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Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sigur Rós and more to feature on ambient compilation curated by Coldcut

05 October 2021, 15:54 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

A new ambient compilation curated by Coldcut called @0 has been announced today, which features contributions from Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sigur Rós, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Imogen Heap and more.

The announcement of @0 is accompanied by two lead outings called EP1, which features Suzanne Ciani’s "Morning Spring" and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s "Mt Baker".

@0 is a compilation of ambient recordings curated by Coldcut. The label (Ahead Of Our Time) and Ninja Tune will donate 50% of net receipts to CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably), Mind and Black Minds Matter.

The album will feature new work by Steve Roach, Julianna Barwick, Laraaji, as well as remixes of songs by Sigur Rós and Imogen Heap, and recordings from Ryuichi Sakamoto, A Winged Victory for the Sullen and more.

Coldcut's Matt Black says of the compilation, "@0 refers to that liminal state experienced many times where my mental and emotional stability was not solid and it felt like teetering on a zero axis about to fall into depression, or more rarely, mania. I found that ambient music, by making no psychic demands, often opened some space and with its soft fascination, subtly raised the energy, helping to avoid that downward spiral and navigate slowly up and out. @0 is a balance point."

Tracklist:

  1. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Aqua (from Playing Piano for the Isolated)
  2. Double Cushion - For Ignatz Karmelito
  3. Julianna Barwick - Star Ray
  4. ANNA - Another Dream
  5. Obay Alsharani - Dream Within a Dream
  6. Daniel Pemberton & FSOL - Behind the Eyes
  7. NDiPA X Flex Machina feat. Sandeep Mishra - Bandra Tanpura
  8. ill-esha - Sonata of Solitude
  9. Specimens - Concrète Dreams
  10. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Mt Baker
  11. Skee Mask - CG Drip
  12. Helena Hauff - Thalassa
  13. Rovo & System 7 - Unseen Onsen (Translucent Mix)
  14. Coldcut - The Fire Burns Out
  15. Sigur Rós - Rembihnútur (Liminal re-work by Paul Corley)
  16. Imogen Heap - The Happy Song (Coldcut Remix)
  17. Ned Scott (The Egg) - Patchwork
  18. Noodreem - The Healing Light of Sound
  19. Suzanne Ciani - Morning Spring
  20. James Heather - And She Came Home (Strings Version)
  21. Nailah Hunter - Sadko
  22. David Wenngren - Pianoise
  23. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Beethoven 250
  24. Steve Roach - The Drift Home
  25. Laraaji - Illusion of Time
  26. Yak Herder - Otaku Reverse
  27. Mira Calix - danaïdes
  28. FRKTL - Rhododendron Forest Rescue
  29. Irresistible Force X Coldcut - Autumn Leaves Return
  30. Coldcut X Mixmaster Morris - @0 Mix
Suzanne Ciani’s "Morning Spring" and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s "Mt Baker" are out now. The full @0 compilation will be released via Ahead Of Our Time on 19 November, and is available to pre-order now.
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