Yes, we break the new record by Helpling and Jenkins: The Crossing is on! This 11 track album is one of the best we’ve heard so far in 2010 in this genre…. excellent ambient/soundtrack files by two musicians who know what they’re doing: grabbing us and showing us around in their world. Official release: september 14th 2010. On this podcast two tracks from the album; seamlessly mixed so you won’t hear a ’skip’ or ‘edit point’ - it’s done LIVE. This file is compresssed to 320Kbps MP3 format. You should play it loud! Have a listen and please post your comment/feedback right here at our site. It’s an honour to air the new release this way… the modern way to open doors to new music. Thanks for listening and enjoy the show!
[00:14] - door open and chill…
[01:12] - from Rotterdam, we have this World Premiere!
[04:32] - David and Jon say hi!
[04:44] - DAVID HELPLING/JON JENKINS play Awake
[08:21] - DAVID HELPLING/JON JENKINS play The Lesson
[16:00] - Album, T-Shirts, Posters via DeepExile.com
[17:50] - Feedback and voice recordings to spacemusic.nl@gmail.com, thanks!
WORLD PREMIERE :: Helpling/Jenkins :: The Crossing
Sunday morning after a good nite of sleep and a working week…had real Calzone for breakfast and hot tea. Reading the latest e-mail makes me realize I’m back @ the daily routines. There’s not much demo content coming in lately so we guess musicians are celebrating their holidays. Lucky for us Jennifer has sent us an e-mail with a link to Shamantis. And guess what? Bingo! Good music for our podcast. See details below.
Shamantis (Nick Pittsinger, 20) was born and raised on music and is an avid musician, composer/songwriter, and producer. He has had intensive jazz music theory training, and continues to push the envelope of sound by incorprating genres from traditional hindustani music to new and experimental forms of goa and down-tempo.
[00:14] - door open and coffee…!
[01:07] - good morning from Rotterdam (City Centre)
[06:07] - SHAMANTIS plays Solace
[11:08] - SHAMANTIS plays The Mandala
[15:18] - visit spacemusic.nl for shownotes
[15:55] - NEW album by Jenkins and Helpling coming soon
[16:55] - Feedback and voice recordings to spacemusic.nl@gmail.com, thanks!
Note: Shamantis music has been on the Surf Documentary “21 Days Later”. See trailer below for the feature.
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…
Back in the studio after a real cool holiday destination in the UK. After spending a week exploring the south coast of England we are ready for new podcasts like this one. You can see PHOTOS in a slideshow at our Picasa web album. This Coffee Break for august13th brings you wonderful music and talk over coffee. We have the exclusive opportunity to play music from the new Cool Off Chillout Volume 3, to be released august 27th 2010. See shownotes at the spacemusic.nl website for links and info. Inspired by the white cliffs we have seen…. a new Flying Dutchman episode will follow after this one. Stay tuned.
[00:14] - door open!
[00:59] - SCHILLER plays Falling ft. MOYA BRENNAN
[04:21] - ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Season 6
[04:40] - the music in the background is performed by THOMAS LEMMER: Soul Diver
[07:33] - SINE plays Deep Down
[11:41] - The new COOL OFF CHILLOUT VOLUME 3 / release: AUGUST 27TH 2010
[12:53] - KLANGSTEIN ft. SINE plays Klangsine
[16:50] - Feedback and voice recordings to spacemusic.nl@gmail.com, thanks!
Hi Spacemusic followers! How are you doing? I just got home from a UK trip, the South has been a wonderful experience I must say and I will certainly return for a longer stay. Eastbourne, Portsmouth, Isle of Wight, Portland and many places in between. I will upload photos to the Spacemusic Picasa site later this week, stay tuned for the link.
Now, being back in the studio again after a long time… it feels a bit strange but very familiar. Time to login to sites and blogs like this one to keep you posted. Hmmm, it is now that I realize what has been the pain for me while doing blogs, podcasts, hosting, archiving, organising etc. There’s so many networks and facilities to maintain! It’s absorbing many hours of work behind the scenes. Believe it or not but this morning it took me 2.5 hours of updating the Spacemusic App! That is moving posts away from the App manually, one by one, piece by piece and reloading the lists each time between removals. All this to keep the App from building up endless lists of episodes. Of course all shows will be archived via the regular RSS feeds of Season 1-2-3-4-5. And if you’re looking for anything in particular, just ask.
The good news is Spacemusic will start Season 6 soon…. About the content: 15 mins Coffee Breaks and x-mins Flying Dutchman series will return! CBs will be available via the Spacemusic RSS feed only while FD series will be posted to the Spacemusic App as well so your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad will be filled with some of the coolest new mixes! Of course the Spacemusic App has the benefit of providing you with very interesting bonus content; this can be music, video, wallpapers, pdf files etc. All this we do without cluttering your mobile device, all this exclusively via the Spacemusic App available on the iTunes Store HERE. Spacemusic App version 1.6.1 supports background playing, view extras per show/per episode, downloading shows, pdf files, adding shows as to your favorites, links to twitter, website etc. Check it out today!
This afternoon: going out to the beach and release the kite! More of studio work tonite/tomorrow. Stay tuned for more updates. ~TC
It’s here… the new Fresh Air! podcast has been published as promised. You can find the podcast at our Fresh Air! Lounge Series website HERE. Podcast No.12 contains heavenly productions. Serious LOUNGE and smooth RELAXATION music like the way we love it. Music performed by The Velvet Lounge Project, Goldfrapp, Sine, Sounds from the Ground, Charlie North & Michael E., Dash Berlin and many more… The spotlight moment is for Samantha James from Cali USA. Her new album has been released in June and OM-Records was very happy to mention we could play the music on the podcast. Thank you! ‘Subconscious’ is simply one of the best lounge/electronic albums we’ve heard in 2010 so far, it’s a musthave.
Fresh Air! No.12 is compressed in AAC format (enhanced podcast) including chapters and links to sites and the iTunes Store so one can buy tracks immediately. Side effect is that this particular AAC file will not be picked up by the Spacemusic App cause it only reads mp3 files. We might consider to make an extra converted mp3 file out of Fresh Air! no.12 and post it however…. the Spacemusic App is not a Fresh Air! App of course….Bla-bla-blah.
Go directly to the Fresh Air! web page where this podcast is by clicking HERE
(60MB VIDEO) The biggest cruise ship that was here in Rotterdam, the second biggest in the world…. Norwegian Epic carries over 4,000 people, the overall length is 329.5m and you can choose from 19 decks…. This is a video capture of the departure from Rotterdam, NL. The music we chose is performed by CRASH from New Zealand. You can find the track “The Amazing” on his Music for Film 1-4 series. Also: if you’d like to see the HD edit of this video please subscribe to our HD video podcast on iTunes here or copy/paste the video podcast RSS feed to any other podcast receiver.
Normally we post videos via the Spacemusic HD channel only… but we have a feeling not everybody knows where to find it. That’s a work in progress! Especially because Season 6 will include more video. Please follow the links below to get more details and fun. Thanks for your support.
New studio setup now includes Logic Studio 2 and it works great! Took a little while to upgrade and update but oh yes…. we like it a lot here in the 64-bit mode environment. If you are a Logic 8 user, it is very much worth it to move on. Allright, hear hear, good music for you: first of all we found this track by Mosaik called Imogen Heap which is a nice kick off for this Coffee Break. From France comes the one and only Alexel and we’re proud to have him on the show playing two tracks from his soundtrack ‘No Gravity’, the PSP game out there. We already knew that New Zealand is a beautiful country and it certainly brings us excellent cinematic music performed by Crash. Mike Beaver has released one of the best series we’ve ever heard: Music for Films volume 1-4 are available. Everybody should get a copy and play at their homes… no more stress! The same goes for a very pleasant meeting we had with D.P. Kaufman. His brand new album ‘As The Ruins Falls’ has a place on our iPod now and will stay there…The music can be described as dreamy and trippy, various styles combined on one album; soundtrack meets IDM, Electronica meets Ambient. File it under ‘Refreshing’ and ‘Reload Yourself’… we love it! Off the Sky offers you the deep part for this show. Finalized by Anton Kapela and Arthur Durkee playing loops and guitars that simply sound very ambient. Enjoy this show!
[58:58]Anton Kapela + Arthur Durkee - Head Space (exclusive track)
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Coffee Break recipe: as so many people ask me about the show and what I use for the production, here’s how to make a show in less than 1000 words…. Collecting and compiling the best music from all over the world, glue them together or bundle them like they really fit together, editing EQ and start-end points where necessary, collecting necessary information for being able to publish where to buy the records and find out more about the artist. Then: record the show and don’t forget to get a big cup of coffee…
After recording comes the mastering, bouncing and compression to mp3 format at 192Kbps stereo for best listening experiences and acceptable audio file size. All things on a Mac: the production of the show in Logic Studio. We also use this for bigger projects and it’s the best we know. Microphone: AKG Perception 200. Alesis Audio Interface io2. Meanwhile: create shownotes for the show, that is the storyboard with time codes for all tracks. Include links to iTunes Store or the artist website, whatever is most handy for a track in particular. Shownotes need to be saved as a text file, copy/pasted this into the actual post on the Spacemusic website later but also paste to this new pdf file for the Spacemusic App on the iPhone/iPod Touch. iTunes: add the compressed mp3 file and tag the file with all data, title, album, genre, lyrics, illustration. Front-end listening to the entire show before uploading to the server, if there’s something wrong one needs to re-open the project and filter out the error, compress it to mp3 again. Upload the mp3 file to the server.
Creating the RSS post on the Spacemusic server, add tags and SEO info. Adding the ‘podcast’ play arrow. Adding the photo/logo for the episode. Adding the media file: the actual show mp3 that was uploaded to the Libsyn server. We also create an extra post on this server for the parallel iPhone App feed with the same enclosure: the show mp3. Tags and bonus content for the iPhone App: the PDF file that has been created earlier plus some fine artwork in .jpg format. Open up Photoshop for making the 100% version and the 33% transparent version cause one needs to be able to read the shownotes with the artwork in the background. Credits to Shinsou for designing the Spacemusic App Artwork. Are we there yet? Let me see: checking all links from the shownotes to see if they work well. If yes: hit publish on both servers. Testing both the RSS feeds. Downloading the files and play the files. I think that’s basically it…. per show it takes app. 8 hours to do the job, depending on the availability and quality of the music of course, sometimes longer, never shorter Enjoy your coffee!
This time the plane will take you to a Lounge Resort we have selected for you… excellent chillout music while taking care of yourself. Don’t work too hard, don’t sleep too long. Getting the balance right is the motto for today’s show. In Rotterdam we’ve entered June…. Summertime’s coming soon, temperatures are rising, dreams are getting bigger and better. How long before going to the Lounge Resort? Tune in anytime you want. (- Can’t find out why this font is different from other posts, but it’s readable is it?)
We’re proud to present a new Fresh Air! podcast No.11 (comments: please enter your comment down here at this post…) it’s available via the Fresh Air! Lounge Series podcast feed which has been transferred some time ago to it’s own domain, a subdomain really of Spacemusic. You can find Fresh Air! Lounge Series @ http://freshair.spacemusic.nl and there’s buttons to the RSS feed there as well. Even iTunes has been updated to the latest Fresh Air data. The older RSS feed is no longer. Hope this helps.
“During the last couple of weeks I had a chance to listen to some great chillout music and I couldn’t resist playing a few for our loyal lounge music subscribers…” - TC
Shownotes and background information for our podcast. Here you can find all details.
DEMO's : if you are a producer/musician and you would like to share your work and perhaps get air time? Yes please. Mp3/aac/wav/aiff files can be sent via Yousendit.com or other online services. Feel free to send us CD's via our postal. Take good care of the package and please include your bio/project description.
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Photos from the UK trip are available now. You can click on a photo to visit our Picasa web album so you can see the images at bigger sizes...
Our Listeners:
" I have to say, with this new HD format that you are starting to use, it is really very exciting. It really brings a whole new level and new dimension to the experience of Spacemusic! This has to be the begining, I hope, of the future of music and visual art. Thank you TC for all your efforts in producing these, I think, "works of art". Thanks, keep up the great work!"- Joe T., Los Angeles, USA
"...Your sincere and upbeat personality, along with your passion for music, are what make Spacemusic a unique experience in the podcasting universe. Personally, I have to thank you for introducing me to the more beat oriented, chill and lounge styles of music...I have discovered many new tracks and artists that I enjoy because of what I have heard on Spacemusic..." - Joseph, Pacific Northwest USA
"The Norwegian Epic video podcast: Hi TC!
Holy Macaroni!!! HUGE!!!!
I've seen some pix from this giant before, but to see it in Rotterdam in perspective to the Euromast and Hotel New York, amazing!!
Great video, very nice job!!!" - Nick, Holland.
"For the last three years I have been switching between 3 european countries. Now I plan a 3 months trip to India. But wherever I've been, Fresh Air! lounge series was most of the time accompanying my impressions, really the best source in the last years, one of the best web projects. So in hope for best weather conditions in Rotterdam and thumbs up" - Michael H.
"Hi TC! Isabel and I we have seen Mylène on the fifth of september in Geneva - I can confirm all that you said - she was just incredible … it was almost a spiritual experience - wow. I have seen many great concerts including Pink Floyd, Jean Michel Jarre, etc. but this was simply out of this world. What a presence on stage - amazing.
Continue your great work, TC - the world needs it more than ever!" - Isabel & Matthias, Switzerland.
"Message to SCHILLER: Hallo & guten Tag, Thanks to TC and the Spacemusic I noticed your Album Sehnsucht Live - excellent from start to end!! I purchased CD Album and DVD right after I got the introduction from TC. So bottom line: podcasting helps. Thanks to both:"Schiller" & TC"- Juergen, Hamburg, Germany.
" TC, You’re not only a good “musicmaker” and photographer, but a good writer too. I recognize your impression of Brussel quite well, specially about to get money…
For someone who wasn’t at the concert of Mylene -like me - you’ve given a quite “life” impression.
My compliments!"- Grardie, Rotterdam, NL
"What a great Senseo Sunday Mylène Farmer show! I am writing to you because I absolutely have to know who/what is playing at the start where you are talking. It sounds like the song starts at 2:42 right before you begin to talk about the show! Man when the song hits 3:51 I was blown away!!!!!! Just awesome! I need to get that track so I can play it very loud in my car! Thanks for bringing us such amazing music and for keeping spacemusic alive all these years! Always listening, Lokin - REPLY: hi Lokin, thanks for your lovely feedback! Well the track you're talking about is a Mr. Teaser RMX of the original Mylène Farmer track "Fuck Them All". May I suggest to check the original which you should like. Available via iTunes.
"TC, your Spacemusic podcast is fantastic. I've been listening to it since before the Motion of the Stars series. I look forward every week to your show. Excellent work!"- Chris, Albany, USA
"Allow me to tell you here that your work is very appreciated and I admire your pioneering spirit into different technologies and methods of podcasting.Keep up the great work!! And do another cooking show sometime!!" - James, Houston, USA
"I was listening them again … travelling. This time again on my way to / from Singapore and Bintan (Indonesia) via Dubai and Colombo. First thing after my return, get on iTunes and bought “freefalling” and searched for some more stuff inspired by your shows (Schiller etc.)" - Juergen, Hamburg, Germany
"I'm listening to my 1st podcast from home right now. Yeah! I heard the 1st cast on my local, listener supported radio station, KRCL 90.9, here in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA about a month ago. I love it! TC, you are hypnotic!" - Lacey, Salt Lake City, USA
"I have been a loyal fan since the
beginning. With each podcast, I count on you to introduce me to the best music, the best talent again and again - you never disappoint. With all the craziness in this world, you help to remind us there can still be moments of pure joy...and peace." - Steve, Washington DC, USA
"Hello TC!
Here is Genicio Zanetti, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Your podcast is.....The best that I have in my 32 GB ipod (That is full of other podcasts).
The best that I have already listened. The best in iTunes Store.... I listen to Spacemusic at my way home/work, by metro and walking, and at work when I need to focus on a problem or even, walking at Copacabana´s side walk (Calçadão de Copacabana)
Please, continue being only "THE BEST!" -
Genicio, Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil
Coffee Break recipe:
Enjoy your coffee!
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