Second mix from the 'Calm Your Mind' series comes from https://soundcloud.com/specimensmusic

Specimens is the London/Paris based British/Jamaican artist Alex Ives. His work explores the avenues of self awareness & racial identity through the medium of cassette loops, ambient drones, distorted piano samples & saxophone.

Ives has released 4 full length LPs featuring collaborations with the likes of Benoit Pioulard, Midori Hirano & Peter Broderick. His album ‘In The Dust Of Idols’ featured as one of FACT Magazines “Ambient Albums Of The Year”. He also featured on the @0 compilation released on Ninja Tune imprint Ahead of Our Time alongside artists Ryuichi Sakamoto, Julianna Barwick, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Suzanne Ciani and more.

Astrid Sonne - Light & Heavy
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Time after Time
NikNak - Dawn’s Broken Thoughts 
Shabaka - End Of Innocence
Lauren Duffus - Soho Road (Crying Song)
Penelope Trapps - Veil
NEXCYIA - Ancestor
Natalia Beylis - Black Sea, 1967
Bianca Scout - Anon’s Song
Gaussian Curve - Winter Song
Chihei Hatakeyama - Wind From The Mountains (feat. Nailah Hunter)

Calm Your Mind #002 - Specimens

http://alexegan.net

Runs: @u-t-t-e-r + quoth
Works: @ninja-tune + @phonicarecords
Explores: @lostcontinent23

SE LDN INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL
somenightsrecords@gmail.com

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https://soundcloud.com/retral 
'Heavy Episodic Cycles' - out now
https://somenights.bandcamp.com/album/heavy-episodic-cycles

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Some Summer 25 Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1tGk6Fp78rnzd3NHLqhoGw?si=2c03af4478ae462e

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Artists:
https://soundcloud.com/retral
https://soundcloud.com/darjeelings
https://soundcloud.com/topsdollarsign
https://soundcloud.com/jsprno
https://soundcloud.com/hikemah
https://soundcloud.com/lordmatador
https://soundcloud.com/s_c_l_lofi

Calm Your Mind

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Inspiration. Creativity. Calm.

- Run https://soundcloud.com/blk-snw
- Head of https://soundcloud.com/some-nights-records
- 'Slow Bloom' on Do!! You!!! Radio

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Previously Fossil Forest

- Made It This Far w/ https://soundcloud.com/sangam
- Anechosis on https://soundcloud.com/naturalpositions 
- Broken City on https://soundcloud.com/hiddenvector-records
- Tracks on https://soundcloud.com/summer-karma
- Ignite Every Time You're Missed on https://soundcloud.com/black-hymn-records

Calm Your Mind #002 - Specimens

Black Snow