irezumi is called Endurance, the name of Shackleton's ship. He uses some spoken word in the track that I assume is supposed to be Shackleton. The mix finishes with a whispering wind and the beautiful track "Before My Time" with vocals from Scarlett Johansson and lyrics that work well with the theme.

Bundle up and enjoy this excursion to the bottom of the world.

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Okomotive, Joel Schoch - Sail, my Friend! (FAR: Lone Sails Soundtrack 2018)
03:10 Trigg & Gusset - Sea & Wind (Black Ocean 2021)
06:00 Ben McElroy - The Sailor and the Albatross (The Word Cricket Made Her Happy 2018)
09:45 Ugasanie - Shores Of Antarctica (Ice Breath of Antartica 2018)
10:37 Vangelis - Back To Antarctica (Antarctica 1983)
12:10 John Luther Adams - The Farthest Place (The Light that Fills the World 2002)
15:10 Seabuckthorn - There Was A Vastness (And Spark And Singe 2021)
17:35 William Ryan Fritch - On Frozen Ground (The Old Believers 2017)
19:22 Terje Isungset - Ice Beauty (Igloo 2006)
22:00 William Ryan Fritch - Ghosts In The Gale (Ill Tides 2016)
23:54 Tim Hecker - Left on the Ice (The North Water 2021)
27:23 Jóhann Jóhannsson & Hildur Guðnadóttir & Rutger Hoedemaekers - Trapped (Trapped 2019)
28:44 From the Mouth of the Sun - Snow Burial(while blue skies gather) (Woven Tide 2012)
31:48 John Luther Adams - Dream in White on White (The Far Country 1999)
36:00 Staalklang - The White Plains (The Loneliness of a Polar Expedition Pt 2 2021)
39:20 Tom Heasley - Adrift (Waves/Adrift)
41:40 William Ryan Fritch - Blistering Wind (Polarity 2023)
48:08 William Ryan Fritch - A Fissure Too Wide (Polarity 2023)
49:15 Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin - Death Bed (Beasts of the Southern Wild 2012)
50:20 Irezumi - Endurance IV (Endurance 2008)
54:18 William Ryan Fritch - A Sad Whispering Wind II (Her Warmth 2016)
57:42 J. Ralph & Scarlett Johansson - Before My Time (Chasing Ice 2012)
61:22 end

Sunday, November 27, 2022

Seabuckthorn - Transcendental Freq.

A couple of weeks ago I posted the Numinoustrings mix which featured a track by Seabuckthorn. I like the vibe of that mix and how the Seabuckthorn cut fit in. So I reached out to the man behind Seabuckthorn, Andy Cartwright, to see about him creating a guest mix and I was psyched when he said yes!

I am happy to present Transcendental Freq. Similar to Numinoustrings, it falls into the ambient/modern classical category. This set does exactly what I love about guest mixes - it combines familiar artists with new discoveries and tosses in a surprise or two. Andy saves the best surprise for last - an unreleased Seabuckthorn song recorded last year.

Here a link to Seabuckthorn music on Bandcamp - https://seabuckthorn.bandcamp.com/music

And here are links to all the music used in this mix in the order in which they appear:

Thanks to Andy Cartwright for creating this fine mix. Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

00.00 Seabuckthorn – Fell Into Journey (Laaps 2022)
01:40 Ben Bondy – I Thought You'd Look Away (Good Morning Tapes 2022)
05:30 Richard Skelton – Undertow (Sustain Release 2009)
08:55 Mystic AM – The Dervish (Astral Industries 2022)
11:25 High Aura'd – All The Spirits That Dance (Debacle Records 2017)
13:47 Set Fire To Flames – Your Guts Are Like Mine (Alien8/Fat Cat 2003)
15:30 Low – Whitetail (Kranky 2001)
19:50 Ennio Morricone - Ninna Nanna Per Adulteri (Ennio Morricone 1968)
22:38 Seabuckthorn – Jagged Horizon (Laaps 2022)
25:20 Andy Cartwright – A Diary Of Sorts (Fluid Audio 2021)
28:12 Nathan Moody – Cobalt (Studio Obsidian 2017)
29:25 Johann Johannsson - Mandy Love Theme (Lakeshore Records 2018)
31:16 Toán -Inland (Eilean Rec 2017)
34:44 Voice Of The Seven Woods – Breaking Moonlight (Kning Disk 2008)
36:00 A Broken Consort – Like Rain (Aeolian 2011)
38:28 Ian William Craig – Its A Sound, Not An Ocean (Fatcat 2022)
42:50 William Ryan Fritch - At Once, There Was No Horizon (Lost Tribe Sound 2020)
45:05 William Tyler – Slow Nights Static (Merge Records 2020)
48:02 Ben Frost - Leo Needs A New Pair Of Shoes (Bedroom Community 2009)
51:30 Seabuckthorn - Phthalo (Unreleased Song)
54:08 end

Sunday, November 13, 2022

NUMINOUSTRINGS

Many times a new mix is inspired by a track or album. In this case it was the new album, The Road Not Taken by Ecovillage.

The album is full of long, deep string vibrations that carry you along from track to track, place to place, and memory to memory. This is one of my favorite albums of the year.

So I went looking for, not just string based tunes, but tracks that had a similar slow, reflective pull. Sometimes a mix with track that are too similar can be stale but in this case the mix becomes one long meditation. As the tracks bleed one into another I experience an almost devotional trance, an ethereal sojourn.

Here are links to all the music used in this mix in the order in which they appear:

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Ecovillage - Ascend(ft. Henrik Meierkord) (The Road Not Taken 2022)
04:09 Seabuckthorn - So It Remains (Of No Such Place 2022)
07:40 tapes and topographies - the floating world (floating world - reflections on 36 views of newland island 2022)
12:55 Kasper Bjørke Quartet - Formation (Mother 2022)
18:18 Andrew Heath & Simon McCorry - Tree Shadows (A Is For Autumn 2022)
20:36 Anne Mueller - Heliopause (Heliopause 2019)
25:12 't Geruis - Tastbare Stilte, Zilver (Vast 2022)
30:33 Halftribe & Seabuckthorn - Sway (Ambientologist Sustain Series, Vol. 3 2022)
36:20 Adrian Copeland - Stars With No Sky (If This Were My Body 2022)
40:55 Man Watching the Stars - Na Leigheasan • UGC 10214 (The Sextant of a Blind Seafarer 2022)
46:15 Harry Towell & Guy Gelem - Sefad (Restful Spaces 2022)
50:40 glåsbird - restless progress (cinéma noir 2022)
53:40 Henrik Meierkord, Pawel Kobak, Marco Lucchi & Rocco Saviano - Sunshine(Stilla Natt) (Venusia 2022)
57:06 Anne Mueller - Nummer 2 (Heliopause 2019)
63:00 end

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Deutsche Grammophon

I've been a fan of the Deutsche Grammophon label for a long time, ever since I got this Steve Reich box set back in the early 80s in college.

I've collected quite a few DG recordings over the years. Over the last 5 years or so I've noticed them branching out and releasing music by a wider variety of artists and music that isn't strictly classical. From Moby to Christian Löffler to Olafur Arnalds to Brian Eno to Clark, the music is surprising for DG but also seems to fit well. After a lot of listening to Parallels by Christian Löffler, I decided to do a mix of recent DG favs. I hope you enjoy it.

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Peter Gregson - Opening (Blackbird 2020)

02:34 Johann Johannsson - Divine Objects pt. 1 (Drone Mass 2022)

05:00 Agnes Obel - Can’t Be(Instrumental (Myopia 2020)

08:20 Christian Löffler - Dir Jehova (Parallels 2021)

12:25 Signum Saxophone Quartet- 1957 award montage (Quartet Echoes 2021)

15:41 Tale Of Us - definizione dell impossibile (Endless 2017)

19:46 Joep Beving - Morpheus' Dream (Henosis 2019)

21:36 Olafur Arnalds - Still _ Sound (Some Kind of Peace 2020)

25:45 Alex Baranowski - Constellations (Project 12 2019)

28:13 Benjamin Gustafsson - Silent In A World Of Talking (Project 12 2019)

31:02 Clark - Citrus (Playground in a Lake 2021)

33:20 Max Richter - War Anthem (Three Worlds Music From Woolf Works 2017)

40:05 Moby - God Moving Over the Face of The Waters (2021)

43:17 Peter Gregson Gifts at Dinner (Blackbird 2020)

47:23 Roger Eno & Brian Eno - Marble (Mixing Colours 2020)

53:20 Johann Johannsson & Yair Elazar Glotman - Slow Destruction Of Neptune (Last And First Men 2020)

56:58 Hildur Guðnadóttir - 12 Hours Before (Chernobyl 2019)

59:19 end

Sunday, July 18, 2021

Cello Mood Swings

I have been lucky to have had some awesome guest mixes this year. The streak continues with this excellent modern classical mix called "Cello Mood Swings." It's an excellent collection of music that features the cello. Duh!

This tracklist comes from loyal listener, Kevin, who was also responsible for last year's Japan themed mix - "Not Seeing is a Flower" Which you can find here - http://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2020/07/not-seeing-is-flower.html Kevin collected a bunch of great tracks and I put them together as best I could and the result is pretty darn awesome.

Here's what Kevin says about this mix:

"The idea for this actually came from Tina Guo's haunting version of the Rains of Castamere (Game of Thrones). As I was putting the list together it suddenly dawned on me just how many women have chosen the cello as their main instrument. I tried to make it female only cello players but couldn't quite find enough tracks. The title, Cello mood swings, fits because as an instrument, the cello is brooding and melancholic. But it can be soothing and relaxing as well."

Thanks for another great mix!

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

00:00 Hildur Guðnadóttir - Bathroom Dance (Joker OST 2019)
02:00 Jo Quail - Gold (Five Incantations 2016)
12:18 Zoe Keating - Walking Man (One Cello x 16 EP 2004)
18:25 Julia Kent - Flag of No Country (Asperities 2015)
23:00 Poppy Ackroyd - Grounds (Escapement 2012)
27:00 Zoe Keating - Hello Night (Into The Trees 2010)
30:12 Julia Kent - Dorval (Delay 2007)
34:00 Esmerine - White Pine (Dalmak 2013)
37:33 Christina Vantzou - Anna Mea (No.2 2014)
39:33 Jo Quail - South West Night (Caldera 2014)
45:25 Christina Vantzou - Homemade Mountains (No. 1 2011)
48:45 Hendyamps Studios - Beginning To End(feat Aimee Norris) (Cello Sessions Vol. 1 2020)
51:30 Hildur Gudnadottir - Opaque (Without sinking 2009)
55:14 Hildur Gudnadottir - Into Warmer Air (Without sinking 2009)
61:10 Anne Müller - Aarhus/Reminiscences (Heliopause 2019)
65:50 Clarice Jensen - Winter (Ainu Mosir EP 2021)
67:31 Peter Gregson - 1.1 Prelude (Recomposed Bach - The Cello Suites 2018)
69:31 end