For the 7th year, the Dutch radio station Concertzender schedules an 8-hour ambient all-nighter on the night of the Winter Solstice (December 21, 2025). Compiled by four radio producers – Roel Janssen, Harrold Roeland, Bob Rusche, and myself – each of us presenting a two-hour selection. My contribution is closing the night, between 5am and 7 am. I’m not sure how many listeners will make it to the last part of the eight hours. That’s the reason I also post my contribution here as part of the Ambientblog Mix series.
This mix is NOT intended to help you sleep! On the contrary, I hope it’ll help you stay awake for a bit, or maybe induce some interesting hallucinating moments in your half-sleep. A two-hour trip through many different soundscapes: sometimes comforting, sometimes nót so comforting, and sometimes confusing.
For a more detailed tracklisting and a download option, visit ambientblog.net
Tracklist:
00:00 Mendel Kaelen – Fertile Voids
03:52 Ø (Mika Vainio) – Etude 7
06:12 Nesa Azadikhah – The Wound Where The Light Enters
07:32 Clarice Jensen – 1,2
09:42 Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill – Reverie
12:21 Meriheini Luoto – Unessa, Lumessa
14:02 Lukas Lauermann – Varve III.2
15:49 Le Code – And If I Left
17:25 Loneward – Upon These Secluded Hills
19:34 Kasper Bjørke – Dynjandi
21:42 Annie Bloch & Emily Wittbrodt – III
25:32 Louise Rossiter – Fairytale Journey On The Bloodstream
28:28 Dave Graw & Blair French – The Van
31:02 Dean Hurley – Splendor
31:13 Jon Hopkins & Ishq – Part I: Altar
33:10 Claire M. Singer – Aisir
36:33 Cecile Seraud – Errance Cosmique 1
37:17 Micah Levi – Bothy
38:14 Jon Hopkins – Singing Bowl (Ascension)
41:18 Jóhann Jóhannsson & BJ Nilsen – Intro
42:19 Longswarm – Beyond Words
42:37 Éric La Casa – Le Littoral
43:58 Steve Roach & Soriah – Stars Of Darkness
48:06 Christopher Colm Morrin – 02
51:17 Sonmi451 – A Nice Little Quandary
54:29 Crows Labyrinth & Perry Frank – Daylight Sonata
57:15 Michael Grigoni & Pan•american – Blue Tears Never Dry
58:42 Sleep Research Facility – Stealth Source 2
1:03:20 Monolake – Inwards (VLSI Version)
1:06:08 Yann Novak – Music For Restaurants
1:10:36 Alva Noto – Ritual Reprise
1:12:35 Brooddark – Fatal pressure
1:14:23 Sam Rosenthal & Projekt Artists – Trip 1 (Instrumental)
1:17:27 Fumio Miyashita – See The Light (Abridged)
1:19:50 Lawson & Merrill – Dark Angel
1:23:28 Erik K. Skodvin – Alone In The Dark
1:24:47 Laraaji & Kramer – Immersion
1:26:19 Multicast Dynamics – Unknown Place
1:29:09 Pinkcourtesyphone – A Stunning Blandness
1:31:04 Carl Stone – Shing Kee (1986)
1:34:07 Joachim Spieth – Shine
1:38:41 Erik Levander – Avstånd
1:40:35 Saapato – Highway At Night (feat. James Bernard & Marine Eyes)
1:43:13 David Cordero & Kenji Kihara – Silver Grass In Koajiro No Mori
1:45:05 Jean C. Roche – Guanare-Barinas
1:46:50 Peter Knight – The Coiling Of The Tide
1:50:56 Yann Novak – Seeing Light Without Knowing Darkness feat. G. Brenner
1:54:29 Yann Novak – Seeing Light Without Knowing Darkness
1:58:21 Andrew Heath – Aber Bach (23.04.12)
1:58:03 Mendel Kaelen – Fertile Voids