Peinzing – Part 1

"Peinzing" (pondering, muse-ing) (2003) is the name of the musical collage in which the difference between 'music' and 'sound' will not always be clear to the listener. Over time, this has proven to be one of the most popular mix, especially with listeners that were not exactly familiar to ambient/electronic music. It is indeed one of the more accessible - which does nót necessarily mean this is 'easy listening'. Do nót expect 'New Age' music, despite some whale-, cricket- and other sounds of nature. At times the layers of sounds are dark and threatening, maybe even confronting. There's always the dynamic range between tension and release. The quiet piano sounds of John Cage and Arvo Pärt surround a broad spectrum of auditive landscapes. Inbetween, sometimes 'ordinary' pop-songs define the theme, like Paul Simon's 'Quiet':"I am heading for a time of quiet / When my restlessness is past / And I can lie down on my blanket / And release my fists at last". This particular sequence (Arno Peeter's collage of hectic life's answering machines, Paul Simon's detaching Zen-like song 'Quiet', and Jon Hassell seemingly rephrasing Paul Simon's last vocal line) is one of my all time favourite sequences. Because for me this part expresses what most mixes are about: Tension...Release...and then again: dark clouds gathering above strange landscapes... Please note that this 2-part mix is meant to be listened as one. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

playlist:

Alexei Lubimov - John Cage: In a LandscapeDer Bote - ECM New Series 1771 461812-2 - 2002DNTel - PillowcaseLife is Full of Possibilities - Plug Research PR320106CD - 2001Autopoieses - c[] editFull Swing Edits - Orthlong Musork orth 05- 2002Arno Peeters - Audentity IIAeroson - Mille Plateaux MP031 CD - 1996Paul Simon - QuietYou're the One - Warner Bros 47844 - 2000Jon Hassell - These Times...Dream Theory in Malaya - Editions EG EEGCD13 - 1981Thomas Köner - Daikan I + IVDaikan - Mille Plateaux MP 107 - 2002Christina Kubisch - Oase 2000Sonic Boom - Sonic Boom - 2000Biosphere - Green ReflectionsCirque - Touch TO:55 - 2001Arno Peeters - Audentity - extendedAeroson - Mille Plateaux MP031 CD - 1996Echoes of Nature - Turkey TalkJungle Talk: The Natural Sounds Of The Wilderness - Delta B000001V4S - 1993Eleni Karaindrou - Lament ITrojan Women - ECM New Series 1810 - 2002Nigel Ayers/John Everall/Mick Harris - Mesmeric Enabling Device part 2Mesmeric Enabling Device - Soleilmoon 01923 - 1997A Produce - Midnight PondThe Other World- Hypnos hyp 1804 - 1998Bass Communion - A Grapefruit in the World of ParkWhere Stalks the Sandman - Noh Poetry NPR 003 - 2001Kent Sparling - In a Mumbling SkyUnder New Manna - Farfield Records - 2000Susumu Yokota - Grass, Tree and StoneThe Boy and the Tree - Leaf Label bay25cd - 2002Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet - Coney Island LowRequiem for a Dream - Nonesuch 79611-2 - 2000Dhafer Youssef - La Priere de l'AbsentElectric Sufi - Enja 9412-2 - 2002Jah Wobble - The CompoundUmbra Sumus - 30Hertz cd 5 - 1998Jah Wobble - ChelaUmbra Sumus - 30Hertz cd 5 - 1998Alan Howarth - Storm on Ceti Beta VIIReal Hollywood Sound Effects - GNP Crescendo GNPD 8054 - 1997Fred Szymanski - It's Hard to KnowVarious Artists: A Storm of Drones - Asphodel ASP 0966 - 1996Thomas Köner - IliraTeimo - Barooni BAR05cd - 1991Thomas Köner - FoutuVarious Artists: Communication Problems - Vibragun VIN 003 - 2002Rothko - BloodtiedA Continual Search for Origins- Too Pure - 2002Liquid Morphine - Droom (not on album) - 2000Arve Henriksen - Path around the PondSakuteiki - Rune Grammofon 2021 - 2001Leif Inge - 9Beetstretch 3.2 (partial)9Beetstretch - EX FIELD X 24H 9B - 2002John Taverner - Funeral IkosByzantia - Virgin Classics 7243 5 45352 2 2 - 1999AV911 - Rain Storm 2 mp3.com