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