If you’ve been here before, you know that the rule is that the flow dictates the show. So this one starts off fun and funky with an infectious track but in short order turns into something drifting and just a little bit lazy. As Vonnegut said, so it goes.
Music can get a little weird at times–ever notice that? Well, you might this time around. But it all flows and lightens across time, so that’s good, right? If nothing else, you get to hear your host apologetically mangle someone’s language for the umpteenth time. So worldly. Enjoy.
The quest to clear out the older stuff in the Holding Tanks continues! (But only for a bit.) I’ve also got fresher stuff to offer–and watch out for that track with lyrics. Hey, it happens.
The unfortunate reality is that sometimes, artists hang out in the Holding Tanks for a good long while–too long, in fact–waiting for me to get around to putting them into an episode. So this time out my goal is to try to clear out some long-lingering music and give these folks their due. Quite a mix of styles here, including an excursion to the border of smooth jazz, and in the back half I’ll treat you to two long drifts.
Start Al Gromer Khan, Crush, Tariqa 3.28 Deborah Martin & Erik Wøllo, Prayer Song, Kinishba 7.44 The Lonely Bell, Life Without Love, The Absent Years 16.00 Arin Aksberg, A Look Back, Nordic Patterns 21.15 Joescho, Crunchie, Body & Mind 26.20 Trem 77, Iridium, Vivid Vibration 29.19 OdNu & Ümlaut, Sleepy I Slept, Abandoned Spaces 38.09 M. Cross Dougherty, Coherence, Particles/Waves 43.35 Janne Hanhisuanto, Journey of One Unicorn, Cosmic Dreams 49.00 1015141208114, Hostel Pt 1, Hostel 1.15.15 54.43 Steve Brand, Forgotten Languages (w/Mark Seelig) [excerpt], Lost Languages 1.10.47 Henrik Meierkord, Ödet, Förnimmelser 1.15.02 øjeRum, The Limited Circle Is Pure (excerpt),The Limited Circle Is Pure
Even on my best days here I’m just making it up as I go, trying to find the way one piece rolls into the next to keep you immersed in the sound. So let’s do that again. Let’s see if I guessed correctly. Quick stop at the midway point to say hi.
The world’s gone wild over artificial intelligence! So why not join in? Come check out the first episode powered by AI.* I’m sure it will lead to 90 minutes of good stuff from the holding tanks. *Clearly, it’s a bit.
Well, that’s 14 years down…let’s celebrate turning 15 and largely unknown with an hour each of new stuff and tasty library cuts. And as always, thank you for being the reason (other than therapy!) that I keep doing this. Party hats on…
Start Solace Road, The Portrait, Portraits of Days Past 4.54 Mount Maxwell, Mist, Littlefolk 8.39 Evenfall, Above the Treeline, Circular Motion 13.02 The Space Cadet, Wabi Sabi Sauce/Sir Emerald Seascape The Third, Forgotten Melodies 16.16 Angelspit & Iceplanet9000, The Voices, Sequence 1: Glass Jar 20.11 Steve Roach, Desert Winds 4, The Desert Winds of Change 26.46 Christopher Alvarado & Thomas Park, Pyramid of Sound, Heat Head 30.48 DF Tram & Canopy of Stars, Manhattan Cloudscape- Bells of Saint Clemmons Mix, The Upsweep 41.43 Diane Arkenstone, A Sea of Ghosts, Aquaria II: Ascension 45.38 Anantakara, You Can Make It Through, Across A Veiled River 53.10 Bahía Mansa, Paisaje del Alma, Maliki 1.04.18 Giles Reaves, The Second Circle, Nothing is Lost* 1.09.55 Cathode Ray Tube, The Dormant Alchemy, The Frozen Years 1.18.47 Test Card, Four Zero Five Line Rewind, Music For The Towers 1.22.37 Polaroid Notes, Further Along, Cloud Anthems 1.27.40 Dead Melodies, Beautiful Coalesce, Legends of the Wood 1.34.34 Sebby Kowal, Bright Spaces, Bright Spaces 1.42.05 Oriom, Son of the Sun, Healing Source 1.49.12 Pascal Schumacher, Strange, Sol 1.52.16 Harriet Riley & Alex Garden, Wolkenkratzer, Sonder 1.56.07 Flow, Something on Tuesday, Promise 2.00.08 Darshan Ambient, The Rain Has Flown, A Day Like Any Other
*Out of print, far as I can tell. You can find it online through resellers, but we don’t do that stuff here.
This one’s kinda sorta not really got a theme. I won’t mention it here, so as not to spoil the oh-so-clever opening bit. (Were you around when oh-so-clever opening bits were much more of a thing here? Say hi in the comments if you were!) Away we go.
This time through, it’s just new music. I’m having some of the chairs in the library reupholstered and the place is a mess. We’ll stay in the main lounge. The beverage cart will be along shortly.
Start Rednicuido, Monster, Grand Central 5.05 Skyphone, End of the Tether, Oscilla 10.07 Suspension Bridge Workshop, Everything Is Technically Post-Slint, 001 14.07 PureMath, Fantom, Ambient Works 20.24 Old Amica, Genom skärvorna, Fyr 24.33 V Vecker Ensemble, Acedia Phase, Acedia Phase 38.00 Lightning White Bison, Mute Master, Mute Mare, Terraequeous Trace 47.37 From the Mouth of the Sun, The Medusa, Valley of the Hummingbirds 57.15 Hollan Holmes, A Light Unto The World / Sacred Places, Sacred Places 1.09.44 Claire Deak, Dampen the Waves, Sotto Voce 1.13.11 The Bird’s Companion, No Perfect Waves, The Edge of the Sea 1.17.24 Bernd Scholl, Leaves in the Wind, Secret and Mystery II 1.24.06 First Snow of the Year, Forest at the Summit, Awakening of the Pines
I’ve been thinking that I should start titling my shows like some other more popular podcasts do. Like, ones that tie into a theme such as “Silent Messages of a Distant Past” or “The Space Between the Dark Stars.” Let’s try it, okay? Here’s this week’s program, “Good Music That I Feel at Least Reasonably Sure You’re Going to Enjoy.” Yeah, I’m not good at that.
Start Frore & Shane Morris, Into the Dust, Ochre 11.22 Igneous Flame & Kati Astraeir, Seraphina, Pulsar 20.29 B. Ashra, Indian Summer, Dark Moments 32.30 David Pedrick, Sennen, Kernow 37.47 Spacecraft, Dreamscape, Above the Clouds 42.33 Pruski, Dragonfly, Private Language 48.06 Stratosphere, Dream, Rise 56.03 Hairetis-Harper, Speedy, Draft 1.02.38 General Fuzz, Capital Yes, Miles Tones 1.09.10 WarpCensor, Olhos Vidrados, Anteontem (compilation) 1.12.14 Tangent, Hyperbolic Motion, Collapsing Horizons 1.16.41 Ruins! Ruins!, Grab, Mammock 1.23.30 Mingo, Agelessly in Gathering, This Side of the Night
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