A two-hour mix for the longest night: Winter Solstice. To be played (and hopefully enjoyed) in the deepest darkness. "Dream All The Dark Away" ... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

December 21 is the longest night in the Northern hemisphere. It marks the start of Winter (even though it is also called "Midwinter"), but gradually the nights will slowly get shorter as to indicate spring will be coming, eventually. For the 2019 Winter Solstice, Dutch Radio station Concertzender Nederland programmed an 8-hour ambient music special from 23:00 until 07:00 (11pm to 7am). That's a good night's sleep for most people! My contribution was scheduled to close the night: from 05:00 to 07:00 (5am to 7am).

For the context of this ambient night, I created a mix that is somewhat different from most Ambientblog.net mixes - after all, this was intended to be broadcast in the deepest hours of the darkest night of the year. So this one is more drone-oriented for the most part, slower, less 'dynamic' and less 'intense'.

More info on https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2019-12/winter-solstice-mix/

note: first time is start time, second time is fragment length

• 00:00 01:48 Suzanne Vega - Stay AwakeStay Awake (Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films), 1988, A&M Records
• 00:20 05:09 Atom TM - Texturen ITexturen I, 2015, No.
• 01:19 02:57 Chris Meloche - Loop 6 (Excerpt)X-Rated - The Electronic Files, 2002, Boudisque Records
• 03:41 03:22 Thomas Koehner & Asmus Tietchens - Frühruin Part 1Σ + Frühruin (Kontakt Der Jünglinge Box), 2004, Die Stadt
• 06:01 04:07 Thomas Köner - NuukNuuk, 2004, MillePlateauxMedia
• 08:55 03:07 Akira Rabelais - Track 52Spelle Remixes, 2005, unreleased (private collection)
• 09:05 03:39 Bass Communion - Sisters Oregon, Part 3Sisters Oregon, 2017, Drone Records
• 11:07 06:15 Bass Communion - Sisters Oregon, Part 4Sisters Oregon, 2017, Drone Records
• 14:27 04:52 Else Marie Pade & Jacob Kirkegaard - NimbostratusSvaevninger, 2013, Important Records
• 16:24 05:42 Eliane Radigue - L'Île ResonanteOeuvres Electroniques, 2018, INA-GRM
• 20:39 06:56 Brian Eno - Five Light PaintingsMusic From Installations, 2018, Opal Records
• 26:00 04:15 Hilary Jeffery - Belfast Tromboscillator 2Belfast Tromboscillator, 2007, self-released
• 28:37 05:53 James Plotkin & Mick Harris - DissolveCollapse, 1996, Asphodel
• 31:24 06:23 Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - GlassGlass, 2018, Noton
• 34:44 05:48 Deep Listening Band - CCCC (Cistern Chapel Chance Chants)The Ready Made Boomerang, 1991, New Albion
• 38:04 05:12 Michael Fahres - The Tubes (feat. Jon Hassell & Mark Atkins)The Tubes, 2007, Cold Blue Music
• 41:21 06:02 William Basinski - WorryTwo Point Two, 2003, 12K
• 45:05 08:22 Biosphere - ValchyrieX-Rated - The Electronic Files, 2002, Boudisque Records
• 48:56 08:15 Yann Novak - SurroundingsSurroundings, 2017, Line
• 53:08 07:23 Broeder Dieleman - Omer GiellietUut De Bron, 2015, Snowstar Records
• 59:42 02:08 Jeff Bridges - Sleep, Dream, WakeupSleeping Tapes, 2015, Squarespace
• 1:01:01 02:06 Morgen Wurde feat. Maria Estrella - Laesst LosPop Ambient 2020, 2019, Kompakt
• 1:02:24 03:52 Monty Adkins - Secret DreamsRift Patterns, 2014, Audiobulb
• 1:05:06 02:25 Ambrose Field & John Potter - Presque Quelque ChoseBeing Dufay, 2009, ECM
• 1:06:52 03:00 A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Aqualung, MotherfuckerThe Undivided Five, 2019, Ninja Tune
• 1:08:39 03:37 Jacob Kirkegaard - Opus Morturarium - ExcerptOpus Mors, 2019, Fonik
• 1:10:49 05:56 Ben Lukas Boysen - The Behinian GospelGravity, 2013, Ad Noiseam
• 1:14:49 01:53 Dean Hurley - Low Sustained MysteryAnthology Resource Vol. 1, 2017, Sacred Bones Records
• 1:15:51 04:03 Jeff Greinke - Out From Under (excerpt)A Storm Of Drones, 1995, Asphodel
• 1:18:46 04:22 Gray Acres - Unconditional Material Forces, 2019, Whitelabrecs
• 1:20:49 05:54 Robert Henke - Studies Of Thunder Signal To Noise, 2004, Imbalance Computer Music
• 1:24:35 04:34 James Murray - CarinaHeavenly Waters, 2017, Slowcraft
• 1:28:34 03:27 Robert Rich - Senescent ArchitectureTactile Ground, 2019, Soundscape
• 1:30:46 03:18 Kim Cascone - Lunar Gauzes-Alchemisphere Lunar Gauzes-Alchemisphere, 2012, eSpace
• 1:32:52 09:44 Fovea Hex - We Dream All The Dark Away (Abul Mogard Remix)The Salt Garden II, 2017, Headphone Dust/Die Stadt
• 1:41:18 03:23 Jana Winderen - SubmergedSubmerged, 2009, Touch
• 1:42:51 09:04 Greg Haines - 183 TimesDigressions, 2012, Preservation
• 1:50:52 03:16 Chris Watson - Cima VerdeCima Verde, 2008, Fondazione Edmund Mach
• 1:52:50 06:37 Oliver Messiaen - Oraison, 1937Ohm - The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music 1948 - 1980, 2000, Ellipsis Arts
• 1:58:22 01:30 Biosphere - SteinfjordThe Senja Recordings, 2019, Biophon Records