ambient i sl.

Released on December 5, 2017 as an infinitely looping minisite and limited edition cassette.

"The latest installment in an ongoing mix series, Absent Friends Vol. 2 presents Minor Science’s take on ambient: a hyper-dense, micro-edited collage form incorporating music, sound and speech. Progressing by a series of lulls and wild crescendos, its structure mimics the volatile behaviours of weather systems; over time, an oblique but powerful emotional narrative emerges."

“We may be stranded in the rain, sometimes…”

Music used, in order of appearance:

Peggy Lee - Going Rowing
Steven Halpern - 7th Chakra: Keynote B (Violet)
Michel Redolfi - Immersion
Steve Hauschildt - Eyelids Gently Dreaming
Mike Ratledge - Riddles Of The Sphinx Sequence 7
Leif - Untitled (GAL006 B2)
Arthur Russell - The Name Of The Next Song
Aisha Devi / Laurel Halo - Aurat (Tool) / Wow (Minor Science Call & Response Blend)
Robin Fox - Antlers
Robin Fox - A Small Prometheus
Georges Aperghis - Avis De Tempête: Avis 6
Pita - Vent-Glass
Linkwood - Outside In
Mike Ratledge - Riddles Of The Sphinx Sequence 6 (Minor Science Eternal Return Excerpt)
Qasim Naqvi - Preamble
François Bayle - L’Aventure Du Cri
Luc Ferrari - Presque Rien Avec Filles
David Behrman - On The Other Ocean
Eli Keszler - Willing To Be Open
Peggy Lee - “Audio Book” interview w/ Wink Martindale (Minor Science Gratitude Cutup)
Joanna Brouk - The Sounding (Minor science Divine Stepladder Edit)
Jaap Blonk - Flux-De-Bouche
Bernard Parmegiani - De Natura Sonorum: Deuxième Série
Arca - Extent
LOFT - Yes
Carlos Niño - Gongs, Cymbals and Bells
O Yuki Conjugate - Cloud Cover
Alvin Lucier - Oases
Bernard Parmegiani - De Natura Sonorum: Première Série
Guy Reibel - Franges Du Signe
Alderaan - The Idea Of Having A Soul
Guy Reibel - Granulations-Sillages
Ben Vida - Damaged Particulates
James Pugliese / Visible Cloaks ft. Motion Graphics - Freeze / Terrazzo (Minor Science Blend)
Vanessa Rosato - This Is A Recorder
Diseño Corbusier - El Circulo De La Infancia
Sidsel Endresen - One: Untitled Track 2
Atom TM - Naturalist #3
Braaxtaal - Spraakwater
Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek - Vague, Yet
Eli Keszler - Corresponding Probably To Quanta
Minor Science - Temporising Peggy
Blonk, Gustafsson & Zerang - Rorr
John Martyn - Small Hours (Minor Science Chord Aug Excerpt)
Michel Redolfi - Pacific Tubular Waves

Minor Science - Change Now Megamix, featuring excerpts from:
Andrea - Floating
“Blue” Gene Tyranny - Timing
Joanna Brouk - The Sounding (Minor Science Divine Stepladder Edit)
Minor Science - Hungup
Mike Ratledge - Riddles Of The Sphinx Sequence 6 (Minor Science Eternal Return
Excerpt)
and,
Jaap Blonk - AA 60
Jaap Blonk - Flux-De-Bouche
Jaap Blonk - Gramm
Jaap Blonk - Seepferdchen und Flugfische
Jaap Blonk - Zieuwis
Jaap Blonk & Cor Fuhler - Notches of Mycoplasma
Braaxtaal - Kwik-Me-Dit Schar-Luup
Braaxtaal - Spraakwater
Five Men Singing - No Drone Rising
Five Men Singing - Tough and Rumble
Eli Keszler - Willing To Be Open
Yann Leguay - IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
LOFT - Yes
Carlos Niño - Gongs, Cymbals and Bells
Bernard Parmegiani - De Natura Sonorum
Michel Redolfi - Pacific Tubular Waves
Minor Science - Richardstraße Downpour
Guy Reibel - Franges du Signe
Guy Reibel - Granulations-Sillages
Rully Shabara - Faring
Zeitkratzer - Mort Aux Vaches: Random Dilettantes

LFDM - Ant Hills
Headlock - Again

Absent Friends Vol. 2

'Music For Steamed Rocks' appears on 'Commissions I' by @oneohtrix-point-never, exclusive to Record Store Day 2014, learn more at http://bit.ly/commissions-i

Lopatin interpreted Witold Lutoslawski's Preludes in 'Music For Steamed Rocks', a piece composed for Polish Icons at Sacrum Profanum, a Warp staple that's previously hosted Clark & Aphex Twin.

Learn more about the release at <a href="http://bit.ly/commissions-i" target="_blank">warp.net</a>, set for release on 12" vinyl in a black foil print jacket with die-cut view of inner sleeve.

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Commisions I

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Oneohtrix Point Never - Music For Steamed Rocks

Sesion Ambient Vol.1

CHROMATICS / DISINTEGRATION

x   e   n   i   a      r   e   a   p   e   r            s   y  s   t   e   m      d   i   a   l   o   g      l   i   v   e      s   e   t       2   4

The opening track from Conna Haraway's forthcoming album, "Spatial Fix". Out March 21 on vinyl.

https://theorytherapy.bandcamp.com/album/spatial-fix

@connaharaway
Mastered by @ikezwanikken

Conna Haraway - Freon

sinaaa.bandcamp.com

demo feb 2024 

Written and Produced by Claudia Sinacori 

Photo taken on Boonwurrung Country

hold me down

co:clear is overjoyed to welcome @jonnnah to its fold, with a new long-form 12” edition. Featuring Pavel Milyakov (aka @buttechno) right off the bat, ‘Me, With You’ is an album that grips its listener tight with gleaming electronica, off-kilter trip-hop and swampy bass.

With past offerings to Soleil Rouge and Second End Records – a label which he heads – there's a thread that laces all of Jonnnah’s work. Although never sticking to a definable bracket, the Lyon-dweller effortlessly floats through various tempers, peddling impeccable electronics as equally suited to colossal sound systems, as they are to solitary early morning walks in headphones. It's ambient for the foreground that surprises with flurries of two-step and amen breaks – present-day sonics that doff their cap to what’s come before.

Out on limited edition 12” vinyl & digital, 30th May 2025. Limited to 200 copies.

Written & Produced by Pierre Paumier
Featuring Pavel Milyakov
Mastered by Ike Zwanikken
Cut by Pitchcraft Mastering
Artwork by Conna Haraway
Distributed by Rubadub

Me, With You

pre-order

COCLEAR003: Jonnnah – Me, With You (previews)

Artwork by Eva Marie Nelson
Mastered by Ike Zwanikken

Axine M - Bored Giant Engine Sputter

@aliendan
@theory-therapy

https://theorytherapy.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-early-hours-of-a-world-in-bloom

pi premiere: Alien D - Soil Dub [Theory Therapy]

ꜰᴁ𝟢𝟢𝟥 - ʀʜɪᴢᴏᴍᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏꜱᴛ ꜱᴛᴇᴘꜱ

ɪꜱ ᴡᴀɴᴅᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴀ ʟᴏꜱꜱ ᴏʀ ᴀ ᴘᴀᴛʜ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀʏ? 

ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴇꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴜɴꜰᴏʟᴅꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴘᴜʟꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴀɴ ᴏᴘᴇɴɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴᴋɴᴏᴡɴ, ᴀ ɢᴇɴᴛʟᴇ ᴅᴇꜰɪᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜰɪxᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀᴍꜱ. ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴋ ᴛʀᴜꜱᴛꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛᴀʙʟᴇ, ᴛʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴘᴀᴛʜꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅɪꜱꜱᴏʟᴠᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴇᴄʜᴏᴇꜱ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴜɴʜᴜʀʀɪᴇᴅ ꜱᴛᴇᴘꜱ. 
ᴡᴀɴᴅᴇʀɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ɴᴏ ʟᴏɴɢᴇʀ ᴀɪᴍʟᴇꜱꜱ—ɪᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇꜱ ᴀɴ ᴀᴄᴛ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴇɴꜱɪɴɢ, ᴏꜰ ꜱᴜʀʀᴇɴᴅᴇʀ.ᴇᴀᴄʜ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍᴀᴘꜱ ᴀɴ ᴀʟᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ɢᴇᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ, ᴀ ᴅéʀɪᴠᴇ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ʟᴀɴᴅꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴅʀᴀᴡɴ ʙᴜᴛ ꜰᴇʟᴛ.ɴᴏ ᴀʀʀɪᴠᴀʟ, ɴᴏ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀ—ᴏɴʟʏ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜰʟɪᴄᴋᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴠᴀɴɪꜱʜ, ʟᴇᴀᴠɪɴɢ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴀ ʀᴇꜱᴏɴᴀɴᴄᴇ. ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ꜰʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪꜱᴏʀɪᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴏɴʟʏ ꜰʟᴇᴇᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴇꜱ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴ, ʙʟᴜʀʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏʀᴅᴇʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ…

ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴɪᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴏꜰ ɢᴀʀʏ ᴅᴜᴠᴇʀɴᴀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀʀɢ𝟢, ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟꜱ ᴀ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ-ᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴏꜰ ɪɴꜱᴀᴛɪᴀʙɪʟɪᴛʏ. ᴀ ꜱᴄᴜʟᴘᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ’ᴛ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴠɪʙʀᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴠɪꜱɪʙʟᴇ ʟᴏɢɪᴄ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ. ᴀ ꜰɪʟᴍ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴅᴇʀꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ, ᴜɴᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴜᴍɪɴᴏᴜꜱ.

ᴛʜᴀɴᴋꜱ ᴛᴏ https://soundcloud.com/alix-plessis https://soundcloud.com/dalidacarnage https://soundcloud.com/sub-accent https://soundcloud.com/pont-levis https://soundcloud.com/prieste5s https://soundcloud.com/yonvonkim https://soundcloud.com/kamen-music https://soundcloud.com/slowfoam https://soundcloud.com/anemiflux https://soundcloud.com/tomo_sound https://soundcloud.com/connaharaway https://soundcloud.com/kal1one https://soundcloud.com/behindcurtains ꜰᴏʀ ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀɪɴɢ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ꜱɪɴɢᴜʟᴀʀ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴋꜱ.

ʟᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ʙᴇ ᴄᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ.
ɴᴏᴛ ꜰᴏʀᴡᴀʀᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ.

ᴀʀᴛᴡᴏʀᴋ : Sansplomb.95 & Carg0
ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ : IREN

Slowfoam - undone by the crackling stone

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: Conna Haraway - Void [FACE Æ VA003]

Is wandering a loss or a path to discovery? 

For its third VA, FACE Æ brings together 13 producers from across the electronic spectrum, drawing a line from ambient textures to driving tribal rhythms.

More than escape, the compilation unfolds as a pulse of creation, an openness to the unknown, a gentle defiance of fixed forms. Each track trusts the unpredictable, treading paths that dissolve like echoes under unhurried steps. 

Between freedom and disorientation, only fleeting traces remain, blurring the borders of time and space…

Release date: July 2nd 2025

Artwork : @sansplomb.95_

𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/connaharaway
Bandcamp : https://connaharaway.bandcamp.com/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/connaharaway/

𝑭𝑨𝑪𝑬 Æ
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/face-ae
Bandcamp : https://faceae.bandcamp.com/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/face_ae/

Rhizome Of The Lost Steps [FACE Æ VA002]

Void

Support & Buy

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: Conna Haraway - Void [FACE Æ VA003]

testosterone (2FEL & KAHAN) remix

Ny zavatra rehetra nolazainy

Naviar Haïku 612

d'après le poème de Yatsuka Ishihara (1919-1998)

faring over the lake
drawing the light
an autumn butterfly

Image: Nathan Dumlao

Over the lake

Another chapter in my ongoing series of studio ambient mixes (not recorded live, produced over at least a month). This one is extra special for me as the title alludes to the fact that 2021 means I have been working in sound design for a decade. To help celebrate, I designed this new psychedelic journey, and layered it with field recordings from my collection of SFX I have captured going all the way back to my first upload folder from summer 2011. 

The track selection plays out like an anthology of some of the most talented ambient/sound design producers, blending eras and approaches ranging from pillars such as Biosphere, Stars of the Lid, and William Basinski - alongside emerging producers like Green-House and Zeze Wakamatsu. Molding everything together is a constantly shifting foundation of found sounds. The listener begins literally floating downstream as one subtle aquatic effect dissolves into another for the opening fifteen minutes. I also included many of my favorite audio finds including air traffic controllers, vintage game shows, NASA communications, nature documentaries, and religious A.M. radio hosts to list a few.

As a special bonus and thank you: I am pledging a $5 donation for every 350 plays of this mix* to Coalition for the Homeless (based in NYC)(*for the first 10,000 plays).
UPDATE: As of 08.26 $107 has been donated to cover the first 7,500 plays


Headphones highly recommended for this immersive mix. There are links below to support all of the included artists. Thanks for a decade of chilling out with me.

Tracklisting:

1. Intro / Floating down the River  00:00 - 16:30

-R.J. Stefanski "Small Stream near the Boathouse"
-Boards of Canada "Sundown"  00:20
-A.M. Radio snippet (lots of these captured by myself and hidden in mix)
-Zeze Wakamatsu "Concert in a Tortoiseshell"  03:20
-Cholosus "Lexicon Drive" 07:45
-Segue "Aurora"  11:40
-R.J. Stefanski "Powerful Atlantic Surf"

2. Floating in Space   16:31 - 39:00

-Markus Guentner "Keep Your Eyes Closed"  16:31
-audio snippet from "What's My Line" gameshow (circa 1950)
-The Orb "Moonbuilding 2703 A.D."(Wolfgang Voigt Mix) 20:45
-Sun Electric "An Atom of All Suns" 25:00
-R.J. Stefanski "Night River"
-Biosphere "Insolate" 28:45
-R.J. Stefanski "The Birds of Turtle Pond"
-Stars of the Lid "The Better Angels of our Nation" 33:00
-Loscil "Erit" 35:30
-R.J. Stefanski "Cars Passing in the Night"

3. Floating in a Dream / Outro 39:01 - 57:46

-Windy and Carl "Lighthouse" 39:30
-Aphex Twin "Cliffs" 39:30
-Green-House "Parlor Palm" 42:00
-Skee Mask "Dolby" 46:45
-R.J. Stefanski "Subway to Manhattan"
-William Basinski "O, My Daughter, O My Sorrow" 50:40
-R.J. Stefanski "unreleased rain recording 2011"
-Casino Versus Japan "Tropic" 54:30
-R.J. Stefanski "Wind Chime in south west Detroit"

Support artists:

Boards of Canada
https://boardsofcanada.bandcamp.com/

Zeze Wakamatsu
https://zezewakamatsu.bandcamp.com/

Cholosus
https://cholosus.bandcamp.com/

Segue
https://www.segueambient.com/

Markus Guentner
https://markus-guentner.bandcamp.com/

The Orb / Wolfgang Voigt
https://theorb.bandcamp.com/album/moonbuilding-2703-ad-remixes-sin-in-space-pt-1

Sun Electric
https://sunelectric.bandcamp.com/

Biosphere
https://biosphere.bandcamp.com/

Stars of the Lid
https://starsofthelid.bandcamp.com/

Loscil
https://loscil.bandcamp.com/

Windy and Carl
https://windyandcarl.bandcamp.com/

Aphex Twin
https://aphextwin.bandcamp.com/

Green-House
https://green-house.bandcamp.com/album/six-songs-for-invisible-gardens

Skee Mask
https://iliantape.bandcamp.com/album/itlp04-skee-mask-compro

William Basinski
https://williambasinski.bandcamp.com/

Casino Vs Japan
https://casinoversusjapan.bandcamp.com/

R.J. Stefanski
https://rjstefanski.bandcamp.com/

Ten Years Adrift [Studio Mix of Ambient, Experimental, Soundscape & Field Recordings]

"Xen" could be short for xeno-, a prefix meaning "foreign" or "unknown".

"Reap" often implies harvesting, gathering, or collecting—sometimes with a connotation of consequences (as in “you reap what you sow”).

In signal-drift and ghost-harvest:::  'Xenia Reaper'


bookings: xenoplex555@googlemail.com

x e n i a r e a p e r s y s t e m d i a l o g l i v e s e t 2 4

XENIA REAPER

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