31/3/22
1 hour playlist spanning 25 years of my ambient ideas. Mostly solo projects but also contains tracks I helped create whilst in @ListingShips, Gecko, @Piexo and in collaboration with @Mewgatz.

Inspired by and compiled for the 'Grains of Peace' project broadcast live online from Kyiv by @20ft_Radio.
The project aims to raise money for much needed humanitarian assistance in Ukraine:
https://www.20ftradio.net/grains-of-peace

Artist: MAB
Playlist:  20ft Radio - 1 Hour Ambient Mix

Tracklisting:

01 Skipper's Daughter (intro) - Listing Ships [00:00]
02 Parliament Of Owls? [00:19]
03 Nationalhymne (Remix for Cities & Memory)[01:36]
04 Fingers & Thumbs - Piexo [03:22]
05 Excerpts From Sleep (Remix of Rough Sleep by Karhide)[06:51]
06 Yo-Yo Budapest [10:51]
07 Ambient Experiments From Head 1 [13:13]
08 Buzzgrrr - (Remix of Buzz by After The Thought) [15:33]
09 Bike Ride For A 7-year Old [16:41]
10 Ambient Experiments From Head 2 [18:06]
11 The Clock Counts Down [19:05]
12 Two Ghosts In The System (Collaboration with Mewgatz) [20:31]
13 The Mariana Trench [23:38]
14 The Lion, The Tiger & The Crocodile (Remix for Cities & Memory) [25:21]
15 2nd [27:58]
16 Ambiento [29:32]
17 Delay Loop Glitch [30:44]
18 Winners Shout Louder [31:14]
19 Early Cassette 4-Track - Piexo [33:22]
20 Blood Orange Sun [35:35]
21 650 Glitch [36:26]
22 Last Night's Fireworks [36:37]
23 The Storms [39:19]
24 When The Silence Comes [41:11]
25 Taste Buds [43:52]
26 Interwaffle Cafe - Gecko [44:28]
27 Tape 2 Track 4 [46:15]
28 If I Knew Then - Piexo [48:35]
29 Ambient No5 [50:50]
30 The Wolves - Listing Ships [53:26]
31 sutatS - Piexo [58:08]
32 Equus Ager - Initial dream version [58:48]

20ft Radio Playlist - Initial 1 Hour Ambient Mix

A weird drill / siren noise in the middle of the night in Redfield, Bristol. Captured crudely on my mobile. Neighbours believe this might actually be the sound of Network Rail laying track under tension. At 3am in the morning mind

Night Siren / Industrial drill noise

Delay Loop Glitch - In D Flat 5th - One Of

Backwards Guitar Sample In Ebm

One of the first live recordings I ever made at an experimental music night in the 90s, I think in Northampton. That's as far as the memory allows

Experimental Live - SHORT In B F

Experimental Live - FULL

I was fortunate enough to visit Angola with Oxfam in February 2010 on a story gathering trip. Angola was decimated by a 27 year civil war from 1975-2002 which killed over 500,000 people and displaced a further 1 million. Train lines, roads, airports and basic infrastructure were destroyed (including all but 1 bridge) leaving many communities isolated. We were told 6 million landmines still litter the countryside rendering much of the farmland unusable and forcing Angola to import 80% of it's food. 
Despite facing these immense challenges, some rural communities have managed to sustain themselves, and even prosper. As we arrived at this community near Camacupa in central Angola, the villagers burst in to song to welcome us. I was moved to tears but managed to document the moment.

4. Traditional Community Singing in a remote rural village near Camacupa, Angola

5. Traditional Community Singing in a remote rural village near Camacupa, Angola

2. Traditional Community Singing in a remote rural village near Camacupa, Angola

3. Traditional Community Singing in a remote rural village near Camacupa, Angola

1. Traditional Community Singing in a remote rural village near Camacupa, Angola

Get in touch for remix and sound project ideas.

BIO
I've been writing music since the mid 90's and this is a collection of my solo work. There's tons more has still never seen the light of day. Mostly ambient ideas.

To date I've also been in 6 bands (discounting all the others where we never played in front of more than 10 people):

Elves In The Attic
An antidote to previous loud bands I've been in (my ears can no longer take it). Restricted to acoustic ideas, samples and unusual chord progressions - gradually expanding to incorporate cellists and other musicians. 

LISTING SHIPS
Nautical Post Rock band based in Oxford with Stuart Fowkes (bass, synths), Jim Hey (guitars), James Pamphlion (drums, guitar), Dave Balch (drums) & Russ Wainwright (drums). Different drummers at different times.

PIEXO
Long time collaboration with Jon Pound who's based in Weston Super Mare and builds excellent Lateral Sound guitar pedals.

SHAMBOLIC COLLECTIVE
Basic premise, let anyone join the band if they meet two basic criteria: 
1) They work for Oxfam. 
2) They own a musical instrument and/or can sing and aren't tone deaf. 
Far too many people to mention here but the core group were Al Kinley, Sally King, Nick Bryer, Emma Blunt, Andy Barnes, Jeroen Breman & Ben Morgan. I'm not going to begin to detail all the instruments we played.

THE TARTAN SQUIRRELS
Ceilidh Wedding band pulled together by caller Kim Wallace (Rowe). The rest of the band pretty much turned in to Shambolic Collective when she headed back to Scotland.

GECKO
My University band at Northampton
Graham Berridge (bass, vocals)
Paul Robinson (vocals, guitar)
Jez Lee (drums)

Links below if interested in hearing some of these projects.

Wimberry Woods

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