Is it just me or has 2011 passed very quickly? However, it was a great year musical vise, bringing lots of pleasure to my ears with many, many releases in electronic music and related genres. Reflecting upon the year, syndae had broadened its fields quite a bit, and I of course hope you liked the increased diversity in styles and sounds. Well, now it's time for taking a rest. As a closing episode, like in the past three years, I am happy to present another two-part special featuring great artists with great tracks especially made or provided for christmas time. Lots of fine songs await your ears for listening well, with more than an hour of pleasing music in the family edition and another more than 40 minutes of slightly more challenging tracks in the mature edition. I would not like to miss any of these fabulous contributions kindly given for your fun only by BatteryDead, Cousin Silas, Glenn Main, Happiness in Aeroplanes, Janne Hanhisuanto, Kebu, Klangzaun, Michael Brückner, Michael Shipway, Nothing New Music, Psicodreamics, Remy, Steen Jorgensen, Synth.nl, Uwe Reckzeh, Von Haulshoven, WaveWorld, and Wounds.

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The final regular show for 2011 is up, and it's become a rather traditional one. And despite it being the last, there are quite a bunch of new releases that just want to come and visit you and your music player. First on my show, then in your shopping basket. Well, this is an XL edition again, as I simply had to play all the great tracks. So enjoy the extra time with music by BatteryDead, Erez Yaary, Justin Vanderberg, Level Pi, Sebastien Marchal, TMA, Yog-Sothoth, and as a teaser for the upcoming special, a closer by Brainwork.

I'm looking at a quite good filled playlist of contemporary electronic music tonight. Some tracks of tonight's show or the according albums need more than one spin to get into them. So listen carefully tonight and enjoy an XL episode with Enso, Mizati, Noston, Pete Farn, Sigmafly, and Transcend with Time.

It's getting colder out here in Europe, although some mild days pleased us lately. Time to put in some hot sounds, sequences, and rhythms from some of the best current electronic musicians. If you like the sounds of the golden age of EM, this show will drive you home. Enjoy intriguing scapes of pleasure with tracks by Picture Palace music, Pyramid Peak, Space Station, and Triple S.

When rhythm and melody embrace each other, some really nice tunes come to live both chilling and moving at the same time. Tonight we have several such pieces from new and recent releases on the menu, pleasing ones audio receptionists to their very best. Join me tonight for tracks by David Wright, Frechbax, Great Skies, Guido Negraszus, Nheap, Patrick Geren, and Patrick O'Hearn.

It's all about easy rhythms and warm soundscapes, spiced with nice and beautiful melodies. Yes, we're going quite relaxed into the night with artists known to and new to the syndae podcast. For a relieving half an hour, go for a nice place and listen to Altus, Darshan Ambient, Dubtrix, Marow, Radio Free Clear Light, and The X-Structure.

Another week bites the dust. Let's praise those who invented the weekend, as it is quite delicious to have one. Tonight's episode will go into the quiet realms, as we did several times before. It's all fresh, recent releases to please your ears with fine sound taking you on a silent journey from your heart to your soul. Take a deep breath of music with tracks by Ken Elkinson, Michael Sandler, Phillip Wilkerson, Sam Rosenthal, and Steve Roach.

So what happens in a two weeks time with no podcast? Well, I had a brilliant time at the sea relaxing and filling up my battery. Did you miss the show? Whether or not, it's back with some nice new tunes making one dream or moving ones feet. Emotions in very expressive forms tonight, brought to you with the following tracks by Andrea Milana, Eric van der Heijden, General Fuzz, Loom, Rudolf Heimann, and Waterplea.