In my neck of the woods, the weather has been fairly dismal the last several months. Spring was supposed to come in April, but winter was extended well into last week. Today is the first that it is not only beautiful outside, but also 80 degrees. Here then is a playlist of chilled out tunes I've been enjoying lately from various artists, as I say goodbye to the last of winter, and hello to the forthcoming summer sunshine.

The First Glimpse of Spring: May 2nd, 2018

This one has been in the hiding for a little bit.

Zeitgeists Playground

Watching the Austrian Grand Prix, I was struck by how pretty the harmony was in the Austrian National Anthem. Here I've added an intro and stretched out that work into an ambient drone, in the Stevens style.

Hymn to the Mountains

Buy Album Here:
https://magicsquarerecords.bandcamp.com/album/poppy-tears

"Short and sweet, Wes MacDonald (Faex Optim) and Elijah Franks (PBS’73) can’t do any wrong be it together or on their own. Their collaboration release on Magic Square is a splendid mixture of downtempo—a blurring of the senses, surreal landscapes, and fragments of yesteryear. Four pieces transcending space and time, augmented drums and found-sounds, faded voices, and visions of childhood memories are the focal point for the digital imprint. With these two talented musicians behind this mysterious sonic smorgasbord, time becomes a figment of ones imagination. The music culled from fluid instrumental planes is meant for a calm listening environment, which allows Poppy Tears to open up as a pleasant sojourn through faraway mirrors reflecting visual sounds."

-Pietro Da Sacco (Igloo Magazine)
http://igloomag.com/reviews/in-rotation-multi-view-april-2018

produced by: @faexoptim @pbs73

"Learning Station" by Faex Optim & PBS'73 is licensed under a © ℗ ® Creative Commons License.

Learning Station

been a while since i uploaded something - so here is something new. bit of a different sound too. electronic harp with some harmonising tones.

The Undefeated

I Can See For Miles

BLACKWOODS IMPASSE

Preview track from my new album, 'Anything Is Possible', out now on Sound In Silence (https://soundinsilencerecords.bandcamp.com/album/anything-is-possible)

Artwork by Eva Bowan:
http://www.evabowan.com/

Flow Of Creation // from the album 'Anything Is Possible'

So this place came back to me tonight and I wanted to make a track for those memories and the time past. 10 years ago I had the best time of my life in Playa del Carmen in El Deseo. Just wonderful and happy times for me. On most nights I was there, there was the same DJ who played amazing tracks. I remember once he played a track by Joakim and that got me to talk to him being from Paris too. He was a wonderful person. So here's to you mister dj, 10 years later.
If you know that place in Playa leave a comment below ; )

Bandcamp

Old memories, fresh feelings

FlꝊwere Ⱦribe -  4 track EP
Tribal // Future Garage // TripHop // Ethereal // Medieval

https://i-am-the-witch.bandcamp.com/

☽☽☽ Hit "♥" and ↻ repost if you enjoyed the trip ☾☾☾

All Rights Mystical Moon Records 2017

FlꝊwer Ⱦribe

SĦujāa - Tribal / Psychill

Countryside Sun

'Lunae Semita' is the first release from Araceae, which is the ambient techno side project of Uun. The album was built upon field recordings gathered in Upper Michigan, Detroit, Berlin, and Amsterdam.

Written and Produced by Ryan Malony.
Mastered by Emanuele Pertoldi.
Faint007 // FaintCD007
Faint / 2018

Araceae - Elemental Peninsula

Contact: ianfelpel@gmail.com

Ian Felpel (Insomnious Noise) is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and digital artist from Lititz, PA. While proficient in EDM and alternative rock, Insomnious Noise was created in 2009 out of an intense passion for ambient, drone, and cinematic soundscapes.