ambient i sl.

Released on December 5, 2017 as an infinitely looping minisite and limited edition cassette.

"The latest installment in an ongoing mix series, Absent Friends Vol. 2 presents Minor Science’s take on ambient: a hyper-dense, micro-edited collage form incorporating music, sound and speech. Progressing by a series of lulls and wild crescendos, its structure mimics the volatile behaviours of weather systems; over time, an oblique but powerful emotional narrative emerges."

“We may be stranded in the rain, sometimes…”

Music used, in order of appearance:

Peggy Lee - Going Rowing
Steven Halpern - 7th Chakra: Keynote B (Violet)
Michel Redolfi - Immersion
Steve Hauschildt - Eyelids Gently Dreaming
Mike Ratledge - Riddles Of The Sphinx Sequence 7
Leif - Untitled (GAL006 B2)
Arthur Russell - The Name Of The Next Song
Aisha Devi / Laurel Halo - Aurat (Tool) / Wow (Minor Science Call & Response Blend)
Robin Fox - Antlers
Robin Fox - A Small Prometheus
Georges Aperghis - Avis De Tempête: Avis 6
Pita - Vent-Glass
Linkwood - Outside In
Mike Ratledge - Riddles Of The Sphinx Sequence 6 (Minor Science Eternal Return Excerpt)
Qasim Naqvi - Preamble
François Bayle - L’Aventure Du Cri
Luc Ferrari - Presque Rien Avec Filles
David Behrman - On The Other Ocean
Eli Keszler - Willing To Be Open
Peggy Lee - “Audio Book” interview w/ Wink Martindale (Minor Science Gratitude Cutup)
Joanna Brouk - The Sounding (Minor science Divine Stepladder Edit)
Jaap Blonk - Flux-De-Bouche
Bernard Parmegiani - De Natura Sonorum: Deuxième Série
Arca - Extent
LOFT - Yes
Carlos Niño - Gongs, Cymbals and Bells
O Yuki Conjugate - Cloud Cover
Alvin Lucier - Oases
Bernard Parmegiani - De Natura Sonorum: Première Série
Guy Reibel - Franges Du Signe
Alderaan - The Idea Of Having A Soul
Guy Reibel - Granulations-Sillages
Ben Vida - Damaged Particulates
James Pugliese / Visible Cloaks ft. Motion Graphics - Freeze / Terrazzo (Minor Science Blend)
Vanessa Rosato - This Is A Recorder
Diseño Corbusier - El Circulo De La Infancia
Sidsel Endresen - One: Untitled Track 2
Atom TM - Naturalist #3
Braaxtaal - Spraakwater
Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek - Vague, Yet
Eli Keszler - Corresponding Probably To Quanta
Minor Science - Temporising Peggy
Blonk, Gustafsson & Zerang - Rorr
John Martyn - Small Hours (Minor Science Chord Aug Excerpt)
Michel Redolfi - Pacific Tubular Waves

Minor Science - Change Now Megamix, featuring excerpts from:
Andrea - Floating
“Blue” Gene Tyranny - Timing
Joanna Brouk - The Sounding (Minor Science Divine Stepladder Edit)
Minor Science - Hungup
Mike Ratledge - Riddles Of The Sphinx Sequence 6 (Minor Science Eternal Return
Excerpt)
and,
Jaap Blonk - AA 60
Jaap Blonk - Flux-De-Bouche
Jaap Blonk - Gramm
Jaap Blonk - Seepferdchen und Flugfische
Jaap Blonk - Zieuwis
Jaap Blonk & Cor Fuhler - Notches of Mycoplasma
Braaxtaal - Kwik-Me-Dit Schar-Luup
Braaxtaal - Spraakwater
Five Men Singing - No Drone Rising
Five Men Singing - Tough and Rumble
Eli Keszler - Willing To Be Open
Yann Leguay - IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
LOFT - Yes
Carlos Niño - Gongs, Cymbals and Bells
Bernard Parmegiani - De Natura Sonorum
Michel Redolfi - Pacific Tubular Waves
Minor Science - Richardstraße Downpour
Guy Reibel - Franges du Signe
Guy Reibel - Granulations-Sillages
Rully Shabara - Faring
Zeitkratzer - Mort Aux Vaches: Random Dilettantes

LFDM - Ant Hills
Headlock - Again

Absent Friends Vol. 2

'Music For Steamed Rocks' appears on 'Commissions I' by @oneohtrix-point-never, exclusive to Record Store Day 2014, learn more at http://bit.ly/commissions-i

Lopatin interpreted Witold Lutoslawski's Preludes in 'Music For Steamed Rocks', a piece composed for Polish Icons at Sacrum Profanum, a Warp staple that's previously hosted Clark & Aphex Twin.

Learn more about the release at <a href="http://bit.ly/commissions-i" target="_blank">warp.net</a>, set for release on 12" vinyl in a black foil print jacket with die-cut view of inner sleeve.

OPN's debut release for Warp 'R Plus Seven' is out now, learn more at http://bit.ly/1aE9CEM

<a href="http://smarturl.it/eb8fi6 " target="_blank">iTunes</a> / <a href="http://smarturl.it/hge9h2" target="_blank">Bleep</a> / <a href="http://smarturl.it/c23n1u" target="_blank">Amazon</a> / <a href="http://smarturl.it/t1zi9e" target="_blank">Google Play</a>

http://www.pointnever.com/
https://www.facebook.com/oneohtrix
https://twitter.com/0PN

Commisions I

Learn more at warp.net

Oneohtrix Point Never - Music For Steamed Rocks

Sesion Ambient Vol.1

`·. STEFF `·. ©®™

CHROMATICS / DISINTEGRATION

INDEX:Records off the back of their NYC-weekender with special guests.

http://www.instagram.com/indexrecords

@indexrecords

INDEX:Posé @ The Lot Radio 10-21-2024

info: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/peripherie-14-xenia-reaper
https://soundcloud.com/xeniareaper

Peripherie

Peripherie 14 – Xenia Reaper

x   e   n   i   a      r   e   a   p   e   r            s   y  s   t   e   m      d   i   a   l   o   g      l   i   v   e      s   e   t       2   4

XENIA REAPER returns to INDEX:Records with ‘Gambling’ – a requiem to noughties trance-euphoria, with a contemporary ambient twist. A collection of nine deep, emotionally-explosive tracks that wrench your heart, as much as your gut.

Exclusive to this edition is a made-to-order transparent 12” LP lathe, cut by Disc Archive in Berlin – super limited though, so get your pre-order in ASAP if you’d like a piece.

Written & Produced by XENIA REAPER
Mastered by Ike Zwanikken
Artwork by Lucas Dupuy

XENIA REAPER – Gambling (previews) [INDEX019]

https://xenoplex.bandcamp.com/album/xenoplex-06-loqt

vase & xenia reaper - loqt snippets °      x    e    n    o    p    l    e    x    0    6

XENIA REAPER graces our Liminal catalogue with seven deft cuts, gently fusing the outer realms of spectral ambience and delicate breaks. The tracks glisten with subtle detail, blurring boundaries and drifting through territories on the fringes, traversing liminal spaces.

Out on hand-stamped limited edition 12" lathe cut & digital, 25th July 2025.

Pre-order: oscillasound.bandcamp.com/album/lmnl004-zumi3

Artwork by Jelly Works Studio.
Mastered by Ike Zwanikken.

XENIA REAPER - LMNL004 - zumi3 (Previews)

XENIA REAPER graces Oscilla Sound's Liminal catalogue with seven deft cuts, gently fusing the outer realms of spectral ambience and delicate breaks. The tracks glisten with subtle detail, blurring boundaries and drifting through territories on the fringes, traversing liminal spaces.

releases July 25, 2025

Artwork by Jelly Works Studio.
Mastered by Ike Zwanikken.

XENIA REAPER - never let go  [label: Liminal / Oscilla Sound]

The Liminal series returns on Oscilla Sound with zumi3, a compact album by Berlin-based producer XENIA REAPER. Drifting between spectral ambience and delicate breaks, the release builds on the label’s commitment to transitional sound spaces.

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-xenia-reaper---halodegdegdeg

LMNL004 - zumi3 will be out on July 25th, 2025. Pre-order a copy via https://oscillasound.bandcamp.com/album/lmnl004-zumi3

Premiere: XENIA REAPER - halo°°° [LMNL004]

Berlin label Oscilla Sound presents XENIA REAPER with zumi3, the latest instalment in the label’s Liminal series. Across seven deftly crafted tracks, XENIA REAPER navigates the outer edges of spectral ambience and delicate breakwork, drawing listeners into shifting, liminal spaces. Subtle and immersive, xumi3 glistens with fine detail, dissolving boundaries and guiding us through soundscapes that feel both intimate and otherworldly.

XENIA REAPER
@xeniareaper
www.instagram.com/dolphindream_/

Oscilla Sound
@oscilla-sound
www.instagram.com/oscilla_sound/

xumi3

Premiere: XENIA REAPER - exd | Oscilla Sound

'huugh' from XENIA REAPER - LMNL004 - 'zumi3'

Preorder: https://oscillasound.bandcamp.com/album/lmnl004-zumi3

XENIA REAPER - huugh

From 'zumi3', out July 25th on Oscilla Sound.
BUY IMMEDIATELY: https://oscillasound.bandcamp.com/album/lmnl004-zumi3

@xeniareaper
@oscilla-sound

You probably think you did. You're probably bristling with confidence regarding that. You're probably chuffed and hopped up and saying it with your chest, your fullness, the totality of your being. You're so sure of it. And rightly so: you've listened to XENIA REAPER's 'zumi3', the title track on 'zumi3' premiered by Madjestic Kasual, 'zumi3' being the album forthcoming on Oscilla Sound. You just knew.

buy immediately

XENIA REAPER - zumi3 [MK PREMIERE]

XENIA REAPER - spinblurr

XENIA REAPER - container 3am

This track "Consecration" from Perturbator's "The Uncanny Valley Bonus EP" is uploaded here on SoundCloud for fair entertainment purposes. I don't own this track, all rights belong to Perturbator and Blood Music.

Get the bonus EP here from the Blood Music Bandcamp page: blood-music.bandcamp.com/album/the-un…valley-bonus

The Uncanny Valley - Bonus

Perturbator - Consecration (The Uncanny Valley Bonus EP)

Another chapter in my ongoing series of studio ambient mixes (not recorded live, produced over at least a month). This one is extra special for me as the title alludes to the fact that 2021 means I have been working in sound design for a decade. To help celebrate, I designed this new psychedelic journey, and layered it with field recordings from my collection of SFX I have captured going all the way back to my first upload folder from summer 2011. 

The track selection plays out like an anthology of some of the most talented ambient/sound design producers, blending eras and approaches ranging from pillars such as Biosphere, Stars of the Lid, and William Basinski - alongside emerging producers like Green-House and Zeze Wakamatsu. Molding everything together is a constantly shifting foundation of found sounds. The listener begins literally floating downstream as one subtle aquatic effect dissolves into another for the opening fifteen minutes. I also included many of my favorite audio finds including air traffic controllers, vintage game shows, NASA communications, nature documentaries, and religious A.M. radio hosts to list a few.

As a special bonus and thank you: I am pledging a $5 donation for every 350 plays of this mix* to Coalition for the Homeless (based in NYC)(*for the first 10,000 plays).
UPDATE: As of 08.26 $107 has been donated to cover the first 7,500 plays


Headphones highly recommended for this immersive mix. There are links below to support all of the included artists. Thanks for a decade of chilling out with me.

Tracklisting:

1. Intro / Floating down the River  00:00 - 16:30

-R.J. Stefanski "Small Stream near the Boathouse"
-Boards of Canada "Sundown"  00:20
-A.M. Radio snippet (lots of these captured by myself and hidden in mix)
-Zeze Wakamatsu "Concert in a Tortoiseshell"  03:20
-Cholosus "Lexicon Drive" 07:45
-Segue "Aurora"  11:40
-R.J. Stefanski "Powerful Atlantic Surf"

2. Floating in Space   16:31 - 39:00

-Markus Guentner "Keep Your Eyes Closed"  16:31
-audio snippet from "What's My Line" gameshow (circa 1950)
-The Orb "Moonbuilding 2703 A.D."(Wolfgang Voigt Mix) 20:45
-Sun Electric "An Atom of All Suns" 25:00
-R.J. Stefanski "Night River"
-Biosphere "Insolate" 28:45
-R.J. Stefanski "The Birds of Turtle Pond"
-Stars of the Lid "The Better Angels of our Nation" 33:00
-Loscil "Erit" 35:30
-R.J. Stefanski "Cars Passing in the Night"

3. Floating in a Dream / Outro 39:01 - 57:46

-Windy and Carl "Lighthouse" 39:30
-Aphex Twin "Cliffs" 39:30
-Green-House "Parlor Palm" 42:00
-Skee Mask "Dolby" 46:45
-R.J. Stefanski "Subway to Manhattan"
-William Basinski "O, My Daughter, O My Sorrow" 50:40
-R.J. Stefanski "unreleased rain recording 2011"
-Casino Versus Japan "Tropic" 54:30
-R.J. Stefanski "Wind Chime in south west Detroit"

Support artists:

Boards of Canada
https://boardsofcanada.bandcamp.com/

Zeze Wakamatsu
https://zezewakamatsu.bandcamp.com/

Cholosus
https://cholosus.bandcamp.com/

Segue
https://www.segueambient.com/

Markus Guentner
https://markus-guentner.bandcamp.com/

The Orb / Wolfgang Voigt
https://theorb.bandcamp.com/album/moonbuilding-2703-ad-remixes-sin-in-space-pt-1

Sun Electric
https://sunelectric.bandcamp.com/

Biosphere
https://biosphere.bandcamp.com/

Stars of the Lid
https://starsofthelid.bandcamp.com/

Loscil
https://loscil.bandcamp.com/

Windy and Carl
https://windyandcarl.bandcamp.com/

Aphex Twin
https://aphextwin.bandcamp.com/

Green-House
https://green-house.bandcamp.com/album/six-songs-for-invisible-gardens

Skee Mask
https://iliantape.bandcamp.com/album/itlp04-skee-mask-compro

William Basinski
https://williambasinski.bandcamp.com/

Casino Vs Japan
https://casinoversusjapan.bandcamp.com/

R.J. Stefanski
https://rjstefanski.bandcamp.com/

ambient i sl.

Nikola Milenovic