Hypnagogue Podcast

Sometimes we can get a little weird around here. But it doesn’t last, because there are so many worlds of sound to go play in… Download Start      Haq, Evaporator, Evaporator 4.45       Kronos Quartet, Planet Elf Sindoori, Sun Rings (comp. Terry Riley) 12.29     Talipes Valgus, Bog, Sly 17.17     Bart Hawkins, […]

No stops on this one. We’ll kick off in acoustic, New Age territory, spin up through space for a bit, and end in a misty haze somewhere far, far from here. Download Start      Fiona Joy Hawkins & Rebecca Daniel, Lake Of Contemplation, The Lightness of Dark 6.36       Pavel Fedorov, Fondness, Fondness […]

Let’s go spend some time in the library. I’ll pull together a nice flow for you from the stacks. In the middle, we float for 30 with Off Land. Enjoy. Download Start      A Produce & Loren Nerell, Area 51.1, Intangible 7.29       Radium 88, The Angel of Final Warning, Escaping Tomorrow 13.44  […]

Could I cut into a flow this deep? No, I could not. All from the Newish queue, though we do go back into it little ways… Call them pre-library tracks. Enjoy. Download Start      Tambour, Ursa Minor (Caroline’s Theme), Constellations (ou Comment Arreter le Temps) 6.08       Spring Quintet, Raven, Raven, Raven (Part […]

It’s time to set the controls to shuffle and see what happens. We’ll take a half-hour break to get wrapped in sounds from Peter James. Then we spin the wheel for a couple more cuts. Download Start      Chris Heron, Clockwork, Sanctuary 2.12       Petal, An Extra Seat, The Last Season 6.50    […]

We’ll start with the show’s 3500th track and bump our way through some funky turbulence for a while. (Chair dancing is highly encouraged.) Then we’ll shut down the beats a bit and get our drift on. Enjoy. Download Start      Andrew M Edwards, Starfield Tectonics, The Center of the Sky 5.24       Adverb, […]

Settle in for a house concert in the comfort of your own home. Or car. Or something like that. A quiet start and a rather New Age sort of finish, and in between, making a return to the Spotlight, it’s a personal favorite: Igneous Flame. Download Start       Alex Beckmann, Moon || Singing Bowls, […]

Hang on, Hypna-fans…this one takes a turn toward the shadowy side in the first half. But stick around and we’ll lighten it up a little before we’re done. Plus: the sounds of Luna (the dog). Download Start      Nathan Moody, Sonnenaufgang, Future Rituals 5.59       Skyphone, Murmalvejr, Marsh Drones 11.15     Vieo Abiungo, […]

From a quiet piano start, we’ll head off into various territories. In the Spotlight, we take a deep listen to music from Roy Mattson. The back third is a trip into the library, and a return to where we began. Download Start      Daigo Hanada, Rin, Ouka 2.55       Feryanto, All Creatures Bloom, We Are […]

New albums from long-time favorites, new favorites from new names–and all of it delicious music. I’ll meet you inside. Download Start      Panic Girl, Moonbase, Cake on Jupiter* 3.47       Planet of the Arps, Battle for the Planet of the Arps, Planet of the Arps 19.04     Glamaticus, Future Nostalgia, Journeys of Love […]

Pulling intriguing cuts out of the Newish queue and adding 30 minutes of Seamus O’Muinechain in the center–that’s what I do, ladies and gentlemen. That’s what I do. Download Start      Petricor, Super8, First Breath 6.30       Professor Khaos, Distant Fields, Music for Video Games 18.01     Emme, A Piece of the Sky […]

Long-time listeners know the drill—when the mood says to head for darkness, off we go. That’s where we’ll spend the first 30 on this journey. A quick break, and then it’s into places less grim and more lively. Download Start      Li Yilei, 5:28, 0:00 4.54       Bas van Huizen, Resonantendamp, Kulverzuchter 10.21  […]

I’m glad that you listeners seem to enjoy the Half-hour Spotlights, because I very much like throwing them together. This time around we’ll focus on Michelle Qureshi, and surround her with some deep cuts from the library. Download Start      Mirror of Dreams, The Orrery at Twilight, Land of Forgotten Destiny 8.48      […]

No stops on this one, and we’re keeping it a little on the quieter side. A definite headphone listen. Download Start      Ross Malcolm Boyd, Parting Ways, Clouds 11.09     Azaleas, II, Dream of Fields 26.54     embral, You’re Seeing Things (excerpt), Deep State 40.15     Sleepland, Tangled Up, Transition / Composition 44.20    […]

I really enjoy the days when I unpack a batch of downloads for the show. I put them into the system and give each a preview listen as I start unzipping the next one. There are always these wonderful moments of discovery when a new album just hits me and I know I just have […]