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Episode 470

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This is very much one of the episodes where we follow the motto “the flow dictates the show.” Which is why it winds its uninterrupted way toward some darkness at the end. Maybe the slow onset of New England winter is getting to me already…

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Start      Trem 77, The Fifth Compass Point Dub, The Fifth Compass Pointhttp://trem77.bandcamp.com/album/the-fifth-compass-point
3.39       Forest Dweller, A Relic Of No Demonstrable Presence, Forever Elusive
7.13       miserable.noise.club, Vehemence, Vehemence
11.42     Cravagoide, Emisof, Hidden Sanctuary
15.17     Futuredrugs, This is the Time, Past Warnings of Present Futures
17.42     Sævar Jóhannsson, Quiet Presence, Quiet Presence
22.16     Simon Wilkinson, Terraforming, Before Silence
35.29     Phillip Wilkerson, Kieta Ne, Kieta Ne
50.06     Child of Both Space and Man, #2, I wish there was a place I could call home
57.19     Wil Bolton, Skadarlija (excerpt), Stari Grad
1.11.30  Lambwool, Exodus, Ashes
1.16.40  Arrowounds, Bioluminescent Forests of Megalithic Fungi (Edit), The Loneliness of the Hollow Earth Explorer Vol. 2
1.23.48  Ajna, I am dead, but not separated, New Revelations of Being

Episode 469

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Seems like lately I’ve wanted to start shows by helping you get your groove on. I’m trying not to picture you twirling and spinning around the living room, but I must say I’d be glad if you were. You take it easy on the pelvic movements there, Elvis. This ain’t that kind of place. Fair warning: I do wax a little rhapsodic for a couple minutes about a meaningful-to-me album at the end. You know there’s a “stop” button, right?

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Start      Claudio Crispo, Dark Sun (single)
5.17       Cosmic Soup Kitchen, Spicy Pumpkin, Soul of the Machine (compilation)
12.47     Mark Isham, Musings—in Two Parts, Soul of the Machine (compilation)
16.56     Samatha, Samatha II, Mara
21.03     M. Sage, Tender of Land (Patrick’s Version) (single)
25.49     Unknowndivide, Ghost, Existence
31.36     DAYOFWRATH, The Warrior’s Pilgrimage, And the World Will Perish in Flames
35.30     Meadow Argus, The Walls Were Supposed to be Green But They’re Blue (Instrumental), Somewhere Near Medina
47.14     Erwilian, Wandering (Live), Cascadia
54.49     Sundaug, Isles of the Blessed, To Bloom, To Wither
58.59     Eric Bikales, Humility, Mandala
1.02.37  East Forest, Samana, Prana
1.10.18  Giles Reaves, Strength, Wunjo
1.15.42  Forrest Fang, Dream of the Last Fisherman, The Fata Morgana Dream
1.26.45  Jeff Greinke, The River, Before Sunrise

Episode 464

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Once the first set tells its lovely story, I talk to you about it a little. Then we’re off again from a somewhat odd launching pad, headed into dark and quiet spaces.

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Start      Hari Maia, Universalis I Pt. II, Universalis
8.22       George Wallace, Cascades, Timeless
17.32     Extasis, Navel 528 Hz
21.47     Sherry Finzer, Fascination, Dreamweaver—Music for Deep Dreaming
26.06     Brannan Lane, Flute Impressions (Tubing the Guadalupe), Flute Impressions
29.50     Adrian Lane, Two Seagulls Gliding, Where Once We Danced
32.08     Terry Lee Nichols, Lying Next to You, Love Is
38.36     Sir Tad, The Return of Sir Slippy, Generation Joint
43.13     Chloe Yu Nong Lin & P.M. Tummala, Levitation Stories, Levitation Stories
49.22     Boreal Path, Life in Cataracts Poured Down, Boreal Covenant
58.34     Phobos, Part Seven, Phenomenon
1.07.02  Visible Light, Losing Leaves, Songs for Eventide
1.16.03  Paul Beaudoin, Evening Frost, A Space for Remembering
1.21.13  Siddhartha Barnhoorn, Meditation III, Dune Meditations

Episode 454

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Hiding in here we’ve got music inspired by a novel, music that started with a harp in a tree, and music used in a healing ceremony for a loved one. Do I have your attention?

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Start      Gabó, Mystic Rocks, New Wind (single)
4.06       The Birds Companion, The Memory Machine, A Place Outside of Time
7.13       Temporal Waves, Water Temple (Dynatron Remix), Incoming Transmission
12.02     Tides, Fade, Where Her Flowers Still Bloom
16.10     Tatsuro Murakami, …I still want to see, Mita Koyama-cho
19.20     Alexander Sussman, Hope, Sonic Calm – Part One
24.57     Richard Atkins, French Cafe, Pianistically Speaking
27.53     Brannan Lane, Rain Nap (excerpt), Rain Nap
48.09     Trem 77, Over These Dark Ages, Blacklight Sunset
52.04     Dronal, Cumulative Troposphere, If We Land
57.19     Ozbolt, Deja Vu, Chasyng Drakens
1.07.51  William St Hugh, Shaking Hands with the Shadow, To Forge a Darker Path
1.10.38  A-Sun Amissa, We Are Not Our Dread, All the Sky Was Empty
1.21.16  Dashmesh, Luminous Bardo 2, Luminous Bardo

Episode 453

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Two distinct parts here. We’ll kick off with a couple long-ish, flowing tracks, endure a short talky bit, then head off again where things get a bit…peppier. (Did I just use an old-guy word? Oh, well. Enjoy!)

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Start      Sephiroth, Cathedron, Cathedron*
13.11     Jarguna, Light Passage, The Truth Lies Beyond
25.02     eyes cast down, Corona, Light Echoes
41.31     John Puchiele Ensemble, Birds, Alive
47.02     The Unknown Soundscapes, A New Beginning (single)
51.40     Nettaiya featuring Yuko Motoki, Rising Sunset (single)
55.14     Janne Hanhisuanto, Part 9, Yume
1.00.52  Murray Grant, The River, 3000 Days
1.05.58  Corciolli, Utopia, Songs of Dust and Shadow
1.11.42  Dino Pacifici, Borne on the West Wind, Unfocused Dream Fragments
1.15.55  Sankt Otten, So Weit, So Gut, Hymnen und Helden**
1.21.12  Sylvain Carel, In the Red Marble Rotunda, Atlantide II-Testament

*Neglected to mention this is a re-release of a 1999 album some folks consider a classic of dark ambient.
**Also should have noted this is a cover of this song by Harald Grosskopf

Episode 450

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Call it a landmark without fanfare. Instead, just another 90 minutes of dang fine music, including an unplanned “Ladies of the Piano” section. The flow dictates the show…

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Start      Karmacosmic, Voice from Beyond, Sky Space Bar III (compilation)
4.35       Élément Kuuda, Tidal Denouement, Harbour of the North Wind
8.26       Velocidad Crucero, Florus, Natura
17.29     Michelle Qureshi & Sean O’Bryan Smith, The Night, One Is All
21.02     Celestial Trails, Peace, Observation of Transcendence
30.20     Melissa Galosi, Anchor, Quiet Path
33.18     Susanne Darre, Pictures, Travel Back
36.41     Ann Sweeten, Distant Clouds, Still
42.05     Susana López, Mundus Imaginalis, Materia Vibrante
52.54     Socool, Another Kind of Earth Pt. 1, Another Kind of Earth
1.12.22  Ben McCarthy, Orange Mesh Bag, Decorative Arts II
1.16.01  Twilight Transmissions, Rot Mouth, Liquid Tendril
1.21.35  OdNu, Breathing Orange Air, The Wind Swept All the Colours

Episode 449

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What starts in Jazz Valley and ends up wrapped in shadows? This episode.

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Start      David Mash, Bottles, Back to My Roots
8.45       Laura Masotto, Orange (Rubin Henkel Rework), The Spirit Of Things Reworks
12.14     Prix Libre, A Rendez-vous, Dead Again
18.21     Ben Chatwin, The Beginning/The End, The Beginning
25.13     Ah! Kosmos & Hainbach, Into The Glare (single)
27.31     Das Rad, Dubsaw, Buzzsaw
34.10     Robert Rich & Ian Boddy, Link Lost, Outpost
44.23     Monster Taxi, Pacifica (single)
48.17     theAdelaidean, Komaba Dream, Tokoro
54.27     Kaverna, Candelas de Mayo Sobre El Cerro Alto, Un Monolito en Llamas Quiebra el Horizonte
1.01.07  Kamil Kowalczyk, The Enchanted Forest, Dark Thoughts
1.13.57  Network 23, Titans, Music to Be Ignored 2

Episode 441

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Herein you shall find interesting song and album titles, knob-twiddly bits of synth music, a Latin lesson, floaty drifty things, and, all in all, 90 minutes of the stuff you like, with a quick talky stop in the middle. Enjoy.

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Start       AeTopus, Level, Iota
6.22       Alexis Delozanne, Le Reve de Samson, Acclimatation
10.39     Mindheal, Wired Together, Heart and Mind
15.51     Thierry David, Elliptical Tales, Six Waves
25.21     In Vitro, Ghostwriters on the Storm, Ghostwriters on the Storm
27.50     Sven Laux, Imbalance Before Stroke, The Undefined Feeling of Discomfort
31.09     Voltij, The Moons are Singing, Four Drones
39.12     Sublimatio Mortis, Conjunctio Entis, Transubstantiatio
53.05     Thomas Lemmer, In The Glow Of Midnight, Dreamscapes
55.16     Ambiente Solstice, Intervals of Infinity, A Question of Time
58.57     Naneum, Sequencing, Dreams Remembered
1.02.16  Phillip Wilkerson & Chris Russell, Dissipation, Imaginary Realities
1.11.11  Jolanda Moletta, Dream Spell, Sleeplaboratory 5.0 (compilation)
1.16.25  Dashmesh, The Sacred Tree, Biomimesis
1.22.44  Pacific Walker, Bustuarii Tears for di Inferni, Lost in the Valley of the Sun

Episode 438

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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 434

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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