The inspiration for this mix came after attending separate performances of James Murray and Anne Garner.
The music they perform is quite different: James exploring various kinds of abstract experimental electronic soundscapes, Anne performing her poetic emotional songs blending jazz, alternative pop, folk, spectral lullabies and tender neo-classical arrangements.
As different as their output may be, it still fits together very well – which is no real surprise knowing that Anne & James are a couple living together, and James produces and contributes towards Anne’s music.
I wanted to find out how it would work out when mixing some tracks from their past and recent albums together.
And I found out it works very well, as you can hear yourself in this mix. It also shows that, if the ingredients match, 0ne plus one can be much more than two!
A collaboration of forces between three separate entities, Headphone Commute, Ambientblog, and Slowcraft Records, are proud to present a unique mix by a colleague and partner in crime, Peter van Cooten, of beautiful works from a beautiful couple, James Murray and Anne Garner, culminating a selection of compositions they released individually, as well as together under various project names. Peter then carefully compiled these pieces together into a gorgeous journey of ambiance and voice, and now, along with the appearance on the Podcast, we are honoured to offer this little gem to you as a digital download (lossless, of course) via the new entry of Headphone Commute Presents on our Bandcamp! Whew!
Headphone Commute
Tracklist
- 00:00 Anne Garner – Haunt Me (Instrumental)
Trusting A Twirled World (Instrumental), 2011 - 02:28 James Murray – Grace (edit)
Killing Ghosts, 2017 - 05:20 Anne Garner – Come In (edit with Christoph Berg Remix)
Be Life, 2015 / Be Life Relived, 2016 - 08:43 James Murray – Hold Your Breath (edit)
Floods, 2012 - 11:31 James Murray – Greenlands (Green Lane) (edit)
Floods Returned, 2017 - 15:02 Anne Garner – Fall Before The Night
Lost Play, 2018 - 19:32 Silent Vigils – Molenbrook
Fieldem, 2018 - 22:41 James Murray – Laterisers
Eyes to the Height, 2016 - 27:20 Anne Garner – Wednesday’s Child (edit with Louis Remix)
Be Life, 2015 / Be Life Relived, 2016 - 31:48 James Murray – Equuleus
Heavenly Waters, 2017 - 33:57 Tetherdown – Pitch Roll And Yaw
First Flight, 2016 - 43:01 Anne Garner – Soft Eyes (Lost Vocals Remix edit with original version)
Be Life Relived, 2016 / Be Life, 2015 - 46:59 James Murray – These Hands
Mount View, 2014 - 50:33 James Murray – The Sea In The Sky (edit)
The Sea In The Sky, 2015 - 54:02 Anne Garner – The Tower
Trusting A Twirled World, 2011 - 56:46 James Murray – Carina
Heavenly Waters, 2017 - 1:00:35 Anne Garner – Wherever You Go
Be Life, 2015
This mix is published as part of the “Headphone Commute Presents…” series.
A High Quality WAV version of this mix can be downloaded from the HeadPhone Commute Bandcamp page
such a beautiful song!
Cool stuff
Spectacular ending!
hi fella, I just wanted to say amazing job on the James and Anne mix for headphone commute. A truly beautiful work of art ????
Well, this made my day…. nice!
Thanks, glad it did!
Beautifully conceived and executed. Well done, all!
De mix is echt wonderschoon Peter! De combinatie pakt echt prachtig uit. Ik zou bijna durven zeggen dat je het ultieme dreampop album hebt samengesteld ?
Thanks, I’ll happily translate that for non-dutch ;-):
“The mix is really wonderful Peter! The combination really works out beautifully. I would almost dare to say that you have put together the ultimate dreampop album”
Come back more often
Thanks, John… Not exactly sure what you mean with this … you mean I should publish mixes more often? I would certainly love to, but unfortunately these mixes need some time to grow – I could not deliver one every month or so even if I wanted to…
Luckily there’s a back catalogue of over 60+ mixes worth checking out too…. And if that’s still not enough it might be rewarding to check out my monthly radio show DreamScenes too:
https://www.mixcloud.com/dreamscenes/
I certainly hope you yourself wil come back here often, too 😉
Oh yes that’s what I meant. I understand you, modern life is no good. I didn’t relate you to DreamScenes, good to know! So yes I have enough of a good musical selection.
so great thank you!