PGM 339: ASTRAL VOYAGE 3

A space chill mix of floating ambient grooves.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:20 / Lars Leonhard / Spaceflight / Spaceflight
06:08 / Centuras / Tokyo / Amberdelic Space
15:25 / Active Region / Gaia / Horizon Dispatch
25:05 / Unusual Cosmic Process / The Clouds (Ambient Remix) / Between Continents
33:24 / Divine Matrix / Dark Nebula / Sequencer Drift
38:18 / Dream Twice / Zola / Raneous
42:49 / Erik Wøllo / Second Totem / Emotional Landscapes
47:40 / Eguana / Air Vibrations / Dialectics
53:19 / Time Traveler / A Slow Arrival / Sky Falter

PGM 338: HYPNOTIC VOYAGE 7

A mind-bending excursion into psychill & space trance.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:20 / Divine Matrix / Moon Freighter / Sequencer Drift
05:40 / GMO & Dense / Hitchhiker Through Gravity / Hitchhiker Through Gravity
10:30 / Argus / Wait for Me / The Architect of Time
17:54 / Dreaming Cooper / Crystal Cave / Mysterious Places
24:40 / Rising Galaxy / Midnight Sunset / Midnight Sunset
32:30 / Echo Season / Gravity Assist / Solarmetric
40:30 / Cosmic Cadence / Eclipse / Eclipse
46:51 / Joystick / Entanglement / The Landing
50:25 / S1gns Of L1fe / Collective Awakening / The Age of Cymatics

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Café Estrella 2

An after-hours mix of sensuous Balearic chill.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:20 / Sean Hayman / The Sound of the Universe (Solar Wind Mix) / Rhapsody in Chill
05:40 / Café Americaine / Centro de la Tierra / Best of del Mar, Vol. 11
10:23 / ELEON / Hidden in Time / Hidden in Time
15:04 / Qeight, Germind, Eguana / Just Believe Me / Just Believe Me
19:52 / Airstream / Orient (Dream Away Mix) / Sounds of a Lounge Fairytale
24:47 / Airstream / Harmonics (The Nightdrive Mix) / Maretimo Late Night Grooves, Vol. 2
29:19 / Delerium / Remember the Love (with Mimi Page) / Signs
33:31 / Christoph Sebastian Pabst / Solace / Lorn
37:54 / Eguana / You Are My / You Are My
41:01 / Emil Eliav, Zero Cult / 7 Miles / Rotten Rose
46:06 / Cosmaks / Hover (Downtempo Mix) / Hover
50:02 / ELEON / Smooth Surface / Magnetica

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Aquatic Dreams 8

A lush ambient chillscape to convey a maritime adventure.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:19 / Cinematic / Floating / Chill Sunset Maretimo, Vol. 4
04:38 / Eguana / Water of Life (Strana 03 Instrumental Remix) / Water of Life Remixes
10:13 / ELEON / Sea Shells and White Sand / Magnetica
14:08 / Kamarius / Blissful Rain / Wonders of Nature
17:35 / Divine Matrix / River from the Source to Sea / Journeys
24:11 / B-Tribe / Albatross / Suave Suave
30:33 / Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen / Liquid Heaven Part 2 / Weathering the Storm
36:55 / ELEON / Oceanic Lifeforms / In the Dream Garden
42:19 / Eguana / Waterfall / Serenity
48:33 / Meg Bowles / Ode to a Fragile Sea / Voices from the Ethereal Forest
54:48 / Airstream / Blue Pearl /Chill Sunset Maretimo, Vol. 4

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Beyond Perception 3

An ambient-electronic voyage through interdimensional dreamworlds.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:20 / Bjørn Lynne / Over Distant Shores / Beneath Another Sky
08:30 / Homogenous Lens / Voyage of the Future Race / Ambient Odyssey
16:57 / Active Region / Into the Black / Horizon Dispatch
24:47 / Divine Matrix / Sequencer Drift / Sequencer Drift
29:00 / Optica / Hashidity / Amberdelic Space
35:19 / Alpha Wave Movement / Other Worlds / Echoes in the Vacuum
41:38 / Ascendant / Gateway Meridian / Elemental Air
46:47 / Lars Leonhard / Lenticular Galaxy / Spaceflight
52:37 / Jonathan E. Blake / Eternity / Serenity

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Celtic Reveries 9

An ethereal Celtic chillscape across enchanted lands.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:20 / Amethystium / Arcus / Evermind
05:23 / Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning / Voice of the Irish / Patrick
10:40 / Stone Age / Ultra Breizh / Stone Age
14:00 / David Arkenstone / Siren of the Sea / Celtic Chillout Beats
18:00 / Eamonn Karran / Curse of Glenveagh / Celtic Skies
22:24 / Ronan Hardiman / Dreaming / Solas
27:17 / Dao Dezi / Ti Eliz Iza / Dao Dezi
34:50 / Nóirín Ní Riain / Ode to Bridget / Celtic Soul
38:15 / Medwyn Goodall / Nine Maiden Chronicles (part 1) / Druid II
44:18 / 2002 / Little Bird (Einini) / Celtic Fairy Dream
49:50 / France Ellul / Brightness / Spirits of the Forest
54:52 / Dagda / Karina / Sleeping with the Gods of Love

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Enigmatic Worlds 3

A balearic chillout mix featuring mystic voices & monastic chants.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP
00:25 / Enigma / Mea Culpa (Fading Shades Mix) / Love Sensuality Devotion
06:30 / Artenovum / This is Love for Your Soul (Epic Dream Mix) / Art of Dreams
11:51 / The Gregorians / Amen / Best of Gregorian Chill
15:49 / Eguana / Mother of God / Devastated
20:57 / Spiritualismo / Sancto (Gregorian Chill Mix) / Buddha Deluxe Lounge, Vol. 4
24:41 / Mea Culpa / A Door Into Yesterday (Gregorian Extended Mix) / Celtic Winter Lounge
33:17 / Cocogroove / Caribbean Secrets (Gregorian Mix) / Caribbean Secrets
39:24 / Robert Fox / Pieta, Pt1 1 (2022 Remastered) / Timeless Vol. 2
47:50 / Jean Mare / Breath of Dawn (Atmosphere Voice Mix) / Another Atmospheric Chill Lounge
52:22 / Buddhatronic / World of Grace (Mystic Voice Mix) / Angel Voices, Vol. 2

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

PGM 331: ENCHANTED WORLDS 5

A lush chill mix of dreamy ethereal electronica.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:20 / Delerium / Angelicus (ft. Isabel Bayrakdarian) / Nuages Du Monde
05:25 / Oslee / Mul Mantra / Elevate
13:15 / Robert Miles / Everyday Life (ft. Nancy Danino) / 23 AM
23:22 / Aureliaslight / In Through the Veil / A Mystic’s Autumn
27:37 / David Helpling / This Burning Sky (ft. Nidhi Bhatmuley) / IN
34:45 / Gold Lounge / Higher (Cloud Mix) / Coastal Walk EP
39:04 / Kamarius / Traveling Light / Wonders of Nature
44:25 / Hideyo Blackmoon / Echo Chamber / White Sun
51:36 / Michael Whalen / Distance (ft. Donna Lewis) / Imaginary Trains

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Edenic Visions

An ambient/electronic mix inspired by paradisiacal mysteries.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:25 / Chronotope Project / Higgs Field, Cauldron of Being / Gnosis
07:25 / Divine Matrix / Magellanic Clouds / Sequencer Drift
14:46 / Lingua Lustra / Life², Pt. 2 / Life²
21:35 / Desensitized / Logic of Expression [Praetoreum] / Chaos in Premonition
26:35 / Eguana & Qeight / Forest Song V / Forest Song
42:00 / Bart Hawkins / Garden of Grace / Vision of Eden
48:50 / Hollan Holmes / Tales from the Abyss / Emerald Waters
55:15 / Hibernation / A Consequence of Culture (Ambient Version) / Ambient Re:Works 01

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

PGM 328: HAUNTED WORLDS 8

An otherworldly chillscape for all hallows’ eve.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:25 / ELEON / Seraphim Travelers / Magnetica
05:23 / Eguana / Parallel Universe / Devastated
12:07 / Robert Fox / The Devil’s Puzzle (2022 Remastered) / Timeless Vol. 2
17:50 / Blue Stone / Envy / Worlds Apart
22:48 / Eagle / Not Afraid of the Dark / Hypervelocity Star
28:20 / Love Potion / Seven Hexes / XXX
31:31 / Steve Orchard / Stay Close to the Candle / Macabre
36:00 / Germind / Prophecy in a Dream / Mind Eclipse
41:18 / Enigma / Knocking on Forbidden Doors / MCMXC a.D.
45:30 / Hollan Holmes / Leviathan / Emerald Waters
52:50 / GMO & Dense / Ghost Herbs / Ghost Herbs

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Destination Paradise 6

A sensual mix of summer night chill for exotic getaways.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:20 / Zero Cult / Idle Moment / Idle Moment
06:11 / Sine / Air / Einklang
10:46 / Frank Borell / Epic Dreams / The Mystic Time of Chill
15:46 / Eguana & Qeight / My Remedy / My Remedy
21:42 / Sean Hayman / Bad Days / Forget Time & Space
26:51 / Frank Borell / Equator / Best of Del Mar, Vol. 11
31:33 / Anna B May / Essence / Essence
34:56 / Pascal Dubois / Looking for Someone / Best of Del Mar, Vol. 11
38:54 / Eguana & Qeight / Just Breathe / Recreation
44:54 / Michael Whalen / Against the Sky / Imaginary Trains
48:54 / Glint / Lazy Tuesday / Five
52:38 / Germind / Star Voice / Mind Eclipse

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Shamanic Visions 6

A transcendent voyage into tribal-ambient soundworlds.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:20 / Frore & Shane Morris / Woven / Horizon
12:54 / Steve Roach / Mojave / The Lost Pieces
18:35 / Byron Metcalf & Dashmesh / Deep Time 1 / Heart of the Deep Time
25:15 / Eguana / Shaman Calls the Dragon / Dragon Songs
32:33 / Brannan Lane & Vidna Obmana / Points of Light 1 / Deep Unknown
40:25 / Vidna Obmana / Doekoen / Subterranean Collective
49:12 / Byron Metcalf / Calling Huachuma’s Medicine Spirit / The Precipice of Choice

Journeyscapes DJ Set: Imaginary Boundaries 2

A cinematic chillscape of surreal ambient electronica.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:20 / Sine / Caught in Time / Einklang
04:41 / Michael Whalen / Imaginary Trains / Imaginary Trains
08:42 / Divine Matrix / Blue Origin / Journeys
13:55 / Cosmic Cadence / Coriolis Effect / Eclipse
21:11 / Keith Richie / There Are Other Worlds Than These / Epica
24:48 / Robert Fox / The Serpent’s Tail / Timeless Vol. 2 (Best of 2005-2022)
30:10 / Delerium / Metaphor / Semantic Spaces
37:45 / Santiago Trigueros / Daydreamer / Daydreamer
42:49 / ELEON / Dive / Hidden in Time
48:26 / David Helpling / Slipping (featuring Miriam Stockley) / IN

Top Ten Tracks for June 2022

	Artist	Track	Album/EP/Single
01	Zero Cult	Idle Moment	Idle Moment
02	Qeight, Germind, Eguana	Just Believe Me	Just Believe Me
03	Michael Whalen	Until the Night is Over	Imaginary Trains
04	David Helpling	Slipping (featuring Miriam Stockley)	IN
05	ELEON	Hidden in Time	Hidden in Time
06	Path of Silence	The Keepers of Ways	Ancestral Light
07	Cosmic Cadence	Eclipse	Eclipse
08	Starterra	Stellar Arc	Transformation Cycles
09	Meg Bowles	Cave of Secrets	Pilgrimage
10	Jim Ottaway	Dawn of Time	Somewhere In-Between

Album Review: Music Inspired by Middle Earth Vol. II by David Arkenstone

Review by Candice Michelle

I have long been fascinated by the life of J.R.R. Tolkien and his best-selling classic epic fantasy novel series The Lord of the Rings. If there is one composer who can most perfectly pay musical homage to the enduring legacy of Tolkien’s greatest works, it’s the creatively prolific David Arkenstone. A musical novelist in his own right, as well as multi-Grammy Award nominated recording artist and Billboard New Age chart-topper whose career spans more than three decades, Arkenstone is certainly no stranger to the fantasy genre. Having mastered a diversity of musical styles – including Ambient/Chill, Celtic, World and Classical Crossover/Pop – Arkenstone frequently draws creative inspiration from ancient folklore, mythology and natural places of wonder across the globe.

The second companion to Arkenstone’s 2001 album Music Inspired by Middle Earth, Tolkien’s epic story is sonically re-imagined once again on Arkenstone’s Music Inspired by Middle Earth Vol. II – a 14-track album spanning approximately 63 minutes – whereby the listener is invited along for another enthrallingly magical adventure.

Atmospheric symphony and haunting choral figures open “The Shadow of the Past” wherein the veil between our world and the enchanting one depicted in the novels is once again lifted for a time. “The Green Dragon” follows with a festive arrangement of Celtic rhythms and violin (courtesy of Luanne Homzy) as one might imagine themselves joining the lovely hobbits for some dancing, drinking and playfulness among the green hills and pastures. Subsequently, Jillian Aversa provides ethereal wordless vocals on the mesmerizing “Daughter of the River”, a delicate and flowing piece that feels like sailing down a sparkling river in a paradisiacal elven forest.

Other outstanding pieces like “Servant of The Secret Fire” and “Minas Morgul” make use of darkly dramatic orchestration, shadowy gothic choirs and thunderously cinematic drumming, recalling the darker neoclassical mood of Arkenstone’s 2016 album Beneath a Darkening Sky.

Two other notable favorites include the back-to-back compositions “Caras Galadhon” and “Fangorn Forest”. On the watery and crystal-like “Caras Galadhon”, gently whirling minor-key orchestration conveys a bewitching suspense that feels reminiscent of "Lothlórien" or “The Palantír” from the first Music Inspired by Middle Earth album. In gentle contrast, “Fangorn Forest” recalls some of Arkenstone’s more world-tinged albums (plus the classical symphonic touch) with its native flute, rhythmic shakers and clicking percussion.

For those who enjoyed the accompanying film scores by Howard Shore to Peter Jackson’s cinematographically gorgeous and otherworldly movie adaption of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, David Arkenstone’s Music Inspired by Middle Earth Vol. II is an absolute must-have for any L.O.T.R. novel, movie, music or memorabilia fan. Variably moving along its course from dramatic to dreamy, and suspenseful to serene, Music Inspired by Middle Earth Vol. II is another poetically magnificent musical journey that could be described as ‘atmospheric classical fantasy music’ – and sure to be a top contender in the genre for this year’s best album.  

~Candice Michelle for Journeyscapes 

For more information please visit the artist's website. Music Inspired by Middle Earth Vol. II is also available at Amazon, Apple Music and more.

Album Review: Into the Unknown by Joseph L Young

Review by Lissette Cascante

Composer and multi-instrumentalist, Joseph L Young has enjoyed a proliferous career as a musician unafraid to go beyond boundaries of genre, style, or sound. Joseph is an established chart-topping, award-winning musician whose music has enjoyed broad radio and internet airplay, spanning such genres as New Age, Ambient, Relaxation/Meditation, Native Fusion, Jazz Fusion, and Contemporary Instrumental. But not to be limited, he has also played with a variety of bands ranging from rock, blues, folk, jazz and even Celtic.

In his sixth full-length album, Into the Unknown, Young delves deeper into musical expanses, with compositions that explore the mystical dimensions of time, space, psyche, and spirit, normally related to the unexplained, mysterious, or concealed. The album features three songs previously released as singles: “Secrets of Stone” released in 2021, “Remembrance of Time” in 2020 featuring pianist Lynn Tredeau, and a remix of his 2019 single “Between Worlds.”

The album also showcases more of his talent as a composer and arranger as well as his mastery of the flute. “Every note I play comes from my heart and is how I share my love of music with others, it's how I express my passion for the flute”, explains Joseph. He interlaces ancient sounds with modern synth arrangements which prevail in world fusion authenticity.

Joseph holds a second degree black-belt in Chinese Shao-Lin Kung Fu and Tai Chi which evidently contribute to his unique approach to music. “I want my music to take listeners on a journey of discovery”, he expounds, “to help them work through their emotions, releasing the negative, as they grow and change, and serving as a catalyst to help with their transformation."

The title track “Into the Unknown” is my favorite piece as it abounds with mystique and features a myriad of exotic instruments, voices, and rhythms bathed in a Middle Eastern style melody. In tracks like “Remembrance of Time”, “Enchanted”, “Secrets of Stone”, “Eclipsed”, and “Windswayed”, the alluring flute and creative musical arrangements transport the listener to ancient times, distant lands, sacred ceremonies, and mysterious places.

On other tracks like “Beyond the Horizon”, “Between Worlds”, “Transcendence”, “The Forgotten”, and “Ancestral Crossings”, Joseph seems to venture into other spheres such as space exploration, and perhaps even the afterlife. Into the Unknown is a treasure chest of musical jewels you’ll delight in listening time and time again. The unknown calls us to live consciously. Joseph composes music that speaks to the human soul, and which infuses the silence with the sounds of life.  

~Lissette Cascante for Journeyscapes 

For more information please visit the artist's website. Into the Unknown is also available at Bandcamp, Amazon, and Apple Music.

Top Ten Tracks for May 2022

	Artist	Track	Album/EP/Single
01	Michael Whalen	The Wayward Sun	Imaginary Trains
02	ELEON	Across the Water	Hidden In Time
03	David Helpling	Waves Dream of Breaking	IN
04	Eguana	Befudle	Lull
05	GMO & Dense	Ghost Herbs	Ghost Herbs
06	Cosmic Cadence	Coriolis Effect	Eclipse
07	Meg Bowles	Ancient Paths	Pilgrimage
08	Germind	Star Voice	Mind Eclipse
09	Sikha Pros	Land-Of-No-Where	Walk-Ins
10	Frank Borell	Cinematic Colours (Spring Lounge Cut)	Spring Lounge 2022