21st December 2022 is the release date for the new Christmas Passed compilation album on BandCamp. Containing multiple releases from Passed Recordings artists, but also our friends on the Ambient Soundscapes Discord server. All proceeds from this release will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.

Christmas Passed is a compilation album – there were very few rules for what could/couldn’t be made other than one thing:

All of the tracks on this album had to be made primarily from one or more recordings of a Christmas Market.

Once the challenge went live, our contributors went away and collected field recordings from Christmas markets around the world: Cardiff, London, Berlin, Offenbach, Maryland, Falun & Warsaw.

These samples were then sliced, spliced and distorted into the pieces on the album.

The final release contains tracks from Passed Recordings’ Chris Hobbs, Christian Schwöbel, Exit Chamber, Take Me There & our newest member G!GA LURGH.

It also contains tracks from our friends: Toys In The Static, Ben Bork, Few Genes, SkyLore & Twilight Sleep.

Additional thanks to Hello Spiral for his submission of a field recording and photograph of a Christmas Market which was used as a sound source and on the cover of the album respectively.

Also to a____ne for providing a field recording.

Christmas Passed is available now on Passed Recordings!