In anticipation of the Helioscope Yearmix 2016 release – my god, so early? – here are five personal favourites from last year which I couldn’t really place in either of the three big rewinds (Helioscope, Planetarium, Distant).
Middle Kids – Edge of Town
Hammock – Unspoken
Stumbleine – Bowery
FM-84 feat. Ollie Wride – Don’t Wanna Change Your Mind
Brett – California Nights
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Wildfire – March ’17 (W09)
01 Sed Project – Harbour [Particles]
02 The Upbeats feat. Mara TK – Say Go [Vision]
03 Keeno – Enigma [Medschool]
04 Emperor feat. Selah – Made of Light (Klax Remix) [Critical]
05 Emperor – Jounce (Ivy Lab’s 20/20 Remix) [Critical]
06 Fred V & Grafix – Hurricanes (Wild Love) [Hospital]
07 L Plus & John B – Original 80’s [Technique]
08 Dossa & Locuzzed – Larry [Viper]
09 Urbandawn – Black Notes [Hospital]
10 Murdock feat. Jenna G – Make Me Stronger [Viper VIP]
11 Delta Heavy – Kaleidoscope [Viper]
12 Dub Elements – Heartbeat [Viper VIP]
13 Krakota – North Winds [Hospital]
14 The Upbeats – Mediums [Vision]
15 Total Science – Turn Around [CIA UK]
16 Air.K & Cephei – Sirens [Fokuz]
17 1991 – Steezy [MTA]
18 Krakota feat. Benji Clements – End of the Line [Hospital]
19 Camo & Krooked – Honesty [Mosaik]
20 Ivy Lab – Thirsty [Critical]
21 Noisia – Sinkhole [Vision]
22 Murdock feat. Doctrine – Final Frontier [Viper VIP]
23 Urbandawn – Babylon Prepare [Hospital]
24 SpectraSoul – Beat Keeps [Ish Chat]
25 Mutated Forms – One Breath [Spearhead]
26 Fractale – Wall [Vandal]
27 Rene LaVice – Squeegee [RAM]
28 Urbandawn – Power Scheme [Hospital]
29 Nelver – Luminescence [Celsius]
30 Dossa & Locuzzed – Stoned Love [Viper]
31 Phazz – Caution [20/20 LDN]
32 Taxman – TDK [Playaz]
33 Document One – 7th Dimension [Technique]
34 Digid – Gun Talk [Halogen]
35 BMotion vs. Dossa & Locuzzed – Love Blind [Viper]
36 Metrik feat. Rothwell – We Got It (S.P.Y Remix) [Hospital]
37 Metrik – Bring It Like That [Hospital]
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Neon Lit City Silhouette (Or5)
01 Journey – Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) [CBS]
02 Meteor – Grim Memories
03 Paradise Walk – Machines
04 Lazerhawk – Neon Dawn
05 Kn1ght – Something Memorable [G4F]
06 The Lonely Boy – Waves [Synthwave Cafe]
07 Herr Doktor feat. Cavaliers of Fun – Moon Garden (Reprise) [Illuminated Paths]
08 Dr. J & Mr. B – Time Runners [Future City]
09 Lazerhawk – Arrival (Mitch Murder Remix)
10 Bellemaison – The 6th Replicant [NewRetroWave]
11 Busy P feat. Mayer Hawthorne – Genie [Ed Banger]
12 Mitch Murder – Turning Point
13 Brandon – Retro Dreams
14 Morgan Willis – Behind the Mask [Lazerdiscs]
15 Red 7 – Heartbeat [MCA]
16 Chinaski – Sodom [Live at Robert Johnson]
17 Waveshaper & Irving Force – Retaliation [Lazerdiscs]
18 GosT feat. Hayley Stewart – Supreme [Blood]
19 Lazerhawk – Cool Breeze
20 Justice – Chorus [Ed Banger]
21 Maxthor – It’s Time to Go
22 Moskva-Kassiopeya – Final Sightings
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Pilgrimage (Idolatry Vol. 39)
01 Ryan Davis – Aeons (We Are All Astronauts Remix) [Mango Alley]
02 Speaking In Tongues feat. Cari Golden – Hear Me [Eternal Order]
03 Artfaq – Hope [Lowbit]
04 Fluente – Identity [Sudbeat]
05 Kasper Koman – Trail [Plattenbank]
06 Jiminy Hop – Playground (Espen Remix) [Majestic Family]
07 AudioStorm – Monumental Architecture (Luis Kiverling Remix) [Superordinate]
08 Quivver – Mumbo Jumbo [Bedrock]
09 Tim Green – For A Memory [Get Weird]
10 Sébastien Léger – Love Star [Sudbeat]
11 Sapiens & Springa – Extroversion (James Monro Remix) [Particles]
12 Ben Böhmer – Purple Line [Keller]
Mixcloud Bonus:
13 Oovation & Amber Long – Falter (Juan Deminicis Remix) [Flow Vinyl]
14 Uner – Disclaimer (Francesca Lombardo Remix) [Suara]
15 Jeremy Olander – Panorama [Suara]
16 Pole Folder – St. Pauli [Click]
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After a successful start into season 9 of Planetarium, I decided to further extend the Planetarium sessions, but still have the 75-minute sessions on the channel. From now on, each Planetarium main show (releasing every 14 days) will have a Leitmotiv Edition which is accessible by clicking the ‘Continue reading…’ button at the bottom of the post.
The Leitmotiv (‘guiding theme’) Edition lets me incorporate the ever growing influx of new releases, play those tracks which were sitting in my track pool for months and convey the theme of the session more clearly. The usual cloudcast on the Planetarium channel is sort of a personal best-of while keeping up the high-quality production which made Planetarium so popular.
einundsechzig : Meerträubel (P61)
01 Hilyard – Repose I [Stereoscenic]
02 Poemme – Birdsong [Stereoscenic]
03 North Atlantic Drift – Older, Not Wiser [Polar Seas]
04 Halftribe – Coastal Lows [Archives]
05 How To Disappear Completely – The Blur of Serenity
06 36 – Poekhali [3six]
07 Ian Hawgood + Wil Bolton – Humanity [Home Normal]
08 Eternell – Abode [Eternell]
09 Murkok – And Love Only Sun and Wind [Shimmering Moods]
10 Eluvium – Windmills [Unseen]
11 Soda Lite – Lagoon [Constellation Tatsu]
12 Ilya Glebov & Joe Fujinoki – And Fell [Archives]
13 36 – Orphans of the Sky [3six]
14 Warmth – Wave Growth (Warmth Remix) [Archives]
15 Drape – Disengage [Infraction]
16 Robert Farrugia – Coastal [Archives]
Pocket Safari (PS1)
01 Mr Raoul K feat. Sona Diabate – Sene Kela (Mr Raoul K & Laolu Version) [Baobab]
02 Djuma Soundsystem & Yann Coppier feat. King Ayisoba – Anyimu [Crosstown Rebels]
03 Tom Blip – Shekere [Blip]
04 Pezzner – The Island Fantastic [Visionquest]
05 Lancelot – Mover [W&O Street Tracks]
06 O’Flynn – Desmond’s Empire [Blip]
07 DJ Mujava – Mugwanti / Sgwejegweje [Out Here]
08 Dinky – Casa (Axel Boman Dub Mix) [Crosstown Rebels]
09 Ferrer & Sydenham Inc. – Timbuktu (Pan-African Electro Dub) [Ibadan]
10 Butch – Dope [Play It Say It]
11 Rampa – Mascha [Keinemusik]
12 DJ Click – Lila Club (Club Mix) [No Fridge]
13 Concept Neuf – The Path (Sofrito Edit) [Strut]
14 Throwing Snow – Xema [Houndstooth]
15 Digitaline – Africa [Cadenza]
16 Emmanuel Jal – Kuar (Olof Dreijer Remix) [Innervisions]
17 Ida Engberg & David West – Abataka [Kittball]
18 Afriquoi feat. Kudaushe Matimba – Kudaushe [Wormfood]
19 I-Robots – Come to Harm (Djembe Monks Zimbabwe Session) [Opilec]
20 Sarabi – Koko’s Vibration [Highlife]
21 Salif Keita – Madan [Universal]
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Astronics Vol. 7 (A7)
01 Tim Penner – The Guardian [JOOF Aura]
02 Gidge – Midra [Atomnation]
03 Manu Riga – Indigenous Rights (Suduaya Remix) [Bonzai Progressive]
04 AudioStorm – Lethal Engine (Rise and Fall Remix) [Bonzai Progressive]
05 Andre Sobota – Unreal (2014 Edition) [Proton]
06 Insert Name – Liquiphoria [Slideways]
07 Dusky – All We Ever Needed [Polydor]
08 Flynn & Denton – Second Chapter (Gai Barone Remix) [Subculture]
09 Horizons – The Lake Sarez Morning Glare [Landscapes]
10 Soulwerk – Genesis [Hope]
11 Phase Difference – Nuage (Christopher Vassilakis Remix) [Saturate]
12 Alfredo Calderini – Epiphany [Mistique]
13 Basil O’Glue & Gordey Tsukanov – The Day Before [Saturate]
14 Platunoff – Road Home (Jeremy Rowlett Remix) [Mistique]
15 John ’00’ Fleming – 5000 Light Years From Earth (Simon Templar Tribute Remix) [JOOF]
16 Blufeld – Threlkeld [Green Martian]
17 Platunoff – Origami (Monojoke Remix) [Reelaux]
18 Nicolas Petracca – Spending Time in the Morning [Per-vurt]
19 Matt Holliday – Origin [JOOF]
20 Tangent – Dissolution [n5MD]
21 Data Rebel – Design
22 Mario Hammer and The Lonely Robot – Mono No Aware (Ian Max Mauch ‘Grainular’ Rework) [Traum]
Images by Anthony Harle (http://flickr.com/photos/94050219@N02).
Insulae Nesonis (Neptunian 20)
01 FOG & HTDC – Dusk Union
02 Waller – Aegis [Insight]
03 Ilya Glebov & Joe Fujinoki – Glimmer IV [Archives]
04 Lucho Ripley – Anna Karina y Claudia Cardinale
05 Chasing Dreams – The Endless Tale of Angels and Stars [Daze]
06 Max Ananyev – Nocturnal [Preserved Sound]
07 Halftribe – A Thousand Colours [Archives]
08 Braak – Maaloey [Snop]
09 Tracey Chattaway – Here at Last
10 Clem Leek – At the Mercy of Waves [Audiobulb]
11 Secoya – Saturated [Fluttery]
12 The Bird’s Companion – Impressions [577223]
13 Ocoeur – Time Over (Julien Marchal Rework) [n5]
14 FOG & HTDC – Shimmer
15 offthesky – Okay Aloft [dronarivm]
Mixcloud Bonus:
16 Ilya Glebov & Joe Fujinoki – Glimmer III [Archives]
17 Bing & Ruth – Starwood Choker [4AD]
18 Lee Yi – Yukimarimo [Seattle Dott]
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Distant – March ’17 (D42)
01 Michael FK – Quasar [Nama]
02 In:Most – Took Me By [Goldfat]
03 SpectraSoul – On & On [Ish Chat]
04 Mode-Funktion – Sea Creatures [Offworld]
05 Bronski – Serious Bizniz [Soul Deep Digital]
06 Madikma – Last Day [Monochrome]
07 SpectraSoul – Second Chance [Ish Chat]
08 Vandera feat. Anastasia – Heart’s Rhythm [Galacy]
09 Nelver – Silence [Celsius]
10 Mindmapper – Suppressor (Need For Mirrors Remix) [Eternia]
11 Naibu – No Return [Horizons]
12 In:Most – I Can’t Do (VIP) [Soulvent]
13 Monrroe – A Place to Belong [Galacy]
14 In:Most – With You [Goldfat]
15 Cnof – I Don’t Wanna Leave U [Digital Blus]
16 Villem & McLeod – Unexpected Interlude [Spearhead]
17 Pola & Bryson – Moment’s Notice [Shogun]
18 I Wannabe – Helpless [Kos.Mos]
19 Total Science feat. Riya – Walk the Same Line (Calibre Remix) [CIA]
20 RoyGreen, Protone & Paul SG – Carpaccio Funk [Spearhead]
21 Pola & Bryson – Phantom [Shogun]
22 Nuvertal – Child Strayed in Fairy Tale [Influenza]
23 Structure – Lost in Saigon [Overflow]
24 Need for Mirrors – Gatefold [Fokuz]
25 Bop – Space 2 Breathe [Medschool]
26 Petroll feat. Oscar Michael – My Favorite Place [Influenza]
27 Supaderb – The Touch [Liquid Brilliants]
28 The Upbeats – Veiled [Vision]
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Golden Age Vol. 4 (GA4)
01 London Grammar – Big Picture (SG Lewis Remix) [Ministry of Sound]
02 RY X – Deliverance (Fort Romeau Remix) [Infectious]
03 Tourist – Waves [Monday]
04 Michael Gin – Dragonfly [Crossfade]
05 Bonobo – Outlier [Ninja Tune]
06 Pablo Sanchez – Easy Out (Baldo Remix) [Moodmusic]
07 Urmet K & Pete Josef – Ever The Same [King Street]
08 Agoria – Up All Night [Sapiens]
09 Lane 8 feat. Matthew Dear – Undercover (Wankelmut Remix) [Anjunadeep]
10 Tuff City Kids – Farewell House [Permanent Vacation]
11 Gold Panda – Black Voices [Pampa]
12 Submotion Orchestra feat. Andrew Ashong – Needs (Gacha Bakradze Remix) [Counter]
13 Martin Waslewski – Limba [Exploited Ghetto]
14 Lane 8 & Kidnap Kid – Aba [Anjunadeep]
15 Youandewan – Have the Guts [Aus]
16 Appleblim – Twinkle [Aus]
17 Cinnamon Chasers – Luv Deluxe (Jody Wisternoff & James Grant Remix) [Anjunadeep]
18 Dusky feat. Solomon Grey – Long Wait (Patrice Bäumel Remix) [17 Steps]
19 Meggy & Hollis P Monroe – Calling You [Suol]
20 Tantsui – Someone To Play [Highway]
21 Matthias Vogt feat. Charles Simmons – Through This Madness [Anjunadeep]
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