Mimas (LEIMLAB 17)
01 36 – Black Horizon [3six]
02 Forest Walker – Desert Lighthouse [Constellation Tatsu]
03 Purl – Terra Lumina [Archives]
04 Lav & Purl – Absorbed in Serenity [astrangelyisolatedplace]
05 user_ambiguous – The Beauty of Inner Landscapes [Shimmering Moods]
06 José Silva – Does It Get Easier [whitelab]
07 murkok – Incosistency [Tehnofonika]
08 The Album Leaf – AW 11316 [Unseen]
09 Tony Anderson – We Are One
10 Trauma Duo – Flowing Structures [Seven Villas]
11 Calibre – Stars We Can See [The Nothing Special]
12 Driftmachine – Radiations [Umor Rex]
This wraps up my 2016 rewind for Planetarium. Helioscope Yearmix to follow early March. Sorry about the delay, had whole months of releases to catch up.
Best of Planetarium 2016, Part 3
01 Tim Linghaus – Travel Sketches (Lost in a Bus and Architecture) [Moderna]
02 drombeg – Tumulus [Futuresequence]
03 Kjartan Sveinsson – Teil III [Bel-Air Glamour]
04 Kirill Nikolai – Reconstructions, for Lack of Anything Else [Fluid]
05 Otto A Totland – Storfjord [Serein]
06 Iván Muela – Sonder [Fluttery]
07 Alex Lucas + Olan Mill – Ibro [Hawk Moon]
08 offthesky – Instance Infinite [eilean]
09 Steve Hauschildt – Time We Have [kranky]
10 Ed Carlsen – Cage (Clemens Ruh Remix) [Moderna]
11 SineRider – To Care When No One Else Does [Silk]
12 Porya Hatami & Arovane – uun [Time Released Sound]
13 Danny Clay – 3.15.2016 [IIKKI]
14 Nils Frahm – Son [Erased Tapes]
15 Tony Anderson – The King
16 Jóhann Jóhannsson – Kangaru [Deutsche Grammophon]
17 Jóhann Jóhannsson – Flight from the City [Deutsche Grammophon]
18 Robert Farrugia – Encoder [Archives]
19 Nomad – Autumn Warmth
20 Dustin O’Halloran – The Length of Shadows [1631]
21 Cass. – Friends on the Staircase [Genot Centre]
22 Slow Meadow – Some Familiar… [Hammock]
23 Marihiko Hara & Polar M – On the Silent Way [mü-nest]
24 Ben Lukas Boysen – Nocturne 3 [Erased Tapes]
25 Ólafur Arnalds – Öldurót [Mercury Classics]
26 AEONN – Initiate
27 Tom Adams – Feld [1631]
28 Hior Chronik – Faraway Land
29 Willamette – Four Films (Films Four) [Scissor Tail]
30 Dead Light – Falling In [Village Green]
31 Bålsam – Sunshower
32 Eluvium – Strangeworks [Temporary Residence]
33 Drape – Interiors [Infraction]
34 Doppler – CM 132 [Retrospective Zoology]
35 Benoît Pioulard – Finity [Heligator]
Your Sanctuary (Idolatry Vol. 37)
01 Alaskan Tapes feat. Chantal – Until I’m Alone
02 The Meteors Project – The Next Day [Crossfade]
03 Leo Grunbaum feat. Aerial East – Bloom (Safa Mix) [All Day I Dream]
04 Way Out West – Set My Mind (Luttrell Remix) [Anjunadeep]
05 Maceo Plex – Shoulder of Orion [Ellum]
06 Subconscious Tales – Shiva [Balkan Connection]
07 Guy Gerber & Deniz Kurtel – Here Comes the Rain [Rumors]
08 Audioglider – Institutionalised [Mirabilis]
09 Poison Pro & Miusha – Alien (Van Bellen Remix) [Yang]
10 Khen – Never Lose Your Innocence [Sudbeat]
11 Guy J – Diagonal [Lost & Found]
12 Mohn – Dada (East Cafe Remix) [MNL]
Mixcloud Bonus:
13 Namatjira feat. Ghost WARS – Remedy (Hot TuneiK Remix) [3rd Avenue]
14 Artfaq – Coral [Dopamine]
15 Ewan Rill & Sam Scheme – Type R (GMJ Mix) [Balkan Connection]
16 Ewan Rill – Be a Water (Namatjira Remix) [Suffused]
17 Nicolas Petracca – Time to Say Goodbye [Per-vurt]
Awarding my personal favourites from the genre spectrum of ambient, modern classical, drone and chillout (mostly covered by Planetarium) in five categories.
Highlighted in bold is the winner, the remaining ones are ranked by their importance to me personally.
> Best Track
In comparison to the other genres, the list for this award became incredibly long, but I felt this was the essential selection of tracks which should not be missed by any fan of this music.
Alexander Arnold – Lake Bell
Arovane & Hior Chronik – After Tomorrow (AMX) [astrangelyisolatedplace]
Twincities – Good Black Spring [dauw]
Lav & Purl – The Present Moment (Still Version) [Eternell]
Strie – 87 Billion Suns [Serein]
drombeg – Tumulus [Futuresequence]
Slow Clinic – I Miss Everyone [Archives]
Petrels – A Little Dust [denovali]
Jóhann Jóhannsson – Kangaru [Deutsche Grammophon]
nonkeen – re:turn! [R&S]
Eluvium – Strangeworks [Temporary Residence]
AEONN – Initiate
SineRider – To Care When No One Else Does [Silk]
Jason van Wyk – Coherence [eilean]
Purl – Sagan (Warmth’s Place of Peace) [Eternell]
Ruhe – Heritage
Porya Hatami & Arovane – uun [Time Released Sound]
Glacis – 23 March [Facture]
Otto A Totland – Storfjord [Serein]
Nil Ciuró – Magnetic [1631]
i.yugen – Light a Lamp [Dewtone]
The Green Kingdom – Haze Layers [dronarivm]
Hotel Neon – Chains [Facture]
Jason van Wyk – Stay [eilean]
Wil Bolton – Dot to Dot [eilean]
Solo Andata – Porcelain Blue [12k]
Robert Farrugia – Encoder [Archives]
Slow Meadow – Some Familiar… [Hammock]
Ólafur Arnalds – Öldurót [Mercury Classics]
Marihiko Hara & Polar M – On the Silent Way [mü-nest]
Kirill Nikolai – Reconstructions, For Lack of Anything Else [Facture]
Willamette – Four Films (Films Four) [Scissor Tail]
Lav & Purl – Gateway to Ecstasy [AMONE]
Nomad – Autumn Warmth
> Best Artist
SineRider
Purl
Olan Mill
Slow Meadow
Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Wil Bolton
Jason van Wyk
Chihei Hatakeyama
> Most Promising Newcomer
drombeg
Bålsam
Lyrae
Nil Ciuró
Marihiko Hara & Polar M
> Best Release
Jason van Wyk – Attachment [eilean]
Dead Light – Dead Light [Village Green]
Marihiko Hara & Polar M – Dance [mü-nest]
Hotel Neon – Remnants [Facture]
SineRider – Twilight [Silk]
drombeg – Earthworks [Futuresequence]
Ed Carlsen – The Journey Tapes [Moderna]
Wil Bolton – February Dawn [eilean]
Danny Clay – Stills [IIKKI]
Will Samson – Lua [12k]
Twincities – …plays the brown mountain lights [dauw]
Alex Smalley – JAN SBR 15 [Rural Colours]
Tim Linghaus – Vhoir [Moderna]
Thalassa Animorum (Neptunian 19)
01 Tony Anderson – Something Can Grow
02 Outer Space – 18:47 (from “Gemini Suite”) [Mineral Disk]
03 Inuuro – A Collection of Leaves (Halftribe Remix) [Nama]
04 Jónsi & Alex – Daníell in the Sea [Parlophone]
05 Purl – Sagan (Lav’s Window to Eternity) [Eternell]
06 Startle The Heavens – Come Back to Me [Hawk Moon]
07 Tony Anderson – The Way Home
08 Lambert – All Good [dauw]
09 Madeleine Cocolas – Stalactite [Bigo & Twigetti]
10 Lyrae – Astro [1631]
11 Allay – A Distant Memory [Silk]
12 Carinthia – Together Distant [Upland]
Mixcloud Bonus:
13 Kinbrae – Aerial View [1631]
14 Moss Covered Technology – Open Eyes [eilean]
15 Jamie P – First Journey [1631]
16 Stars As Lights – Days, Weeks, Years Gone By
Blue Mirrors (Tiefenrausch / Worlds Between Us Deep Edition Vol. 2)
01 Nafta & Ennea – The Sunlight’s Last Touch [Silk]
02 Barzek – Counting the Daze (Andora Jane Remix) [Silk]
03 Four Days & Levitone – Call Me (Niko Lindhé Remix) [Mind Over Matter]
04 Chris Domingo & Miss T – Future Classic [Silk]
05 Dan Sieg & Jhana – Everything U Need [Silk]
06 Sunn Jellie – Stargaze (Levitone Remix) [Intricate]
07 Manu Zain – Run 55 [Silk]
08 Bryan Milton & Jama – Like a River (Andrew Benson Remix) [Silk]
09 Nazca – Citrus Sea (Salski Remix) [The Purr]
10 Eskai feat. Karlina Covington & Jhana – Feathers (Marsh Remix) [RIDE]
11 P&M Project – Lagana (Infinity State Remix) [PHW]
12 Trilucid – Mirrors (Marsh Remix) [Perfecto Black]
13 Jason Ross feat. Lauren Ray – Me Tonight (Meramek Remix) [Anjunabeats]
14 Dezza – True [Silk]
15 Jay FM – My World (Mitaric ‘Intro’ Mix) [PHW Elements]
16 Showave – Try to Be (Hexlogic Remix) [Encanta]
17 Diversion feat. Jennifer Rene – Wishing (Barzek Remix) [Colorize]
18 Ad Brown – Calibre [Particles]
19 David Hohme – Fear Less (Jody Wisternoff Remix) [Where The Heart Is]
20 Manu Zain feat. Patrick Baker – Stay Close [Silk]
21 Carinthia – Land of the Forgotten [Upland]
Celebrating 125 uploads on Planetarium with the second part of the 2016 rewind.
One more best of to follow…
Best of Planetarium 2016, Part 2
01 Adzuki – Is This a Dream or a Reality [Shimmering Moods]
02 Wil Bolton – February Dawn [eilean]
03 Fourcolor – Valse [12k]
04 Jason van Wyk – Coherence [eilean]
05 Alexander Arnold – Lake Bell
06 Speck – Eraser [eilean]
07 offthesky – Be Still [eilean]
08 Petrels – A Little Dust [denovali]
09 bvdub – 10
10 Olan Mill feat. Isnaj Dui – Zazen [Serein]
11 Assembler/Responder – Kenojuak Ashevak [TATOM]
12 Å Asher-Yates – Children of May [Shimmering Moods]
13 Will Samson – Antepassado [12k]
14 Jason van Wyk – Stay [eilean]
15 Luke Howard – Port [1631]
16 offthesky – Solitude by Vision [eilean]
17 Glacis – 23 March [Facture]
18 Alex Smalley – 13 [Rural Colours]
19 Eternell – Shrine [Eternell]
20 narkovich – Cities of 2277
21 The Green Kingdom – Haze Layers [dronarivm]
22 A Dancing Beggar – There Is Hope Here [Audiobulb]
23 Strië – 87 Billion Suns [Serein]
24 Ed Carlsen – Close [Moderna]
25 Æmaeth – The Journey, Pt. 1: Windswept [Gizeh]
26 Linear Bells – Different Ways [Soft]
27 drombeg – There Has To Be a Heaven [Futuresequence]
28 Slow Clinic – I Miss Everyone [Archives]
29 Benoît Pioulard – Madrigal
30 Wil Bolton – Ellipse [dronarivm]
31 Ólafur Arnalds – Doria [Mercury Classics]
32 Nil Ciuró – Magnetic [1631]
33 Jason van Wyk – Depart [eilean]
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