Mysteries’ latest from Melbourne-based producer Mosam Howieson falls somewhere between realms — percussive, deep techno and airy ambient — eventually landing in a liminal, stunning, undefinable space. From the wispy, tentacled opener “Explorations” to the IDM-leaning stunner “Cerebro,” Howison’s Aphelion is an intentional experiment in world building, and the world he’s built is a landscape brimming with a potent confluence of retro-futurist sounds, genres, and textures.

Aphelion refers to the point at which a planet is furthest from the sun. Despite the inherent darkness in this concept and its release coming in the wake of a turbulent year, Howieson assures us that he’s far from cynical: in fact, he says the album is “about coming back to the light.” Whether it's the acidic arpeggiation, airy pads, or intricately woven percussion that gets us there, Aphelion is emotionally transportive. In certain tracks, 80’s-influenced synth melody provides the teeth — the LP is not overly percussive, nor is it strictly ambient. Tracks like the IDM-tinged “Cerebro” showcase Howieson’s take on ethereal, breakbeat-influenced techno: airtight percussion and well-placed acid make this a standout. Howieson’s more rhythmic cuts are balanced by beat-less ones; “Low Orbit,” for example, is a dense cloud of a track, sweeping like ominous fog over a valley. But it isn’t long before we’re back above the clouds again with “Dream Sequence” and the title track, whose taut synth melodies and minimal, reverb-soaked percussion give power and depth to the overarching vision of the LP. In listening, there’s a sense of the ground moving beneath one’s feet — and despite Howieson’s skilled, masterful production, the listening experience of Aphelion is undoubtedly about surrender, not control. The soundscape it produces is both fresh and classic, or in another word, elegant.

To my parents and friends who support me in countless ways, and to Rich for being my overseeing musical mentor.

Written, Produced, and Mixed by Mosam Howieson
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio, NY
Design by Gabriel Benzur
Video Direction by Candace Price
Words by Taylor Bratches

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“The fires of night
through distance dance
ghosts who still know how to sing”

A haunting and perceptual ambient mix by @semblanceaux

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MFIS XXX ✢ Semblance

For its 17th edition Initiate Reflexions continues to explore affiliates of the label Elan Vital. 

We're happy to showcase @Dionisaf, a Russian-American composer 
who's work explores the principles of oriental musical traditions with modern technologies. Dionisaf makes a case for listening attentively and his music aims to re-contextualise the act of hearing. 

Dive into his podcast and if you want to hear more, check out his work here --> https://dionisaf.bandcamp.com/

As usual, for best listening experience, get comfy, take a deep breath, close your eyes, and let the music do the rest :) 

Enjoy! 

Artwork by Leslie Deboeur 

Tracklist: 

1. Dionisaf - Ice Kingdom - Skazka (Tiny Drones For Lovers 2021) 
2. Dionisaf - Blurry Bells - Frozen Time (Forgotten Dreams 2021) 
3. Dionisaf - Overcast - From the Silence (Chitra Records 2022) 
4. Dionisaf - Ocean - Lost Rarities (Élan Vital 2021) 
5. Dionisaf - Glitches in Reality - Frozen Time (Forgotten Dreams 2021) 
6. Dionisaf - 幽玄 Yugen - tʌntrə XVII (Neotantra 2021) 
7. Dionisaf - Long Way to the Ganga - From the Silence (Chitra Records 2022) 
8. Dionisaf - Tundra - Lost Rarities (Élan Vital 2021) 
9. Dionisaf - Museum of Voices - From the Silence (Chitra Records 2022)

Reflexions Podcast 17 - Dionisaf

1	.		Nils Frahm	.	All Melody	.	Tripping with Nils Frahm					
2	.		Purl	.	Form Is Emptiness	.	Form Is Emptiness					
3	.		Arovane	.	Scaabl	.	Ve Palor					
4	.		Autechre	.	Nine	.	Amber					
5	.		Bersarin Quartett	.	Keine Angst	.	II					
6	.		Burial	.	In McDonalds	.	Untrue					
7	.		Christopher Bissonnette	.	The Rate of Delay	.	Pitch, Paper & Foil					
8	.		Nils Frahm	.	Todo Nada	.	Old Friends New Friends					
9	.		Nils Frahm	.	Corn	.	Old Friends New Friends					
10	.		Clark	.	Absence	.	Totems Flare (Bonus Track Version)					
11	.		Cyril Secq / Orla Wren	.	Troisième Brabche	.	Branches					
12	.		Donato Wharton	.	Sidereal	.	Body Isolations					
13	.		Dedekind Cut	.	Instinct	.	$uccessor (ded004)					
14	.		FEDERICO DURAND	.	Una plaza junto a las vías del tren	.	La Niña Junco					
15	.		The Future Sound of London	.	MAx	.	Dead Cities					
16	.		Geotic	.	And Upon Awakening	.	Mend					
17	.		Illuha	.	Guuzai	.	Shizuku					
18	.		Islands Of Light	.	Joses	.	Ruebke					
19	.		Jason Van Wyk	.	Unsaid	.	Attachment					
20	.		Lawrence English	.	Exquisite Human Microphone	.	Cruel Optimism					
21	.		Maps and Diagrams	.	Quartz	.	Alluvium					
22	.		Luke Howard	.	Portrait Gallery	.	Sun, Cloud					
23	.		Markus Guentner	.	Paragon	.	Theia					
24	.		Morgan Greenwood	.	snowing slow	.	winter					
25	.		Omrr	.	The Rise & Fall of Caro	.	Music For The Anxious					
26	.		Otto A Totland	.	Aquet	.	Pinô					
27	.		Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm	.	03:06	.	Trance Frendz					
28	.		Roel Funcken	.	Bractic	.	Unreleased					
29	.		SOLO ANDATA	.	Laugh Shattered	.	IN THE LENS					
30	.		Sonmi451	.	The Circadian Clock	.	Hummingbird					
31	.		Speedy J	.	Tesla	.	Public Energy no.1					
32	.		Steve Hauschildt	.	Same River Twice	.	Strands					
33	.		Steve Hauschildt	.	Ketracel	.	Strands					
34	.		The Black Dog	.	Psil-Cosyin	.	Spanners					
35	.		The Future Sound of London	.	Environments [part 1]	.	Environments					
36	.		Taylor Deupree	.	Reflections On An Inland Sea	.	The Inland Sea					
37	.		bibio	.	cluster at cwm einion	.	fi					
38	.		Boards Of Canada	.	nova scotia robots	.	a few old tunes side b					
39	.		Bing & Ruth	.	Reflector	.	Tomorrow Was The Golden Age					
40	.		Brambles	.	Salt Photographs	.	Charcoal					
41	.		Aphex Twin	.	Xtal	.	Selected Ambient Works 85-92					
42	.		Kettel	.	Song From 4PM Herring	.	Myam James Part 2					
44	.		omrr	.	IN.	.	Nataly					
43	.		Tsone	.	1-800	.	Dovetail					
45	.		arovane	.	meuur	.	Gestalt					
46	.		Wil Bolton	.	Lichen	.	Lichen					
47	.		Willamette	.	Escaping the memory	.	Echo Park					
48	.		Zahn | Hatami | McClure	.	V-Modal	.	Veerian					
49	.		Purl	.	Remnant	.	Stillpoint					
50	.		ARIGTO	.	A Gradient Has Formed	.	Blind Immaterialist					
51	.		Ben Rath	.	Chimes	.	Be Well					
52	.		Halftribe	.	Anagram	.	For The Summer, Or Forever					
53	.		r beny	.	vestigial	.	cascade symmetry					
54	.		fennesz	.	Mahler Remixed 1	.	Mahler Remixed					
55	.		Taylor Deupree	.	Dreams Of Stairs	.	Faint					
56	.		Yann Novak	.	Silence Will Hang in the Air (When We Are Gone)	.	Lifeblood of Light and Rapture					
57	.		The Orb	.	White River Jvnction	.	Orbvs Terrarvm					
58	.		Syl Kougaï	.	Les jours meilleurs	.	Modular Series • Season-01					
59	.		Markus Guentner	.	Concept of Credence	.	Extropy					
60	.		The Future Sound of London	.	Yage	.	Dead Cities					
61	.		Heogen	.	Pyroclastic	.	Oxygen Fields					
62	.		(ghost)	.	10_42 AM	.	Australian Bushfire 1					
63	.		Vaetxh	.	There are worlds in the gaps	.	Libet Tones					
64	.		skee mask	.	Mbass123 Excerpt	.	ISS006 Skee Mask - ISS006					
65	.		Racine	.	Amitiés	.	Amitiés					
66	.		kelly moran	.	Halogen	.	Ultraviolet					
67	.		t Geruis	.	L'Écho De L'Eau		Bain D'Étoiles					
70	.		Steinbrüchel		03 03	.	Parallel Landscapes					
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Ambient.Mixlr.April part 2 - 2022

Darren McClure is a sound artist living in Matsumoto, Japan. His music folds together electronics, drones and processed field recordings to create pieces of minimal, abstract ambience.

Darren McClure’s work focuses on texture, space and atmosphere. Sound sources are both analogue and digital, hardware and software, incorporating found sounds and field recordings to lend an organic, tactile quality to the pieces.

Photo by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Artwork and cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

01. In The Aisles (A Mere Fraction) https://ab-darren-mcclure.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-aisles
02. Red (36.238860, 137.968897) (Primary Locations) https://dragonseyerecordings.bandcamp.com/track/red-36238860-137968897
03. Meridian [With Porya Hatami] (In​-​between Spaces) https://darrenmcclure.bandcamp.com/track/meridian
04. Silver Week (Into Action) https://darrenmcclure.bandcamp.com/track/silver-week
05. Twilight Hit (Aki) https://darrenmcclure.bandcamp.com/track/twilight-hit
06. Slow Juno (On Opposites) https://darrenmcclure.bandcamp.com/track/slow-juno
07. Future Harbour [With José Soberanes] (Future Harbour) https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/track/future-harbour
08. Perennial (Perennial / Negative Inversion) https://darrenmcclure.bandcamp.com/track/perennial
09. Mound [With Arovane] (Nest) https://darrenmcclure.bandcamp.com/track/mound
10. Placebo Buttons (Elements One - Five (地 | 水 | 火 | 風 | 空)) https://homenormal.bandcamp.com/track/placebo-buttons
11. Dream Long Day (00​:​32​:​00) https://bricolagematsumoto.bandcamp.com/track/darren-mcclure-dream-long-day
12. Mountains Reflected on the Surface of Fields (On The Edge Of Now) https://darrenmcclure.bandcamp.com/track/mountains-reflected-on-the-surface-of-fields
13. Look At The Light (Slow Up, Speed Down) https://ab-darren-mcclure.bandcamp.com/track/look-at-the-light
14. Cyntr [With Uwe Zahn & Porya Hatami] (Ypsilon) https://n5md.bandcamp.com/track/cyntr

Darren McClure Selected Mix

Chitra Podcast #7 Darren McClure Selected Mix

Welcome to the 4th chapter of the Ambient Sessions presented by Deep Electronics. This time a wintery mix from Darren Harper. 

Bio:

Darren Harper (b.1970) is an experimental/ambient sound artist residing high within the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
Drawing from both electronic and acoustic sources, his compositional output is based entirely on experimentation and improvisation, with a strong emphasis on minimalism, and often reflects a desire for a greater understanding of nature and self, and the relationship therein…

Tracklist:

01.Gareth Hardwick~Sunday Afternoon pt.one
02.Marihiko Hara~Nostalgia Motif 2
03.Tetsu Inoue~O Shape
04.Jared Smyth~Horizon
05.Pascal Savy~Ghost Echos
06.Porya Hatami and Lee Anthony Norris~Alchemy
07.Cory Allen~Lost Energizer
08.Maps & Diagrams~Hornblende
09.Letna~Homolje

links:

https://darrenharper.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/darrenharper

Also check out his latest release on DISQ AN

http://store.disqan.net/album/reduction-variant

And what some people maybe didn't know is that he also produced two psytrance albums released on Ektoplazm. If you are interested click the link below. 

http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/mukti-amida

http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/mukti-magick-mother


Ambient Sessions # 04 - Darren Harper

im doing a new ambient mix, but this time im doing it the other way around. 
Ive selected around 140 tracks, which will be divided over 6 parts, and this is part 1.  So after i have presented the 6 parts individually, i will glue these parts together for the final mix. 

Its called the Isotope Cobalt series 

photo by Mark Thomas
typo and edit by Moicflo

01-Bathed in Her-Tilman Robinson-Deer Heart
02-Confound II-Daniel W J Mackenzie-Every Time Feels Like the Last Time
03-Okay Aloft-offthesky-Illuminations 
04-Ammophila-Monadh-Muara
05-Overhang-Jonathan Kawchuk-North
06-Sycamore-Robert Farrugia-Archives | Soundscapes Vol. 1
07-Labial-K’an-Babel
08-Glisten-R Beny-Full Blossom of the Evening
09-Aerial Bea-Powlos-Archives | Soundscapes Vol. 1
10-Mueve-Ghost and Tape-Shift
11-Magnetar-Markus Guentner-Theia
12-The Twelve-Nest-Retold (2014 Special Edition)
13-Des Vieux Temples-Pendant-Bblisss
14-Blossom-Richard Ginns-Until The Morning Comes
15-Multiple Shades-Jacob Newman-Quanta Flora
16-About Liz-Florian von Ameln-Rvvr
17-Intransigence-Hakobune-In Arboreal Whispering
18-Fernfeld-Max Würden-Pop Ambient 2017
19-A Quiet Storm-Cyril Secq-Illuminations 
20-The setback-Lambert-Excess
21-Turpentine-Tomotsugu Nakamura-An Opened Book In The Dar
22-Time As A Reward (Wil Bolton Remix)-Warmth-Essay Revisited
23-Bashy-Moon Ate The Dark-Moon Ate the Dark II
24-Until The End Of Time-Ital Tek-Beyond Sight

Roel Funcken_Isotope Cobalt part 1

The Isotope Cobalt series by Roel Funcken is a new ambient mix with 140 tracks selected, divided over 6 parts. Here is part 3. 
Photo by Mark Thomas
Typo and edit moiCflo
After the 6 parts presented individually, those parts will glue together for a final mix.
For more info, download & track list go to:
http://www.funckarma.com/homepage-slider/roel-funcken_isotope-cobalt-part-3/

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Shimmeringcast #80: Roel Funcken_Isotope Cobalt part 3

Campfire Stories 22 (Isotope Cobalt #5) by Roel Funcken

~ About The Story ~

Coloring Extremities
Hovering pass the city lights
my mind lies awake
full of the psychedelic treats you offer

latched on the various trances I felt
I make sure it was you
and not the demon who awoke
as a ball of thunderous energy
feeding the insatiable desire for vices and sin

As the body grows lapse
we know things are about to fall apart
leaving us starving for more
and voiding the reality we're in

Our minds retry to go back
while our souls will forever be lost
in the wonder provided by the mysterious ghost
of acid and MDMA

The Isotope Cobalt series by Roel Funcken is a 6 part ambient mix with over 140 tracks selected. This is part 5 of the series. 

~ Chapters ~

01. Do Trees Have Dreams (Reprise) - Ali Khan - Reflections
02. These Are Our Fears - Alaskan Tapes - These Are Our Fears
03. Duo - M. Ostermeier - Tiny Birds
04. Water Cycle - Mind Over MIDI - Soft Science
05. Physical Memory - Oneohtrix Point Never - Russian Mind
06. Three Cheers For Existence (Remix) - Deru - 1979: Remixed
07. Silence after all - Lambert - Excess
08. Cuando El Misterio Es Demasiado Impresionante, Es Imposible Desobedecer - Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri - La Equidistancia
09. Remain foam - Murkok - So Little Music
10. That Name (Again) - Gailes - Seventeen Words
11. Odessa (SineRider Remix) - Warmth - Essay Revisited
12. Diamond Day - Off the sky - Silent Went The Sea
13. Ngth - M. Ostermeier - The Rules of Another Small World
14. Light Leak - R Beny - Full Blossom of the Evening
15. Abandonment II (Twenty Five Years) - Daniel W J Mackenzie - Every Time Feels Like the Last Time
16. Yaun - Porya Hatami & Arovane - Kaziwa
17. Black Horizon - 36 - Tomorrow's Explorers
18. Odessa - Warmth - Essay
19. Where Light Fails - Everyday Dust - The Green Decay
20. Calanque - Monadh - Muara
21. Wave Growth (Warmth Remix) - Warmth - Essay Revisited
22. Sugamo - Ian Hawgood - Love Retained
23. Locus Solus - Scanner+Yui Onodera - Pop Ambient 2017
24. Slate Coloured Storm - Abul Mogard - Circular Forms
25. A Sea Of Love - Huerco S - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
26. Quatrième Branche - Cyril Secq / Orla Wren - Branches
27. StimBrone Exponential - Legiac - Illuminations (The New Year 2017 free compilation)

~ Notes ~

Campfire Stories is a mix series by friends of Silent Season. The focus of the series is on storytelling through deeper electronic music. Artists weave together narratives using the emotional characteristics of ambient and techno music.

Thanks to all the artists and labels whose sounds help tell the story.

Thank you for listening.

- - -

www.silentseason.com
info@silentseason.com

Isotope Cobalt series

Campfire Stories 22 (Isotope Cobalt #5) by Roel Funcken

Welcome to the 52nd Ambient Sessions presented by Deep Electronics. This monthly released podcast brings you the best and the most diversity Ambient music can offer.
It's the first sunday of January and the 1st session of 2019!! That means a brand new session. This session is created by Zaden.

This set is devided into 3 chapters. 

About Zaden:
 Born in Tbilisi, Georgia .Zaden was greatly inspired by works of such artists like Biosphere, Robert rich, Saphileaum and more... As an ambient or techno selector, his sound is characterized by his love for landscapes and hypnotic structures. He is the co-founder of Structural Realism, a sub-label division of georgian's @palmstructure.

Chapter I
01. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Kensington Gardens
02. Hotel Neon - 3-04 AM (Warmth Remix)
03. Gallery Six - Sweetfish
04. Poemme - Path Of The Wind
05. Slow Clinic - I Miss Everyone
06. Heavenchord - Field Recordings #2

Chapter II
07. Warmth - Hivern
08. Gallery Six - Starfish
09. Robert Rich - Memories of Wandering Pt. 1
10. Tomas Köner - Teimo
11. Shuta Yasukochi - Daylight

Chapter III
12. SVLBRD - Dawn
13. Gallery Six - Dolphin
14. Saphileaum  - Ocean
15. Warmth - Spherule
16. Acronym - No Exit
17. Biosphere - Strigiformes

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/palmstructure
https://www.facebook.com/StructuralRealism/?ref=bookmarks
https://soundcloud.com/z-a-d-e-n
https://www.facebook.com/zzzadenn/?ref=bookmarks

Artwork created by Jeroen
Logo design by Fernando Ribeiro (Subchord)

Ambient Sessions # 52 - Zaden

More info including an interview with Rafael > http://asip.me/isolatedmix37

http://www.substratafestival.com/
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-make-another-memorable-substrata-happen

Tracklist:

0:00. Lawrence English – Patterns Review
1:28. Rafael Anton Irisarri – Substrata Hydrophonic Listening
2:15. Yagya/The Sight Below – Sleepygirl
6:52. Markus Guentner – Get Anything Done In This World
16:17. Loscil – Hastings Sunrise
23:09. Mirrorring – Drowning The Call
29:45. Svarte Greiner – Final Sleep
32:57. Tim Hecker – Dungeoneering
37:28. Scanner – 47° 36′ 35″ N, 122° 19′ 59″ W
40:47. Biosphere – Warmed By The Drift
47:11. Jacaszek – Lament
54:01. Nils Frahm – Ambre
57:39. Marcus Fischer – Shape To Shore
63:05. Oren Ambarchi – Stars Aligned, Webs Spun
66:10. Eluvium – Under The Water It Glowed


isolatedmix 37 - Rafael Anton Irisarri: Substrata Edition

Roel Funcken officially popped up on the scene in 2010, with his solo debut, titled Vade, out on Ad Noiseam. But fans of electronic music, and IDM in general, have been tracking this Dutch musician for over a decade prior, when, along with his brother, Don, the duo has released some of the genre defining music on labels such as Djak-Up-Bitch, Schematic, Sublight Records, Neo Ouija, n5MD , Arcola (Warp) as the one and only Funckarma. In 2009 the Funcken brothers kicked off their very own, digital-only, Funcken Industry imprint, which hosted a few of their other projects and offshoots, such as Shadow Huntaz, Scone, Quench, Automotive, and the latest from Roel's solo works. Roel continues to influence the evolution of music through numerous releases (Sapper Morton on Analogical Force, Semtinal Convex on Methlab and Prester Hynn on his own imprint to name a few) and active engagement in the community, with music festival curation, mixes on mixlr and soundcloud and weekly playlists on Soundcloud and spotify. Roel's music is advanced in sound design, often incorporating unique experimentation in electronic sound, with cut-up, twisted, atmospheric sonic soundscapes, leaving the cranium always begging for more. His ambient textures maintain a cinematic quality throughout, while his percussive arrangements retain a constantly mutating framework, always reconstructing its rhythm and structure, contradicting complex configurations and minimal design. It's always a pleasure to taste the latest treat from this aural engineer, and find the latest gem in his never-ending arsenal of sound. Definitely check out his music Funck’d subscription on bandcamp to check out his latest tracks and get some exclusive material).

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