“Utsura-Utsura” is a japanese expression indicating the ‘fluctuation between alert wakefulness and a state of half-sleep’. This is exactly what this hour-long mix is about: between being awake and half asleep. Sigur Rós, Arve Henriksen and Helios may be your grip to reality in this somewhat abstract, sometimes hallucinatory sound. --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

UTSURA-UTSURA PLAYLIST:

• 0.00 - FM3 - Loop 3 (Buddha Machine v. 20; 2008)
• 1.07 - Andrey Dergatchev - Piano (The Return; 2005, ECM 1923)
• 3.25 - [none] - 4 Figure Counting 10 Rough Tones(Conet Project; 1997, Irdial ird059)
• 3.58 - Alan Howarth - Into the 8th Dimension (Real Hollywood Sound Effects; 1997, GNP Crescendo GNP8054)
• 4.34 - The Caretaker - Poor Enuncration (Persistent Repetition of Phrases; 2008, Install INST002)
• 5.50 - Daniel Lara - Kaaiatae (Nuzita.net; 2008, nuzita.net/konfort -)
• 7.30 - Horchata - Basement (Isolated House; 2008, dark winter dw047)
• 9.22 - Esther Venrooy - Arthur (Shift Coordinate Points; 2006, Entr’Acte 30)
• 10.14 - Colin Potter and Paul Bradley - Cavity (Behind your very eyes; 2003, ICR icr37)
• 12.15 - Nomad Palace - Northern (Favourite Places; 2007, Audiobulb ab016)
• 12.55 - Aaron Ximm (the Quiet American) - Starboard (Maritime Suite; 1999, Echolocations 2)
• 14.20 - Akira Rabelais - 1483 Caxton Legg, He put away not the wodenes of his flesh (+ various short Spelle mixes)(Spellewauerynsherde remixes; 2004, unreleased, private collection)
• 17.07 - Evan Bartholomew - Reborn, we fluctuate and fade(Caverns of Time; 2007, Somia 001)
• 19.15 - Arve Henriksen - Sorrow and its opposite(Cartography; 2008, ECM 2086)
• 20.30 - FM3 - Loop 1(Buddha Machine v. 20; 2008, Buddha 02)
• 21.17 - Controlled Dissonance - Theme for Spooly(This is what it sounds like when drones cry; 2006, Intelligent Machine Prod. IMP021)
• 22.45 - Lawrence English & Ai Yamamoto - Longing(Plateau; 2008, Post Everything PS07)
• 23.57 - Arsenije Jovanovic - Athos - Montana Sacra(Athos - Montana Sacra; 2006, CCnC Records)
• 26.42 - Arve Henriksen - Recording Angel (Cartography; 2008, ECM ecm2086)
• 29.41 - Chris Watson - Cima Verde(Cima Verde; 2008, Fondazione Edmund Mach 761118-02708-1)
• 29.15 - Esther Venrooy & Heleen van Haegenborgh - Interior View (Mock Interiors; 2008, Entr’Acte E55)
• 31.22 - Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry - Vryashn(Vryashn; 2008, Gears of Sand GOS 40)
• 33.52 - The Caretaker - I saw your face in a dream(We’ll all go riding on a rainbow; 2003, V/VM Test Records VVMTCD15)
• 35.45 - Cory Allen - Gesemi Tropisms(Gesemi Tropisms; 2005, trans>Parent Radiation TRANS004)
• 37.35 - Náhvalur - Remora(Aboideau; 2008, Mystery Sea MS46)
• 38.58 - Blindman Saxophone Quartet - Four2 - polyphony with aleatoric time shifting(Multiple Voice; 2002, Universal Music 472596-2)
• 42.38 - Hilary Jeffery - Announcement (Solo Trombone & Electronics 2; 2007, FMR 210-0906)
• 44.08 - Sigur Rós - Straumnes(Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust; 2008, EMI 228 7282)
• 45.16 - Ruth Anderson - I Come Out of Your Sleep (Sinopah; 1998, Experimental Intermedia XI 118)
• 48.18 - [none] - Kones Kones (Conet Project; 1997, Irdial ird059)
• 49.34 - Angus Maclaurin - Sea Shanti(Glass Music; 2000, Bubble Core Records BC-032)
• 50.23 - David Kristian & Ryosuke Aoike - Kenzobutsu(Ghost Stories; 2007, Cocosolidciti CDC014)
• 51.49 - Helios - Hollie(Caesura; 2008, Type Type042)
• 56.17 - FM3 - Loop 3 + 1(Buddha Machine v. 20; 2008)
• 56.26 - [none] - Ready Ready(Conet Project; 1997, Irdial ird059)