What a pleasure to hear your own track mixed in so beautifully. Thanks Ben!!!

Brian McBride (1970-2023) was an ambient composer, drone wizard, tonal craftsman, and emulator of "far away" music. As half of Stars of the Lid, the pinnacle duo identified as both post-rock and Arvo Pärt-gardism, McBride is a legendary, internationally recognized name. Many of my friends and listeners know how massive of an influence SOTL – along with the Aix Em Klemm one-off – are on my taste, intellect, and approach to production. SOTL and McBride are widely present in my tracklists and appear often in my sets; I have been attentively collecting this music since I first learned about them in 2003 (thanks be to Epitonic). Today I proudly own all of the SOTL catalog.

For me, McBride's sonic corpus represents several very visceral and personal ideas and memories. Apart from being a glowing representation of immersive distance and landscape, of nature growing intolerant and stating its intentions, McBride’s music at its core is the soundtrack of Central Texas plains and rocky outcroppings, of eroded mountains and dirty, tired water, of the otherworldliness of the Edwards Plateau at night and the mystique of cicada chorusing in harmony with multiple lawn mowers after a violent thunderstorm. It is the tragic music of being from an oppressive place but bearing a profound love for it nonetheless. It is gentle reminders of the environments of my childhood; it is heavy bliss.

1. Retenir
2. Central Texas
3. Overture (for Other Halfs)
4. I Know That You Don’t Like the Future Like I Do
5. Girl Nap
6. Articulate Silences Part 1
7. Several Tries (in an Unelevated Style) 
8. I Will
9. Mélodrames Télégraphiés (in B Major 7th) Part 1
10. Lagging
11. For Those Who Hesitate
12. Piano Aquieu 
13. The Mouthchew
14. Piano ABG
15. I Will Surround You 
16. That Finger on Your Temple is the Barrel of my Raygun 
17. Broken Harbors Part 1 
18. Silent Motels
19. Music For Twin Peaks Episode 30 Part 1
20. Madison
21. (Porch)+
22. Sun Drugs
23. December Hunting for Vegetarian Fuckface
24. Austin Texas Mental Hospital Part 3 
25. A Lovesong (for Cubs) Part 2 
26. Stringer to Light Feed Frenzy
27. Adamord
28. Chamber Minuet
29. The Atomium Part 1
30. The Atomium Part 2
31. The Better Angels Of Our Nation 
32. Anchor States
33. Jan. 69
34. Prelude
35. Gasfarming
36. Before Top Dead Center
37. Julie Delpy
38. Virginia

This mix features music from:

Music for Nitrous Oxide — Sedimental, 1995
Gravitational Pull VS. the Desire for an Aquatic Life — Sedimental, 1996
The Ballasted Orchestra — Kranky, 1997
The Kahanek Incident (split with Labradford) -- Trance Syndicate, 1997
Per Aspera Ad Astra (with Jon McCafferty) — Kranky, 1998
Maneuvering the Nocturnal Hum — Earworm, 1998
Julie Delpy / WYNU Radio (split with Windsor For The Derby) — 33 Degrees, 1998
Avec Laudenum — Sub Rosa / Kranky, 1999
The Tired Sounds of — Kranky, 2001
and Their Refinement of the Decline — Kranky, 2007
Carte-De-Visite — Self-released, 2007

When the Detail Lost Its Freedom — Kranky, 2005
The Effective Disconnect — Kranky, 2010

Buy this music:
https://starsofthelid.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.discogs.com/artist/33863-Stars-Of-The-Lid
https://www.discogs.com/artist/366205
https://kranky.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.kranky.net

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Originally aired on ultrawizardsword.net on 12/29/2023

A Tribute To Brian McBride

November 10 2023
Limited Edition in Portland.
Home on the fringe of night life, family, goodness. 
Gathering No. 70.
If you know you know.

Live at Limited Edition

Vladimir Ivkovic All Night Long at 70th Limited Edition Portland

Our latest mix is a 3.5hr recording from  https://soundcloud.com/absurdlustre founder and Astral Industries artist https://soundcloud.com/sapaofficial, recorded at a recent sleep in event, from 2am until 5.30am. Read more about the mix and words from Sa Pa: http://asip.me/isolatedmix125

isolatedmix 125 - Sa Pa (Sleep In)

TRACKLIST:

Harry Plunket-Greene - The Hurdy-Gurdy Man
maarja nuut - see maailm, mis elab sinus
Philipp Otterbach - Left Hand Society
Pontiac Streator - where flesh circulates
Rutger Zuydervelt – Never Return (Kaleiding Outtake)
Quade - Spiral I
Chen Ming Chang - Rainwater
Night Sea - Off Grid
Florian T M Zeisig - TG10 (feat. PVAS)
Sam Gendel & Josiah Steinbrick - Mouthfeel 5
Sara Berts - Moth dance
Moin - Foot Wrong
Quade - The Balance
Son of Philip - Lune
Joe Davies - Hi Life feat. Ossia
Maara - Sip From My Chalice
Cloud Management - Tempentary Dance
Ancestral Voices - Invocations
Dregs - Swampy
Roza Terenzi - Vape City
Santaka, Manfredas & Marijus Aleksa - Xram (Marco Shuttle Remix)
user_ambiguous - Mystical Experience
Pontiac Streator - swallow me

Introspective Electronics w/ Avsluta x Netil Radio | January 24

@boursin

Today I am so happy to welcome my friend fka boursin to Deep Mind Music, with a quietly reflective entry for the end of January. 

It was around this time of year back in 2022, that I first remember having a deep chat with fka boursin about our mutual interest in the power of ambient. We were both equally enthused to encounter another AmbientAddict and quickly rattled off artists, labels and tracks for each other to check. I have found in fka boursin a similarly discerning soul, not just in music, but life in general, and his intricate mix for Deep Mind Music reflects his thoughtful character.

A patient mix that rewards patient listening, fka boursin has crafted a narrative that skilfully dances between washes of sepia-toned warm drones, and–as he puts it below–“material sounds”, such as whirling whizzes of machines or twittering birds, which give us a sense of place. The perfect soundtrack to a meditative drift of the mind between thoughts and reality. I have greatly enjoyed listening to it on cold misty walks over the past week, and hope you do too ☁️🪶🤍

Some words from fka boursin about the mix:

When considering the themes for this mix, I drew from the different approaches that Sybil and I use in our work. Sybil says that themes for her come from “more of a feeling/colour/texture than something     explainable” which is in contrast with my desire for explicit material reference points. Though these approaches might be seen as existing on a somewhat linear abstract vs material scale, there is a large overlap in the sonic characters that they each employ. Here, I have deliberately mixed with tracks that perhaps encourage one to get “lost” (abstract) before pulling the listener back into the room using what I consider to be “material” sounds. Paradoxically though, those sounds are often perceived as feeling/colour/texture anyway, leading Sybil and I to the same musical end points. To me, this firstly emphasises the limitations of audio and secondly may partly explain why Sybil and I get on so well.

~

Featuring music by David Toop, Daisuke Tadokoro, blks, Hideki Umezawa, pent, Terre Thaemlitz, Celer, 23 Degrees, fka boursin and more

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Downloads Enabled ~

Deep Mind Music

fka boursin ~ Deep Mind Music Vol.29

"Gather out of star-dust
            Earth-dust,
            Cloud-dust,
And splinters of hail,
One handful of dream-dust
            Not for sale."

Eagerly-awaited deep dream by @syberkid of @deep-mind-music

✢

MFIS LI ✢ Sybil

A window into Aleksi Perälä's 16-album series ahead of Waking Life 2024. Additive synthesis based on colundi frequencies. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/waking-life-w-aleksi-perala-12th-march-2024

CHILDREN OF LIGHT: Aleksi Perälä for Waking Life Radio 120324

Monthly inter-dimensional techno and rhythm transmissions from GiGi FM.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/gigi-fm/episodes/gigi-fm-27th-march-2024

Gigi FM w/ Voices From The Lake 270324

“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached." Franz Kafka

The above quote was kindly provided by Chris SSG for our sixth installment of our podcast series which features a set by him. A good friend of the collective, he needs no further introduction. This podcast is a recording of his set at the final of five parties we threw late last year to celebrate the 10 years anniversary of the Observatory. Chris’s set was the final one in a long series, closing what was a  wonderful sequence of events. Forward indeed.

Chris SSG - NLDMIX 006

Muzan Editions is honored to welcome SBat once more to our growing collection of mixes and sets by friends near and far. For this installment, we present SBat's ambient set at the wonderful Liminal Dreams party in Tokyo (2023.12.10). SBat conjures up a shimmering dreamscape of sounds that warps seamlessly between genre and mood, guiding the listener through nostalgic rememberances, glistening electronic futures, and hazy mirages that elude categorization. We recommend getting very comfortable and organizing some proper listening conditions before drifting off (and drifting deep) into this one.

We'd like to thank the Liminal Dreams crew for signing off on our use of Sbat's set. LD has a special place in the hearts of us here at Muzan. Not only are they an integral part of the flourishing ambient scene in Tokyo, but were kind enough to invite Endurance to their very first event - and Dérive to their latest party last month! Their lineups are always incredible, with past special guests including artists like Sunju Hargun, Chris SSG, Sapphire Slows, and Jane Fitz - just to name a few. All of which makes us even more excited to be showcasing a set from one of their events. Enjoy!

@jagger-and-the-bat
@nurture-liminal-dreams

Tracklist:

1. TIBSLC - Beachlife | sferic @tibslc
2. Donnacha Costello - The Sea Between Us | URSA
3. Khotin - Looping Good | Ghostly International @khotin
4. Vangelis - Albedo 0.39 | RCA
5. Priori - The Tower feat. Ex-Terrestrial | Naff @priori-ties
6. Terre Thaemlitz - Fat Chair | Instinct
7. Sol Seppy - Said Cat to a Phoenix | Gated Recordings @gatedrecordings
8. Simon Giudice - Ricordo | Semantica @simonegiudice
9. Space Time Continuum - Fluresence | Music From Memory @music-from-memory
10. Endurance - Permimeter | Muzan Editions @joshua-stefane
11. Lorenzo Fortino - Rispetto a Vita | Futop Music @lorenzofortino
12. Evadney - Ready | Self released @evadneyyyy
13. Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Winds Over Neo Tokyo | Milan Music
14. Jonathan Fitoussi & Clemens Hourriere - Vague | Obliques @jonathanfitoussi
15. Collateral Intelligence - Butterflies in Funerals | Gated @gatedrecordings
16. Romanticise the World - Side D | Verdant Recording @verdant-recordings
17. Franco Nanni - Meiosis | Affordable Innerspace @affordableinnerspace

SBat - Live at Liminal Dreams

Top selection by maestro Vladimir Ivkovic for Nocta !

More about Vladimir Ivkovic here:
https://soundcloud.com/vladimir
https://www.facebook.com/vladimirivkovic011

Nocta Numerica Mix #70 / Vladimir Ivkovic

Ambient tape label out of Osaka, Japan. Run by Endurance and Dérive
NO DEMOS please. Seriously. Thanks for your understanding.
大阪を拠点としてるアンビエントカセットレーベル。
デモ音源は受け付けていません。ご理解のほどよろしくお願いします。

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