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low light mixessongs for staying in
On the heals of the last mix, which was sort of modern classical, comes another neo-classical type mix. I started collecting tunes for this mix after I heard…
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undiscovered soundtrack
I love soundtracks. And if you look at the tracklist for this mix, you'll see that I have a few favorite composers. At the top of that list are Clint Mansell &…
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evening sky
As the days get longer, I am able to enjoy a bit of sunlight when I get home from work. There have been a few days recently where I stopped during a walk to…
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Venice
I am very excited to present this next mix. It's a guest mix by longtime listener/downloader, Ron Sylvester. Ron was the inspiration for a couple of my mixes…
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distant transmissions
"Distant transmissions flicker and fade, there's a drift on the signal, a ghost in the phase."I've had that phrase on my blog profile for a long time. I've…
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Quintessential Jazz
No pretense of ambience in this mix, just straight forward jazz. I came across an interesting list here... Quintessential Jazz Songs. The Jazz 100 is a list…
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television sky
"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." > _ William Gibson, Neuromacer I love that line from "Neuromancer" & it's the…
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slow & sleepy
Yah! A new mix finally! I've been ridiculously busy lately(10 days at the Super Bowl) so haven't been able to do much mixing. Hopefully that will change. This…
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obscured by time
"The passage of time is flickering dimly upon the screen." I've called this mix "Obscured by Time" because it has that grainy, blurry feel to it, like looking…
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pno 2010
This last mix of 2010 is a mix that I did for Headphone Commute about 3 months ago. They were kind enough to ask for a mix & I was honored to add it to their…
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subatomic dubscapes
The term "dubscapes" in the title of the mix pretty much says it all. This is dub mix. I've used dubby style songs in mixes before but never did a whole dub…
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in foreign lands
I have always loved the sound of Djivan Gasparyan's music. He plays the duduk, a double reed instrument related to the oboe. It's got a great melancholy…
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positively ambient
As most readers of this blog probably know, I cross-post these mixes over at Mixcloud. Recently I got a request from listener, TikTaalik. This is part of his…
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far from home
Picture yourself floating in space. Whether you like to think of it as drifting alone, in a spacesuit, looking out at the stars all around. Or instead imagine…
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vox electronix
I was playing some Boards of Canada recently & came across the song "In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country." I love the use of the vocoder in that tune…
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left in the desert
These are songs that conjure up images of wind blown landscapes, tumbleweeds, sunbleached rocks, dusty roads and heat waves rising off the ground. Of course…
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silent sorrow in empty boats
I have always loved a little known Genesis tune called "Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats". The last song on the end of side three(vinyl), it's a 3 minute…
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footsteps
One of my favorites albums this year isThe Maple Mountain Sunburst Triolian Orchestra . What first got my attention was Isabella Rossellini reciting the words…
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A to Z ambient - n thru z
Here is vol. 2 in the A to Z ambient mix. This one will take you from N thru Z. Enjoy. T R A C K L I S T I N G : -----N to Z----- 00:00 Nelson Foltz & Tom Lynn…
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ambient A to Z
I usually try to have some sort of theme for each mix. But lately my creativity has dried up. I wanted to do a new mix but had no new ideas. I was staring at…
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a vibration of strings
I ran into the track "The Last Message" by John Murphy on a mix at A Strangely Isolated Place, and it got me thingking about doing another classical-ish mix…
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breathe in, breathe out
Breathing is rhythmic process of expansion and contraction, in & out, inhale & exhale. Breathing is one example of the cycles we see in nature such as night…
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lost at sea
What the heck? Two sea/water mixes in a row? I didn't plan it this way. It just sort of happened that I collected a few sea songs, then the library/soundtrack…
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beneath the surface
Right off the bat, I have to come clean. I stole something. I stole the idea for this mix. But I'm glad I did because I'm very excited to post this new track…
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Concerto for this & that
Modern-classical, neo-classical, acousmatic, electro-acoustic, ...whatever you want to call the genre, I think this mix fits. You'll hear lots of strings, some…
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always returning
I've been listening to a lot of older music lately. Been on a big progressive rock kick, King Crimson, Steve Hackett, Willowglass, Pink floyd, Phil Manzanera…
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thru the field
I recently was given a box of old sound effects records like the one in the picture. These albums brought back a lot of memories. As a kid I would go to the…
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driftage
Drifting...floating...coasting...gliding...swimming... Whatever word you choose, all would describe this mix perfectly. It's just a nice collection of mostly…
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eppur si muove(and yet it moves)
The mixes are coming fast and furious! I'm trying to crank out a few more than normal. This one seems to be fast paced compared to the usual mixes found here…
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flicker & fade
This is the third mix I’ve done with a shortwave radio theme. Many of the tunes have noise & static already built in. Sometimes radio washes have been added…
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cloud mapping
I have no idea why I called this mix "cloud mapping". It started off as something about the sky, then aerial views of something, then blah blah blah...then it…
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a canticle unfolds
a canticle unfolds I love all the mixes being posted on Mixcloud by Fluid Radio. They have a ton of neo-classical, Ambient, Modern Classical, Experimental…
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the landscape listens
It's the dead of winter, just trying to outlast the snow & cold, trying to make it to spring break. The music in this mix has a sort of lonely winter feel to…
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slo mo
Here's the first mix for 2010. It's called slo_mo because all the tunes are slow & droney. One aspect of this mix that makes it a bit different is the use of a…
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Remember Tomorrow
I was listening to music from Lunar Testing Lab the other day. The album, "Space Program", has a sort of retro/space/electronic feel to it. Boards of Canada in…
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a solitary sea
I haven't had time to do anything new lately but today I'm home sick so I had some time in between naps. I was listening to "Nautica" by krill.minima, and it…
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Beyond this window
Generally I like autumn. I don't mind the colder temps, colors are great, don't have to mow the lawn anymore, etc. But this year the weather has been nasty…
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revenants of the past
One of my favorite mixes from last year was Sustain & Decay. It was fun digging up old recordings & mixing them with new releases. So I decided to do a…
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gravity
I have been very busy this summer and I haven't had time to even think about a new mix. So it's perfect timing that I have a new guest mix to present…
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I fell asleep at my desk making this mix
I listen to ambient music every night when I go to bed. I usually browse my recent acquisitions to find something for sleep music. There are a few recordings…
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Drone in Duality
My last mix was done for SubVersion and now Mick was kind enough to return the favor with a mix for Low Light Mixes. It's an excellent mix which Mick describes…
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I Love the Rain
The transition from spring to summer brings two new mixes from Low Light Mixes central command. We've had a fair amount of rain lately so both mixes are "rain"…
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Cinematica
I got the idea for this mix over at the Hypnos records forum. In the "Now Playing" thread, someone posted several entries in a row about listening to various…
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refuge
I was inspired by my daughter's mix cd's to do my own vocal mix. She does great mixes that I listen to in the car and I thought I'd do a similar one of my own…
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enosification
This is another new kind of mix for the blog. This is an all Eno mix. I came across the Eno tune "Spider & I " in a recently downloaded mix & I was reminded of…
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shadows at midnight
The inspiration for this mix came from the new Jon Hassell album. If you haven't picked it up yet, do so. It's called "Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its…
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in_transit - an ambient field mix
I have been wanting to do another field mix almost since the moment I finished the last one. So here it is, a new mix entitled "in_transit". I like field…
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searching for objects
The original name for this mix was "noisy, droney, scratchy". Very catchy title. That's a pretty good description of how I wanted this mix to sound. I don't…
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antique sunlight
I cross familiar territory here with another piano mix. I think this is the third I've done. There's no particular reason for doing a piano mix other than I…
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a northern holiday
The mixes keep coming fast & furious. Last year I downloaded a very cool holiday compilation. It's called "That Fuzzy Feeling". It looks like they still have…
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motion for relief
I thought I'd try something a bit different...a mix that is beat driven. Of course it's not going to be some house music mix or techno dance trax. The mix is…
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november buddha
This mix is called November Buddha in honor of the new Buddha Machine 2.0 which was just released. Mine is on it's way right now. There's not much of a theme…
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sustain and decay
The idea for this mix came from frequent low light mixes downloader/listener, Ron Sylvester. He told me about some mixtape cd's he had done, all of which are…
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sea of stars
This is a mix from our annual trip to the Wisconsin northwoods. As the title suggests it's a mix for star gazing. As I have mentioned in other posts, Rick, who…
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clouds in my coffee
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…
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a scattering of ashes
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 some tunes together in a…
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retroact 1.0
I listen to music every night when I go to sleep. Most of the time I keep a small stack of recent cd's on the nightstand for nighttime listening. I was getting…
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a ghost in the phase
I was having a tough time coming up with an idea for a new mix. The shortwave mix, a drift on the signal, is one of my favorite mixes so I decided to do a…
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Frogs
It rained all day yesterday & it seemed to really bring out the frogs tonight. So I went to the pond across the street & recorded some frog vocalization…
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Suspended in Air - a drone mix
Last year I discovered British drone master Paul Bradley. This year it's the beautiful drones of David Tagg. I have two of his recordings now, "Expanding…