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Still riding on the high of some fantastic performances at last Saturday's Wish You Were Here Festival, Cambridge's the Portland Arms held another spectacle in the form of local orchestral rock band Fuzzy Lights, who released their second album Twin Feathers on Little Red Rabbit Records last month. The night was made all the more memorable by the two support acts who both successfully proved that less can be more.

First up was Hitchin's own C Joynes, whose nimble and unorthodox playing of both banjo and acoustic guitar, occasionally coupled with hiss-ridden tape recordings, proved utterly bewitching. He was followed by the no-less-impressive You Are Wolf, a one-girl act (save for some sparse bass-playing from her husband) performing forlorn folk music carefully constructed from vocal loops and melodica. As well as her wide vocal range, her ability to mimic the sound of waves crashing was second to none.

Fuzzy Lights tick all the orchestral/post rock band boxes. …

Last year I downloaded a very cool holiday compilation. It's called "That Fuzzy Feeling". It looks like they still have downloads available but are sold out of the cd's. You can have find it here...
http://lorecordings.greedbag.com/buy/that-fuzzy-feeling-0/?tab=description

That release was the starting point for this mix, called A Northern Holiday. There are three cuts from the compilation in the mix....Brave the Cold by Vincent Oliver and Isan...Family, Giving by Peter Broderick...Snowstorm in a Snow Globe by Fuzzy Lights. From there I just looked for other tunes that fit the theme.

So grab some hot coco & trim the tree with some ambient goodness playing in the background. Happy Holidays from all of us(actually just me) here at Low Light Mixes.

Download :
a northern holiday

T R A C K L I S T :
00:00 Vincent Oliver and Isan - Brave the Cold
02:35 Freescha - Holiday Frost
07:25 Takahiro Kido - Christmas Song
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Artists: Various
Album: The Arctic Circle Presents: That Fuzzy Feeling
Tags: christmas, carols, orchestral, choral, the arctic circle, alternative, electronica, experimental, folk, indie, chillout.
Groups: The Arctic Circle


If you like my reco of the week this week, you might be interested in my recommendation for the perfect Christmas album - The Arctic Circle Presents: That Fuzzy Feeling.

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My friends in Last.fm who get regular shouts from me with the words 'trust me' will know I mean it when I say it. I mean it now - trust me, this is the album you want for Christmas.

The Arctic Circle is a loose collective of musicians and bands ranging from indie and folk through electronica to orchestral and choral.

The 15 tracks on the special edition Christmas album are mostly original Christmas songs and carols, some of them one-off collaborations. …