Sako returns with the third mix to be featured on ASIP, taking inspiration from the changing seasons and featuring gentle piano tracks to brighten the already beaming European skies.
Sako may be entering Winter in his native Australia, but this mix is a homage to a past spring which we can now all enjoy. The usual piano tinkerers are included; Newman, Frahm, Helios, Arnalds and Irisarri, but Sako keeps the mix interesting with several more electronic tracks, helping you balance neatly on the verge of a sun inducing coma.
“I’m hardly ever stimulated by the change of seasons. Yet one day while taking a walk in a nearby park, I could not help but notice a brilliant and curiously nostalgic breeze that seemed to flood me with memories and joy. Like a light switch turned on, I was awakened to the exuberant life all around me. Everything seemed to be vibrant and alive, It was spring time indeed. I had a yearning for delicate piano tunes, to capture this moment and the idea of this mix came to me; a mating of piano tunes with electronic music. This mix have served me well as a loyal companion throughout my spring adventures, Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.”
If you like what you hear, try Sako’s previous mixes, ‘Last Days‘ and ‘Lament For Plastic Reflections‘.
1. The Making Of Grief Point – Loscil
2. Angela Undresses – Thomas Newman
3. Watching As She Reels – Rafael Anton Irisarri
4. Nue – Nils Frahm
5. Lofti ver ur skyndilega kalt – Ólafur Arnalds
6. We Move Lightly – Dustin OHalloran
7. We are analog – Hol Baumann
8. 6_p.m. – Edith Progue
9. Release pr 2 – Blacklicous
10. Bounce Dive – Helios
11. Estoy solo, respondio el eco – Bosques de mi Mente
12. Vitreous Detachment – Origamibiro
13. By The Wall – Tomas Dvorak
14. Aisling Song – Bruno Coulais
15. Together We Will Live Forever – Clint Mansell & The Kronos Quartet
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Bit annoyed you put this up Ryan. It’s one of the very few mixes that has the ability to bump the stunning Solar Fields mix from constant play (still).
It very much has that feel of an emerging spring, so it will be a great mix to take us through our Aussie winter (well, as much as winter is here).
Sako and ASIP have pulled a bunny from the hat with this one. Appropriate really.
Voilà !
Posted by petesrdic | April 19, 2011, 8:38 pmHey don’t thank me Pete, It’s Sako’s masterpiece, i am merely the hat from which the bunny was pulled!
Posted by Ryan | April 19, 2011, 10:04 pmthis is absolutley stunning. ive fallen in love with Olafur Arnalds work. such beauty.
Posted by marshall | April 28, 2011, 1:46 pm