Did you notice the Sun taking a coffee break on Wednesday? No panic. It’s just our occasional solar eclipse reminding us that even the bright centerpiece of our solar system occasionally steps into the shadows from time to time. But, why go outside and squint through those stylish cardboard glasses? We have a far safer and more comfortable way to enjoy the dark side of the cosmos. Join me in aligning our musical orbit with the celestial spectacle, drifting through expansive space ambient soundscapes, floating pads, and deep cosmic atmospheres. Drop your eclipse safety gear, lean back in your favorite chair, and enjoy a stellar lineup featuring Dirk Serries & PBK (Amplitude Split), Blue Is Nine (Beyond The Quiet Sky), Max Corbacho (Eclipse), Robert Rich (Space Camp), Almost Random (Fragments From The Waning World), Christian Fiesel (Bionic Shading III), remst8 (18th Quarterly Report), Bohdan Stupak (A Place In Memories), and Andy Pickford (Outland).

So, I am sitting here waiting for some food delivery while preparing this show. It was meant to be delivered in about 45 minutes, according to the delivery website. Well, it seems it will be double that. Is that deceiving? Maybe, but it seems the time they need. There always are two views on things: the wish view, how it should be, and the reality view, how it finally comes. And I wish the reality would be more like a wish state. But, I am not getting hot about the delay, the weather is hot enough. And so it is time for some chill and thrill with cool sounds by ELEON (Discovering), Wane of Summer vs Ambient Indigo (Fusion of Souls), Xenyo (Arboreal Telegraph), Green Isac (Groundrush), Sundad (Way Station One), Brioskj (The Persuaders!), Interstate Telecast (Fireside), Marcator (Terra Incognita), Cousin Silas & Dan Caine (One Time X 2), CLOUDWARMER (I Know the World Reasonably Well and Am Right About Everything), Jim Ottaway (Treasures of Light).

Once each year, on July 14th, it's a special celebration day for our wonderful netlabels out there: The Netlabel Day. Quite a page full of releases offered via the official page these days. Unfortunately, only a selection of them released on or close to the date this year. But I picked carefully to have them on spot or very near. A colourful mix of styles await you with the numerous albums and EPs and singles. Some of them you will be able to enjoy on this edition with music by Eko_Fisk & Gears in the Rain (Valley of the Lost), j4vaman (Compilation 26), Y.K.Beats (Never Off Always On), Traveling Light (In Fire), Igor Marynowski (Siberian Tatar Instrumental Soundtrack), Flooba (Diario di Aria), Periodo Particular (Desesperacion Acid), Graveyard Theory (The Picturesque Decay Remains an Idea of the Beautiful), Viento SoundSystem (Reggae Dub Sax Vol1), Eli Wallis (Clarinet Maschine Organ), ilf (Forestpunk X Netlabel Day).

Time and again I go back to the style and sound that sparked my love for electronic music; that is back in the 1970s/1980s, the so called golden age for traditional EM. Back then, it was the greats like Tangerine Dream, Jean-Michel Jarre, Software, and others who gave me the thrills. I still enjoy their music, also the current songs they produce. But mostly it's the "younger" generation, I enjoy to have on the show nowadays. This edition is a mixture of both with older and newer blood in a mix. Join me for wonderful timeless sounds by F.D.Project (Look in the sky), Michael Stearns & Robert Rich (Reunion of Breath & Waves), Adam Filip (The Returning Circle), Peter Mergener (Keep on Dreaming), Michael Whalen (Standing Near Infinity), Deus Astra vs Time Away (Wheel of Time), Brainwork (Hypnos).

The nice thing about recent hot weather is that undressing at the doctors gets easier. On the other hand, it's not so comfortable wearing soaking wet shirts and pants. Well, one should not complain, other endure worse. Still, extreme warmth is no fun for your body and brain, especially, if you are not used to it. Therefore, I took the opportunity to fetch some longer tracks for this edition, so I did not have to talk that much. Hehehe. But you are getting great music, if you join me, by the greats of Erik Wøllo (Snow Tides), Wahn vs Cognition Delay (Re: Echo Mist Light), Lambert (Keep on Dreaming), Carbonates On Mars (The Four States Of Matter: Liquid Volume 1), SoulSonic (IDM Selection volume 1), Harald Grosskopf (Glitches Brew), Martin Stürtzer (Starfields).