Peinzing – Part 1

"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 LandscapeDer Bote - ECM New Series 1771 461812-2 - 2002 DNTel - PillowcaseLife is Full of Possibilities - Plug Research PR320106CD - 2001 Autopoieses - c[] editFull Swing Edits - Orthlong Musork orth 05- 2002 Arno Peeters - Audentity IIAeroson - Mille Plateaux MP031 CD - 1996 Paul Simon - QuietYou're the One - Warner Bros 47844 - 2000 Jon Hassell - These Times...Dream Theory in Malaya - Editions EG EEGCD13 - 1981 Thomas Köner - Daikan I + IVDaikan - Mille Plateaux MP 107 - 2002 Christina Kubisch - Oase 2000Sonic Boom - Sonic Boom - 2000 Biosphere - Green ReflectionsCirque - Touch TO:55 - 2001 Arno Peeters - Audentity - extendedAeroson - Mille Plateaux MP031 CD - 1996 Echoes of Nature - Turkey TalkJungle Talk: The Natural Sounds Of The Wilderness - Delta B000001V4S - 1993 Eleni Karaindrou - Lament ITrojan Women - ECM New Series 1810 - 2002 Nigel Ayers/John Everall/Mick Harris - Mesmeric Enabling Device part 2Mesmeric Enabling Device - Soleilmoon 01923 - 1997 A Produce - Midnight PondThe Other World- Hypnos hyp 1804 - 1998 Bass Communion - A Grapefruit in the World of ParkWhere Stalks the Sandman - Noh Poetry NPR 003 - 2001 Kent Sparling - In a Mumbling SkyUnder New Manna - Farfield Records - 2000 Susumu Yokota - Grass, Tree and StoneThe Boy and the Tree - Leaf Label bay25cd - 2002 Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet - Coney Island LowRequiem for a Dream - Nonesuch 79611-2 - 2000 Dhafer Youssef - La Priere de l'AbsentElectric Sufi - Enja 9412-2 - 2002 Jah Wobble - The CompoundUmbra Sumus - 30Hertz cd 5 - 1998 Jah Wobble - ChelaUmbra Sumus - 30Hertz cd 5 - 1998 Alan Howarth - Storm on Ceti Beta VIIReal Hollywood Sound Effects - GNP Crescendo GNPD 8054 - 1997 Fred Szymanski - It's Hard to KnowVarious Artists: A Storm of Drones - Asphodel ASP 0966 - 1996 Thomas Köner - IliraTeimo - Barooni BAR05cd - 1991 Thomas Köner - FoutuVarious Artists: Communication Problems - Vibragun VIN 003 - 2002 Rothko - BloodtiedA Continual Search for Origins- Too Pure - 2002 Liquid Morphine - Droom (not on album) - 2000 Arve Henriksen - Path around the PondSakuteiki - Rune Grammofon 2021 - 2001 Leif Inge - 9Beetstretch 3.2 (partial)9Beetstretch - EX FIELD X 24H 9B - 2002 John Taverner - Funeral IkosByzantia - Virgin Classics 7243 5 45352 2 2 - 1999 AV911 - Rain Storm 2 mp3.com