Ambient Twang

  I remember the first time I heard the Daniel Lanois tunes From Eno's Apollo album, I didn't really care for them. I didn't like the pedal steel guitar. I absolutely hated country music back then and I associated the sound of pedal steel with country and nothing else.    Eventually, the tunes grew on me and I've come to love the sound of pedal steel guitar. I also came around on country-tinged music as I fell in love with indie-folk which can make great use of traditional instrumentation minus the pickups trucks, girls & booze of crappy country.   This brings me back around to pedal steel in ambient. There's not a ton of it out there but definitely enough for a good mix. There are four main practitioners of ambient twang - Daniel Lanois, Chuck Johnson, Bruce Kaphan and Chas Smith. I think they all have appeared in earlier Low Light Mixes. All four are in this mix as well as Eno/Lanois tunes, some oddball selections, and some YouTube recordings. Many of the tracks here use an actual pedal steel guitar and some use lap steel.   Up next - synth sequencer heaven.   Cheers!     T R A C K L I S T : 00:00    Brian Eno - Weightless 04:15    Bruce Kaphan - Outpost 11:55    Chas Smith - Santa Fe 14:00    Chuck Johnson - Balm of Gilead 21:05    Daniel Lanois - In Crystal 24:22    Will Van Horn - Aphex Twin - Avril 14 on pedal steel 26:18    Joe Carolino - Ambient drone with lap steel & guitar 32:53    Youth - Lotus Rhubarb(Colliding Sky Whale Dub) 34:18    The National Pool - Solace 36:15    Ryan Lutton - Ambient Improv XXIII 39:03    Brian Eno - Deep Blue Day 42:28    Xploding Plastix - Ritalin For Four Pedal Steel Guitars 49:05    Chuck Johnson - Eye on the Sparrow 55:42    Brian Eno - Last Step from the Surface 59:31    end