PGM 396: TIME DILATION 2

An ambient/electronic mix of traveling space music.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-SINGLE
00:25 / Rising Galaxy / Uncharted Space / Uranometria
07:37 / Starterra / Celestial Altar / Memory of Light
15:05 / Chris Meyer’s Alias Zone / The Gathering Storm (ARP remix) / Soul of the Machine
22:45 / Starterra / Frequency Source / Transformation Cycles
32:35 / Jim Ottaway / Edge of the Cosmos / Cosmic Odyssey
38:40 / Martin Stürtzer / Threshold Orbit / Protostar
44:48 / Arcane Trickster / Outer Sphere / Outer Sphere
49:51 / Stellarium / Passage to Circinus / Infinite Vector

PGM 364: GALACTIC VOYAGE 3

A propulsive electronic space mix for an interstellar expedition.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:24 / Ancient Astronaut / Cosmic Trails / Cosmic Trails
09:35 / Mark Dwane / Hyperspace / Parallel Universe
13:13 / Joystick / The Grid / Machine Dreaming
20:05 / David Wright / Crossing the Threshold / Fade
27:32 / Michael Stearns / The Ride (Finale) / Chronos (2022 Remaster)
31:22 / Divine Matrix / Dyson Sphere / Sequencer Drift
36:00 / Extraworld / Eccentric Anomaly / Perihelion
44:32 / Thaneco / Floating In Deep Space / Cerulean Voyager
52:00 / Martin Stürtzer / Approaching / Microgravity

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Time Dilation

An ambient/electronic mix of traveling space music.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:18 / Eagle / Bright Future / Hypervelocity Star
05:55 / Jim Ottaway / Shores of Eternity / Somewhere-In-Between
12:45 / Hollan Holmes / The River / Emerald Waters
18:15 / Meg Bowles / Ancient Paths / Pilgrimage
24:20 / Divine Matrix / Gliding on Thermals / Journeys
29:24 / Zero Cult / Contemplation / Contemplation
34:35 / Path of Silence / The Keepers of Ways / Ancestral Light
41:37 / Starterra / Frequency Source / Transformation Cycles
51:10 / Colin Rayment / Composure in a Dreamlike State / Equilibrium

Journeyscapes Presents: The Top 30 Albums of 2019

Here it is! Journeyscapes Radio’s special annual presentation where we reflect on some of the past year’s top releases spanning the ambient, electronic and atmospheric world music spheres. 2019 was arguably the most exciting year in music we’ve had so far, with a few veteran artists in the field releasing some of their best work in years alongside newer comers on the scene debuting equally phenomenal recordings. As always, our final list is by no means complete with regards to the sheer volume of amazing music that came our way last year. However, we’ve narrowed the selections down to 30 albums or EPs that were released prior to November 1st, 2019 (and charted on Journeyscapes before December 1st). Shaped by varying moods, tempos and mental imagery throughout, many ambient music substyles and hybrid styles have been presented here, resulting in an intuitive interconnectedness that compliments and harmonizes all musical selections with one another. One track from every featured release has been included in this episode, which consists of five continuously mixed sets. Clocking in at just over three hours, this entire uninterrupted program can be streamed below with the accompanying alphabetized list of recordings. On a final note, this episode was created entirely during time spent in the Sahara Desert region of Morocco, hence the inspiration for the program’s artwork selection. ~Candice Michelle

	Artist	Title	Listen & Buy
	ll nøthing ll	Artificial Nature	Bandcamp
	Alio Die & Lorenzo Montanà	The Threshold of Beauty	Amazon Bandcamp
	Byron Metcalf & Mark Seelig	Persistent Visions	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Chronotope Project	Lotus Rising	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Cryounit	Paradox	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Desert Dwellers	Breath	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Eguana	Invisible Civilization, Vol. 3	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Eguana	Synchronicity	Bandcamp Amazon
	Forrest Fang	The Fata Morgana Dream	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Fourth Dimension	Ubique	Amazon Bandcamp
	Germind	Absorbient	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Germind	Thoughtform	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Hibernation	Ambient Re:Works 01	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Jeff Pearce	Skies and Stars	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Jonathan E. Blake	The Fellowship of Jupiter	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Kaisaku	Aishū	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Le Voyage	Senses of a Magic Fairytale	Amazon
	Louigi Verona	Nocturnal Creatures	Bandcamp
	Mark Dorricott & Stan Dart	Seaside	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Mark Dwane	Astrology	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Mark Dwane	Martian Apparitions	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Massergy	Fire Opal	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Nicholas Gunn	Riding the Thermals	Amazon
	Off Land	Field Tangents	Bandcamp
	Rudy Adrian	Woodlands	Amazon  Bandcamp
	Shinpal	Seven Lives	Bandcamp
	Steve Roach	Atmosphere for Dreaming	Amazon Bandcamp
	Sverre Knut Johansen (with Robert Rich)	Precambrian	Amazon Bandcamp
	Thaneco	The Cretan Tapes	Bandcamp
	Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer	Sound Currents	Amazon Bandcamp

Album Overview: Toward the Horizon by Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen

Toward the Horizon is the collaborative debut album by electronic music veteran Craig Padilla and electric guitar wizard Marvin Allen. Beautifully sculpted from analog and digital synthesizers and featuring classic Berlin School sequencing, these retro-futuristic sound passages are further illuminated by soulfully stratospheric guitar figures immersed in shimmering multi-tonalities. Alternating throughout between electrified rhythmic patterns and free-floating cosmic expanses, Toward the Horizon is a mesmerizing masterwork of otherworldly time-traveling dreamscapes! ~Candice Michelle




Available at Amazon and other retail and streaming platforms. 

Album Review: Timeless e-Motion by Jim Ottaway

Jim Ottaway is an Australia-based electronic music composer with an impressive catalog of recordings that range from ambient-space to chill-out electronica. While his latest album, Timeless e-Motion, combines stylistic characteristics of both, it’s also a bit different from anything Jim has previously recorded. Namely, he employs greater elements of classic electronic space music in the vein of Tangerine Dream and Jean-Michel Jarre, all while infusing his compositions with a wholly up-to-date and modern feel via his vast arsenal of electronic music equipment and gear. Comprised of thirteen tracks spanning sixty-five minuets, the album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jim between the years of 2013 and 2016.

“Sequence of Life” opens with a dynamic and rhythmic arrangement of sequencers and pulsing effects. A fantastic introduction, it conveys a feeling of moving through space and time. Following next is the hauntingly beautiful “Timeless e-Motion”, which gently paces along on a dreamily floating, liquid-like current. Easily my favorite piece on the album, hazy tones, scattering chimes and vocal-like washes are carried along by a hypnotic bassline and rhythmic pulse, which gradually evolves into a subtle chill beat. Digital bleeps and signals echo throughout, as if emanating from somewhere deep in the galaxy. At just over eight minutes in length, this piece could easily drift on forever, perhaps while one endlessly tries to solve the infinite mysteries of our vast and largely unknowable universe. Varying between the more dynamic, travelling pace of the first track and the floating ambience of the title track, the compositions always seem to move in a linear, forward motion. Each employs a varied degree of digital sequencing, synthesized vocals, spacey signals and pulsating electronic rhythms. The seventh track, “Behind Close Eyes”, is another especially notable and mesmerizing piece, which effectively brings to mind that of being in virtual reality or dreamlike simulation. Despite these distinctive sci-fi motifs, the compositions herein convey human warmth and a conscious presence throughout, as if musically illustrating a narrative of the cosmos and how it relates to life here on earth. Another favorite is the twelfth track, “Cosmic Shift”, a classic ambient-space number characterized by ethereal chords, sparkling chimes and a wondrous sense of mystery, as one can easily imagine numerous constellations of twinkling stars against a stark midnight sky. Aptly concluding the album is “Timeless e-Motion (radio edit)”, which clocks in at just over five minutes, lending itself as a sort of reprise of the title track to wrap-up this fantastical cosmic journey.

Jim Ottaway’s previous album, Southern Cross, was one of my favorite recordings of 2016 and this one is surely destined to become another. In fact, Timeless e-Motion may very well be the best output from this amazingly talented artist thus far, unquestionably solidifying Jim’s place as a distinctive and innovative electronic music composer. Fusing ambient, modern electronica and classic space music, I can detect several decades of musical influences here, as Jim masterfully carves out his own sound and style that he has both developed and gradually improved on over the years. Lending itself to an emotive sci-fi quality, the music of Timeless e-Motion conveys a mesmerizing notion of having entered some futuristic parallel dream-world that’s dominated by themes of hyperspace, wormholes and time-travel. Likewise permeated by an ever-present and intangible mystery throughout, this album is both an interstellar and inner voyage that’s absolutely not to be missed! ~Candice Michelle

Available at Amazon, Bandcamp and other music retailers. For more information please visit the artist's website.