Various Artists - Someplace You Cannot See (2024)

This is a mix that I made when I was really, really going through it, probably in late April of last year. Unlike the last mix I posted, this one I really put some time into, piecing it all together into two suite-style, 46-minute sequences in Garageband over the course of a few days. It's pretty depressing, obviously, but I was in desperate need of an outlet, and it's definitely one of the best mixes I've ever made. There's a ton that I could write about why I chose each track on here, but y'all have already heard enough about my grief, so I'll just let you enjoy it however you like.

(To be clear: this is two 46-minute tracks.)

Safely floating away

My lantern dim

With a wick I didn't light

I never even asked for light

Includes songs from:

Michael Stearns - Floating Whispers (1987)

Andy Partridge & Harold Budd - Through the Hill (1994)

David Torn - What Means Solid, Traveller? (1996)

Lullaby for the Working Class - I Never Even Asked for Light (1997)

Songs of Green Pheasant - Songs of Green Pheasant (2005)

Growing - His Return (2005)

Asva - What You Don't Know Is Frontier (2007)

Snowman - Absence (2011)

Growing - His Return (2005)

Before they went the way of the bleepy-bloop, I thought of Growing as the bright, euphoric alternative to Sunn O)))'s crushing darkness. Both dealt in enveloping, high-volume walls of drone, but Growing preferred major chords, used both guitars and keyboards, and entirely avoided riffs, resulting in an intensely joyful but centered sound that would be an appropriate soundtrack to dying and ascending to some unnamed, blissful eternity. His Return was their last record done in this style, and contains some of their greatest work, including their only song (of which I'm aware) with lead vocals.

Track listing:
1. In the Shadow of the Mountain
2. Freedom Towards Death
3. Wide Open

Epochal reminiscence

If you like this, try:

Darsombra -
Climax Community (2012)