Well! Christmas is nearly upon us, although here in Oz with summer only a few weeks away, it’s not the same for Mick, having fond memories of time spent in the UK with family & friends.You can call him a humbug, but there’s always some musician or label in our genre who must bring out a yuletide record, for him it just doesn’t work.You will be pleased or not, to note our lineup, as it is always been, to cover as much ground in so many different styles in electronic music, disregarding the more modern approach of house, techno, DJ, mixes, drum & bass, etc.After the strong showing of female artists in our last edition, it’s back with the boys, although Elizabeth Joan Kelly returns with her experimental songs. The ambient side, dark & atmospheric is quite dominant with, Eric -The -Taylor, Marconi Union, Phobos, Steve Roach & RNGMNN.Always good to have two of our well respected UK musicians here, Ian Boddy with Nigel Mullaney, improvising live with modular gear & the sheer diversity that Ivan Black brings to his music. Must mentioned Sula Bassana, Ayusp, & Void Expansion Ensemble debut on Sequences & a fine array of quality music from all of our players.Old school vintage track comes from Mario Schonwalder’s first solo CD, The Eye Of The Chameleon in 1989, happy listening.Playlist No 161 02.36 Claus Jahn & Pat Pik ‘Lost In Ice’ (album Some Oxygen Needed) www.clausjahn.bandcamp.com09.19 Claus Jahn & Pat Pik ‘Before The Storm’ 16.49 Andrew Douglas ‘Audio Karma’ (album Deadly Steps) www.andrewjdouglas.com22.28 Ian Boddy & Nigel Mullaney ‘Schemes & Ruses’ (album Schemes & Ruses) www.DIN.org.uk33.31 Marconi Union ‘Fractured’ (album Dead Air) www.theambientzone.co.uk40.14 Eric-the-Taylor ‘Static Fields’ (album Safe Travels) www.ericthetaylor1.bandcamp.com44.26 Eric-the-Taylor ‘Tracking’50.52 Eric-The-Taylor ‘Astrological Fall’55.45 Ayusp ‘Strange Pathways’ (album Ayusp) www.ayusp.bandcamp.com01.05.45 Void Expansion Ensemble ‘Data Harvest’ (album The Machine) https://voidexpansionensemble.bandcamp.com01.09.31Void Expansion Ensemble ‘Walking Through Minds’ 01.13.58 Mario Schonwalder ‘Earthtime’ (album The Eye Of The Chameleon) www. manikinrecords.com 198901.24.12 Peter Ionutescu & Daniel Dorobantu ‘Adie Mirlin’ (album Garana Jazz Festival Live) https://danieldorobantu.bandcamp.com01.29.41 Peter Ionutescu & Daniel Dorobantu ‘Cu Ochi De Stele’ 01.34.20 Steve Roach ‘Trance Archeology’ (album Trance Archeology) *** www.projekt.com01.44.47 RNGMNN ‘Arctic Interference’ (album Arctic Interference) www.winter-light.com01.53.09 Phobos ‘Drifting Towards’ (album Celestial Harmonics) *** https://frozenlightlabel.bandcamp.com02.01.02 Colin Rayment ‘High Speed Thaw’ (album Transitional States) www.syngate.net02.12.11 Ivan Black ‘Chronopolis’ (album Short Stories And Dreams)02.17.54 Ivan Black ‘Paradise Web of Dreams’ https://music.amazon.com.au/albums/B07X4H287102.24.55 Sula Bassana ‘Desert’ (album The Ape Regards His Tail) www.sulabassana,bandcamp.com02.33.59 Elizabeth Joan Kelly ’Whaliens’ (album Farewell, Doomed Planet) https://elizabethjoankelly.bandcamp.com02.40.25 Elizabeth Joan Kelly ‘Beau Travel’ 02.46.37 Kamarius ‘Saraswati - Para Bhakti‘ (album Para Bhakti) www.kamarius.bandcamp.com Edit ***