Peinzing Part 1 (Mix) on AmbientBlog
Runtime 1h 17m 19s
« “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.
There’s always the dynamic range between tension and release. The quiet piano sounds of John Cage and Arvo Pärt surround a broad spectrum of auditive landscapes. Inbetween, sometimes ‘ordinary’ pop-songs define the theme, like Paul Simon’s ‘Quiet’
I am heading for a time of quiet when my restlessness is past
And I can lie down on my blanket and release my fists at last
This particular sequence (Arno Peeter’s collage of hectic life’s answering machines, Paul Simon’s detaching Zen-like song ‘Quiet’, and Jon Hassell seemingly rephrasing Paul Simon’s last vocal line) is one of my all time favourite sequences. Because for me this part expresses what most mixes are about: Tension…Release…and then again: dark clouds gathering above strange landscapes… — AmbientBlog »
Peinzing (Part 1)
Alexei Lubimov - John Cage: In a Landscape [Der Bote] · DNTel - Pillowcase [Life is Full of Possibilities] · Autopoieses - c[] edit [Full Swing Edits] · Arno Peeters - Audentity II [Aeroson] · Paul Simon - Quiet [You’re the One] · Jon Hassell - These Times… [Dream Theory in Malaya] · Thomas Köner - Daikan I + IV [Daikan] · Christina Kubisch - Oase 2000 [Sonic Boom] · Biosphere - Green Reflections [Cirque] · Arno Peeters - Audentity - extended [Aeroson] · Echoes of Nature - Turkey Talk · Jungle Talk - The Natural Sounds Of The Wilderness - [Delta] · Eleni Karaindrou - Lament I [Trojan Women] · Nigel Ayers/John Everall/Mick Harris - Mesmeric Enabling Device part 2 [Mesmeric Enabling Device] · A Produce - Midnight Pond [The Other World] · Bass Communion - A Grapefruit in the World of Park [Where Stalks the Sandman] · Kent Sparling - In a Mumbling Sky [Under New Manna] · Susumu Yokota - Grass, Tree and Stone [The Boy and the Tree] · Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet - Coney Island Low [Requiem for a Dream] · Dhafer Youssef - La Priere de l’Absent [Electric Sufi] · Jah Wobble - The Compound [Umbra Sumus] · Jah Wobble - Chela [Umbra Sumus] · Alan Howarth - Storm on Ceti Beta VII [Real Hollywood Sound Effects] · Fred Szymanski - It’s Hard to Know [Various Artists: A Storm of Drones] · Thomas Köner - Ilira [Teimo] · Thomas Köner - Foutu [Various Artists: Communication Problems] · Rothko - Bloodtied [A Continual Search for Origins] · Liquid Morphine - Droom (not on album) · Arve Henriksen - Path around the Pond [Sakuteiki] · Leif Inge - 9Beetstretch 3.2 (partial) [9Beetstretch] · John Taverner - Funeral Ikos [Byzantia] · AV911 - Rain Storm 2 [mp3.com]
Peinzing (End of Part 1, Part 2 to follow)
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