Ambient/Chill

Board recording of Sweguno live set from Chillits ambient festival held at Black Oak Ranch in Mendocino County, CA on September 17th. I played at 7:30 am.

The first track is a looping vocal piece inspired by Robert A.A. Lowe (Lichens) whose live performances I credit as getting me into making vocal music. The second track is a cover of a traditional Georgian folk song 'Tsintskaro'. The third track is a more rhythmic electronic piece with looping vocals. The final track is a cover of a Brian Eno song 'There Were Bells' which I took in a more droney/shoegazey direction. Lossless file download available above.

Sweguno live @ Chillits 2022

Sweguno Live @ Chillits 2022

AYLI: Ambient Grace with David Grunzweig | Live Set at Grace Cathedral | July 7, 2023

AYLI: Ambient Grace with Cahl Sel | Live Set at Grace Cathedral | July 7, 2023

Live hardware recording from The New Farm in San Francisco.

Live @ Space Farm 09.16.23

Jonah Sharp I the studio for What is Jazz

What Is Jazz W/ Jonah Sharp

Live DJ set at the The Existential Action Tea Temple Lounge (Belden, CA 07.01.23). I opened with this before playing a live set with Jonah Sharp aka Spacetime Continuum.

Opening Set @ Sunset Campout 2023

a piece dedicated to Oakland, California and all the people we lost this year (2016).......

df tram -oakland intro

miguel atwood-feguson -Intro Eternity

the browns-unchained melody

johnny cash-hurt (bobby corridor edit)

Psychemagik - Wake Up Everybody (Psychemagik Edit)

van morrison- astral weeks

the roches-hammond song

cobby and porky -black pudding

cocteau twins-essence

bjork -all is full of love

miguel atwood-feguson-Do the Astral Plane

portable planets-blue straggler (df tram remix)

vangelis-ask the mountains

aphex twin-select -untitled (ambient works volume 2)

the black dog -shadehead

gaussian curve -the longest road

harold budd-balthus bemused by color

poly high school band -midnight cowboy

df tram- stellar by starlight

david bowie-subterraneans

arthur russell-this is how we walk on the moon

ryuichi sakamoto-forbidden colors

"For Oakland" (dj set from the Cuddles Party in Oakland 12.16.16 )

LIVE at Chillits 2017

LIVE at Ambient Awakening November 2017

LEILA ABDUL-RAUF -- known for her work in Vastum, Ionophore, Cardinal Wyrm, Hammers Of Misfortune, Fyrhtu, and much more -- presents her haunting third solo album, Diminution.

The follow-up to LEILA ABDUL-RAUF’s 2015 highly acclaimed Insomnia album, Diminution sees the Bay Area-based, multi-instrumentalist take a more stripped-down approach to her uniquely haunting and shadowy soundscapes. While retaining a firm grasp on the feeling of urban loneliness and early morning solitude, Diminution’s tracks are generally longer than previous works and feel more spacious and open, where sparse melodies and gentle textural flow meet ethereal choral vocals, distant trumpet, delicate guitar, and luminous, yet melancholy drones and warm tonal drift. 

All songs on Diminution were composed, performed, and produced by LEILA ABDUL-RAUF, mastered by Myles Boisen at Headless Buddha Mastering Lab, and the album is completed with stunning artwork by Matthew Jaffe and layout by Kristoffer Oustad and James Livingston. Diminution is another spellbinding work from Leila for those seeking solace in quiet and introspective music residing just on edge of consciousness.

Diminution is available on LP through Cloister Recordings in conjunction with Black Horizons, and on CD through Malignant Records. 

https://leilaabdulrauf.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/leilaabdulrauf
https://www.cloisterrecordingsus.bandcamp.com
http://www.cloisterrecordingsus.bigcartel.com
https://www.facebook.com/cloisterrecordings.us
http://www.malignantrecords.com
http://www.facebook/com/malignantrecords
http://www.malignantrecs.bandcamp.com
https://www.soundcloud.com/malignantrecords
http://www.black-horizons.com
https://www.facebook.com/blckhrzns

Diminution

LEILA ABDUL RAUF "Diminution"

DF Tram & Future BC "Haight Ashbury"

live dj set at chillits festival 2009

http://boingboing.net/2009/10/20/chillits-2009-mixes.html

(review from boing boing.net)
Chillits is an annual outdoor ambient music festival that takes place in the fall in the redwoods of Willits, California. I've never attended in person, but the DJs post their lovely musical sets online as MP3s and Torrents. This music keeps me calm all year, or tries anyway. I suggest starting with the sounds of DF Tram, but I'm biased. He's my favorite ambient DJ, spinning transgenre mixes inspired by and drawing from electronica, jazz, avant-garde classical, and the history of computer music.
Chillits 2009 -David Pescovitz (boing boing.net)



Ambient/Chill

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