This mix obviously found its name from the lovely intro (and outtro) track by Nest. Inbetween, there are many moments of ‘stillness’, too… Moments you may slowly drift off into the drones, letting your mind wander … to be pulled back again by some of the post-classical ‘anchors’ in this mix.
Maybe it’s a small opportunity to retreat from current society’s turmoil, and to find some time to ‘cocoon’ to the sounds (and the sometimes fascinating depths) of ‘Stillness’.
Some word of warning, however: if this suggests this mix only contains warm, comfortable and pleasurable sounds, be prepared for some suprises. I never said that “Stillness” always means “Comforting”…
— originally published on Ambientblog —
Tracklist:
[start time][sample length][artist – title]
[album details]
- 00:00 05:55 Nest – Stillness
Body Pilot, 2011, Serein SERE 11.3 - 04:04 02:07 Electricity
private collection, 2011, not on album
04:44 02:33 I8U – Toluene
Surface Tension, 2011, Murmur Records MMR10 - 06:32 01:29 Cliff Martinez – I’m Sick
Contagion Soundtrack, 2011, Watertower Music WTM39266 - 07:09 05:01 Esther Venrooy – Vessel
Vessel, 2011, Entr’acte E104 - 08:43 03:34 Leah Kardos – The Waiting
Feather Hammer, 2011, Bigo and Twigetti - 11:15 03:02 Lance Olsen – The Creature that Drank Sound
Au Clair de La Lune, 2009, Infrequency IN005 - 12:05 08:10 Bass Communion – Cenotaph
Cenotaph, 2011, Tonefloat TF115 - 18:16 02:45 A Winged Victory for the Sullen – A Requiem for the Static King
A Winged Victory for the Sullen, 2011, Kranky KRANK157 - 20:33 03:57 Vladimír Godár – Postludio – Mantra
Querela Pacis, 2011, Pavian Records PM0050-2 - 23:16 06:27 Human Greed, Michael Begg, Colin Potter – Deshret
Fortress Longing, 2011, Omnempathy OMIC2 - 28:13 03:10 Carbon Based Lifeforms – System
Twentythree, 2011, Ultimae Records, INRE047 - 30:27 02:07 Kirill Platonkin – Stellar Seeds (Original)
Purified by the Fire, 2011, ADX 035 - 30:51 06:02 Sister Waize – Side Time Down
A Dawning of Wonder, 2011, self-released - 36:17 02:16 Spectra Ciera – Unlit Pathway
Underpass, 2011, Feedback Loop Label FBL020 - 37:02 02:21 Justin Bennett – Tiergarten 1
Wildlife, 2008, Spore Records Spore 2007 - 38:26 03:16 Jacaszek – Windhover
Glimmer, 2011, Ghostly International, GI-147 - 40:50 03:01 Tom Lawrence – Moore’s Well
Water Beetles of Pollardstown Fen, 2011, Gruenrekorder GRUEN 087 - 41:51 04:08 Pascal Savy – Reflective Shadow
Liminal, 2011, Feedback Loop Label, PHBL02 - 44:39 02:53 Jan M. Iversen – Wolfsburg (Long)
Standalones, 2010, TIBProd 100 - 45:28 01:03 Paul Schütze – Sacred Agents
New Maps of Hell, 1992, Big Cat UK Records ABB 104 CD - 46:57 00:49 Chris Watson – El Divisadero
El Tren Fantasma, 2011, Touch TO:42 - 47:16 01:47 Chris Watson – Sierra Taramuhara
El Tren Fantasma, 2011, Touch TO:42 - 48:12 01:31 Israel Martinez – There Were People II
El Hombre Que Se Sofoca, 2011, Sub Rosa SR319 - 48:53 04:46 Maya Beiser – Memories (by Djivan Gasparyan)
Provenance, 2011, Innova 778 - 52:28 05:32 Penjaga Insaf – Alam Semsta
Sama Sadja, 2010, Power & Steel PAS 27 - 57:12 02:47 Nest – Stillness
Body Pilot, 2011, Serein SERE 11.3 - 1:00:00 end