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Ambient Channel (1): Perpetual Drift

Minimal melodies from Japan and Arctic Norway, music for ex army gymnasts bounding about in rubber costumes, and something from New York City‘s Downtown. 55 minutes with works by Aqua Regia, The Caretaker, Midori Takada, The Residents and others – realized between 1969 and 2019.Listen

More Poetry of DIY – Using the Means at Hand (1967-2011)

It is a common misconception that DIY music productions are necessarily realized without a budget. In fact, their most striking characteristic is that they aim to create unique listening experiences – by using the means at hand. 36 minutes with works by Blancmange, Gregory Whitehead, Minus Delta T, People Like Us and others.Listen

Tabla Love – Outside of Classical Indian Music (1967-2001)

Tabla drums are a major element in Indian classical music. Since the Sixties, they have also appeared outside of that context. 65 minutes with Alejandro Jodorowsky, Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis, Geir Jenssen, Robert Ashley and others.Listen

The Forever Mixtape

With more than 10k archived releases, Paul Paulun tells a personal history of music and sound art.

Paul Paulun

Paul Paulun is a field recording artist, a sound research engineer, an audio collector, a writer on the most imaginable diverse topics within the spectrum, and much more. On Deutschlandfunk-Kultur, he is called a sonic archeologist. His DJ-set at Barcelona‘s Sonar Festival 1997 was heralded as next millenium’s chill-out.

Magical Journeys Through Music and Time: NYC

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Headroom (7): Between

Shiny errors, a Rubaiyat of love, wisdom from an ancient past and a report from when in flight mode. 21st century chill-out music made between 1970 and 2023.

In Liminal Spaces – Angus MacLise

Trance is an important aspect in Angus MacLise’s sound works. The drummer, composer, poet and calligrapher was a link between Beat culture, New York City’s art scene in the Sixties, and the hippies. 78 minutes with material by an originator who never released a record during his short life.

New York in the Sixties – A Hotbed for Experiments

Whether conceptual or performance art, electronic music, counterculture, minimalism, drone sounds, or fluxus – New York City is a hotbed for all sorts of experiments during the Sixties. 62 minutes with Angus MacLise, Henry Flynt, La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela, Richard Maxfield and others.

No Way Out – No Wave Years in NYC (1978-84)

Most artists involved in what critics called no wave in 1978 shared a nihilistic mindset as they explored realms ranging from abrasive noise to mutant disco in New York City. 44-minute mix featuring tracks by Boris Policeband, Bush Tetras, Jill Kroesen, Konk and others.