Niemandsland

“No man’s land”, a term usually reserved for unhabitable places, does not make this cover art justice. In reality, the Zhangjiajie National park is one of the most exciting attractions in all of China. The pillar-like rock formations have this very unique look and inspired the movie Avatar. I had this image by Joshua Sortino as my desktop background for a long time now and decided to dedicate Planetarium’s final (regular) episode of 2018 to it.
Niemandsland encompasses a wide range of styles of ambient music, but the two complementary opening tracks by Loscil, Aaron Martin, Dag Rosenqvist and the amazing acoustic guitar by Seabuckthorn on both set the tone really well. Later in the set, bold and full tracks by offthesky, vau, Yui Onodera, AngusMacRae and InsaDonjaKai are supported by the calmer sounds courtesy of Chihei Hatakeyama, Cheekbone, Anthéne, William Basinki and Lawrence English. As the penultimate track, I chose quite a rhythmic track for a change of pace in the archives of Planetarium.

Niemandsland (P104)
01 From the Mouth of the Sun & Seabuckthorn – Lesser Still [Lost Tribe] {00:00}
02 Loscil & Seabuckthorn – The River Cold and Primal [Thesis] {04:07}
03 Deru – The Overview Effect [Friends of Friends] {08:29}
04 Carl Craig feat. Francesco Tristano, LES SIECLES & François-Xavier Roth – Sandstorms (Siavash Amini Remix) [InFiné] {12:32}
05 William Basinski + Lawrence English – Selva Oscura [Temporary Residence] {18:44}
06 Anthéne – Hours [Home Normal] {30:30}
07 offthesky – Reliquum [Hidden Vibes] {33:20}
08 James Osland – I Had That Tendency Towards Solitude [Rusted Tone] {38:02}
09 Max Würden feat. Luis Reichard – Zweitens [Kompakt] {40:57}
10 Cheekbone – Hidden Dancefloor [Muzan] {46:57}
11 Mordançage – Floods Returning [Facture] {53:50}
12 ILUITEQ – A Prayer for the Departed [TXT] {58:05}
13 Vau – Solace [whitelab] {1:03:21}
14 Olan Mill – G [Unknown Tone] {1:09:27}
15 Soular Order – Alysm [City By Night] {1:11:24}
16 Angus MacRae & InsaDonjaKai – Afar [Thesis] {1:15:22}
17 Chihei Hatakeyama – Calm Sea [White Paddy Mountain] {1:18:57}
18 Olan Mill – Week 14 [Shimmering Moods] {1:27:38}
19 Yui Onodera – Cromo 3 [Kompakt] {1:31:58}
20 Jason Barty – The World Is at Rest [Wind Pictures] {1:34:46}

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p219

Halokline

Halokline (P103)
01 Elskavon – Skim and Sail [Hawk Moon] {00:00}
02 Gallery Six – Across the River [The Level of Vulnerability] {02:49}
03 Andrew Tasselmyer – Tines, Pt. 6 [Flag Day] {08:45}
04 Ecovillage – Sign of the Rainbow [Constellation Tatsu] {15:45}
05 Hotel Neon – Gleó [Thesis] {20:42}
06 Endless Melancholy – Elusive Movements [Thesis] {31:09}
07 Jogging House – Eyes [Seil] {41:39}
08 Kristoffer Wallin – In My Sleep {47:36}
09 Steve Good – Nimbus {49:32}
10 Bedroom – The Remembering Machine [’89] {54:35}
11 Luis Miehlich – Night Wind [Archives] {58:29}
12 The Green Kingdom – Breathing Sea [Sound in Silence] {1:03:52}
13 Akito Misaki – May {1:09:54}
14 Heinali – Enfold [Injazero] {1:15:19}
15 Seigo Aoyama – Backwater [Audiobulb] {1:18:57}
16 Andrew Heath – Artefact (Tape Fragment) [Disco Gecko] {1:26:21}

13 appeared in N39

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p218

Magnolie

Magnolie (Botanik Vol. 2)
01 Ryan Davis – Shift [Anjunadeep] {00:00}
02 Tony Anderson – Deep Waters [Tony Anderson] {04:05}
03 Ryan Davis – Dimmed [Anjunadeep] {08:06}
04 Didacte – Laho [Oleeva] {09:46}
05 Max Cooper – Memories [Mesh] {16:37}
06 Slow Meadow – Rara Pluma [Hammock] {20:09}
07 Kaada – Home in the Dark [Mirakel] {23:23}
08 Anna Rose Carter & Dag Rosenqvist – Abandon (for Gregory) [Thesis] {28:03}
09 Ludvig Cimbrelius – A Poem for Her [Eternell] {29:51}
10 Solace. – St Catherines {36:44}
11 Pepo Galán with Sita Ostheimer – S a M O a [Archives] {40:15}
12 Hiatus – Defeat [Lucky Thunder] {45:08}
13 Stray Theories – Us [n5MD] {49:00}
14 Amman / Josh – 186,000 Endings per Second [Hammock] {53:50}
15 Masayoshi Fujita – It’s Magical [Erased Tapes] {59:24}
16 The Album Leaf – Maryam [1631] {1:03:38}
17 Rival Consoles – Them Is Us [Erased Tapes] {1:06:50}
18 Frédéric D. Oberland – Aurore [flau] {1:12:28}
19 Paddy Heaton – Entry [Cathedral Transmissions] {1:15:35}
20 Rhian Sheehan feat. Levi Patel – Toward the Sun [Loop] {1:17:25}

in chronological order of original release dates:
06 appeared in N37
13 appeared in N38
11, 18, 20 appeared in N40

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p217

Felsental

Felsental (P102)
01 Kashya – Stare Into the Abyss {00:00}
02 Jóhann Jóhannsson – Mandy Love Theme [Lakeshore] {12:09}
03 zarr. – Kaizen [Stereoscenic] {16:07}
04 Shuta Yasukochi – Leaving [Archives] {23:24}
05 William Ryan Fritch – Burrow [Lost Tribe] {30:50}
06 From The Mouth Of The Sun – Sleep Stations [Lost Tribe] {35:30}
07 Hotel Neon – Pathways (Part 1) [Archives] {41:10}
08 Hammock – Cliffside [Hammock] {45:07}
09 Ouvala – Lowless [Handstitched*] {50:50}
10 Aukai – Nightfall [Manners McDade] {55:59}
11 r beny – Green and Gauzy {59:57}
12 Secret Pyramid – IV [Polar Seas] {1:02:29}
13 Olan Mill – Beneath Today [Shimmering Moods] {1:08:18}
14 Ouvala – It Was Only Fiction [Handstitched*] {1:10:40}
15 Wanderwelle – Oviri [Silent Season] {1:18:22}
16 øjeRum + The Humble Bee – And Once, Only Once, I Caught the Authentic Shimmer of Her Wings [eilean] {1:21:44}
17 Stijn Hüwels + Yadayn – Pale Hills [dauw] {1:26:09}

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p216

парящий | Soaring

парящий | Soaring (Neptunian 41)
01 Darren Harper – Hovering Light [dronarivm] {00:00}
02 Jesus Drone – Interzone {03:11}
03 elinch – 20/04/18 floating {08:05}
04 North Atlantic Drift – Autumn [Sound in Silence] {13:37}
05 Eternell – Lethe [Eternell] {17:34}
06 Helios – Toward You [Ghostly] {22:02}
07 Poemme – At the Gates of Dawn [Constellation Tatsu] {24:40}
08 Endless Melancholy – Postcards [dronarivm] {27:37}
09 Slow Meadow – Quintana [Hammock] {32:51}
10 Bedroom – Below [’89] {36:49}
11 Solidarity Hymn – In Winter Snowtime {41:57}
12 Daniela Orvin – Prelude (Part 1) [Seaside on Postcards] {45:09}
13 Daniela Orvin – Unexpected Coincidence (Part 2) [Seaside on Postcards] {48:34}
14 r beny – Eistla {53:19}

in chronological order of release:
09 appeared in CN6
06, 07, 11 appeared in P94
12 appeared in P99
13 appeared in Z04
01, 03, 04, 05, 10 appeared in P100
02, 08 appeared in P101

The remaining tracks will appear in future Planetarium releases.


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FRISKY CHILL broadcast from November 25, 2018

Inselkette

Inselkette (P101)
01 Snufmumriko – Bryggan är Fortfarande Varm [Lagerstätte] {00:00}
02 Luis Miehlich – St. Aygulf [Archives] {07:20}
03 Hotel Neon – Torrents [Archives] {13:30}
04 Yoyu – It Started with Love [No More Words] {22:00}
05 Rafael Anton Irisarri – Transeúntes [Umor Rex] {29:24}
06 Altars Altars – Fragments A I [Home Normal] {35:49}
07 Tapes and Topographies – Following the Megahertz [Simulacra] {38:40}
08 Wanderwelle – The Seed of the Areoi [Silent Season] {42:03}
09 Jesus Drone – Interzone {47:17}
10 Andrew Tasselmyer – The Creek in Iceland [Polar Seas] {54:51}
11 Bradley Sean Alexander – Shoreline [Pyramid Blood] {1:01:15}
12 Sun Curves – Marian’s Lung Collapsed {1:09:32}
13 Kirill Mazhai – N52.478852 E13.449152 [Shimmering Moods] {1:12:34}
14 Steve Good – Starless / Cumulus Transition {1:17:10}
15 Endless Melancholy – Postcards [dronarivm] {1:23:15}

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p215

Zusammen

On November 1, Planetarium had its 5th anniversary. The second and final celebratory set emerges from a retrospective on some very early ambient releases dating back as far as 1988 (Steve Roach) that are deemed essential to the genre’s timeline. You’ll also find some not-so-ancient tracks in here made by Planetarium staples like Ian Hawgood, 36 and Purl.

Zusammen (Retrospektive 4)
01 A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Ti Prego, Memory Man [Ghostly] {00:00}
02 Thomas Köner – Teimo (Schluss) [Barooni] {04:21}
03 36 – Deluge [3six] {07:47}
04 r beny – Spring in Blue {11:05}
05 Fennesz + Sakamoto – 0328 [Touch] {17:22}
06 Gigi Masin – Clouds [Sub Rosa] {22:40}
07 North Atlantic Drift – Luminous [Polar Seas] {27:25}
08 Eraldo Bernocchi, Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie – Don’t Go Where I Can’t Find You [Soleil Après Minuit] {33:22}
09 Stars of the Lid – A Meaningful Moment Through a Meaning(less) Process [kranky] {37:46}
10 Ian Hawgood & y0t0 – Blue Type II [Koen] {42:03}
11 Ian Hawgood & Aaron Martin – Blue Type I [Koen] {49:03}
12 Rauelsson – Hourglass I [Sonic Pieces] {51:21}
13 Bing & Ruth – Police Police Police Police Police [RVNG Intl.] {55:01}
14 Purl & Sinius – Cascade [Eternell] {1:00:51}
15 Steve Roach – Australian Dawn (The Quiet Earth Cries Inside) [Projekt] {1:09:21}
16 Rafael Anton Irisarri – Traces [Room40] {1:14:51}
17 Robert Rich – Ending [Hypnos/Soundscape] {1:24:05}

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p214

Atmosphäre

Yesterday (on November 1), Planetarium had its 5th anniversary. I’m celebrating this with you twice. First off, here is an extended set of 3.5 hours length featuring the latest and greatest in ambient. Keep in touch for the second part, a retrospective, coming your way next week.

Atmosphäre (P100)
01 Taylor Deupree – Unearth [12k] {00:00}
02 Hotel Neon – Redolent [dronarivm] {05:19}
03 Saphileaum – Air [Theosophy] {09:36}
04 Robert Farrugia – Sepia [dronarivm] {16:40}
05 SineRider – Aomori [Sound in Silence] {21:32}
06 William Basinski + Lawrence English – Mono no Aware 1.3 / 1.4 [Temporary Residence] {25:35}
07 Snufmumriko – Horizonview {34:06}
08 Murkok – Stromatolites [Fern Leaf] {38:29}
09 Luis Miehlich – Spring Haiku 2 [Archives] {46:51}
10 Ashlar – Set Apart [whitelab] {50:32}
11 Bus Gas – Denim Jacket Back Patch Blues {54:19}
12 Tone Color – Winterlight Fades [dronarivm] {57:23}
13 Brian James Griffith – If We Were Trees [Aural Canyon] {1:01:55}
14 Hammock – Venturi [Hammock] {1:06:42}
15 Maps and Diagrams – Fresnel’s Formulae [Numb Capsule] {1:08:39}
16 Soular Order – Of Light [City by Night] {1:12:19}
17 Steve Good – Falling Upwards {1:17:32}
18 Anthéne – October [Lontano] {1:25:45}
19 zarr. – Hiraeth [Stereoscenic] {1:32:27}
20 Hollie Kenniff – Aubade [Unseen] {1:42:10}
21 Luis Miehlich – Rain’s Embrace [Archives] {1:45:28}
22 Purl – Snow Foxes {1:51:41}
23 Cass. – 1000 Superdolphins [Into the Light] {1:57:19}
24 North Atlantic Drift – Autumn [Sound in Silence] {1:59:17}
25 Northumbria – Prelude for a Siren [Polar Seas] {2:06:45}
26 Delectatio – Evoke {2:13:35}
27 Bedroom feat. Alaskan Tapes – The Abused River [’89] {2:18:37}
28 elinch – 20/04/18 floating {2:21:50}
29 Luis Miehlich – Spring Haiku 1 [Archives] {2:28:03}
30 Gallery Six – Cascade [The Level of Vulnerability] {2:32:02}
31 Chihei Hatakeyama – Wilderness [White Paddy Mountain] {2:36:44}
32 Murkok – Magic Sunset [Fern Leaf] {2:41:33}
33 Eternell – Lethe [Eternell] {2:48:09}
34 Benoît Pioulard – Athanasy, 1993 [dauw] {2:52:34}
35 Mordançage – Monuments Fall [Facture] {2:57:50}
36 Pausal – Aerial Mycelia [hibernate] {3:02:52}
37 Anthéne – Wake [Home Normal] {3:07:45}
38 Poemme – Forest Hymn [Constellation Tatsu] {3:13:23}
39 Darren Harper – Hovering Light [dronarivm] {3:19:04}
40 Bedroom – Below [’89] {3:21:35}
41 Luke Howard – Remembering My Childhood [Mercury Classics] {3:26:45}

07 exclusive to Planetarium, kindly provided by Ingmar Wennerberg.
09 played in N38
26 played in N40
41 played in N37

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p213

врата рая | Heaven’s Gate

врата рая | Heaven’s Gate (Neptunian 40)
01 Jacob Pavek – NOME [Unperceived] {00:00}
02 Poemme – One Thousand Wings {04:10}
03 Narrow Skies – You Won’t Find Me (Powlos Remix) [Echoes Blue] {08:28}
04 Bell Mountain – Vermillion (Red/Orange) [Mango Alley] {12:26}
05 Ocoeur – Shelter [n5MD] {16:48}
06 Swim Ignorant Fire – Apeiron [Sounds Against Humanity] {21:11}
07 Helios – Silverlight [Ghostly] {25:13}
08 Frédéric D. Oberland – Aurore [flau] {28:09}
09 Delectatio – Evoke {31:10}
10 Ólafur Arnalds – brot [Decca] {36:16}
11 Chasing Dreams – Languages [Daze] {38:56}
12 Tonepoet & Cloudfall – Light at the End of a Tunnel {43:41}
13 Pepo Galán with Sita Ostheimer – S a M O a [Archives] {49:35}
14 Rhian Sheehan feat. Levi Patel – Toward the Sun [Loop] {55:15}

in chronological order of release:
03 appeared in P92
06, 10 appeared in P93
11 appeared in CN6
04, 05, 07, 12 appeared in P95
01 appeared in B1

The remaining tracks will appear in future Planetarium or Zoneout (Distant) releases.


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FRISKY CHILL broadcast from October 28, 2018

Dunstglocke

Dunstglocke (P99)
01 Anthéne – Echo in the Memory [Cathedral Transmissions] {00:00}
02 Luis Miehlich – Passage [dronarivm] {08:25}
03 r beny – In the Violet and Lingering Winter Dusk {14:41}
04 Loneward – Explore {21:34}
05 Anti Shift – Parabolic Disarray [Tehnofonika] {26:42}
06 Snufmumriko – Stackmoln [Lagerstätte] {31:38}
07 Ataxy – Alien Heaven [Faint] {36:22}
08 Gallery Six – Quench [The Level of Vulnerability] {42:30}
09 SVLBRD – Stratus (Remodel) [Faint] {46:47}
10 Chihei Hatakeyama – Heliosphere [First Terrace] {52:07}
11 William Basinski + Lawrence English – Mono No Aware 1.1 [Temporary Residence] {1:05:47}
12 Hotel Neon – Inward, Side A (Pt. 1) {1:09:50}
13 Helios – Dreams [Ghostly] {1:16:12}
14 Daniela Orvin – Prelude (Part 1) [Seaside on Postcards] {1:20:25}
15 Eternell – Still Light [Sound in Silence] {1:23:45}

01 played in N39

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p212