A two-hour mix for the longest night: Winter Solstice. To be played (and hopefully enjoyed) in the deepest darkness. “Dream All The Dark Away” … — originally published on Ambientblog —
December 21 is the longest night in the Northern hemisphere. It marks the start of Winter (even though it is also called “Midwinter”), but gradually the nights will slowly get shorter as to indicate spring will be coming, eventually.
For the 2019 Winter Solstice, Dutch Radio station Concertzender Nederland programmed an 8-hour ambient music special from 23:00 until 07:00 (11pm to 7am). That’s a good night’s sleep for most people!
My contribution was scheduled to close the night: from 05:00 to 07:00 (5am to 7am).
For the context of this ambient night, I created a mix that is somewhat different from most Ambientblog.net mixes – after all, this was intended to be broadcast in the deepest hours of the darkest night of the year. So this one is more drone-oriented for the most part, slower, less ‘dynamic’ and less ‘intense’.
More info on https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2019-12/winter-solstice-mix/
note: first time is start time, second time is fragment length
- 00:00 01:48 Suzanne Vega – Stay Awake
Stay Awake (Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films), 1988, A&M Records - 00:20 05:09 Atom TM – Texturen I
Texturen I, 2015, No. - 01:19 02:57 Chris Meloche – Loop 6 (Excerpt)
X-Rated – The Electronic Files, 2002, Boudisque Records - 03:41 03:22 Thomas Koehner & Asmus Tietchens – Frühruin Part 1
Σ + Frühruin (Kontakt Der Jünglinge Box), 2004, Die Stadt - 06:01 04:07 Thomas Köner – Nuuk
Nuuk, 2004, MillePlateauxMedia - 08:55 03:07 Akira Rabelais – Track 52
Spelle Remixes, 2005, unreleased (private collection) - 09:05 03:39 Bass Communion – Sisters Oregon, Part 3
Sisters Oregon, 2017, Drone Records - 11:07 06:15 Bass Communion – Sisters Oregon, Part 4
Sisters Oregon, 2017, Drone Records - 14:27 04:52 Else Marie Pade & Jacob Kirkegaard – Nimbostratus
Svaevninger, 2013, Important Records - 16:24 05:42 Eliane Radigue – L’Île Resonante
Oeuvres Electroniques, 2018, INA-GRM - 20:39 06:56 Brian Eno – Five Light Paintings
Music From Installations, 2018, Opal Records - 26:00 04:15 Hilary Jeffery – Belfast Tromboscillator 2
Belfast Tromboscillator, 2007, self-released - 28:37 05:53 James Plotkin & Mick Harris – Dissolve
Collapse, 1996, Asphodel - 31:24 06:23 Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto – Glass
Glass, 2018, Noton - 34:44 05:48 Deep Listening Band – CCCC (Cistern Chapel Chance Chants)
The Ready Made Boomerang, 1991, New Albion - 38:04 05:12 Michael Fahres – The Tubes (feat. Jon Hassell & Mark Atkins)
The Tubes, 2007, Cold Blue Music - 41:21 06:02 William Basinski – Worry
Two Point Two, 2003, 12K - 45:05 08:22 Biosphere – Valchyrie
X-Rated – The Electronic Files, 2002, Boudisque Records - 48:56 08:15 Yann Novak – Surroundings
Surroundings, 2017, Line - 53:08 07:23 Broeder Dieleman – Omer Gielliet
Uut De Bron, 2015, Snowstar Records - 59:42 02:08 Jeff Bridges – Sleep, Dream, Wakeup
Sleeping Tapes, 2015, Squarespace - 1:01:01 02:06 Morgen Wurde feat. Maria Estrella – Laesst Los
Pop Ambient 2020, 2019, Kompakt - 1:02:24 03:52 Monty Adkins – Secret Dreams
Rift Patterns, 2014, Audiobulb - 1:05:06 02:25 Ambrose Field & John Potter – Presque Quelque Chose
Being Dufay, 2009, ECM - 1:06:52 03:00 A Winged Victory For The Sullen – Aqualung, Motherfucker
The Undivided Five, 2019, Ninja Tune - 1:08:39 03:37 Jacob Kirkegaard – Opus Morturarium – Excerpt
Opus Mors, 2019, Fonik - 1:10:49 05:56 Ben Lukas Boysen – The Behinian Gospel
Gravity, 2013, Ad Noiseam - 1:14:49 01:53 Dean Hurley – Low Sustained Mystery
Anthology Resource Vol. 1, 2017, Sacred Bones Records - 1:15:51 04:03 Jeff Greinke – Out From Under (excerpt)
A Storm Of Drones, 1995, Asphodel - 1:18:46 04:22 Gray Acres – Unconditional
Material Forces, 2019, Whitelabrecs - 1:20:49 05:54 Robert Henke – Studies Of Thunder
Signal To Noise, 2004, Imbalance Computer Music - 1:24:35 04:34 James Murray – Carina
Heavenly Waters, 2017, Slowcraft - 1:28:34 03:27 Robert Rich – Senescent Architecture
Tactile Ground, 2019, Soundscape - 1:30:46 03:18 Kim Cascone – Lunar Gauzes-Alchemisphere
Lunar Gauzes-Alchemisphere, 2012, eSpace - 1:32:52 09:44 Fovea Hex – We Dream All The Dark Away (Abul Mogard Remix)
The Salt Garden II, 2017, Headphone Dust/Die Stadt - 1:41:18 03:23 Jana Winderen – Submerged
Submerged, 2009, Touch - 1:42:51 09:04 Greg Haines – 183 Times
Digressions, 2012, Preservation - 1:50:52 03:16 Chris Watson – Cima Verde
Cima Verde, 2008, Fondazione Edmund Mach - 1:52:50 06:37 Oliver Messiaen – Oraison, 1937
Ohm – The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music 1948 – 1980, 2000, Ellipsis Arts - 1:58:22 01:30 Biosphere – Steinfjord
The Senja Recordings, 2019, Biophon Records