I love a dig into some classic ambient and electronica and that’s exactly what Andy Green has carefully curated for us all with this exclusive mix for ASIP.
After Andy’s ‘Lost In The Halls Of The Mountain King‘ from October went down so well with everyone here, he set about another ambient journey, and this time, instead of recent beauties from Loscil, Koss and Echologist, Andy has re-wound the tapes back to the 90′s and put together his very own strangely isolated place; inspired by the ambient rooms of early London techno clubs such as Final Frontier. Outcast member Beaumont Hannant appears in his preferred early 90′s guise, alongside one of Seefeel’s earliest works from the brilliant Succour and one of Aphex twin’s alter egos, Polygon Window.
“Like many record collectors I often forget about the great music I enjoyed in the past. Listening to some recent tracks by the likes of Dublicator and Carbon Based Lifeforms it somehow reminded me of the wonderful electronica of the early to mid 90ʼs so often played in the ambient rooms of Londonʼs more notorious techno clubs like Final Frontier. Regretting not really giving the music the attention it deserved back then, and from slightly foggy memories, I recorded this mix to take my mind back to those places. Some classic tunes in the mix here alongside those contemporary tracks that got me feeling nostalgic. Enjoy!”
Andy has many more superb mixes on his Verdant Recordings Soundcloud and you can read the feature on his last mix here.
(FLAC download coming soon)
Tracklist:
01. B12 /Pulsar (B12 Records)
02. Biosphere /Tranquilizer (Apollo)
03. Polygon Window /If It Really Is Me (Warp)
04. The Higher Intelligence Agency /Speedlearn [Empathy Mix] (Beyond)
05. Amorphous Androgenous /In Mind (Quigley Records)
06. Carbon Based Lifeforms /Central Plain (Ultimae Records)
07. Spacetime Continuum /Ping Pong (Fax +49-69/450464)
08. The New London School of Electronics /Georgia (Rising High)
09. Seefeel /Meol (Warp)
10. Luke Slaterʼs 7th Plain /Surface Bound (General Production Recordings)
11. Beaumont Hannant /A Summer Spent (General Production Recordings)
12. Sun Electric /Spreewald (Apollo)
13. Dublicator /High Energy Collisions III (ZeECc)
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Very nice indeed, taking me back to those Saturday afternoons spent in Fat Cat Records on Earlham Street
Posted by m:cast radio | January 23, 2012, 11:19 pmmost of my ambient mixes are on my own website.
http://www.verdant-recordings.com
Posted by Andy Green | January 23, 2012, 11:31 pmSo much to enjoy in this. Go direct to head of (long) list, and stay there. Nice one gents.
Posted by Pete Srdic | January 26, 2012, 7:10 pmGod I wish there was music like HIA and Biosphere out there…….incredibly atmospheric
Posted by VIshal | January 26, 2012, 7:22 pmTotally in love with New London School Of Electronics / Georgia. Beautiful. Even tracked it down on CD and on the way. yay!
Posted by Pete Srdic | January 27, 2012, 3:28 amschool of electronics are ace…nice to hear them in this lovely mix
Posted by si walmsley | January 27, 2012, 7:53 pmHi
Brilliant mix. Please can I add it on my blog?
Thanks
Robbie
http://90sdancemusicblog.blogspot.com/
Posted by robert chittenden | January 28, 2012, 3:03 pmA beautiful mix, sort of evokes the ‘better days’ in my ears
Posted by VIshal | February 9, 2012, 9:19 pmThanks for the introduction to Verdant Recordings, I’ve queued up a few of their mixes and they’re going down a treat…..listening to Aurora at the moment:
http://www.verdant-recordings.com/ambient/item/aurora?category_id=4
There are a few broken links on that site, Andy Green if you’re checking in
Posted by Vishal | February 16, 2012, 11:53 amHey thanks vishal, Im happy you dig the selections. The site has just had an overhaul so apologies for the dead links.
I’ll check and fix. I found a couple of other old mixes on my hard drive this week so I’ll get those up soon.
Got a a dozen or more uptempo mixes to sort out too. Stay tuned
Posted by Andy | February 18, 2012, 12:11 am