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After several years buried in books, manuals, patch cables and messing with a DIY synth, JakoJako (real name Sibel Koçer) was playing her first live sets in Berlin, spending every spare cent on Eurorack modules. The trio Emeralds with soaring sounds stylistically indebted to deep German electronic music pioneers. ACTIVE DARK FILAMENT is a Canadian electronic music artist creating textured cinematic compositions, often containing a narrative edge. Like nearly all of Inquiri’s music, there is a distinct element of heartache mixed with hope, elements of drone voice field recording and intense layers of sound to draw in the listener. From The Mouth Of The Sun is on a mission to bring its dynamic breed of electro-acoustic classical music to the masses this year. 'Seabuckthorn' is a guitarist meticulously putting together layers of overdubs, richly textured percussion and brooding reverb-drenched atmospheric sounds, lastly, White Noise From Electronic Toys creating music to calm down your mind during difficult tim

Just a quick intro: this will be the only edition this month due to being very busy with other projects, but an extended one, covering another hour of diverse electronic sounds. Most of the albums featured are new releases from previous musicians & bands who have over the years been with us on Sequences since our journey started podcasting in 2012. It’s quite a line-up here. We won’t go into details, but as always, definitely check out bio pages for more info on those appearing in this issue. Synth Replicants is our opening band, which has a completely new and unique sound, still synth-based but with an added guitarist; enjoy. Playlist No 241 01.40 Synth Replicants ‘In The Fading Starlight’ (album Time Of Legends) https://synthreplicants.bandcamp.com 07.26 Synth Replicants ‘A Hymn For The Pioneers’ 13.41 ToXyGeNeDK ‘Transitions Of Time Part 5 Extended’ (album Transitions Of Time) https://toxygenedk.bandcamp.com/track/transitions-of-time-part-5-extended 26.02 Michael Bruckner ‘A Secret Life Part 1’ (album

Our lineup in this issue includes the third volume of their benefit compilation of Various Artists From Ukraine, now 19 months since Russia invaded with no end in sight. Ambient space music, performed by David Luxton, was inspired by astronomy and celestial themes. His mission is to make transcendent music from the inner and outer worlds. Modular synthesis Ombre Cohen experimenting with semi-modular synths and an ever-growing Euro rack case. The latest addition to the Winter-Light’s artist roster, a new ambient drone project, is created by Dan Barrett, a.k.a. Aetherium Nebula. His primary focus is manifesting atmospheres inspired by the intersection of sadness, spirituality and far-future cyberpunk science fiction. With her love of Africa, Lis Addison uses electronics, voices, and nature sounds on the album, which are intended to blend equally into the music the way all beings work harmoniously in an ecosystem for its health and benefit, and our vintage track from Harvey Bainbridge surfs the ambience of deep

We kick off this edition with Robert Schroeder’s new release, ‘Into The Light’, drifting away into dream worlds by letting yourself be beamed into other dimensions with space effects, mysterious spheres, deep strings and dreamy melodies. Erik Wollo returns with an assemblage of acoustic guitars. Erik says everything you hear is acoustic, with no synths used on the new album ‘Cloud Of Strings’. One musician who has graced our airwaves many times has been ELEON. His new album is a stunning atmospheric world of divine dimensions with guest musicians, including Grammy-nominated recording artist David Helpling. Polypores returns for his second album on the Din label with ‘Multizonal Mind scramble’, a feast of modular textures and syncopated glitchy oscillators that swell and fade into strange sound worlds. On the female side, Lucy Claire produces a fusion of classical cinematic and world influences intertwined with bittersweet piano motifs. Now and again, we like to look back into the past, this time with Airsc

It’s always a pleasure to introduce musicians in Mick’s domain of Australia, which includes a relatively new composer on the scene, Matt Goodluck, who has a long history in the music business and is also a member of Australia’s largest Pink Floyd tribute act, Echoes of Pink Floyd as lead vocalist and tours nationwide. Cinematic ambient composer Paul Headon, a.k.a DREAMSCAPIST new album ‘Mind Space’, takes us further into what may be the unknown, meditation/atmospheric/ambient/music for sleep. As supporters of the female side of electronic music, not one but five grace our airwaves. Natasha Barrett’s artistic research project provokes a new awareness of our outdoor sound environment. Kirsten Agresta Copley is an international award-winning harpist. Hania Rani builds on earlier successes unfolding at an exquisite pace. Stefana Fratila ongoing creative research culminated in Sononaut, eight open-source VST plug-ins created for digital audio workstations, and welcome to the world of INSANIA (a.k.a Ryo Pike). E

Hope you all enjoyed the last edition, delving into the music of Bas Broekhuis Detlef Keller & Mario Schonwalder, more specials are to come later in the year. Now it’s back to our usual look at new releases from those musicians we featured over the years, including the epic journey-style album called ‘Oracle’ from David Wright & vocalist Carys, the calm & relaxing atmosphere in an ambient universe from Steen Chorchendorff Jorgensen. Experimenting with synthesised sounds, Rayspark Industries takes us to unknown territories. Focusing on the universe’s beauty, wonder & complexities brings us Infinite Universe by fellow Aussie Jim Ottaway. Romanian artist Kamarius, a world fusion of spiritual, meditative & cinematic sounds. The many styles of electronic music from the prolific UK musicians Ivan Black are just a few we are featuring with their new albums. We must say compiling this podcast has been one of our more laid-back editions for some time. We begin with Micado’s first album with nine tracks, all in coprodu

Feat: Thomas Fanger: Frank Rothe: Klaus Hoffman Hoch: Lutz Graf Ulbrich: Raughi Ebert: Thomas Kagermann: Frank Rothe: Frank Specht: Gerd Wienekamp: Dedicated to the Memory of Thomas Fanger 1962-2022 & Klaus Hoffman Hock 1951-2017 Download Bios: https://we.tl/t-IO2wh9Hc4x Playlist B.K.S. Playlist 00.00 Detlef Keller & Mario Schonwalder ‘Another Temptation’ (album The Two Piece Box) *** 11.29 Broekhuis, Keller & Schonwalder ‘An Imprombtu Item’ (albumLive @ B-Wave) *** 20.50 Fanger & Schonwalder Feat: Cosmic Hoffman ‘Cosmic (pre Earshot Mix)’ (album Earshot) 30.51 Mario Schonwalder ‘Earthtime’ (album The Eye Of The Chameleon) 1989 40.40 Mario Schonwalder ‘Memories Of Oz’ (album Close By My Distance) 1992 50.19 Bas Broekhuis Esher Drawings Part 4’ (album Esher Drawings) 1991 54.54 Fanger & Schonwalder Feat: Cosmic Hoffman ‘Woodland Mix’ (album Mopho Mr Babe Remixes) 01.01.37 Broekhuis & Schonwalder ‘Philadelphia Remix’ Repelen The Last Tango live 2011-2013) *** 01.07.17 Keller & Sc

It’s great to see the feedback from some of you who enjoyed the Modular/vintage edition. Now, back to our usual look at recent new releases, with another round of superlative sounds from musicians based around the globe. Seven new names added to the list include, Under Water Sleep Orchestra, a nightmarish trip within blurry worlds and a nostalgic journey of dark ambient with a cinematic edge. The duo A Winged Victory Of A Dividing Pair music built on their foundations in ambient and neoclassical. Dramón brings experimental climatic and noisy music inspired by ambient and electronics as the basis of his creation. Incorporating gentle guitar synth flute and percussion, dappled with nature sounds, comes from Carlos Denger. Known for his performances using lap steel, guitarist Frank Schultz takes a drifting journey into a cavernous and droning ambience. The unusual setup by Edouard Ferlet of two pianos, one of which is mechanical, echoes the work of Philip Glass or Nils Frahm. To stir emotions through well-orches

In this 4-hour special, we focus on musicians who have used new modular & vintage synths in their studios, with tracks taken from the 80s to the present day, which have been featured on various editions of our previous podcasts. Modular synths, once considered virtually obsolete, have been one of the most surprising growth areas in music technology over the last decade. The main appeal to musicians is obvious: their unrivalled flexibility makes them the most versatile form of an imaginable synthesiser. Customisation is one of the main appeals of modular synthesisers, with small-format and relatively cheap Eurorack is one exciting way that sound connoisseurs are building upon the classic sound technologies of the past while taking advantage of new alternative modules that are jam-packed with never-seen-before features. Download Bios at: https://we.tl/t-WtORXBud2P Playlist Modular & Vintage Synths Special Edition No 235 02.03 Steve Roach ‘Molecules Of Motion’ (album Molecules Of Motion) https://steveroach

With many recent releases, this edition gives us more ambient electro-acoustic & downtempo music, including two pioneering musicians from the 80s to the present day. Steve Roach with the 20th anniversary of ‘Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces, where the label Projekt collects all four parts into a single release — close to five hours of electronic ambient music, which allows the listener blissful hours on the high frontier between deep listening music and the spirituality of pure sound. The musical alchemist Robert Scott Thompson combines his mastery of the electroacoustic, acousmatic, contemporary instrumental and avant-garde genres on Placid. Our modular track comes from the album Myuthafoo, based on creative sequencing processes that playfully unravel Caterina Barbieri's deep-rooted interest in time, space, memory and emotion. Following lengthy negotiations upon the release of her 2022 debut, Nova Cat (yes, a cat), reluctantly agreed to Projekt Sam Rosenthal’s addition of ambient music to two tracks on her s

We welcome eight new acts to Sequences, including Christine Ott’s two bands, The Cry, an improvising trio with multiple textures & the duo Snowdrops, a unique combination of contemporary classical, jazz, electronic music and film score. With her distinctive voice Amaya (Maud Of Moth), a Madrid born residing in Edinburgh, dances all over her deftly woven compositions. Not using a name but numbers 58918012 score a pretty dark/melancholic/sad /cinematic and even a bit depressive sound—another stark & desolate release, ‘Hinterland’ from Electronic Death Black Dogs. Norwegian cinematic ambient electronic project LIGHTS A.M has everything from uplifting energy, playful sequences and experimental sound design to fearful moods and melancholic melodies. The collaborative project, From Overseas & City Of Dawn, brought together by a love of melodic guitar-based ambient music and tape loops, wrapping up with Slow Beethoven performed in the empty seven-storey steel water tank’s sonic environment, an extremely resonant spa

Only one edition this month due to moving my daughter & son-in-law out of my place into their newly renovated home. Meanwhile, I present our first Sequences audio tape from 1992 remastered was born from the demise of the UK Electronic music audio magazine, Inkeys and the short-lived Syntrax. Our debut edition, released in 1992, was the only one mastered on audio cassette, which, unfortunately, is now unplayable. This is a remastered version without the banter between tracks (we couldn’t extract) using the original CDs & cassettes (which, luckily, were okay). There were no downloads in those days. All promos came by post & visiting various festivals; the tracks on the original tape were cut short, but now they are complete except for those that needed an edit due to their length. I was a complete novice starting this project with no experience. I have to blame my good friend for many years Clive Littlewood (Electronical Dreams), for starting this audio magazine. Armed with only a cassette recorder, no sof

With a third of the year already gone by, the so-called pandemic has quietly dropped out from the main media news, but more worrying is the war continuing in Ukraine with no end in sight. As you know, we’ve supported Ukraine & Russian musicians with no malice to the latter, any music from them kept out of the politics of this war. The lineup for this edition is mostly names that have appeared before on Sequences, except for Alpha Romeo’s sublime mixes of retro synth urban vibes with quality production. Beatless mixtures of treated guitar and electronics inspired by nature and effects treatments by Trem 77. On Tone Science no 7 are modular synthesists Andrew Ostler, three aspects of drones sequences & audio processing, with Dark Sparkler creating a stormy shipwreck of a patch with siren calls & turbulent water., finally Shajan on the relaxing subtle and multi-faceted music from another excellent compilation from BSC Music. The vintage track comes from the prolific German experimental musician Conrad Schnitzl

As always, we are governed by the releases that come in every month; we’ve certainly had our fair share this time of ambient, symphonic, neo-classical & experimental stuff for this podcast. In addition to what would have been Vangelis’s 80th birthday, there are tributes from Michael Neil on his album ‘Into Infinity’, & Aural Films, with thirty-seven artists from around the world who have contributed their own reflections on his vast career, four & half hours of music, we’ve selected four tracks from this special collection titled ‘Tears In The Rain’. Someone you may not have heard of, Philip Jeck, who died last year, worked with old records and record players salvaged from junk shops. He really did play them as musical instruments, genuinely creating moving and transfixing music where we hear the art, not the gimmick. On the album ‘Stardust’ he collaborated with Faith Coloocia. We begin with Johan Tronestam’s latest release, full of melodic music on 'Cosmic Drama Part 2'. Download bio pages: https://we.tl

Sequences Playlist No 3 1.00 Holle Mangler 'Apocalyptic Dance' (album Eternal Dimension) www.groove.nl 7.45 Martino Vergnaghi 'Walk Young Pilgrim' (unreleased) https://yellowroserecords.bandcamp.com 10.59 Ion 'Blues For A Red Planet’ (unreleased) 17.09 Eric Van Der Heijden 'Tempo Rubato' (album Da Capo) www.groove.nl 22.41 Mark Jenkins 'Mexico Rising’ (album Mexico Rising) *** edit www.markjenkins.wix.com 25.58 Bil Vermette 'Riding The Hogback’ (album GALAXIES IV) https://bilvermette.bandcamp.com 32.29 Paul Nagle 'Let Yourself Go' (unreleased) https://paulnagle.bandcamp.com 39.00 Michael Meare 'The Birth Of Stars On The Edge of Orion' (unreleased) https://somnarium.bandcamp.com 47.53 Translunar 'Replicant' (unreleased) https://translunar.bandcamp.com 52.56 Bernhard Wostheinrich 'Live In Princeton' (album Live in New Jersey 2011) *** www.lapetus 01.02.59 S Palmer 'Flowthing' (album The EM Fans Guide to Mooch) 01.11.34 Chris Spheeris 'Desires Of The Heart' (album Desires of The Heart) www.chrisspheeris.

As we said in the past, our podcasts are not like DJ mixes. We are here to promote electronic music showcasing so many different genres in that field, which is sometimes challenging and thought-provoking, featuring mostly up-to-date new releases. Our analogue/modular section includes the musician Hélène Vogelsinger, with her second part in the Metaphysical Alteration series of four sessions, taking place in the same huge abandoned place, Suki Sou from the peak district in the UK using Buchla, Moog modular systems and rare analogue synths - Michael Rother (NEU!/Harmonia) said "I am impressed by the conceptual clarity of Suki Sou's album ‘Notes’ on listening. I can hear common roots to Harmonia's music, and I'm sure many of our fans will enjoy Suki's tracks,” and with the legendary “lost” Node album “Singularity”, presented here for the first time, is mastered to modern standards but otherwise untouched and in its original form and recorded to two-track with no overdubs. Download bio's: https://we.tl/t-RS

As our support for the unjustified war in Ukraine started over a year ago, we decided to feature a few musicians from that country in this latest edition. Zavoloka's experimental work began with that inspiration from British ‘90s electronic music, which is still a key influence for her, but she’s expanded into the world of field recordings with strong driving rhythms. You won’t necessarily be able to pick out the piano submerged in Endless Melancholy music, but it’s there, providing a steady drone, which has a very mellow type ambience. Duo Gamardah Fungus’ music and field recording work invokes the sparse open landscapes of Ukraine’s rural areas, and they try to reach the enigmatic, viscous and calm atmosphere of the very cosmos. Also in our lineup are some of our favourite names spanning many decades with new releases, including Erik Wollo, Steve Roach, Robert Scott Thompson & Craig Padilla. Vintage music comes from Rolf Trostel’s last album ‘Narrow Gate of Life’, recorded in 1983 at a live concert in the

Ten years ago, our podcasts were released on iTunes. We’ve had many requests from listeners who didn’t like using iTunes, saying they would like to hear early shows not available on any of the music sites we published on now (Soundcloud is popular). Your voices have been answered. Over time we will bring the missing podcasts up to date on those websites. Sequences playlist No 2 1.00 Ron Boots ‘The Run’ (Unreleased) www.groove.nl 8.03 Keller & Schonwalder ‘Tuetonisches Wuten’ (Unreleased) www.manikin.de 15.08 Fanger & Kersten ‘Nozacuzi’ (Unreleased) www.manikin.de 22.33 Bernd Kistenmacher ‘Beautiful Moments’ (album Live & Studio Tapes 1992) https://berndkistenmacher.bandcamp.com 35.50 Rudiger Gleisberg ‘Solitude’ (album Damiana) www.bscmusic.com 40.42 TomHabes ‘Untitled’ (Unreleased) 50.27 Kelvin Smith ‘Earths Long Winter’ (album Lapis Lazuli) sequencesemma@gmail.com 59.42 Craig Padilla ‘One’ (Unreleased) https://craigpadilla.bandcamp.com 01.07.12 Craig Padilla & Skip Murphy ‘Sundial Elements (Live)’ (Unre

Back to our usual edition for this month with a look at the latest releases. From Lisa Bella Donna’s crystalline images on the modular synthesizer systems to Harald Nies classic electronic music with space-rock elements. Erik Wollo’s single, an EP of remixes, is an exquisite collection of moods and emotions, ranging from vigorous and earthy to mesmerizing evocative and wistful late-night Nordic light scenes. A heady mixture of an epic tour de force of electronics from Surface 10 is almost beyond categorisation, and Bart Hawkins further establishes himself as a master of atmospheres extruded from the complex palette of the modular synthesizer, just some of the 22 artists appearing in this edition. Download Bios: https://we.tl/t-TYUkPwFKwP Playlist no 227 02.11 Klangwelt ‘Corium’ (album Here & Why) www.sphericmusic.de 07.43 Klangwelt ‘Ago’ 12.41 Klangwelt ‘Information’ 17.59 Bart Hawkings ’Race To Cosmos Redshift 7 Galaxy’ (album Entering The Axis Mundi) www.spottedpeccary.com 25.04 Bart Hawkings ‘A Joyous Re

Ian Boddy has been at the forefront of the UK electronic music scene since 1983, when he both performed at the very first UK Electronica Festival in Milton Keynes and released his first vinyl album, The Climb. The formation of his DiN label in 1999 allowed Ian to actively collaborate with a wide variety of musicians as well as release music from other artists and celebrate its 100th release in 2022. Download bio at: https://we.tl/t-o28WIBKGjf Playlist No226 part 2 0.00 Ian Boddy ‘Aurora’ (album Aurora) 2002 10.04 IanBoddy: Markus Reuter: Nigel Mullaney ‘Ionosphere’ (album Triptych) 2001 21.19 Ian Boddy & Chris Carter ‘Concussed’ (album Caged) 2000 28.58 Ian Boddy ‘Frozen Web’ (album Secrets) 1999 38.54 Arc: Ian Boddy & Mark Shreeve ‘Steam’ (album Octane) 1998 49.19 Ian Boddy ‘Continuum Beta Part 1’ (DL album Continuum) 1996 59.45 Ian Boddy ‘Alpha Part 1’ (DL album Continuum) 01.09.47 Ian Boddy & Andy Pickford ‘Enigmatic’ (album Symbiont) 1995 01.19.11 Ian Boddy ’Space Cadet’ (album The Uncertainty Pri