Post Christmas chill

Tune in to SoundScape this Thursday (26 Dec 2013) from 9pm on YVFM 99.1 or get it streamed live from the website.

Christmas has come and gone (just) and you will be wanting to put your feet up and not move after the rush and celebrations.

So SoundScape will be coming to your rescue :) with 3 hours of post-Christmas ambient chill to relax with.

I will also premiere a nice piece played by guitarist Evan Hopkins, from Frankston.

Chill out with Ice Beats

For the best of ambient music, tune in each Thursday night from 9pm to SoundScape on YVFM 99.1 or get it streamed live from the website.

I will be choosing tracks this week to de-stress you, dear listener, from the pre-Christmas rush and bustle.

Among the music will be a unique piece of percussion played on sheets of ice, with Russian percussion group "Ethnobeat" fooling around on the frozen Baikal lake.

I will also be featuring the efforts of a variety of artists who have taken part in Silber Records '5 Songs in 5 Minutes' series.

Fripp 'n Eno

Tune in to SoundScape on YVFM 99.1 from 9pm to midnight for the best ambient music, or get it streamed live from the website

This week (Thursday Nov 28) I will be playing tracks by some big names: Fripp & Eno, some Kraftwerk, a bit of Tangerine Dream, Pink Floyd, as well as music by Ken Elkinson, URBS, Pete Namlook, Ghost Marrow and more.

Voice and Music

Tune in to SoundScape from 9pm Thursdays on YVFM 99.1 or get it streamed live from the website.

This week I will play a section of 'ethereal' female vocalists, featuring some tracks by newcomer Tei Shi, alt/folky Brooke Waggoner and veteran artist Bjork.

I have some Pink Floyd to play as well, and there will be lots of other nice ambient to settle your spirit near the end of this week.

Halloween and all that jazz

Tune in to SoundScape for the best of ambient music on YVFM 99.1 or get it streamed live from the website. Every Thursday night from 9pm.

This week I will start of lively with artists like Jon Hallur, Danny Elfman, Dennis Russell Davies, Haxan Cloak, KK Null and Fracture.

I have some tracks by 'dor', which is a collaborative effort by John Rutherford and Jacob Worden.

Then tone it down with some dreamSTATE, Howard Shore, Jean Michel Jarre, Detroit Escalator Company and Artificial Intelligence.

Ambient artist Ken Elkinson has composed tracks specifically for Halloween, so I will play a selection of those.

The show will evolve into nice soothing ambient to finish off the day with music by Insout, David Lanz, John Stanford, Jordan Scotney, Karl Verkade and Kirill Platonkin.

Changing of the Seasons

Tune in to SoundScape for great ambient music this Thursday (Oct 10) on YVFM 99.1 from 9pm or get it streamed live from the website.

To celebrate the warming of the weather, I will be playing some nice dreamy ambient music. Hear from artists such as Atomic Skunk, Amethyste Spardel, Michael McCann, Catherine Duc, Gemma Turvey, Tigerforest and Lorne David Thomson. So pour a nice glass of white, kick your shoes off and relax :)

The Goon Show this week will be 'The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street'.

Out of this world

Tune in to SoundScape this Thursday (Oct 3) on YVFM 99.1 from 9pm for the best in ambient music, or get it streamed live from the website.

This week I will be bringing music from Ulrich Schnauss, Moby, Gary Numan, and XXYYXX. 

There will also be a segment of music composed by Mike Morasky for Portal 2. 

The Goon Show will be 'The Fireball of Milton Street'.

New York, New York

Tune in this Thursday (Oct 26) to SoundScape on YVFM 99.1 from 9pm to catch the best in Ambient music.

I will be featuring the work of New York artist Ken Elkinson, taken from a selection of his releases.

The Goon Show this week will be 'The Sinking of Westminster Pier'.

Jazz it up

Tune in to SoundScape this Thursday (Sept 12) from 9pm on YVFM 99.1 (or stream it from the website) to catch the best mix of ambient music.

This week we will have a strong jazz influence, with special guest Gemma Turvey from the New Palm Court Orchestra coming in for a chat.

From there, I will play a mix of jazz influenced ambient, including Andrew Keller, Archaeopteryx, Art Pepper, Astrud Gilberto, Charles Mingus, Christine Sullivan, Dave Brubeck and more :)

The Goon Show will be 'Under Two Floorboards'.

Wrap your head around some ambient

Tune in to SoundScape Thursday Sept 5 from 9pm on YVFM 99.1 for the best ambient music, or get it streamed live from the website.

This week I have some new compositions to bring you from Vincent Giles, along with a great mix of ambient to get you through the night.

Our Goon Show will be 'China Story'.

Legends of Ambient

Tune in to SoundScape this Thursday (Aug 29) from 9pm on YVFM 99.1 to hear the best of ambient music, or get it streamed live from the website.

I will be playing a mix, from the energetic sounds from Voice of Eye, The Haxan Cloak & Klaus Schulze, the enigmatic sounds of Roly Porter & Mira Calix, the haunting O Yuki Conjugate and Dead Can Dance, the beautiful piano work of Susumu Yokota, to the soothing works of Max Corbacho, Hyperborea and Tan Dun.

This week's Goon Show will be 'The Case of the Missing Heir'.

New is the new New....

Tune in to SoundScape on YVFM 99.1 from 9pm this Thursday (August 22) for the best of ambient music, or get it streamed live from the website.

This week I will bring you some new music from Fracture, and a brand new experimental release from the collaboration of Steve Marton and Vince Giles.

We will also have a raft of top ambient from the likes of Asfandyar Khan, Ghost Marrow, some remixes by Cracker, Love Puppets and Voice of Eye.

The Goon Show this week will be '1985'.

A Grand line-up

Tune in this Thursday (August 15) to SoundScape from 9pm on YVFM 99.1 for the best of ambient music, or get it streamed live from the website.

This week I will play some great ambient by the likes of Maire Brennan, Tan Dun, Woob, William Ackerman, Lotus, Blacksheep806, This Mortal Coil, Tangerine Dream, Stellamara, Paul Schwartz, Snowman and Omnimotion.

I will also be playing a couple of tracks by the artist Laurie Spiegel

The Goon Show will be 'Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest'.

Nothing but the best

Tune in to SoundScape for the best in ambient music this Thursday (Aug 8) from 9pm on YVFM 99.1 or get it streamed live from the website.

I will be featuring some new releases by Lowercase Noises (Andy Othling), as well as pieces by Martin Simpson, Michael Andrews, Ry Cooder, David Bowie, Russell Brower, Sandro Perri, Simon Lewis, Vlor and Aes Dana.

The Goon Show this week will be 'Forog'.

smooth ambient

Tune in to SoundScape this Thursday (Aug 1) from 9pm on YVFM 99.1 to get it streamed from the website, to hear the best of ambient music.

This week we will be able to enjoy a mix of ambient from the likes of Michael Brook, Derek Bailey, Slow Dancing Society, Shinjuku Thief, Delerium, Blackfilm, Spatial Correlation, Enya, Jordan Scotney and Lorange.

Our Goon Show this week is 'Dishonoured'.

Chill to the best

Tune in to SoundScape this Thursday (July 25) on YVFM 99.1 from 9pm to hear the best ambient music, or get it streamed live on the website.

This week we will be enjoying some great pieces of mellow music by The Echelon Effect (David Walters), A. Armarda, Burial (William Bevan), Ludovico Einaudi, Massive Attack, Amethyste, Sysyphe and Rassolodin, among others.

The Goon Show will be 'The Spanish Suitcase'.

...and all that jazz

Tune in to SoundScape on YVFM 99.1 this Thursday (July 18) from 9pm to catch the best mix of ambient music, or get it streamed live from the website.

This week I will be playing an eclectic mix of ambient from artists such as Mira Calix, Future Sound Of London, Deepchord, Nightmares On Wax, Labradford, Carbon Based Lifeforms, Bluetech and more....

We may even get a surprise visit from fellow YVFM presenter, Rob Jordan, who listeners will know as a blues guru, but he also loves a bit of jazz :)

The Goon Show will be 'Booted Gorilla Found'.

The sounds of silence....

Listen in Thursday night (11-07-13) to SoundScape on YVFM 99.1 from 9pm for 3 hours of quality ambient music, or get it streamed live from the website.

This week we will be skimming the cream off the top to bring you a mix of ambient tunes that will enthral as well as sooth you for the evening. Music from artists such as Voice of Eye, Brian Eno, Tetsu Inoue, Susumu Yokota, O Yuki Conjugate, Max Richter, Leyland Kirby, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Blackfilm and John Cage.

Talking of John Cage, after much deliberation, I've decided to play one of his most famous, but rarely played pieces. I am, of course, talking about 4' 33".

The Goon Show this week will be "The Last Tram".

iPlay Ambient

Tune in to SoundScape on YVFM 99.1 this Thursday night (July 4) from 9pm to catch the best ambient music, or get it streamed live from the website.

We will have an eclectic mix of amazing music to hear, coming from England, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, America... 

The Goon Show this week will be 'The Mystery of the Marie Celeste'.

Even MORE new Ambient

Tune in to SoundScape on Yarra Valley FM 99.1 to get the best of ambient music, or get it streamed live from the website.

This week we will have more of the marvellous music from Tania Rose, and some brand new releases from The Human Experience, in tandem with Rising Appalachia.

The Goon Show will be Lurgi Strikes Britain.

Ambient Rose

For the best ambient music, tune in to SoundScape this Thursday (June 20) from 9pm on Yarra Valley FM 99.1 or get it streamed live from the website.

Our feature ambient artist this week is Tania Rose. Tania has recently composed new music for the film 'Coral Sea Dreaming'. I will be playing some tracks Tania sent though from that as well as tracks from her albums 'Whispers and Wishes', and 'Feather's Breath'.

Of course, there will also be a huge range of ambient music to enjoy during the rest of the SoundScape program.

This week's Goon Show will be 'The Canal'.

Eclectic Ambient

Tune in this Thursday (June 13) from 9pm to SoundScape on YVFM 99.1 for the best ambient music, or get it streamed live from the website.

This week, I will be opening up the archives to take a tour through an eclectic mix of ambient offerings. Names like Jon Hallur, Insout, Jean Michel Jarre, Small Life Form, David Bowie, The Human Experience, Altus, Robert Carty, Lorne David Thomson, Gemma Turvey, Tigerforest, The Black Dog, David Gilmour, Perpetuum, Amethyste and Spatial Correlation.

I will also take the time to play selected pieces from Miles Davis' album 'Get Up With It'.

This week's Goon Show will be 'The Affair of the Lone Banana'.

Jazz Hands

Tune in to SoundScape on YVFM 99.1 this thursday (June 6) from 9pm to catch the best of ambient music, or get it streamed live from the website.

This week, we catch up with Melbourne indie artist Jade Leonard and chat about her music and latest cd, 'Glitterwood'.

To go with the jazz theme, I will then be exploring some cool ambient jazz :)

Karl Verkade has just remastered his last 3 projects, so we will hear a few tracks from them as well.

This week's Goon Show will be 'The Phantom Head Shaver' (I know, I was supposed to play that last week, but I forgot to bring it in with me....)

In the Groove

Tune in to SoundScape this Thursday (May 30) on Yarra Valley FM 99.1 from 9pm or get it streamed live from the website to hear the best of ambient music, with Greg Carrick.

Among the range of new and rare ambient that I will be playing, I am going to feature one of my all time favourite albums - 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' by Alan Parsons.

Alan was, for those who need a reminder, the engineer behind Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' album. Alan has extensive experience on both sides of the sound desk, however. His 'Projects' found a niche and fame all of their own, starting with 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' (1976), followed by other great albums such as 'I, Robot', 'Pyramid', 'Eye in the Sky', 'Vulture Culture' and more.

'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' follows the inspired stories of Edgar Alan Poe, who revolutionised stories of the macabre by introducing his readers into the warped minds of his protagonists. 

I will be playing the whole album. For those who have experienced it before, it is most likely some time since you have sat down and played it. For those who have not heard it, tune in for an unforgettable experience.

The Goon Show this week will be 'The Phantom Head Shaver'.

Autumn Ambient

Tune in this Thursday (May 23) to SoundScape on YVFM 99.1 from 9pm to catch the best in ambient music, or get it streamed live from the website.

This week I had some cd's sent to me that have tracks worth playing, so we will feature some brand new ambient at the start of the show.

New pieces include tracks by Tasmanian group Stromatilites, Robert Carty's newest album, Spore, and a mix of tracks by Mostly Autumn, Porcupine Tree and Whimwise.

After that we will travel back thru the archives to enjoy some suitably chill ambient.

This week's Goon Show will be 'The Dreaded Batterpudding Hurler'.