In December of 2020, one of my favourite imprints released a label compilation. Ryan Griffin has been lovingly curating every single release on A Strangely Isolated Place since 2012. He’s also compiled sublime Reflection mixes which I have happily syndicated on Headphone Commute. Following the first label showcase launched in 2019, Ryan puts together ten tracks, including a few previously unavailable as singles, that make up this 2020 Label Compilation. As a bonus, this release includes an hour-long continuous mix (available as part of a digital-only purchase), which I have arranged with Ryan to share with you today. “I hope the (continuous) year-end mix will become a regular occurrence going forward,” says Griffin about the release. “Many of you will know a big part of my inspiration and passion lies in DJ’ing and classic mix CDs. If the label momentum continues and releases keep coming as planned, then each year I’d like to invite a DJ to select and mix tracks from the label – make an annual tradition out of it.” This compilation is still available for purchase on a CD for only $10, while the digital-only album is up for grabs for only $1!

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A Strangely Isolated Place 2020 | Label Compilation

A Strangely Isolated Place - 2020 | Label Compilation

For this October episode, we are glad to introduce you to another renowned ambientist and soundscaper: Tapes and Topographies

Founder of Simulacra Records, Todd Gautreau is the person behind this ambient project focused on the exploration of natural sounds and noises as well as the love for the music on tape. Todd's works appeared on ambient-focused labels as well, such as Past Inside the Present, Dronarivm, and Shimmering Moods. 

Join us on this sonic trip!

Tracklist:
1. Halftribe (@ryanbissettemail) - We Are Dust 
2. @anthene - Parable  
3. @blackbrunswicker - Pleasantries
4. @rbeny - Pale Fire
5. @hotelneonmusic - Vanishing Forms [@headphonecommute]
6. @franciscosonur - Sour Spices [@shimmering-moods-records]
7. Benoît Pioulard - Perfect Parallax [@pastinsidethepresent]
8. zakè and Isaac Helsen (@helmusic) - Journey Note [Past Inside the Present]
9. Jogging House - Plasma
10. Pruski - Horizon [@whitelabrecs]
11. Paperbark - Far Away [Seil records]
12. Tapes And Topographies - A Few Words About Abra
13. Hainbach - What I know [Seil records]
14. @zoviet-france - Static Fields
15. @brian-eno-official - Atmospheric Lightness
16. @stevenbrownofficial - L'Arrivee Dans Le Jour

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/simulacra-records
Bandcamp: https://tapesandtopographies.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tapesandtopographies
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tapesandtopog

Simulacra records:
Website: http://www.simulacrarecords.com/
Facebook: http://www.simulacrarecords.com/

E.M.C. atmospheres - Tapes and Topographies

Searching for a way to send this message to our future home 

with the least possible signal degradation, potentially leading to a loss of integrity within the information contained; essential to the evolutionary path of our descendants.

Those calling us from our distant future, reminding us to do our part.

So we continue.

We envision a coherent structure of five giant antennae directly connected to the source of the signal. Its central axis reaches to the outer rim of the exosphere, from where we can transmit with minimal atmospheric interference.

Supported by four adjacent sky aerials, together forming a diamond shape when viewed from space in alignment with the magnetic poles of our beloved planet.

Each antenna stands with cybernetic roots growing deep beneath the soil, connecting directly into the still breathing remnants of


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Ancient Skies

Exosphere Antennae (Bridge I)

Ayaavaaki & Purl - Exosphere Antennae (Bridge I)[LILA लीला]

Tapedeck for Sleep, NSDR

1. Atmøsphäre - Hymns of the Tribe
2. Simon McCorry -  Mouthful of Dust
3. harry towell & polaroid notes - lepidodendron
4. Marco Lucchi - bedroom music no. 1
5. Sebby Kowal -  Scramble Square
6. Sven Laux & Fione - Stay
7. Fieldrecording by kevp888
8. Sacred Seeds - Strings of Memories
9. Logic Moon - Karma
10. harry towell & slow clinic - anticline
11. Soular Child - A Lasting Moment
12. Shuta Yasukochi -  Glow
13. Origin ST - Dark Nights are Setting In
14. Field Recording rollo145

Logic Moon - New Beginnings (MIX)

Wide starry nights, icy cold, snow storms and crackling footsteps.. Shining eyes. Frozen pods and beards and flickering northern lights..

YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=6AWGW2jFPKc

Norrland Sonic Cure

This 45 minute long mix appears on side one of the cassette version of my latest release "Losing the Sea + Remixes". This mix includes all tracks on the original album (released originally through Mare Nostrum) plus a bonus track (Dark Salt) interspersed with sea recordings.
Listen/buy as a cassette or digital on Bandcamp here: https://karenvogt.bandcamp.com/album/losing-the-sea-remixes

Track ID & Timestamps:
0:00 Lapping Waves Against the Jetty
3:30 Losing the Sea
8:11 Watching the Waves from the Car Park 
9:44 Stranded by the Spring Tide 
15:22 Watching the Waves from the Shore
16:27 Night Soughing
19:54 Walking Along the Shore
21:03 Watching the Ninth Wave
25:48 As the Waves Reach my Feet
28:25 Amidst the Sea Fog
31:42 Searching for Shoals
39:46 Dark Salt 
41:24 Rain on Waves

Side 1 - Losing The Sea (Cassette mix)

01.  Ishq - Shandar Summer
02.  Atmøsphäre & Sacred Seeds - Rainbow Memories [9:40]
03.  Aglaia - Imaginative Stars [16:00]
04.  PJS - Inter [25:30]
05.  zakè + Ossa + Fax - Nex [35:35]
06.  Tomasz Bednarczyk - Life On The Moon [41:30]
07.  Arborescence & Robert Davies - Tears Upon the Dawn Sky [42:30]
08.  Mind Groove - Elevation [49:30]
09.  Halftribe - For The Summer, Or Forever [54:30]

Driftsun (Ambient Mix)

Tracklist

01. Fortresses - Hear
02. Katharina Schmidt - February. all-night donut shop
03. Ian Hawgood & David Cordero -  An influx of dreams curtailed by the softest of voices
04. Sonmi451 - A Taste For Vicarious Pleasure
05. Harry Towell - Laurus nobilis
06. Memory Scale - A Suivre
07. Daily Rituals -  Self-portrait under rusting sun
08. Andrew Heath - Eulogy
09. James Osland - I Am Because Of You
10. Imprints - Overworld
11. Richard Skelton -  Hypervelocity

341. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Episode 53 of the Mare Nostrum podcast is now online !

An ambient mix between drone, electonica & world music, with: Asaf Sánchez, Kernal, Ghost In The Loop, Hania Ranni, Anoushka Shankar... Selected & mixed by absÜrda

Thanks for listening !

1- Absolut / Asaf Sánchez / 00:00
2- P a l i n dr o ne (edit) / Kernal / 03:50
3- Eve / Anchorsong / 08:44
4- Le chant de la glace / Ghost In The Loop / 14:30
5- Mi09 / Cell / 20:46
6- Devil’s Water (Devil’s reprise) / Rennie Foster / 26:36
7- Run/ Hania Rani / 31:30
8- Le Brin (edit) / Den Sorte Skole / 35:00
9- Summoning The Spirits (edit) / D.K. / 36:26
10- New Planet / Vega Trails / 42:40
11- Stolen Momments / Anoushka Shankar / 45:44
12- Pressure Relief / The Persuader / 51:44 
13- Juanito Laguna / The Myrrors / 54:56

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Mare Nostrum Podcast - Episode 053 mixed by Absurda

the Noosphere - the Earth’s thinking layer - constitutes a unity that is discontinuous but coextensive with the entire system of life on Earth, inclusive of its inorganic support systems.

advdr x pool the noosphere

Sundays are for…

Brooklyn-based electronic producer Christina Giannone. Found via a Bandcamp deep dive into the depths of drone, her album, ‘The Portal’ off the Spanish-based imprint Faint, was an instant hook into her unique and incredibly nuanced style of production. With this in mind, we’re happy to premiere her Sunday morning vision that provides such a fantastic way to ease into the day.


Poemme - the north wind approaches
Porcelain Raft - The Space Project
Kareem Lofty - Fr3sh
Jason Kolàr - Holding No Hands
Liadin His Name Is Alive
Warmth The Infinite
Rhucle - Gardenia
City Of Dawn - Reverie
36 - First Sequence
Celer - Great Circles
Celer - The Absence Of Atmosphere
36 & zakè - Stasis Sounds For Long Distance Space Travel (Stage 2)
Slow Dancing Society & zakè - Memoir
Ataxy - Relaxing Shampoo
Sleep ∞ Over - Behind Closed Doors
Grouper - Holofernes

Christina Giannone on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/9468
Christina Giannone on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christinagiannone_/

Sundays are for... Christina Giannone

ambient & electronic music ... soundscapes, tones, melodies, textures, field recordings

Driftsun (Ambient Mix)

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