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.
It’s the show before big number five hundo! You’ll be surprised to know that like the four hundred and ninety eight before it, this one’s packed with great music. Plus, there are titles I can’t pronounce, horrible manglings of other cultures’ languages, a stupid bit or two…you know, all the stuff that in my head, if not in any kind of real-world application, makes this show so dang wonderful. Oh, and there’s talky stuff in the middle. Okay, hit play.
Who’s up for uptempo? And a flavoring of funk? And a nice view down into Jazz Valley? ‘Cuz that’s where we’re headed. Throwing in some post-rock for the ride as well. Toes, start tappin’!
Start Todd Mosby, Land of Green, American Heartland 3.20 Ivan “Funkboy” Bodley, Biscuits & Gravy, Look at That Cookie 7.37 Steve Lawson, I Thought Only Foreigners Knew That, The Surrender of Time 14.02 Samurau, Dangerous Squares, Things Left Unsaid 17.32 Chance’s End, Slow Descent, Almost Home 22.06 Jeff Oster, Avenue D, Next 26.23 Djam Karet, Living in the Future Past, Regenerator 3017 31.02 Collective Acoustics, The Boys From Herrontown, Edges 38.50 Roy Mattson, Rain on Flowers, Explorations 44.05 John Ellis, Don’t Be Misled by Your Eyes, Sly Guitar 47.59 CyberChump, China Dreaming, Flutter and Flow 1.00.41 Dave Preston, Deep Sigh, In These Storms 1.04.50 Wacky Southern Current, Blues in A, Argonautica 1.12.09 Pedrick Bitts Walker, One, Three 1.18.34 Mint Field, Nadie te esta persiguiendo, Sentimiento Mundial 1.22.05 Twilight Archive, Time More Often, 8
Got some new music from some big names, so we’ll start there. After that, it’s a winding path from the tanks to the shelves. All in all, this one stays pretty quiet–with just a little energy here and there to keep you from dozing off. (If that was your intention, um..sorry?)
I know I tested your musical tolerance levels a bit with the last episode. None of that here. Just a break-free 90 minutes of old favorites and new names. Plus, perhaps the most “I’m just gonna say it” album title ever. Have fun.
None of the following artists dropped out of the Freedom 250 concert. I mean, they weren’t asked, but if they had been they might have said “No thanks, I’m already on Hypnagogue 493.” Funky voyages, primal spaces, and meditative passages await. Enjoy.
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