• More than secondary treats

    When I was young, it was quite difficult to get hold of instrumental music by itself, well, maybe except for classical music. The electronic music albums were sparsely sold and, of course, I did not have the money back then. What was great, though, that most of the singles one could purchase in those days contained the instrumental version of the song on its B-sides. Escpeially great with maxi singles, which were the 45 rpm long-player-sized singles with extras. Weird days, looking back from the current view on always available streamable music. Well, I stuck with the instrumental music, and tonight there are great new ones by TOKEE (Путешествие Remixes), weldroid (The Peripheral (2026)), Man as island vs Morakh & Man as island vs Ambidextrous (AN), Roberto Sass (The Road 2 Nowhere), Factsimile (Signal 25), Polished Chrome (Music for Headphones), Projekt Ich ft. Stian Shiver vs Tonschleifer (In The Fire: Instrumental Remix Edition), Krzysztof Kurkowski (Motus Pulsans), Side Liner (Cosmicleaf Mixtape 007 (Psychill)), Z.A.G.Z. (Z.A.G.Z.), NDORFIK (Binary Echo)

     

Firing up engines

Episode 380

There aren't that many labels in electronic music having constant high quality output over the years. One of them is the German label MellowJet Records, run by a fantastic musician himself, Bernd Scholl. This year they are celebrating their 10th anniversary, and to me it feels like it was yesterday when I discovered the very young and fresh distributor from the Eifel. MellowJet provided many joyful hours to me, and surely to many of you, too. And it is a great occasion to have some questions ready and asked to the head of the label. Exactly. Tonight I have for you the first of a two part special on MellowJet Records featuring an interview with Bernd Scholl. And, of oourse, lots of music of the label, which tonight is by moonbooter (Under Control), Harald Grosskopf (Synthesist 2010), and Uwe Reckzeh, Wellenfeld as well as Magic Dimension (Electronic Music Compilation 9).

Playlist:

Events:

  • March 18, Wellenvorm live in Leipzig, DE
  • April 29, moonbooter live at E-Day, Oirschot, NL
  • June 24, Harald Grosskopf and Battery Dead live at the Awakenings, GB

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syndae is an independent podcast on electronic music of ambient, space, new age, harmonic, traditional, progressive, and rhythmic style, not directly including electronic dance music. The goal of syndae is to make aware of fine electronic music, by providing enjoyable episodes with well known and not yet well known artists from around the world, and to promote events of the electronic music scene, by dedicating episodes to selected artists of such an event. Host of the show is Stefan, an enthusiast of electronic music, who likes to spread the word and sound of synth.

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