A mix of BIPOC, womxn and gender “ambient” artists, both locally and beyond, who celebrate soundscapes, nature, introspection, and philosophies in line with Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Track 1 Parlor Palm Green-House LA-based non-binary artist Olive Ardizoni crafts songs that find freedom through simplicity
Track 2 Nami Meiti Japanese producer with deep reverence for history and uses sound to recapture a lost “Japanese mood”
Track 3 Water Memory 1 Emily A. Sprague queer synthesist, songwriter, and sound designer based in Los Angeles
Track 4 Ocean Flow – Seahawks Deep Drift Mix Laraaji, Seahawks American multi-instrumentalist specializing in piano, zither and mbira, with a bent for explorations in Eastern mysticism
Track 5 Nacre Meadow Nailah Hunter a composer, harpist, pianist, singer, and music educator from LA
Track 6 Winter Chimes Joanna Brouk 70’s and 80’s composer, author, and playwright
Track 7 The Shadow of Love Stomu Yamash’ta Japanese percussionist, keyboardist and composer mostly active in the 70s
Track 8 Halcyon Curved Light Baltimore/DC native now based in Austin, creates sensory soundscapes as an exploration of life’s dualities
Track 9 Acid Island (Ki Oni Remix) Amy Reid queer electronic musician, producer, sound, visual artist and curator based in Baltimore
Track 10 Hana Fumio Miyashita Japanese actor, art rocker, martial arts expert, acupuncturist and ambient musician active in the 70s and 80s
Track 11 Freedom at the 45th Floor Pauline Anna Strom American electronic music composer and synthesist most active in the 80s, now a Reiki master, spiritual counselor, and healer living in San Francisco.
Track 12 Blink Hiorshi Yoshimura Japanese pioneer of ambient music with a focus on kankyō ongaku, or environment music — soft electronic melodies infused with sounds of nature
Track 13 Hello from the Edge of the Earth Mary Lattimore classically trained harpist based in LA
Track 14 I Think My Tears Have Become Good by Ulla Philadelphia-based composer of simple, resonant ambient pieces