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

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

Zoneout – May ’18

After all these months of hiatus for the Nutrients channel and its eponymous series, I decided it’s time to discontinue it – at least the channel, since it didn’t draw as many listeners as I hoped it would. Moving the Nutrients format to the Distant channel solves another problem as well: Diversity on Distant.
So this new series called Zoneout will merge all of Nutrients’ former chillout series, namely Words Of… (Folk), Forever Travelling (Post-Rock) and most importantly Break Apart (ambient and chillout, “Neptunian on steroids”). It will be recurring every 10 weeks roughly. You can look forward to a mix of the more beat-heavy side of Nutrients arriving next month – also on Distant.

Zoneout – May ’18 (Z01)
01 Roald Velden – Words Left Unspoken [Midnight Aurora] {00:00}
02 Teen Daze – Becoming [Flora] {03:36}
03 Soular Order – Coming Home [City By Night] {04:52}
04 Synkro – Vanishing Point [Apollo] {07:40}
05 Slowdive – Sugar for the Pill [Dead Oceans] {12:20}
06 Effulgence – Us [Mango Alley] {16:25}
07 Cold, Cold Heart – Mountain [Fluttery] {21:00}
08 Balmorhea – 55 [Western Vinyl] {26:02}
09 Luca Chesney – Amber {29:13}
10 Sed Project feat. Paul Davids – Phoenix {32:28}
11 Hiatus – Precipice [Lucky Thunder] {35:52}
12 Etherwood – Taken Away [Medschool] {40:07}
13 London Grammar – Hell to the Liars [Metal & Dust] {44:00}
14 Blure – Isabella’s Dream {49:39}
15 Josh Leake – Dusk to Dawn [Root & Pen] {51:40}
16 Stumbleine – Emulator {55:45}
17 Tony Anderson – Thin Place {58:21}
18 Cash – Serenity, Pt. 2 {1:03:31}
19 Baiba Dekena – Touch You Right [Super Plus] {1:09:47}
20 We Are All Astronauts feat. Valeska Rautenberg – Ether {1:13:34}

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Distant Mixes Catalogue ID: d119

Kiesaru

Kiesaru (Break Apart Vol. 2)
01 Chaz Knapp – For Organ [1631]
02 Woolookologie – Opus
03 AK – Violets & Roses
04 Chasing Dreams – Green Sky [Hawk Moon]
05 Delectatio – Innocence [Nama]
06 Cobalt Rabbit & Fox Machine Gun – Comfort [Insight]
07 Gregory Esayan – Awaken Sleepwalker (SineRider Remix) [Silk]
08 Sad Radio on Cassini – Every Heartbeat Is a Flower
09 Michiru Aoyama – Loop [Nama]
10 Woolookologie – …und sie flog gen Süden
11 ElDera – Staring at the Sky [Nama]
12 KISNOU – Cycle [Meditation Station]
13 Good Weather For An Airstrike – Emeny [SunSeaSky]
14 Blure – Estática
15 Behind Clouds – Off Into the Sunset
16 Faodail – Adrift [Insight]
17 Whithe feat. Heurt – Broken [Mango Alley]
18 Wezi Mkandawire – Chasing Home
19 Need a Name – Ascent [Daze]
20 Equador – Avalon (Sieren Remix) [Pegdoll]
21 Soular Order – Keyframes [Insight]
22 Endless Melancholy feat. BILYK – One Day You Will Be Free


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Nutrients Mixes Catalogue ID: n026

Planetarium Summer 2017

Planetarium Summer 2017 (PSum4)
01 From the Mouth of the Sun – Light Blooms in Hollow Space [Lost Tribe]
02 Francesco Berta – Chrysalis
03 Soular Order – Remove All Attachments [City By Night]
04 Tonepoet – (W)est
05 Lake Mary & M. Sage – Howl (I Know) [Patient]
06 poemme – Symphony of Meadow [Stereoscenic]
07 Magdalene Flowers – Crushing Sincerity
08 Galaxie 500 – Tugboat (An Imaginal Space Interpretation)
09 Lowercase Noises – Evident Signs of Recovery
10 Liam J Hennessy – Over the Bay [Hawk Moon]
11 The Echelon Effect – Outbound
12 Shuta Yasukochi – Izukohe [Archives]
13 Bing Satellites – Sunrise, South London, June 2016, Pt. 2
14 Bålsam – Inside the Aboriginal Womb of Our Mother Tree [Shimmering Moods]
15 Chihei Hatakeyama – A Silence of Day [Room40]
16 The Greatest Hoax – As the Light Dims [Serein]
17 We Are All Astronauts – Elysium, Part II
18 Hammock – Things of Beauty Burn [Hammock]
19 J.Views – A Note
20 Luke Howard – The Ends [Lukktone]


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Azure Tinge

Azure Tinge (Maritime Adventures Vol. 8)
01 Tom Adams – Stellar [Kowloon]
02 Warrax – Tears of the Heart [Elliptical Sun Melodies]
03 Owsey – Saltwater in Her Veins
04 Soular Order – Altitude [City By Night]
05 Yppah – All Shades of Pink [Counter]
06 Stendahl & Valentin feat. Ai Takekawa – Calling [Elliptical Sun Melodies]
07 Moonbeam – Tokyo Dragon (Jono Fernandez Remix) [Proton]
08 Barzek & Jethimself feat. Victoria Ray – Holiday (Stendahl Remix) [Silk]
09 Mark & Lukas – Smoke Signal [Nueva]
10 LTN & Kokai – Cruisin [RIDE]
11 Jan Martin – Pillows [Mango Alley]
12 PROFF & Mango – 5th in Blue (Mango Mix) [Unreleased Digital]
13 Movement Machina & Mia Suszko – Haunted [Silk]
14 Soular Order – An Island [City By Night]
15 myàr – Strong Storms Won’t Stay Forever
16 Tycho – Field [Ghostly]
17 White Living Room – Open (Chasing Dreams Remix) [Silk]
18 Jellis – Hope
19 Marihiko Hara & Polar M – Duo [mü-nest]
20 Mogwai – Ghost Nets [Lakeshore]
21 umber – Clemence [Mango Alley]
22 Niklas Paschburg – DAWN (Harnes Kretzer Remix) [Unperceived]

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Best of Planetarium 2015, Pt. 1

Best of Planetarium 2015, Pt. 1
01 Memum – Became A Leaf [Unperceived]
02 Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – 20:17 [Erased Tapes]
03 Ben Lukas Boysen – Sleepers Beat Theme [Late Night Tales]
04 Yadayn – Pendel [eilean]
05 Leah Kardos, Jim Perkins & Jules Dickens – Eb 144 11:50pm [bigo & twigetti]
06 Soular Order – Watching Over Us
07 Stendahl feat. Richard J Aarden – Towers (Zimpzon Remix) [Silk Sofa]
08 Halo – Rain Says [astrangelyisolatedplace]
09 Wil Bolton – Through The Rain [Fluid]
10 Bop feat. Elsa Esmeralda – Extra Eye [Medschool]
11 Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – 21:05 [Erased Tapes]
12 Jeremy Young & Aaron Martin – Berceaux [White Paddy Mountain]
13 36 – Drift Orbit (Version) [36]
14 Cass. – You On My Mind [Home Normal]
15 Bersarin Quartett – Sanft verblassen die Geschichten [denovali]
16 Hior Chronik & Field Rotation – Oblivion [Kitchen]
17 Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – 23:17 [Erased Tapes]
18 Slow Meadow – The Grandeur of a Modest Moment [Hammock]
19 Steve Hauschildt – Eyelids Gently Dreaming [kranky]
20 Purl – Waking Up (Reprise) [Dewtone]
21 Olan Mill – Live at the Millenium Barn [dronarivm]
22 Miguel Isaza – Presencia [Dragon’s Eye]
23 Dag Rosenqvist – A Forest Diary [eilean]
24 Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – Love and Glory [Erased Tapes]
25 Jacob Pavek – Illume [Unperceived]
26 Nils Frahm – Me (Analogue Dear Rework) [Erased Tapes]

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