This collection was curated by Paul Dickow together with E*Rock as a long term project showcasing some outsider ambient works and blissed-out pop from their hometown in Portland as well as friends across the seas. Emphasis was made to bring together artists from a variety of scenes and different underground bubbles of music producers that remain close to our hearts. Though many of the artists may have never previously bumped shoulders it was important for us in keeping a common thread in the musicality and a conscious flow to the collection. Ambient Not Not Ambient should act strongly on its own merit as a complete thematically unified album of exclusive tracks, not an ad-hoc collection of unrelated tracks. This is part of the reason it took us so long to organize from conception to completion and to paint a larger picture with the variety involved. We are now stoked though and proud to offer this maxed-out 75+ minute compilation of exclusive tracks at special "EP" price.
What you'll find is the mellow side of sonic terrorists like Yellow Swans (Load Records) next to old school electronic mainstays like Freeform (Skam/Warp) or AM/PM (Dreck) and full blown psychedelic wizards like White Rainbow (Kranky/Marriage) and Birdshow (Kranky). Tracks by Lucky Dragons unique "sound art" style next to pop craftsman E*Vax (of Ratatat fame) float together with sparse compositions by Sawako (12k). There will be some fresh faces on the table for almost any listener (even the hard-core music nerds), for instance Smoke & Mirrors is the debut appearance by a new duo featuring Strategy’s Paul Dickow. Some of our favorite experimentalists and growling amorphous freedom rock and anti-rock have been cross-pollinated with some of best musical friends and ever expanding audio family.
01. E*Vax - Awl
02. White Rainbow - See And The Field Feels
03. Mudboy - Study For A Sleep Album
04. Dania Shapes - Weird Boombox
05. Bird Show - Less Of Everything
06. Yellow Swans - To Valleys Of Beautiful Arson
07. Wzt Hearts - Discuss Winter
08. Sawako - Nst
09. Grouper - Quiet Eyes
10. Nudge - Dayrise
11. Am/Pm - Even As We Here
12. Smoke And Mirrors - Ocean
13. E*Rock - Exexpat
14. Freeform - Ante Meridian
15. Chris Herbert - Whips And Jingles
16. Lucky Dragons - Sayles Street Ok Ok
17. Valet - Tuesday Partly Sunny
