#4149: Ambient Minimalism
Listen to music that seems to set and sustain a mood, mostly built around piano and electronics. There are works by Poppy Ackroyd from England, Olafur Arnalds from Iceland, Canadian composer Sarah Davachi, who is now based in L.A., Christina Vantzou from Belgium, the German-based duo Grandbrothers, music from Max Richter, and a little music from Brian Eno.
Hear ambient classical minimalism by Missouri-born, Brussels-based math teacher and composer Christina Vantzou. It’s from her fourth record, No. 4, which was influenced by “the loosening of time” to achieve its “quietly hallucinatory properties.” Then there’s also music created using natural piano sounds together with electronically altered sounds from the latest by pianist/violinist/producer Poppy Ackroyd. Then, listen to work for Echoplex-manipulated piano by Sarah Davachi, from her latest record, Gave in Rest.
From Dusseldorf duo Grandbrothers, hear music built from either live piano, or live processing of the piano but with the influence of electronic dance music. Listen to music by Icelandic composer Olafur Arnalds, from his latest, re:member. Plus, there’s a track after J.S. Bach by Max Richter, from a compilation record released by 130701, FatCat's Modern Classical/Post-Classical imprint. And, there's Brian Eno’s "Music for Airports." -Caryn Havlik
PROGRAM #4149: Ambient Minimalism (First aired 9/10/2018)
ARTIST: Brian Eno
WORK: Music for Airports 1-2 [1:00]
RECORDING: Ambient 1
SOURCE: EEG 17
INFO: Available at Amazon.com
ARTIST: Christina Vantzou
WORK: Some Limited and Waning Memory [5:27]
RECORDING: No. 4
SOURCE: kranky
INFO: christinavantzou.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Poppy Ackroyd
WORK: Time [6:10]
RECORDING: Resolve
SOURCE: Denovali Records
INFO: poppy.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Harold Budd/Brian Eno -
WORK: The Plateaux Of Mirror [4:14]
RECORDING: Ambient, Vol. 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror
SOURCE: EG Records - #EEGCD 18
INFO: Remastered and reissued on Astralwerks.com | Available at Amazon.com
ARTIST: Various Artists: Max Richter
WORK: Bach Study [4:36]
RECORDING: Eleven Into Fifteen: A 130701 Compilation
SOURCE/INFO: fat-cat.co.uk
ARTIST: Grandbrothers
WORK: From a Distance [5:57]
RECORDING: Open
SOURCE: City Slang
INFO: grandbrothers.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Sarah Davachi
WORK: Gloaming [5:42]
RECORDING: Gave in Rest
SOURCE: Ba Da Bing Records
INFO: badabingrecords.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Olafur Arnalds
WORK: undir [6:31]
RECORDING: Re:Member
SOURCE: Mercury KX/Decca/Universal Music
INFO: Available at Amazon.com, iTunes, or Spotify
ARTIST: Brian Eno
WORK: Music for Airports 1-2 [4:48]
RECORDING: Ambient 1
SOURCE: EEG 17
INFO: Available at Amazon.com
