A dark ambient mix using the near east as its theme. Tracks take listeners from the pyramids of Giza to Jerusalem to the ancient city of Damascus and many places in between. The idea for this mix was inspired by the recent release by Ager Sonus of Book of the Black Earth. I wondered how many near eastern themed tracks I could find, the answer is: a lot. Narrowing this down from over 9 hours worth of music to just over two hours, the mix starts with some more conventional dark ambient takes on these themes. As the mix progresses the theme becomes more and more pronounced. The latter half of the mix drew heavily from the Sombre Soniks compilation Dark Ambient Vol.8 which used an ancient Egyptian theme as its shared foundation. The Muslimgauze and Penjaga Insaf tracks brought some great field recordings into the mix. You can find links to all the albums in the track list below the player!

01. 0:00:00 Thomas Koner – Jerusalem (Hour Nine)
02. 0:04:45 Atrium Carceri – Jerusalem I
03. 0:07:20 Ager Sonus – Through the Desert
04. 0:13:10 Creation VI – Desertsong
05. 0:22:30 A Cryo Chamber Collaboration – Nyarlathotep (excerpt)
06. 0:27:10 Hymnambulae – Sandkornen
07. 0:32:30 Thomas Koner – Damascus (Hour Six)
08. 0:37:10 Kammarheit – The Excavation Site
09. 0:45:40 Nubiferous – Temple of the Sun
10. 0:54:30 Herbst9 – Ereskigal, Rise From Your Throne
11. 1:03:20 Xerxes The Dark – Omniscent
12. 1:11:00 Ager Sonus – Osiris’s Courtroom
13. 1:16:40 Druha Smrt – In The Desert Inside
14. 1:23:50 Tehransmission – Leaving The Planet
15. 1:28:40 Uzbazur345 – Through the Sand of the Sahara
16. 1:33:10 Muslimgauze – Gulf Between Us
17. 1:36:20 Nagual Art – Fatima
18. 1:40:40 Penjaga Insaf – Keinsafan
19. 1:45:40 Gaznesh – Kult of Osiris
20. 1:49:50 Muslimgauze – Narcotic 3
21. 1:54:40 Ambient Blackhearts Division – Asar
22. 2:01:20 Catacombs of Doom – Hathor Rising
23. 2:09:00 Herbst9 – Birds of Sorrow are Building Nests on these Flanks