The moment I heard Rami Malek whisper “Mind awake, body asleep” (Mr Robot, series 2) I knew this would be the inspiration for a new mix. A mix about half-sleep, lucid dreaming impressions… ungraspable images… and about “letting go”.
Your reality is manipulated. Your perception is managed. Your thoughts are not your own. Reality is imaginary. This mix is inspired by ‘Hypernormalisation’. — originally published on Ambientblog —
“Life can only be remembered backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
Even though there are quite some dark moments in this mix, I hope it may bring some ‘solace’ – if needed.
Because of the drones, atmospheric field recordings and insect sounds, this mix will be labeled as an ‘ambient’ mix by most listeners. And of course it is…. but at the same time it isn’t.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ambientblog.net, this mix is a part of a very special Anniversary Project. It’s ‘special’ because it’s different: this time it’s not compiled from existing tracks, but from tracks that were exclusively submitted for this purpose!
…. slowly evolving to a state of inert uniformity …. retracing information that was lost from the message … searching for the uniformity in what seems to be randomly disordered …
This mix is made to be published in the excellent series of mixes on the “Sounds of a Tired City”, part of the larger website with the same name.
“Jam Karet” is Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language) meaning “Elastic Time” (or “Rubber Hours”).
This mix is built around mysterious vocals. Vocals that may guide you, or lure you, into distances unknown. Often, but not exclusively, female, and some of them not even human…
