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Sunday Evening Sessions: Cecilia's Chills

11/6/2017

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By now, plenty of readers and facebook friends will already have noticed that I'm working on a book, named 'Cecilia's World'. For those who don't know: 'Cecilia's World' is a novel about a girl who discovers the world of alternative music. She moved into a big city and gets acquainted with the buzzing underground scene.

The book contains heaps of bands and a wide array of musical styles. So, since I have been working on this novel all day yesterday, I thought it would be a good idea to preview some of the acts in this upcoming book. Here are ten acts Cecilia has discovered, music she loves to listen to at night when she is alone in her bedroom.

Official Cecilia's World facebook page

Cecilia's Chills - The YouTube Playlist

Cecilia's Chills - The tracks

Ashtoreth - Threnody IV

Cecilia's second concert. Her first was Black Sabbath, or technically their support act, Rival Sons.

Spoiwo - YOS

The second band on the same night. Not a bad start, if you ask me.

Tiamat - Gaia

When her mom takes Cecilia out shopping, the girl wanders into a record store.

Cecilia::Eyes - Loreta

Her music theory teacher, Johan, tells Cecilia where her name comes from.

A-Sun Amissa - Colossus Survives

What is the best way to get into underground music? Volunteer at a concert venue.

Orbital - The Box

Suddenly, Cecilia realizes how important music really is.

Bohren & der Club of Gore - Nightwolf

Jealousy is a silent rage...

Laraaji - Meditation #1

When dad takes her record shopping on her birthday, Cecilia discovers the classics...

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

...and the absolute classics

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms

If in forty years someone asks me "so what was 'Cecilia's World' really about?", I'll answer "love".
So there you go. Ten songs from my book. Ten of the slowest and most emotional of them all. Keep an eye on this website. We will reveal more details soon.


​Serge
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Sunday Evening Sessions: Dunk Delights

28/5/2017

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Today we returned from Europe's greatest atmospheric music festival, Dunk! with sunburned skins, aching knees and a head full of beautiful memories. Although I'm not mentally capable of writing down a full review today (that will follow soon), I wanted to share some of the greatest moments from this amazing happening. 

Dunk Delights - The Playlist

Ashtoreth 

Mooncake

CHVE 

Yodok III (I couldn't find a The Void Of Expansion video but this comes close enough)

Barst

Pray For Sound

Meniscus

Syndrome

Lost In Kiev

Worriedaboutsatan

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Sunday Evening Sessions: Summer Chill-Out

30/4/2017

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Today was a nice and sunny day, which made us long for summer. We also needed to bring back the Sunday Evening Sessions because we forgot about them last weeks (busy busy busy). So, thanks to our own Wagner, we combine the two into a playlist of summer chill out tunes. 

Summer Chill, the YouTube Playlist


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Sunday Evening Sessions: Full Moon Jazz 

26/3/2017

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It's Sunday again, and that means "chill music". Today, we enter the world of jazz. For this episode, chillmeister Marc picked five of his favorite soothing jazz tunes and Serge added five of his favorite dark jazz anthems. The rest of this intro is useless. Enjoy...

Full Moon Jazz - The Playlist

Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

Radare - Burroughs

Blue rondo a la turk - Masked Moods

Bohren & der Club of Gore - Prowler

John Abercrombie - Love song

The Orchestra Of Mirrored Reflections - All That Jazz That Makes Her Spin

Eberhard Weber - Quiet Departure

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Lobby

Jan Garbarek - Twelve Moons

Dale Cooper Quartet and the Dictaphones - Une Celier

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Sunday Evening Session: Downtempo Delights 1

19/3/2017

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It's Sunday evening and that means it's time for another slab of soothing sounds. Today, we list fifteen tracks from the electronic downtempo scene. So this time, it is allowed to tap your feet and shake your head with these ten fine tunes...

E.V.A. - 0100

Boards Of Canada - Seven Forty Seven

Plaid - Kortisin

Bonobo - Black Sands

Tycho - Awake

Helios - Every Passing Hour

Lassigue Bendthaus - Molecular Modelling

Sounds From The Ground - Triangle

The Future Sound Of London - Cascade (Part 2)

Ott - The Queen of All Everything

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Sunday Evening Sessions: Analogue Atmospheres 1

12/3/2017

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For this edition of Sunday Evening Sessions, Marc, Serge and Eline digged into their experiences with classical music. Most of them we have been enjoying since our early childhood. With these, we kick off the 'Analogue Atmospheres' version of Sunday Evening Sessions, the one where computers and synths are banned...

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Analogue Atmospheres 1: The YouTube Playlist

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite 1 Morgenstimmung

Johann Sebastian Bach - Air

Johann Pachelbel - Canon In D Major

Ludwig Van Beethoven - Für Elise

Bedrich Smetana - Die Moldau

Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1

Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

John Field- Nocturne no. 5 B Flat Major Andantino

Maurice Ravel - Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte

Georg Ivanovich Gurdjieff - Sacred Hymns 

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Sunday Evening Sessions: Chauvinistic Chill-Out

5/3/2017

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In the past few weeks we have been digging in the Belgian music history (read: Belgium, The Capital Of The (Underground) Music Scene). During our research and of course by personal experience, we have come to the conclusion that we are a pretty damn good country for soothing drones, relaxing ambient and other calm sounds. So today, we dedicate our Sunday Evening Sessions to our own country and engage in a nice chauvinistic chill-out session. 

​Chauvinistic Chill-Out: The YouTube playlist

Jean Hoyoux - Chronos

Vidna Obmana - A Scenic Fall

Ashtoreth - Whisper

Premonition Factory - To The Dark Place Where It Leads

Stratosphere - Entrance (short version)

Virlyn - Pine Forest

CHVE - Charon

Misantronics - Khota

Henri Pousseur - Quintette à la mémoire d'Anton Webern

Yannick Franck - Invott / Elements

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Sunday Evening Sessions: Ambient

26/2/2017

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Time for another Sunday Sessions, a series where we explore the calm, soothing and relaxing regions of the musical universe. Today's special is ambient music. According to Brian Eno, one of its pioneers, "Ambient music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting." (wikipedia). Once again, no comments, just click play and prepare to relax. Of course, you can also check out the tracks individually.

Ambient One - ​The YouTube playlist

Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports - 1/1

O Yuki Conjugate - Sunchemical

Roedelius - Regenmacher

Laraaji - The Dance #3

David Sylvian & Robert Fripp ‎– Bringing Down The Light

Harold Budd & Brian Eno - The Pearl

Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi

Biosphere - The Things I Tell You

Stars Of The Lid - Goodnight

Eluvium - Movie Night Revisited

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Sunday Evening Sessions: Music From The Cosmos - part 1

20/2/2017

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Dear Reader

Prepare yourself for a journey through space and time. With this new series, we present some of the best psychedelic, ambient and krautrock music and everything that is calm and relaxing. Today, we begin with a tribute to the legendary 'Muziek Uit De Kosmos' series, broadcasted on BRT in the seventies and eighties. 

These songs have been selected by Marc (visit his lounge room). We're not going to write comments, just click 'play', close your eyes and enjoy the trip.

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Music From The Cosmos - The YouTube playlist

Michael Hoenig - Departure From The Northern Wasteland 

Ashra - Midnight on Mars

Ashra - Oasis

Tangerine Dream - Invisible Limits

Klaus Schulze - Blanche

Edgar Froese - Stuntman

Robert Schroeder - Mosaique

Tangerine Dream - Rising Runner Missed By Endless Sender

Kraftwerk - Ohm Sweet Ohm

Baffo Banfi - Oye Cosmo Va

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    Serge's new episodic thriller 'I Do Not Want This' is now available.

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