Bill Fox’s popular Pennsylvania ambient show, “Galactic Travels”, featured 2 tracks this week from mystified’s collaboration with Nunc Stans, “One Thousand Dreams”. Here is the playlist from 2/4/2010:
PLAYLIST:
11:04 pm
ARTIST TRACK ALBUM (label)
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Kevin Braheny Starflight 1 * Galaxies (Hearts of Space)
Terje Winther Over and Over Electronic Regions (Bajkal)
(Again)
Rene van der Wouden Recreation 2 Recreation (Rewo)
Lord of the Ants Quantum Voodoo Quantum Voodoo (A.D. Music)
Nunc Stans and One Thousand Dreams One Thousand Dreams
Mystified Part 1 (DataObscura)
Nunc Stans and One Thousand Dreams One Thousand Dreams
Mystified Part 2 (DataObscura)
Dan Pound Dawn of Man Living Planet (Pound Sounds)
12:00 am
ARTIST TRACK ALBUM (label)
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E=motion Hesitation Infinite Motion (Underwater)
E=motion Circular Movement Infinite Motion (Underwater)
E=motion American Dream Infinite Motion (Underwater)
E=motion Motif Infinite Motion (Underwater)
E=motion Audio Freak Infinite Motion (Underwater)
E=motion Alex Infinite Motion (Underwater)
E=motion New Sound of ESP Infinite Motion (Underwater)
E=motion Beyond the History Infinite Motion (Underwater)
1:00 am
* = excerpt
VA = Various Artists (compilation)
++ = Advance CDR from Artist
– = Background music under interview
Three great new videos are up, created by Johan N., YouTube user Ventureluur. These videos are creations set to the music of mystified’s netrelease “Urbscape” (TreeTrunk, 2009). Surf on in, they are free:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZV1N3zONz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbE3ukOQkwU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szulxRamcn4
These and some other incredible music videos will be available soon from Thomas on dvd. Stay tuned!
Mystified’s Hypnos Secret Sounds release, “Primal Mystification”, made the Top 15 in January for Chuck Van Zyl’s well-known ambient radio broadcast, “Star’s End”. Here are the charts, in alphabetical order:
STAR’S END 1-6AM SatNite/SunMorn 88.5FM WXPN Philadelphia, PA
Top 15 For January 2010 (alphabetical) Compiled by Chuck van Zyl
ARTIST - ALBUM - LABEL
Anomalous Disturbances - Archive Two - Disappearing Music
Anomalous Disturbances - Inside - Disappearing Music
Arc - Rise - DiN/DDL
Matt Borghi - Huronic Minor - Hypnos
Steve Brand - Children of Alcyone - Hypnos
Broekhuis Keller Schonwalder - Blue - Manikin
John Christian - Susbarbatus - self-released
Robert Davies - Terrestre - dataObscura
Moby - Wait for Me (Deluxe Edition) - Mute
Mystified - Primal Mystification - Hypnos
Redshift - RW3 - Distant Sun
Resonant Drift - The Call - self-released
Markus Reuter/Ian Boddy - Unwound - DiN/DDL
Jonn Serrie - Thousand Star - New World
The Winterhouse - Sanctuary - dataObscura
“Engine Room Glow”, the collaborative 3″ cdr with Nocturnal Emissions and mystified, is due out mid-February. The cdr has 4 tracks– an original track by Nocturnal Emissions, a remix of that track by mystified, and 2 original mystified tracks. This will come out on Tosom Records: http://www.tosom.de/ . Original photo-quality artwork by George Verge; layout by Antonio of Tosom. Bookmark that label!
2008 and 2009 were years of economic downturn in the U.S., and 2010 is a year of somewhat reduced productivity for mystified. Only a few releases are scheduled, so stay tuned! Thomas thinks you will really like the few offerings he has for this year. One release, due out in 2 weeks or so, is a collaborative 3″ cdr with Nocturnal Emissions called “Engine Room Glow”. A cassette is due out in February, a collaboration with N.Strahl.N, and then a solo release in March, both on N.Strahl.N’s nice label, Licht Und Stahl. A bit later will be the big release– a pressed run of 500 cds from First Fallen Star Records called “Passing Through The Outer Gates”. There are a few other open projects that may or may not be released, but these are the main ones for the first 2 quarters of 2010. So keep your eyes peeled and your ears to the ground!
Mystified’s forthcoming, professionally-replicated cd, has been completely mastered by well-known Frederic Arbour of the Canadian dark ambient label Cyclic Law. The cd has 8 tracks and clocks in at just over 50 minutes. The label, First Fallen Star, and Thomas are currently assembling artwork and other design specifications. Look for the cd, “Passing Through The Outer Gates”, in mid-2010. Bookmark the label, if you haven’t: http://www.firstfallenstar.com/main.php
“Pulse Ringer Pieces” is now SOLD OUT from the artist’s studio. This 12″ vinyl lp has received extensive critical praise and radio play, but there are NO MORE copies available from Thomas.
Interested parties can contact:
http://www.droehnhaus.de/ (if in Europe)
http://www.darkduck.net/ (U.S.)
http://www.roilnoise.com/ (U.S.)
http://www.small-doses.com/ (U.S.)
There are a few other distributors in Europe; please direct European inquiries to Droehnhaus Records (above).
“Massive Turning”, from mystified’s Hypnos Secret Sounds release, “Primal Mystification”, was played on WWSP-FM’s “Ambient Ether / Space Continuum” show, hosted by Misha.
The playlist, for 1/24/2010:
5:00 AM
Steve Brand - Golden Cloud - Children Of Alcyone [Hypnos ]
Seren Ffordd - Floating, Dreaming - Stellar Nurseries [Hypnos Secret Sounds ] 2009
Viridian Sun - Magnetars cast no shadow - Infinite In All Directions [Hypnos Secret Sounds ] 2009
Mystified - massive turning - Primal Mystification [Hypnos Secret Sounds ] 2009
Lia Scallon - The First Little Angels on Earth - The Sounds of Sirius [Sounds of Sirius ] 2009
6:00 AM
33 Tetragammon and Human Metronome - Resonating Earth / Solar Eclipse - Resonating Earth [ ]
Eucalyptus Dream - Process of Illumination - Process of Illumination [Moon Cycle Records PRD1960] 2009
Synth.nl - Caracharodon - OceanoGraphy [Groove Unlimited ]
6:30 AM
Remy - Mirage - EoD [AKH Records ] Label Artist
H.U.V.A. Network - Processing Lights - Distances [Ultimae Records ] 2004
Mystified appeared once again on Chuck Van Zyl’s “Stars End” radio broadcast. This marks mystified’s first solo appearance on the show. “Stars End” is one of the more popular and venerable American ambient radio shows. Played was a track from mystified’s new cd, “Primal Mystification”.
Here is where Chuck broadcasts: 88.5 fm WXPN Philadelphia | 99.7 fm WXPH Harrisburg PA| 90.5 fm WKHS Worton/ Baltimore MD | 88.7 fm Middletown / York / Lancaster PA | 104.9 fm Lehigh Valley PA
And here is the playlist from 1/24:
1:00am
Redshift - Shift to Blue - RW3 (distant sun)
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra - Phaedra (virgin)
The Ministry of Inside Things - Stone Garden - STAR’S END 30th Anniversary
Anthology
Node - Express.Calling at All Stops - Terminus (deviant)
2:00am
Jean Michel Jarre - Parts I II III - Oxygene (dreyfus)
Vangelis - tracks 7 8 9 10 - Blade Runner (atlantic)
Chuck van Zyl - Valhalla - Celestial Mechanics (centaur discs ltd)
3:00am
Arc - Creep.Rise - Rise (DiN/DDL)
Jonn Serrie - Enroute to Delta Pavonis.Nostalgia For Infinity - Thousand Star
4:00am
Robert Rich - Wheel of Earth - Trances/Drones (release)
Robert Davies - The Shifting Moon - Terrestre (dataObscura)
Steve Brand - Golden Cloud - Children of Alcyone (hypnos)
The Winterhouse - Secret Arrangements - Sanctuary (dataObscura)
Matt Borghi - November’s Peculiar Calm - Huronic Minor (hypnos)
5:00am
Mystified - Departing Certainty - Primal Mystification (hypnos)
Boddy/Wostheinrich - Shorelines.Ascension - Hemispheres (DiN/DDL)
Broekhuis Keller Schonwalder - Blue and Red - Blue (manikin)
6:00am
Here is some additional information about the professionally-created cd due out in mid-2010 by mystified on the label First Fallen Star. The cd is the first release in the “Eulogy” series and will be called “Passing Through The Outer Gates”. Professional mastering and artwork will be provided, and talks have ensued concerning a possible special cd case. More on this soon.
A good way to keep up to date on this release, as well as other activities by the label “First Fallen Star”, would be to subscribe to their free newsletter:
http://www.firstfallenstar.com/newsletter
Recommended.