syndae (2025)

17/01/2025

Taking your own way is not always easy on yourself. It usually means to be smiled upon for not following the main stream or longing for success, as others define it. The core point most often is to follow ones heart and ideas to fulfill one's "need" to express oneself. It's not necessarily some hard choices or descisions to be made, but it may take some courage and choices in live others do not understand. Well, at least it takes some guts to put out your own creations to the world for good or bad, as one never knows about what response to expect. The Schallwelle award's Your Own Way prize is interested in rather unusual ways for finding into electronic music. This is part two of nominee tracks, this time by Mikel Sounder, Spieluhr Records, Secret Moonbase, Vortex Elements, Wellengärtner, Rahara Chillout, MiDi BiTCH, Record Of Tides, Romerium.

Owning your path on

Taking your own way is not always easy on yourself. It usually means to be smiled upon for not following the main stream or longing for success, as others define it. The core point most often is to follow ones heart and ideas to fulfill one's "need" to express oneself. It's not necessarily some hard

10/01/2025

Final warn... no, final call... for the Schallwelle Award votings. If you have not done so, you can still vote for your favourie artist, album, and ambient album in electronic music. The winners of the voting session will be awarded at the Schallwelle Award ceremonies in March. And there are still tickets available, if you want to join us for the festivities, including live concerts by Gate Eleven, Elektronische Maschine, and one more to be announced. Besides the audience votings there are some categories not for the public but awarded based on jury votes. For one of those categories, named "Your own way", I will present the nominees in this and the coming edition. We will start with NGC 224, Lunaar, Frank Tischer, Colin Rayment, IcingWolf, Mike Hans STEFFL, Imaginary Landscape, LichtBildGestalter.

A path of your own on

There you have it. Old 2024 left us with a mess, and 2025 in charge to clean it up. Well, we will see, if that works out or will simply continue with what

03/01/2025

There you have it. Old 2024 left us with a mess, and 2025 in charge to clean it up. Well, we will see, if that works out or will simply continue with what was left behind. But, hey, it's a new round on our elliptical course around the sun and there are many cool things coming. Several musical events already on the horizon and surely an amazing number of great and highly inspiring releases awat us fans in electronic heaven. Like the cool treats you get tonight with music by Gate Eleven (First Contact), Mindheal (Heart and Mind), Side Liner (Time Expiration), Stan Dart (MurInsel 7: Travel Stories), Giovanni Scorpio & Neosir (Vice), Fritz Mayr (Brainwave), Malcolm Galloway (Metazoa), MiDi BiTCH (Hyperborea), Gate Eleven (First Contact).

Reborn from the past on

There you have it. Old 2024 left us with a mess, and 2025 in charge to clean it up. Well, we will see, if that works out or will simply continue with what

27/12/2024

That was fast. Or was it? This is the 48th show for 2024 and already the final one for this year. It's name fits the speed the year has passed. Like a 747 on full thrusters. And it carried quite a load of cool and new music as well. For what it's worth, I wish you all the best for your future. Lot's of strange things going on in this one world we occupy. So take care and have a decent time of life in 2025. Thematically we stick with the speed on tonight's edition with beatful and driving music by Ndorfik (Eighteenth Listen), TNT (The December Solstice 2024 Compilation), KΔDΔBRΔ (Friday the 13th (On December)), Elysian Underground (Almost Primordial), Psychoz (Digital Family Vol. 11), Renil Edis & Di.Capa (24 Hours Awake), TOONER (Pushing The Limits), Bunshi (Bupropion), Femii (No Dust), Jeff Appleton (Quadrants 3 - Part 1).

Hot sparkles on

That was fast. Or was it? This is the 48th show for 2024 and already the final one for this year. It's name fits the speed the year has passed. Like a 747

20/12/2024

Yes, it's this time of the year, where big chunks of chocolate is formed into strange and hollow figurines and such. Like it or not, in many regions of the world, people may follow their believes (generally) freely. For others, it serves as some welcome time out to spend with your family or friends. A common theme of these festive days is the kind of music you hear. And while radio stations tend to play the same plunder each year, welcome to syndae. You do get some nice tunes tonight, as a precognition for the coming days, but it's new, at least to the show. Feeling joyful? Then join in for beauties in sound by Gandalf (A Light from Afar), David Lindsay (With You), Jim Ottaway (Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying), Steen Chorchendorff Jorgensen (Floating out of Thin Air), Kori Linae Carothers (On A Cold Frosty Morning), Fiona Joy Hawkins (Music For Study And Relaxation), Joe Weineck (Earthlings), Lynn Tredeau & Sherry Finzer (Snowfall), Christina Tourin & Peter Sprague (Imaginings (DuoVersion)), Brian Mulder (Cygnus), Ambient Ballroom (ja ohne geht), Ryan Michael Richards (That Trip to Bethlehem), Rick Sparks (Winter Dream), Dan Kennedy (Ascend to Adonleigh).

Lightweight listening on

Yes, it's this time of the year, where big chunks of chocolate is formed into strange and hollow figurines and such. Like it or not, in many regions of the

13/12/2024

Not long before the festive season, time to look back at 2024 and all the music that wasn't featured on syndae yet. Well, mainly because it did not fit to the theme of a show. I receive quite a lot of submissions that does sound great, but is stilistically a bit off to the sound you are used to. It's still worth listening to, as I think there are so many interesting musical discoveries to make, so many new sensations to feel. So join in tonight for a very cool edition of the show with music by Halogen feat. Synaecide (Retrospective Vol. 4), illocanblo (Various Artists Compilation 2024), Undsidedly (Seventeenth Listen), Dirk Schlömer (Dancin' Shoes), Mad-Tek feat. Gella (Algorhythmic Bias 3.0), Djane Ki feat. M.Nomized (DARK METERS #2), dominykas niaura (bevietystė), Lifting Gear Engineer (Recovery), Kilmarth (Radical Entropy), Džiunglių Dvasios feat. Paulius Soham (Space and Bass), TOKEE (ЛЕЯ), PearFinch (BC Catalogue II (2022-2024)).

Off the beats on
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Not long before the festive season, time to look back at 2024 and all the music that wasn't featured on syndae yet. Well, mainly because it did not fit to

06/12/2024

It's the time of the year where the "good old" Christmas songs tend to be played all over the radio stations. Luckily, I rarely listen to radio. But I already have been whammed. Well, at least they don't start playing them by the time they start selling Christmas chocolate. And there are people who like to listen to these songs, for example my wife. Well, there will be no such music on syndae. At least not for tonight. But I chose to have some chilling tunes, so your ears can rest from all the bells and whistles. Join in for cool stuff by Obituary (始まり), Synth replicants (Dreams Of Paradise), Remote Guest List (An Abyss Of My Own Making). Zero Cult and Goasia (Chill On Ice), Bluetech ft. BISHØP (Spacehop Chronicles 2: Limonchik), 4T Thieves (Fragment (Special Edition)), Steen Chorchendorff Jorgensen (Floating out of Thin Air), Sonic Research Society (Observers), developingrhythm (filtered lounge), Globular (Very Nested Recurrences).

Cinamon paved sounds on

It's the time of the year where the "good old" Christmas songs tend to be played all over the radio stations. Luckily, I rarely listen to radio. But I alre

29/11/2024

We are going to have fun tonight with some modern electronic music. We're rapidly speeding towards the end of the year, I think there are three more shows to come before we increment the annual counter once again. Btw., the Schallwelle award voting will start soon, so it's definitely time to revisit many of the new releases by checking out this year's editions of syndae. I'm quite sure, you will find some favorable albums on the show. The catalogue of releases for 2024 is vast, as usual. Don't forget or miss to support your favourite artists. Maybe there is one among those of tonight, where you will get fine treatments by Axess/ (Sleep), WEGA (Echoes From A Gentle Past), Vortex Elements (Wavement), Paul Ellis & Pabellón Sintético (Veiled Portraits), F.D.Project (The Last Curtain), Spectral Tune (Schallplatte 27), Ivan Black (Define and Refine), Stefan Erbe (Light of Sirius), Synth replicants (Dreams Of Paradise).

Raising the fun bars on

We are going to have fun tonight with some modern electronic music. We're rapidly speeding towards the end of the year, I think there are three more shows

22/11/2024

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of a gentle podcast. Its continuing mission: to explore wonderful new sounds; to seek out new vibes and new aural experiences; to boldly play what no one has heard before. Well, quite so. Because you might have heard similar tunes before. And our voyage does explore material highly inspired by others. Like for tonight, where the notes take us back to the golden age of electronic music, where Space Ambient and Berlin School meet up to celebrate excellent endeavours. Join in for fantastic treats by F.D.Project (The Last Curtain), Cello (Modular Timelapse), Vanderson (2055), Vortex Elements (Wavement), Erik Wøllo (Solastalgia), The Fourth Dimension Project (Colours of the Universe), Fratoroler (L.I.K.E.S.)

Celebrating sound trek on

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of a gentle podcast. Its continuing mission: to explore wonderful new sounds; to seek out new vibes and ne

15/11/2024

I often play traditional electronic music on the show, sometimes referred to as Berlin School, Krautrock, Space Ambient, etc. Also back in the days, in the 80s at least, there was another trend in electronic music with heavy use of synthesizers and drum machines. Modern music refering to that age is usually named Synthwave or Retrowave. Similar takes in style go under the name of Chillwave and Vaporwave. In visuals, related styles are takes on Cyberpunk or Cyberspace movies and games. Why am I giving history lessons now? Well, I am not, I am giving you some great tracks following thes artistic music styles, mainly by the upcoming compilation Chromatic City which features a bunch of them and other tracks of same style. Enjoy this throw back edition with music by snurretop, Time Away, Ambient Indigo, Wane of Summer, Promethex, Talking to Ghosts, Progeny -1, Roberto Sass, Cosmic Cadence, and Ancient Astronaut (Chromatic City), Cobalto Drew (ether), Jan Hammer vs Moreno J (Crockett's Theme).

Riding the wave on

I often play traditional electronic music on the show, sometimes referred to as Berlin School, Krautrock, Space Ambient, etc. Also back in the days, in the

08/11/2024

There we go. Lots of events still ahead this year, and you are invited to pick one or more locations to visit and enjoy the music. In several cases, the locations are unique as well, may it be a cave an exhibistion hall, or a cafe. The best is to be able to experience live electronic music and meet the artists. And with that, of course, supporting them by buying tickets or CDs. Because, as you will have heard, streaming does not pay a dish. Too many listens are necessary to earn a buck. And I am sure you would like to hear from the artists more cool music in the future. Tonight I will tease a selection of upcoming events in Europe, but there are surely more and some abroad. For now, enjoy the wonderful music of Pyramid Peak (Kontinuum), Ron Boots (Alone on Stage), REMY & Däcker (Live at BYSS), TaboTago (Sessions 009 - 20211217 Corroding Modernism), Cestrian (Gradients), Feralia Planitia (Feralia Planitia), Frank Tischer (Impulse), Tangerine Dream (Phaedra).

Fetch yourself a par-tee on

There we go. Lots of events still ahead this year, and you are invited to pick one or more locations to visit and enjoy the music. In several cases, the lo

01/11/2024

Quite a week this was, especially job wise packed with tasks. Also, the coming weekends are packed with nice music events, while the bigger ones seem to have run well in the past weeks. Some of you might know that I curate a list of coming events in the European area over at empulsiv.de, just in case you are interested. One bigger one is ahead tomorrow with Awakenings all dayer, but then some fine ones are up as well, like Bernd Scholl, featured tonight, Pyramid Peak with Ron Boots, Der Spyra and TaboTago on Flux and Pulse, Frank Tischer, and a hot one with Tangerine Dream. But for tonight, it's relaxation time with some ambient and related love spread by Parallel Worlds (Impressions), Sophos (Sending Signals), Bernd Scholl (An Evening in The Cave Live), Peter Phippen & Ivar Lunde, Jr. (Earthly), Blue Is Nine (Life in Motion), Andy Pickford (Something Wonked This Way Comes).

A cave full of sounds on
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Quite a week this was, especially job wise packed with tasks. Also, the coming weekends are packed with nice music events, while the bigger ones seem to ha

25/10/2024

Did I ever mention being a fan of Snooker? Well, I am. And there is one reason in particular, why I do: It's the kindness and sportsmanship of the players. I cannot remember any other sport where the opponent applaud each other for great shots and celebrate for reaching 100 points or even 147 (the maximum number of points, very rare). My wife usually says that Snooker is great for bed time, as it supports falling asleep. I strongly disagree. It's full of suspense, tragedy, and fun. However, I wish all people would be that kind and supportive to one another like these players are. And in the end, I agree that the sport can be helpful to come down and chill. Like the music on tonight's edition. So join in and enjoy the cool sounds and beats by Das Kraftfuttermischwerk (Im Garten der Schneekugel), Young Ruji and ЭЮЯ (Various Artist Compilation 2024), Gabriel Le Mar (Light of Unity), HYRN (Schallplatte 27: Mythologie), Rayo Hunters (Anima Blanca), Pope John Paul Van Damme (Disinfamy), HATCH (Electrode),Theo Falcon (Season Zero), Cousin Silas & Glove Of Bones (Spirits of Afrodubism (Extended Reissue)).

Food for body and soul on

Did I ever mention being a fan of Snooker? Well, I am. And there is one reason in particular, why I do: It's the kindness and sportsmanship of the players.

18/10/2024

Nature is a great invention. Well, not really an invention. But it's great. Especially in autumn, when the forests turn so colourful, all the mushrooms sprouting, everything living in harmony. Ok, nearly everything. But humans. Be it crazy election campaigns. Be it trashing trust in Open Source. Be it fighting and killing others. Now, maybe those things are not really comparable, but they all showcase the stupidity of human kind. And now think about our so called intelligent race being on earth for several thousand years. If you were an alien from outer space, would you be eager to show up and befriend us? Hum, do I sound erratic? Well, let's turn to something more comfy and beautiful: new age and electronic music. A real feast for one's ears I have for you with music by Max Schiefele (Waldgeist), Larkenlyre (Dragonfly Halfdreams), Bernd Scholl (An Evening in The Cave Live), Rodrigo Passannanti (Forgotten Worlds), Suriya (Schallplatte 27: Mythologie), Sam Wilkes (iiyo iiyo iiyo), John Gregorius (Communion), Rena Jones & KiloWatts (Caesura), Holland Phillips (A Sense of Distance), Wane of Summer (Spine of Destiny), Ivan Black (I Can See Another Time).

Get harmonoised on

Nature is a great invention. Well, not really an invention. But it's great. Especially in autumn, when the forests turn so colourful, all the mushrooms spr

11/10/2024

Since several years now I purchase energy from a supplier of ecological renewable sources. Those are windmills (which,some strange guy claims, kill whales), solar plants, hydropower stations, and so forth. It's a funny thought that they direct electrons from only those sources to my home, which, of course, they don't. It's only they add energy from those sources to the pool and I pick any energy from that pool. If you ask me what's my point on telling you this, the answer is I don't have a point. I just found it curious. And especially, that some people think, over here in Germany we are re-empowering fossil fuels and nuclear power. Plain rubbish. Well, ok, as I said no point. At least none other than on this edition you will find great music full of sequential energy served by Time Away (Chasing Angels), Erik Wøllo (Solastalgia), Paul Ellis & Per Thomhav (Orpheus), Gandalf (A Light from Afar), Gunnar Spardel and Jim Ottaway (Schallplatte 27 - Mythologie), Caught In Joy (Gemstones V), Michael Brückner (The Android Tales (Volume 1)).

Sound planting with

Since several years now I purchase energy from a supplier of ecological renewable sources. Those are windmills (which,some strange guy claims, kill whales)

04/10/2024

Why do people tend to put their power and energy into making the world a worse place for others and nature then before? Is it a tendency for self destruction of humanity or simple stupidity? I prefer to put forward with positive motions. Supportive behaviour and making others feel better seems much more beneficial than blaming others for one's unfortunate situation. Stumping on the weak, because it is so easy, does not help yourself in any way but making you seemingly look strong. You are not! So I only hope I can make someone's day a bit brighter with the music I present on this podcast. And I have great music on tonight with new and upcoming sounds by Axess/Maxxess (SLEEP), AE van Elst Projects (TWO), Gabriel Le Mar (Light of Unity), Paul Ellis & Per Thomhav (Orpheus), Rena Jones & KiloWatts (Caesura), Pete International Airport (Sea of Eyes), snurretop (Mizzt), Cartas de Japón (Gemstones V), Max Schiefele (Waldgeist).

Fire up your engines with

Why do people tend to put their power and energy into making the world a worse place for others and nature then before? Is it a tendency for self destructi

27/09/2024

Well, here I am again relishing the final days of my vacation, it's the final one for this year. So I thought what better to have than some ambient and relaxing sounds to accompany my fleeting thoughts on the rest I got these days. It's amazing what sitting there and watching the timeless sea pounding softly at the beach does to your mind. It actually raises your senses to relish and experience the environment more strongly. So tonight we will hear music that goes very well with such occasions of solitude and serenity. Or, well, sometimes it will also push your mind to other states. Join in for some great music by TOKEE (Альбатрос Remixes), Craig Padilla & Zero Ohms (To Sleep On Stellar Winds), Sonic Bodhi (Chasing Angels), Carl Lord (Weightless), Ian Craig (Quadrants 2 - Part 1), City of Dawn & Ross Christopher (Empty Rooms), Time Being (Hidden Structures), René van der Wouden (The Magnetic Reconnection).

At the pounding sea with
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Well, here I am again relishing the final days of my vacation, it's the final one for this year. So I thought what better to have than some ambient and rel

20/09/2024

There will be no new show tonight, as I'll be off for some family happening. So enjoy the archives at https://syndae.de or have a listen to https://www.modul303.com, the 24/7 online radio with ambient and electronic music.

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