Global Ambient Musicians Come Together for L.A. Fire Charity Initiative
February 7, 2025 BY Emma Orland
Today, Nettwerk is excited to partner with Hollie Kenniff to release For L.A. Vol. 1 & 2, a global ambient 55-track compilation of musicians coming together to help Los Angeles after the devastating fires that struck the city in early January. Curated by Hollie Kenniff and mastered by her husband, Keith Kenniff (aka Goldmund and Helios), where all proceeds will go to LA fire relief efforts. For L.A. Vol. 1 & 2 features previously unreleased material from composers in the ambient, electronic, and modern classical communities. All proceeds from this release will support “We Are Moving The Needle” and “Give Directly,” empowering frontline organizations dedicated to relief and recovery for families affected by the LA fires. Our thoughts and love are with everyone in the LA community during this challenging time.
When we say global, we mean global. This two-volume compilation features artists from fifteen countries all over the world: from Iran to Japan, Poland to New Zealand, China to Greece, Australia to Canada, where Nettwerk’s headquarters is located and seven of the featured artists are from. Many local LA acts have also submitted to this compilation, including Nettwerk’s own The Album Leaf and artists like Baths and B9.
Nettwerk is thrilled to have both volumes available on DSPs, with all proceeds going toward two great causes. Along with being made available on all streaming platforms, today also marks the first Bandcamp Friday of the year, where both volumes live, and Bandcamp’s portions of proceeds go toward MusiCares.
As Bandcamp exclusives, the second volume features three tracks from the late great ambient composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, who passed away in 2023 and who was friends with Hollie and Keith Kenniff. Ryuichi has an Academy Award, a BAFTA, a Grammy, and two Golden Globes. One of the songs included on Bandcamp is a field recording from LA in 2015; the other is a live recording from LA’s ACE Hotel in 2019, his last show in the United States.
For L.A. Volume 1 is available on all streaming and digital platforms here.
For L.A. Volume 2 is available on all streaming and digital platforms here.
FOR L.A. VOL 1
TRACK LISTING
Hollie Kenniff – Love, Lightness
The Album Leaf – Dancing In Air
Goldmund – The Great River
Hammock – Daka
taennya – translucent veil
Hior Chronik – Among Others
Sachi Kobayashi – Your Wings
Sergio Díaz De Rojas – Oblivion
Black Brunswicker – Quieting Landscapes
Patrik Berg Almkvisth – What Happens Next
Markus Guentner, Pepo Galán & Joachim Spieth – Still Air
rhubiqs – Distant
Cat Tyson Hughes – Perennials
Clem Leek – Altadena
Kilometre Club – Security
Patricia Wolf – Trophic Cascade
Akira Kosemura – Lament
Six Missing – Family
Dimming – On My Coat
Warmth – Crossways
Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres – Wax Hymn
Anita Tatlow & Antarctic Wastelands – Interlude
Julia Gjertsen – Dvale
Rhian Sheehan – Before
Haruhisa Tanaka – Inori
dalot – dusk 534
Benoît Pioulard – Retinue
Baths – Auto Damien
Frances Shelley – Let Me Hold You
Helios & Hollie Kenniff – Soft As Breath
Elskavon – Elpa
FOR L.A. VOL 2
TRACK LISTING
Kazuma Okabayashi – Reverence of Mine
Jim Perkins – Uncertainty
Alanna Crouch – Reflections
Glåsbird – A Fabric Bond
Ben Crosland – Orison
Lights & Motion – When The Shadows Sing
Ann Annie – Waves
Robot Koch – Bloom (Cathode Mix)
Dylan Henner – I Crossed The Irish Sea When the Waves Were At Their Highest
Susanne Darre – Changes
Chihei Hatakeyama – The Clouds Dissolving Into A Stillness
Ausklang – Momentum (Live)
The Lifted Index – Nock
Brendon Moeller – Connection
Gollden – with eyes closed
B9 – Photograph
anthéne – Kestrel
Neighborhood Libraries – What Will We Have Left
Cassandra Croft – Unmoving Sky
Tangent Universes – Clouds on the Ground
Asia Dojnikowska – Fleeting Daylight
Ava Rasti – Lucid Dream
Moskitoo – Tambourine Pond
Fields We Found – Daybreak
