Episode 445

Gonna get a bit drifty ’round these parts. You can deal with that, right? Give your brain a rest for a bit. It (and you!) deserve it.

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Start      Exit Chamber, Faith In a Beautiful Future, Faith In a Beautiful Future
4.38       Pietro Zollo, Going Beyond, Abstraction
10.02     Ashot Danielyan, Divine Light of Grace, Awakening
15.55     Liquid Mind, Coming Home, Liquid Mind XV: In The Love
23.28     Dirk Serries, Treasure Of Stars, Treasure Of Stars (Streams of Consciousness)
37.48     Julien Demoulin, A Trial Of Distances (.foundation rework), A Trial Of Distances
46.41     Death-Static, Ready, Time is Ignorance
57.45     First Snow of The Year, Icarus II, Norwegian White*
1.01.09  Noordic, Iruya Sky, Memories of NOA
1.15.21  Pete Kvidera, Mist Breathing, Space
1.18.46  Martijn Comes, Overture – to Skwa, Frixtis

*Not “Pine” like that goober said.

Episode 444

Soft glides and sweet rides both electronic and acoustic AND … the best inside joke EVER for long-time listeners. (Don’t peek at the playlist!) Enjoy the trip.

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Start      Dapper Blob, Soft Space, Somewhere With You
3.24       Nick Storring, Mirante, Mirante
12.03     Hiram, Eglantine Remix 2, Green Green Earth
19.10     Ilka de Gast, Sophia’s Song (Radio Edit), Ocean of Light
23.33     Wayo Hogan, Going to the Sun, Montana Stillwater
27.32     Richard Theisen, Oceanova, Oceanova
31.49     Michelle Qureshi, Just Passing By, Be in This World
34.09     Kevin Paczesny, Childhood Beach, Lost Horizons
39.08     Gustavo Denouard, Silence in the Cave, Silent Morning
49.58     Rosapolvere, Gormenghast, Dungeons & Drones
56.01     Loneward, Solitude’s Labyrinth, Gossamer Wings of Illusion
1.06.09  Yttriphie, Myrskiiyinen, An Extremely Slow Motion Explosion
1.13.47  Roy Mattson, Entering A Forgotten Place, Earthly Delights
1.18.45  David Mauk, Morning View, Piano with a View
1.22.56  Christopher Boscole, The Girl From Ipanema, Time for Love

Episode 443

Here’s another one that comes rippin’ out of the starting blocks! We’ll spend a good chunk of our time together digging around in the library to round out the voyage. And as it turns out, one of those people snuck under the radar. See my note below the playlist. Hold tight!

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Start      Tobi Morare, Street Hawk, Planet Funk
3.15       Uh, Jungle Parkway, Pleroma
10.47     Billy Yfantis, Moon Shadows, New Moon
14.01     Exedra, Miracle Worlds, Starzoned
18.45     Symbion, Project New Dispassion, Tryptych
29.24     Hello Mr. Klaus, Euterpe and the Messenger Fairy, The Fairy of the Cyclical Journey
41.45     Jeroen Dirrix, Call the Flood, The Hidden Place
47.01     Richard Souther, Chasing Echoes, Waiting in the Wings
51.08     Andreas, Devine, Paradise Cafe*
58.01     Darren Rogers, Broken Soul, A Taste of Life
1.01.02  Seriah & Ashkelon Sain, Chocatiuh, Eztica
1.02.42  Tedd Arnold, Welcome to Earth, Tecta
1.06.35  Jeff Pearce, Night Path, Rainshadow Sky
1.10.48  Failover, Impact Scars (Landing Scars Ambient Remix), Landing Scars
1.16.47  Maud the Moth & Trajedesaliva, Perla, Bordando el Manto Terrestre
1.21.36  Aeon, Defiance, Blury Mind

*I’ll be honest–I would have sworn I’ve played Andreas before, but the Giant Spreadsheet of Goodness says otherwise. I was so confident, in fact, that I didn’t realize it until I was plugging in links and was having a hard time finding one for this album (well, one that wasn’t Spotify…). Checked the sheet and….huh. And thus, with this realization, I hereby welcome Andreas to the ranks of Artists John Forgot!

Episode 440

Well, that’s quite a song title to kick the show off with. Here’s a fresh 90 or so straight from the Holding Tanks.

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Start       Siberian Dancehall Incident, Mouth Sex (1), Low Light Love & Grind
6.27       Blessed are the Hearts that Bend, Tether, A gentle death – a sudden birth
8.47       Jeff Greinke, Late Rain, Late Rain
15.23     Forrest Fang, Seraphinianus, Perihelion
21.15     Rudy Adrian, The Sleepy Hills 2, Beyond The Sleepy Hills
29.10     Steve Roach, Sensual Sonic, The Reverent Sky
40.16     Chris Cox, Pre-Flight, Moonshowers Vol 2 – Shadowcaster
46.49     Blanket Swimming & Toni Dimitrov, Porphura Cascade, Porphura
1.05.03  Billy Denk, The Depths of Existence, Beneath the Peaceful Sky
1.09.51  Renee Michelle, On My Way, Reunion
1.13.39  Christina Tourin, As Above So Below, From the Angelic Realm – The Best of Christina Tourin
1.22.13  Deuter, Horizon Light, Mangata

Episode 439

It’s 50/50 time again with cuts from the Holding Tanks and the library. There’s some jazzy prog rock on the menu and, in fact, we end up (again, really?) looking off into the slightly foreign realm known as the Valley of Jazz. Enjoy.

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Start      Carlos Dengler, Initiatio, Calcinatio
6.53       A New Line (Related), 3AM Worry Sessions, A Quarterly Update On The Sadness
11.13     MiDi BiTCH, Hyperoche, Hyperborea
16.51     Ludvig Cimbrelius, Lifted Into Wonder, Here
25.22     Brian Mulder, Hiboux du Lac, Cygnus
31.03     David Lindsay, Far Shore, With You
35.57     William St Hugh, Our Better Selves, Our Better Selves
44.42     Hollan Holmes, Insulated, Prayer to the Energy
49.32     Radium88, Until The End Of Time (And Beyond), The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Space Traveler
55.51     Stratus Luna, Efemera, Stratus Luna
1.03.05  Mosaik, Sporel, Leandi
1.07.50  Brooks & Day, Oneness, Awakening
1.13.38  Anawaty Russell, On The Beach, Analog Universe
1.18.17  Andrea Presciuttini, Augustin in Milan,* Quartet Live
1.24.17  Collective Acoustics, Ellipsoidal, edges

*Said “August” because, looking at the track list that got brought into iTunes, that’s what it says. But when you port the track into Audacity, it reads “Augustin” which, according to Bandcamp, is correct. Did it make a difference to your enjoyment of the track? No, it did not.

Episode 438

Aside from having two strong contenders for song title of the episode, whatcha got here is a dozen tracks of goodness. We’ll start off a bit quietly and see where it goes from there.

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Start      Fra Zedde, I remember smiles and If I close my eyes tears slide on my cheeks, Dwell
8.09       Tom Smith, Downstream, Electio
12.41     Jonny Fryer, Esterel, Saudade
17.31     Johan Fotmeijer, Implements of Sacrifice, Sylvan Library 1
24.07     Aglaia, Delicately Luminous, Darkness Meets Red
43.15     Eeriærmor, Who is This?, Eeriærmor
49.14     Jonathan Thomas Miller, Bending Toward the Future, Environments for a Burning Planet 1
52.13     Robert Scott Thompson, Evensong, Hiraeth
57.12     The Lonely Bell, There’s No Going Back…, Age of Abandonment
1.06.39  Michael Brückner, Cloud Formation in the East Central Section (City of the 7th Plane – Part 1), The Seven Planes of Dreams
1.16.03  William Ryan Fritch, Cling to One Another, Adhesion
1.21.36  Runar Blesvik, Constant, All the Difference

Episode 437

Any time I do a lazy podcast, despite giving a nice big floaty ride, I always feel like I need to make up for the apparent lack of content next time out. So here are 16 tracks from the Holding Tanks. We good?

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Start      Karen Willems, Romke Kleefstra & Jan Kleefstra, Ast Tiid Tôgest, It Deel III
4.49       Frolin, A Touch Of Peace, Peaceful Reflections
6.48       David Wahler, Love in a Meadow, Singular
10.24     Michelle Qureshi, Rest Now, Lineage
13.00     Bruno Sanfilippo, Dew On The Tip Of A Leaf, Only Five Petals
16.10     3HZ, IV, Landers
29.17     SourceCodeX, Resolution Through Suffering, Music for Mind Melding
37.48     Hidden Fort, Wheels, Dreams from the Roller Palace
42.46     Yamaoka, Presto III, Presto
50.04     Laurie Torres, Lisière, Après Coup
52.42     Gleisberg, Umarmende Versöhnung, Fernherrlichkeit
54.40     Emilie Cecilia LeBel, Ghost Geography (excerpt), Landscapes of Memory
1.06.26  Potsch Potschka, The Funeral (Single)
1.09.41  Paul Adams & Elizabeth Geyer, Contemplation, A Journey of Dreams
1.13.47  NCT333, Buried Deep in the Upper Waters, Sky Burial
1.19.18  Katharina Schmidt, 12.53, One Day

Episode 435

This one opens and closes with artists I’ve been listening to for a couple decades now. (We’re gettin’ old, boys…) In between, familiar faces and new-to-me names from the Holding Tanks direct the ride.

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Start      Altus, Matters of Light, Ultraviolet
6.06       Alluste Desde, Turín a Buenos Aires, Gemstones V
12.03     Voyage Futur, Ancient Treescape, Unseen Portal
16.59     Gandalf, A Light from Afar, A Light from Afar
25.18     Radio Massacre International, Galactic Furnace Part 2 (Radio Edit), Galactic Furnace
34.28     theAdelaidean, Day Dreamt, Distant Objects in Soft Focus
46.15     RL Huber, Forgiving Light, Forgiving Light
48.46     Jill Fraser, Beautiful Summer, Earthly Pleasures
55.40     Feeling Flying, Tiden far, Spirit Level
1.06.15  Teleport Collective, Mother Engine, A Monolith’s Dream
1.12.12  Ed Herbers, Spacewalk, Upper Atmosphere
1.15.54  Igneous Flame, Fluid Mass, Vortex

Episode 434

No stops on this one, and our voyage passes through sequenced sounds, shadowy spaces, and the outskirts of Jazzville. You know how it is around here…we go all over the place. Enjoy.

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Start      [‘ramp], Seven Swans, Gemstones V
11.25     Eulipion Corps, Wanderers, Dreamlands
17.44     NTHNL, Return to the cloud, thank you, Ontogenesis
21.10     Peter Phippen & Ivar Lunde, Jr., Eye of the Day, Earthly
30.16     Colin Andrew Sheffield, Moments Lost, Moments Lost
43.03     Rodrigo Passannanti, Law Of Attraction, Forgotten Worlds
52.08     Network 23, Annal Nadrach, The Black Pilgrimage
57.53     Nordvargr, Runa, Resignation IV
1.01.09  Aperus, Graffiti Ghosts, Lost Tribe of the Shadow
1.04.49  Paul Ellis & Pabellón Sintético, Dreams as gigantic as the surroundings were small, Veiled Portraits
1.13.09  Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt, Gloop, Forever Stories of Moving Parties
1.15.46  Minor Conflict, Parallels III, Parallels
1.17.20  Keith Fiala, On My Way Home, The Quest
1.20.12  David Darling, Rendezvous, Other Worlds
1.25.33  Bernd Scholl, Turn The Wheel Of Time, An Evening in the Cave Live

Episode 433

It’s a 50/50 ride this time as we split the voyage between the tanks and the library. And what usually comes out of the library? That’s right: for the first time in 2025 we get An Artist John Forgot! Have a listen.
(And pardon the couple of Spotify links in the playlist if, like me, you don’t “do” that service. Sometimes a host’s gotta do what a host’s gotta do.)

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Start      Oliver Burch, Murmur, Perfume
4.40       Dapper Blob, Window Seat, Communions for Commuters
8.31        Esmam, My Dystopia, We Lost the Green, Not Hope
12.07      Leila Abdul-Rauf, Depths of Us, Calls from a Seething Edge
16.53      Ancient Astronaut, Fields of Dreams, New Chapters
21.07     Tremble With Joy, Our Birds Live Fraught With Danger (excerpt), >Born Trembling<
33.46     Civic Hall, II, The Trembling Line
44.03     Uncle Pops & the Dumbloods, The Comfort Zinger, Swamp Sounds/Uncle Pops & the Dumbloods
48.06     Cucina Povera, Polyton Nurkka, Tyyni
51.57     SineRider, Aura Projection, A Familiar Light
56.20     ZenRat, Of Smoke and Spark, A World Beneath the World*
1.05.06  Sensitive Chaos, Voyager Surfs The Interstellar Sea, March of the Timeshifters
1.12.03  krill.minima, CatDinR42, Beneath the Surface (compilation)
1.18.31  Specta Ciera & Arbee, Turn Around, Unified Formations
1.22.27  Patrick Balthrop, Throwaways, Autopoetic

*I know what I said. After recording, in trying to find a link for the album I learned that the artist and album names had been changed for various reasons. The music’s all the same. Carry on.