PGM 399: NORTHERN LIGHTS 10

A luminous ambient space mix inspired by the aurora borealis.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:20 / Carl Lord / Orbital Hymn / Illuminated Expanse
05:30 / Starterra / Memory of Light / Memory of Light
15:20 / deepspace / BlueHeavenAbyss (Theme from Water Planets) / Water Planets
20:47 / Jim Ottaway / Endless Cosmic Horizon / Cosmic Odyssey
27:52 / Spacecraft / Constellations We Dream / Distant Stars
31:04 / Larkenlyre / Dark Forest / While We Were There
37:10 / Eguana / Transgalactic Silence / Silent Pulsar
38:40 / Erik Wøllo / Winter Tide, Part 4 / Winter Tide / Live at Soundquest Fest 2021
42:50 / Jeff Pearce / Winterchill / Infinite Ambient: Winter Landscapes
47:54 / Blue Is Nine / A Chance to Dream / So Far From Home
50:55 / Pangaea Projekt / Winter Horizon / Winter Vol. XI

PGM 387: LUMINOUS AIR 3

A phantasmic mix of cool-toned ambient & dream-chill atmospheres.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:25 / Kamarius / Decoding the Dream / The Code
08:12 / Russ Gabriel / Airbourne / Amberdelic Space
13:53 / Cafe Americaine / Hydrosphera (Ambient Flight Mix) / Space Fly, Vol. 1
18:47 / Lars Leonard / Wavelength Dreams / Wave Interference
25:12 / Eguana / Cosmic Voyage / Destiny, Vol. 3
31:40 / The Starseeds / Regina From The Future / Parallel Life
36:35 / Maxtor / Beyond the Sky / The Third Barramundi Sampler
44:25 / Germind / Meditation / Meditation
53:48 / Jake Stephenson / Sunrise / Chill Out Trance, Vol. 2

PGM 381: WINTER FLIGHT 3

An electronic ambient winterscape for an auroral night voyage.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:25 / Jim Ottaway / Light Dawns (Reimagined) / A Promise of Eternity
06:05 / Isostatic / Arctic Crossing / Beyond the North Wind
13:22 / Erik Wøllo / Wanderer Above / Solastalgia
20:23 / Spacecraft / Sky Full of Aurora / Sky Full of Aurora
24:13 / Ascendant / Helios Drifts / Starfall
30:32 / Fringo Chills / Snowfall on the Fjell / …in Norway
41:00 / Ancient Astronaut / Crystalline Spheres / Cosmic Trails
44:40 / Deborah Martin & Cheryl Gallagher / Glacier / Tibet (20th Anniversary Remaster)
51:16 / Active Region / The Star Shield / Horizon Dispatch

Album Review: Slowly Falling (Extended Mix) by Jeff Pearce

Review by Candice Michelle

A top artist in the ambient/space music genre, Indiana based musician Jeff Pearce is best known for his pioneering and influential style of ambient guitar music that he’s been recording since the early 1990s. Released as an extended version of the nearly 17 ½ long piece “Slowly Falling” from his 4-track album In Winter released in 2021, Slowly Falling (Extended Mix) is a long-form album comprised of the hour-long title piece. Composed entirely on electric guitar, Jeff employs his signature digital processing, delay effects and layering techniques to create ethereally shimmering and multi-faceted textures.

Drawing creative inspiration from the natural environment, changing seasons, astronomical and meteorological phenomena, Jeff’s music is observational in character, yet also exudes a deeply emotive and personal quality that’s seemingly wrapped in an inexpressible mystique that is once again exemplified on this majestic composition of space-ambient perfection.

Transpiring as one continuous sound passage that paints wintry images of a cold, northern terrain, “Slowly Falling” feels evocative of being cozily nestled inside an aurora glass cabin, while its translucent shapes and intangible shadows of softy-swirling sonic encompassment are sure to have the listener ‘slowly falling’ into a deep dream sequence!  

~Candice Michelle for Journeyscapes 

For more information please visit the artist's website. Slowly Falling (Extended Mix) is also available at Bandcamp and more!

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Winter Flight

An ambient winterscape for an imaginary night trek.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP
00:18 / Divine Matrix / Snow on Mars / Sequencer Drift
06:08 / Lars Leonhard / Space Phenomena / Spaceflight
12:38 / David Wright / Crystal Windsong / The Lost Colony
19:30 / Erik Wollo / Winter Tide, Part 8 / Winter Tide (Live at SoundQuest Fest 2021)
27:06 / David Helpling / The Cold Distance Between / IN
32:43 / Astropilot & Spacecraft / Northern Lights / Heavenly
36:22 / Tigerforest / Winter / Discovery
43:05 / Jeff Pearce / Slowly Falling (part 4) / Slowly Falling (Extended Mix)
56:15 / Pangaea Projekt / Solstice / Winter Vol. VII

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Arctic Sojourn 4

A winter chill mix to convey a hyperborean sea voyage!

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:20 / Mahoroba / Soft Breeze (On Air Mix) / Winter Chillout Lounge 2017
05:50 / The Great Northern / Winter’s Walk / Nocturnes
12:04 / Seaside Bar / Gruta Azul (Way Back Mix) / Winter Chillout Lounge 2021
17:12 / Johan ten Pas / Daydreaming / Icelandic Dreams
25:24 / The Smooth Commander / Bluezone Lounge (The Bossa Space Cut) / Winter Time Vol. 7
32:01 / Sverre Knut Johansen / Melting Ice / Antarctica
37:21 / Erik Wøllo / Winter Tide, Part 3 / Live at SoundQuest Fest 2021
46:15 / Pangaea Projekt / Northern Lights / Winter Vol. VII
53:20 / Michael L. Rogers / FrostMelt / Energy Transformation

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Stella Maris

An ethereal ambient winterscape featuring sacred female voices! 

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:25 / Richard Souther / Vision (O Euchari In Leta Vita) / Vision
06:22 / Pilgrimage / Ceremony / 9 Songs of Ecstasy
09:40 / Daughters of St. Paul / Mary the Dawn / Stella Maris
13:05 / Mediaeval Baebes / Pater Noster / Prayers of the Rosary
17:14 / Richard Souther / Kyrie / Illumination
20:58 / VocaMe / O ignis Spiritus Paraclitus / Inspiration
25:02 / Sinfonye & Stevie Wishart / Bingen: Zuuenz / Hildegard
30:06 / Kim Cunio & Heather Lee / Caritas abundat / Hildegard Von Bingen: The Sacred Fire
38:12 / Estampie / Materia Mystica: II. Air: Qui sunt hi - O antigui sancti - Aer enim volat - Kyrie / Materia Mystica
41:42 / Jocelyn Montgomery & David Lynch / Gloria Patri / Lux Vivens
44:11 / Poor Clare Sisters Arundel / Ubi Caritas / Light for the World
46:01 / Paul Schwartz / Et Misericordia / State of Grace II: Turning to Peace
50:04 / Divine Works / Interlude II / Soundtrack to the New Millennium
53:10 / Voxfire / Fontis / Fontis

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Northern Lights 8

A luminous ambient soundscape inspired by the aurora borealis! 

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:25 / Erik Wøllo / Light Among the Shadows / North Star
05:02 / Kevin Braheny & Tim Clark / The Sail of Argo Navis / The Spell
12:03 / Chronotope Project / Eidos, Realm of the Forms / Gnosis
22:02 / Richard Ross / Alpha Particles / Ambientopia
28:57 / David Wright & Carys / Night Tide / Prophecy
35:22 / Kelly David / Distance / Illusive
42:38 / Martin Stürtzer / Sky’s Edge / Illumination Cycle
48:34 / Biome / Occulus / Essence

PGM 289: Northern Lights 7

Another luminous soundscape inspired by the aerial majesty of the aurora borealis!

Artist Name / Track Title / Album Title
Erik Wøllo / Virtual World / Emotional Landscapes [Remastered]
Alpha Wave Movement / Dusk Descending / The Edge of Infinity
Kevin Keller / The Sky Below / The Front Porch of Heaven
Patrick Kelly / Adrift in Time / Beyond the Horizon 2: Mystical World
Jarguna & Uzbazur / Sublimation / Sublimation
Johan Agebjörn / Siberian Train Part II / Mossebo [Remastered]
David Helpling / The Black Rock / Rune
Thierry David / Galactic Bliss / Stellar Connection
Jeff Pearce / A Surrounding / Archive 1: Songs for the Gathering

PGM 288: Frozen Skies 2

Another glacial ambient-space mix for wintertime stargazing

Artist Name / Track Title / Album-EP-Single
Jim Ottaway / Ice Age / Aurora
Shunkan Idou / Formerly Seen / Formerly Seen
Isostatic / Crystals of Ice / Cloud Forms
Time Being / Drifting Form, Ineffable Void / An Ocean of Time
Robert Carty & Brannan Lane / Polar Shift / Climatic Infusion
Isostatic / The Endless Tundra / Glacial Epoch
Shinpal / Winter Solitude / Momentary Disappeared Memory
Michael Crain & Jason Carey / Glacier / Tiamatu: Twilight of the Arctic

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Arctic Sojourn 3

Another hyperborean soundscape to convey a mythical voyage on the North Sea!

Artist Name / Track Title / Album Title
Shunkan Idou / Eternal Compass / Neverland
Sean Hayman / Timeless (Level 7 Mix) / Winter Chillout Lounge 2019
Retro Rider / Mont Blanc (The Electric Feel Cut) / Wintertime, Vol. 8
David Helpling / Be / RUNE
Darshan Ambient / LightFigher / A Day Like Any Other
Rising Galaxy / Farewell Horizontal / Acceleration
ELEON / Once There Was a Place Like This / Cerulean
Stephanie Sante / Quarks Dance / Dark Matter Evolution
Michael Crain & Jason Carey / Crystal Blue / Tiamatu: Twilight of the Arctic
Sundrugs / Forgotten Constellation / Desert Underground
Evenfall / Dusk at the Amethyst Gateway / Indigo Skies

PGM 249: Divine Offerings 2

A mysteriously sacred soundscape featuring an ethereal mix of Gregorian chants and celestial choirs, immersed in haunting ambient atmospheres!

Artist Name / Track Title / Album Title
Divine Works / Divine Works I / Soundtrack to the New Millennium
Aura Luna / Aqua Matrix / Explore Your Senses
Mystico / Opera Kyrie (Contemplative Mix) / Mystico (Deluxe Edition)
Jai / Veni Creator / Gregorian Journey
The Munros / Celtic Crosses / Rosslyn Chapel
Johan Agebjörn / A New Day Arrives / Mossebo
Deborah Martin & J. Arif Verner / Kyrie / Anno Domini
Enigma / Absolvo / The Fall of a Rebel Angel
Wychazel / Sweet Repose / Gregorian Retreat
Kamarius / Angels Choir / Enigmatic Traveler
Paul Avgerinos / The Mystery Telling / Phos Hilaron
Pilgrimage / Pilgrimage / 9 Songs of Ecstasy
Voxfire / Ondas / Fontis

EP Review: Merry Christmas by Giuseppe Dio

Giuseppe Dio is an Italian electronic music composer who’s explored everything from deep space to dream house on his previous recordings. This time around, he eases comfortably into the holiday spirit with a lovely 24-minute EP that’s simply titled Merry Christmas. Rendering six compositions on electronic synthesizers, Dio has selected a very fitting collection of songs that all beautifully complement one another.

Processional drums, soaring synths and celestial vocal tones majestically open “Adeste Fideles” (aka “O Come All ye Faithful”) which is eventually followed up by the much beloved “Auld Lang Syne”. Vividly conjuring images of decorated cathedral halls and colorful Christmas lights, Dio’s symphonic electronic arrangements pleasantly recalls much of Vangelis’ more cinematically oriented works.

I was most delighted to see a rendition of Franz Schubert’s iconic “Ave Maria” included here, as I’ve always found it to be one of the most beautiful pieces of religious music ever written. Dio puts an epically cosmic and wintery spin on the composition, all while perfectly preserving the sacred reverence of the original masterpiece.

Another highlight is the nocturnally peaceful “O Tannenbaum” (aka “Oh Christmas Tree”) which wraps the lead melody in spacious notes and twinkling stars, effectively conveying a cold winter’s night.

Call it “new age Christmas music” if you like. Either way, this fantastic little collection of cinematic cosmic carols is easily one of the most enjoyable holiday listens of the season! ~Candice Michelle


For more information, please visit the artist's website. This EP is also available on Amazon, iTunes and other retail and streaming platforms.

PGM 247: Northern Lights 6

Another luminous soundscape inspired by the aerial majesty and ancient mythology of the aurora borealis!

ARTIST NAME - TRACK TITLE - ALBUM TITLE
Massergy – Cold White Smoke – Fire Opal
Erik Wøllo – Arrow of Time – Elevations
Boreal Taiga – Norðurland Vestra – Iceland
Motionfield – A Clear Horizon – A Clear Horizon
Bart Hawkins – Dream Meditation – 21 Pulse Eclipse
Rudy Adrian – Autumn in a Forest Glade – Woodlands
David Helpling – Isle in Half Light – RUNE