By Low Light Mixes
Ambient music mixes for a chaotic world
This mix is a collective of slow, organically unfolding music, songs that reminded me of the importance of reflection, of stillness, of contemplation, of change.
The set settles into a contemplative tone suitable for meditation and going-to-sleep music.
An ambient music soundtrack for viewing the 2024 Solar Eclipse.
An ambient music mix featuring new 2024 releases.
Warm and inviting mix of piano tunes that are simple and melodic but also dreamy, emotional, poignant, and cinematic.
Explore the electronic music of 1973 featuring Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Vangelis, and more.
An alternative soundtrack mix in celebration of Dune part 2 hitting theaters.
Imagine listening to this mix while sitting at the coast on a foggy day.
An ambient music mix for soaking up the sun’s rays during winter.
A mix featuring spacey, atmospheric guitar music.
An ambient music mix that captures the hushed sense of wonder of both the forest at night and the star-filled sky.
An ambient music mix for staying inside during freezing cold temps.
An ambient music mix for sitting inside and watching the snowfall outside.
I was doing a lot of work around the house, like painting, back in October and I was growing tired of my usual playlists. So I was happy when I stumbled on some 2023 jazz releases I hadn't heard. That...
A 2-hour mix of my favorite ambient albums of 2023.
An ambient music mix with a late-night vibe and a fair amount of percussion.
Misty Morning is a collection of tracks both old and new that allow your mind to travel. These pieces aim to lift you up and out of your thinking mind and usher you into the beloved ”in-between.”
Mystical ambient atmospheres meet New Age relaxation.
A slightly sinister Halloween mix featuring Latin tinged guitar sounds.
A calming collection of ambient tracks released in 2023.
A relaxing synth sequencer train ride through the fall foliage.
A collection of quiet indie songs from 2023.
A hallucinogenic sound collage of ambient music and found sounds.
A love letter to Iceland featuring music from all Icelandic artists.
A dreamy and eclectic selection of dark ambience, haunting drones, fuzzy electronica, cinematic modern classical, immersive sound art and ethereal soundscapes.
Ambient atmosphere plus tribal rhythms equals a trippy music mix.
A trip back in time to rediscover the electronic music of 1972.
An ambient mix with the feeling of exhilaration and weary melancholy of travel, as much as the clickety-clack rhythm associated with trains. Plus a twinge of the mystical that can be experienced while crossing between worlds.
A mix of my favorite ambient albums released in the first half of 2023.
A collection of longform ambient pieces for rest and sleeping.
An ambient mix that’s got that hazy and submerged feel about it and is a wee bit disorientating at times but is ultimately a calm and hopefully refreshing listen.
A mix from the early days of electronic music featuring tracks from 1971.
A beautiful collection of the latest ambient music.
An ambient, space music mix for a lonely satellite orbiting an unknown planet.
A great collection of instrumental tracks that, as the title says, leans heavily on music from the 70s.
A mix of electronic tunes that have a retro, space program vibe without being too kitschy or cheesy.
Take some old vinyl albums with echoing fender rhodes piano, add some scuba sound fx and a few synths and you’ve got yourself a 70s soundtrack to the Undersea World of Low Light Mixes.
A mix of some of the best ambient albums of 2023 so far.
A journey through electronic music of the’70s as we create a mix for each year of the decade. Starting with 1970.
I love making shortwave mixes, so it's hard to believe it's been almost 11 years since my last new shortwave creation. Yikes! I know these mixes are labor intensive and I am a terrible procrastinator but I am shocked that...
A tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto.
A mix of ambient piano tracks in celebration of International Piano Day 2023.
A testament to the staying power of Vangelis’ Blade Runner score , we still have a artists today that mimic the vibe of that soundtrack. This mix is a collection of tracks that clearly try to reproduce the feel of...
The Ondes Martenot was invented in 1928 by the French inventor Maurice Martenot. It sounds very much like a Theremin with it’s wavering tones produced by oscillators. The Ondes Martenot can be played with a metal ring worn on the...
Music for relaxing with a cup off coffee and reading the paper on Sunday morning.
An hour-long mix of brand new ambient music.
An electronic music mix in praise of the vocoder.
A trip through our solar system via ambient music.
An mix of ethereal ambient dub tracks with a few gentle beats and lots of synth washes.
A couple of years ago I watched and read a ton on Ernest Shackleton, the English Explorer who went to Antarctica 3 times. One of those was a journey that saw his ship, Endurance, get stuck in the ice and...