Expand Your Musical Horizons-episode 11

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EXPANDIZONS 11 – the German episode

originally broadcast: July 2007

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sofasoundIt’s only logical. Germany is the center of some of the most innovative downtempo and electronic music on the planet. So it’s about time Expand Your Musical Horizons did a podcast to showcase some of the best German artists and netlabels.

And here to give some expert advice is Andreas Schneider of XtraChill. It was hard to keep this podcast short — to just an hour — but you’re in for a treat.

Starting out is Undo Silence from Hamburg, followed by Confused Man, who releases his music on the netlabel Sofasound. Then Electrix is back with “Berlin Am Meer,” from his album “On the Rhodes.” With track 4, you’ll enjoy some trip-hop from another Sofasound artist, Calm Be, and then relax to a lovely world-fusion track from Ambrish, from Köln. Next is Cantaloup from Marburg, Germany, with a gentle, dreamy track from his album on Aerotone Records. Then we move from gentle to edgy with Dorntec, with a trip-hop/glitch-hop track from his album on Acedia Music, a netlabel. DJ Ax comes next, with an inventive electronic track that fuses classical with electronica.

Echofloat from Münster follows next, with a lovely chilled-out track that Andreas recommends. Then comes the ambient bliss of Spheric Lounge, an improvisational group that performs live from München. And finally we have alec troniq from Dresden, featuring a track he released with Phonocake records.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the eclectic mix…

intro:
Andreas Schneider, XtraChill

  1. Undo Silence, “Stop the Time,” from the “Stop the Time” EP
  2. Confused Man, “Koon-po-ha, from the album “Floating,” on the Sofasound netlabel.
  3. Electrix, “Berlin Am Meer,” from the album “On the Rhodes”
  4. Calm Be, “Undertone,” from “Impressions,” Sofasound netlabel.
  5. Ambrish, “Deserted,” thanks to the Podsafe Music Network.
  6. Cantaloup, “Tahiti Twins,” from “Tonight it Shows,” on the Aerotone netlabel. Find it on Bandcamp.
  7. Dorntec, “Tampi,” from the “Reverse Engineering” EP on the netlabel Acedia Music.
  8. DJ Ax, “Twentyfour,” from the album “soulbeatz,” thanks to the Podsafe Music Network.
  9. Echofloat, “Remphase,” “Rapid Eye Movement.” Also see the Uptrax site.
  10. Spheric Lounge, “Tyrell,” thanks to the Podsafe Music Network.
  11. Alec Troniq, “Take a Ride,” from the “Phoke 25” release on the Phonocake netlabel.

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