#echoing

@mtrec.bandcamp.com

3 months ago

It snowed over the weekend here in Brooklyn; not enough to stick, but certainly enough to show that winter has tipped its hat. And whilst my wife and I got a slight taste of flakes during our pre-dawn walk, for the most part those tiny whites were seen only from the windowed warmth of our apartment. That strange, crooked light glowed in the gray sky, turning the view outside soft and muffled. A peaceful contrast, broken only by the low, background drone of the waking city; or, more accurately, the frantic, persistent barking of the downstair neighbor's dog. But even that sharp sound could not negate the sense of stillness built there beyond the glass. This simple contrast between the chill and the inner warmth made a perfect anchor for the day. With a soundtrack for finding quiet in the midst of noise, here's some more (US) morning mellow.

#MorningMellow

Krystian Shek & Peter Coy - The Empire Must Fall Dub
krystianshek.bandcamp.com/track/side-b...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day889 #neodub #echoing #spacious #meditative #rubberbass

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Ben Hudgins

@mtrec.bandcamp.com

3 months ago

As Betty Smith famously observed, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. In point of fact, there are quite a lot of them, especially on the brownstone-sided streets of Carroll Gardens. And there, in the midst of everything, yet somehow off the beaten path, sits Strong Place. Whilst only a block long, both its sidewalks and the road itself are wide and open, less like a side street and more like an avenue. The aforementioned trees tower above, many of them a century old or more, their canopy of branches sheltering the broad byway from the sun during the day, filtering the flickering moonlight after dark. A stroll down that passage is to walk back into history, as those elegant row houses have stood there since the 1840s; admittedly a splash in the pan for our European colleagues, but positively ancient in the knock-down-build-up hustle of New York. Some of my favorite walks take me down that tucked away stretch, a silence settling as I stare up through those leafy bows and catch a glimpse of blue skies or the bright twinkle of a star. So with a bit of sound meandering, here's some more (US) morning mellow.

#MorningMellow

Digitalverein - Tiefer Ins System (Rasmus Mobius Remix)
youtu.be/u41vKYZL-r8

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day883 #dubtechno #glitch #ambient #peaceful #echoing

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Ben Hudgins

@mtrec.bandcamp.com

3 months ago

I slept very badly last night, tossing and turning, unable to calm my mind. Too many plans, seemingly too many challenges. As a result, I’m a bit off kilter today, feeling fragmented, pulled in opposing directions and therefore directionless. But I’ve learned enough to know that this feeling calls for presence and patience. Indeed, Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu asks, “Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?”. So with a pick that reflects both my unsettled mood and the hope for “cloudless water”, here's some more (US) morning mellow.

#MorningMellow

Sustance - Lost Inside
sustance.bandcamp.com/track/lost-i...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day878 #sparse #echoing #glacial #gentle #serene

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The Devil's Therapist

@d3v1ls7h3r4p157.bsky.social

4 months ago

It beats in the call to #prayer #echoing through shattered minarets,

in the #lullabies #whispered by mothers who #dream of skies without drones,

and in the stubborn #roots of my olive trees that #grow again after every storm.

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Ben Hudgins

@mtrec.bandcamp.com

4 months ago

I awoke at 5:30am today as usual, but when Siri told me sunrise would not be until 7:17am, I had a strong inclination to go back to bed. Yet when my wife and I ventured out a short while later (she’s been joining me on my walks of late), I’m glad I resisted that urge. The fall air was crisp, the starlit sky bright, and the streets all but empty. I always like to think of our neighborhood as our little bubble, but today the bubble felt spacious as well as safe, as if the world was ours to explore. Which of course it is, but there was a strange comfort in that exact moment, away from the noise of the news, the clamor of social media, etc. Just two people, hand in hand, walking through the dim light before the dawn. So with an appropriately expansive soundtrack, here's some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day866 #echoing #vast #languid #distantthunder As always, my ears are open for new, chill sounds. If you create downtempo, ambient, or chillout music that fits the Morning Mellow vibe, I'd be honored to give it a listen. Please send me your sounds at https://mtrec.link/MMSubs

#MorningMellow

SND – Waterfalls
nuventurerecords.bandcamp.com/track/snd-wa...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day866 #echoing #vast #languid #distantthunder

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DFL inc.

@dfl.bsky.social

5 months ago

AI image generation

#ImageFX #masterpiece #realistic photo #landscape #rocky gorge passage #towering cliff walls #narrow sky strip #echoing stone chambers #geological marvel

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Ben Hudgins

@mtrec.bandcamp.com

6 months ago

We’re turned a corner in the seasons and now my early walks begin and end in the dark, the moon hanging low in the sky, not quite gone. On the quieter streets it sometimes seems as if I were indeed still asleep, not in the sense of being sluggish, but in the way the streetlights’ halos give things a blurry, white-sepia feel, as if everything was lit by a dream. Then my footsteps echo softly as I wander home, ahead of the sun… With thoughts of that moment between waking and aware, here’s some more (US) morning mellow. As always, my ears are open for new, chill sounds. If you create downtempo, ambient, or chillout music that fits the Morning Mellow vibe, I'd be honored to give it a listen. Please send me your sounds at https://mtrec.link/MMSubs

A tad late on the crosspost today, as work got busy, but...

#MorningMellow

Marissa Nadler & Milky Burgess - Sleepwalk
marissanadler.bandcamp.com/track/sleepw...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day839 #smoky #echoing #somnambulistic #blissful @marissanadler.bsky.social

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((***Tiefenkultur**)) @kassiopeia_v7

@tiefenkultur.bsky.social

6 months ago

In calling #Taiwan ‘ #Nazis ’, #Beijing #weaponises #history

In a rhetorical escalation, the Chinese Communist Party’s flagship newspaper compared Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party ( #DPP ) to the Nazis, #echoing #Russia’sJustification for its #invasion of #Ukraine.

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