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).
Dancable, but no need to rush, that is the motto of tonight's episode. I enjoyed listening to the EPs and albums from this show, so I am happy to be able to share some of the tracks with you. Many of the albums are downloadable for free, so you should definitely check them out. Simply follow the links provided in the playlist below. Artists featured tonight are Atra Aeterna, Axiom 23, EKT, Existance, Menion, Moskra, and Tornfly.
Having traditional electronic music on the show not necessarily means to have old sounds. Actually, what you will here from tonight's artists is obviously inspired by traditional styles but brought into the present times. Enjoy a show having French and Berlin sequencing and soundscapes all along, with tracks by Faber, Harald Nies, Jakub Fijak, Kebu, Mythos, and Soundwalker.
New releases are piling up at the moment, and I am very pleased to have quite a bunch of new ambient albums on my playlist tonight. Sometimes it's the quietness making me happy, and tonight we have more than 30 minutes of it. And you get it in a continuous mix as well, which contains marvelous tracks by Alio Die, Apollonious and 33 Tetragammon, Mark Mahony and M. Peck, Seetyca and Etheocles Stevens, Steve Roach, and Yara.
Looking at my calendar, it's looking really good on the matter of electronic music and concerts. Lots of nice events are blooming in spring, as are the shortly coming E-Day and a very special double concert in May, both in the Netherlands. So more than half of tonight's edition features music of those events' artists, and the remaining time we have nice recent releases from a well known formation and a new one, at least for airing on syndae. On this episode you will get tracks by Fratoroler, MorPheuSz, Picture Palace music, Remy, and Ron Boots.
Now that moving servers is done, back to fun! Of course, with a fresh edition of syndae, tonight with several brand new releases. It's happy easter time, so here come some really nice tracks, more on the happy and dancy side of the EM. Well, at least I enjoyed putting the show together, so I hope you will join me having joy when listening to the wonderful sounds of Kikai, René Splinter, Tornfly, Uwe Reckzeh, and Weldroid.
syndae is an independent podcast on electronic music of ambient, space, new age, harmonic, traditional, progressive, and rhythmic style, not directly including electronic dance music. The goal of syndae is to make aware of fine electronic music, by providing enjoyable episodes with well known and not yet well known artists from around the world, and to promote events of the electronic music scene, by dedicating episodes to selected artists of such an event. Host of the show is Stefan, an enthusiast of electronic music, who likes to spread the word and sound of synth.
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