Episode 431

Quite a few repeat guests on this episode, and it’s lovely to have them back! Plus, I treat one album like I’m including it for the first time–when I actually played it a scant four episodes ago. I’m all about attention to detail here. Cruise on, my friends.

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Start      Yellow6, PVC2, Sometimes It Seems Too Easy, Sometimes It’s Just So Hard
11.41     Twilight Archive, Veiled Traces, 8
15.46     Mardit B Lleshi, Chordus, Monumenta
23.27     City of Dawn, Sherry Finzer, Karasvana, On Seashores of Endless Worlds, The Journeying Sun
28.53     Steve Roach, All I Feel, One Day of Forever
44.17     Daniela Huerta, Hálito, Soplo
48.38     RL Huber, Negative Shine, Return of the Cosmonaut
52.34     Daniailyas, The Pilgrim, Enough for Me to Remain
1.00.00  Rednicuido, Hold Me Now, Trip Pop
1.04.14  Blue Is Nine, Western Horizons, Life in Motion
1.08.40  Solitaire, Wide Sky, Trance Halcyon Connection
1.13.52  Michelle Qureshi, Sparkling Within This Night, Shimmer
1.16.47  Alan Matthews, On Windham Hill, Anonymous Moods
1.19.56  Erik Wøllo, Tree of Life, Solastalgia
1.25.33  Larkenlyre, A Little Rain, Dragonfly Halfdreams

Episode 430

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.

Episode 429

Ah, yes, the library, wherein all sorts of musical wonders await. I guess that’s all I need to say about that, yeah? Let’s get to the listenin’.

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Start       James Asher, Island Spa, Recentering
7.02       Cousin Silas, The Other Jezebel, Through a Cobweb Strange
11.08     Systems Theory, Four Piece Suit, Soundtracks for Imaginary Movies
24.04     Banco de Gaia, For Such a Time, Apollo
32.20     Beukotreug, Galaxy Dust, Cosmic Spring
42.12     Franck Vigroux, Elephant, Totem
50.50     Haq, Cannula Itch, Evaporator
54.59     Stafraenn Harkon, Hvarf-12, Prammi
1.00.43  John Ellis, Infanta, Sly Guitar
1.06.27  Spiricom, I Feel a Presence, Songs for a Summer Seance
1.10.36  Umbrose, MMN, Final Nights
1.14.58  Yellow6, Last Day, About the Journey
1.24.21  Slow Dancing Society, Bones & Ice (Summer Trees Turn), Laterna Magica

Opening music: “Ceremonial Prelude” by Sir Cubworth

Episode 428

So how are you liking this new schedule thing so far? Are you getting enough great music? Because here comes some more. Still all good stuff from the world-renowned Holding Tanks.

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Start      Daniel Vickers & Sergio Mariani_MRN, At Home by Night, New Dawn
3.40       Robert Scott Thompson & Erdem Helvacioğlu, Light Has Dropped from the Top of the Sky, From a Language of Light
8.20       Colin Rayment with Joe Rayment, Mysterious Elapse in Time, Metamorphic Phases
15.43     City of Dawn & Ross Christopher, Come with the Moon, Empty Rooms
19.24     Paper Relics, Phases, Time to Start
23.46     Simone Lalli, Spuma (Intro), Maremuto
26.47     Hidden Rivers, Sleeper Train, Always Somewhere Else
31.41     John Gregorious, Blessed Breath of Wind, Communion
35.34     Carlos Dengler, Lacus Lunae, Parallel Streams
47.16     Colin Fisher, Acts of Light, Suns of the Heart
51.52     Dialect, Born Through, Atlas of Green
54.20     Brian Baumbusch/San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Opening, Polytempo Music
57.54     Julien Demoulin, Across The Sunless Beaches Of The Time-Sea, Ephemeral Maps
1.07.52  Steve Brand, Crescent Shaped Shadow, Unseen Worlds

Episode 427

This one’s got it all! Magic, Darkness, Celestial Blueprints, Dreams, and the Carpet of Time. You’re intrigued, I know. So let’s not waste any more time with reading words. MUSIC!

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Start      David Arkenstone, Ancient Magic Awakens, Quest for the Runestone
4.56       Holland Phillips, Behind the Veil, A Sense of Distance
8.14       Glacis, Locks, This Darkness from Which We Cannot Run
10.31     Point Surrender, Lonetree, Mark II
15.19     Time Being, Celestial Blueprint, Hidden Structures
25.35     Bart Hawkins, Roll Up the Carpet of Time, Mirror
36.32     Network 23, Piton des Neiges, Return to Berlin – Part 9
51.25     Playback Head, Memory Island, Body of Water
54.57     Todd Stuart Fletcher, All the Goodbyes, Futures 1
59.48     Steve Roach, In Twilight’s Shadow, One Day of Forever
1.11.51  Henrik Meierkord, Ambient Dreams, Falling
1.17.27  Polaroid Notes, The Night Returns Without A Sound, Quiet Rooms
1.22.48  Sunken Cathedral, Ericaceae Drift, Trails, Streams, Rivers, and Mile Markers

Episode 426

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

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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

Episode 425

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.

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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

Episode 424

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.

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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

Episode 423

No stops on this one. We kick off with a pair of contemporary piano pieces, find our way into the drifty zone, ramp things up with some old-school goodness, and close out, as is often the case here, a bit quietly. And along the way, you get chocolate. Enjoy!

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Start      Richard Shulman, Blessing, Spring Equinox Piano Meditations
3.48       Masako, Brooks and Cascades, Lost There Found Here
8.25       Dino Pacifici, Dark Chocolate, Dark Artifacts
13.50     Vamadeva, Magic Fire Circle, The Call of Wisdom
24.15     TheAdelaidean & Steve Roach, Vanishing Point, Parallels
34.11     Loneward, Distant Wanderers, Beyond the Sea Part Two
47.00     Neuro…No Neuro, Lunch Boxes, Mental Cassette
49.14     Old Amica, Tiden Far, För Alltid
54.02     Lofield, Suspended in Silence, Drifting
58.24     Michael Brückner, Crystaloquence, Threequences
1.16.18  Ackerley-Prymek-Turner, World’s Edge, All Hope With Sleeping Minds
1.25.11  Erik Wøllo, Then Now, Crossing the Equator

Episode 422

Back into the tanks we go for some spacey drifts, downright hypnotic piano, one amazing song title, and…a cover tune? Don’t look at the playlist before you listen–I think you’ll get a kick out of what it is. (And it’s definitely jazzier than you remember!) Let’s go.

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Start      Sacred Seeds, Vibrational Balance, Spectral Drift
7.33       David Pedrick, Port Issac, Arta
13.07     David Wright, Elemmírë, Fade
21.49     Cousin Silas & Michael Brückner, Reunion, Passages and Spheres
30.21     Paul Ellis, Three Trajectories 3, Three Trajectories
50.30     FINAL, Behind Me, What We Don’t See
1.02.02  Gretchen Korsmo, The Longest Strongest Looking Toes I Had Ever Seen, Silhouettes, Spires
1.15.33  Desiderii Marginis, Ghostfires, Bathe in Black Light
1.22.52  Slow Heart Music, The Past Be Upon Us, Hope
1.26.39  Todd Mosby, Norwegian Wood, Land of Enchantment