30 December 2025: The New Grove Project, "Epiqurium"; Shawn Rudiman, "Yesterday Sky"

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"This album comes with Classical and Symphonic background, some re-worked material that was released in 2001 already as a solo project, on this occasion with acoustic drums and guitar support., 

Studio Album, released in 2025


Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Epiqurium 1 (18:24)
2. Epiqurium 2 (5:07)
3. Epiqurium 3 (19:12)
4. Epiqurium 4 (4:21)
5. Epiqurium 5 (13:06)
6. Epiqurium 6 (5:04)
7. Epiqurium 7 (11:50)

Total Time 77:04

Line-up / Musicians

- Robert Webb / keyboards, Orchestral Synthesis and Webbotron
- André Schornoz / bass
- Timo Vuoppola / guitars
- Mattias Olsson / drums, percussion

Releases information

Composed by Per Sundbom
Additional compositions and arrangements by Robert Webb
Engineered by Robert Webb at Garden Shed studios, Greece
Produced by Robert Webb, Per Sundbom and Ingemar Hjertqvist

Cover: Dan Pettersson

Label: Self
Format: Vinyl, CD, Digital
June 1, 2025

yesterday sky

by Shawn Rudiman


Credits:
Music by Shawn Rudiman
Mastered by Alex at quiet details studios
Artwork by quiet details in collaboration with Shawn Rudiman
Design by quiet details
© quiet details 2025 all rights reserved

For the final release of the year, very happy to welcome one of the most tenacious and sincere artists making electronic music over the past few decades, a true believer, Shawn Rudiman.

Commitment is a word that suits Shawn perfectly - playing live and recording since the late 80s, a permanent fixture of the US electronic music underground, never wavering from his singular vision for the dance-floor and beyond.
From early industrial work to a slew of techno/electro EPs and albums on labels such as Daniel Bell’s 7th City, X-Trax, 11th Hour Recordings, ART, Detroit Techno Militia, Tresor, Pittsburgh Tracks, self-release and many more, Shawn’s proved himself as one of the most important voices we have.

Included in these releases were many stylistic diversions, including more ambient terrain - showing Shawn to be a tireless explorer and student of music in all its forms.

From the Synthdrome, his studio filled to the brim with electronic instruments from across the eras, he’s crafted an incredible interpretation of quiet details, totally unique and a true reflection of who he is as an artist.

Starting with highly textural and layered slow-mo machine rhythms, pure down-tempo funk full of syncopated synthetic melody, we’re straight into Shawn’s trademark craft from the beginning.

From there we’re locked into an album in its truest sense, a finely constructed architectural marvel - from vast deep-space ambience to propulsive swung sequences - from ethereal atmospherics to euphonic harmonies - from intricate sound shapes to hypnotic acid.

As Shawn says:

"The way I look at albums of any sort is that they're a soundtrack - ambient especially. Also of the opinion ambient can have rhythm and beats. They just have to be appropriate and work well. For me it’s feel. It has to feel right. Has to grip you and hold you. No matter what. 

I try and catch the feelings and ideas that come to me and thru me. No matter what they are or their form/genre. Their feelings and impacts are what remains for me, in order to shape the sound and emotions they carry. I simply try and transduce them for others to experience, and put the emotional words into coherent artistic sentences.

Thank you to quiet details for the chance to present this work! Thank you to Victor Labonte for the assistance and tech/computer work on "last message sent" - track wouldn't be without your help! Thanks to Nick for the connection to make this happen.
As always, thanks to my wife for understanding my obsession with music and electronics. 

Thank you all for supporting and listening. Enjoy."

Huge thanks to Shawn for being part of the series.

The artwork was made as always influenced by the music and idea behind the album - originating from a photo from Shawn which was then captured with analogue photography and processed here at quiet details studios.

As usual, the album is presented on the physical edition, a custom six-panel digipack with a separate fine art print too.
The CD also has a special long-form continuous mix of the album, created by the artist and representing the music in its purest form. 

shawnrudimanmusic.bandcamp.com 
  

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released December 3, 2025

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23 December 2025: Jethro Tull "Christmas at St. Bride's 2008" & The Jethro Tull Christmas Album

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I am also hosting Rural Electric (Mostly) Country Music from 7-9 pm right after the Island Messenger.  

                   This week's theme is traditional holiday songs performed by country artists


The Jethro Tull Christmas Album is the 21st studio album released by Jethro Tull, on 30 September 2003 (see 2003 in music). The songs are a mix of new material, re-recordings of Tull's own suitably themed material and arrangements of traditional Christmas music. In 2009, the live album Christmas at St Bride's 2008 was included with the original album on CD.

Ian Anderson about the song Birthday Card at Christmas: "My daughter Gael, like millions of other unfortunates, celebrates her birthday within a gnat’s whisker of Christmas. Overshadowed by the Great Occasion, such birthdays can be flat, perfunctory and fleetingly token in their uneventful passing. The daunting party and festive celebration of the Christian calendar overshadows too, some might argue, the humble birthday of one Mr. J. Christ. Funny old 25ths, Decembers…" 

16 December 2025: Holiday Show #2: A Winter Solstice Celebration: California Guitar Trio; Markus Reuter; Cousin Silas

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 California Guitar Trio - 10 Christmas Songs

AllMusic Review by 

Not that there is an abundance of progressive rock-tinged acoustic guitar trios among the ranks, but this aggregation stands tall among its peers as the guitarists' inventiveness surges forward with this altogether warmhearted reckoning of Christmas carols and other pleasantries. The guitarists' nimble yet at times forceful approach is wholly evident during their highly rhythmic spin on "Jingle Bells." They perform the classic "Greensleeves" with a sensitive, chamber-like approach while also tackling the Lennon/Ono favorite "Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)." However, part of the magic resides within the trio's ability to delve into the inherent frameworks of each song, while also reformulating themes and rhythms into personalized statements. Essentially, the artists have produced a rather poignant Christmas outing, awash with interweaving lines and lilting harmonies, as they complement their superior artisanship and forward-thinking deployments with a cheerfully rendered collection of holiday favorites.

                                            

Winter Solstice EP from Markus Reuter:  Soundscape versions of traditional songs usually associated with this time of year, at least here in Germany. In addition to the meditative soundscapes (which are based on the series of pitches of each tune) I've also overdubbed straight versions of the original melodies. Enjoy this parallel universe... It's strangely hypnotizing. Only available from December 1st to December 31st.

 
5.1 surround mix available here: 
surroundmusic.one/album/winter-solstice/

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released December 17, 2018




Cousin Silas - Variations on a Theme of Winter

There are many things that 'inspire' the music I do, but perhaps one of the most endearing is Winter. Apart from the usual cliches of transformation, and the memory echoes from childhood with its association with Christmas. It's also the way in which, at night, sounds are strangely muffled, morphed almost and how the landscape glitters and glows as though we have two full moons.
I guess all that sounds a little pretentious, but as I say, I do have a rather abiding passion for Winter.

My thanks to Thomas Mathie for the cover/artwork.

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released November 16, 2020

Cover/Artwork by Thomas Mathie 
 

ambient electronic experimental guitar sound alchemy soundscapes thomas mathie cousin silas United Kingdom  


09 December 2025: FreeForm Radio's Annual Twisted Christmas Show - Sense of Humor Required

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I am also hosting Rural Electric (Mostly) Country Music from 7-9 pm right after the Island Messenger.  

                                    This week's theme is Funny Country Christmas Songs




Join us this week for the Annual FreeForm Radio Twisted Christmas, our first of three FreeForm Holiday Shows. 


This show will feature clever, irreverent parodies of traditional Christmas songs as well original satirical Christmas songs.  It's all meant in good fun.


Note that some material may not be suitable for children and anyone who does not have a sense of humor about Christmas and related topics.


Disclaimer:  Tonight's show is not in any way associated with the fictional "War on Christmas".


Among the featured artists are the Bob Rivers Twisted Radio Troupe, The Fools, The Capitol Ste

ps, MST3K, John Prine,  Ray Stevens, some cows, and of course, Elvis Presley.
So pour yourself an eggnog fortified with the spirits of your choice, throw a log on the fire, and sit back for a hearty Ho Ho Ho!


NOTE:  No chipmunks were harmed in the making of this program.

 

02 December 2025: Airbag "Dysphoria"; Analog 2025

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AIRBAG – Dysphoria (Live in the Netherlands)

RELEASE YEAR: 2025
BAND URL: https://airbagsound.bandcamp.com/album/airbag-dysphoria-live-in-the-netherlands

A live album by Norwegian prog rock stalwarts Airbag is not something to be taken lightly; it is a huge-sounding representation of some of their most outstanding and inspired epics being performed by a tight, well-oiled machine that knows exactly how to stir the senses and stimulate the mind of the audience. Captured for posterity at the legendary and prog-friendly venue Poppodium Boerderij in Zoetermeer last year and bolstered by a perfectly crisp sound adding heaps of atmospherics to the proceedings, this offering serves as a great reminder of just how emotionally charged these fine compositions truly are and how well they translate to the live format and context.

Compared to their studio counterparts, the eight tracks included here contain a little more vigor and vibrancy, benefitting from being played organically in front of an appreciative audience. The pristine riffs and beautiful melodies steadily work their magic and transport you elsewhere, and although the arrangements differ very little from the studio versions, there is joy to be found in these slightly more muscular and punchy live pieces. Different nuances are highlighted and emphasized, thereby creating an excellent alternative to what it means to immerse oneself in the outfit’s richly textured world of sound. As fabulous are these chaps are in the studio, their Pink Floyd-esque material really comes alive on stage as evidenced by Dysphoria

This is a wonderful celebration of a stellar (and ongoing) career and also a stunning display of just how fearfully ambitious and thoroughly timeless Airbag’s song material unarguably is. Old fans will want this, but newbies could potentially begin here also. If you are a fan of Steven Wilson, No-Man, and Porcupine Tree, you cannot allow yourself to miss out on this inspired act’s upcoming opus.



Originally released in 2016 as Analog 2020, this newly remastered edition appears on CD for the first time, featuring three previously unreleased tracks. Reimagined as Analog 2025, it celebrates and reaffirms the enduring spirit of analog electronic music in an era increasingly shaped by digital tools and AI-driven processes. Featuring visionary artists such as Robert Rich, Sonologyst, Simon Balestrazzi, and Pharmakustik, among others, the compilation pays tribute to those who continue to explore the richness and unpredictability of analog machines. These artists reject sterile perfection in favor of the warmth, instability, and tactile expressiveness that only analog gear can deliver.
Nearly a decade after its original release, Analog 2025 stands as both a document and a manifesto — a celebration of a global movement of musicians who view analog synthesis not as a nostalgic indulgence, but as a vital creative choice: an act of resistance and authenticity in a hyper-digitized world.
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released November 13, 2025
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Avant Music News 
avantmusicnews.com/2025/11/15/amn-reviews-various-artists-analog-2025-2025-unexplained-sounds-group/
This Is Darkness
New from the Unexplained Sounds Group label is this delightful rerelease of the 2016 album ‘Analog 2020’. This newly remastered edition appears on CD for the first time, and features three previously unreleased tracks. With tracks from 13 musicians, the compilation pays tribute to those who continue to explore the richness and unpredictability of analog machines. The music here is beautiful, heartfelt, and moving. Very highly recommended. Powerful stuff! 
www.thisisdarkness.com/2025/11/29/frozen-in-time-this-is-darkness-playlist-november-2025/

Curated and mastered by Raffaele Pezzella (a.k.a. Sonologyst). 
Photos by Vääristymä. 
Layout by Matteo Mariano. 
Published by Unexplained Sounds Group 
Cat. Num. USG112. 
© 2025 All rights reserved.
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