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With this edition it’s another interesting mix, pushing the boundaries of electronic music. It’s always good to have the female side of the genre, speaking of which, two grace our airways, Angelina Yershova exploration of evocative textures, synthesized with the experimental explorations of the piano & the minimalistic ambient side to Jodie Lowther. Expressive ambient music of Giest, Neil Foster & Bengalfuel, promoted by The Ambient Zone. Chill-out to Glint’s Incisive rhythms and intense melodies. Touching on the Berlin School influence on Syngate, Dask. Uplifting, beautiful, ambient styles with mesmerizing soundscapes from Daniel Dorobantu, Obukhovaudio, Kelly David and from Tang's current bandleader, Thorsten Quaeschning, a live solo outing at the Ambient Wave Festival in Munich 2019, are some of the musicians appearing in our second show of this month. The vintage track comes from the acclaimed 1986 album “Time Waves”, by the highly regarded music creator, Robert Schroeder enjoy. Playlist No 156 01.55 An

The adventure continues, with some of the latest releases in our world of electronic music. Melodic sequential tunes from Johan Tronestam & Moonbooter. Michael Neil teams up with Kristoff Beckerunique, going under the name of RKM, a brand of live improvised electro, experimental, chill out soundtracks. Rich, melodic, rhythmical, interlocking sequencer driven sounds, from the master Steve Roach. The Ambient Zone, showcasing three acts from the UK ,Germany & Japan, they are supporting. Alpha Wave Movement’s organic connection, that balances human & machine electronic instruments, a musical concept of the sleep cycle. New to Sequences, Russian label Zhelezobeton, featuring all sorts of experimental, electro acoustic, post industrial and unconventional music. Daniel Dorobantu & Peter Ionutescu, form of electronic jazz with modern ambient & modern classical influences. If you after sensitive, emotional, relaxing, dreamy sounds, look no further than sound designer,Thomas Lemmer, with Andreas Bach, for some cool ch

Hope you all enjoyed our split edition of Sequences. Strangely on one of the music sites the ambient side had more hits, which I didn’t expect, anyway, back to our usual mix of EM. We welcome Robert Scott Thompson with a preview of his up and coming albums ‘Pluviophilia’ 1 & 2, combining his mastery of electro acoustic contemporary instrumental & advance grade genres. Louis Sterling from Mick’s original hometown in the UK, showing capacious acoustics, washed with soft reverb and distant voices, creating a dream-like atmosphere. “Linear A” by zZyzx, electro-acoustic compositions featuring harp & cello. The overlapping overtone textures and the sounds created by the piano’s intricate mechanism, by Jan Wagner, another majestic score from Andy Pickford, with a ton more sequencers & arpeggiator sounds. New to Syngate, Japanese musician Shinpal, with the track we chose ‘Boundary Of Nature’ which has roots in the music of Manuel Gottsching, just a few of the players to show a wealth of diverse electronics, not to e

Welcome to part two of our latest podcast, no 153, Devoted to the ambient side of Electronic music. We start with the more rich ambient atmospheres with Johan AgeBjorn and the stunning vocals of Lisa Barra, Anzio Green creating fluid & evolving sounds, including guitar loops and the occasional beats, the cinematic touch of Indonesian K-Mal, calming beautiful and relaxing music from Markus Reuter, Nick Shadow’s viola giving a textural ambient score on The Gesture Of History by Sam Rosenthal, with synths & enhancements from Steve Roach, are some of more accessible tracks as we approach the darker side. Large synth sweeps and low fi bass are the backdrop for Kloob, sculpting soundscapes through the use of vocals background noises & ethereal drones, deep mysterious and experimental body of work from Romerium, finishing with Polish musician Saure Adler, cavernous onslaught of disturbing atmospheres. 02.03Johan Agebjorn feat: Lisa Barra ‘Dulciter Somni’ (album Mossebo, Remastered) www.spottedpeccary.com 08.36 J

Due to Mick having a very busy month, we are bit late with our second June edition. With so many promos coming in, we decided with the up and coming podcasts, to have two editions of our latest one, no153. Part 1 featuring the more sequential, melodic and the slightly off beat electronic styles with some experimentations. In part two, the ambient side, sometimes dark, unpredictable with spacial choral & neo-classical sounds. Part one is definitely another diverse collection of tracks, Keith Richie’s crunchy baselines and echoing riffs on C.T.F.O, the live nature of Paul Nagle’s sequencing, chill out to Murinsel Vol 2 by Stan Dart, expanded piano looping of Celia Hollander, Gunter Schickert’s pioneering work of the echo guitar sound, the hallmarks of Kraut rock, intricate, multi-layered, pattern based structures, with more abstract, improvisatory, textures on the album. ‘One twenty’, six years in the making by Daniel Biro, Rhinoceros inspired by the industrial sound, influenced by Can, Kraftwerk Faust & A

Welcome to Sequences, hope you all enjoyed our special podcast on the music of John Dyson & Wavestar, more to come this year, with musicians who have had long careers in the scene. This edition features as usual, looks at many of the new album releases from well known names who have graced our airways over the years. The conceptual ambient musical project by Sveere Knut Johansen with soundscape pioneer Robert Rich, analog structures of live sequential sounds from Spyra, joined by the voice of soul mate Roksana Vikaluk. Neo-Classical synthesised uplifting compositions of Gunnar Spardel, the beating heart that brings David Gerard intrinsic sound structures, that are hypnotic, using strings piano and choirs in a dramatic complex setting. Ann Grace capturing mother earth in her subtle melodies, calm and emotional, second collaboration from Romerium & Martin Neuhold, reflecting on the season of winter. The chill-out beautiful & Intense album ‘Meerblick” by Thomas Lemmer & Christoph Sebastian Pabst. Kamarius myst

Welcome to another special edition, devoted to UK electronic music artist, John Dyson, whose musical career has spanned nearly 35 years, with his first band, Wavestar, formed with David Ward Hunt, (who sadly passed away in 1999), releasing 3 albums in the 80’s and going solo with 6 more over a 20 year period. In 2018 saw the formation of new Wavestar 2, accompanied by accomplished composers and studio-technicians Paul Ward and Stephan Whitlan, releasing the debut album “Nightwind’s. Once described as a "cheeky chappie" by none other than Sir Paul McCartney, John Dyson has been a leading light in the UK Electronic Music scene for many years. We also would like to add, that he is one of the kindest and friendliest people we know, with great stage presence. Do check out the bio on his musical career and photos on our website. We kick off with John’s all-time best-seller “Evolution”, his first solo release on the Surreal to Real label, set up by John with help from musician Anthony Thrasher, who played on his e

Already a third way into the New Year and the musicians we have featured are still producing some gems of high-quality sounds that are dynamic & fresh. Not always the conventional approach to electronic music, but nevertheless engaging & challenging. A few names to mention on this edition, the double live album "Altair", from Ian Boddy’s US show at The Gatherings 2018. Musicformessier collaborates with ambient guitar legend Dan Cain on "Timelessness", one of the best guitar driven atmospheric albums of the year. Rapoon’s deep industrial space ambiance and majestic choral bursts with emotive piano chords, spacious feel of Berlin School style sequencing & melodics from Thaneco. On Syngate records, dark tones & ambient sounds of Divided By Two. The re-release of Syndromeda’s 2006 album "Last Days Of Earth", containing powerful sequencing delving with a darker twist & new to Sequences Pulse Emitter expansive tapestries of sound. Vintage track from Sam Rosenthal 1986 release "Before The Buildings Fell", pioneering

Welcome to the new edition, hope all of you are enjoying the Easter break, especially our friends and family in the UK with some warm unseasonal weather there. Here in the Sunshine Coast, it’s very wet & warm. Quite a lineup we have that spans many aspects of electronic music, it certainly opens up a varied sound world. Mihail Doman’s second album, ‘Neptune’, delving deeper into contemporary orchestral music, with a minimalist string score, thoughtful, dark, experimental with light flourishes from John 3:16. Heart-centered sonic meditation from veteran transformative, shamanic practitioners Byron Metcalf and Mark Seelig. Elizabeth Joan Kelly, a New Orleans-based experimental, ambient/industrial, electronic composer, audio tone poems that explore darkness and light by Fabio Keiner, John Novak addictive ambiances, interspersed with addictive melodies., breathtaking, rich, complex and beautiful structured soundscapes of Tom Eaton. Michael Neil’s excursions into Berlin School retro music under the guise of

Shocked & sad to hear recently the passing of two fine musicians, Charles Thaxton & Gert Van Santen, who have graced our genre in electronic music over the years. Charles known as Char-el, was a California based synthesist and keyboardist/composer, performing in many bands and solo concerts for over 40 years, mixing in the progressive rock/symphonic new age territory. Gert Van Santen was a member of Wave World, a Dutch/Canadian multimedia project attracting quite a lot of attention for its fascinating music and enchanting shows. During live performances, their impressive music was blended with computer-generated graphics of a virtual world, projected on huge screens, both these musicians were very likable, creative human beings, with the legacy of their music, which will live on in our hearts & minds. You will hear on this edition, Andy Pickford’s new release Biosphere, which has a very filmic feel, full of strong rhythms, sequences, melodies, and symphonic themes. Syngate presents Colin Rayment’s new albu

It seems that our podcast no 145 was extremely popular with our listeners going by the stats. Funny enough it was one of Micks shows he enjoyed compiling. Hopefully you will be again enthusiastic to hear what we bring to our latest edition, which brings such a diverse energy of electronic sounds. It was a privilege to bring Clifford Whites music to Sequences, with tracks from his 4 albums in the Synergy series, melodic upbeat & relaxing tunes. Ambient side filled with such dynamics & spacial depth from Astovia, Neostra & going deeper into the dark side with NIMH. Something a little bit different from Craig Padilla with his long term friend Marvin Allen, melodic and rhythmic, surreal and drifting, the result, a timeless adventure through illuminating guitar tonalities and majestic synthesizer vistas. If it’s modular sequencers you want, you are going to enjoy Adrian Beasley’s album Machine Code & d’Voxx arranged Berlin School inspired sequence lines, wrapped up in a gorgeous blanket of modern ambience on th

Mac Of BIOnighT and a few other musicians have recently set up an alliance of EM musicians called EM Force, please check the updated page for new members: http://www.macvibes.com/EMFORCE.htm This project is basically based on the concept divided we fall, united we win (well not so melodramatically, perhaps, but that's the general idea). We are still in the very early stages and starting small in scope, but we have big plans for the future and hopefully this might grow to be something great in this musical area. Playlist 01.28 Mac Of BIOnighT ‘Latent Powers’ 06.28 Gorgon Nebula ‘Cronus & Zeus’ 12.10 Arpegiator ‘Tunnelvision’ 19.07 Michael Bruckner ‘L’Etoille Inconnue’ 23.30 Martin Neuhold ‘Embraced By Dusk’ 31.40 Phrozenlight ‘Just Some Noodling This Morning’ 41.29 Christian Fiesel ‘Down We Go’ 59.02 Syndromeda ‘About The History Of History’ 01.06 54 Thaneco ‘Statues On Mars’ 01.13.42 Eagle ‘ Save Our Souls’ 01.20.50 Computerchemist ‘Draklight Drive’ 01.33.16 Syndromeda & Mac Of BIOnighT ‘From Deep Under

At last some rest-bite from the searing heat we had recently here in Oz. Luckily cyclone Oma pounding the coast of Queensland this weekend, cause only light damage compared with the devastation in North Queensland and the outback a few weeks ago, with floods on a monumental scale killing over half a million cattle sheep & indigenous wildlife, damaging over twenty thousand properties & businesses too. As we’ve said so many times, your into some serious quality music from our lineup in the latest edition. With an elevated mix of electronic music, to take you on a journey into the realms of spacial awareness, hypnotic, unique, creative and thought provoking. Music a powerful force in all it forms to stir ones innerself, giving a light release for the chaotic world we live in. We welcome, Erothyme, a majestic blend of overblown hyperbole and meaningless adjectives, Streamline’s delicate ambient structures, Abbildung, classic dark ambient, Little Star, the celestial songstress, Onsturicheit, unpredictable sound

G’day possums, your friendly team have done it again, 3 hours of amazing music to enlighten your day, including a host of first timers to Sequences. Jean Marc Lederman, Eiland, & Zer0, from Belgian Neu Musik, Anaamaly, Michael Kollwitz, Ken Verheecke, & Scott Reich, new age, contemporary instrumental, world, ambient and more sounds, from US based, RS Promotions. Bluetech the master of analogue and modular sound synthesis and DSP audio manipulation, with one track in cooperation with, In The Branches, exploring various styles in his music. Delving into the more progressive side with an oriental twist, Lastelle, aided by guest musicians. Claus Jahn melodic sounds, crossing the boundaries of sequential/ambient and the short lived band, Emeralds, with complex analog/digital hybrid sounds. Ambient Nation 5 is a unique look into what the Belgium electronic musicians of today have to offer, compiling 28 tracks by renowned artists & amateur knob twisters. Contains only exclusive material, either written for this c

Compiled this latest edition with the temps in the mid 30’s & high humidity, fans at full blast to try & keep cool, with an extra fan to keep our virtual girl Karan happy. What about air conditioning you say, well! with Australian electricity prices the highest in the world, we use it sparingly, only when we are close to melting, it comes on. Cracking lineup for our new podcast, with 5 new albums from Syngate records, Arcane’s tribute to the solo work of Edgar Froese on “Frontiers 1”, stunning symphonic single, ‘Distant Visions’ by Keith Richie and vast engaging soundscapes from the guitar of Erik Wollo. Our first look at the music of Nicolas Gunn, an emotivel sensual listening with his new album “Riding The Thermals” and many more outstanding quality sounds, throughout the 3 hours, with man & machines. Playlist No 142 02.00 Keith Richie ‘Distant Visions’ http://music.krichie.com 08.41 TM Solver ‘Dubussy On Keys’ (album Delay Line) www.syngate.net 19.53 Arcane ‘Frontiers 1’ (album Frontiers) *** www.paul

Happy New year from all the team and welcome to our first edition of 2019. Throughout the next 12 months ahead we will bring you the latest releases as always, from musicians based around the globe. Expect the unexpected in the music we play, be it sequential to cinematic, ambient to experimental, exploring the unusual too, taxing the senses. Feedback for the Bernd Kistenmacher special was well received by the fans, more to come later in the year. A few to mention on this podcast, includes Craig Padilla as guest on the Instrumental psyche-space-rock band, The Fellowship Of Hallucinatory Voyagers, epic Enigma influenced, cinematic soundtracks from Anhidema, Andy Pickford’s second release of the Objects & Expressions series. Taking us into the creative mind of Michael Neil, the neo classical, ’Six Pieces Of Orchestra’ and Nord’s Christmas collection, don’t worry it’s not cover versions, but mainly tracks taken from his catalogue of albums with some unreleased music as well. Sylvain Carel leads us into the new

Bernd Kistenmacher is a German producer and musician specialising in Kosmische soundscapes. He began his career in the 80's with a collection of long epic electronic excursions, taking inspiration from Klaus Schulze and Berlin School. His musical releases in later years delivered more complex melodies creating expansive sequencing with symphonic & classical overtones. Over the next three hours we’ take you into the sound world of Bernd Kistenmacher, tracks taken from a majority of his musical output from the 80’s to his latest release “Disintegration”, in 2017. Do check out our website’s podcast page for more info on Bernd. 01.46 It Doesn’t Matter 06.03 Large Hadron Collider 09.40 Ruckkehr Von Fernen Zielen*** 23.50 Compressed Fluid 35.56 Devastating Destruction/Ghosts 45.38 On The Edge Of Existence 52.04 La Trendresse 01.04.49 Lovesong 01.08.15 Sogni Di B 01:13.04 Just An Idea, Part I 01.22.08 Beruhrung’ *** 01.33.19 Forget The Past 01.41.06 Run Silent Run Deep 01.51.10 Atmospheric/The Shadows Get Shor

it’s time to say goodbye to another year with our final edition of 2018, which has seen some outstanding music again, from those established musicians and to the many new names added throughout the year on Sequences. Most of the collection of tracks we have for you today are more in the sequential, melodic side of EM, not forgetting the ambient side, which includes new albums by, Steve Roach, Max Corbacho & Wil Bolton. Over the holiday period we are releasing another special edition, focusing on one of the finest musicians in the genres we promote in electronic music, with a career spanning over 30 years. No! I’m not going to reveal his name, we will keep you guessing. From all the team Mick, Mike, Andy & Karan, we thank the musicians & labels for their support throughout the year and to our world wide listeners too. Have a Happy Christmas and bright & prosperous New Year. Playlist no 140 01.56 Moonbooter ‘The End Of Eternity’ ( album Ground Control And The Victory Of Mankind) www.mellowjet.de 07.5

As I reported in our last edition, the heat here in Oz has certainly risen to the high 30’s, with a serious outbreak of 125 bush fires in Queensland now, thankfully not on the scale those poor souls in California had to endure. The scenes of utter devastation of whole communities was unbelievable. Quite the opposite from all this heat here, Sydney has had a months rain in 2 hours, extensive flooding, powerlines down & severe disruption to transport, this is not the norm this time of year for us, global warming? We’ve certainly had bumper package of new music in the last few weeks, already compiled for our next one in December. It always surprises us the depth of the music we get, so diverse and creative, I believe this is where we are different to other podcasts in this field of electronics, with such a large mix of sounds, giving the listeners to tackle some serious good vibes. A few to mention, Andy Pickford’s new opus Objects & Expressions 1, with Vol 2 just released, our first connection with TXT recor

Well it’s finally hit us here in springtime Queensland, hot & humid with temps in the mid 30’s, days when Mick wishes he was back in the UK. Once again the music beckons your attention and hopefully livens up your day or night. It’s sequential, melodic, cinematic, dark & even futuristic, tunes for the modern world and truly mesmerising & uplifting. We have an all star lineup for you with their new compositions. Of course being the only female in the team, I must mention my compatriots, Emily & Olivia, soothing ambient music, there here for the first time on Sequences, as are, Astro Pilot, Colisseum, Majestica, Koan, Apne Sinn, Kevin Wood & Nikhil Koparkar, with many more exciting tracks to savour, from those musicians who have been in the lineup of many past editions. It’s liftoff with Computerchemists expressive, nostalgic, Berlin School track, evoking memories of that sound we all love. Playlist No138 01.56 Computerchemist ‘Timethorns’ (album Icon One) www.computerchemist.bandcamp.com 10.57 Astropilot f