The Farthest Shore (2010)

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Lounging w/ Diane - December 2023

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SWAYMIX 012 - Tako Reyenga

f071 - DJ Furniture

Dublin ‘laptop soul’ crooners bog band stop by the London studio to play some tunes, ahead of the release of their new record Mocashno Days’. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/bog-band-13th-october-2025

Bog Band 131025

ideavril

Living Room n°90 ~ @ghosttropics

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q. pls introduce yourself:

a. Hi! I’m Ryan aka ghosttropics and I think most people on here know me as “that person who is in the comment boxes of all the ambient releases on bandcamp”. Mostly I’m just a huge music nerd/listener/dancer, but I try to write about the music that care about as much as I can as a way to engage with the community a bit more and to give back to the artists who bless me with the music that brings so much to my life. Which is how you guys found me! This is only the second mix I ever made and I’ve since worked on a couple more, and it’s becoming this very fulfilling new thing in my life that I look forward to exploring a bit more.

q. is there a story behind the mix?

a. First of all I just wanted to thank you guys for having me here and giving me this opporunity to work on this mix, which ended up being very meaningful and downright therapeutic for me to make. It is dedicated to my late best friend Blakely, and also to anyone who lives with that soul deep and unnameable feeling of missing someone, but also feeling them with you all the time. At the very centre of the mix (both figuratively and at the literal halfway point) is a track of Blakes that I hadn’t been able to bring myself to listen to for years. I always thought it was one of the most beautiful things I ever heard and just the purest audio distillation of everything I loved about my friend, and as soon as the mix started to come together I knew it was the right time to bring it back into my life. Everything from there just seemed to come together on is own as if guided by a gentle hand.

The feeling I tried to capture in this mix is not simply sadness because grief is SO much more than that. It’s about how that sadness can also be so deeply intertwined with a feeling of indescribable gratitude and joy in having known a person, and it’s about all the beautiful and unexpected ways we can keep them with us throughout our lives. To me, this mix is exactly that. A way to share the story of my friend with the world and feel closer to him, and I hope that listening to this can give others the space to remember and relate to their own experiences in a way that feels meaningful as well.

q. what’s the best way to enjoy your mix?

a. As is my answer to most things: lying down, eyes closed, cuddling a cute dog. But really, wherever works best for you! 

q. describe a favourite object in your living room...

a. I found the most beautiful/perfect antique rocking chair with a rocking footrest on the sidewalk a couple months ago and I swear I could not even conceptualize a better reading chair. I refused to buy one for years because I wanted it to be perfect (I read nearly as much as I listen to music) and part of me feels like I willed this thing into reality. 

q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)?

a. I’m thinking about maybe starting some sort of newsletter as my friends keep telling me to do, but for now I’m just gonna keep writing my little bandcamp reviews and making more mixes, cause that’s what’s feeling good right now. And despite my past promise to myself to never become a DJ (half joking) maybe buy a controller and start figuring out how to do some of this stuff live at some point!

Living Room n°90 ~ ghosttropics

Autumn 2025 . Organ improvisation at St Philips Church Dublin.  Ambient and slow. I'm taking a cue and some inspiration here from Kali Malone, whose music always seems to me as an invitation to slow down and enjoy the organs more gentle side.

Organ Improvisation # V (a la kali)

Living Room n°91 ~ @nash-paints

q. pls introduce yourself
My name is Finn I make music mainly as Nashpaints and with friends too. I’m from Dublin , Ireland

q. is there a story behind the mix? 
I was happy with the mix because it’s REALLY how I felt at the time I recorded it. Virtual DJ, in bed, laptop on my chest, 1 take, thinking about life

q. what’s the best way to enjoy your mix?
Sort of anywhere, but I Iiked listening to it on headphones walking around

q. describe a favourite object in your living room...
Photo of my landlord with Leonard Cohen eating a 99 with a big smile on his face

 q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)?
My friend Henry and I have set up a label called MirrorWorld and we have a lot of records coming out very soon:). We’ve also been putting on gigs in Dublin and it’s a really wonderful way to meet people. New Nashpaints record out early 2026!

Living Room n°91 ~ Nashpaints

Cainteoirí:

Tomás Searraigh
Máire Choilm
Pádraig John Francis
Tomás Chóilí Mhéiní
Máirtín Taimín
Ruairí Ó Conghaile
Anne Joseph
Rita Joseph
Cathleen Thomas
Peadar Póil
Pádraig Ó Donncha
Murcha Ó Donncha
Mairéad Póil
Pádraig Póil
Máire Choilm
Michael Francis
Seán Mhaidhc Searraigh (taifeadta ag Pól Breathnach, 2001)

Taifead fuaimdhreacha: Lonnaí, Scailp Áit a' Chuain, taifidte ag Mathilda Buche.

Íomhá: Leo Corduff, 1959, An Bailiúchán Grianghraf - Dúchas.ie

An Fóidín Mearaí - Clár 3. Iascach agus Farraige

https://www.risteard.ie

also => @bruadar0

also => @ponxi

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