low light mixes

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

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

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

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

I have been a fan of Seabuckthorn for a long time. I think I have around a dozen or so releases. So when Andy Cartwright, who records as Seabuckthorn, offered to create a guest mix I was psyched. Andy did an excellent guest mix for LLM back in November of 2022 which you can find here: https://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2022/11/seabuckthorn-transcendental-freq.html 
or here: https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/seabuckthorn-transcendental-freq/
 
There is a new Seabuckthorn album out in the world - https://seabuckthorn.bandcamp.com/album/never-the-same-river  So it's a perfect time for a mix to highlight some of the music that influenced the new album. Andy said this about the mix:
"It has a kind of ritual/ceremonial/psych folk vibe to it, which was the feel I was going for in my latest album."
 
I highly recommend checking out the new album and of course listening to this very cool mix. Also I think it's kind of hilarious that we followed a 4-hour mix with a 36-minute mix. Haha!
 
Cheers!
 
 
T R A C K L I S T :

Gnäw - Waters of Ether

Old Saw - The Flood Spires

Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko - Zelenaia Dubrovonka

ZAÄAR - Eucaryotes Et Reproduction Sexuée

Hermanos Gutierrez - Low Sun

Lino Capra Vaccina - Andante ancestrale

Richter band - Zaklepat

David Shea - Falling rice on the GuZheng

The Myrrors - Invitation Mantra

Hvad - Notice a tiny scratch for the blue behind

Dictaphone - Lofi Opium

Claire Deak - Prefigured (Ritornello)

Jessica Moss - One, Now

Sanam - Rings رينغز