Sequences Magazine

It’s that time again for our latest podcast, they seem to come around so quick now. Here’s bit of none musical news.

It’s been confirmed the wettest winter on record here in the UK, although one of the mildest, not like some of you in the States and Canada still freezing your …….you know what I mean boys.

Getting to the music, nearly half of musicians make their debut on Sequences. Astral Dance and Sozo Heaven gives us powerful melodic, rhythmic, sounds, Transcend with Time’s progressive New Age ambient spectrum, live recording with no computers from Hawkdream, the captivating electro ambient journey of Alio die with Sylvi Alli’s evanescent, intense and moving vocals.

Psychedelic Industrial ambient music from Martin Castro from Argentina, MaEasy the space keyboarder with electronic soundscapes, at times bombastic and cinematic with cosmic harmonies and finishing off the new boys Playman 54’s ambient avante garde sounds.

With those returning we have two legendary ambient musicians, Steve Roach and Erik Wollo with new albums. Iranian Tegh’s mesmerising layered experimental sounds, good friends Alba Ecstasy and Nord from Romania and we preview the new album from Alpha Wave Movement and finally the second of the two female’s on this issue, Lomita with a little help from Antony Walters.

Astral Dance: ‘Groom Lake’ 2.17

Sozo Heaven: ‘Dreamer Of Dreams’ 8.31

Nord: ‘Impro 122’ 19.18

Transcend With Time: ‘Besides Us’ 25.41

Transcend with Time: ‘Upon The Cimmerian’

MaEasy: ‘Sirus’ 38.36

Erik Wollo: ‘ Along The Journey’ 43.05

Erik Wollo: ‘Capricorn/Province’ 49.15

Steve Roach & Kelly David: ‘The Long Night’ 58.02

Tegh: ‘Conn’ 65.58

Alpha Wave Movement: ‘Finale Transmission’ 73.09

Martin Castro: ‘Agua’ 79.24

Alio Die & Sylvi Alli: ‘La grotta delle Naiadi’ 84.49

Alba Ecstasy: ‘Neutral Particles’ 96.00

Hawkdream: ‘Hour Of A Dream’ 103.44

Lomita & Antony Walters: ‘Departure’ 109.41

Playman54: ‘Avalon Dream’ 122.59

Hi everyone, join us on our first March edition with several new releases gracing the airways.

On the Spotted Peccary label, the atmospheric music of Rudy Adrian and the masterful ambient textures of Darshan Ambient,

Ann Grace’s seductive chill out sounds breathe life on a new 4 track EP and with the overwhelming success of Thomas Lemmer’s release Still, come two remix E.P’s.

We welcome on board for their debut on Sequences, Project Divinity, merging acoustic soundscapes with electronic effects, the dark echoes of Grove Shadow and one of the youngest on the scene going under the name of Synthex, releasing his first album at the tender age of 14. You will find on our website, bio’s and photos of all the musicians on this edition.

Finally two classic albums have been remastered, the musical score for the Ron Fricke film Chronos by Michael Stearns from1984 and the 80’s classic Paradise by Robert Schroeder, and considered by many fans to be one of his best albums.

So, lets start with a track from that album, this is ‘Moments

’Robert Schroeder ‘Moments’ 2.04

Thomas Lemmer ‘Blissful Mind’, Elevator Phase Remix 6.16

Thomas Lemmer ‘Underwater Love’, Tim Angrave Immersed Remix 10.24

Thorsten Quaeschning’s, Picture Palace Music   ‘Neolithic Spring Water Fall/Circular Earth Banking Security/ The Rising Dolmen’ 16.26

SpiralDreams ‘An Other Dimension 4’ 22.36

Ann Grace ’Sempre Con Me’ 31.10

Darshan Ambient ‘Nocturne in 3 Parts’ 36.32

Darshan Ambient ‘The Mystery of Sleep’ 39.55

Grove Shadow ‘What Inside My Head’ 46.10

Rene Van Der Wouden ‘Sequential Solitude’ 52.20

Synthex ‘Mirrorland’ 59.54

Synthex ‘Artificial Infinity’ 62.58

Rudy Adrian ‘Atmospheres’ 67.53

Rudy Adrian ‘Through A Cave Into Another World’ 71.51

Claudio Casanueva ‘Alien Visitor’ 77.38

Claudio Casanueva ‘Endless Frontiers. 81.50

Juta Takahashi ‘Bright Waters’ 84.41

Project Divinity ‘Temporal’ 92.32

Weathered Wall ‘Liquidity/Last Outpost’ 97.35

Michael Stearns ‘The Ride (finale)’ 105.18