Idyllic Music Podcast #172 - Summer Travel Season

Idyllic Music Podcast #172 - Summer Travel Season

Author: Jim Nye June 18, 2014 Duration: 28:40

This week, we'll ponder the summer travel season. The world's a mighty big place filled with destinations that can be both beautiful and dangerous, often times in the same city. We'll hear from six artists with a musical itinerary stretching from Copenhagen to Christchurch, Calcutta to Brixton. Leading our tour on this edition of Idyllic Music are Jordan Reyne, Secret Archives of the Vatican, Tikki Masala, Project 5am, My Bubba and Mi and Chris Pettit.


For nearly two decades, Jim Nye has been curating a distinct sonic space with the Idyllic Music Podcast. This isn't a broadcast tied to trends or release dates; it's an evergreen collection built for immersion. Each episode is a compact, thirty-minute journey featuring four to eight carefully selected tracks. The sound resides in the deeper, textured realms of independent trip hop, where pulsing downtempo beats meet atmospheric dub and subtle jazz-inflected electronica. The result is a consistently chilled electronic music experience designed to be universal, a backdrop for focused work, late-night reflection, or simply unwinding. With over 200 episodes in the archive, this podcast offers a substantial library of seamless mixes. Jim’s long-running project functions as a reliable source for discovery, highlighting artists and sounds that prioritize mood and craftsmanship over commercial cycles. Tune in for a regular dose of fluid, beat-driven ambiance that feels both curated and personal.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

Idyllic Music Podcast | Trip Hop - Downtempo - Electronica
Podcast Episodes
Idyllic Music Podcast #198 - A Life at Sea [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:42
This week we'll examine a life at sea. Joseph Conrad wrote that "There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting and enslaving." More troubling is what lies beneath the swells and awful stirrings of what Melville called th…
Idyllic Music Podcast #197 - Harmonics [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:55
This week, we'll listen for harmonics. We mostly think of harmonics as an element of music but there is a more fundamental physical quality underneath it all. Wave patterns are all around us. We know its how sound and li…
Idyllic Music Podcast #196 - Empathy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:35
This week, we'll try a little empathy. The ability to understand and share another person's feelings, experiences and emotions. It is a power sorely missed these days. Research seem to suggest there is a genetic basis to…
Idyllic Music Podcast #195 - Number 10 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:31
This episode of Idyllic Music is brought to you by the number ten. It sits comfortably between nine and eleven, matches our fingers quite nicely and is the base for the decimal system nearly everyone uses every day.
Idyllic Music Podcast #194 - Winter [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:37
This week, we'll look at the final season, the end of the cycle, of winters past and cold. It's a time many of us would like to hold up in bed for the duration, with it's shortened days and cold nights. Winter is a time…
Idyllic Music Podcast #193 - After a Relationship Ends [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:47
This week, we'll look at the effort it takes to pull yourself together after a relationship ends. Some seek sympathetic ears while other withdraw into solitude. We'll hear just what it takes from General Fuzz, Kognitif,…
Idyllic Music Podcast #192 - Regrets and Reconciliation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:01
This week, it's regrets and reconciliation. Regrets? I've had a few but by and large, I've moved on. It seems a measure of success by how little regret we take to our graves. The trick, of course, is in deciding how much…
Idyllic Music Podcast #191 - Proximity and Happenstance [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:38
This week, we'll look at proximity and happenstance. The idea that just by being near another person or event can change the future for better or worse. Mostly the difference is unnoticable in the noise but sometimes you…
Idyllic Music Podcast #190 - Word Salad [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:00
This week we'll look at word salad with Peterloo Massacre, Broke for Free, Sweet Play, Daddy Scrabble, Northbound and Small Colin.
Idyllic Music Podcast #189 - Ends of the Universe [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:01
This week we'll try to imagine the ends of the universe. It's one way to restore some perspective while your world is spinning around you. The vast emptiness of space, its cold, hollow expanse is the fact that we ignore…