Episode 438

Aside from having two strong contenders for song title of the episode, whatcha got here is a dozen tracks of goodness. We’ll start off a bit quietly and see where it goes from there.

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Start      Fra Zedde, I remember smiles and If I close my eyes tears slide on my cheeks, Dwell
8.09       Tom Smith, Downstream, Electio
12.41     Jonny Fryer, Esterel, Saudade
17.31     Johan Fotmeijer, Implements of Sacrifice, Sylvan Library 1
24.07     Aglaia, Delicately Luminous, Darkness Meets Red
43.15     Eeriærmor, Who is This?, Eeriærmor
49.14     Jonathan Thomas Miller, Bending Toward the Future, Environments for a Burning Planet 1
52.13     Robert Scott Thompson, Evensong, Hiraeth
57.12     The Lonely Bell, There’s No Going Back…, Age of Abandonment
1.06.39  Michael Brückner, Cloud Formation in the East Central Section (City of the 7th Plane – Part 1), The Seven Planes of Dreams
1.16.03  William Ryan Fritch, Cling to One Another, Adhesion
1.21.36  Runar Blesvik, Constant, All the Difference

Episode 437

Any time I do a lazy podcast, despite giving a nice big floaty ride, I always feel like I need to make up for the apparent lack of content next time out. So here are 16 tracks from the Holding Tanks. We good?

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Start      Karen Willems, Romke Kleefstra & Jan Kleefstra, Ast Tiid Tôgest, It Deel III
4.49       Frolin, A Touch Of Peace, Peaceful Reflections
6.48       David Wahler, Love in a Meadow, Singular
10.24     Michelle Qureshi, Rest Now, Lineage
13.00     Bruno Sanfilippo, Dew On The Tip Of A Leaf, Only Five Petals
16.10     3HZ, IV, Landers
29.17     SourceCodeX, Resolution Through Suffering, Music for Mind Melding
37.48     Hidden Fort, Wheels, Dreams from the Roller Palace
42.46     Yamaoka, Presto III, Presto
50.04     Laurie Torres, Lisière, Après Coup
52.42     Gleisberg, Umarmende Versöhnung, Fernherrlichkeit
54.40     Emilie Cecilia LeBel, Ghost Geography (excerpt), Landscapes of Memory
1.06.26  Potsch Potschka, The Funeral (Single)
1.09.41  Paul Adams & Elizabeth Geyer, Contemplation, A Journey of Dreams
1.13.47  NCT333, Buried Deep in the Upper Waters, Sky Burial
1.19.18  Katharina Schmidt, 12.53, One Day

Episode 435

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.

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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

Episode 434

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.

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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

Episode 433

It’s a 50/50 ride this time as we split the voyage between the tanks and the library. And what usually comes out of the library? That’s right: for the first time in 2025 we get An Artist John Forgot! Have a listen.
(And pardon the couple of Spotify links in the playlist if, like me, you don’t “do” that service. Sometimes a host’s gotta do what a host’s gotta do.)

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Start      Oliver Burch, Murmur, Perfume
4.40       Dapper Blob, Window Seat, Communions for Commuters
8.31        Esmam, My Dystopia, We Lost the Green, Not Hope
12.07      Leila Abdul-Rauf, Depths of Us, Calls from a Seething Edge
16.53      Ancient Astronaut, Fields of Dreams, New Chapters
21.07     Tremble With Joy, Our Birds Live Fraught With Danger (excerpt), >Born Trembling<
33.46     Civic Hall, II, The Trembling Line
44.03     Uncle Pops & the Dumbloods, The Comfort Zinger, Swamp Sounds/Uncle Pops & the Dumbloods
48.06     Cucina Povera, Polyton Nurkka, Tyyni
51.57     SineRider, Aura Projection, A Familiar Light
56.20     ZenRat, Of Smoke and Spark, A World Beneath the World*
1.05.06  Sensitive Chaos, Voyager Surfs The Interstellar Sea, March of the Timeshifters
1.12.03  krill.minima, CatDinR42, Beneath the Surface (compilation)
1.18.31  Specta Ciera & Arbee, Turn Around, Unified Formations
1.22.27  Patrick Balthrop, Throwaways, Autopoetic

*I know what I said. After recording, in trying to find a link for the album I learned that the artist and album names had been changed for various reasons. The music’s all the same. Carry on.

Episode 432

Fifteen hefty slices of aural goodness for your delight this time around, including an entry from our “How Did You End Up Here?” department. A quick glance at the playlist will probably give that one away. Enjoy.

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Start      Corben, To Question Oracles, Transmitter
5.28       Saagara, Where Is That Blossom, 3
10.28     Delahuerta, Cuervo, Delaheurta
14.51     Yahya Fahmi, It’s Too Dark in Here, Kamakurako
17.56     Michael Stearns, Brain, Beyond Chaos
30.22     Trem 77, Whirl to Whorl, Eyelid Movie
35.22     Jónsi, Clearing, First Light
41.11     Marta Mist, Puzzle, Windows
48.44     Carl Lord, Bedroom Voices, Sacred Spaces
53.00     Arborra, Arborra, Arborra
57.10     Stefan Christoff & Joseph Sannicandro, A hole in the ceiling keeps us grounded, Transmissions in Silver
1.05.07  Bryan Senti & Dom Bouffard, Killing Horizon, Elevation
1.10.41  OdNu, Invasive Species, Time is a Place
1.16.29  Snowdrops, The Weather Project, Singing Stones (Volume 1)
1.26.17  mastroKristo, Elegy, Passage

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