This one’s kinda sorta not really got a theme. I won’t mention it here, so as not to spoil the oh-so-clever opening bit. (Were you around when oh-so-clever opening bits were much more of a thing here? Say hi in the comments if you were!) Away w

Episode 408

24 days ago

This time through, it’s just new music. I’m having some of the chairs in the library reupholstered and the place is a mess. We’ll stay in the main lounge. The beverage cart will be along shortly. Start Rednicuido, Monster, Grand Central5.0

Episode 407

Apr 25th, 2024

I’ve been thinking that I should start titling my shows like some other more popular podcasts do. Like, ones that tie into a theme such as “Silent Messages of a Distant Past” or “The Space Between the Dark Stars.” Let’s try it, okay? Here’s thi

Episode 406

Apr 11th, 2024

Settle in. I want to tell you a story….a mystery, really, about The Albums That Went Missing. Oh, it’ll mystify you and maybe bring a chill to your soul, but in the end it turns into 90 really good minutes of music. Ready to hear the tale? Star

Episode 405

Mar 28th, 2024

From a gently dark start, we launch into long drifts and emerge in a lighter space. Then it’s off to the library where we just might encounter…one of those. Start Hessien, Design the Ageless Soul, The Alchemist9.20 SINKE DÜS, The Pil

Episode 404

Mar 14th, 2024

Contrary to the well-known internet error message, you’ve found the latest episode of the Hypnagogue Podcast! For your efforts, I’ll reward you with 90 minutes of the best ambient, electronic, and contemporary instrumental music. It’s all Holdi

Episode 403

Feb 29th, 2024

Happy Leap Year Day! (Is that a thing?) From a very New Age kind of start (c’mon, we open with a Reiki thing) through pulsing funkiness to a quite quiet endpoint, this one’s pretty much what you’ve come to expect. (I hope that’s a good thing…)

Episode 402

Feb 15th, 2024

It’s all Holding Tank this time through, bringing you quiet drifts, New Age-y tunes, a bit of chant, and more. Plus, it’s possible that I offend an artist. Start Chronotope Project, Unwinding the Dream (remix), Chronology6.16 Hyperio

Episode 401

Feb 1st, 2024

What do you do when you’ve reached 400 podcast episodes? Keep going, I guess! We’ll stick to the Holding Tanks this time through and for the most part keep things a bit on the down-low. (That’s what the cool kids say, right? Humor me.) Off you

Episode 400

Jan 18th, 2024

400? What’s up with that? Yes, your presumably favorite podcast has now happened 400 times, and we celebrate with an hour in the library and an hour of new stuff. (Plus, I indulge in a couple personal favorites!) Enjoy, and thank you for listen

Episode 399

Jan 4th, 2024

New year, same old show. You know, the one that brings you nothing but the best ambient, electronic, and contemporary instrumental music and has that host who doesn’t seem to take this seriously? Yeah, that one. Ready for more of the same? Cool

Episode 398

Dec 21st, 2023

Taking our leave of 2023, we do so in a manner most casual, stretching out, biding our time, meandering as one does, unrushed and–oh, who am I kidding? We’re getting lazy for the last show of the year, airing out some longer cuts that have been

Episode 397

Dec 7th, 2023

A storm of fiery guitar kicks this one off, pulling bits of New Age and electronic music in its wake. Then we get comfy in the library, greeted by some post-rock (with its own bits of fiery guitar), and hang out until, as often happens, we reac

Episode 396

Nov 23rd, 2023

Kicking off with some fun uptempo stuff, we’ll work our way across this 90-minute landscape to end up somewhere much quieter. Start Test Card, The Blank Code Re-Write, Channels5.48 Beukotreug, Hydra, Cosmic Spring10.33 Space Art,

Episode 395

Nov 9th, 2023

Get the children to safety in the bunker! There’s a theme show a’comin!Yeah, it’s that time again. Mr. Shanahan gets a “clever idea” and runs with it. (And yes, this is the one I talked about on 393…) Look at it this way: you get 20 tracks of m

Episode 394

Oct 26th, 2023

Not only do you get 90 minutes of great music this time around, but the show hits a bit of a milestone. Any guesses? I won’t spoil it here. Thanks for listening! Start Yulio, Acid Barcelona, Cosmic Fractal4.46 John Scott Shepherd, Ti

Episode 393

Oct 12th, 2023

Half a dozen from the Holding Tanks before we take a lengthy dip into the library stacks. Second set goes a little bit of everywhere, and has one of those artists who just happens to nail both song AND album title of the episode! Enjoy the ride

Episode 392

Sep 28th, 2023

Might as well start off in contemporary instrumental/electroacoustic territory since I’ve been getting a lot of good stuff in that fits that bill. In the latter half it’s back into the library to revisit some friends. Start Michael Whelan,

Episode 391

Sep 14th, 2023

Okay, this one might start off a little strange, but we’re getting toward the bottom of the Holding Tanks and it’s getting time to reload ’em. Back half of this one is a trip to the library. You like the library, right? (There’s even one of tho

Episode 390

Aug 31st, 2023

You know how this goes: you set aside 90 minutes and hope to enjoy the best ambient, electronic, and contemporary instrumental music. Good news: you get a bit of all of that here, including tracks from a couple albums I had good things to say a

Episode 389

Aug 17th, 2023

After an episode with just a handful (literally) of tracks, let me toss a bit more than a dozen at you this time around. As a bonus treat, I mangle some Italian, reference Nikki Minaj, put you on hold at least once, and may or may not speak two

Episode 388

Aug 3rd, 2023

A lazy podcast, but with a purpose! I saw that in adding to my “Tracks to Play” doc I had noted several that were fairly long. So I decided to lump them together. There are only five, and as tends to be the case with long tracks, this episode r

Episode 387

Jul 20th, 2023

How would I characterize this episode? I have no friggin’ idea. It just came together like this. We’re going a little bit of everywhere. Start Computerchemist, It Could be Paradise, Mysterious Cave of Eternal Theta 10.22 Altus, Null Un

Episode 386

Jul 6th, 2023

From a funky start to a quiet close, I think you’re gonna like this one. And that’s all I have to say about that. Start B. Tweel, Anybody Home, Bring in the Lampstand and Light its Lamps2.47 Nheap XP, Back View, Inside Talk*8.57

Episode 385

Jun 22nd, 2023

The first half skews electronic; then we tack around and set a course for acoustic/New Age territory. Seventeen big cuts for your aural consumption. Start Oaki, Taodide, Irwan Alos4.24 Sova Stroj, Sequence, Travelling Waves I12.49