29 Mar 09 S 4.16 Cross Over
What a week of hard working does to you… struggling and falling, messing up words coming from the mouth… Fried brains, tired body, sleepy eyes. Maybe it’s about time for a good vacation? Indeed! That thought immediately injects us with positive energy so it’s the best thing to do right now: focuss on the fun vacation plans. Visiting the UK is one of our plans. June. Higher temperatures. Today’s music is a soundtrack that helps you focuss; artists like Ab Ovo, Jon Jenkins, Craig Padilla, Zero Ohms, Skip Murphy, Biosphere, Michael Stearns - the theme ‘Cross over’ is about the drifting sounds in this mix taking over, no more talk, just music floating back to back. On this show we’d like to thank our sponsors, the Spacemusic HD project is making progress! The brand new Canon HD cam is now in our hands… so we enjoy doing tests and experimenting with all kinds of encoding techniques. The Elgato Turbo H.264 HD has been sent to us to give it a try. Definately a fine piece of equipment that goes well in small spaces: the Turbo encoder is a small USB stick that fits the pocket while travelling and using mobile computers like our Macbook Pro. “Cross Over” - a show to take with you wherever you go -
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START
(00:00) - Spacemusic 4.16 ::: Cross Over :::
(00:26) - Ab Ovo - The Sky Horses (Haiku Remix)
(07:38) - CP/ZO/SM - One moment beyond
(11:15) - Jon Jenkins - Cross Over
(14:31) - Biosphere/HIA - White Lightning
(22:05) - CP/ZO/SM - Perspective of Disappearance
(28:08) - Sleepy Town Manufacture - Sny O Planete Leiv
(30:07) - Michael Stearns - Twin Flame
(33:50) - Joseph Case - Carina’s Sleep Song
(38:00) - Kilo - Zanzibar
(40:57) - Tracklist for today and things going on…
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Tags: 2009, Ab Ovo, Biosphere, Craig Padilla, HD, Jon Jenkins, Joseph Case, Kilo, Michael Stearns, podcast, Skip Murphy, Sleepy Town Manufacture, spacemusic, Zero Ohms
25 Mar 09 Moments with Schiller (DVD)
Sehnsucht LIVE order via Amazon.de arrived yesterday @ spacemusic studios Rotterdam. Dinner late @ night so why not watch the show at the same time…? Together with the concert: the first movie is about 8 minutes and introduces us to the Schiller crew and gives an impression from behind the scenes. Now we’re watching this DVD in upscaled mode so actually DVD’s look great on the 42 inch LCD screen. However, this introduction was made with some sort of noisy portable photocam or something…. creative filtering perhaps, in short: not the best way to introduce the viewer like this as the introduction clip is even kind of disturbing,quality wise spoken, to watch and enjoy. Ah well, let’s skip this one, the concerts begins…..
Instrumental start: “Sehnsucht LIVE” has begun, warm sounds, great mix, lowwwww bass - nice and cosy atmosphere, not too big stage, just great. Very eye-catching: the lighting during the show is superb! (background information andf explanation on dvd 2) ‘Der Tag’ featuring Jette von Roth sounds wonderful and certainly sets the tone: Schiller music is a sound adventure, it goes deep, it goes wild from time to time, it sticks in the head, in the soul. It’s music like music should be like. Jette is a great LIVE performer! What’s obvious is the quality of her voice / the mix as you hardly hear this is all performed LIVE….. What we experience with this DVD could have been an intense mixed studio session. Amazingly well done, a piece of art.
Guest star Ben Becker as the story teller - perhaps a bit exaggerated when it comes to low frequencies….. we prefer the studio version sort of speak, better for the woofers, then again a LIVE act is OK to be a bit cheesy right? Ben is doing very well and the synthy pads behind him are just fanatastic! Synchronisation at a professional top level.
Kim Sanders is a great live performer too - her voice immediately grabs the audience. Mysterious, groovy, soulful, touching. Kim feels at home on stage as well as in the studio. Lounge, trance, pop, ambient, Kim can do anything we suppose. “Forever” is a very catchy live act that simply needs to be on this DVD, and…. she’s coming back later during this show.
Jaël comes up….she is a romantic surprise. The second song she does is called “I need you”. In one word: wow! Super woman. Hahahaha! Very lovely with style, wonderful performance with an absolutely moving-till-tears-if-you-don’t-watch-out tone. On her bare feet. “Put your arms around me”. She simply does it! Relaxation as an interlude for the second part of the show…..
Wake-up call. “Irrlicht” is about the pure Schiller world of sounds - sweeping and intriguing. We can’t deny that the band members of Schiller adore making music as there’s so much of true and honest interaction between them during performing. The cameras are cathing these moments beautifully.
Jette von Roth for the second time on stagewith two tracks. “Sleepy Storm” ….never heard and felt the line “on the way with bow and arrow….” so good and intense! Play it loud! We’d like to describe it as ‘Unheimisch und jetzt ein sturm der Liebe”. This is Schiller at his best if you ask us.
Rumba time! Kim Sanders surprises us once again. “Dancing with Loneliness” is so very nice and loungy. Perfect timing for a small change of scenery, later we will lift off again….After the first track she asks the public: “You want me to let you love me…?” - “This one is called <Let me love you> and it’s a new track”. Now this song will stick in your head for days and nights we assure you.We feel it’s only fair to warn you. Sing it here! Kim, we love you…!!!!
“Nachtflug” enters out livingroom with a very clear and warm vocal chord, wow! Acoustics (guitar, drums, percussion) go together perfectly well with the samples and keyboards, straight from an unmade movie….. Dolby Digital 5.1 entertainment in extremely hi-quality; movies soundtrack production companies and studios can learn from Schiller, can someone please write that down?
Time for us to hug the Schiller band and guests Jette von Roth, Ben Becker, Kim Sanders, Jaël and September. Many thanks for a great LIVE event in the genre we certainly support and adore - call it electro pop, call it dance, call it ambientdance, we think the Schiller act is what more and more people are looking for : electronics with a lot of l-o-v-e- love. “Sehnsucht LIVE” DVD artwork is wonderfully designed, the integrated book with tons of information and great photos looks and smells fantastic. All content packed in a very steady and shock-proof box, a treasure in your collection…..
Coincidence: while we were writing this review for you, Schiller contacted us via Myspace. And we quote: Big thanks for the support and yes please…play Schiller on the podcast!
Coming up: review part 2. (DVD two) “Sehnsucht LIVE”.
Sites to visit
http://schillermusic.com
http://myspace.com/schillermusic
http://schiller-tv.com
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Tags: 2009, Ben Becker, Jaël, Jette von Roth, Kim Sanders, review, Schiller, Sehnsucht LIVE, September, spacemusic
22 Mar 09 Senseo® Sundays ::: Schiller :::
Let it all go… Time for a new Senseo episode on Sunday march 22nd 2009 - with crystal clear sounds from Germany: hi-quality productions by Christopher von Deylen aka Schiller. This music must be played at high volume for sure! No kidding - the blend of pop, electronic and ambient is hard to resist and asks for bigger speakers and heavier sub woofers 
Schiller was rewarded five gold records, received the 2002 Echo-Award, the DVD Champion Award for best music DVD and the Opus Award for BEST SOUND DESIGN. Performances with a wide variety of international artists; Klaus Schulze, Sarah Brightman, Kim Sanders, Ana Torroja, Jaël, Mike Oldfield, Moya Brennan, Anna Maria Muehe, Jette von Roth (todays show!), Thomas D. (todays show!) and many others…. Todays music can be seen and heard @ Schiller-tv.com
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Starbucks shuts 300 more stores… Thousands of baristas are to lose their jobs as Starbucks shuts stores to cope with dwindling sales of lattes, cappuccinos and frappuccinos as cash-strapped consumers lose their thirst for coffee.The Seattle-based chain tonight revealed a 70% slump in quarterly profits to $64.3m and announced that it intends to shed 6,700 employees this year. It is closing 300 stores, two thirds of which will be in the US, on top of 660 shutdowns last year.
As the global economy turns sour, appetite for Starbucks’ premium-priced drinks appears to be waning. Like-for-like sales fell by 10% at American stores and dropped by 3% elsewhere in the world - including a decline in the UK during the three months to December.
Starbucks’ chief executive, Howard Schultz, is joining in the belt-tightening by asking the company’s board to cut his basic salary from $1.2m to $10,000. Schultz, 55, dropped off Forbes’ list of the world’s billionaires last year as the value of his stake in Starbucks plunged. In a statement, Schultz blamed the “weakening global consumer environment” for Starbucks’ problems. He said the company was following a “well developed plan to strengthen our business through more efficient operations and by preserving the fundamental strengths and values of our brand”.
Analysts say Starbucks’ market has been eroded by improved coffee offerings at fast-food stores such as McDonald’s which typically charge much lower prices. Starbucks has 16,875 stores globally. It once boasted of an ambition to have 20,000 outlets in the US and a further 20,000 overseas, although expansion plans have since been radically scaled back.
SOURCE: Andrew Clark in New York - guardian.co.uk - Wednesday 28 January 2009 23.12 GMT
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Senseo® Sundays ::: Schiller :::
(03:56) - Schiller - Die Nacht… Du bist nicht allein
(08:28) - Schiller - Der Tag… Du bist erwacht
~TC
© 2009
Tags: 2009, Germany, podcast, Schiller, Senseo, Senseo® Sundays, Starbucks
15 Mar 09 Senseo® Sundays ::: Glen Darcey :::
Have a break everybody…. Coffee time! Imagine yourself exploring a new city….new sounds, people, buildings, traffic, parks, stores, boulevards, church, station, hotelroom… all accompanied by fantastic ambient tunes in your ears to give this adventure an extra dimension and powerful memory. Glen Darcey is on our show today with his album ‘Ambiata’ and we’re sure this music fill fit your iPods and iPhones to go and travel your preferred cities and environments - a perfect soundtrack. Glen has always been into synths and electronic music, he has studied music and performed LIVE on stage in bands for example. Please check out his website for more details and get your copy of this relaxing ‘Ambiata’ album via iTunes Store today!
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On the other hand, it is clear that coffee is not for everyone. In excessive amounts - meaning more than whatever an individual’s body can tolerate - coffee can cause nervousness, jitters, and rapid heartbeat.
Although studies investigating any relationship between higher cholesterol levels and coffee have yielded conflicting results, it is believed that in some people, drinking excessive amounts of coffee might cause elevated cholesterol levels (5).
However, coffee drinkers who consume filtered coffee should not worry themselves with respect to cholesterol levels, because research indicates that it is the coffee oils which are mainly responsible for the rise in cholesterol in people who drink nonfiltered or boiled coffee.
Most recent large studies show no significant adverse affects on most healthy people, although pregnant women, heart patients, and those at risk for osteoporosis may still be advised to limit or avoid coffee.
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Senseo® Sundays ::: Glen Darcey :::
(03:41) - Glen Darcey - The Garden
(09:44) - Glen Darcey - Ekklesia
~TC
© 2009
Tags: 2009, Ambiata, Glen Darcey, podcast, Senseo, Senseo Sundays, spacemusic
08 Mar 09 Senseo® Sundays ::: Mikael Fyrek :::
This is your 15 minutes coffee break calling…. sneak out of the routine and listen to music coming from Sweden; Mikael Fyrek is high in our playlists for sure! His music is very movie and soundtrack alike, his mixing and producing skills are very obvious. For more details about Mikael please visit his Myspace site or the netlabels where you can download the albums for free.
Studies indicate coffee reduces the risk for diabetes and Parkinson’s…
Some studies have shown that coffee may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. After analyzing data on 120,000 people over an 18-year period, researchers at Harvard have concluded that drinking 1 to 3 cups of caffeinated coffee each day can reduce diabetes risk by several percentage points, compared with not drinking coffee at all. Even more significant, is the fact that in this study, having 6 cups or more per day slashed men’s risk by 54% and women’s risk by 30% over those who avoided coffee. This study is the latest of hundreds of studies which suggest that coffee may be something of a health food - especially in higher amounts.
At least 6 studies indicate that people who drink coffee on a regular basis have up to 80% lower risks of developing Parkinson’s disease, with 3 of those studies indicating that the more coffee they drink, the lower the risk. Other studies indicate that, compared to not drinking coffee, drinking at least 2 cups per day can lead to a 25% lower risk of colon cancer, an 80% drop in the risk of liver cirrhosis, and nearly 50% the risk of gallstones.
Cheers!
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Senseo® Sundays ::: Mikael Fyrek :::
(03:09) - Mikael Fyrek - There was a sudden silence
(10:28) - Mikael Fyrek - The smaller oranges and yellows
~TC
© 2009
Tags: 2009, Mikael Fyrek, planet boelex, podcast, Senseo, Senseo Sundays, Softphase.org, Sweden
01 Mar 09 S 4.15 Another World
Between work and relaxation….. Spacemusic invites you to listen S 4.15 as a nice way of relaxing and travelling; we know lots of our listeners take us on the iPod while underway and that’s super cool! Going somewhere? Grab a few shows and we’ll join you with fine ambient and electronic sounds. Today’s journey starts with Side Liner. We met Side Liner thanks to the internet, you know how it goes when clicking links…. one link leads to another….. and another….. and before you know you’ll be stepping into a completely different World! The Saafi Brothers will surround you with fantastic sounds and samples like only they can do - super ears during the production of this album for sure. General Fuzz contacted Spacemusic in 2008 and now is the time to play tracks from the album Soulful Filling. Why this delay? We simply don’t know but thanks to the Magnatune podcast there was a bell ringing again, hahaha!Perfect combinations of electronics and acoustics, this album by Generall Fuzz can be played at any moment of the day, it’s wonderfully performed. Fractal Philosophy is an album by Ambientium and was left in our drop @ drop.io/spacemusicpodcast Thanks for this tip! And so did Cabguy from Germany, a great tip about this artist called Harax. We’re pretty sure you’ll love the Night track we play today….. w i d e s o u n d s….See? Another World will take you on this pleasant tour full of news about the best ambient and electronic tracks out there. Warning: you won ‘t hear this music on the radio that often.
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START
(00:00) - Spacemusic ::: Another World :::
(00:30) - Side Liner - Crying Cities
(07:18) - Saafi Brothers - Take it Slow
(16:00) - General Fuzz - Eye Heart Knot
(20:47) - Harax - Night
(26:27) - General Fuzz - Mellow Drama
(29:44) - iPod Touch offering Spacemusic podcasts…
(31:41) - Ambientium - Another World part 1
(33:14) - Ambientium - Another World part 2
(36:17) - Watch your ears! Earbuds can cause damage, be careful ok?
(37:05) - Spacemusic feedback via spacemusic.nl@gmail.com
(37:27) - Ambientium - Touch of Light
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Tags: 2009, Ambientium, General Fuzz, Harax, podcast, Saafi Brothers, Side Liner, spacemusic
