So you’ve had some time & space to think & wonder about what the theme of this episode is. It would take some thinking & deducing to figure it out. It’s far & away a rare theme. But together, you & I will decode & understand the mystery. Along the way there’s great music & one of those…at least.
Start Barry Cleveland & Robert Rich, Gathering Stars, Elliptical Passage 13.25 Erik Wollo & Michael Stearns, The Way Ahead 1, Convergence 18.50 Grotta Veterano & Francis Gri, Arivee, Soolo 26.21 David Arkenstone & Charlee Brooks, Main Theme (Game of Thrones), Inamorata 30.51 David Helpling & Jon Jenkins, For the Ages, Found 36.03 Phillip Wilkerson & Chris Russell, Manifesting Presence, Imaginary Realities 43.39 James Johnson & Aperus, Cycle 17, Ecotone 48.07 Billy Denk & Brannan Lane, Time is Dancing, Celestial Lullaby 52.09 Shahbaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson, Azar, Silsila 58.26 TheAdelaidean & Deepspace, Et Flux, Antigravity 1.08.03 Steve Roach & Robert Logan, Shadowspeak, Second Nature 1.14.17 Peter Phippen, Ivar Lunde, Jr. & Paulina Fae, Field of Gray, The Phantom Moon 1.22.25 thisquietarmy & Tom Malmendier, Entre Deux Cimes, Cime
Yet again an executive decision was made to let the full 90 just carry you off, uninterrupted. Well, by me, anyway. There’s some oddly intriguing stuff, and a track that gets a wee bit aggressive, but you will come in for a smooth and quiet landing when this one’s over. Bon voyage.
*Would’ve bet a million I’d played something from this artist before. But the Giant Spreadsheet of Goodness says otherwise, and an internet search tells me I reviewed them somewhat favorably in 2011. So although I didn’t notice it until after I’d recorded my outro, Travel Trip is a 14-year-old Artist John Forgot! Sorry!
A fun song title gets this one going, because who can resist that? Around the midpoint we set course for New Age Valley and enjoy the acoustic side of things for a while. I think you’ll like the mix!
Start Adam Hill, Nick Got Arrested By the Cops, Dance Card 4.48 Cor de Lux, Snap Out of It, Media 9.07 Legowelt, Prophet Vector Synth Dazzling in the Sun, Unconditional Contours 13.11 Colin Rayment with Joe Rayment, Bouncing Reflections Across The Solar Strata, Lumen 22.12 Serena Gabriel, Seeing Inside, Seeing Inside 33.34 Dean De Benedictis, Born Of Flight, Salvaging The Future 40.33 Altus, Residual Vector Drift, Echo Bloom 47.26 David Wohl, Awakening Path, Feels Like Happiness 51.44 Ken Bonfield, Something Unexpected, Gratitude 55.00 Jill Haley, In The Maine Woods, The Forests and Shores of Acadia 1.00.18 David W Donner, Prelude To Avesah, Eterna 1.03.09 Matthew Labarge, Redemption, Music from the Long Quiet 1.07.05 Michelle Qureshi, It Didn’t Have to Go Like This, Short Stories 1.09.57 Lis Addison, Breathing in Green, Elements 1.16.52 Bruno Sanfilippo, Camille, Inside Life 1.22.11 Michael Peters & Fabio Anile, I’m My Quiet Place, Presence
Look at all this goodness from the holding tanks! Lots of drifty things this time around, but I’ll warn ya that one of these pieces comes in hot and aggressive and I like it.
Would I lie to you? I told you last time that we’d be diving into the compilations folder to see what’s there. Look! I found 16 things! There’s even some jazzy prog rock. And will I mess up a title in Welsh? You’ll have to listen to find out.
Seems I’ve gotten into the whumpy-thumpy habit lately, since this one kicks off like that. But along the way we go to space and swing by New Age Valley, we grab a shot of neo-classical and then we come home. We’re so eclectic, you and I. Enjoy.
Start Adverb, Manipulate, Dub Protocol 5.32 Surkid, Thicket, Trees 10.22 Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen, Sunflowers in the Wind, Weathering the Storm 14.55 JARR, Before The House Woke (Cream), Afterimage 19.06 Michael Brückner, The Eye of Cyclops, The Egg in the Cosmic Crack 31.34 Ron Boots & Synth.NL, Soleil Levant, Refuge en Verre 37.48 Olekranon, Daisycutter, bilial 41.47 The Deccan Traps, Twenty Trees, Sentinel of the Moors 50.03 The Green Kingdom, Vespers 1, Vespera 56.22 Gabe Shadid, Fall Reflections, Piano Passione 58.47 Michelle Qureshi, Angelic Realms, Journey by Starlight 1.04.19 Darren Rogers, Deciding for the Future, Love Is 1.09.46 Lakki Patey, Night on Flat C, Music in the Key of Sea 1.11.49 John Puchiele Ensemble, Ebb and Flow Reverie, Alive 1.17.47 David Franklin, Trees and Silences are Living Beings, One Day in Spring 1.20.16 Lia Kohl, Sit on the Floor and Wait for Storms, The Ceiling Reposes 1.23.25 Hola One & Troche Zwierzak, Buka, Brave New World
Let’s test your Hypnagogue Podcast memory! Look at the playlist below. It’s full of a variety of musical goodies, mostly from the library. But which of these luscious tracks comes from An Artist John Forgot?
It’s getting tougher to find something interesting to say here. You already know you’re getting good music. That’s why you’re here! But let’s see…there’s some old-school-style tastiness, I get to say “whumpy-thumpy,” shuffle pulls a part-time shift, there’s a maybe mildly uncomfortable song title and also an album title I pronounce poorly, we spend 20 nice minutes with Mr. Roach, and you get extra music because something sounded nice. How’s that?
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.
