Experimental ambient music from around the world

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Surreal and psychedelic ambient music for a deep listening experience. 

New tracks every week. 

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Surreal Ambient

Real Lo-fi sound. Combination of vinyl records and audio cassettes in one mix. The perfect music for relaxation, meditation, and stress relief by Dionisaf.

https://www.chitrarecords.com

Lo-fi Ambient Mix

Delicate piano melodies and deep enveloping pads weave together to create a dreamlike atmosphere. Perfect for introspection, relaxation, or drifting into a tranquil state of mind.

Produced and mixed by Drew M. Geiger (E J R M) and Alexander Akopov (Unusual Cosmic Process)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev and Drew M. Geiger with AI
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

E J R M & Unusual Cosmic Process - Incandescence

Participation mystique refers to the innate human connection to symbolic and imaginative experiences. This symbolic realm exists before or alongside our ability to think analytically or rationally. The idea is strongly linked to projection, as these symbolic or mythic elements naturally extend themselves into the world around us—into people, places, and things, just like how we unconsciously assign color to what we see.

Participation mystique is not just a psychological concept, but an aesthetic principle – a lens through which we perceive art as more than just something we observe; it becomes something inhabited.

In artistic terms, participation mystique can be thought of as a dissolving boundary between the self and the image. In this perspective, any manifestation of art can be perceived not just as an external object, but as an extension of the viewer’s unconscious. Colors, shapes, and atmosphere resonate with inner archetypes – mythical, primordial, emotional – before the mind can name them. This is why abstract compositions can seem hauntingly familiar, or why certain symbols – like a spiral, a doorway, or a shady forest – draw out something ancient, deep, and unconscious from us.

Produced and mixed by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev
Cover picture and design by Dionis Afonichev

Dionisaf - Participation Mystique

Sein is the debut collaborative effort between Italian composer and improviser, Demetrio Cecchitelli, and American sound artist, Nicholas Maloney aka Blanket Swimming. Sein (German for “To Be”) began as a series of contemplative, minimal tape sketches that were then transferred back and forth between the artists as new layers of instrumental improvisation, field recording, and spontaneous object recordings were added to create a textured, ever-changing space.

To live and exist is a continual, spontaneous act. Sein adds to this dialogue of what it means to compose in the moment, to listen, and to create fluid symbolism through sound. Though separated by the distance of an ocean, the two performers were able to communicate via this spontaneously arising symbolism to weave a narrative, imaginative and dreamlike, yet concrete and lucid. When this auditory/fleeting sensory space is experienced, the meaning of Sein begins to appear quite literally.

Blanket Swimming (USA) https://blanketswimming.bandcamp.com https://nicholasmaloney.com

Nicholas Maloney is a musician and sound artist currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. Since 2015, he has recorded ambient music under the moniker Blanket Swimming and since 2019 has released sound art and environmental recording works under his given name. He has been released on labels such as Grisaille, Modern Concern, ROHS! Records, Giraffe Tapes and many others. He also curates the labels Warm Milk Recordings and Asonu.

Demetrio Cecchitelli (Italy) https://demetrio-cecchitelli.bandcamp.com

Demetrio Cecchitelli (1997) is a composer and musician mainly active in the field of electronic and electroacoustic music. Released on Healing Sound Propagandist, Whitelabrecs, Sounds Against Humanity, among others. He has collaborated with theatre company Motus and the director Cecilia Lentini.

Nicholas Maloney – synthesizers, electric guitar, tapes, field recordings, objects
Demetrio Cecchitelli – electric guitar, electronics, synthesizers, mallets, piano, field recordings
Mastering by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Photo, artwork and cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

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Sein

Light Passage

Real Lo-fi sound. Combination of vinyl records and audio cassettes in one mix. The perfect music for relaxation, meditation, and stress relief by Dionisaf.

1. Hotel Neon - Old Growth (Vanishing Forms A3) https://hotelneon.bandcamp.com/album/vanishing-forms
2. Kell Kellum - Slip/Fall (Adding to the Ashes A1) https://kellkellum.bandcamp.com/album/adding-to-the-ashes
3. Christopher Bissonnette - Response (Wayfinding B3) https://christopherbissonnette.bandcamp.com/album/wayfinding
4. Dionisaf & Boban Ristevski - Mold (Mold A5) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/mold
5. Taylor Deupree - Mor (Mur A2) https://taylordeupree.bandcamp.com/album/mur-2
6. Ant'lrd & Benoît Pioulard - Corvid (Deck Amber A1) https://pioulard.bandcamp.com/album/deck-amber
7. Observatories - Our Recently Acquired Knowledge (Our Recently Acquired Knowledge A3) https://iikki.bandcamp.com/album/our-recently-acquired-knowledge
8. Robert Farrugia & Dimitar Dodovski - Modulated Soul (Panicdemia Compilation A3) https://elanvital.bandcamp.com/album/panicdemia-compilation
9. r beny - The Dashboard Cast a Spectral Glow (The Dashboard Cast a Spectral Glow A1) https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/the-dashboard-cast-a-spectral-glow
10. Pool of Light & Slow Clinic - Coverns (Descend B1) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/descend

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LO-FI AMBIENT MIX #3 by Dionisaf | Pioneer record player & JVC cassette deck

KapTep is the ambient\drone project from US-based producer Derek Carter. (Sullivan, Illinois). His compositions are a blend of synth layers, loops, effects, and field recordings with the intent of creating an ever-evolving soundscape. The concept behind the KapTep project was to try creating the style of emotional music that he wanted to listen to himself. Every track should evoke an emotion to which you can write your own story. Rain, static hiss, pops, and crackles are often the foundation layered under melancholy, dreamy compositions.

https://kaptep.bandcamp.com

01. Hallmark 87 - Distance (Quiet Storms) https://hallmark87.bandcamp.com/track/distance
02. KapTep - Cesar (Overcast) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/cesar
03. Sebby Kowal - Take This Moment (Take This Moment) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/take-this-moment
04. Soloi Sounds - Ridgeline (Currents) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/ridgeline
05. Dionisaf - May (Twelve Months) https://dionisaf.bandcamp.com/track/may
06. God Body Disconnect - Dreaming of My Former Self (The Wanderer's Dream) https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/track/dreaming-of-my-former-self
07. Ghostloop - Current (Convergence) https://atlantearecords.bandcamp.com/track/current
08. Hanut Munsun - Ambient Tape I (Ambient I) https://atlantearecords.bandcamp.com/track/hanut-munson-ambient-tape-i
09. Keys for Eclipse - Downpour (Downpour) https://elanvital.bandcamp.com/track/downpour
10. Chelidon Frame & Suseti - Albion (Kuiper Belt) https://chelidonframe.bandcamp.com/track/albion
11. EugeneKha - Vampu (Gramel) https://neotantra.bandcamp.com/track/vampuu
12. Demetrio Cecchitelli - Blue Night (Parallel Syntagm) https://florinacassettes.bandcamp.com/track/blue-night
13. Toni Dimitrov - The Myth of the Machine (Tiny Drones for Lovers Edit) (The Myth of the Machine) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-myth-of-the-machine-tiny-drones-for-lovers-edit
14. Knox - See You Around (Anechosis) https://joshuaknox.bandcamp.com/track/see-you-around
15. Pagination - Alive When It Happens (Status) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/alive-when-it-happens
16. Blanket Swimming & Demetrio Cecchitelli - Light Passage (Sein) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/light-passage
17. KapTep - 8 Decades Later (Unreleased)
18. Adrian Lane - We Are Not Alone (No Further Than the Present) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/we-are-not-alone
19. Scanner (KapTep Edit) - 2.7 (Scanner 2) https://scanner.bandcamp.com/track/scanner-27

Photo by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Artwork and cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Chitra Podcast #13 Ambient Mix by KapTep

Ghostloop about himself:
"Coming from a drum and bass background (first release 2003). Took a producing journey from dnb to house over techno. Doing an ambient project was a long-standing wish. In 2023 I got in touch with Atlantea and they encouraged me to do a debut album for them. In my productions, I include a lot of field recordings layered with samples I dug from old vinyl combined with synthesizers and a lot of reverb. Most of the time there are basslines as well because of my dnb past".

https://www.instagram.com/ghostloopmusic

01. Dionisaf - Cyclops (Ulysses) https://atlantearecords.bandcamp.com/track/cyclops
02. Russ Young - Chancel of Living Trees (Cloak) https://russyoung.bandcamp.com/track/chancel-of-living-trees
03. Jon Hopkins - Love Flows Over Us in Prismatic Waves (Music For Psychedelic Therapy) https://jonhopkins.bandcamp.com/track/love-flows-over-us-in-prismatic-waves
04. Jacob Newman & Athmøsphäre - Misty Shore (Daydreaming) https://jacobnewman.bandcamp.com/track/misty-shore
05. Fionnlagh - An Endless Horizon (Beyond The Void) https://archivesdubmusic.bandcamp.com/track/an-endless-horizon
06. Sensitizer - Space Cities (From Space Radio) https://sensitizer.bandcamp.com/track/space-cities
07. Ghostloop - Convergence (Convergence) https://atlantearecords.bandcamp.com/track/convergence
08. SLVBRD - Seas [Stilhed Remix] (The Waves (Remodel)) https://faintmusic.bandcamp.com/track/seas-stilhed-remix
09. Joachim Spieth - Akasha (ASC Reshape) (Reshape) https://joachimspieth.bandcamp.com/track/akasha-asc-reshape
10. Logic Moon - Bergen (Oblivion) https://archivesdubmusic.bandcamp.com/track/bergen
11. Soloi Sounds - Move (Currents) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/move
12. Sacred Seeds - Fog-Gauzed Dream (Ambient III) https://atlantearecords.bandcamp.com/track/sacred-seeds-fog-gauzed-dream
13. Sebby Kowal - Skylight (Formations) https://lontanoseries.bandcamp.com/track/skylight
14. Orageorange - Lullaby for Lox (An Isle Full of Noises) https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/track/lullaby-for-lox
15. Francis Gri - Vento (Argine) https://krysalisound.bandcamp.com/track/vento-4

Photo by Aleksandr Zabolotnikov www.instagram.com/zab_n_zab
Artwork and cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Chitra Podcast #14 Ambient Mix by Ghostloop

Real Lo-fi sound. Combination of vinyl records and audio cassettes in one mix. The perfect music for relaxation, meditation, and stress relief by Dionisaf.

1. Henrik Meierkord - Quiescis [Dionisaf Remix] (Chitra Ambient Remixes A1) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/chitra-ambient-remixes
2. Origin ST - Radio Waves (Dark Nights are Setting In B2) https://ambientologist.bandcamp.com/album/dark-nights-are-setting-in
3. zYklen - 5.15 pm - Meadow Reach (Palace of Chords B1) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/palace-of-chords
4. Alex Smalley & Lucia Adam - As Above So Below (Patterns A2) https://hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/album/patterns
5. KapTep - Tapes 2 (Overcast B4) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/overcast
6. SineRider - Liatris (Moonflowers A4) https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/moonflowers
7. Soloi Sounds - Move (Currents B3) https://iikki.bandcamp.com/album/our-recently-acquired-knowledge
8. Ivano Pecorini - Lethe (Tra macerie di lutto B1) https://lontanoseries.bandcamp.com/album/tra-macerie-di-lutto
9. BinJa - Cherenge (Atmareka B1) https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/the-dashboard-cast-a-spectral-glow
10. Paperbark - Impulse Toss (Last Night A4) https://paperbark.bandcamp.com/album/last-night

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LO-FI AMBIENT MIX #4 by Dionisaf | Tascam cassette deck & JVC cassette deck

Ambient Cat is a new sub-label of Chitra Records, curated by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf) and Derek Carter (KapTep). The mix features tracks from the label's already released albums, as well as from upcoming releases.

https://www.chitrarecords.com/ambient-cat

01. Dionisaf - Tantric Cat (Healing Music) https://dionisaf.bandcamp.com/track/tantric-cat
02. Le Code - Looking to the Sky (Early Morning) https://le-code.bandcamp.com/track/early-morning
03. Andrew Lozano - Purity (Purity) https://andrewlozano.bandcamp.com/track/purity
04. Blanket Swimming - Flight from Neptune (Seeing the Circles Above)
05. Michael D. Tidwell & Ghostloop - Omicron (Omicron)
06. Piscean Daydreams - Schumann Resonance (ReGenesis)
07. Sacred Seeds - Missing Space (Between Spaces)
08. Dionisaf & Suseti - Inner Youth (Solar Punk)
09. Christian Alsemgeest - Tides (Scene 1) (Scenes)
10. Zen Lemon - Esmee (Remedy for a Broken Mind)

Picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf) with AI
Artwork and cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Chitra Podcast #15 Ambient Cat Sneak Peek Mix

Joseph Valentino is a visual artist and musician living in the desert outside Tucson, Arizona. He has been active in electronic music from the time he started DJing at house parties and raves in 1994 and then producing his own music under the moniker of Neglect in 2005. Most of his sonic output is released on his own Bandcamp page Neglectsound but he had tracks on labels such as Boomarm Nation, Shimmering Moods, Adventurous Music, and Harmonic Ooze. 

"I had been thinking about a mix for several months but just couldn't get around to it. It's much easier to put it all together with a set of turntables, a mixer, and a CD deck but over the past few years, I have grown to prefer using Logic Pro to create mixes that don't require beat matching. It gives me the flexibility to add unreleased tracks of my own or make edits to songs or take things out at the last minute without having to re-record the whole session. I tend to get too tied up with working on my own music to refocus my attention on creating mixes so I tend to keep notes with a pad and pencil to get the ideas rolling. This one had some key tracks that I considered to set the tone for the story I wanted to create, it was just a matter of some sewing and patching to get the flow right. Thanks for listening and please use headphones". 

https://soundcloud.com/neglectsound

01. Sinéad O'Connor - Trouble Of The World (Trouble Of The World) https://heavenlyrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/trouble-of-the-world-2
02. Neglect - Pleasures Lose Meaning When They Happen All The Time (Pleasures Lose Meaning When They Happen All The Time) https://harmonicoozerecords.bandcamp.com/album/pleasures-lose-meaning-when-they-happen-all-the-time
03. Halftribe - Swimming Off That Sombre Shore (For the Summer, or Forever) https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-summer-or-forever
04. HiriHara - Torn (Khayin) https://hirihara.bandcamp.com/album/khayin
05. Jon Hassell - Manga Scene (Listening To Pictures (Pentimento Volume One)) https://jonhassell.bandcamp.com/album/listening-to-pictures-pentimento-volume-one
06. Roméo Poirier - Pénombre (Hotel Nota) https://youtu.be/NLTSTbsbeLA
07. Le Petit - Spunto 2 (Le Petit) https://youtu.be/JJu8DXfY96o
08. Jake Muir - Side B (Enmixed) https://enmossed.bandcamp.com/album/enmixed
09. Rookas - Sonos (Static Motion) https://staticmotion.bandcamp.com/album/static-motion
10. Neglect - Blood Of Time (Single) https://neglectsound.bandcamp.com/track/blood-of-time
11. Monolake - Null Pointer (Silence) https://youtu.be/-Xzgx0XtaYk
12. Ghost Warrior - Empty Roads (Single) https://ghostwarrior.bandcamp.com/track/empty-roads
13. Forest Management - I'm Just Going To Lay Down (The Elevated Quiet) https://forestmanagement.bandcamp.com/album/the-elevated-quiet
14. Pub - Summer (Nick Rapaccioli Remake) (Summer) https://youtu.be/J0UfCNS0Kgs
15. Datassette - Let's Move to Belgium (Zetex) https://misc-works.bandcamp.com/album/zetex
16. Unknown Artist - H 02
17. Brandon Moeller - Accident (Pathways) https://ctatsu.bandcamp.com/album/pathways
18. Milieu - Across the Surface of the Water (Across the Surface of the Water) https://milieumusic.bandcamp.com/album/across-the-surface-of-the-water

Picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Chitra Podcast #16 Ambient Mix by Neglect

Real Lo-fi sound. Combination of vinyl records and audio cassettes in one mix. The perfect music for relaxation, meditation, and stress relief by Dionisaf.

1. Gentle Rain in a Pine Forest (Environments 4 B1) https://numeroenvironments.bandcamp.com/album/environments-4-the-psychologically-ultimate-thunderstorm
2. Paul Beaudoin - Eighth Secret (A Small Box of Secrets B3) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-small-box-of-secrets
3. Kali Malone - Music for Low Quartet (XKatedral Anthology Series II A1) https://xkatedral.bandcamp.com/album/xkatedral-anthology-series-ii 
4. Sebby Kowal - Namba Parks (We Are One A5) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-one
5. Alfred Schnittke - Stream (ANS Synthesizer. Musical Offering B3) https://www.discogs.com/ru/release/9305959-Various-Музыкальное-Приношение-Musical-Offering
6. Darren Harper - Brook (Autumn Loops A6) https://rustedtonerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/autumn-loops
7. Sonmi451 - White Horses On The Waves (The Eighteen Minute Gap B1) hhttps://sonmi451.bandcamp.com/album/the-eighteen-minute-gap-2
8. NK x [Ųvás Gøød It] & Evgeniy Bolily - Täboodzda (Divya Music A2) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/divya-music
9. Jon Hopkins & 7RAYS - Ascending, Down Sky (Music for Psychedelic Therapy C1) https://jonhopkins.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-psychedelic-therapy
10. Orchestra Eclettica Sincretista - La Musica è Sacra Part 5 (La Musica è Sacra B2) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/la-musica-sacra

LO-FI AMBIENT MIX #5 by Dionisaf | Tascam cassette deck & ‪‪Pioneer record player

The first release of a compilation of remixes from artists of the Ambient Cat label.

Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev with AI
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Ambient Cat Remixes, Vol.

Ambient Cat Remixes, Vol. 1

Schumann Resonance (KapTep Dreamstate Remix)

Deep Ocean Creatures is an atmospheric immersive ambient album that takes listeners meditatively into the ocean's mysterious depths. Each track is inspired by fascinating deep-sea creatures such as jellyfish, octopus, and various fishes. The music beautifully captures the ethereal and otherworldly essence of these creatures, evoking a sense of wonder and tranquility.

Produced and mixed by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev with AI
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Deep Ocean Creatures

Glass Octopus

This Retrospective mix is ​​dedicated to the third anniversary of the Chitra Records label and consists of tracks from different releases, starting with the latest and ending with the very first track, released on the Noises of Nature compilation on December 17, 2021.

01. Deep Dive Sound - In the Stillness of Green (Where Shadows Sleep) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/where-shadows-sleep
02. Dionisaf - Cyclone (Scrapbook) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/scrapbook
03. Dvory & July in January - Diamond Glints (Warm Hands) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/warm-hands
04. Marco Lucchi & Henrik Meierkord - The Third Stage (Lieder Ohne Worte) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/lieder-ohne-worte
05. Dionisaf - Symbols on the Stones (Memories of the Present) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/memories-of-the-present
06. KapTep - NPN-Reel (The Perfect Error) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-perfect-error
07. DRGBL5 - The Box (The Wasteland) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-wasteland
08. Adrian Lane - Water Wash Away the Waves (Water Wash Away the Waves) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/water-wash-away-the-waves
09. Demetrio Cecchitelli - Environment 2 (Towards the Unknown) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/towards-the-unknown
10. zYklen - 7:45 pm - Warp & Weft (Palace of Chords) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/palace-of-chords
11. Soloi Sounds - Warmth (Currents) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/currents
12. Pagination - Somehow Diminished (Status) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/status
13. Michele Andreotti - False Awakening Loops (Sonoris) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/sonoris
14. Blanket Swimming & Demetrio Cecchitelli - Light Passage (Sein) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/sein
15. Sebby Kowal - Particles (Take This Moment) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/take-this-moment
16. Darren McClure - Mold (Mold) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/mold
17. BinJa - Vishnu Hare (Atmareka) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/atmareka
18. Macrogramma - Mawaru (Pacification) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/pacification
19. Toni Dimitrov - The Road to Revolution (Noises of Nature) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/noises-of-nature

Mixed by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Three Year Retrospective Mix

Chitra Podcast #17 Three Year Retrospective Mix

Collapsed Textures : Tape01

Memoire (Remastered)

Overture. Hope.

Holding Patterns. Sometimes I think I spend too much time in airports.

Low Motion. Originally titled “Slow motion” until I realized there are thousands of songs titled “Slow Motion”. I dropped the “S”. This is “Low Motion”.

Static Lullaby. Probably not really a Lullaby per se, and maybe not ambient. You can decide.

Losing Yourself in the Answer. Perfect.

Go Home. I really am enjoying myself. I’m having a good time, but truth be told I really just want to go home.

One Foot. In this life sometimes the best we can do is put one foot in front of the other.

The Day the Internet Went Away. Inspired by a power outage. What did we used to do before the internet?

Geraniums. I think they are one of my favorite flowers for some reason, I don’t know why.

Seventy Eights. As in 78 RPM records where it all started. There is something fascinating about taking little clips of sound and making them into something else.

Produced and mixed by Derek Carter (KapTep)
Spoken words on Overture (1) by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf), Yulia Rychkova, and Stephanie Carter
Guitar on The Day the Internet Went Away (8) by Christian Alsemgeest
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev
Cover picture by Derek Carter
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

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Exhale

Losing Yourself in the Answer

Unidentified Ambient Phenomena (UAP) is a new series by Piscean Daydreams that celebrates unbridled creativity, improvisational composing, and the transformative power of music. The series is designed to showcase ambient music of a cinematic nature with compelling narratives suitable for the big screen. The goal is to entice the listener into deeper states of reflection and engagement with their imagination.

UAP, Vol. 1 is the inaugural album of the series and Piscean Daydreams third solo album on the Ambient Cat Records label. The album represents an evolution of his sound and craft, while focusing on mythic, extraterrestrial, science fiction, and nostalgic themes. It stands as a testament to music’s power to engage the listener in vivid and emotive realms of experience through evocative, cinematic compositions.

All four tracks were initially improvised utilizing an OP-1 Field synthesizer, an Organelle M synthesizer, two Norns Shields, a 128-node grid, a Microcosm effects pedal, and a Teenage Engineering TX-6 mixer/interface, and then enhanced with carefully curated samples and field recordings to create inspiring soundscapes and engaging stories.

This music is best suited for quiet environments and headphones. The intention is to foster a deep listening experience to stimulate the imagination and elicit creative engagement with the music. Each song is a world onto itself and invites the listener to explore the furthest reaches of its sonic horizon.

Track Listing:

1. Neptune’s Embrace
Sink beneath the waves and into Neptune’s embrace, as undulating strings and captivating tones pull you into the depths of his underwater kingdom and realm. This track is designed to induce deep relaxation and generate feelings of weightlessness to mimic the experience of floating in the ocean, while merging with the god of the seas.

2. Transmedium
Emerging from dark, oceanic depths, a mesmerizing craft hovers above the water before ascending into the upper atmosphere and disappearing into space. A dramatic composition, featuring a soaring lead synth, paints an otherworldly scene that pays homage to the transmedium abilities of the craft. As equally at home in the water as in the air, the craft is a sight to behold as it effortlessly ascends into the heavens in-route to deep space.

3. Like Tears in Rain
This track is a homage to the original Blade Runner movie by Ridley Scott and its soundtrack. Evoking the dark and twisted back alleys of dystopian Los Angeles, the track features Vangelis-inspired pads, evocative effects, and field recordings to create a compelling scene straight out of the movie. If you squint hard enough through the rain, then you may catch of glimpse of Deckard lurking in the shadows…

4. Echoes of a Forgotten Past
There was something deeply alluring about the main section of this track when I first improvised and recorded it. It gave me a sense and feeling of nostalgia that had me contemplating how we experience and perceive the past both personally and collectively. To help foster this sense of nostalgia, I added samples to create the aural equivalent of an old vinyl recording that features evocative chanting, resonate bells, a string quartet-inspired arrangement, and a deep drone. 

Produced and mixed by JJ Rogalski (Piscean Daydreams)
Mastered by Tryptamine (www.instagram.com/tryptamineprod)
Cover art by JJ Rogalski (Piscean Daydreams) with AI
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Unidentified Ambient Phenomena, Vol. 1

Transmedium

Throughout history, alchemists have captivated our minds with their quests to turn base materials into gold and seek the philosopher's stone. Their work was shrouded in metaphor and mystery, embodying a desire to understand the universe's hidden truths. Similarly, this collection of sounds endeavors to evoke the essence of that magical process. Each composition is a carefully crafted distillation of emotions, imagery, and ideas, resonating with the transformative powers attributed to the alchemical arts.

In Alchemies, Paul Beaudoin blends orchestral textures with glitch and noise elements, creating a sonic alchemy that mirrors the ancient quest for transformation. These contrasting sound worlds—organic and synthetic, refined and raw—come together in a seamless dialogue, embodying the fusion of disparate materials that the alchemists sought.

The album weaves through an auditory landscape, transporting you to the Fire of Calcination, where raw elements are purified, or the ethereal Black Sun, where shadows and light intertwine. As you listen, imagine the delicate Golden Transmutation—the alchemical transformation of sound and silence into rich tapestries of experience. Each track is an invitation to engage with the mysteries at the intersection of sound and spirit, reminiscent of the alchemist’s laboratory, filled with curiosity and wonder.

Join Ambient Cat on this journey as we explore the tenets of alchemy through sound, delving into the Salt of the Earth and emerging into the Albedo Phase, where clarity and illumination reign. Each piece is a gateway into an imaginative realm where transformation and transcendence occur—much like the alchemists sought, through their craft, to unlock the hidden potential of the universe. 

Produced and mastered by Paul Beaudoin
Cover art by Paul Beaudoin
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Alchemies

Distillation of Light

Subtle liminal soundscapes by an ambient philosopher from the south of France.

Produced and mixed by Angelo Vasaturo (Diogene)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev with AI
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

The Ocean in Our Minds

Particles

Everything is Sparkling

ShaktiMan is a man of power. He weaves together three worlds: past, present and future. Field recordings, ethnic instruments and synthesizer layers.

Produced and mixed by Alexander Bin (BinJa)
Mastered by Alexander Bin & Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Yyyantra www.instagram.com/yyyantra
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

www.chitrarecords.com

ShaktiMan

Darshan of Love

Sunny Morning

River of Life

Modem Punk is a science fiction genre that is dominated by old technologies from the late 20th century.

Produced and mixed by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf) & Derek Carter (KapTep)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf) with AI
Artwork and cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Modem Punk

Morse Code

Transmit and Receive

Filmstrips

Waiting for Connection

Field of Memories is a deeply personal journey through time, capturing the essence of childhood innocence, life’s transitions, and the emotions woven into growing up. Each composition drifts like a warm breeze over an open field at dusk—calm, reflective, and filled with nostalgia. With delicate melodies and atmospheric soundscapes, this album invites you to sit in the stillness of the evening, letting memories unfold like distant echoes in the wind.

Produced and mixed by Maximilian Schmitt (Arrival in Eden)
Mastered by Maximilian Schmitt & Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Maximilian Schmitt with AI
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Field of Memories

Childhoods End

Luminous Heart

The Wind on Your Skin

An Eternal Embrace

Grass

Meet Me in My Dreams

Real Lo-fi sound. Combination of vinyl records and audio cassettes in one mix. The perfect music for relaxation, meditation, and stress relief by Dionisaf.

1. Peaceful Ocean Surf (Sounds of Nature B1) https://www.discogs.com/ru/master/2631563-No-Artist-The-Sounds-Of-Nature-Peaceful-Ocean-Surf
2. Pandit Pran Nath - Raga Todi (Ragas Of Morning & Night A1) https://www.discogs.com/ru/release/3498902-Pandit-Pran-Nath-Ragas-Of-Morning-Night
3. Dvory & July in January - Shining Pond of Pure Emotions (Chitra Records Mixtape A6) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/chitra-records-mixtape
4. György Ligeti - Lux Aeterna (2001: A Space Odyssey A3) https://www.discogs.com/ru/master/88539-Various-2001-A-Space-Odyssey-Music-From-The-Motion-Picture-Sound-Track
5. Dionisaf - Preparing to Leave (Scrapbook B9) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/scrapbook
6. Mats Erlandsson - Hands Melt in The Sun (XKatedral Anthology Series II B1) https://xkatedral.bandcamp.com/album/xkatedral-anthology-series-ii
7. Michael Amerlan - Contemplative Ascent (Hearts of Space Radio Program Series: Starflight 1 B1) https://heartsofspacerecords.bandcamp.com/album/hearts-of-space-radio-program-series-starflight-1
8. Edward Artemiev - Movement XI (Solaris B2) https://www.discogs.com/ru/release/4786921-Edward-Artemiev-Solaris-Original-Soundtrack
9. Ghostloop - Depth Charge (Ambient Cat Mixtape A7) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/ambient-cat-mixtape
10. Hainbach - Gestures 7 (Gestures B3) https://hainbach.bandcamp.com/album/gestures
11. Tim Six - Constellations Over Waves (Homing B1) https://atlantearecords.bandcamp.com/album/homing

LO-FI AMBIENT MIX #6 by Dionisaf | Transcendental Light | Tascam deck & Pioneer record player

Real Lo-fi sound. Combination of vinyl records and audio cassettes in one mix. The perfect music for relaxation, meditation, and stress relief by Dionisaf.

1. KapTep & Christian Alsemgeest - The Day the Internet Went Away (Exhale B3) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/exhale
2. Jens Pauly - Unterholz (Narrows B2) https://lontanoseries.bandcamp.com/album/narrows
3. Scott Campbell - Green Cicadas (Stillness A4) https://scott-campbell.bandcamp.com/album/stillness
4. zYklen - 2:55 pm - Alongshore (Palace of Chords A5) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/palace-of-chords
5. Russell Burden & Craig Tattersall - Turnings (Diagenesis A1) https://laaps.bandcamp.com/album/diagenesis
6. Dionisaf & Suseti - Inner Youth (Ambient Cat Mixtape B4) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/ambient-cat-mixtape
7. Adrian Lane - Desire Paths (Desire Paths A1) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/desire-paths
8. Iván Muela - Whisper (Monologues A1) https://rustedtonerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/monologues
9. Observatories (Ian Hawgood & Craig Tattersall) - I’ve Lost Confidence in Words (Our Recently Acquired Knowledge B3) https://iikki.bandcamp.com/album/our-recently-acquired-knowledge
10. KapTep & Brannan Lane - Music for Migraines (Part 6) (Music for Migraines A5) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-migraines
11. Dionisaf - Iki (Shibui B1) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/shibui


LO-FI AMBIENT MIX #7 by Dionisaf | Tascam cassette deck & Pioneer record player

Andrew Lozano's new release is a heartfelt invitation to pause, breathe, and embrace the beauty of the present moment. Embark on a cozy journey through the waves of tranquility.

Produced and mixed by Andrew Lozano
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Andrew Lozano with AI
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Voyager

Forest Sunrise

ll tracks on this album were created using analogue media, tape loops, and non-musical noises. Tape and vinyl defects become elements of the composition here. In the modern digital era, people are losing touch with tangible reality and living nature, plunging into an artificial, synthetic, and virtual environment. The naturalness and uniqueness of simple things are becoming rarities.

This album was first released on Élan Vital Recordings on September 1, 2021, then was re-released on Rhymes Music in 2022, and now, slightly reworked (brought to perfection), is finally coming out on Chitra Records.

Produced and mixed by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev
Cover picture by Yulia Rychkova
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Lost Rarities

Walk on the Roof

Street Lights (Reworked)

Ocean

Cowboy Terry

Incandescence

As Seen Through a Hollow Sky

There's Nothing in Between

Is This a Mirage or Are We There

Participation Mystique

Distant Shores (Brannan Lane Remix)

Participation Mystique (Philippe Deschamps Remix)

Distant Shores

Moment of Clarity

Natura Sanat (Ancient Astronaut Remix)

Moment of Clarity (KapTep Remix)

Natura Sanat

Experimental ambient music label.

Surreal music for a deep listening experience.

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