idle is a selection of about 75 hours of low-intensity, high-density music to get played continuously in shuffle mode. Each featured project is represented by one track.
In idle mode, the archive plays itself, waiting to be activated. Many tracks are gateways to zoom in on a context or an artist – information that the mixes of Sounds Central provide.
Despite the versatile backgrounds of the featured artists, idle maintains a continuity. This is due to the curation of the tracks, but also because of the sophisticated AI behind the shuffle mode of Apple‘s Music app.
Since Mixcloud does not offer widgets with a player for live streams, idle uses a workaround to mimic a live situation. Each time the home page is opened, two Mixcloud players present random modules with music from the stream.
These modules are parts of larger selections that got shuffled twice in the Music app (e.g. idle 1.3 is the third module of the first larger selection).
Contrary to the music featured in Sounds Central’s mixes, there is no further information about idle’s tracks and they are not listed in the index. Enjoy!
Featured cover art: Compilation Death Disco Club (2001)
Modules‘ illustrations: Paul Paulun / deepAI (2023)
Featuring: A Guy Called Gerald • A.R. & Machines • Aamina Camaari • Abdel El Aziz Al Mubarak • Abdou El Omari avec Naima Samih • Ability II • Acid Arab • Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. • Actress • Adopo • African Head Charge • AG Geige • Agitation Free • Ahmed Malek • Air Liquide • Akaba Man and the African Pride • Akiko Yano • Akira Ishikawa & His Count Buffalos • Akofa Akoussah • Alan Hawkshaw • Alec Empire • Alejandro Jodorowsky • Alek Stark • Alexis Georgopoulos & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma • Alhaji Waziri Oshomah • Alice Coltrane • All In One • Allen Ginsberg • Alva Noto & Anne James Chaton • Amelia Cuni, Werner Durand, Uli Hohmann • Amon Düül • Amon Düül II • Andre Holland • Andreas Dorau • Andreolina • The Android Sisters • Anna Homler / Alessio Capovilla • Anne Waldman • Aphex Twin • Arnold Dreyblatt & Paul Panhuysen • Arthur Russell • Arurmukha • Atom™ & Lisokot • Atrox • Aunt Sally • Aural Expansion • Aurita Y Su Conjunto • Ayalew Mesfin • B12 • Baby Ford • Babyfather • Banda-Linda musicians • Barry Biggs • The Beatniks • The Beau Brummels • Beautyon • Between • BGM • Bi Nostalgia • Bidner / Martinek • Bill Drummond • Black Bottom Collective • Blancmange • Blind Owl Wilson • Bob Chance • Bobby Ellis • Boeing Duveen and the Beautiful Soup • Bonzo Dog Band • Born Under A Rhyming Planet • Boyd Rice And Friends • BPeople • BPMF • Brenda Ray • Brendan M. Gillen • Brian Eno • Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno • Brion Gysin • Bröselmaschine • The Bug • Byron Lee And The Dragonaires • Cabaret Voltaire • Caltonic SA • Can • Cannon’s Jug Stompers • Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band • Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis • Chaan Siang Phin • Charles Maurin Poty • Charles Mingus • Charlie Ahearn • CHBB • Chiemi Manabe • Chip E. • Chris & Cosey • Chris Carter • Christoph De Babalon • Chu Ru • Clandestine feat. Ned Sublette • Clara Rockmore • Cluster • Cluster & Eno • Coco Steel & Lovebomb • CoH • Little Annie • Coil • Coldcut x On-U Sound • Column One • Comateens • Conjunto Barbacoa • Conjunto Típico Contreras • The Connection Machine • Conrad Schnitzler • Cosmic Jokers • Count Ossie Band • Country Joe And The Fish • Craig Leon, Wanda Coleman, Ivan E. Roth • Crispin Hellion Glover • The Crystalites • Cult Of The 13th Hour • Cultural Vibe • CultureClash • D-Day • Daevid Allen & Walter Funk • Dan Boadi And The African Internationals • Danielle Dax • Dark Day • Das Original Oberkreuzberger Nasenflötenorchester: Der Grindchor • Dave Ball / Genesis P. Orridge • David Garland • Dennis Bovell • Der Plan • Deuter • Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft • Devo • Dharma Shanti Orchestra • Die Dominas • Die Doraus und Die Marinas • Die Tödliche Doris • Die Zwei • Digital Dance • Dilemma • DJ Skull • DMX Krew • Dome • Don Cherry • Dopplereffekt • Doris Norton • Doug McKechnie • Dr. Timothy Leary • Dub Specialist • Dub Syndicate • The Dynamites • E.g Oblique Graph • East Meets West • Eater • Einstürzende Neubauten • Einzelgänger • El Signo • Electro Keyboard Orchestra • Elijah Minnelli • Eloïse Decazes & Eric Chenaux • Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru • Emak • Ennio Morricone • Eno / Moebius / Roedelius • Eric B. & Rakim • Ernest and the Sound Dimension • Esplendor Geometrico • Etubom Rex Williams & His Nigerian Artistes • The Evolution Control Committee • Faction • The Fall • Fatal Microbes • The Fates • Fatima Al Qadiri • Faust • Finis Africae • Five Or Six • Florence • Francis Bebey • Frank Chickens • Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle • Fripp & Eno • Fugs • Funkadelic • Gabi Delgado • Gas • General Strike • Ghédalia Tazartès • Giles, Giles & Fripp • Glyn Bigga Bush • Gong • Graeme Revell • Hailu Mergia • Halmens • Hans-Joachim Roedelius • Hany Mehanna • Harmonia • Harmonia & Eno • Harry & Mac • Harry Hosono and The Yellow Magic Band • Haruomi Hosono • He Was • Heiko Maile • Hell Interface • Henry Kawahara • The Heptones • Herman’s Rocket • Hieroglyphic Being • Hikashu • Hiroshi Yoshimura • Holger Czukay • Holger Hiller • Holland-Dozier feat. Lamont Dozier • Home Wreckers • Honey Boy Martin • The Human League •