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The AM @theam.ca · 3h

Listen on @cjsw.bsky.social: cjsw.com/program/the-... Apple Music playlist: music.apple.com/ca/playlist/... Spotify playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/62R... Archive link: archive.org/details/the-...

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The AM @theam.ca · 3h

Oh, I didn't share Monday's episode. Here it is: fewer tracks than usual because of an extended interview with a federal minister on the upcoming Alberta separation referendum. Hopefully non-Alberta listeners will understand, but you can also just grab the Apple Music playlist... Links in next post.

A slightly muddled but still lovely view of the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in autumn; yellowing trees above a reflective pond, overlapping details of leaves, clouds, and sunlight in the water.

Track list:

She Glitters the Dust • Light Conductor • Sequence Three
Nightingale Waltz • Corntuth • The Nightingale Floor
Bluffs • Deniz Cuylan • For Luca
Geltokiak • Iker Munduate • Sinkronia
Noon Liquid Ore • Emily A. Sprague • Cyano
In Visibility • Jeremiah Chiu • Edge Conditions
Withending • Actress • Radical Frame
Needs/Wants • Zachary Gray • Single
Sunday Morning • Wilfred Kozub • Quiet Pieces for Noisy Times
Asleep In A Piano •Husha Husha • Here Come The Waterworks
will he be as forgiving on judgement day? • BITWASHERE • R.I.P BIT!
Plumeria Alba • Balam • Flora

Vidrig Vår • Dungen • Vidrig Vår
Half Can - Demo Version • Living Hour • Magnet EP
Clouds • Jason Dungan, Johan Carøe • Routine
The Tether / Modulo • Mandrake Handshake • Laputa
Raiders of the Dreamland • Full Moon Bummer • Freedom is Love EP
An Hour Before the Light • The Clientele • A Fading Summer EP
Saturday • The Clientele • A Fading Summer EP
Feeling Around • Jon Mckiel • Gold Horatio

Five To Ten • Darryl Kissick • Character Actor
Garbhóg • Trá Pháidín • Cloch ’s Claí
Unstable Neighbour • Railcard • Two Steps At A Time
Breaking Free, Diversity, Evolution • Immersion • What Is Lost Will Return
La Alusión • The Oscillation, featuring Lorelle Meets the Obsolete • Interference
Chocolate Cake, Nail Polish, Underwear (Why Can Everything Be Such A Big Deal) • Merryn Jeann • Fear of the Beauty Parlour
Maybe Lately • Miracle Fortress • Five Roses
Pretending to be People • Crystal Eyes • Secret Oscillator
Colour Pillow / Kologo • Blind Yeo • The Lemoine Point

The AM @theam.ca · 30/09/2026

AOTD#46: Dungen – Vidgrig Vår More of an adult contemporary/easy listening vibe than I expected, but the library psych influence on “Snurra På Hjulet” and the 10-minute “En Dag I September” help balance it out. Melodic and poppy in a 70s singer-songwriter sort of way that’s slowly winning me over.

open.spotify.com

Vidrig Vår - Album by Dungen | Spotify

Dungen · album · 2026 · 10 songs

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The AM @theam.ca · 28/09/2026

As expected with Lacek, the production is exceedingly crisp, and the cosmic/kosmische atmosphere is highly immersive. More impressive is how distinct Light Conductor feels from the ambient Besnard release from earlier this year. Same universe, different Galaxy I suppose.

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The AM @theam.ca · 28/09/2026

AOTD#45: Light Conductor - Sequence Three (Constellation) A third dose of space/drone rock & ambient psych from the Besnard Lakes/Young Galaxy collab. Once again only a single vocal track (the superb “Omenize”) but the apocalyptic spoken word sample on “Ghost City Radio” hints at a dystopian bent.

lightconductor.bandcamp.com

Sequence Three, by Light Conductor

5 track album

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The AM @theam.ca · 27/09/2026

AOTD#44: Corntuth - The Nightingale Floor (@auralcanyon.bsky.social) Pastoral electronics, serene field recordings, and at least a hint of Pure Moods in the atmosphere (complimentary). Lovely and comforting use of tape hiss & other ear-twigging textures throughout.

auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com

The Nightingale Floor, by Corntuth

11 track album

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The AM @theam.ca · 26/09/2026

AOTD#43: Jason Dunham (Blue Lake) / Johan Carøe - Routine Gorgeous collaboration between the two multi-instrumentalists, in a dreamy space that encompasses contemporary classical, jazz and more. Gently rhythmic, pleasantly melodic, often ethereal, a misty landscape revealing new details over time.

jasondungan-johancaroe.bandcamp.com

Routine, by Jason Dungan / Johan Carøe

The AM @theam.ca · 25/09/2026

Not to mention Over the Garden Wall, one of the best artworks of the century so far even if, again, it’s ostensibly for kids. It’s a much richer text than a lot of what made the list.

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The AM @theam.ca · 25/09/2026

I guess I should be happy Bojack made it, but the lack of animation on the NYT list is unsurprising and disappointing. It’s a shame stuff like Scavengers Reign and Primal will always fall under the radar, never mind the achievement that is Adventure Time (yeah, kids show, but also so much more).

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The AM @theam.ca · 24/09/2026

Sometimes I forget this song exists. And then I remember and my week is instantly better. youtu.be/vXTzs8nshS4?...

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Unspoken Is the Word

YouTube video by Finch - Topic

The AM @theam.ca · 23/09/2026

AOTD#42: @bunkr303.bsky.social - Signs EP (VLSI Records) From the same sessions that produced the excellent Signals in April and clearly of a piece with its predecessor, leaning slightly towards propulsive over atmospheric but with plenty of both. A rare combination of crisp production & hazy mood.

bunkr-music.bandcamp.com

Signs, by BUNKR

4 track album

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The AM @theam.ca · 21/09/2026

(Double-feature today since I missed an entry yesterday when I've been doing pretty dang well otherwise with this whole daily posting routine)

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The AM @theam.ca · 21/09/2026

AOTD#41: Black Duck with Elena Setién - Black Duck with Elena Setién (Thrill Jockey) Finds a sweet spot combining dissonant Chicago guitar improv, folk-inflected post-rock, and soft-jazz/prog melodicism. One of the more engrossing blends of the accessible & unpredictable I've heard this year.

blackduck.bandcamp.com

Black Duck with Elena Setién, by Black Duck with Elena Setién

The AM @theam.ca · 21/09/2026

AOTD#40: Eleven76 - A Day of Unrest A solid addition to the ever-growing library-music revival, with the touchstones you'd expect — psychedelic grooves, easy-listening atmosphere, plenty of flute solos, mod-influenced beats, and in this case a welcome Lalo Schifrin influence running throughout.

eleven76.bandcamp.com

A Day Of Unrest, by ELEVEN76

The AM @theam.ca · 19/09/2026

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And let's not forget Eternal Almost from back in April, his collab with Tomo Katsurada that is basically a perfect global psych-pop album. A great year so far for the Misha fan-filovs. mpsc.bandcamp.com/album/eterna...

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The AM @theam.ca · 19/09/2026

AOTD#39: Misha Panfilov Septet - Live in Leipzig and Berlin Only a week since Misha released the excellent, hypnotic Where the Birds Fly, and already we're gifted with this four-song, half-hour live set of the jazzier side of the Panfilov canon. RIYL: Soul jazz, Badge Epoque, good things.

mpsc.bandcamp.com

Live in Leipzig and Berlin, by Misha Panfilov Septet

4 track album

The AM @theam.ca · 18/09/2026

...of Gwenno or Stealing Sheep-style electropop and hippie mystique into the mix. The whole thing's a delight, inventive, energetic, and packed with good vibes. I'll be following these folks, for sure.

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The AM @theam.ca · 18/09/2026

AOTD#38: Blind Yeo - The Lemoine Point (Les Disques Bongo Joe) Infectious, kraut-inspired psych-pop. "Colour Pillow/Kologo" is one of the catchiest things I've heard in ages, "Today / Tomorrow" makes excellent use of droning keys and motorik groove, and "Hourglass of the Eye" adds a bit... (1/2)

blindyeo.bandcamp.com

The Lemoine Point, by Blind Yeo

8 track album

The AM @theam.ca · 17/09/2026

Making an album out of bat sounds, drawing inspiration from the rhythms and melodies of various species, is an interesting challenge. Making it a series of dancefloor bangers is an inspired choice. There's something so satisfying about music that's undeniably experimental and immediately accessible.

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The AM @theam.ca · 17/09/2026

AOTD#37: Hanna Tuulikki and Tommy Perman - Echo in the Dark (Kin-Tu) A musical journey through eras of club culture, with every sound that isn't a human voice made from bat echolocation. Interspecies collaboration and nostalgic dance vibes — not a combination I ever expected but I'll take it. (1/2)

kin-tu.bandcamp.com

Echo in the Dark, by Hanna Tuulikki & Tommy Perman

11 track album

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The AM @theam.ca · 16/09/2026

...the kind of dark that makes you feel cozy even as it fudges the boundaries to your sense of self. Aside from the nine-minute "Before Your Eyes (We Are Your Ancestors)" it's all relatively concise, enough room to drift but with new textures rewiring your attention every few minutes. Hits the spot.

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The AM @theam.ca · 16/09/2026

AOTD#36: @worriedaboutsatan.bsky.social - No Knock No Doorbell Today's been a bad day and I needed an album to lose myself in. NKND's downtempo/post-rock blend works brilliantly. As the cover makes clear, there's a darkness to it all, but it's an enveloping one, a blanket, not an abyss... (1/2)

worriedaboutsatan.bandcamp.com

No Knock No Doorbell, by worriedaboutsatan

The AM @theam.ca · 15/09/2026

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This week’s AM opens with Space Ghost’s “Back from Reality” — only appropriate as we go from the real world of unstructured weekend time into the strange shared fiction of the working week. Listen back for soothing sounds to tide you over until reality returns again. theam.ca/post/8277920...

Tracklist

Back From Reality
Space Ghost • Back From Reality
Jalur-Jalur
Asa Tone • Mutualkind
Fire on the Water
Bonobo, featuring Arooj Aftab • Distance in Static
Famara Dust - Ben Lukas Boysen Rework
Grandbrothers • Single
Cruisen
BUNKR • Signs
Do I Know - Rachika Nayar Edit
Sijya • Leather & Brass [Retrofitted]
Off With Their Heads
CG Tears • CG Tears
Suburbia
Zachary Gray • Trippin'
Cosmology
Jonathan Fitoussi • DELTAS
Koshi
Jacana People, featuring Anna Phoebe • Single
Vialit
Postmodern Machine • The End is a Beginning

Full of Life
Misha Panfilov • Where the Birds Fly
Guru
Jon Mckiel • Gold Horatio
Eat the Rich
Darryl Kissick • Character Actor
Child
Andy Boay • Doomed
That Life
Persica 3 • Cardinal
One Morning
Brainticket • Psychonaut
Feel the Wind Blow
Brainticket • Psychonaut
La Pernette
The Thorn • Single
Well of Seven
Ayal Senior • Yutori ゆとり
Returning to Everything
Steven R. Smith • Half Light Unfolding

Hiriku
Diles Que No Me Maten • Escrito en Agua
Bird of Parallax
Group A.D. • Bird of Parallax / Sliinky
How Low Hang the Gardens (Olenrath)
Postnamers • City Songs
Bless
Sanctums • DOGS
Ninths
Anna Butterss • Single
Who We Used To Be
Bilal Nasser • Every Martyr Is A Universe
Removing clocks from a heated house
Peggy Lee, Cole Schmidt • Forever Stories Of: Moving Parties
Silver Fish Eyelashes
K.C. Accidental • Captured Anthems For An Empty Bathtub + Anthems For The Could've Bin Pills
Virus
Pierre Desmarais • ZiP

The AM @theam.ca · 14/09/2026

This week’s episode starts shortly at CJSW.com. Listen live or check back here later for streaming links and playlists. Ambient electronics, vintage psych, shoegaze, dream pop, and other such hazy sounds for an autumn morning.

cjsw.com

CJSW Radio – Calgary's only Campus & Community Radio Station

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The AM @theam.ca · 14/09/2026

AOTD#35: Jonathan Personne - Répertoire (Bonsound) A polished, confident blend of indie, dream-pop, and yacht-rock from the Corridor frontman, drifting in similar sonic jet-streams as artists like Vinyl Williams, Chaz Bundick, or maybe Triptides. Enjoyably breezy but never less than accomplished.

jonathanpersonne.bandcamp.com

Répertoire, by Jonathan Personne

The AM @theam.ca · 13/09/2026

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AOTD#34: Jon Mckiel - Gold Horatio (@youvechanged.bsky.social) Mckiel's ongoing collaboration with Jay Crocker (JOYFULTALK) continues to produce some of the most distinctive psych-folk in Canada. Intricate when it needs to be, brash when it wants, a hypnotic, multi-textured feat of pop songwriting.

jonmckiel.bandcamp.com

Gold Horatio, by Jon Mckiel

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St. John is always a hypnotic presence but there's a warmth on tracks like "Off With Their Heads" that's new to me. VanGaalen's creativity is well known, but Greenwood has flown under the radar too long (mostly from consistently leaving things unreleased). It's time he breaks through.

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AOTD#33: CG Tears - CG Tears (Victory Pool) Brand new electro-pop project from the brilliant Morgan Greenwood (Azeda Booth, Baths) w/Clinton St. John (Florida BC, Jolie Laide) on vox and Chad VanGaalen making his own eclectic contributions. Skittering beats, swelling synth pads, unexpected lyrics...

cgtears.bandcamp.com

CG tears, by CG tears

8 track album

Vocoder and other effects blur the occasional vocals into a pleasant haze, but snippets break through and demand reflection. “Always in need of something.” “It slowed me down/that’s what I needed.” A soundtrack to other tasks, then, but one that shades and colours them, like any good score would.

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The AM @theam.ca · 10/09/2026

AOTD#32: Art Feynman - Orphans Temple designed this album as “music to do other things to,” so it doesn’t draw undue attention to itself. But it’d be unfair to call it background music. It’s too playful for that, and too imaginative in its (still simple) textures and melodies. (1/2)

artfeynman.bandcamp.com

Orphans, by Art Feynman

13 track album

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AOTD#31: Ayal Senior - Yutori ゆとり New release from the consistently great & frustratingly underappreciated Toronto guitarist. "Egg Yolk Slime" shows off the album's full range through meandering guitars, blissful vibes, and the friction from occasional atonal arrangements. (1/2)

ayalsenior.bandcamp.com

Yutori ゆとり, by Ayal Senior

The AM @theam.ca · 10/09/2026

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Sandro Perri's mixing is crisp & pleasant, perfect for the pastoral-psych atmosphere of the release. Put it on your radar. Also, it makes a great pairing with the first single from Bilal Nasser's upcoming Constellation Records debut, speaking of Canadian acoustic musicians worth your attention.

bilalnasser.bandcamp.com

Every Martyr Is A Universe, by Bilal Nasser

6 track album

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The AM @theam.ca · 10/09/2026

ayalsenior.bandcamp.com

Yutori ゆとり, by Ayal Senior

The AM @theam.ca · 09/09/2026

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Monarch butterfly just flew by the 26th floor window and I’m going to take that as a good omen.

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The AM @theam.ca · 09/09/2026

AOTD#30: Sanctums - Dogs Unexpected but very welcome release from the Calgary duo, swapping their usual jagged soundscapes for a set of instrumental hip hop. Their excellent taste carries through, with well-curated samples and impeccable production, all for a good cause — animal rescue in Gaza.

sanctums.bandcamp.com

DOGS, by SANCTUMS

8 track album

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The AM @theam.ca · 08/09/2026

Moody music on a misty Monday morning — what could be cozier on the Labour Day long weekend? A couple surprises this week, including ambient jazz from Andrew WK and a psychedelic epic from Frankie Valli’s Four Seasons, just enough to keep you on your toes. Listen here: theam.ca/post/8271396...

A deer silhouetted against a blue sky at the top of a grassy hill. What does it have to do with the episode? Nothing at all, but it was a nice walk.

Tracklist

Magnet
Living Hour • Magnet EP
Tape_X247 - Max Cooper Remix
Fejká • Azur (Deluxe Edition)
Edge of Interior
Andrew W.K. • Temptation to Exist
A Waking Dream (Edit)
Akusmi • Terra Incognita
Points de Fuite
Calgaréal • Vanishing Points
If I Told You
Danny Lubin-Laden • Windows Out
Moons of Temper
Clark • Entity Stims
Time's Relentless Melt
Conflux Coldwell • Unmask
Star
Sanctums • DOGS
Get You In - Belong Mix
Odd Nosdam • On Patrol
Seeker
Yuutsu • Single

No Place in the Sun
Rebecca Flood • Ponies Under Darkness
Old Fashioned Morphine
Honeybear • Single
La mort de l'artiste
Couteau Papillon • La mort de l'artiste
Lendemain
Jonathan Personne • Répertoire
Always
SHOLTO, Phoebe Coco • Single
No Ends No Beginnings
Everything Is Recorded • No Ends No Beginnings
American Crucifixion Resurrection
The Four Seasons • The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette
Look Up Look Over
The Four Seasons • The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette
I Miss My Mom
Strawberry • This is a Compliation
Incriminating Whisper
Eleven76 • A Day Of Unrest
Hotel Blues
Last Ex • Last Ex

Tower of Babylon
Andy Bell, Masal • Common Primitives
Today / Tomorrow
Blind Yeo • The Lemoine Point
Broken English (Moon King Mix)
Sook-Yin Lee • 72RHR UNLOCK THE PAIN - THE REMIXES
Visage sous nylon
Feu Thérèse • Ça Va Cogner
unknowing action
Ciao Ciao Marigold, [12tone] • Single
beem
Fling II • 3
Come Home Baby Julie, Come Home
The American Analog Set • Promise of Love
Don't Wake Me
Full Moon Bummer • Exposed Assets
Always Faithful
Black Market Karma • The Grease Ladder

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The AM @theam.ca · 07/09/2026

Goodnight from increasingly autumnal Calgary.

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The AM @theam.ca · 06/09/2026

Knowing this was largely written while undergoing daily radiotherapy treatment made me expect a certain heaviness to it, but it feels more optimistic and resolute — the comfort of being in familiar places and finding strength in your surroundings.

The AM @theam.ca · 06/09/2026

AOTD#29: Gilroy Mere - Furlongs (@claypipemusic.bsky.social) Gentle and contemplative, melodic without ever being cloying, evocative of hillside rambles and misty seaside walks. like the best of Clay Pipe's releases, Furlongs is music that evokes a strong sense of place and of movement within it.

claypipemusic.bandcamp.com

Furlongs, by Gilroy Mere

The AM @theam.ca · 05/09/2026

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AOTD#28: Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland - Eternal Life No End A fusion of traditional and experimental, buchla and buzuk on equal footing, deep synths, skittering drums, hand percussion and bells, Arabic singing distorted and autotuned. Doom, drone and art-rock expressing grief & grit.

rgmfdo.bandcamp.com

Eternal Life No End ليلة ظلماء ملعونة، كحياة طالبيها, by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland

7 track album

The AM @theam.ca · 04/09/2026

AOTD#27: Michael Nau – Guess Bed A quick EP adding to less than 15 minutes, but a pretty marvellous way to spend that quarter hour. Six solo guitar pieces forgotten for five years, with strings and additional flourishes added when Nau rediscovered it. Perfect mix of spontaneity and composition.

michaelnau.bandcamp.com

guess bed, by Michael Nau

6 track album

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The AM @theam.ca · 04/09/2026

I only have the second album on CD, but agree their vibe remains untouchable.

Been a while since I’ve listened to this, thanks for prompting a revisit.

What songs or albums scome to mind when you think of solarpunk? I’m thinking of optimistic music that blends electronics/technology with acoustic and nature sounds. Any good examples?

peter @peterhemminger.com · 03/09/2026

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I spent a lot of time this spring talking to folks about arts funding in Alberta. Glad this piece is finally out — thanks to all the artists, arts admins, funders, foundations, and others who helped this all come together. albertaviews.ca/rewilding-th...

albertaviews.ca

Rewilding the Arts - Alberta Views

Reducing the Werklund Centre’s reliance on grant funding played a significant role in securing provincial support for its expansion.

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Made a rare exception to give Fiver two spots because they're coming through Calgary tomorrow and I'm excited.

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The AM @theam.ca · 02/09/2026

I didn't post it, but there in fact was an AM episode on Monday. An ambient-leaning first hour, a throwback to a quarter-century-old glam rock musical, and an early embrace of some autumnal sounds. Links and playlists here: theam.ca/post/8266943...

Tracklist:

Omenize • Light Conductor • Sequence 3
Lichen Trip • Bibio, Dorian Concept • Answers
Mornings at the Library • Sun Drawing, Sea Level • Afternoons At The Library
River Together • Tenniscoats, Tape • Minat Soul
Cold Signal Index • Altus • Echo Bloom
Will-O’-Wisp - Arms and Sleepers Remix • Palladian • Single
Credits Roll • Easy Idiot • Render Family (Music From and Inspired By)
Sun Down (Common Pipistrelle & Soprano Pipistrelle) • Hanna Tuulikki, Tommy Perman • Echo in the Dark
Applegene • Bullion • Nearly
Suite electrique • Test Card • 73 & Good Luck

Elemental Progression • Fiver • Fiver Trois Presents Cleaning House
Weakened • Lambchop • Punching the Clown
Walk a Line • Gilroy Mere • Furlongs
La Terre est plate • Jonathan Personne • Répertoire
Intermezzo - Orchidea - • Klint, featuring Rachel Kitchlew • Single
The Origin of Love • Stephen Trask • Hedwig and the Angry Inch OST
Midnight Radio • Stephen Trask • Hedwig and the Angry Inch OST
Vini da Gama • Allah-Las • Sirenas
Sunshine Unlimited • Black Duck With Elena Setien • Black Duck With Elena Setien
Only In the Longing • Fiver • Fiver Trois Presents Cleaning House

$What Is Lost Will Return • Immersion • What Is Lost Will Return You Make Me Cyborg • Cornelius, featuring The Monochrome Set • Refractions Süki & Amadeus • No Joy • Big Life, Big Leaf Cloud Cartography - Extended • Cloud Studies • Cloud Studies Camera Shy • sundayclub • sundayclub Morning Star • Pøltergeist • Hallucinations in the Catacombs Epiphany • Sorrow • Sleep Now Forever Désir des astres • Gaspar Claus • CELLS Ultimatum • Final Fantasy • Plays to Please Never the Bride • Raf Wilcot • Cinnabar Bouquet$

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Some parallels here with the upcoming Light Conductor album on Constellation, which is also a marvellous mix of ambient and space rock, very much worth watching it for.