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  1. 17h ago

    Wishing Train, Desert Plain by Paul Asbury Seaman

    The Berlin-schoolification of my brain continues. A few years ago I came back to sequencer based Berlin-school music thanks to friend of the feed, Paul Asbury Seaman. The exact artist or moment has been lost in the mists of my mind (hmm, possible mix title "Mists of My Mind"?). But it was Paul who turned me on to the scene of modern sequencer driven music. Paul has consistently provided us with excellent "train" mixes that feature heavy doses of Berlin-school tracks. That brings us to his latest mix - Wishing Train, Desert Plain, a beautiful journey of hypnotic synth sequences. Here's what Paul has to say about this latest entry in his train themed mixes: "A train-themed mix is inherently about journeys. Like much of ambient-electronic music, that journey is more than imagination, memories and nostalgia. It is an invitation to explore inner landscapes. Although some of my train mixes are intended to provoke a sense of excitement and adventure, traveling to new places, I mostly have in mind the long, quiet spaces beyond city life, with no distractions, the subtle rhythm of the train inducing a meditative state, a time of calm reflection, inner stillness or focus. All tracks 2026 except “Critical Zone.” Cover image by Austrian synth maestro Fritz Mayr, commissioned specifically for this mix. Thank you, Mr. Mayr for your generous services (and generous heart!) Whoever says friendships we make on the internet are not real has not experienced the vibrant village life of the ambient/electronic cohort on Bandcamp and elsewhere." Thanks Paul for another great trip.   LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: https://robertrich.bandcamp.com/album/reunion-of-breath-and-waves https://albaecstasy.bandcamp.com/album/endless-space https://lvmorris.bandcamp.com/album/mindwarp https://fritzmayr.bandcamp.com/album/musical-stories https://tangerinedream.bandcamp.com/album/night-trains-cityscapes https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/album/kosmos https://dtime.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-delta https://phelios.bandcamp.com/album/dyson-sphere-beta-2 https://thombrennan.bandcamp.com/album/migration   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Michael Stearns & Robert Rich - Opening Sky (Reunion Of Breath And Waves 2026) 05:25   Alba Ecstasy - Critical Zone (Endless Space 2020) 14:50   L.V. Morris - High Pass (Mindwarp 2026) 19:57   Fritz Mayr - Chapter Four (Musical Stories 2026) 32:55   Tangerine Dream - Love On A Real Train 2026 (Night Trains & Cityscapes 2026) 41:06   Stellardrone - Crepuscular Rays (Kosmos 2026) 46:15   DTime - Shifting Dunes At Dawn (Eternal Delta 2026) 54:25   Martin Stürtzer - 00:33 (Dyson Sphere Beta 2026) 63:33   Thom Brennan - Migration Part 5 (Migration 2026) 73:10   end

    Wishing Train, Desert Plain by Paul Asbury Seaman

  2. Sep 24

    Heartbeat of the Earth

    This is another fairly straightforward mix theme. It dives back into tribal ambient featuring hypnotic, repetitive drums, electronics, traditional percussion, and field recordings. I've done several of these mixes over the years and it's always nice to revisit this style.  I first got into this subgenre back in the 90s with the Steve Roach & Robert Rich album, "Strata." Like many musical phases, I overloaded on it and dismissed it for years. But now I really enjoy dipping into the sound every now and then.   LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: https://anotherfineday.bandcamp.com/album/life-before-land https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/pacifica https://elikeszler.bandcamp.com/album/harka-ost https://sonicturtle.bandcamp.com/album/drift https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tree-of-life https://open.spotify.com/album/1lyRvVarASVKYuOPRazbt8?si=HiM2POs8R3i73L_H3WuXyA https://byronmetcalf.bandcamp.com/album/spiral-exchange https://bluelizard.bandcamp.com/album/where-are-they-and-other-stories https://hubertdupont.bandcamp.com/album/trio-kosmos-3 https://johannaknutsson.bandcamp.com/album/dingsbums-homage https://mindovermidi.bandcamp.com/album/never-leave   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Another Fine Day - Life Before Land (Life Before Land 1994) 06:25   Glasbird - Lokoteraina (pacifica 2023) 09:00   Vir Unis - Everthing Seeks Balance Pt. 2 (Pulseworld 2007) 16:22   Eli Keszler - Protest (Harka OST 2024) 18:05   Adham Shaikh & Tim Floyd - Estuary (Drift 1996) 25:25   Loren Nerell & Mark Seelig - Kayon (Tree of Life 2014) 32:20   Meh Met - Catacombia (Aludu Flow 2022) 35:15   Byron Metcalf - Spirits Of The Dreambody (Spiral Exchange 2025) 41:56   David Kollar - Requiem for Uncle (Where are they and other stories 2023) 49:35   Hubert Dupont - Bathyscaphe (Trio Kosmos 2020) 52:30   Johanna Knutsson - Bernsteinsee (Dingsbums Homage 2022) 58:00   Mind over MIDI - Like a Bird (Never Leave 2021) 60:49   end

  3. Sep 17

    the aesthetic of static

    My shortwave mixes go back a long way. My first one was posted almost 20 years ago in April of 2007. Yikes! I love the sound of these mixes and I love creating them. I collect tracks that sound like they'd fit the theme and when I have enough to make a mix I get cracking. Here are all the previous shortwave mixes: https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2007/04/drift-on-signal.html https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2008/06/ghost-in-phase.html https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2010/04/flicker-fade.html https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2011/03/distant-transmissions.html https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2012/05/on-behavior-of-radio-waves.html https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2023/04/lost-in-transmission.html While this mix uses some actual shortwave recordings, it relies more on the individual tracks to provide the radio transmission vibes. And of course snippets of The Conet Project have to find their way into any shortwave mix. I hope you enjoy this latest transmission from the ether.   LINKS TO THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: https://citiesandmemory.bandcamp.com/album/shortwave-transmissions https://andycartwright.bandcamp.com/album/below-the-noise https://shortwavetransmission.bandcamp.com/album/land-fire-shortwave-transmission-2 https://marcus-fischer.bandcamp.com/album/loss https://steveroden.bandcamp.com/album/chair-a-subscape-of-resonance https://htdc.bandcamp.com/album/soft-ruins https://shortwavemusic.bandcamp.com/album/cq-de-shortwavemusic-vol-1 https://dagrosenqvist.bandcamp.com/album/geographers-of-solitude https://lineimprint.bandcamp.com/album/here https://andrewheath.bandcamp.com/album/signals-and-codes https://offthesky.bandcamp.com/album/form-radio https://paulbeaudoin.bandcamp.com/album/signal-loss https://spacehoneyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/retrofilament https://theradius.us/episode42 https://thehumblebee.bandcamp.com/album/morning-music-2   Cheers!     T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Moray Newlands - The fragility of d-tente (Cities and Memory - Shortwave Transmissions 2022) 01:00   Andy Cartwright - On a Clear Day (Below The Noise 2023) 04:00   Land:Fire - Circularly Polarized I (Shortwave Transmission 2009) 05:25   Marcus Fischer - Loss (Loss 2017) 09:45   Steve Roden - Rust (chair (a subscape of resonance) 1999) 11:00   How To Disappear Completely - Memory Landscapes (Soft Ruins 2026) 12:40   IRIB Radio Iran Ardabil - 1269 kHz, 8_11_10(2241UTC) (The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: ShortWaveMusic 2005-2010 2011) 14:20   Dag RosenqVIst - Dread (Geographers Of Solitude 2024) 17:55   Triac - here part III (Here) 19:55   Andrew Heath - Signals(transmitters and receivers) (Signals and Codes 2025) 28:20   offthesky - form.radio 3 (form.radio 2025) 30:30   offthesky - form.radio 5 (form.radio 2025) 36:45   Paul Beaudoin - Signal Path Deviation (Signal Loss 2026) 39:37   J46+2 - Retrofilament (Retrofilament 2025) 45:05   Myke Dodge Weiskopf - All Night Flight (shortwave music episode 42 2013) 49:00   Humble Bee - Track 04 (Morning Music 2010) 51:00   Tetsu Inoue - Man Made Heaven (Slow And Low 1995) 53:54   low light mixes - Memories of Johann (2018) 57:24   end

  4. Sep 9

    Dystopian Dream

    I'm not sure how this mix started. It was probably just a case of me stumbling across a tune that made me think of a dystopian sci-fi movie and from there I collected tracks over a few years. From what I can tell, I started gathering songs 6 years ago.  I wasn't sure what the mix would sound like when I started laying down the tracks. As it began to take shape I realized it kind of sounded like one of my Blade Runner mixes. It definitely has some of that vibe but I think it's different enough to be it's own thing. I'm very happy with how this one turned out especially considering I didn't have much a plan at the beginning.   LINKS TO THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: https://juneunit.bandcamp.com/album/s-t https://pyecorneraudio.bandcamp.com/album/black-mill-tapes-10th-anniversary-box https://riechmann.bandcamp.com/album/wunderbar https://affin.bandcamp.com/album/saw https://anthologyrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/unusual-sounds https://northernelectronics.bandcamp.com/album/winter-ashes https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/void-rituals https://anaroxanne.bandcamp.com/album/because-of-a-flower-2 https://abulmogardecstatic.bandcamp.com/album/kimberlin-original-soundtrack https://isaacsymonds.bandcamp.com/album/natura-sophia-lp https://timhecker.bandcamp.com/album/shards https://noton.info/product/n-061/ https://gazelletwin.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-the-blumhouse-nocturne-amazon-original-soundtrack-2 https://vactrolpark.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-the-luminous-void https://cortini.bandcamp.com/album/memorie-i https://arovane.bandcamp.com/album/gestalt   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   juneunit - lude (juneunit 2019) 04:35   Pye Corner Audio - Theme Number Five (Black Mill Tapes Vol. 5: The Lost 2020) 08:10   Riechmann - Traumzeit (Wunderbar 1978) 09:23   Absis - Floating In The Soul (Saw 2023) 15:01   Klaus Weiss - Survivor (Unusual Sound 2018) 17:42   Anthony Linell - The Norns of Fate (Winter Ashes 2021) 19:18   Ruptured World - Prophecies of the Vision Zero (Void Rituals 2024) 23:05   Ana Roxanne - A Study in Vastness (Because of a Flower 2020) 29:10   Abul Mogard - I Watched The Sea The Fields The Sky (Kimberlin 2019) 32:12   Isaac Symonds, Yaehsun - Natura Sophia (Natura Sophia 2021) 35:45   Tim Hecker - Joyride Alternate (Shards 2025) 39:39   Alva Noto - HYbr ID Ectopia Elastic 2 (HYbr:ID II 2023) 45:50   Gazelle Twin - Golden Light (Welcome to the Blumhouse - Nocturne: Original Soundtrack) 48:20   Vactrol Park - Glove (Music from the Luminous Void 2018) 54:00   Alessandro Cortini - Come Prima (Memorie I 2020) 60:36   arovane - evvr (gestalt 2020) 62:18   end

  5. Aug 26

    A Thousand Dreams by Roquen Lómë

    I've said many times here that one reason I like hosting guest mixes is because they bring a diversity of styles and choices different from my regular offerings. This latest set from Roquen Lómë accomplishes that beautifully. This mix is lush and gorgeous in a way many of mixes are not. Playing this mix is like a breath of fresh air. Roquen Lómë says: "My last mix was so long in the making that it became sort of a trip to the past. So for this musical journey I wanted to stay as present as possible. But then again, music is timeless, and so are dreams. The *thousand* theme arose naturally while selecting the tracks aiming for more ambient and less vocal vibe. No lyrics this time - only dreamscapes."   Thanks for this lovely mix!   LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: Aret Madilian Seabuckthorn Drombeg & Zenjungle Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick Pan American Arash Sanee Elori Saxl & Henry Solomon Glacis & Adrian Lane Park Jiha Christian Löffler Aukai Thme Hammock Sophie Hutchings Poppy Ackroyd Øystein Skar   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00 Aret Madilian - Sirius (The Abbey Project 2022) 03:45 Seabuckthorn - Shadow Of The Land (A Path Within A Path 2025) 06:40 Drombeg & Zenjungle - A Thousand Nights (Earthworks 2016) 12:54 Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick - Perpetual Adoration (Tragic Magic 2026) 18:10 Pan American - Silver Plane, Now  Boarding (Fly the Ocean in a Silver Plane 2026) 21:29 Arash Sanee - Inside (Inside 2022) 25:34 Elori Saxl & Henry Solomon - A Thousand Steps (Seeing Is Forgetting 2026) 29:40 Glacis & Adrian Lane - Beneath The Waves Many Times Over (We Linger Where We Fell 2026) 32:50 Park Jiha - Blown Leaves (All Living Things 2025) 37:40 Christian Löffler - Pastoral (Parallels 2021) 41:10 Aukai - Vulture (Chambers 2026) 44:20 Thme - A Thousand Thrills (Sleeplaboratory3.0 2022) 48:35 Hammock - Requiem For Johan (Nevertheless 2025) 52:40 Sophie Hutchings - Sleeping Giant (Become the Sky 2025) 55:18 Poppy Ackroyd - For Those Who Wait (Liminal 2026) 61:10 Øystein Skar - Stok (Hem 2025) 65:22 end

    A Thousand Dreams by Roquen Lómë

  6. Aug 19

    Slow Sequences

    This mix is pretty straightforward - it's a collection of Berlin-school style tracks where the arpeggio is relatively slow. I don't know what the actual BPMs are but these tracks are not the driving sequences usually associated with Berlin-school music. They unfold at a more languid, chill pace. I was very happy to be able to include the track "Wenn der Südwind weht" by Roedelius in this mix as it's one of my favorite electronic tracks of all time.  LINKS TO ALL THE MSUIC USED IN THIS MIX: https://arstraumur.bandcamp.com/album/deep-space-travellers https://phelios.bandcamp.com/album/dawn-of-time https://open.spotify.com/album/1LkfDTSn7UnbYXA4yFVPPN?si=wkk9zxYNS3-BzQuQbld_lg https://roedelius-official.bandcamp.com/album/wenn-der-s-dwind-weht https://domeniquedumont.bandcamp.com/album/people-on-sunday https://balmat.bandcamp.com/album/psychic-geography https://lornadune.bandcamp.com/album/sequential-dreaming https://2fel.bandcamp.com/album/stranger-flow https://ultimae.bandcamp.com/album/onwards-system https://grauglanz.bandcamp.com/album/hasardeur https://abstrakce.bandcamp.com/album/una-teor-a-del-ritmo https://rudyadrianongroove.bandcamp.com/album/concerts-in-the-usa https://jonhopkins.bandcamp.com/album/ritual   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Árstraumur - Europa Clipper (Deep Space Travellers 2024) 05:15   Martin Stürtzer - Radiance (Dawn of Time 2024) 10:15   ObukhovAUDIO - Soft Landing on Nowhere (Kosmische Musik 2025) 16:00   Roedelius - Wenn der Südwind weht (Wenn der Südwind Weht 1981) 19:57   Domenique Dumont - Rituals (People on Sunday 2020) 22:43   DoVs - Psychic Geography (Psychic Geography 2025) 26:40   Lorna Dune - Arising (Sequential Dreaming 2025) 30:03   2fel - revisited (stranger flow 2024) 36:36   CELL - Fugitive Perpetuity (Onwards System 2022) 41:24   Grauglanz - schmelzwasser (hasardeur 2026) 49:33   Mecánica Clásica - Agógica (Una Teoría Del Ritmo 2026) 53:00   Rudy Adrian - Turquoise(Dunedin, New Zealand) (Concerts In The USA 2003) 57:10   Jon Hopkins & Vylana - part ii - palace / illusion (RITUAL 2024) 64:20   end

  7. Aug 12

    Painting the Sky - Music for the Perseid Meteor Shower 2026

    The annual Perseid Meteor shower is a great excuse to create a mix of spacey ambient music that is perfect for stargazing. The best viewing nights will be August 12 & 13. I believe there will be a new moon this year so we should have nice, dark skies for viewing.   I've done several of these in the past which you can find here: https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/music-for-the-perseid-meteor-shower/ https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/perfect-perseid-playlist/ https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/soundtrack-for-perseid-meteor-shower-2025/   This mix is almost all music from 2026, with the opening track from 2025. You can find all that music at these links: https://hiraeth-records.bandcamp.com/album/blueberries-on-mars https://tonepoet.bandcamp.com/album/the-cloud-diaries https://homenormal.bandcamp.com/album/la-paura-del-vuoto https://coldtearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-nature-3 https://zakedrone.bandcamp.com/album/microliths-and-momentary-drifts https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/solitarium https://slowcraft.bandcamp.com/album/solitude-and-silence https://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/loom-2 https://phelios.bandcamp.com/album/starfields https://circ.bandcamp.com/album/rite https://thelonelybell.bandcamp.com/album/time-lost   Get out there and watch some stuff burn up in the atmosphere. ☄️🔥   Cheers!     T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   猫 シ Corp. - Stargazing (Blueberries on Mars 2025) 03:50   Tonepoet - Drifting Along the Starlit Canvas (The Cloud Diaries 2026) 12:05   Far Away Nebraska - Liberi di sognare (La paura del vuoto 2026) 18:10   Brickman - Living in the Dark (The Sound of Nature 3 2026) 23:00   zake, Ossa, ASC - Microlith 7 (Microliths and Momentary Drifts 2026) 25:15   Toàn - DEL 4 (Solitarium 2026) 31:15   James Murray - Contemplation (Solitude and Silence 2026) 33:06   State Azure - The Small Hours (Loom 2026) 35:55   Martin Stürtzer - Macrocosm (Starfields 2026) 46:15   anthéne & Far away Nebraska - land into sky (great plains 2026) 52:36   CIRC - Quiet Light (Rite 2026) 57:33   The Lonely Bell - Elsewhere (Time Lost 2026) 62:47   end

  8. Aug 6

    Ambient Summer by Daniel Hawkins

    The summer of guest mixes continues with an awesome set from friend of the show, Daniel Hawkins. He has created several mixes for us in the past and you can find them here: https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/amiably-ambient-by-daniel-hawkins/ https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/the-silence-between-by-daniel-hawkins/ https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/wabi-sabi-by-daniel-hawkins/ https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/dark-woods-by-daniel-hawkins/ https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/metallic-memories/   Daniel says the mix is pretty straightforward - "it's a mix to play on the long summer days - light and easy - no cosmic theme." Thanks Daniel, the vibe is perfect!   LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX: https://chronotopeproject.bandcamp.com/album/event-horizon https://rocketempiremusic.bandcamp.com/album/rocket-empire https://candlegravity.bandcamp.com/album/before-i-go https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0038BEUKE?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback https://jogginghouse.bandcamp.com/album/would https://timereleasedsound.bandcamp.com/album/the-limbic-system https://v-e-n-n.bandcamp.com/album/xiii https://idra.bandcamp.com/album/resonant-bodies-anticipated-memories https://massergy-spm.bandcamp.com/album/fire-opal   Cheers!       T R A C K L I S T : 00:00   Chronotope Project - Automatic Writing (Event Horizon 2013) 06:45   Rocket Empire - Montezuma's Revenge (Rocket Empire 2010) 11:14   Candlegravity - Snow Monkeys (Before I Go 2013) 15:56   Zheleznyak - Silent Field (Attenuated In Ambient 2015) 26:55   Jogging House - Suns (Would 2018) 33:50   Sonmi451 - Cingulate Gyrus (The Limbic System 2015) 40:23   v e n n, E J R M - Disappearing Act, Pt. 1 (VIII 2024) 43:40   IDRA - Remembering Me (Resonant Bodies, Anticipated Memories 2024) 47:50   Massergy - La Extraña (Fire Opal 2019) 57:03   end

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Ambient music mixes for a chaotic world

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    Low Light Mixes
  • Years Active
    2007 - 2026
  • Episodes
    543
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