Berlin School Electronic Music 2025 Spring Update

 

More Berlin School goodness from Erwin Broers. There's not much I can say about this mix, other than being totally psyched for it, so I'll let Erwin give you the lowdown.

"This mix is an overview of some of the interesting Berlin School Electronic releases of the current calendar year. There's a wide variety of styles, ranging from minimal and retro to loungy/chilled and bombastic/cinematic. Actually, this selection covers the whole spectrum of electronic music between ambient and synth pop. So maybe the label "Berlin School" is not adequate anymore. But hey what's in a name! In any case, unless you're a hard core ambient fan, you will certainly discover something to your liking. Check the links below and support the artists!" 

Thanks, Erwin, for another great Berlin School set.

BANDCAMP LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX:

https://din7d.bandcamp.com/album/doppelg-nger-din91

https://danielcoppens.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-end

https://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/the-light-that-remains

https://gateeleven.bandcamp.com/album/first-contact

https://brannanlane.bandcamp.com/album/imaginary-horizons

https://chuckvanzyl.bandcamp.com/album/transience

https://brendanpollard.bandcamp.com/album/strands

https://grauglanz.bandcamp.com/album/a-grim-moon-rising

https://leopardsofwhite.bandcamp.com/album/forest-edge

https://paulellisspacemusic.bandcamp.com/album/warmth-from-other-suns

https://stefanerbe.bandcamp.com/album/metamorphosys

https://colinrayment-syngate.bandcamp.com/album/penumbra

https://bakkerrenede.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-equilibrium

Cheers!

[ s t r e a m ]    [ d o w n l o a d ]    [ a p p l e _ p o d c a s t s ]

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00:00   Ian Boddy & Harald Grosskopf - Diodengesang (Doppelgänger)
• 00:07:35  Daniel Coppens - Nocturnal (After The End)
• 00:15:34  State Azure - Vortices (The Light That Remains)
• 00:21:05  Gate Eleven - Fly By Night (First Contact)
• 00:26:55  Dino Pacifici & Brannan Lane - Amazon Mist (Imaginary Horizons)
• 00:31:50  Chuck van Zyl - Denkmal (Transience)
• 00:42:16  Brendan Pollard - Corollary (Strands)
• 00:48:53  Grauglanz - Collaborations (A Grim Moon Rising)
• 00:59:50  Leopards Of White - Through The Front Door To Then (Forest Edge)
• 01:08:47  Paul Ellis - Winter Garden (Warmth From Other Suns)
• 01:17:12  Stefan Erbe - Metamorphosys (Metamorphosys)
• 01:23:02  Colin Rayment - As Light Tiptoes In The Darkness (Penumbra)
• 01:31:04  Rene De Bakker - Cosmic Equilibrium (Cosmic Equilibrium)
• 01:47:58  end

The Open Blue

 

Seascape mixes are some of my favorite ambient mixes. The genre seems to perfectly suited to floating and drifting on an endless sea. Two of my favorite ambient tracks of all time are "sea" ambient - 

I absolutely love those two tracks! 

I'm always up for a new seascape mix and that's what we have here - a new collection of tracks mostly from 2023 & 2024, with one from 2020 and one from all the way back in 2008. Put the oars back in the boat, kick your feet up and drift away.

Cheers!

[ s t r e a m ]    [ d o w n l o a d ]    [ a p p l e _ p o d c a s t s ]

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00  Bill Seaman, Tim Diagram, Stephen Spera - The World Was Turning Before (The World Was Turning Before 2023)
• 07:00  Philippe Deschamps - What The Sea Promises - In a Silent Sea (Bahrambient Rework) (What The Sea Promises 2024)
• 09:20  Old Amica - Sommaren 96 (För alltid 2024)
• 14:06  Model 500 - Starlight(Intrusion dub) (Starlight 2008)
• 20:35  Jeff Greinke - Northern Reaches (Oceanic 2024)
• 29:00  Masayoshi Fujita - Ocean Flow (Migratory 2024)
• 31:54  Faux Tapes - Dive. Pt.4 (Dive 2024)
• 33:25  First Snow of The Year - Noir (Norwegian White 2025)
• 38:10  Bill Seaman, Tim Diagram, Stephen Spera - Far Away (The World Was Turning Before 2023)
• 43:00  Sanjib - Aquatic Sphere (Underwater 2020)
• 47:23  Daou - Sanctum (Reverie 2023)
• 51:12  Faux Tapes - Dive. Pt.7 (Dive 2024)
• 54:30  end

Electronic Gems From The Lowlands by Erwin Broers

 

Another electronic gem from Erwin Broers. He has become my go to guy for berlin-school music and I'm totally here for it. I've said many times that I like hosting guest mixes from artists and listeners because I always discover new music. And this set is a perfect example - other than Ron Boots, every artist in this mix is new to me.

Here's what Erwin has to say about this mix:

"The theme this time is "Electronic Gems From The Lowlands", the lowlands being Belgium and the Netherlands. Both countries are neighbours of Germany, where Electronic Music took off in the early 1970s. It was therefore inevitable that many local progressive artists became fascinated by synthesizers and inspired by this new genre known as "Kosmische Musik" (cosmic music). Influence of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze is obvious, but there's also a hint at prog rock and a few tracks come close to melodic synth pop similar to Vangelis and Jean Michel Jarre."

Thanks for a great set, Erwin!

Cheers!

[ s t r e a m ]    [ d o w n l o a d ]    [ a p p l e _ p o d c a s t s ]

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00:00   PeRu - Out Of Time (Constellations, 1981)
• 00:09:01   Pillion - Enigmas (Enigmas, 1980)
• 00:22:36   Par Example - Flarepath (Pharos, 1989)
• 00:31:57   Patrick Kosmos - Mindscapes part 1, 2nd movement (Mindscapes, 1987)
• 00:41:00   Johan Timman - Trip Into The Body (Trip Into The Body, 1981)
• 00:46:31   Walter Christian Rothe - Solitude (Solitude, 1982)
• 00:50:34   Ton Scherpenzeel - Heart Of The Universe (Heart Of The Universe, 1984)
• 00:58:02   Frank Van Bogaert - A Picture of You (Closer, 2004)
• 01:01:45   Ron Boots & John Kerr - Oceans Of Emotions (Offshore Islands, 1990)
• 01:15:11   end