Idyllic Music Podcast #188 - Recovery and Second Chances

Idyllic Music Podcast #188 - Recovery and Second Chances

Author: Jim Nye April 12, 2017 Duration: 30:00

This week, we'll look at recovery and contemplate the possibilities inherent in second chances. Do they bring new focus and opportunity or squandered through indecision and inertia. It is a dilemma facing those who have faced traumatic situations and survived. Is survival enough? Helping us sort it all out are Aris H, Garmisch, Nic Bommarito, Jazzafari, Citizen Crane, and Ishdub. Thanks for waiting.


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 #187 - Tipping Points [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:55
This week we'll look at tipping points. The value of the parameter in which the set of equilibria abruptly change. Sometimes we are quite aware of these changes other times not but they occur in everything from climatolo…
Idyllic Music Podcast #186 - Semantic Memory [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:00
This week we'll look at episodic or semantic memory. Where we store past events and learned meanings long-term. Memories of place,time and sounds. Memories we can't actually have had but still resonate are considered gen…
Idyllic Music Podcast #185 - Chronology of the Universe [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:06
This week, we'll look at the Chronology of the universe. Don't blink because most of the important stuff happens between 10 to the 43rd seconds and 1 second after the Big Bang. From the planck epoch to Heat death some 10…
Idyllic Music Podcast #183 - Intimacy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:10
This week, we'll look at intimacy. The need for, the mechanics, complications and consequences of. William Butler Yeats lamented that The heart-revealing intimacy,That chooses right, and never finds a friend. Opening up…
Idyllic Music Podcast #182 - The Illusion of Permanence [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:10
This week, we'll look at the illusion of permanence and the inevitably of change. The tricky thing about change is that it is often not even perceptible. Gradual and incremental, it often takes a change in perspective to…
Idyllic Music Podcast #181 - Emotional Isolation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:46
This week we look at emotional isolation. It seems the more we reach out the less we feel. It might be the continuing reliance on the intrawebs or fragmentation of society but increasingly many of us are alone and not by…
Idyllic Music Podcast #180 - Loves First Heartbreak [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:50
This week, we'll look at loves first heartbreak. When young untested emotions are at their most potent and everything seems so damned important. As George Eliot so aptly put it. There is no despair so absolute as that wh…
Idyllic Music Podcast #179 - Saraswati [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:05
This week, we'll head to the sub-continent for inspiration. In particular, Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, music, arts and science. While it's not unusual for ancient cultures to personify this manifestation of cons…
Idyllic Music Podcast #178 - Fata Morgana [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:00
This week, we'll look at mirages. In particular the superior mirage known as Fata Morgana, named after the fairy shapeshifting half-sister of King Arthur. We come to rely on the normally stable optic perceptions that mak…
Idyllic Music Podcast #177 - The Number Three [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:01
This week's episode of Idyllic Music is brought to you by the number 3. It is, I believe, the most ubiquitous symbol man has created throughout history. From religion to physics and beyond, the number 3 is found everywhe…