Upon Departure (Mix)

It is somewhat exceptional for an Ambientblog mix to contain full-length tracks: most of these collages are built from short fragments or samples. But when I first heard Christine Ott’s Comma, and its Snowdrops variation, I felt that this piece should be the starting point of a new mix. And in the end, it also became the final piece of the same mix – although both appearances combine the two versions in reverse order. Perhaps somewhat like a movie’s intro and end credits.

Departure (photo Peter Lind)

I did not start this mix with a specific theme in mind. Its title only occurred to me after it was completed because it reflected its mood: a somewhat melancholy journey that fits the end of this remarkable year.

Upon Departure - Sequence

Tracklist:
Start time Sample length Artist – Title
Album Title, Year, Label

  • 00:00 04:00 Christine Ott – Comma
    Chimères (Pour Ondes Martenots), 2020, Nahal Recordings
  • 04:00 01:58 Snowdrops – Comma Variation 1
    Volutes, 2020, Injazero Records
  • 05:38 02:17 Innesti – Ideas Not Considered
    Apperception, 2020, Self-Released
  • 06:38 02:39 Andreas Söderström – Alderns Tröst
    Nattmusik, 2020, Floraochfauna.org
  • 08:05 03:50 Elijah Knutsen – Atago Altitude Park
    Blue Sun Daydream, 2020, Memory Color
  • 10:45 01:59 Boards Of Canada – Uritual (+ L/R swapped)
    Tomorrow’s Harvest, 2013, Warp Records
  • 12:17 01:36 Kamran Sadeghi – Night
    Between Us, 2020, Dragon’s Eye Recordings
  • 12:39 03:41 Martina Claussen – Verwoben
    Verwoben, 2020, Forwind
  • 15:00 01:17 Christina Vantzou – Marmara Beach II
    Multi Natural, 2020, Edições Cn
  • 16:05 03:38 Francis M. Gri – Stanze E Distanze (Part 5)
    Home Diaries 015: Stanze E Distanze, 2020, Whitelabrecs
  • 18:44 04:10 Salar Asid & Michel Banabila – Amal (edit)
    All Connected, 2020, Tapu Records
  • 20:35 01:35 Michel Banabila, Mark Lentczner, Kristopher Cadwell, Samo Giorgio Giuribla – Mood Swings (Phase II Disquiet Junto 0430 Solitary Ensembles X2)
    All Connected, 2020, Tapu Records
  • 22:41 01:26 Jana Irmert – So Much More
    Cusp, 2020, Fabrique Records
  • 23:06 01:45 Soheil Soheilo – Quiet Before The Storm
    Anthology Of Persian Experimental Music Volume II, 2020, Unexplained Sounds Group
  • 24:11 02:14 Llyn Y Cwn – Braich
    Dinorwic, 2020, Cold Spring
  • 25:40 02:53 Antonymes – Coming Into Silence
    Gap In Time, 2020, Dronarivm
  • 27:51 02:11 Charlie Campagna – Earth Day Isolation
    Touch: Isolation, 2020,Touch
  • 28:54 01:52 Hub New Music – Alcove
    Soul House, 2020, New Amsterdam Records
  • 30:27 02:36 Ramin Djawadi – Kill Them All
    Game Of Thrones Soundtrack, 2011, Varèse Sarabande
  • 32:33 03:42 Caldon Glover – Old And Brittle Glue Binding Held In Place With Scotch Tape
    The Mundane, 2020, Self-released
  • 35:25 03:56 Kamila Govorcin – Viento
    Anima, 2020, Clang
  • 38:12 03:36 Madeleine Cocolas – Across The Ocean, But Not Yet
    Ithaca, 2020, Someone Good
  • 41:13 01:15 Aidan Baker – Aberration Two (Train-Wind)
    Aberration, 2017, Somewherecold Records
  • 41:13 01:34 Michael Begg; Human Greed – Francis Bacon A Room
    Let The Cold Stove Sing, 2016, Omnempathy
  • 42:03 03:41 Alva Noto – Xerrox Neant
    Xerrox 4, 2020, Noton
  • 44:15 02:59 Brian Fast Leiser – Second Chances
    Saudade Live, 2020, Self-released
  • 46:54 01:36 Laurie Spiegel – Three Sonic Spaces I
    Unseen Worlds, 1994/2019, Unseen Worlds
  • 47:36 03:37 Rutger Zuydervelt – Last Goodbye
    Porcelain (OST), 2020, Self-released
  • 50:03 05:32 Hamed Mafakheri – Third Duration
    Durations, 2020, Flaming Pines
  • 51:32 01:53 Grand Larsonie – Ambient Island
    Fata Morgana, 2020, Self Released
  • 53:55 02:32 Snowdrops – Comma Variation 1
    Volutes, 2020, Injazero Records
  • 56:28 02:10 Christine Ott – Comma
    Chimères (Pour Ondes Martenots), 2020, Nahal Recordings
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