Idyllic Music Podcast | Trip Hop - Downtempo - Electronica
428 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPodcast Host Jim Nye has over 200 episodes of Chilled Downtempo Electronic Music. Independent Trip Hop, Dub, Jazz and Electronica since 2006. All our podcasts are evergreen, undated and universal. Each show has between four and eight songs lasting around thirty minutes.
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Idyllic Music Podcast #218 - Occam's Razor
August 13, 2023 04:27 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBThis week we’ll look at the life serving skill of reason. The process in deciding if something is true. It’s based on reducing assumptions and making the best choice under the circumstances. The simplest answer isn’t always the truest. This week we’ll hear from six artists who gradually peal back layers to get to that essence. They are Advanced Suite, Kazuki, Lovement, The Microgram, D-Echo Project and Culture Horn. I’m Jim Nye.
Idyllic Music Podcast #217 - The City at Night
March 15, 2023 23:39 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBThis week, we’ll listen to The City at Night. From the time the sunsets until dawn, the city changes neighborhood by neighborhood, from glittering to gritty, from evening to the early morning it sound different, somehow more distant than daytime.
Idyllic Music Podcast #216 - They Are Not What They Seem
December 09, 2022 19:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBThis week we’ll hear from 7 artists who are not what they seem. Not entirely anyway. We make assumptions and have expectations that are not always met at first blush. Like the name of a band or the music from a particular place.
Idyllic Music Podcast #215 Cheesy Beats and Firecrackers
September 04, 2022 20:59 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBThis week we’ll lay out a spread of Cheesy Beats and Firecrackers. Embracing the schmaltz and finding our inner groove. It's cinematic music with modern beats nostalgic for camp Hollywood tropes and tv variety shows but ultimately it all leads back to Walter Wanderley’s elevator classic ‘Summer Samba’.
Idyllic Music Podcast #214 - AlphaGo
June 03, 2022 17:56 - 29 minutes - 27 MBThis week we will reflect on how artificial intelligence is influencing music culture. People's ability to learn from each other, from teacher to student, from mentor to novice, is how we build knowledge and transmit culture.
Idyllic Music Podcast #213 - Electronic Music Second Generation
February 07, 2022 20:25 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBThis week we take a look at the second generation of electronic music artists. Standing on the shoulders of giants like Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and Wendy Carlos, a decade later these artists were marrying a dyi-punk ethos with the widespread availability of synths.
Idyllic Music Podcast #213 - Electronic Music’s 2nd Generation
February 07, 2022 20:25 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBThis week we take a look at the second generation of electronic music artists. Standing on the shoulders of giants like Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and Wendy Carlos, a decade later these artists were marrying a dyi-punk ethos with the widespread availability of synths.
Idyllic Music Podcast #213 - Electronic Music’s Second Generation
February 07, 2022 20:25 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBThis week we take a look at the second generation of electronic music artists. Standing on the shoulders of giants like Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and Wendy Carlos, a decade later these artists were marrying a dyi-punk ethos with the widespread availability of synths.
Idyllic Music Podcast #212 - Anima Mundi
September 29, 2021 17:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBThis week we’ll look at Anima Mundi or the ‘Soul of the World’. Thought to be a vital force that permeates the world, the Anima Mundi is believed to be the feminine creative power of God.
Idyllic Music Podcast #211 - 15th Anniversary
May 06, 2021 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBThis week we will celebrate our Crystal or 15th anniversary of podcasting independent Downtempo Music and Artists. Looking back I am happy to report most continue to make music or have a presence on the web. We will hear from six artists from our freshman year who, 15 years later, are still going strong.
Idyllic Music Podcast #210 - The Luminescence of Candles
January 28, 2021 17:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBThis week we’ll look at the luminescence of candles, of wax and tallow. Mostly used in celebrations and ceremonies these days, candles brought light to the darkness for early lives constrained by the rising and setting of the sun. It meant extra hours beyond daily work to gather, socialize and create. Candles lit the way and we followed.
Idyllic Music Podcast #209 - Mind Wandering
October 08, 2020 17:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBThis week we will focus on mind wandering. When your attention drifts from the task at hand. Most of us feel this mild disassociation routinely. When you feel a million miles away. While it can be distracting daydreaming can lead to more creativity through decoupling and self reflection. We will hear six tracks that exhibit some of this dreamlike quality including Red Wine Riots, Aphilas, Dreza, Eva Schlegel, Azoora and Just Banks.
Idyllic Music Podcast #208 - Personal Correspondence
July 11, 2020 17:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBThis week we will look at personal correspondence. Any private communication revealing private thoughts usually between just two people. It is often easier to put your true feelings down on paper. Shared thoughts of devotional love. Despair and hope of lovers on the edge. The loyalty of close friends and letters written with no intention of ever being sent.
Idyllic Music Podcast #207 - Before and After
April 17, 2020 17:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBThis week, we will look at change beyond the tipping point. The “no going back.” Before and After. How we accept and adapt to our new situation will take every effort. Embracing a new future takes courage and a sense of practicality. Seeing it as a new morning requires faith and adaptability.
Idyllic Music Podcast #206 - Pastoral Beats
January 15, 2020 23:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBThis week it is Pastoral Beats. Warm gentle Electronica that evokes memories of carefree and less stressful times. It is music of comfort and consolation led by deceptively simple melodies over increasingly intricate rhythms. The arty side of chill-out where each has their own unique style of swing.
Idyllic Music #206 - Pastoral Beats
December 18, 2019 23:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBThis week it is Pastoral Beats. Warm gentle Electronica that evokes memories of carefree and less stressful times. It is music of comfort and consolation led by deceptively simple melodies over increasingly intricate rhythms. The arty side of chill-out where each has their own unique style of swing.
Idyllic Music Podcast #205 - Darkness and Light
November 20, 2019 23:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBThis week we will look at our tricky relationship with darkness and light. Light shows what is apparent and actual. We see things for what they transparently are but in the darkness all things are possible. It is where we keep our anxiety, fears and desires. It allows us to keep secrets. Darkness does not judge.
Idyllic Music Podcast #204 - Espionage
August 17, 2019 23:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBThis week we will look at espionage. It is spies and spooks, coups and active measures. It is a shadowy world. All cloak-and-dagger. Carried out by those we will never know. Of the things that are supposed to stay secret. Aiding with the reconnaissance on this episode of Idyllic Music are Karmacoda, Hector Zarate, Frank Dorittke, Tommy Ptolemy, DTR, and the Policy Wonks.
Idyllic Music #205 - Darkness and Light
July 03, 2019 23:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBThis week we will look at our tricky relationship with darkness and light. Light shows what is apparent and actual. We see things for what they transparently are but in the darkness all things are possible. It is where we keep our anxiety, fears and desires. It allows us to keep secrets. Darkness does not judge.
Idyllic Music Podcast #203 - Golden Age of Online Music Distribution
June 19, 2019 20:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBThis week, we look back at the golden age of online music distribution. For much of the past two decades netLabels and OMD communities have provided a safe and easy way for musicians to upload their songs for distribution via a Creative Commons copyright.
Idyllic Music Podcast #202 - The Ability to Forgive
March 17, 2019 20:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBThis week, we'll look at the ability to forgive. It's a mistake to think forgiveness is universal. While nearly everyone agrees the aggrieved and forgiven find the experience positive, not everyone is wired with the ability to move on from an insult. Research seems to suggest it could be genetic. Sharing a mixed of views on the subject are Dive Index, Fascinating Earthbound Objects, Soft and Furious, Rich Sudney and Down Review.
Idyllic Music #204 - Espionage
February 16, 2019 23:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBThis week we will look at espionage. It is spies and spooks, coups and active measures. It is a shadowy world. All cloak-and-dagger. Carried out by those we will never know. Of the things that are supposed to stay secret. Aiding with the reconnaissance on this episode of Idyllic Music are Karmacoda, Hector Zarate, Frank Dorittke, Tommy Ptolemy, DTR, and the Policy Wonks.
Idyllic Music Podcast #201 - The Quiet Mind
January 12, 2019 17:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBThis week, we'll look to quiet the mind. It's a defense mechanism really as we try to cope with a world that has seemingly sped up beyond our capacity to keep up. The stress and anxiety it creates is often covered over by the cacaphony that is 21st century life.
Idyllic Music Podcast #200 - Best of Mix - Organic Electronic Music
December 05, 2018 17:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBThis week, on the 200th episode of Idyllic Music, regular listeners of this podcast will find another best of mix unencumbered by the usual patter so that you can burn them directly to the blank CD of your choice. We have a podcast mp3 file of nearly 60 minutes worth of the best music featured over the past years.
Idyllic Music #203 - Golden Age of Online Music Distribution
November 21, 2018 20:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBThis week, we look back at the golden age of online music distribution. For much of the past two decades netLabels and OMD communities have provided a safe and easy way for musicians to upload their songs for distribution via a Creative Commons copyright. Recently, we have seen the demise of nearly all free OMD sites and only a handful of netLabels remain. The gatekeepers are all behind paywalls. Thankfully many netLabels have uploaded their catalogues to archive.org before going dark. Here a...
Idyllic Music Podcast #199 - Headphone Electronica
November 02, 2018 01:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBThis week, it's headphone electronica. Music created with the meticulous detail that only listening through headphones can reveal. It's electronica mixed, produced and, ultimately, consumed by people wearing headphones. It's created by indie musicians working with twenty first century tools to create, edit and sometimes perform their work. Headphone electronica isn't for dancing yet it can be danceable rather it is for focusing or letting your mind drift.
Idyllic Music Podcast #198 - A Life at Sea
September 15, 2018 20:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBThis week we'll examine a life at sea. Joseph Conrad wrote that "There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting and enslaving." More troubling is what lies beneath the swells and awful stirrings of what Melville called the "hidden soul beneath. Hoisting the main sail for us on the episode of Idyllic Music are Band of Mad Women, IOTA, MMPSUF, Sleepy Town Manufacture, beat.dowsing and Leon Somov.
Idyllic Music Podcast #197 - Harmonics
July 25, 2018 20:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThis week, we'll listen for harmonics. We mostly think of harmonics as an element of music but there is a more fundamental physical quality underneath it all. Wave patterns are all around us. We know its how sound and light move and that changes in these wave can influence our perceptions and moods. Checking the frequency with us on this episode of Idyllic Music are Sleepy Koala, Garaz, Dlay, MindsEye, Cutside and DU3normal.
Idyllic Music #202 - The Ability to Forgive
May 27, 2018 20:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBThis week, we'll look at the ability to forgive. It's a mistake to think forgiveness is universal. While nearly everyone agrees the aggrieved and forgiven find the experience positive, not everyone is wired with the ability to move on from an insult. Research seems to suggest it could be genetic. Sharing a mixed of views on the subject are Dive Index, Fascinating Earthbound Objects, Soft and Furious, Rich Sudney and Down Review.
Idyllic Music Podcast #196 - Empathy
May 20, 2018 20:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBThis week, we'll try a little empathy. The ability to understand and share another person's feelings, experiences and emotions. It is a power sorely missed these days. Research seem to suggest there is a genetic basis to empathy, that some individuals are more prone to perspective taking. Now would be a good time to step up in the face of intolerance.
Idyllic Music Podcast #195 - Number 10
March 15, 2018 20:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MBThis episode of Idyllic Music is brought to you by the number ten. It sits comfortably between nine and eleven, matches our fingers quite nicely and is the base for the decimal system nearly everyone uses every day.
Idyllic Music Podcast #194 - Winter
January 09, 2018 20:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBThis week, we'll look at the final season, the end of the cycle, of winters past and cold. It's a time many of us would like to hold up in bed for the duration, with it's shortened days and cold nights. Winter is a time for putting your head down and plowing ahead reassured by the certainty that this too shall pass. Our musical sweaters on this episode of Idyllic Music are Hungry Lucy, Winterstrand, Sara Grey, Mystral and Gorowski.
Idyllic Music Podcast #193 - After a Relationship Ends
November 29, 2017 20:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBThis week, we'll look at the effort it takes to pull yourself together after a relationship ends. Some seek sympathetic ears while other withdraw into solitude. We'll hear just what it takes from General Fuzz, Kognitif, BASIC, The Ganzfeld Effect, and Reflection.
Idyllic Music #201 - The Quiet Mind
September 30, 2017 17:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBThis week, we'll look to quiet the mind. It's a defense mechanism really as we try to cope with a world that has seemingly sped up beyond our capacity to keep up. The stress and anxiety it creates is often covered over by the cacaphony that is 21st century life.
Idyllic Music Podcast #192 - Regrets and Reconciliation
September 07, 2017 20:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBThis week, it's regrets and reconciliation. Regrets? I've had a few but by and large, I've moved on. It seems a measure of success by how little regret we take to our graves. The trick, of course, is in deciding how much of your personal past you are willing to overlook. Making that judgment on this episode of Idyllic Music are We came as Strangers, Surek, Vienna Ditto, Knoto, Zebrat, and Helicalin.
Idyllic Music Podcast #191 - Proximity and Happenstance
August 24, 2017 20:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBThis week, we'll look at proximity and happenstance. The idea that just by being near another person or event can change the future for better or worse. Mostly the difference is unnoticable in the noise but sometimes you may just think you see a pattern.
Idyllic Music Podcast #190 - Word Salad
June 24, 2017 20:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBThis week we'll look at word salad with Peterloo Massacre, Broke for Free, Sweet Play, Daddy Scrabble, Northbound and Small Colin.
Idyllic Music Podcast #189 - Ends of the Universe
May 06, 2017 20:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBThis week we'll try to imagine the ends of the universe. It's one way to restore some perspective while your world is spinning around you. The vast emptiness of space, its cold, hollow expanse is the fact that we ignore while conjuring up tales of Death Stars and Restaurants. Taking a more expansive view are Rukirek, Dive Index, Jagoa, Me Zion Dread and Strad.
Idyllic Music #200 - Best of Mix - Organic Electronic Music
May 03, 2017 17:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBThis week, on the 200th episode of Idyllic Music, regular listeners of this podcast will find another best of mix unencumbered by the usual patter so that you can burn them directly to the blank CD of your choice. We have a podcast mp3 file of nearly 60 minutes worth of the best music featured over the past years.
Idyllic Music Podcast #188 - Recovery and Second Chances
April 12, 2017 20:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBThis week, we'll look at recovery and contemplate the possibilities inherent in second chances. Do they bring new focus and opportunity or squandered through indecision and inertia. It is a dilemma facing those who have faced traumatic situations and survived. Is survival enough? Helping us sort it all out are Aris H, Garmisch, Nic Bommarito, Jazzafari, Citizen Crane, and Ishdub. Thanks for waiting.
Idyllic Music Podcast #187 - Tipping Points
January 07, 2017 15:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBThis week we'll look at tipping points. The value of the parameter in which the set of equilibria abruptly change. Sometimes we are quite aware of these changes other times not but they occur in everything from climatology and economics to personal relationships. We'll hear from Minds Of Infinity, Karmacoda, Zoungla, Phone Booth Robbers and Max Lilja.
Idyllic Music Podcast #186 - Semantic Memory
November 16, 2016 15:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBThis week we'll look at episodic or semantic memory. Where we store past events and learned meanings long-term. Memories of place,time and sounds. Memories we can't actually have had but still resonate are considered genetic semantic memory possibly harboured in our DNA. Think about that the next time you find yourself doing something you have no experience with.
Idyllic Music Podcast #185 - Chronology of the Universe
September 17, 2016 15:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBThis week, we'll look at the Chronology of the universe. Don't blink because most of the important stuff happens between 10 to the 43rd seconds and 1 second after the Big Bang. From the planck epoch to Heat death some 10 to the 150+ years from now. Hurrying up and waiting on this episode of Idyllic Music are Tycho, Skeleton Trees, Arne Mulder, Artemis, Chad Lawrence and Dubsalon.
Idyllic Music #199 - Headphone Electronica
August 19, 2016 01:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBThis week, it's headphone electronica. Music created with the meticulous detail that only listening through headphones can reveal. It's electronica mixed, produced and, ultimately, consumed by people wearing headphones. It's created by indie musicians working with twenty first century tools to create, edit and sometimes perform their work. Headphone electronica isn't for dancing yet it can be danceable rather it is for focusing or letting your mind drift.
Idyllic Music Podcast #184 - Look into the Fire
July 06, 2016 01:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBThis week, we'll look into the fire. Mesmerizing as it is, fire is a perfect metaphor for love, desire and passion. From the dazzling white of 1,500 degrees C to Dull Red of 700, fire's ability to warm, over the long term yet burn quickly or smolder for weeks matches our personal histories, relations and ourselves. Passing the torch for us this week are Home Video, Jerome Chassagnard, Sparrow Orange, Peter Gabriel and Aire Redtree.
Idyllic Music #198 - A Life at Sea
July 02, 2016 20:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBThis week we'll examine a life at sea. Joseph Conrad wrote that "There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting and enslaving." More troubling is what lies beneath the swells and awful stirrings of what Melville called the "hidden soul beneath. Hoisting the main sail for us on the episode of Idyllic Music are Band of Mad Women, IOTA, MMPSUF, Sleepy Town Manufacture, beat.dowsing and Leon Somov.
Idyllic Music #197 - Harmonics
May 25, 2016 20:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThis week, we'll listen for harmonics. We mostly think of harmonics as an element of music but there is a more fundamental physical quality underneath it all. Wave patterns are all around us. We know its how sound and light move and that changes in these wave can influence our perceptions and moods. Checking the frequency with us on this episode of Idyllic Music are Sleepy Koala, Garaz, Dlay, MindsEye, Cutside and DU3normal. I'm Jim Nye.
Idyllic Music Podcast #183 - Intimacy
April 14, 2016 01:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBThis week, we'll look at intimacy. The need for, the mechanics, complications and consequences of. William Butler Yeats lamented that The heart-revealing intimacy,That chooses right, and never finds a friend. Opening up for us on this episode of Idyllic Music is C85, Howard, Hayward, Frith and Laswell, Alma-me-gretta, The Orb, Smooth Gene-star and Saltillo
Idyllic Music #196 - Empathy
March 27, 2016 20:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBThis week, we'll try a little empathy. The ability to understand and share another person's feelings, experiences and emotions. It is a power sorely missed these days. Research seem to suggest there is a genetic basis to empathy, that some individuals are more prone to perspective taking. Now would be a good time to step up in the face of intolerance. Joining us on this episode of Idyllic Music are Ink Project, Planet B, Dan West, Lunascape, The Silk Demise, Tracing Arcs and Filafi. I'm Jim Nye.
Idyllic Music #195 - Number 10
February 04, 2016 20:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MBThis episode of Idyllic Music is brought to you by the number ten. It sits comfortably between nine and eleven, matches our fingers quite nicely and is the base for the decimal system nearly everyone uses every day. And as it happens, this is also our tenth anniversary. Ten years of podcasting independent downtempo electronica. I can't say enough about the great artists that have allowed us to showcase their music. Happily, there is still a lot more music out there waiting to be discovered. C...