Ambientblog Mixes

"Mantra of Walls and Wiring" is the first of a set of three one hour mixes created in 2005. The other two are "The Hum in the Room" and "Acoustical Illusion" (will follow later). As you can read from the titles, these mixes thematically deal with the sound you can hear in your living environment; the 'everyday hum' surrounding you. I got inspired for this theme when I listened to a slowly fading a...

Part 2 of the 2-part mix called 'S.A.D. Sounds (Voorjaarsmoe)'  (from april 2004). The first part can be found here. (Please listen in sequence...) "S.A.D." is an acronym of 'Seasonal Affective Disorder', otherwise known as 'Spring Fatigue' (and also for the other season's equivalents, like 'Winter Depression'). In Part 2, this theme is reflected in the closing part, a recording of a Kathleen...

The joys of springtime usually get the most attention, but the season has a dark side, too: “Spring Fatique”. The need to eat and to sleep more than usual, inexplicable mood changes, the difficulty to be able to concentrate, etc. These feelings are not strictly limited to the spring season, however. Comparable feelings are also known in Winter and Fall. About 60% of all people will probably recogn...

Peinzing - Part 2 (2003) is of course the second part of Peinzing (Pondering; Muse-ing). Since both parts are meant to be listened to as one, please download part 1 first and listen to them sequentially. You can find the full comments with Peinzing - Part 1, so for this edition I'll just stick to the playlist.. --- originally published on Ambientblog --- Do nót expect 'New Age' music, despite some...

"Peinzing" (pondering, muse-ing) (2003) is the name of the musical collage in which the difference between 'music' and 'sound' will not always be clear to the listener. Over time, this has proven to be one of the most popular mix, especially with listeners that were not exactly familiar to ambient/electronic music. It is indeed one of the more accessible - which does nót necessarily mean this is '...

Vergeten Tijd ('Time Forgotten') was not specifically created for the Polderlicht Project (Amsterdam, 2001), but the mix fits in seamlessly with KlankSluis and Eindpunt. Because these three mixes were broadcast in one 'go' on dutch radio in 2002, I like to refer to them as the "Polderlicht Trilogy". To me, good drone/ambient music always has a feeling of timelessness. This mix (like most of my oth...

One of the reactions on the earlier 4 hour non stop ambient collages broadcast by Supplement (...dutch radio program with a focus on modern/avant garde/experimental music...) in the past years, was an invitation to contribute two sound installations to the location project called Polderlicht (Amsterdam, november 2001). This is the second one: "Eindpunt (End of the Line)" The first one was "Klanksl...

One of the reactions on the earlier 4 hour non stop ambient collages broadcast by Supplement (...dutch radio program with a focus on modern/avant garde/experimental music...) in the past years, was an invitation to contribute two sound installations to the location project called Polderlicht (Amsterdam, november 2001). This is the first one: "Klanksluis" (SoundLock, as in 'Airlock'). The other one...

DreamScenes was originally created in 2001 for dutch radio. It consists of four one-hour parts that were broadcasted uninterrupted. This is part 4. --- originally published on Ambientblog --- DreamScenes - Part 4 Playlist: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Sea of Vapours - Mustt Mustt Zero Ohms - Power of Nothingness - [MP3.com] Bill Laswell / Michael J. Harris - Distal Sonority - Ambient Compendium DreamSt...

DreamScenes was originally created in 2001 for dutch radio. It consists of four one-hour parts that were broadcasted uninterrupted. This is part 3. --- originally published on Ambientblog --- DreamScenes - Part 3 Playlist: Biosphere - Le Grand Dôme - Cirque Fred Szymansky - It's Hard to Know - A Storm of Drones Giles Reaves - Toward the One - [MP3.com] Michel Redolfi - Palm Canyon - A Swarm of Dro...

DreamScenes was originally created in 2001 for dutch radio. It consists of four one-hour parts that were broadcasted uninterrupted. This is part 2. --- originally published on Ambientblog --- DreamScenes - Part 2 Playlist: Hassell / Arreguin / Muhoberac / Freema n - Amsterdam Blue (Cortege) - Million Dollar Hotel OST Bill Laswel l - Broken Dream - Ambient Compendium Paul Lansk y - 6 Fantasies on a...

DreamScenes was originally created in 2001 for dutch radio. It consists of four one-hour parts that were broadcasted uninterrupted. To my surprise it led to quite a few reactions, some people even listened to the the full 4 hours in one radio session. This mix actually was the second in the series: in april 2001 the first one, called 'Ambient Mix' was broadcast (also 4 hours). That one was in fact...