clouds in my coffee - an ambient morning mix (MP3)

I made this latest mix for our annual trip to northern Wisconsin. I usually try to make one stargazing mix & one morning mix. The stargazing mix will be posted soon. This is the morning mix, to be listened to while drinking coffee & reading the morning paper. To go with the morning coffee & sunlight reflecting off the calm lake waters, this music is suitably light. The majority of the tunes are new, most are from 2008. Some old favorites with new music make the mix, including Max Ritcher, Yellow 6, Marconi Union, Milieu & Goldmund. New discoveries include Shirk, bvdub & Segue. So grab a cup, put your feet up & enjoy.

Genres: ambient, atmospheric, chill, chillout, downtempo, electronic

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a scattering of ashes (MP3)

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. 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). Artists include Deaf Center, Stars of the Lid, Jasper TX, MWVM, Svarte Greiner, Bersarin Quartet and more.

Genres: ambient, atmospheric, chill, chillout, electronic, orchestral

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retroact 1.0 - an ambient oldies mix (MP3)

All the music in this mix, retroact 1.0, is at least 10 years old. Structures from Silence is from 1984! The Aphex Twin cut is from 1994. I cheated with a couple of tracks, such as Tollefson & Vidna/Pearce, that are from 1999. Other ambient artists included are Saul Stokes, Thom Brennan, Biosphere, Brian Eno and more. You can find the full play list here... http://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/

Genres: ambient, atmospheric, chill, chillout, drone, electronic

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a ghost in the phase (MP3)

Ambient music mixed with shortwave radio recordings creates a haunting listening experience.

Genres: ambient, atmospheric, chill, chillout, electronic, shortwave

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Suspended in Air - an ambient drone mix (MP3)

An ambient mix of drone music featuring artists such as Paul Bradley, Andrew Chalk, Stars of the Lid, Belong, David Tagg, Emeralds, Aloof Proof & more.

Genres: ambient, atmospheric, chill, chillout, drone, electronic

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Ambient Moon Mix (MP3)

An ambient mix where each tune has the word "moon" in the title. Featuring artists such as Steve Roach, Rothko, Belbury Poly, Lisa Gerrard, Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and more.

Genres: ambient, atmospheric, chill, chillout, electronic

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Sequential Circuits (MP3)

I don't really like berlin school music much anymore. I used to love that style. The first electronic music that I bought was Tangerine Dream & Jean Michel Jarre. I liked both of those artists for a long time. Eventually I think I just became bored with that style of electronic music. Recently, however, I've been re-discovering some berlin-type music. It started with the latest Steve Roach release, Arc of Passion. I've been enjoying the album quite a bit so I dug up some other berlin school or nearly berlin tunes to throw into a mix. Of course there is a cut from Arc of Passion as well as another Roach tune, "Sundial", which I absolutely love. Add in some old T-Dream, Klaus Schulze, Richard Pinhas(3 tunes) and I'm good to go. The Tangerine Dream cuts are from an old cassette that I had of "Hyperborea" which I used to play constantly 10 to 15 years ago. The mix also includes Arp, Solvent, Detroit Escalator Co. & Robert Rich.

Genres: ambient, atmospheric, berlin school, chill, electronic

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Migrations - an ambient field mix (MP3)

I have been interested in doing a mix of field recordings ever since I did the shortwave mix last year. I've been collecting field recordings from various sources & even bought a digital recorder so I could do my own phonography. There is very little proper music in this mix. It's mostly field recordings that I downloaded from sites like Quiet American and SoundTransit. Some of the recordings are from cd's that I own. Most of the music is music that already has field recordings built into the track. I used two tracks from a great cd by Emanuele Errante called "Migrations". A few other tracks came from Geir Jenssen 's "Field Recordings From Tibet". A couple of other cuts came from "Classifields - Trips 6" on Tripostal. I also sneaked some loops into the mix here & there. Some of my favorite field sounds are trains, so you'll hear various train sounds at different times in the mix. I also like empty train station reverb, so that fades in & out a couple times. The sounds range from a resonant pipe in a rain storm to foghorns to church bells to chanting to arrival anouncements to piano and an open window. Enjoy.

Genres: ambient, atomospheric, chill, chillout, electronic, field recording, phonography

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Best of 2007 (MP3)

There were some excellent releases in 2007, so I thought I'd feature some in a new mix. My favorite ambient recording of the year was Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline. I know there are quite a few people who didn't care for the cd, but I love it. I like the more orchestral feel. I like that SOTL relies less & less on synths. A beautiful record. Artists in this mix include Paul Bradley, Eneralds, Adam Pacione, Northern, Dakota Suite, Tim Hecker, Taylor Deupree, Alio Die, Rameses III, Kiln and more.

Genres: ambient, atmospheric, chill, chillout, drone

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I wish I could drown the world in reverberation (MP3)

This new mix is all guitar based music. I decided to do a new guitar mix because I seem to have come across a lot of good guitar music lately. I stole the title from a track that appears in the mix by twinsistermoon. All the tracks on this mix are new, from either 2006 or 2007. Artists include Robert Fripp, Meursault, Oren Armbachi, Wooden Spoon, Christopher Flores, Peter Wright and more. Some is ambient, some is pretty, some is droney(is that a word?), all of it laid back. I hope you enjoy it.

Genres: acoustic, ambient, atmospheric, chill, chillout, electro-acoustic, guitar

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