Ambient Meditations S2 Vol 47 - Jim Fairchild (Small Isles / Modest Mouse)

We are back from the summer break with a great guest mix from Jim Fairchild (Small Isles / Modest Mouse) that will perfectly ease you into the fall vibes. His new album The Valley, The Mountains, The Sea is out now on AKP Recordings and is a lovely ambient-ish, plucky, sparkling wonder of work - also perfect for your autumn soundtrack lineup. We will be working on trying to keep this going weekly and lining up some great guests for the final stretch of season two. So chill the last of your rosé, break out your sweaters, and bask in the changing of the leaves. Welcome back fall, we are ready for ya!

Ambient Meditations 47 Tracklist - Small Isles (Jim Fairchild of Modest Mouse)

1) Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble - Microchip

2) Max Richter and Grave Davidson - Path 5 (Delta)

3) Johann Johannsson - They Fed The Sparrows Leftovers and Offered Grass to Scherfig's Turtle

4) Tom Rogerson and Brian Eno - Motion in Field

5) Hildur Gudnodottir - Circular

6) Joep Boevig - Henosis

7) Nils Frahm - Says

8) Shida Shihabi - Pretty in Plums

9) Clarice Jensen - Metastable

10) A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Desires are Already Memories 

11) Loscii - Lumina

Ambient Meditations S2 Vol. 46 - Chrystal Für & Sanjay

This week to celebrate the holiday weekend, we are doing a good old-fashioned doubleheader. As the weather here out west has been unpredictable, we wanted to have some extra tunes to chill out just in case we get some curveballs, i.e. rain or blinding heat. We have two very chilled-out mixes from artists Chrystal Für and Sanjay. Enjoy your holiday weekend!

Magnetic Ambient Meditations Mix One Tracklist: Chrystal Für 

00:00 Kantilal Sonchhatra - Raga Bihag (Excerpt)

03:22 Olga Wojciechowska - Labyrinth Made Of Labyrinths

07:11 Stars of the Lid - Requiem String Melody

09:39 Chrystal Für - I’ll Rise At Dawn Once More (feat. Echo Collective)

14:12 Arvo Pärt - Lamentate - Fragile

15:06 Chrystal Für - I’ll Rise At Dawn Once More (feat. Echo Collective) [Continuation]

20:47 Jóhann Jóhannsson/Echo Collective - Stuk

23:10 loscil - Edifice

28:37 Delia Derbyshire - Liquid Energy (Bubbling Rhythm)

29:36 Chris Vibberts - Rights and Wrongs

31:33 Eluvium - Strangeworks

35:48 Taylor Dupree - Mir (Excerpt)

41:44 Echo Collective - Glitch

45:29 Chrystal Für - Memory Of A Fading Home

50:25 Michael Penn - The Transistor

51:43 Radiohead - Treefingers

55:23 A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Requiem for the Static King Part 1

58:01 Brian Eno - Discreet Music (Excerpt)

Magnetic Magazine Ambient Meditations -- SANJAY 

Full Tracklist:

Air - Modulor Mix

Jelassi - Sahalé

Amelia - Chancha Via Circuito

Polo & Pan - Zoom Zoom

Ntaolo - Sahalé & Samarana

Flames (Original Mix) - Rapossa

Weak (Original Mix) - Maya Jane Coles

Love You - Rampue

You Made It Pt.1 - Weval

You Made It Pt.2 - Weval

1893 Chicago Speech - Swami Vivekananda

Set Me On (David August Remix)- Qtier

Metazoa (Original Mix) - Weval

Endup (Original Mix) - Nu

Inscape (Original Mix)- Cubicolor

Feathered Sun - Bulbo 

Rio Mira - Adios Morena (Chancha Via Circuito Remix)

El Búho - Nevar

Manifestation - Abraham Hicks

Ambient Meditations S2 Vol. 45 - Mike Hiratzka

This week we are joined by the multi-talented Mike Hiratzka, a musician, producer, programmer, and an all-around musical swiss army knife. The mix he has put together is perfect for the dog days of summer, which should NOT happen in June! So grab an iced something, put on the cans and soak in these cool-down beats perfect for a sweltering evening on the porch, in your back yard or wherever you are cooling off.

Ambient Meditations 45 Track List:

1 Mike Hiratzka - Deadly Sins [ambient mix]

2 Vangelis - Tears In Rain

3 Mike Hiratzka - Hollow [ambient mix]

4 Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)

5 NIN - A Warm Place

6 Johann Johannsson - Kangaru

7 NIN - Ghosts 1

8 Aphex Twin - #3

9 Mike Hiratzka - And Then Again [ambient mix]

10 Mike Hiratzka - The Words That Matter [dub mix]

11 Radiohead - Daydreaming

12 Ludwig Goransson - Meeting Neil

13 Mike Hiratzka - The Light Of The Morning [ambient dub]

14 Mike Hiratzka - Headspace [ambient mix]

15 Radiohead - Codex

16 Radiohead - MK1 [edit]

17 Mike Hiratzka - La Vida

18 Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett - Dimensions

19 Grouper - Moon Is Sharp

20 Mike Hiratzka - Falling Back To You [ambient mix]

Ambient Meditations Season 2 - Vol 44 - Douran

This week we are featuring Parisian DJ and Producer Douran who is celebrating the release of his new EP Avalanche. His music is big, cinematic, and ethereal without a hint of cheese. His more dancey stuff harks back to the days of true progressive, when Sasha and Digweed, Nick Warren, Dave Seaman and other UK jocks held court. So it's only fitting that his AM mix leans into those epic sounds, perfect for taking with you on a long scenic drive or a trip to the outer atmosphere. Here is the soundtrack for your big dreamy interstellar weekend, even if you are just sitting on your lawn chair with a cocktail. Let's Go!

Ambient Meditations Tracklisting: Douran

Jon Hopkins - Light Through The Veins

Parra For Cuva - Temperature Of Traveling

Ben Böhmer - Flug & Fall

Midas 104 - Humming top

Stimming - Der Schmelz (David August Revision)

Kris Davis - Always

Robot Koch - Reach (feat. Delhia De France) [Chi Thanh Remix]

Douran - Awakening

We Are All Astronauts - Ether

"In this mix (and indeed in all my mixes in general whether live or just for the internet) I really tried to create a musical journey with a narrative progression and always melodic and emotionally intense tracks! 

I also love to surprise by integrating film music in the intro, in the finale or even sometimes in the middle of my mixes. Here I chose Jon Hopkins for the intro and an Ether from We Are All Astronauts for the finale. I also slipped in a track from my latest EP "Avalanche"! - Douran

Ambient Meditations Season 2 - Vol 43 - The Orb

We are back for the summer season after a short break. Joining us for Vol. 43 to kick off the warmer weather is none other than the legendary godfathers of chillout, The Orb, aka Alex Patterson. Patterson has assembled a lovely and very Orbish mix that fans are sure to play on repeat. If you are new to The Orb, well, let's just say you have a cavernous amount of audio exploring to do as the catalog is quite extensive. Patterson has also announced three new projects for 2021, a new label, a new album, and a biography that takes you through his fascinating and wonderful career to date. We are happy to be back for the second part of season two; we hope you enjoy this one as much as we do. 

Ambient Meditations Tracklisting: The Orb

Ken Nordine - the wet stranger 

Gas - Gas 1 

Sedibus - Toi 1338b 

Dave harrow - Altandon 

Instrumental - Smokebelch 

Avalanches- Summer crane 

The orb - Uluru 

OSS - Strongman's variations of a camel party

Thore Pfeiffer - Alles wird gut 

Jake (G)lover - Planet 9 

YMO - Ariel implosion mix the orb 

Nick Neutronz- FARA 

Tony D - Tony D & the love trip orchestra 

Ambient Meditations Season 2 - Vol 42 - Lycoriscoris

We are back this week with a beautiful mix from Japanese artist Lycoriscoris, also known as Yunosuke Senoo. His mix for AM weaves between classical, ethereal, and electronic to create the perfect balance of quiet bliss and serenity effortlessly. If you are in the mood for some feels, take this mix on a walk through some trees - aka Forest Bathing, and you will immediately be uplifted into the world of Lycoriscoris. His new album Chiyu is out now on Anjunadeep and brings the same emotional sensibilities with subtle driving beats, the perfect companion for this mix. So we suggest a doubleheader. Pair this with some junmai ginjo sake, and drift away. 

Ambient Meditations Season 2 - Vol 41 - Kumi Takahara

We are back after taking a week off and have a lovely cinematic mix from Kumi Takahara just in time for a long Easter weekend. With some tracks from legends like John Cage, Brian Eno, and Max Richter, as well as some from the artists herself - you are in for a chilled treat. Takahara has put together the perfect soundtrack for the transition into Spring, twinkling pianos, delicate reverb, and sweeping silence that creates a mesmerizing white space as if watching the flower buds unravel in slow motion. Find something soothing to drink, maybe a green tea cocktail, and prepare for a mediative state. 

Ambient Meditations 41 Tracklist 

John Cage: Dream

Kumi Takahara - Nostalghia (Edit)

Hiroshi Yoshimatsu: Rain Dance

Fishmans: Long Season

Kumi Takahara: Ditty (Dylan Henner Remix)

Arvo Pärt: Spiegel Im Spiegel

Kumi Takahara: Tide

Kumi Takahara: Kai-kou (Porya Hatami Remix)

Max Richter - Spring (Vivaldi Recomposed

Kumi Takahara feat. Tape Loop Orchestra - Chant

Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon

Ambient Meditations Vol 40 - Mint Julep

This week we tap indie poptronic duo Mint Julep to wind us down with a unique blend of uplifting swirls and a dash of melancholy. Their new album In a Deep & Dreamless Sleep is out now on Western Vinyl and is the perfect record to put you in a state of reflection after this insane and wild year of lockdowns and social distancing. With dabbles of synths, lofi noise, and soothing echoes, it's one you will probably put on repeat. Their mix is almost the perfect, slightly more chilled companion for their album, so stacking them together is a great way to wind down your weekend. It's not quite derby time yet, but grab yourself a copper mug and some good bourbon and whip up a Julep for this audio adventure, you'll probably need two. 

Ambient Meditations Mix By Mint Julep:

1. Khotin - Water Soaked in Forever

2. Lucy Gooch - Stalagmites & Helictites

3. Visible Cloaks - Bloodstream

4. Kali Malone - Sacer Profanare

5. Bibio - Ivy

6. Joanna Brouk - Atavesta

7. Tengger - Achime

8. Polmo Polpo - Farewell

9. Botany - Clean Lungs

10. Valotihkuu - Lying On the Grass

11. Susumu Yokota - Gekkoh

12. Chihei Hatakeyama - Chased By Phantom

13. Hollie Kenniff - So Good and Wild

14. Emily A. Sprague - Huckleberry

15. Mary Lattimore - It Feels Like Floating

16. Frederico Durand - Postal de las Islas Feroe

17. Pub - Dilemma

18. Helios - Spectrum

19. Goldmund - From One Place to Another

Ambient Meditations Season 2 - Vol 39 - Dntel

For the 39th episode of AM, the legendary Dntel takes the helm with his forward-thinking electronic selections. From his early glitchy ambient bliss to his indie-pop collab with Ben Gibbard as The Postal Service, Jimmy Tamborello has never stopped exploring. His new album The Seas Trees See, coming out on March 26th on Morr Music, is another delightful dose of Dntel's musical whimsy, appreciation of intimate and strange moments, and an overall surreal ambient wonderland. His mix for AM reflects all of his musical sensibilities and delivers a fresh crop of tunes and artists that will be unfamiliar to most. So get ready to take a sip of some dreamy marmalade; this mix would have the Mad Hatter in ecstasy. What to drink, maybe find a very complex Cabernet and burn some incense, because you are going on a trip.

Ambient Meditations Mix by Dntel

Hydroplane - How Can You Tell Me

Polido - (…)

The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa - Vacuum Blow (Mirror FX Mix)

Afterlife - 11/30/12

Takashi Kokubo - 光と風のシンフォニー

Zoviet France - alchamagenta

Dntel - The Lilac and the Apple (remix)

Shoeg - IX 1

Soho Rezanejad & Frederik Valentin - One Of My Shades

glia & Matthewdavid - gliamd-mxd

SELA. - …just another soundcloud producer

Plaka Roela - Flores Amarillas

Robbie Elizee - The Nod Out

Dntel - What I Made

Kyle Yerhot - Store Theme

Yves Tumor - Love is The Law

FARWARMTH - All The Lights In The Heavens

Ambient Meditations Season 2 - Vol 38 - STUFF

For the 38th episode of AM, we are joined by Belgian quintet STUFF to celebrate their upcoming album T(h)reats coming out on May 7th on Sbdan Ultra. The mix is a nice blend of bliss and quirky beats with tracks from the band themselves and some legends like Four Tet and DNTEL. This is the perfect mix to remind you that Spring is around the corner and hopefully, a summer that is less lockdown and more get down, even just a dabble of normalcy, would be good. If you are into Forest Bathing, this also an excellent mix for that kind of thing. So make something sparkly and effervescent to drink, maybe a Champagne Cocktail. Enjoy.

Ambient Meditations Mix by STUFF

1. Satochi & Makoto - Closer
2. Takashi Kokubo - イオンの森 (Oasis of the Wind) 
3. Iglooghost - Eœ (Disk•Initiate)
4. Hullabalo0 x Detox Unit - Whatchu Need (Iyakuh & Pathwey Remix)
5. Four Tet - Parallel 1
6. Visible Cloaks - Wheel
7. Solange - Jerrod (Lil Data TidalCycles live coding edit) (youtube rip)
8. Amon Tobin - On a Hilltop Sat the Moon
9. STUFF. - unreleased ambient jam
10. The Tin Box - FoxDot melodic ambient improvisations (youtube rip)
11. Alice Coltrane - Er Ra
12. Sequentia - Hildegard von Bingen - O vis aeternitatis (Responsorium)
13. Jon Hassell - Ravinia _ Vancouver
14. Dries Laheye - live at ORBIT (Facebook rip)
15. Adriaan de Roover - Arthropoda
16. Vashti Bunyan - Window over the Bay
17. DNTEL - The Seas Trees See 
18. LOVING - Growing Flowers By Candlelight
19. Face To Face - Carl Gustav Jung 1959 interview (excerpt) / Jyoti - Bemoanable Lady Geemix (intro)
20. STUFF. - OB499 (unreleased)
21. Brian Eno - Reflection 1