Episode 414

The quest to clear out the older stuff in the Holding Tanks continues! (But only for a bit.) I’ve also got fresher stuff to offer–and watch out for that track with lyrics. Hey, it happens.

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Start      Parallel Worlds, Timeflow, Fragmented
6.13       Krakenkraft, Vibrofluxx, Sononymic
14.09     IDTiL, Beneath the Patina, Artefacts with Artifacts
20.04     April Clocks, Ceremony, Rituals
25.15     Rick Sparks, Sleep Walk, Nightsong
29.56     Byron Metcalf & Mark Seelig, Timeless Voices, Kali Raga
38.06     Chris Russell, Noir, Noir
44.12     Ephemeral Mists, Nexus of the Astral Dreamer, Beginnings of Infinity
50.21     Thy Veils, Sunvault, Next Forever
55.45     LAD, Carina Nebula, Pillars of Creation
1.02.25  Christian Wittman, Expanding Galaxies, The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars
1.08.36  Rudy Adrian, Mirror Island, Reflections On A Moonlit Lake
1.11.36  Christian Fiesel, Falling Below Ground Level, Isolation Sleep
1.16.13  Requator, Mountain Temple, KosMo
1.20.07  Christopher Alvarado & M.Nominized, Mother of Earth, Arboreal
1.24.36  AO Music, Yelele, Otherness

Episode 413

The unfortunate reality is that sometimes, artists hang out in the Holding Tanks for a good long while–too long, in fact–waiting for me to get around to putting them into an episode. So this time out my goal is to try to clear out some long-lingering music and give these folks their due. Quite a mix of styles here, including an excursion to the border of smooth jazz, and in the back half I’ll treat you to two long drifts.

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Start       Al Gromer Khan, Crush, Tariqa
3.28       Deborah Martin & Erik Wøllo, Prayer Song, Kinishba
7.44       The Lonely Bell, Life Without Love, The Absent Years
16.00     Arin Aksberg, A Look Back, Nordic Patterns
21.15     Joescho, Crunchie, Body & Mind
26.20     Trem 77, Iridium, Vivid Vibration
29.19     OdNu & Ümlaut, Sleepy I Slept, Abandoned Spaces
38.09     M. Cross Dougherty, Coherence, Particles/Waves
43.35     Janne Hanhisuanto, Journey of One Unicorn, Cosmic Dreams
49.00     1015141208114, Hostel Pt 1, Hostel 1.15.15
54.43     Steve Brand, Forgotten Languages (w/Mark Seelig) [excerpt], Lost Languages
1.10.47  Henrik Meierkord, Ödet, Förnimmelser
1.15.02  øjeRum, The Limited Circle Is Pure (excerpt),The Limited Circle Is Pure

Episode 409

This one’s kinda sorta not really got a theme. I won’t mention it here, so as not to spoil the oh-so-clever opening bit. (Were you around when oh-so-clever opening bits were much more of a thing here? Say hi in the comments if you were!) Away we go.

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Start      Loneward, Structural Eternal (excerpt), Fractional Dimensions Volume 3
16.23     Steve Roach, A Darker Light, Dynamic Stillness
23.51     Blake Gibson & Robert Davies, Megalith, Quiraing
31.46     eyes cast down, Tears For a Numinous Realm (excerpt), Tears For a Numinous Realm
43.59     North Atlantic Drift, Mountain Spectre, Departures, Vol 2
52.45     Numina, The Secret Figure, Sound Symbols
1.06.17  John Vorus, Tide Pool, Transmuting Currents
1.10.43  Zero Ohms, Skybound (Free from Terrestrial Bonds), Cloudwalker & the Ascent
1.19.46  Jack Hertz, Ionosphere, 7.83 Hz

Episode 408

This time through, it’s just new music. I’m having some of the chairs in the library reupholstered and the place is a mess. We’ll stay in the main lounge. The beverage cart will be along shortly.

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Start      Rednicuido, Monster, Grand Central
5.05       Skyphone, End of the Tether, Oscilla
10.07     Suspension Bridge Workshop, Everything Is Technically Post-Slint, 001
14.07     PureMath, Fantom, Ambient Works
20.24     Old Amica, Genom skärvorna, Fyr
24.33     V Vecker Ensemble, Acedia Phase, Acedia Phase
38.00     Lightning White Bison, Mute Master, Mute Mare, Terraequeous Trace
47.37     From the Mouth of the Sun, The Medusa, Valley of the Hummingbirds
57.15     Hollan Holmes, A Light Unto The World / Sacred Places, Sacred Places
1.09.44  Claire Deak, Dampen the Waves, Sotto Voce
1.13.11  The Bird’s Companion, No Perfect Waves, The Edge of the Sea
1.17.24  Bernd Scholl, Leaves in the Wind, Secret and Mystery II
1.24.06  First Snow of the Year, Forest at the Summit, Awakening of the Pines

Episode 406

Settle in. I want to tell you a story….a mystery, really, about The Albums That Went Missing. Oh, it’ll mystify you and maybe bring a chill to your soul, but in the end it turns into 90 really good minutes of music. Ready to hear the tale?

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Start      Tom Sonntag, Unknown Dancer, The Piano Knows
6.29      Kevin Kastning & Laszlo Gardony, Levitation Opus 2, Levitation Opus
12.56    Corciolli, Psalm, Silent Worlds
18.50    Jeff Greinke, Earth and Sky, A Thousand Year Flood
25.11     Alio Die & Lorenzo Montanà, The Enchanted Inner Plateau, The Dialogue of Water
40.23    Forrest Fang, A Shadow on the Shore, The Lost Seasons of Amorphia
51.09    Erik Wøllo, Transformation, The Shape of Time
57.46    Joerg Dankert, Nice Voice, Messages
1.02.48 Andreas Baaden, Lunar Jam, Night Walk
1.07.21 Eloi, Let People Change, Nothing New
1.14.30 Andrey Cechelero, A Ponte, Silence
1.19.04 Ray Russell, A Room Within a Room, Fluid Architecture

Episode 404

Contrary to the well-known internet error message, you’ve found the latest episode of the Hypnagogue Podcast! For your efforts, I’ll reward you with 90 minutes of the best ambient, electronic, and contemporary instrumental music. It’s all Holding Tanks today, and a great mix of styles. Enjoy.

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Start       Brian Fechino, Road to Hapi, Reflection Spaces Vol 2
6.13       Thiago Desant, The Man Who Fell Asleep to Wake Up in Another Reality, Rainfall to Desert Bloom
9.54       Mikael Lind & Johanna Sjunnesson, Wave Cycle, Wave Cycles
15.55     Isiah Rizzo, Photographs, Autumn Memories
19.30     Gypsy Witch, Serene Soul, Tales From The Oak
25.47     Tony Gerber & Giles Reaves, Mahogany & Ivory, Tales From The Oak
29.28     Peter Phippen & Ivar Lunde, Jr., Nightshade, Primordial Forest
39.04     Tatsuro Murakami, In Her Absence, An Imaginary Autumn
47.25     M. Cross Dougherty, Clear Light, Cosmic Engine
53.20     Aeons, Dreaming in Stasis, Into Eternity’s Embrace
1.03.33  deepspace, Flying Orchid Airships, The Architecture of Flowers
1.09.52  Williams Point, Bewitching Visions, Mirage
1.18.51  Bernd Scholl, Autumn Colours (Pt II), The Winds of Autumn
1.25.24  Tobi Morare, Flying High, Urban Heat

Episode 401

What do you do when you’ve reached 400 podcast episodes? Keep going, I guess! We’ll stick to the Holding Tanks this time through and for the most part keep things a bit on the down-low. (That’s what the cool kids say, right? Humor me.) Off you go.

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Start       David Arkenstone, The World Sleeps, Winterlüde
4.52       Chris Russell & eyes cast down, Chords of Life, Fragments in the Maze
14.49     Dronal, Amongst the Standing Waves, Whilst We Fall
21.01     Daryl Groetsch, Tropical Plant Sedation, Gardens in Glass
30.16     Pulse Mandala & Distant Fires Burning, Spectroscopycon, R Abacus Lndr
34.37     Kaya North, Feral Fauna (Severed Myth), Myths
42.52     Liquid Morphine, Watch Witch Teeth Saw Space, A River Buried in Sand- Ambiences for Imaginary Games
50.11     Pavor Nocturnus, Abisso, Ecatombe
59.49     Steve Brand, Scry, Legacy of Silence
1.08.38  Drekka, The Water of Life (Unbeknownst to the Houses), The Water of Life
1.18.10  Robert Scott Thompson, Repose, Placid

Episode 398

Taking our leave of 2023, we do so in a manner most casual, stretching out, biding our time, meandering as one does, unrushed and–oh, who am I kidding? We’re getting lazy for the last show of the year, airing out some longer cuts that have been tucked into the Tracks to Play list for a while. Get comfy. This is a very deep non-stop ride. Thanks for coming along on the journey this year, whether you’re new around these parts or you’ve been here long enough to hear the hold music more than once. You are appreciated.

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Start      Computerchemist, Testcard, Green Twilight
15.39     bvdub, Two Loves and the World, Four Forgetting
35.02     Lauri-Dag Tüür, Waves Of Silent Whispers, Waves Of Silent Whispers
55.46     Soft Generator, A Further Point of View, On a Map of Sound
1.21.04  Aglaia, The Left Bank of the River, Along the Vast Ancient River

Episode 395

Get the children to safety in the bunker! There’s a theme show a’comin!
Yeah, it’s that time again. Mr. Shanahan gets a “clever idea” and runs with it. (And yes, this is the one I talked about on 393…) Look at it this way: you get 20 tracks of musical goodness out of it! Enjoy!

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Start      Matthew Stewart, Who Stays Who Goes, A World Bathed in Sunlight
5.45       Darshan Ambient, Who Will Answer, Falling Light
9.32       Radium 88, Who Will Save Us from the Waves, The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Space Traveller
14.55     Cousin Silas, Ron Shayler & Glenn Sogge, Who Am I?, Cousin Silas & Friends Vol 8 Pt 1
19.21     Ken Elkinson, What I Needed to Say Music for Commuting, Vol. 11 & 12, Next Friday / Above Beyond
22.25     Ex Confusion, What It Means to Me, With Love
25.41     Robert Rich, What We Left Behind, What We Left Behind
31.23     Bruno Sanfilippo, What I Dreamed, Lost & Found
36.33     Lopside, When, When You’re Finally Through Being Responsible
44.11     IIITAIII, When It Rains, Zeros and Twos
47.35     Bett Butler & Joel Dilley, When Everything Changed, Gracia
54.37     Charm Days, Where Monsters Roamed, Shelter
57.19     Jeff Pearce, Where All Rivers Begin, In the Season of Fading Light
1.00.22  Laurence Furr, Where Angels Tread, Upon the Corner of the Moon
1.04.13  Everyday Dust, Where Light Fails, The Green Decay
1.09.37  Forest Robots, Where The Wild Summer Storms Run, Timberline and Mountain Crest
1.13.09  Taylor Barefoot, Why So Serious?, Distressed Signals
1.17.33  Boy Is Fiction, Why Did You Do That?, Boy Is Fiction
1.23.42  TheDetroit76, Why Not Detroit, Premiere
1.27.29  Matthew Collings, Why Do You Want It To End?, Uzonia

Episode 390

You know how this goes: you set aside 90 minutes and hope to enjoy the best ambient, electronic, and contemporary instrumental music. Good news: you get a bit of all of that here, including tracks from a couple albums I had good things to say about on social media.

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Start      Firehand, Deep Learning, Sky Gardens
5.11       Nico Less, Everybody Needs to Come Down, Still
10.16     Haarvöl, A Sombre Description of the Now, Seeking the Intimacy of Silence
18.52     Eva Lucidity, However, Radiation
31.48     Yoan Wachowiak*, Lukti, Infinite Hotel
35.07     Kurt Reiman, Pathways, A Glimpse of Grace
39.21     Michelle Qureshi, Hearth, A Blueprint for Life
42.32     Tom Eaton, Instead I Said Goodbye, Weathering
48.48     Loneward, Enveloped by Beauty, Willoweald
55.28     Phillip Wilkerson, Paz Infinita, Paz Infinita
1.08.00  The Tank Center for the Arts, Slow Beethoven (Radio Edit 3), Slow Beethoven
1.13.14  Trem 77, Intertwine, Intertwine
1.20.55  (a), Anemoia, There are Three Noises Inside Each of Us
1.25.00  Sven Laux, The Hope, What Remains

*Didn’t notice until well after recording that Yoan records as Wako. Too lazy to go back and re-record that.