The 6-part Best Of 2019 mix series showcases some of the music from AMG’s Best Albums of 2019 Reviews feature, plus other outstanding tracks from the year that was. All mixes compiled by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, Oct-Dec 2019. Mix #1: Drones & Tones Music by Biosphere, Ishq, Seb Taylor (Hibernation), James […]
New Ambient 2018 is an ongoing mix series across the year, spotlighting choice tracks from recently released albums and EP’s including re-releases of older titles. Ambient, chillout, spacemusic, trip-hop, downtempo breaks, environmental, psyambient, neoclassical, post-rock, instrumental folk, ambient techno/trance, new age, ambient dub and more. Volume 1: Slowbeats Deluxe Outstanding new downtempo instrumentals from […]
styles: Environmental, soundscape, psyambient, tribal featured artists: Ishq, Wanderwelle (Silent Season), Michael Stearns, Soda Lite, Heavenly Music Corporation (Silent Records), Union Jack (Platipus), Darren McLure (Neotantra) and Mantaray mix length: 70 minutes release date: Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, July-August 2019 Environments showcases evocative new music and classics – a […]
styles: Dub, downtempo, ambient techno, ambient trance, psychill, lounge, progressive psy featured artists: Bluetech, 7th Plain, Entheogenic, Banco de Gaia, Hibernation, Vangelis & more. mix length: 73 minutes release date: Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, July 2019 The Ambitronica mix series mines the atmospheric grooves of ambient dance music at every […]
styles: Drone, psyambient, mod classical, environmental, new age featured artists: Tom Adams, Josh Alexander, Billow Observatory, Ethereal Ephemera, Lingua Lustra, Deuter, Emerald Web, David Parsons, Stephan Micus mix length: 58 minutes release date: Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, June 2019 The Tranquility Drones mix series showcases harmonic drones and dreamy […]
styles: Downtempo, lounge, dub, ambient trance, synthpop, psychill featured artists: Art of Noise, Sounds From The Ground, Bonobo, Quantic, Boozoo Bajou, Suns Of Arqa & more. mix length: 61 minutes release date: Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, June 2019 The Ambitronica mix series mines the atmospheric grooves of ambient dance music at […]
styles: Ambient techno, IDM, electro, trip hop, house, ambient pop, alt rock featured artists: Beaumont Hannant, Autechre, Bjork, Lida Husik, Outcast, Mark Franklin, Husikesque, Yo3 mix length: 129 minutes release date: Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, March-May 2019 The Ambitronica mix series mines the atmospheric grooves of ambient dance music at […]
styles: Downtempo, ambient trance, ambient techno, synthpop, Berlin school, psychill featured artists: Jean-Michel Jarre, Martin Nonstatic, Tangerine Dream, Loom, Ishqmatics, Patrick O’Hearn & more. mix length: 67 minutes release date: Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, March 2019 The Ambitronica mix series mines the atmospheric grooves of ambient dance music at every […]
styles: Drone, psyambient, environmental, new age featured artists: Cluster & Eno, Deuter and Marconi Union, Ishq, Bing Satellites, Ishqamatics, Anaamaly, Transponder, iX7 mix length: 60 minutes release date: Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, March 2019 The Tranquility Drones mix series showcases harmonic drones and dreamy progressions, timeless music from then […]
styles: Drone, psyambient, environmental, new age featured artists: Jon Mark, Robert Rich, Celer, Umber, Rhucle, Transponder, Gavin Miller mix length: 62 minutes release date: Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, Feb 2019 The Tranquility Drones mix series showcases harmonic drones and dreamy progressions, timeless music from then and now. Volume 02 features newbies […]
styles: Downtempo, ambient trance, ambient techno, electro, tech trance featured artists: Sacred Seeds, Ishqamatics, Dan Armstrong, LSG, Beaumont Hannant, Data Rebel, Sven Kössler & Si Matthews, Citystate mix length: 60 minutes release date: Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, Feb 2019 The Ambitronica mix series mines the atmospheric grooves of ambient dance music […]
The Ambitronica mix series mines the atmospheric grooves of ambient dance music at every level – newbies, classics, and the genre’s pre-90’s roots in early synthpop, dub, prog rock, art rock, lounge and Berlin-school trance. Ambitronica 04 Music by by Art of Noise, Sounds From The Ground, Bonobo, Quantic, Boozoo Bajou, Suns Of Arqa, Entheogenic, […]
image: from a design by Digital Mirror Graphics for the album Rhythmic Fractals by Kalpataru Tree c. 2018 Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, Oct-Nov 2018. This is the first of 2 mixes based on AMG’s Best Albums Of 2018 reviews, and tracks from most of the reviewed albums are […]
Mix #1: Atmospheric Grooves Mix #2: Sounding The Deep These mixes are based on AMG’s Best Albums Of 2018 reviews, and tracks from most of the reviewed albums are featured. Dive in for 6 hours of lovingly edited and mixed mind-expanding music. Mix #1: Atmospheric Grooves is nearly 3 hours of […]
image: from a design by Sten Backman at Great Big Container for the One Arc Degree album The Glow Beneath c. 2018 Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, Oct-Nov 2018. This the second of 2 mixes based on AMG’s Best Albums Of 2018 reviews, and tracks from most of the […]
The Tranquility Drones mix series showcases harmonic drones and dreamy progressions, timeless music from then and now. Tranquility Drones 04 Recent music by Tom Adams, Josh Alexander, Billow Observatory, Ethereal Ephemera and Lingua Lustra, and classics from Deuter, Emerald Web, David Parsons and Stephan Micus. Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, […]
styles:Drone, psyambient, environmental, new age featured artists:Banco de Gaia, David Parsons, Sync24, Pool of Light, Biome, Astral Harmonies, Less Bells and Kenji Kihara. mix length:68 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, September 2018 The Tranquility Drones mix series showcases harmonic drones and dreamy progressions, timeless music from then and […]
styles:Environmental, soundscape, psyambient featured artists:Hiroshi Watanabe, Brian Eno, BLNDR, Stu Jenks, Endurance, Halftribe, Corrado Saija, Stephanie Sante, Zolan Fesco and RRUFF mix length:64 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, August 2018 Environments showcases evocative new music – a mix series about the psychoacoustic spaces and places that ambient builds […]
Environments showcases evocative new music alongside some classics – a mix series about the psycho-acoustic spaces and places that ambient builds in the world between our ears. Enjoy the trip. Environments 04 Music by Ishq, Wanderwelle (Silent Season), Michael Stearns, Soda Lite, Heavenly Music Corporation (Silent Records), Union Jack (Platipus), Darren McLure (Neotantra) and […]
styles: Ambient, drone, ethereal, soundscapes featured artists: The Album Leaf, Rudy Adrian, Ike Yoshihiro, Michael Stearns, Sinerider & more. mix length: 111 minutes release date: Compiled & mixed by Uplifting Pills for Ambient Music Guide, July 2018 This guest mix for Ambient Music Guide comes from Uplifting Pills (Alaeddin Hallak) who runs the Uplifting […]
styles: environmental, drone, spacemusic, mod classical, post-rock featured artists: Anaamaly, Alan Brown, Alex Crispin, Tapes & Topographies, Tim Linghaus, Taylor Deupree, Halftribe, Benjamin Finger, Confluent Phase, Hirotaka Shirotsubaki, Overlap, Olivia Summer, Elrox, William Bowden, Andrew Heath, Steve Roach, Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society, Bruno Sanfilippo, Levete, Ishq, Dalot, Relaxation Synthesis. Runtime: 126 minutes. Compiled & mixed […]
New Ambient 2017 is an ongoing mix series across the year, spotlighting choice tracks from recently released albums and EP’s including re-releases of older titles. Ambient, chillout, spacemusic, trip-hop, downtempo breaks, environmental, psyambient, neoclassical, post-rock, instrumental folk, ambient techno/trance, new age, ambient dub and more. Volume 1: Memory Blur Dreamy ambience and half memories – […]
Mix #1: Atmospheric Grooves Mix #2: Sounding The Deep Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, Oct-Nov 2017. My annual mix is once again in two parts. Sounding The Deep features generally beatless music, while Atmospheric Grooves is much more rhythmic. These mixes are based on AMG’s Best Albums Of 2017 reviews, […]
styles:Various Australian ambient and chillout music 1986-2012 featured artists:Japetus, Robodop Snei, X1 Project, Ornament, Not Drowning Waving, John Elder, Avene, Sapien Trace, Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke, Citystate, Gondwanaland mix length:65 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, August 2017 The Red Bull Music Academy commissioned me to write the […]
styles:Psyambient, ambient techno/trance, chillout, spacemusic featured albums:Primordial Atmospheres, Deeperworlds, Energy Mind Consciousness, 2600, Music For Supernovas, Panoramic, Altitude mix length:83 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, July 2017 Mystical Sun is one of the giants of 21st century psychedelic ambient, the solo project of San Francisco musician Richard Plom […]
styles: Ambient pop, ambient rock, lounge, trip hop, nu jazz, downtempo soul featured artists: Goldfrapp, Air, Royksopp, Conjure One, Bonobo, Radiohead, Cinematic Orchestra, Massive Attack, Beanfield, Zero 7 & more. mix lengths: 62 minutes, 65 minutes release date: Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, Feb & March 2017 The Chillsong mix series features eclectic […]
Part 1: Deep Mix Part 2: Beats Mix Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, Nov-Dec 2016. This is a two part mix series. Part 1 The Deep Mix features generally beatless music, while Part 2 The Beats Mix is generally more rhythmic. You’ll hear almost every strain of […]
styles:Ambient, environmental, cinematic, impressionist, sound collage, experimental featured artists:John Luther Adams, Cyber Zen Sound Engine, Matt Borghi, Rist, Ruben Gracia, Steve Roach & more. mix length:58 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by low light mixes for Ambient Music Guide, July 2016 Rainshine is another exclusive mix for Ambient Music Guide by low light mixes. low […]
New Ambient 2016 is an ongoing mix series across the year, spotlighting choice tracks from recently released albums and EP’s including re-releases of older titles. Ambient, chillout, spacemusic, trip-hop, downtempo breaks, environmental, psyambient, neoclassical, post-rock, instrumental folk, ambient techno/trance, new age, ambient dub and more. Volume 1: Infinite Meadow Pastoral ambience and hyperreal impressionism […]
styles:Detroit techno, ambient techno, electronica, tech-house, tech-jazz featured artists:Aril Brikha, Laurel, Derek Carr, Detroit Escalator Co, Carl Craig, R.H.X. (Richie Hawtin), Plastikman, F.U.S.E, Sans Soleil, Indio, Altitude mix length:104 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, April-May 2016 From uptempo to no tempo, this mix brings you the atmospheric, lush and more ambient end of the Detroit techno sound. […]
Mix released May 2016. Originally compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, Nov-Dec 2013 for a webcast on the Cosmic Lounge Radio Show on the Chillout Channel @ Digitally Imported Net Radio. 2013…it was a very good year. This 2-hour mix spans new age to ambient techno, rumbling dub to deep […]
styles:Ambient, neoclassical, electronica, chamber music, Krautrock album sources:Beguiled (1991), Lazy Arc (2014), Glass Green (1987), Buzzle (2006), The Perfect Flaw (1994), Shadowplay (2001), Caravan (2005), Wheat & Rust (1987), Threads (1981), Lunz (2002), Snowghost Pieces (2014), Inlandish (2008), 3 Feet From The Moon (1985) release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, Nov 2014 & April 2016. Length: 91 minutes With a […]
styles:Ethno-ambient, ambient trance, sacred chants, psychill, psyambient, Indian drone featured artists:David Parsons, Dr Atmo & Ramin, Pete Namlook and The Infinity Project. mix length:74 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, November 2005 Volume 1 Vedic Space is dark, deep, lush and beautiful. This is a trippy Eastern-flavoured mix of […]
styles:Ambient trance, ambient techno, ethno ambient, psychill, psyambient, environmental, ambient dub featured artists:Pete Namlook, Mixmaster Morris, Bedouin Ascent, Syzygy, James Bernard, Neutron 9000, New London School of Electronics, MLO & more. mix lengths:79 minutes, 79 minutes, 72 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, August-September 2013 Volume 1 Volume 2 […]
styles:Ambient trance, ambient techno, nu lounge, ethno ambient, nu jazz, environmental, ambient dub featured artists:Pete Namlook, Klaus Schulze, Richie Hawtin, Mixmaster Morris, Spyra, Gaudi, Geir Jennson aka Biosphere, Dr. Atmo, Tetsu Inoue, Gabriel Le Mar mix lengths:96 minutes, 102 minutes, 85 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, March-April 2014 Volume […]
styles:Psyambient, environmental ambient, pastoral, new age, drone, Berlin-school, impressionist featured artists:Ishq, Brian Eno, Edgar Froese, Robert Rich, Steve Hillage, Deuter, James Bernard and John Elder mix length:104 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, January 2015 Volume 1 Nature is the inspiration, ambient is the sound. The Psynatural World mix […]
styles:Ambient, chillout, ambient techno, tech trance, downtempo, breakbeat, spacemusic album sources:Constellation, The Ambush, A Day On Our Planet, Music To Films, Into Deep, The Unreleased Album, The Singles Reworked, Inside Voices mix length:120 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, June-July 2014 German composer/producer/DJ Oliver Lieb’s enormous catalogue of club […]
styles:Psyambient, environmental, new age, drone, ethno ambient, meditation, chillout album sources:Flowering Mountain Earth, Sama, And Awake, Orchid, Fluid Earth, Lotus, Invisible Landscape, Spacebound, Blue Infinity, Zennor Plane mix length:94 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, April -May 2014 From the St Ives region of Cornwall in England comes the […]
styles:Ambient dub, psychill, chillout, downtempo, progressive breaks, nu lounge, Balearic featured artists:Pitch Black, Shpongle, Stef, DAB, Anyma, Younger Brother, Delerium, Richard Bone, Winston Giles Orchestra, Bluetech, Cantoma mix length:74 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, May-June 2006 The Groove Exotic – a mix of thumping down-to-midtempo beats driven by […]
styles:Progressive rock, ambient rock, psychedelic rock album sources:The Early Singles, Saucerful Of Secrets, More, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, Momentary Lapse Of Reason. mix length:90 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, Oct-Dec 2013 Pink Floyd are the original ambient rock band. They […]
styles:Drone, spacemusic, tribal, ethno ambient, ambient trance, neo classical, environmental, jazz featured artists:Spice Barons, Toto & the Vienna Philharmonic, Popol Vuh, Pete Namlook, Steve Roach & Kevin Braheny, Brian Eno, Michael Stearns mix length:75 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, June-August 2006 The Dune Mix is inspired by Frank […]
styles:Ethno ambient, drone, environmental, Indian, sacred chants featured artists:Popol Vuh, David Parsons, Richard Bone, Michael Stearns, Dr Atmo & Ramin, Adham Shaikh, The Atman Project, Brian Eno, Mark Isham and more. mix length:79 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed at Rubycon Sound, July 2012 The Deep East started out as the 2nd volume of the Vedic […]
styles:Berlin school, ambient trance, psyambient, Krautrock, spacemusic, cosmic rock, progressive rock, synthpop, new age, drone album sources:Various Tangerine Dream and TD member solo albums, mostly dating from 1970 to 1990. mix lengths:91 minutes, 103 minutes, 96 minutes release date:compiled & mixed at Rubycon Sound, Feb-August 2015 Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 […]
styles:Spacemusic, ethno ambient, drone, environmental, Krautock, cinematic, neoclassical featured artists:Woob, Tangerine Dream, Bruno Sanfilippo, Boy Is Fiction, Humate, Michael Stearns, Jonn Serrie, Odessi. Mystical Sun & more. mix length:78 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, August-Sept 2011 Volume 1 A journey in the key of space, both inner and […]
styles:Ambient, cinematic, electronica, 80’s synthpop, prog rock, progressive trance, Euro soundtrack featured artists:Woob, John Carpenter & Alan Howarth, Goblin, Ennio Morricone, Fabio Frizzai, Walter Rizzati and Peter Miller. mix length:91 minutes release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, July-August 2015 In the Spooky Cinema there’s no jumping cats or cheap jolts – […]
Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4: Beats Edition Volume 5: Acoustic Edition Volume 6: Cosmic Rhythm Volume 7: Projekt Edition Volume 8: Strange Air Volume 9: Into The Fields New Ambient 2015 was an ongoing mix series across the year, spotlighting choice tracks from […]
styles:New age, drone, psychedelic, psyambient, space music, environmental, meditation featured artists:Upper Astral, Thom Brennan, Deuter, Steve Halpern, David Parsons, Michael Stearns, David Naegele, Emerald Web, J D Emmanuel & more. mix lengths:93 min, 89 min, 69 min, 59 min release date:Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, Feb-June 2015 Forget everything you’ve heard […]
