Sometimes, life gets in the way of routine and living. Well, sounds a bit strange, but this time it hit me really hard. So for tonight, you will get the show actually intended for last week, which was nearly ready but then could not be published. This is a great show, though, not only because it contains some self-promotion. The songs for this one are really great and I love them all. Hence, I had to finish up this show in a short break from hospital stay to make you aware of cool sounds by Ambient Indigo, NoRinTon, Time Away, Big Beech, Andawan, Wane of Summer, Progeny -1 and Talking to Ghosts (Mechanus), Altus (Gemstones VI), AE van Elst Projects (The art of AE live), Spectral Tune and Jim Ottaway (Schallplatte 28).

This was quite an exhausting week, with lots of busy stuff going on at work and privately. Routine visits to doctors are quite... well... routine. But they do pose a bit of stress anyhow. So, here I am in need of some chillout time, and I hope you are up to join me. Especially, if you also had a stressful Halloween today, with all the kids in awkward dresses all over the place. Luckily, I can simply put on my headphones and relax by listening to great music from Weldroid (Biomes), XaVioN (Between Heartbeats), C37 (Think for a Moment), Waterside Echoes (Soft Hurricane), Ndorfik (Saimaa), TOKEE (Путешествие Remixes), Johan Agebjoern (Southern Forest), Monster Taxi (Japanese Onsen), Tony Sieber (Somewhere Lofi), LaMar "Kronick" Mitchell (Soul Of the Machine), Erothyme & EarthCry (Nyquist Twist), Breviar (Sharks), Markus Reuter and Stefano Castagna (Sky on the Ground), Network 23 (Mirages)

So, this was a timely surprise this week, when Klaus from Schallwende e.V. announced that the annual club CD is ready for shipment. Why am I excited? Because I, or rather Talking to Ghosts, made it onto that compilation once again. And it is always great to find your work appreciated, ain't it? Hence, I remodelled this edition of syndae last minute to let you know about this cool compilation and some of the exciting tracks. Well, including mine, but that's shameless self promotion. Sorry, guys. And, of course, there is more new stuff to present, so I compiled a sparse collection from the CD for this edition. I hope you will enjoy the show, as it has some really cool and fresh tracks to listen to, given to us by Lunaar, Hajo Liese und Marcel (Cello) Dudé, Talking to Ghosts, GotamaX, Colin Rayment, and Hyrn (Schallplatte 28: The World of Plants), Kellerkind Berlin (Well ... it's Hope), Vortex Elements (Movement), Nonima + Abdicant (Phase Memory), Roberto Sass (Beyond the Belt of Orion).

So, only one week at work after a short vacation, I am good for some quieter and relaxing sounds. Also fitting to a shimmer of hope to be found, at least so it seems. One never knows in this crazy world. Well, I hope you joined in good expectations to this edition, which will take us on a slower road tonight, although not too ambient, as usual. Also, there are quite some music events ahead, E-Live tomorrow, if you are lucky to make it, but also another cool event in the Netherlands with Deserted Island's label night. And another one in Great Britain, with Awakenings. And one more in Germany, with Spheric Audio Vision. Well, best to listen in with cool sounds by Däcker & Skoulaman (Saudade), Peter Mergener (Chip Meditation 2025), Chris Meyer’s Alias Zone (Soul Of the Machine), Byron Metcalf feat. Erik Wøllo (Spiral Exchange), blisshome (Picture Music), Micado (Gemstones VI), Roberto Sass (Beyond the Belt of Orion), Larkenlyre (While We Were There), Hyrn (The green Mile)

So, I was on a vacation spot the other day with my new laptop, which I especially bought for audio processing, when I found that playback in my application did not work anymore. Of course, it was short before Friday, which also got to be a bank holiday, so no chance of new equipment to be delivered. Nice. If only I had known that only one tiny audio cable was missing for everything to work as planned. Found out only yesterday, after new equipment finally was delivered earlier this week to finish up the show for tonight. So here we are, and we take this very easy in this edition with cool stuff by Dino Pacifici (The Approaching Tempest and Other Unrelated Tales), Jim "Kimo" West & Michael Whalen (Two Shores), Sine (Glow), Thomas Lemmer & Andreas Bach (Into the Night), Masako (Dreaming Northern), Brian Fechino (Days End), Mars Lasar (Grand Canyon), James Filkins (North Manitou Trail), Tepon (Silva & Sol), Don Latarski (Everywhen), David Bach (The David Bach Collection), Earthshine (Island), Cosmic Soup Kitchen (Soul Of the Machine).

A slight sign of relieve on the horizon seeing a comedian I like being un-cancelled. At least for now. It's definitely no good sign for a nations health, when art gets cancelled out. May it be TV shows, books, paintings, or music. So, we should all be happy to live in a time and place, where we have personal freedom. And I hope, you will find some freedom in listening to this podcast as well. Ok, well, maybe too much of politics at this point. It just felt like I had to write it down. For the remaining part, and the show itself, we will definitely stick to fantastic and fresh music served by Peter Mergener (Chip Meditation 2025), Geoglyph (Otherworldly), Bluetech ft. Lisa Bella Donna (Spacehop Chronicles Vol. 2), Paul Ellis (Here is Where), Ivan Black (Book List Continued), Pabellón Sintético (Machine for living), Rodrigo Passannanti (Everything Dies), The Soviet Space Dog Project (Morphogenic Waves).

Oh, boy. These are dark times indeed, looking over the pond. I'm quite sorry for our musical friends overseas, in a country once glorified for its freedom and prosperity. Also for all the people that are living in unsafe spaces these days, where the future is kind of uncertain. So I hope to bring at least a glimmer into everyone's life by having some great electronic music on the show to please one's ears. Have a delightful hour with the music by Menzman & Friends (Insights), Marcator (PanAroma Served Chilled), Greenlab (Beyond Borders), Bluetech (Spacehop Chronicles Vol. 2), Spectral Tune (Painted Waves), Virgo (Novel), Pabellón Sintético (Machine for living), Brainquake + Grosso Gadgetto (Dehumanize the World), Conny Olivetti (Viel Glück beim Überleben (Object Remix)), Dieter Spears, Brian Paris (Speris), IcingWolf (Serpentine)

This week actually started slow and easy, but turned to a turmoil of demands and tasks towards the end. As always is the case. If something becomes urgent, many other issues pile up and burry you with work. So, I am really happy the week came to an end today and the weekend is waiting up with some relaxing electronic circus festival to enjoy and relax. But before I can come to peace, I have to let of some steam. Virtually, of course, and with the right beatful music as companion. Join me, won't you? Let's enjoy the heat of sound with Hyrn (live at Schallwelle 2024), moonbooter (Syncope 2), TNT (The June Solstice 2025), XaVioN (Between Heartbeats), Pudova (Deep Inside), Cognition Delay (Dazzled By The Dark), Noerrf (Tabuguer), El Venado Sound System (Dub Free. Vol. 12), AxelP (NETLABEL DAY 2025), System Error (Beyond), Toxic Derwish + Innocent But Guilty (Making Things Happen: Netlabel Day 10th Anniversary Compilation)