NEW EPISODE- The Orchid Hunter's Mixtape

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The full moon has hatched, but don't be afraid...thee Oncidiums doth tumble steadily, smiling in a sense, drenching your pockets with their vanilla scented sludge. But words cannot express rhythmic visions for the orchid club hunters -clear skies tonight...although not for long. A massive cold front approaches so get out your umbrellas and join us wandering disciples of such a sacred endeavor. 

Into the swamp we shall go: deciduous specimens loosen the petals i.e. tunes by some of our most delectable additions to the archive, bellowing their lamentations straight unto your third-eye. 

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NEW EPISODE- Brain-Breeze for Argonauts

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Wild is the wind; a conjurer who descends and devours the chrysalis. Slither past the midnight hour with a belly full of starfish, why don't you? December is just around the corner so its best to prepare your senses…beseeching a playlist that may summon a crisp and crunchy solstice. Surrender beneath the setting sun if you so choose. 

Translation: Welcome to episode #117 -which comes in a flavour that may require goggles. But if you're still thirsty, add seaweed. Tunes by The Slaps, D'Swooners, Plums, The Innocence Mission, Sea of Lettuce and others. Sneak peeks with blushing paper cheeks admire the afterglow. 

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NEW EPISODE- The Levitation Chamber

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Reel-to-real tape recorder feeds predict the weather. What are the best methodologies for falling into a slumber beneath your windowsill? Try capturing storm clouds as humidity levels gain speed. 

In other wor(l)ds, join us for a post-rainy day collection of velveteen ballads by bands such as Triptides, Holy Wave, Levitation Room, Sundots, Lena Raine, and others. Don’t change that dial as it ain’t too good to be true -our usual Sunday night mixtape has arrived early, just for deux. 

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NEW EPISODE- Plumb Pies in Paraguay

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Welcome to your Sunday night mixtape, dear Venusian. Tonight the planets align just in time for your frolic into the passiflora's aura —where we conduct recitations from a handful of books from our archive while finishing up a late breakfast.

If you get dizzy, redial the illuminated syntax on the patio (egg, larvae, pupa). Serpentine jewels grant infinite wishes by chanting. Blackberries go "bleep bleep" in the bike lane. Windblown petals, hot acorn tea and primrose in the hawthorn trees.

Stay until the very end for hypnotic tunes by Anagrams, Fad Gadget, Luke Sanger, Chris Doerk, Cafe Spa, Petra Müllejans & many other fireside favourites.

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NEW EPISODE- Captured by Blue

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A whirling realm for nostalgia fiends -the broom closet was painted with permanent-rose hues. Possibly containing: a jelly-like substance (down the isle of lotus seedlings). An adored azure moon stuffs her pockets with hiccups. Once atop the self-pollinating balloon machine, colour me in; the vessel is about to burst. Tender sails with fiery faiwy-tailz hold hands beneath a ceiling fan. Hee(a)ling back the layers, so bring your lucky hanky.

Episode #114 includes recitations from our latest field studies, updates down at the station, and the sorting through of a few quintessential television commercials. Tunes by Bartosz Kruczynski, The Willowz, Broadcast and a dozen other wandering whisperers. Welcome to your Sunday night mixtape, fellow Venusians.

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NEW EPISODE- Frozen Dinner Mixtape

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As the sun sets in the west, drift into a labyrinth of serenades led by the Chamrosh and his red-bellied companions. 

Featuring music by Dalida, Gede Yudis, Wand and other tunes designed for a lazy train ride at dusk. After you microwave your sweet potato fries, add twelve beetles and the necessary mineral supplements. Two-step in the snow, glue low-lying leaves onto your feet. If you get feathers in your mouth, gargle with bells and trumpets.

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NEW EPISODE- Contemporaneous

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Weather reports and waxing crescent premonitions: if you howl at the moon through the belly of your guitar, access may be granted to the philosophy section.

Join us as we address our top go-to spooky films and indulge in breakfasting habits; add one ounce of butter and crocodile eyeballs. Do you get a little lightheaded when you chew on a balloon? Don't forget to blow your nose into a rose before you stratify your seeds. 

Holiday updates & shipping reminders are included~

Tunes by Hey Cowboy, Dennis Korn, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, The Phi-Psonics, Yuja Wang, Óskar Guðjónsson, Witch and quite a few others. Shimmy twice if you wanna be nice.

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NEW EPISODE- Spanning the Chasm

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Do stones write poems? Just ask the twining roses who whisper Polish hauntology at the bend of the river. Making friends with the wind isn't so difficult, once you empathize with the linguistic roots from whence she casts her vapours. By the hand of the sphinx and the stars many dwellings, as the spiderweb spans the chasm with great appreciation. 

Translation: The second week of October has begun, so build your pyramid on the moon and join us for recitations from Fernando Pessoa's 'A Little Larger than the Entire Universe' [translation by Richard Zenith]. Spitballs stick to the ceiling as we settle down into a mysterious reading from a well-known illustrated classic, offering a tender interlude for all ages.

Stay until the very end for hypnotic tunes by Etnobotanika, The Black Skirts, Damdamgugu, Lynda Dawn, Airiel, James Quinn, Jay Som and quite a many bewildering hymns from the archive. Welcome to Season 11 dearest Venusians.

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NEW EPISODE- Clepsydra Corbiculate

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A study guide for word-hunters!

Hold on tight to your mechanical pencils. But, don’t forget the stock up on dolabriform larvae beforehand. “I’ll eat the entire bag shortly here”, said the dodecandria feathering the wheels. Brumbee Brumby? Just in case you’re looking for multiple ways to say perspiration. Adverb: caterpillar dolcemente. 

In other words -join us for our last episode of Season 10 as we recite achingly lovely words with extraordinary definitions…from an ancient dictionary circa 1936. We’ll also drift down the channel of holy excerpts from the QPB Dictionary. 

Our playlist features Jazz exotica and ethereal tunes by Phi-Psonics, Carla Bley, Balthvs, and many others.

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NEW EPISODE- Rock Garden Tulips

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Welcome to your Tuesday night mixtape, just in case you require an extra boost of euphoria to get through the week ahead. 

Observations and recitations feature a glance into a curious book from 1928, exploring the research of F.F. Rockwell and his practical prognosis on preparing one’s dream rock garden. Sympathetic stones flavored purple (upon their perocity) encourage thirsty roots to charm their way toward the Galanthus. Fertile foliage, Chinodoxa in partial shade. Two excitable pomegranates also make an appearance. We’ll close our studies off with an excerpt from one of Karl Marx’s love letters circa June of 1856. 

Stay until the end for sultry disco tracks, with a delicate 90's interlude betwixt the inevitable...sleepwalking into the heart of Iceland's Múm. Silken serenades also include tunes by The Drifters, Ottawan, Patty Pravo, Technotronic and other naughty nostalgic nocturnes.

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NEW EPISODE- Rain Dance in the Rear View Mirror

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Tune in for spontaneous confessions and sugary spoilers, nostalgic two-steps, and a film recommendation that mirrors a little-known Polish track from the 1960’s. Crank up your motor, seed beds are humming, do the rain dance. Playing telephone in the honey field while singing in traffic allows for one’s worries to rest in the arms of a waltz —or, the bewitching collaboration between Laplante & Ravel. We cast another spell. 

Featuring the majestic musika ov Helena Vondráčková, George McCrae, Thee Sinseers, Nala Sinephro, Alice Phoebe Lou, Jesse Green, Francis Lai and other splendid poets reuniting beneath the very last beams of that sweltering summer sun.

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NEW EPISODE- Lunar Twist & Frequency Assist

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Soaring splendors display violet pathways at dawn. Did you draw feathers on your calendar yet this week? Watch your wings turn into bubbles, soul into swirls. Windblown hymns tumble gently into the rapture, vibrations exalted for lunar growth and capture.

Joins us for a night-owl mixtape to help celebrate the recent eclipse, or -simply stream us while your bagel's snug as a bug in the oven. Let the cream cheese melt a little (before you take a bite). To help nourish your inner tiger, alphabetize your library.

Featuring tender serenades by Evgeny Grinko, Jesse Green, Gorillaz, Yehezkel Raz & Sivan Talmor, Oisin Ruiz, Modern Talking and other soaring nymphs with exceptional vocal prosody. 

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NEW EPISODE- Aurora's Ladybug Quartet

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Major chord epiphanies during a thunderstorm liberates the latches, which entails I might have to add a little powdered sugar to my curry. When unexpected visitations from a curious ladybug follows my lead, I let the record play a second time. Searching for gators, rinse and repeat. It's a soft deal, lean back into the sky -the garage sale accepts cash so suckle your seatbelt. "Zwoooosh!" That’s exactly the sound a horse makes. Other confessions -I got my hair kissed by a tree while sorting through a box of rhinestones.

Stay for the absurdist monologues, inhale slowly...our extended playlist features music by Elly Vilhjalms, Rhone, Baseball Gregg, Uschi Brüning, Count Basie, Borne, Deuter and an endless supply of other blossoming balladeers.

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NEW EPISODE- Papierowe Latawce

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The end of August has arrived, so join us for morning movie meanderings at an altitude of 8.97 degrees above the horizon. Is something burning? It's my equatorial telescope! Sleep in, it's your density. I mean -your destiny. Hexapods, prehistoric paper kites, windshields made of dust, delirious caterpillars, nostalgic ephemera i.e. a mixtape for migraines. Rootabaga rumba come and get your thunda.

Featuring some furiously wicked tracks by Umami, Digital Ram, Georgia Gibbs, A Car That Swims, Chyp-Notic, Maya Filipič, Oliver, Bjork, and quite a few other muses from the eternal dawn.

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NEW EPISODE- Lapis Lazuli Leaping

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When tomorrow becomes today, can you go where you've never been? Only with the assistance of a mysterious old stone whose history is etched into a tale hardly told. Join us as we read an excerpt from a collection of short stories edited by Andrew Lang circa 1894; The Yellow Fairy Book (an edition released in 1966). At the edge of the forest you'll find a late summer serenade and an old VHS tape with commercials from the early 2000's.

Bewildering tunes by Damdamgugu, Ross, Soombee, Lee Jun Hyung, Habibi and other astonishing concrète recipes.

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NEW EPISODE- Spin Cycle Spider Toes

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There's a new sun rising. Ring the bell, we can see the horizon (it appears pyramid shaped) beside the river where we harvested the diplacus.

Make a wish then make a list. The final distance has passed, viagem ao fundu de mim. Glory to the magnifying glass club. Sounds go through muscles, cells are activated, slip-n-slide reminiscing. Elevated archive for headphone fanatics. Is this…??

Translation —as the end of summer approaches, it’s time to say farewell to regrets and activate the senses. Knock-knee'd nuances override the zephyr. Stay until the end of our monologues for tunes by Kanguru, Triangulum, Sudden Sway, Pablo Casals, Elis Regina and many others to keep you company on laundry day. 

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NEW EPISODE- Melted Ice Cream Sannwitch

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Beneath a slumbering sun's sacred reprise, recitations from the book ov life takes shape —where persimmons taste like stripes and that cheeky 405 offramp leads to the college of hypnotherapy. You’re not delusional, those bicycle wheels are pleasantly floppy -alas, I couldn’t recall where I parked the jalopy.

Welcome to Season 10!! Won’t you join us for our 100th episode? It’s hard to believe we’ve come this far. It’s true, we’ve been busy relocating the archive to our new recording studio, and appreciate your devotion to the program.

Stay until the very end of our monologues for some soothing summertime tunes tumbling down in yon forest: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Dara Chom Chan, Hawkwind, Ivan Mladek, Yo La Tengo, Cocteau Twins and Hiroshi Yoshimura.

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