Alex Somers (Jónsi & Alex / Liminal)

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Hochsee, Pt. 1

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After a hiatus during the second half of February, Planetarium is back in a slightly changed format: Since there’s (1) so much good ambient music out there and (2) my professional life requires my attention even more than in previous years, I decided to scrap the limit of twenty-ish tracks for one mix and instead tell a story of multiple chapters. For the first Neptunian story called “Hochsee” (high seas) I selected 66 tracks in total which fit the maritime theme well and split them into four chapters of equal length. Each part is its separate mix, but all are selected and arranged on the same day or weekend and listening to all chapters back to back as soon as they are released will definitely be the best listening experience. This first part is available to everyone from day 1 and a new part will be available in limited (Select) release every subsequent week. Wide release dates will be determined soon, but I plan to do more stories in this format for other series (Nox, Geophon, Jovian, Lumen) and I may use this release pattern for them as well.
I hope you’ll like this and you can rest assured that the quality of the selection is not deteriorating, I just need to finally play the hundreds of tracks in my library.

Neptunian 79, Pt. 1
Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p353
Wide release on March 1, 2022
Releases covered up to August 1, 2021
Image by : Fernando Jorge

Start # Artist Title Album Year Label
00:00 01 Foxwood Birth of a Star Innocence 2021 Drift
03:14 02 The Stolen Orchestra God is Green Quiet Surrender, Vol. 1 2021 The Stolen Orchestra
06:22 03 Loneward Noctilucent Ambient Sleeping Pill 5 2021 Stereoscenic
15:38 04 Eternell Cove (Presence) Cove 2020 Eternell
23:35 05 Sufjan Stevens Meditation I Convocations 2021 Asthmatic Kitty
27:00 06 Kit Monteith Leaving Home (Flight Song #1) Audio-Cartographic Experiments Vol#1: Rise & Fall 2021 DDC
31:01 07 Vincent DiFrancesco Tide Tide 2021 Vincent DiFrancesco
33:24 08 Robot Koch Kassel The Next Billion Years 2020 Modern
37:43 09 Hollie Kenniff Some Day if Some Day Comes The Quiet Drift 2021 Western Vinyl
40:59 10 APvJ & Dave Griffiths Into Slumber Into Slumber 2021 Tweed Jacket
44:53 11 36 A Slow Lesson in Introspection Music for Isolation (Suite) 2021 3six
47:22 12 Tomasz Mreńca Uma Echo 2021 Kayax
51:32 13 Burning Pyre & Canadian Rifles Sterling Silver Draped Across Their Necks The Snipe & The Clam 2021 Eastern Nurseries
56:40 14 Jason van Wyk Light Burns Out Threads 2021 n5MD
1:00:19 15 Helios Crystal Crystal (Original Score) 2021 Unseen
1:05:12 16 Alex Somers Dim Siblings 2021 Krunk
1:09:56 17 Simon Goff Vale Vale 2021 7K!

12 previously appeared in Best of Planetarium 2021, Pt. 2

Traummaschine

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Traummaschine (Nox 7)
01 Warmth – Soil [Archives, 2019 | “Wildlife”] {00:00}
02 Artefakt – Ganzfeld Effect [Delsin, 2020 | “Icarus”] {05:26}
03 Chihei Hatakeyama – The Big Stone Tomb [Room40, 2019 | “Forgotten Hill”] {09:40}
04 Illuminine – Dualisms #3 [Ferryhouse, 2018 | “#3”] {13:07}
05 Innesti – The Flaws in Our Explanations [Innesti, 2019 | “Between Worlds”] {16:54}
06 Hazy – Ocean [Hazy, 2019 | “Ocean”] {22:44}
07 Anthéne – Somewhere There [Archives, 2019 | “Lost Channel”] {27:06}
08 Merrin Karras – Passage [A Strangely Isolated Place, 2020 | “Northwest Passage”] {29:58}
09 Sigur Rós – Sleep 2 [Krunk, 2019 | “Sigur Rós Presents Liminal Sleep”] {35:16}
10 Noccult – Close to Sleep [Tweed Jacket, 2020 | “Close to Sleep”] {45:33}
11 Slow Dancing Society – X V I [Hidden Shoal, 2020 | “A Collection of a Songs to Vanish With – I V”] {49:59}
12 Hilyard – Snowpack [Stereoscenic, 2020 | “On the Sorrow of Firn”] {54:22}
13 Jan Wagner – Kapitel 36 [Quiet Love, 2020 | “Kapitel 36”] {57:29}
14 Above & Beyond – Night Light [Anjunabeats, 2019 | “Flow State”] {1:00:11}
15 Marc Ertel – Overture No. 5 [Past Inside the Present, 2020 | “Overtures”] {1:02:10}
16 Jonas Munk – Home [Azure Vista, 2020 | “Minimum Resistance”] {1:10:10}
17 Luis Miehlich & SineRider – Genshi Pt. IV [whitelab, 2019 | “Timecuts”] {1:14:11}
18 Hiemal – Quintessence des Forêts [Hiemal, 2019 | “Waldeinsamkeit”] {1:19:14}

Image by: https://unsplash.com/@rosssneddon

Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p299

Kalkstein

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Kalkstein (Geophon 9)
01 Gallery Six – Cold Rains [Tehnofonika] {00:00}
02 Andrew Tasselmyer – Dawn Light [Andrew Tasselmyer] {04:18}
03 Bedroom – Small Scale Memory [Past Inside the Present] {09:07}
04 Alaskan Tapes – Shape of Things [Alaskan Tapes] {12:35}
05 Andrew Tasselmyer – Surface Tension [Andrew Tasselmyer] {20:22}
06 Josco & Spheruleus – Kilis [eilean] {23:59}
07 Michael A. Muller – Glyph II (Julia Kent Rework) [1631] {33:00}
08 Hotel Neon – Tortured Shapes [Hotel Neon] {36:10}
09 r beny – Mamiya [A Place to Bloom] {43:48}
10 offthesky & The Humble Bee – Hum in the Heart of a Dreaming [laaps] {47:36}
11 Gray Acres – Lost [whitelab] {53:04}
12 Hiemal – Thawing Lakes & Ponds [Hiemal] {56:07}
13 Jónsi & Alex Somers – Sleeping Summer [Krunk] {1:07:04}
14 Jónsi & Alex Somers – In the Sea (Drowned) [Krunk] {1:18:26}

Releases covered up to 2020-05-10.

Image by: https://unsplash.com/@maxoh

Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p298
Select exclusive until October 27, 2020.

Morast

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Morast (Geophon 7)
01 Green-House – Peperomia Seedling [Leaving] {00:00}
02 Dalot – May-mess [Facture] {03:14}
03 Olga Wojciechowska – Ready to Return [ASIP] {06:24}
04 Ecovillage feat. Purl – Remember the Sky [eilean] {10:45}
05 Jónsi & Alex Somers – Stokkseyrar-Dísa [Krunk] {15:42}
06 Alaskan Tapes – Views from Sixteen Stories [AT] {26:26}
07 Luis Miehlich – Flows [Inner Space Travels] {29:05}
08 Gallery Six – In a Daze [Tehnofonika] {36:13}
09 Halftribe – Imperfect [Sound in Silence] {40:15}
10 Andrew Tasselmyer – Fogbanks [Andrew Tasselmyer] {45:46}
11 Jan Wagner – Kapitel 11 [Quiet Love] {51:15}
12 OHIO – Crépescule [12k] {54:19}
13 Valotihkuu – Faded Memories [Hidden Vibes] {1:00:04}
14 Hotel Neon – Relic 5 [Hotel Neon] {1:06:02}

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p289

Synthese

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Synthese (Lumen 2)
01 Pepo Galán – Barco Amor (Steve Pacheco Remix) [Archives] {00:00}
02 Marc Barreca – Summerland [Palace of Lights] {06:55}
03 Olga Wojciechowska – Infinite Distances [A Strangely Isolated Place] {12:26}
04 Julia Gjertsen – Caress [Moderna] {17:41}
05 Michael Gordon – Horizon [Polar Seas] {21:56}
06 Simeon Walker feat. Luca Longobardi – Breathe {25:39}
07 Hammock – Afraid to Forget [Hammock] {30:00}
08 Message To Bears – We All Were Swallowed by Sleep {34:22}
09 Jónsi & Alex Somers – Boy [Krunk] {36:58}
10 Channelers – Strange and Familiar [Inner Islands] {40:36}
11 Scott Campbell – Centering [Seil] {47:51}
12 36 – Lahaina Noon [Past Inside the Present] {52:36}
13 Slow Meadow – Pareidolia [Hammock] {55:32}
14 Poemme – First Stars [Hawk Moon] {58:31}
15 Jazzdefector & Slow Clinic – Green Echo [whitelab] {1:04:00}
16 Ashan – String on an Open Plane [Inner Islands] {1:11:25}

Image by: http://unsplash.com/@samaustin

Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p265

Regenzeit

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Regenzeit (Neptunian 53) FRISKY CHILL broadcast from November 24, 2019
01 Christopher Willits – Pacific 1 [Ghostly] {00:00}
02 Jim Perkins – Enfolding [Bigo & Twigetti] {05:59}
03 Halftribe – More Than Autumn [dronarivm] {10:02}
04 Olan Mill – Nature Has Her Way [Past Inside the Present] {14:43}
05 Jónsi & Alex Somers – Hundslappadrífa [Krunk] {18:29}
06 Old Amica – Log [Fox Food] {23:30}
07 Segue – Mirage [Silent Season] {26:13}
08 Delectatio – Unaware {32:35}
09 Follow The Compass – Beyond Words {35:58}
10 Julia Gjertsen – The Fountain [Moderna] {38:53}
11 Luis Miehlich & Glåsbird – Genshi pt. VI [whitelab] {41:50}
12 Anton Belov – Flicka [kauan] {47:46}
13 lostodyssey – We’re Okay [Mango Alley] {53:54}
14 Plïnkï Plønkï – Pangur Din [piano & coffee] {56:39}
15 Jane Antonia Cornish – Drift {1:01:51}
16 A Winged Victory For The Sullen – The Rhythm of a Dividing Pair [Ninja Tune] {1:10:21}

01, 06 and 14 are Mixcloud exclusives (not part of the FRISKY broadcast).

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p263

Kometenstaub

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Kometenstaub (P98)
01 Julianna Barwick – The Harbinger (Alex Somers Remix) [Krunk] {00:00}
02 Sigur Rós – Varúð (Liminal Remix) [Krunk] {05:06}
03 Lee Yi – Clumsy Hands [Rottenman] {07:24}
04 Jóhann Jóhannsson – Jói & Karen (Ryuichi Sakamoto Rework) [Deutsche Grammophon] {10:56}
05 Endurance – Elapse [Vaagner] {15:53}
06 Halftribe – From One Point to Another [dronarivm] {20:56}
07 Mordançage – Now Before Us [Facture] {26:17}
08 The Green Kingdom – Blear [dronarivm] {32:40}
09 Dino Spiluttini – Endurance [Umor Rex] {36:00}
10 Powlos – Loess [Faint] {42:59}
11 Memum – Sumussa Valon Loiste [Unperceived] {46:30}
12 Anna Rose Carter & Dag Rosenqvist – Överge [Thesis] {50:29}
13 Dakota Suite, Dag Rosenqvist & Emanuele Errante – Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You [Karaoke Kalk] {52:08}
14 Ouvala – Echo Echo Echo [Handstitched*] {55:03}
15 Chasing Dreams – As Pictures Flutter into Dust [Daze] {1:00:29}
16 Northumbria – Still Valley II [Cryo Chamber] {1:04:29}
17 Mordançage – Polar Veils [Facture] {1:08:44}
18 Adzuki – Oil Valley [Shimmering Moods] {1:12:32}

11, 13 played in N39

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p211

4 Jahre Planetarium

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For the fourth anniversary of the by far most popular show and channel on Helioscope.NET, we’re going back to the first year of episodes between 2013 and 2014. Back then, Frank Korf wanted me to produce a regular show similar to Planetarium’s predecessor Night Hawk Radio and we collaborated on the first lot of mixes. The style has shifted more towards pure ambient and drone in the last two years, but it’s always great to go crate-digging for these gems. So here is a small selection of my favorite tracks that I played on the first twenty-ish episodes of Planetarium:

4 Jahre Planetarium (Retrospektive 2)
01 Lights Dim with Gallery Six – Echoes of the Ongoing Riot [Kaico]
02 iambic – Touch the Sky [Laridae]
03 Chequerboard – Dunes [Lazybird]
04 Rauelsson – Hourglass I [Sonic Pieces]
05 Hammock – Then the Quiet Explosion [Hammock]
06 Helios – In Everything Was Given [Unseen]
07 Benoît Pioulard – Censer (Segue Remix) [Lost Tribe]
08 Luke Howard – Pan [Lukktone]
09 Good Weather For An Airstrike – Two Miles of Uncertainty [Rural Colours]
10 Olan Mill – Country [Serein]
11 Jónsi & Alex – Happiness [Parlophone]
12 Julianna Barwick – Pyrrhic [Dead Oceans]
13 Levi Patel – And She Translated into the Sky
14 Andrew Bayer – All This Will Happen Again [Anjunabeats]
15 Ólafur Arnalds – Fyrsta [Erased Tapes]
16 Rhian Sheehan – Sileo [LOOP]
17 Ben Woods – Another Dream
18 Bitcrush – Post (Nichts ist wie vorher, Bersarin Quartett RMX) [n5MD]

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p163

Thalassa Animorum

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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

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Domus Despoenae

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Domus Despoenae (Neptunian 17)
01 IN-IS – Opus Einn (Tom Adams Remix) [NW1]
02 Roberto Attanasio – Aisle [1631]
03 On Mountains – A Revolving D-oor
04 Olga Wojciechowska – To Feel Much More Than Now [1631]
05 Glacis – The Mask Is Meaning [Facture]
06 Ed Carlsen – Cage [Moderna]
07 Kinbrae – Lonban at Dusk [1631]
08 Mogwai – After the Flood [Lakeshore]
09 Eluvium – Beyond the Moon for Someone in Reverse [Temporary Residence]
10 Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie – They Dream of More [Erased Tapes]
11 Jóhann Jóhannsson – Kangaru [Deutsche Grammophon]
12 Jónsi & Alex – All the Big Trees [Parlophone]
13 Carinthia – Remain In [Upland]
14 A Winged Victory of the Sullen – Fantasme [Erased Tapes]
15 Dead Light – Pale Fire [Village Green]

Mixcloud Bonus:
16 Abstract Aprils – We’re All Clouds [Catapult]
17 Ed Carlsen – Rain [Moderna]
18 Kinbrae – The Dawn Chorus [1631]
19 Bruno Bavota – Heartbeat [Sono Luminus]

Images by: Raúl Hudson (http://flickr.com/photos/97711075@N08)