“Peinzing” (pondering, muse-ing) (2003) is the name of the musical collage in which the difference between ‘music’ and ‘sound’ will not always be clear to the listener. Over time, this has proven to be one of the most popular mix, especially with listeners that were not exactly familiar to ambient/electronic music. It is indeed one of the more accessible – which does nót necessarily mean this is ‘easy listening’. Do nót expect ‘New Age’ music, despite some whale-, cricket- and other sounds of nature. At times the layers of sounds are dark and threatening, maybe even confronting. There’s always the dynamic range between tension and release. The quiet piano sounds of John Cage and Arvo Pärt surround a broad spectrum of auditive landscapes. Inbetween, sometimes ‘ordinary’ pop-songs define the theme, like Paul Simon’s ‘Quiet’:”I am heading for a time of quiet / When my restlessness is past / And I can lie down on my blanket / And release my fists at last”. This particular sequence (Arno Peeter’s collage of hectic life’s answering machines, Paul Simon’s detaching Zen-like song ‘Quiet’, and Jon Hassell seemingly rephrasing Paul Simon’s last vocal line) is one of my all time favourite sequences. Because for me this part expresses what most mixes are about: Tension…Release…and then again: dark clouds gathering above strange landscapes… Please note that this 2-part mix is meant to be listened as one.
— originally published on Ambientblog —
playlist:
- Alexei Lubimov – John Cage: In a Landscape
Der Bote – ECM New Series 1771 461812-2 – 2002 - DNTel – Pillowcase
Life is Full of Possibilities – Plug Research PR320106CD – 2001 - Autopoieses – c[] edit
Full Swing Edits – Orthlong Musork orth 05– 2002 - Arno Peeters – Audentity II
Aeroson – Mille Plateaux MP031 CD – 1996 - Paul Simon – Quiet
You’re the One – Warner Bros 47844 – 2000 - Jon Hassell – These Times…
Dream Theory in Malaya – Editions EG EEGCD13 – 1981 - Thomas Köner – Daikan I + IV
Daikan – Mille Plateaux MP 107 – 2002 - Christina Kubisch – Oase 2000
Sonic Boom – Sonic Boom – 2000 - Biosphere – Green Reflections
Cirque – Touch TO:55 – 2001 - Arno Peeters – Audentity – extended
Aeroson – Mille Plateaux MP031 CD – 1996 - Echoes of Nature – Turkey Talk
Jungle Talk: The Natural Sounds Of The Wilderness – Delta B000001V4S – 1993 - Eleni Karaindrou – Lament I
Trojan Women – ECM New Series 1810 – 2002 - Nigel Ayers/John Everall/Mick Harris – Mesmeric Enabling Device part 2
Mesmeric Enabling Device – Soleilmoon 01923 – 1997 - A Produce – Midnight Pond
The Other World- Hypnos hyp 1804 – 1998 - Bass Communion – A Grapefruit in the World of Park
Where Stalks the Sandman – Noh Poetry NPR 003 – 2001 - Kent Sparling – In a Mumbling Sky
Under New Manna – Farfield Records – 2000 - Susumu Yokota – Grass, Tree and Stone
The Boy and the Tree – Leaf Label bay25cd – 2002 - Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet – Coney Island Low
Requiem for a Dream – Nonesuch 79611-2 – 2000 - Dhafer Youssef – La Priere de l’Absent
Electric Sufi – Enja 9412-2 – 2002 - Jah Wobble – The Compound
Umbra Sumus – 30Hertz cd 5 – 1998 - Jah Wobble – Chela
Umbra Sumus – 30Hertz cd 5 – 1998 - Alan Howarth – Storm on Ceti Beta VII
Real Hollywood Sound Effects – GNP Crescendo GNPD 8054 – 1997 - Fred Szymanski – It’s Hard to Know
Various Artists: A Storm of Drones – Asphodel ASP 0966 – 1996 - Thomas Köner – Ilira
Teimo – Barooni BAR05cd – 1991 - Thomas Köner – Foutu
Various Artists: Communication Problems – Vibragun VIN 003 – 2002 - Rothko – Bloodtied
A Continual Search for Origins- Too Pure – 2002 - Liquid Morphine – Droom
(not on album) – 2000 - Arve Henriksen – Path around the Pond
Sakuteiki – Rune Grammofon 2021 – 2001 - Leif Inge – 9Beetstretch 3.2 (partial)
9Beetstretch – EX FIELD X 24H 9B – 2002 - John Taverner – Funeral Ikos
Byzantia – Virgin Classics 7243 5 45352 2 2 – 1999 - AV911 – Rain Storm 2
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