Such a fertile time this is… Several dear friends are about to give birth, and creative births are happening everywhere I look.

This new mix, “Mother Nature,” I made specifically to honor, support, encourage, and offer an acoustic temple for all births, literal and metaphorical.

Make the jump to Soundcloud for the setlist, for links to purchase the individual tracks on iTunes, and to make comments on the timeline, if you wish. Please share the love and support the original artists by purchasing their tracks, if you like their music.

Enjoy, and happy birthing to all…

Here’s the playlist:

01) “Uncover My Eyes (Remixed by Shalom),” by Piers Faccini / Tearing Sky – 00:00:00
02) “A Very Lucky Year,” by RF / Views of Distant Towns – 01:48:05
03) “Embrace,” by Shen / Outlines - 07:16:25
04) “Space (Remixed by Shalom),” Feat. His Holiness The Dalai Lama w/ Toshinori Kondo & Bill Laswell / Life Space Death -11:49:44
05) “Bridge Of Dust,” by Shen / Outlines – 13:07:62
06) “Cosmological Amitaba Buddha,” by SYnthetic / Spaceships of the Imagination, Vol. 2 – 19:59:31
07) “Ra He’ya (Shulman Remix),” by Sub6 Feat. Michele Adamson / Random Thoughts – 22:52:15
08) “MF Rainbow,” by Dub Alchemist, AKA Gaudi / Sub Signals, Vol. 1 – 32:21:42
09) “Herb is Good,” by Ganja Beats / Peace & Tranquility – 37:08:36
10) “Free Heart,” by Zion Train / Sub Signals, Vol. 1 – 42:09:43
11) “Up Full,” by Midnite & Mystic Vision / Current – 45:55:12
12) “Interlude (Remixed by Shalom),” by Matisyahu / Shake Off the Dust… Arise – 49:48:65
13) “I Dive,” by Shulman Feat. Lee Triffon / Random Thoughts – 50:37:04
14) “Nine (Remixed by Shalom),” by Autechre / Amber – 59:07:56
15) “Father Died (Remixed by Shalom),” spoken words of Leonard Cohen / I’m Your Man – 60:38:14
16) “Nichiren Chant (Remixed by Shalom),” by Buddhist nuns / http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php – 61:09:33
17) “Parachute,” by Shakatura / Galactivation – 61:45:02
18) “Gate Gate Paragate (Remixed by Shalom),” by Thich Nhat Hanh / Drops Of Emptiness – 68:12:19
19) “Zula Dub,” by Tosca / Suzuki in Dub – 69:04:71

Given the title and the spirit of this mix, I think this piece that I created as an homage to my love of Zen works nicely as the album art:

I mixed “Warm Heart” in the spring of 2009. My intention was to infuse into it many different (and seemingly unrelated) sources of inspiration, including the ecstatic polyrhythms of nature found in frog- and cricket-song, the shamanic odyssey portrayed in the movie, “Renegade,” the teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and a deep reverential love for Gaia, our living mother-planet, of which we’re all a part.

Here’s the CD cover, which, if you’ve seen the movie, you’ll recognize as a still from Renegade.

If you listen closely, you’ll hear several audio samples in the mix from Renegade.

Here’s the playlist:

01) Frog Chorus, Echoes of Nature
02) Excerpt from the movie, “Renegade” (remixed)
03) “Mist” by Vataff Project, from the CD “Kalitz”
04) “Gecko” by Monolake, from the CD “Interstate”
05) “Jack’s Cheese And Bread Snack (Original Mix)” by Ott, from the CD “Blumenkraft”
06) Excerpt from HH The Dalai Lama’s sermon about “The real action of peace” (remixed)
07) “Sinus” by Apparat, from the CD “Shapemodes EP”
08) Excerpt from the movie, “Renegade”, plus the laughter of HH The Dalai Lama (remixed)
09) “Midnight Bloom”, Bluetech vs. Shulman, from the CD “Beneath the Surface”
10) “Want to Hold You Like the Sky Holds the Sun,” by Mystery Artist
11) “Splitting an Atom,” by Ott, from the CD “Blumenkraft”
12) “Mia Nihta Mono Den Ftani”, by Shulman, from the CD “Endless Rhythms of the Beatless Heart”
13) “Prana,” by Anahata, from the CD “Midnight Soul Dive”

Click below here to watch a clip of Renegade:

It takes a while to load, but your patience will be well rewarded.

If you like this mix, I encourage you to support the artists by buying their CDs or downloading their tracks from your favorite paid download site.

Pronoia, mixed by shalom

Pronoia, the opposite of paranoia, refers to the awareness that the universe is constantly conspiring to make us flourish. [A helpful thing to remember, particularly when times get tough.]

Here’s the track List:

00:00:00 – 00:01:38      01) Donovan “There Is A Mountain” (remixed by Shalom)
00:01:23 – 00:02:08      02) Curd Duca “Pop”
00:01:49 – 00:03:43      03) Alonso del Rio “Guaytinene”
00:03:31 – 00:03:55      04) Alonso del Rio “Fureze, Cholita”
00:03:45 – 00:03:55      05) Shalom “Rain at Dias”
00:03:45 – 00:11:00      06) Kuba “The Road To Find Out”
00:10:50 – 00:15:29      07) Naid “Mantra”
00:15:17 – 00:19:17      08) Chase & Status “Eastern Jam”
00:19:04 – 00:24:01      09) Heyoka “Noospheroid”
00:23:57 – 00:29:15      10) ill.gates “Eggplantation”
00:29:09 – 00:32:21      11) Ved’x “Crusher Dub”
00:32:11 – 00:36:22      12) Ed Solo “Feel Feel the Music” (excerpt)
00:36:19 – 00:41:03      13) Propa Tingz “Hustler’s Concerto”
00:41:00 – 00:42:33      14) Akira Kiteshi “Pinball”
00:42:31 – 00:45:19      15) An-ten-nae “Griot (featuring Samba)”
00:41:03 – 00:45:19      16) Nanda “Yoda Knowledge”
00:44:41 – 00:46:24      17) Shalom “Sub-sound”
00:45:33 – 00:46:14      18) BBC “Rumble in the Jungle”
00:46:17 – 00:49:02      19) Nanda “Conscious Movement”
00:48:59 – 00:54:58      20) Radikal Guru “Strong Dub”
00:54:46 – 00:56:23      21) Audio capture from the movie, “Encounters at the End of the World”
00:56:14 – 01:02:38      22) Heyoka “Lazy Bass”
01:02:38 – 01:07:55      23) Heyoka “Bubble”
01:07:24 – 01:08:53      22) Kaya Project “Hirajoshi”
01:08:41 – 01:11:40      25) Kuba “We’ll Learn”

And here’s one of my pieces, called “Nimita,” which I think works well as the album art:

You’re welcome to download the whole mix, using the button on the right of the player. If you like any of these tracks, I suggest supporting the artists and buying their CDs or downloading their work from iTunes, Beatport, or your favorite legal download service.

Filmed by Dowdenboy.

You can learn more about Dub FX and buy CDs on his website if this taste leaves you hungry for more.

[Hat-tip to DD for tuning me in to this virtuoso.]

If you like this, check out Saul Williams’ other work. Much respect!

Hat-tip to Media Assassin for the pointer.