PGM 389: SWEET MYSTIQUE 3

A luscious mix of downtempo chill & dreamy lounge.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:25 / Zero Cult / City Voices (2024 Remastered) / Inversion
08:30 / Lukas Midub (feat. Veronika Boulter & Beta Solaris / Keep Walking / Shiny Lights
13:20 / Qeight / If You Need Me Now / If You Need Me Now
18:42 / Magnetik / Deeper Motion / Deeper Motion
25:20 / Balthvs / Sun Coloured Eyes / Harvest
29:13 / Eric Hilton with The Infinite Daisy Chains / Little Odessa / Little Odessa
32:16 / deepspace / Rainy メガシティ 七 Precinct / Neon Blue Utopia
37:00 / Manika Kaur / Siddhartha / Devocean
41:41 / In’R’Voice / Moonlight Fields (Jam Session Remix) / Elusive Meaning
50:22 / Unhide, Elvya / Aso Mata / Aso Mata
54:29 / Villa Dayze feat. Peranya Visitchantaragoon / Phangan Moonrise / Thai Island Life

Album Review: Evensong by Kevin Keller

Review by Candice Michelle

New York-based composer Kevin Keller continues to dazzle and amaze with his ever-evolving yet uniquely signature style of award-winning music that combines ambient and electronica with cinematic and classical styles. Comprised of eight enchantingly beautiful pieces all named (and numbered 1-8) after the album’s title, Evensong, Keller’s latest masterpiece is no exception in his nearly three-decade recording career. What makes Evensong especially remarkable among this prolific artist’s repertoire is Keller’s thematic inspiration for this album – the transcendent and timeless music of Hildegard of Bingen. Born circa 1908, Bingen was a German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, herbalist, mystic, and philosopher whose divine musical works and writings have inspired countless artists, composers and creative thinkers across centuries.

On Evensong, Keller enlists four soprano singers (Danya Katok, Elisa Singer Strom, Katherine Wessinger, and Wendy Baker) who provide mesmerizing chants composed by Bingen on tracks 1, 3, 4, and 7 in addition to ethereal vocal textures throughout the album. Classical strings by Sarah Zun (violin), Angela Pickett (viola) and Laura Metcalf (cello) are also woven into Keller’s ambient neoclassical soundscapes, which seemingly transcend place and time with their flawless fusion of medieval and modern musical motifs. Illuminated by floating, shimmering and lightly pulsating electronic sequences that are variably accented by stringed instruments, bell tones, and encircling pipe organ figures throughout, the album’s haunting yet heavenly atmospheres evoke sacred and cosmic imagery, like that of a vaulted cathedral ceiling opening to reveal the majestic milky way.

Joining the ranks among other top-notch Bingen-inspired ambient/neoclassical albums like Vision by Richard Souther and Lux Vivens by Jocelyn Montgomery & David Lynch, Kevin Keller’s Evensong is one of the most magnificent albums I’ve heard in recent years and an absolute must-have for fans of this genre!  

~Candice Michelle for Journeyscapes 

For more information please visit the artist's website. Evensong is also available at Bandcamp and more!

PGM 388: ATLANTIS CALLING 3

An ambient/electronic fantasy mix inspired by a lost civilization.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:20 / Kamarius / Fantastika / The Code
06:00 / Mark Dwane / Atlantean Magic / The Atlantis Factor
09:55 / Sylvain Carel / Detected / Atlantide
20:34 / Deborah Martin & Cheryl Gallagher / Palace / Tibet (20th Anniversary Remaster)
28:06 / Medwyn Goodall / Temple of Prophecy / Priestess: Return to Atlantis
35:35 / Forrest Fang / Vessels of a Minor Deity / Perihelion
44:42 / Bart Hawkins / River Boat to Atlantis / Entering the Axis Mundi
52:45 / Mark Dwane / Atlantean Apparitions / Atlantean Apparitions
55:14 / ELEON / Hidden Kingdom / Hidden Kingdom

PGM 387: LUMINOUS AIR 3

A phantasmic mix of cool-toned ambient & dream-chill atmospheres.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:25 / Kamarius / Decoding the Dream / The Code
08:12 / Russ Gabriel / Airbourne / Amberdelic Space
13:53 / Cafe Americaine / Hydrosphera (Ambient Flight Mix) / Space Fly, Vol. 1
18:47 / Lars Leonard / Wavelength Dreams / Wave Interference
25:12 / Eguana / Cosmic Voyage / Destiny, Vol. 3
31:40 / The Starseeds / Regina From The Future / Parallel Life
36:35 / Maxtor / Beyond the Sky / The Third Barramundi Sampler
44:25 / Germind / Meditation / Meditation
53:48 / Jake Stephenson / Sunrise / Chill Out Trance, Vol. 2

PGM 386: LOVE POTION 3

A valentine’s mix of luscious chill, ambient moods & sensual grooves.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:21 / Magnetik / Your Eyes / Eternum
08:37 / David & Steve Gordon / Yoga de Sensualite / Nirvana Groove
16:36 / DJ Maretimo / Cafe Internacional (Erotic House Cut) / Winter Chillout Lounge 2019
21:23 / Psicodreamics / Labyrinth of Seduction / Ambiethernum
27:46 / Electrotete / I Love You (Cubic 22 Remix) / The Sound of Belgium, Vol. 2
33:15 / Eguana / You Are Here / No Magic
37:45 / Thomas Lemmer / When the Night Whispers Secrets / Dreamscapes
39:52 / ELEON / In Your Arms / Crossover
45:51 / Mabisyo / A Love Letter / Sun Colored Eyes
50:08 / The Art of Noise / (Three Fingers of) Love / Daft
54:37 / Deepspace / St Valentine’s Dream (Remaster 2024) / Vertical Landscapes: Retrospective

PGM 385: NOCTURNAL VISIONS 5

A wintry ambient-space mix to convey a shadowy nightscape.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:25 / Remote Vision / The Mirror Pool / Hypnos
03:20 / Time Being / Architects of Silence / Hidden Structures
11:05 / AeTopus / They Know / Cup
15:35 / Eguana / Naked Ocean / Night Ambient
23:10 / Translippers / Mountain Spirits / Continuity
27:30 / deepspace / Arctic Sun and Weather Experiment / Vertical Landscapes: Retrospective
34:05 / Spacecraft / Twilight Rays / Skyscapes
39:00 / Arcane Trickster / Moonstar / Moonstar
44:55 / Germind / Mysterious Night Forest / Ambient Waves, Vol. 2
47:38 / ELEON / Slumberland / Hidden Kingdom
53:40 / TheAdelaidean & Steve Roach / Airspace Vista / Parallels

PGM 384: MYSTIC ODYSSEY 4

A lushly chilled & dubby mix imbued with an eastern vibe.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:20 / Sitaranha / Adana (Dense Remix) / Adana
04:39 / Shakatura / Galactivation / Galactivation
09:10 / Telefis / Falun Gong Dancer with Jah Wobble (Donkey's Gudge Dub) / Falun Gong Dancer with Jah Wobble
14:00 / K Ambient Sounds / Tender Moments and Open Spaces / Enchanting Atmosphere
22:40 / Shivanam / Krishna Legend / Krishna Legend
28:38 / Kristina Bennett / Forgiveness / Shakti
32:08 / Eric Hilton / Petra / Sound Vagabond
35:18 / Banco De Gaia / Big Men Cry / Big Men Cry
41:18 / Lucia Hwong / Generic Actress #3 / Slumberland
45:40 / Eguana / Misty Nocturne / Destiny, Vol. 3
52:38 / J.P.illusion / Artificial Spirit / Artificial Spirit

PGM 383: SERAPHIC REALMS 2

An ethereal mix of medieval, cathedral & cosmic ambience.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:25 / Kamarius / Induction / The Code
05:22 / David Arkenstone / Inscriptions / Quest For The Runestone
09:45 / K Ambient Sounds / Time For Peace / Enchanting Atmosphere
18:15 / Deborah Martin & Cheryl Gallagher / Seeker and Sought / Tibet (20th Anniversary Remaster)
24:55 / ELEON / Angelic Realms / Daithi
32:05 / Aureliaslight / Bridging Heaven and Earth / A Mystic’s Autumn
35:42 / Kevin Keller / Evensong 4 / Evensong
41:03 / Delerium / Apparition / Nuages du Monde
46:00 / Amethyste / Everchanging / Alien Moon
50:10 / ELEON / Dreamfields (feat. Michelle Qureshi) / Hidden Kingdom

PGM 382: FUTURE DREAMS 7

A euphoric mix of epic chill, dream trance & ambient electronica.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:21 / Tall Paul vs. INXS / Precious Heart (Lush Remix) / Dreamstates
05:12 / Cryounit / Artificial Universe / Paradox
09:23 / Abstraction Unit / Nautilus (Bianco Soleil Remix) / Nautilus
16:15 / Schiller / Future / Life
20:44 / Desert Dwellers / Longing for Home / Breath
28:17 / Magnetik / Sea Dance (Fourth Dimension Remix) / Sea Dance
35:04 / The Starseeds / Timequakes / Parallel Life
40:18 / Polished Chrome / Dreamland (Sferix Remix) / Happiness Remixed
44:25 / Eguana / Light Wind of Nostalgia / Rainbow Emotions
47:40 / Enigma / 20,000 Miles over the Sea (Boca Junior Remix) / A Posteriori (Private Lounge Remix Album)
54:30 / Germind / Change / Tears

PGM 381: WINTER FLIGHT 3

An electronic ambient winterscape for an auroral night voyage.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:25 / Jim Ottaway / Light Dawns (Reimagined) / A Promise of Eternity
06:05 / Isostatic / Arctic Crossing / Beyond the North Wind
13:22 / Erik Wøllo / Wanderer Above / Solastalgia
20:23 / Spacecraft / Sky Full of Aurora / Sky Full of Aurora
24:13 / Ascendant / Helios Drifts / Starfall
30:32 / Fringo Chills / Snowfall on the Fjell / …in Norway
41:00 / Ancient Astronaut / Crystalline Spheres / Cosmic Trails
44:40 / Deborah Martin & Cheryl Gallagher / Glacier / Tibet (20th Anniversary Remaster)
51:16 / Active Region / The Star Shield / Horizon Dispatch

PGM 380: ANCESTRAL WINDS 6

A mesmeric mix of atmospheric world & tribal ambient soundscapes.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:25 / Suzanne Teng & Gilbert Levy / Journey of Life / Autumn Monsoon
06:10 / Erik Wøllo / Dry River / Solastalgia
12:25 / K Ambient Sounds / Beautiful Contemplation / Enchanting Atmosphere
21:45 / Deborah Martin & Erik Wøllo / Creation Story / Kinishba
26:32 / Sverre Knut Johansen / Rhinoceros On Large Salt Pan / Still Time
32:40 / Translippers / Lizards On A Stone / Continuity
38:02 / City of Dawn, Sherry Finzer, Karasvana / Resonant Wandering / The Journeying Sun
43:27 / Peter Phippen & Ivar Lunde, Jr. / Earthly / Earthly
50:20 / Byron Metcalf / Embrace of Uncertainty / Inner Rhythms Meditations Vol. II

PGM 379: BIOTIC WORLDS 6

A luminescent mix of organic ambient electronics.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP
00:25 / Translippers / The Beetle / Continuity
05:45 / Spacetime Continuum / Voice Of The Earth / Sea Biscuit
16:30 / The Orb / Plateau / Orbus Terrarum
29:25 / Eguana / Biochemical Signaling / Invisible Civilization Vol. 5
36:15 / Carbon Based Lifeforms / Artificial Island / Hydroponic Garden
41:11 / Sverre Knut Johansen / Still Time (Saving Our Planet) / Still Time
46:05 / The Future Sound of London / Cascade (Part 3) / Cascade
50:15 / Forrest Smithson / Time Prints / Future Temples

PGM 378: HYPNOTIC VOYAGE 8

A mind-bending excursion into psychill & space trance.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:25 / Eguana / New Earth Anthem / Future Visions
05:48 / Dense / Desire / Elixir
12:00 / S1gns Of L1fe / Void Matter / Portal to Transcendence
19:27 / Rising Galaxy / Dream Stabilizer (Trance Mix) / Dream Stabilizer
32:06 / Kamarius / Moving Mirrors / The Code
39:00 / Germind / Neural Connection / Inaccessible Life Forms
45:26 / Cayo Largo / Between Emotion & Logic / Mind Games
49:47 / GMO & Dense / In A Liquid World / In A Liquid World

PGM 377: QUANTUM LEAP

A sonic sci-fi adventure of traveling electronic space music.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
00:25 / Jim Ottaway / The Edge of Knowing / A Promise of Eternity
06:37 / Divine Matrix / Azimuth / Sequencer Drift
12:25 / Kamarius / Konsequences / The Code
21:55 / Cryounit / Kardashev IV / Paradox
25:41 / Hollan Holmes / Drawn To An Intangible Energy / Sacred Places
31:35 / Cartas de Japón / Nueva Atlantis / Gemstones IV
43:00 / Joystick / Cerebral Augmentation / Machine Dreaming
48:42 / Hyperion V / Deep Sky Object / Accretion Disc
53:06 / Erik Wøllo / Shoshin Voyage / Solastalgia

PGM 376: HIDDEN SANCTUARY 4

An meditative ethno/tribal/organic ambient mix inspired by indo-pacific panoramas.

TIME / ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM-EP-SINGLE
00:25 / K Ambient Sounds / Enchanting Atmosphere / Enchanting Atmosphere
10:12 / Jarguna / Garden of the Mantras / Prospettive Animiche
18:08 / Kenneth Hooper / Forest Temple / As the Crow Flies
24:12 / Chronotope Project / Tonglen / Chronology
34:27 / Frore & Shane Morris / Hidden Meaning / Ochre
40:45 / Qeight, Translippers / Invisible Birds / Invisible Birds
46:08 / Kristina Bennett / Beauty Bowls / Shakti
50:00 / Alio Die & Lorenzo Montanà / Crystal Revelation / Dialogue of Water