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Since this is the 7th edition of Winter Solstice, you probably know what this is about. But, for the new visitors: For the 7th year, the Dutch radio station Concertzender schedules an 8-hour ambient all-nighter on the night of the Winter Solstice (December 21). Compiled by four radio producers - Roel Janssen, Harrold Roeland, Bob Rusche, and myself - each of us presenting a two-hour selection. My contribution is closing the night, between 5am and 7 am. Like always, the entire night can be enjoyed on demand afterwards - but of course it's more fun to listen in the darkest of nights while trying not to fall asleep!
I'm not sure how many listeners will make it to the last part of the eight hours. That's the reason I also post my contribution here as part of the Ambientblog Mix series. With a 5.1 surround version download option as a bonus!


This mix is NOT intended to help you sleep! On the contrary, I hope it'll help you stay awake for a bit, or maybe induce some interesting hallucinating moments in your half-sleep. A two-hour trip through many different soundscapes: sometimes comforting, sometimes nót so comforting, and sometimes confusing.
Winter Solstice 7 is, once again, a collage of many fragments. Only a few tracks are played in full, and even then, they can be mixed from different versions. With the average fragment length of 3'20", the pieces are only a small part of what the artists originally intended. It fascinates me to hear what happens to the music in relation to other tracks when they are placed in a different context. The extensive tracklist with the track timings is included to help you check out the originals.


Enjoy the ride - and please let me know if you did (or didn't).








TRACKLIST:Start time Fragment length Artist – TitleAlbum Title, Year, Label



00:00 4:39 Mendel Kaelen - Fertile VoidsFertile Voids, 2025, self-released


03:52 2:47 Ø (Mika Vainio) - Etude 7Sysivalo, 2025, Sähkö Recordings


06:12 1:50 Nesa Azadikhah - The Wound Where The Light EntersImaginal Soundtracking 3, 2025, Phantom Limb


07:32 2:16 Clarice Jensen - 1,2In Holiday Clothing, Out Of The Great Darkness, 2025, 130701


09:42 4:20 Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill - ReverieDreaming In Gamelan, 2025, Riparian Media


12:21 2:44 Meriheini Luoto - Unessa, LumessaTalven uneen vaipuen (Falling Into Winter’s Sleep), 2025, self-released


14:02 2:59 Lukas Lauermann - Varve III.2Varve, 2025, Col Legno


15:49 2:50 Le Code - And If I LeftSomething In The Air, 2025, Chitra Records


17:25 2:41 Loneward - Upon These Secluded HillsKeepsake, 2025, Altus Music


19:34 3:34 Kasper Bjørke - DynjandiHeimr (Music For Landscapes 1), 2025, Sensitive Records


21:42 3:53 Annie Bloch & Emily Wittbrodt - IIIThe Mendelssohn Project, 2025, Stssts Records


25:32 4:07 Louise Rossiter - Fairytale Journey On The BloodstreamDer Industriepalast, 2025, Oscillations


28:28 2:44 Dave Graw & Blair French - The VanSo Fades The Light, 2025, Silent Partner Music


31:02 0:19 Dean Hurley - SplendorAnthology Resource Vol. Ii: Philosophy Of Beyond, 2019, Sacred Bones Records


31:13 4:29 Jon Hopkins & Ishq - Part I: AltarRitual, 2024, Domino


33:10 4:14 Claire M. Singer - AisirSolas, 2016, Touch


36:33 1:05 Cecile Seraud - Errance Cosmique 1Xaos, 2023, self-released


37:17 1:12 Micah Levi - BothyUnder The Skin (OST), 2014, Milan / Rough Trade


38:14 4:24 Jon Hopkins - Singing Bowl (Ascension)Music For Psychedelic Therapy, 2021, Domino


41:18 1:33 Jóhann Jóhannsson & BJ Nilsen - IntroI Am Here, 2014, Ash International


42:19 2:23 Longswarm - Beyond WordsHemispheres, 2024, Elm Records


42:37 2:13 Éric La Casa - Le LittoralZones Portuaires 2, 2025, Swarming


43:58 4:40 Steve Roach & Soriah - Stars Of DarknessCurandero, 2025, Projekt


48:06 4:06 Christopher Colm Morrin - 02Sketches 1-17, 2024, Stray Signals


51:17 5:05 Sonmi451 - A Nice Little QuandaryThe Eighteen Minute Gap, 2023, LAAPS


54:29 3:24 Crows Labyrinth & Perry Frank - Daylight SonataVanishing, 2024, Mare Nostrum


57:15 3:21 Michael Grigoni & Pan•american - Blue Tears Never DryNew World, Lonely Ride, 2025, Kranky


58:42 5:07 Sleep Research Facility - Stealth Source 2Stealth Sources, 2012, self-released


1:03:20 4:31 Monolake - Inwards (VLSI Version)VLSI, 2016, Imbalance Computer Music


1:06:08 4:59 Yann Novak - Music For Restaurants3 Renditions, 2013, Generosity & Restraint


1:10:36 2:34 Alva Noto - Ritual RepriseThis Stolen Country of Mine (Soundtrack for a Documentary Film by Marc Wiese), 2023, Noton


1:12:35 2:50 Brooddark - Fatal pressureOvervoltage, 2025, Cryo Chamber


1:14:23 3:38 Sam Rosenthal & Projekt Artists - Trip 1 (Instrumental)Tim, Where Are You Now?, 2020, Projekt


1:17:27 3:24 Fumio Miyashita - See The Light (Abridged)Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990, 2019, Light In The Attic


1:19:50 4:31 Lawson & Merrill - Dark AngelSignals, 2022, Neuma Records


1:23:28 1:39 Erik K. Skodvin - Alone In The DarkFrom Darkness (OST), 2025, Miasmah Records


1:24:47 2:23 Laraaji & Kramer - ImmersionBaptismal - Ambient Symphony #1, 2023, Shimmy Disc


1:26:19 3:20 Multicast Dynamics - Unknown PlaceContinental Ruins, 2017, Denovali


1:29:09 3:25 Pinkcourtesyphone - A Stunning BlandnessArise In Sinking Feelings, 2024, Room40


1:31:04 4:41 Carl Stone - Shing Kee (1986)Electronic Music From The Seventies And Eighties, 2016, Unseen World Records


1:34:07 5:13 Joachim Spieth - ShineRetrace, 2024, Affin


1:38:41 3:00 Erik Levander - AvståndJökel, 2021, Glacial Movements Records


1:40:35 4:02 Saapato - Highway At Night (feat. James Bernard & Marine Eyes)Decomposition: Fox On A Highway, 2024, Constellation Tatsu


1:43:13 3:04 David Cordero & Kenji Kihara - Silver Grass In Koajiro No MoriKomorebi, 2022, Home Normal


1:45:05 3:20 Jean C. Roche - Guanare-BarinasBirds Of Venezuela, 1973, L'Oiseau Musicien


1:46:50 4:53 Peter Knight - The Coiling Of The TideFor A Moment The Sky Knew My Name, 2025, Room40


1:50:56 3:33 Yann Novak - Seeing Light Without Knowing Darkness feat. G. BrennerThe Voices Of Theseus, 2024, Room40


1:54:29 4:46 Yann Novak - Seeing Light Without Knowing DarknessThe Voice Of Theseus, 2023, Room40


1:58:21 1:35 Andrew Heath - Aber Bach (23.04.12)Landscape Studies No.1, 2020, self-released


1:58:03 1:53 Mendel Kaelen - Fertile VoidsFertile Voids, 2025, self-released



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