Low Light Mixes / Distant Transmissions 

An ambient drift-and-dream mix by Dave Michuda 

Distant transmissions flicker and fade, there’s a drift on the signal, a ghost in the phase. 

This mix combines ambient music with recordings of shortwave broadcasts to create an otherworldly experience. Music drifts in & out with washes of white noise, snippets of lost conversations and ethereal drones. 

« This mix, like the others, makes use of the wonderful shortwave recordings of Myke Weiskopf. Check out his blog here… for lots of streaming audio & downloadable goodies. I’ve done 5 mixes featuring Myke’s work & none of them would have been possible without his documentary series. Huge thanks to Myke for all his fine recordings. Check out the ShortWaveMusic Facebook page too. — Dave Michuda, Low Light Mixes  » 

Runtime 43m 22s 

00:00 Ionoscatter Unmodulated_Signal_and_Meteor_Whistles_6-2-58 ·· 00:30 Radio Bulgaria (Stretched & Normal) ·· 01:33 Max Richter Infra ·· 04:30 Benoît Pioulard Passenger ·· 05:20 offthesky Frozen Fountain ·· 07:20 Upward Arrows ^^^^ ·· 08:55 Family Radio International ·· 09:30 ??? Traveling Light ·· 13:50 The Humble Bee 07 Jan 2010 ·· 16:30 Christian Fennesz & Ryuichi Sakamoto Kuni ·· 18:20 Freescha Baby Maker ·· 19:50 Daizok Shoreline VII ·· 24:15 Radio Morocco ·· 26:20 Area C Map of Circular Thought ·· 29:10 Juv til ·· 29:42 Max Richter Journey 5 ·· 30:45 Inversz Home End ·· 35:10 Myke Weiskopf You’re Up, You’re There, You’re D ·· 37:40 Christian Fennesz & Ryuichi Sakamoto Amorph

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Darren Harper / Wind Thru Glass 

From the self-released Suspended Memory 

Dusty drones, fractured textures, broken loops, and micro tones pulled forth from guitar, synthesizer, chimes, Tibetan singing bowls, kalimba, and field recordings. 

Darren Harper has appeared in a number of mixes I’ve posted to this Tumblr, notably Ambientblog’s Invisible Ink, Harry Towell’s Marooned (Volume One), LowLight’s Thru the Field, Frequent Sync’s Garden Level 1, Muttley’s Ships Close to Port, J’écoute’s Whispers & Hums and most recently with Lattice from his Earth Mantra release Whispers.

« Darren Harper is an ambient and electronic musician hailing from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, in Nederland, Colorado, USA.  Darren began his journey into electronica as a psychedelic trance and ambient producer early in the new millennium as half of the improvisational ambient noise duo Holomovement.  He has released solo psytrance music on Ektoplazm Records, and has also participated in a collaborative ambient project called Frequent Sync, with fellow Earth Mantra artist Jacob Newman.  — Last.fm Bio »

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Ambientblog.net / Amnesia (Mix)  

Although it was created in March, this mix shows little signs of Spring. 

« There was no intentional relation, but inevitably the devastating Japan Earthquake, and the frightening nuclear disaster following it, somehow found its way into this mix. The result: a rather dark overall atmosphere, which seems to leave little room for hope. But at the same time, in Europe, winter retreats and daylight returns. Nature shows that it can destroy as well as recuperate. — Peter van Cooten » 

Runtime 01h 00m 00s 

00:00 Porzellan - Vopar Tar [Parvo] Art, 2009, Parvo 007] ··· 02:15 Max Richter - The Vel D'Hiv [Elle s'appelait Sarah, 2010, Editions Jade] ··· 05:12 Colin Potter & Michael Begg - Carnethy [Fragile Pitches, 2010, Omnempathy OMIC1] ··· 08:29 Victor Joaquim - Radio_O [Essays on Radio: Can I Have 2 Minutes of Your Time, 2005, Crónica 020] ··· 09:39 Janek Schaefe - Untitled [49 Years from Gesang der Jünglinge (2005-1958), 2005, Sirr 0020] ··· 13:08 Mikko Tarmia Amb_end_soft [Amnesia, The Dark Descent (Game Soundtrack), 2010, Frictional Games] ··· 13:25 Mikko Tarmia - Amb_extra01 [Amnesia, The Dark Descent (Game Soundtrack), 2010, Frictional Games] ··· 13:40 Jack Wall - Linking Chamber [Myst IV, Revelation (Game Soundtrack), 2005, Ubisoft] ··· 14:12 Mikko Tarmia - Event_hallway [Amnesia, The Dark Descent (Game Soundtrack), 2010, Frictional Games] ··· 14:18 Alio Die & Mariolina Zitt - Lithos (Part II)[La Sala Dei Cristalli, 2010, Hic Sunt Leones HSL058] ··· 16:08 Peter Andersson - Sarkophagus [Music for Film & Exhibition II, 2010, Old Europa Cafe, OECD135] ··· 18:07 Deaf Center - Hunted Twice [Owl Splinters, 2011, Type 080] ··· 22:13 Heitor Alvelos - Had a Scanner been born on the Bopsphorus [Essays on Radio: Can I Have 2 minutes of Your Time, 2005, Crónica 020] ··· 22:48 Max Eastley - Aerophones 5 [Installation Recordings (1973 - 2008), 2010, Paradigm Discs, PD26] ··· 23:14 The Green Kingdom - Velvet Landscape [Hidden Landscapes, 2011, Audio Gourmet AGCD003] ··· 26:10 The Fun Years - Re: We’re Again Buried Under [Baby It’s Cold Inside, 2008, Barge Recordings, BRG005] ··· 28:17 Steve Peters - Hymne (pour un Fils des Étoiles) [Erik Satie et les Nouveaux Jeunes, 2011, Arbouse ARBOU028] ··· 30:58 Gareth Davis & Machinefabriek - Grower, part 1 [Grower, 2011, Sonic Pieces 010] ··· 37:28 Sussan Deyhim - Pulse [Possessed, 2001, Venus Rising Records] ··· 40:44 Carl Michael von Hausswolff - Life and Death of Pboc [Life and Death of Pboc, 1986, Radium 226.05 RAPH 013-4] ··· (also in the 'Enter the Void’ Soundtrack, 2010)]] ··· 42:08 Michel Banabila - The Fall [Alice in Wonderland & Various Other Works, 2010, unreleased] ··· 43:47 Eluvium - Ogives Redistributed [Erik Satie et les Nouveaux Jeunes, 2011, Arbouse ARBOU028] ··· 46:05 Lexithimie - Flesh and Stones [I Rather Die Terrified, 2010, Audio Gourmet AGN018] ··· 47:28 Antonymes - A Fragile Acceptance [The Licence to Interpret Dreams, 2011, Hidden Shoal Recordings] ··· 50:55 Deaf Center - Fiction Dawn [Owl Splinters, 2011, Type 080] ··· 52:21 Chris Watson - Runway O2E [Incidental Amplifications, 2006, Room40, EDRM405] ··· 53:03 Alva Noto - Interim (for Dieter Rams) [For 2, 2010, Line Line_044] ··· 54:00 Pleq - Good Night, Pjusk Remix [Good Night EP, 2010, Basses Frequences BF29] ··· 58:06 Porzellan - Nebuleuse II [The Fourth Level of Comprehension, 2009, Hibernate HB03] · 

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Gareth Davis · Jan Kleefstra · Romke Kleefstra / Sieleslyk 

From the Rural Colours netlabel release Sieleslyk (RC031) 

« Jan and Romke Kleefstra are brothers, currently based in The Netherlands who have previously collaborated with Machinefabriek and Peter Broderick amongst many others. On Sieleslyk they are joined by British artist Gareth Davis to make some ominous dynamic soundscapes using guitar, clarinet and spoken word. 

Music by Gareth Davis (bass- and contrabass clarinet) and Romke Kleefstra (guitars and effects), words and voice by Jan Kleefstra. The spoken words of Jan Kleefstra are in Frisian, a minority language spoken in the north of the Netherlands. Recorded by Jan Switters at Studio Landscape, Gauw (The Netherlands), February 5/6 2009. Mixed and mastered by Gareth Davis, Amsterdam, October 2010. — Rural Colours » 

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Mike Jedlicka / Fleeting Desolation 

Optic Echo’s Headphone Commute Mix 

« This vinyl only mix by Optic Echo‘s founder Mike Jedlicka was formulated to represent where the light and dark meet at the first flicker of dawn. You’ve been awake all night with a feeling of a constant undertow pulling the world away, a premonition of something unknown to come. A vague hallucination of old memories and new dreams melding together to form something distinct. Relax, take a deep breath, and get your anxiety in check. Shed your winter skin and embrace the spring with whatever it brings… Check out the latest vinyl on Optic Echo entitled Tabor / NW PAssage EP — Headphone Commute » 

Runtime 54m 

Jóhann Jóhannsson : and in the endless pause there came the sound of bees :: b4 | Black Swan : In 8 Movements :: b | Ben Frost : By the Throat :: a3 | Nixon/Sweetland/De Spain : Hansel & Gretel :: a | Future Sound of London : ISDN :: d2 | The Orb : Orbus Terrarum :: b2.1 | Stars of the Lid : The Tired Sounds of SOTL :: e3 | Boom Bip/Doseone : Circles :: d3.2 | Symptomes :: a3 | Casino vs Japan : Night on Tape : b6 | Lawrence English : A Coulor For Autumn :: b3 | Fennesz : The Black Sea :: b2 | Barn Owl/Infinite String Ensemble : The Headlands :: a1 | Peter Broderick : Roscoe/Games Again 7” :: b1 | Tosca : Opera :: d2 | Swod : Gehen :: b2 

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