Cruising Altitude Departure 15, 2014 December 20

[GUEST POST]

It's Captain Halcyon again. This is a yuletide program from another time, one we might call the olden days, when I was on the air semi-regularly. This hour of music seems more grounded than many of my other broadcasts. I was going through a phase--at least that's how I remember it.

The phrase going through my head as I listen to this episode is "strong element of the haphazard." Not that you have to think about that while listening of course--I am just sharing. In that sense, anyway, this is a successful program. Part of my rehabilitation is the embrace of safe risks. There isn't much that's safer than appearing by surprise on a small radio station in the middle of nowhere and then re-posting through the internet. (But who knows where this may lead. Future manifestations may be more robust.) Still, breaking out of my self-imposed aesthetic boundaries is a baby step, and the world is not baby-proofed.

CRUISING ALTITUDE playlist, 2014 December 20, 1400-1500:

1. "Fractal Liaison" | System 7 | System 7 | Ten
2. "Jane 16 (for Pale Saints)" | Harold Budd | Sampler (et Sans Reproche) | Factory Benelux
   
3. "Apollyan in D" | Michael Tanner | Nightingale Variations | Kooky
   
4. "Malice / Freak Flag" | The Legendary Pink Dots | 10 to the Power of 9 | Rustblade
5. "Iris" | Dream Police | Hypnotized | Sacred Bones
   
6. "Silva Pslamus" | Laurie Laptop | Nightingale Variations | Kooky
7. "The Lord Is Out of Control - Nils Frahm Remix" | Mogwai | Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1. | Rock Action
   
8. "Bloody and Blunt" | Budd - Fraser - Guthrie - Raymonde | The Moon and the Melodies | 4AD - Relativity
   
9. "Deja Vu - Ambient" | Vince Watson | Deja Vu | Ovum
10. "Sonar Conversation" | Conforce | Machine Conspiracy | Delsin
11. "Awakening to A..." | Prefuse 73 | Security Screenings | WARP
12. "Migration" | Micronormous | Nightingale Variations | Kooky
13. "Rain in Coffee" | Bee Mask | When We Were Eating Unripe Pears | Editions Mego
    

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