03-01-'12 Peter Van Cooten @ Headphone Commute Mix - Stillness

Ambient

Submitted by: PatrickG88 @ 03-01-2012 19:58
Last edited by: PatrickG88 @ 04-11-2012 19:21

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My good friend and accomplice in exploration of beautiful music, Peter van Cooten, returns to Headphone Commute to showcase some of his favorite selections from 2011. And what a great way to start off the year! Here is an introduction from Peter:

This mix obviously found its name from the lovely intro (and outtro) track by Nest.

In-between, there are many moments of ‘stillness’, too… Moments you may slowly drift off into the drones, letting your mind wander… to be pulled back again by some of the post-classical ‘anchors’ in this mix from A Winged Victory For the Sullen, Human Greed, Vladimír Gódar, and Maya Beiser (member of Bang on a Can, with a stunning cello performance of the Djivan Gasparyan composition ‘Memories’).

Most of the tracks featured in this collection were released in 2011. But this mix is not intended to be a “Best of…” overview. That would result in a selection with an entirely different atmosphere (and much longer, because one hour would not be enough to cover all the great releases I have enjoyed in 2011).

Perhaps there’s no better way to start off a new year than to offer a small opportunity to retreat from current society’s turmoil, and to find some time to ‘cocoon’ to the sounds (and the sometimes fascinating depths) of ‘Stillness’. Some word of warning, however: if the title suggests that this mix only contains warm, comfortable and pleasurable sounds, be prepared for some surprises.

I never said that “Stillness” always meant “Comforting”…

Stream: http://i.mixcloud.com/Cz2kg

[Deep Ambient; Modern Classical]

Rated by: DelugeOfSound

Tracklist

01. [00:00] Nest – Stillness [Body Pilot, 2011, Serein SERE 11.3]
02. [04:04] Electricity [private collection, 2011, not on album]
03. [04:44] I8U – Toluene [Surface Tension, 2011, Murmur Records MMR10]
04. [06:32] Cliff Martinez – I’m Sick [Contagion Soundtrack, 2011, Watertower Music WTM39266]
05. [07:09] Esther Venrooy – Vessel [Vessel, 2011, Entr’acte E104]
06. [08:43] Leah Kardos – The Waiting [Feather Hammer, 2011, Bigo and Twigetti]
07. [11:15] Lance Olsen – The Creature that Drank Sound [Au Clair de La Lune, 2009, Infrequency IN005]
08. [12:05] Bass Communion – Cenotaph [Cenotaph, 2011, Tonefloat TF115]
09. [18:16] A Winged Victory for the Sullen – A Requiem for the Static King [A Winged Victory for the Sullen, 2011, Kranky KRANK157]
10. [20:33] Vladimír Godár – Postludio – Mantra [Querela Pacis, 2011, Pavian Records PM0050-2]
11. [23:16] Human Greed, Michael Begg, Colin Potter – Deshret [Fortress Longing, 2011, Omnempathy OMIC2]
12. [28:13] Carbon Based Lifeforms – System [Twentythree, 2011, Ultimae Records, INRE047]
13. [30:27] Kirill Platonkin – Stellar Seeds (Original) [Purified by the Fire, 2011, ADX 035]
14. [30:51] Sister Waize – Side Time Down [A Dawning of Wonder, 2011, self-released]
15. [36:17] Spectra Ciera – Unlit Pathway [Underpass, 2011, Feedback Loop Label FBL020]
16. [37:02] Justin Bennett – Tiergarten 1 [Wildlife, 2008, Spore Records Spore 2007]
17. [38:26] Jacaszek – Windhover [Glimmer, 2011, Ghostly International, GI-147]
18. [40:50] Tom Lawrence – Moore’s Well [Water Beetles of Pollardstown Fen, 2011, Gruenrekorder GRUEN 087]
19. [41:51] Pascal Savy – Reflective Shadow [Liminal, 2011, Feedback Loop Label, PHBL02]
20. [44:39] Jan M. Iversen – Wolfsburg (Long) [Standalones, 2010, TIBProd 100]
21. [45:28] Paul Schütze – Sacred Agents [New Maps of Hell, 1992, Big Cat UK Records ABB 104 CD]
22. [46:57] Chris Watson – El Divisadero [El Tren Fantasma, 2011, Touch TO:42]
23. [47:16] Chris Watson – Sierra Taramuhara [El Tren Fantasma, 2011, Touch TO:42]
24. [48:12] Israel Martinez – There Were People II [El Hombre Que Se Sofoca, 2011, Sub Rosa SR319]
25. [48:53] Maya Beiser – Memories (by Djivan Gasparyan) [Provenance, 2011, Innova 778]
26. [52:28] Penjaga Insaf – Alam Semsta [Sama Sadja, 2010, Power & Steel PAS 27]
27. [57:12] Nest – Stillness [Body Pilot, 2011, Serein SERE 11.3]

External links

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