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Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 6h

#MorningMellow

Polyrhythmics - Filter System
polyrhythmics.bandcamp.com/track/filter...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day869 #sway #funk #boombap #hednod #youthfulmind

It seems injuries incurred by the athletic pursuits of my youth still choose to revisit me now and again, as I’ve been sidelined for the last couple of days by some inexplicable knee pain, intense enough to keep me basically bedridden, unable to walk. I am on the mend, however, as I’m able to put weight on it now and am hoping the worst is over.

Perhaps too much running, too much dancing, too much living has brought me here, but I wouldn’t take it back. Perhaps being more conscious of my limitations would have saved me this discomfort, but then would I have ever surpassed those limitations (and enjoyed the resultant elation)? I think not.

Spanish philosopher George Santayana said, "The simple life is good, but the best life is a complicated one”. Those complications have brought me here and I like where I am, so this current obstacle is just another to overcome in order to keep going. Perhaps I dance more slowly now, but that doesn’t mean I can’t still dance. Here's some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day869 #sway #funk #boombap #hednod #youthfulmind

Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 1d

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” - Walt Disney

Noise, HNW, ambient, dark ambient, drone... Coming soon...

Machine Tribe Recordings #NoBoundaries
mtrec.com

Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 3d

#MorningMellow

78bpm – Another Planet
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRVJ...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day868 #triphop #downtempo #stately #sedate

I was “on before dawn” and those early accomplishments with my Italian and Indian compatriots have got me motivated, but wired. However, whilst the day has momentum (which feels great), the key is pacing. The goal isn't to sprint past the finish line but to cross it strong. So with sounds to keep that pace (and my focus) steady, here's some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day868 #triphop #downtempo #stately #sedate

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

Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 4d

Log Entry #12 is now up on The Abstract Dive Log.

www.youtube.com/@TheAbstract...

Full story in the alt text. #scuba #scubadiving #coral #grenada #ambient #ambientmusic

Escape Reef is a drift dive located on Grenada’s Atlantic side, known for its strong currents and vibrant marine life. Depths range from 40 to 100 feet (12–30 meters), with a consistent 1–2 knot current making it ideal for experienced divers. The site features healthy hard and soft corals, large barrel sponges, and schools of creole wrasse, horse-eye jacks, and occasional barracuda. This is the second part of our dive.

As always, both Raw Footage and Accompanied versions are available. This is the second part of our dive.

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Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 4d

#MorningMellow

Supreme Beings Of Leisure – What’s The Deal
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYSC...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day867 #triphop #chanteuse #smoky #noir #shadowy

I’ll admit to having struggled with today’s pick. I was fairly certain that I wanted to go with something from Supreme Beings, but there is so much good stuff from them to choose from that I ended up having to revisit the entire album over the past hour. But here we are with the track that fit my current mood the best. So with a hard-fought choice and hope everyone’s decisions today are far easier than this one, here's some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day867 #triphop #chanteuse #smoky #noir #shadowy

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

Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 6d

The chill of autumn is descending into the cold of winter and this month's picks reflect that turn into the dark.

Album stories and links in the alt text. Physical editions at mtrec.bandcamp.com/merch

#darkambient #noise #ambient #enthojazz #abstract #NoBoundaries

Health VVorker Crisis + Aural Torture Unit
https://mtrgrey.bandcamp.com/album/health-vvorker-crisis-aural-torture-unit

A black land strewn with ash and dust, the meager sun failing against the shroud of dark. Barren, pitiless fields of shattered civilization, long lost to war and subsequent decay. And yet all is not quiet, for the earth itself groans with fading visions of light and bloodlust, at once mourning the passing of those who trod upon it while cursing their memory.

In this scorched expanse, only echoes remain; twisted signals of ruin transmitted through rusted antennae and broken machines, carried on the dry wind like prayers long forgotten. The sky offers no salvation, only the oppressive weight of time collapsing inward.

Melrose Ave - Dystopian Discontent
https://mtrblack.bandcamp.com/album/dystopian-discontent

A sole voice speaks from within the dark, weaving grim and broken tales of past and future, and the inevitable arrival of nothing. Each utterance drips with quiet despair, each word a ghost, trailing the soot of memories not yet lived.

These are not cries for salvation, but a liturgy for collapse; hymns for hollowed cities and severed timelines. The voice does not beg to be heard; it simply is. Relentless, uninvited, and intimately aware of its own unraveling.

As light fails, shadow becomes the only truth.

Morbid Beauty - Fuck Off Nazis (and then some...)
https://mtrblack.bandcamp.com/album/fuck-off-nazis-and-then-some

[borrowing heavily from the original liner notes]

Sometimes you just have to speak up and say things more direct, rather than subtle.

"No tolerance for the intolerant" may seem a paradox, but it's a clear statement that race, gender, religious or any other hate is not acceptable. This "fuck off" extends outward, not just to fascists and Nazis, but to all who seek to harm, erase, or dominate others in the name of power, purity, or fear.

Resistance through noise, protest by distortion. A middle finger raised not just at the far-right, but at the systems and apathy that allow them space to breathe. These tracks aren’t polite. They are not meant to be. They’re raw, urgent, angry, and fully intentional. If you’ve ever felt shouted over, threatened, or erased, there are battle cries herein.

$Ramlak Bmbo - The Awakened Chaos of Ramlak https://mtrgrey.bandcamp.com/album/the-awakened-chaos-of-ramlak Strange chants, imbued with spirits both light and dark, drift through the still air like smoke. Broken rhythms echo across the sands, half-heard in the night, as shadows leap and twist in firelight. A great vault of sky, drenched in stars, gazes down, its vast silence magnifying these alien sounds, which feel more at home above than below. This is music of in-betweens. Not wholly of earth, nor of sky, but rooted in a twilight limbo where pulse becomes trance and melody becomes an invocation. Sound collides with texture, patterns fracture and reform, and somewhere deep within, the veil between worlds thins.$

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Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 7d

#MorningMellow

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

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

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

Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 8d

#MorningMellow

Music For Sleep - L'arte di evitare il dolore
mforsleep.bandcamp.com/track/a2-lar...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day865 #ambient #piano #silken #distant #detached

Feeling a bit bleak today, for whilst I’d like to think I’ve grown past the “control freak” tendencies of my youth, the world is such a jumble right now that it sometimes seems everything is beyond my control.

I’ve been reading Epictetus and he states, “Do not wish that all things will go well with you, but that you will go well with all things”, but this seems foolish and myopic in this day and age. Yet when I think about it, there’s only so much one can do, and this is frustrating. Surely there is some balance point between the need to fix everything and the desire to hide your head in the sand? Alas, it seems today I want very much to do the latter, so with something appropriately escapist, here's some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day865 #ambient #piano #silken #distant #detached

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

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Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 9d

#MorningMellow

Radius – Interpolation [Ten]
echospace313.bandcamp.com/track/interp...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day864 #neodub #spacious #airy #ambient #dropintospace

I’d hoped to have a slow start to the day, but it seems fate had other plans. As such, just time for another quick haiku.

Quiet spaces stand
Against the rushing river
Granting peaceful calm

As I try to swim steadily to the shore, here's some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day864 #neodub #spacious #airy #ambient #dropintospace

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

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Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 10d

#MorningMellow

Lemongrass – Drifting
lemongrass.bandcamp.com/track/drifting

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day863 #ambientdnb #coolin #laidback #wellpaced #wellplaced #lovefornina

My post-flu shot body finally gave out on me yesterday. I collapsed into bed at 7pm and slept for ten hours. Needless to say this has recharged my batteries. I’ve already accomplished a lot in the past 2 hours and it’s my hope that sets the tenor for the day. So with a little bit of that good ol’ upbeat downbeat, here's some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day863 #ambientdnb #coolin #laidback #wellpaced #wellplaced #lovefornina

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

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Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 11d

#MorningMellow

2xirtam - Vliitx
neotantra.bandcamp.com/track/2xirta...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day862 #ambient #glitch #hazy #disconnected #blissful

#MorningMellow

2xirtam - Vliitx
https://neotantra.bandcamp.com/track/2xirtam-vliitx

It’s strange how mind and body can sometimes feel like two distinct entities. Case in point: I had a flu shot on Friday and this automaton I seem to be piloting has been dragging ever since. The result is a buzzing brain trapped in a tired body. The only way to reconcile this gap is not with more energy, but with deep, settling peace. So with a calm, steady tapestry of sound to soothe the overactive mind and gently hold the weary body, here's some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day862 #ambient #glitch #hazy #disconnected #blissful

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

Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 14d

#MorningMellow

Knowz - Im Goin Krazy
anarkickbeat.bandcamp.com/album/knowz-...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day861 #hednod #boombap #hiphop #crazynotcrazy

It’s been one of those weeks where tasks seem endless and the “To Do List” ever-growing. And whilst the end of the day seems eons away right now, in truth I know it to be a matter of scant hours. This is both a blessing and a curse, as it means the time to rest is close, but the time in which to work is running out. But I believe I have a plan and, of course, a soundtrack of sorts, so with a tune to kick it off and get it done, here’s some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day861 #hednod #boombap #hiphop #crazynotcrazy

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

Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 15d

#MorningMellow

Blisaed - Heaven's Firework Parade
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Eod...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day860 #guitarambient #delicate #spacious #floating #predawntones

Much prep work to do ahead of a 7am meeting, so another quick haiku for quiet music.

Early morning chill
Sliver of moon in the sky
A day of promise

Here’s some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day860 #guitarambient #delicate #spacious #floating #predawntones

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

Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 16d

#MorningMellow

HTRK - Feels Like Love
htrk.bandcamp.com/track/feels-...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day859 #glitch #ambient #moody #gracefull #softandgrey #floating

I was awake early today, well ahead of my 5:30 alarm. I lay there in the warm, soft dark, thinking about the busy day that lies ahead and the possibilities therein. I really enjoy that time before the starting gun, when plans can be made at a stately pace and the rush and tumble is still a wave on the horizon. So with the sound of a warm blanket and the dim light, here’s some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day859 #glitch #ambient #moody #gracefull #softandgrey #floating

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

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Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 17d

#MorningMellow

Matt Large – No Bueno
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8kf...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day858 #fonky #slidebass #boombap #hednod #turntablism #smoove

After 36 hours of battened hatches, I ventured outside to survey the post-nor’easter damage. Fortunately, our little patch of heaven avoided the worst of it. There are some downed branches and various detritus strewn about, but nothing major. The air also has that wonderful post-rain smell (we call it “petrichor” in English), clean and fresh, as if a subtle reset button had been pressed. This has given me a bit of pep in the step, so with a splash of upbeat downbeat, here’s some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day858 #fonky #slidebass #boombap #hednod #turntablism #smoove

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

Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 18d

#MorningMellow

Chris Thomas King - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
youtu.be/mk_g3_o_ELs?...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day857 #softandquiet #guitarandvoice #skymusic #betterdays

This weekend was an unwritten Blues. My wife is sick, our car was broken into, and a nor’easter has brought down wind and rain on Brooklyn, stripping trees of their leaves and even branches. As I sit here in the semi-dark whilst the skies glower outside and Susan sleeps, it seems only appropriate to lean into the feeling. To take hold of something and examine it helps you understand it, which in turn helps you banish it. So with some Blues to chase away the Blues, here’s some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day857 #softandquiet #guitarandvoice #skymusic #betterdays

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

Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 21d

#MorningMellow

J Dilla - Requiem
youtu.be/eLzAn_2oiKY?...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day856 #downtempo #pianobaps #chillout #seasonspassing

Much to do, so a new haiku!

Wisps of misty breath
The leaves turning brown and gold
First chill of autumn

With an ode to passing spring, here’s some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day856 #downtempo #pianobaps #chillout #seasonspassing

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

Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 22d

#MorningMellow

JIM - Sun Can Rise On My Street
sinoptic.bandcamp.com/track/jim-fr...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day855 #hednod #boombap #chill #smoky #comesfall

Fall has begun to tinge the air with hints of cold to come and whilst the tree outside my window still bears leaves of green, others have begun to turn. I return from my early walks well ahead of sunrise, the moon peeking out from behind the clouds to light my way, its soft light welcome in the shadows between streetlamps. Once again, it’s that strange in-between time, when dusk still longs for summer, but dawn presses on with autumn. And though my feet have yet to brush the crush of fallen leaves, I can still hear it in a song. Here’s some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day855 #hednod #boombap #chill #smoky #comesfall

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

Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 23d

FLASH RELEASE

J46+2 - Retrofilament
mtrwhite.bandcamp.com/album/retrof...

Full story in the first alt text. #ambient #environmentalrecordings #modularsynth #experimental #NoBoundaries

FLASH RELEASE

J46+2 - Retrofilament
https://mtrwhite.bandcamp.com/album/retrofilament

The MTR White sublabel from Machine Tribe Recordings debuts with another masterful ambient release from J46+2 of Space Honey Records. From the artist:

with retrofilament the listener is invited to explore eight tracks of variable aesthetic and mood. field recordings and experimental synthesizers create atmospheric audioscapes to get lost in. collaborations with german ambient artist K8 of MOMOFUKU and american artist and inventor curtis rochambeau elevate the tracklist to instant classic status.

these recordings have been created without the use of any a.i. - the artist played all instruments, recorded every field recording and mixed and mastered this album on his own.
except here:

atmosphere & pads on track 3 by K8 of MOMOFUKU
rumble and noise on track 7 by curtis rochambeau

real art matters! thank you for your interest.

Limited edition of 25 printed cassettes with hand cut, hand folded, numbered, four-panel, double-sided j-card on watermarked cotton paper. Unlimited downloads and standard edition printed CDRs in Velcro-bound cardstock sleeves are also available.

#ambient #environmentalrecordings #modularsynth #experimental #NoBoundaries

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Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 24d

#MorningMellow

Wil Bolton - The Reed Beds Shimmered
homenormal.bandcamp.com/track/the-re...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day853 #ambient #fieldrecordings #placid #open #slowbreathmusic

I recently stumbled upon this quote from Albert Camus. There’s some debate as to whether or not he actually said this, but apocryphal or not, I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment.

“Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don't find meaning, but steal some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn't make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe.”

With my own deep breath before the plunge, here’s some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day853 #ambient #fieldrecordings #placid #open #slowbreathmusic

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

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Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 26d

Morning Mellow Mix 34 is up.

MixCloud: www.mixcloud.com/abs.../abstr...

YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/2SvbHk5...

Full story and tracklist in the alt text.

Mixing picks 826 thru 850 proved to be the trickiest outing so far, as this round of choices strayed quite a bit from my usual instrumental hip hop. As a result, there's a lot of seemingly odd transitions between genres that I wouldn't normally fit together, but somehow it seemed to work. This trip wanders the map, but it's a chill trip nonetheless.

MixCloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/abs.../abstracts-morning-mellow-34/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/2SvbHk51UnA

00:00 Kiat - Brooklyn
05:27 Dj Hellblazer - Sous Le Ciel De Paris
08:10 Phe_ - Green Minor
13:41 Jaze Baqti - The Four Strings
16:13 Enchord - Ascent
20:12 Melotone - Silently Waiting
24:36 Coma Conscience - On Edge (Ember Handpass Remix)
27:55 Lichi Flowers - The Spring's Coming On
34:34 6ecko - Valentine
37:40 Pedro Capelossi - Supernova (Original Mix)
44:59 Mrs Jynx - Freak
48:40 Curve - Chinese Burn (Headcase Medipack Remix)
53:49 Claire Rousay - A Kind Of Promise
56:06 Solipsism - Dawn Beckons The Chosen
1:09:20 Dilate - Oblivium
1:15:56 Opus III - When She Rises
1:20:03 Cat Tyson Hughes - Gradually Fade
1:25:49 b.read - D.A.W.N.
1:27:38 Zwei Kreise - Theories From Nether Planes
1:32:16 Prince Douglas - North Of The Border Dub
1:37:04 Fictions - Reservoir
1:44:07 Western Skies Motel - Migratory Birds
1:47:49 Marissa Nadler & Milky Burgess - Sleepwalk
1:50:14 π∆ππ - Burbank
1:53:06 Champion Jack Dupree - Strollin’

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Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 28d

#MorningMellow

Che' Noir & The Other Guys – Susie
otherguysmusic.bandcamp.com/track/susie-...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day852 #hiphop #light #chill #quiet #togetherforever

The Wife joined me for my early walk today and it was marvelous strolling through the darkened streets, hand-in-hand as we always tend to be. We’ve been together almost 20 years, so extended silences are not uncommon as we wandered. It’s the kind of comfort that I hold most dear. Although she hates it when people use diminutives, this is for Susan. Here’s some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day852 #hiphop #light #chill #quiet #togetherforever

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

Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · 29d

#MorningMellow

MC Rene & Figub Brazlevic - Peaky Blinder
mcrene.bandcamp.com/track/peaky-...

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day851 #hiphop #hednod #boombap #deutschland

I’m back from a quick vacation in Philadelphia and after three days of wandering around one of New York’s “sister cities”, there is a mountain of emails and messages to climb. But I am feeling rested and recharged and will make it to the top, no Sherpa required. So with the some back-in-the-swing sounds (though I’ve no idea what’s being said…), here’s some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day851 #hiphop #hednod #boombap #deutschland

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

Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · Sep 27

Another month draws to a close and so Machine Tribe's Last Saturday ritual continues. Four new explorations of the spaces beyond the everyday.

Full stories in the alt texts. Physical editions at mtrec.bandcamp.com/merch

#DarkAmbient #noise #ambient #grind #abstract #NoBoundaries

Kings And Queens In Black Sackcloth
by Bonechurch

https://mtrgrey.bandcamp.com/album/kings-and-queens-in-black-sackcloth

Ruined courts preside over a fallen world, the air thick with ashen drone, dope-sick on faded memories of glory. There are no triumphs here, only ritual and ruin. Robes of velvet and gold have been reduced to burlap and tarnished silver. Every gesture is both solemn and decayed, as forgotten monarchs haunt their own thrones, ruling over kingdoms of silence, soot, and regret.

Digital only.

The Lamentations Of Jeremiah
by Don Mandarin

https://mtrgrey.bandcamp.com/.../the-lamentations-of...

Cavernous, yet breathless spaces ripe for dusty, arcane rituals held in the deep night. Whispered words, foul upon the air, hiss in these depths; secret, hidden, and despised. Their echoes birth a slow decay, plant rot and discontent, and lead at last to unending twilight, the known world swallowed in a pillar of smoke.

Limited edition of 25 CDRs with 8-page cardstock photo book. Unlimited downloads are also available.

The Game
by H-Razor.404

https://mtrblack.bandcamp.com/album/the-game

The cold mechanics of pain that soon burn white hot at the hands of a master craftsman. Nerve endings ripped raw by a gentle touch, never one to sacrifice consciousness in favor of rushed pressure or released anticipation. Each moment drawn out with surgical precision, each decision (to flay or excise?) slow and deliberate. There is no catharsis here, only the grind of steel across bone, the sharp intake of breath before the next assault. It is not cruelty for its own sake, but an exacting ritual of sensation, where agony is rendered holy and endurance the only prayer.

Limited edition of 25 printed cassettes with hand cut, hand folded, numbered, four-panel, double-sided j-card on watermarked cotton paper. Unlimited downloads and standard edition printed CDRs in Velcro-bound cardstock sleeves are also available

Solypsis + Acheleg

https://mtrgrey.bandcamp.com/album/solypsis-acheleg

Vast, robotic armies sing hymns of holy percussion. Arcane machinery thunders forward, iron boots and churning gears sweating black oil and rhythm. Smaller mechs, like soldier ants, swarm and consume with ruthless precision, whilst towering hulks shake the ground with each ponderous step. A relentless mechanical liturgy of grinding and pounding, alive with static and steam. Here industry is religion and war is worship set to rhythm

Limited edition of 25 CDRs with 8-page cardstock photo book. Unlimited downloads are also available.

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Ben Hudgins @djabstract.bsky.social · Sep 26

#MorningMellow

Mrs Jynx - Freak
recycledplastics.bandcamp.com/track/freak

Full story in the alt text. #NMM #Day850 #glitch #spacious #sweet #smilemusic @mrsjynxmusic.bsky.social

Bright sounds bounce on air
Playful and full of laughter
Bringing simple joy

With another quick haiku theme, here’s some more (US) morning mellow. #NMM #Day850 #glitch #spacious #sweet #smilemusic

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