Jukebox LS edition: Tromso, 70 degrees north, in the Arctic region, in the middle of the most active northern lights zone. In summer time, land of the midnight sun. In winter, total darkness.
In October 1995, as part of the annual Polar Music Festival, Geir Jenssen of Biosphere and Bobby Bird of the Higher Intelligence Agency, were commissioned by Nor Concerts to collaborate together on a musical project to take place in Geir’s home town of Tromso, Norway. The brief was for them to perform three concerts, using sounds sourced from the area as the basis of the music - the machinery of the local mountain cable lift, the snow, the ice etc…
The performances from which this recording is taken, took place on top of a mountain above Tromso, in a cabin reached by the cable car, in which the audience were transported up the mountain in turn.
First release: 1996 on Beyond, limited edition 5000 pieces. Reissue: 2003 on Headphone. The Jukebox plays with kind permission of (HIA) Bobby Bird (that’s so cool!!!!) the opening track ‘Cimmerian Shaft’ which sets the tone for this album, a musthave in your ambient collection. Probably one of the best releases ever in the genre: Polar Sequences.
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Artist: Higher Intelligence Agency + Biosphere
Track: Cimmerian Shaft
Album: Polar Sequences
Visit the Biosphere website here
Visit the Higher Intelligence Agency website here
Buy the album ‘Polar Sequences’ on iTunes Store here
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Tags: Beyond, Biosphere, Bobby Bird, Cimmerian Shaft, Geir Jenssen, Headphone, Higher Intelligence Agency, Jukebox, longsong, podcast, Polar Sequences
From Niedersachsen, Germany: Thomas Lemmer’s Lounge music Project. “Mein erstes Solo Album wird ein Chillout - Lounge Album sein. Die Idee dazu kam mir Anfang 2007, als ich anfing mit meinen alten analogen Synthesizern zu experimentieren. Ich verarbeitete sphärische Flächen mit sehr langsamen Drumloops und improvisierte über die Harmonien. Nach und nach kristallisierten sich immer mehr guter Ideen heraus und ich dachte, warum eigentlich nicht gleich ein ganzes Album davon produzieren”. The Jukebox plays an exclusive track, many Thanks Thomas!
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Artist: Thomas Lemmer
Track: Missing you badly brother (Chillbar Vol.2)
Visit Thomas Lemmer on Myspace here
Buy the album ‘Chillout Lounge’ by Thomas Lemmer here
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Tags: Chillout Lounge, Jukebox, podcast, spacemusic, Thomas Lemmer
Bad Loop is Petteri Karjaleinen, born July4th 1979 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Yes, a lot of Americans do celebrate his birthday! Moved to Finland and studied in the Music Institute of Vantaa in 1991. He started experimenting with midi and tracker software with Jari Saukkonen, with whom he produced music until his departure to South Africa in 1995. His debut ep “Lumme” was released in 2002 on UK based net label Kahvi Collective and later in 2005, having moved back to Helsinki, Finland, he released “Luo” ep on US netlabel One, and soon it gained popularity in several online magazines including Beat magazine and even Der Spiegel. Bad Loop teamed up with a fellow musician Recue in 2005, for series of live performances in Finland, Estonia and UK until 2008, and nowadays he is performing with Jari, associated with Coral Visuals, who is responsible for the custom real-time visuals. 2010 brings the EP release of ‘Fragments’ and our Jukebox plays ‘Sometimesrmx’ which we think is all about a remix version as the title shows us…
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Artist: Bad Loop
Track: SometimesRMX
Album: Fragments
Visit the Bad Loop website here
Visit Softphase for a free download of the EP here
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Tags: Bad Loop, Fragments, Petteri Karjaleinen, planet boelex, Softphase
Making music since he was 15 years old, Mark de Jong studied sonology at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and it was a couple of years later when he launched the ‘Low Energy Center’. A way of hiding from the high-energy world outside and re-load in the low-energy center. His inspiration to start making ambient music had to do with a dance party back in 1992; at his friend’s place (*TC*) he heard this album by Locust called ‘Weathered Well’. TC played the best tracks from this album during this non-stop ambient afterparty which was born early in the morning in Harmelen, near Utrecht. Mark got hooked and from that moment in time, ambient music has become a way of living for him.
The Jukebox plays the title song from his album ‘Good To See You’ and is available on the iTunes Store, Amazon MP3, Rhapsody and Sony Connect. The music is timeless and deserves a very close listen on a regular basis; Feel free to de-compress and re-load yourself in the Low Energy Center!
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Artist: Low Energy Center
Track: Good To See You
Album: Good To See You
Visit the Low Energy Center Myspace site here
Buy the album ‘Good To See You’ on iTunes Store here
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Tags: Good to see you, Jukebox, Low Energy Center, Mark de Jong, Multispace, podcast, spacemusic
Robert Henke, born 1969, is a composer, sound designer, software developer, installation artist and performer. His music has roots in academic sound research as well as in club culture, and the result is a body of work that is sophisticated yet accessible. Robert Henke releases music under his own name and as Monolake; his performances and interactive installations have been shown at places like the Tate Modern in London, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, MUDAM in Luxembourg, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Robert is one of the authors of the Ableton Live music software, and teaches as professor for sound design at the University of Arts in Berlin.
Remixing Depeche Mode ‘Darkest Star’:
Robert: “I have no fixed scheme. I am looking for an idea, something unique which guides me thru what ever comes next. In the case of Darkest Star it was the lyric”.
It still sounds like a Depeche Mode track!
Robert: “Yes. And it makes me incredibly happy to hear this. It might not be the best Depeche Mode track ever, but at least it has some of the color…and as I said earlier in this interview, color is quite important to me. I think much more in colors then in song structures”
Did you ever get any feedback on the remix from the band at all?
Robert: “No. unfortunately not.”
Source: remixing Depeche Mode - interview published on the Monolake site.
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Artist: Depeche Mode / Monolake RMX
Track: Darkest Star
Visit the Monolake website here
Buy music by Monolake on iTunes Store here
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Tags: Darkest Star, Depeche Mode, Jukebox, Monolake, podcast, Robert Henke
The Edge of a Fairytale is an ambient excursion to inner and outer spaces. Inspired and influenced by ancient myths, legends and places, this album is my soundtrack to the world as we perceive it; balancing between the known and the unknown - on The Edge of a Fairytale.
“…the deep, rich and mystifying sound that resides on The Edge of a Fairytale has a somewhat dark point of view. However it is not a darkness of evil, but rather one that dwells within the uncharted realms between truth and fiction; a darkness representing an unknown that we travel through while always optimistic that there is light - or enlightenment - to be found somewhere ahead.”
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Artist: Between Interval
Track: Three years Ago
Album: The Edge of a Fairytale (a Spotted Peccary release)
Visit the Between Interval website here
Buy the album “The Edge of a Fairytale” on iTunes Store here
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Tags: Between Interval, Jukebox, podcast, spacemusic, Spotted Peccary, The Edge of a Fairytale, Three Years Ago
Anjey Satori was born on April 6, 1969, in the Ukraine. Anjey was interested in mysticism and esoteric teachings of the East from his early years.
He worked as an organizer of special courses and seminars at the Institute of Nontraditional Medicine and has had enough experience to teach the basics of bioenergy and healing.
The pseudonym “satori” (insight) Anjey thought of while practicing meditation and yoga. Once the “expansion of conscious” happened and there was an experience of “satori” described in classical Zen-Buddhist texts. The feeling of inner light and bliss lasted for several days. It was the meeting with his innermost Self.
Anjey Satori’s music is intended for meditation, healing and anyone travelling an inner journey. Each composition creates a harmonious balance of music and spirit.
Artist: Anjey Satori
Track: Forest Surround
Album: For Relaxation
Free albums by Anjey Satori here
Anjey Satori on LastFM here
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Tags: Anjey Satori, for relaxation, Forest Surround, Jukebox, podcast, Satori, spacemusic
Coffee Break February 2010
Storyboard:
[00:00]Start the coffee machine!
[00:47]Spacemusic Coffee Break for feb. 2010
[01:45]Nemesis plays ‘Kopernikus’ (CREW’s favorite track!)
[09:00]Nemesis plays ‘Origin of Species’
[10:00]Nemesis plays ‘Karyon’
[15:10]Check Planet Origo for more info about the Nemesis release (Big Thanks to Glenn !!)
[16:10]Electrix plays ‘Spicy Sand’
[20:55]Electrix plays ‘Take a Second’
[24:50]Gold Lounge plays ‘Only a Dream’ (Big Thanks to Michele!!)
[30:10]Enjoying the chicken soup…
[32:00]Samantha James plays ‘Right now’ (gets our 5 out of 5 stars and let’s go on a date please!)
[35:18]Let’s count the years now…
[36:09]Spacemusic 5th Year Anniversary! HOORAY!
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[37:00]Despite all wishes for more…
[38:07]Marry the right one… and become a full-time *TC* ?
[38:30]Executive Producer for this show: Marc Vogel / Pro Vision Media
[39:05]Donations are very welcome
[39:45]Magic Sound Fabric plays ‘Majesty‘
[45:02]Magic Sound Fabric plays ‘Coming Home’
[51:03]Jukebox will play the longggg songggg once a month, stay tuned
[52:46]Do you wanna go MORE? Feel free to support us MORE.
[53:55]We’re looking for good Spacemusic App promoters!
[53:54]Let us hear your story and we’ll send you a free download code!
[55:27]Jeff Greinke plays ‘Before the Storm‘ (Virga album)
[01:00:53]Jeff Greinke plays ‘After the Fall’ (Virga album)
Demo songs / albums - Yes Please! We need more to hear from you. Hungry for good music.
Send us a download URL or send the physical album to our postal in Rotterdam/Holland.
Cheers! >>> HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
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Next show: Jukebox for monday feb. 15th 2010
Tags: coffee break, Electrix, Gold Lounge, Jeff Greinke, Magic Sound Fabric, Nemesis, Origo Sound, Planet Origo, podcast, Provisionmedia, Samantha James, spacemusic
“Daydreams. What is truth, what is illusion? Perspectives mingle in the haze.
Split ego. The other voice is silent but cannot be denied.
It demands ecstasy, for it wants to know whether God still loves it. Caress me, oh dawn”
ELA BERGMAN & CHRISTOPH GRACIAN SCHUBERT:
Both live and work near Munich. CGS studied classical guitar and spent many years working as a studio musician, producer and film composer. In addition to his work as film musician with classical film scores he has been working for over 20 years on experimental compositions and sound art.
Together with the trance singer ELA BERGMAN he is working on the new music project entitled DIA-MANTRA. Electronic music combined with highly hypnotic archaic trance chants is the salient feature of this particular music project.
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Artist: Dia-Mantra
Track: Contemplation One
Album: Caress me, Oh dawn
Visit the Dia-Mantra website here
Buy the album ‘Caress me, oh dawn’ on iTunes Store here
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Tags: Caress me oh dawn, Christoph Gracian Schubert, Contemplation One, Dia-Mantra, Ela Bergman
From Holland comes today’s artist *TC* - It all started when he was like 7 years old and heard this tape with music by Jean-Michel Jarre: the Oxygène album. It was recorded by his neighbour and friend Robert. It just went on and on from that moment in time… TC bought himself one synthesizer-based record after another. Other music was irrelevant from his perspective… Though during his childhood he used to listen to very melodic songs as well, collected by his parents; on a regular day he would hear Neil Diamond, James Last, Barbra Streisand, some Arne Janssen during birthday parties and even this Dutch band ‘BZN’. We’re talking the livingroom now. Back in his own room, TC would play his vinyl collection and listen to the radio. During the 80’s his favorite radio show was the ‘CD Show’ hosted by Wim van Putten. But also ‘The Soul Show’ with Ferry Maat and ‘In The Mix’ by Ben Liebrand on friday nights at Veronica radio station.
His vinyl collection in those years: Peru, Jarre, Vangelis, Klaus Doldinger, Tangerine Dream. When the first CD’s were launched TC was at the ‘Capilux’ store and bought his first one: Klaus Schulze ‘Body Love’. His first electronic music CD ever…
TC studied Sonology at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, NL. In 1994, TC was the first Dutch conservatory student to graduate on a live dance music performance, held at the Sonic Acts Festival in Paradiso, Amsterdam. He was in a band at that time called ‘Normally Invisible’. They made one album and it was released on Staalplaat Records, Amsterdam. Genre: ambient/trance.
In his own studio TC worked on a solo project, the ‘Atlantic Treasure’ album. It wasn’t released until years later when the iTunes Store was getting popular. There’s no physical release but one never knows what the future might bring. From this album the jukebox plays ‘Impact LNB’ - inspired by the Nord Lead synth, samples from SciFi movies, the wonderful theme of ‘La Double Vie de Véronique’ (Zbigniew Preisner) and his big Persian love from Isfahan, both were born on the same day. File it under ‘what suits you’ or ‘never to be deleted’. It’s intriguing and cinematic and it even makes the artist wonder whatever happened to making music…
Artist: *TC*
Track: Impact LNB
Album: Atlantic Treasure
Visit the *TC* website here (you’re already there)
Buy the album ‘Atlantic Treasure’ on iTunes Store here
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Tags: atlantic treasure, impact LNB, Jukebox, podcast, spacemusic, TC
