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luv472

ambient revolution, electronic listening music, jazz, library music, odd pop, weird

luv472 From On Hold To Eternity

From On Hold To Eternity

have you ever made a call and been placed on hold for what seemed like an eternity? it’s happened to me many times, but the last time it happened it was different. at first everything seemed normal. i dialed the number, was told to hold for a moment and then the muzak started, designed to placate my savage soul while i wait for someone to answer my call. at first it was innocuous enough, somewhat groovy, happy music music with all the extremes tidily trimmed. as i was grooving along and not really paying attention to the time, 20 minutes slipped past and i started getting kinda antsy and bored of waiting around. it was really starting to get to me. now as this was happening the music playing on the end of the line started changing to fit my mood. i didn’t even notice it happening but as an apathetic feeling started coming over me, the music started becoming more formless. i had been waiting so long that the very concept of time began losing all meaning. i was floating in a void where the muzak had melted away and faraway sounds from ancient telephone lines started peaking through. i was floating free, waiting for someone, anyone, to answer my call. after some more time passed i started getting comfortable with this new timeless freedom and the music slowly started coming back to life. at this point i was feeling a little bit washed out from being on the phone for so long so i closed my eyes and just listened.  eventually the music stopped and i just hung up, having completely forgotten why i made the call in the first place. luckily i record all my telephone calls for quality assurance purposes and can present to you the most transcendental hold muzak i have ever heard.
photo : Phase Holden Topple

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Tracklist:
  1. Keep It Happy – Nick Perito – MUZAK (1971)
  2. Canty – Orchestra Cometa – Cometa Edizioni Musicali (1976/2016)
  3. Lucky Girl – Take Six – Music De Wolfe (1980)
  4. Beautiful People – Geoff Bastow – Programme Music / JW Music Library / Be With Records (1975/2024)
  5. We’ve Only Just Begun – Grant Green – Blue Note (1971/2024)
  6. Analcolico – Giovanni Tommaso – SR Records / Sonor Music Editions (1972/2019)
  7. Swelling Itchy Brain (EZ Listening Muzak Version) – Devo – Club Devo / Futurismo (1981/2016)
  8. Temperament VII – Ragnar Grippe – BIS (1982)
  9. excerpt from Mundus Intellectualis – Nicole Lachartre – Metaphon (1973/2023)
  10. Winter Hours – The Advisory Circle – Ghost Box (2014)
  11. Über Den Wolken – Hans-Joachim Roedelius – Venture / Bureau B (1987/2011)
  12. excerpt from Mundus Intellectualis – Nicole Lachartre – Metaphon (1973/2023)
  13. Water Boy – Clara Rockmore & Nadia Reisenberg – Bridge Records / Mississippi Records (1975/2006/2021)
  14. Contemplation – Master Wilburn Burchette – Burchette Brothers / Numero Group (1975/2024)
  15. excerpt from Mundus Intellectualis – Nicole Lachartre – Metaphon (1973/2023)
  16. Waiting Montage – Ennio Morricone – Applause Records / Dagored (1982/2008)
  17. Moody You – Norman Candler – Sonoton / Be With Records (1980/2023)
  18. Elevator Up – Disconscious – Tinnitus Records / Mental Groove Records / Musique Pour La Danse (2013/2023)
  19. Eternity – Alan Hawkshaw – Bruton Music / Ace (1979/2024)
  20. excerpt from Mundus Intellectualis – Nicole Lachartre – Metaphon (1973/2023)

luv460

ambient revolution

luv460 Stay At Home Astronaut

Stay At Home Astronaut

after 30 years of djing and practicing the art of “traveling without moving” i have decided what i want to be when i grow up, a stay at home astronaut. trips will leave multiple times daily from Room Base Alpha nestled deep in the bosom of the Record Canyon. fourth dimensional travel is possible and encouraged! all you need to come along are open ears and an open mind, this stay at home astronaut will do the rest.
photo : some of the hi-tech equipment used at Room Base Alpha

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Tracklist:
  1. Ascension – Laraaji & Kramer – Shimmy Disc (2023)
  2. Greeting in 55 Languages from The Voyager Golden Record sent into space aboard the two Voyager spacecraft in 1977 – Ozma Records (1977/2017)
  3. Mexican Helium – Adam Wiltzie – Kranky (2024)
  4. Cry – Howie B. – Polydor (1996)
  5. Automatic Writing (side a) – Robert Ashley – Lovely Music. Ltd. (1979/2019)
  6. Carribea – Raymond Scott – Basta (2017)
  7. Twenty Four – Cate Brooks – Clay Pipe Music (2023)
  8. Cul-de-Sac – Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Castles In Space (2024)
  9. Cafe Del Mars – Actress – Smalltown Supersound (2024)
  10. Pacific Dawn – Tom Dissevelt – Philips / Sonitron (1963/2014)
  11. Like I Was A Spectator – Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno – Virgin EMI Records / UMC (1983/2019)
  12. excerpts of Frank Borman, William A. Anders & James A. Lovell Jr.’s descriptions of the Moon from Apollo 8 on December 24th, 1968 – Time-Life Records (1969)
  13. Luna Park – Tod Dockstader – Owl Records / Doxy (1961/1966/2014)
  14. Danza Galattica – MOGGI (Piero Umiliani) – Omicron / Musica Per Immagini (1980/2022)
  15. Norms – MatthewDavid – Leaving Records (2023)
  16. Gliding Through Everything – Four Tet – Text Records (2024)
  17. Six – Black Decelerant – RVNG Intl. (2023)
  18. From The Bluff – Ernest Hood – Thistlefield / Rexus Records / Freedom To Spend (1975/2019)
  19. Crystal Eyes – Jonny from Space – Incienso Records (2024)
  20. Exoplanet Ross128B – The Orb – Cooking Vinyl (2024)

luv447

ambient revolution, weird

luv447 liminalanimil

liminalanimil

you are stuck in the middle. nothing before you, nothing behind you and a vast emptiness on either side. time has become ambiguous. you have become the liminalanimil.
photo : Richy Wainhall

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Tracklist:
  1. … On Reflection (Four) – William Basinski & Janek Schaefer – Temporary Residence (2022)
  2. Artefact 3 – Paul Cousins – Castles In Space (2022)
  3. Vast Landscape – Future Sound Of London – fsoldigital.com (2014)
  4. Lies – King Midas Sound – Cosmo Rhythmatic (2019)
  5. State Forest – Burial – Hyperdub (2019)
  6. Night Life In Twin Peaks – Angelo Badalamenti – Warner Bros. (1990)
  7. Transient Scratch – We™ – Asphodel (1996)
  8. Airtribe Meets The Dream Ghost – Steve Roach – Fortuna Records / Telephone Explosion Records (1988/2018)
  9. Moonquake – The New Obsolescents – Castles In Space (2021)
  10. Elevator Down – Disconscious – Tinnitus Records / Mental Groove Records / Musique Pour La Danse (2013/2023)
  11. Catchy DAAD – Oval – Mille Plateaux (1994)
  12. You Could Feel The Sky – Boards Of Canada – Warp (2002)
  13. excerpt from side B of the Eraserhead Original Soundtrack – David Lynch & Alan R. Splet – I.R.S. Records (1982)
  14. Persistent Repetition Of Phrases – The Caretaker – Install / History Always Favours The Winners (2008/2023)

luv414

ambient revolution, electronic listening music, original soundtracks, weird
luv414 The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone

in every urban center in the world, late at night after all the good people have gone to bed, The Dead Zone comes on the air. it can only be found at the bottom of the FM radio dial after all the busy city streets are empty. no one knows where the sound found at the low end of the FM dial emanates from but when it crackles to life it is the perfect audio companion for the desolation of urban sprawl. so if you find yourself out driving late at night and notice no one else around, wind down your FM dial and you may find yourself in The Dead Zone.
photo : M.T. Sitty

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Tracklist:
  1. Drained Lake – Loscil – Kranky (2016)
  2. The Port – Maria Teresa Luciani – Fama srl / Finders Keepers Records (1972/2017)
  3. Oriaca – Phoenecia – Schematic (2000)
  4. Funeral (from Hereditary) – Colin Stetson – Milan (2018)
  5. The Box Car Incident (from The Gauntlet) – Jerry Fielding – Warner Bros. (1978)
  6. untitled (side B, track 1 of Themes for GRIND ) – Will Sergeant – Ninety-Two Happy Customers (1982)
  7. Lange Melodie Für Den Countdown (Long Melody Towards Countdown) – Clara Mondshine – Innovative Communication / Survival Research (1981/2020)
  8. Parallasse (from Space: 1999) – Ennio Morricone – RCA / Death Waltz Recording Company (1972/1975/2016)
  9. Lux1 – Seefeel – Warp (1994/2021)
  10. The Original Soundtrack Of The Coum Transmissions Film Of “After Cease To Exist” – Throbbing Gristle – Industrial Records (1977)
  11. Graviton – Dopplereffekt – International Deejay Gigolo Records / WéMè Records (2003/2020)
  12. 100301 – Opiate – Vertical Form (2001)
  13. Velvet Owl – Amon Tobin – Nomark Records (2019)
  14. Parabola – Xor Gate – Tresor (2018)
  15. Immanence – Oneohtrix Point Never – No Fun Productions / Software / Mexican Summer (2009/2013)

luv404

ambient revolution, weird
luv404 Not Found

Not Found

404 SYSTEM ERROR : NOT FOUND
not found = lost
lost = gone, adrift, wandering, off-course, obscured, disoriented, wayward, misplaced, missing
WARNING : the first few minutes of this mixtape are a slow building drone, but don’t worry, after that it gets weirder.
image : not found

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Tracklist:
  1. Gegenstimmung – Reinhard Berg – Melbourne Records (1972/1975/1980)
  2. Nucleaire – Philippe Doray, Les Asociaux Associés – Gratte-Ciel / SouffleContinu Records (1977/2020)
  3. Весенний Этюд = Spring Etude – Vladimir Martynov – Мелодия / modern silence (1980/2016)
  4. Gwendoline Descendue! – Bernard Gagnon – Tenzier (1981/2012)
  5. Vagues – Rhythm & Noise – Ralph Records (1984)
  6. Mirror’s – Moolah – Atman Music & Recordings (1974/2012)
  7. Studie 1 – Karlheinz Stockhausen – modern silence (1953/2016)
  8. Infiltration – Moebius & Plank – Sky / Bureau B (1981/2010)
  9. Huh? – The New Obsolescents – Castles In Space (2021)
  10. track 5, side A of Negativland – Negativland – Seeland (1980)
  11. Knock At The Door – John Carpenter – Death Waltz Recording Company (1984/2013)
  12. Radio Void – Chris & Cosey – Rough Trade / Conspiracy International (1981/2019)
  13. Solar Ellipse – Barry Truax – Cambridge Street Records (1985)
  14. Prismatic Forest – Alwin Nikolais – Hanover / Cacophonic (1959/2013)
  15. A Thousand Whispers – Tim Story – Atem / Dias Records (1982/2021)
  16. Line Extension – Oval – Mille Plateaux / Thrill Jockey (1995/1996)

luv400

ambient revolution
luv400 Before I Knew The Orchid Was

Before I Knew The Orchid Was

after 10 years the battle still wages between stress and stresslessness. having been at the forefront of the ambient revolution for the past decade we have truly seen the dire need for things to chill out. with this mixtape of goodwill and ultra-chill we want you all to know that the ambient revolution is still going strong, aiding you in your quest for quietude of the soul.
photo : Roamer Farechild

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Tracklist:
  1. Starsail – Emerald Web – Stargate / Finders Keepers Records (1980/2014)
  2. Drifting In Wire – Single Cell Orchestra – Astralwerks (1995)
  3. Audax – Biosphere – Biophon Records (2016)
  4. Gold And Lead – Tom Dissevelt – Philips / Sonitron (1963/2014)
  5. Dem Wanderer – Cluster – Sky Records (1976)
  6. A Saucerful Of Ambience Part IV – The Dark Side Of The Moog – Fax +49-69/450464 / Music On Vinyl (1995/2018)
  7. A Saucerful Of Ambience Part XII – The Dark Side Of The Moog – Fax +49-69/450464 / Music On Vinyl (1995/2018)
  8. Optimistic In Wonderland – Pub – Ampoule (2001)
  9. Land – Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange – Fantôme Phonographique (1964/2019)
  10. Metaz form8 – Autechre – Warp (2020)
  11. 坂東太郎のりうきょう / Flow Of The Tone River – Sugai Ken – Field Records (2020)
  12. Bön 5 – Förlåt Oss Våra Skulder (Prayer 5 – Forgive Us Our Debts) – Ralph Lundsten – His Master’s Voice / Light in The Attic (1972/2016)
  13. Crashing Sphere – Starkey – Civil Music (2012)

luv391

ambient revolution, electronic listening music
luv391 Flummoxed

Flummoxed

my mind has been a jumble of confusion. so i took the swirling sounds, off-kilter rhythms and odd sonic signatures running loose in my mind and, with a synthesis of new and old, created a timeless void where we can go when we need to lose ourselves.
image : Nester Stronghook

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Tracklist:
  1. Dark Plasma – Joel Vandroogenbroeck – Coloursound Library / Aguirre Records (1980/2015)
  2. Frankel – Mapstation – Soul Static Sound (2000)
  3. Elettronica [#5] – Ennio Morricone – Death Waltz Recording Company (1975/2017)
  4. Describing Bodies – Oneohtrix Point Never – Editions Mego (2010)
  5. アトムのB.G.M. – Matsuo Ohno – ALM Records / Survival Research (1975/2019)
  6. Without Excess – Speaker Music – Planet Mu (2019)
  7. Fabbrica N.4 – Gerardo Iacoucci – Canopo / Intervallo (1972/2017)
  8. Drone – Tod Dockstader – Owl Records / DOXY (1962/1966/2014)
  9. The Crocodile – Shit And Shine – Editions Mego (2017)
  10. Summit Melody – Team Doyobi – Skam (2004)
  11. 葆光飴 Hokouame – Sugai Ken – Discrepant (2018)
  12. Butterfly No. 3 – Morton Subotnick – Columbia (1974)
  13. Vegetable – Black Dice – Paw Tracks (2009)
  14. Walk – Freeform – Skam (2005)

luv390

ambient revolution, electronic listening music, odd pop, weird
luv390 Don't Mind Me

Don’t Mind Me

oh, hi there. don’t mind me. i am just putting some beautiful music up on the interwebs. much like i have been doin’ for about… oh well would you look at that. seems that this here mixtape marks the 10th year that dj luv’s records have been going around. that’s a mighty long time. but i’m here to tell ya that i don’t mind. no sir, not one bit. why i would be making these darn mixtapes anyway so i figure why not share ’em. so don’t you worry, you can keep expectin’ ’em, cos as far near as i can tell we have only scratched the surface of what the Record Canyon has tucked away. thanks to those who have listened and shared. spread the luv, that’s what i always say.
photo : Liz Pieries

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Tracklist:
  1. Never In And Never Out – Animals On Wheels – Ntone (1999)
  2. Carousel – Iron and Wine – Sub Pop (2007)
  3. Being It – Arthur Russell – Upside Records / Audika (1986/2005)
  4. Seascape – Dick Mills for BBC Radiophonic Workshop – BBC Records / Silva Screen (1983/2016)
  5. I Know They Say – Spectrum – Silvertone Records / Medical Records LLC (1994/2018)
  6. Preludietto – Alessandro Alessandroni – SR Records / Sonor Music Editions (1972/2019)
  7. Wesak – Gimmer Nicholson – Peabody / Light In The Attic (1969/1981/2016)
  8. Mama Kilio E – Jean-Bosco Mwenda – Mississippi Records (2019)
  9. Blumenthal – Ulrich Schnauss – City Centre Offices / Scripted Realities (2003/2020)
  10. Master Of The Game – Silica Gel – Wifflefist / Future Logic Development Corporation (1993/2016)
  11. Cave Ballad – Andy Hull & Robert McDowell ft. Paul Dano – Lakeshore Records (2016)
  12. Deep – Hex – Ninja Tune (1993)
  13. This Side Of The Blue – Joanna Newsom – Drag City (2004)
  14. The Distance – Manual – Morr Music (2002)
  15. Long Distance Look – Steve Hiett – CBS/Sony / Efficient Space / Be With Records (1983/2019)
  16. Canto Triste – MPB-4 – Philips (1975/1982)
  17. Children Crying – The Congos – Black Art / Blood And Fire (1977/1996)
  18. Intogeymy – The Lower Buttons – Ubuntu Publishing (1964/2014)
  19. Naima – John Coltrane – Atlantic (1960)

luv383

ambient revolution
luv383 Near Quaint

Near Quaint

when time seems to stand still, the ambient revolution will be there.
when days turn into weeks that turn into months, the ambient revolution will be there.
when the world outside seems unreachable, the ambient revolution will be there.
so take this time to stop the clock and rest assured knowing the ambient revolution will always be there for you.
photo : Léonard Misonne

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Tracklist:
  1. The Better Angels Of Our Nation – Stars Of The Lid – Kranky (1995)
  2. ending of Prélude Au Sommeil (side A) – Jean Jacques Perrey – Institut Dormiphone / Fantôme Phonographique (1958/2018)
  3. Visions During Movement – J.D. Emmanuel – Aguirre (1981/2017)
  4. ending of Waves Part II – Jade Warrior – Island (1975)
  5. Quiet Friend – Steve Roach – Fortuna Records / Soundquest Music / Telephone Explosion (1984/2017)
  6. Reaping – Meemo Comma – Planet Mu (2019)
  7. 12:18 – Global Communication – Dedicated / Music On Vinyl (1994/2020)
  8. Microstoria Runtime Engine – Microstoria & Oval – Thrill Jockey (1997)
  9. Saumpfad – Roedelius – Sky Records / Bureau B (1981/2010)
  10. Andata – Ryuichi Sakamoto – Milan (2017)
  11. Internal Bewildered World – The Caretaker – History Always Favours The Winners (2017)
  12. Mescalin Mix – Terry Riley – Jeanne Dielman (1962/2018)
  13. Father Of Light – Syrinx – True North / Rvng Intl. (1970/2016)
  14. The Moth And The Flame Part II – Keith Jarrett – ECM Records (1981)

luv374

ambient revolution, krautrock, weird
luv374 Virgin Ambient Flyer

Virgin Ambient Flyer

i have always had the sneaking suspicion that Richard Branson co-founded Virgin Records in 1972 to better soundtrack his future hot air balloon adventures. as you may recall, in 1987 he became one of the first people to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a hot air balloon, crash landing in the water off the coast of Northern Ireland. at the time their balloon, the “Virgin Atlantic Flyer” was the largest in the world; so naturally it sunk.

recently i met a longtime employee for the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, England, where the “Virgin Atlantic Flyer” now resides. he was part of the team that salvaged and cleaned out the craft after the emergency landing and he confirms that there was a good sound system and a box of reel-to-reel tapes stowed on board. of course they were all destroyed but he recalls one of the reels being clearly labeled “Avant Garde Virgin Cuts”. this mix is what i imagine was on that tape Sir Branson listened to while he floated among the clouds.

image : a Thunder & Colt decal on the outside of the Virgin Atlantic Flyer.

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Tracklist:
  1. Romance – Peter Baumann – Virgin (1976)
  2. excerpt from Percolations : Part One – Gong – Virgin (1976)
  3. Garden Of Paradise – Steve Hillage – Virgin (1979)
  4. The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine – Gong – Virgin (1973)
  5. Träum Mal Wieder – Holger Czukay – Virgin (1984)
  6. The Blue Blue Third – Rip Rig + Panic – Uh Huh Prods / Virgin (1981)
  7. Glass C/W Steel – Fred Frith – Caroline / Virgin (1974)
  8. Circulation Of Events – Tangerine Dream – Ohr / Virgin (1973/1976)
  9. Glimmer – John Foxx – Metal Beat / Virgin (1980/1981)
  10. Tropic Of Capricorn – Edgar Froese – Virgin (1978)
  11. Toyota City – The Human League – Virgin (1980)
  12. Linguaphonie – Henry Cow – Virgin / Red Records (1974/1979)
  13. Krautrock – Faust – Virgin (1973)
  14. Caucasian Lullaby – Slap Happy / Henry Cow – Virgin (1975)
  15. Gegenstand – John Greaves / Peter Blegvad / Lisa Herman – Virgin (1977)
  16. Étoile Polaire (North Star) – Philip Glass – Virgin (1977)