I wasn't planning on making a Halloween themed mix but a couple of days ago I heard a new album called "Xiuxiuejar" by Hekla and I knew I had to use some tracks in a mix. Hekla is an Icelandic musician who use the theremin to create haunting, other-worldly soundscapes. Perfect for a Halloween mix.
Some of the other tracks follow a similar vibe I have used for creepy mixes in the past, sort of a dark jazz feel. Then I mix in some noisy stuff, some ambient & some other oddities. I don't want these mixes to be ultra dark doom ambient but this is more off-kilter than most Low Light Mixes.
After finding the theremin tracks from Hekla I was reminded of a very theremin-like instrument - the Ondes Martenot. It looks like a piano or organ but sounds like a theremin and it's played by sliding a ring attached to wires up and down the keyboard. Check out this video for an idea of how it's played and what it sounds like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0aflcF0-ys
There are two tracks in the mix that use the Ondes Martenot. They are Tindersticks - The Strangler & Christine Ott - Pluie. I believe Christine Ott plays the instrument on the Tindersticks track as well as her own. Radiohead is famous for using the Odnes Martenot in a few songs. Maybe I'll make an entire mix featuring the instrument someday.
NUMINOUSTRINGS
Music for Recovery(from the midterm elections)
Quiet Indie Fall 2022
Robert Fripp Guitar Moments
Soalce of the Sea
Autumn Trumpet by Paul Asbury Seaman
The Birdsong Project
Mystical Waterwheel by Paul Asbury Seaman
4th World Excursions - Slow Water
Walk Softly Upon This Earth - A Handpan Journey
Summer Stargazing
Undeniably Ambient
Train Six-56 by Paul Asbury Seaman
That Beautiful Land of Nod Vol. 2
Time to Listen - by Peter van Cooten of Ambientblog
Sunday Morning Music Vol. 22 - Warm Waves
The Beautiful Land of Nod
Guitarissimo Vol. 3
The New World of Deutsche Grammophon
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
Immediately Kinfolk
Turned On
Resident by Hernan Cattaneo
Markus Schulz presents Global DJ Broadcast