Expand Your Musical Horizons – 84

uploaded 06 May, 2012

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Los Chicos Altos is one of the UrbanWorld artists featured in this episode.

This episode starts out high energy: enjoy the world beats from Switchstance Recordings and UrbanWorld records and get your adenaline flowing! Enjoy the fresh tracks from Ancient Astronauts, Los Chicos Altos, and Silver Bullit, with help from artists like Fort Knox Five, Fantabis, Shaka Loveless, and Superpendejos.

Then we slowly chill out to some psybient and dub from some new artists to this podcast (Fakear, Dubrak, Soulacybin, and Zero-Project) and hear new tracks from some favorites (Frenic, Master Margherita, Side Liner, Anitek, and Setsuna). With thanks to Switchstance, UrbanWorld, Dusted Wax, Cosmicleaf, SINE Music, Psyderweb, Ektoplazm, and Jamendo.

1hr, 1min

Enjoy!

The playlist:

1. ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS – 36 Hours (Fort Knox Five Remix) (Switchstance Recordings, buy from iTunes , download sampler from Bandcamp)
2. LOS CHICOS ALTOS – Se va Mamba (UrbanWorld Records, from the EP “Se va Mamba,” buy from iTunes or Amazon)
3. SILVER BULLIT – The Meter, featuring Fantabis and Shaka Loveless (Superpendejos Remix (UrbanWorld Records, from the “Koloko” EP, buy from Amazon)
4. FRENIC – Lazy Sunday Stereo (from the “Present and Correct” EP, Dusted Wax Kingdom netlabel)
5. FAKEAR – Bloody Western (from the Digital Pit release “Washin’ Machine” on Bandcamp.)
6. MASTER MARGHERITA – Drumspyder – Summer Drum’s Solo (download it from Bandcamp, buy his music from iTunes)
7. DUBTRAK – Dark River Tribe (Lost in Time) (from the release “The Dancer Behind the Mask,” released on Ektoplazm)
8. SIDE LINER – Forgiveness (Eguana Remix) (from the release “Missing Pieces of a Puzzle,” Cosmicleaf Records. Buy from iTunes or Amazon.)
9. SOULACYBIN – Hunab Ku (from the release “Self Existing Earth” on Psyderweb Records. Find it on Ektoplazm.)
10. ZERO-PROJECT – Earthbeat (from the release “Earth,” find it on his website at www.zero-project.gr)
11. ANITEK – Clockwork (from the release “Tab & Anitek: The Freakout Tent,” find it on Jamendo.com)
12. SETSUNA – White Light (from the SINE Music compilation “Spring Chill Volume 1.” Buy it from iTunes )

Did you enjoy that Fort Knox Five remix? Here’s more from Fort Knox Five…a Mo’ Horizons remix:

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Expand Your Musical Horizons – 83

uploaded 12 March, 2012

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Micropixie drops in from her groovy space pad to introduce this episode

Micropixie introduces this episode in her own intergalactic style and plays a track from her new release, “The Good, the Beige, and the Ugly.” This hour-long podcast is loaded with exotically riveting tracks, including stellar new releases from Triptone (aka Kick Bong), Lila Rose, Valdi Sabev, Ekoplex, Mark Preston, Etereo ,and Eguana, and includes a sneak preview from Lola la Showgirl.

2012 is  going to be another amazing year for indie music. Enjoy!

TRACKLIST (Introduction from Micropixie — “the girl from beige”):

1. MICROPIXIE – Ones & Zeros (from “The Good, the Beige, and the Ugly” – buy from Amazon or CDBaby)
2. ANITEK – Highlights (from “Sae Yeon,” download from Dusted Wax Kingdom or Jamendo)
3. LOLA LA SHOWGIRL – Quasimodo (hear more of her music on SoundCloud, album scheduled for release in 2012)
4. TRIPTONE – Incense, featuring Canove (from the album “Triptone,” buy from iTunes, Amazon, or Bandcamp)
5. LILA ROSE - Bang Bang (from “Heart Machine,” buy from Bandcamp, iTunes, or Amazon)
6. VALDI SABEV – Far from Here (from “Impressions Volume Three,” Cosmicleaf Records, buy from iTunes, Amazon, or Bandcamp)
7. EKOPLEX – Aya (from “Discovering the Ancient,” find it on Ektoplazm)
8. STERLING – Beyond Human (from “Beyond Human,” buy it from Magnatune, or subscribe)
9. ETEREO – Flor Nocturna (from “Anahata,”find it on Jamendo.com)
10. MARK PRESTON – 90 West (from “Nature and Design,” buy from Magnatune or subscribe to Magnatune)
11. EGUANA – I’m a God (from “Discovering Eguana,” Cosmicleaf Records, buy from iTunes or Amazon)
12. KAOSTAPESKAIN – Barcelona Ratings (from “Kaoestapeskain EP,” on the Músico Vermella netlabel in Barcelona)

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I thought you might like to see Franck onstage as Triptone, with his band, in this “teaser”:

I was looking through the YouTube videos for Lila Rose and  I found this  video of her sitting on a porch singing with Mama Crow with an acoustic guitar, and I thought it was very cool.

Expand Your Musical Horizons interviews Shine

album “Judas and Mary” releases March 8

uploaded 25 February 2012

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Shine's third album "Judas and Mary" releases 8 March

The French trip-hop band Shine released their first album in 2008 and received much critical acclaim. In their second release “Shine Featuring Terry Reid,” they were joined by the legendary and iconoclastic British rocker, Terry Reid.

In 2012, they’re releasing their third album, “Judas and Mary,” which delivers even more of the melodic trip-hop goodness that made them popular worldwide, from touring with acts like Morcheeba to inclusion in the TV show “Ugly Betty.”

I had an opportunity to talk to them in Paris about their career thus far. In this interview, we discuss their beginnings and their work with Terry Reid, and give us a sneak preview of “Judas and Mary.”

“Judas and Mary” releases on March 8, 2012 on iTunes, Amazon, and Bandcamp.

Included track samples:

1. Ashbury (from “The Common Station,” buy from iTunes or Amazon)
2. Mind Dance (from “Shine featuring Terry Reid,” buy from iTunes or Amazon)
3. Judas and Mary (from “Judas and Mary,” buy from iTunes, Amazon, or Bandcamp after 8 March)

See the first Shine video for “Judas and Mary” here!


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Expand Your Musical Horizons – 82

uploaded 25 January 2012

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Lazy Hammock grooves us with a chill vocal in this episode

Starting with some chill vocal tracks from Alfida, Psyrok, and Lazy Hammock, and ending with tribal beats from Astropilot and electro-spaghetti-western vibes from Shantifax, this episode also delivers a delicious cumbia and psybient filling  in the center. 1h14m of pure bliss!

The tracklist:

1. ALFIDA – Eglama (Pag remix) (buy Alfida’s music through iTunes or Amazon)
2. PSYROK & LI’L SISTER JEN – A World Unknown (from the “Calculus” EP on Psylince Records– buy from Amazon or CD Baby)
3. LAZY HAMMOCK – Daybreak (Dub Chill Mix) (from the album “The Prophet” — buy from iTunes or Amazon. Don’t miss her interview episode from 2008!)
4. STEFAN TORTO – Astral Visions (from the release “Astral Visions,” Cosmicleaf Records, buy from iTunes or Amazon)
5. MAHARASHI  – Shadowland (featuring Extatic) (from “Sense of Feather,” Space Baby Records, find it on Ektoplazm)
6. L’ONIRAUNOTE – Fender Curry (from “Les Chimeres Exquises,” Budabeats netlabel)
7. SCOPES – Life (from “Psyderchill,” find it on Ektoplazm.com)
8. LEADSMEN – Austere (from “Words Unspoken EP,” thanks to IODA Promonet, buy it from iTunes or Amazon)
9. ALTOPERU – Fantoche  (hear more of their tracks on SoundCloud)
10. KLANGSTEIN – Rocket (from “Chillbar Volume 3,” SINE Music, buy from iTunes or Amazon)
11. ASTROPILOT – Yasmin (2011 rework) (from “Turlitava,” find it on Ektoplazm. Buy Astropilot’s new album, “Fruits of the Imagination,” just released on Altar Records!)
12. SHANTIFAX  – Desert Trip (with Tommy Mirror)  (from “Delete Automation,” find it on Ektoplazm)

And now for the IODA promo:
Leadsmen
” Austere” (mp3)
from “Words Unspoken EP”
(Beats Broke)

Buy at Amazon MP3
More On This Album

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And finally, more video goodies — first, Lazy Hammock:

And Klangstein with RamsayGee:

Expand Your Musical Horizons – 81

uploaded 29 December, 2011

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Zero Cult is featured in this podcast with 10 other tracks!

Another hour of horizon-expanding audio bliss comes your way in this podcast episode, with tracks from some longtime favorite artists, including Side Liner, Zero Cult, and Solar Fields, and some new favorites to create a totally chilled pleasure experience. We start with an eastern beat and then get deeply psybient, then refresh again with a South American groove, and slow down again for a piano finish. Enjoy!

The tracklist:

1. SHAMANOID – Walking in the Desert (from “The Return of Quetzalcoatl,” find it on Ektoplazm)
2. PSYRIUS – Endless (from “Psyderchill,” on Psyderweb Records. You can also find it on Ektoplazm)
3. ZERO CULT – Second Breath, vocal radio mix featuring Aviatrix (from “Vacuum,” Cosmicleaf Records, buy from iTunes or Amazon)
4. HINKSTEP – Medusa (from “Sunrise from the Treetops,” find it on Ektoplazm)
5. HARMONIC FREQUENCY – Pink Butterflies (from the “Power of the Flower” EP, find it on Ektoplazm)
6. SEPHIRA – Learning to Walk (from “Imagination in Motion,” find it Ektoplazm)
7. SIDE LINER – Long Awaited Moment (from the EP “A Hand to Hold,” Cosmicleaf Records, buy from iTunes or Amazon)
8. SOLAR FIELDS – When the Worlds Collide (from “Until We Meet the Sky,” Ultimae Records, buy it from iTunes, Amazon, or Bandcamp)
9. MATANZA – Apolinar (from the release “Apolinar,” find it on Anartek Records)
10. MORRIARCHI – The Outer Sphere (from the release “The Outer Sphere,” Dusted Wax Kingdom netlabel)
11. LYNDA ARNOLD & DANIEL BERKMAN – Parallels (from the release “Hammer Inventions,” buy it from Bandcamp)

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If you enjoyed the Matanza track, here’s more for you:

Expand Your Musical Horizons – 80

uploaded 13 November, 2011

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Twin Muses opens up this amazing episode

Prepare yourself for another long musical journey that starts with trip hop and evolves into psybient. This episode features some new work from longtime favorites like Twin Muses/Mr. Moods, Screenatorium, Béla Bánhegyi, and Lemonchill, and lots of new music from artists who are new to this podcast. Enjoy this 1hr20min of sonic bliss…

TRACKLIST

1. MR MOODS | TWIN MUSES -  Think About Me (from “The final rendez-vous,” buy from Bandcamp)
2. SCREENATORIUM – Who’s to Blame, feat. Hugo Kant (from “Flyentists,” listen at Jamendo, download from Digital Pit)
3. ANITEK – Stage 4 (from “Sae Yeon,” download from Jamendo.com)
4. FRENIC – New World (from “Lessons from the Past,” download at dustedwax.org)
5. BOOT CUT ROCKERS - So Beautiful (from “Time Travel,” SINE Music, buy from iTunes or Amazon)
6. SAGNIK AND KRISHNAROOP – Flight 786 (Delhi to Abu Dhabi) (from “Ethereal Lounge,” download from Jamendo.com)
7. RADIOACTIVE SANDWICH – Drip Drop (from “Deli-edative Sounds,” download from Ektoplazm)
8. ECCODEK – Calling the Rain (Afrodesiac Mix) (from “Remixtasy,” thanks to IODA. Buy from iTunes or Amazon)
9. BELA BANHEGYI – Cobble Stones (from a new album — as yet unnamed — that will release soon!)
10. MINDPHORIA – The Picture (from the compilation “Turlitava,” on the Neogoa label. Download from Ektoplazm.)
11. N.I.O.- Mental as Anything (from “Search for Insights,” download from Ektoplazm)
12. HINKSTEP – Moonwalk on Mushroom Street (from “Sunrise from the Treetops,” download from Ektoplazm)
13. MIKE SWALE | LAMARCKIA – Crucible (hear it on SoundCloud)
14. EUPHORICA – Chilling Plastics (from the compilation “Psyderchill,” Psyderweb netlabel, download from Ektoplazm)
15. LEMONCHILL – I missed a heart beat (excerpt of track from “Yourself Reality,” buy it from Bandcamp)

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Some IODA information on the Eccodek track:
More On This Album
Buy at Amazon MP3
Big Mind
Eccodek

And for your additional enjoyment, here’s a great, bass-drenched track from Euphorica:

And a different version of the Eccodek track (“Calling the Rain”) from this episode:

Expand Your Musical Horizons – 79

uploaded 13 October, 2011

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Good news! Kick Bong's "Cup of Tea" is re-released on Cosmicleaf!

Here’s another long episode full of unbelievably good music. You’ll want to keep this one for those long train rides or a night spent reading too many status updates in front of your computer.

We start out with a track from Frenic that you’ll end up singing to yourself when the podcast is over. We’ve got some trip hop, some melancholic beats, some smooth chillout, a little psybient, and a warm ambient finish. Features many artists new to this podcast and a few favorites from previous episodes — like Suhov, Anitek, and Kick Bong — who’s just released a new album on Cosmicleaf and a re-release of “Cup of Tea”! (Don’t miss my interview with Kick Bong in Paris in 2010.)

The tracklist:

1. FRENIC – Open Door (featuring Crids and Holly McDade) (from the EP “Lessons from the Past,”Dusted Wax Kingdom netlabel, at www.dustedwax.org.).
2. SUNSPHERE – Sandstorm (from Summer Breeze Volume 2,”  SINE Music. Buy from iTunes or Amazon)
3. LUNOVA LABS – Echelon Calling  (from the release “Echelon Calling” — find it on SoundCloud and on BandCamp).
4. DEL POZO – Allá Adentro (from the release “Deli-edative Sounds” on Neurotrance Records. Download from Ektoplazm,com.)
5. KOZAK94- Insomniac  (from the “Walking Nowhere”  EP on the Dusted Wax Kingdom netlabel)
6. BROKENKITES – Procession (from the release “Flight School,”  buy on iTunes)
7. AAIRIAL- While True (from the release “Crazy Compilation #5” from the Crazy Language netlabel)
8. BLUE DESERT -Dein Traum (from the release “Dein Traum.” Buy this track from iTunes or Amazon.)
9. RADIO MATUNA – El Son  (Released on Lloronarecords . Hear more tracks on SoundCloud.)
10. SUNSPOT – Grapeyard Shift (from the release “Tales of the Green Dragon,”  Ektoplazm.com)
11. SUHOV – Az Ember (from his release “Heartbox” on the Budabeats netlabel. )
12. ANITEK – Mind Growth (from the release “Sae Yeon,” which you can find on Jamendo.com)
13. KICK BONG  – Progress in Happiness (from a re-release on Cosmicleaf Records of “Cup of Tea,” a classic — and now remastered — Kick Bong album. Buy it  on iTunes, Amazon, Juno, and other online music sellers.)
14. SCOPES – After the Break (from the release “Glass of Water,” on Psyderweb Records. Find it on Ektoplazm.com.)
15. PADSBANGER – The Void (from his release “Eleventh Dimension,” buy  from Bandcamp. )
16. HARMONIC FREQUENCY  – Fata Morgana  (from the EP “Power of the Flower,” Psyderweb Records netlabel. Find it on  Ektoplazm and Jamendo.)

Expand Your Musical Horizons – 78

uploaded 11 September, 2001

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Creotaur from India offers a track in this episode

Sometimes I find so much good music that I can’t decide which tracks to play right now and which ones to save for the next episode. So I play all of them. That’s what happened here, and the result is 70+ minutes of uninterrupted tracks from Easily Embarrassed, Lemongrass, Adriana Kaegi, Tara Putra, Tikki Masala, and 8 more artists who are new to this podcast series. Like always, the announcements are at the end of the episode, and if you play the podcast in your browser, you’ll see album art that links to the artists’ websites if you click on it. So here’s the tracklist:

1. Easily Embarrassed – Moon People (from their new release “Tales of the Coin Spinner,” buy from iTunes or Amazon).

2. Lemongrass – Spaceship (from the compilation “The Renaissance of Silence” on SINE Music. Buy from iTunes or Amazon).

3. Fuji Kureta – Lux (from the release  “See Through” on the 23 Seconds Netlabel).

4. SmallRadio – Leaf Shaped Feelings, Cube2 the 3rd remix (from the EP “Le Migre 2” from the rec72 netlabel).

5. Dirk Lamprecht – DML (from the “Munique EP” on the Broque netlabel).

6. Wolfen Technologies- Caveman (from the “Three Drops to Evolution” EP — find on the Ektoplazm website or on Bandcamp).

7. Pleq – Wire Right of Sorrow (from the compilation “Crazy Compilation #5,” from the Crazy Language netlabel in Germany).

8. Adriana Kaegi  – He Delivers (buy from  iTunes, Amazon, and other online music sellers).

9.Liquid Frame  – Ascensionali (from their release “Relics – the First Tapes” on Jamendo.com).

10. Tara Putra- Between the Sphere (from the compilation “Space Forming Volume 3,” find on the Ektoplazm website).

11. AltoPeru – Mamararcho.(watch for their upcoming EP in November called “Black Mambo,” hear more of their music on SoundCloud).

12. CreoTaur — Procession (from SoundCloud. Hear more of his music on SoundCloud and on the Neurotrance release,“Deli-edative Sounds.”)

13. Tikki Masala  – Euphoriant. (Hear more of Tikki’s music on SoundCloud and on MySpace, and follow him on Twitter).

Now let’s see some videos. First, let’s go in the “wayback machine” to see Adriana Kaegi perform with Kid Creole and the Coconuts:

And one from Fuji Kureta (“Accident”):

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Expand Your Musical Horizons – 77

uploaded 12 August 2011

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This musical journey is the next soundtrack to a night of lounging with your friends. It’s one hour & 15 minutes of delicious vibes — from lounge to electronic textures to downtempo vocals, Indian beats, dub, and psybient. This episode features new tracks from SINE Music, Cosmicleaf, and the newest album from Karmacoda: “Eternal,” which is getting rave reviews.

In addition, we’ve got 10 more tracks from independent electronic artists from Jamendo, Dusted Wax, other netlabels, and SoundCloud. Go ahead and download this one because you’ll want to listen to it more than once!

1. ANITEK – Circadian (from the release “Unconscious,” find it on Jamendo.com)
2. EDPORTH – Aeriform (from the release “Key Black” on the 51 beats netlabel. Find it on Bandcamp.)
3. PKAREL – Trip to London (from the release “Urban Symphony,” download it from his website)
4. MERGE OF EQUALS – Heart and Mind (Sine remix) (from the release “Remerge” from SINE Music. Buy it from Amazon or iTunes.)
5. KARMACODA – Epic (from the album “Eternal,” buy it from iTunes or Amazon)
6. B SIDE – Kropli Dushy (from the release “Smooth Season,” find it on Dusted Wax)
7. SAGNIK AND KRISHNAROOP – Raga Rasoi (from the release “Ethereal Lounge,” find it on Jamendo.com)
8. ZOLTAN SULTAN – The Lost Empire (from the release “Space Forming, Volume 3,” find it on Ektoplazm or on SoundCloud)
9. INJHAM – Babylon Lamb (from the release “Dub Tentacles Volume 3” from the Fresh Poulp netlabel)
10. DUBLICATOR – Evaporation (from the “Dubweiser EP,” find it on www.freakyhouse.eu.)
11. STEFAN TORTO – Normalize (from the release “Ambion,” released on Cosmicleaf Records. Buy it from iTunes or Amazon)
12. IN:FORMATION – Csillaut (with Shamane) (from the release “Relax Capsule, Volume 1,” from Dusted Wax Kingdom)
13. S0N0 – It’s not too late for hopeful days (hear more of their music on SoundCloud)

Here’s a cool video that shows Stefan Torto at work in his studio:

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Expand Your Musical Horizons – 76

uploaded 29 June 2011

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Cydelix concludes this great episode

Episode 76 starts with a lovely track from a Los Angeles artist named Titus and the Raindrops, who’s gaining a following on SoundCloud. And we have a few other chillout artists who might be new to you, too: Anitek, Microdots, PKarel, Garmisch, Icesun, and Tectonic, to name a few. And of course we feature a few of your favorites: new tracks from Merge of Equals (SINE Music), Cydelix, Eguana (both from Cosmicleaf Records), Chill Carrier,  Aquascape, and Sushidread (from Fresh Poulp). Enjoy over one hour of great tracks in this summer episode!

The list:

1. TITUS AND THE RAINDROPS – Arc (find it on SoundCloud or Bandcamp)

2. MERGE OF EQUALS - Don’t Worry (from the release “Submerge,” SINE Music. Buy it from iTunes or Amazon).

3. ANITEK – Blueprint (from the release “Mind Express,” find it on jamendo.com)

4. MICRODOTS – Underwater Adventures (find it on SoundCloud)

5. AQUASCAPE – Sunrise (from the compilation “Tunguska Chillout Grooves Volume 7,” find it on Jamendo.com)

6. EGUANA – Frozen Heart (from the release “Space Lines,” Cosmicleaf Records, buy from iTunes or Amazon)

7. PKAREL – Oxygene (from “Urban Symphony,” download from his website. See his Facebook page.)

8. GARMISCH - München (from the NetBloc compilation Volume 10: “Postmodernism is dead”)

9. SUSHIDREAD – Rise (from “Dub Tentacles 3,” Fresh-Poulp Records)

10. ICESUN — This Night is Our (find it on ccMixter.org or Jamendo)

11. TECTONIC – Listening Glass featuring Rachel Bowers (from the release “Shifting Sands,” buy it on Bandcamp)

12. CHILL CARRIER – Left Up There (from the release “Left Up There,” find it on Jamendo.com)

13. CYDELIX – Fiber Optic (from the release “Preparing the Next Generation” from Cosmicleaf. Buy it from iTunes or Amazon.)
Here’s a 2009 video from Merge of Equals:

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