Sonixcursions: Recent Episodes
Ryan Anderson
It’s been some time since I’ve last posted an episode, due to a barrage of life stuff. On this episode, I’m catching up with my favorites from the past few months, and I’ve just about got the next episode lined up so stay tuned!
Track ListingAndy Bell feat. Dot Allison and Michael Rother “I’m In Love…” (0:00) – from the album Pinball Wanderer.
Miki Berenyi Trio “Ubique” (4:40) – from the album Tripla. Look for the MBT on tour in the US this October.
Stereolab “Immortal Hands” (9:43) – from the album Instant Holograms On Metal Film. Stereolab is also on tour in the US this fall.
The Balloonist “Headphone World” (17:12) – from the album Dreamland, on the Wayside & Woodland label.
Mogwai “Luqa Airport” (20:25) – taken from the soundtrack for the Netflix film The Bombing of Pan Am 103.
Michael Grigoni * Pan•American “South Canyon” (23:37) – from the album New World, Lonely Ride.
I Am Robot And Proud “Temple Cat” (27:00) – from the album Bird at Sunrise
The Baker Fields “I can see for Miles and Miles….” (32:15) – from the album Frankley my Dear on the Clay Pipe Music label.
As always thanks for listening… Take care and stay sane out there…
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It’s been a while. To say that 2023 has been pretty much a disaster for me so far would be a massive understatement. Thankfully there’s plenty of amazing music floating around to help me get by. I wanted to get this out for the holiday weekend here in the US, and the extended track list should fit the bill nicely.
Track ListingHoly Wave “Nothing in the Dark” (0:00) – from the album Five of Cups
Ulrika Spacek “It Will Come Sometime” (4:55) – from the album Compact Trauma
Pia Fraus “Regret Everything” (8:30) – from the album Evening Colours
Black Sand “Daydream” (12:18) – from the EP Daydream
Lazy Salon “Cassia” (17:00) – from the album Bellis
A Journey of Giraffes “Little Flower on a Stone” (20:20) – from the album Empress Nouveau on Somewherecold records.
Fallen “Silent Night in the Village” (22:35) – from the album The Floating World
Estrella del Sol “Corriente de Agua” (27:30) – from the album Figura de Cristal
Jet Jaguar + Adrien75 “Summer Hours” (29:00) – from the album Small Blue Micro Textured
Entidad Animada “Teorías” (36:35) – from the album Pruebas de Existencia
As always thanks for listening… Take care and stay sane out there…
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Join me for a mix of the latest Outersounds that will help you escape reality for just a little while. In this episode I’m playing some of the music that’s been spinning around here this past summer, from soaring guitars to lazy electronic haze. Track Listing The Asteroid No.4 “Emma” (0:00) – From their most recent … Continue reading "Sonixcursions:024 Podcast"
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2022 has been an amazing year for music so far. As a reflection of this, I am working on getting more music into each new episode, as well as putting out episodes more frequently. For this round, the mix flows from summer camp hauntology to analog synths to ambient slide guitar, so find a comfy … Continue reading "Sonixcursions:023 Podcast"
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The existential dread meter is running high these days, and listening to music is one of the only things that can take my mind off the news. Here’s a half-hour break from the daily grind with a selection of kosmische, ambient, electronic and radiophonic tunes pulled from the latest releases. Track Listing The Soundcarriers “At … Continue reading "Sonixcursions:022 Podcast"
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Here it is, finally – the second half of my favorites of 2021. So far this year has been quite a whirlwind. With day job workload and the general daily grind, finding time to wrap this up has been challenging, but I wanted to close the loop on this since some of my absolute favorites … Continue reading "Sonixcursions:021 Podcast – Favorites of 2021, Part 2"
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Welcome to part one of my two-part favorites of 2021 episode. As we wind down this insane year and look toward 2022, I’ll be playing 10 tracks on this part one and 10 on part two, so relax and enjoy the finest outersounds of the past 12 months. Track Listing All India Radio “Don’t Turn … Continue reading "Sonixcursions:020 Podcast – Favorites of 2021, Part 1"
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It’s summer here in the northern hemisphere, and things are slowly opening up after the long pandemic lockdowns. This episode has been a few weeks in the making, and includes new and upcoming retrofuturistic jazz and electronic music, a smattering of ambient and soft synth arpeggios, and closing out with the dramatic post-rock of veterans … Continue reading "Sonixcursions:019 Podcast"
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Spring is in the air here at SonixHQ, and with things opening up again it feels like a new beginning. This episode is mostly guitar-based, from the swirly psychedelics of Magic Castles to the cosmic country soundscapes of the Howard Hughes Suite. Though I’ve thrown in a few electronic tracks from Dolphins of Venice and … Continue reading "Sonixcursions:018 Podcast"
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Amidst the continuously depressing news cycles lately, I offer a brief respite from reality featuring an international mix of cosmic and electronic music. Grab your headphones and drift off into an ethereal world for the next 30 minutes with artists from Australia, Spain, Germany, England and Argentina. Track Listing Kilbey Kennedy “We Are Missing” (0:00) … Continue reading "Sonixcursions:017 Podcast"
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Forgive me listeners, as it’s been six weeks since my last podcast episode. I’ve had my head down finishing up the Masstransfer book for the past 2 months and realized it’s now halfway through March. This episode catches up on some of the recent releases of the year so far. I’m trying to get a … Continue reading "Sonixcursions:016 Podcast"
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Welcome to 2021–one month in and it feels like it’s been a whole year. There’s a slate of new releases in this episode, from dreamy neo-psychedelia to stratospheric ambient; from Portugal to Australia to Norway to America. Put on your headphones, close your eyes and breathe deeply. Track Listing Beautify Junkyards “Reverie” (0:00) – From … Continue reading "Sonixcursions:015 Podcast"
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Welcome to the end of 2020 – a year that will change the course of our history into the foreseeable future. For various reasons, including being here at home full-time, I had a lot of time to spend listening to new music and following some bands I had lost touch with. For this episode, I’m … Continue reading "Sonixcursions:014 Podcast – My Favorite Songs of 2020"
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As we wind down this insane year and look to 2021, I’m catching up with some releases from 2020 that I missed along the way, along with a few new bands I’ve discovered over the past few weeks.
Track Listing Causa Sui “Gabor’s Path” (0:00) – entrancing instrumental post/psych-rock from Denmark, from their latest Szabodelico on El Paraiso Records.
The Green Kingdom “Mayloops” (4:15) – acoustic loops and themes inspired by beauty that is often overlooked.
Memory Drawings “A Few Scattered Hours (The Green Kingdom remix)” (6:50) – The Green Kingdom’s Michael Cottone applies his creative hand to the lush textures of Memory Drawings, one this week’s featured bands (stay tuned for an interview with member Joel Hanson).
SANKT OTTEN “Dann doch lieber weisse Wände” (12:00) – The mood turns a little more electronic here with the sounds of German audio engineering.
Giants of Discovery – “Dream Of the Colossus” (17:05) – Inspired by gigantic brutalist edifices and colossal structures, this hauntological project seeks to explore the mysteries of sunken underwater statues.
All India Radio + Josh Roydhouse “At Sea” (20:30) – Soft piano floats above the waves of an ambient ocean. The first of two collaborations this year by Australia’s All India Radio.
Llarks “Allure” (24:20) – The second featured band of the episode, Llarks is the latest identity of Accelera Deck’s Chris Jeely, taking the best of his smeared tonal guitar playing and stretching it to the horizon.
RxGibbs – “Charon” (29:40) – Another late discovery is the ambient guitar work of Ron Gibbs, who records under the guise RxGibbs – a veteran of the Michigan space rock scene as a member of the band Auburn Lull (included on the recent Southeast Of Saturn compilation).
As always thanks for listening, and sign up for the email newsletter to get updates on these and other bands featured in the podcasts.
Stay safe & sane out there…
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There are a few threads running through this batch of tracks: a focus on women vocalists; some throwback songs from the 2000s; and international representation from Sweden, Australia and Argentina, including a few that were submitted through the website.
Also, with this episode I’m better aligning the podcast and email newsletter, so I’ll be sending one out every time a new episode is released. Make sure to subscribe to get notified and stay up to date on the latest new music from the Sonixcursions universe!
Track Listing White Flowers “Within A Dream” (0:00) – probably my favorite new band of the moment, this track is from their upcoming EP of the same name, due out in January.
NAYAD “Don’t Be Mad If I Don’t Come Along” (3:33) – new trip-pop out of Sweden.
Relay “Prill” (7:30) – from 2006. A friend recently sent me some of their CDs as I had totally missed them the first time around.
Au Revoir Borealis “Blissfield” (10:44) – appeared on the Masstransfer 5 compilation from 2002.
KILN “Plum Hax” (16:36) – they have returned with a new album on Ghostly International entitled Astral Welder.
Willebrant “Cyan” (20:50) – Australian ambient artist with a focus on incorporating piccolo and fretless bass into fluid synth textures.
Turning “Absence At Entrance” (25:15) – the “rural psych” side project from Aaron Snow of Landing, “recorded on a four track using twenty year old cassette tapes”.
Bosques “Terremoto” (30:00) – the latest from this Argentinian cosmic folk duo, conjuring up a “deep, natural and transcendental vision”.
As always thanks for listening, and sign up for the email newsletter to get updates on these and other bands featured in the podcasts.
Stay safe & sane…
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Without realizing it, this mix is devoid of vocals. Just instrumentals. It’s most likely a reaction to my anxiety around the upcoming election here in the states and the general state of the corona virus, but really I just want to zone out for a bit.
Pulselovers
Pulled from the latest offering from A Year In The Country – a compilation entitled The Layering – Pulselovers invites us into the world of “Brodsworth” (0:00), an English coal mining town that has returned formerly derelict industrial land into beautiful natural landscapes contoured by the wastelands that lie beneath.
The compilation “is a reflection on how these, and other varied strata, are layered on top of one another, and/or sit side-by-side, with some being recorded, while others are forgotten or unknown, becoming part of a hidden or semi-hidden history.”
Point du Lac The French duo Pointe du Lac (named after a Paris metro station), generate a driving motorik beat on “Program 3.14” (3:58) off their latest LP2.
You could close your eyes and imagine being sped around underground from station to station – feeling the movements of the train, the friction of the tracks and the jostling of the people.
Jörgen Kjellgren This imaginary train terminates in the bucolic world of Jörgen Kjellgren, an ambient producer “contemplating the cosmic fringes of folk & Americana” on the track “Dulcet” (7:40).
His EP Hollawood is out now on the Slow Music Movement label, and accompanies the darkening autumn evenings with red wine and cozy guitar playing.
Lazy Salon Time starts to slow down with the arrival of Lazy Salon’s “Second Sight”(10:50), from an album of all kinds of cozy guitar playing.
Twilight Properties is a diversion from proprietor Sean Byrne’s rhythmic and electronic tendencies, but the autumnal acoustic vibes match the sound of falling leaves perfectly.
David Boulter
On Yarmouth, multi-instrumentalist David Boulter (founding member of Tindersticks) takes us for a trip down memory lane to the seaside town where had spent his childhood holidays.
He conjures up a whimsical dreamscape using “a sound palette based around an old 1970’s Lowrey organ, flutes, violin, vintage tape echo and a Premiere vibraphone” – well represented on the song “Roller Coaster” (14:04). Yet another beautiful release from the fantastic Clay Pipe Music record label out of England.
Yellow6 Speaking of fantastic record labels, the venerable Sound In Silence has just released Silent Streets And Empty Skies, the latest from ambient guitar legend Yellow6 – aka Jon Attwood.
Buying a new guitar and exploring his village during lockdown earlier this year, he synthesized the experiences into music that reflects the tranquil environment of the time, composing tracks like “Unbroken Sun (two)” (16:00).
Memory Drawings An exotic sound emerges after the first few opening bars of “Dead To Me Now” (19:06), from Anglo/American/Australian collective Memory Drawings – that of the hammered dulcimer, and it forms the foundation of their otherworldly music.
The track appears on their 4th and most recent album, A Few Scattered Hours – a title that forms double duty: the scattered hours the band spent creating the album across distances; and the fewer hours people have to pursue spiritual and artistic pursuits.
Swartz Et Closing out this episode is a “Night Ships” (23:10) from Steve Swartz, off of his recently re-issued album Nighttide from 2010 – released with extra tracks in a double-cassette package.
While working on archiving another project, he rediscovered the master tapes and sessions: “and so I actually shared it with Mike and Justin who are also of Au Revoir Borealis. And we’re just like, you’ve got to release these, you should do a special release. This is the 10th anniversary of this record coming out this year. And so I was like, all right, that’s not a bad idea”, says Steve.
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Keep staying safe out there…
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