Honored to have Roel Funcken back on the show, especially because he has this uncanny ability to mesmerize my senses with his incredible mixing skills. Ambient music may be easier to “blend” than all the rhythmic parts, but when you find this task at the hands of a master, you can really tell the difference of a talent navigating the way.  Here are some words from Roel about the making of this mix:

Another ambient mix for your ears, a small one compared to what I usually do 8-D. The name is a degradation of Ben Frost and Phantom Brickworks (that is Bibio’s latest album). I always come back after a while to listen to ambient music, and I think this will always be the case for the rest of my life. At the right moment, it generates so much peace and tranquillity in my system. I mix the tracks with a sort of trial and error method. I do check before hand in what key the tracks are and order them in the way so it gradually flows from one key into another. When it turns out that it doesn’t fit I just stop recording, fix the error and take it from that moment again.

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Tracklisting
1 The Mourning – Chris Weeks – The Grey Ghost Of Morning
2 Sky Burial – Rafael Anton Irisarri – The Shameless Years
3 IVY CHARCOAL – Bibio – PHANTOM BRICKWORKS
4 End of the Century – Atrium Carceri & Cities Last Broadcast – Black Corner Den
5 For Now – Jason van Wyk – Opacity
6 Dust – Warmth – Home
7 Home – MARCUS FISCHER – Loss
8 Beaming Husband – Geotic – Mend
9 Hay Una Ausencia Perceptible – Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri – La Espera
10 Glamr – Anjou – Epithymía
11 Know Thy Shadow – Ben Rath Black – Heart Music
12 n-fold – Esem | |
13 Ionia – Ben Frost – The Centre Cannot Hold
14 Refractory Cafe – Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft – Passive Aggressive
15 Night Paths – Wil Bolton – Night Paths
16 Chronchos – Bing & Ruth – No Home of the Mind
17 12:41 AM (Arafúra Remix) – Hotel Neon – Context: Remixed
18 Ss – SHXCXCHCXSH – SsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSs
19 Four Times – Jacob Newman
20 Lunatics – omrr – Devils for my Darling
21 Luvemak – IJO – Melancholika Vol. 2
22 wish i could be free – dramavinile – 7
23 Tahoe – Dedekind Cut – Tahoe
24 Trauma Theory – Ben Frost – The Centre Cannot Hold
25 Laudanum – Atrium Carceri & Cities Last Broadcast – Black Corner Den
26 Photo With Grey Sky, White Clouds – Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft – Passive Aggressive
27 Karma Krama – Rafael Anton Irisarri – The Shameless Years
28 Sound Meccano | Jura Laiva – P.s.IX – eilean rec. – Various Artists (eilean 58)
29 Cascaded – Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer – lowlands
30 Afterwards – Warmth – Home
31 Bajo Dos Siglos – Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri – La Espera
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