Ambient Soundbath Podcast

Ambient Soundbath Podcast #66 is an original work that I (Matt Borghi) created expressly for the podcast. This composition, that I’ve titled: Morning dew gathered on weeping cherry limbs, came about as many of my tracks do. I was meditating and contemplating sound. I began to ‘play’ with some synthesizer sounds that went with my state… Read more Ambient Soundbath Podcast #6...

This Soundbath, #65, and the first of 2018 is brought to you by the kind generosity and support of Soundbath listener, Roland Jehring, who’s tuning in from a small town outside of Berlin, Germany. It’s crazy to think that this podcast, which I create in the quiet midwestern environs of East Lansing, MI is being… Read more Ambient Soundbath Podcast #65 – Huronic Minor Trilog...

I discovered the music of Juta Takahashi on the SomaFM DroneZone internet radio station; I hear a lot of great music there and I try to bring some of it to the Soundbath from time to time. Juta Takahashi is one such case. Juta Takahashi was born in Miyagi, Japan in 1959, and produces music, primarily,… Read more Ambient Soundbath Podcast #64 – Juta Takahashi

This episode of the Ambient Soundbath Podcast features something that I haven’t done before here, a remix/remaster of sorts in the form of reworking the music for Geoffrey Chandler’s 1980 synthesizer space recording, Starscapes. Who is Geoffrey Chandler, I don’t know. Did he do other recordings? I don’t know that either, except I can’t find… Read more Ambient So...

This episode of the Ambient Soundbath Podcast features a new original work by Matt Borghi (me) called Infinite Resonance. It’s a single track, long-form work that I’ve found works great for rest, relaxation, sleep and meditation. It probably works pretty good for yoga, too, but I haven’t tried it out in that capacity yet. This… Read more Ambient Soundbath Podcast #62 &#8211...

https://ia601303.us.archive.org/26/items/AmbientSoundbathPodcast/asb61.mp3 I’ve featured Off Land before on the Ambient Soundbath, but I’ve never dedicated an entire program to Off Land, the work of Tim Dwyer. This program features the tracks from the first two of, an ever-growing collection, known as, the (Drone Variations). I struggle to write about these tracks, not from a lack of&#...

This episode of the Ambient Soundbath Podcast features the work of my favorite living composer, Harold Budd. I have listened to, meditated with and analyzed no music more (save, maybe, Claude Debussy) than I have the work of Harold Budd. His music is like being a hugged by an old friend after a long journey.… Read more Ambient Soundbath Podcast #60 – Harold Budd

I first stumbled upon Moby’s Long Ambients after they were released in early summer of 2016. As a long-time fan of Moby’s ambient work I was excited by this free release, which is still available here: http://moby.com/la1/ – The complete 4-hour collection instantly became a meditational and relaxation go-to recording for me, as it’s calming… Read more Ambient Soundbat...

I’ve wanted to do an Ambient Soundbath that featured Manitou for a long time, but just never got around to it. I think that I finally did it, at least, partially because an upcoming performance that I’ll be doing called Leelanau Uncaged, in Northport, Michigan, where I’ll be featuring Manitou live for the first time… Read more Ambient Soundbath Podcast #58 – Manitou

This episode of the Ambient Soundbath features an original work called Parallax Drone. It’s a work that I created after spending time listening back to previous episodes of the Soundbath, something that I’ve never really done before. For some, I imagine, the track might be a little too noisy, or droney or abstract, maybe even… Read more Ambient Soundbath Podcast #57 – Paral...

Ambient Soundbath #56 features the music of Canadian composers, Mychael Danna and Tim Clement, who, for a time in the 1980s and 1990s created a series of sublime recordings bringing together field recordings and acoustic-electronic sound synthesis. For me their music typified the best that new age music could be combining the natural sounds with… Read more Ambient Soundbath #56 – Danna...

This episode of the Ambient Soundbath is comprised exclusively of the work of Altus (aka Mike Carss). Altus has put out many recordings (nearly 30+ recordings in fifteens years) of lush, well-crafted and superiorly composed music. All of which are free to listen to and download on his website. I once tweeted that ‘Altus is the music that I imagine… Read more Ambient Soundbath Podcast #...

Last “Origins” program for a while, as I wanted to capture some of the early tracks that inspired me, particularly Ocean of Tenderness and God Moving Over the Face of Waters… Steve Roach, Harold Budd and Jason Sloan all had an early impact, as well… Whereas Offland is one of the great new artists that continues… Read more Ambient Soundbath Podcast #54 – Origins...

Keeping it short and sweet for this episode with a handful of tracks that, for me, are part of the origin story of the Ambient Soundbath. Artist such as Harold Budd, Jason Sloan, Diatonis and Kit Watkins have inspired me at every turn. These are only single selections, but if you were to explore these artists… Read more Ambient Soundbath Podcast #53 – Origins 1

So, I have to go way back for this one… It was late 1999, early 2000 maybe, there was a wonderful experiment going on with a website called Mp3.com… The internet bubble was happening and Mp3.com was trying to create and capitalize on a site for bedroom artists and would-be producers, such as myself, looking… Read more Ambient Soundbath Podcast #52 – Kelvin L. Smith

Ambient Soundbath Podcast #51 – Chuck Van Zyl 0:00 – September Cemetary –Memory Space 11:00 – Saturn – Rituals 31:00 – All Souls Day –Memory Space 37:00 – Sentinel – Cenotaph 51:00 – Memento Mori – Memory Space 54:00 – All Souls Day (Reprise) – Memory Space Where to begin… After podcast #50 I wasn’t sure… Read more Ambient Soundbath Podcast #51 – Chu...

Ambient Soundbath Podcast #50 – Transmission Date: 11/15/2016 Ambient Soundbath #50 is special in more ways than one… This episode marks five years of creating the Ambient Soundbath Podcast. This episode also features a side of my work that’s been omnipresent, but never highlighted, as such, my ambient guitar work, which perfectly coincides with the release… Read more Ambient Sou...

Ambient Soundbath Podcast #49 – Transmission Date: 10/14/2016  

Ambient Soundbath Podcast #48 – Transmission Date: 9/15/2016 All music by Matt Borghi, more information at: http://www.mattborghi.com

Ambient Soundbath Podcast #47 – Transmission Date: 8/24/2016 All music by Matt Borghi, more information at: http://www.mattborghi.com

Ambient Soundbath Podcast #46 – Transmission Date: 6/29/2016 All music by Matt Borghi, more information at: http://www.mattborghi.com

Ambient Soundbath Podcast #45 – Transmission Date: 4/19/2016 Entire Podcast is: Matt Borghi – Ambient Soundbath #45 – More information at: http://www.mattborghi.com

Ambient Soundbath Podcast #44 – Transmission Date: 4/7/2016 Entire Podcast is: Matt Borghi – Ambient Soundbath #44 – More information at: http://www.mattborghi.com

Ambient Soundbath Podcast #43 – Transmission Date: 11/25/2015 Entire Podcast is: Matt Borghi – Ambient Soundbath #43 – More information at: http://www.mattborghi.com Program Note: As we round out our third year, this episode of the podcast is done with great thanks for all of the listeners who’ve joined us in the last three years. With this… Read more Ambient Soundbath Podcast #43

Ambient Soundbath Podcast #42 – Transmission Date: 9/11/2015 Entire Podcast is: Matt Borghi – Ambient Soundbath #42 – More information at: http://www.mattborghi.com