A soundtrack for orientation of the inner mind and spirit in a noisy world, tune in to a score of contemplation in times in which we face bleak perspectives and dystopia unfolds.

A moment to reflect and adjust course, initiate new paths, foster adaptation and allow ourselves to grow and develop in a time of distress. Let us find inner peace in remote togetherness, move beyond the craze of the day and direct our energy to shaping a sustainable world through global consciousness, aware of our deep connection with all living beings and the environment surrounding us.

Auditory Shelter

Contemplations

In the past two months, we’ve all been trying to make the best of ‘stay at home’ reality. Some have started new hobbies, some have watched all of Netflix, some are doing virtual parties. Countless live streams of DJs performing are overflowing social media feeds, some of which are exceptionally good, and some well not so much. The same goes for mixes hosted on SoundCloud. These are the mixes that kept us sane throughout April. There’s a fair share of ambient and mixtapes that are more suitable for home listening (I wonder why is that the case?), but don’t think that party is over. Party will never stop! Recordings from the festivals and clubs around the world will turn your sanctuary into a dance floor almost instantly.

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Best New Mixes from April 2020

written for and performed by Karl Larson

where sol lewitt's drawings are often meant to be 'heard,' this music is meant to be 'seen,' like a sculpture or series of drawings, from every possible angle, in every possible combination.

Still Life No. 1a

Jamie Tiller - Guest Mix

With Contemplations, Steve and Jesse examine the interplay and contrast between two disparate themes. Both a solo and group project, Contemplations allows the duo to explore these themes individually before coming together to merge their interpretations into one body of work.

Creation / Movement
Mixed by Jesse Niemelä & Steve Duncan
Berlin, November 2017

Vangelis - Creation Du Monde
Simon Fisher Turner - Save As
Ben Frost & Daniel Bjarnason - Simulacra I
Biosphere - The Things I Tell You
Dreyma - Departed
Ulver - Lyckantropen Theme 8
Kurt Stenzel - Nebula
Ogive - Isomerica
Mika Vainio - Ilta
Sistal - L3 
Johann Johansson - A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder
Mohammed - Sakrifis
Karjalan Sissit - ...Ja Verkkaritkin Haisee Koskenkorvalle
Allseits - The Moment Before You Go To Sleep
Kane Ikin - Autophasic
Om Buschman - Klang Fängt An
Logic Moon - Oblivion
Bandhagens Musikförening - Vändpunkt
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Walker
Oren Ratowsky - Islay
Anthony Child - I Remember

First Contemplation - Creation & Movement

With Contemplations, Steve and Jesse examine the interplay and contrast between two disparate themes. Both a solo and group project, Contemplations allows the duo to explore these themes individually before coming together to merge their interpretations into one body of work.

Simplicity / Solitude
Mixed by Jesse Niemelä & Steve Duncan
Berlin, April 2018

Ralph Lundsten - Bön 5 - Förlåt Oss Våra Skulder (Prayer 5 - Forgive Us Our Debts)
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Clouds
Night Foundation - Chiaroscuro
Thomas Köner - Ilira
Gigi Masin - Ship Beetel
Hakobune - Undulate
Midori Takada - Mr Henri Rousseau’s Dream
Quiet Evenings - Fog Hammers
Carlos Niño & Friends - Perrsssspeshhhhiift
Lawrence English - Negative Drone
György Ligeti - Atmosphères
Yair Elazar Glotman - Retenant
Tomorrow The Rain Will Fall Upwards - Up to the Skies
Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - When Spotted They Are Killed On Sight And Hung Up So That The Evil Spirit Will Be Carried Away By Travelers
Sarah Davachi - For Voice
Satoshi Ashikawa  - Still Park Ensemble
Yamaneko - Sleep Navigator
Ligovskoi - Cross
Silvia Kastel - Air Mob
Roly Porter - In System
Nascuy Linares - Trance (Trance Aereo)
Harold Budd - Madrigals Of The Rose Angel: 1. Rosetti Stone
Nicola Ratti - W4
Gabriel Saloman - Mountain Music
worriedaboutsatan - All Safe, All Well
Steinbruchel - Scene 03
William Basinski - Cobalt Pools
Felicia Atkinson / Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - ME

Second Contemplation - Simplicity & Solitude

Mysteries of the Deep, Chapter C. Space in the Sun by Sébastien Robert.
Cover photo courtesy of Candace Price.

Akio Suzuki constructed the Hinatabokko no kukan (Space in the Sun) in 1988. This space consists of two huge parallel walls, in between which the artist can sit all day and purify his hearing by listening to the reflected sounds of nature. This space leads the artist to discover a new method of listening. Suzuki himself comments, "Sound, which had been conceptually imprisoned in various spaces, is freed to circle the world."

Tracklist:
1. Af Ursin - De Tweede Persoon  
2. Taj Mahal Travellers - August 1974 (I)
3. Adham Shaikh and Tim Floyd ‎- Estuary
4. Coil - The Mothership & The Fatherland 
5. Waveform Transmission - V 2.0-2.1
6. Zoviet France - Ascend A Fall
7. Tomaga - The Whitest Light 
8. Akio Suzuki & Aki Onda - Do Ko Ka Ra 
9. Ligovskoï - Thessalonians 
10. Andrea Belfi - Syncline 
11. Ultrafog - Trace
12. Matthias Puech - Un incontro notturno
13. Basses Terres - Unreleased
14. Pariah - Pith
15. Tim Hecker - In Mother Earth Phase 
16. Terre Thaemlitz - Subjective Loss, Day 83
17. Matthias Puech - Sculpté au fond de la fontaine, un visage d’enfant
18. Material Object - Earlier Reflections (E. Honda Remix)
19. Basses Terres - Unreleased
20. Exael - Bundle

https://soundcloud.com/sebastienrobert

Mysteries of the Deep Podcast, Chapter C

Mysteries of the Deep C - Sébastien Robert | Space in the Sun

Mix of Japanese new-age/ambient/minimalist music, mostly emanating from the corporate infrastructure of the 1980s asset bubble. FM synthesis, prefab "lifestyle" soundscapes and the illusion of nature in a hyper-urban environment.

Tracklist:
Hiroshi Yoshimura - "Water Planet" from Soundscape 1: Surround
Toshifumi Hinata - "Colored Air" from Reality in Love
Midori Takada - "Mr. Henri Rousseau's Dream" from Through the Looking Glass
Yas Kaz - "Jungle Book/Windscape" from Jomon-Sho
Yutaka Hirose - "Nova" from Sound Scape 2: Nova
Shiho Yabuki ‎– "Tomoshibi" from The Body Is A Message Of The Universe 
Inoyama Land ‎– "Mizue" from Danzindan-Pojidon 
Yoshio Ojima ‎– "Sealed" from Une Collection Des Chainons II: Music For Spiral 
Yoichiro Yoshikawa ‎– "Nube" from Cyprus 
Interior ‎– "Park" from Interior 
Yasuaki Shimizu - "Kono Yo Ni Yomeri #2" from Kakashi
Hiroshi Yoshimura ‎– "Water Copy" from Music For Nine Post Cards 
Yoichiro Yoshikawa - "Crater on the Moon" from Miracle Planet
Haruomi Hosono - "(In-store background music for Muji storefront)" from Muji BGM
Kenji Furukawa - "(Untitled Water Recording) from Sound Stream: Mizu

Music Interiors

This mix, originally made for @mysteriesofthedeep, features a few favorite (mostly unaccompanied) piano meanderings from Australia, Algeria, Ethiopia, Italy, South Africa and the US set against a shifting backdrop of nocturnal field recordings.

Tracklist:
1.  Joanna Brouk - The Space Between
2. Chris Abrahams - Roller
3. Abdullah Ibrahim - The Pilgrim
4. Mustapha Skandrani - Mode Ghrib
5. Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou ‎– Golgotha
6. Domenico De Clario - June 5
7. William Duckworth - Time Curve Prelude III
8. William Duckworth - Time Curve Prelude XIII
9. Adrian Klumpes - Be Still
10. Raul Lovisoni & Francesco Messina - Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo

Pianos In The Wild

Dorisburg [ Aniara / Bossmusik ] Sweden

Live recording from Organik Festival 2019

www.smkmachine.com

Smoke Machine Podcast 139 Dorisburg

With Contemplations, Steve and Jesse examine the interplay and contrast between two disparate themes. Both a solo and group project, Contemplations allows the duo to explore these themes individually before coming together to merge their interpretations into one body of work.

Clarity / Composure
Mixed by Jesse Niemelä & Steve Duncan
Helsinki, April 2020

K. Leimer - Method, Language and Silence
Loscil - Cottom
Élaine Radigue - Occam River I
Loke Rahbek & Frederik Valentin - Solina
Alva Noto - Flashforward (For Ernie & Bert)
Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis - Suiren
Caterina Barbieri - Rendering Intuitions
Felix Krone - Teil II - Die Illusion #2
Jon Hassell - Empire II
Andy Stott - Time Away
Terre Thaemlitz - Admit It’s Killing You (And Leave) (Piano Solo)
Steven Legget - Forte
Glåsbird - Gunnbjørn Fjeld
Skee Mask - Cerroverb
Terekke - 220+g
Gallery Six - Sasameyuki 
Slow Meadow - Liminal Animal
SUSS - Road Trip Part 4 (Fork in the Road)
Alaskan Tapes - Untitled #2
Voga - Union (feat. bedroom)
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Joy
Ulla - I Think My Tears Have Become Good

Third Contemplation - Clarity & Composure

Campfire Stories 86 (Through Lines) by @LauraBCR

~ About The Story ~

A consumed time 
Isolated horizons
No words to describe
Escaping what left
A very little whisper
Through lines

~ Chapters ~

1 - Warmth - The Woods
2 - Multicast Dynamics - Part 3
3 - Warmth - Waves
4 - Warmth - Solstice
5 - Dots - Dots
6 - Ancestral Voices - Rebirth & Dissolution
7 - Heavenly Music Corporation - Ambient to be Here
8 - Johann Johannsson - Part 1
9 - Ultramarine - Meditation I
10 - Wanderwelle - Celestial Crusad
11 - Anthony Child - Eternal Note
12 - Ligovskoï - Fairbanks
13 - Warmth - Shino (with Pepo Galan)
14 - Multicast Dynamics - Part II
15 - Ligovskoï - Behaïm
16 - Toki Fuko - Spring Ray (Original)
17 - Dance of the Kachinas - Bhaktaj’s Devotion 
18 - Shaded Explorer - Bake-Kujira
19 - Acronym & Kali Malone - A Sunspot
20 - Unjin - Ties (Hydrangea Remix)
21 - Pajajo Dune - 2012 VP113
22 - Estrato Aurora - Cueva Ciega
23 - Shaded Explorer - Vacant Stream 
24 - Javier Marimon - Homenaje (Fernando Carvahlo Remix)
25 - Kris Dubinsky - Till Fots Genom Evighten
26 - Toki Fuko - Spring Ray (Reshape)
27 - Uanamani - Punjam 
28 - Varuna - Labyrinth of Nuanto

~ 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.

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Photo: James Owen

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Campfire Stories 86 (Through Lines) by Laura BCR

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INTERVIEW + TRACKLIST > inverted-audio.com/mix/lord-of-the-isles

As long time admirers of @lordoftheisles, we took the opportunity to reach out to Neil McDonald to discuss his project and talk past, present and future releases. For the occasion Neil has recorded a spellbinding mix, marking IA MIX 330.

IA MIX SERIES

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IA MIX 330 Lord Of The Isles

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01. Lawrence - Intro 
02. Trux - My Row (Avenue 66)
03. Leafar Legov - Peace By Peace (Giegling)
04. Soela - Prologue feat. Module One (Dial)
05. Afriqua - Sway (R&S Records)
06. African Sciences - A Healthy Turn Around (Deepblak)
07. Denzel & Huhn - Rodaigh (Oktaf)
08. Lake People - Fabula (Mule Musiq)
09. Lake People - Catharctic (Mule Musiq)
10. Lake People - Subsurface (Mule Musiq)
11. Achim Maerz - III (Don’t Be Afraid)
12. Jordan GCZ - Lushlyfe Birds (Rush Hour)
13. Lawrence - Outro

Lawrence - Affair 01

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