Lockdown Mix

I got the bug for putting a mix together again recently and this is the result, an hour of largely ambient and Balearic with some 80s Manchester and 90s Liverpool dropped in. Despite the promise of the vaccine the situation still seems pretty desperate. Everyone seems determined to celebrate Christmas despite the fact that if it goes ahead 'as normal', people will surely die within weeks and a further lockdown in January will be inevitable. Taking refuge in music often seems to be the answer. I still can't get Mixcloud to embed but you can find my Lockdown Mix here. 

Tracklist

• A Man Called Adam: Book Of The Dead (The British Museum Mix)
• Two Lone Swordsmen: Ink Cloud
• Steve Roach: Spiral Of Strength
• Richard Norris: Music For Healing 12
• Moon Duo: In A Cloud
• The Charlatans: Trouble Understanding (Norman Cook Remix)
• Andy Bell: Cherry Cola (Pye Corner Audio Remix)
• Future Beat Alliance: Tell Me About These Dreams
• Big Hard Excellent Fish: Imperfect List (Uncensored Original Mix)
• Nuel: Vibration
• Durutti Column: Take Some Time Out
• Tabula Rasa: Sunset At The Café del Mar

 

Monday's Long Song

Back to work today, back into the building. 

I found this recently on an ambient music group on social media, an album by Steve Roach called Tomorrow, and it's turned out to be a bit of a mid- November treat. The five tracks are minimal, electronic pieces, recurring and repetitive melodies and loops, floating and hypnotising sounds that draw you in and don't let go. Ambient transcendence, recorded in a burst when his gig in New York in March was cancelled due to Covid and lockdown. The opener and title track is twenty minutes long and it's followed by this one, a full twenty five minutes of sound...

The three tracks that follow are comparatively short, clocking in at nineteen, seven and twelve minutes respectively. Steve describes the sound on Tomorrow as 'elegant futurism'. The lockdown and spread of Covid and subsequent cancellation of his show led to a 'tomorrow state of mind' and this album was the result. Highly recommended if you like this kind of thing. Buy it at Bandcamp  at a 'name your own price' rate which is very generous and really you should throw Steve a few pounds/ dollars/ Euros for this