Once again we present a mix album reflecting on the past year (and a bit), celebrating the 4th year of Ambientologist releases! Six unique releases between October 2022 and December 2023.

The year saw the gorgeous Venusia released on vinyl, Fionnlagh's sublime remix album, the first instalment of the Ambient Echoes series in partnership with Echoes Blue, and the stunning forest album from Henrik Meierkord & Ni!, with accompanying wooden photography box.

Download it here on SoundCloud, or head to the Bandcamp page to also grab some of the full tracks for free: https://bit.ly/3S4pbS1

Thank you to all the artists involved, and to those that supported them by listening, sharing and purchasing their music.

~

Tracklist:

01 Meierkord Kobak Lucchi Saviano - El Duende [from Venusia]
02 Jupi/ter - Hounds [from Islands, Pt. 3]
03 Marco Lucchi & Henrik Meierkord - Tides [from Suggestiva]
04 Fionnlagh - To the Villa on the Cliff (Fionnlagh's Ripple Through Time Rework) [from What Came After]
05 Henrik Meierkord & Ni! - болото / Träsk [from Ekosystem]
06 Jupi/ter - Islands [from Islands, Pt. 3]
07 Fionnlagh - This Storm Will Pass (Logic Moon Remix) [from What Came After]
08 Jupi/ter - our final days [from Islands, Pt. 3]
09 anthéne & Clara Engel - Far From Your Fire [from Ambient Echoes, Vol. 1]
10 Henrik Meierkord & Ni! - дуб, наверное / Troligen Ek [from Ekosystem]
11 Marco Lucchi & Henrik Meierkord - Lectio Magistralis [from Suggestiva]
12 Antarctic Wastelands & IKSRE - Solari [from Ambient Echoes, Vol. 1]
13 Fionnlagh - What Has a Beginning, Has an End (Anwalter Remix) [from What Came After]
14 Meierkord Kobak Lucchi Saviano - Eranthis Hyemalis III [from Venusia]

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Reflections, Vol. 4 - Mixed by Ambientologist

Æther #006 by David Cordero
Dronarivm Guest Mixes Series

The new mix in our guest series comes from the Spanish artist David Cordero, whose album 'Postales' we recently released ~ https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/postales. 

In this mix, David has curated a selection of his favorite tracks from 2024, offering his personal perspective on contemporary ambient music. Through his choices, he invites us to explore atmospheres imbued with emotional depth and nuanced textures, which are shaping the genre today.

Tracklist:

00:00. Bahía Mansa - Camachaca (from 'Ruralia', Florina Cassettes)
05:38. Federico Durand - Mensaje desde el Mar del Norte (from 'Té de Flores Silvestres', IIKKI)
11:04. Sachi Kobayashi - Clouds in the Sky I (from 'Clouds in the Sky', Enmossed)
14:54. IDRA - What you Thought that Day (from 'Resonant Bodies, Anticipate Memories', Seil Records)
17:55. Rhucle & Morimoto Naoki - Kisui (from 'Reminiscence', Seil Records)
21:46. Elin Piel - Gärden (from 'Vaka', Northen Electronics)
26:11. Shuta Yasukochi - Sakura (from 'Harmonies of Flowers', self-released)
30:48. Ian Hawgood & Wil Bolton - Sylvan Phase (from 'Floral Forms and Subsequent Interactions', Home Normal)
34:43. Yumi Iwaki - Smoketree (from 'Spin a Tale', Muzan Editions)
42:33. Gläsbird - Timberline (from 'Fenscapes', Whitelab Recs)
46:59. Moskitoo - Evve (from 'Unspoken Poetry', Headz/Weather)
49:39. Warmth - Into Dust (from 'Claroscuro', Archives)
53:07. Chihei Hatakeyama - Stray Sheep (from 'Thousand Oceans', Dronarivm)
57:15. Suso Saiz - The Horizon Did it (from 'Distorted Clamor', Music From Memory)
1:02:55. anthéne - Sometime Someway (from 'Cloudburst', Home Normal)
1:08:53. Marine Eyes - All you Give (for Ash) (from 'To Belong', Past Inside the Present)
1:12:29. Hollie Kenniff - For Forever (from 'From Forever', Nettwerk)

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Æther #006 by David Cordero

Tracklist

01.  Nobuto Suda - Resonance
02.  Bill Seaman and Monika Bugajny - beginning, introduction, pattern
03.  Hirotaka Shirotsubaki -  Cloudy Sky in November
04.  This Communication + Traveling Light - You Are Now At Peace
05.  Lamasz & Thme -  Spirales
06.  Masaya Ozaki -  Skerpla
07.  James Murray - Ragwort
08.  r beny - echoing pastoral
09.  Mi Cosa de Resistance & Ciro Berenguer - La invención del jardin
10.  Wil Bolton - Skymning

406. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Pre-order now available: https://handstitched.bandcamp.com/album/vikande-bl-nuages

Handstitched* is thrilled to announce the next split-artist EP in the series by two always consistent artists in their own rights; Old Amica and Aiko Takahashi have both released music which has been well-received on well-respected labels, such as IIKKI and Dronarivm, their contrasts in sound compliment each other with a calmness running throughout both the artists' work.

"Vikande blå” & "Nuages" is issued on dual-format, limited edition tape and mini double CD featuring individually hand-bound and hand-cut collage CD wallets made from vintage materials, washi tape and papers, a special print edition of four unique designs for the [tape] O-cards to house the c45 cassettes. Each CD copy is hand-numbered and packed inside glassine bags, tape copies are packed inside a clear eco bag.

Vikande blå / Nuages - S4mpl3r [HS57]

Æther #007 by Alessandro Barbanera
Dronarivm Guest Mixes Series

Mix number 7 in the Æther series comes from Italian sound artist, musician, composer and guitar maker Alessandro Barbanera. 

Over the course of an hour, Alessandro carefully explores the nuances of modern ambient music – often touching on its darker, more mysterious edges, yet never fully descending into shadows or melancholia.

Check out Alessandro's latest album 'In Darkness Let Me Dwell', released by Dronarivm's dark vibes division, Owl Totem Recordings ~ https://owltotem.bandcamp.com/album/in-darkness-let-me-dwell

Tracklist:

00.00. Tape Loop Orchestra – I Was Born When She Kissed Me (excerpt) [from “In A Lonely Place”, Fluid Audio]
03.46. Carlo Giustini – A Letizia [from “Custodi”, ROHS! Lontano Series]
07.47. Dionisaf – March [from “Twelve Months”, Chitra Records]
12.18. Demetrio Cecchitelli – Notturno [from “Jump”, Le Mont Analogue]
16.08. Corrado Maria De Santis – Entangled Uncertainties [from “City of Tethers”, Owl Totem Recordings]
21.22. Francis Gri – Bruma II [from “Bruma”, self-released]
25.05. Federico Mosconi – At Midnight [from “Nocturnal”, Dronarivm]
29.56. Luca Giuoco – Shantih 3 Times [from “Collettivoinconscio vol.1”, Dissipatio / Toten Schwan Records]
33.03. Grotta Veterano & Music For Sleep – If Only Anything Could Change You [from “Endless Vacation”, Fluid Audio]
39.15. meanwhile.in.texas – Almost Blind [from “Heimat”, Secret Press]
42.18. Yugen (Gianluca Ceccarini, Alessandro Ciccarelli, Tetsuroh Konishi) – My Sounds [from “Yugen”, Disasters By Choice]
48.27. Gallery Six – Zansyuu [from “Kisetsu”, Le Mont Analogue]
52.34. Chelidon Frame – In I Reached (feat. A Distant Shore, Asymmetric Cut, Andrea Marinelli) (excerpt) [from “Flatline Voyages”, Difficult Art And Music]
58.24. Macrogramma – Catedral [from “Magnetic Series”, ROHS! Lontano Series]

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Æther #007 by Alessandro Barbanera

Tracklist

01.  Hiroshi Ebina - What Would They Say if They Were Still Here
02.  Olli Aarni - Pelkkä valo
03.  Hirotaka Shirotsubaki - Cloudy Sky in November
04.  Runaway Horses - Mirrored Self
05.  Francisco Sonur - Aurora
06.  The Green Kingdom -  Silent Stars Above
07.  Tomoyoshi Date and Bill Seaman - Duet 3
08.  Weareforests -  Dogwood
09.  Pye Corner Audio - Volcanic Rock
10.  't Geruis - Tendresse
11.  Yuri Urano - New Earth

422. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Guitar and synth make this piece. Best with headphones

Solar Orbit

TZ7BN9

A mix created by Loscil for the Style of Sound inspired by recent encounters, interactions, collaborations with the talented community of people Loscil knows and love. Loscil focused on recent works by friends and collaborators, with some of his own work thrown in there to make him like he belongs.

The track list:
1. 0:00 Rachel Grimes - In the Vapor with the Air Underneath - The Clearing (Temporary Residence) 2015
2. 4:28 Rafael Anton Irisarri -  Empire Systems - A Fragile Geometry (Room 40) - 2015
3. 12:48 Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie - Last Tango in Dendermonde - Travels In Constants Vol.24 -  (Temporary Residence) 2015
4. 18:45 Lawrence English - Wrapped in Skin - Wilderness of Mirrors - (Room 40) - 2014
5. 21:52 Christina Vantzou - Stereoscope - No. 3 - (Kranky) - 2015
6. 28:00 Taylor Deupree/Marcus Fischer - Twine (12k) - 2015
7. 33:52 Loscil - Serpens - Sine Studies 2 (JAZ Records) - 2015



Sounds from... Loscil

For fans of SOTL's earlier minimal drone era. This Lost recording from 1997 of a remix of Stars of the Lid's Twin Peaks Episide # 30 Part 1, by James Plotkin. (Commissioned for $100USD)During this particular moment, the glory days of pre-file sharing, we had been considering and gathering remixes via the post for a potential release but as many things go in the world of Lid, the idea became a bit stale. Mostly due to our own boredom. We are not sure if this thing is of any decent quality, but if you listen at low levels then the effect could possibly lead to a good nap at the very least....

Stars of the Lid_Twin Plotkin_V2

Sublime escape in ambient territory by https://soundcloud.com/abul-mogard

Taken from Versus Remixes vol2 out May 4th 
http://www.infine-music.com/news/3099/carl-craig-versus-get-remixed

Check out the other remixes : https://soundcloud.com/infine-music/sets/carl-craig-versus-remixes

Carl Craig

Carl Craig - At Les (Abul Mogard Remix)

Maker of mixes. Releasing on excellent platforms like...

@chromaticclub 
@counterterraism
@discosuicide
@emerald-and-doreen-rec
@fnstff
Pollylove @ Warm.fm
@somethingspaecial
@sxdns
@tank-radio

and many more!

Sounds from... Loscil

Style of Sound / John Noi