26 Shades of Darkness

The sheer volume of the Headphone Commute’s '…And Darkness Came' compilation – issued as a charity fundraising for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, and boasting 87 tracks (over 6 hours) of music – was also a kind of invitation to create a mix from it. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

Presenting a wide range of music from well (and lesser) known artists – covering most of the ambient/electronic/post-classical/improv spectre, the compilation is an overview and 'who’s who' of what’s happening at this very moment. Its diversity of sounds and musical ideas will appeal to everyone with open ears.

Playlist

00:00 Marcus Fischer – Rising Landfall03:15 Monolyth & Cobalt + Évo Lüthi – Dust Of07:08 Machinefabriek – Waterspiegel08:36 Pinkcourtesyphone – Pixels Came and Broke Your Heart11:06 Somatic Responses – Fear Chasing Hope (Zombie Subway HC Edit)13:35 Netherworld – Skotos14:27 David Wenngren – Short Composition #215:33 Infinite Scale – Never Let Go18:04 Sun Hammer – Incantations (For Sandy)18:54 Max Richter – Non-Eternal22:24 Autistici – A Concise Model of Power Outage23:47 Gen Ken Montgomery – Sandy Drain25:34 Takahiro Kido – Sweet Silence28:42 Kane Ikin – Slipping Away30:10 Roel Funcken – Trideo Vaperz31:44 Pleq feat Strië – Our Words Are Frozen32:09 Peter Prautszch – Überwintern34:26 Aria Rostami – Delta36:22 Valgeir Sigurdsson – Big Reveal37:42 Julien Neto – Los Cien Enamorados41:42 Riverrun – Maallinen Kuu44:43 Hummingbird – Above the Ruins48:01 WDNFRM – Gleneden Beach50:05 James Murray – Still Waters Rise51:19 Jase Rex – With Sword and Salt53:55 Ian Hawgood – King of Light and Shadows