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Best of Planetarium 2020, Pt. 1

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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.

Graupelschauer

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Jovian 9
Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p310
Limited Select release on December 8, 2020
Wide release planned for January 12, 2021
Releases covered up to August 31, 2020
Image by Kyle Bonallo

Start # Artist Title Album Year Label
00:00 01 Tobias Hellkvist Deadfall, Sothering, Taghairm Place Language 2019 Facture
08:41 02 Anthéne Start Again Infinity Lines 2020 Stereoscenic
14:34 03 Sōzuproject Glaiding Fragility Can Fly 2019 Sōzuproject
20:36 04 Powlos Runanubandhha Isolation 2020 Faint
24:41 05 r beny Alone in the Pavilion Natural Fiction 2020 A Place to Bloom
28:34 06 Chad Munson III Surface Tension 2019 Muzan
34:18 07 36 Fifth Sequence Wave Variations 2020 Past Inside the Present
36:40 08 Endless Melancholy Letting the Old Dreams Die A Perception of Everything 2020 Sound In Silence
41:54 09 Chris Child & Micah Frank Static Wheels Tape Pieces Vol. 2 2020 FOIL
50:49 10 Endless Melancholy Forget Forgive / Forget 2019 Endless Melancholy
56:25 11 Merrin Karras Monument Northwest Passage 2020 A Strangely Isolated Place
1:04:57 12 Purl River Renovatio 2020 Archives
1:12:22 13 Awakened Souls Paint the Sky How We Heal 2020 Stereoscenic
1:17:35 14 Evgeny Bylina Parrhesia Benefit Compilation for Six Square 2020 Aural Canyon
1:24:31 15 Fallen Postcards from Nowhere The World Outside 2020 Organic Industries

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}

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p299

Schallwellen

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Schallwellen (Nox 6)
01 Slow Dancing Society – Murmur [Healing Sound Propagandist] {00:00}
02 Theatre Romance – Forever, Eyes Closed [Theatre Romance] {06:11}
03 Shuta Yasukochi – Decade [Archives] {16:16}
04 Pepo Galán & Lee Yi – L’Isolée [Archives] {21:35}
05 Andrew Tasselmyer & Patrick Spatz – Interior Current Number 1 [Constellation Tatsu] {25:26}
06 Slow Clinic – Tension Pt. II [Slow Clinic] {33:15}
07 Merrin Karras – He Became Something Else [ASIP] {36:38}
08 Gimu – Laughing, Lastly [The Committee for Sonic Research] {43:13}
09 36 & zakè – Stasis Sounds for Long-Distance Space Travel (Stage 1) [Past Inside the Present] {49:08}
10 Andrew Tasselmyer – Dream States [Andrew Tasselmyer] {54:50}
11 Marcus Fischer – Raith [Facture] {58:19}
12 r beny – Shimmering and Obvious [A Place to Bloom] {1:03:42}
13 Rest You Sleeping Giant – Walking Through a Blizzard [Stereoscenic] {1:08:53}
14 Merrin Karras – Meridian [ASIP] {1:11:50}

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p294

Kuiper Belt

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Kuiper Belt (Astronics Vol. 11)
01 Grenium – Highper [Qilla] {00:00}
02 GMJ – Sublimate [Replug] {07:16}
03 TasZ – Nice Memories [Soundscapes] {14:01}
04 Chris Cargo feat. Sarah Whittaker-Gilbey – Find You [FSOE UV] {19:51}
05 Donny Carr – Space Flex [Suffused] {24:10}
06 Dmitry Molosh – Sacra (Orsen Remix) [Replug] {27:51}
07 DNYO – Reaction (Quivver Edit) [Controlled Substance] {33:04}
08 PROFF – Obscure [Zerothree] {38:00}
09 Marc Romboy – Elgur (Dosem Remix) [Systematic] {43:33}
10 Gai Barone – Love Stimulation [Afterglow] {46:55}
11 Chymera – 1990 [Maeve] {54:09}
12 Shelley Johannson – Nocturnal Bright [Bedrock] {59:09}
13 The xx – A Violent Noise (Four Tet Remix) [Young Turks] {1:01:42}
14 Rafael Cerato & Haze-M – Paprika (Paride Saraceni Remix) [Eleatics] {1:07:25}
15 Enrico Sangiuliano – Cosmic Ratio [Drumcode] {1:08:56}
16 Eitan Reiter – All That I Know (Guy J Remix) [Lost & Found] {1:13:15}
17 Petrichor – Rah-Koh [Soma] {1:16:18}
18 Matt Lange – Hertz, Don’t It [mau5trap] {1:20:21}
19 Victor Ruiz – Stardust [Suara] {1:24:08}
20 Tim Green – Colliding [Cocoon] {1:28:23}
21 Djrum – Showreel, Pt. 2 [R&S] {1:32:19}
22 Rival Consoles – Hidden [Erased Tapes] {1:39:22}

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Helioscope Mixes Catalogue ID: h490

Helioscope Yearmix 2016, Pt. 1

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In no other year has it been so difficult for me personally to compile the Helioscope Yearmix which always has the highest density of noteworthy tracks from the past twelve months. Counting 125 tracks, the 2016 edition spans several genres as usual, but especially highlights progressive, ambient and deep house as well as techno.

Helioscope Yearmix 2016, Pt. 1
01 Mick Pedaja – Seis [Kaabu]
02 Eskai – Tides [Silk]
03 Clameres – Nova [Colorize] *
04 Compuphonic – My Love [Exploited] *
05 Skyline Drive & Jan Martin – In Your Arms [Silk] *
06 Matthias Vogt feat. Charles Simmons – Through This Madness [Anjunadeep]
07 Way Out West – Tuesday Maybe [Anjunadeep]
08 Atella feat. O. Martin – Mechanical Sparrow (Atella Club Mix) [Eskimo]
09 Lindstrøm – Closing Shot [Feedelity]
10 Carolain Luf – Diskotok [Suara]
11 Jeremy Olander – Roots (Henry Saiz Remix) [Vivrant]
12 Isaac Tichauer – Higher Level (Bicep Remix) [LOFT]
13 RÜFÜS – Until the Sun Needs to Rise [Electric Sparklers]
14 Dave Seaman – Nightfalls (Chymera Remix) [Selador]
15 Andre Sobota – Jump [Kyubu]
16 Luttrell – Need You [Anjunadeep]
17 Bonobo – Kerala [Ninja Tune]
18 RY X – Only [Infectious]
19 Underworld – Bird 1 (Patrice Bäumel Remix) [Balance]
20 Facade – Beats For Broken Minds [JOOF]
21 Movement Machina feat. Mia Suszko – Haunted [Silk]
22 Boom Jinx & Soundprank feat. Katrine Stenbekk – We Know (Vintage & Morelli Remix) [Anjunabeats]
23 Our Stolen Theory – Warmest Day (Talamanca Remix) [Silk]
24 Musty – Sunny Days (Roald Velden Remix) [Perplexity]
25 Marc Romboy – Counting Comets (Ruede Hagelstein Remix) [Bedrock]
26 Scotty.A – Touching the Void (East Cafe Remix) [Proton]
27 Joris Voorn – Looks Fake Obviously [Green]
28 Quivver – Brand New Medicine [Selador] *
29 Naden – Myr [Saturate]
30 Dave DK – Kronsee (Ulrich Schnauss Mix) [Kompakt]
31 Chicane feat. Moya Brennan – Saltwater (Jody Wisternoff Remix) [Modena]
32 Yotto – Aviate [Anjunadeep]
33 Purl – Sagan (Kris Dubinsky’s Journey) [Eternell]
34 Dusky – Marble [17 Steps]
35 Orbion – Alive [Nama] *
36 Esther Silex – Oskar [Studio Barnhus]
37 Gorje Hewek & Izhevski – Jungsein-Youth [Shanti Radio Moscow]
38 Hosini – Lucid Dreams (GHIZ Retouch) [Shanti Radio Moscow]
39 Marsh – Ode [Silk]
40 Quivver – Call [Sudbeat]
41 E&P feat. Jinadu – Sundroina (Olderic Remix) [Moodmusic] *
42 Odd Nosdam – Sisters (Boards of Canada Remix) [Leaving] *
43 Thomas Ragsdale – All Men Have Limits [This Is It Forever] *
44 Ed Carlsen – Loose [Moderna] *
45 Stumbleine – Drink Bleach
46 Theo Kottis – It Wasn’t Meant to Be (And.Id Rave Nostalgia Remix) [Moda Black] *
47 Pedram – Cloned (James Zabiela Tempo Refix) [Born Electric] *
48 Jamie Stevens – Solemn Pride [Tarnished]
49 Patrice Bäumel – Departure [Balance]
50 Alex O’Rion – Adventures of Captain Jellybean (Alternative Mix) [Mango Alley]
51 Lorenzo Dada – Love Apparel (Bambook Remix) [Culprit]
52 Nil Ciuró – Constellations [1631]
53 Croquet Club – Andante [Anjunadeep]
54 Tom Middleton – HEVA (Vincenzo Remix) [Anjunadeep]
55 Henry Saiz – Not Last Words (Guy J Remix) [Lost & Found]
56 Moderat – Running [Monkeytown]
57 Robert Dalshetch – Island Puzzles (Katrin Souza Remix) [Nueva] *
58 Starchaser – For You [Anjunabeats] *
59 Jallen – Venture (LTN Remix) [Elliptical Sun Melodies]
60 Sam Davies – Cosmos [Silk]
61 Way Out West – Set My Mind [Anjunadeep]
62 Dusky – Ingrid Is A Hybrid [17 Steps]

* previously unplayed / debuting

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Pantheism

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Pantheism (Idolatry Vol. 36) [2 Year Anniversary Special Edition]
01 A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Prologue Iris [Erased Tapes]
02 Luka Sambe – Lucent Amongst Black [Juicebox]
03 Petar Dundov – Entangled [Loveland]
04 Fluente – Inner Peace [Sudbeat]
05 East Cafe – The Inverted Pyramid (Andrea Cassino Remix) [Subordinate]
06 Libranine – Ronnie’s Strings [ICONYC]
07 Adriatique – Quadrivia [Siamese]
08 Marc Romboy – Oblique Tendencies, Pt. 2 [Last Night On Earth]
09 Missus – Temptations in the Desert [Or Two Strangers]
10 Analog Jungs – Cinematic [Or Two Strangers]
11 TD – Dreamed Up [ICONYC]
12 Mike Griego – Cast Away [Plattenbank]
13 Blue Symmetry – Hover [Silk]

Mixcloud Bonus:
14 Khen & Guy Mantzur feat. Kamila – Children With No Name [Lost & Found]
15 Aril Brikha & Chymera – Nihari [Connaisseur]
16 Joris Voorn – Orange [Green]
17 Uner – In a Different Plane [Culprit]
18 Forerunners – See You Last Year [Temporum]
19 Nocturna – Pigmental [Proton]
20 C9 – A1T8i (RPO ‘Particles’ Mix) [Particles]
21 RÜFÜS – Innerbloom (Sasha Remix) [Last Night On Earth]
22 worriedaboutsatan feat. Vincent Cavanagh – This Restless Wing [This Is It Forever]

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Nexus-5

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Nexus-5 (We Dream Of Space Vol. 5)
01 Merrin Karras – Catharsis [astrangelyisolatedplace]
02 Martins Garden – Arise [Future City]
03 Dusky feat. Gary Numan – Swansea [Polydor]
04 Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – Kids Two [Lakeshore]
05 Röyksopp – Happy Up Here (Datassette Remix) [Parlophone]
06 Com Truise – Sunspot [Ghostly]
07 Trevor Something – Pure [In Your Brain]
08 admo – Against All Odds
09 OGRE & Dallas Campbell – The Dawn of Man [Telefuture]
10 5alad – The Quiet Earth [Factor City]
11 Waveshaper feat. Robert Parker – Pixel Stars [NewRetroWave]
12 Space Art – Onyx [IF]
13 Experimental Products – Glowing in the Dark [Short Circuit]
14 Doctr – Travelling to a World Beyond the Galaxy [Animal Language]
15 Spirit Catcher – Key Generator [Moodmusic]
16 Marc Romboy & Stephan Bodzin – Atlas (Tuff City Kids Remix) [Systematic]
17 Tommy ’86 – Doppelgänger [Blood]
18 Le Couleur feat. French Horn Rebellion – Vacances de 87 (Carpenter Brut Remix) [Lisbon Lux]
19 Jens-Uwe Beyer – White Silk Crinkled Chiffon with Allover Rosa Embroidery [Magazine]
20 Magic Sword – Uprising [Size]
21 Disasterpeace – Title [Milan]
22 Lazerhawk – Brothers [Rosso Corsa]

Ceremonies

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Ceremonies (Idolatry Vol. 31)
01 The Green Kingdom – Haze Layers [dronarivm]
02 Wrong Copy – Sixteen 11 [Marcel Dettmann]
03 Khen – Enchanted Whisper [Lost & Found]
04 Be Yokai – Facekissed [Space Hardware]
05 Heathered Pearls & The Sight Below – Personal Kiosk [Ghostly]
06 Marc DePulse feat. Cari Golden – Animal (Definition Remix) [Definition]
07 Alfonso Muchacho – Inner Peace [Stellar Fountain]
08 Gavin Hardkiss & Sumsuch – Standstill [Colour and Pitch]
09 Sumsuch – Guiding Light [Colour and Pitch]
10 Stimming – Hope and Ramati [Diynamic]
11 Dave Seaman – Nightfalls (Chymera Remix) [Selador]
12 Rise and Fall – Traffic Lights [Particles]
13 Perry O’Neil – The Secret [Statement!]
14 Subandrio & Nishan Lee – Dynamic Ocean [Juicebox]

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5 Years of Helioscope – novitzkas

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5 Years of Helioscope – novitzkas
01 pregnant pause – birds
02 Zahn | Hatami | McClure – Vhaundt [eilean]
03 Warmth – Decade [Archives]
04 murkok – Veda
05 Dustcraft – A New Home [Archives]
06 Slow Clinic – I Miss Everyone [Archives]
07 Kevin Verwijmeren – The Never Ending Tape [Soft Corridor]
08 pregnant pause – solovey
09 Jacob Newman – Creature Loops
10 Data Rebel – Angular
11 Porya Hatami – Fen (by Segue) [Dewtone]
12 Jacob Newman – Six Legs and Wings
13 Merrin Karras – The Veldt [astrangelyisolatedplace]
14 Donnacha Costello – Devotion [Freibank]
15 Solar Fields – A Breeze Through Life
16 Eternell – Eden (Astral Version) [Eternell]

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