The Open Blue

 

Seascape mixes are some of my favorite ambient mixes. The genre seems to perfectly suited to floating and drifting on an endless sea. Two of my favorite ambient tracks of all time are "sea" ambient - 

I absolutely love those two tracks! 

I'm always up for a new seascape mix and that's what we have here - a new collection of tracks mostly from 2023 & 2024, with one from 2020 and one from all the way back in 2008. Put the oars back in the boat, kick your feet up and drift away.

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00  Bill Seaman, Tim Diagram, Stephen Spera - The World Was Turning Before (The World Was Turning Before 2023)
• 07:00  Philippe Deschamps - What The Sea Promises - In a Silent Sea (Bahrambient Rework) (What The Sea Promises 2024)
• 09:20  Old Amica - Sommaren 96 (För alltid 2024)
• 14:06  Model 500 - Starlight(Intrusion dub) (Starlight 2008)
• 20:35  Jeff Greinke - Northern Reaches (Oceanic 2024)
• 29:00  Masayoshi Fujita - Ocean Flow (Migratory 2024)
• 31:54  Faux Tapes - Dive. Pt.4 (Dive 2024)
• 33:25  First Snow of The Year - Noir (Norwegian White 2025)
• 38:10  Bill Seaman, Tim Diagram, Stephen Spera - Far Away (The World Was Turning Before 2023)
• 43:00  Sanjib - Aquatic Sphere (Underwater 2020)
• 47:23  Daou - Sanctum (Reverie 2023)
• 51:12  Faux Tapes - Dive. Pt.7 (Dive 2024)
• 54:30  end

Deep Currents

 

This mix was an accident. Well, the mix itself wasn't an accident but the vibe and theme was. I was listening to some new music and heard a new track - A Flock Of Birds Part 1 by Motionfield, and decided to start a new mix with it. Not having any idea where I was headed, I tossed the track on my timeline and went looking for more music. I grabbed one, then two, then three, four, five tracks and before I knew it the mix had a watery vibe.

Some of the tracks have that great dubby, watery synth wash sound I love. We take a little detour in the middle with a more acoustic sound on the Humble Bee & Offthesky track. But we eventually comeback to the deep sounds when we get to the Variant track. All the tracks are from this year except for the cut by Evitceles from 2019.

Links to all the music used in this mix:

• https://motionfield.bandcamp.com/album/a-flock-of-birds
• https://spaceofvariants.bandcamp.com/album/sv-62-akmuo-dreamwalker
• https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/jump
• https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/somnambulant-fog
• https://motionward.bandcamp.com/album/it-means-a-lot
• https://henriklindstrand.bandcamp.com/track/hvid-remodelled-by-alva-noto
• https://iikki.bandcamp.com/album/here-in-absence
• https://marenostrumlabel.bandcamp.com/album/what-the-sea-promises
• https://archivesdubmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-sand
• https://variantsonics.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-currents
• https://coldtearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/heavenchord-atmospheres-soundscapes

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Motionfield - A Flock Of Birds Part 1 (A Flock Of Birds 2024)
• 05:22    Akmuo Lamiaceae (Dreamwalker 2024)
• 12:50    unknown - Whispers of the Deep (2024)
• 14:48    Demetrio Cecchitelli - Each (Jump 2024)
• 16:25    Evitceles - ArmsAround (Somnambulant Fog 2019)
• 20:20    Ulla & Ultrafog - pm filter (It Mens A Lot 2024)
• 23:00    Henrik Lindstrand - Hvid(Remodelled by Alva Noto) (2024)
• 30:50    Humble Bee & Offthesky - Senses (Here In, Absence 2024)
• 38:00    Philippe Deschamps - In a Silent Sea(Bahrambient Rework) (What The Sea Promises 2024)
• 40:20    Warmth - Night Away (The Black Sand 2024)
• 42:40    Variant - Cosmic Currents[Expansion] (Cosmic Currents 2024)
• 52:45    Heavenchord - Atmospheres & Soundscapes 1 (Atmospheres & Soundscapes 2024)
• 61:26    end

Solace of the Sea

 

s o l a c e

g a t h e r s   t h e   s i l e n c e

o f   t h e   s e a

Anyone who has followed this mix blog for more than a minute knows I like sea themed mixes. I like the ebb & flow, the washes of synth sounds and especially echoing sounds, like a bell or buoy pinging in the distance or underwater echolocation.

So this mix continues that vibe. Lots of new music and lots of echolocation.

Here are links to all the music used in this mix in the order in which it appears:

https://audio.submersion.info/album/parallel-motion

https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/slicing-space-time-into-objects

https://ab-mosscoveredtechnology.bandcamp.com/album/brick-and-air

https://hibernate.bandcamp.com/album/sub-aquatic-spheres

https://gylden.bandcamp.com/album/island-friend

https://archive.org/details/AProduceASmoothSurface/TPC+It+Comes+In+Waves.mp3

https://taylordeupree.bandcamp.com/album/harbor

https://shop.silentseason.com/album/the-waves

https://polarseasrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/as-the-night-comes-softly-down

https://taylordeupree.bandcamp.com/album/the-inland-sea

https://greinke.bandcamp.com/album/noctilucent

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

00:00    Submersion - Alignment (Parallel Motion 2020)

02:25    xu - a1. slicing space-time into objects (slicing space-time into objects 2022)

06:25    Moss Covered Technology - Brick & Air VI (Brick and Air 2022)

09:40    Spheruleus - The Ocean Yawns (Sub-Aquatic Spheres 2020)

14:18    Gylden - Bug light (Island Friend 2022)

18:55    A Produce - It comes in waves (A Smooth Surface 2004)

25:45    Taylor Deupree - Harbor (Harbor 2022)

29:20    ASC - Kelp Forest (The Waves 2019)

35:45    landtitles - fragments(of) (as the night comes softly down 2022)

37:20    Taylor Deupree - Too Close To Being Far Away From Everything (The Inland Sea 2022)

45:50    Jeff Greinke - Undercurrent (Noctilucent 2022)

52:15    ASC - Nautical Depths (The Waves 2019)

59:53    end

memories and tides

 

It's funny how mixes come together sometimes. I started this one only knowing I wanted it to be pretty straightforward ambient. The easiest thing to do was to start with some new music from the last month or two. As I laid down a few tracks I started to get this feeling of the sea, of drifting on the water, of a quiet harbor. So I went with it.

Before long I had an entire mix of new music that hung together with this beautiful ebb & flow. The theme came about organically. The tracks themselves dictated what the mood would be. I've done other sea themed mixes over the years and this one could be the most subtle. I didn't add any field recordings - any wave sounds were already in a track. It's more about feel and vibe than sound fx.

All the cuts are from 2021 except for Bursts of Static by Olga Wojciechowska. I heard that on the BBC the morning after finishing the mix and knew immediately that I had to include it.

This mix might work well as soundtrack for a rainy spring day or for a nap in hammock as you dream of drifting out on the tide.

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Jeannine Schulz - Riber (Luminous 2021)
• 04:35    The Green Kingdom - Atmosphere 1 (Solaria 2021)
• 09:21    Moss Covered Technology - Pressure Change (Seafields 2021)
• 15:43    Andrew Heath & Anne Chris Bakker - November (How To Breathe Like A Stone 2021)
• 26:18    Taylor Deupree - murmur (Mur 2021)
• 29:21    Daar - Waves Your Back Describes (Entire 2021)
• 34:25    Andrew Tasselmyer - What We Lost (Yesteryear 2021)
• 37:40    Observatories - Visible Darkness (Flowers Bloom, Butterflies Come 2021)
• 41:26    Jogging House - Between (Too 2021)
• 44:08    Olga Wojciechowska - Bursts of Static (Infinite distances 2019)
• 48:57    Tapes and Topographies - other distant mermaids (A Season of Loss 2021)
• 52:33    Spheruleus - Danse de Chambre (Canvas Homes + Supplémentaires 2021)
• 56:47    Masaya Kato & Valotihkuu - Viviante (Swallow 2021)
• 59:07    halftribe - Fern Moss (Lucent Forms Travelling 2021)
• 62:16    end

Subaquatic Universe

Nine years ago I did a mix of 70s & 80s library music as a soundtrack for underwater exploration. I've always liked the odd vibe of that mix and always wanted to do a follow up. Now it's finally here with Subaquatic Universe.

It's essentially the same formula and sound as the first one. Vibraphone, fender rhodes, flutes and bubbles play a large role in creating this underwater universe. 

While collecting tracks for this mix I came across a bunch of other library music which will make for a great retro 70s sci fi mix which I'll put together later this year.

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    John Hyde - Heron
• 01:33    Eric Vann - Diving
• 04:37    Walter Rockman - Chromosomes
• 06:03    Atmo - Acque Tranquille
• 08:18    Jim Harbourg - Empathy
• 10:48    Joel Vandroogenbroeck & F. Voelxen - Cascades
• 13:27    John Tender - Underwater Fantasy
• 15:30    Franco Tamponi - Stelle Marine
• 18:20    Gaston Borreani - Prelude aux Voiliers
• 20:25    Bruton Library Music - Running Waters
• 21:50    Walter Rockman - Sea Life
• 23:20    Teddy Lasry - Moins 8000
• 27:40    Gerhard Narholz - Electronique
• 29:20    A.Perry & D.Sarkys - Canadian Colours 4
• 30:00    Amedeo Tommasi - Correnti Sottomarine
• 33:03    Walt Rockman - Submarine Scenery
• 35:03    Eric Vann - Sunken Galleons
• 38:30    Alan Hawkshaw - Eternity
• 42:15    Atmo - Acque Profonde
• 44:30    Piero Umiliani - Musica Delle Sfere
• 46:12    Gaston Borreani - Cirrus
• 49:35    Georg Deuter - Deep Sea
• 52:43    end

Ocean Echoes

The Ocean is a mighty harmonist.

               - William Wordsworth

This is pretty straight forward - a collection of tunes that will make you feel as if you are drifting along on ocean currents.  Almost all of the ocean sounds in this mix are in the original pieces of music.  I only added a bit of wave sounds around the 39 minute mark.  Enjoy the float.

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Alonefold - Wanderer & Stone(Wanderer & Stone 2014)
• 07:31    Riverrun - Conover Beacon(Romer Shoal 2016)
• 11:15    Keenya - Remember Smiles(Moment Invisible 2016)
• 14:35    Helios - Ebb/Flow(Rememberance 2016)
• 18:18    Igneous Flame - North Sea Siren(Ocean Sighs 2016)
• 22:05    Gareth Davis - Filament(Filament 2016)
• 30:40    Brian Eno - The Secret Place(Apollo 1983)
• 33:20    Urenga - Seafloor(Undercurrents 2015)
• 39:15    Billow Observatory - Plum(Plains/Patterns 2017)
• 44:20    Barry Lynn - Alpha Tauri(Taurus Tapes Vol. II 2017)
• 46:36    Dolphins Into The Future - Lone Voyager(On Sea-Faring Isolation 2009)
• 54:15    Riverrun - Dubos Point(Romer Shoal 2016)
• 77:00    end

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dubscapes & seacapes

I love me some ambient dub.  I also love ambient tunes that remind me of the sea.  Over the years I've made 7 dub style mixes & 6 sea themed mixes.  This new mix combines those two obsessions.

There's now much else to say about all the music here.  other than I think all the tunes flow nicely & work well within this theme.

Enjoy

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Brother Blue - Summoning UFOs
• 05:55    Shaded Explorer - Sea Mist
• 10:33    Purl - Havets Sang
• 16:25    Kris Dubinsky & Warmth - Sammanväxta Toner
• 20:55    Purl - Montauk
• 27:50    Wanderwelle - Leaving Port Logan
• 31:00    Urenga - Ocean's Secret
• 37:55    Markus Guentner - Baryon
• 44:25    Bjorn Rohde - Forest of Forgotten Hearts(reflections edit)
• 49:40    Kris Dubinsky & Warmth - Uncertain Horizon
• 54:39    Kanthor - Hegemony
• 59:15    Gas - Pop III
• 65:22    Purl - Remnant
• 73:37    end

a quiet sea

I've done many "sea" mixes over the years and I keep coming back to them because ambient music perfectly captures the impression of an undulating a sea or ocean.

Enjoy


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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00   Rafael Anton Irisarri - Displacement
• 03:52   Loscil - Angel of List
• 10:00   Kane Ikin - Slow Waves
• 13:30   Budd & Eno - An Echo of Night
• 15:20   Diatonis - Moving in Silence
• 19:54   Wave Temples - Under the Crystal Waters
• 20:25   Wave Temples - Thru the narrow strait...
• 21:45   Benoit Pioulard - Stanza II, IX
• 26:36   Spheruleus - Clouds Swarm
• 30:37   Purl - Havets Sång
• 36:50   pjusk & sleep orchestra - Daithn
• 41:12   Intrusion - Under the Ocean
• 44:50   Porya Hatami - Farewell
• 52:25   Pan & Me - The Sea Is So Quiet
• 59:00   Stefan Paulus - Salt Sea Island
• 63:24   end

A quiet sea by Low Light Mixes 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

an uncharted sea

"The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's stimulating loneliness."
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh


So much of ambient music has a beautiful ebb & flow that lends itself perfectly to sea metaphors. Whether its bobbing up & down on the surface or plumbing the depths, ambient music music seems to fit well with imagery of the sea.

I could crank out sea mixes just using tunes with water, ocean or sea references in the track titles. This mix does have a few tracks with obvious sea titles, but in general it's just another collection of tunes that have that "sea sound."


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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00 foghorn
• 00:20 Stuart Dempster - Standing Waves 1976
• 01:41 Dolphins into the Future - Memory of Self
• 04:45 Enrico Coniglio - pastor et nauta
• 07:40 Brian Eno - Invisible
• 10:20 Alio Die - Suono Ipogeo(part 1)
• 12:50 Echospace - Reflection II
• 15:00 Burial - Night Bus
• 16:55 Dean Santomieri - The Boy Beneath the Sea
• 19:35 Andrew Chalk - Ukigiri
• 21:15 Beautumn - Everfields
• 27:00 M. Ostermeier - Central
• 31:30 Deaf Centre - New Beginning(tidal darkness)
• 34:00 Riceboy Sleeps - Sleeping Giant
• 39:45 Dolphins into the Future - Lone Voyager
• 47:35 Enrico Coniglio - Da Mar
• 52:15 Stuart Dempster - Standing Waves 1976
• 54:40 end

An uncharted sea by Lowlight on Mixcloud