Two of my favorite albums this year are from Icelandic composers, Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphée and Ólafur Arnalds - Islands. How does the tiny country of Iceland produce so many incredible artists? I don't know how but I'm happy every time new music comes from that mysterious place.
The moment I heard these two recordings I knew I'd have to make a new modern classical mix. All of the music here is fairly new and most of it has an accessible classical take with an ambient touch.
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/artist/johannsson/
http://olafurarnalds.com/works/
Cheers!
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T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Johann Johannsson - Flight From The City
- 06:06 Ólafur Arnalds - Oldurot
- 10:27 Kenneth James Gibson - Poured Semi Silently Upon You
- 16:27 Matt Dunkley - Cycle 6
- 21:12 Johann Johannsson - A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder
- 23:36 A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atmos VII
- 26:00 Ólafur Arnalds - 1995
- 29:48 Sarah Neufeld & Colin Stetson - And Still They Move
- 32:23 Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Casino
- 34:00 Kenneth James Gibson - Long Gone Canadian Summer
- 40:30 Johann Johannsson - Good Night Day
- 44:22 Matt Dunkley - Cycle 5
- 48:06 Ólafur Arnalds - Doria
- 51:11 Dustin O'Halloran - We Move Lightly
- 54:02 Nils Frahm - The Shooting
- 58:26 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Hell Ensemble
- 61:01 end
There is no clever theme to this new mix. I noticed a similar feel to much of the new music I was listening to so I decided to cobble it together in a mix.
All of the music in this mix is new, either 2007 or 2008, except for the Andrew Deutsch cut which is from 2005(although it is new to me).
The music in this mix has a sort of subdued, orchestral fell to it. I started thinking about this mix listening to the new Deaf Center release. Layers of strings create a beautiful, melancholy experience. That pretty much describes the rest of the music in this mix.
Download(right click/save as) :
a scattering of ashes 109mg, 59:53
T R A C K L I S T :
00:00 Emanuele Errante - leaves
01:25 Deaf Center - Vintage Well
06:10 Bersarin Quartet - es kann nicht ewig winter sein
09:45 mwvm - context where
17:50 Andrew Deutsch - untilted #1(from cd "The Sun")
26:00 Svarte Greiner - kobbergruve....
29:20 Jasper, TX - things could stay
37:30 Emanuele Errante - lucus
49:10 Deaf Center - ashes
50:30 Stars of the Lid - slight on the childproof
55:00 Bersarin Quartet - Inversion
