Journeyscapes DJ Set: Cinematic Frontiers

A symphonic electronic epos inspired by the music of Vangelis.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:20 / Vangelis / Theme from Antarctica / Antarctica
07:41 / Kerani / Gravity / Stardust
13:47 / Keith Richie / V Feeling / Ambient Highways
19:18 / Vangelis / Islands of the Orient / Oceanic
26:28 / Tigerforest / My Face In The Rain / Songs of Reverence
31:15 / Tsode / Nine Worlds / Yggdrasil
36:10 / Vangelis / Blush Response / Blade Runner
41:45 / Australis / Outposts Of Certainty / Sentient Genus
47:42 / Vangelis / Pinta, Niña, Santa Maria (Into Eternity) / 1492: Conquest of Paradise

Dedicated in loving memory of legendary Greek musician and film composer Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou (3/29/43 – 5/17/22), known professionally as Vangelis.

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Secret Caravan 6

A magical night journey into Sahara & Silk Road chillout.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:20 / Desert Dwellers / To Be the Air / Breath
08:09 / Didon / Beside You - أنا معك / Beside You - أنا معك
11:42 / Eguana & Qeight / The Path of Faith / Recreation
16:33 / Obsqure / Silk Roads / Silk Roads
22:35 / Gian Berselli & Jérémy Marais / Mouna / Creative Stillness
27:55 / Jef Stott & Mah Ze Tar / Atlas (original mix) / Zikr Project: Atlas
35:42 / Mamak Khadem / Messenger / Remembrance
40:27 / Kamarius / Jadral / Wheel of Truth
47:16 / Opium Moon / Dhikr: Day / Night + Day
53:47 / Karavan Sarai / Longing in the Stars (part 1) / The Moon’s Within Reach

Top 10 Tracks for March 2022

	Artist	Track	Album/EP/Single
01	Zero Cult & Unhide	Migration	Lofi Grill, Vol. 1
02	Astropilot, Spacecraft & Lauge	City in the Clouds (Extended Version)	City in the Clouds
03	Michael Whalen	Imaginary Trains	Imaginary Trains
04	Carl Weingarten	For Rosa	Stop Me Try
05	Stephen Peppos	Sunshine	Botantical
06	Erik Wøllo	Sojourn 2	Sojourns
07	Eguana	Interdependent Origin	Inner Silence
08	Hollan Holmes	The Sublime Shimmer	Emerald Waters
09	Fade	Home At Last	Home At Last
10	Craig Padilla	Continuum, Part 2	Discovery of Meaning

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Vision Quest 2

A spacious mix of world flute & primaeval atmospheres.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:19 / Bodhi / Purple Shadows / Deep Dream
08:22 / Dean Evenson, Scott Huckabay & Phil Heaven / Edge of Forever / Healing Resonance
13:58 / Suzanne Teng & Gilbert Levy / Genesis / Whisper
18:49 / City of Dawn & Sherry Finzer / Paradise Fell From Your Eyes / Solace
24:03 / Healing Sound Project / Earth / Elements
30:56 / Sherry Finzer & Karasvana / Sacred Spiral / Centered
36:00 / Byron Metcalf & Mark Seelig / Winds of Spirit Four / The Winds of Spirit
41:57 / Peter Phippen / Spirit Guides / Into the Ancient
47:13 / Sherry Finzer / Through the Veil / Connections
52:55 / Terry Oldfield / Just Before Dawn / Pure Flute

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Sweet Mystique

A luscious mix of sultry downtempo chill.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:25 / Opium Moon / I’ll Wait For You (Supreme Beings of Leisure Remix) / I’ll Wait For You
05:16 / Eric Hilton / artifact22 / artifact22
09:30 / Eguana / Lifeless / Lifeless
15:58 / Persia Beatz / Liquid Karma (Hypnoasia Mix) / Winter Time, Vol. 10
22:17 / Carl Weingarten / For Rosa / Stop Me Try
29:05 / Thomas Lemmer / Arise / Arise
32:43 / Qeight / Between / Between
37:15 / Stephen Peppos / Sun Dancer / Botanical
43:36 / Blooy feat. Anatole Muster / Sleephearts / Sleephearts
46:33 / Maji / Seven (ft. Sarah Martinico) / Healing, Vol. 1
50:41 / Jens Buchert / Twostroke / Dawnrider
55:13 / Zero Cult & Unhide / Migration / Lofi Grill, Vol. 1

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Cosmic Visions 8

A dream-chill mix of surreal ambient soundworlds.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:25 / Erik Wøllo / Sojourn 1 / Sojourns
06:22 / Sverre Knut Johansen / Density / In Orbit
10:47 / ELEON / Venus Rising / Epoch
15:45 / Zero Cult & Unusual Cosmic Process / Awakening / Awakening
22:28 / Hollan Holmes / A Ribbon of Life / Emerald Waters
27:40 / Astropilot, Spacecraft & Lauge / City in the Clouds (Extended Version) / City in the Clouds
34:24 / Tauon / Travel / Far Away
38:15 / Johan Agebjörn & Mikael Ögren / The Hall of Crystals / Artefact
42:33 / Steve Roach / The Spiral Heart / Into the Majestic

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Celtic Reveries 8

An ethereal celtic chillscape across the emerald isle! Dedicated in memory to Irish flautist Brian Dunning (21 December 1951 – 10 February 2022).

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:20 / David Arkenstone / Call of the Celts / Celtic Chillout Beats
04:25 / Emer Kenny / Amhrán Na Leabhar (Song of the Books) / Emer Kenny
09:42 / Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning / The Healing Dream / Patrick
15:37 / Clannad / I Will Find You / In a Lifetime
20:39 / Anúna / Christus Resurgens / Cynara
23:51 / Le Arcane / Mother / La Via dell’Energia
27:42 / Llewellyn / Kingdom of the Faery / Celtic Legend
34:30 / Moya Brennan / Falling / Two Horizons
38:47 / Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning / Under the Summer Stars / Eirlandia
42:46 / Chris Conway / From Shore to Shore / Celtic Dreamer
49:55 / Dagda / Abhaile / Hibernia: The Story of Ireland
53:33 / Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning / Lady Sovereignty / The Bard & the Warrior

Album Review: The Moon's Within Reach by Karavan Sarai

Review by Abdul Yamani

Karavan Sarai creates world fusion music that traverse landscapes spanning from the Middle East to South Asia. Their debut album Woven Landscapes (2015) along with the band’s follow-up releases Painted Sands (2018) and Torn In Love (2020) all peaked at high positions on world music charts and achieved much critical acclaim. 

On their latest release, The Moon’s Within Reach, Karavan Sarai takes us on a mesmerizing journey inspired by Silk Road pathways and desert sands. Here you’ll discover the spirit of Egyptian, Arabian, Turkish and Indian music fused with the lush electronic creations of two-time Grammy-nominated producer and programmer Carmen Rizzo.

Instrumentalist, vocalist, composer and producer Narayan Sijan describes images of “Sufis playing music, whirling from the deserts of India to the Nile River and the Valley of the Kings in Egypt” and “fire in the sand dunes under a starry night” among his personal encounters and experiences which inspire his musical art-form, and are captured in the album’s two meditatively flowing compositions.

On the extended hypnotic piece, “Longing in the Stars" featuring Tabeah, the Turkish saz is brought into dialogue with the Egyptian oud which are encompassed by ambient textures sustained throughout. Transcendent male and female vocal melodies eventually join along, creating a colorful cultural tapestry that speaks to the depths of the soul as a sonic perfume fills the air with a mystical scent.

~Abdul Yamani for Journeyscapes Radio

For more information please visit Karavan Sarai's website. The Moon's Within Reach is also available at Bandcamp, iTunes and more.

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Rainforest Sojourn 6

A tribal-ambient chillout journey through the tropics!

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:20 / Stephen Peppos / Sunshine / Botanical
05:17 / Wouter Kellerman & David Arkenstone / Ungana / Pangaea
09:57 / AO Music / Kutumba / Kutumba
15:12 / Eguana / Interdependent Origin / Inner Silence
20:51 / Mars Lasar / Enchanted Forest / Coastal Escape
24:55 / Loren Nerell / Dreams of Sarons / The Gong Prophet
31:43 / Erik Wøllo / Sojourn 2 / Sojourns
38:45 / ELEON / Migration / Cerulean
46:20 / jarguna / Expanse Swamps / Neogene
50:38 / Yuval Ron feat. Úyanga Bold / Mind Vision Invocation / Sacred Spiral

Top 10 Tracks for February 2022

	Artist	Track	Album/EP/Single
01	Eguana	Love Flame	Love Flame
02	Airstream	Offshore (The Unwind Groove Cut)	Winter Chillout Lounge 2021
03	Sitaranha	Visagra (Translippers Remix)	Visagra
04	Zero Cult & Unusual Cosmic Process	Awakening	Awakening
05	Sverre Knut Johansen	Density	In Orbit
06	Eguana & Qeight	The Path of Faith	Recreation
07	Hollan Holmes	A Ribbon of Life	Emerald Waters
08	Erik Wøllo	Sojourn 1	Sojourns
09	Opium Moon	I'll Wait For You (Supreme Beings of Leisure Remix)	I'll Wait For You
10	ELEON	Once Upon A Journey	Deep in a Forest; Trees Dance

PGM 315: MON DÉSIR

An enigmatic mix of sensual moods & chillout grooves!

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:20 / Apples From Mars / Amen / Amen
07:26 / Airstream / Offshore (The Unwind Groove Cut) / Winter Chillout Lounge 2021
12:41 / Eguana / Love Flame / Love Flame
16:20 / Sitaranha / Visagra (Translippers Remix) / Visagra
21:09 / Vellúa / Nira / Ancient Echo (Chapter 1)
25:23 / Enigma / Principles of Lust (Everlasting Lust Mix) / Principles of Lust
30:04 / Hideyo Blackmoon / Immortal Flower / White Sun
35:26 / Artenovum / Enigmatic Ornaments (East Voices Downbeat Mix) / Mystic Voices
39:41 / Magna Canta / Ritmo / Gregorian Mystics   
44:39 / Evenus / Drawing Silence In the Sky / Living the Life We Dreamed
47:49 / Cinematic / Get Free (Second Level Mix) / Winter Time Vol. 9
53:10 / Mysticage / Moments in Love / The Bay of Sweet Sound Vol. 1

Journeyscapes DJ Set: The Top 30 Ambient/Chillout Albums of 2021 (Part 3)

Part 3 of 3 episodes of The Top 30 Ambient/Chillout Albums of 2021.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:18 / Mark Dwane / Ancient Angels / Earthlings
04:45 / Chronotope Project / Entelechy, Emergent Order / Gnosis
12:02 / Frore & Shane Morris / The Eye of Everything / Horizon
23:48 / Steve Roach / Equanimity / As It Is
34:16 / Richard Ross / Beta Particle / Ambientopia
38:39 / Byron Metcalf / Realms of Second Thoughts / Rhythms of Remembering
45:38 / Spacecraft / Stillness (Album Edit) / Evening Star
49:08 / Kelly David / Garden of the Forgotten / Illusive
53:00 / Max Corbacho / Sleep Time Spores / Nocturnes III
55:22 / Jeff Pearce / A Voice In The Waves / Hidden Shores/Empty Beach

Journeyscapes DJ Set: The Top 30 Ambient/Chillout Albums of 2021 (Part 2)

Part 2 of 3 episodes of The Top 30 Ambient/Chillout Albums of 2021.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:20 / S1gns of L1fe / The Age of Cymatics / The Age of Cymatics
07:30 / Nicholas Gunn / Shine / Sound Condition
11:12 / Tauon / Outside / Far Away
15:29 / Lars Leonhard / Lenticular Galaxy / Spaceflight
21:22 / Echo Season / Elevated / Solarmetric
27:32 / Erik Wøllo / The Presence of Future / Recurrence
35:25 / Jim Ottaway / Parallel Suns / Threshold of the Universe
42:25 / Martin Stürtzer / Harmonic Polarity / Illumination Cycle
49:22 / Michael L. Rogers / Transwarp Journey / Energy Transformation
54:20 / Keith Richie / Dawn / Epica

Journeyscapes DJ Set: The Top 30 Ambient/Chillout Albums of 2021 (Part 1)

Part 1 of 3 episodes of The Top 30 Ambient/Chillout Albums of 2021.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:25 / Johan Agebjörn & Mikael Ögren / Static Air / Artefact
04:50 / Mark Dwane / Chalidocean Reimagined / Atlantean Apparitions
09:47 / Rudy Adrian / Starlane / As Dusk Becomes Night
14:44 / David Wright / 0.5au / The Lost Colony
24:03 / Eric Hilton / The Impossible Silence / The Impossible Silence
27:02 / ELEON / We Fly in Dreams / Crossover
31:26 / Jens Buchert / Perlentaucher / Dawnrider
35:45 / Erik Wøllo / Viewpoint / North Star
42:18 / Jeff Pearce / Fading Words for the Frost / In Autumn
50:09 / Sylvain Carel / Here was the Kingdom / Atlantide

Top 10 Tracks for January 2022

	Artist	Track	Album/EP/Single
01	Pangaea Projekt	Northern Lights	Winter Vol. VII
02	Erik Wøllo	Winter Tide, Part 3	Winter Tide: Live at SoundQuest Fest 2021
03	The Great Northern	Winter's Walk	Nocturnes
04	Eguana	Lifeless	Lifeless
05	Seaside Bar	Gruta Azul (Way Back Mix)	Winter Chillout Lounge 2021
06	Eagle	Bright Future	Rogue Planet
07	ELEON	Dark Mocha Dance To Go	Cafe Chill
08	Mars Lasar	Big Sur Skies	Coastal Escape
09	Stephen Peppos	Sun Dancer	Botanical
10	Eguana	Proton Beam	Psychill Blossom, Vol. 2

The Top 30 Ambient/Chillout Albums of 2021

We present to you our annual wrap-up of the top 30 albums of the past year with some of the finest selection of deep space, melodic ambient and chilled electronic excursions that received airplay throughout 2021 on Journeyscapes Radio (on both our 24/7 streaming station and Mixcloud channel). Please stay tuned for three upcoming Mixcloud DJ sets which will be specially dedicated to all the recordings featured below!

 

		Artist	Album/EP
01		Nicholas Gunn	Sound Condition
02		ELEON	Crossover
03		Erik Wøllo	Recurrence
04		Echo Season	Solarmetric
05		Chronotope Project	Gnosis
06		Mark Dwane	Atlantean Apparitions
07		S1gns of L1fe	The Age of Cymatics
08		Lars Leonhard	Spaceflight
09		Erik Wøllo	North Star
10		Jeff Pearce	In Autumn
11		Keith Richie	Epica
12		Johan Agebjörn & Mikael Ögren	Artefact
13		Eric Hilton	The Impossible Silence
14		Martin Stürtzer	Illumination Cycle
15		Jim Ottaway	Threshold of the Universe
16		Byron Metcalf	Rhythms of Remembering
17		Sylvain Carel	Atlantide
18		Tauon	Far Away
19		Rudy Adrian	As Dusk Becomes Night
20		Frore & Shane Morris	Horizon
21		Spacecraft	Evening Star
22		Jens Buchert	Dawnrider
23		Michael L. Rogers	Energy Transformation
24		Jeff Pearce	Hidden Shores/Empty Beach
25		Richard Ross	Ambientopia
26		Max Corbacho	Nocturnes III
27		David Wright	The Lost Colony
28		Kelly David	Illusive
29		Mark Dwane	Earthlings
30		Steve Roach	As It Is

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

Album Review: Connections by Sherry Finzer

Review by Lissette Cascante

Phoenix-based, classically trained flutist Sherry Finzer has received many accolades and awards for her musical contributions primarily in the relaxation/meditation genre. Her branding encompasses the use of a collection of low flutes, including alto, bass, and contrabass flutes, as well as a variety of Native American-style and world flutes. Often wind instruments are mixed with sacred chants, ethereal sounds, natural and other ethnic arrangements to create her soundscapes. Sherry has recorded, toured, and performed with a variety of accomplished artists whose collaboration has also influenced her unique sound and style. She has released over twenty-seven solo and collaborative albums and numerous singles.

Sherry’s latest solo release, Connections, was inspired by the legendary American flautist Paul Horn who was a pioneer of world and contemporary instrumental music as well as a practitioner of transcendental meditation. Sherry is a firm believer in the power of music to aid in the healing process. Connections is a fitting title for this album given the uncertainty of the current times we are living in; many have suffered isolation, illness or tragedy and are yearning for the support and strength which comes from being able to share and connect with others.

After starting to livestream on the Insight Timer Meditation App in 2020, Sherry began connecting with thousands of fans and followers who shared testimonies of just how much her previous recordings, and her livestreams, were helping them through the grieving process, letting go of stress, improve sleep, or aided in lessening their physical pain. She wanted to share her gratitude and have this recording be about her listeners. All songs on the album were either created in memory of loved ones who have passed, or for someone who currently uses Sherry's music as part of their daily therapy or healing regimen. The flutes used were selected by the participants – each person selecting the flute that resonated with them most.

The album’s seventeen tracks take the listener through a continuum of healing sound and light. The first track “Resilience” serves as the impetus to elevate us to that higher place above our cares, and concerns. The song titles speak to us of familiar comforts like nature, water, new days, blessings, peace, journeying, coming home, connecting, and communing with Spirit. With each subsequent song one can cast off all encumbrances, negative energies, and unhealthy emotions.

Caught up in the gentle whirlwind of her flute sounds and melodies, one feels a sense of release and weightlessness, like a boundless floating experience. The experience is so blissful, like the end of a massage therapy or stretch/cool-down session, you’ll wish, as I did, to remain in that state indefinitely. Perhaps why some listeners say they listen to Sherry’s music 24/7. How wonderful that Sherry chooses to use and to share her musical talents with the world as a channel to bring comfort, relief, and much needed healing.

Connections is the third solo flute release in Sherry Finzer's "Naked Flute" series recorded at The Tank. Her music can be heard under her name as well as her groups Majestica and Evenfall on various international radio programming, international airlines, and overhead music channels.

Besides composing and recording, Sherry is the founder and CEO of the Heart Dance Records label featuring musicians from around the world with a mission of creating music for peace and wellness. She is also founder of the Higher Level Media promotions company, as well as one of the three founding members of the Mindful Music Association. Sherry live streams weekly on the Insight Timer meditation app.

~Lissette Cascante for Journeyscapes Radio

For more information please visit Sherry Finzer's website. Connections is also available at Bandcamp, Amazon, and more.