First of all let us thank our Executive Producers for this show, Patrick, Simon and Marcus, thanks to you this podcast/feed can be. Of course a big thanks to our listeners that also made their donations during the past few weeks, sometimes a dollar, sometimes 5 or 10 dollars, we appreciate your gifts and hope more people will follow you! It’s now august 2010 and we’ve come back from a fantastic UK trip. We have visited Eastbourne, Portsmouth, Southampton, the Isle of Wight, Weymouth and Portland…. Long walks on the Isle of Wight have inspired us for this specific podcast: The Needles is the outer West Wight: it is a row of three distinctive stacks of chalk that rise out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight, England, close to Alum Bay. The Needles lighthouse stands at the end of the formation. Built in 1859, it has been automated since 1994. The formation takes its name from the former fourth needle-shaped pillar called Lot’s Wife that used to stand in its midst until it collapsed in a storm in 1764. The remaining rocks are all short and squat and not at all needle-like, but the name has stuck. So will this music…
[03:15] - ROBERT DOUGLAS plays Almost Done
[10:06] - LOW ENERGY CENTER plays Beauty Everywhere
[15:36] - THE CIRCULAR RUINS plays Degrees of Separation
[21:54] - XERXES plays Prague
[27:19] - THE CIRCULAR RUINS plays Darkness Between Them
[32:10] - SAYCET plays Don’t Cry Little Girl
[36:21] - OFF THE SKY plays Floating Point (The Needles theme)
[42:02] - JOURNEYMAN plays Mama 6 Pt.1
[46:25] - BIOSPHERE plays Heat Leak
Executive Producers for this show:
* Patrick Messner
* Simon Holden
* Marcus O’Shea
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND KEEPING THE GENRE ALIVE!
Tags: 2010, Biosphere, Flying Dutchman, Isle of Wight, Journeyman, Low Energy Center, Off the Sky, podcast, Robert Douglas, SayCet, spacemusic, The Circular Ruins, The Needles, Xerxes
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
Biosphere is the main recording name of Geir Jenssen (born 1962), a Norwegian musician who has released a notable catalogue of ambient and electronic music. He is well known for his ‘ambient techno’ and ‘arctic ambient’ styles, his use of music loops and particular samples from sci-fi sources. His track ‘Novelty Waves’ was used for the 1995 campaign of Levi’s. His 1997 album ‘Substrata’ was voted by www.hyperreal.org as one of the all time classic ambient albums.
Biosphere regularly performs live during electronic music festivals and in clubs throughout Europe and various other locales around the world. Live performances usually consist of Jenssen performing improvisations or variations on newer tracks on a laptop while video art is projected behind him. In 2008 Jenssen announced a year-long break from touring due to his reported hatred of ‘airports, security checks, unhealthy food, air conditioning, hotels, etc.’ However he resumes concert activity in 2009….
Today’s Jukebox track is the first track we ever heard from Biosphere. We go back to 1992… it’s the timeless ‘Microgravity’ with many thanks to ‘Origo Sound’.
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Artist: Biosphere
Track: Microgravity
Album: Microgravity
Visit the Biosphere myspace website here
Buy the album ‘Microgravity’ on iTunes Store here
©2010 Jukebox - spacemusic.nl
Tags: Biosphere, Geir Jenssen, Jukebox, Microgravity, Origo Sound, podcast, spacemusic
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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(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
Wanna play a game today? Or are we still playing it as we speak? Based upon and inspired by the movie ‘Avalon’ ; this episode offers a fantastic soundtrack, an advanced level with just the right proportion of electronic and soundtrack ingredients. What is the name of this game? Press Enter and enjoy music by Biosphere, Ulrich Schnauss, Kenji Kawai, Sleepy Town Manufacture, Rudi Adrian and MiXile. This show S4.09 is the last one just before the end-of-the-year show Global Feed that will be published on december 29th 2008 - Please send your audio comment/wishes/greetings to the world in mp3/wav format to spacemusic.nl@gmail.com - MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY !!!
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(00:00) - Spacemusic stardate 20084.09
(03:21) - Kenji Kawai - City13
(06:34) - Biosphere - The Shield
(12:40) - MiXile - Dubbo and Beyond (excerpt)
(14:52) - Sleepy Town Manufacture - Seen Er
(19:17) - Ulrich Schnauss - Shine (MINT Remix)
(23:29) - Ulrich Schnauss - In Between the Years
(26:33) - Kenji Kawai - Tir na mBan
(28:39) - Biosphere - Tranquilizer
(35:08) - Rudy Adrian - Starlight
(40:00) - Demo tracks, Photos, Audio comment to spacemusic.nl@gmail.com
(41:42) - Marc Mitchell - Souls on Board (Ambient Mix)
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Tags: 2008, Biosphere, Kenji Kawai, Marc Mitchell, MiXile, podcast, Rudy Adrian, Sleepy Town Manufacture, spacemusic, Ulrich Schnauss
Flying Dutchman “The Needles” tracklisting:
