syndae - podcast on fine electronic music

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Do you have it that the job seems to eat your brain? Well, might depend on the job, of course. I sometimes do have such a feeling. Brainwork during day, an cannot stop thinking about topics and problems that are to address. Well, also keeps me up at night. Like drinking strong coffee in the evening. Do you have any hints on how to get down? One idea might be listening to great music. Like the ones you can listen to on this edition. Joine me for tracks by Tony Sieber (Ambient Guitar Tales), Anna B May (It's Not Just A Dream), Fibonacci Frequencies (Sequenced Space), Space Art (Personal Duty), Time Away & Elvya (Echoes of Maztica), David Young ft Clifford Carter (In the Stars), Erik Wøllo (Cloud of Strings), Adam Steinberg (The Four Elements - Air (Volume 2)), Ronald Van Deurzen (Night Walk), Bernd Scholl (The Winds of Autumn), Steve Orchard (Sharing Dreams), David Wright (Berlin. A Tribute Album for Mark Shreeve).

Unbusy your brain with
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1072-episode-694

Yours, Stefan

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Right, it's only one month now and many of you guys will celebrate christmas. But there is more such celebrations around the corner, like Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, and surely more. And, no, I am not giving you early season's songs. On the contrary, we will go quite progressive and partially rocky tonight. I might do a festive show, though, right on December 22nd. Several such tracks came in lately, and I am aware of at least one new album to come with related music. I am open to suggestions and submissions, of course. And by saying so, a disclaimer as follow up: there is no guarantee for podplay. Well, we will see what happens. But for tonight, I am going all in with excellent and cool tracks by Agitation Free (Momentum), Passage (Oblique), Gingerbass (Lake City Kid), Bernhard Wöstheinrich (B-Dubs), Hildegard von Binge Drinking (Echo der Delfine), The Dead Robotz (Electric Mangrove), Simon Langdon and Polytunnel (Attack Release Volume One), Phono Input (Sidereus Nuncius).

Strings well attached on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1073-episode-695

Yours, Stefan

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The weather got cold over here. So did I. So not much of an introduction today. Quite a bunch of recent and brand new releases on tonight's ambient edition. Enjoy tracks by B. Ashra (Aurora), Wolfgang Bock (Mintaka), Time Away (Prophet of Shadow), Bahía Mansa (Mallki), Frore & Shane Morris (Ochre), Wellengärtner (Mechanics Of Mind), Mutagenese (Voices), Alan Elettronico (Electric Mind (Deluxe Edition)), Shane Beck & Gottfried Bonn (Moon Goddess).

Sparkling silence on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1074-episode-696

Yours, Stefan

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We are closing in on the holiday season. So what better to choose as aural companion as traditional music? Well, for us ambient and electronic fans this definitely makes sense. And I am surely not talking about christmas classics. It's Berlin School and related styles, interpreted by older and younger artists alike. So I encourage you lot to join me tonight for some very cool tracks by Redshift (BERLIN - A Tribute Album for Mark Shreeve), Uwe Reckzeh (Schallplatte 26), AeTopus (Cup), Anantakara (Across A Veiled River), B. Ashra (Aurora), Zanov (Lost in the Future), Ivan Black (Into Chaos We Must Run), A Collection of Notes (Oceanic Wavelengths).

Timeless sound on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1075-episode-697

Yours, Stefan

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So I nearly wrapped up my paid work for this year. Best time to pick up some refreshments for my ears. Are you in? Welcome then to this edition of chill-out treats and alike. In conclusion, we are trending towards a more relaxed and nice sounding time of the year. There you have it. But next week will be something completely different. Or will it? Join me for the second last trip on syndae this year, with excellent tracks by Roberto Sass (Cathedral of Lost Love), Encounters (A Path Beyond Remixed), Tabilonder (Plendor), Stan Dart (MurInsel, Volume 6), Howler (Initio), Remote Guest List (Lonely nights), Mutagenese (Voices), Dirk Schlömer (Dubby Nocturne III), Abu Ama + BedouinDrone (Dawlat Lībiyyā), iGL & Alecho (Revolution), Solitaire (Nocturnes & Fearless).

Flexible ear training on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1076-episode-698

Yours, Stefan

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Are you celebrating anything these holidays? Well, I am not religious myself, but we still follow the tradition of having a Christmas tree and having potatoe salad with sausages on Christmas Eve. Not sure why. But it's a time to be grateful to have such a great family around. Luckily, I stay away from all the gift-making madness so it really is peaceful. And so is the music tonight. At least most of it (haha). Join me for the final editon for 2023 tonight with great tracks by Bryan Lubeck (Welcome Winter), Wane of Summer, Roberto Sass, Promethex, Tuuligan, and Ambient Indigo (Christmas Ambient), Beckett (It's Christmas Time! IV: The Quest For Peace), Cousin Silas (Festive 3), Rick Sparks (Angeline), Allen Pitts (Advent), Jill Haley (Alaskan Soundscapes), Kori Linae Carothers (On A Cold Frosty Morning), Markus Reuter (Comet).

We all are stars on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1077-episode-699

Yours, Stefan

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Well, Hello! A new year has come to bring more new and excellent electronic music to you lovely audience. And some of the best of this music you will surely discover on syndae, I promise. After a two weeks rest we start afresh with great sounds and scapes into 2024, which already sees some great releases in its first days. And also, here is a reminder on the Schallwelle award voting, which is still going on until January 15th. So go and choose your best artists and albums for 2023, while listening to new and exciting music on tonight's edition. Here you get fed by Steve Roach (The Desert Winds Of Change), Hollan Holmes (Sacred Places), Conny Olivetti (Oblique Stroke XR40), IcingWolf (Your Way), Jörg Erren (Snapshots), Frore (37), MiDi BiTCH (Sonic Fiction), Ken Martin (Cydonia).

Spiced ambiences on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1078-episode-700

Yours, Stefan

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Modern technology allows for interesting structures in buildings. For several years, creating taller and taller buildings seemed a trend. Nowadays, it's more strange looking forms that can be found in places. The development of stable and still free shapeable material and tools surely are one reason. The advancements in thinking and computing may be another. To me, the same holds for electronic music. New tools, materials and advancements in mathematics allow for more flexible, faster and rethought approaches on creating sounds and structures. The latest of these may be enhancements by AI technology. The main ingredient though, to me, is human inspiration that makes a song a good one. Many of those on the show tonight with tracks by Krakenkraft (Sononymic), Phono Input (The Intrusion of Daylight), DesuExSounds (The Four Elements - Fire: Volume 2), Bouwakanja (Prototype), Marie Wilhelmine Anders (Frozen Music), Kilmarth (Sixteenth Listen), Dirk Schlömer (Smart Bombs), Ishin Denshin (Right To Survive), Tales From the Sleeping Land (23 / 24).

Elevated structures on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1079-episode-701

Yours, Stefan

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When is the most urgent work coming up on a day? Right. Just about when you are planning to ring off. Had this for the whole week, so I am definitely in need for some more relaxing sounds tonight. Thank goodness that I have a big back catalog of extremely fine easy going music at hand, where I can listen to all night long. And I sincerely invite you to join me for a short hour, where I present very fine pieces I found on my aural journey. Sit back, relax and put on your headphones for wonderful treats by Erez Yaary (Gravity), Cartoon Vandal (Sixteenth Listen), Evening Ocean (The Great Love), Jabber (Action figures not included), Matthias Lehmann (Zauberland), Timothy Wenzel (Immerse), Ashok Prema (A Quiet Day), Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen (37), Sean O'Bryan Smith ft. Tommy Ogle & John Gregorius (Wanderer's Return), Dave Luxton (Despedida (Space Ambient Mix)), XPURM (RUPMX).

Ease treaty on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1080-episode-702

Yours, Stefan

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It's gone. What? Unbelievable. But the first month of 2024 is already gone. Is it just me that time passes so fast these days? Maybe it comes with age. And with busy work. And of the latter I have quite a lot recently. Well, this should not stop us from relishing fine electronic music. Or, ambient rooted sounds like you will get tonight. Definitely a good time to find some serenity in music. Like you will get with tracks by Sacred Seeds (Electric Fabric), xenoton (un), Arin Aksberg (Nordic Patterns), Parallel Worlds (Fragmented), Steve Roach feat. Robert Rich (Waves of Now), Autonomaton (The Four Elements - Fire Volume 1), Letters From Mouse (Clota), Jack Hertz (A Star Is Born).

Sound with a view on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1081-episode-703

Yours, Stefan

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Time to be energized. An exciting week screams for exciting music. Yes, it was a busy and stressful week, but lots of interesting things piling up. So I had two rather chilly shows the past weeks, which definitely brought some rest to one's mind. So there is the need for some more powerful sounds to get in the mood for coming actions. Sounds vague? Well, it should be. Relating to projects I am working on, on events to come, and people to meet again after a long while. But, hey, let me stop with the non sensical talk and get into great music by Progeny-1 (Neria), Conny Olivetti (Oblique Stroke XR40), Ivan Black (Terminal Beach), Tom Bragl (Regainable), the-motyw (Unless have a man in a man), Judith Juillerat (Anti f:Orm vol. 10), Transient Visitor (TV3), Fnordism (Unknown Colours), Thomas Wagner, Rainer Frey, Bernhard Wöstheinrich (Polyphony Performance Series 002), Zonevreemd + Sai (To stare blankly in these empty spaces).

Energize with
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1082-episode-704

Yours, Stefan

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Yes, I am definitely getting old. My brain was some weeks in the future, when I compiled tonight's edition. Planned with music that has to wait for a while, as it is up for release later in March. And I do not want to spoil it that early. But there is so much great music to listen to that it was an easy go to compile a new show for tonight. And it's great stuff that I found on my drive waiting to be heard by you dear listeners. Sequencing galore, I would call tonight's show. Several known names, with great space ambient or Berlin School inspired sound stories to relish. Join me for some great aural dinner with music by Cartas de Japón (Santa Clara), MiDi BiTCH (Sonic Fiction), Hollan Holmes (Sacred Places), Oscar Postma (Sequentiqua), Syndromeda (Liftoff to Infinity), von Haulshoven (the ambiland trilogy - Part one, two & three).

Structured tonalities on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1083-episode-705

Yours, Stefan

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Another storm is up and going to have fun with the trees and bushes. And with wheelie bins, of course. It's always a bit funny to see them dancing on the road. Mostly in small and slower steps, depending on their state of filling. Fittingly, you will get slow but driving music on tonight's edition. Which focuses on chill-out and relaxation. The main reason behind was to have some calmer music for driving up to the Schallwelle award event tomorrow, on Saturday 24th. So, if you come, this might be some good road music not caring for those annoying drivers out there. Well, take a nice and joyful trip with tracks by KS|Optionica (No Sense [D-Fried Remixes]), Overthrive (Uncharted Realms), Anna B May (In Another Life Remixes), iGL & Alecho (Revolution), Das Omikron (an Atmosfield), Sulk Rooms (Werra Foxma CENTRAL), Sequentialwork (SequentialTrax Vol. 2), Janne Hanhisuanto (Cosmic Dreams), Tim Susa (Four Signs), Dub Spencer & Trance Hill (Trance Plane/Fugu LSD Remixes).

Bump your geese on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1084-episode-706

Yours, Stefan

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So I hope you will not be irritated tonight, as my voice might sound a bit different for a mild cold. And it's celebration time. Not for me having a cold but as a retrospect on last weekend, where the Schallwelle Award ceremonies were held. The German award for electronic music greats was delivered with an excellent show, accompanied with music by Hyrn, Jörg Dankert, and Detlef Keller. Lot's of nice and fun talks during the evening, and very happy faces for those being nominated and those receiving the cool trophies. Music by all the winners on tonight's show. So you will get tracks by Terminus Void (Apeiron), Rike Casper (Schallplatte 24 & Stimmen in der Luft), Ron Boots (Alone on Stage), Stefan Erbe (Genesys 23), Gunnar Spardel (The Fade to Afterlife), Martin Stürtzer (Circular Oscillations), Gandalf (Eartheana).

The prize is hot on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1085-episode-707

Yours, Stefan

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Do you watch TV? Or are you a cinema person? Since streaming, I barely go for the cinema anymore. But I do not watch linear TV as much as before, either. TV and cinema both tie me to specific times, which does not make much sense for me anymore. Series and movies on demand are my go to nowadays. What has not changed, though, is my love for soundtracks. Be it for TV shows or films, cinematic music has always fascinated me to listen to. At least the instrumental ones. And over time, those overlap very often with electronic music. I think, it is the emotion transported by this kind of music that captures me. What about you? Do you tend to listen to the music while watching a movie? Maybe even more closely than paying attention to the story? Happens to me sometimes. But not when listening to a show like tonight, which is dedicated to cinematic and so inspired music. Enjoy great tracks by Gleisberg (Secret and Mystery II), Progeny -1, Talking to Ghosts, Helsinki Project, Andawan, Promethex, Wane of Summer, Time Away, and Roberto Sass (Ten Towns), Duston O'Halloran (1001), Sebastien Guerive (Obscure Clarity).

Telling stories on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1086-episode-708

Yours, Stefan