Wednesday, May 31, 2023

The Lonely Orbit

 

A few months ago I stumbled across two tunes called "Lonely Satellite" & "The Lonely Orbit." Those titles intrigued me and I thought they would make a great theme for a mix. I started collecting tracks, not knowing when the mix would come to fruition. 

Then this past week I heard the new album from Alva Noto called "Kinder der Sonne (From "Komplizen")" and I knew immediately that I had to make this mix. I could have included 4 or 5 tracks from the Alva Noto album but Mixcloud only allows a maximum of 3 songs from one album. I ended up using two cuts.

As usual the mix leans heavily on new tunes, with 11 of 18 tracks from 2020 - 2023. That includes the two "lonely" cuts that started this whole thing.

Funny side note - there has been a lot construction in my neighborhood lately and as I was putting the mix together I would hear the beeping of a backhoe reversing or some other truck backing up. It got to be annoying because sometimes I couldn't tell if the beeping sounds were from the music or the construction outside. Haha!

Links to all the music used in this mix:


Cheers!


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T R A C K L I S T :

  • 00:00    Alexandre Navarro + Letna - Psamathe (Redfish 2013)
  • 03:15    Alva Noto - Kinder der Sonne(Intro)  (Kinder der Sonne (From "Komplizen") 2023)
  • 06:15    xu - this illusory continuity (slicing space-time into objects 2022)
  • 07:55    Scanner - Wing Pinger 02 (Wing Pinger 2021)
  • 09:14    Loscil - Estuarine (Endless Fall 2010)
  • 17:10    Lunar Testing Lab - Lunar Radio Control (Space Debris - Space Transmission 2008)
  • 18:17    Hainbach - Izmir (Voice Magnetic 2023)
  • 19:40    Brian Eno - Cavallino (The Shutov Assembly 1992)
  • 22:20    Saros Sky - Lonely Satellite (Ambient Oceania 2021)
  • 25:47    Loscil - Bipolar, Pt. 2 (Lifelike 2019)
  • 28:57    Hans Zimmer - Atmospheric Entry (Interstellar 2014)
  • 30:17    Steven Price - Aurora Borealis (Gravity 2013)
  • 31:22    Alva Noto - Die Untergründigen (Kinder der Sonne (From "Komplizen") 2023)
  • 39:18    Peter Kvidera - Popping (Verism 2022)
  • 44:30    State Azure - Prism (As The Dawn Fades 2023)
  • 50:23    Brian Eno - Kazakhstan 4 (Kazakhstan 2023)
  • 55:12    Aethernal - The Lonely Orbit (Exile 2022)
  • 58:49    arovane - laap (gestalt 2020)
  • 60:30    end


Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Between Interval: Instrumental gems (mostly) from 70s rock - by Paul Asbury Seaman

 


Two guest mixes in a row - I am a lucky guy! This one comes to us from LLM regular contributor, Paul Asbury Seaman. It's a great collection of instrumental tracks that, as the title says, leans heavily on music from the 1970s.

My brain has been stuck in the 70s for a while as I collect tunes for the Electronic Music of the 1970s series(1971 is coming soon). So I was excited about the coincidence of Paul coming up with a 70s(mostly) mix. Some tracks I was familiar and others I was hearing for the first time, which is the wonderful thing about these guest mixes - they go in directions that I would not have taken them. This one turns into a great journey of nostalgia and discovery.

Here's what Paul has to say about this mix:

“Something old, something new. Something cheerful, something blue. Some great instrumental tracks that might have slipped between the cracks. So, no “Colour My World.” Yes to Black Sabbath. Plus a couple of mellow vocal numbers, chosen for their melodies that were just too pretty to leave out. The selections here span more than fifty years, though most are from the 1970s.

The title of this mix comes from the working name (one of my all-time favorites) of Swedish ambient electronic artist Stefan Jonsson.”

Thanks, Paul, for another excellent set. Cheers!


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T R A C K L I S T :

  • 00:00    Agitation Free - First Communication (2nd 1973)
  • 05:57    Jeff Greinke - Losing Time (A Thousand Year Flood 2023)
  • 11:23    Between Interval - Portals in Time (The Edge of a Fairytale 2009)
  • 14:38    Vangelis - Love Theme, Blade Runner (Nocturne: The Piano Album 2019)
  • 20:35    Mike Oldfield - Incantations - part four(excerpt) (Incantations 1978)
  • 24:50    Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Faerie Steps (Time is the Key 1979)
  • 30:10    Moody Blues - Visions of Paradise (In Search Of The Lost Chord 1968))
  • 34:15    Genesis - Horizons (Foxtrot 1972)
  • 35:50    Rick Wakeman - Summertime (Rhapsodies 1979)
  • 40:08    Neal Schon - Midnight Express (Electric World 1997)
  • 45:15    Iron Butterfly - Slower Than Guns (Metamorphosis 1970)
  • 48:53    Black Sabbath - Laguna Sunrise (Vol. 4 1972)
  • 51:37    Ian Anderson - Boris Dancing (The Secret Language Of Birds 2000)
  • 54:40    Pink Floyd - It's What We Do (The Endless River 2014)
  • 59:50    Bill Frisell - Bird On A Wire (Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen 2022)
  • 63:35    end



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



Wednesday, May 03, 2023

Remember Tomorrow V.2


This is a repost of an old mix from 2009. The is a retro synth mix with a sort of old space program vibe. I realized that I'd never posted it to Mixcloud so I thought I would haul it out of space dock and update it with a few more cuts added to the end. It's great to hear tracks from Freescha, Lunar Testing Lab, Bochum Welt and others for the first time in a long time.

Enjoy this trip backward and forward in time.

Cheers!


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T R A C K L I S T :

  • 00:00     Countdown from "Lunar Adventure in 1985"
  • 00:13     Belbury Poly - Adventures in a Miniature Landscape
  • 02:00     The Units - Cowboy
  • 06:05     Harmonic 33 - Departure Lounge
  • 10:30     Lunar Testing Lab - Lunar Radio control
  • 11:30     EU - New Osc's
  • 13:00     Boards of Canada - Wildlife Analysis
  • 13:50     Freescha - The Sun is Still
  • 16:00     Lunar Testing Lab - Orbiting Lunar Observatory
  • 16:40     TRS-80 - moon Patrol
  • 22:30     David Bowie - V2 Schneider
  • 25:10     Bochum Welt - interlude
  • 28:25     Lunar Testing Lab - Phantom Cosmonaut
  • 30:50     Signaldrift - Children of the 70's
  • 32:20     Harmonic 33 - Planet 54
  • 35:50     Frank Comstock - Music from Outer Space(when you wish upon a star)
  • 37:50     Boards of Canada - Nova Scotia Robots
  • 38:50     Bernard Szajner - A Kind of Freedom
  • 41:30     Talvihorros - A Rural Place
  • 43:35     David Bowie - Weeping Wall
  • 46:20     Michael Garrison - Escape (Music From The 21st Century 1986)
  • 48:42    Iguana Moonlight - V (WIld Palms 2017)
  • 53:06    Stratis - By Water (Soul Jazz Records presents Space, Energy & Light 2017)
  • 58:27    Chris Carter - Moon Two (Chemistry Lessons Volume 1 2018)
  • 60:47     end


Wednesday, April 26, 2023

The Undersea World of Low Light Mixes

 

I've done a couple mixes featuring library music from the 70s & 80s that have the vibe of a cheesy deep sea exploration documentary. I've always wanted to do a follow up and here it is.

One problem is that I didn't check the tracklist from the last mix and so a handful of tracks from that set made it into this one. When I figured out what had happened, it was too late to change. Well, actually, I was just too lazy to change it. I think about 9 of the 23 tracks in this mix appeared in the last one. 

I love the retro vibe of these mixes. Take some old vinyl albums with echoing fender rhodes piano, add some scuba sound fx and a few synths and you've got yourself a 70s soundtrack to the Undersea World of Low Light Mixes.

Cheers!


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T R A C K L I S T :

  • 00:00 Eric Vann - Algues Marines (Water World 1982)
  • 01:32 Walt Rockman - Submarine Scenery (Underwater Vol 1 1980)
  • 03:45 Stefano Liberati - Tombala la grande corrente (Pericolo negli abissi 1978)
  • 04:38 Walt Rockman - gas-bubbles (Biology 1980)
  • 05:28 Roger Roger & Nino Nardini - Eery Dream (Informatic 2000 1982)
  • 07:21 Joel Vandroogenbroeck & F. Voelxen - Cascades (Contemporary Pastoral and Ethnic Sounds 1979)
  • 10:03 John Hyde - Curlews (Red Kite 1982)
  • 11:11 John Tender - Underwater Fantasy 1 (Fantasyland Vol. 1 1982)
  • 12:50 Walt Rockman - chromosomes (Biology 1980)
  • 14:42 Tamponi - acque profonde (Ittiologia 1973)
  • 16:07 Amedeo Tommasi - Correnti sottomarine (Biologia marina 1973)
  • 19:08 Mikrokristal - Bubbles (Hidden Way Between Some Rains 2013)
  • 23:52 Georg Deuter - Deep Sea(mysterious - lost - sunken ship) (Soundtrack 1973)
  • 26:15 Atmo - subacquatic (Ittiologia 1973)
  • 28:00 Walt Rockman - dark depth 1 (Underwater Vol 1 1980)
  • 29:31 Teddy Lasry - moins 8000 (+ ou - 8000 1977)
  • 33:33 Franco Tamponi - Profondita (Biologia Marina 1973)
  • 35:55 Jim Harbourg - Harbourg Empathy (Sonoton Soundscapes 1985)
  • 38:23 John Hyde - Underwater (Red Kite 1982)
  • 40:00 Stefano Liberati - La caverna di ghiaccio (Pericolo negli abissi 1978)
  • 41:20 Piero Umiliani - musica delle sfere (Omaggio ad Einstein 1973)
  • 43:10 Raymond Scott - Sleepy Time (Soothing Sounds for Baby, Volume 1 1997)
  • 47:15 Eric Vann - Diving (Water World 1982)
  • 50:37    end


Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Current Ambient Obsessions

 

This mix is pretty straightforward - it's a collection of tracks from some of my favorite ambient albums, so far, of 2023. The first three tracks are probably my top three albums of the year so far and I expect them to be on my year-end list in December.

Links to all the music used in this mix:

There's not much else to say, just sit back and enjoy some excellent ambient music.

Cheers!


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T R A C K L I S T :

  • 00:00    Rod Modell & Taka Noda - Untitled 9 (Glow World 2023)
  • 07:03    Brendan Eder Ensemble - Ending(feat. Ethan Haman) (Therapy 2023)
  • 14:55    ARROWOUNDS - Tree of Disciples (In The Octopus Pond 2023)
  • 21:15    Robert Davies - Lakeside Reminiscence (Lakeside Haven 2023)
  • 27:50    Pan•American - Renzo (In Daylight Dub 2023)
  • 37:30    Harry Towell & Pruski - lacustyna (petrologist's lens 2023)
  • 42:30    Tim Hecker - Monotony II (No Highs 2023)
  • 44:44    Max Richter - Tranquility VII & VIII (SLEEP: Tranquility Base 2023)
  • 49:20    36 - Last Wake Dreamout (Dreamloops Suite 2023)
  • 60:00    end


Wednesday, April 12, 2023

A Decade of Electronic Music - 1970

 


The Plan - make a mix for every year of the 70s, featuring electronic music from each year. Easy peasy! Well, not exactly. The early years are a bit tough. Electronic music wasn't really a genre yet. There are definitely electronic albums. But enough to fill an hour long mix? Maybe...sort of.

Let me start by saying that some folks may disagree with my choices as I tried to fill out the tracklist. There may be some creative finagling in the mixes for the early years. But really, who cares? This is just a fun way to dive deep into the rise of electronic music.

In the early sets you'll hear plenty of krautrock or kosmische music. Bands like Popol Vuh, Amon Duul II, Can, and Ash Ra Temple fit that category and make appearances in the first two mixes. Again, some folks may balk at the inclusion of the artists but without them, the '70 & '71 mixes would not have happened. Even Tangerine Dream in these years is barely "electronic."

I discovered an artist named Doug McKechnie who experimented with one of the few moog synths around at that time. I don't believe he ever released any music back then but there are recordings from many of his live shows. The albums were released in 2020 & 2023, so technically this shouldn't count in a mix of music released in 1970, but as I said, it was hard to fill out the mix. The tracks were recorded from 1968 - 72 so I grabbed one that didn't have a specific date on it and decided that it would count as being from 1970.

The more I listen to this set the more I like it. The unexpected tracks and artists made for a fun journey. I hope you all enjoy it too.

Cheers!


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T R A C K L I S T :

  • 00:00    Kraftwerk - Ruckzuck (Kraftwerk)
  • 05:10    Oskar Sala - In Leichtem Marsch-Rhythmus (Electronic Virtuosity)
  • 06:45    Suzanne Ciani - Tenth Voice: Sound of a Lighted Window (Voices of Packaged Souls)
  • 07:40    Tangerine Dream - Genesis (Electronic Meditation)
  • 12:20    Popol Vuh - Affenstunde(excerpt 1) (Affenstunde)
  • 16:15    Doug McKechnie - Berkeley Art Museum (San Francisco Moog: 1968-72)
  • 23:42    Popol Vuh - Affenstunde(excerpt 2) (Affenstunde)
  • 30:00    Philip Glass - Music with Changing Parts (Music with Changing Parts)
  • 37:15    Mart Garson - Kevin & Paige (Didn't You Hear?)
  • 42:05    Amon Düül II - Yeti Talks To Yogi(Improvisation) (Yeti)
  • 50:10    King Crimson - The Devils Triangle (In The Wake of Poseidon)
  • 54:40    Tangerine Dream - Cold Smoke (Electronic Meditation)
  • 57:15    Suzanne Ciani - Twelth Voice: Sound of Love Turning (Voices of Packaged Souls)
  • 58:23    Sylvette Allart - Berceuse du faon (Pour Ondes Martenot)
  • 61:39    end


Wednesday, April 05, 2023

Lost in Transmission

 

I love making shortwave/radio transmission mixes, so it's hard to believe it's been almost 11 years since my last new shortwave creation. Yikes! I know these mixes are labor intensive and I am a terrible procrastinator but I am shocked that it's been that long.

Here are the previous mixes:

This mix is a combo of real shortwave broadcasts, tracks that have broadcasts already embedded, and tracks that have that scratchy, radio feel. I couldn't resist adding a bit of Conet Project recordings here and there. Most of the straight radio broadcasts come from Myke Dodge Weiskopf. I've been using his recordings for years. You can find his stuff here - https://www.myke.me/

Two of my favorite cuts in this mix are by Mount Shrine from the album Shortwave Ruins. https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/shortwave-ruins It's a perfect combo of ambience, drone, and radio chatter. Mount Shrine is Cesar Alexandre, who sadly passed away in 2021. His two tracks in this mix fit the vibe perfectly.

I hope you enjoy the washes of static and voices from the ether. Hopefully it won't be 11 years until the next shortwave mix.

Cheers!


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T R A C K L I S T :

  • 00:00 shortwave noise
  • 00:40 Mount Shrine - Earth Bridge (Shortwave Ruins 2020)
  • 04:50 Rival Consoles - Noise Call and Response
  • 06:35       Mike Benoit - November’s Static Is Chill & Drear, November’s Leaf Is Red & Sear 
  • 07:10 Federico Durand - el grillo de nacar(the cricket of nacre) (a traves del espejo 2016)
  • 09:36 9_11_01(Unknown time and frequency)
  • 10:20 Enrico Coniglio & Matteo Uggeri - Jessaias de reduire mes medicaments
  • 12:53 David Sylvian - Camphor
  • 16:03 Helios - All You Are (Remembrance)
  • 17:00 The Focus Group - CineToneOne (Stop-Motion Happening 2017)
  • 17:12 Goncalo F Cardoso - Radio Zanzibar Etude 1
  • 17:50 Tetsu Inoue - Invitable Colour (World Receiver 1996)
  • 21:12 Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4
  • 22:45 Jogging House - Frail
  • 25:55 Ant’lrd - Slow Dream (Deck Amber 2018)
  • 27:15 Radio Belarus – German Service 3-Aug-2010
  • 28:20 Cremation Lily -  Immaculacy (In England Now, Underwater 2018)
  • 29:40 Radio Bulgaria 2-13 5800 kHz, 11_12_05 (2054UTC)
  • 30:20 Austin Rockman - Sun Ink (Our Own Unknown 2022)
  • 34:30 Janek Schaefer - Lagoon (glitter in my tears 2017)
  • 36:03 Teleferick - g.klarf (sixteen frames 2017)
  • 36:45 Lee Noyes & Radio Cegeste - broken only by the need for breath (to orient themselves with coastlines 2012)
  • 37:15 Mount Shrine - Across Rooftops (Shortwave Ruins 2020)
  • 42:10 Maps & Diagrams - Mutability (Teygja Part B 2021)
  • 45:42 KJES 5-03 7555 kHz, 8_1_05 (0154UTC)
  • 47:00 Rival Consoles - Outline of a Distant Memory
  • 50:27 The Focus Group - Sir John Pepper (Stop-Motion Happening 2017)
  • 51:22 Swod - Tucholskystr, 34 (Gehen 2004)
  • 51:47 Olli Aarni - Puro (Puu tuulessa 2015)
  • 54:33 half light - Rest (Rest 2022)
  • 59:44 end

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, March 29, 2023

Piano Day 2023

 

International Piano Day is March 29th and, as has been the case for the last five years, I've put together a new mix in celebration of ambient piano tunes. I don't do quite as many piano mixes as I once did but when I create these Piano Day sets I find I really enjoy the vibe.

There are a lot of new tracks in the mix, half of them from 2022 & 2023. But there are a few older tunes as well. I really like how this one turned out. I hope you enjoy the latest Piano Day excursion.

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 daniel.mp3 - green to blue (2022)
02:45 Hania Rani - The Beach(From I Never Cry)  (Music for Film and Theatre 2021)
05:14 Ryuichi Sakamoto - 20211130 (12 2023)
10:02 h hunt - 11e (playing piano for dad 2016)
12:49 Arin Aksberg - In Memory (It Flows Between U 2023)
16:47 Olafur Arnalds - Still, Sound (A Sunrise Session 2021)
20:42 ANNA - Receiving(Jon Hopkins piano version) (2023)
25:15 Hania Rani - Whale's Song (Inner Symphonies 2021)
29:42 Ryuichi Sakamoto - 20211201 (12 2023)
34:37 Library Tapes - Safe Haven (Dusk 2021)
36:41 Bing and Ruth - We Are on the Side of Angels (Tomorrow Was The Golden Age 2014)
42:53 Milieu - Antique Sunlight (Smokebuilder's Woodshop 2008)
47:56 Nebel Lang - Past All Unknowing (Directions For Stopping 2022)
52:43 Lorenz Weber - as time goes by (only the wind 2022)
56:10 Purple Decades - Forest (Journey Test 2023)
59:10 end