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• Dreaming In Gamelan by Andy McNeill

      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

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• Mentalized - The Music of Wolfram Spyra by Erwin Broers

        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

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• Floatation Tank

      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

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• Evocation - A Rhythmic Ambient Headspace

      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

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• The Next Train by Paul Asbury Seaman

    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

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