Ambientblog Mixes

About Ambientblog Mixes

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.

Publisher

Peter van Cooten for Ambientblog.net

Category

music · music · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Jul 2009

Latest episode

21 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

87 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Dec 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

2. 

   2 Apr 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. Tracklist 00:00 Anton Friisgaard - You Never Wanna Do Anything FunMinor Blossoms, 2024 02:10 Alexander Knaifel - O ComforterLukomoriye, 2018Lege Artis Choir, Boris Abalian 03:44 Erik K. Skodvin - Alone In The DarkDarkness OST, 2025 05:04 Djivan Gasparyan - MemoriesProvenance, 2011Maya Beiser - Cello 06:04 Markus Guentner - HiveBlack Dahlia, 2025 09:16 Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Hidden - Past And PresentRhizoma, 2011 10:27 Arvo Pärt - Solitudine - Stato D'AnimoLamentate, 2005SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrey Boreyko 11:59 Paul Beaudoin - That Empty RoomEarly January, 2024 14:44 Jane Antonia Cornish - YügenSeascapes, 2019 16:59 Arvo Pärt - The Deer's CryChoral Music, 2014Polyphony, Stephen Layton 18:16 Jane Antonia Cornish - YügeSeascapes, 2019 19:33 Chihei Hatakeyama - MizarNorma, 2012 20:44 Krzysztof Penderecki - The Awakening Of Jacob (aka The Dream Of Jacob)The Shining Complete Soundtrack, 2005Polish Radio National Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki 24:44 Jana Irmert - No Ground To Fall OnWhen I Dissolve, 2024 26:30 Kloob - Whispers Of The Ethereal CurrentDrone Islands - Borealis, 2024 27:29 Valentin Silvestrov - Hymn 2001Leggiero, Pesante, 2002Valentin Silvestrov - piano 31:04 Julien Demoulin - A Trial Of Distances (.Foundation Rework)A Trial Of Distances, 2025 34:00 Henryk Górecki - Wislo Moja, Wislo Szara Opus 46Miserere, 1994Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus, John Nelson 36:52 George Frideric Handel - Xerxes - LarghettoNight Music 8, 1991Capella Istropolitana, Richard Edlinger 40:21 Jóhann Jóhansson & BJ Nilsen - ShowerI Am Here, 2014 40:30 Erik K. Skodvin - Alone In The DarkFrom Darkness OST, 2025 41:55 Enrique Crespo - Brückner Etude Für Das Tiefe BlechNew Trombone Collective, 2007 45:08 Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Hidden InwardsRhizoma, 2011 46:24 Traditional - El Cant De La Sibil-La - La Catalunyala Capella Reial De Catalunya, Jordi Savall 50:17 Kenji Kawai - Type 2052 HadalyInnocence, Ghost In The Shell 2, 2004 51:19 We Like We & Jacob Kirkegaard - Ganymede & ZeusTime Is Local, 2019

3. 

   22 Dec 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.

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