自然 written by 天
雨 written by 天

天 is a 20-year-old producer of Ambient Music from Lucerne, Switzerland.

http://soundcloud.com/ambient-4

free download via bandcamp @ http://nighttrippin.bandcamp.com/album/ntrp004


interview

What are your main instruments? Give us a quick tour of your music-making process!

- I use Cubase for synths and add nature field recordings, which I have recorded myself, to the mix. For the recordings I use an old MZ-R35 recorder from Sony.					

How would you describe your style?

- Meditative Ambient mixed with natural field recordings.

What is your main motivation for making music?

- To show the beauty of nature through sound.

How did you start with creating tunes?

- I guess being really into ambient music automatically lead me to wanting to produce it myself. 

Name a few of your influences and/or favorite musicians!

- Saito Koji, Gallery Six, Tomonari Nozaki, Nobuto Suda & Michiru Aoyama

Why Nighttrippin.?

- I liked the idea of the label and wanted to contribute.


NTRP004 - 天 - (B) 雨

NTRP004 - 天 - (A) 自然

Rush hour written by Placid Hawk
On the run from civilization written by Placid Hawk

Placid Hawk is a 29-year-old producer of "Landscape Music" from Hamburg, Germany.

http://soundcloud.com/placid-hawk

free download via bandcamp @ http://nighttrippin.bandcamp.com/album/placid-hawk-ntrp005


interview

What are your main instruments? Give us a quick tour of your music-making process!

- A lot of acoustic instruments in a joint venture with synths and effects. I like to manipulate sounds. I don't use loop material, but sometimes one shot samples.				

How would you describe your style?

- Mainly as Landscape music. But I'm not really fixed at any style.

What is your main motivation for making music?

- It makes me proud, if someone out there is listening to my music.

How did you start with creating tunes?

- It was in 1999 on Playstation with a Game called: Music

Have you released a record before?

- There is an EP out there called "Life" on the label "music for collapsing people"
compilation cds : 
Atzaro Ibiza Soundscapes vol.4 compiled  by Ohm-G
Living room at the park hotel amsterdam compiled by Chris Zippel

Name a few of your influences and/or favorite musicians!

- Too many to list.

Why Nighttrippin.?

- Nighttrippin is a sympathic new label from my birthtown. Nothing more to say .

Is there anything you’d like to add?

- The Sense of the Ep: The Contrast between the life with (rush hour) or without people (on the run from civilization)


NTRP005 - Placid Hawk - (B) Rush Hour

NTRP005 - Placid Hawk - (A) On the Run from Civilization

Above the sky submerged written & produced by phoenstorm
Bathed in the radiance of night thought written by phoenstorm

phoenstorm is a producer and writer of ambient and drone music from Augsburg, Germany.

http://soundcloud.com/phoenstorm

free download via bandcamp @ http://nighttrippin.bandcamp.com/album/phoenstorm-ntrp006

interview

What are your main instruments? Give us a quick tour of your music-making process!

- I like to create my own sounds, so field recorder and samplers. add all kinds of synths, partially out of the box, most software. mix & blend to taste with fx. i like to try out new stuff there, i'm a big fan of finding uses for old bbd devices. 

How would you describe your style?

- evolving, hopefully.

What is your main motivation for making music?

- it's fun. you learn a lot & I find it's a nice way to be creative. of course it's nice to see that others enjoy your stuff.

How did you start with creating tunes?

- at some point, about two years ago, I started forcing myself to finish projects. 

Have you released a record before?

- no

Name a few of your influences and/or favorite musicians!

- a random selection: Smith & Mighty, The Black Dog, Max Richter, The Notwist, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe

Why Nighttrippin.?

- great concept!

Is there anything you’d like to add?

- hope you enjoy and let me know what you think about it! 

NTRP006 - phoenstorm - (B) Bathed in the radiance of night thought

NTRP006 - phoenstorm - (A) Above the sky submerged

Dreams of the ancient ones written by James Hoehl
Peace of earth written by James Hoehl

Red Clouds is a 34 year old producer of Ambient and Drone Music from Philadelphia, PA, USA.

http://soundcloud.com/red_clouds

free download @ http://nighttrippin.bandcamp.com/album/red-clouds-ntrp002


Interview


What are your main instruments? Give us a quick tour of your music-making process!

- The main instruments used are computer, yamaha SG style guitar, Effects pedals and homemade machines.


How would you describe your style?

- Atmosphere drones and space ambient


What is your main motivation for making music?

- The world itself as an increasingly crowded and polluted environment


How did you start with creating tunes?

- It all began in 1992, started a noise band with my brothers. A combination of Butthole Surfers and Einsturzende Nuebaten


How did these two songs come together? Is there any story behind it?

- A feeling of wanting to connect to the earth. Tribute to the first people.


Have you released a record before?

- Yes. The first record was released in the late 1990s. Red Clouds has 4 albums released through CDBaby.com


Name a few of your influences and/or favorite musicians!

- Sonic youth, Captain Beefheart, Carbon based life forms, Solar fields


Is there anything you’d like to add?

- I feel it is important to keep an open mind and look past genres and tags, labels etc. support independent art and music , thank you 


NTRP002 - Red Clouds - (B) Peace of earth

NTRP002 - Red Clouds - (A) Dream of the Ancient Ones

Caves written & produced by halo dog
Timelessness written & produced by halo dog

http://soundcloud.com/halodog

free download via bandcamp @ http://nighttrippin.bandcamp.com/album/halo-dog-ntrp003

NTRP003 - halo dog - (B) Timelessness

NTRP003 - halo dog - (A) Caves

Nighttrippin. is a Netlabel from Dresden, Germany. Ambient. Techno. Deep.

Nighttrippin. specializes in bringing the sounds of the night to your ears. Think: the music you want to hear on your headphones, sitting in the bus on your way home after a night out. No borders.

Nighttrippin. brings you digital Singles. Good old A-and B-Sides. Free of any charge.

Nighttrippin. launched in March 2013 with a single by label head www.soundcloud.com/quint. Nighttrippin. will be pushing that profile and searches for new talents that appreciate the concept. Send your stuff to my dropbox, I'll get in touch with you!

Quint