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[20210906] Backtrack, Dewtone, One
Sep 30, 2021 • 2:02:38
Tonight’s show is a selection of tracks from the Backtrack, Dewtone, and One netlabels, all of which briefly flowered in the early 2000’s and then disappeared. Backtrack lived for two years, from 2004 to 2006, but put out some really excellent music. The two albums featured, Crepuscular by Troupe (released…
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[20210830] Round and Round
Sep 30, 2021 • 0:00:00
This show (the first official Etheric Currents) features tracks about round things: circles, rounds, and spheres. All tracks are from the RadioSpiral library, but some are from artists we don’t play as much, and some are seldom-played tracks from artists we play a lot of. Tonight’s show runs more ambient…
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[20210927] Berlin Recess, with Klangwald
Sep 30, 2021 • 0:00:00
Tonight we’ll be hearing some excellent Berlin-School tracks from a band by the name of Klangwald. In 2012, they released two EPs and one full album on the Kreislauf netlabel: Tomato Juice and Ginger Tea (EP) Tolerance and Courage (EP) Stressless Life (full album) We’ll be hearing all three in…
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[20210913] Stays Crunchy - Milk and Five Musicians
Oct 1, 2021 • 01:56:23
This episode’s music comes from the Finnish netlabels Milk and Five Musicians. Five Musicians was the earlier of the two, and specialized in distributing music from the demoscene – music composed using trackers, specialized programs that did sample playback, controlled by scores written out as text files. Demoscene music was…
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Terrible Name, Great Music
Oct 8, 2021 • 02:00:25
Tonight’s episode on Etheric Currents is “terrible name, great music”, because we’ll be hearing music from the Ogredung label. Pause to let that sink in. Or not. This label is an Italian one, and released from 2001 to 2007. It’sis a very eclectic label — everything from straight melodia to…
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Nu-Jazz and Post-Rock on La Bél
Oct 12, 2021 • 02:09:49
In this episode, we’ll be hearing tracks for several engaging nu-jazz and post-rock artists. These two genres are deconstructions and recombinations of their base genres with influences from others, sometimes far outside the originals. We’ll be listening to some folks who have integrated ambient and abstract electronica sounds and feels…
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Piambient: Piano-based electronica
Oct 20, 2021 • 01:57:45
This episode uses the piano as a touchstone — tracks from both the RadioSpiral Library and from Creative Commons releases. We will have a little more ambient music, as fits the title, but there are still some gentle beats for those looking for them. The criterion for selection was that…
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The Camomille Netlabel
Oct 27, 2021 • 02:07:27
This week’s episode features music from the Camomille netlabel. Camomille was founded in 2002 by Vincent Fugère “out of the love of ambient music, camomille tea and as a representation of what inspires him to do music”. Camomille has (or perhaps had — there have been no releases for a…
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Camomille: Cycles
Nov 10, 2021 • 02:04:23
The episode features the 100th release from the Camomille netlabel, Cycles. This is a big compilation, over 2 hours long and 57 musicians. The tracks are well-selected and hang together nicely in that Camomille headspace: a little abstract, a little beat, laid-back and quiet. Tonight’s tracks: Délusions circulaires – Muhr…
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Juta Takahashi's "Miyabi" and Dusted Wax Chill
Nov 10, 2021 • 02:03:03
This episode premieres Juta Takahashi’s new release, Miyabi. It is a patient meditation on repeating sequences, subtly orchestrated to change over time from one for to another, like seasons changing from winter to spring, and will give you time to settle in and be with the changes as they unfold.…