Ambientblog Mixes

Peter van Cooten for Ambientblog.net
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A series of (more or less) cinematic mixes/collages published on Ambientblog.net. Non-stop layered immersion created from fragments and samples of ambient/electronic/experimental (and related) music.

  1. 12/21/2025

    Winter Solstice 7

    For the 7th year, the Dutch radio station Concertzender schedules an 8-hour ambient all-nighter on the night of the Winter Solstice (December 21, 2025). Compiled by four radio producers - Roel Janssen, Harrold Roeland, Bob Rusche, and myself - each of us presenting a two-hour selection. My contribution is closing the night, between 5am and 7 am. I'm not sure how many listeners will make it to the last part of the eight hours. That's the reason I also post my contribution here as part of the Ambientblog Mix series. This mix is NOT intended to help you sleep! On the contrary, I hope it'll help you stay awake for a bit, or maybe induce some interesting hallucinating moments in your half-sleep. A two-hour trip through many different soundscapes: sometimes comforting, sometimes nót so comforting, and sometimes confusing. For a more detailed tracklisting and a download option,  visit ambientblog.net Tracklist: 00:00 Mendel Kaelen - Fertile Voids 03:52 Ø (Mika Vainio) - Etude 7 06:12 Nesa Azadikhah - The Wound Where The Light Enters 07:32 Clarice Jensen - 1,2 09:42 Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill - Reverie 12:21 Meriheini Luoto - Unessa, Lumessa 14:02 Lukas Lauermann - Varve III.2 15:49 Le Code - And If I Left 17:25 Loneward - Upon These Secluded Hills 19:34 Kasper Bjørke - Dynjandi 21:42 Annie Bloch & Emily Wittbrodt - III 25:32 Louise Rossiter - Fairytale Journey On The Bloodstream 28:28 Dave Graw & Blair French - The Van 31:02 Dean Hurley - Splendor 31:13 Jon Hopkins & Ishq - Part I: Altar 33:10 Claire M. Singer - Aisir 36:33 Cecile Seraud - Errance Cosmique 1 37:17 Micah Levi - Bothy 38:14 Jon Hopkins - Singing Bowl (Ascension) 41:18 Jóhann Jóhannsson & BJ Nilsen - Intro 42:19 Longswarm - Beyond Words 42:37 Éric La Casa - Le Littoral 43:58 Steve Roach & Soriah - Stars Of Darkness 48:06 Christopher Colm Morrin - 02 51:17 Sonmi451 - A Nice Little Quandary 54:29 Crows Labyrinth & Perry Frank - Daylight Sonata 57:15 Michael Grigoni & Pan•american - Blue Tears Never Dry 58:42 Sleep Research Facility - Stealth Source 2 1:03:20 Monolake - Inwards (VLSI Version) 1:06:08 Yann Novak - Music For Restaurants 1:10:36 Alva Noto - Ritual Reprise 1:12:35 Brooddark - Fatal pressure 1:14:23 Sam Rosenthal & Projekt Artists - Trip 1 (Instrumental) 1:17:27 Fumio Miyashita - See The Light (Abridged) 1:19:50 Lawson & Merrill - Dark Angel 1:23:28 Erik K. Skodvin - Alone In The Dark 1:24:47 Laraaji & Kramer - Immersion 1:26:19 Multicast Dynamics - Unknown Place 1:29:09 Pinkcourtesyphone - A Stunning Blandness 1:31:04 Carl Stone - Shing Kee (1986) 1:34:07 Joachim Spieth - Shine 1:38:41 Erik Levander - Avstånd 1:40:35 Saapato - Highway At Night (feat. James Bernard & Marine Eyes) 1:43:13 David Cordero & Kenji Kihara - Silver Grass In Koajiro No Mori 1:45:05 Jean C. Roche - Guanare-Barinas 1:46:50 Peter Knight - The Coiling Of The Tide 1:50:56 Yann Novak - Seeing Light Without Knowing Darkness feat. G. Brenner 1:54:29 Yann Novak - Seeing Light Without Knowing Darkness 1:58:21 Andrew Heath - Aber Bach (23.04.12) 1:58:03 Mendel Kaelen - Fertile Voids

    1h 60m

  2. 04/02/2025

    Opus

    After publishing many ambient mix-collages (87 and counting!), I decided to challenge myself. What if I combined ambient soundscapes and classical music? Would that work out? This proved to be more difficult than I expected. It proved to be much easier to combine abstract atmospheric music than ambient music with 'program music' like classical. It proved even more difficult when choosing from 'classical classical' music such as baroque music, polyphonic choir music, or music from the absolute giants (Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, etc.). Maybe because I definitely wanted to retain an introspective atmosphere, but also include some 'tension - release dynamics' to avoid the mix becoming too 'easy listening'.With only two exceptions, the 'classical' fragments come from contemporary composers. Also, this mix features fewer layers playing simultaneously (compared to my previous mixes). In that respect, this is more like a 'mix-tape' than a 'collage'. All titles used in this mix are fragments, only small parts of the original compositions. So: if you hear something you like (and I hope you do), please check out the original. For a detailed tracklisting and more info visit https://www.ambientblog.net.

    54 min

  3. 12/22/2024

    Winter Solstice 6

    The Winter Solstice Ambient Night on Concertzender Nederland has become a yearly tradition: this is the sixth edition already of the 8-hour ambient music night presented by four of their radio show hosts. Like in all previous editions, I'm honored to close the night with a two-hour collage. My contribution is presented here, but for those interested, the complete night will remain available on demand from the Concertzender Nederland website. Other than you might expect, this mix is not intended to make you sleep. On the contrary, the challenge is to keep you awake in these last two hours of this ambient music night. Which will probably be quite hard if you're listening in real time. As usual, only very few tracks are played in full here. Most are fragments, sometimes samples, taken from much longer pieces (which you can check out using the list below). This time, the overall key of this mix is E minor. For a detailed tracklisting and more info (including a surround version), visit ambientblog.net.

    1h 60m

  4. 12/22/2023

    Winter Solstice 5

    My 2-hour contribution to the fifth edition of the 8-hour Winter Solstice broadcast on Concertzender Nederland. For this fifth Winter Solstice mix, I chose fragments (most of them heavily edited) that are all more or less in the same key. In the first hour all tracks are in B-minor, in the second hour the tracks are in F-minor (first half) and A-minor (closing half). These chords define the overall atmosphere: from 'solitary, melancholic' to 'obscure, funereal', and finally 'tender, soothing'. At least, that's what the theory says. In the end, it's the listener that associates his emotions with the soundscapes. But one thing is clear: these two hours definitely fit the darkest and longest of nights. For a detailed tracklisting and more info (including a surround version), visit: https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/?p=30221

    1h 60m

  5. 05/17/2023

    In Praise Of The Saddest Chord

    Could this be ‘the saddest mix of all time’? I don’t think so myself, I would rather call it melancholic – in a pleasant way. But it’s a fact that all of these tracks are in D minor (Dm), which is said to be ‘the saddest chord’:“The D minor chord (often written as Dm) is a chord that evokes a sense of melancholy and contemplation on the negative side of situations. Like many other minor chords, Dm can create a heavy, serious atmosphere — and sometimes even creates an almost otherworldly sense of drama.” For a detailed tracklisting and more info (including a surround version), visit: https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/?p=28862

    1 hr

  6. 12/25/2022

    Winter Solstice 4: “In C”

    This is my contribution to the fourth ambient night on Concertzender Nederland, which is traditionally scheduled on or around midwinter solstice. It was broadcast from 5:00-7:00 AM on December 25, and closed the 8-hour night. As in all of my (Ambientblog) mixes, Winter Solstice 4 is a collage created from (short) fragments - hence the extended tracklist below. This time, I used a different method of selecting tracks: I chose only tracks in the key of C. (Or, to be honest: the tracks that my software told me were in C - I have no absolute hearing). It's quite a hallucinating two-hour trip to dive deep into. I hope you enjoy listening! And of course: feedback is always appreciated. For a detailed track listing, visit https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2022-12/winter-solstice-4-in-c-mix/

    1h 60m

  7. 10/30/2022

    Cloudwatching

    Most (if not all) previous Ambientblog mixes always had some dark moments in them, they are never 'just' relaxing. You can only feel release if you also felt tension. This time, I wanted to avoid the darkness and create a 'lighter mood mix'. Not of the 'Ibiza Chillout Lounge' kind, but one that can be played in the background and is still exciting enough to listen to. I hope I succeeded, but of course, you're the one to decide about that!With two hours, Cloudwatching is longer than usual. Only a few tracks are included in their full length, but most are heavily edited or even just short fragments. Also, they are often overlayed, so you'll hear the music in a different context. The extensive playlist below may help you track down the original in their full-length versions. I really hope you'll enjoy watching these -imaginary- clouds! For a detailed tracklisting, visit https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2022-10/cloudwatching-mix/

    2 hr

  8. 07/24/2022

    Time To Listen

    Apart from its opening sample - 'It is time to stop seeing. It is time to stop speaking. It is time to listen', from David Cronenberg's Crimes Of the Future - this mix has no central theme or story. It's up to you, the listener to take the time to listen and go with the flow. Let your fantasy tell you the story. And, after you did, I'd love to hear what you heard. Tracklist Start time Sample Length Artist - TitleAlbum - Year - Label 00:00 01:12 David Cronenberg - Time To Listen (Sample)Crimes Of The Future, 202200:04 03:35 Dronny Darko & Protou - Sin EaterLiberty: Compilation Of Experimental Music From Ukraine, 2022, Flaming Pines02:28 02:42 William St. Hugh - Voice Of The DolphinsDominion, 2022, self-released04:31 02:16 Tapani Rinne & Teho Majamaki - Lucid DreamOn The Border, 2022, Signature Dark06:13 02:36 Ivan Cebrian & Victor Cerdan- Enemigo IntimoInside // Outside, 2022, Oigovisiones06:40 02:30 Park Jiha - At DawnThe Gleam, 2022, Glitterbeat08:49 02:39 Benedicte Maurseth - EidfyrderHárr, 2022, Hubro10:47 03:51 Bill Fontana - Imaginary Sonic VisionsMSCTY Expo Unknown Pleasures Zone, 2022, MSCTY Editions12:40 02:18 Alva Noto - Odradek (for Jhonn Balance)For, 2006, Line13:31 01:50 Jacek & Ewa Doroszenko - Night MasqueBodyfulness, 2022, Audiobulb Records14:17 02:27 Higher Intelligence Agency - The Black PatchSong Of The Machine, 2022, self-released15:58 02:50 Siddhartha Barnhoorn - Final AscensionOut There, Oceans Of Time, vol. 1, 2022, self-released18:27 02:24 Mike Lazarev - All That RemainsWhen You Are, 2022, Slowcraft Recordings20:27 03:17 Orghanon - Dronework VDroneworks I-V, 2022, St.An.Da22:13 03:27 Aleksi Myllykoski ft Wimme - Composition VI: Inherently Destructive ContaminationSt. Virus, 2021, Signature Dark24:37 04:13 Peter Phippen, Rahbi Crawford, Invar Lunde Jr. - AndromedaGalaxies, 2022, Projekt Records28:46 02:30 Jóhann Jóhansson & Echo Collective - Shell12 Conversations With Thilo Heinzmann, 2019, Deutsche Grammophon29:46 05:29 Maggi Payne - Distant ThunderArctic Winds, 2010, Innova Recordings33:08 03:07 Leo Kupper - Litanea 1987Complete Electronic & Voices Works 1961-1987, 2022, Sub Rosa36:22 04:35 Monty Adkins - Remote CommunionRemote Communion, 2020, Cronica38:56 01:28 Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet - Thunder Continues In The AfternoonLandfall, 2018, Nonesuch40:11 04:35 Cell - Passive Control Part 1Onwards System, 2022, Ultimae Records43:27 03:59 Alphaxone & Protou - Sub SignalStardust, 2017, Cryo Chamber45:51 03:03 Wil Bolton & Francis Gri - The Ripples TheoryImaginary Tales, 2022, Krysalisound47:54 02:11 Xqui - NarratorPieces Part 2, 2022, Somewherecold Records48:45 03:57 Michel Banabila - AlienationMonochromes, 2022, Tapu Records52:21 00:55 Stuart A. Staples - FluidsMusic For Claire Denis' High Life, 2019, Lucky Dog52:31 01:13 Helge Sten - Quad 2Monochromes, 2014, Bôlt52:45 02:29 Dean Hurley - Girl Appears /Black SmokeAnthology Resource Vol. I: △△, 2017, Sacred Bones Records54:00 01:55 I Wound - To Wind, Wound, WoundHomework Year 1, Taâlem54:52 05:07 Francois Robin & Mathias Delplanque - Le PuitsL'Ombre De La Bête, 2022, Parenthèses Record

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A series of (more or less) cinematic mixes/collages published on Ambientblog.net. Non-stop layered immersion created from fragments and samples of ambient/electronic/experimental (and related) music.

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    Peter van Cooten for Ambientblog.net
  • Years Active
    2012 - 2025
  • Episodes
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