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Music For Long Winter Nights

On the longest night of 2019, Dutch radio station Concertzender Nederland presented an 8-hour long uninterrupted ambient music night: a collaboration of radio hosts Roel Janssen, Harrold Roeland, Bob Rusche, and myself. For those that could not stay awake the full night, the full broadcast remained available online (and it still is!).

To celebrate the longest night in this (remarkably dark) year, we decided to repeat this 'Solstice Celebration'. But, for practical purposes, not on the longest night itself but one night earlier since that is the more convenient night from Saturday into Sunday.
This time, too, the full (7-hour) set will remain available online, but here on ambientblog I present my own contribution - the two hours that closed this special ambient night.

When compiling this set, I tried to keep in mind that this was intended to be listened to in the deepest and darkest of the night. But it is not a 'sleep set', due to the variety of moods and atmospheres. It's a celebration of the dark of night that can be enjoyed at any time - every time you're in the mood for a moment (or 2 hours) of unhurried immersiveness.

Don't despair: the days will get longer - and 2021 will get better!

As usual, and of course exclusive to ambientblog, these 2 hours are also available in a DTS-surround version for even more enhanced immersiveness!

PART 1: 05:00-06:00 : "EVER FALLING DOWN"

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(Note: first time is start time, second time is fragment length)

• 00:00 4:54 Dr. Jeffrey Thompson - Rings Of Uranus
  NASA Voyager I & II Space Probe Recordings, 1992, Brain/Mind Research






• 02:54 2:28 Geneva Skeen - The Double Bind
  Double Bind, 2020, Room40






• 04:44 3:27 Hannes Kretzer - Juno Had A Sad Dream
  Ambient Layers, 2020, 7K! Records






• 07:41 1:42 Zona - Silent City
  Silent City, 2020, Shimmering Moods Records






• 08:32 4:14 Ana Roxanne - A Study In Vastness
  Because of a Flower, 2020, Kranky






• 12:04 3:04 Simon Scott - Apart F
  Apart, 2020, 12K






• 14:20 1:50 Hildur Gudnadottir, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Rutger Hoedemaekers - The Curse
  Trapped (OST), 2019, Milan Records






• 16:07 3:18 Sam Rosenthal & Projekt Artists - Frail Filament Of Light
  Tim, Where Are You Now?, 2020, Projekt






• 19:19 3:15 Galya Bisengalieva - Kantubek
  Aralkum, 2020, One Little Independent Records






• 22:10 4:19 Max Richter - Murmuration (voiceless mix)
  Voices, 2020, Decca






• 25:57 2:47 Berangere Maximin - A Kind Of Night Ritual
  Land Of Waves, 2020, Karl Records






• 27:24 7:35 Sleep Research Facility - Unrest
  From Here To Tranquility Vol. 12 (Horizonte Aeternitatis), 2020, Silent Records






• 33:41 2:16 Ian Fleming - Approaching A Dead Planet
  Necros, 2020, self-released






• 35:00 2:25 Emil Friis - Home Is Where The Head Is
  Songs From The Deep, 2020, self-released






• 36:51 1:32 Rutger Zuydervelt - Entry Drone
  Porcelain (OST), 2020, self-released






• 38:00 3:09 Mathieu Karsenti - Time To Go
  Bygones, 2020, Slowcraft Records






• 40:42 3:08 Tapani Rinne - Polar
  Foghornia, 2020, Signature Dark






• 43:15 2:26 Angad Berar - Shh.. Tele's Zzz
  A Broadcast, Underwater, 2020, self-released






• 44:41 3:04 Sjunde Inseglet - Satariel (Instrumental)
  De Kliffotiska Ritualpoemen (Extended Instrumentals), 2020, Dragon Rouge






• 46:47 2:31 Echoflex - B Phrygian
  Piano Net, 2020, SeeHear






• 48:26 3:01 Halvknaegten - Stumme Byger
  Imens Vi Stadig Findes, 2020, Fusem






• 50:00 2:38 Kamila Govorcin - Animas
  Anima, 2020, Clang






• 51:53 1:56 Alphaxone, Protou, Onasander - Dusk Wings
  Shadows Of Forgotten Legends, 2020, Cryochamber






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