Slightly Spooky

    I wasn't planning on making a Halloween themed mix but a couple of days ago I heard a new album called "Xiuxiuejar" by Hekla and I knew I had to use some tracks in a mix. Hekla is an Icelandic musician who use the theremin to create haunting, other-worldly soundscapes. Perfect for a Halloween mix. Some of the other tracks follow a similar vibe I have used for creepy mixes in the past, sort of a dark jazz feel. Then I mix in some noisy stuff, some ambient & some other oddities. I don't want these mixes to be ultra dark doom ambient but this is more off-kilter than most Low Light Mixes. After finding the theremin tracks from Hekla I was reminded of a very theremin-like instrument - the Ondes Martenot. It looks like a piano or organ but sounds like a theremin and it's played by sliding a ring attached to wires up and down the keyboard. Check out this video for an idea of how it's played and what it sounds like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0aflcF0-ys   There are two tracks in the mix that use the Ondes Martenot. They are Tindersticks - The Strangler & Christine Ott - Pluie. I believe Christine Ott plays the instrument on the Tindersticks track as well as her own. Radiohead is famous for using the Odnes Martenot in a few songs. Maybe I'll make an entire mix featuring the instrument someday. Here are the links to all the music used in this mix: https://phantomlimblabel.bandcamp.com/album/xiuxiuejar https://buenaureliomalazar.bandcamp.com/album/pre-pro-post https://theodoreshapiro.bandcamp.com/album/severance-season-1-apple-tv-original-series-soundtrack https://elikeszler.bandcamp.com/album/empire https://tindersticks.bandcamp.com/album/minute-bodies-the-intimate-world-of-f-percy-smith https://facture.bandcamp.com/album/unstill https://williamselman.bandcamp.com/album/pavaka-group https://thephonometrician.bandcamp.com/album/c-iste-bodharhttps://johnbutcher1.bandcamp.com/album/resonant-spaces https://tgeruis.bandcamp.com/album/bain-d-toiles https://christineott.bandcamp.com/album/time-to-die https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/a-state-of-decrepitude https://dekorder.bandcamp.com/album/sentimental-favourites https://bloxhamtapes.bandcamp.com/album/magnetism https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/a-is-for-autumn https://grails.bandcamp.com/album/black-tar-prophecies-vols-4-5-6 https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-sense-to-fade https://williamryanfritch.bandcamp.com/album/built-upon-a-fearful-void https://aaronmartin.bandcamp.com/album/the-end-of-medicine-original-score Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00    Hekla - Hrakföll (Xiuxiuejar 2022) 03:18    Buen Aurelio Malazar - pre.sagio (pre pro post 2020) 04:49    Theodore Shapiro - After Hours (Severance Soundtrack 2022) 06:45    Eli Keszler - The Tenth Part Of A Featured World (Empire 2019) 09:15    Tindersticks - The Strangler (Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith 2017) 12:20    Andy Cartwright - Seeker (Unstill 2021) 14:00    Pavaka Group - I Am Void (Pavaka Group 2022) 15:43    The Phonometrician - Death is a Woman (Cóiste Bodhar 2022) 18:00    John Butcher - Wind Piece (Resonant Spaces 2006) 18:49    't Geruis - L'Appel (Bain D'Étoiles 2022) 21:35    Christine Ott - Pluie (Time to Die 2021) 26:30    Wanderwelle - Decay (A State of Decrepitude 2020) 30:25    Andrew Pekler - Close to Strangers (Sentimental Favourites 2011) 32:17    Lars Rynning & Suren Seneviratne - Solar Wind (Magnetism 2020) 33:35    Andrew Heath & Simon McCorry - From Darkness (A is for Autumn 2022) 37:02    Hekla - Sólin Gekk (Xiuxiuejar 2022) 42:53    The Phonometrician - I See Youy (Cóiste Bodhar 2022) 47:55    Grails - Bad Bhang Recipe (Black Tar Prophecies Vols 1, 2, 3 2006) 49:50    Darkroom - The Shadowy Side of the Hill ( The Last Sense to Fade 2021) 54:50    William Ryan Fritch - Lay Hands Upon Us (Built Upon a Fearful Void 2021) 57:39    Aaron Martin - Buried in Waves (The End of Medicine 2022) 59:09    Hekla - Tangarhald (Xiuxiuejar 2022) 60:20    end