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.)

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.

Fifteen hefty slices of aural goodness for your delight this time around, including an entry from our “How Did You End Up Here?” department. A quick glance at the playlist will probably give that one away. Enjoy.

Start      Corben, To Question Oracles, Transmitter
5.28       Saagara, Where Is That Blossom, 3
10.28     Delahuerta, Cuervo, Delaheurta
14.51     Yahya Fahmi, It’s Too Dark in Here, Kamakurako
17.56     Michael Stearns, Brain, Beyond Chaos
30.22     Trem 77, Whirl to Whorl, Eyelid Movie
35.22     Jónsi, Clearing, First Light
41.11     Marta Mist, Puzzle, Windows
48.44     Carl Lord, Bedroom Voices, Sacred Spaces
53.00     Arborra, Arborra, Arborra
57.10     Stefan Christoff & Joseph Sannicandro, A hole in the ceiling keeps us grounded, Transmissions in Silver
1.05.07  Bryan Senti & Dom Bouffard, Killing Horizon, Elevation
1.10.41  OdNu, Invasive Species, Time is a Place
1.16.29  Snowdrops, The Weather Project, Singing Stones (Volume 1)
1.26.17  mastroKristo, Elegy, Passage

You know, when I decided to change up the show scheduling, I didn’t think about how I’d have to come up with ways to tell you what you’re about to hear more often. Can I get away with just saying it’s really nice music this time? I mean…you know that, but I’ve got space to fill.

Start      Alpha Wave Movement, Stellae, Resonant Waves
8.08       Craig Padilla & Zero Ohms, Initiation, This Ship of Exploration, To Sleep On Stellar Winds*
18.29     Steve Austin Rose, Crossing the Path, Somewhere Beyond the Horizon
30.44     Michael Scott Dawson, Present Day (feat. Jairus Sharif), The Tinnitus Chorus
33.29     Ambinate, Disenchantment, Studies, Vol. 2
39.24     Rick Sparks, The Road Home, Devotion
44.22     Y, Ginkgoaceae, Y 2023
47.06     Quadri, Atmosphere, Panorama
51.20     Cass Anawaty, Faith, Cascades
55.54     Glåsbird, Infinite Cloud, Fenscapes
1.10.09  Julien Demoulin, A Land Before Memory, Ephemeral Maps
1.05.31  Bernward Koch, Little Daydreams, Calming Colors
1.09.35  Potsch Potschka, My Sunny Day (single)
1.13.07  Christian Fiesel, Arriving Too Late, Arriving Too Late
1.19.58  René van der Wouden, Geomagnectic Storms, The Magnetic Reconnection

*I put this episode together before I got word of the passing of Richard Roberts, aka Zero Ohms, in November 2024. I found Richard’s music way back when in the mp3.com days and remained a fan until the end. His song “The Poetics of Space” struck me in a profound way when I first heard it and it always stayed with me. His album with Brannan Lane, Soundfall to the Infinite, was a place of much-needed solace during tough times. From his solo works to collaborations with artists like Craig Padilla and Numina, I always looked forward to getting new albums from Richard. Knowing that this was the last is difficult. I wish him well on his endless journey home.

Hi again! (You got my note, right?) Off we go with a big bunch of Holding Tank goodness. It even gets a little funky…

Start      Colin Rayment, Time Stands Still, Time Dilation
11.29     John Scott Shepherd, Shifting Dreamscapes, Corridors Of The Mind
16.01     Sophos, Systema Naturae (excerpt), Paradoxa
28.54     Tobi Morare, Riptide, Whiplash
31.10     David Barnes, Hovering Above, Pieces
36.06     Adam Ahuja, Johnny Butler & E Scott Lindne, 1st Movement, Ancient Scrolling
40.34     Cura, In the Hush of Mosaic Spaces, In the Hush of Mosaic Spaces
47.42     Sverre Knut Johansen, Massive Extinction, Still Time
56.51     Panoptique Electrical For Spaces, For Years
59.33     City of Dawn, Invincible Summer, Invincible Summer
1.04.12  Oxia Palace, Nyx, Kalendis
1.10.34  Pabellón Sintético & Lucas Tripaldi, Last Call, Last Call
1.16.37  Michael Brückner, Aish Ná, Sheep Asleep
1.27.23  Eulipion Corps, Snows of Kurama, Kurama

It’s official–you can’t say “2025” like you’re not in a science fiction flick and here we are. And sure, we haven’t managed flying cars and moon hotels yet, but we have gotten a pretty firm grasp on great music, 90 minutes of which starts as soon as you hit that li’l tipped-over triangle thingy. Happy new year.

Start       Robert Rich & Luca Formentini, Tapestry Sky, Cloud Ornament
8.50       Gustavo Denouard, Spirits, Mysterious Wind
19.01     Kilometre Club, Belleville ON, Let Us Compare Geographies
23.53     Brannan Lane, Daydreams, The Sleep Album
28.15     David Franklin, Birds Start Their Songs, One Day in Spring
31.27     Jill Haley, Orange Melts into Blue, Colors Collide
35.45     Raphael Groten & Rebecca Kodis, Eternal Blossom, Unity
41.08     Rick Sparks, Serenity, Angeline
49.49     Carl Lord, Beckley Creek, Weightless
53.53     Jim Ottaway, This Fleeting World, A Promise of Eternity
1.00.03  Latome2, Moss Sunday, Geologic Dreams
1.06.22  Purgate, Dawn, Transcend
1.12.47  Freydel, New Pics On The Wall, New Thoughts
1.17.11  Patrick Patrikios, New Day (Single)
1.19.24  Gregory Paul Mineef, Barely Concealed, I Knew You Once
1.28.01  Vaux Flores, Manuel Antonio, 5 AM, nearly 20 years after my last encounter, Dawn Chorales

All righty, let’s close out 2024 with 90 more minutes of the good stuff. Thank you so much for listening, and thank you to all the artists who have sent their work my way. I hope you’ve enjoyed the ride, and we’ll keep meeting up as we head into the new year.

Start      Billy Yfantis, Magnetic Fields, Planetary Fields
3.57       Erez Yaary, After Night Falls, Everything Will Dissolve
15.48     Black Decelerant, Five, Reflections Vol. 2
18.59     Braulio Lam, Films, Stills & Polaroids, Redscale
24.16     Liam Boyle, Kaleidoscope, Interdimensional Mind Traveller
31.08     In Vitro, Dark Space Age, Siete Noches
33.13     Charles Denler, I Love You More, It Was Just the Moon
36.05     Memory Drawings, Grateful for What Amounts to Nothing, Deathbed Requests
40.24     Phillip Wilkerson, The Emperor of Clouds, Whenever Now Finds You
45.12     Yulio, Sarah Connor, Symphonies from the Retrofuture
51.24     S475e, White Ocean, Next Stop Earth
55.20     Sophia, Mouth of Mammon, The Age of the Narcissist
1.00.23  Beckahesten, Min Sista Måne, Svältens Tid
1.05.53  Pietro Zollo, Emotion, Fragmented Patterns
1.12.12  The Lonely Bell, Benjamin’s Dream (excerpt), Benjamin’s Dream