Lockdown - by Peter Van Cooten of Ambientblog.net

I like to think that I put a lot of thought and effort into these mixes. Hopefully, the mix as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts. But what I do is nothing compared to the transformative touch that Peter Van Cooten brings to his mixes.  Each mix is a unique work of art. Peter rarely lets a track play in its complete form. Instead, he uses smaller samples and deftly weaves the tracks in and out of each other. Sometimes 2,3, or 4 tracks play simultaneously, creating something new from different elements. In this mix, he uses an incredible 41 tracks! Here's what Peter has to say about using so many short samples:  "Sometimes I feel a bit embarrassed about using such short samples and/or editing the tracks (of these 41, only 8 are used in their complete form). It's a bit like cutting up the Mona Lisa to create a landscape patchwork with the fragments ;-)  But on the other hand, this is what I feel makes these mixes unique. Taken out of their context and in relation to other fragments, the music sometimes tells a different story."  This mix is a bit darker than most of my mixes. But it's dark in an interesting way, not in a droney, dissonant way. The mix has a very cinematic feel and combined with the cover art and title I can imagine drone shots of empty streets and newspapers blowing across the square. Peter was hesitant about the name and the cover art. He says -  "It may be too closely linked to the current worldwide crisis, but on the other hand I have tried to think of another name or context but the uncertain times seem to be too dominant to think of another name I could give it. The funny thing is, that if you listen back most of my mixes have a rather dark edge to them. There's always a lot of 'tension/release' to them. But in this case, it seems there's a bit more 'tension' than 'release'. Oh well, sign of the times..." Peter runs his own ambient music blog called, appropriately, Ambientblog.net. Where in addition to his fine mixes(available in DTS surround as well), he has a ton of good reviews and recommendations. You can find it here...   https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/   He's also on Mixcloud here... https://www.mixcloud.com/ambientblog/ When he creates these extraordinary mixes he posts a pic of the total track layout, layer upon layer of all the music used. Here is the map of this mix...      Peter does his tracklist a little differently than I do. He gives listeners more info about each track, including start time, sample length, artist, title, album title, year and record label. Thanks to Peter Van Cooten of Ambientblog.net for such an excellent mix. Hopefully, I can talk him into doing another one in the future.   Cheers, and stay safe.   T R A C K L I S T - Start time - Sample length - Artist - Title Album Title, Year, Label 00:00  03:23 Fovea Hex - Is  Is Lanza Light and Given (Steven Wilson Remixes), 2019, Die Stadt/Janet Records 01:25  04:35 Maggi Payne - Fluid Dynamics Arctic Winds, 2020, Aguirre Records 02:03  01:45 Pat Keista - Doppler Still Of The Void, 2020, self-released 04:17  01:47 Dave Phillips - Phytognosophysiology Post Homo Sapiens, 2020, Attenuation Circuit 05:10  02:45 Jóhann Jóhannsson and Yair Elazar Glotman - Prelude Last And First Men, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon 05:42  02:00 Andrew Pekler - Fonseca Winds (Lament) Sounds From Phantom Islands, 2019, Faitiche 07:29  01:19 Jóhann Jóhannsson and Yair Elazar Glotman - Telepathic Unity Last And First Men, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon 08:13  03:10 Ben Bertrand - Those Behind Us That We Follow Manes, 2020, Les Albums Claus 11:08  01:31 Fani Konstantinidou - (Variations) Moving Music: Sounds From The Rocking Chair, 2020, Moving Furniture Records, 11:58  01:32 Aaron Martin - Overcoming Inertia Test Subjects, 2019, self-released 12:53  01:51 A Journey Of Giraffes - Gone Is The New Fuji Kona, 2019, Somewherecold records 13:29  03:30 Robert Haigh - Ghosts Of Blacker Dyke Black Sarabande, 2020, Unseen Worlds 16:46  02:48 Snorri Hallgrímsson - Fear Chasing The Present, 2020, Moderna Records 16:53  00:30 Mica Levy - Mensajero Monos, 2019, Invada 17:40  02:30 Snorri Hallgrímsson - Suffering Chasing The Present, 2020, Moderna Records 19:22  01:58 Bersarin Quartett - Prolog Methoden Und Maschinen, 2019, Denovali  20:41  01:09 Ruairi O'Baoighill - Scryer To See Without Eyes, 2018, Cursed Monk Records 20:50  01:59 I Wound - The Choir Of The Drowned Sings 'Our Demons Are Real' Homework Year 3, 2018, Taâlem 21:48  03:01 Christine Ott - Comma Chimères (Pour Ondes Martenots), 2020, Nahal Recordings 24:22  02:34 Ida Toninato - Pour Retourner Au Silence We Become Giants, 2020, Dragon's Eye Recordings 25:32  03:47 Merrin Karras - Drawn, Quartered Northwest Passage, 2020, A Strangely Isolated Place 28:27  02:07 Ciro Berenguer - Luna Creciente Eilean 100, 2019, Eilean Records 29:57  01:47 Yiorgis Sakellariou - B4 Diapsalmata: A Collection Of Short Works, 2018, Tanuki Records 29:57  01:19 Celer - Birds Inside The High Halls Of Hangzhou (06.23.17) Xièxie, 2019, Two Acorns 30:12  03:18 Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr, Koichi Shimizu - Sharjah And Java Metaphors - Selected Soundworks from the cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2017, Sub Rosa 31:24  00:44 Coil - Corybantic Ennui Stolen and Contaminated Songs, 2019, Cold Spring Records  32:32  01:22 Olivier Messiaen - Quator Pour Le Fin Du Temps III: Abîme des Oiseaux Olivier Messiaen - Complete Edition, 2008, Deutsche Grammophon 33:54  01:26 Hildur Gudnadottir - Following Sophie Joker OST, 2019, Watertower Records 35:14  00:55 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Countdown Black Mirror: Smithereens, 2019, Milan 35:45  03:24 Silent Chaos - Nocturne On Ganimede  Macro, 2020, We Don't Give A Fuck 38:52  04:03 Roger Eno and Brian Eno - Burnt Umber Mixing Colours, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon 42:38  02:13 Martina Bertoni - Invisible Cracks All The Ghosts Are Gone, 2020, Falk 44:29  03:30 Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang - Nightspell Snow Catches On Her Eyelashes, 2020, Jazzland Recordings 46:21  02:13 Jana Irmert - Fog Cusp, 2020, self-released 47:40  01:36 Fovea Hex - Given Is Lanza Light and Given (Steven Wilson Remixes), 2019, Die Stadt/Janet Records 48:42  02:40 Frank Makowski - Fliegende Schatten - Canon 1 Canon der Finsternisse, 2019, Diffusschall 49:05  01:12 Michael Begg - Plain Chant Sonambulo, 2019, Omnempathy 50:40  02:20 A Winged Victory For The Sullen - The Slow Descent Has Begun The Undivided Five, 2019, Ninja Tune 52:35  04:30 Felix Blume - Horns In Fog Pt. 2 Fog Horns, 2019, Discrepant 55:49  03:02 Max Richter - Ursa Minor - Visions Ad Astra, 2019, Deutsche Grammophon 58:30  00:40 Jóhann Jóhannsson and Yair Elazar Glotman - The Sun Last And First Men, 2020, Deutsche Grammophon 59:10 End