56.7MB – one hour, two minutes, eight seconds

The eerie and whimsical sound of aged and ageless BBC electronic music and television, now with a decidedly modern (and twisted) twist by today’s strangest artists, plus one orgy. An uninterrupted mix.

Tracklist:
1. “In Your Own Time” by Moon Wiring Club from Shoes Off and Chairs Away (Gecophonic)
2. “Main Titles” by John Gale from Dr. Phibes Rises Again! soundtrack (Perseverance)
3. “Rosy Retrospection” by The Caretaker from Persistent Repetition of Phrases (Install)
4. “Melancholia VIII” by William Basinski from Melancholia (2062)
5. “Grey Water” by Tor Lundvall from Empty City (Strange Fortune)
6. “Amoeba” by Woob from Woob (Em:t)
7. “Hotel Freund” by Black to Comm from Alphabet 1968 (Type)
8. “Warp/Warpable” by Deathprod from Nordheim Transformed (Rune Grammofon)
9. “Ten Years or Twenty” by Moon Wiring Club from Shoes Off and Chairs Away (Gecophonic)
10. “The Willows” by Belbury Poly from The Willows (Ghost Box)
11. “The New Mobility” by Belbury Poly from The Owl’s Map (Ghost Box)
12. “Dead Eyes Opened” by Severed Heads from ComMerz (LTM)
13. “The Devil Is in the Details” by Boards of Canada from Geogaddi (Warp)
14. “New Trumpets of Time” by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti from Lover Boy (Ballbearings Pinatas)
15. “Secret Admirer” by Freescha from Head Warlock Double Stare (Attack 9)
16. “My Game of Loving” by White Noise from An Electric Storm (Island)
17. “Salty Sun Tales” by The Focus Group from We Are All Pan’s People (Ghost Box)
18. “They Are in the Room with Us Right Now” by Roj from The Transactional Dharma of Roj (Ghost Box)
19. “Man” by Edward Williams from Life on Earth (Trunk)

… and various clippings from the BBC Sound Effects Library (Volumes 8, 15, 19), released by Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Princeton NJ.

Download: Quiet Sounds Episode 27: Fine from ‘09, Part 2: The Rest of the Best

63.4MB – one hour, nine minutes, fifteen seconds

Part two of my yearly best-of selection.

Tracklist:
1. “Add Infinity” by Mountains from Choral (Thrill Jockey) (start time: 1:05)
2. “Maginot” by Benoit Pioulard from “Flocks” 7″ (Blue Flea) (8:13)
3. “Dopplerton” by Bibio from Vignetting the Compost (Mush) (13:50)
4. “Part 2″ by Grouper from live recording from All Tomorrow’s Parties (Free Music Archive) (18:15)
5. “From An Ancient Star” by Belbury Poly from From an Ancient Star (Ghost Box) (30:39)
6. “Fields Are Breathing” by Black Moth Super Rainbow from Eating Us (Graveface) (35:31)
7. “Spring” by Ducktails from Landscapes (Olde English Spelling Bee) (38:58)
8. “The Void” by Papercuts from You Can Have What You Want (Gnomonsong) (41:50)
9. “Quicksand” by Lotus Plaza from The Floodlight Collective (Kranky) (46:29)
10. “Long Way” by Parks from Hidden (Infraction) (57:57)
11. “Lest You Forget” by BVdub from We Were the Sun (Quietus) (68:41)

Download: Quiet Sounds Episode 26: Fine from ‘09, Part I: Ambient

58.3MB – one hour, three minutes, thirty-nine seconds

Some of my favorite ambient of 2009. Stay tuned for part two.

Tracklist:
1. “100 Years Ago” by Tim Hecker from An Imaginary Country (Kranky) (start time: 0:55)
2. “We Might Just Have What You Need” by The Fun Years from Split 10″ w/.cut (Three:Four) (4:10)
3. “The ACC” by Simon Scott from Navigare (Miasmah) (6:18)
4. “Sunday After the War” by Harold Budd & Clive Wright from Candylion (Darla) (14:58)
5. “Gaited Florets” by Celer from Mane Blooms (Low Point) (18:32)
6. “Canal Rocks” by Solo Andata from Solo Andata (12K) (24:19)
7. “Xerrox Sora” by Alva Noto from Xerrox, Vol. 2 (Raster Noton) (28:30)
8. “Ships Without Meaning” by Oneohtrix Point Never from Rifts (No Fun) (40:10)
9. “Lord, Am I Going Down?” by Mokira from Persona (Type) (49:24)
10. “Blooming Woods” by Sleepy Town Manufacture & Unit 21 from No Traces (Infraction) (56:24)

Download: Quiet Sounds Episode 25: New & Narcotic

60.4MB – one hour, five minutes, fifty-seven seconds

Recent records, and a return to classy commentary.

Tracklist:
1. “Major Spillage” (edit) by White Rainbow from New Clouds (Kranky) (start time: 1:17)
2. “Seagull’s Flight” by Ducktails from Landscapes (Olde English Spelling Bee) (8:03)
3. “Cloudbank” by Julianna Barwick from Florine (Julianna Barwick Productions) (19:07)
4. “False Horizon” by Grouper from split 7″ w/City Center (self-released—please note I referred to this as released by Soft Abuse in the ‘cast, which is incorrect info!) (23:18)
5. “Paragon Point” by Tim Hecker from An Imaginary Country (Kranky) (27:18)
6. “Diotima” by Emeralds from Emeralds (Wagon/Gneiss Things) (31:42)
7. “Seaside” by Ethernet from 144 Pulsations of Light (Kranky) (45:39)
8. “Wind Blown Guitar” (edit) by David Tagg from Wind Blown Guitar (Second Sun Recordings) (50:45)
9. “A Darker Light” by Steve Roach from Dynamic Stillness (Projekt) (58:23)

Download: Quiet Sounds Episode 24: Feeling Hot Hot Hot

53.5MB – fifty-eight minutes, twenty-five seconds

hazy, hot, and humid ambient for the warmed at heart

Tracklist:
1. “Black Star” by Todd Fletcher from Star (Arya/Amplexus) (start time: 0:50)
2. “Inscape & Landscape” by A Produce from Inscape & Landscape (Trance Port) (7:45)
3. “Gulch” by A Small, Good Thing from Slim Westerns (Soleilmoon/Leaf) (12:37)
4. “Sandtreader” by Harold Budd from Lovely Thunder (EG) (17:39)
5. “Savannah Mirage” by Ashera from Colour Glow (Ashera Music) (22:31)
6. “Indian Mantra” by David Moufang from Solitaire (FAX) (27:33)
7. “What’s On Your Mind?” by Sine from Em:t 3394 (Em:t) (31:46)
8. “In the Heat of Venus” (edit) by Steve Roach (with Thom Brennan) from Western Spaces (Fortuna) (41:31)
9. “Heat” by Adam Pacione from Heat (Primary Records) (51:54)

Download: Quiet Sounds Episode 23: Monsters of Long-Haired Hippie Beardo Ambient

64MB – one hour, nine minutes, fifty six seconds

“Hey, man is that AMBIENT?”
“YEAH, MAN!”
“Well, TURN IT UP, MAN!”

Tracklist:
1. “Sunrain” by Ashra from New Age of Earth (Virgin) (start time: 1:07)
2. “Kekse” by Harmonia from Deluxe (Brain) (8:21)
3. “Aqua Shimmering” by Laraaji from Harmony with Ambience (Windfarm) (12:27)
4. “Four Ever Rainbow” (edit) by Steve Hillage from Rainbow Dome Musick (Virgin) (21:44)
5. “Morning” (edit) by Michael Stearns from Morning Jewel (Earth Turtle/Groove Unlimited) (28:31)
6. “Akasha” by Paul Horn from Inside the Taj Mahal (Kuckuck) (34:47)
7. “March of the Colossus” by J.D. Emmanuel from Solid Dawn—Electronic Works 1979–1982 (Kvist) (37:28)
8. “Abraxas” by Deuter from Aum (Kuckuck) (42:07)
9. “Door of Your Enigma” by Kawabata Makoto from Hosanna Mantra (Important) (43:31)
10. “Circulation of Events” by Tangerine Dream from Atem (Sanctuary/Castle) (50:02)
11. “Warm Clicked Fruit” by White Rainbow from Prism of Eternal Now (Kranky) (55:38)
12. “Something In Tears” by Steve Roach from Quiet Music (Fortuna) (64:19)

Download: Quiet Sounds Episode 22: Great and from ‘08

65.9MB – one hour, eleven minutes, fifty seven seconds

Pillowy ambient and dream pop to quietly usher out another year.

Tracklist:
1. “Yes No Piano” by Bachel from Go-Gax ep (Ampoule/Talent Hoover) (start time: 1:32)
2. “Without Motion” by The Sight Below from Glider (Ghostly International) (11:15)
3. “Basilica” (Keith Berry remix) by Rameses III from Basilica (Important) (15:27)
4. “In the End It Won’t Matter” by Eluder from The Most Beautiful Blue (Infraction) (20:31)
5. “Heavy Water/I’d Rather Be Sleeping” by Grouper from Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (Type) (26:42)
6. “Young Love” by Fabio Orsi from Audio for Lovers (Last Visible Dog) (29:29)
7. “Petrified Forest” by Celer from Nacreous Clouds (And/Oar) (35:26)
8. “Trains” by Parks from Umber (Infraction) (38:16)
9. “Levante” by Pub from Making Trakcx.5 (Ampoule/Talent Hoover) (44:52)
10. “Grey Scale” by Fennesz from Black Sea (Touch) (51:58)
11. “Aura Seminalis I” by Alio Die from Aura Seminalis (Hic Sunt Leones) (55:18)
12. “Intermittent Haiku” by Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Tim Story from Inlandish (Grönland) (60:30)
13. “You Came To Me” by Beach House from Devotion (Carpark) (61:49)
14. “The Loom Pedal” by Benoît Pioulard from Temper (Kranky) (65:48)
15. “Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel” by Atlas Sound from Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel (Kranky) (71:47)

Download: Quiet Sounds Episode 21: IDM: Indolent Dance Music

74.6MB – one hour, twenty-one minutes, thirty-five seconds

Rather sleep than dance?

Tracklist:
1. “Bug Attack” by Saasfee* from Mt. Fern (Saasfee*) (start time: 1:53)
2. “Frame” by Shuttle358 from Frame (12K) (6:31)
3. “One Thing In Mind” by Redcell from Redcell/Stasis split (B12) (14:03)
4. “Particle 3” by Miles Tilmann from 3D Concepts (Toytronic) (19:54)
5. “Television Tower” by Monolake from Cinemascope (Imbalance Computer Music) (23:26)
6. “You Need” (Cepia remix) by Mr. Projectile from Atlantic Blood (Sublight) (29:03)
7. “Wet Tip Hen Axe” by Aphex Twin from I Care Because You Do (Warp) (33:37)
8. “Rosery Pilots” by Balil from Parasight (Rising High) (38:21)
9. “Morphic Fields” by Deep Space Network from Earth to Infinity (Source) (44:53)
10. “Two Of” by Gescom from 0161 (V/vm / Skam) (54:09)
11. “Skim Two” by CiM from Reference (Defocus) (59:46)
12. “Le Soleil et la Mer” by Reload from A Collection of Short Stories (Infonet) (61:19)
13. “Last Breath” by Xela from For Frosty Mornings and Summer Nights (Neo Ouija) (68:45)
14. “Everything You Do Is a Balloon” by Boards of Canada from Hi Scores (Skam) (74:29)

Download: Quiet Sounds Episode 20: The Very Soul of the Machine

71.3MB – one hour, seventeen minutes, forty-five seconds

Mandala sequencing and blissed-out cloud-hop.

Tracklist:
1. “Departure from the Northern Wasteland” (edit) by Michael Hoenig from Departure from the Northern Wasteland (Kuckuck) (start time: 1:10)
2. “Arrival” by Steve Roach from Empetus (Fortuna) (9:19)
3. “Red Birds Will Fly Out of the East and Destroy Paris In a Night” (edit) by Coil from Musick to Play in the Dark 1 (Chalice) (11:48)
4. “Movements of a Visionary” by Tangerine Dream from Phaedra (Virgin) (18:07)
5. “Patashnik” by Biosphere from Patashnik (Apollo) (25:44)
6. “Tascel_7” by Arovane from Atol Scrap (DIN) (31:56)
7. “Lomond” by Loess from Wind & Water (N5MD) (37:20)
8. “Amalia” by As One from A.R.T.¹ 12″ (A.R.T.) (41:46)
9. “Xtal” by Aphex Twin from Selected Ambient Works 85–92 (Apollo) (48:19)
10. “Broken English from Europe″ by Metamatics from From Death to Passwords Where You’re a Paper Aeroplane (Hydrogen Dukebox) (52:45)
11. “Flextone C” by Atom Heart from Flextone (Rather Interesting) (58:39)
12. “Resurgam” by Loscil from Submers (Kranky) (61:55)
13. “Snowflake 6” by Yagya from Rhythm of Snow (Force Inc.) (68:40)

Download: Quiet Sounds Episode 19: Moss Dance

63.2MB – one hour, nine minutes

Underneath the forest loam.

Tracklist:
1. “Turning to Stone” by Robert Rich & Alio Die from Fissures (Fathom) (start time: 1:14)
2. “Meditation” by Edward Artemiev from Stalker soundtrack (Electroshock) (6:17)
3. “Vog Rings” by Of from The Sun and the Earth Together (Ultra Hard Gel) (11:07)
4. “Old Hive” by Andrew Chalk from Crescent (Robot Records) (18:07)
5. “Rhododendrons” by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma from The Garden of Forking Paths (Spekk) (23:41)
6. “Lantern Marsh” by Brian Eno from Ambient 4: On Land (EG) (26:17)
7. “Windmill” by Bruce Langhorne from The Hired Hand soundtrack (Blast First) (31:35)
8. “Sun Against My Eyes” by Colleen from Les Ondes Silencieuses (Leaf) (33:01)
9. “Canopy” by Milieu from Of the Apple (Second Sun Recordings) (37:06)
10. “Zauberberg 1″ by GAS from Zauberberg (Mille Plateaux) (41:22)
11. “Shoals of Stars” by eM from Lost and Found: A Foundry Anthology (The Foundry) (48:40)
12. “Aguirre” by Popol Vuh from Aguirre soundtrack (Kuckuck) (54:07)
13. “Trees Kissing Trees III” by Darren Tate from Trees Kissing Trees (Fungal) (59:35)