Sequences Magazine

With Christmas upon us shortly and Mick being busy with other projects, we decided to split the next edition into two parts, which will be the only ones to play out the year. Firstly a feast of melodic uptempo music, progressive, jazzy and energetic, Kraftwerk influenced tracks too, with Berlin School rounding off a storming set, sequencing heaven for some of you. While you catch your breath we delve into the second session part 2. Ambient music, light & dark, spacey and experimental, creating futuristic dramatic soundscapes, truly engaging. From all team we would just like to say thanks to all the musicians who have graced our airways throughout the year and listeners tuning in, have a happy Christmas and we look forward to bringing you more great music in the New Year. Sequences Podcast no 120 Part 1 01.50 Mac Of BionighT ‘Driving Force’ (album Visible Galaxies) http://www.macvibes.com/HOMEE.html 13.50 Franck Goupil ‘Returning Home’ (album Cosmosis) www.franckgoupil.com 21.42 Franck Goupil ‘Floating In

Well it’s getting nearer that time for the Christmas festivities, although with Mick being based in Australia and it’s their summer here to, it doesn’t feel quite the same as back in the UK especially when temps here can reach 40c, and I don’t think he’s going to stick to the traditional Christmas day meal of prawns here in Oz. On to the music, besides our usual suspects who have grace our airways in the past we welcome Pauline Strom a blind keyboardist from the USA, Mark Griffiths whose early works were on Electronical Dreams a well known cassette label in the UK in the 80’s & 90s, Galactic Underground a new project by Johan Geens better known as Venja, Siddartha Barnhoorn’s spacial immersion into deeper ambient music, Spanish composer Adrian Sandoval a more progressive synthesist and Macro noise’s accessible tunes. Our blast from the past is Rolf Trosel’s Test tanz, from the 1981 album Inselmusik, recorded entirely on the ppg Wave computer 360, enjoy the show. Sequences Podcast no119 02.07 Galactic Under

Here at Sequences we continue to bring you some of the best new music found in the EM scene..Again having a healthy balance of electronics from the more melodic uptempo style to atmospheric ambient stuff, some erring on the experimental side, but still accessible. Included in this latest edition we have Andy Pickford’s marathon release Pareidolia, clocking in at over three & half hours, more sequential melodies from Jeffrey Koepper on Transmitter,, French composer Alpha Lyra emotional cosmic trip on Ultime atome, from the dark side, Approaching Dark Space by Phobos and the mighty melodies of Johan Tronestam on Luther, with many more outstanding sublime musical journeys to savour. Vintage track comes from Pillion’s 1980 Enigmas album, sourced from a original vinyl LP which was never released on CD, because their master tapes and the remaining albums were destroyed in a fire at their record company. Opening for this three hour podcast we have two tracks from Johan’s Luther album, enjoy. Sequences podcast no1

Over three quarters of the way now into this New year and we’ve certainly had some outstanding music from established & new musicians featured on Sequences, with an increase in listeners especially on Soundcloud, with some of the newer editions attracting over 2500 plays. As with previous podcasts we cover a wide range of electronic music from Berlin School to Chillout, ambient to synth rock. Marcel Vinaros, Epilogue, Chris Coco, Samora & Wolfgang Nachahmer are here for the first time on Sequences. Mick was shocked to hear the passing of his very good friend Klaus Hoffman Hock from Germany. He will be sadly missed by all fans and musicians who have had the pleasure of working and talking to such a lovely human being, his charm, professionalism & wit will never be forgotten, bon voyage my good friend, another journey awaits you. As a tribute we’ve included in this podcast one of our favourite tracks, the beautiful & serene ‘La Vie’ from Colours Of Time by Mind over Matter, the group he formed in 1986. Not s

After having virtually no rain since May in Queensland, it finally came in the beginning of October, temps dropped to a more comfortable level, especially welcoming when compiling this podcast in front of those warm computers & devices. I’ve had an upgrade to my vocabulary, although Mick saids he doesn’t hear any difference, what do you think? In this edition we have some of our favourite artists showcasing their latest works, including Ivan Black, Sequential Dreams, Keith Richie, Nord, Bouvetoya & Thy Veils, latest project from Michael Bruckner & Hans Dieter Schmidt, going under the name of ‘Bridge To Imla’, with more new names added to roster of artists appearing on our podcasts. We picked the pulsating & energetic track ‘Mercalli’s Scale’ from the1992 album ‘More Live By Popular Demand’, by Ron Boots, Eric Heijden & Friends for our blast from the past. Be prepared to be blown away by the latest Sequential Dreams release Metamorphic Waves, this release is highly recommended for lovers of space roc

With it being a busy month for Mick, this will be our only edition instead of the normal two. We always like to focus on giving you a preview of new releases and hearing some outstanding musicians with different styles in Electronic Music, it’s all here for your ears. You will notice a lot of new names introducing their tunes on Sequences including, Jorg Schaaf, Quest, Fryderyk Jona, David Gerard, Rick Batyr, Bobbotov, Danutz, Hammock & The Heisenberg Compensators with some great music from melodic floating sounds to beautiful neoclassical scores. Our vintage track comes from French composer Bernard Xolotl’s 1983 LP Procession, with the seductive tones of violinist Daniel Kobialk joining him on that release. We open with Translunar’s rhythmical and melodic new release Robots, enjoy. 01:53 Translunar ‘Timestorm’ (album Spaceman) www.translunarmusic.com 08.34 Translunar ‘Rise Of The Robots’ 12,53 Rick Batyr ‘Synchronize, Feat Tikki Masala’ (album Unfolding) https://www.pranasoundstudio.com 23.41 Rick Batyr ‘

A very warm welcome to our latest edition No114, very mixed musically as usual. Includes the latest albums by Keith Richie, Steve Jolliffe, Mark Seelig & Sam Rosenthal, Red Planet Orchestra, Odnu, DeVega, Tedd Arnold, Aesthesys, Halonen & Syvers, & Samantha Booquin. Although we basically promote electronic music we’ve decided to feature the delicate keys of solo piano composer Fiona Joy. I was recently talking to a friend who happened to get on the subject of woman pioneers in electronic music and came up with a couple of names I’ve not heard before, Elaine Radigue & Else Marie Pade. Having delved into their catalogue of music I thought it would be interesting to let you hear a couple of tracks from them, Else especially has a fascinating past history, Our blast from the past track ‘Cabala’, celebrates the 30th anniversary of Wavestar’s successful third album, Moonwind, formed by John Dyson & David Ward Hunt, who sadly passed away in 1999. Playlist No114 01.49 Keith Richie ‘Mixology’ (album Pillars In T

Welcome everyone, we are now down to earth after our all out ambient excursion on our last edition. We’ve been a bit behind with new music coming in, so, it’s another one of those extended shows, nearly 4hrs of superb EM, to include Berlin school from Cosmic Ground to keep the fans happy, sequencer fest with SpiralDreams and Altocirrus, plenty of melodic rhythmic stuff too with Andy Pickfords latest 3 hour opus, two thirds of the latest Tangerine Dream band with their debut album, two tracks as yet unreleased by The Fourth Dimension Project, drifting synth textures of Chronotrope, Krautrock live from Electric Orange, Thomas Lemmer’s chill out dreamlike sounds, Shall Remain Nameless experimental electronics, out of this world cosmic vibes from Jim Ottaway, on Syngate, Sasa Tosic cinematic scores, ethereal dark ambient by Falling You and music from Gerd Weyhing live ambient guitar gig in 2016. Special mention goes to the nostalgic re-release of Ian Boddy’s first three cassettes from 1978 to 1980, and our blast

Hi everyone, sorry to say this will be our only show this month after our more uptempo melodic podcast in the last edition. We give you electronic music on the ambient side of the genre, with ethereal choirs, dramatic soaring spacial ambiences and dark experimental futuristic sounds, played out in this time and space. Music that can transport you to another dimension, with captivating mysterious sounds to let your imagination flow. Sit back, close your eye, as we take that journey into the unknown. Sequences Podcast no 112 01.29 Daniel Dorbantu Live Millennium Church’ *** www.dorobantu.com 10.47 David Helpling ‘A Place All Of My Own’ (album A Sea Without Memory) *** www.spottedpeccary.com 21.00 Constance Demby ’Souls Journey’ (album Novus Magnificat, Through The Stargate: 30th Anniversary Edition) http://www.constancedemby.com 27.53 Constance Demby ‘Ascent’ 32.57 Marconi Station ‘Sleeper Biosphere Remix’ (album Ghost Station Remixes) www.marconiunion.com 39.09 Marconi Station ‘Remnants _ Shadow Scheme A

Were back, welcome everyone. It’s been over a month since our last edition but we’ve kept on top of the new releases coming in after Mick’s move to a new abode, and delighted to welcome six new acts to grace our airways. As before we set out to bring you a broad section of music, maybe not to everyone’s taste but at least we try to educate your musical preferences. Our blast from past from 30 years ago comes from the duo Megabyte, because of contractual projects at that time their real names were not revealed, but we do love their synonyms, Amanda Mega & Billy Byte. To kick off this session, Johan Tronestam presents his latest release Space Collection, time to drop everything and immerse yourself in some tasty sounds. Sequences Podcast no 111 01.47 Johan Tronestam ‘Redshift’ (album Space Collection) http://www.teamquasar.se 09.26 Johan Tronestam ‘Arthur's Journey Continues’ 18.37 Roberto Sass ‘Under The Same Sky’ https://www.facebook.com/legacyofthought/ 25.23 Blume ‘Emergence’ (album Superfical) www.blu

Sequences Podcast no110 part 2 00.00 Andy Pickford ‘Rise’ (album Vangard 3) www.admusicshop.com 06.57 Andy Pickford ‘Elektra’ 12.54 Glenn Main ‘Promethium’ (album Live In Dortmund) www.admusicshop.com 17.47 Glenn Main ‘Message To Poland’ 21.31 Glenn Main ‘Ripples’ 25.23 ARC ’System Six’ (album E-Scape 2017) www.admusicshop.com 37.37 Broekhuis, Keller & Schonwalder ‘Rythme De Croisiere’ (album E-Scape 2017) *** www.admusicshop.com 47.59 Manny Leigh ‘The Magick Box https://mannyleigh.bandcamp.com 56.40 Lomita ‘Frog’ (album Euphoric) https://lomita.bandcamp.com/album/euphoric 65.39 Dask ‘Lorenzo Force’ (album Electron Utopia) *** www.syngate.net 79.04 Alba Ecstasy ‘Vintage Memories’ 82.59 Steve Orchard ‘Communion’ (album Theory Of Communion) www.admusicshop.com 88.49 Steve Orchard ‘Exchanges’ 93.20 Lord Of The Ants ‘First King’ (album First King) www.admusicshop.com 99.13 Lord Of The Ants ‘Brutus Of Troy’ 106.47 Alien Nature & Michael Bruckner ‘Mandala’ (album The Dark Path *** http://synthmusicdirect.com

Hi everyone,We’ve had a large amount of promos in this month, virtually all new releases, so we decided to break up the latest podcast no 110 into two parts, just one edition would been a lengthly listening session of over 5 hours. Mick moved to a new abode a few days ago, needs time to settle in, which means the next edition (no groans please) will probably not be aired until the later part ofJune. Because of the number of releases here I will leave it up to you the listeners to check out the bio’s on all the musicians which can be found on our website. Until the next time, enjoy the show. Sequences podcast no 110 Part 1 01.38 Alba Ecstasy ‘Nodes pt1’ (album Nodes 1) www.albaecstasy.bandcamp.com 09.06 Alba Ecstasy ‘Claustrophobia’ (album Nodes 2) 13.31 Sverre Knut Johansen ‘Black Ops-Military Secret Space Programs’ (album Secret Space Program) www.spottedpeccary.com 18.46 Sverre Knut Johansen ’Sphere Being Alliance’ 24.18 Sverre Knut Johansen ‘MILAB- Military Abduction’ 28.24 Neuronium ‘Mental Hideaway’

With our first edition of May, we’ve had a fifty, fifty split between ambient & experiment and the more uptempo melodic sounds arrived on our desk this month, we were going to make this podcast in two halves, but decided to mix the two together giving you light and shade variations over the three hours. If there is any thoughts on this do let us have your comments, On the list we have the latest releases from Ian Boddy & Markus Reuter, Vanderson, Syndromeda, Robert Rich & Markus Reuter, Baltes & Erbe and Romerium, with one track from Lomita, Jaja, Mindphaser, C J Rogers and David Parsons last album Puja, which we managed to get hold of, Mick’s a great fan of his music. Some names not familiar to us here, include Arovane & Porya Hatami, Carlo Celuque, Natural Life Essence & Threadbare, with a mixture of Berlin School, dark & experimental ambient excursions to Chill-out sound. With the release of Steve Jolliffe’s new autobiography, including a copy of Cyclone, plus a short unreleased track from Tangerine Dream

Hi everyone, after getting more adventurous with the music on our last issue, we explore more engaging sounds again that play in the field of electronic music, but don’t go as far as the more youthfull modern trend of techno, dance, house an so on, Mick showing his age here. Good to see some of our regulars with their new albums, including Keith Richie, Sequential Dreams, Bernd Kistenmacher, Alpha Wave Movement, Spiral Dreams & Bing Satellites. We also welcome those who have come our way for the first time, Chris Russell, Agan, Dumbledog, Corell, Yodok 3 & Blausofa. Our blast from past track remembers Richard Burmer, an internationally known and critically acclaimed composer/synthesist whose sonic excursions graced the electronic music scene for almost two decades, Richard sadly died of heart disease in 2006. Playlist No 108 02.07 Bernd Kistenmacher ‘Disintegration’ (album Disintegration) *** www.berndkistenmacher.bandcamp.com 08.05 Bernd Kistenmacher ‘On The Edge Of Existence’ *** 13.11 Bernd Kistenmac

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Welcome to our opening edition for April, slightly different this time. With so many of tracks in the ambient, cosmic, experimental side, we’ve decided to split this podcast into two sections, the first the more melodic, rhythmical sounds of EM, including live tracks from, Kebu, Stephan Whitlan, Moonbooter and Otarion, the second section flowing with dark ambient space music & experimental sounds, slowly fading out to the softer new age style. You make the choice between the two or both if you are more adventurous, It’s good to see two more female musicians here, Pilestra from the band Thy Veils with a solo single and Shirley Cason, relaxing peaceful music, As with previous editions, we feature a track from one of our lost friends who died to soon in 2015, Patrick Kosmos. We open with two tracks from Nord’s new album, Ring Of Fire. Sequences playlist no107 01.58 Nord ‘Ring 1’ (album Rings Of Fire) www.nordmusic.ro/ 13.47 Nord ‘Ignition’ 20.47 Moonbooter & Otarion ‘Simply Ethereal’ (album Live Muenster

Welcome to our second March edition, full of wondrous sounds were men and women harmonise the machines on a journey that’s electric. Talking of electric, as promised we have Andy Pickford’s second epic release Shadows Of The Gate, Dream is the more synthesised album from Ex Tangerine Dream member Steve Jolliffe, Erik Wøllo, with his diverse and sweeping 2CD release, Different Spaces, Synthesist/multi-instrumentalist Forrest Fang’s mesmerizing and emotive electronic-ambience on Follow The Ether Sun, ORGHANON’s manifesto to produce music with a strong cinematographic appeal, Berlin school fans will enjoy MTA Lab’s slowly evolving sequences and making his debut on here, Interstellarismusic, full of atmospherics interlacing moods, static-hypnotic sequences, various rhythms and varied melodies. Those of you who have a passion for the guitar to play its part in electronic music will love Mac Of Bionight and Phil Ensamble’s grooves, Dark ambient sounds taken care of by Ivan Black, Alexis Nembrode and No Mask Effec

Welcome to Sequences, time seems to be certainly flying this year, already into March with this edition, again Mick has put an excellent range of music on air for you. Syngate Records have re-released two early albums by Jack Spruch known as E-Motion, who sadly departed this world to soon in 2013. It’s been awhile since we featured Steve Hillman and his collaboration with Greek composer Thaneco has produced an exceptional album, Empyreal, hear one of our favourite dark wave bands, Mercury’s Antennae, also feeling a bit more adventurous, we indulged in some tasty Kraut rock from Russian Maat Lander and the boys will be drooling over the looks of Alira Mun, presenting her vocals on Gemma, produced by Thy Veils, Daniel Dorobantu, probably will not go down to well with the stance listeners of electronic music, who remembers the disappointment from some fans towards the first two tracks of Tangerine Dream’s Cyclone album. We kick off this session with Andy Pickford’s latest release, Harmonics In Silence, one of tw

Hi everyone and thanks for listening. Recently we had one fan who asked why don’t we have podcasts devoted solely to one style, be it Berlin School or space music, chill-out to New Age, if that’s your preference there are plenty of excellent mixes out there on the world wide web for a more easy listening experience. But that’s not our object, we are here to make you sit up and listen to new sounds from electronic musicians from all corners of the globe, be it melodic and rhythmical, ambient to dark wave to the more engaging mysterious experimental sounds that play mind games. The old saying “variety is the spice of life” and it’s certainly what we hope to bring in the music we select for each edition. Mick always likes to delve into the unknown were the music is concerned which makes his work editing each podcast so exciting, you never know what’s going to turn up, enjoy Track list No104 02.00 Addictive Wizard ‘Die Reise Zur Sonne pt3’ (album The Unknown Galaxy,The Passenger Of Time Vol 2) www.addiction-wi

Welcome to Sequences. We are delighted to bring you another podcast flowing with so many aspects of electronic music, names who you all know with some of their latest works and few new artists to grace our airways to. These include Tankarville, melodic Jarresque music, Paul Fejko and Stuart Diamond with the awesome interplay of the 7000 plus pipes on the organ at All Saints Episcopal Church, Massachusetts, & the Lyricon wind synthesiser, ambient soundtracks from Wolves and Horses and the mesmerising ethereal sounds of Gang Violins, whose music was part of the Evoke Vastness stream bringing in the new year, described as 3 days of cosmic wonder and awe, Mick would like to say a big thanks to all the fans and musicians who have joined our group page, getting close to 4000 members. We leave it to Tankarville to take us on a melodic rhythmical journey with two tracks from their latest release, Unnatural By Nature on the French label Winter Alternative Records. Playlist no 103 01.59 Tankarville ‘Frost Flowers’ w