Mantra Episode December 11, 2021

// roughly dithered snowflakes o2 -- a bitsmas special -//- side A //

5:00pm - 5:58pm

An improvised mix of organic digital and analogue wintery layers, warm choir voices, and 8-bit effected jingles. A dreamy soundtrack for your frosty December meanderings.

Music from Hirotaka Shirotsubaki, Andrew Lahiff, Cousin Silas, Sinead O'Connor, Tony Schwartz, Gadjia Trelau, Trio Mediaeval, Jennifer Van, Coil, Nox Arcana, Phyllis Taylor, Gennett Sound Effects, The Moog Machine, Xylaze Ambience, Waikiki's rmxb. Haitchc, Manly P Hall, Jacob Newman & Darwin Raymond, Paul Minesweeper, Martin Frost, Mika Sasaki, 101 Strings Orchestra, LarryInc64, Rudy Adrian, Elvis Presley, Evelyn Glennie & Philip Sheppard, BBC Archives, Mafialligator, and SineRider.

[originally broadcast on CiTR in December 2019]

Track Listing:

First Frost
Hirotaka Shirotsubaki · The Ambient Files
Snow
Andrew Lahiff · Only The Mirror
A Ring Of Trees
Cousin Silas · The Snow Imposed Silence
Silent Night
Sinead O'Connor · Knuffelkerst
Street Traffic During Snow
Tony Schwartz · Sound Effects Vol 1 - City Sounds
Vesper Church Bells
Gadjia Trelau · [single]
Alma Mater, Ante Thronum
Trio Mediaeval · Words of the Angel
Mountain Cold Day
Jennifer Van · Winter
Chrismas Is Now Drawing Near
Coil · Winter Solstice: North
Solstice Spirits
Nox Arcana · Winter's Majesty
Patapan
Phyllis Taylor · Celtic Harp Christmas
Walking in Snow and Thin Underbrush
Gennett Sound Effects · ...I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
The Moog Machine · Christmas Becomes Electric
Wind (05)
Xylaze Ambience · Segments Vol 1
Radio snow (04)
Xylaze Ambience · Segments Vol 1
White Christmas (Haitchc Rework)
Waikiki's · [single]
Mountain Snow Day
Jennifer Van · Winter
Side A (Excerpt)
Manly P Hall · Winter Solstice
Frost Covered Field
Jacob Newman & Darwin Raymond · Transitions
Frost Flower
Paul Minesweeper · Point: Cape Fligely. Part 1. Day
Being In Nature
Martin Frost · Being In Nature
Christmas Is End, My Little Baby
Mika Sasaki · Merry Christmas, Mr. PowerShovel
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
101 Strings Orchestra · The Glory Of Christmas
Silent Night
LarryInc64 · A Super Mario World Holiday
Promise of Snow
Rudy Adrian · The Healing Lake
Silent Night
Elvis Presley · Christmas Album
Sleigh Bells
Unknown · Unknown
Frost Flowers
Evelyn Glennie, Philip Sheppard · Winter Wonderland
Winter Dawn Chorus
BBC · BBC Natual Atmopheres 15
Silver Bells (Bing Crosby)
Mafialligator · A Very 8-bit Christmas
Frost
SineRider · Ambient Archives Vol. 4