Icelight

Here is another fantastic mix curated by Paul Asbury Seaman. His earlier mixes are "Floating Through Moonlight" and "The Memory of Trains."

I'm listening to it as I type this and it's another wonderful collection. Here's what Paul has to say about it:

“I’m no fan of winter, but I love the visual patterns created by ice. And I’ve always loved the bell-like sounds sometimes used in electronic/ambient music and featured prominently in the works of Rudy Adrian. The idea for this mix started with a rather dark compilation by Hypnos Records called Message from a Subatomic World, from which I got the title track here, and ended with my recent (and joyous) discovery of a stunning artist working with gamelan bells, Gordon Pigeon, which opens this set. The full piece from his album Acoustic Fireflies is more than 30 minutes long.”

Thanks Paul!

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Gordon Pigeon - Lamasaerie vesperale(Lucioles acoustiques 2016)
• 12:32    Jan Garbarek – Iceburn(In Praise of Dreams 2004)
• 17:10    Jeff Greinke - One September(Wide View 2002)
• 25:10    JeffPearce – Aftermath(The Hidden Rift 1996)
• 29:35    Kirsty Hawkshaw - Ice CastleThe Ice Castle 2008)
• 36:03    Rudy Adrian - Subterranean RiverDesrt Realms 2008)
• 41:20    Justin Vanderberg - Cold Brightness(Synthetic Memories 2011)
• 46:55    Kirsty Hawkshaw – Solitary(The Ice Castle 2008)
• 52:38    Oophoi - Icelight(Message From A Subatomic World 2008)
• 57:15    Meg Bowles - Glacial Dawn(A Quiet Light 2011)
• 66:02    end

 

Floating Through Moonlight

My musical friend, Paul Asbury Seaman, has given us another gift in this beautiful collection.  Paul picked out the tunes and the order & I stitched them together to form the mix.  It was a joy to assemble.

Here's what Paul had to say about the mix:

"This is another bedtime, dreaming, unwinding, floating-away-on-an-interior-journey mix. The starting inspiration came from Michael DeMaria’s piece, “Moonlight” from his 2004 album The River.  I was so struck by how precisely the music evoked the image of moonlight on water. I have always been drawn to rivers and from the early days of ambient/electronic music more than forty years ago, with the likes of Kitaro and Tangerine Dream, I have described this genre as “journey music”—Silk Road journeys, interstellar journeys and journeys down a moonlit river."

Thanks to Paul for another Stellar collection of tunes.

Cheers!


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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Byron Metcalf - As Clouds Dance(Inner Rhythm Meditations
• 07:40    Erik Wollo - Sepia(Blue Radiance)
• 10:45    Meg Bowles - Between, Shadows and Prayers(From the Dark Earth)
• 14:20    Michel Banabila - Sana's(Float)
• 18:55    Michel Banabila - Fragments of Memory(Float)
• 25:40    Michael DeMaria - Moonlight(The River)
• 35:20    Michael DeMaria - Moonlit Sea(In the Flow)
• 37:35    Erik Wollo - Revealed in Time(Ble Radiance)
• 41:30    Darshan Ambient - Tears to Rain(Songs From The Deep Field)
• 43:45    Meg Bowles - Undulant Sea(The Shimmering Land)
• 48:15    Erik Wollo - Blue Radiance(Blue Radiance)
• 52:13    end

Off_Worlder

One of my favorite things about making these mixes for ten years is the people I've come in contact with.  I stay in touch with folks from Ireland, The Netherlands, Canada, Brazil or just down the road in Chicago. 

This mix comes from one these online friends, Josh Furey.  He did a previous guest mix for Low Light Mixes called Cartridge, which you can find here...

Cartridge - an 8-bit Adventure  He recently reached out about a new mix & I of course jumped at the chance to showcase another of his mixes. 

I'll let Josh tell you about it...

As a relative newcomer to ambient music in 2012, I was immensely lucky to stumble across Low Light Mixes. It can be pretty overwhelming when you start to explore a new genre of music and over the years Low Light Mixes  has supplied me with a wildly diverse mix of ambient music to enjoy while also serving as an amazing resource for the genre music that now dominates any playlist I put together.

If you are a frequent listener to Low Light you will recognize a lot of the artists I chose for this mix and hopefully there are some new names for you to check out as well. Off Worlder is my way of saying thank you to Dave for introducing me to so many amazing artists over the years and keeping Low Light going for over 10 years.

I hope you enjoy.


Thanks Josh!  Here's a few Josh links...
http://joshfurey.ca/
https://joshfurey.bandcamp.com/
https://www.mixcloud.com/josh-furey/

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T R AC K L I S T :

• 00:00 - Exerpt from Blade Runner
• 00:19 - Vegyn - Unknown (https://soundcloud.com/Vegyn)
• 03:19 - Kyle Dixon + Michael Stein- In Pursuit (https://survive.bandcamp.com/)
• 04:30 - 36 - Shadow Play (http://3six.net/album/shadow-play)
• 08:23 - Goldmund - Turncoat (https://goldmund.bandcamp.com/track/turncoat)
• 11:29 - Suplington - Love (https://soundcloud.com/suplington)
• 15:27 - Julie London - Bouquet Of Blues (https://www.discogs.com/Julie-London-bout-The-Blues/release/1378929)
• 16:14 - Burial - Forgive (https://burial.bandcamp.com/track/forgive)
• 17:48 - Mark Pritchard - ? (https://markpritchard.bandcamp.com/)
• 22:15 - In Aeternam Vale - Drones (https://dement3d.bandcamp.com/track/drones)
• 24:17 - Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow - Ava (https://www.discogs.com/Ben-Salisbury-And-Geoff-Barrow-Ex_Machina-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/release/7007937)
• 26:35 - Vangelis - Spiral (https://www.discogs.com/Vangelis-Spiral/release/1493684)
• 27:11 - Biosphere - Sphere Of No-Form https://biosphere.bandcamp.com/track/sphere-of-no-form)
• 29:29 - Thore Pfeiffer - Good Life (https://kompakt.bandcamp.com/album/pop-ambient-2017)
• 34:53 - Aphex Twin - Stone In Focus (https://boomkat.com/products/selected-ambient-works-volume-ii-limited-triple-vinyl-reissue)
• 36:55 - Corey Allen + Marcus Fischer - Two/Twenty-Two/Eighty-Two(https://twotwentytwo.bandcamp.com/album/two-twenty-two)
• 39:27 - Murcof - Una (https://murcofmusic.bandcamp.com/album/martes-utop-a)
  41:02 - Offthesky + Pleq - A Thousand Fields https://infraction.bandcamp.com/album/a-thousand-fields)
   
• 43:02 - 2814 - 新しい日の誕生 (https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/--18)
• 44:10 - Marsen Jules - Through Blood and Fire (https://marsenjules.bandcamp.com/track/through-blood-and-fire)
• 46:40 - The Beautiful Schizophonic - Prayers (https://dynamophone.bandcamp.com/album/belkiss)
• 48:22 - Nils Frahm - Says(https://nilsfrahm.bandcamp.com/album/spaces)
• 51:57 - Synkro - Overture (https://synkro.bandcamp.com/track/overture)

The Color of Space - guest mix by Mike G of Ambient Music Guide

I've done a lot of mixes over the last ten years.  Obviously I try to have a theme or mood for each mix.  It can get difficult come up with new motifs.  That's why I love the idea that Mike G of Ambient Music Guide had last year.  We decided to trade guest mixes and he suggested we each send each other a few mix titles and that we select one and build the mix off of that title.  It really gets me thinking differently and can help get me out of a rut when looking for mix inspiration.

This mix is the second guest mix from Mike.  I love getting these mixes because so often there are artists or genres I normally don't use but that I love listening to.  This mix exemplifies that perfectly.  I don't listen to as much "space" music as I used to and as I lost myself in this mix I realized that I really need to revisit this style of ambient more often.  I am looking forward to using this as a stargazing soundtrack when I vacation in northern Wisconsin later this summer.

This is what Mike had to say about The Color of Space...

"Space is a theme with multiple meanings and is woven throughout much 
modern ambient and downtempo instrumental music. My mix The Color Space 
is a soundtrack of the cosmos.  All the music has a cosmic feel, whether 
it be one of inner space, outer space or the indefinable regions between."

Thanks Mike!

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T R A C K L I S T :

Lapse Into Reverie complied & mixed by Mike G of Amient Music Guide

Cover image by chocksy.deviantart.com

This is a guest mix from Mike G of the fabulous Ambient Music Guide - 

http://www.ambientmusicguide.com/ 

https://www.mixcloud.com/mikeg68/  

Mike & I agreed to do guest mixes for each other with each mix starting with just a title.  We gave each other a title to build a mix on.  In this case I gave Mike "Lapse into Reverie" and he took it from there.  

In this mix Mike includes some fav artists that I haven't listened to in a long time.  Such as David Parsons, Michael Stearns & Mychael Danna,  It was good to hear them again. 

Enjoy

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    David Parsons - Himalaya(edit)
• 08:52    Michael Stearns Twin Flame
• 12:00    Lisa Gerrard & Patrick Cassidy - Elegy
• 18:17    Max Richter - Horizon Variations(edit)
• 21:38    Mychael Danna - Phoenix Anastasis
• 25:52    Aeoliah - Mahavira
• 32:28    Heavenly Music Corporation - Consciousness III(edit)
• 38:42    Carbon Based Lifeforms - Silent Running(carbonator remix)
• 44:15    Xerxes - Angelina
• 53:28    Cliff Martinez - Will She Come Back
• 58:15    Connect.Ohm - Snow Park
• 66:28    Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight

Lapse Into Reverie compiled & mixed by Mike G of Ambient Music Guide by Low Light Mixes on Mixcloud

fripp_2015 by Ambient Landscape

A couple of posts ago I mentioned a favorite new ambient blog - Ambient Landscape.  I visit quite often, usually finding new music, interesting links and good mixes.

I reached out to Gene, who runs the blog and asked if he would do a guest mix for Low Light and I'm happy to say that he agreed.  The result is this Robert Fripp themed mix - "fripp_2015."

I love listening to well done mixes where I'm not entirely familiar with all the tunes.  That way everything just blends seamlessly, one track into another, I can't tell where one begins and another ends.  Being a long time Fripp fan, any mix that features his music immediately gets my attention and this one does that and more.  This is a great collections of tunes whether you're a Fripp fan or not.

Check out the Ambient Landscape Mixcloud page as well.

Enjoy

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Gene also likes to break his mixes into separate cuts because he doesn't always listen to a full mix and he likes to be able to access the mix at various points.  So in addition to the normal download above I'll provide a link to a zip file with the mix broken up into 5 individual cuts.  Here's the link... http://download1472.mediafire.com/279jw8xxef3g/aoqnxkiso4f6w3q/fripp2015.zip

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Marcus Fischer - Nearly There
• 04:43    1605_Munro - Oscila34 (feat. Robert Fripp)
• 12:33    Microvolt - Dissipate
• 16:12    Theo Travis & Robert Fripp - Improvisation.1
• 19:51    Illuha - Relative Hyperbolas of Amplified and Decaying Waveforms
• 28:25    Marcus Fischer - Monocoastal (Part 2)
• 34:23    Metropole Orkest & Robert Fripp - Pie Jesu
• 43:37    Johan Troch - The Enlightened
• 47:05    Peter Davidson - Grand Theft Saucer 1960
• 50:29    Robert Fripp - My Mother's Birthday
• 53:40    Frore - A Name On The Wind
• 61:25    Robert Fripp - Affirmation_Imac
• 67:18    Robert Fripp - Let The Power Fall/1987
• 78:27    Memnon Sa - Titans Sleep
• 83:08    A Produce - The Golden Needle
• 89:36    end

Fripp_2015 by Ambient Landscape by Low Light Mixes on Mixcloud

halftribe September Ambient Mix

Back in July I featured a guest mix from halftribe.  It was an excellent mix & a nice break for me.  Well, Ryan Bissett(halftribe) has kindly offered another mix and I jumped at the chance to post it.

This mix is absolutely pure ambient bliss.  A beautiful collection perfect for any time of year or any time of day.  I've been listening to it at work and have used it as sleep material as well.  Give it a listen/download, I'm sure any ambient lover will enjoy this mix.

Also swing by Ryan's halftribe pages:

Halftribe Bandcamp

Halftribe Soundcloud

Halftribe Mixcloud


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 T R A C K L I S T :

• 00'00 Steiner - Happiness And The Longing For Repetition (Unfinished)
• 05'30 SandStars - Finally Night (Original mix)
• 12'07 Stabilo - Viridity
• 19'00 Brandon Hurtado - Merci Et Bonne Nuit
• 21'50 Massergy - Baptisia
• 27'48 Halftribe - Holy Ground
• 33'25 Rdei - Untitled
• 36'16 SandStars - Cold Voice (Original mix)
• 41'21 Masaya Ozaki - Alkaline Days
• 45'17 Halftribe - The Secret Garden
• 51'10 Gareth Dickson - Harmonics

 

Halftribe September Ambient Mix by Low Light Mixes on Mixcloud

Halftribe guest mix

The timing on this could be better.  I've been very busy lately and haven't been able to do a mix.  So it's the perfect time for a guest mix.

This mix comes to us from Ryan Bissett who produces ambient music as Halftribe.  What I love about guest mixes is that I'm usually unfamiliar with many of the tracks.  And this mix does exactly that.  Only two artists were known to me before I heard this mix.  Thanks to Ryan for introducing me to even more new music that I'll never have enough time to listen to. LOL!

Halftribe music is one of the discoveries in this mix.  Any ambient music fan will appreciate the music of Halftribe.  Here are some useful links to Ryan's music...

Halftribe Bandcamp

Halftribe Soundcloud

Halftribe Mixcloud

Thanks for the mix!


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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00'00   Halftribe - Excursion 4
• 06'48   Pines - Dowsing Rod
• 09'06   Letna - Koritnik
• 13'22   Ex Confusion - Two Things 
• 15'19   Lost Trail - A Stained August For The Jetcrash
• 18'36   Moshimoss - Homeland
• 21'30   Letna - Mokra Gora
• 24'50   Halftribe ft OJWoods - Sleep Song
• 29'10   Sandstars - Separation Anxiety (original mix)
• 32'15   Izzard - Airways
• 35'15   Caught In The Wake Forever - Meditation In Exile #2
• 37'15   Linear Bells - L'Oisseau
• 48'36   Ben Woods - No Word From Above, 
• 50'00   Easychord - With Your Feet On The Dash
• 53'20   Tone Color - Drone
• 55'09   Milkky Wayy - Drone Me
• 57'52   Zudi - Thank You Mr Karoshi

Halftribe July mix by Low Light Mixes on Mixcloud

Across the Water

One of the benefits of making and posting mixes for all these years is getting to know some like-minded folks from around the world.  One of those is my good friend, Jason O'Gorman, from the city of Cork in Ireland.

Jason did a guest mix for me way back in 2008.  Wow, typing that just made me realize that Low Light Mixes has been around for a long time - 8 years this month, an eternity in internet years.

Anyway, back to Jason.  You can find his 2008 mix, called Satellite, here... Satellite.  I really like that mix and have always wanted Jason to do another.  And now, 6 years later, we have "Across the Water."  Jason describes it this way - "There's a lot of contrast in this mix due to the theme, but it still flows. The mix is a 'journey' across an ambient ocean, to dark and beautiful places."

When I listen to my own mixes, I always hear every transition which at times can distract from the music.  But with Jason's mix I get lost in the flow, as one tunes blends into the next.  I love not knowing what's coming next.  Jason's mix is wonderful at transporting you from one place to another.  I hope you will enjoy it as much as I have.  And hopefully Jason won't wait 6 more years to produce another gem.

Cheers


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T R A C K L I S T:

• 00:00 King Creosote & John Hopkins: First watch
• 02:10 Mountains: Sand
• 05:20 Stephan Mathieu: Promenade
• 08:30 Ólafur Arnalds: Carry me anew
• 10:07 Ólafur Arnalds: We (too) shall rest
• 11:10 Apparat: K&F Thema (pizzicato)
• 13:45 Lustmord: Babel
• 17:45 Eluvium: Warm
• 22:00 Mer-A: Aeolis Mons
• 28:30 Mowgli: Canaan
• 29:20 Ólafur Arnalds: Sudden throw
• 32:35 White Moth Black Butterfly:Reluctance
• 33:40 The Fun Years: Re: We're again buried under
• 35:45 Goldmund: Downward to darkness on extend
• 38:30 Mulm: Mørke
• 41:50 Lustmord: Chorazin
• 46:10 Murcof: Oort 1
• 48:40 Bvdub & Loscil: Hespiredes
• 53:00 Mer-A: Quasi Stellar
• 56:10 Apparat: 44 (noise version)
• 57:55 Apparat: 44
• 60:55 Lustmord: Goetia
• 63:30 Mountains: Circular C
• 69:00 Jasper TX & Anduin: Walking in snow

Across the water by Low Light Mixes on Mixcloud

Satellite

This new mix is something different. It is a guest mix courtesy of a listener/downloader in Ireland.

Jason is an electronic music producer who discovered new artists such as Tim Hecker, Fennesz & Murcof through some Low Light mixes. He said “Stunning artists, I never knew music could sound so minimal yet full.”

It is an excellent mix. Jason has put together an hour-long mix of “some of my favorite trax from a few of the artists I’ve grown to love over the past year.”

It starts out nice & dreamy then gets a bit noisey, but in a good Tim Hecker way. It smooths out again then brings back some Hecker & Murcof noise before ending quietly with Fennesz & Sakamoto. A fine mix from start to finish.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Download(right click/save as) :

Satellite

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00.00 "amb" Rafael Toral
• 1.20 "the Mouthchew" Stars of the Lid
• 4.28 "Reciting the Airships" Eluvium
• 8.00 "Crossing Signals" Manual
• 9.23 "Faces (Where Are You Now)" Stendeck
• 12.47 "Going Dark" EchaSkech
• 13.24 "Fractales Pt.2" Apparat
• 14.48 "Blood Rainbow" Tim Hecker
• 17.32 "Remove the Inside" Belong
• 22.56 "Junitaki" Manual
• 24.50 "Dizzy Sun" Manual
• 27.57 "I'm too Sleepy, shall we swim?" Belong
• 32.05 "Even (out) +" Stars of the Lid
• 35.00 "Chimeras" Tim Hecker
• 36.50 "Pillowcase" Dntel
• 39.00 "The Point of it all" Fennesz
• 42.33 "Radio Spiricom" Tim Hecker
• 44.45 "Cosmos II" Murcof
• 53.30 "Kuni" Christian Fennesz & Ryuichi Sakamoto