john | relaxed machinery

Celestial Vault, by Cosmic Dream Club 6 track album

Hello, long time no post. #SomaFM promo queue has a pair of nice spacey ambient and sequencer some beatless some beats and stuff. And I’m enjoying them quite a bit.

Cosmic Dream Club out of the Netherlands.

cosmicdreamclub.bandcamp.com/album/celest...

Yes. The old days of the internet - Usenet, IRC, small site forums for specific labels or topics, the earlier social networks. I helped create a wonderful one to me back in early 2010‘s on a platform called Ning that crumbled into obscurity as it monetized.

Nothing like the VC to exit circle.

In essence, all good ideas eventually become monetized out of usefulness.

Skynet, by Infiniti aka Juan Atkins 9 track album

Enjoying this today

🎧 Infiniti - Skynet (1998)

Juan Atkins goodness. More minimal side of #techno
Terrance Dixon on a few tracks.

tresorberlin.bandcamp.com/album/skynet

Chris is an old old friend and we worked together back during my AtmoWorks and Relaxed Machinery label days. So happy he's with one of the best ambient labels out there now - @spottedpeccary.bsky.social

Jeff Mills - Sight Sound And Space (3 CD box set) | Axis Records Sight Sound And Space is a 3 CD set compilation featuring 42 compositions carefully selected from the archive of Jeff Mills and Axis Records, coming with a 47 page booklet of Jeff Mills’ own commentar...

Listening to Jeff Mills again. There’s just something so immense with his catalog and vision. for me he’s up there with Herbie Hancock and David Bowie on the breadth and depth of making music.

listening on YouTube but here‘s the official release.

www.axisrecords.com/product/ssas...

☕️ coffee is flowing liberally

🖲️ work coding continues

🎧 some harder darker #techno leanings this morning

Ancient Methods
Under Black Helmet
Setaoc Mass
Black/Plague
UVB

I swear I wrote ”these posts”. Oh well. Tryin to save a plant is a good thing!

I like this posts with photos of turntable etc.

#SomaFM review queue

🎧 Lunar Ipona - Fragments

I see I liked their album back in 2024. I like this new one too they just sent to our review queue.

Some happier stuff. Some melancholy. Overall really nice album.

#ambient

lunaripona.bandcamp.com/album/fragme...

🎧 #SomaFM promo queue

Nice ambient one now. Was a couple of collections of dance floor tracks prior.

💻 Work

Cleaning up some small issues from the big January 1 changes. Every year health care changes a ton Jan 1. I work mainly with codes / setting up the data to support them.

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good cover.

Whack-a-mole is indeed… wack.

🎧 Carl Craig - Landcruising
☕️ Coffee, the elixir of life itself
🧑‍💻 Work

Cosmic Cars

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Arbee is a good egg I’ve known a good long time now :-)

Hello @arbeemonkey.bsky.social - thought you’d like to see this if you haven’t already. :-)

The first one - Destruction of Leviathan - really hits me. Then again, I really love dragons and similar. :-)

dusk line, by Twilight Archive 10 track album

#SomaFM promo email queue

🎧 Twilight Archive - Dusk Line

#downtempo #chill #jazzyambient

I’m totally enjoying this. It’s mellow. It grooves. A wonderful backdrop to my coffee and coding.

Recommended.

twilightarchive.bandcamp.com/album/dusk-l...

☕️ I’m playing catch up a bit with the #SomaFM promos after the Nov/Dec rush at work (always busiest time of year at my healthcare data job) and my dad passing right before Christmas and everything else.

I think I just hit a really good one, but I’m only one track in so I’ll wait a bit to share.

I loved this email from #SomaFM - recapping a bunch of stats.

Season Cycle: Winter, by Ed Herbers 7 track album

This made a nice start to my morning

@herbersmusic.bsky.social is a really good human who makes good #ambient

This album has a more happy feeling to me - I love my melancholy ambient, but Ed adds juuuust enough of a smile to brighten the atmosphere.

herbers.bandcamp.com/album/season...

l'Observatoire, by BLNDR 9 track album

Almost done with all my tickets for Jan 1 - Health Industry is big on massive changes for Jan 1

My dad passed away last week - still processing

🎧 This album is #ambient #deeptechno the Hypnus label is a fave of mine

BLNDR outdid themselves on this

hypnus.bandcamp.com/album/lobser...

Oh! This looks lovely!

SAVE.RESET EP, by PVNV 5 track album

Good morning happy people of bsky

I’m continuing my Norite related artists marathon. This artist was on Noritian Mysteries. it’s not bad. #techno #deeptechno

pvnv.bandcamp.com/album/save-r...

Noritian Mysteries, by NORITE 15 track album

Working this morning. Coffee is needed. It’s been a stressful chunk of days.

🎧 various - Noritian Mysteries (2019)

I really like the Norite label out of Belgium. Some great artists on there

#deeptechno
#hypnotictechno
#techno

norite.bandcamp.com/album/noriti...

Loud Ambient, by The Black Dog 10 track album

In honor of Ken Downie's passing @theblackdog.bsky.social

The Black Dog - Loud Ambient (2025)

theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/loud-a...

Voyager, by Chris Russell 7 track album

I've been playing

🎧 Chris Russell - Voyager (2022)

I've known Chris for what seems like forever. He's always written good #ambient music - always.

This album is on Exosphere - a @s1gnsofl1fe.bsky.social / @dontyler47.bsky.social Synphaera imprint.

exospheremusic.bandcamp.com/album/voyager

Wow, sad news.

Places: Ambient Works, by Nick May 8 track album

#SomaFM promo queue is an #ambient release from

Nick May - Places: Ambient Works

(Future generations may refer to this as PAW)

Liking so far, only 3 tracks in. First was a bit dense, atmosphere and chaotic-ish. 2nd sublime minimal. 3rd piano & birds.

nickmaymusic.bandcamp.com/album/places...