Synopsis
Calm Pills are peaceful atmospheric mixes designed to help you completely relax your mind and body so you can tune out the noise and tune in serenity.
Episodes
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Beauty In Decay
28/09/2019 Duration: 55minEvery season has its special beauty and autumn is no exception. Watching the trees turn from a uniform green to all varieties of gold, yellow and red is a spectacular experience. One can almost be blinded by the fiery brilliance. How can it be that all this beauty is sign of death and decay? With all this beauty there is a certain sadness in knowing that the changing colors foreshadow the arrival of a long cold winter. Tracklist 00:00 Warmth ― Wave Growth 11:12 Tomasz Bednarczyk ― Little Spring (Excerpt) 11:56 Ben Lukas Boysen ― The Veil 18:06 Ben Lukas Boysen ― Only In The Dark 20:44 Gallery Six ― syunsui 24:51 Nils Frahm ― Passing 29:06 Gallery Six ― glimpse 30:02 Luke Howard ― Forgotten Postcards 33:56 Stars Of The Lid ― Even (Out) + 35:53 Stars Of The Lid ― Dopamine Clouds Over Craven Cottage 38:52 Gallery Six ― sojou 42:24 Michael Stearns ― The Dream 43:16 Moshimoss ― My Everlong 45:32 Stellardrone ― Nightscape 52:20 A Winged Victory For The Sullen ― All Farewells Are Sudden 57:19 Endless Melancholy
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Heaven Sings
15/12/2018 Duration: 01h00sMay the music of the heavens, Dance around you in the air; May each step that you are taking, Be paved with great success; And behind each door you open, There be love and happiness. May angels keep guard over you, As you walk along lifes way; And may your life be truly blessed, As you start each brand new day. ― Excerpt from Heaven's Song by Allison Chambers Coxsey Tracklist 00:00 Clemens Ruh ― In The Dark 02:20 Keith Kenniff ― Remnants 04:58 Lowercase Noises ― 9 07:06 Alexandre Desplat ― At Home with Mum 11:59 Jacob David ― Omkuld 15:40 Arros ― Refresh One's Memory 19:32 ID ― Lullaby 25:00 Olan Mill ― Seadailer 27:53 Paul Avgerinos ― Heaven Sings 30:08 Tenaya ― If This Is Real I Don't Need To Dream 33:26 Abstract Aprils ― Daring Remedy 40:42 Michael Manring ― Far 41:58 Tonepoet ― The Journey Of A Single Breath (For Paula) 46:24 Library Tapes ― Fragment II 49:43 subtractiveLAD ― Nocturne
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Ascension
03/08/2018 Duration: 01h51minAfter some time in the works, I'm happy to share this latest installment in the Calm Pill series: a first of a kind double album that I created exclusively as a guest mix on AmbientMusicGuide.com. It’s inspired by The Endless, a 2018 supernatural indie film that made an impression on me. The mix uses several tracks from the score and sprinkles key passages from the dialog throughout. My intention was to recreate the surreal feeling I had watching the film through a music. Fun fact: the mix runs for the exact same duration as the film. Tracklist 00:00 The Album Leaf ― Forgiveness 01:46 Purl ― Anticipation (Bliss Forest Remix) 07:27 Andrew Lahiff ― The Wait 09:46 Ike Yoshihiro ― Angels Share 12:54 Atrium Carceri ― Childhood I 16:21 Cousin Silas & Ashot Danielyan ― Between The Words 20:09 Luis Miehlich ― ∞ 23:25 Sonitus Eco ― Ascention To Nowhere 30:03 Rudy Adrian ― Cloudburst 35:58 Wavestar ― Chord 37:34 Michael Stearns ― Alone Together 38:26 The Album Leaf ― Discovery / Ascension / The Moment 42:11 TU
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Before Sunset
17/04/2018 Duration: 01h01minThe spirit of spring rises, into a blissful gate to heaven. Where dreams revive, and flourish, into a luscious landscape, set like a haven. When the sunset shields, against the vibrant contours of nature, in a garden of enticing and cultivated blossoms, leaving a spectacular scenery, with glamour, and a feeling of rapture. ― from When The Sunset Shields by Gladys P Tracklist 00:00 An Imaginal Space ― Hope 08:12 Tonepoet & Wings Of An Angel ― Discovering The Divinity We Share 12:29 of the quiet stars ― wading in overflowed meadows 14:11 Eluvium ― Night Projections 22:45 An Imaginal Space ― Roads 25:53 Bing Satellites ― Sunrise, South London, June 2016 33:40 Olan Mill & Svitlana Samoylenko ― Stalled Boson 40:19 Ruven Nunez ― As Above, So Below
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Day & Night
04/03/2018 Duration: 01h14sDo you trust night to turn to day? I think I trusted it once. Maybe a long time ago. I know my brain believes, letting go gets you gobbled up, so you never see the day. Still, I feel my heart telling me, to trust and just let go, to know the world has hope, to know that love is shown. Stop running from it all, stop chasing all that’s wrong. let the night keep rolling on, and watch it turn to day. ― from The Night Will Turn To Day by Kephra Rubin Tracklist 00:00 Sad Radio On Cassini ― Back To The Village 03:31 Yoe Mase ― Missing In Action 06:29 Michael Hoppé & Harold Moses ― Serenity VII 08:06 Antonymes ― My Salvation 10:49 Bubble ― Gumball 12:39 dreamhub ― Messier 82 16:11 Thomas Newman ― Angela Undress 17:26 The Monk by the Sea ― Just Before The Rain 20:32 Sima Kim & Elintseeker ― Reminisce 25:25 Darren Harper ― The Long Goodnight 37:56 Chandeliers ― Blossom 40:20 Ocean in a Bottle ― circling the air 46:09 The Echelon Effect ― The Best Place To Hide 48:44 Stray Theories ― Closer 50:56 Warmth ―
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Star Encounter
05/02/2018 Duration: 58minWe are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of Infinity. Life is Eternal. But the expressions of life are ephemeral, momentary, transient. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment, but it is transient. It is a little parenthesis in eternity. If we share with caring, lightheartedness, and love, we will create abundance and joy for each other. And then this moment will have been worthwhile ― from The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra Tracklist 00:00 Steve Gibbs ― Passion 03:43 Nest ― In The Androgynous Dark (Nest Version) 06:42 Alaskan Tapes ― Adrift 09:25 Bruno Sanfilippo ― The Andes 12:25 Dub Tractor ― Goodnight (54) 16:54 Bengalfuel ― Arcs 20:27 Michael Stearns ― Distant Thunder: Solitary Witness 25:07 Bing Satellites ― Dawn Chorus 34:52 Alonefold ― Wanderer And Stone 49:20 Rudy Adrian ― Apple Tree Bay 53:54 Jóhann Jóhannsson ― The Burning Mountain 55:52 Daigo Hanada ―
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Painting Twilight
05/01/2018 Duration: 58min"There is a sense of timelessness in the twilight. Of time standing still and extending into the infinite. Of sadness and hope. Of yearning and satisfaction. Of unrest and peace. Where time has no meaning and the mundane melts away into the symphony of colours in the sky.. ..and your eyes follow the fading light and your soul knows its purpose once again." Happy new year my dear listeners! ― Twilight by Kim Tracklist 00:00 Alaskan Tapes ― Einhvers Staðar 04:42 moshimoss ― FIIElI(2011) 09:04 An Imaginal Space ― Ghosts 12:08 Andrew Lahiff ― The Dream Lives Forever 19:44 Twisted Perspective feat. Bliss Forest ― It Was January 22:12 Mark Rownd ― Painting Twilight 31:23 Max Richter ― Cumulonimbus 40:03 Night Note ― In Autumn Fog 46:13 An Imaginal Space ― Hypnagogia 51:22 Brock Hewitt ― Peaceful Mind 54:13 Olan Mill ― 5 55:14 Luke Howard ― Bower
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Absolvo
05/12/2017 Duration: 01h50sA sunny afternoon at the park lake. Waves ripple ashore. Birds sing in the trees. Children laugh and shout at some playground in the distance. And here you stand looking at your reflection trembling on the water, you ask: Who am I? And your picture looks back at you and answers: You're no longer who you were, you're almost who you'll be. Ego te absolvo. You bend down. You pick up a stone. And as you hold it in your hand it's getting heavier and heavier. And just before it's too weighty to hold any longer, you throw it with all your might into your face on the water. And all of a sudden you feel lighter, relieved, free. And angels start to sing. ― From The Story of "Absolvo" by Enigma Tracklist 00:00 Enigma ― The Story of "Absolvo" 01:24 Enigma ― Absolvo 03:15 Rudy Adrian ― The Healing Lake 05:18 Bing Satellites ― Again At A Distance 06:43 Nest ― The Twelve 09:48 Goldmund ― Threnody 14:16 The Monk by the Sea ― Chorale (Hassler/Bach) 16:08 Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie ― Deva C 19:33 A Winged Victo
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Introverted Chords
17/09/2017 Duration: 55minThere is comfort in reclusion. With the sensual beauty of the piano, this mix will caress you into a state of peacefulness. Tracklist 00:00 Michael Harris ― Introverted Chords 01:59 Levi Patel ― Reflection 06:45 Tonepoet ― Bound By Light 11:41 Antonymes ― A Feeling Of Being Closer 20:00 Bing Satellites ― Soothing Image 14 25:51 Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd ― The Unknown, Part Two 34:51 Hilyard ― Canopy 45:54 Not a Number ― Cryodream Four 55:56 Ten and Tracer ― Dallon 58:40 Wixel ― (vaarwel)
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It Was Beautiful
20/08/2017 Duration: 01h14sIt was beautiful It was green and clean. The smell of fresh air The sound of the river flowing I love everything happening there. I pinched myself to see if it was real. That was when I realized I was dreaming. Couldn't it be real? Tracklist 00:00 Last Days ― All The Lighthouses 02:40 kwajbasket ― Cykxz 03:09 Antonymes ― Little Emblems of Eternity (Edit) 05:41 The Captive Oceans ― Anew 07:29 A Winged Victory For The Sullen ― Requiem For The Static King Part One 08:59 Rhian Sheehan ― Beginning 10:30 Hior Chronik ― Transition 2 16:03 Purl ― Eagles (Original Mix) 19:23 Jon Hopkins ― Campfire 21:04 Jon Hopkins ― Apparition 22:42 Ten and Tracer ― The Tradewasp 25:35 Animula ― Letter (Outro) 29:12 Antonymes ― Little Emblems of Eternity (Edit) 31:33 Steve Roach ― Perfect Dream 45:36 Steve Roach ― Light Sound 46:33 Item Caligo ― Back to the Dreamland 56:02 Rudy Adrian ― Enveloping Mists
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The Healing Lake (TV-PG)
15/07/2017 Duration: 01h01minI shall have some peace here, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; I hear it in the deep heart’s core. ― "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by William Butler Yeats Tracklist 00:00 Clemens Ruh ― The Awakening 03:01 Tonepoet ― Echoes Of Clouds 05:52 Jonn Serrie ― Amazing Grace 09:03 Wixel ― Moon 12:08 Celer ― Fathom This Young Life 12:40 Hior Chronik ― In the Morning I'll Be with You 15:16 Bruno Sanfilippo ― White Wind 18:36 Steve Roach & Brian Parnham ― When The Raven Flies 22:55 Robin Guthrie ― Cuanto Tiempo? 25:57 Havdis ― Drops On An Inner Lake 31:53 Pete Namlook & Geir Jenssen ― In Heaven 40:47 David Helpling & Jon Jenkins ― Not A Soul, Not A Sound 49:44 Rudy Adrian ― Promise Of Snow 55:05 Marconi Union ― Northern Stations 57:49 Andrew Lahiff ― Longing
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Tone Poetry
15/06/2017 Duration: 01h07sThis mix is an ode to my good friend Tonepoet. His original guitar-infused ambient productions and mixes are second to none and are always a source of inspiration to me. I've collaborated with him on two previous mixes which are to this day some of my best work and a source of pride in my mixing career. He has a new album in the works and I've featured some of his finest works in this mix, which you can also explore more of through his Bandcamp page. Tracklist 00:00 Tonepoet & Wings Of An Angel ― If Only For A Moment 03:21 Blake Ewing ― Muir 05:19 Steve Gibbs ― Råklipp 07:31 Tonepoet ― The Moment You Were Swept From My Memory 12:46 Tonepoet ― Celestial Moments In Green 16:28 kwajbasket ― NeverNever 21:04 Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd ― A Silhouette Approaches 23:24 Steve Roach & Dirk Serries ― Bow 36:31 Tonepoet ― Beyond The Realm Of Dreams 40:02 Tonepoet & Wings Of An Angel ― Echoing The Love Words I've Heard From Above 44:08 Celer And Hakobune ― Merges Of Hysterical Exhilaration
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Beacon
17/05/2017 Duration: 01h02sToo often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Listening to this mix, think of someone you know who can use such an act of kindness, and remember: “A lighthouse is not interested in who gets its light! It just gives it without thinking! Giving light is its nature!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan Tracklist 00:00 Steve Gibbs ― Patterns 04:37 Nest Cad ― Goddeu (Revised) 08:46 Michael Stearns ― Chronos: Portraits Theme 11:15 Oophoi ― I Hear The Wind Singing Part 1 19:07 Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd ― The Discovery 21:12 Andrew Lahiff ― Dawn Returning 31:13 Spheriá ― Otjбnbird Pt. II 36:06 Max Richter ― Afghanistan 36:37 Adham Shaikh & Tim Floyd ― Beacon 39:37 Altus ― Catching a Glimpse 44:19 David Helpling & Jon Jenkins ― Now More Than Ever 52:08 Piotr Janeczek (Ashaneen) ― Peace (Original Mix)
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Peaceful Moments
08/04/2017 Duration: 01h02minWhen peace sets over, no feeling compares. A mellow, loving feeling pervades this mix, helping you turn down the volume knob on life. “Every hour of your life that ticks by, there are numerous points and moments when you can choose to pause - and be aware of your mental and physical state. At any given point, you can freeze the flow that is your life, and be fully conscious for a moment.” ― Kevin Michel, Moving Through Parallel Worlds To Achieve Your Dreams Tracklist 00:00 Luke Howard & Nadje Noordhuis ― Oversky 04:25 Michelle Qureshi ― Light of Dawn 05:01 Steve Gibbs ― Adrift 08:50 Endless Melancholy ― Embrace The Sunlight 13:29 Luke Howard & Nadje Noordhuis ― Mess Hall 16:33 John Foxx & Harold Budd ― After All This Time 18:52 Tonepoet ― The End Is Not So Bitter After All 24:39 Alonefold ― Merging and Still Alive 34:25 Stars Of The Lid ― The Mouthchew (Part 2) 37:09 John Foxx & Harold Budd ― Arriving 38:13 Bing Satellites ― In The Beginning 47:16 Robert Scott Thompson ― The Moon & Ce
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Dreams from the Sea
12/03/2017 Duration: 59minI must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking, I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying. I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over. ― John Masefield Tracklist 00:00 A Winged Victory For The Sullen ― Galerie 02:56 Bing Satellites ― Brief Encounter 13:59 Amir Baghiri ― Galileo's Dream 18:57 Purl ― Dreams From The Sea 26:18 Last Days ― All The Lighthouses 28:42 The Monk by the Sea ― Nude 33:22
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Fragments of Memories
13/02/2017 Duration: 01h00sToday's moments are tomorrow's memories, but sometimes we don't know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. What would you do differently if you knew? "Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them."― Bob Dylan Tracklist 00:00 No Common Era ― A Toad Under the Streetlamp 02:44 Otto A Totland ― Bluss 04:37 Andrew Lahiff ― Beyond the Edge of Memory 11:13 Markus Guentner feat. The Sight Below ― Baryon 16:24 Sola Translatio ― The Gate 19:44 kwajbasket ― and then i entered the void to find you 22:28 Bing & Ruth ― Postcard From Brilliant Orange 27:28 Rafael Anton Irisarri ― The Witness 30:43 Bing Satellites ― Soothing Image 28 35:08 Oöphoi & Ran Kirlian ― Transmigration 39:47 Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd ― Halloween 43:01 Alio Die ― Time In Absence 50:59 Jóhann Jóhannsson ― Fragment I 51:59 Bing Satellites ― Scremerston
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Clair de Lune
10/01/2017 Duration: 01h00sThe true joy of a moonlit night is something we no longer understand. Perhaps we can learn to appreciate its peaceful beauty and with this kind of relaxing piano music. “How beautiful the moonlight’s shining on this bank! Let’s sit here and let the music fill our ears. Stillness and nighttime are perfect for beautiful music. Sit down, Jessica. Look at the stars, See how the floor of heaven is inlaid with small disks of bright gold. Stars and planets move in such perfect harmony that some believe you can hear music in their movement. If you believe this, even the smallest star sings like an angel in its motion. Souls have that same kind of harmony. But because we’re here on earth in our earthly bodies, we can’t hear it." ― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (from No Fear Shakespeare) Tracklist 00:00 Michael Harris ― Distant 02:49 Stars Of The Lid ― Dopamine Clouds Over Craven Cottage 04:30 Luke Howard ― Midnight Commute 07:20 Otto A Totland ― Oana 08:48 36 ― One 10:39 Michael Hoppé, Martin Tillma
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The Safest Place
11/12/2016 Duration: 01h21sEvery one of us has their comfort zone. This mix invites you to ponder what's beyond. Is your safest place really what you think it is? “Safety and constancy were illusions granted only to those afraid enough not to peer beyond the walls.” ― James Rozoff Tracklist 00:00 Lucy Claire ― Bound In Sea 03:57 James Everingham ― Progress 07:19 Nils Frahm ― Little Boy in a Space Suit 10:13 Ben Woods ― Together Standing 13:28 Last Days ― The Safest Place 17:17 Michael Stearns ― Seasons - Chapter 3 - Fall 20:30 Echo-ES ― June Morning (Original Mix) 27:49 Rudy Adrian ― Return To Fire Island 30:41 Jonn Serrie ― Century Seasons 36:17 tonepoet ― So Gently We Go 44:44 Michael Neil ― Corona
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Lullaby for Grownups
14/11/2016 Duration: 01h00sGood night - may you fall asleep in the arms of this graceful ambient mix. "Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, there's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true" ― Yip Harburg Tracklist 00:00 Exist Strategy ― Balcony 03:19 Bing Satellites ― Aerial 05:36 Jeff Pearce ― On Silent Paths 08:42 Sowing Paranoia ― Ambient 3 11:06 kwajbasket ― archive VIII 14:26 Giovanni Guidi Trio ― Carried Away 17:12 Hirotaka Shirotsubaki ― Chaenomeles Speciosa 19:08 Bruno Sanfilippo ― Piano Textures 3 VI 23:24 Alio Die & Festina Lente ― L'Oblio Nella Culla Dorata (Excerpt) 28:13 the album leaf ― Off White Room + Computer Love (Excerpt) 31:24 Havdis ― Aprils Ease 37:46 Andrew Lahiff ― Only Tomorrow 40:32 tonepoet ― The Colour Of Hope 43:04 Liquid Mind ― Lullaby for Grownups 46:59 Patrick O'Hearn ― Still Standing 48:34 Nobuto Suda ― Anim
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Slowly Dusk
14/11/2016 Duration: 56minThrough stained glass, ever deepening colors, slowly dusk. “I find it incredibly amazing how at every sunset, the sky is a different shade. No cloud is ever in the same place. Each day is a new masterpiece. A new wonder. A new memory.” ― Sanober Khan Tracklist 00:00 Michael Hoppe & Brett Brady ― Thru Stained Glass 01:31 Warmth ― Insight 06:28 Andrew Lahiff ― Almost Imperceptible 09:42 Levi Patel ― And She Translated Into The Sky 16:41 William Basinski ― 92982.1 (Excerpt) 18:51 Bruno Sanfilippo & Mathias Grassow ― Ambessence piano & drones 3 24:50 Rudy Adrian & Ron Boots ― Across The Silver River 29:45 Purl & Andrew Klimek ― Anticipation (Bliss Forest Remix) 32:25 Ekko ― Call Of The Delta 41:19 Aidan Baker ― Carrizozo 46:54 Antonymes ― Elegy (IV) 50:36 Constance Demby ― Ave's Trance 53:33 Michael Hoppe & Brett Brady ― Thru Stained Glass 53:40 Last Days ― Points Bridge