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    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

  I have said many times that I love hosting guest mixes. Whether it's from regular contributors Paul & Erwin or from artists in the ambient space, the mixes expose to new music and artists, and I delight in hearing how someone else approaches the creation of a coherent mix. This new guest mix comes from an ambient artist that I have admired for years - Benoît Pioulard(Tom Meluch). I love his brand of hazy, dreamy ambient music. He has an excellent new album out, which you can find here - https://pioulard.bandcamp.com/album/stanza-iv It's one of my favorite ambient albums of the year so far. The title of this mix is Pluvial Scansion, about which Tom says - "It’s been a rainy spring and summer here, so I think that’s affected some of the overall mood." Here's what he has to say about putting together this mix: "For this mix, I wanted to highlight the work of some very talented friends, and some mellower releases from the past year or so that I've enjoyed during various moments of transit or deep focus.  Every track has some form of ambient washiness, and I tried to cover as much of a sonic range as possible within that framework.  My latest release is Stanza IV, a limited LP complemented by a collection of reworks by Markus Guentner, James Devane, MJ Guider, arovane, Clarice Jensen, and Viul.  Here, I've included an abridged version of one of the album tracks, along with the arovane piece, but you can hear the whole thing at pioulard.bandcamp.com, and subscribe for a ton of exclusive work plus new stuff every month, at pioulard.bandcamp.com/subscribe .. and, if you're in Tokyo on August 18th, come see me perform with Satomimagae!  Hope you'll enjoy the playlist <3 Thanks for this well-crafted collection. Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00    Ogawa & Tokoro - Dancing In The River (Khotin Remix) (2024) 08:12    Viul - Starlight Park (Bright Decline 2019) 11:35    Clinic Stars - Shiver (Walking Over Time) (Only Hinting 2024) 15:20    Benoit Pioulard - Ersatz Immortality (edit) (Stanza IV 2025) 21:08    Mikron - Lyre (Severance 2019) 26:04    zakè & Wayne Robert Thomas - Catch (Remembrance 2022) 29:27    alex - Moments Lost (In Environment 2025) 31:29    somesurprises - Lush (Year Without Spring 2025) 34:50    U.e - Drawing of Me (Hometown Girl 2025) 38:50    Jogging House - Chance (Chants 2020) 42:32    Benoit Pioulard - Fog Dialect (arovane Version) (Stanza IV 2025) 45:35    Isaac Helsen - The Memory You Take (Remnants 2019) 51:15    Mikkel Rev - A Promise of Healing (Journey Beyond 2025) 63:04    Bibio - SYCHDER MCMLXXXIX (Phantom Brickworks LP II 2024)

    The king of berlin-school music returns with another stellar mix. Our friend, Erwin Boers, was nice enough to put together a follow up to his spring EM mix with this excellent summer update. Here what he says about this latest set: "For this summer update in the synth-cosmic-Berlin School-electronic-music scene, I faced the same problem as a few months ago with the spring update: a heterogeneous bunch of tracks in a wide variety of moods, rhythms and styles. This time, to produce a coherent mix, I figured telling the "story" of a journey into outer space - not very original I know... ;-) Starting with a couple of upbeat pieces, to depict hectic life on Earth, we then lift off slowly by means of a set of tracks focused on soloing, soundscapes, layered sequencing and space sounds. As we reach the edge of the solar system, several deep contemplative atmospheres invite us to consider the distance travelled and the long journey ahead....I'll leave the scenery of the places visited to the listener's imagination! In short, a pleasant floating audiotrip just under two hours, to be enjoyed day and night, lounging in the shade or stargazing on your back.  Special mention for a fantastic retro track by Xan Alexander in pure Berlin School style, a bit of electric guitar bombast by Otarion aka Rainer Klein and a pick from ex-Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann's latest album "Nightfall"." Here are links to all the music used in this mix: 1. https://moonbooter.bandcamp.com/album/syncope-1 2. https://www.klangwelt.info 3. https://tim-stebbing.bandcamp.com/album/supraluminal 4. https://frankvanbogaert.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-from-higher-grounds 5. https://othersideaudio.bandcamp.com/album/the-pulse-of-life 6. https://othersideaudio.bandcamp.com/album/ouroboros-ii 7. https://totemtag.bandcamp.com/album/space-ascension 8. https://skoulamanongroove.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-dem 9. https://peterbaumann.bandcamp.com/album/nightfall 10. https://www.junodownload.com/products/afterlife-playing-place/7046968-02/ 11. https://beyondberlinongroove.bandcamp.com/album/meandering-tear 12. https://gertemmens.bandcamp.com/album/all-that-is-left-behind 13. https://dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/transmissions-din92 14. https://otarionongroove.bandcamp.com/album/time-of-nations 15. https://tiratheartofdance.bandcamp.com/album/time-travel 16. https://galacticsoundstation.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-the-mental-health-of-astronauts-volume-1 17. https://andrewlozano.bandcamp.com/album/voyager 18. https://iluiteq.bandcamp.com/album/fade-remain 19. https://onionwave.bandcamp.com/album/summer-somewhere   Thanks Erwin! Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00:00   Moonbooter - Syncope Part 1 (Syncope 1) 00:07:14   Klangwelt - Molecules (Second Nature) 00:12:29   Tim Stebbing - Sands Of Time (Supraluminal) 00:16:40   Frank Van Bogaert - Green Valley (Sounds From Higher Grounds) 00:21:07   Craig Padilla - Particles In Radiance (The Pulse Of Life) 00:29:24   Xan Alexander - Horn Of Monoceros I-II-III (Ouroboros II) 00:41:44   Totemtag - Tech Beta (Space Ascension) 00:50:00   Skoulaman - World Oceans (Live at DEM) 00:57:46   Peter Baumann - From A Far Land (Nightfall) 01:03:26   Afterlife - Il Piu Nell' Uno (Playing Place) 01:07:08   Beyond Berlin - Anthem (Meandering Tear) 01:16:44   Gert Emmens - Only Time Will Tell (All That Is Left Behind) 01:22:28   Ian Boddy & Erik Wøllo - Revolve (Transmissions) 01:29:54   Otarion - Time Of Silence (Time Of Nations) 01:35:28   TiRa feat. Missi Wainwright - Journey Beyond The Clock (Time Travel) 01:42:01   Hollan Holmes - The Eternal Light (Music for the Mental Health of Astronauts - Vol. 1) 01:47:26   Andrew Lozano - Atlas (Voyager) 01:51:05   ILUITEQ + Eraldo Bernocchi - Fade, In The Dusk (Fade, Remain) 01:56:20   unitrΔ_Δudio - The Final Glimpse Of The Sun (Summer Somewhere) 01:59:17   end

It's hot and muggy & I just want to sit on the deck with a Paloma or Michelada and listen to some cool music. That's what this mix provides - a soundtrack to hanging out and chilling out during these hot summer days. Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Yo La Tengo - Leaving Home (Old Joy 2025) 05:06   Mick Turner - Moth Part 3 (Moth 2002) 07:42   Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Lamament (Bees In The Bonnet 2025) 12:18   Jonny Nash - The Way Things Looked (Once Was Ours Forever 2025) 15:22   Los Days - The Lonely Sky (Dusty Dreams 2024) 18:50   Trio Kleine Ahnung - Ripples (Laniakea 2020) 22:35   Pan American - Point Harbor (Across The Horizon 2024) 25:42   Löwenzahnhonig - Moonwalk (Löwenzahnhonig 2023) 29:24   Gilad Hekselman - Do Re Mi Fa Sol (Ask For Chaos 2018) 34:40   Dave Easley - Stardust (Ballads 2023) 36:26   Barry Walker Jr. - Dawn On The Urkontinent (Diaspora Urkontinent 2018) 40:35   The Bird's Companion - A Liquid Moon (The Edge of the Sea 2023) 36:00   Naci Oğuz - Son Vapur (Kirpi İkilemi 2023) 48:00   Suwi - Backstreet (Playing for Oscar 2024) 53:42   Yo La Tengo - Leaving Home - Alternate Version (Old Joy 2025) 58:41   end

  Without question one of the best ambient record labels in the world is Whitelabrecs . I've known label owner, Harry Towell, for a long time, going back to his netlabel days with Audio Gourmet. It's been grand to follow along as Harry has grown musically and the label has become a juggernaut. That's why I am beyond excited to present a guest mix from Harry. The bonus is it's an all vinyl mix.  Here's a little blurb from Harry about his mix: "My name’s Harry and I make music as Glåsbird. I’m from Lincolnshire in the UK and I also run a record label called Whitelabrecs. The label has been going since 2016 and specialises in limited edition runs of vinyl effect CDrs in classic vinyl sleeve formats, such as the gatefold LP and mini 45. Vinyl is a massive inspiration for this label and this all started in my earlier years in music, when I was a DJ. I’d collect a range of Deep House, Techno and Downtempo records and mix these at gigs, at a time when CD-Js and digital mixing was becoming the norm. I bought my Technics 1210s in 2004 as a second-hand purchase from another DJ. I’ve kept them all this time and they had deteriorated to the point where the tonearms would get stuck and so they had been gathering dust for a few years. This year I got them repaired and serviced, replacing the cartridges and styli - now they’re in perfect working order! Since my former DJ years my music taste has changed considerably and this has been developed over the course of the last 15+ years, running the Audio Gourmet, Tessellate and Whitelabrecs labels which focus on quieter Ambient music. I’ll be doing more of these vinyl mixes from time to time and also have my first live DJ gig confirmed for September. I recorded this vinyl mix one lunchtime after selecting and planning the first 10 tracks using the Camelot Harmonic Mixing method, which is a great way to create a natural-feeling melodic flow. It is a pretty reliable workflow but sometimes doesn’t translate – see the transition between tracks 2 and 3 as an example! I was enjoying this mix so much, that from tracks 11 onwards I switched to mixing on the fly, selecting tracks by ear.   I’d call this an Ambient mix overall but there’s a nice range of sub-styles in this selection, from drones and electronica, electro-acoustic and modern classical to folk and ethnic sounds." Thanks, Harry, for creating this excellent set. Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 01  Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer – One Of Eight (International Anthem, 2025) 02  Wil Bolton – Quill (Stereoscenic, 2025) 03  Ambre Ciel – Atlantis (Gondwana, 2025) 04  Michael Scott Dawson – Traveling Light (We Are Busy Bodies, 2024) 05  Roméo Poirier – Du Rocher (Sferic, 2020) 06  Goldmund – Travelling (Western Vinyl, 2015) 07  Roméo Poirier- Balayage (Sferic, 2020) 08  Shuta Yasukochi – Leaving (Archives, 2018) 09  A Broken Consort – The Elder Lie (Tomkins Square, 2007) 10  Less Bells – The Fang (Kranky, 2020) 11  Jonny Nash & Teguh Permana – Langit (Melody As Truth, 2020) 12  Paradise Cinema – A Morning in the Near Future (Gondwana, 2024) 13  Wilson Tanner – Daddles (Efficient Space, 2025) 14  Vieo Abiungo – Sad Swell (Lost Tribe Sound, 2011) 15  F. S Blumm – Luftluch (Morr Music, 2001) 16  Padang Food Tigers – Rise Before The Rain (Blackest Rainbow, 2010) 17  Danny Paul Grody – Ohr (Students of Decay, 2011) 18  Will Samson – Suspended In ft. Benoît Pioulard (Talitres, 2015)

    I am a big fan of ambient dub music. Especially the more atmospheric stuff from DeepChord, Rod Modell, Variant, cv313, Shorelights and more. I've made ambient dub mixes in the past and they are some of my favorites.  For this dubby mix I decided to focus on artists from the echospace [detroit] record label. Is echospace a label or an artist? I think it's both. And then there is Deepchord presents Echospace and Echospace [sounds] Presents, which confuses things even more. All I know is, I like the sounds that Echospace & Deepchord produce so I made a mix featuring those sounds. Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00 Echospace [sounds] Presents - Forever In The Sky (Sequential Space 2022) 05:00 Intrusion - Twilight (The Seduction of Silence 2009) 10:00 Deepchord - Untitled 9 (Von Schommer 2002) 12:25 Radius - interpolation [restoration two] (Interpolation Tapes + Obsolete Machines 2019) 17:40 variant - sequential sleep [granular mix] (sequential sleep [series collection] 2025) 25:45 cv313 - Satosphere Sessions [Remnant I] (Satosphere Sessions [Transmission III] 2020) 33:33 Model 500 - Starlight (Echospace dub) (Starlight 2008) 36:42 Deepchord - Untitled 6 (Liumin Reduced 2010) 39:45 Variant - As Time Stood Still (The Setting Sun 2008) 49:45 Radius - transverse waves [tape master] (Interpolation Tapes + Obsolete Machines 2019) 55:40 Intrusion - Under The Ocean (The Seduction of Silence 2009) 59:39 Echospace [sounds] Presents - Our Last Sanctuary (Sequential Space 2022)

  For some strange reason I have not been listening to as much pure ambient music as I normally do. I've been playing a lot of jazz lately. And I am still devouring a ton of electronic/berlin school music. So it's perfect timing that friend of the show, Erwin Broers, has come up with a pair of awesome mixes in the genre. I'll let Erwin tell you all about this new mix: "Here's a follow-up on my Fall 2024 mix "Back To The Roots Of Berlin School". As you recall it featured a collection of electronic music tracks from the 1990s, that were inspired by the patterns, sounds and analog instruments of the 1970s and early 1980s. Back then, nobody talked about "Berlin School Electronic Music". That label would only appear somewhere mid 1990s, probably to honour the place where the genre was born. Fans in the early days would rather use the term "Kosmische Musik" (German for "Cosmic Music"). An explanation for the "cosmic" element is to be found in the use of the step sequencer, which made it easy to create hypnotic rhythm loops with up to 32 notes or steps, set a tempo, and mix them over electronic drones, soundscapes, soloing, washes, white noise and space sounds. The effect was to “float” the listener through endless terrestrial or cosmic space. For those not keen on using illicit substances, it was an interesting and harmless alternative "trip"! So I thought about creating a mix of some classic pieces from that first era, but soon found out one mix would not be enough to do justice to all the fantastic "Cosmic Music" that was made back then." This is an amazing trip that couldn't be contained in a normal hour-long mix so we get 2hours of electronic bliss. Thanks Erwin! Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00:00   Harald Grosskopf - So Weit, So Gut (Synthesist, 1980) 00:05:12   Jean-Michel Jarre - Arpegiator (The Concerts In China, 1982) 00:11:45   Michael Garrison - The Search (In The Regions Of Sunreturn, 1979) 00:17:14   Tangerine Dream - Invisible Limits (Stratosfear, 1976) 00:28:33   Bernd Kistenmacher - Ferne Ziele (Kaleidoscope, 1989) 00:46:23   Kraftwerk - Spacelab (The Man-Machine, 1978) 00:52:08   Klaus Schulze - Nowhere/Now Here (Body Love Vol. 2, 1977) 01:12:05   Wolfgang Bock - Cycles (Cycles, 1980) 01:30:36   Rolf Trostel - Dis Moll Adagio (Musique Intemporel, 1988) 01:35:46   Zanov - Lost Message (In Course Of Time, 1983) 01:41:41   Neuronium - The Neutron Age (Chromium Echoes, 1982) 01:59:39   end

    I've fallen behind a bit on creating and uploading mixes. But have no fear, it's Daniel Hawkins to the rescue! He's come up with a guest mix at just the right time. You'll remember Daniel form his previous mix, "Metallic Memories" - https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/metallic-memories/  For this set he takes us into the modern classical realm. Here's what Daniel has to say about this new mix: "I was thinking about some of the nice Neo-classical/crossover stuff I like and then got to thinking about the way having a label for a style of music can actually be a limiting factor.  The best creative work in any field so often transcends genres and labels and breaks new ground - Issak Dinsen said “A work of art is a thing of infinite loneliness and the least to be understood through criticism.”  I remember back in the 1970’s playing Keith Jarret’s solo piano albums and my friends asking what kind of music it was.  What do you say?  Back then they stocked it in the jazz section of the record store with the other ECM releases, but I have never thought of that body of work as jazz.  Music continues to evolve - Ambient?  Chillout?  Drone?  Electronic?  Tribal?  Names and more names.  So what do you call this collection of cello music?  Is it classical because it features an instrument that is typically found in an orchestral setting?  Personally I don’t think we need a label.  I know good music when I hear it.  The mix leans to the somber side - something strings do so well - deep and evocative.  Explorations of the dark night of the soul." Thanks, Daniel, for another excellent mix! Cheers! T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Snorri Hallgrímsson - I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest (I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest 2023) 06:04   Peter Gregson - Softly Falling (Softly Falling - Single 2024) 08:08   Hildur Guðnadóttir - Ascent (Without Sinking 2009) 12:42   Bob Holroyd - Enough (The Cage 2018) 18:01   David Darling - Dawn (Darkwood IV) (Dark Wood 1993) 23:00   Ketil Bjørnstad, Svante Henryson - Visitor (Night Song 2011) 27:55   Ólafur Arnalds - Partisans (The Invisible EP 2021) 31:03   Henrik Meierkord - Kval (Kval 2021) 35:50   Willebrant - Undercurrent (Undercurrent - Single 2023) 38:05   Slow Meadow - Palemote (Palemote - Single 2016) 43:30   Peter Gregson - Ritual (Peter Gregson 2025) 46:57   Gabriel Ólafs - Whale Overture (Polar 2025) 51:33   Snorri Hallgrímsson - Three Week Cloud (Longer shadows, softer stones - EP 2024)

  Oh man, this is a good one. Well, all the mixes here are good but for some reason this one resonates with me right now. Two years ago I posted a mix called "Walk Softly Upon This Earth" that featured the handpan as the main instrument - https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/walk-softly-upon-this-earth/ I love that mix and have always wanted to do a follow up. Then in April a new EP dropped that I immediately fell in love with and it prompter me to create this mix. The EP is called "Kalima" from Lab's Cloud in collaboration with Falvio Salvaje. Check it out here - https://labscloudmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kalima The rest of the mix is collection of some truly excellent handpan music with my favorite, other than the tracks from "Kalima," being "Passage IV" from Laura Inserra. It combines handpan and electric guitar in a beautiful way.  Links to all the music used in this mix: https://labscloudmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kalima https://laurainserra.bandcamp.com/album/musical-incense-vol-2 https://christineott.bandcamp.com/album/tabu-2 https://flaviosalvaje.bandcamp.com/album/cruise-slowly https://futurerust.bandcamp.com/album/the-end-of-the-beginning-future-rust-volume-4 https://www.jameshood.com/pure-ceremony https://laurainserra.bandcamp.com/album/altitude https://www.amazon.com/Rhythms-Sleep-Music-Deep-Rest/dp/B00S0CU1ZE I hope this mix brings you all some peace in these insane times. Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Lab's Cloud and Flavio Salvaje - I'm your sun (Kalima 2025) 05:00   Laura Inserra - Passage IV (Musical Incense - Vol. Two 2009) 16:10   Christine Ott - Sorrow / Lover's Dance (Tabu 2016) 26:33   Flavio Salvaje & Onanya - Buen Viaje (Cruise Slowly 2023) 34:09   Quentin Kayser - Fred(feat. Carola Ortiz) (The End of the Beginning(Future Rust Vol. 4 2023) 39:12   Lab's Cloud and Flavio Salvaje - Sandwhistle (Kalima 2025) 43:24   James Hood - Huasca(We Are Not Alone) (Pure Ceremony 2017) 48:50   Laura Inserra - Sentiment (Altitude 2019) 54:35   Christopher Of The Wolves - Floating (Rhythms Of Sleep 2015) 69:40   end

  This is straightforward ambient mix. Nothing fancy, just good music. The one unifying trait of this mix, other than all the tracks being awesome, is that everything is from this year. I started the set with a track from Alio Die. Every so often I need a reminder why I love an artist I've been listening to forever. And stumbling upon this new album definitely brought back why Alio Die is one of my all-time favs. LINKS TO ALL THER MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: https://aliodie.bandcamp.com/album/the-inner-vaults https://davidtagg.bandcamp.com/album/the-wind-kept-land https://metronrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gaiaphilia https://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/stillness https://archivesdubmusic.bandcamp.com/album/monochrome https://innesti.bandcamp.com/album/fragility-and-circumstance https://altusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/gossamer-wings-of-illusion https://celer.bandcamp.com/album/gems-iv https://variantsonics.bandcamp.com/album/sequential-sleep-series-collection Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Arborescence & Alio Die;  - Kindling Leaves (The Inner Vaults 2025) 08:05   David Tagg - The King of Songs performs the prelude to Cruciform Heart (The Wind Kept Land 2025) 13:15   Yumiko Morioka & Takashi Kokubo - O-KA-GU-RA (Gaiaphilia 2025) 15:35   State Azure - Stillness (Stillness 2025) 22:55   SVLBRD - Indigo Light (Monochrome 2025) 28:35   Innesti - Crosscurrents Through Nuances (Fragility and Circumstance 2025) 34:16   Loneward - Temporal Dunes (Gossamer Wings of Illusion 2025) 41:41   Celer - IV.VI (Gems IV 2025) 47:55   variant - sequential sleep(unreleased modular-scape) (sequential sleep series collection 2025) 60:00   end

    More Berlin School goodness from Erwin Broers. There's not much I can say about this mix, other than being totally psyched for it, so I'll let Erwin give you the lowdown. "This mix is an overview of some of the interesting Berlin School Electronic releases of the current calendar year. There's a wide variety of styles, ranging from minimal and retro to loungy/chilled and bombastic/cinematic. Actually, this selection covers the whole spectrum of electronic music between ambient and synth pop. So maybe the label "Berlin School" is not adequate anymore. But hey what's in a name! In any case, unless you're a hard core ambient fan, you will certainly discover something to your liking. Check the links below and support the artists!"  Thanks, Erwin, for another great Berlin School set.   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00:00   Ian Boddy & Harald Grosskopf - Diodengesang (Doppelgänger) 00:07:35  Daniel Coppens - Nocturnal (After The End) 00:15:34  State Azure - Vortices (The Light That Remains) 00:21:05  Gate Eleven - Fly By Night (First Contact) 00:26:55  Dino Pacifici & Brannan Lane - Amazon Mist (Imaginary Horizons) 00:31:50  Chuck van Zyl - Denkmal (Transience) 00:42:16  Brendan Pollard - Corollary (Strands) 00:48:53  Grauglanz - Collaborations (A Grim Moon Rising) 00:59:50  Leopards Of White - Through The Front Door To Then (Forest Edge) 01:08:47  Paul Ellis - Winter Garden (Warmth From Other Suns) 01:17:12  Stefan Erbe - Metamorphosys (Metamorphosys) 01:23:02  Colin Rayment - As Light Tiptoes In The Darkness (Penumbra) 01:31:04  Rene De Bakker - Cosmic Equilibrium (Cosmic Equilibrium) 01:47:58  end

    Seascape mixes are some of my favorite ambient mixes. The genre seems to perfectly suited to floating and drifting on an endless sea. Two of my favorite ambient tracks of all time are "sea" ambient -  https://marsenjules.bandcamp.com/track/submarine-poetry https://infraction.bandcamp.com/track/the-most-beautiful-blue I absolutely love those two tracks!  I'm always up for a new seascape mix and that's what we have here - a new collection of tracks mostly from 2023 & 2024, with one from 2020 and one from all the way back in 2008. Put the oars back in the boat, kick your feet up and drift away.   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00  Bill Seaman, Tim Diagram, Stephen Spera - The World Was Turning Before (The World Was Turning Before 2023) 07:00  Philippe Deschamps - What The Sea Promises - In a Silent Sea (Bahrambient Rework) (What The Sea Promises 2024) 09:20  Old Amica - Sommaren 96 (För alltid 2024) 14:06  Model 500 - Starlight(Intrusion dub) (Starlight 2008) 20:35  Jeff Greinke - Northern Reaches (Oceanic 2024) 29:00  Masayoshi Fujita - Ocean Flow (Migratory 2024) 31:54  Faux Tapes - Dive. Pt.4 (Dive 2024) 33:25  First Snow of The Year - Noir (Norwegian White 2025) 38:10  Bill Seaman, Tim Diagram, Stephen Spera - Far Away (The World Was Turning Before 2023) 43:00  Sanjib - Aquatic Sphere (Underwater 2020) 47:23  Daou - Sanctum (Reverie 2023) 51:12  Faux Tapes - Dive. Pt.7 (Dive 2024) 54:30  end

Another electronic gem from Erwin Broers. He has become my go to guy for berlin-school music and I'm totally here for it. I've said many times that I like hosting guest mixes from artists and listeners because I always discover new music. And this set is a perfect example - other than Ron Boots, every artist in this mix is new to me.   Here's what Erwin has to say about this mix: "The theme this time is "Electronic Gems From The Lowlands", the lowlands being Belgium and the Netherlands. Both countries are neighbours of Germany, where Electronic Music took off in the early 1970s. It was therefore inevitable that many local progressive artists became fascinated by synthesizers and inspired by this new genre known as "Kosmische Musik" (cosmic music). Influence of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze is obvious, but there's also a hint at prog rock and a few tracks come close to melodic synth pop similar to Vangelis and Jean Michel Jarre." Thanks for a great set, Erwin! Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00:00   PeRu - Out Of Time (Constellations, 1981) 00:09:01   Pillion - Enigmas (Enigmas, 1980) 00:22:36   Par Example - Flarepath (Pharos, 1989) 00:31:57   Patrick Kosmos - Mindscapes part 1, 2nd movement (Mindscapes, 1987) 00:41:00   Johan Timman - Trip Into The Body (Trip Into The Body, 1981) 00:46:31   Walter Christian Rothe - Solitude (Solitude, 1982) 00:50:34   Ton Scherpenzeel - Heart Of The Universe (Heart Of The Universe, 1984) 00:58:02   Frank Van Bogaert - A Picture of You (Closer, 2004) 01:01:45   Ron Boots & John Kerr - Oceans Of Emotions (Offshore Islands, 1990) 01:15:11   end

  It's World Piano Day! I've made several mixes over the years for Piano Day and each time I wonder if I'll find enough tracks for an interesting mix. And every year it comes together and surprises me with how much I like the finished set. This mix starts with a tune everyone should be familiar with - Eno's Music For Airports 1/2. This recording is by Bruce Brubaker from his fine EP - Eno Piano 2. To make things interesting I played two tracks from it simultaneously and I think it worked pretty well.  While collecting tracks for the mix I was happy to find a piano album from Daniel Lanois. It's from 2022 and I had no idea it existed. I'm a big fan of the Necks so I was also excited to use one of their tracks for the first time. At least I think I've never used their music in a mix before.  LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: https://bruce-brubaker.bandcamp.com/album/eno-piano-2 https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/quiet-rooms https://jonhopkins.bandcamp.com/album/ritual https://tapelooporchestra.bandcamp.com/album/psalm019-sabbat-de-voix https://lawrenceenglish.bandcamp.com/album/even-the-horizon-knows-its-bounds https://thehumblebee.bandcamp.com/album/the-trembling-line https://h-mo.bandcamp.com/album/bark-up-the-spirit-tree https://gallerysix.bandcamp.com/album/distance https://latencyrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/latency-alla-villa-medici-ii https://thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/bleed https://www.amazon.com/Player-Piano-Daniel-Lanois/dp/B0B7BYVZJK https://benlukasboysen.bandcamp.com/album/falling-into-place-original-score https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-shoe-factory https://sine-music.bandcamp.com/album/dreamscapes https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Daylight-Piano-Version/dp/B0DKX181VJ   I hope you enjoy this latest installment in celebration of the piano. Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Bruce Brubaker - Music For Airports 1/2 and 1/2 (Bows Version) played simultaneously (Eno Piano 2 2024) 06:28   Polaroid Notes - Invitation To A Ghost Seance (Quiet Rooms 2024) 10:53   Jon Hopkins - part viii - nothing is lost (Ritual 2024) 14:40   Tape Loop Orchestra - Voix Figées (PSALM019: Sabbat De Voix 2025) 20:10   Lawrence English - ETHKIBIII (Even The Horizon Knows Its Bounds 2025) 25:10   civic hall - II (the trembling line 2024) 28:12   H-M O - Full Circle (Bark up the Spirit Tree 2024) 33:12   Gallery Six & Lorenz Weber - Dialogue 1 (Distance 2024) 36:19   Duval Timothy - Go Without (Latency alla Villa Medici II 2024) 41:32   The Necks - Bleed (Bleed 2024) 46:25   Daniel Lanois - Sunday Asylum (Player, Piano 2022) 49:15   Ben Lukas Boysen - Prologue (Music for Falling Into Place OST 2024) 51:36   Oliver Patrice Weder - Into Pieces (The Shoe Factory 2024) 54:15   Thomas Lemmer - In The Glow Of Midnight (Dreamscapes 2025) 56:27   Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight(Piano Ver.)(The Blue Notebooks 20 Year Edition 2025) 62:23   end