Category Archives: ambient revolution

luv460

ambient revolution

luv460 Stay At Home Astronaut

Stay At Home Astronaut

after 30 years of djing and practicing the art of “traveling without moving” i have decided what i want to be when i grow up, a stay at home astronaut. trips will leave multiple times daily from Room Base Alpha nestled deep in the bosom of the Record Canyon. fourth dimensional travel is possible and encouraged! all you need to come along are open ears and an open mind, this stay at home astronaut will do the rest.
photo : some of the hi-tech equipment used at Room Base Alpha

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Tracklist:
  1. Ascension – Laraaji & Kramer – Shimmy Disc (2023)
  2. Greeting in 55 Languages from The Voyager Golden Record sent into space aboard the two Voyager spacecraft in 1977 – Ozma Records (1977/2017)
  3. Mexican Helium – Adam Wiltzie – Kranky (2024)
  4. Cry – Howie B. – Polydor (1996)
  5. Automatic Writing (side a) – Robert Ashley – Lovely Music. Ltd. (1979/2019)
  6. Carribea – Raymond Scott – Basta (2017)
  7. Twenty Four – Cate Brooks – Clay Pipe Music (2023)
  8. Cul-de-Sac – Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Castles In Space (2024)
  9. Cafe Del Mars – Actress – Smalltown Supersound (2024)
  10. Pacific Dawn – Tom Dissevelt – Philips / Sonitron (1963/2014)
  11. Like I Was A Spectator – Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno – Virgin EMI Records / UMC (1983/2019)
  12. excerpts of Frank Borman, William A. Anders & James A. Lovell Jr.’s descriptions of the Moon from Apollo 8 on December 24th, 1968 – Time-Life Records (1969)
  13. Luna Park – Tod Dockstader – Owl Records / Doxy (1961/1966/2014)
  14. Danza Galattica – MOGGI (Piero Umiliani) – Omicron / Musica Per Immagini (1980/2022)
  15. Norms – MatthewDavid – Leaving Records (2023)
  16. Gliding Through Everything – Four Tet – Text Records (2024)
  17. Six – Black Decelerant – RVNG Intl. (2023)
  18. From The Bluff – Ernest Hood – Thistlefield / Rexus Records / Freedom To Spend (1975/2019)
  19. Crystal Eyes – Jonny from Space – Incienso Records (2024)
  20. Exoplanet Ross128B – The Orb – Cooking Vinyl (2024)

luv447

ambient revolution, weird

luv447 liminalanimil

liminalanimil

you are stuck in the middle. nothing before you, nothing behind you and a vast emptiness on either side. time has become ambiguous. you have become the liminalanimil.
photo : Richy Wainhall

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Tracklist:
  1. … On Reflection (Four) – William Basinski & Janek Schaefer – Temporary Residence (2022)
  2. Artefact 3 – Paul Cousins – Castles In Space (2022)
  3. Vast Landscape – Future Sound Of London – fsoldigital.com (2014)
  4. Lies – King Midas Sound – Cosmo Rhythmatic (2019)
  5. State Forest – Burial – Hyperdub (2019)
  6. Night Life In Twin Peaks – Angelo Badalamenti – Warner Bros. (1990)
  7. Transient Scratch – We™ – Asphodel (1996)
  8. Airtribe Meets The Dream Ghost – Steve Roach – Fortuna Records / Telephone Explosion Records (1988/2018)
  9. Moonquake – The New Obsolescents – Castles In Space (2021)
  10. Elevator Down – Disconscious – Tinnitus Records / Mental Groove Records / Musique Pour La Danse (2013/2023)
  11. Catchy DAAD – Oval – Mille Plateaux (1994)
  12. You Could Feel The Sky – Boards Of Canada – Warp (2002)
  13. excerpt from side B of the Eraserhead Original Soundtrack – David Lynch & Alan R. Splet – I.R.S. Records (1982)
  14. Persistent Repetition Of Phrases – The Caretaker – Install / History Always Favours The Winners (2008/2023)

luv414

ambient revolution, electronic listening music, original soundtracks, weird
luv414 The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone

in every urban center in the world, late at night after all the good people have gone to bed, The Dead Zone comes on the air. it can only be found at the bottom of the FM radio dial after all the busy city streets are empty. no one knows where the sound found at the low end of the FM dial emanates from but when it crackles to life it is the perfect audio companion for the desolation of urban sprawl. so if you find yourself out driving late at night and notice no one else around, wind down your FM dial and you may find yourself in The Dead Zone.
photo : M.T. Sitty

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Tracklist:
  1. Drained Lake – Loscil – Kranky (2016) > buy link
  2. The Port – Maria Teresa Luciani – Fama srl / Finders Keepers Records (1972/2017) > buy link
  3. Oriaca – Phoenecia – Schematic (2000) > buy link
  4. Funeral (from Hereditary) – Colin Stetson – Milan (2018) > buy link
  5. The Box Car Incident (from The Gauntlet) – Jerry Fielding – Warner Bros. (1978) > buy link
  6. untitled (side B, track 1 of Themes for GRIND ) – Will Sergeant – Ninety-Two Happy Customers (1982) > buy link
  7. Lange Melodie Für Den Countdown (Long Melody Towards Countdown) – Clara Mondshine – Innovative Communication / Survival Research (1981/2020)
  8. Parallasse (from Space: 1999) – Ennio Morricone – RCA / Death Waltz Recording Company (1972/1975/2016)
  9. Lux1 – Seefeel – Warp (1994/2021) > buy link
  10. The Original Soundtrack Of The Coum Transmissions Film Of “After Cease To Exist” – Throbbing Gristle – Industrial Records (1977) > buy link
  11. Graviton – Dopplereffekt – International Deejay Gigolo Records / WéMè Records (2003/2020) > buy link
  12. 100301 – Opiate – Vertical Form (2001)
  13. Velvet Owl – Amon Tobin – Nomark Records (2019) > buy link
  14. Parabola – Xor Gate – Tresor (2018) > buy link
  15. Immanence – Oneohtrix Point Never – No Fun Productions / Software / Mexican Summer (2009/2013) > buy link

luv404

ambient revolution, weird
luv404 Not Found

Not Found

404 SYSTEM ERROR : NOT FOUND
not found = lost
lost = gone, adrift, wandering, off-course, obscured, disoriented, wayward, misplaced, missing
WARNING : the first few minutes of this mixtape are a slow building drone, but don’t worry, after that it gets weirder.
image : not found

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Tracklist:
  1. Gegenstimmung – Reinhard Berg – Melbourne Records (1972/1975/1980)
  2. Nucleaire – Philippe Doray, Les Asociaux Associés – Gratte-Ciel / SouffleContinu Records (1977/2020)
  3. Весенний Этюд = Spring Etude – Vladimir Martynov – Мелодия / modern silence (1980/2016)
  4. Gwendoline Descendue! – Bernard Gagnon – Tenzier (1981/2012)
  5. Vagues – Rhythm & Noise – Ralph Records (1984)
  6. Mirror’s – Moolah – Atman Music & Recordings (1974/2012)
  7. Studie 1 – Karlheinz Stockhausen – modern silence (1953/2016) > buy link
  8. Infiltration – Moebius & Plank – Sky / Bureau B (1981/2010) > buy link
  9. Huh? – The New Obsolescents – Castles In Space (2021) > buy link
  10. track 5, side A of Negativland – Negativland – Seeland (1980)
  11. Knock At The Door – John Carpenter – Death Waltz Recording Company (1984/2013) > buy link
  12. Radio Void – Chris & Cosey – Rough Trade / Conspiracy International (1981/2019) > buy link
  13. Solar Ellipse – Barry Truax – Cambridge Street Records (1985)
  14. Prismatic Forest – Alwin Nikolais – Hanover / Cacophonic (1959/2013)
  15. A Thousand Whispers – Tim Story – Atem / Dias Records (1982/2021) > buy link
  16. Line Extension – Oval – Mille Plateaux / Thrill Jockey (1995/1996) > buy link

luv400

ambient revolution
luv400 Before I Knew The Orchid Was

Before I Knew The Orchid Was

after 10 years the battle still wages between stress and stresslessness. having been at the forefront of the ambient revolution for the past decade we have truly seen the dire need for things to chill out. with this mixtape of goodwill and ultra-chill we want you all to know that the ambient revolution is still going strong, aiding you in your quest for quietude of the soul.
photo : Roamer Farechild

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Tracklist:
  1. Starsail – Emerald Web – Stargate / Finders Keepers Records (1980/2014) > buy link
  2. Drifting In Wire – Single Cell Orchestra – Astralwerks (1995)
  3. Audax – Biosphere – Biophon Records (2016) > buy link
  4. Gold And Lead – Tom Dissevelt – Philips / Sonitron (1963/2014) > buy link
  5. Dem Wanderer – Cluster – Sky Records (1976) > buy link
  6. A Saucerful Of Ambience Part IV – The Dark Side Of The Moog – Fax +49-69/450464 / Music On Vinyl (1995/2018) > buy link
  7. A Saucerful Of Ambience Part XII – The Dark Side Of The Moog – Fax +49-69/450464 / Music On Vinyl (1995/2018) > buy link
  8. Optimistic In Wonderland – Pub – Ampoule (2001) > buy link
  9. Land – Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange – Fantôme Phonographique (1964/2019)
  10. Metaz form8 – Autechre – Warp (2020) > buy link
  11. 坂東太郎のりうきょう / Flow Of The Tone River – Sugai Ken – Field Records (2020) > buy link
  12. Bön 5 – Förlåt Oss Våra Skulder (Prayer 5 – Forgive Us Our Debts) – Ralph Lundsten – His Master’s Voice / Light in The Attic (1972/2016) > buy link
  13. Crashing Sphere – Starkey – Civil Music (2012) > buy link

luv391

ambient revolution, electronic listening music
luv391 Flummoxed

Flummoxed

my mind has been a jumble of confusion. so i took the swirling sounds, off-kilter rhythms and odd sonic signatures running loose in my mind and, with a synthesis of new and old, created a timeless void where we can go when we need to lose ourselves.
image : Nester Stronghook

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Tracklist:
  1. Dark Plasma – Joel Vandroogenbroeck – Coloursound Library / Aguirre Records (1980/2015) > buy link
  2. Frankel – Mapstation – Soul Static Sound (2000) > buy link
  3. Elettronica [#5] – Ennio Morricone – Death Waltz Recording Company (1975/2017)
  4. Describing Bodies – Oneohtrix Point Never – Editions Mego (2010) > buy link
  5. アトムのB.G.M. – Matsuo Ohno – ALM Records / Survival Research (1975/2019)
  6. Without Excess – Speaker Music – Planet Mu (2019) > buy link
  7. Fabbrica N.4 – Gerardo Iacoucci – Canopo / Intervallo (1972/2017)
  8. Drone – Tod Dockstader – Owl Records / DOXY (1962/1966/2014) > buy link
  9. The Crocodile – Shit And Shine – Editions Mego (2017) > buy link
  10. Summit Melody – Team Doyobi – Skam (2004) > buy link
  11. 葆光飴 Hokouame – Sugai Ken – Discrepant (2018) > buy link
  12. Butterfly No. 3 – Morton Subotnick – Columbia (1974) > buy link
  13. Vegetable – Black Dice – Paw Tracks (2009) > buy link
  14. Walk – Freeform – Skam (2005) > buy link

luv390

ambient revolution, electronic listening music, odd pop, weird
luv390 Don't Mind Me

Don’t Mind Me

oh, hi there. don’t mind me. i am just putting some beautiful music up on the interwebs. much like i have been doin’ for about… oh well would you look at that. seems that this here mixtape marks the 10th year that dj luv’s records have been going around. that’s a mighty long time. but i’m here to tell ya that i don’t mind. no sir, not one bit. why i would be making these darn mixtapes anyway so i figure why not share ’em. so don’t you worry, you can keep expectin’ ’em, cos as far near as i can tell we have only scratched the surface of what the Record Canyon has tucked away. thanks to those who have listened and shared. spread the luv, that’s what i always say.
photo : Liz Pieries

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Tracklist:
  1. Never In And Never Out – Animals On Wheels – Ntone (1999) > buy link
  2. Carousel – Iron and Wine – Sub Pop (2007) > buy link
  3. Being It – Arthur Russell – Upside Records / Audika (1986/2005) > buy link
  4. Seascape – Dick Mills for BBC Radiophonic Workshop – BBC Records / Silva Screen (1983/2016) > buy link
  5. I Know They Say – Spectrum – Silvertone Records / Medical Records LLC (1994/2018) > buy link
  6. Preludietto – Alessandro Alessandroni – SR Records / Sonor Music Editions (1972/2019)
  7. Wesak – Gimmer Nicholson – Peabody / Light In The Attic (1969/1981/2016) > buy link
  8. Mama Kilio E – Jean-Bosco Mwenda – Mississippi Records (2019)
  9. Blumenthal – Ulrich Schnauss – City Centre Offices / Scripted Realities (2003/2020) > buy link
  10. Master Of The Game – Silica Gel – Wifflefist / Future Logic Development Corporation (1993/2016)
  11. Cave Ballad – Andy Hull & Robert McDowell ft. Paul Dano – Lakeshore Records (2016) > buy link
  12. Deep – Hex – Ninja Tune (1993) > buy link
  13. This Side Of The Blue – Joanna Newsom – Drag City (2004) > buy link
  14. The Distance – Manual – Morr Music (2002) > buy link
  15. Long Distance Look – Steve Hiett – CBS/Sony / Efficient Space / Be With Records (1983/2019)
  16. Canto Triste – MPB-4 – Philips (1975/1982)
  17. Children Crying – The Congos – Black Art / Blood And Fire (1977/1996) > buy link
  18. Intogeymy – The Lower Buttons – Ubuntu Publishing (1964/2014)
  19. Naima – John Coltrane – Atlantic (1960) > buy link

luv383

ambient revolution
luv383 Near Quaint

Near Quaint

when time seems to stand still, the ambient revolution will be there.
when days turn into weeks that turn into months, the ambient revolution will be there.
when the world outside seems unreachable, the ambient revolution will be there.
so take this time to stop the clock and rest assured knowing the ambient revolution will always be there for you.
photo : Léonard Misonne

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Tracklist:
  1. The Better Angels Of Our Nation – Stars Of The Lid – Kranky (1995) > buy link
  2. ending of Prélude Au Sommeil (side A) – Jean Jacques Perrey – Institut Dormiphone / Fantôme Phonographique (1958/2018) > buy link
  3. Visions During Movement – J.D. Emmanuel – Aguirre (1981/2017)
  4. ending of Waves Part II – Jade Warrior – Island (1975) > buy link
  5. Quiet Friend – Steve Roach – Fortuna Records / Soundquest Music / Telephone Explosion (1984/2017) > buy link
  6. Reaping – Meemo Comma – Planet Mu (2019) > buy link
  7. 12:18 – Global Communication – Dedicated / Music On Vinyl (1994/2020) > buy link
  8. Microstoria Runtime Engine – Microstoria & Oval – Thrill Jockey (1997) > buy link
  9. Saumpfad – Roedelius – Sky Records / Bureau B (1981/2010) > buy link
  10. Andata – Ryuichi Sakamoto – Milan (2017) > buy link
  11. Internal Bewildered World – The Caretaker – History Always Favours The Winners (2017) > buy link
  12. Mescalin Mix – Terry Riley – Jeanne Dielman (1962/2018) > buy link
  13. Father Of Light – Syrinx – True North / Rvng Intl. (1970/2016) > buy link
  14. The Moth And The Flame Part II – Keith Jarrett – ECM Records (1981) > buy link

luv374

ambient revolution, krautrock, weird
luv374 Virgin Ambient Flyer

Virgin Ambient Flyer

i have always had the sneaking suspicion that Richard Branson co-founded Virgin Records in 1972 to better soundtrack his future hot air balloon adventures. as you may recall, in 1987 he became one of the first people to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a hot air balloon, crash landing in the water off the coast of Northern Ireland. at the time their balloon, the “Virgin Atlantic Flyer” was the largest in the world; so naturally it sunk.

recently i met a longtime employee for the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, England, where the “Virgin Atlantic Flyer” now resides. he was part of the team that salvaged and cleaned out the craft after the emergency landing and he confirms that there was a good sound system and a box of reel-to-reel tapes stowed on board. of course they were all destroyed but he recalls one of the reels being clearly labeled “Avant Garde Virgin Cuts”. this mix is what i imagine was on that tape Sir Branson listened to while he floated among the clouds.

image : a Thunder & Colt decal on the outside of the Virgin Atlantic Flyer.

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Tracklist:
  1. Romance – Peter Baumann – Virgin (1976) > buy link
  2. excerpt from Percolations : Part One – Gong – Virgin (1976)
  3. Garden Of Paradise – Steve Hillage – Virgin (1979) > buy link
  4. The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine – Gong – Virgin (1973) > buy link
  5. Träum Mal Wieder – Holger Czukay – Virgin (1984) > buy link
  6. The Blue Blue Third – Rip Rig + Panic – Uh Huh Prods / Virgin (1981)
  7. Glass C/W Steel – Fred Frith – Caroline / Virgin (1974)
  8. Circulation Of Events – Tangerine Dream – Ohr / Virgin (1973/1976) > buy link
  9. Glimmer – John Foxx – Metal Beat / Virgin (1980/1981) > buy link
  10. Tropic Of Capricorn – Edgar Froese – Virgin (1978) > buy link
  11. Toyota City – The Human League – Virgin (1980) > buy link
  12. Linguaphonie – Henry Cow – Virgin / Red Records (1974/1979)
  13. Krautrock – Faust – Virgin (1973) > buy link
  14. Caucasian Lullaby – Slap Happy / Henry Cow – Virgin (1975) > buy link
  15. Gegenstand – John Greaves / Peter Blegvad / Lisa Herman – Virgin (1977) > buy link
  16. Étoile Polaire (North Star) – Philip Glass – Virgin (1977)

luv360

ambient revolution
luv360 sometimes why

sometimes why

when someone signs up for the ambient revolution that means they are ready to drift into unknown sonic territory. knowing that they will not return unchanged, they fearlessly open their minds and entangle them in this timeless mirage. lie back and listen if you want to know more.
photo : Jo Silvers

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Tracklist
  1. Suoni per un Rito – Egisto Macchi – Ayna / Cinedelic Records (1974/2016)
  2. Wish You Were There Part I – Klaus Schulze and Pete Namlook – Fax +49-69/450464 / Music On Vinyl (1994/2018)
  3. Kouros – Andrew Rudin – Nonesuch (1968)
  4. La machine à  pomper dite Cosmopompe – Robert Cohen-Solal – Barclay / We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records (1969/2018)
  5. Chapter M (Karenina 2) – Thomas Fehlmann – Kompakt (2018) > buy link
  6. Second Dream – Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto – Milan (2016) > buy link
  7. Tape 9 (Part 4) – Ahmed Malek and Flako – Habibi Funk Records (2017) > buy link
  8. Formentera Sunset Clouds – Iasos – Unity Records / Light In The Attic (1975/2013) > buy link
  9. Lupus – Brian Eno and Robert Fripp – Discipline Global Mobile / Opal Records (2004/2014)
  10. Leap Of Faith / Time and Space – Kurt Stenzel – Cinewax (2015) > buy link
  11. Skyfall IV (Strike Suit) – Sacred Tapestry – PrismCorp / Aguirre Records (2016/2018)
  12. Funeral Music – Carlito Verde – 8-Track Stereo (2003)
  13. Quicksilver – Pink Floyd – Columbia (1969) > buy link
  14. untitled (track 2, side D of Selected Ambient Works Volume II) – Aphex Twin – Warp (1994) > buy link
  15. Subtemple – Burial – Hyperdub (2017) > buy link
  16. Metebelis III Atmosphere – Planet Of The Spiders – Brian Hodgson and Dick Mills for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop – BBC Records And Tapes / Demon Records (1978/2017)
  17. Starroom / Litamin – Mouse On Mars – Sonig (1998)