Plans and News

The playlist is underway for AQ15, as well as an idea that we might do an “Analogue Astroquarian” sometime in the next few months dedicated to the analogue synthesizer. Emails will be sent, letters will be written. Music will be played.

Although we don’t seem to get many comments on the blog or many emails to astroquarian [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com the server seems to think that there are lot of you out there. Hundreds of you. Thousands in some cases.

Well, we hope you’re enjoying our idiosyncratic little podcast, and that you continue with us along our musical discoveries.

Astroquarian 14

This may be the smallest Astroquarian podcast to date but it is not small in character. Big music from around the world and across the genre-bending skies we fly…

Playlist

Aurora Borealis – Annot Rhül
medium IV – pan:core
La Rotta – White Owl
Night Message – ioeo
Mein Mann – Doc
Futurengine – Psychetropic
Cod Liver Oil – Great Big Sea

Music courtesy of:

mp3underground.net, Jamendo.com, Magnatune.com and the Podsafe Music Network.

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Magnatune
podsafe music network
mp3underground.net

Astroquarian 13

It’s finally here, about a month later than anticipated but worth waiting for, we hope. This edition gives you funk, jazz, surreal space rock and even some nerdy rap, with all sorts of music by all sorts of people. As a first, we have music from Jamendo.com, another Creative Commons music site. So for your delectation:

Playlist

Gaza Strip Mall – Amanda Monaco 4
Mek We Jump – Burning Babylon
Adventure in a white black hole – Omars Attacks
Sea World – Naked
Indian Funk – Bloingo
These towns – Moshe Chouraki
Nerdy Gospel – CSHC

Music courtesy of:

Jamendo.com, Magnatune.com and the Podsafe Music Network.

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Magnatune
podsafe music network

AQ 13 feels funky

I am in the middle of putting together the playlist for AQ 13. This edition is going to have a jazzy-funky edge to it as we delve deeper into the amazing lands of podsafe music. The new edition should be out by the end of the week. Let’s go…

Astroquarian 12

Welcome to Astroquarian, podcasting the best in independent alternative music since last year sometime. AQ12 features some stunning genre-stretching but spacey music from Norway, some electro from Africa, psychedelic dub from Dorset, driving beats from Sweden, and some good, solid prog rock from Florida, USA.

Click play, subscribe, or download Astroquarian 12, put on your headphones, and indulge yourself in some listening pleasure.

Playlist

Fata Morgana – Tremolo Wankers (buy from mp3undergound.net)
There’s nothing impossible – Deus
5/4 – Seid (buy from mp3underground.net)
Moonbase Dub – BubbleDubble
Ghost Children – Annot Rhül (buy from mp3underground.net)
The Miracle Field – The Reverse Engineers
Sacred – Beat Under Control

Acknowledgements

Big thanks to Sigurd Lühr Tonna of Annot Rhül and mp3underground.net for acquiring permission for us to play Seid and the Tremolo Wankers. And indeed to introducing us to his own projects, more of which we will play in the future.

And a big thank-you to Mr Kevin Ellis for providing the Bubble Dubble track to play, especially since there’s one featuring the legend that is Nik Turner… More from them in the future too :-)

This edition also contains tracks provided courtesy of Magnatune.com and the Podsafe Music Network
Magnatune
podsafe music network
mp3underground.net

 

 

Astroquarian 11

World and world class music in AQ 11. From being lost in Tokyo you will find yourself in India, thence to France, held hostage by a pasta, Iran, California and beyond! We end with a good old-fashioned drinking song. Listen out for an interesting lyrics competition…Billy Sugarfix’s Surreal O’Rama.

Playlist

Lost in Tokyo – easyflow
Minor Song – Anup
Ne Quittez Pas – Hoxman
Spaghetti Terrorist – Christopher
Shabnam – Kourosh Zolani
Timeagain - hands upon black earth
Jedi Drinking Song – Dust Rhinos

Acknowledgements

This edition contains tracks provided courtesy of Magnatune.com and the Podsafe Music Network
Magnatune
podsafe music network

Astroquarian 11 in progress

It’s been nearly a month since our last podcast, but we’re pleased to announce that AQ11 is just days away. It will be a chilled out world music voyage by seven particularly fine artists.

A playlist is also under construction for AQ12, a psychedelic special…

Stay tuned…

Astroquarian 10

Another fireside (well, stoveside) alternative music podcast from Astroquarian. You’ll hear new material from three of the artists featured in previous episodes, and some material to keep your ears on their metaphorical toes. Enjoy!

Playlist

Hyper Tension – Liquid Zen
Nantes – Echo
Fag da Deaf Edge- dotCommunism
Sjorok – Ambient Light
Story of a Boy – 2012
Zeak Dub – Bagas Degol
Historia – Henrik Anttonen

Acknowledgements

Liquid Zen are played courtesy of Magnatune. Bagas Degol appear courtesy of cornishmusic.com

Magnatune

podsafe music networkAll other tracks can be found on the fantastic Podsafe Music Network.