One Hundred and Forty Six

This week, we'll look at the downcast and sorrowful. Baruch Spinoza defined sadness as the transfer of a person from a large perfection to a smaller one. All the songs on the show this week have an underlying sadness. They are small vignettes of personal loss and helplessness and yet they are not uncomfortable or painful. There is a soul cleansing purging quality that makes you feel raw and renewing. We'll heard Idmer, Owen, Aydio, Gilo, The Sugar Clouds and Aereal. I'm Jim Nye.

We'll begin with French producer Idmer with 'Echos du Coeur'

Find many more tracks from Idmer at www.electrobel.fr/profile/863

One of the most satisfying forms sadness takes is self-pity. Here is podcast stalwart Owen and 'Dig Your Own Hole'

From his Deltitnu EP, From London, this is Aydio and 'XHD'

You'll find more beats at myspace.com/theaydio and dustedwax.org

Here is Portuguese Trip Hopist Gilo and 'Unity'

Listen to more at myspace.com/gilotrue

From Detroit these are The Sugar Clouds myopically and 'All I See is You'

Look for more at myspace.com/thesugarclouds

From his Transitions EP, this is UK idm producer Aereal and the lugubrious 'Bacurex'

Check out myspace.com/aerealsounds for more

You can still download the 2 CD ready mixes or our 100th episode at www.Idyllicmusic.com. And find the complete archive of show notes, links to all the artists featured on the podcast over the years and lots of free streaming audio as well.

Thanks for listening. I'm Jim Nye.

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