As is tradition since 2012, Planetarium’s favourite picks of the last 12 months appear together in a compilation consisting of two extra-length mixes. This past year was particularly challenging to catch up to: The pandemic made plenty of artists spend much more time in their studios and Bandcamp, the primary platform to purchase ambient music from, introduced their fee-slashing fridays. At the moment, my inbox still has about 2500 unread notification mails about new releases sent since August 2020, mostly from labels and artists that I’m not following that closely (I try to cover my favourite labels and artists sooner in a “fast-lane” manner). Chances are high that I’ll come across some more obscure picks in the coming months (follow #PlanetariumRecommends on Twitter!). In any case, Planetarium has seen yet another healthy increase in followers and I’m happy that you keep listening to my mixes. Special thanks goes out to the Select subscribers who are eager to check out limited releases weeks in advance! Off to another, hopefully less depressing year at some point!
Best of Planetarium 2020, Pt. 1
Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p320
Released on February 16, 2021
Releases covered up to December 31, 2020
Image by Dasha Kern
| Start | # | Artist | Title | Album | Year | Label | PAi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 01 | Jörgen Kjellgren | Cádiz, Pt. 2 | Invincible Summer | 2020 | Past Inside the Present | N67 |
| 05:24 | 02 | Eternell | Imagined Distances | Imagined Distances | 2020 | Sound in Silence | |
| 11:16 | 03 | Andrew Lang | Momentary Senses / Oulu | Momentary Senses | 2020 | Rusted Tone | |
| 16:30 | 04 | Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea | Drala | Liberamente | 2020 | Azure Vista | |
| 24:07 | 05 | Jogging House | Days | be | 2020 | Seil | N68 |
| 30:17 | 06 | Benoît Pioulard with Pepo Galán & Karen Vogt | Try to Be More Realistic | Sustain Series, Vol. 1 | 2020 | Ambientologist | N68 |
| 33:46 | 07 | Julianna Barwick | Safe | Healing is a Miracle | 2020 | Ninja Tune | J8 |
| 38:30 | 08 | Geotic | Simothet | Oxperls | 2020 | Basement’s Basement | N67 |
| 49:48 | 09 | Robot Koch | Nebula | The Next Billion Years | 2020 | Modern | L7 |
| 53:33 | 10 | Andrew Tasselmyer | Dream States | Associative Mechanisms | 2020 | Andrew Tasselmyer | X6 |
| 57:02 | 11 | Hotel Neon | All is Memory | All is Memory | 2020 | Facture | |
| 1:01:23 | 12 | BLOMMA | Finale | BLOMMA | 2020 | Moderna | G6 |
| 1:05:38 | 13 | Slow Meadow | Quintana (Solo Piano) | By the Ash Tree | 2020 | Hammock | |
| 1:09:42 | 14 | Merrin Karras | Meridian | Northwest Passage | 2020 | A Strangely Isolated Place | X6 |
| 1:17:47 | 15 | 36 & zakè | Stasis Sounds for Long-Distance Space Travel (Stage 1) | Stasis Sounds for Long-Distance Space Travel | 2020 | Past Inside the Present | X6 |
| 1:23:20 | 16 | Steve Good | Moon River | Nothing is Ever Created or Destroyed | 2020 | Steve Good | N56 |
| 1:30:23 | 17 | zakè | Passengers (Poemme Remix) | Geneva | 2020 | Past Inside the Present | G11 |
| 1:35:14 | 18 | Geotic | Elinted | Oxperls | 2020 | Basement’s Basements | L6 |
| 1:45:08 | 19 | Ezra Feinberg | Acquainted with the Night | Recumbent Speech | 2020 | Related States | G11 |
| 1:50:00 | 20 | Sarah MacNeil | Siar | Northbay | 2020 | Crow Road | G10 |
| 1:54:09 | 21 | Pantha du Prince | Lichtung | Conference of Trees | 2020 | Modern | G6 |
| 2:00:40 | 22 | Caspian | Circles on Circles | On Circles | 2020 | Triple Crown | G10 |
PAi = Previously appeared in a mix. Others will most definitely be included in a forthcoming Planetarium set.
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