Time to land on our imaginary island and take a timebreak at the resort hotel ! The idea for this volume was to create a sort of soundtrack for an imaginary retro resort utopia with the opening track from exotica maestro Arthur Lyman being the title theme. It's a volume filled with nostalgia as it tends to be listened as a mental projection from old memories of vacation times, with its (definitely non-tropical) final track by The Caretaker mixed with field recordings being its memory lapse and return to present time...
Thanks for listening !
Tracklist :
- [unknown] - Ambiance plage, voix d'enfants, lointaines (field recording)
- Arthur Lyman - Akaka Falls (reverbed)
- Funcionário - Dolphin Bay Vacation
- Unknown Me - Brazilian Space Agency
- Orlando Kimber / John Keliehor - Garuda
- Jon Hassell - Toucan Ocean
- Roméo Poirier - Thalassocratie
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - A Carved Stone
- Yoshiaki Ochi - Birds Island
- Andrew Pekler - Sunshower At Sandy Island
- Michel Banabila - Woop Blip Blip
- Steve Shehan - Caravan In Kachgar
- Sacred Aviary - Field Study #3
- Finis Africae - Luna
- Inoyama Land - Hotel Rafflesia
- Cybe - The Moon Is Shining Above The Ricefields
- The Caretaker - Moments Of Sufficient Lucidity
- Charles Duvelle, Serge Ricci et Michel Vuylsteke - Oasis (field recording)
Listen here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhx6O0qi1Ts
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80s & 90s Japanese Ambient Mix
by Lex (de Kalhex)
Feat. Junichi Kamiyama, Tomoyuki Asakawa, Stomu Yamashita, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Inoyama Land, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Toshifumi Hinata, Yuriko Nakamura, Fumio Miyashita, Ichiko Hashimoto..
"A selection of ambient & new age tracks that Lex discovered while digging for CDs in second hand stores during his last trips in Japan between 2018 & 2019."
#newage #ambient #electronic #leftfield #minimal #japan #80s #90s
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Listed: Dummy
Dummy, from Los Angeles, is a five-piece band situated somewhere between Stereolab and No Age, which is to say, their sharp guitar riffage is submerged in a warm amniotic bath of buzzing drone. In her review of Mandatory Enjoyment, Jennifer Kelly observed, “Their songs offer a weird, intoxicating mix of judder and solace, like Clinic on a micro-dose.” Here all five members kick in a couple of cultural artifacts that make them happy.
Joe
The White Vault Podcast
I've been super into a couple cosmic horror podcasts recently, this and The Phenomenon have been favorites. The White Vault has four seasons, and is currently airing the 5th, and final season. The care in the production value with the voice actors, sound design and script are fantastic. The first season's opening credits get me every time. The story is kinda hard to explain, but it's very Lovecraftian, you care about the characters, and the reveals are all intriguing. I listen to this when I'm in bed getting ready to fall asleep. I just love it.
Time Wharp — Feel No Pain
I've found myself really drawn to Time Wharp's music recently, between the recent singles on Leaving records and her album Feel No Pain. The Leaving singles have been leaning more into the kosmische realm which I'm super into and very excited for an album length release of this vibe. Feel No Pain is much more ambient, new age and mellow. My husband (Alex, Dummys drummer) and I listen to it in the mornings while drinking coffee, but I've also listened on solo drives and walks. It's a beautiful, peaceful and contemplative listen. The textures and sound design are cosmic and very easy to let envelop you in bliss.
Mark
Ithaca — A Game For All Who Know (1973)
This album was created by a group of friends at their home studio where they produced records by their semi fictitious bands for the fun of it. Together Peter Howell, John Ferdinando and Lee Menelaus wrote A Game For All Who Know as Ithaca. A Game For All Who Know flows stylistically through baroque pop, folk and psychedelic rock with apocalyptic theming through a DIY soundscape. I find myself coming back to these recordings during wintertime in Los Angeles.
Mark Tester — Super Hiss (2020)
Mark Tester's Super Hiss is a delightful trip through home recorded psychedelic soundscapes akin to Kraftwerk's Ralf & Florian. Super Hiss is perfect for cleaning your room, organizing your belongings or just to sit and listen to. No matter how many times I put this on I always find new textures and patterns that jump out and resonate with me.
Emma
PBS Eons YouTube Channel
I’ve gotten into a habit of watching the videos on the Eons channel lately as I’m winding down for bed. It feels good to watch something genuinely educational. Paleontology and Biology have always been fascinating to me, but past high school, I had never taken it upon myself to educate myself more on those subjects... save for the occasional nature documentary. The hosts of this show have a wholesome, genuine, teacherly quality and the content doesn’t seem dumbed down. There is so much content out there specifically designed to entertain, or to make you laugh, but I think every single person on earth could stand to be a little more educated.
CathodeTV
For anyone into bizarre foreign films, B horror, found footage, lesser appreciated gems, etc. This is an online TV channel that live streams all of the above and more, continuously, 24/7. They often curate their days of programming around a single theme. Today, for example, is Time Travel. I’ve discovered a lot of cool things on this channel, and it’s just nice to know it’s always there. We can’t help it much now, but I’d rather not let algorithms curate what I watch. I trust CathodeTV to show me new and interesting things. Highly recommended.
Final Fantasy 7 OST— Nobuo Uematsu (1997)
JRPG soundtracks hold a special place for me. I believe this one is the most precious. I grew up playing through this story a few times and would always find myself passing time in different scenes blissed out to the music. The soft midi sounds and beautifully emotive compositions blend perfectly to match this story of this eco-terrorist group trying to save the world. A beautifully depressing masterpiece.
iPod Touch by Apple (2007)
Earlier this past year I found myself more annoyed and disconnected than I've ever been with how I keep and listen to music. I had been brainwashed by the Spotify corporation to listen to playlists they'd curate for me every week and I noticed myself falling into a deeper hole of unappreciativeness from all the terrible songs I'd heard. I ended up getting an iPod from Joe's stash and began a new chapter in my life. It really helps me keep music separate from the monotonous feeling of cell phones and the attachments we have to them.
Alex
Inoyama Land/Takashi Sekiguchi — Heart (2000)
I had never heard of this album before listening to it, stumbling on it while listening through the Inoyama Land catalogue. I don't know much about it. There's very little to find written about it online. Only ever released on CD, no reissues. And yet it's one of the most stunning ambient works I've ever heard. It floats effortlessly between glistening FM synth-scapes and ethereal organic strings and mallets. I've returned to it so much over the last couple years. I highly encourage you to find this and listen to it, and enter the dreamworld.
Solange — When I Get Home
When it originally came out, I felt somewhat underwhelmed by this record. But I had a funny feeling that I was missing something about it. So, when I put it on earlier this year after not hearing it for months, I was blown away by its deliriously surreal tone. This record does not hold your hand, it just opens the door for you to enter its murky, intimate world. Melody circulates through the songs but the understated instrumentals offer little popification. Instead, abruptness and dynamic shifts are embraced. It's a brilliant musical vision and it cements Solange as one of the greatest artist working in music today.
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