Berlin School EM Summer 2025 Update

 

The king of berlin-school music returns with another stellar mix. Our friend, Erwin Boers, was nice enough to put together a follow up to his spring EM mix with this excellent summer update.

Here what he says about this latest set:

"For this summer update in the synth-cosmic-Berlin School-electronic-music scene, I faced the same problem as a few months ago with the spring update: a heterogeneous bunch of tracks in a wide variety of moods, rhythms and styles. This time, to produce a coherent mix, I figured telling the "story" of a journey into outer space - not very original I know... ;-)

Starting with a couple of upbeat pieces, to depict hectic life on Earth, we then lift off slowly by means of a set of tracks focused on soloing, soundscapes, layered sequencing and space sounds. As we reach the edge of the solar system, several deep contemplative atmospheres invite us to consider the distance travelled and the long journey ahead....I'll leave the scenery of the places visited to the listener's imagination! In short, a pleasant floating audiotrip just under two hours, to be enjoyed day and night, lounging in the shade or stargazing on your back. 

Special mention for a fantastic retro track by Xan Alexander in pure Berlin School style, a bit of electric guitar bombast by Otarion aka Rainer Klein and a pick from ex-Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann's latest album "Nightfall"."

Here are links to all the music used in this mix:

1. https://moonbooter.bandcamp.com/album/syncope-1
2. http://www.klangwelt.info/#top
3. https://tim-stebbing.bandcamp.com/album/supraluminal
4. https://frankvanbogaert.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-from-higher-grounds
5. https://othersideaudio.bandcamp.com/album/the-pulse-of-life
6. https://othersideaudio.bandcamp.com/album/ouroboros-ii
7. https://totemtag.bandcamp.com/album/space-ascension
8. https://skoulamanongroove.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-dem
9. https://peterbaumann.bandcamp.com/album/nightfall
10. https://www.junodownload.com/products/afterlife-playing-place/7046968-02/
11. https://beyondberlinongroove.bandcamp.com/album/meandering-tear
12. https://gertemmens.bandcamp.com/album/all-that-is-left-behind
13. https://dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/transmissions-din92
14. https://otarionongroove.bandcamp.com/album/time-of-nations
15. https://tiratheartofdance.bandcamp.com/album/time-travel
16. https://galacticsoundstation.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-the-mental-health-of-astronauts-volume-1
17. https://andrewlozano.bandcamp.com/album/voyager
18. https://iluiteq.bandcamp.com/album/fade-remain
19. https://onionwave.bandcamp.com/album/summer-somewhere

Thanks Erwin!

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00:00   Moonbooter - Syncope Part 1 (Syncope 1)
• 00:07:14   Klangwelt - Molecules (Second Nature)
• 00:12:29   Tim Stebbing - Sands Of Time (Supraluminal)
• 00:16:40   Frank Van Bogaert - Green Valley (Sounds From Higher Grounds)
• 00:21:07   Craig Padilla - Particles In Radiance (The Pulse Of Life)
• 00:29:24   Xan Alexander - Horn Of Monoceros I-II-III (Ouroboros II)
• 00:41:44   Totemtag - Tech Beta (Space Ascension)
• 00:50:00   Skoulaman - World Oceans (Live at DEM)
• 00:57:46   Peter Baumann - From A Far Land (Nightfall)
• 01:03:26   Afterlife - Il Piu Nell' Uno (Playing Place)
• 01:07:08   Beyond Berlin - Anthem (Meandering Tear)
• 01:16:44   Gert Emmens - Only Time Will Tell (All That Is Left Behind)
• 01:22:28   Ian Boddy & Erik Wøllo - Revolve (Transmissions)
• 01:29:54   Otarion - Time Of Silence (Time Of Nations)
• 01:35:28   TiRa feat. Missi Wainwright - Journey Beyond The Clock (Time Travel)
• 01:42:01   Hollan Holmes - The Eternal Light (Music for the Mental Health of Astronauts - Vol. 1)
• 01:47:26   Andrew Lozano - Atlas (Voyager)
• 01:51:05   ILUITEQ + Eraldo Bernocchi - Fade, In The Dusk (Fade, Remain)
• 01:56:20   unitrΔ_Δudio - The Final Glimpse Of The Sun (Summer Somewhere)
• 01:59:17   end

Chill Summer Guitars 2025

It's hot and muggy & I just want to sit on the deck with a Paloma or a Michelada and listen to some cool music. That's what this mix provides - a soundtrack to hanging out and chilling out during these hot summer days.

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00   Yo La Tengo - Leaving Home (Old Joy 2025)
• 05:06   Mick Turner - Moth Part 3 (Moth 2002)
• 07:42   Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Lamament (Bees In The Bonnet 2025)
• 12:18   Jonny Nash - The Way Things Looked (Once Was Ours Forever 2025)
• 15:22   Los Days - The Lonely Sky (Dusty Dreams 2024)
• 18:50   Trio Kleine Ahnung - Ripples (Laniakea 2020)
• 22:35   Pan American - Point Harbor (Across The Horizon 2024)
• 25:42   Löwenzahnhonig - Moonwalk (Löwenzahnhonig 2023)
• 29:24   Gilad Hekselman - Do Re Mi Fa Sol (Ask For Chaos 2018)
• 34:40   Dave Easley - Stardust (Ballads 2023)
• 36:26   Barry Walker Jr. - Dawn On The Urkontinent (Diaspora Urkontinent 2018)
• 40:35   The Bird's Companion - A Liquid Moon (The Edge of the Sea 2023)
• 36:00   Naci Oğuz - Son Vapur (Kirpi İkilemi 2023)
• 48:00   Suwi - Backstreet (Playing for Oscar 2024)
• 53:42   Yo La Tengo - Leaving Home - Alternate Version (Old Joy 2025)
• 58:41   end

 

Whitelabrecs Vinyl Mix

Without question one of the best ambient record labels in the world is Whitelabrecs . I've known label owner, Harry Towell, for a long time, going back to his netlabel days with Audio Gourmet. It's been grand to follow along as Harry has grown musically and the label has become a juggernaut. That's why I am beyond excited to present a guest mix from Harry. The bonus is it's an all vinyl mix. 

Here's a little blurb from Harry about his mix:

"My name’s Harry and I make music as Glåsbird. I’m from Lincolnshire in the UK and I also run a record label called Whitelabrecs. The label has been going since 2016 and specialises in limited edition runs of vinyl effect CDrs in classic vinyl sleeve formats, such as the gatefold LP and mini 45. Vinyl is a massive inspiration for this label and this all started in my earlier years in music, when I was a DJ. I’d collect a range of Deep House, Techno and Downtempo records and mix these at gigs, at a time when CD-Js and digital mixing was becoming the norm. I bought my Technics 1210s in 2004 as a second-hand purchase from another DJ. I’ve kept them all this time and they had deteriorated to the point where the tonearms would get stuck and so they had been gathering dust for a few years.

This year I got them repaired and serviced, replacing the cartridges and styli - now they’re in perfect working order! Since my former DJ years my music taste has changed considerably and this has been developed over the course of the last 15+ years, running the Audio Gourmet, Tessellate and Whitelabrecs labels which focus on quieter Ambient music. I’ll be doing more of these vinyl mixes from time to time and also have my first live DJ gig confirmed for September.

I recorded this vinyl mix one lunchtime after selecting and planning the first 10 tracks using the Camelot Harmonic Mixing method, which is a great way to create a natural-feeling melodic flow. It is a pretty reliable workflow but sometimes doesn’t translate – see the transition between tracks 2 and 3 as an example! I was enjoying this mix so much, that from tracks 11 onwards I switched to mixing on the fly, selecting tracks by ear.

I’d call this an Ambient mix overall but there’s a nice range of sub-styles in this selection, from drones and electronica, electro-acoustic and modern classical to folk and ethnic sounds."

Thanks, Harry, for creating this excellent set.

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 01  Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer – One Of Eight (International Anthem, 2025)
• 02  Wil Bolton – Quill (Stereoscenic, 2025)
• 03  Ambre Ciel – Atlantis (Gondwana, 2025)
• 04  Michael Scott Dawson – Traveling Light (We Are Busy Bodies, 2024)
• 05  Roméo Poirier – Du Rocher (Sferic, 2020)
• 06  Goldmund – Travelling (Western Vinyl, 2015)
• 07  Roméo Poirier- Balayage (Sferic, 2020)
• 08  Shuta Yasukochi – Leaving (Archives, 2018)
• 09  A Broken Consort – The Elder Lie (Tomkins Square, 2007)
• 10  Less Bells – The Fang (Kranky, 2020)
• 11  Jonny Nash & Teguh Permana – Langit (Melody As Truth, 2020)
• 12  Paradise Cinema – A Morning in the Near Future (Gondwana, 2024)
• 13  Wilson Tanner – Daddles (Efficient Space, 2025)
• 14  Vieo Abiungo – Sad Swell (Lost Tribe Sound, 2011)
• 15  F. S Blumm – Luftluch (Morr Music, 2001)
• 16  Padang Food Tigers – Rise Before The Rain (Blackest Rainbow, 2010)
• 17  Danny Paul Grody – Ohr (Students of Decay, 2011)
• 18  Will Samson – Suspended In ft. Benoît Pioulard (Talitres, 2015)

echospace

 

I am a big fan of ambient dub music. Especially the more atmospheric stuff from DeepChord, Rod Modell, Variant, cv313, Shorelights and more. I've made ambient dub mixes in the past and they are some of my favorites. 

For this dubby mix I decided to focus on artists from the echospace [detroit] record label. Is echospace a label or an artist? I think it's both. And then there is Deepchord presents Echospace and Echospace [sounds] Presents, which confuses things even more. All I know is, I like the sounds that Echospace & Deepchord produce so I made a mix featuring those sounds.

Cheers!

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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00 Echospace [sounds] Presents - Forever In The Sky (Sequential Space 2022)
• 05:00 Intrusion - Twilight (The Seduction of Silence 2009)
• 10:00 Deepchord - Untitled 9 (Von Schommer 2002)
• 12:25 Radius - interpolation [restoration two] (Interpolation Tapes + Obsolete Machines 2019)
• 17:40 variant - sequential sleep [granular mix] (sequential sleep [series collection] 2025)
• 25:45 cv313 - Satosphere Sessions [Remnant I] (Satosphere Sessions [Transmission III] 2020)
• 33:33 Model 500 - Starlight (Echospace dub) (Starlight 2008)
• 36:42 Deepchord - Untitled 6 (Liumin Reduced 2010)
• 39:45 Variant - As Time Stood Still (The Setting Sun 2008)
• 49:45 Radius - transverse waves [tape master] (Interpolation Tapes + Obsolete Machines 2019)
• 55:40 Intrusion - Under The Ocean (The Seduction of Silence 2009)
• 59:39 Echospace [sounds] Presents - Our Last Sanctuary (Sequential Space 2022)