Schwemmkanal

“Flume” (water channel) is the English translation of the title of a new Planetarium curated 90-minute set that makes forest scapes almost tangible. With water rivulets surrounding you in your aural environment, this is as close to nature ambient as it can get. The compilation featuring the mavens of modern classical and electic sound feasts is very grounded, soft like moss, but still captures an atmosphere that feels ethereal.

Schwemmkanal (P108)
01 ProtoU – Falling Home [Cryo Chamber] {00:00}
02 Steven Kemner – Sleep Well [Facture] {06:28}
03 Craün – Uni [Hush Hush] {11:12}
04 Alex Bober – Paper Boat [Archives] {15:38}
05 Helios – Eventually [Ghostly] {20:44}
06 Anthéne – Tethers [Home Normal] {24:20}
07 Josh Mason – S26 [dauw] {26:42}
08 Taylor Deupree – Small Collisions [12k] {32:53}
09 Purl – Morgonljuset Glittrar i Frosten {38:11}
10 Innesti – In Currents {48:50}
11 David Cordero – For Brian [dronarivm] {56:15}
12 Mikael Lind – Ending with the Beginning [Archives] {59:55}
13 Ouvala – Emotionz [Handstitched*] {1:04:02}
14 ASC – Hadal Zone [Silent Season] {1:10:49}
15 North Atlantic Drift – Empty [Sound in Silence] {1:17:16}
16 Robert Farrugia & Roman Willi – Melting Snow [Mensch] {1:22:48}
17 Glåsbird – Björtskálar [whitelab] {1:27:26}

02 appeared in BOP18a

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p227

Himmelsstrich

With “Patch of Sky”, Planetarium explores the open landscapes with the elevating power of drones: The view from above at dawn is the concept here. The first major releases of the new year are out and this set barely scratches the surface. “Fade to Grey” (36), “Expanses Remixes” (The Green Kingdom), “Silent Odes” (Luna Monk), “Parallel Remixed” (Warmth) and “Pala” (Russ Young) are the pioneers going into 2019 territory and if these are anything to go by of what’s to come, we are all in for a treat! Of course, there’s still a lot to catch up from earlier. Take a look at this very atmospheric episode:

Himmelsstrich (P107)
01 Hilyard – Mercy Within [Stereoscenic] {00:00}
02 Anti Shift – Central Business Derelicts [Tehnofonika] {07:42}
03 JEllis – Set Free [Mango Alley] {13:18}
04 Ian Hawgood – 序 [eilean] {15:28}
05 Araceae – Prelude for Spring [Faint] {17:33}
06 36 – D.R.E.A.M Link [A Strangely Isolated Place] {23:18}
07 Roman Flügel – Theme XIII [ESP Institute] {27:15}
08 r beny – Eistla {30:52}
09 Warmth – Saros (SVLBRD Remix) [Archives] {35:45}
10 Luna Monk – Fall from Grace [Shimmering Moods] {42:57}
11 Gallery Six & Oblivia – At the Break of Dawn [Rusted Tone] {45:03}
12 Eraldo Bernocchi – A Crack in Time [RareNoise] {51:38}
13 As Seas Exhale – Azirr {56:38}
14 Nunc Stans – We Must Leave [DataObscura] {1:01:42}
15 Gri + Mosconi – Lumen [Slowcraft] {1:09:47}
16 Russ Young – Polaris [Audiobulb] {1:15:18}
17 The Green Kingdom – Untitled (Halftribe Remix) [dronarivm] {1:21:32}

03 premiered in N39 (FRISKY Exclusive)
08 premiered in N41 (FRISKY Exclusive) and appeared in BOP18a

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p225

Farbempfinden

“Color Perception” marks the return to cozy garden ambience for Planetarium. Ouvala, Alaskan Tapes, Craün and Benoît Pioulard are all part of this 90-minute space-out session. Kindly provided by Sergio Díaz de Rojas of piano + coffee fame, I was allowed to premiere “Oventura” by Sjors Mans which will be released in February.

Farbempfinden (P106)
01 Warmth – Reflector (Shuta Yasukochi Remix) [Archives] {00:00}
02 Craün – Uto [Hush Hush] {08:00}
03 Dudal + Monolyth & Cobalt – Laaps [dauw] {13:05}
04 Olan Mill – D [Unknown Tone] {17:07}
05 Benoît Pioulard – With This, I Disappear [dauw] {20:39}
06 Sjors Mans – Oventura [piano + coffee] {25:08}
07 Amman / Josh – Ouachita [Hammock] {30:14}
08 36 – The Illusion of Permanence [3six] {34:10}
09 Anthéne – Interiors [Metaphysical Circuits] {40:45}
10 Kenji Kihara – End of Summer [Inner Islands] {44:56}
11 Alaskan Tapes – We Were Once New [Hawk Moon] {53:13}
12 Steven Kemner – Even Now [Facture] {55:51}
13 Alaskan Tapes – While Falling [Fluid] {59:39}
14 Rhucle – Different Nature [Post Global] {1:03:21}
15 Ouvala – Brume + Bellow [Handstitched*] {1:09:37}
16 Ouvala – Perpetual Forest [Handstitched*] {1:14:31}
17 Hirotaka Shirotsubaki – Ōkuradani [Archives] {1:20:13}
18 Steven Kemner – Because of That Day [Facture] {1:26:09}

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p222

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

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

Kometenstaub

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

Morgenröte

Morgenröte (P94)
01 Aaron Martin – A Child’s Arms Are Moonlight [IIKKI] {00:00}
02 Jesse Woolston – Leaves of Grass {07:53}
03 Benoît Pioulard + Toàn – Blight in Violet [dauw] {09:47}
04 Resina – In In [130701] {13:16}
05 Jane Antonia Cornish – Beyond the Sky {19:50}
06 Steven Legget – Forte [Firecracker] {26:38}
07 Ian Hawgood – Hurt Whispers On / But Such Arcs Remain / A Light That Never Dims [eilean] {32:22}
08 Hammock – SOM [Hammock] {39:55}
09 Solidarity Hymn – In Winter Snowtime {42:43}
10 Loneward – Protect {46:16}
11 Pepo Galán & Max Würden – Fragmentation [Unknown Tone] {52:42}
12 Robert Davies – Sifting Sunlight [DataObscura] {1:01:22}
13 Robert Farrugia – Transition [Archives] {1:07:13}
14 Helios – Toward You [Ghostly] {1:13:16}
15 Poemme – At the Gates of Dawn [Constellation Tatsu] {1:15:47}
16 Markus Guentner with bvdub – Kuria [ASIP] {1:22:09}

16 appeared in N37

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p206

Nachtlandung

Nachtlandung (P91)
01 Michael Price – True Is (Julia Kent Rework) [1631] {00:00}
02 Eternell – Landing in Being [Eternell] {02:24}
03 Luis Miehlich – Starlight [Archives] {11:40}
04 Rafael Anton Irisarri feat. Siavash Amini – The Faithless [Umor Rex] {16:00}
05 Anthéne – The Funeral Dance [Cathedral Transmissions] {25:34}
06 Ian Hawgood – Refraction [eilean] {33:21}
07 Ian Hawgood – Journey [eilean] {36:37}
08 Amann – Fly {39:03}
09 Yoyu – Illusion Field [No More Words] {41:03}
10 Hammock – Pei [Hammock] {49:45}
11 Stray Theories – Challenge [n5MD] {53:04}
12 Hilyard – Aeriform {58:50}
13 Theatre Romance – Lunafreya {1:06:12}
14 Poemme – Will o’ the Wisp [Polar Seas] {1:11:25}
15 Andrew Tasselmyer – The Frozen Valley in Oregon Ridge Park [Polar Seas] {1:16:55}
16 North Atlantic Drift – Auras [Polar Seas] {1:22:12}
17 Jane Antonia Cornish – Constellations I {1:27:07}

11 appeared in N37

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p201

Avorio

Avorio (CN5)
01 Luis Miehlich – Felt Study #1 (Bloom 1) {00:00}
02 Simeon Walker – Turn {06:25}
03 Erik K Skodvin & Rauelsson with Otto A Totland – Breathe [Sonic Pieces] {12:24}
04 Jameson Nathan Jones – As It Will Be [Attic] {15:50}
05 Nils Frahm – The Dane [Erased Tapes] {19:57}
06 Swoop and Cross – 10439 [Time Released Sound] {21:40}
07 CEEYS – Union [Neue Meister] {28:07}
08 Jóhann Jóhannsson – Ég heyrði allt án þess að hlusta (A Winged Victory For The Sullen Rework) [Deutsche Grammophon] {32:54}
09 Angus MacRae & InsaDonjaKai – Limehouse [Thesis] {38:50}
10 Jon Hopkins – Echo Dissolve [Domino] {40:51}
11 The Flashbulb – White Blanket [Alphabasic] {43:43}
12 Robert Haigh – From the Mystery [Unseen Worlds] {45:29}
13 Madeleine Cocolas – Silhouette [1631] {48:37}
14 Library Tapes – Komorebi, Pt. 4 [1631] {52:50}
15 Peter Broderick – Atlantic [Erased Tapes] {56:59}
16 Jamison Isaak – Sharalee [Flora] {1:00:06}
17 Jacob Pavek – Moss {1:04:07}
18 Ian Hawgood – 波 / Bo (Wave) [eilean] {1:06:42}
19 Nils Frahm – The Roughest Trade [Erased Tapes] {1:08:31}

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p195

Wellenschlag

Wellenschlag (P88)
01 SVLBRD – Vessel [Faint] {00:00}
02 Logic Moon – The Pink Truth {07:10}
03 Tapes and Topographies – Navigational Pull [Simulacra] {12:07}
04 Alphaxone – Environment [Cryo Chamber] {17:40}
05 Halftribe – Swimming Off That Sombre Shore [dronarivm] {22:25}
06 Illuvia – Aura [Eternell] {25:59}
07 Jesus Drone – Island Score I {29:32}
08 Chihei Hatakeyama – Ocean to Ocean [White Paddy Mountain] {34:04}
09 Poemme – Hidden Sanctuary {42:28}
10 Anthéne – Twenty Four Hours [hibernate] {48:47}
11 Bing Satellites – Across a Sea of Dreams {53:51}
12 Halftribe – Imaginery Lines [dronarivm] {1:05:05}
13 Alex Crispin – Rosewater [Constellation Tatsu] {1:10:41}
14 Ian Hawgood – Every Ending Is A Little Sadder Now You’re Gone [eilean] {1:15:24}
15 Rhucle – Golden Pot [White Paddy Mountain] {1:17:28}
16 Erland Cooper – Solan Goose [Phases] {1:22:20}

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Planetarium Mixes Catalogue ID: p193