This is the launch release for the ANTS Label, the new companion label to the AiMT blog and ANTS Podcast.

Support the album for $1 or more on Bandcamp: aimt.us/al001.

Balki Sagan is the ambient music project of Will Simmons (aka Baby Armie).

🎶: Will Simmons
🎨: Tristan Whitehill

Professional Ambient Album

Balki Sagan - Professional Ambient Album (ANTS Label Debut Release)

Brighton-based Deejay Greenman caught my ear a few months ago with his excellent Mixcloud series of smooth AOR.  I knew his knack for picking out wonderfully soft adult rock from the '60s, '70s, and '80s would make him a great fit for Gentle Daps. Lucky for us, he heard my call and put together this enchanting entry to the series. He's calling it Write Your Lucky Number.

Check out his own mix series for lots more of this vibe: https://mixcloud.com/ben-murphy4

00:00: Melanie Safka - "Candles in the Rain" [Buddah Records, 1970]
01:49: Michael Deacon - "Wind River Children" [Mustard Seed, 1975]
05:47: Scott Fagan - "Crying" [ATCO Records, 1968]
10:02: Oliver - "Comfort Me" [Crewe Records, 1970]
13:36: William Truckaway - "Breakaway" [Reprise Records, 1971]
17:06: Darrell John - "Write Your Lucky Number" [Ram Records, 1979]
21:00: The Sunshine Company - "I Need You" [Liberty, 1968]
24:17: Gary Marks - "Sailing" [Arewea, 1974]
27:13: Paul Horn - "Guinnevere" [Epic, 1974]
30:22: Michael Murphey - "Rings of Life" [Epic, 1975]
33:40: Weekend - "Too Bad" [Good Time Records, 1975]
37:47: Jimmy Webb - "Skylark (A Meditation)" [Atlantic, 1977]
40:56: Spike - "You Can Do It" [Spike Records, 1983]
43:24: Alzo Fronte - "Some People" [Bell Records, 1972]
46:21: Marvin, Welch & Farrar - "Faithful" [Regal Zonophone, 1971]
48:38: Kathy Smith - "For Emile" [Stormy Forest, 1971]
52:19: Yves Simon - "Raconte Toi" [RCA Victor, 1976]
56:04: David Crosby - "Traction in the Rain" [Atlantic, 1971]

Gentle Daps XXIV: Guest Mix by Deejay Greenman

English soft rock aficionado Deejay Greenman has returned with his sequel to last month's Write Your Lucky Number (Gentle Daps XXIV). He picks up where he left of and offers up another hour of rare '70s-centric soft rock of the supremely hushed, mellow variety. These two mixes are treasures, and I am thrilled they are part of the Gentle Daps canon.

Check out his own mix series for lots more of this vibe: https://www.mixcloud.com/ben-murphy4/

00:00: Willis Alan Ramsey - "Muskrat Candlelight" [Shelter Records, 1972]
03:10: Richard Roundtree - "Sagittarian Lady" [MGM Records, 1972]
07:00: Michael Murphey - "Rye by-the-Sea" [Epic, 1974]
09:20: Tamalpais Exchange - "Never Ever Land" [Atlantic, 1970]
12:03: Randy Denison's Collage - "Lamenting Seasons" [Mega Records, 1970]
15:15: Don Cooper - "Hey Little Flower" [Roulette, 1969]
17:47: Free - "Mouthful of Grass" [Island Records, 1969]
20:51: Alan James Eastwood - "Lotus Child" [President Records, 1971]
24:17: David Crosby - "Orleans" [Atlantic, 1971]
25:57: Gordon Haskell - "Hambledon Hill" [Wilderness Records, 1990]
30:26: Jeff Eubank - "Seventeen Oon the Planet" [Dorothea Records, 1983]
35:23: Gordon Lightfoot - "Beautiful" [Reprise Records, 1975]
38:41: Cy Timmons - "Nowhere" [Erewhon, 1976]
48:10: Bobbie Gentry - "Hushabye Mountain" [Capitol Records, 1968]
50:55: Sparrow - "Dream Song" [Spark, 1971]
53:35: Heaven & Earth - "Refuge" [Ovation Records, 1973]
55:54: Black Sabbath - "Laguna Sunrise" [Vertigo, 1972]

Gentle Daps XXV: Guest Mix by Deejay Greenman

I tend to spend a very long time researching for and compiling Gentle Daps mixes, so I decided to challenge myself to compile, record, and publish a mix all in one sitting. This gave me an opportunity to revisit some favorites and not get too caught up in the discovery process. It was oddly satisfying to breeze through this and reach right for the good stuff.

The result of this experiment is—surprise!—a pretty straightforward ambient and new age playlist. (Nothing wrong with that though, right?)

00:00: Tom Rogerson & Brian Eno - "Idea of Order at Kyson Point" [Dead Oceans, 2017]
03:13: Schawkie Roth - "To the One" [Heavenly Music, 1980]
10:24: Aspidistrafly - "Fireworks" [Kichen. Label, 2008]
16:52: Tim Wheater & Michael Hoppé - "Solo Snyth Drone 6" [EMI, 1997]
19:37: Pauline Anna Strom - "Gossamer Silk" [Ether Ship Records, 1982 / RVNG Intl., 2017]
24:31: Aeoliah - "The Journey Home" [Oreade Music, 1995]
27:49: Sara Ayers - "Interiors" [Fuzzy Sweater Music, 2001]
34:59: Brad Fiedel - "Open Your Eyes" [Milan Entertainment, 1994]
37:57: Susumu Yokota - "Plantation2 #Hipnosis" [Sublime Records, 1995/2017]
43:50: Enya - "Deireadh An Tuath" [BBC Records and Tapes, 1986]

ANTS Podcast

Gentle Daps XXVI: Speed Zen

ANTS Podcast episodes and related stuff from the AiMT universe

NOTE: I purged a bunch of content here when SoundCloud was freaking out and issues account strikes, but now since they're (apparently) not doing that anymore, I'm once again uploading new podcast episodes and slowly reintroducing some old ones. For all episodes, catch me here: http://mixcloud.com/antspodcast.

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