A continuously updated seasonal selection of ambient, modern classical, and electroacoustic works (Closed Dec 21, 2024).

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Field Journal Companion Autumn 2024

Take your time, no need to hurry through life.

You can find this playlist on Spotify too: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2zSpwOAFBOB6kkByIrdNe3
Or YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcLMKVBfujY&list=PL8csD47g54REHS6aygUqYD8PtgoUyPXvm

Ambient Meditation - A Healing Journey Through Sound 🌊

Soundscapes & Cinematics 02

The Quiet - Ambient, Minimal, Drone, Neo-Classical - Music for Sleep / Study / Focus / Relaxing

Peaceful, lo-fi, minimal and pensive ambient music. Nils Frahm, Max Richter, Ólafur Arnalds, Boards of Canada, Brian Eno, Poemme, Arovane and many more. Updated regularly.

Skal_Ghost

Etta_Lorn

Movements Of The Blue

voyage

Free Download

Music for string quartet.

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After

After II

Through The Haze

Morning Light

Warmth, Human Is Alive – Morning Light

Human Is Alive, Warmth – Adoration

Human Is Alive, Warmth – Nordlys

Human Is Alive, Warmth – Fading Memories

Human Is Alive, Warmth – Through The Haze

Skies

These are tracks I've recently composed for a Mood Music label. x

Sleep 2

Ava Rasti is an Iranian-born artist, creating and composing out of the country’s capital Tehran. Both a pianist and bass guitarist, in her late teens Rasti founded the post- punk girl group ‘The Finches’. However, since 2020 she has worked solo, experimenting on the interface between ambient, modern classical and drone. Rasti’s interest in storytelling led her to soundtrack the movie, “Double Life”. In 2023, following a series of sonically evolving singles, she self-released the long-players, “Ginestra” and “The Living Room”. FatCat Records’ 130701 post-classical imprint has signed Rasti’s latest set, the forthcoming LP named “The River”.

Ava Rasti - Wound

Forever Held

SPOTIFY

Indigo Light

Hi!
I am experimenting with shorter ambient pieces at the moment. It is kinda strange to use so few ideas and sounds in a song, but these kind of challenges are pushing you to new territories you might never see otherwise. 

Expect to see a bunch of new music in this style so i can give you a whole list of music to sleep / chill / study to. : )

Vanishing Waves

Lucid Dreams

Frozen Flowers

✨ You can watch the music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcLMKVBfujY ✨ 
🌊 For some similar peaceful tunes check out this playlist: https://soundcloud.com/argonantlers/sets/healing-journey 🌊

"For We Are" is the second track I made for my upcoming album, TBA.
This is the first time I am intentionally writing pieces that should fit into a bigger work, realizing a single vision.

I'm still figuring out how far I can go with changing keys, instrumentation, and the overall feel. I want this to be a really tight fit, where every song has its place and meaningful impact in the overall composition.

Having said that, this might be the furthest I’ve swum from the shores of Vanishing Waves. While Vanishing Waves had a very important melodic motif, this time it’s purely a rhythmic experience.

This piece reuses some of the same instruments—the subtractive bass, the white noise textures, the piano, and my favorite FM presets I made. 
But it’s also the first track where I used granular synthesis, something I’m excited to integrate more into my soundscape. I also created a lovely Mellotron sound, which leads the whole experience.

I’m still learning how to write pieces in a major key—remember, before 2024, I only wrote music in minor keys for over 15 years. I'm glad I’ve finally found a way to enjoy these intervals and patterns in an honest way.

A few more months, and the album will be ready to set sail.
Wish me luck!

For We Are

Haze / Weathering

Haze

Weathering

Land

Winter

Argentinian musician Federico Durand returns with his 2nd full length album on 12k following 2016’s A Través Del Espejo (12k1085). Taking his already minimalist composition style Federico challenged himself by using only one synthesizer for this beautiful album of sparse, hypnotic dustiness. His talent for creating works of so much emotion out of so little attest to his concentration when working and his passion for the craft. La Niña Junco is a handwoven gem. Music with a humble origin and a deep resonating soul.  Famed Argentinian artist Lola Goldstein graciously illustrated the album cover, caputuring the idea of memory and object that is so infused with Federico’s work.

“Immersed in the beauty of the very moment, the songs for La Niña Junco were recorded in one take during two days, in a rush of inspiration. I used a small sound palette: one instrument, a Crumar Performer synthesizer along with two looping pedals and Roland Space Echo RE-201. The Crumar was my first synthesizer. I bought it many years ago and then gave it to a friend, who later lent it to my brother. After a very long time, I got it back when we moved to La Cumbre, a small town in the central mountain area of Argentina. As this instrument has a very limited but beautiful oscilator, it was rewarding to make small melodies using only its almost magical sound. I was enchanted to have the chance to play with my Crumar again: in many ways this album feels like returning to an early home. The electric noises of my old, broken keyboard, were an unexpected and musical gift and a humble proof of the passing of time.”

– Federico Durand, La Cumbre, 2017

La Niña Junco

Navidad en el bosque

捕夢網

Making music as Warmth and SVLBRD.
Label owner of Archives and Faint.

12" Vinyl, CD and Digital on Archives.
https://archivesdubmusic.bandcamp.com

Indigo Light

Warmth | SVLBRD