ASR 001Christmas 2026
The Long Night
Christmas by Candlelight
Ten traditional songs for the quiet hours of winter.
The first record from Abstract Sight Records.
Some songs never leave us.
They wait, quietly, for the right time to be heard again.
A lit candle in a brass holder on a wooden sill, beside a stack of old books, looking out through an old window onto a snowy village and church beneath one bright star.
The Record
Christmas, on record.
A candle on a sill. An old window. Beyond it: snow, a village, a church, and one bright star. The Long Night is a record for the hour when the house has gone quiet and Christmas feels closest.
Ten traditional carols, arranged for a small chamber palette and given room to breathe. Nothing here is being reinvented. These are songs most people already carry — half-remembered, learned before they were understood, sung in cold churches and warm kitchens. The intention was only to set them down with care, and to let them be heard again with fresh attention.
The title is the plain one. It means the longest nights of the year, and it means the hours you sit up through, thinking of the people you have loved and the ones you will see in the morning.
It is the first record from Abstract Sight Records.
Ten Songs
Ten songs, in order.
Traditional carols, kept in the sequence they are meant to be heard in — from the waiting of Advent to the last song of the year.
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- In the Bleak Midwinter
- Silent Night
- Coventry Carol
- O Holy Night
- What Child Is This
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
- Gabriel’s Message
- Auld Lang Syne
The Sound
Quiet, and close.
Arranged for a small chamber palette and given the pace of a quiet room rather than a concert hall. Nothing hurries.
The melodies stay where people remember them. The care goes into the space around them: the pauses, the restraint, the sense of a single hour rather than a whole season.
The Booklet
Something to read.
Every Abstract Sight record is made to come with something to read. The booklet for this release will carry an opening essay, a note on each carol and where it comes from, source and arrangement notes, the artwork, the credits, and the full production disclosure.
Booklet coming with the release.
How It Was Made
How this record was made.
Generative AI was used in the creation of this recording. The track credits identify the generated elements, the tools used, and the human contributions to the finished release.
Track-by-track credits are published with the record and in the booklet: what was generated, which tools were used, and what a person did.
The Edition
The edition.
The Long Night is released digitally on November 13, 2026, under catalogue number ASR 001.
Abstract Sight Records is built for physical editions, and this artwork was drawn with a sleeve in mind. No physical edition has been made yet. If one is, it will be announced here, and to the mailing list first.
Listen
Where to hear it.
The Long Night is released on November 13, 2026. Streaming and purchase links will appear here on release day.
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Abstract Sight Records
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Different worlds. A common belief: there is more to hear.
The Catalogue
One label. Many worlds.
A record from us, now and then.
New releases, notes from the studio, and the annual Abstract Sight Christmas record.
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