Evening of Light

Cloudscape #50: Winter Solstice 2014

Solstice Mix for 2014, feat. Austin Wintory, Wolves in the Throne Room, aliceffekt, Northaunt, Ugasanie, Jeremy Soule, Mendel Kaelen, Far Black Furlong, Sean Breadin, Stone Breath, Eeem, The Green Kingdom, Anne Chris Bakker, Robert Burns, Netherworld, The Cloisters, Tomoyoshi Date, Plinth, and Petrels. […read more…]

A Year In The Country — United Bible Studies – Doineann

In my 2012 review of The Cloisters, I had written about how the imagined landscape (Britain, in these cases) features so strongly in some strains of contemporary experimental folk music. Granted, this has been a central theme in folk since the 60s revival, but as I argue, the ease with which electronic manipulation can be applied these days has really influenced some of the more experimental folk works in the past decade or so. This heightened interplay of the ‘acoustic’ and electronic, and in a broader sense, between the rural and the urban, makes for a liminal artistic and imaginary field that is finding different forms of expression these days. […read more…]

Cloudscape #49: November 2014

Cloudscape: Project 83

Project 83 — Evening of Light version by Evening Of Light on Mixcloud

The Posse came together for another group mix. This time six DJs select 83 tracks out of which to pick our own favourites to mix together. The Evening of Light version is posted here. The others are listed below:

WeirdwithBeard Decadans black_ops meistsonnig avantopia

Tracklist of my version:

00:00-01:39 – Bruno Nicolai – Seq. 07 00:31-04:40 – Edward Ka-Spel […read more…]

Review: Musk Ox – Woodfall (2014)

Nathanaël Larochette’s Musk Ox is now a trio, and with the new album Woodfall, the music has evolved to fully fledged chamber folk. Larochette’s classical guitar works in unison with the violin and cello parts added by Evan Runge & Raphael Weinroth-Browne, the latter of whom also co-composed the album. The result is a suite taking parts from both classical music and the acoustic romantic neofolk from the mid-nineties and later. […read more…]

August 2014 Short Reviews (Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson, Immortal Bird, Kentin Jivek & Miro Snejdr, Wolves in the Throne Room)

Short reviews of: Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson – Hirta Songs (2013, Stone Tape); Immortal Bird – Akrasia (2014, Self-released); Kentin Jivek & Miro Snejdr – Voir Dire (2014, Self-released); Wolves in the Throne Room – Celestite (2014, Artemisia). […read more…]

Cloudscape #48: July 2014

Cloudscape #48: July 2014 by Evening Of Light on Mixcloud

Cloudscape: Summer Solstice 2014

Summer Solstice 2014 by Evening Of Light on Mixcloud

A Summer’s Day, for J. v. T. ~ Made possible through Patreon support: http://www.patreon.com/qwallath

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Cloudscape #47: June 2014

Cloudscape #47: June 2014 by Evening Of Light on Mixcloud

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A New Wave of Jazz

Dutch label tonefloat and the prolific Flemish musician Dirk Serries have been working together closely for years now, but this month, they are taking their collaboration to a new level. A New Wave of Jazz is the title of a new sublabel of tonefloat and its description suggests that it will be home to music with a dedicated improvisational approach, inspired by the free jazz and DIY philosophy of Sun Ra and the El Saturn label. In this case, that means albums curated by Serries, released on limited edition LPs in custom sleeves. […read more…]