I couldn’t do it. I just couldn’t look at the list of great albums that I didn’t have space for on Episode 252 without thinking, “You know, many of my episodes are 11 tracks long…”
So here we go, friends—11 tracks from 11 more albums that gave your ol’ buddy Hypnagogue a solid whack in the listens in 2018.
As much as I enjoy looking back over the music that’s been sent to the show in the last year, pulling together a playlist is a bit of a chore–but a pretty cool one. The chore is not just pointing out what albums really made an impact on me; it’s also about giving you a nice, deep listen. There are 19 tracks to dig into in this uninterrupted journey (20 if you count my way of saying “Thank You” via Adam Werner), and having head-tested the flow a couple of times now, I can say–yeah, it’s a nice, deep listen.
As always, thank you all for listening in the year gone by. The subscriber base has grown beautifully. At the beginning of the year it was about 450; now it’s over 635. So welcome, and thanks for hanging out, and happy listening. More to come in 2019.
Sure, you’ve heard a fair amount of Phillip Wilkerson in the last few episodes, but that’s because he’s good and I like his music. So much, in fact, that between two solid sets from the Newish queue, you get to drop into 30 deep minutes with him. Or, uh, I mean…his music. Either way.
1.08.54 Christopher Sky, You’ve Been Gone Too Long, Vastness
1.14.13 Garo, Lisansky, Sea Songs
1.16.35 Joe Frawley, Lady of Shalott, Waterhouse
1.20.53 North Atlantic Drift, Glow, Departures
1.28.31 Steve Roach, Liminal, Mercurius
How did we end up here? It’s, like, 500 weeks later and I’m still doing a podcast. Huh. Must be all the good music that’s sent to me. Let’s play some. Extra-long show this time. Enjoy, and as I will say several times throughout: thank you so very much.
Start Giles Reaves, Joy, Wunjo
4.40 Steve Roach, Cloud Motion, Now/Traveler
9.48 Brannan Lane, Sonic Pillow, Sleep Cycle*
13.45 Numina, In Loneliness, the Landscape Fades, Sanctuary of Dreams
19.50 Igneous Flame, Lost at Sea, Oxana
23.39 Spacecraft, DeProfundis, The Gatherings Vol 2**
33.51 Robert Rich, Eulalia, Filaments
48.03 Cyberchump, That Nagging Feeling, The Construction of Things
56.11 John Lyell, Searching for a Moment, Planetary Artifacts
1.02.19 CH District, Conclusion, Conclusion
1.08.06 DeeperNET, Tiny Paper Squares, One
1.16.23 Dolmen, Calling Our Dead Ones Home, Incantations Verse One
1.19.52 Zero Ohms, The Poetics of Space, Sweven
1.26.48 Phillip Wilkerson, Endlessly Spiraling, The Stars and Afterward
1.34.46 Manitou, The snow dances under the lights of the Park Avenue Hotel, Shadows of a Detroit Winter Sun
1.42.52 Dwight Ashley, Katalepsis, Discrete Carbon
1.48.54 Bruno Sanfilippo, A Door Opens Forever, Inside Life
1.55.49 Todd Boston, Blue Pearl, One
*As noted in the show, I had this from a Sampler. I found the actual album it came from for you. You’re welcome.
**I’ve added a link to the page for The Gatherings Vol 2, but I am not sure the album is commercially available. Instead, here’s a link to the track itself from Spacecraft’s Bandcamp page.
And yes, Wunjo remains a collector’s item for those who choose to search it out on the internet. And you should, because it’s magic. My policy here is to only provide artist-verifiable links where possible, and not links to random resellers.
In the Spotlight this time, it’s the spacey sounds of Hollan Holmes. New tracks up front, deep library grooves at the tail.
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Start Rest You Sleeping Giant, Left to Decay, Spirits
11.38 Unifony, Ghostly, Unifony
14.23 Swartz et, Saudade, A Living Thing
25.29 Anasia, Song 3, 5Mice
*So it appears I was wrong about Hollan taking a workshop with Steve Roach. But here’s the story of the Holmes-Roach connection, in Hollan’s own words, which he shared on Facebook:
While I’ve never taken a workshop with Steve Roach, I must admit that he has been an influence, as well as an inspiration ever since I discovered his work in the late 80s. How he and I met is a bit of an interesting story. In 1990, while working as a baggage handler at American Airlines, I was loading baggage onto a flight bound for Tucson. I started pulling these big flight cases off the cart, when I noticed the name, Steve Roach. I’d discovered his music a couple of years earlier and had become a rabid fan. Like a giddy schoolgirl I ran up the jet bridge stairs and conned the ticket agent into giving me Steve’s seat number letting me onboard. Hands shaking, I asked him for his autograph. It was one of the first times any fan had asked him for one. I still have that autograph in my collection. Now, fast forward to 2004. I wrote Steve and told him this story, then asked him if he would be interested in letting me create an album cover (Lost Pieces, Vol.4) for him (my primary career is as an artist). He both remembered and obliged. I went on to do another album cover (immersion one), a tee shirt design (Circuit Mandala) and all the graphics for all four versions of his Immersion Station Apps. We’ve been friends for a long time and, while I make every effort to make music that is my own, Steve Roach does remain both an influence and an inspiration.
