Super. Lazy.
Settle in.
Start Kevin Braheny, The Way Home, The Way Home
24.43 Jeffrey Koepper, Avalanche, Arctisonia
45.02 Michael Sandler, Manifold, Ansatz*
1.11.16 Max Corbacho, Quantum Cathedrals, Horizon Matrix
*Follow the link and search for “earman178.” The album is otherwise pretty unfindable. (If you’re a better internet sleuth than I, let me know with a better link!)
This one opens and closes with artists I’ve been listening to for a couple decades now. (We’re gettin’ old, boys…) In between, familiar faces and new-to-me names from the Holding Tanks direct the ride.
Start Altus, Matters of Light, Ultraviolet
6.06 Alluste Desde, Turín a Buenos Aires, Gemstones V
12.03 Voyage Futur, Ancient Treescape, Unseen Portal
16.59 Gandalf, A Light from Afar, A Light from Afar
25.18 Radio Massacre International, Galactic Furnace Part 2 (Radio Edit), Galactic Furnace
34.28 theAdelaidean, Day Dreamt, Distant Objects in Soft Focus
46.15 RL Huber, Forgiving Light, Forgiving Light
48.46 Jill Fraser, Beautiful Summer, Earthly Pleasures
55.40 Feeling Flying, Tiden far, Spirit Level
1.06.15 Teleport Collective, Mother Engine, A Monolith’s Dream
1.12.12 Ed Herbers, Spacewalk, Upper Atmosphere
1.15.54 Igneous Flame, Fluid Mass, Vortex
No stops on this one, and our voyage passes through sequenced sounds, shadowy spaces, and the outskirts of Jazzville. You know how it is around here…we go all over the place. Enjoy.
Start [‘ramp], Seven Swans, Gemstones V
11.25 Eulipion Corps, Wanderers, Dreamlands
17.44 NTHNL, Return to the cloud, thank you, Ontogenesis
21.10 Peter Phippen & Ivar Lunde, Jr., Eye of the Day, Earthly
30.16 Colin Andrew Sheffield, Moments Lost, Moments Lost
43.03 Rodrigo Passannanti, Law Of Attraction, Forgotten Worlds
52.08 Network 23, Annal Nadrach, The Black Pilgrimage
57.53 Nordvargr, Runa, Resignation IV
1.01.09 Aperus, Graffiti Ghosts, Lost Tribe of the Shadow
1.04.49 Paul Ellis & Pabellón Sintético, Dreams as gigantic as the surroundings were small, Veiled Portraits
1.13.09 Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt, Gloop, Forever Stories of Moving Parties
1.15.46 Minor Conflict, Parallels III, Parallels
1.17.20 Keith Fiala, On My Way Home, The Quest
1.20.12 David Darling, Rendezvous, Other Worlds
1.25.33 Bernd Scholl, Turn The Wheel Of Time, An Evening in the Cave Live
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’.
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
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.
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
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!
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
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!
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
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.
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
I know what you’ve been thinking, “When will John get around to doing another clever, well-thought-out theme show?” Maybe someday. In the meantime, here’s a very meh theme idea that still gives you 90 minutes of great music. And the title of it is…
Start Fred Baty, The Upper Air, The Upper Air
2.13 John Luttrell, The Dream Exchange, The Dream Exchange
6.23 John Lyell, Planetary Artifacts, Planetary Artifacts
11.36 Byron Metcalf, Steve Roach & Rob Thomas, Monuments of Ecstasy, Monuments of Ecstasy
26.33 Craig Padilla, Beyond the Portal, Beyond the Portal
39.16 Mong Tong, Mystery, Mystery
45.51 Rob Byrd, Aurora Season, Aurora Season
50.40 David Cullen, Revival, Revival
55.24 Greg Karukas, Serenata, Serenata
58.21 James Bernard, Atwater, Atwater
1.03.36 Neil Gardner, We Are Infinite, We Are Infinite
1.08.51 Michael Whalen, Sacred Spaces, Sacred Spaces
1.13.09 Jim Ottaway, Somewhere In-Between, Somewhere In-Between
1.17.34 Deborah Martin & Jill Haley, The Silence of Grace, The Silence of Grace
1.24.11 The Current, Communion-Mode Selector, Communion*
*Apparently out of print. Available on Amazon, but you know we feel about that.
As you’ll hear, I thought about it. You know, that theme. Instead, one homage to jazz lettuce and then we’re off into a joyful traipse through the library before delving into some new stuff.
Start Steven Halpern, Cannabis Dreams Part 2, Cannabis Dreams
5.54 The Smokering, Buddha Blessed, Mellow Majestic
10.35 Go Ask Alice, Born again(st), Ten little dreams (and one bonus nightmare)
17.43 Matt Goodluck, Devolution, Inner Cosmos
22.40 Computerchemist, Valley of Modulation, Volcan Dreams
29.15 Julien Boulier, Estuaire Ephemere, A Film Not Yet Made
33.21 Ben Carroll, Akashic Mantra for Recalibration, Becoming Light
39.56 Paulina Cassidy, Summer Rain, Drawing Up a Storm
48.15 Kilometre Club, The Starring Role in Undercover Mermaid, Other Rooms (compilation)
56.18 RL Huber, Restless Sun, Memories of Falling
59.33 Ancient Astronaut, Ethereal Mists, Secret Stars
1.03.34 Trem 77, Hello, You Are on the Air (Radio Towers Mix), Topography
1.07.06 Pandorama, People On Our Own, Latency
1.10.43 For The Glory Of Nothing, Secondo Tempo, CAERDROIA
1.15.10 Monster Taxi, Field of Dreams (single)
1.19.27 OdNu, Adaptogenic, Ronroco Rococo Memories
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