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  One of my favorite genre rabbit holes that I went down in 2025 was instrumental rock music. That title covers a lot of styles from post-rock to stoner rock to prog rock to cosmic country to fusion to psych rock etc. I've always listened to music that falls into this category whether it's Khruangbin or Causa Sui or Oren Ambarchi but this year my interest in this genre exploded.  So I thought I would create a mix of some of my favorite instrumental rock albums from 2025. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the heavy stuff. This mix has a nice blend of a few heavy tunes with some Khruangbin-like tracks, a couple kraut rock style tracks, a jam band cut, a prog tune, even a dub track, and a bunch of other difficult to categorize music.    >>>LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX<<< 01 - https://actiontensionspace.bandcamp.com/album/new-dimensions 02 - https://heavypsychsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/yawning-man-pavement-ends 03 - https://ambarchiberthlingwerliin.bandcamp.com/album/ghosted-iii 04 - https://elparaisorecords.com/product/causa-sui-in-flux/ 05 - https://piotrkurek.bandcamp.com/album/songs-and-bodies 06 - https://elparaisorecords.com/product/edena-gardens-dispossessed/ 07- https://barrywalker.bandcamp.com/album/barry-walker-unit-at-the-13th-moon-gravity-well 08 - https://jeffthebrotherhood.bandcamp.com/album/magick-songs 09 - https://kungensman.bandcamp.com/album/resande-i-rockmusik 10 - https://markusreuter.bandcamp.com/album/truce-3 11 - https://re-stoned.bandcamp.com/album/the-loom-maxi-single 12 - https://townportal.bandcamp.com/album/grindwork 13 - https://holmisanisland.bandcamp.com/album/behind-curtains 14 - https://yuuf.bandcamp.com/album/alma-s-cove 15 - https://eliwinter.bandcamp.com/album/a-trick-of-the-light   I know this isn't the usual LLM ambient fare but it is still somehow trance inducing. I hope you enjoy this deviation from ambient bliss.   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 01)  00:00   Action & Tension & Space - Folkemusikk fra Kvala (New Dimensions 2025) 02)  04:47   Yawning Man - Bomba Negra (Pavement Ends 2025) 03)  09:45   Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin - Chahar (Ghosted  III 2025) 04)  15:49   Causa Sui - The Circus is Back (In Flux 2025) 05)  17:32   Piotr Kurek - Nothing Holds Still (Songs And Bodies 2025) 06)  22:26   Edena Gardens - Fills The Well (Dispossessed 2025) 07)  27:50   Barry Walker Unit - High in the Hummocks (At the 13th Moon Gravity Well 2025) 08)  32:51   Jeff The Brotherhood - Many Moons Dub (Magick Songs in Dub 2025) 09)  37:27   Kungens Män - Resande i rockmusik  (Resande i rockmusik 2025) 10)  42:40   Markus Reuter - We Have Your Back (Truce <3 2025) 11)  47:20   The Re-Stoned - The Loom (The Loom 2025) 12)  52:24   Town Portal - Gold-Plated (Grindwork 2025) 13)  56:18   Holm - Behind Curtains (Behind Curtains 2025) 14)  60:08   Yuuf - Alma’s Cove (Alma's Cove 2025) 15)  63:37   Eli Winter - A Trick of the Light (A Trick of the Light 2025) 67:16   end

  Oh man, what a way to end the year! Erwin has been curating excellent Berlin-school mixes for us all year and now he finishes it off with this massive end-of-the-year update. I've been in this headspace for a while now so this perfectly satisfies my craving. Thanks to Erwin for a great year of electronic mixes.   Here what he has to say about this year-ender:   "Another smorgasbord of what the electronic music scene has to offer these days and another invitation for space travelling! It's an extra long mix given my incapacity to choose from the wide offer of sublime tracks and albums that were released in 2025. The diversity in styles within this music category is remarkable; synth pop, retro, contemporary and progressive Berlin School, cosmic sound tapestries, contemplative/meditative/emotional (drone) ambient and a lengthy deep house track. Special mention for two female electronic music artists Andrea Cichecki and Lisa Bella Donna. Unfortunately, women are rare in this line of music, but these ladies more than deserve their place in this mix with thrilling evocative compositions. Check it out & enjoy your trip!"    LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: 01. https://aevanelstprojects.bandcamp.com/album/the-art-of-ae-live-2 02. https://fritzmayr.bandcamp.com/album/eye-of-the-storm 03. https://cosmiccadence.bandcamp.com/album/alien-artifacts 04. https://epigenetics.bandcamp.com/album/tunes-for-the-trip-to-alpha-centauri-2025-album 05. https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/album/everything-dies-cyd-0139 06. https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/album/gemstones-vi-cyd-0141 07. https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/album/a-sequence-of-colours-cyd-0147 08. https://sphericmusic-shop.de/gb/featured/1889-mergener-peter-chip-meditation-2025.html     https://www.groove.nl/shop/peter-mergener-chip-meditation-2025/?v=910955a907e7 09. https://moonsatellite2.bandcamp.com/album/litanie-des-songes 10. https://tronestamjohan.bandcamp.com/album/settlers 11. https://caughtinjoy.bandcamp.com/album/equilibrium-double-album 12. https://matthiaslehmann.bandcamp.com/album/autumn-rhapsody-season-quadrology-part-iv-album 13. https://sequentia-legenda.bandcamp.com/album/timeless     https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/album/timeless-cyd-0143 14. https://jimottaway.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-odyssey 15. https://dacker.bandcamp.com/album/saudade     https://www.groove.nl/shop/dacker-skoulaman-saudade/?v=910955a907e7 16. https://lisabelladonna.bandcamp.com/album/dawn-of-a-new-age 17. https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/album/making-things-happen-netlabel-day-10th-anniversary-compilation 18. https://mattgoodluck.bandcamp.com/album/portals 19. https://phelios.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-planetarium-erkrath 20. https://unisphereerikrene.bandcamp.com/album/opus-tria 21. https://drune-music.bandcamp.com/album/beyond 22. https://joerg-dankert.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-berlin 23. https://hellomrklaus.bandcamp.com/album/angels-memento-mori 24. https://mindphaser2.bandcamp.com/album/analogue-birth-of-the-universe 25. https://tectonia.bandcamp.com/album/luna-the-moon 26. https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/album/the-vanishing-point-cyd-0145 27. https://hrresonance.bandcamp.com/album/dream-mooring 28. https://quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/yesterday-sky 29. https://tim-stebbing.bandcamp.com/album/spacehopper 30. https://colinrayment.bandcamp.com/album/optical-perceptions 31. https://galacticsoundstation.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-the-mental-health-of-astronauts-volume-1 32. https://astro-sphere.bandcamp.com/album/fading-sun-endless-blue 33. https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-will-never-survive-without-you-ambient-works Happy New Year to everyone and here's to 2026 being another fantastic year of music. Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 01. 00:00:00   AE Van Elst Projects - Take-Off (The Art of AE Live) 02. 00:05:58   Fritz Mayr - Wind & Rain (Eye Of The Storm) 03. 00:07:12   Cosmic Cadence - Alien Artifacts (Alien Artifacts) 04. 00:11:45   Epigenetics - Leaving Everything Behind (Tunes for the Trip to Alpha Centauri) 05. 00:16:04   Rodrigo Passannanti - Blue Skies (Everything Dies) 06. 00:20:08   Andrea Cichecki - Fragmented Reality (Gemstones VI - Cyclical Dreams label compilation) 07. 00:25:00   Michael Brückner - Sequential Blue (A Sequence Of Colours) 08. 00:30:48   Peter Mergener - Julia Quantity (Chip Meditation 2025) 09. 00:35:14   MoonSatellite - Litanie Part 04 (Litanie Des Songes) 10. 00:41:34   Johan Tronestam - Pioneers (Settlers) 11. 00:48:36   Caught In Joy - Cathedrals Of Light (Equilibrium) 12. 00:53:03   Matthias Lehmann - Stubai Fall (Autumn Rhapsody - Season Quadrology Part IV) 13. 00:57:15   Sequentia Legenda - Love Feeds Love II (Timeless) 14. 01:01:03   Jim Ottaway - Cosmic Odyssey (Cosmic Odyssey) 15. 01:07:36   Däcker & Skoulaman - Hiraeth (Saudade) 16. 01:15:56   Lisa Bella Donna - Reach For The Light (Dawn Of A New Age) 17. 01:22:14   Fallen + Philippe Blache - Supplique Au Vent (Making Things Happen: Netlabel Day 10th Anniversary Compilation) 18. 01:26:22   Matt Goodluck - After Hours (Portals) 19. 01:29:35   Martin Stürtzer - Return To Earth (Live at Planetarium Erkrath)                          20. 01:35:56   UNI Sphere - Shifting Your Horizon (Opus Tria)                21. 01:43:10   Drune - Nucleia (Beyond)  22. 01:49:44   Joerg Dankert - Checkpoint Velocity (Back To Berlin) 23. 01:53:12   Hello Mr Klaus - Uriel Angel Of Light (Angels "Memento Mori") 24. 01:58:36   MindPhaser - Mellotron Resonance (Analogue Birth Of The Universe)  25. 02:00:32   Tectonia - Tranquility Base (Luna - The Moon) 26. 02:02:50   Grant Beasley - Zero Point (The Vanishing Point) 27. 02:10:55   Subtle Shift - Dream Mooring (Dream Mooring)              28. 02:29:14   Shawn Rudiman - Psyconnex (Yesterday Sky) 29. 02:35:44   Tim Stebbing - Deep Freeze (Spacehopper) 30. 02:43:23   Colin Rayment - Mysterious Illusion (Optical Perceptions) 31. 02:46:26   Terminus Void - Zero Gravity (Music for the Mental Health of Astronauts Vol. 1) 32. 02:52:01   Astropilot - Fading Sun Endless Blue (Fading Sun Endless Blue) 33. 02:55:34   Jay Hosking - Prince, The Poet (The World Will Never Survive Without You) end 03:03:44

  Not much to say in this post other than here is part two of my favorite ambient albums of 2025. I'll also repost the full list here with links. Alexander Knaifel - Chapter Eight Almost An Island - Almost An Island Andrew Heath - Signals and Codes Anthéne & Simon McCorry - Wellspring Bill Brennan and Andy McNeill - Dreaming In Gamelan Byron Metcalf - Spiral Exchange Clarice Jensen - In holiday clothing, out of the great darkness Dictaphone - Unstable Emily A. Sprague - Cloud Time Erik M - Soft Wish Florian TM Zeisig - A New Life Lab's Cloud and Flavio Salvaje - Kalima Loneward - Musings of a Painted Sky M. Sage - Tender / Wading Martin Stürtzer - Nexus-6 offthesky - form.radio offthesky - Nocturnas Peter Gregson - Peter Gregson Rod Modell - Northern Michigan Snowstorms Seabuckthorn - A Path Within A Path Six Missing - Without Mind Steve Roach - The Reverent Sky Taylor Deupree & Zimoun - Wind Dynamic Organ, Deviations Xu - Murmurs of the Machine Yorkshire Modular Society + Peter Digby Lee - Beneath the Hanging Sky zakè - Silentium Here's to more excellent ambient music in 2026.   Cheers!     T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Lab's Cloud and Flavio Salvaje - Sandwhistle (Kalima) 04:12   Byron Metcalf - Voices Of Vision (Spiral Exchange) 09:25   Seabuckthorn - Shadow Of The Land (A Path Within A Path) 12:15   Steve Roach - The Nuturing  Ground (The Reverent Sky) 20:10   Bill Brennan and Andy McNeill - Reverie (Dreaming In Gamelan) 23:35   Almost An Island - Perfume Gloves (Almost An Island) 27:40   Andrew Heath - Delegate 24 (Signals and Codes) 33:00   Anthéne & Simon McCorry - Summer's Glow (Wellspring) 37:20   Taylor Deupree & Zimoun - Deviation V (Wind Dynamic Organ, Deviations) 42:55   Xu - Echoes from the Ether (Murmurs of the Machine) 45:50   offthesky - form.radio 3 (form.radio) 50:12   zakè - Pax Animi [ft. Tyresta] (Silentium) 53:20   Loneward - Shrouded Sighs (Musings of a Painted Sky) 59:48   end

When end-of-the-year list season began I wasn't sure if I was going to do a favorite ambient albums list. I wasn't as locked into ambient as much this year as in the past. I spent most of my listening time in indie, jazz, and berlin-school. I had several ambient albums that would for sure make my list so I started with those and the next thing I knew - I had a list of 26 albums that are my 2025 favorites. Here are my favorite ambient albums of 2025, in alphabetical order: Alexander Knaifel - Chapter Eight Almost An Island - Almost An Island Andrew Heath - Signals and Codes Anthéne & Simon McCorry - Wellspring Bill Brennan and Andy McNeill - Dreaming In Gamelan Byron Metcalf - Spiral Exchange Clarice Jensen - In holiday clothing, out of the great darkness Dictaphone - Unstable Emily A. Sprague - Cloud Time Erik M - Soft Wish Florian T M Zeisig - A New Life Lab's Cloud and Flavio Salvaje - Kalima Loneward - Musings of a Painted Sky M. Sage - Tender Wading Martin Stürtzer - Nexus-6 offthesky - form.radio offthesky - Nocturnas Peter Gregson - Peter Gregson Rod Modell - Northern Michigan Snowstorms Seabuckthorn - A Path Within A Path Six Missing - Without Mind Steve Roach - The Reverent Sky Taylor Deupree & Zimoun - Wind Dynamic Organ, Deviations Xu - Murmurs of the Machine Yorkshire Modular Society + Peter Digby Lee - Beneath the Hanging Sky zakè - Silentium I made two mixes so it will be a little easier to digest. This post is for part one. I hope you enjoy this look back at 2025. Cheers! T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Erik M. - Tall as Grass (Soft Wish) 03:55   Offthesky - Poised Above A Place (Nocturnas) 08:06   Rod Modell - Snowstorm In Munising (Snowstorm In Munising) 13:40   Emily A. Sprague - Osaka (Cloud Time) 19:23   Florian T M Zeisig - Earth Loop (A New Life) 21:00   M. Sage - Fracking Starlight (Tender / Wading) 26:18   Dictaphone - 122 (Unstable) 29:50   Six Missing - Sit Down and Play (Without Mind) 35:38   Peter Gregson - Prism (Peter Gregson) 38:37   Clarice Jensen - From A to B (In holiday clothing, out of the great darkness) 44:05   Alexander Knaifel - Chapter Eight: Stanza XXIII-XXXII (Chapter Eight) 49:15   Martin Sturtzer - Nexus-6 (Nexus-6) 55:30   Yorkshire Modular Society - Beneath the Hanging Sky (Beneath the Hanging Sky) 01:09:28   end

This is a mix I originally created back in December of 2006, during my first year of posting mixes online. This one never made its way to Mixcloud so I figured, with all the cold and snow I'm getting in my neck of the woods, now would be a good time to resurrect this set. The original post here on the blog has a bad link to the mp3 so I wanted to post it her as well. It's interesting to see the artists that I was listening to at the time. Such as Freescha, Svalastog, Yellow 6, Klimek, and the track by Clint Mansell from the soundtrack to The Fountain, which I was absolutely obsessed with for a few years. Every tune has one of these words...snow, winter, cold, frozen, ice, or freezing, in the title. Btw, the pic is my mom, taken in the mid 1970s. :-)  Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00 Scott Solter - The Great Cold 04:20 Klimek - Snowfall 1 13:15  Greg Haines - Snow Airport 14:20  Corker & Conboy - Colder 17:20  Clint Mansell - First Snow 18:20  Library Tapes - It was a cold day in February... 20:15  Loren Connors - Falling Snow 24:40  Yellow 6 - (The First) Of Winter 30:00  Svalastog - Snow Tracer 35:20  Taylor Deupree - Snow Sand 39:00  Last Days - Snowing 42:30  Outputmessage - Snow 47:20  Trentemoller - While the cold winter waiting 49:20  Brian Eno - Cold 50:40  Freescha - Frozen Stiff 54:15  Hammock - Winter Light 56:45  Forrest Fang & Carl Weingarten - Freezing Days 60:10  Boc Scadet - Ice Shelves & Glaciers 65:20  Stuart Busby - Snow Fall  

    I have a special treat for everyone with this new mix. It's a guest mix from friend of Low Light Mixes, Andy McNeill. Andy records as Maple Mountain Sunburst and has created two previous mixes for LLM and they are both excellent. You can find them here: http://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-moon-full-of-stars-and-astral-cars-by.html https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2025/01/we-did-it-again-by-andy-mcneillmaple.html Andy has a new album out, under his own name, that is a little different from his other recordings. That new album is the inspiration for this new mix which is really something special. I'll let Andy tell you about it: "Mallets, gongs, tintinnabulations, things that go ping. Here we have a mix of percolating exotica to float away on for an hour. I’ve included three tracks from a recent collaboration with percussionist and fellow composer Bill Brennan. Our album Dreaming In Gamelan blends West Javanese gamelan traditions with contemporary ambient electronics. Recorded with traditional hand-forged bronze instruments, the tracks were then augmented and treated in the studio. Also joining us was the brilliant electric violinist and sonic explorer Hugh Marsh. The album was mixed for immersive Dolby Atmos by Ron Searles (Atmos version available on Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon)." https://lnk.to/dreamingingamelan https://brennanmcneill.bandcamp.com/album/dreaming-in-gamelan   Thanks to Andy for curating and mixing this great collection tracks. And thanks for the excellent new album.   LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX:   Bill Brennan and Andy McNeill - Tunnels of Light https://lnk.to/dreamingingamelan another fine day - Child’s Play https://anotherfineday.bandcamp.com/album/a-good-place-to-be Peter Gabriel - Slow Marimbas (from Birdy soundtrack) https://open.spotify.com/album/6ZTQcgutsPhQ50FRZk3BYl?si=Af0sn6YnTaq84N4kJPk1ug Thomas Newman - Bullet (from White Oleander soundtrack) https://open.spotify.com/album/76i4SD0LNBtIZtAumvcJsS?si=mAj14pOYTYqT8_QS-S8h1Q Genesis - The Waiting Room (excerpt) https://open.spotify.com/album/49BxISwAbZZfmlhqD6Vh88?si=91fRitQ_QPK6Uh5GHyNb7w Wanderwelle - An Offering of Gratitude https://silentseason.bandcamp.com/album/gathering-of-the-ancient-spirits Bill Brennan and Andy McNeill - Morning Beams https://lnk.to/dreamingingamelan Thomas Stronen - Confronting Silence https://open.spotify.com/album/6xEg7P0N3edYKhptbNxo5c?si=ZCwZBplZRdeT_vaWWooXnQ Michael Brook - Distant Village https://open.spotify.com/album/7t48EroHL8dzsBTdUS3pRp?si=Q7PfBPDGQxCfXI-wvtXv0w Connecta Quartet - Madeira River (P.Glass) https://open.spotify.com/album/4h0827roLiZ3IDt4UK6MfS?si=7hAx96RaQnSn-i42L3bUBA another fine day - green thought (in green shade) https://anotherfineday.bandcamp.com/album/life-before-land Bartosz Kruczyński - Dream 1 https://earthtraxonline.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-whispers Shuta Yasukochi - Sakura https://shutayasukochi.bandcamp.com/album/harmonies-of-flowers Marilyn Masur - Bell-Painting https://open.spotify.com/album/5HZk4QJRTXSQaauqz5SHAL?si=WbplnlyZRYydr9vaWBiTSw Four Tet - Lush https://fourtet.bandcamp.com/album/new-energy Jon Hassell - Time and Place https://open.spotify.com/album/6p97ys8xZeV60gh427TwMz?si=o8f6zwf7SNiDkBdp-IYnGw Boston Modern Orchestra Project - Suite for Violin with American Gamelan - III. Air (Lou Harrison) https://bmopsound.bandcamp.com/album/lou-harrison-la-koro-sutro Pierre Favre Ensemble - Frog Songs (excerpt) https://open.spotify.com/album/4i3JU3zB3PfVceKEq89mx7?si=GI0PfPDbRsG4pHCXpCdOgw Marilyn Masur - Spirit Of Air (excerpt) https://open.spotify.com/album/5HZk4QJRTXSQaauqz5SHAL?si=WbplnlyZRYydr9vaWBiTSw Four Tet - You Were There With Me (excerpt) https://open.spotify.com/album/2BKXRpAaq7jZStXo6A10qK?si=kfBOKOGwR_-uWyseYAk-kQ Bill Brennan and Andy McNeill - Reverie https://lnk.to/dreamingingamelan     Cheers!     T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Bill Brennan and Andy McNeill - Tunnels of Light (Dreaming In Gamelan 2025) 02:35   another fine day - Child’s Play (a good place to be 2015) 07:03   Peter Gabriel - Slow Marimbas (Birdy soundtrack 1985) 10:01   Thomas Newman - Bullet (White Oleander soundtrack 2002) 10:31   Genesis - The Waiting Room excerpt (The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 1974) 11:15   Wanderwelle - Her Name is Vairumati (Gathering of the Ancient Spirits 2018) 16:13   Bill Brennan and Andy McNeill - Morning Beams (Dreaming In Gamelan 2025) 19:07   Thomas Stronen - Confronting Silence (Relations 2024) 19:23   Michael Brook - Distant Village (Hybrid 1985) 23:15   Connecta Quartet - Madeira River (P. Glass) (Pulse And Echoes 2024) 28:10   another fine day - green thought (in green shade) (life before land 1994) 34:18   Bartosz Kruczyński - Dream 1 (Dreams & Whispers 2024) 37:20   Shuta Yasukochi - Sakura (Harmonies of Flowers 2024) 39:47   Marilyn Masur - Bell-Painting (Elixir 2008) 40:19   Four Tet - Lush (New Energy 2017) 43:40   Jon Hassell - Time and Place (Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street 2009) 47:17   Boston Modern Orchestra Project - Suite for Violin with American Gamelan - III. Air (Lou Harrison) (La Koro Sutro 2014) 50:37   Pierre Favre Ensemble - Frog Songs excerpt (Singing Drums 1984) overlayed with Marilyn Masur - Spirit Of Air excerpt (Elixir 2008) 52:02   Four Tet - You Were There With Me excerpt (Everything Ecstatic 2005) 55:22   Bill Brennan and Andy McNeill - Reverie (Dreaming in Gamelan 2025) 1:05:29   end

    Between Erwin Broers & Paul Asbury Seaman I have been exposed to a ton of excellent berlin-school music over the last couple years. Erwin continues his great string of mixes with this new one featuring the music of Wolfram Spyra. I was totally unfamiliar with this music before hearing this mix and now I'm thankful for the introduction. Here's what Erwin says about this mix: "In the mid-1990s, when interest for 'Kosmische Musik' (German)/'Cosmic Music' (English) regained, some Electronic Music artists chose to dig deeper into that first highly creative era, hence starting the 'Retro Berlin School' subgenre. Other artists merely borrowed certain elements (multi-facetted sequencing, layered soundscapes, space fx, Mellotron choirs,...) and then added their own spices to the sauce.  One of the artists that managed to create his own style of contemporary "Berlin School Electronic Music" is the German Fine Arts student (then), and musician, inventor and sound designer (now, dixit his own website) Wolfram Spyra (Kassel, 1964), aka "Der Spyra" or simply "Spyra". His style is somewhere between floating, rhythmic, meditative, downtempo and groovy, yes almost danceable. A very interesting blend of old skool and modern electronic ingredients! This mix is a chronological overview of 20 years of releases from 1997 till 2018." More information: Discogs: www.discogs.com/artist/13462-Spyra Website: www.derspyra.de Bandcamp: wolframspyra.bandcamp.com     Thanks for another great mix!   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00:00   Future Of The Past (2000 remix)(Homelistening Is Killing Clubs, 1995) 00:07:15   Non Disperdere Nell' Ambiente Part 1 (Future Of The Past, 1997) 00:17:20   Seeds (My Little Garden Of Sounds, 1997) 00:28:55   Sferics (Sferics, 1998) 00:36:18   Monotonous Stereo Part 1 (Etherlands, 1999) 00:41:50   Ωmega Est αlpha (Phonehead, 1997) 00:56:16   Mentalized (Elevator To Heaven, 2001) 01:10:24   We Don't Mind The Rain (Virtual Vices IV (w/ Pete Namlook), 2003) 01:16:10   Aireals (Orphan Waves, 2006) 01:23:38   Last Train To Philadelphia (High Phidelity, 2007) 01:32:44   Below (Gasoline 91 Octane, 2008) 01:43:16   SeQuest (SeQuest (w/ Christian Lang), 2010) 01:50:21   Staub Part 2 (Dunst, 2018) 02:01:20   end

  This is a perfect mix for floating in a floatation tank, drifting off to sleep, or viewing the northern lights(which we've had several nights of this year). All the music is from this year, much of it from the last few months. There's not much else to say other than kick your feet up, relax and float away. LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: https://altusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/musings-of-a-painted-sky https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/partial-holograms https://rohsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gray https://brianweza.bandcamp.com/album/fizzles-2 https://purl.bandcamp.com/album/a-quiet-awakening-ii https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/water-planets https://brannanlane.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-moonlight-collaborations-vol-1 https://theliftedindex.bandcamp.com/album/agonist https://laaps.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnas https://buriedmarie.bandcamp.com/album/the-ghost-you-will-be https://laaps.bandcamp.com/album/anti-atlas https://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/album/a-new-life   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Loneward - Dream Palette (Musings of a Painted Sky 2025) 07:20   Tapes and Topographies - Partials (Partial Holograms 2025) 10:33   Submersion - Field IV (Gray 2025) 12:49   Brian Weza - The Way Out Is In (Fizzles 2025) 18:05   Purl - What The Ocean Promised (A Quiet Awakening II 2025) 26:40   deepspace - Descent Into The Mollusc(5000 metres) (Water Planets 2025) 31:12   Brannan Lane & Stephen Weber - Music To Which One Levitates (Under The Moonlight Collaborations, Vol. 1 2025) 34:15   The Lifted Index - Morning Paralytic (Agonist 2025) 37:40   Offthesky - Somnambulance On The Shore (Nocturnas 2025) 41:00   Buried Marie - The Ghost You Will Be X (The Ghost You Will Be 2025) 45:15   Thme - Ombre (Anti Atlas 2025) 50:00   Florian T M Zeisig - Eternal Shore (A New Life 2025) 60:42   end

  My love for tribal ambient music, of course, starts with Steve Roach. Going back to Dreamtime Return, Desert Solitaire, Western Spaces, Origins, Strata, On This Planet, and The Dream Circle, just to name a few. I go through phases where I may tire of the style but I always come back to it, usually when a new record reminds me of how much I love the genre. In this case that new album is "A Path Within A Path" by Seabuckthorn. I always enjoy Seabuckthorn music so I dove into the new album and discovered a few tracks with an excellent, organic percussion sound that I love. The entire album is great. Once I latched onto those rhythmic tracks I knew I had to compile a few more for a new tribal ambient mix. Surprisingly there are no Steve Roach tracks in the mix. Although there's a great track from one of his frequent collaborators, Byron Metcalf, from his lates album - Spiral Exchange. I've created several tribal mixes over the years and I hope you enjoy this and the others as much as I do.   LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: https://seabuckthorn.bandcamp.com/album/a-path-within-a-path https://byronmetcalf.bandcamp.com/album/spiral-exchange https://rainforestspiritualenslavement.bandcamp.com/album/killer-whale-atmospheres https://marcoshuttle.bandcamp.com/album/cobalt-desert-oasis https://hubertdupont.bandcamp.com/album/trio-kosmos-3 https://laurencepike.bandcamp.com/album/the-undreamt-of-centre https://frore-shanemorris.bandcamp.com/album/ochre https://orenambarchi.bandcamp.com/album/kind-regards https://craigleon.bandcamp.com/album/anthology-of-interplanetary-folk-music-vol-2-the-canon https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/theme https://jfoersternkramer.bandcamp.com/album/habitat Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Seabuckthorn - Thunder Without A Sound (A Path Within A Path 2025) 03:20   Byron Metcalf - Cycles Of Ascension (Spiral Exchange 2025) 09:27   Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Orca Skull Memories(Bering Strait) (Killer Whale Atmospheres 2023) 16:44   Marco Shuttle - Winds Of Cydonia (Cobalt Desert Oasis 2021) 21:20   Hubert Dupont - Bathyscaphe (Trio Kosmos 2020) 24:27   Laurence Pike - Universal Forces (The Undreamt-of Centre 2024) 29:44   Frore & Shane Morris - Into Dust (Ochre 2023) 37:47   Oren Ambarchi & Eric Thielemans - Kind Regards(Begining) (Kind Regards 2025) 43:18   Craig Leon - The Gates Made Plain (Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 2  2019) 48:39   Seabuckthorn - White Boar (A Path Within A Path 2025) 50:30   Bartosz Dziadosz - Fragments (Theme 2025) 55:10   J Foerster & N Kramer - Levitation Room (Habitat 2021) 59:09   end

  The guest mix hit parade continues! Right on the heels of his last train mix Paul gives another train-themed set. This is one more in line with many of Paul's other train mixes in that it's main genre is berlin-school. I have been on a berlin-school bender all year so I am excited for this one. Here's what Paul says about the mix: "You’re sitting on a grassy slope above the cottage, looking out across the landscape below. It’s night and soft dots of light here and there indicate other houses, groups of houses, a road. In the distance you can see the black edge of a ruler, marking the gap between carriages and a bright bar of light moving left in front of it. Like happens in dreams, you are watching the scene and then you are in it, your seat tipped back, not quite asleep, you’re looking out the window. It’s a modern train. Gone is the classic click-click, click-click, but you can still feel the subtle rocking back and forth as the train hurtles silently forward. Under the stars. The cacophony of a station stop, made eerie in the wee hours of the morning. Or memory stirring up a previous adventure then returning you to your current tranquility." Thanks, Paul, for another excellent entry in your continuing train series. LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: https://matthewlabarge.bandcamp.com/album/while-we-were-there https://madis.bandcamp.com/album/plains-of-elysium https://macofbionight.bandcamp.com/album/mangrovie https://sovietspacedogproject.bandcamp.com/album/memories-of-space https://caughtinjoy.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-nowhere https://colinrayment.bandcamp.com/album/time-dilation https://synphaera.bandcamp.com/album/protostar https://nuellmartin.bandcamp.com/album/slaves-to-the-stars https://synthreplicants.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-of-paradise-album https://codeindigomusic.bandcamp.com/album/endgame-the-best-moves Cheers!  T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Larkenlyre - Dark Forest (While We Were There 2025) 06:20   Madis - Matter of Time (Plains of Elysium 2023) 12:50   Mac of BiONight - The Next Train (Mangrove 2025) 17:44   The Soviet Space Dog Project - Memories 3 (Memories of Space 2021) 28:07   Caught In Joy - Gravity Waves (Out of Nowhere 2024) 39:28   Colin Rayment - Fast Forward Chronograph (Time Dilation 2023) 48:50   Martin Stürtzer - Supernova Shell (Protostar 2025) 55:35   Nuell Martin - Slaves to the Stars (Slaves to the Stars 2024) 61:55   Synth Replicants - Dreams of Paradise (Dreams of Paradise 2024) 70:15   Code Indigo - Return to Gaia (Endgame - The Best Moves 2025) 78:42   end

  Yorgos Dousos is a multi-instrumentalist and composer located in Athens. He plays flute and clarinet to combine Greek music tradition, European jazz, and ambient electronic into an inspired musical experience. I got to hear an advance copy of his latest album - LUPUS, Love Under Pain, Upon Suffering - I knew immediately that I had to reach out to Yorgos about a guest mix. And here it is! Here's what Yorgos has to say about this set: “Late Night” is a small map of where my head has been living while finishing my new record. It’s the hour when things get quieter, when the room feels bigger than it is and every sound has more weight. I wanted this mix to sit in that space where breath, memory, and repetition start to blur. It opens with my own pieces (“Marisha” and “Breath” from "LUPUS, Love Under Pain, Upon Suffering") because that’s the emotional ground I’m working from lately. All of the tracks orbit the same questions I’m dealing with on the album: what it means for sound to feel physical and intimate but also distant and ghosted; how much you can say emotionally with or without melody; and where the human breath sits inside electronics and processing. Thanks, Yorgos, for this excellent mix!   LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: https://yorgosdousos.bandcamp.com/album/lupus-love-under-pain-upon-suffering https://johnalsobennett.bandcamp.com/album/ston-elai-na https://mastrokristo.bandcamp.com/album/passage https://kalimalone.bandcamp.com/album/the-sacrificial-code-2019-edition https://colinstetson.bandcamp.com/album/all-this-i-do-for-glory https://christinavantzou.bandcamp.com/album/no-1 https://haniarani.bandcamp.com/album/on-giacometti https://aphextwin.bandcamp.com/album/i-care-because-you-do https://timhecker.bandcamp.com/album/shards https://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/album/original-spirit   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00 Yorgos Dousos - Marisha (LUPUS, Love Under Pain, Upon Suffering) 04:53 John Also Bennett - Ston Elaiona (Ston Elaiona) 09:15 mastroKristo - The Dream (Passage) 12:53 Kali Malone - Sacrificial Code (The sacrificial code) 18:18 Yorgos Dousos - Breath (LUPUS, Love Under Pain, Upon Suffering) 24:00 Colin Stetson - Spindrift (All this I do for glory) 30:24 Christina Vantzou - 11: 11 (No1) 34:23 Hania Rani - Dreamy (On Giacometti) 37:11 Aphex Twin - Alberto Balsalm (…I care because you do) 42:22 Tim Hecker - Heaven will come (Shards) 47:02 Les Halles - Angels of Venice (Original Spirit) 51:33 end

  We've had a nice run of guest mixes lately here at Low Light Mixes world headquarters. And that streak continues will a wonderful new set from Daniel Hawkins. Here his two previous guest mixes: https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/dark-woods-by-daniel-hawkins/ https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/metallic-memories/ This mix has a perfect fall vibe. Here's what Daniel says about this collection of tracks: "As I was saving some of the songs that I liked over the past few weeks, I noticed a bunch of them were guitar pieces - so I figured that was as good a reason as any to do a themed mix.  For me the hardest part of doing the mixes is I end up with a lot of good music and have to make tough choices about what to cut from the final mix.  There are just so many great musicians out there now doing superb work.  So I just go slow and make changes - I think this is a cohesive mix with a nice flow - you be the judge." Thanks, Daniel, for another excellent mix. Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Chris Coco - Portmerion Tide Flow(Jonny Nash Remix) (Portmerion Tide Flow - Single) 06:10   kwajbasket - The Gentleman, Pt. 9 (The Gentleman) 11:22   The Album Leaf - Last Time Here (One Day I'll Be On Time) 15:18   Animat - Thermostellar (Mirador: Selected Works 2005-2015) 18:32   Kaya Project - Drift (...& So It Goes) 21:20   Jonny Nash - October Song (Point of Entry 2024) 25:20   Michael Scott Dawson - Where There Is Happiness There Is Happiness(feat. M. Sage) (The Tinnitus Chorus 2024) 28:45   Maps and Diagrams - Spawn (Streams - EP) 33:16   Peter Broderick - Pause (SMM: Context) 37:45   William Gregg - Ur-Th (Epiphenomenon 2013) 43:45   Lawrence English - Watching It Unfold (A Colour for Autumn) 48:42   Tomotsugu Nakamura - Monologue (Monologue) 50:45   Divine Electronics - The Truth We Dare Not Face (Endomorphine) 55:21   end

      The king of Berlin School EM music, Erwin Broers, is back with a fantastic update to his regular series. This fall update just may the best yet. I listened to this while biking home from work, unsure whether it would fit the activity. Oh man, it was perfect! It kept me pedaling and focused while exposing me to fresh electronic sounds. Here's what Erwin has to say about this set: "Another look at what's been happening on the Electronic/Berlin School/Synth Music spectrum over the last months.  As might be expected, a variety of styles and vibes, so listen to the whole mix and I guarantee you'll find at least a few tracks to your liking. All music is from 2025 and from a wide variety of countries including Germany, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, the USA, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Poland and even Argentina!  Click on the links below for more information on the artists and please consider purchasing the music you like!" ObukhovAudio https://obukhovaudio.bandcamp.com/album/atom-cassiopeia Brendan Pollard  https://brendanpollard.bandcamp.com/album/the-coils-suite Cybernaum  https://cybernaum.bandcamp.com/album/origo Ocralab https://ocralab.bandcamp.com/album/basic-ultraworlds Sundial Aeon  https://beatspace-impactstudio.bandcamp.com/album/nebulosis Madis x Kebu  https://madis.bandcamp.com/album/mentes-determinadas TaboTago https://tabotago.bandcamp.com/album/sessions-017-20250308-live-in-schwerin Fusion Of Elements  https://fusionofelements.bandcamp.com/album/3mit-time-24-bit The Roswell Incident  https://roswellincident.bandcamp.com/album/trapped-part-ii Mac Of BIOnighT  https://macofbionight.bandcamp.com/album/radiance-unit-vol-01-classic-em-72 Pabellón Sintético  https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/album/machine-for-living-cyd-0140 Sync24  https://sync24.bandcamp.com/album/hope Immediate Proximity  https://radiomatrix.bandcamp.com/album/improx-starlit-rebellion Roman Ridder  https://romanridder.bandcamp.com/album/synaptic-echoes Michael Brückner  https://michaelbrueckner.bandcamp.com/album/arpreciated Starterra  https://exospheremusic.bandcamp.com/album/phasepath Stephan Thelen & Markus Reuter  https://stephanthelen.bandcamp.com/album/promise-of-a-better-world   Thanks to Erwin for another great mix!   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 0:00:00  ObukhovAudio - Silhouettes Of The Voices (Atom Cassiopeia) 0:10:26  Brendan Pollard - Embers (The Coils Suite) 0:17:28  Cybernaum - Origo (Origo) 0:26:15  Ocralab - Astrea (Basic Ultraworlds) 0:28:47  Sundial Aeon - Mistform (Nebulosis) 0:36:18  Madis x Kebu - Mentes Determinadas (Mentes Determinadas) 0:44:04  TaboTago - 20250308 Live In Schwerin Part 7 (Sessions 017 - 20250308 Live in Schwerin) 0:49:55  Fusion Of Elements - The Specious Present Awareness (3MIT-TIME) 0:53:39  The Roswell Incident - The Singularity Escapegate (Trapped Part II) 1:03:05  Mac Of BIOnighT - Radiance (Radiance Unit vol 01 - Classic EM 72) 1:11:31  Pabellón Sintético - Curutchet's House (Machine For Living) 1:16:49  Sync24 - Bioluminescent Creatures (Hope) 1:23:18  Immediate Proximity - Ferce (IMPROX - Starlit Rebellion) 1:26:35  Roman Ridder - Mind Mesh (Synaptic Echoes) 1:30:42  Michael Brückner - ARPreciation (ARPreciated) 1:37:55  Starterra - Silent Horizon [Digital Edition] (Phasepath) 1:42:15  Stephan Thelen & Markus Reuter - Clocks Go Down In Wonderland [2025 Remake] (Promise Of A Better World) 2:01:37  end

    I always like to create a mix for autumn but this year I got bust and never got around to it. Thankfully The Lonely Bell has that covered.   The Lonely Bell is Ali Murray who hails from the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. He has been producing for ten years and I have been a fan since 2022's "Kingdom of the Deep." The Lonely Bell has a new album out so to celebrate we have this new mix.   Here what Ali says about this mix:   "As the seasons begin to change, and late summer gradually fades into the dark, cold, wet, blustery days of early autumn here on the Isle of Lewis (Scotland) - I wanted to create a guest mix of ambient tracks that aurally reflect the quiet sadness and barren beauty that fills the air (and the heart) at this time of year. These tracks have been soundtracking my days during this seasonal shift, and I find that each individual track is dense with this strange and mysterious form of autumnal melancholy that is simultaneously haunting and comforting.... The mix also coincides with the release of my latest album 'Time Beyond The Edges' - an album of collaboration pieces with fellow ambient artists and experimental composers from around the globe, which came out on Shady Ridge Records on Sept 26th. The mix is bookended by two of the tracks from this release..."   The Lonely Bell www.thelonelybell.bandcamp.com   Time Beyond The Edges www.thelonelybell.bandcamp.com/album/time-beyond-the-edges   Thanks, Ali, for the excellent autumnal vibes.   Cheers!     T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   The Lonely Bell - Time Beyond The Edges (ft. Claire Deak) 04:30   Sangam Dream - Open Wound 08:25   Ben Frost - Permcat, Ки́їв 12:00   Birds of Passage - Between The Hours 15:00   Sarah Novi - Winter Whispers 19:34   Kara-Lis Coverdale - Cumulative Resolution 20:54   Ali Murray - Denizen 23:40   Lyndsie Alguire - the colour of angel's wings 30:10   Alex Bober - Betray Me, Crush Me 35:40   Slow Blink - The Heart's Docent (excerpt) 38:45   Evgeny Bylina - Something of Mind Alone (excerpt) 43:06   Sangam Dream - Open Wound 47:40   Hadley Roe - The Inner Garden 52:12   The Lonely Bell - The Fading World (ft. Joachim Spieth) 57:23   end

    More than 8 years ago, Paul Asbury Seaman came to me with an idea for a mix. He would provide the theme and tracklist, and I would man the faders and knobs to create his first guest mix. Of course that first mix was a train-themed set. Now, after 9 railway mixes & many hours traveling on the audio tracks, Paul brings us his tenth train-themed mix. This one is a b it different than the others so I'll let Paul tell you about it: "To celebrate my tenth train mix for Low Light Mixes I’m doing a collection of vocal tracks. There are way too many great train songs to call this set a “Best Of,” thus the qualified title. (I have five CD-length train song mixes for my own use.) These are some of my favorites. And here’s several more to start your own playlists, that didn’t make the cut only because of time limitations: “People Get Ready” (several good versions), “City of New Orleans” (Arlo Guthrie), “Locomotive Breath” (Jethro Tull), “Long Train Runnin’” (Doobie Brothers), “The Midnight Special” (CCR), “Downtown Lights” (Annie Lennox version) and of course “Hear My Train a Comin’” by Jimi Hendrix (from the Winterland LIVE box set)." Thanks, Paul, for another thoughtful collection of songs. Here's to 10 more excursions on the rails. LINKS TO PAUL'S OTHER TRAIN MIXES: 2017 - THE MEMORY OF TRAINS 2018 - GALAXY EXPRESS 2019 - PLACES I'VE NEVER BEEN TO - AN ODE TO HIGH-SPEED RAIL 2020 - LULLABIES FOR A NIGHT TRAIN 2021 - MYSTICAL TRAIN 2022 - TRAIN SIX 56 2023 - LAST TRAIN HOME  2023 - TRAIN NO. 8 - AUTUMN EXCURSION 2024 - MORE TRAIN TRACKS   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Gary Clark Jr. - When My Train Pulls In (Gary Clark Jr. Live 2014 ) 07:07   Bruce Cockburn - Night Train (The Charity of Night 1997) 13:10   The Hooters - 500 Miles (Zig Zag 1989 ) 17:23   Leonard Cohen - The Stranger Song  (The Essential Leonard Cohen 2002) 22:15   Gladys Knight & the Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia (The Best... 1990) 26:44   The Neville Brothers - Mystery Train (Brother's Keeper 1990) 31:02   Cat Stevens - Peace Train (Teaser and The Firecat 1971)  34:56   Neil Young & The International Havesters - Southern Pacific (A Treasure 2011) 42:39   Soul Asylum - Runaway Train (Grave Dancers Union 1992) 46:54   Bruce Springsteen - Downbound Train (Born in the U.S.A. 1984) 50:19   Patty Smyth - Downtown Train (It's About Time 2020) 55:00   Tab Benoit - Night Train (Night Train to Nashville 2008) 59:45   Bob Dylan - Slow Train (Slow Train Coming 1979) 65:32   Peter, Paul & Mary - Freight Train (In The Wind 1963) 68:12   Paul Simon - Train in the Distance (Hearts & Bones 1983) 72:19   Arlo Guthrie - Last Train (The Best Of Arlo Guthrie 1977) 75:25   end

    This mix is pretty straightforward - all ambient, all new. It can be hard to keep up with new releases so I decided to put together a nice collection of new 2025 tracks. Turned out pretty darn good if I do say so. Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Aiko Takahashi - Collage On Paper Laid On A Cardboard (Monologue 2025) 02:12   Of Mountains And Seas - Cygnus (Of Mountains And Seas 2025) 05:10   Rick Sanders - Nautical Dawn (The Arrow of Time 2025) 11:20   Seth Thorn - necarney creek (a curious doubling of terms 2025) 14:40   Akmuo - Language Of The Clouds (Grace Of God 2025) 24:25   SPIRIT RADIO - A Sighting 4 (Dew Point 2025) 26:00   Pye Corner Audio - Volcanic Rock (Lake Deep Memory 2025) 31:40   Niklas Paschburg Moos (Mexican Alps 2025) 34:10   ILUITEQ & Eraldo Bernocchi - Remain, Alone (Fade, Remain 2025) 38:06   Photosphere & Unusual Cosmic Process - Fields of Gold (Enlightenment 2025) 40:30   Almost An Island - An Ode To Nothing (Almost An Island2025) 45:40   02:12   Of Mountains And Seas - Home (Of Mountains And Seas 2025) 50:55   Field Lines Cartographer - Irradiance (Solar Maximum 2025) 56:33   Philippe Deschamps, Relief - The Night Timbre (Shifting Horizons 2025) 59:31   end

    I really didn't intend to follow an 80s themed mix with another mix with an 80s vibe. But I couldn't help myself because of the brand new album from Crows Labyrinth - Neon Scenes II: Echoes of Then https://crowslabyrinth.bandcamp.com/album/neon-scenes-ii-echoes-of-then  The album is a follow-up to an album called "Neon Scenes I: Granular Dreams." Both albums are longform generative drone ambient pieces that have this great Blade Runner vibe. I used the first album as the jumping off point for my last Blade Runner themed mix in March 2023 - https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/replicant-memories/  Upon hearing this new Crows Labyrinth album I just knew I had to create some more Blade Runner ambiance. Links to all the music used in this mix: https://crowslabyrinth.bandcamp.com/album/neon-scenes-ii-echoes-of-then https://phelios.bandcamp.com/album/nexus-6 https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/void-rituals https://logicmoon.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-film-vol-1 https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/futuristic-dereliction https://graintable.bandcamp.com/album/music-to-watch-seeds-grow-by-003-graintable-blue-flax https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/neon-blue-utopia https://dave-nelson.bandcamp.com/album/the-act-of-vanishing https://uthermoads.bandcamp.com/album/uther-moads https://juneunit.bandcamp.com/album/s-t https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/2150 Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Crows Labyrinth - Neon Scenes II: Echoes of Then (Neon Scenes II: Echoes of Then 2025) 08:25   Martin Stürtzer - Nexus-6 (Nexus-6 2025) 17:00   Ruptured World - The Great Void (Void Rituals 2024) 22:00   Logic Moon - New Arcadia (Music For Film Vol.1 2024) 25:30   Alphaxone & Onasander - Megacities (Futuristic Dereliction 2024) 32:24   Graintable - Cascade Moutain Ash (Music to Watch Seeds Grow By 003: Graintable (Blue Flax) 2025) 37:00   deepspace - Entering Aquarium Prefecture (Neon Blue Utopia 2025) 43:12   Dave Nelson - The New Normal (The Act of Vanishing 2020) 46:00   Uther Moads - Future Waves (Uther Moads 2011) 49:30   juneunit - lude (juneunit 2019) 53:30   Sabled Sun - Onboarding Errors (2150 2025) 58:54   end

  This mix started via a Spotify playlist with the same name - "You're in an 80s Film Driving at Night." I really liked the synth vibes so I created my own folder at home and began collecting tracks. The mix has a great retro vibe even though many of the tracks are from the last 10 years. But, of course, I had to include some cuts from the time period with songs from Tangerine Dream, John Carpenter & Vangelis. Hop in your Delorean and head back to the 1980s for some retro electronic goodness. Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   All India Radio - Rust (Solo Electronique 1984 2017) 02:47   Tangerine Dream - Dr. Destructo (Thief 1981) 05:45   Sinoia Caves - 1983 Main Theme (Beyond the Black Rainbow 2014) 08:15   Emmx - The Nation (The Nation 2022) 11:00   A.L.I.S.O.N - Subtract (Signal Flow 2019) 15:45   John Carpenter - He's Still Alive/Romero (Escape From New York 2005) 17:55   Harold Faltermeyer - Logo-Bakersfield (The Running Man 1987)  20:50   Baldocaster - Map to the Stars (Part II) (Solare 2019) 22:25   Tangerine Dream - Love on a Real Train (Risky Business 1984) 26:00   Volkor X - Outlaws (Heart Wired, Pt. 1 2019) 31:51   Baldocaster - Shadow Figures (Memorie 2022) 36:17   John Carpenter - Night (John Carpenter's Lost Themes 2015) 39:45   Vangelis - Blade Runner(End Titles) (Blade Runner 1994) 44:08   Cliff Martinez - Bride of Deluxe (Drive 2011) 46:47   Disasterpeace - Detroit (It Follows 2015) 47:52   Inhmost - Gravity(feat. Nashira) (Dragbacks on Dockweiler State Beach 2015) 53:16   Tangerine Dream - Beach Scene (Thief 1981) 59:11   end

  The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight and tomorrow night, August 12th & 13th. I like to use the Perseids as an excuse to create a spacey, ambient mix for stargazing. So here it is. The first track I grabbed for this mix was Jeff Pearce - For The Perseids, from the Gemstones IV compilation. How could I not use that cut in a mix like this. So I decided to look for other tracks with names that would fit and it was fairly easy to find a bunch that worked. Again, how could I resist tunes called "Luminous Dust Trails" and "Night Drifters" and "Comet Tails." Get outside and scan the skies. LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/album/gemstones-iv-cyd-0089 https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ashes https://tonepoet.bandcamp.com/album/scenes-from-the-apocalyptic-bliss https://pulsemandala.bandcamp.com/album/cocoon https://foundrysite.bandcamp.com/album/lost-and-found-a-foundry-anthology https://dataobscura.bandcamp.com/album/garden-of-twilight https://philippedeschampsfilms.bandcamp.com/album/the-silence-of-pallas https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/murmurs-of-the-machine https://nicoless.bandcamp.com/album/moving https://philippedeschampsfilms.bandcamp.com/album/endless-vanishing-lines https://synphaera.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-echo https://lawrenceenglish.bandcamp.com/album/selene https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/tarnished-tapes-and-saturated-signals Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Jeff Pearce - For the Perseids (Gemstones IV 2023) 05:25   Logic Moon - Night Drifters (Ashes 2025) 08:08   Tonepoet - Infinite Tide of Stars (Scenes From The Apocalyptic Bliss 2024) 12:09   Applefish & Pulse Mandala - Touch of Gravity (Cocoon 2024) 17:38   EM - Galaxies Like Grains of Sand (Lost and Found: A Foundry Anthology 2002) 21:54   Robert Davies - Beneath Strange Stars (Garden Of Twilight 2006) 25:30   Philippe Deschamps - Cybele Asteroids (The Silence of Pallas 2024) 30:21   Xu - Luminous Dust Trails (Murmurs of the Machine 2025) 33:03   Nico Less - Textures (Moving 2024) 37:11   Logic Moon - Transient Light (Ashes 2025) 39:47   Philippe Deschamps - Shape of the Night (Endless Vanishing Lines 2025) 43:12   Martin Stürtzer - Comet Tails (Cosmic Echo 2023) 52:24   Akira Kosemura & Lawrence English - Twilight Wave (Selene 2024) 56:00   Mike Lazarev - The Final Resonance of Light (Tarnished Tapes and Saturated Signals 2025)

  I've been listening to the ECM record label since the 1970s. You can always count on ECM to put out interesting and sometimes great records. My favorite ECM release is Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians." It's not only my favorite ECM album, it's one of my top albums of all-time. A real desert island record for me. A few of my other favorite regular ECM artists are Steve Tibbetts, Eberhard Weber & Pat Metheny.  We had a discussion about our favorite ECM recordings over on Mixcloud. You can read or join in the thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/posts/favorite-ecm-albums/ I decided it wouyld be cool to make a mix of my top ten favorite ECM albums. I put it together in chronological order, starting with Ralph Towner & a fantastic version of Icarus. And ending with a 2017 album from Björn Meyer. Please leave a comment with some of your favorites in the comments and enjoy this little journey through ECM. Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Ralph Towner - Icarus (Diary 1974) 06:08   Pat Metheny - Sirabhorn (Bright Size Life 1976) 11:28   Eberhard Weber - Moana I (The Following Morning 1976) 19:54   Steve Reich - Pulses (Music For 18 Musicians 1978) 25:08   Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls 1980) 32:45   Steve Tibbetts - Ur (Yr 1988) 40:15   Jan Gabarek - Parce Mihi Domine(de Morales) (Officium 1993) 45:40   Arvo Pärt - Spiegel Im Spiegel (Alina 2000) 54:30   Jon Hassell - Blue Period (Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street 2009) 61:20   Björn Meyer - Pulse (Provenance 2017) 64:05   end