More on the easy going, lightweight music path tonight, having quite a bunch of recent releases on the listening menu. Like the brand new album by Janneh called Transitions. And one of the twosome by Paul Sills, where we hear from White light. In between, a free compilation of Noston's musical works as Pied Piper. Followed by a track from Beyond the Realm of Angels by Steve Orchard. Then the finally finished Cities by Kikai. And finally a classic track from History by Pyramid Peak.
Tonight it's nearly all about E-Day in one way or the other, and the E still does not mean Easter (ok, bad joke). Btw., E-Day is organized by Groove Unlimited, the label run by Ron Boots and also the one releasing many of the albums on tonight's episode. And it starts with a brand new album, to be released at E-Day. It is named PrimiTiveS and a wonderful collaboration work by Remy and Synth.nl. The following album, still fresh and tasty, is by TM Solver and named Sparkling, also available at E-Day with SynGate. The final three tracks are by artists you can enjoy live a the festival, and all of them deserve it. The first is René Splinter with Singularities, followed by the youngest EM performer ever at E-Day, Synthex. And finally, we have German multi-artist Bernhard Wöstheinrich. Hope to see many of you in Oirschot.
What a colorful episode we have tonight, mostly blueish with sprinkles of red and yellow will jump out of the speakers to you. The session starts with a double by Code Indigo and their upcoming album Meltdown. Pursued by some Klangfarben (i.e., colors of sound) brought to us by Klangwald. We then get bright yellow Sun beams served by Thaneco. Right before we go back to relish the king of the blue with RAL 5002 by TMA featuring Martinson.
Walking on the darker and more ambient side tonight. Maybe, it's because of the weather sticking to its darkness and cold for so long, but the music is not really dragging one down. So while there is a happy party in Bochum, namely the Schallwelle Awards, here come sounds providing brain training. We start with Lefolk's asking us Isn't this Dangerous? Followed by some Kartography by Praguedren. We then listen to Morsemusik, actually a collaboration track by Christian Doil and Altus. We are learning that Emotions are Desert Islands from aAirial and enjoy some Photogenesis by Ryan Lucht. Then, eyes cast down debuts with The Separate Ones. While The Ghost Between the Strings and Mystified continue their collaboration with Ghostbone 2. And finally, we visit The Master of Crossroads with Ujjaya.
Quite a number of new releases on tonight's show, opened by the new album Zeitenwende by moonbooter. Also fresh from the stove comes Meesha's free album Ether. As is Alone by id Submerged, which just entered the list of fine releases at kahvi. Solar phases are what Deltason is up to on his recent music treasure. And then we have Hagen von Bergen as a new name with his 2010 album Jetzt!. A peek into the future is provided from Apollo by Banco de Gaia. Which is followed by tonight's closing track from moonbooter's Zeitenwende.
As promised, tonight continuing with the nominees for the Schallwelle awards, this time all those named for national artist and album. List to the most favorited musicians for 2012 with BatteryDead, Loom, Matzumi, Michael Brückner, Picture Palace music, Sankt Otten, Schiller, Stefan Erbe, Steve Schroyder & Alien Voice.
On March 16th the German prize for electronic music, the Schallwelle will be awarded to the winners of 2012. The nominees for the international prizes are all in tonight's show, where two awards are given: best artist and best album. There are five nominees in each category, resuting in the following 7 artists or formations: Broekhuis, Keller & Schönwälder, Erik van der Heijden, Glenn Main, Ian Boddy & Erik Wøllo, Pieter Nooten, Space Art, and VoLt.
Back from a short wild trip to New York City, and I think tonight's choice in music somewhat reflects the mood of that place. A lively and narcissistic city that reaches out to the sky even when beaten down. Similar holds for the sounds of this show, I'd say. Music that seems to love itself, gets lost in the wild, but always well grounded. It all starts with electronic rock by Computerchemist and Zsolt Galántai's Signatures, which comes in two volumes. Followed by some nice referencing work by Uwe Cremer and Thomas Rydell with their Sirius Singularity. Entering a bit more drive and harshness with Pandacetamol's Crestfallen. It's Mythos then bringing us a peek of Surround Sound Evolution, although not surround on the show. And closing up with another track from the Signatures album.
Weekend is near, time to downshift. Simply take place in your long chair, lean back, close your eyes and listen to syndae. Fetch a breeze of summer and easiness with the right sounds on your ears. We have a slow start tonight with Stefan Erbe. And we will not speed up in this 30 minutes of chilling music, like brought to you by Insomus. Getting very much Malibu feeling with Mark P. Adler. Some fresh and unbending sound colour variations then from a preview on the upcoming album by Tonefabric, going Florida-ish and Indian. And finishing it all with a marvellous track by Soundwalker.
