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Peter van Cooten for Ambientblog.net

A series of cinematic mixes/collages published on Ambientblog.net. Non-stop layered immersion created from fragments and samples of ambient/electronic/experimental (and related) music.

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  • Dec 21, 2025 · 1 hr 59 min

    Winter Solstice 7

    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, 2025). Compiled by four radio producers – Roel Janssen, Harrold Roeland, Bob Rusche, and myself &#8211

  • Apr 2, 2025 · 53 min

    Opus

    After publishing many ambient mix-collages (87 and counting!), I decided to challenge myself. What if I combined ambient soundscapes and classical music? Would that work out? This proved to be more difficult than I expected. It proved to be much easier t

  • Dec 22, 2024 · 1 hr 59 min

    Winter Solstice 6

    The Winter Solstice Ambient Night on Concertzender Nederland has become a yearly tradition: this is the sixth edition already of the 8-hour ambient music night presented by four of their radio show hosts. Like in all previous editions, Im honored to clos

  • Dec 22, 2023 · 1 hr 59 min

    Winter Solstice 5

    My 2-hour contribution to the fifth edition of the 8-hour Winter Solstice broadcast on Concertzender Nederland. For this fifth Winter Solstice mix, I chose fragments (most of them heavily edited) that are all more or less in the same key. In the first

  • May 17, 2023 · 1 hr

    In Praise of the Saddest Chord

    Could this be ‘the saddest mix of all time’? I don’t think so myself, I would rather call it melancholic – in a pleasant way. But it’s a fact that all of these tracks are in D minor (Dm), which is said to be ‘the saddest chord’:“The D minor chord (often

  • Dec 25, 2022 · 1 hr 59 min

    Winter Solstice 4: “In C”

    This is my contribution to the fourth ambient night on Concertzender Nederland, which is traditionally scheduled on or around midwinter solstice. It was broadcast from 5:00-7:00 AM on December 25, and closed the 8-hour night. As in all of my (Am

  • Oct 30, 2022 · 2 hr

    Cloudwatching

    Most (if not all) previous Ambientblog mixes always had some dark moments in them, they are never just relaxing. You can only feel release if you also felt tension. This time, I wanted to avoid the darkness and create a lighter mood mix. Not of the Ibiza

  • Jul 24, 2022 · 1 hr

    Time To Listen

    Apart from its opening sample - It is time to stop seeing. It is time to stop speaking. It is time to listen, from David Cronenbergs Crimes Of the Future - this mix has no central theme or story. Its up to you, the listener to take the time to listen and

  • Dec 21, 2021 · 1 hr 59 min

    Winter Solstice 3

    This mix is created for radio broadcast between 5-7 am, but it is not intended to induce sleep: it is way too active for that. I created this with the intention to manipulate your dreams when youre asleep or half-awake at the time of the broadcast. In th

  • Sep 23, 2021 · 59 min

    Ambient Daydream

    Just imagine yourself sitting in a local bar at the end of the day. A bit tired, your head full of thoughts. The murmuration of the people around you slowly gets blurry as you drift off. Your thoughts begin to wander, memories are mixed with fantasies an

  • Apr 4, 2021 · 59 min

    SoundWave

    This mix is simply named after the podcast itself: SoundWave. It is a happy coincidence that it literally starts with waves - sonically manipulated by Jos Smolders - and ends with the same waves morphing into the sound of a cheering crowd. Different kind

  • Dec 20, 2020 · 1 hr 59 min

    Winter Solstice 2

    Music For Long Winter Nights This is my 2-hour contribution to the (7-hour) ambient music night on Concertzender Nederland radio, which was broadcast in the December 19-20 night. When compiling this set, I tried to keep in mind that this was intended

  • Oct 29, 2020 · 58 min

    Upon Departure

    When I first heard Christine Otts Comma, I felt that this piece should be the starting point of a new mix. In the end, it became the final piece of the same mix - somewhat a movies intro and end credits.I did not start this mix with a specific theme in m

  • Jul 28, 2020 · 1 hr

    Fragmented Dialogue

    Im very honoured to present this collaboration mix with Dave Michuda from Low Light Mixes, who has been a source of inspiration from the very beginning of Ambientblog.net. When we talked (or rather: mailed, since Wisconsin and Holland are not exactly nea

  • Apr 5, 2020 · 59 min

    Lockdown

    If you listen back, most of my mixes have a rather dark edge to them. Theres always a lot of tension/release - but in this case, it seems theres a bit more tension than release. Sign of the times, probably…I tried to find another name (and image) for thi

  • Dec 22, 2019 · 1 hr 59 min

    Winter Solstice

    A two-hour mix for the longest night: Winter Solstice. To be played (and hopefully enjoyed) in the deepest darkness. Dream All The Dark Away ... --- originally published on Ambientblog --- December 21 is the longest night in the Northern hemisphere. I

  • Jul 2, 2019 · 58 min

    Radical Candor

    The mix title, Radical Candor, comes from the (management) philosophy that argues that feedback (on behaviour) is most effective if it is challenging but at the same time shows that you care. I felt there was a resemblance: the mix is caring at times but

  • Jan 6, 2019 · 59 min

    Delusional

    For me, personally, a mix has the most impact when it feels like Im watching a movie. With ups, downs, some drama, sentiment, moment of joy, climax and anticlimax. And yes: tension and release. --- originally published on Ambientblog --- When I started w

  • Sep 18, 2018 · length unknown

    James & Anne

    Headphone Commute, Ambientblog and Slowcraft Records are proud to present a unique mix by a colleague and partner in crime, Peter van Cooten, of beautiful works from a beautiful couple: James Murray and Anne Garner --- originally published on Ambientblog

  • Mar 20, 2018 · 57 min

    No Stars

    Follow me into a movie that you might want to see sometime... a movie thats happening in the back of your own head... And remember: use your ears, not your prejudices... --- originally published on Ambientblog --- Playlist:(first time is the start time

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