Ambient Music Guide Podcast

Old meets new in a retro-flavoured edition of Ambitronica with vintage 90's tracks by Young American Primitive, James Bernard, Deep Space Network and Mysteries of Science, alongside new sounds from ex-Tangerine Dreamer Paul Haslinger, Hibernation, Lorenzo Montana and Hibernation. Compiled & mixed by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, July 2021. Cover art from James Bernard's "Unreleased Works 1994-1999" (A Strangely Isolated Place). The Ambitronica mix series mines the atmospheric grooves of ambient dance music at every level - newbies, classics, and the genre's pre-90's roots in early synthpop, dub, prog rock, art rock, Krautrock, lounge and Berlin-school trance. More at http://ambientmusicguide.com

A lush journey in the key of space, both inner and outer. Tracks in this mix date from 1972-2011 and include Woob, Tangerine Dream, Global Communication, Bruno Sanfilippo, Boy Is Fiction, Meg Bowles, Humate, Rabbit In The Moon, Michael Stearns, Jonn Serrie, Jon Jenkins, Odessi, Alpha Wave Movement and Mystical Sun. Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, August-September 2011. If you like a track/s please support the artists and buy/stream the source albums. Full tracklist at AmbientMusicGuide.com

The Best Of 2020 mix series showcases some music from AMG's upcoming Best Albums of 2020 reviews feature, plus other outstanding tracks from the year that was. All mixes compiled by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, Nov 2019 - Feb 2021. Mix 4 - Cosmic Tech & Beautiful Bleep: highlights from the atmospheric corners of bleep music and electronica in 2020, from classic Berlin-school sounds and synth music to ambient techno, trance, dub and syncopated grooves. Features Carl Craig, Global Communication, Woob, Banco De Gaia, 100th Monkey, Dr Atmo, Deep Space Network, Emerald Web, Aes Dana, Cell (Alex Scheffer), Virgo, Deeper Than Space, Worriedaboutsatan, Remote Vision, Starterra and Nigel Mullaney.  Tracklist at http://ambientmusicguide.com/

The Best Of 2020 mix series showcases some music from AMG's upcoming Best Albums of 2020 reviews feature, plus other outstanding tracks from the year that was. All mixes compiled by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, Nov 2019 - Jan 2021. Mix 3 - Tranquility Tones: beautiful, moving, eclectic sounds from the quietest corners of the ambient zone. Features Woob, Motionfield, Global Communication, Deeper Than Space, Emerald Web, Howard Givens & Craig Padilla, Steve Good, Luke Schneider, Mathieu Karsenti, Golden Brown, Channelers, Evan Fraser & Vir McCoy, Leandro Fresco & Thore Pfeiffer, Saphileaum, Hamish Lang and Silent Vigils. Tracklist at ambientmusicguide.com

The Best Of 2020 mix series showcases some music from AMG's upcoming Best Albums of 2020 reviews feature, plus other outstanding tracks from the year that was. All mixes compiled by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, Nov 2019 - Jan 2021. Mix 2: Sounding The Deep - meditative ambient and ethereal exotica from 2020. Features Roger & Brian Eno, Kevin Braheny, Simon Posford (Shpongle), Mick Chillage, Halftribe, Andrew Heath, Lingua Lustra, Coniglio & Aldinucci, Jonas Munk, Blomma, Fourcolor, Crispin and Whittaker, Gregory Paul Mineeff, Merrin Karras, Colourmusic, Saphileaum and Max Würden. Tracklist at ambientmusicguide.com

The Best Of 2020 mix series showcases some music from AMG's upcoming Best Albums of 2020 reviews feature, plus other outstanding tracks from the year that was. All mixes compiled by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, Nov 2019 - Jan 2021. Mix 1: Modern Classical & Post-Rock features Digitonal, Roger & Brian Eno, Hugar, Gigi Masin, Woob, Kevin Keller, Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Worriedaboutsatan, Rone, Spirituals, n-So, Blomma, John Hayes & Maxy Dutcher, Slow Dancing Society, Ausklang, Manchuria, Golden Brown, North Americans, Daniel Szlajnda and Blend Orchestra. Tracklist at ambientmusicguide.com

The 3rd of 3 mixes to celebrate the return of Kruder & Dorfmeister's stoner beats in 2020 with their never-before-heard archival album "1995" (G-Stone Recordings). A mix of mainly classics, alongside a few more recent cuts. Part 3 features Kruder & Dorfmeister, DJ Shadow, DJ Food, Mark Pritchard, Tosca, Urbs, Peace Orchestra, Solar Rosa, Grouse, Ashley Beedle, Jaziac Sunflowers and Hibernation. Compiled & mixed by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, October 2020. Tracklist at ambientmusicguide.com Artwork uses image by S E N S E I R E T R O at society6.com/william8691

The 2nd of 3 mixes to celebrate the return of Kruder & Dorfmeister's stoner beats in 2020 with their never-before-heard archival album "1995" (G-Stone Recordings). A mix of mainly classics, alongside a few more recent cuts. Part 2 features Kruder & Dorfmeister, DJ Krush, Nightmares On Wax, Tom Middleton, Boozoo Bajou, The Solid Doctor, A Man Called Adam, Gods Of Luxury, Daniel Ibbotson, Star and Grouse. Compiled & mixed by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, October 2020. Tracklist at ambientmusicguide.com Artwork uses image by Tony Greenhand @ Smokeable Art Twitter.

The 1st of 3 mixes to celebrate the return of Kruder & Dorfmeister's stoner beats in 2020 with the never-before-heard archival album "1995" (G-Stone Recordings). A mix of mainly classics, alongside a few more recent cuts. Part 1 features Kruder & Dorfmeister, Bonobo, Quantic, Sin, Jon Kennedy, Sounds From The Ground, Ybu vs. Rae & Christian, Cinematic Orchestra and Pitch Black. Compiled & mixed by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, October 2020. Tracklist at http://ambientmusicguide.com Artwork uses image by LaurensSpruit at deviantart.com/laurensspruit

Environments episode 05 - more psycho-acoustic spaces and places for the world between your ears. Enjoy the trip. Evocative new music and classics - including Woob, Robert Rich, Kevin Braheny, James Murray, n-So and Blomma (Moderna Records), Endless Melancholy, Sage Taylor, and Enrico Coniglio & Giulio Aldinucci (Dronarivm label). Compiled & mixed by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, July 2020. Artwork from a design by Woob for his album Suite 59201. Tracklist at ambientmusicguide.com

A 2 PART AMBITRONICA SPECIAL: DRUM 'N' BASS 'N' DREAMY BREAKS 1994-2017. Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, May-June 2020. Tracklist at ambientmusicguide.com. Around 1994 I remember hearing the track ‘Mutant Jazz’ by the mysterious T Power vs MK Ultra. It was getting airplay on Oz public radio station Triple J, which broke a fair bit of new indie and electronic music from the UK back then. It started as a slow, funky trumpet-led lounge break that – completely unexpectedly – segued into the fast, stuttering, skittering beats of what I soon learned was called jungle. Then, following this initial segue, ‘Mutant Jazz’ improbably and brilliantly married both: slow and fast, dreamy and kinetic. As jungle quickly morphed beyond the underground and spread around and outside the UK it became known as drum ‘n’ bass. The more ambient, atmospheric tip championed by the likes of LTJ Bukem and his label Good Looking Records became yet another iteration of ambient dance music alongside ambient techno, IDM,

A 2 PART AMBITRONICA SPECIAL: DRUM 'N' BASS 'N' DREAMY BREAKS 1994-2017. Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, May-June 2020. Tracklist at ambientmusicguide.com. Around 1994 I remember hearing the track ‘Mutant Jazz’ by the mysterious T Power vs MK Ultra. It was getting airplay on Oz public radio station Triple J, which broke a fair bit of new indie and electronic music from the UK back then. It started as a slow, funky trumpet-led lounge break that – completely unexpectedly – segued into the fast, stuttering, skittering beats of what I soon learned was called jungle. Then, following this initial segue, ‘Mutant Jazz’ improbably and brilliantly married both: slow and fast, dreamy and kinetic. As jungle quickly morphed beyond the underground and spread around and outside the UK it became known as drum ‘n’ bass. The more ambient, atmospheric tip championed by the likes of LTJ Bukem and his label Good Looking Records became yet another iteration of ambient dance music alongside ambient techno, IDM,

Episode 05 features recent music by Roger & Brian Eno, Woob, Lingua Lustra, Boris Lelong, Saphileaum, Ember, Federico Mosconi, and classics from Vangelis, Ishq and Mychael Danna. The Tranquility Tones mix series showcases harmonic drones and dreamy progressions, timeless music from then and now. Compiled & mixed by Mike G at Rubycon Sound, May 2020. Tracklist at http://ambientmusicguide.com

Episode 6 features new and old synth grooves spanning over 40 years - Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Woob, Phaeleh, Backstage Gurus, Beaumont Hannant, Cinnamon Chasers, One Arc Degree, Gen Pop, Rone, James Bernard, Thomas Lemmer, L.S.G. (Oliver Lieb) and Irresistible Force. Compiled & mixed by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, May 2020. Dedicated to Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider (1947-2020). Cover art based on design by El Lissitzky (1890-1941). The Ambitronica mix series mines the atmospheric grooves of ambient dance music at every level - newbies, classics, and the genre's pre-90's roots in early synthpop, dub, prog rock, art rock, Krautrock, lounge and Berlin-school trance. More at http://ambientmusicguide.com

In both its first incarnation (1994-1998) and its second one (2003-2006), the UK-based Emit label (officially spelt em:t) delivered a varied, idiosyncratic vision of ambient music in the tradition of the great ambient labels of yore like Editions EG. Although now long gone, Emit's reputation in the dance and electronic underground for quality and innovation remains undiminished to this day. The artists provided us with some of the most thrilling, audacious chill-out music of the 90's and beyond. This two-volume mix series captures my personal highlights from the official Emit releases, as well as from three 'ghost' albums that were more or less finished but never released. Respect to the various Emit crews: David Thompson, Chris Allen, Tom Smyth, Will Joss, Matt Hall and John Bagguley. Escape your speakers. Compiled & mixed by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, March-April 2020. More at http://ambientmusicguide.com/

In both its first incarnation (1994-1998) and its second one (2003-2006), the UK-based Emit label (officially spelt em:t) delivered a varied, idiosyncratic vision of ambient music in the tradition of the great ambient labels of yore like Editions EG. Although now long gone, Emit's reputation in the dance and electronic underground for quality and innovation remains undiminished to this day. The artists provided us with some of the most thrilling, audacious chill-out music of the 90's and beyond. This two-volume mix series captures my personal highlights from the official Emit releases, as well as from three 'ghost' albums that were more or less finished but never released. Respect to the various Emit crews: David Thompson, Chris Allen, Tom Smyth, Will Joss, Matt Hall and John Bagguley. Escape your speakers. Compiled & mixed by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, March-April 2020. More at http://ambientmusicguide.com/

Exotic grooves, atmospheric downtempo and cinematic spaces from Marconi Union, Bersarin Quartett, Bluetech, Banco de Gaia, Pitch Black, Entheogenic, Autumn of Communion, KiloWatts, Saafi Brothers, Animat, d'Voxx, Sven Kössler & Si Matthews, Robodop Snei, Sacred Seeds, Symbion Project, Data Rebel, Johan Agebjorn, Rildrim, Backstage Gurus and Tara Putra. The 6-part Best Of 2019 mix series showcases some of the music from AMG's Best Albums of 2019 Reviews feature, plus other outstanding tracks from the year that was. All mixes compiled by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, Oct-Dec 2019. Mix#1: Drones & Tones Mix#2: Deep Space Tech Mix#3: Mod Classical & Post-Rock Mix#4: Balearica Mix#5: Environments Mix#6: Ambitronica More at http://ambientmusicguide.com

Atmospheric sounds from Biosphere, Ishq, Sounds from the Ground, Autumn of Communion, Hibernation, Motionfield, Ohio (Taylor Deupree), Off Land, Pitch Black, Tom Adams. Andrew Heath, Soda Lite, Ashan, In Quantum, Darren McClure, Aerium, Moss Garden and Andrea Castiglioni. The 6-part Best Of 2019 mix series showcases some of the music from AMG's Best Albums of 2019 Reviews feature, plus other outstanding tracks from the year that was. All mixes compiled by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, Oct-Dec 2019. Mix#1: Drones & Tones Mix#2: Deep Space Tech Mix#3: Mod Classical & Post-Rock Mix #4: Balearica Mix#5: Environments Mix#6: Ambitronica More at http://ambientmusicguide.com

Lush downtempo beauties from Kaya Project, Sounds from the Ground, Lemmer & Pabst, Nancy Noise, Dr. Deep House, Johan Agebjorn, Hibernation, Hatar, Robot Koch, Globular and and Collective Sound Members. The 6-part Best Of 2019 mix series showcases some of the music from AMG's Best Albums of 2019 Reviews feature, plus other outstanding tracks from the year that was. All mixes compiled by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound,Oct-Dec 2019. Mix#1: Drones & Tones Mix#2: Deep Space Tech Mix#3: Mod Classical & Post-Rock Mix #4: Balearica Mix#5: Environments Mix#6: Ambitronica More at http://ambientmusicguide.com

Featuring Cinematic Orchestra, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Bersarin Quartett, Brian Eno, Bruno Sanfilippo, Tom Adams, Daigo Hanada, Sven Laux & Daniela Orvin, Hibernation, Tom Eaton, Matt Lajoie, Gavin Miller, Billow Observatory, Richard Luke, Symbion Project and Hatami, Martin & Attanasio. The 6-part Best Of 2019 mix series showcases some of the music from AMG's Best Albums of 2019 Reviews feature, plus other outstanding tracks from the year that was. All mixes compiled by Mike G @ Rubycon Sound, Oct-Dec 2019. Mix#1: Drones & Tones Mix#2: Deep Space Tech Mix#3: Mod Classical & Post-Rock Mix #4: Balearica Mix#5: Environments Mix#6: Ambitronica More at http://ambientmusicguide.com