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)
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56:49
Handpan Meditations
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
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1:07:08
A Violet Sky
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
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59:56
Berlin School Electronic Music 2025 Spring Update
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
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1:47:58
The Open Blue
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
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