Did Somebody Say…Ambient?

Episode 19: "An Amplifier For Hope"

Take a dive into a deep listening session and discover a world of under the radar artists making music in the ambient genre and beyond. Hear voice notes to get an insight into the creative process and how the tracks came to be. A mix of light, dark and deep moments to capture your soul and perhaps lead you on to discovering more music by the artists featured. 
For enquiries and submissions please email lonetapes@gmail.com or find me on Instagram under the handle "Lonetapes"
Please note that all music is used with the express permission of the artists / labels featured. 
Tracklisting:
Subespai: Dust 
Harbour Clouds: Last Wind
Hiram: Blossom Song
The Silent Tide: Shallow River
Michael D Tidwell & Piscean Daydreams: Chapter 6 - Idealism
JD Roberts & Bayun The Cat: May I Sit Down 
RAUSTE: 5 Steps
rsn & Baltzer: Aporia #1.2
Parker: Under Ice
Toy Piano Fanfare: Three Little Stones
 

Episode 18: "A Musical Language"

Bringing you the best in under the radar ambient sounds and beyond. Welcome in the Spring and Summer with time spent discovering new artists all over the world, with artist insight into the making of the music and more. 
Podcast merch now available for the first time over at lonetapes.bandcamp.com
For enquiries and submissions please email lonetapes@gmail.com
Thank you and enjoy...
Tracklisting: 
Hadley Roe: The Inner Garden
Nicolas Melmann: Musica Aperta 01
Alias Pail: Jetlag Germany
Sons of Melancholia: Hyperliquid
Spectrical: Surfacing to the Iridescent Firmament
Magnetic Loops: (Untitled Track)
DK Miller: Timelines
Bohdan Stupak: Lypen
Alan Graves: Inversion Lull
 
 

Episode 17: “An Otherworldly Hymn”

Bringing you the best in under the radar ambient sounds and beyond. Settle in to wonderful music to take you to new lands and undiscovered places, with voice notes from all artists providing an insight into the music they make. Featured on this Episode you will hear:
Gallanitte: Universe Emerging (Condensed Version)
Neil Foster: April Rain
Linear North: Manfred Time Slip
Exit Chamber: In The Darkness, Hope
Naomi Oliver: Salve
Jollroy: The Room 
Thorny: The View From Above
Veins Full Of Static: Like A Lullaby, Or A Quagmire
Piscean Daydreams: Like Tears In Rain 
Stellatum: Os Mares de Solaris
 

Episode 16: "Just Beyond Perception"

Hi Friends, It's been nearly one year since the podcast began, so what better way to celebrate the show's first anniversary by continuing to bring you the very best in under the radar ambient and artist insight from across the globe. Featured artists and tracks:
Alison Greenwood: Seasonal Guilt.
Michael D. Tidwell & Piscean Daydreams: Faint Whisper of a Wraith.
House Of Quiet: Discard.
IDTiL: Fractal Push.
rsn: Indistinction #1.3.
Parker: The Forest II.
Scholars Of The Peak: The Red Saddle (For Clara & Alan).
Rhys Baker: Pollen.
 

Episode 15: "Transcendental Meditation"

Bringing you the best in under the radar ambient and artist insight, Episode 15 starts by paying tribute to the late great visionary David Lynch, with tributes from Phillip Jefferies and Noah Rosanes. Other aural delights await from Hiram, Paco Maddalena, John Reidar Holmes, RSN and Merle Louise, Jonathan Ammons, Schoeffler and Alberto Lucendo. 
It's time to settle in and get dreamy! 

Episode 14 "Let Only Moonbeams Through"

This episode is a festive one, with lots of aural goodies to unwrap. Settle down by the fire and get cosy with Speculum Bunny, Perry Frank, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Paul Alstein & Moosdohmen, KORF AR SON, Ed Herbers, Magnetic Loops, Halcyon Hum and Sonaura. 
I'm releasing this episode on the shortest day of the year, the Winter Solstice...so I hope wherever are you can listen as the light fades, find warmth and indulge yourself in the beauty of the works by the artists involved. 
As this is the last episode of 2024, I want to say a huge thank you to all artists and listeners of the podcast. Your support and kind words mean so much and i'll see you on the otherside next year.
Happy holidays and may 2025 bring you peace, love and good health.
Lonetapes x

Did Somebody Say...Ambient? Artist Focus: Episode 2: Piscean Daydreams

Sister podcast to "Did Somebody Say...Ambient?" This version of the podcast is dedicated to one artist on each episode that makes long form tracks in the realms of ambient/noise and other genres.
Episode 2 brings you California based multi instrumentalist and sound artist JJ Rogalski aka "Piscean Daydreams". JJ will be sharing 3 tracks from his 2024 album "Piercing the Veil", and will be talking music, the creative process and answering some questions from Lonetapes. Expect deep textures, spacey drones and floating off into another dimension! 

Episode 13: "The Earliest Traces of Sunlight"

This episode has eclipsed episode 12 as the longest one to date. It was unintentional to be this length, but due to the sheer volume of wonderful music submitted, I just had to feature all the beautifully diverse tracks you will encounter on what is Episode 13.
Get ready to be treated to the sounds of Subespai, Hadley Roe, Kreamyme, Two Legged Zoo, Schoeffler, Broken Chip, Andrew Lang, Blanket Swimming, Winterwood, Mobdividual and Antoine Gagne. All artists from various parts of the globe.
Sit back, relax, take a nature walk, close your eyes on a long commute on public transport...whatever you are doing, make time for a headphone moment and discover a light of hope in the darkness. Thank you for listening. Lonetapes x

Episode 12: It Simply Doesn't Go Where People Are

This episode is the longest one to date, clocking in at just under 90 mins it's time to take yourself to new spaces, sounds and sights. Feel the warmth as you are taken on a journey by 15 wonderful artists sharing their work with accompanying voice notes. Featuring Lawrence Moon, Pippa Reid-Foster, Port Sleep, lunattic, Good Sunset, ambinate, Willebrant, d r e a m u, Rare Blood, DAVi MUSIc, Jakob Tu Aimes, Neil Foster, JD Roberts, M-Corp and Digital Dark Age. 
I hope you enjoy the ride and can offer support to the artists in whichever way you can. Submissions, suggestions or enquiries to lonetapes@gmail.com 
Thank you

Episode 11: "Your Own Personal Ascension"

In this episode take a trip beyond the stars with a plethora of wonderful artists and creators making music in the ever growing and diverse genres of ambient, electronica, neofolk, drone, noise, experimental, dark ambient and more. Hear introductions to tracks from the artists themselves including the likes of Piscean Daydreams, Press Any Key, Scholars of the Peak, Jim Szudy, Experiments & Observations on Electricity and Corpse Pose.
Headphones on, take yourself away from normality and make a new discovery (and support the artists if you can)
Thank you
Lonetapes x