How does the Hypnagogue Podcast celebrate laying down its 500th episode? With an epic buttload of music. And by using the ever-so-classy term “epic buttload of music,” I solidify my place as the least professional ambient/electronic/contemporary instrumental music podcast host in all of recorded history. And if you’ve been with me for more than five or six shows, you’re A) probably okay with that and B) the reason I keep doing this show. (And the silly shit that sometimes comes with it.) Have you copped a look at that playlist yet? I think you should stop reading and start listening. There’s a lot to get to. Look, we both know you’re not getting through this in one sitting, but neither did I, so we’re even. Should I count down from three and then we can start? Okay, cool. 3…2… oh, man, you pressed play already!
Start Lopside 37, 37*
7.02 The Current, Alone With Company, Communion
10.51 Stafraenn Hakon, Raekjuhals, Prammi
16.25 Freq.Magnet, Derriere des il Bleu, Nicked**
23.08 Michelle Cross & Joe Frawley, My Favorite Things, Dolls Come to Life
27.13 Boy is Fiction, Feeling Lazy, Broadcasts in Colour
31.30 Giles Reaves, Joy, Wunjo***
36.03 Steve Roach, The Other Side, Dreamtime Return
48.40 Azuma, The Wanderer, The Wanderer†
52.17 Darshan Ambient, Box of Sky, re:Karma
1.07.58 Steve Roach, Beyond the Blood, Truth & Beauty
1.12.44 Byron Metcalf & Mark Seelig, Vision, Intention
1.22.17 Dashmesh, The Sacred Tree, Biomimesis
1.28.48 Frore, Climbing Deeper, Last Place of Wonder
1.36.18 Jeffrey Koepper, Creation, Sequentaria
1.46.16 Computerchemist, Geoid, Landform
1.53.18 Chuck van Zyl, All Souls’ Day, Memory Space
1.59.41 Michael Bruckner, Backspin, Recycled Life
2.11.05 Altus, Soft Space, Trailhead
2.18.43 Chris Russell, Slowly Drifting, Frozen
2.25.17 Igneous Flame, Vuh, Lapiz
2.31.25 Robert Rich, Cantus for Hospitality, Offering to the Morning Fog
2.40.52 jarguna, Refraction Light, Pareidolia
2.48.01 Alexander Sussman, Sonic Calm, Sonic Calm Pt 2
2.55.04 Phillip Wilkerson, Sunlight of Oneness, Metaphors for Everything
3.04.02 Ashot Danieliyan-Kolomin,†† Awakening, Awakening
3.15.22 Ladd Allen Doane, Vector Sum, Angular Momentum
3.22.58 Tapes and Topographies, The Floating World, Floating World – Reflections on 36 Views of Newland Island
3.28.24 Blue Is Nine, Life in Motion, Life in Motion
3.35.57 Runningonair, City Morning, Unselected Works 94-07§
3.41.21 In Vitro, Dismnesias, Ghostwriters on the Storm
3.44.12 Test Card, Still The Field Is A Pleasure Pasture And Space So Softly Was, Channels
3.48.58 Orion Tango, The In Between, The In Between
3.58.07 Creature, New World, Mechanical
4.02.57 George Wallace, Dancing Down the River Mystic, Etherica Blue
4.10.36 Indian Trap & S.J.Jananiy, Shiva Mantra (Om Namah Shivaya), Mantras
4.14.40 Slow Dancing Society, A Song to Help You Remember to Forget, The Sound of Lights When Dim
*Sorry to start the links by sending you to the Hell That Underpays Small Artists, but it’s the only place I could find it and you really should hear it.
**The artist’s site notes that it’s out of print, with no mention of digital availability, and directs visitors to resellers.
***You guessed it! You should hear it, so go find it on YouTube.
†See, when you dig into old and obscure albums, sometimes even the internet isn’t your friend. Well, not if you refuse to link to resellers. But let me tell you, lots of people on YouTube enjoy this album enough to rip and upload it, so search away!
††My bad dropping the hyphenated part of your name in my VO, Ashot. In my system it was just Danieliyan, but hey, I made good on the playlist!
§Joe, buddy, you’re killing me here. A link to your Bandcamp where you’ve put a bunch of your albums but not this one? You’re making me look bad in front of the wizards.
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