Episode 476

Okay, this time I’m actually shuffling the deck so you don’t know what’s new and what’s library unless you’re a good guesser. You get analog-style yumminess on this one, along with some metal-flaked post-rock, live performances, feel-good finger-snappers, and more.

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Start      Michael Brückner, A Sequence of Colours – Parts 8 – 10, A Sequence of Colours
15.39     beat.dowsing, rising.current, rising.current
20.04     Artificial Waves, Northern Lights, The Complexity of Simple
27.32     Radium88, Code Red, Bad Faith
35.04     Maple Mountain Sunburst, Kissing the Summer Dawn, Ecstatic
39.11     Joerg Dankert, Kudamm Rhythm, Back to Berlin
48.07     Delahuerta, Puput, Delahuerta
52.13     Jeff Greinke, Ascent, Winter Light
54.57     Martin Tillman, Future Dawns, Superhuman
1.00.32  Andreas Presciuttini, The Wide Land, Quartet Live
1.03.06  Blessed are the Hearts that Bend, Present, Sadness Be Damned
1.08.28  Riopy, Sky Opus Fire, Bliss
1.11.17  George Sarah, St Catherine-(Et Dórmiunt In Somno Pacis) Pt 2, Vicissitudes
1.13.47  Bernd Scholl, La Grotta Magica I, An Evening in the Cave Live
1.21.48  Subsonic Information, Orchids (Pink: Beauty-it’s neither lost nor found), Apocalyptic Flower Shop

Episode 467

Bust out those dancin’ shoes because this one kicks off firmly in the funk space. We’ll all settle down a bit after that and glide into a pretty mellow ride. I must have been feeling contemplative or something.

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Start      Leo & The Goat, Ride, Shine
3.18       Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill, Temple, Dreaming in Gamelan
6.36       David Cordero & Anthéne, Autumn Song, Let One Bird Sing
12.11     Gamardah Fungus, Salix, Trees and Roots
19.21     RL Huber, There Are Patterns, Glass House Architecture
22.18     William St Hugh, Quadrant, Closer Continents
24.15     Gareth Davis & Scanner, Structure Of Statements, Songlines
41.26     Loneward, Cedar’s Grace, Keepsake
45.05     Deborah Martin & Jill Haley, Shadow of the Moon, Rendering Time
49.03     Diane Arkenstone, Where Silence Sings In The Softness of Peace, Meditations and Birdsong
50.55     Elders, Horizon 1, Slowly Observed Horizons
58.04     Morris Kolontyrsky, Spiraling Into Continuous Self, Origination
1.09.42  City of Dawn, Memories Sleep, Ghost in Rain
1.13.59  Mr Kit, Descent Into The Blue Bliss, Glimmers
1.23.34  Blochemy, Rol, Aryvael

Episode 466

I’ve got a bunch of piano tracks I need to hand out, and then we’ll explore some other spaces. Gets a bit droney for a while, but I’ll bring you back up by the end. No stops, just goodness. Enjoy.

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Start      Thomas Cunningham, The Man in the Moon, Exiled Heart
5.51       Fiona Joy Hawkins, Outside the Circle, When Shadows Talk
10.23     Lisa Swerdlow, Disappointments, Book of Life Concerto
14.52     Alanna Crouch, Fading Gold, Autumn Sketches Vol 1
16.47     Ed Bazel, Foggy Morning, A Weekend in Marin
19.59     Steve Austin Rose, (From the Vault) Nameless, Turbulent Times
25.29     Tapes and Topographies, Holograms, Partial Holograms
30.38     Glacis & Polaroid Notes, All Is White, Time is Coming to an End
34.11     Orphax, Embraced Imperfections I (excerpt), Embraced Imperfections
44.20     Reign of Ferns, Remains the Rain, In the Same Room
1.06.54  Berninae, Mokusatsu, Lux
1.12.32  Keys for Eclipse, A View That No Longer Exists, Notes from the Archive
1.17.11  Radio Free London, At the Edge of Forever, Amble
1.22.02  Dickson & Familiar, When the Mist Thins, All the Light of Our Sphere

Episode 465

Kicking it off with some energy this time around, forging a path that lands at a comfy cafe somewhere in New Age Valley. And that’s just the first set! In the back end we’ll dig through a batch of recent compilations that will make it look like I’m shilling for one label. But we know better, right?
Right?

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Start      vOLKER rAPP, Home Sweet Home, Phase IV
14.29     Urs Fuchs, Wolkenfee, Fly Lounge
19.49     My Friend Peter, Dharma, Promises
29.05     Mars Lasar, Marble Canyon, Grand Canyon
33.28     Joshua Zimmerman, For a Princess, Finding Peace
38.12     Robert Linton, In the Quiet of the Trees, Away Into a Memory
50.06     Nik Tyndall & Bernd Scholl, Mysterious Traveller, Fly Lounge
57.28     Peter Mergener, Iceland, Chillout in the Sky
1.04.38  Ashron, Healing Silence, Yoga Nidra – Yogic Sleep for Restoration and Rejuvenation
1.11.23  Chuck van Zyl, Force Field, Gemstones VI
1.24.21  Jens Gad, Glass Palace, Cinema in My Head
1.29.52  Eben Vogel, The Last Leaf of Fall, Autumn Sketches Vol 1

Episode 464

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 463

A spacey start brings us in time to New Age Valley and the border of Jazzville (actually kind of the corner of Jazzville and Classicaltown) before heading back into some deep realms. The end of the voyage glides back into a contemporary instrumental zone and a bit of piano for a quiet landing. Have fun.

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Start      Christian Wittman, Gate of Charon, Acheron
6.40       Paul Ellis, Light From The Void, Here is Where
18.07     Dtime, Signal from the Void, Shadows of Time
24.06     Lane, Gregorius, Smith, Montgomery Morning, Lost Desert Highway
29.18     Masako, October Children, Dreaming Northern
33.20     Michelle Qureshi, Sort Your Blessings, Compass of the Heart
35.02     Jim “Kimo” West & Michael Whalen, Watching The Rain, Two Shores
40.41     David Bach, Gymnopedie, The David Bach Collection
44.30     Rob Byrd, Improvisation Three (excerpt), Three Improvisations for Guitar
58.08     Erik Wøllo, Obscure Trail, Aeris Suite
1.01.19  Christian Fiesel, Dwelling In Digial Shadows, Full Of Light
1.08.31  Lucas Lead, Cosmos, Cosmos
1.15.38  deepspace, A p p r o a c h i n g t h e B l u e, Water Planets
1.21.03  Brian Fechino, Days End, Days End
1.25.06  Seamus O’Muineachain, Ponder, Cage of Time

Episode 458

Settle in for a non-stop 90. It’s a bit all over the place, though mostly pretty sedate. I think you’ll probably be okay with it.

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Start      John Scott Shepherd & Jamie Zarfas, Forms of Souls, Distant Moon
9.57       Buenoventura, Kinderkette, Gelb
13.19     break_fold, Variant, This Was Forever
17.07     break_fold, Gadgie, Planner*
21.21     (a), Black Friday Morning, Trouble with People
25.07     JARR, Manoeuvres, Evangeline
30.48     Ilka de Gast, Talking to Whales (single)
37.53     Kirk Kadish, Imperturbable Skies, Imperturbable Skies
45.04     Crane, Windswept Heath, Quiet Corners
49.44     Ann Sweeten, The Crossing, Still
55.05      Jill Haley, The Land Remains, Quietude – Music for Shenandoah National Park
58.48     The Lonely Bell, Summoning #1, Summoning
1.18.30  Colin Andrew Sheffield, Testament, Serenade
1.23.43  Jim Ottaway, Peaks of Eternal Light, Cosmic Odyssey

*Coming in September. I’ll try to remember to update it here when it does, but just park yourself near his Bandcamp and you’ll be good to go.

Episode 457

The ride this time opens with some New Age/contemporary instrumental style loveliness from the Holding Tanks, eventually finding its way into a territory lightly laced with a bit of funkiness because sometimes that’s how we roll. A talky bit, then it’s off to the cool comforts of the library where we start with a powerhouse combo of song and album titles. (Plus, the music’s good, too.)

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Start      Dandin, Chesed, Kingdom of Glory*
4.31       Richard Shulman, Fullness, Summer Solstice Piano Meditations
8.58       Lisa Swerdlow, All Is Not Lost, Dancing Between Worlds
12.56     Ann Licater, Rose Moon, Echoes from the Forest
16.19     James Filkins, Ashes to Ashes, North Manitou Trail
20.41     Anantakara, Tipping Point, Glimpse of Changes
25.42     Alexis Delozanne, Param, Abréviation
28.02     Øystein Skar, Stok, Hem
32.03     Marcator, Die Gärten des Zen 2025, PanAroma Reincarnations
38.03     THOOL, Waun Mawn, Cwmcerwyn
46.25     Andrew Weathers Ensemble, A Mountain of Snakes, The High Plains, A Knee in the Earth, The Thousand Birds in the Earth, The Thousand Birds in the Sky
55.44     The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, The Macguffin, Here Be Dragons
1.03.01  KiloWatts, Transmogrifier, Emerging Organisms, Vol 4
1.08.28  Kim Halliday, I. Development, Birdsong in Mist
1.13.43  Peter DiPhillips, Grass Green Lips, The Great Famine
1.23.36  LAD, Multiverse, Multiverse

*Oops, have this in my system as “Hand of Glory.” Might be that I’ve been reading Charles Stross’ “The Laundry” series, where the hero often uses a mummified pigeon foot called the hand of glory.

Episode 453

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

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