syndae - podcast on fine electronic music

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This week actually started slow and easy, but turned to a turmoil of demands and tasks towards the end. As always is the case. If something becomes urgent, many other issues pile up and burry you with work. So, I am really happy the week came to an end today and the weekend is waiting up with some relaxing electronic circus festival to enjoy and relax. But before I can come to peace, I have to let of some steam. Virtually, of course, and with the right beatful music as companion. Join me, won't you? Let's enjoy the heat of sound with Hyrn (live at Schallwelle 2024), moonbooter (Syncope 2), TNT (The June Solstice 2025), XaVioN (Between Heartbeats), Pudova (Deep Inside), Cognition Delay (Dazzled By The Dark), Noerrf (Tabuguer), El Venado Sound System (Dub Free. Vol. 12), AxelP (NETLABEL DAY 2025), System Error (Beyond), Toxic Derwish + Innocent But Guilty (Making Things Happen: Netlabel Day 10th Anniversary Compilation)

Tanking the moment on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1161-episode-782

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan

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Oh, boy. These are dark times indeed, looking over the pond. I'm quite sorry for our musical friends overseas, in a country once glorified for its freedom and prosperity. Also for all the people that are living in unsafe spaces these days, where the future is kind of uncertain. So I hope to bring at least a glimmer into everyone's life by having some great electronic music on the show to please one's ears. Have a delightful hour with the music by Menzman & Friends (Insights), Marcator (PanAroma Served Chilled), Greenlab (Beyond Borders), Bluetech (Spacehop Chronicles Vol. 2), Spectral Tune (Painted Waves), Virgo (Novel), Pabellón Sintético (Machine for living), Brainquake + Grosso Gadgetto (Dehumanize the World), Conny Olivetti (Viel Glück beim Überleben (Object Remix)), Dieter Spears & Brian Paris (Speris), IcingWolf (Serpentine)

Light on your ears with
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1162-episode-783

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan

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A slight sign of relieve on the horizon seeing a comedian I like being un-cancelled. At least for now. It's definitely no good sign for a nations health, when art gets cancelled out. May it be TV shows, books, paintings, or music. So, we should all be happy to live in a time and place, where we have personal freedom. And I hope, you will find some freedom in listening to this podcast as well. Ok, well, maybe too much of politics at this point. It just felt like I had to write it down. For the remaining part, and the show itself, we will definitely stick to fantastic and fresh music served by Peter Mergener (Chip Meditation 2025), Geoglyph (Otherworldly), Bluetech ft. Lisa Bella Donna (Spacehop Chronicles Vol. 2), Paul Ellis (Here is Where), Ivan Black (Book List Continued), Pabellón Sintético (Machine for living), Rodrigo Passannanti (Everything Dies), The Soviet Space Dog Project (Morphogenic Waves).

Flashing sequences on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1163-episode-784

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan

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So, I was on a vacation spot the other day with my new laptop, which I especially bought for audio processing, when I found that playback in my application did not work anymore. Of course, it was short before Friday, which also got to be a bank holiday, so no chance of new equipment to be delivered. Nice. If only I had known that only one tiny audio cable was missing for everything to work as planned. Found out only yesterday, after new equipment finally was delivered earlier this week to finish up the show for tonight. So here we are, and we take this very easy in this edition with cool stuff by Dino Pacifici (The Approaching Tempest and Other Unrelated Tales), Jim "Kimo" West & Michael Whalen (Two Shores), Sine (Glow), Thomas Lemmer & Andreas Bach (Into the Night), Masako (Dreaming Northern), Brian Fechino (Days End), Mars Lasar (Grand Canyon), James Filkins (North Manitou Trail), Tepon (Silva & Sol), Don Latarski (Everywhen), David Bach (The David Bach Collection), Earthshine (Island), Cosmic Soup Kitchen (Soul Of the Machine).

Finding sweetspots on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1164-episode-785

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan

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So, only one week at work after a short vacation, I am good for some quieter and relaxing sounds. Also fitting to a shimmer of hope to be found, at least so it seems. One never knows in this crazy world. Well, I hope you joined in good expectations to this edition, which will take us on a slower road tonight, although not too ambient, as usual. Also, there are quite some music events ahead, E-Live tomorrow, if you are lucky to make it, but also another cool event in the Netherlands with Deserted Island's label night. And another one in Great Britain, with Awakenings. And one more in Germany, with Spheric Audio Vision. Well, best to listen in with cool sounds by Däcker & Skoulaman (Saudade), Peter Mergener (Chip Meditation 2025), Chris Meyer’s Alias Zone (Soul Of the Machine), Byron Metcalf feat. Erik Wøllo (Spiral Exchange), blisshome (Picture Music), Micado (Gemstones VI), Roberto Sass (Beyond the Belt of Orion), Larkenlyre (While We Were There), Hyrn (The green Mile)

Taking a slow ride on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1165-episode-786

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan

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So, this was a timely surprise this week, when Klaus from Schallwende e.V. announced that the annual club CD is ready for shipment. Why am I excited? Because I, or rather Talking to Ghosts, made it onto that compilation once again. And it is always great to find your work appreciated, ain't it? Hence, I remodelled this edition of syndae last minute to let you know about this cool compilation and some of the exciting tracks. Well, including mine, but that's shameless self promotion. Sorry, guys. And, of course, there is more new stuff to present, so I compiled a sparse collection from the CD for this edition. I hope you will enjoy the show, as it has some really cool and fresh tracks to listen to, given to us by Lunaar, Hajo Liese und Marcel (Cello) Dudé, Talking to Ghosts, GotamaX, Colin Rayment, and Hyrn (Schallplatte 28: The World of Plants), Kellerkind Berlin (Well ... it's Hope), Vortex Elements (Movement), Nonima + Abdicant (Phase Memory), Roberto Sass (Beyond the Belt of Orion).

Aural seeds in autumn on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1166-episode-787

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan

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This was quite an exhausting week, with lots of busy stuff going on at work and privately. Routine visits to doctors are quite... well... routine. But they do pose a bit of stress anyhow. So, here I am in need of some chillout time, and I hope you are up to join me. Especially, if you also had a stressful Halloween today, with all the kids in awkward dresses all over the place. Luckily, I can simply put on my headphones and relax by listening to great music from Weldroid (Biomes), XaVioN (Between Heartbeats), C37 (Think for a Moment), Waterside Echoes (Soft Hurricane), Ndorfik (Saimaa), TOKEE (Путешествие Remixes), Johan Agebjoern (Southern Forest), Monster Taxi (Japanese Onsen), Tony Sieber (Somewhere Lofi), LaMar "Kronick" Mitchell (Soul Of the Machine), Erothyme & EarthCry (Nyquist Twist), Breviar (Sharks), Markus Reuter and Stefano Castagna (Sky on the Ground), Network 23 (Mirages)

Nulloween in sound on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1167-episode-788

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan

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Are you having your hopes up for 2026? Well, I somewhat do, as the ending of the past year didn't sit well with me. Great to be back. Thank you for taking your time and staying true to syndae for 2025. And let's look forward to what the new version of the annual countdown brings. This is not only the first show for 2026 but also a first after some weeks of time off. On this edition you will get a bunch of tracks ringing my current emotional bell. Cool and new stuff, of course. I really hope you enjoy the sound as much as I do. Pick the player of your choice and join me for great tracks by Sine (Haven), Thomas Lemmer & Sinatic (Shifting Sands), Parallel Worlds (Transformation), Arlo Caldwell (Follow Your Sound), Elsehow (Afterimage - IE), Icing Wolf (Crossroads), Ginkgo Garden (Promise of Light), Christoph Sebastian Pabst (Waiting for you), Michael Brückner (A Sequence of Colours), Dan Terminus (Noir), Dean Burnett (Autumns Falls), Talking to Ghosts (Freeleaf).

No years resolutions at
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1169-episode-790

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan

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Whoa, what a great welcome back you gave me. Very much motivating to continue immediately with another compilation of fine electronic music, where this time we delve into the traditional and space ambient realm of our beloved genre. Very fitting, as I recently stumbled over quite a number of videos from live concerts, e.g. by TD, JMJ, and KS (you know who). The guests on this edition may not be that famous, but their songs are fresh and awesom takes on those styles. Be so kind and join me for music by Ambient Indigo (Entropy of Colour), Andy Pickford (Expurgations Vol 3), Harp & Arp (Soul Of the Machine), Synth replicants (Tears In The Rain), Rudi Melchert (schallplatte 28), Tabilonder (Lyra), Michael Brückner (In My Room).

In space we trust at
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1170-episode-791

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan

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It have been some rocky past weeks with all the stuff happening around me and even more so around the world. One of the anchors keeping me grounded of course is my passion for electronic music. Another is, of course, my wife and her wonderful photos that I currently use for the show. Tonight's edition is quite a reflection of the other side my mind, after the rather calming one of the past two editions, here come some moments of turmoil. Enjoy the beats with tracks by Uchylak (Zimna Gmina), BNRT (Gremlins), Lunaar ft. Leandra (Messages from Space (Refurbished 25th Anniversary Edition)), Clannad vs Red Sun Rising (The Remixes), Sterling Angel (Dangerous Gift), NOERRF (Tabuguer), Sternenspringer (The Deep Space), LFO Juice (Sample Pack Challenge), Marie Wilhelmine Anders (Fire Remixes).

Staying true to syndae on
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1171-episode-792

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan

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Currently, my weeks are packed with appointments. With all the traveling around, it is great to have some time to enjoy the silence, well, yeah, also Depeche Mode, but here I mean to get some rest and peace. What better to accompany this quantum of quiet than by treating my ears and brain with ambient sounds and compositions? Ok, it's not silencce after all, but it relocates my thinking in different directions. Great stuff to bend your mind is waiting for you in this edition with fresh aural stories by Stefan Erbe (the enemy inside), Boy of Sleep (Silent Orbit), Grant Beasley (Eigenwelt), Cousin Silas & the Glove of Bones (Petrichor In Abundance), applecore (contact at the deep bottom), Steve Roach / SoRIAH (Curandero), Reichenhall (Motormorla), Adeptus Mechanicus (One world Compilation).

Pushing and pulling boundaries with
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1172-episode-793

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan

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With all the crazy stuff going about in the world, which seems to spin faster and more unpredictable each day, I definitely need some space to chill and relax tonight. But I cannot take ambient tonight, as I surely need some beats to match my head banging on the desk and wall listening to the news. Btw., the Schallwelle award ceremonies are up in three weeks. If you can make it, take your time to visit this cozy event with lots of nice and well known guests and musicians. A safe space with friends and more aside from all the madness. I'll have more on the event next week. For now, join e to listen to fun stuff with tracks by Lunaar (Messages from Space), C37 (Your Tears), Collagist (Mabapa), ReKaB (Signal 25), Sternenspringer (The Deep Space), Tauon ft. Sine (Nachthimmel), Tauon & Gaia de Isora (Echeyde), Etno Grupa Trag vs Red Sun Rising (The Remixes), autonomaton (The December Solstice 2025), Madison George ft. Sean O'Bryan Smith (Macrocosm), Smooth Genestar (As if music would not be a message).

Relishing empty spaces with
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1173-episode-794

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan

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It's awards season. Recently there were the Grammys, soon you will have the Oscars. In between, one of the most precious awards is given in an excellent ceremony held in Schwerte on February 21st: the Schallwelle for electronic music. If you can make it, come over to a beautiful and friendly event. Check out the link below on more information. Now, this edition's focus clearly is on the ceremony taking place or rather its music, featuring the receiver of the lifetime award for achievements in electronic music, teasers for the concerts given in between the award hand-overs, and finally music by all the nominees for the award of (re-)discovered artists. There is no excuse to join me tonight, so take a seat and listen to excellent music by POND (Bilder einer Ausstellung und die größten Erfolge & POND (Planetenwind 2), KelMen (Results), Frank Tischer (Circumpolar), Rike & Erik (Transit), Gäbhard (Gravity Live), GotamaX (Schallplatte 28), Grant Beasley (Eigenwelt), Krzysztof Kurkowski (Synthesizer Stories), NoRinTon ft. Patros15 (Leviathan), Nostalgic EXpanse (The Edges of Electronic Music Vol .

The prize is nigh with
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1174-episode-795

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan

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Is it Spring already? Nope, not quite. But the longing for Spring is there. At least where I live. Less darkness, more colours, happier people. And nature seems to be in the waiting as well, as some early blossoms are already out there and birds are singing along nicely. So, while we are moving forward and are eager to leave winter season, I have some beautiful tunes for you on the playlist tonight. One might call it Easy Listening or New Age, but they all feature one common theme: they are georgous. Join me for a mere 60 minutes to enjoy wonderful tracks by Kellerkind Berlin (Well... it's Hope), Jim "Kimo" West & Michael Whalen (Two Shores), Sine (Closure), C37 (The reality is...), Ambient Ballroom (Silk Road Stations), Steen Chorchendorff Jorgensen (Within Gravity), Quiet Resonance (Pathways), Tom Bragl (Pielesh), The Bentley Project (Blossoming of Ancient Beauty), Jonny Lipford (Discover The Warrior Within), Matthias Lehmann (Autumn Rhapsody).

Cracking difficult times with
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1175-episode-796

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan

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It's been more than 20 years ago now that I've been living in Berlin. And while I seldom look or go back physically, maybe for a short visit now and then, I often do so in my mind. Especially, when listening to music from the Golden Age of EM, where many of the artists being in synthesized sounds "went" to its School. There are still several artists from the old guard out there, some still producing new music. But many of the space ambient style music nowadays comes from a younger folks. And their take on Berlin style sounds, while surely referencing the ideas of the past, are fresh and current and also timeless. Join me for a mental visit to Berlin with great music by NGC 224 (Mystic Forests), Novaexperiment (Quantum Pulse), Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen (Unfolding Skies), Joerg Dankert (Back to Berlin), Paul Ellis (Room Of The Lost One), IcingWolf (Crossroads), Ivan Black (Black 3), Small Chief (Zero Movement).

Holy sequencing with
https://www.syndae.de/episodes/1176-episode-797

#syndae #podcast #electronicmusic #downtempo #ambient #progressive #newage #free

Yours, Stefan