A two-hour mix for the longest night: Winter Solstice. To be played (and hopefully enjoyed) in the deepest darkness. "Dream All The Dark Away" ... --- originally published on Ambientblog ---

December 21 is the longest night in the Northern hemisphere. It marks the start of Winter (even though it is also called "Midwinter"), but gradually the nights will slowly get shorter as to indicate spring will be coming, eventually. For the 2019 Winter Solstice, Dutch Radio station Concertzender Nederland programmed an 8-hour ambient music special from 23:00 until 07:00 (11pm to 7am). That's a good night's sleep for most people! My contribution was scheduled to close the night: from 05:00 to 07:00 (5am to 7am).

For the context of this ambient night, I created a mix that is somewhat different from most Ambientblog.net mixes - after all, this was intended to be broadcast in the deepest hours of the darkest night of the year. So this one is more drone-oriented for the most part, slower, less 'dynamic' and less 'intense'.

More info on https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2019-12/winter-solstice-mix/

note: first time is start time, second time is fragment length

00:00 01:48 Suzanne Vega - Stay AwakeStay Awake (Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films), 1988, A&M Records
00:20 05:09 Atom TM - Texturen ITexturen I, 2015, No.
01:19 02:57 Chris Meloche - Loop 6 (Excerpt)X-Rated - The Electronic Files, 2002, Boudisque Records
03:41 03:22 Thomas Koehner & Asmus Tietchens - Frühruin Part 1Σ + Frühruin (Kontakt Der Jünglinge Box), 2004, Die Stadt
06:01 04:07 Thomas Köner - NuukNuuk, 2004, MillePlateauxMedia
08:55 03:07 Akira Rabelais - Track 52Spelle Remixes, 2005, unreleased (private collection)
09:05 03:39 Bass Communion - Sisters Oregon, Part 3Sisters Oregon, 2017, Drone Records
11:07 06:15 Bass Communion - Sisters Oregon, Part 4Sisters Oregon, 2017, Drone Records
14:27 04:52 Else Marie Pade & Jacob Kirkegaard - NimbostratusSvaevninger, 2013, Important Records
16:24 05:42 Eliane Radigue - L'Île ResonanteOeuvres Electroniques, 2018, INA-GRM
20:39 06:56 Brian Eno - Five Light PaintingsMusic From Installations, 2018, Opal Records
26:00 04:15 Hilary Jeffery - Belfast Tromboscillator 2Belfast Tromboscillator, 2007, self-released
28:37 05:53 James Plotkin & Mick Harris - DissolveCollapse, 1996, Asphodel
31:24 06:23 Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - GlassGlass, 2018, Noton
34:44 05:48 Deep Listening Band - CCCC (Cistern Chapel Chance Chants)The Ready Made Boomerang, 1991, New Albion
38:04 05:12 Michael Fahres - The Tubes (feat. Jon Hassell & Mark Atkins)The Tubes, 2007, Cold Blue Music
41:21 06:02 William Basinski - WorryTwo Point Two, 2003, 12K
45:05 08:22 Biosphere - ValchyrieX-Rated - The Electronic Files, 2002, Boudisque Records
48:56 08:15 Yann Novak - SurroundingsSurroundings, 2017, Line
53:08 07:23 Broeder Dieleman - Omer GiellietUut De Bron, 2015, Snowstar Records
59:42 02:08 Jeff Bridges - Sleep, Dream, WakeupSleeping Tapes, 2015, Squarespace
1:01:01 02:06 Morgen Wurde feat. Maria Estrella - Laesst LosPop Ambient 2020, 2019, Kompakt
1:02:24 03:52 Monty Adkins - Secret DreamsRift Patterns, 2014, Audiobulb
1:05:06 02:25 Ambrose Field & John Potter - Presque Quelque ChoseBeing Dufay, 2009, ECM
1:06:52 03:00 A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Aqualung, MotherfuckerThe Undivided Five, 2019, Ninja Tune
1:08:39 03:37 Jacob Kirkegaard - Opus Morturarium - ExcerptOpus Mors, 2019, Fonik
1:10:49 05:56 Ben Lukas Boysen - The Behinian GospelGravity, 2013, Ad Noiseam
1:14:49 01:53 Dean Hurley - Low Sustained MysteryAnthology Resource Vol. 1, 2017, Sacred Bones Records
1:15:51 04:03 Jeff Greinke - Out From Under (excerpt)A Storm Of Drones, 1995, Asphodel
1:18:46 04:22 Gray Acres - Unconditional Material Forces, 2019, Whitelabrecs
1:20:49 05:54 Robert Henke - Studies Of Thunder Signal To Noise, 2004, Imbalance Computer Music
1:24:35 04:34 James Murray - CarinaHeavenly Waters, 2017, Slowcraft
1:28:34 03:27 Robert Rich - Senescent ArchitectureTactile Ground, 2019, Soundscape
1:30:46 03:18 Kim Cascone - Lunar Gauzes-Alchemisphere Lunar Gauzes-Alchemisphere, 2012, eSpace
1:32:52 09:44 Fovea Hex - We Dream All The Dark Away (Abul Mogard Remix)The Salt Garden II, 2017, Headphone Dust/Die Stadt
1:41:18 03:23 Jana Winderen - SubmergedSubmerged, 2009, Touch
1:42:51 09:04 Greg Haines - 183 TimesDigressions, 2012, Preservation
1:50:52 03:16 Chris Watson - Cima VerdeCima Verde, 2008, Fondazione Edmund Mach
1:52:50 06:37 Oliver Messiaen - Oraison, 1937Ohm - The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music 1948 - 1980, 2000, Ellipsis Arts
1:58:22 01:30 Biosphere - SteinfjordThe Senja Recordings, 2019, Biophon Records

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