James Heather is a pianist, composer, and publicist for Ninja Tune that has appeared on these pages on numerous occasions. James and I have a mutual passion for sharing the music that we discover. A few years ago, he’s made an ambient focused Headphone Commute Mix for this very same podcast. Today I’m syndicating his selection originally appearing on his very own Moving Sounds program that he runs on London’s Soho Radio. This monthly show “was born out of the long-running playlist of the same name created by James that explores spaces between classical, electronic, ambient, soul, jazz, drone, film soundtrack, folk, field recordings & other transporting sounds from the past but mostly from now.” This particular mix is featuring many of my favourite composers whom I am honoured to call friends, and I was even happy to contribute a track of my own. In the case of mixes, I always follow the “less words – more music” formula, so here you go, folks! 

For a download, full tracklisting, and more details on the mix, please stop by headphonecommute.com and subscribe to our podcast! As always, please enjoy responsibly and support the featured artists!

https://hcdi.gs/MovingSounds

James Heather - Moving Sounds

Cactus

4th track from the album "Diaphragm"
release date March 21st 2022

Diaphragm

Psychedelic Night Ride [Diaphragm]

Cellist/composer Clarice Jensen returns with her third album, ‘Esthesis’, a deep and gorgeous new work conceptually structured around the emotional and harmonic spectrum and the phenomenon of chromesthesia – a condition whereby sound involuntarily evokes an experience of color, shape and movement. Following up her critically-acclaimed 2020 LP ‘The experience of repetition as death’ (a record almost presciently timed to arrive as Covid first hit), ‘Esthesis’ sees Jensen expanding her oeuvre, introducing a wider instrumental range, and reflecting on the effects of isolation. Recorded by Jensen in upstate NY and expertly mixed by Francesco Donadello, the record was mastered by Matthew Agoglia and is released on October 21st, ahead of a UK/EU tour supporting 130701 alumni Dustin O’Halloran.

Esthesis

Pre-order

Joy - Clarice Jensen

Tracklist

01. Lullatone - Like pebbles in a stream
02. Monogoto - Lamella (deletion 78)
03. Arovane & Taylor Deupree - Denn_Repp
04. Simon McCorry - Bearing Witness
05. Fields We Found - Walk
06. Grotta Veterano - Slumbers (Part 4)
07. Jeannine Schulz - The Wind Blows Over The Earth
08. Darren McClure - Look At The Light
09. Tomotsugu Nakamura - Transmitter

311. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tracklist

01. Federico Durand - Hojas frescas de eucalipto
02. Francisco Sonur - Jun
03. Observatories - Snow And Stars Danced Through The Night
04. FernLodge -  Between The Clouds
05. David Cordero & Kenji Kihara - Sobremesa en Berango
06. Simon McCorry -  Day Of Wrath
07. Taylor Deupree - Long Winter
08. The Humble Seaman - Small Fires Were Reflected In Her Eyes
09. Thme - Sirens
10. América Analógica - Cortezas (i)

323. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Take a listen to track n.6 entitled "Weaving Tiny Threads", taken from my upcoming new 7track ambient album "All The Dreams We Forget are Tiny Flowers burnt by the Endless Golden Flow of Time", OUT on September 30th 2023 via the icelandic Label Móatún 7.

Formats: 
10" Vinyl (4 tracks on 7)/ Cd (full tracklist)/ Tape (full tracklist)/ Digital (full tracklist)

The album will be SOON available here:
https://moatun7.bandcamp.com/music (Label's Bandcamp)
https://thechildofacreek.bandcamp.com (My Bandcamp)

Written by Lorenzo Bracaloni / Mastered by Árni Grétar / 
Design by Mason Verger

(c) (p) Móatún 7 2023

06 Weaving Tiny Threads_taken from my new album_OUT Sept 30th on Móatún 7_Vinyl/Cd/Tape/Digital

Eclipse Mix

Steve Roach - Eclipse Mix

Taken from the 'Lines' EP. Released 8th September.
Pre-order - smarturl.it/mbc-lines

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Meeting By Chance AKA Skalpel’s Marcin Cichy debuts on Apollo with a gorgeous EP of soulful atmospheric electronica, suffused with aching negative space, softly ticking rhythms and dulcet piano.

Classically trained on piano since his youth and one of the youngest Polish National TV music composers ever, Marcin quickly developed a taste for electronic music, composing soundtracks for some of Poland’s influential and pioneering video artists throughout the 80s and 90s.

But it was when he founded the acclaimed jazz duo Skalpel with Igor Pudło in 1998 that things really got going. Over the course of their three albums and many EPs to date Scalpel have won huge acclaim, signing to Ninja Tune, and, winning Poland’s most prestigious cultural award Paszport POLITYKI as well as performing with Mira Calix, Clark, Kronos Quartet and AUKSO Orchestra among many others.

Following a serious skateboarding accident, Marcin backbone was broken in two places which meant a year spent between a bed and on a wheelchair. This period saw the beginning of his solo career as Meeting by Chance (the name inspired by a series of pictures by Duane Michals showing the reaction of two men crossing in an alley).

In contrast to Skalpel’s more jazz infused upbeat vibe MBC finds Marcin exploring the combination of delicate textural sound design with enveloping billowy pads and ethereal piano chords. Cichy displays an introspective lightness of touch that is quite rare in today’s bombastic modern electronica which is most welcome and perfectly fits in with Apollo Records.

AMB1708

Meeting By Chance - Lines

1.  Dravier - Field Composition #1 (Silent Versions)
2. Jake Muir - Green Eyes (Sferic)
3. Deepchord - Immersion I (Astral Industries)
4. Savvas Ysatis - Alright - Surgeon's Keith 4 Nat Mix - (Tresor)
5. Optom - Item 2 (NV Rec)
6. CynthLab - Barrio Obrero (Self Release/Band Camp)
7. DBR - Third Quater (NV Rec)
8. Shaahin Saba Dipole - Fervor (Shimmering Moods Records)
9. Parallelism - 11 -dB (Shimmering Moods Records)
10. Giuseppe Falivene - Untitled 11 (Shimmering Moods Records)
11. Federico Mosconi - Melody not Melody (Forthcoming Shimmering Moods Records)
12. Mind over MIDI - Reversion (Forthcoming Shimmering Moods Records)
13. Andrew Sherwell - Ektenia 04 v4
14. Kirill Mazhai - Body Image (Forthcoming Fluid Audio)
15. Kirill Mazhai - N59.957534 E30.323258 (Shimmering Moods Records)
16. Rime Trails - Sanctum III (Shimmering Moods Records)

Shimmering Moods @ Resonance Extra #24

DJ set from the Katabatik Cryognosis event at Dildo Factory in Berkeley,  February 2nd 2019.

Mozhgan at Cryognosis 2-2-2019

Katabatik is a label, soundsystem and music collective operating on the West Coast of the United States. Devoted to cold, dark, and esoteric electronic sounds since 2001.

Mozhgan at Cryognosis 2-2-2019

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