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 #120 - America's Great Art Form
June 30, 2008 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBThis week, it's the many flavors of America's great art form. Jazz. For more than a century this style of music has refused strict categorization. From Bop to Rag, Funk to Swing the cool sounds of Jazz are always mixing with and attaching itself to other genres. Today the polyrhythms, syncopation, and blue notes blend seamlessly with electronic beats, bass and melody. Exploring this musical confluence are Avatar, Psychedelicious, Sharon Robinson, Chillerstadt, Groove Inc and Beatropolis.
Idyllic Music #119 - Unlikely Pairings
June 23, 2008 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBThis week we'll try unlikely pairings. Nowhere are they more readily accepted than in music. When Joe Venuti's violin first played jazz, or Kraftwerk hit the top of the charts with computer music, listeners nodded and said "Yeah'. When Kate Bush brought the mystery of Eastern European harmonies to the west or the Beatles covered Little Richard new rock n' roll music, the world got a bit smaller, less separate and more inclusive. Today we listen to songs by people from across the globe we woul...
Idyllic Music #118 - Feedback and Reverb
June 16, 2008 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBThis week, it's feedback and reverb, the mathematics of sound and physics of music. Looking into this super symmetry are Way, The Stringed Theory, postscript, Roll Film and Ronan Dec. I'm Jim Nye
Idyllic Music #117 - Artists in Exile
June 09, 2008 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThis week, we'll look at artists in exile. Not those forced from their homes through political or legal turmoil but the more romantic expatriation of the kind envisioned by Henry Miller, Ernest Hemingway and Graham Greene. The 'Lost Generation', living in hotels, on allowance and awaiting inspiration. Finding their muse this week are Azoora, Kesakoo, My Toys Like Me, Juliet Hotel, Darren Scott Nesbit and The Chill Conspiracy.
Idyllic Music #116 - The Creative Process
June 02, 2008 06:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MBThis week, we'll examine the creative process. Painter Kimberly Brooks offers up and octet of stages of which six match the songs on this episode of Idyllic Music. They are Vision and Hope. Excitement, Clarity, Obsession and Resolution. Look for these in music of Screenatorium, Lasswell, Synthetic, Electric Hippies, Fauna and Endlos. I'm Jim Nye
Idyllic Music #115 - When Fashion Comes Full Circle
May 26, 2008 06:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBThis week, we'll look at the tension created when fashion comes full circle. As Massive Attack's Tricky points out you have "A dread of the past and fear of the future. You're brand new, You're retro" Finding that singular point for us on the edition of Idyllic Music are Polished Chrome, Return To Mono, Letters In Numbers and Cassettes Won't Listen.
Idyllic Music Podcast #107 - Metaphors, Similes and Allegories
May 19, 2008 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBThis week, we'll look at metaphors, similes and allegories. These Figures of Rhetoric color our languages and influence the way we describe music. Adding relish and piquancy to this addition of Idyllic music are Iambic, Karmacoda, Plastercluster, TCK and Rafael Aragon.
Idyllic Music #114 - Mendacity
May 19, 2008 06:00 - 27 minutes - 24.7 MBThis week we'll spotlight mendacity. There was a time, not long ago, when you could assume a benchmark of truthfulness. Not from everyone or about everything but you could feel fairly secure in the notion that you weren't being lied to about the big things, all the time, with a straight face. Exploring the sad state of this tendency to lie are Trifonic, QuiOui, the silk demise, Orange Crush, DRT, Humus Luminus-Quinslonn and Tacet.
Idyllic Music #113 - Ruins and Relics
May 12, 2008 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBThis week, we'll look at ruins and relics. Places long abandoned for more promising prospects. Whether ancient or post-modern they recall a measure of greatness that evokes more sadness than nostalgia. Leading our tour on this episode of Idyllic Music are Steric Hindrance, NeiLicis, Clear Plastic, Rude Corps, Sardinia Bass Legalize and Electric Salmon. I'm Jim Nye
Idyllic Music #112 - The Edge of the World
April 28, 2008 06:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBThis week we'll explore the edge of the world. A point on the horizon that marks the end of what is known and all that lies beyond. It's a gray, ill-defined area that defies the usual measurements. Making concerted efforts to try this week are The Uberkids, The Artificial Sea, Monotronaut, Dive Index, onkgusD, Stabilizer and Schev.
Idyllic Music #111 - The Orb Special
April 21, 2008 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThis week, we'll feature the music of the Orb. Of all the bands that inspired us and helped formulate the scope of this program, it was The Orb's determination to move the mind as well as the hips. Blending the pioneering electronica of Tangerine Dream and the beats of Chicago's warehouse scene with the deep dub of Scratch Perry and Byrne and Eno's Bush of Ghosts sampling, The Orb remain a central pillar of today's electronic music.
Idyllic Music #110 - The Path We Follow
April 14, 2008 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBThis week, we'll look at the great choice each of us must make between the physical and the moral, happiness and virtue. How we choose to define the greater good sets the path we follow in life. The great challenge is to find a way to bring these mutually exclusive, incompatible values together and find some way of reconciling them. We'll hear from Canola Tenderfoot, Salaryman, Scanlan, I Awake and Elika.
Idyllic Music #109 - Another Globetrotting Episode
March 31, 2008 06:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBThis week, it's another globetrotting episode of Idyllic Music as we find inspiration in 3 continents in a mashup from 5 countries including Italy, Senegal, The U.S. Sweden and the Netherlands. We'll hear from Ten and Tracer, l Orchestre A-Dakar, Black Era, MarinuZz and Please. I'm Jim Nye
Idyllic Music #108 - Take a Poke at Satan
March 24, 2008 06:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBThis week, we'll take a poke at Satan, The Devil, Beelzebub or El Diablito. Whether or not you think he is an actual being or a manifestation of our universal need to personify evil, the concept of hell is as pervasive an idea as there is. From Robert Johnson to the White Stripes, there is no denying the fear or promise of hell has been a part of music for a long time. Sorting it all out for us this week are Inadubstate, Soo P and the Outsider, Yamasaki, Dr.Awkward, Atomica, Jah Wobble and Fo...
Idyllic Music #107 - Metaphors, Similes and Allegories
March 17, 2008 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBThis week, we'll look at metaphors, similes and allegories. These Figures of Rhetoric color our languages and influence the way we describe music. Adding relish and piquancy to this addition of Idyllic music are Iambic, Karmacoda, Plastercluster, TCK and Rafael Aragon.
Idyllic Music Podcast #106 - First Romance
March 10, 2008 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThis week, we'll look at the excitement, obsession, twists, and serenity of first romance. The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end. Exploring the first time on this edition of Idyllic Music are Kristin Hersh, Merlune, Weigl and Hoffman, Telafonica, Mudville and SoundShifter.
Idyllic Music #106 - First Romance
March 10, 2008 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThis week, we'll look at the excitement, obsession, twists, and serenity of first romance. The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end. Exploring the first time on this edition of Idyllic Music are Kristin Hersh, Merlune, Weigl and Hoffman, Telafonica, Mudville and SoundShifter.
Idyllic Music Podcast #105 - Land of the Long Winters
February 25, 2008 06:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBThis week, the chillout continues in the land of the long winters. Five artists from the Baltic region provide the heat for this frigid episode of Idyllic music. They are Fauna, Milieu, Sirk, Bersarin Quartett and Margareds.
Idyllic Music #105 - Land of the Long Winters
February 25, 2008 06:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBThis week, the chillout continues in the land of the long winters. Five artists from the Baltic region provide the heat for this frigid episode of Idyllic music. They are Fauna, Milieu, Sirk, Bersarin Quartett and Margareds. I'm Jim Nye
Idyllic Music #104 - Beginnings and Endings
February 18, 2008 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBThis week, we'll look at the coming and going, beginnings and ends and the state of things at those two points. Starting and stopping with us on this episode are Korev, Artemis, Lex Nasa and Savoir Vivre.
Idyllic Music Podcast #104 - Beginnings and Endings
February 18, 2008 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBThis week, we'll look at the coming and going, beginnings and ends and the state of things at those two points. Starting and stopping with us on this episode are Korev, Artemis, Lex Nasa and Savoir Vivre.
Idyllic Music #103 - The Boarding House
February 11, 2008 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBThis week we'll consider the boarding house. Where people of all stripes rent rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes weeks, months and years. Boarders who otherwise would have nothing in common might share evening meals and a common living room. And so this week's Idyllic lodgers include Fringe, Musetta, Jamdeluxe, Minor Chill, Echo TM and Peach Stealing Monkeys. I'm the proprietor, Jim Nye.
Idyllic Music Podcast #103 - The Boarding House
February 11, 2008 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBThis week we'll consider the boarding house. Where people of all stripes rent rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes weeks, months and years. Boarders who otherwise would have nothing in common might share evening meals and a common living room. And so this week's Idyllic lodgers include Fringe, Musetta, Jamdeluxe, Minor Chill, Echo TM and Peach Stealing Monkeys. I'm the proprietor, Jim Nye.
Idyllic Music #102 - Adventure
February 04, 2008 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBThis week, it's adventure. The kind imagined by the great turn of the century authors like Kipling, Burroughs, Wells and Verne. 100 years hence on Idyllic Music, we offer Sublimatus, Daakoon, Conrad Belfort, Juno6, Orbique and Synthastazia.
Idyllic Music Podcast #102 - Adventure
February 04, 2008 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBThis week, it's adventure. The kind imagined by the great turn of the century authors like Kipling, Burroughs, Wells and Verne. 100 years hence on Idyllic Music, we offer Sublimatus, Daakoon, Conrad Belfort, Juno6, Orbique and Synthastazia.
Idyllic Music #101 - The Sun
January 28, 2008 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBThis week, we'll look at the Sun. The periodic table lists 117 elements in the universe yet the sun is mostly just hydrogen and helium. Its simplicity belies its enormous life giving value in both a physical and spiritual sense. Exploring this paradox for us on this edition of Idyllic Music are Cling, Omihoshbin, Subtronik, 2 Bone Giants, Vim Cortez and Amanda Jayne.
Idyllic Music Podcast #101 - The Sun
January 28, 2008 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBThis week, we'll look at the Sun. The periodic table lists 117 elements in the universe yet the sun is mostly just hydrogen and helium. Its simplicity belies its enormous life giving value in both a physical and spiritual sense. Exploring this paradox for us on this edition of Idyllic Music are Cling, Omihoshbin, Subtronik, 2 Bone Giants, Vim Cortez and Amanda Jayne.
Idyllic Music Podcast #100 (Instrumentals)
January 21, 2008 06:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBThis week, on the 100th episode of Idyllic Music, we hope to honor the many regular listeners of this podcast with CD ready mixes of the best instrumental tracks heard on the show over the past two years. Don, Mika, Stephen and I have gleaned the archives and will offer up these two mixes unencumbered by the usual patter so that you can burn them directly to the blank CD of your choice. We have two podcast mp3 files of nearly 80 minutes worth of the best music featured over the two years.
Idyllic Music Podcast #100 (Songs)
January 21, 2008 06:00 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBThis week, on the 100th episode of Idyllic Music, we hope to honor the many regular listeners of this podcast with CD ready mixes of the best vocal tracks heard on the show over the past two years. Don, Mika, Stephen and I have gleaned the archives and will offer up these two mixes unencumbered by the usual patter so that you can burn them directly to the blank CD of your choice. We have two podcast mp3 files of nearly 80 minutes worth of the best music featured over the two years. Picking o...
Idyllic Music #100 (Instrumentals)
January 21, 2008 06:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBThis week, on the 100th episode of Idyllic Music, we hope to honor the many regular listeners of this podcast with CD ready mixes of the best instrumental tracks heard on the show over the past two years. Don, Mika, Stephen and I have gleaned the archives and will offer up these two mixes unencumbered by the usual patter so that you can burn them directly to the blank CD of your choice. We have two podcast mp3 files of nearly 80 minutes worth of the best music featured over the two years.
Idyllic Music #100 (Songs)
January 21, 2008 06:00 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBThis week, on the 100th episode of Idyllic Music, we hope to honor the many regular listeners of this podcast with CD ready mixes of the best vocal tracks heard on the show over the past two years. Don, Mika, Stephen and I have gleaned the archives and will offer up these two mixes unencumbered by the usual patter so that you can burn them directly to the blank CD of your choice. We have two podcast mp3 files of nearly 80 minutes worth of the best music featured over the two years. Picking on...
Idyllic Music Podcast #99 - The Patient Ear
January 07, 2008 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBThis week, we'll contemplate the patient ear. The following five tracks require time. At least they did for me. Each one finds its stride at precisely the right moment for that song and that make them special. Taking their own sweet time about it are HerbalJ, Audiokonstrukte, Terence Blanchard, Wurlitztraction and Misosoup. At the end of the program, I'll have a few words about our 100th episode and give away.
Idyllic Music #99 - The Patient Ear
January 07, 2008 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBThis week, we'll contemplate the patient ear. The following five tracks require time. At least they did for me. Each one finds its stride at precisely the right moment for that song and that make them special. Taking their own sweet time about it are HerbalJ, Audiokonstrukte, Terence Blanchard, Wurlitztraction and Misosoup. At the end of the program, I'll have a few words about our 100th episode and give away.
Idyllic Music #98 - East meets West
December 31, 2007 06:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBThis week, East meets West for a soft clash or happy mesh of global culture. It's the musical migration that may be our best hope toward understanding and acceptance of each other. Helping us along are DubDriver, Tokyo507, Omnisine, Mystic Village and Soma Sonic.
Idyllic Music Podcast #98 - East meets West
December 31, 2007 06:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBThis week, East meets West for a soft clash or happy mesh of global culture. It's the musical migration that may be our best hope toward understanding and acceptance of each other. Helping us along are DubDriver, Tokyo507, Omnisine, Mystic Village and Soma Sonic.
Idyllic Music #97 - Fair Trade Music
December 17, 2007 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBThis week, we'll look at fair-trade music. Over the past several years, three things have changed the course of popular music, for better or worse. First came the marriage of music and video and the overwhelming marketing power it presented. It was an expensive tool requiring serious funding by record labels loathe to take chances on what they viewed as a commodity. Next was the advent of personal digital recording allowing bands to record professional quality music on a shoestring and finall...
Idyllic Music Podcast #97 - Fair Trade Music
December 17, 2007 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBThis week, we'll look at fair-trade music. Over the past several years, three things have changed the course of popular music, for better or worse. First came the marriage of music and video and the overwhelming marketing power it presented.
Idyllic Music #96 - Lost Horizon
December 10, 2007 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBThis week, we'll look beyond the Lost Horizon for the mythical places, hidden and elusive. They are known by names like El Dorado, Shangri-La, Avalon, Atlantis or Utopia. Guiding our way on this episode of Idyllic music are AguaFlames, Neko Neko, Alu, Neil Smith, Indidginus and Orange Crush.
Idyllic Music Podcast #96 - Lost Horizon
December 10, 2007 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBThis week, we'll look beyond the Lost Horizon for the mythical places, hidden and elusive. They are known by names like El Dorado, Shangri-La, Avalon, Atlantis or Utopia. Guiding our way on this episode of Idyllic music are AguaFlames, Neko Neko, Alu, Neil Smith, Indidginus and Orange Crush.
Idyllic Music Podcast #95 - Transportation
December 03, 2007 06:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBThis week, we'll look at transportation. It's the getting from one place to another that takes up so much of our time whether it's physically or spiritually. So we'll explore the conventional and not so conventional ways of getting around with the help of USB, Under, Crisopa, Aquanaut and HypNo.
Idyllic Music #95 - Transportation
December 03, 2007 06:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBThis week, we'll look at transportation. It's the getting from one place to another that takes up so much of our time whether it's physically or spiritually. So we'll explore the conventional and not so conventional ways of getting around with the help of USB, Under, Crisopa, Aquanaut and HypNo.
Idyllic Music #94 - Distinctive Contributions
November 26, 2007 06:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBThis week, we'll look for the lost, the secret, the rushed and hypnotic with the help of four bands who have made distinctive contributions to independent music in their home countries. They are Bluba Lu, Kalahari Surfers, QuiOui and Volfoniq.
Idyllic Music Podcast #94 - Distinctive Contributions
November 26, 2007 06:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBThis week, we'll look for the lost, the secret, the rushed and hypnotic with the help of four bands who have made distinctive contributions to independent music in their home countries. They are Bluba Lu, Kalahari Surfers, QuiOui and Volfoniq.
Idyllic Music Podcast #93 - City Life
November 19, 2007 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBThis week, we'll look at city life and the effort it takes not to be overwhelmed by it. Taking us through the structure, disorientation, density and sanctuaries of respite are DJ Shiro, Dive Index, Confused Man, Danieto and Macrostructure.
Idyllic Music #93 - City Life
November 19, 2007 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBThis week, we'll look at city life and the effort it takes not to be overwhelmed by it. Taking us through the structure, disorientation, density and sanctuaries of respite are DJ Shiro, Dive Index, Confused Man, Danieto and Macrostructure.
Idyllic Music #92 - The Brusque and Abrupt
November 12, 2007 06:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBThis week, we'll look at the brusque and abrupt. It seems as if we live in a time of rapid change, speeding up yet halting in fits and jerks. It is demonstrated in the area of climate change, where the theory of abrupt, tipping point change is becoming more widely accepted. On this episode we'll hear 7 songs whose precipitous changes and Unexpected endings represent that new reality. They are from Alif Tree, I am Open, Krael, Gisela, Jeff Mallon and Anji Bee. I'm Jim Nye
Idyllic Music Podcast #92 - The Brusque and Abrupt
November 12, 2007 06:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBThis week, we'll look at the brusque and abrupt. It seems as if we live in a time of rapid change, speeding up yet halting in fits and jerks. It is demonstrated in the area of climate change, where the theory of abrupt, tipping point change is becoming more widely accepted. On this episode we'll hear 7 songs whose precipitous changes and Unexpected endings represent that new reality.
Idyllic Music Podcast #91 - The One and No Other
November 05, 2007 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBThis week, we'll look at the One and no other. Novelist Iris Murdoch said 'The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries" It explains how years after love goes sour, you can be haunted by that failure. Accepting no substitutes this week are Blind Divine, Chris Martin, Dive Index, Countertop Hero and Lemonchill.
Idyllic Music #91 - The One and No Other
November 05, 2007 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBThis week, we'll look at the One and no other. Novelist Iris Murdoch said 'The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries" It explains how years after love goes sour, you can be haunted by that failure. Accepting no substitutes this week are Blind Divine, Chris Martin, Dive Index, Countertop Hero and Lemonchill.
Idyllic Music Podcast #90 - Blue Side of Love
October 29, 2007 06:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBThis week, we'll look at the blue side of love. The agonizing reappraisal that comes after infatuation with the help of Big Wheel, Kristin Mainhart, The Banjo Consorsium, Fez Dispenser, Velvet Chain and Deerfoot.