Winter Solstice 7

For the 7th year, the Dutch radio station Concertzender schedules an 8-hour ambient all-nighter on the night of the Winter Solstice (December 21, 2025). Compiled by four radio producers – Roel Janssen, Harrold Roeland, Bob Rusche, and myself – each of us presenting a two-hour selection. My contribution is closing the night, between 5am and 7 am. I’m not sure how many listeners will make it to the last part of the eight hours. That’s the reason I also post my contribution here as part of the Ambientblog Mix series. This mix is NOT intended to help you sleep! On the contrary, I hope it’ll help you stay awake for a bit, or maybe induce some interesting hallucinating moments in your half-sleep. A two-hour trip through many different soundscapes: sometimes comforting, sometimes nót so comforting, and sometimes confusing. For a more detailed tracklisting and a download option,  visit ambientblog.net Tracklist: 00:00 Mendel Kaelen – Fertile Voids 03:52 Ø (Mika Vainio) – Etude 7 06:12 Nesa Azadikhah – The Wound Where The Light Enters 07:32 Clarice Jensen – 1,2 09:42 Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill – Reverie 12:21 Meriheini Luoto – Unessa, Lumessa 14:02 Lukas Lauermann – Varve III.2 15:49 Le Code – And If I Left 17:25 Loneward – Upon These Secluded Hills 19:34 Kasper Bjørke – Dynjandi 21:42 Annie Bloch & Emily Wittbrodt – III 25:32 Louise Rossiter – Fairytale Journey On The Bloodstream 28:28 Dave Graw & Blair French – The Van 31:02 Dean Hurley – Splendor 31:13 Jon Hopkins & Ishq – Part I: Altar 33:10 Claire M. Singer – Aisir 36:33 Cecile Seraud – Errance Cosmique 1 37:17 Micah Levi – Bothy 38:14 Jon Hopkins – Singing Bowl (Ascension) 41:18 Jóhann Jóhannsson & BJ Nilsen – Intro 42:19 Longswarm – Beyond Words 42:37 Éric La Casa – Le Littoral 43:58 Steve Roach & Soriah – Stars Of Darkness 48:06 Christopher Colm Morrin – 02 51:17 Sonmi451 – A Nice Little Quandary 54:29 Crows Labyrinth & Perry Frank – Daylight Sonata 57:15 Michael Grigoni & Pan•american – Blue Tears Never Dry 58:42 Sleep Research Facility – Stealth Source 2 1:03:20 Monolake – Inwards (VLSI Version) 1:06:08 Yann Novak – Music For Restaurants 1:10:36 Alva Noto – Ritual Reprise 1:12:35 Brooddark – Fatal pressure 1:14:23 Sam Rosenthal & Projekt Artists – Trip 1 (Instrumental) 1:17:27 Fumio Miyashita – See The Light (Abridged) 1:19:50 Lawson & Merrill – Dark Angel 1:23:28 Erik K. Skodvin – Alone In The Dark 1:24:47 Laraaji & Kramer – Immersion 1:26:19 Multicast Dynamics – Unknown Place 1:29:09 Pinkcourtesyphone – A Stunning Blandness 1:31:04 Carl Stone – Shing Kee (1986) 1:34:07 Joachim Spieth – Shine 1:38:41 Erik Levander – Avstånd 1:40:35 Saapato – Highway At Night (feat. James Bernard & Marine Eyes) 1:43:13 David Cordero & Kenji Kihara – Silver Grass In Koajiro No Mori 1:45:05 Jean C. Roche – Guanare-Barinas 1:46:50 Peter Knight – The Coiling Of The Tide 1:50:56 Yann Novak – Seeing Light Without Knowing Darkness feat. G. Brenner 1:54:29 Yann Novak – Seeing Light Without Knowing Darkness 1:58:21 Andrew Heath – Aber Bach (23.04.12) 1:58:03 Mendel Kaelen – Fertile Voids