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Today’s mix opens with a track from Matthewdavid’s new ambient EP, Lysergic Snack Bar. That’s followed by some ambient classics by Chihei Hatakeyama, Oneohtrix Point Never, and Asmus Tietchens. There’s new music by Damian Dalla Torre, Total Blue’s Anthony Calonico, and Moola (h/t a closer listen). In the last 20 or so, there’s four on the floor instrumentals by Carmen Villain, Saphileaum, and Photay. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Matthewdavid - Channeling Kalma

0:03:12 - Chihei Hatakeyama - door to the cosmos

0:09:00 - Oneohtrix Point Never - Stress Waves

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Today’s mix opens with new ambient music from TUAWKI, Christopher Willits, Lara Somogyi & Rob Moose, and Cole Pulice. We play a track from Italian pianist Runaway Horses and a newish ethereal collaboration between Duval Timothy & Carlos Niño. There’s a really nice piano-led instrumental by Tony Njoku, and a track from yesterday’s recommendation (Natalia Tspyruk). Celia Hollander & Evan Shortenstein’s “Rippling” is from their EP from earlier this year, Unexpected Music II. There’s some fusion-style music from Anthony Calonico (excellent new album) and Clear Path Ensemble. There’s some experimental electronic stuff at the end from Varra and Tammo Hesselink. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - TUAWKI - Blueberry Faygo

0:02:51 - Christopher Willits - Tides II

0:08:36 - Lara Somogyi & Rob Moose - sitting circle

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Today’s mix opens with new ambient collaborations: one by Foam and Sand & Six Missing, another by Artefakt & KMRU. Additional new ambient music comes from Cephas Azariah, Sarah Davachi, Almost an Island, and Patricia Wolf. We play a couple highlights from recently recommended albums by Sofie Birch, BCMC, and Eden Aurelius. There are two tracks from Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes’ latest album, Unrelated. There’s a track from Mr. Soon’s incredible album Places in Arizona, and another from Total Blue’s self-titled 2024 album. The pace picks up with Lusine, Butcher Brown, and Horse Lords, before CASIOPEA plays us out. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Foam and Sand, Six Missing, Robot Koch - Circle 72 (Summer Hum)

0:04:42 - Artefakt & KMRU - Improvisation IV

0:09:30 - Cephas Azariah - 2.22pm wishyouwerestillhere

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Today’s mix opens with a Kane Parsons ambient track from 2024, followed by other ambient selections from Sun Kin, Metric System 1981, Ibukun Sunday, and BCMC. There are newer instrumental tracks by Durutti Column (whose new album is his first in 16 years), Sofie Birch, and Ancient Infinity Orchestra. We replay a great More Eaze track that was on last week’s Across the Horizons episode, and highlight a new dubby cover of “So What” by Nicholas Payton and Butcher Brown. The tempo accelerates with Susumu Yokota, DJmegan23, and an edit of a new Daphni single. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Kane Parsons - Wake up. It’s time to watch the news.

0:03:22 - Sun Kin - get accustomed to life under pressure

0:07:03 - Metric System 1981 & Mikkele - The Quiet Things

0:09:00 - Ibukun Sunday - Edge

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Today’s mix opens with a newish ambient track from James Bernard, who’s put together a guest mix for next week. There’s some more ambient after that by Hayes Bradley, Haruhisa Tanaka, Slow Attack Ensemble, and Hirotaka Shirotsubaki. Then a period of sort of psychedelic/electronic instrumentals from Jonny Nash & Tomo Katsurada, Damian Dalla Torre, and Croz Boyce. We revisit a standout track from Eiko Ishibashi’s score for Drive My Car. There’s a new dub cover of “Wichita Lineman” which is sensational. The pace picks up with DJ Plead, Mr. Fingers, and Object Hours. Maxime Denuc gets the last word, so to speak. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - James Bernard - A Place To Rest

0:03:28 - Hayes Bradley & Dreamsome - Faded Fields

0:07:38 - Haruhisa Tanaka - 7 Days Later

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Today’s mix is all trip-hop, mostly from the ‘90s. Trip-hop is a subgenre of electronic music that uses the beat template of hip-hop – drum loops and samples – with elements of jazz, lounge, ambient, and dub. There are some usual suspects in this tracklist like Massive Attack, Portishead, and Nightmares on Wax. But in preparing the mix we found many masters of the form whose names were blasts from the past or brand new: Funki Porcini, Howie B., DJ KRUSH, A Forest Mighty Black, Neotropic... There are some borderline cases like Air, Bowery Electric, and Pete Rock (whose influence on trip-hop was huge). The mix is almost entirely instrumental, but because it’s trip-hop it was hard to avoid the occasional scratched vocal or random sung melodies. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Massive Attack - Exchange

0:03:29 - Air - Playground Love (Vibraphone Version)

0:07:13 - Zero 7 - Polaris

Today we have a guest mix from Noémi Büchi, a Swiss-French composer and pianist from Zürich whom we recently featured. She recorded a mix of instrumental favorites from around the world – over a dozen countries across 23 tracks. Artists include Oneohtrix Point Never, Thomas Bangalter (new record), Nico Jaar, Laurel Halo, Father Dionysios Tabakis (π. Διονύσιος Ταμπάκης), Klara Lewis, Grand River, Daniel Lanois, and more. This mix is available to everyone. We hope you enjoy.

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0:00:00 - Alberto Iglesias - Tema de Vera

0:02:17 - Oneohtrix Point Never - Andro

0:05:30 - Thomas Bangalter - Mirage Part VI

0:11:01 - Tom Weatley - Arthroscopy

0:12:40 - Sote - Lips Seeking the Forbidden

0:18:08 - Ben Frost - Permcat

0:20:50 - Nicolas Jaar - Telellás

0:30:08 - Aho Ssan - 100 Suns Pt. II

0:36:53 - Laurel Halo - Abandon

0:40:30 - π. Διονύσιος Ταμπάκης - Ἠλεκτρικαὶ Ὑμνωδίαι

0:43:31 - Tomat - Gita

0:45:53 - Violeta García & Hora Lunga - i think i just died a lil bit

0:49:46 - Klara Lewis - Ukulele 1

0:51:02 - Klara Lewis - 4U

0:57:21 - Sébastien Forrester - Ármo, recess

1:02:48 - Martina Berther - Cymbal

1:04:35 - Grand River & Abul Mogard - Ricordando il giorno

1:06:43 - Vanessa Amara - Cembalo & Carillon

1:11:41 - Daniel Lanois - Rocco

1:13:09 - Heikki Lindgren & Mika Rintala - Kirkkoherra penkoi arkistoja

1:16:33 - Fennesz & OZmotic - Motionless Image of Eternity

1:23:23 - mmph - Elegy

1:26:51 - Perfume Genius - Just a Room

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Today’s mix opens with two tracks from Rock Burwell’s recent score for the movie Obsession. Then there’s new ambient music by Gollden, Eluvium, Líom, and James Bernard – two tracks from Bernard’s new LP. We revisit some vaporwave favorites from Oneohtrix Point Never, luxury elite, and FM Skyline. The pace picks up with Space Ghost and Will Hofbauer, and the sounds get more experimental with Ancient Infinity Orchestra and M. Geddes Gengras. We wrap with a Boards of Canada track from Geogaddi. Slightly shorter mix this week. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Rock Burwell - Obsession

0:00:28 - Rock Burwell - Can You Sleep With Me?

0:01:53 - Gollden - when i started to bloom

0:05:27 - Eluvium - Microfauna

0:07:30 - James Bernard - Homage

Today’s mix is selections from the discography of DJmegan23, an electronic musician based in Los Angeles. She fuses all kinds of music together: video game soundtracks, trap, ambient, jersey club, vaporwave… Her latest EP is Good Luck, Megan! This mix is 59 tracks, mostly a minute or two long, that are instrumental but occasionally include her producer tag. A brief conversation with DJmegan23 precedes the tracklist, which is available to everyone.

What’s your earliest memory of music?

I think the farthest back I can pull is probably somewhere around 2005, Toxic by Britney Spears on the radio in car rides with my family. That and Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls, but that was later on i believe.

What were your first recordings like? What did you use to make them?

My first music i ever made were slowed sample heavy hiphop beats with distorted 808s & youtube type beats on a now deleted youtube channel

What artists/albums/tracks were the most formative early on as you found your own sound?

I can really list off names forever if you let me but ill keep it to only a few lines of names Clams Casino, Aphex Twin, Yung Lean, Whitearmor, Friendzone, Deaths Dynamic Shroud, Chief Keef, C418, Ichiko Aoba, Mid-Air-Thief, Shiro Sagisu, Rei Harakami, Gud, Bladee

What is your studio setup? What instruments/gear/software do you use to make music?

I’m very software based, I have one 89 key yamaha piano since I’m trained in piano playing and my desktop computer with fl studio and many virtual instruments. I do my sample chopping mapped to my piano and work pretty much exclusively in DAW/ on the piano. I do hope to have a full studio with many pieces of hardware eventually, if i can afford it

Who is your dream collaborator?

I’ve actually achieved a few of them already like clams casino and friendzone but my life would be complete if i got to hit a studio with Gud or Ichiko Aoba.

How do you discover new music these days? Any recent notable finds?

I’m not the greatest at keeping up with new Music lately, but I’m always listening to music I haven’t heard, because I’m looking for samples and inspiration. I use all kinds of sites for that, from Youtube, to rating sites, to crate digging tools.

Name an underrated artist from the past 50 years.

Off top- Shamana, been listening to them for a decade now and they’ve stayed too underrated the whole time. Shouts out.

What are you working on next?

I just dropped an EP but my next project (album) is called Hello, Megan! It’s my Magnum Opus to date, you can expect it this year, maybe even in a few months if all goes to plan. :)

0:00:00 - DJmegan23 - decomposition lane

0:02:27 - DJmegan23 - Spring

0:04:14 - DJmegan23 - 17 Health Potions

0:05:15 - DJmegan23, reverie - See U in My Dreams

0:08:33 - DJmegan23 - BEACH BENEATH THE BLUE

0:10:38 - DJmegan23 - 第一接触(FIRST CONTACT)

0:11:34 - DJmegan23 - Get Out of MY HEAD

0:12:33 - DJmegan23 - APHEX TWINSIES

0:13:35 - DJmegan23 - It’s Dark Out

0:14:57 - DJmegan23 - On the Lvl

0:16:08 - DJmegan23, cranes, mental - Level 99

0:18:38 - DJmegan23 - I Love Crack

0:19:42 - DJmegan23, yawe - #Jewelry (Instrumental)

0:20:53 - DJmegan23 - Man Walks in to starbucks yea ima need that umm Pumpkin spice latte

0:23:08 - DJmegan23 - 1000 Perfect Diamonds (Instrumental)

0:24:28 - DJmegan23 - KKLOVERZ

0:26:21 - DJmegan23 - Idle

0:28:58 - DJmegan23 - Kalyptra

0:29:54 - DJmegan23 - Winter Glory Calling

0:31:36 - DJmegan23 - *Massive Explosion*

0:33:10 - DJmegan23, sunsculptor - Final Fantasy

0:34:22 - DJmegan23, yawe - Tear Drop

0:36:27 - DJmegan23 - When That Minecraft Music Hit

0:37:44 - DJmegan23, cranes - Clover

0:39:39 - DJmegan23 - DJ VAPORMEG

0:42:38 - DJmegan23, yawe - Return 2 Heaven

0:43:46 - DJmegan23 - Megan’s Ringtone (outro)

0:45:34 - DJmegan23 - golden panda

0:46:30 - DJmegan23 - Can’t Get Back (Instrumental)

0:49:36 - DJmegan23 - Aero Magica

0:51:05 - DJmegan23 - Xx_Turtl3_B34ch_xX

0:54:24 - DJmegan23 - Gardens 2001

0:56:34 - DJmegan23 - Ch3w1n9_Th3_Thumbst1ck

0:58:11 - DJmegan23 - Xx_10k_D14m0ndz_xX

0:59:36 - DJmegan23 - Aperture Science

1:00:26 - DJmegan23 - WEST BLUE (西の海)

1:02:43 - DJmegan23 - And Then God Walked in and Said-

1:04:33 - DJmegan23 - MIDI FRUIT

1:07:08 - DJmegan23 - Jun13rs meggy mix :P

1:08:03 - DJmegan23 - SERIAL EXPERIMENTS LAIN

1:10:34 - DJmegan23 - MOLLY

1:12:44 - DJmegan23 - Megs Realm

1:14:11 - DJmegan23 - Dark Wizard Chaos

1:15:57 - DJmegan23 - Ice Mirror

1:17:03 - DJmegan23, 1gloree - It Broke…

1:19:04 - DJmegan23 - So Cool

1:20:12 - DJmegan23 - Yay

1:21:22 - DJmegan23 - 経験値(4X EXP)

1:22:52 - DJmegan23 - ballad for the sins

1:26:29 - DJmegan23 - Hurt :

1:28:38 - DJmegan23, tr3ndy - Good Luck

1:30:30 - DJmegan23, wokstarshawtyy - Lily Pad

1:31:36 - DJmegan23 - Hold it in

1:33:29 - DJmegan23 - DAVY BACK FIGHT

1:35:26 - DJmegan23 - If God Something Worms Idk Cylindrical

1:36:11 - DJmegan23, reverie - 222 the sky +djmegan23

1:38:24 - DJmegan23 - CRIMSON DESCENT

1:40:34 - DJmegan23 - Loot

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Today’s mix opens with new music from Eluvium, Líom, and Blood Incantation (they have a new ambient score out). Then some acoustic instrumentals by Natalia Tsupryk & Angus MacRae, Laurence Pike, Ry Cooder, and Clear Path Ensemble. We play the “Thinkin Bout You” cover from Flea’s trumpet album, and a track from Duval Timothy’s new collaboration with Carlos Niño and Mate Mercereau. There’s some jazz by John Coltrane and Danae Greenfield. The pace picks up with Seefeel, Patrick Lee, and Fred P (x2). The mix ends with the penultimate track from Boards of Canada’s new record. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Eluvium - Under the Water It Glowed

0:05:02 - Líom - Are You Wearing Any Metal

0:07:48 - Blood Incantation - Rain