these delicate sounds

As so often happens with these mixes, there was a specific event that gave birth to this collection of tunes.

On Mixcloud a listener asked if I could help identify a piece of music from a defunct website. The tune is looping electro/acoustic music of the type that came out of Japan 10 or more years ago.

I found the track and it's lovely. It's Walden Dos by .tape.(yes, there is a . before and after the word tape). I haven't listened to this type of music in a long time.  It's a mix of acoustic instruments with bleeps and blops, small melodies, cheap keyboards and lots of little noises. It's related to glitch music but more pretty. I eventually grew tired of it's preciousness and it's oh so twee sounds.

But when I heard this song by .tape. I immediately knew I needed to revisit some of these tunes and make a mix. It was great to immerse myself in these micro sounds for a couple weeks. I'm not sure if this style will be a part of my regular listening habits but in small(micro?) doses these tunes can be very soothing.

Cheers!

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    .tape. - walden dos(2005)
• 03:27    Marcus Fischer - Strand(2017)
• 08:55    The Boats - The Fell In The River(2017)
• 11:05    Music A.M. - Saturday(2005)
• 13:55    Aero - Float(2003)
• 14:45    Aus - apt(2007)
• 19:04    Carpet Musics - Air(2001)
• 21:50    Takahiro Kido - poco!(2008)
• 26:50    Fenton - Neon Giraffe(2005)
• 31:20    Lullatone - Puddies on the Plyground(2004)
• 34:16    Brael and Tokyo Bloodworm - Magic Wand(2008)
• 39:33    The Boats - Shlom, Sonia and Coner(2017)
• 40:20    Illuha - Guuzai(2011)
• 47:03    Montag - Motif(2005)
• 48:00    Marow - Eis(2011)
• 51:00    Planivaar - Adrift(2007)
• 60:00    end