A selection of modern classical, ambient, and electroacoustic instrumental tracks curated from listening throughout the Spring season. 

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Field Journal Companion | Spring 2020

New & hot: Ambient

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒,
𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔: 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑢𝑠.
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛? 𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔.
𝑅𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓.

― 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑂𝑟𝑟, 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑔𝑒, 𝑖𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑂𝑤𝑙

(𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜ℎ𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ 𝑏𝑦 𝑆𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑟 𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑓𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑛)

𝐴𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝐴𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑒 & 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙  𝐼𝐼𝐼

Track taken from the upcoming album 'Into The Well' released through Fluid Audio, October 2015...

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- Music and arrangements by Dag Rosenqvist and Aaron Martin
- Vocals arranged and performed by Dawn Smithson and Jerker Lund 
- Horns performed by Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø (trombone) and Jenny Olsson (French horn)
- Recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden and Topeka, Kansas
- Mixed by Dag Rosenqvist at The 63rd Link in Gothenburg
- Mastered by Taylor Deupree at 12K Mastering

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Aaron Martin:
Cello, bass, roll up piano, voice, vinyl, singing bowls, banjo, lap steel

Dag Rosenqvist:
Piano, pump organ, Fender Rhodes, various organs and synthesizers, acoustic and electric guitars, glockenspiel, voice and field recordings

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From The Mouth Of The Sun -  Into The Well

Track taken from the new Hotel Neon album 'Context' forthcoming on Fluid Audio...

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Album Credits:

Music written, recorded and produced by Hotel Neon 
www.hotelneonmusic.com

Additional textures and arrangement on "4:10 AM" by Takahiro Yorifuji
www.hakobunemusic.jp

Vocals on "6:59 AM" and "8:30 AM" by Lacey Tasselmyer.

Mixing and additional production by Matthew Kidd 
www.slowmeadow.com

Mastering by Taylor Deupree 
www.12kmastering.com

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Tracklist:

1. 12:41 AM
2. 1:57 AM
3. 3:04 AM
4. 4:10 AM (ft. Hakobune)
5. 5:20 AM
6. 6:37 AM
7. 6:59 AM
8. 7:42 AM
9. 8:30 AM

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Release Date: Feb / 2017

Context

Hotel Neon - 7:42 AM

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SA001
Released January 17, 2019 

Mix and Master by Harry Wilson 
Photography by Lee Kirby 
Design by Aspa Founti & Tom Howe 
All Recordings © 2019 SA Recordings 
All Compositions © 2018 Oliver Patrice Weder

For A Troubled Mind

Dear, Piano

Dear, Limerence - Affan Rework

It’s been a pretty tumultuous week, full of uncertainties, anxiety, and fear. There’s more unknown up ahead, and all we can do it await its arrival. The universe has its way of making a point, and right now, humanity must submit to its will, and plan for unplanned, expected unexpected. Which is why today is a perfect day for something serene, slightly melancholy, and splendidly pure. It’s a short piano piece by a Dutch composer Mink Steekelenburg, who records under the project name Winterdagen. With the release of Clearing, we are also introduced to a boutique London label, Waterway Records, which specializes in music from film and television composers. Indeed, Steekelenburg has already achieved recognition for his film music, including two accolades from the Cannes Media & TV Awards.

"Building from simple arpeggios into something deeply emotive, 'Clearing' is a masterclass in Neoclassical composition. It combines richly detailed piano with sweeping synthesizers, all held together by Steekelenburg's singular melodic sense - melodies that twist and coil to evoke a mood of searching."

The two-track single is released today, March 6th, on Waterway. Let’s welcome this imprint into our family with an assertive round of applause. I am looking forward to hearing more! Check out your buying and streaming options here: https://kud.li/watrec0002

Clearing

TRACK PREMIERE : Winterdagen - Clearing

The Things That End

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Soft piano chords float like a vessel deep in space, where lonely sounds are enhanced by distant ethereal resonances… @jacob_david & @thomashaahr have collaborated on 'Indfald' - a graceful piece for piano and electronics that is out now. 

Stream or download here : https://orcd.co/indfald

Indfald

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Jacob David & Thomas Haahr - Indfald

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Música Ambiental

Campfire Stories 88 (Falling in Love/Staying in Love) by Aos

~ About The Story ~

This mix is meant to tell the story of falling in love and staying in love. It is not only about romantic love; it is about love that endures regardless of it's origin or intention. It is two journeys told in two parts, narrated by the sounds and music that have shaped that story for me. - @aosseattle

~ Chapters ~

Part 1: Falling in Love

Better - Kelela [Warp Records]
Odisea 3 - Suso Saiz [Music From Memory]
Blurred Perceptions of Substance - Isorinne [Field Records]
Creek - Hiroshi Yoshimura [Light In the Attic]
Tobiume - Susumu Yokota [Leaf]
Soon to be Innocent (Aos Edit) - Arthur Russell [Upside Records]
Feel - Hiroshi Yoshimura [Light in the Attic]
Feel Good Lost - Broken Social Scene [Noise Factory Records]
Fluorescence - Aleksi Perala [AP Musik]
RPR Edit I - Leo Cavallo [Ground Loops]
Echo of You - Remote_ [Field Records]
Westway - Baby Ford [Tin of Worms]
Acapellan (Donato Dozzy remix) - Jonsson/Alter [Kontra-Musik]
The Sunrise in Her Eyes - Route 8 [Lobster Theramin]
Mima - Dorisburg [Aniara Recordings]
Pearl Leaf - Jeigo [Valby Rotary]

Part 2: Staying in Love

All Song are Love Songs - Selene [Unreleased]
Day Dreaming - Marie Davidson [Ninja Tune]
The Very End of You - Q3A [Delsin]
Blood and Snow - Susumu Yokota [Leaf]
Words Came After Music - Jo Johnson [Further Records]
Dead Sea Stones - Erik Truffaz [Blue Note]
Surf Field Recording - Jake Muir
Face the Waves - VC 118A [Lunar Disko Records]
Wemmel - Robag Wruhme [Kompakt]
Cosmic Race - Chateau Flight [Versatile Records]
From Nowhere - Donnacha Costello [Self-Release]
Balcony (2am) - Albrecht La'Brooy [Analogue Attic]
Near Mint - Ben Buitendjik [Oblique Music]
Coming Over to You - Ronin [Driftwood Records]
Routine - Skee Mask [Illian Tape]

~ Notes ~

Campfire Stories is a mix series by friends of Silent Season. The focus of the series is on storytelling through deeper electronic music. Artists weave together narratives using the emotional characteristics of ambient and techno music.

Thanks to all the artists and labels whose sounds help tell the story.

Thank you for listening.

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Photo: Chloe Valdez

Campfire Stories 88 (Falling in Love/Staying in Love) by Aos

2017

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Oktober And Your Smile

Toshiki Shimada (Tokyo, Japan) | 記号

As if it was a meditation auditory ritual, Toshiki Shimada deliver us an authentic masterpiece mix. An inspirational musical chapter in case your spirit and mind got lost during these difficult times. You can feel the sound likes waves of life melting in your ears, talking to your soul, meeting with your consciousness, unfolding layer by layer your feelings. High emotions filling an empty room/world, where grained melodies, phased noises and nostalgic resonances are the safest and trustworthy classified information. A clear sign of hope and strength.

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Tracklist:
1 - Un Vortice di Bassa Pressione - Hydrocoma pt.3 -  http://lostchildren.bandcamp.com
2 - Terre Thaemlitz - Love Theme
3 - Tengui - Shadows -  http://store.broken20.com
4 - Edanticonf - Lirica a Max -  http://atticmusic1.bandcamp.com
5 - African Ghost Valley - NYNY -  http://vaagner.bandcamp.com
6 - Oren Ratowsky - Truckers -  http://boomacollective.bandcamp.com
7 - Clarice Jensen - Metastable -  http://claricejensen.bandcamp.com
8 - Elisa Luu - Piano -  http://lostchildren.bandcamp.com
9 - Material Object - MMx22 -  http://no-ware.bandcamp.com
10 - Divide - Alfa Persei -  http://warmuprecordings.bandcamp.com
11 - Kenji Kihara - Nagi -  http://innerislands.bandcamp.com
12 - Siphonophore - Numerov -  http://iceageproductions.bandcamp.com
13 - Fennesz - Tom -  http://fenneszreleases.bandcamp.com
14 - ioflow - Ice Is Given -  http://lostchildren.bandcamp.com
 
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Christina Vantzou is 1/2 of The Dead Texan (a project shared with Adam Wiltzie of Stars of the Lid). Christina explores similar terrain with "11 Generations Of My Fathers" which is taken from the compilation, 'SMM: Context", due March 1, 2011 of Ghostly International.   

Christina Vantzou - 11 Generations Of My Fathers

The sound of Logic Moon has graced the airwaves on esteemed labels such as Whitelabrecs, Archives and Ambientologist, among others.