island of woods.

charming japanese synth pop earworms from 1983.

the lost world.

hailing from 67, gabor szabo would never again match this perfect synthesis of sitars, psyche folk, jazz & latin tinged drumming which is a wonderful way to start a sunday morning (or wind down for those non us folks :).

waltz for a spaniel.

a gem of a jam from my man hiroshi yoshimura in 93.

early stars.

so much heat on this... full of blissers & jammers from the always on point patrick o'hearn from 1984.

thoughts like rain.

everything moroder does is ace, but this is by far my favorite from the dude. johnny jewel owes a lot to this record...

good morning, midnight.

what a lovely album. this was made in the mid nineties for a japanese radio station which beamed through satellites ethereal audio harmony twenty four hours a day. i think y'all will enjoy it.

ps real torn up over johann johannsson, what a beautiful body of work to be left behind. godspeed good sir.

um, circles and squares.

a lovely number from this fella. i know this isn't the deepest gem, but is a nice warm up run to get back into the swing of things around these parts. also, i wanted to post sade's diamond life or gza's liquid swords but i don't think i'm ready for this blog to get shut down just yet. maybe one day.

welcome home.

since people have been going crazy over midori takada (& rightfully so) lemme share one of my favs from her. sorry for the shitty quality cover, it's the best i could find with a five second search.

summer without waves.

don't really remember where i copped this from years ago, but here is some carnatic loveliness for a lazy laundry afternoon.

qualchan. ~ smoke signals reupped.

vol I



vol II



vol III (which came as a companion piece to my tape, ninety nine flowers, which you can still pick up here https://illuminatedpaths.bandcamp.com/album/ninety-nine-flowers )

thought some people might like to hear the first three screwed mixes of mine since i've posted volumes IV & V recently. & a huge huge favor. if anyone out there has my age of the shrug mixes or my mountaineering mixes, i will make you yr own mix or make sure you get a copy of the two new tapes i have coming out this summer. thank you so much y'all for five years & a ton of great memories!



a good friend, al boudreau (who designed the cover for vol III & records under effed https://effedmusic.bandcamp.com/ ) pulled through with vol II of a young person's guide to mountaineering, would love to add all the other volumes of my mixes here for easy grabbing!

memories of water.

really lovely folk record from 84. if yr a fan of the basho/fahey/etc school, you'll be a fan of this.

ten am stroll.

to keep with the theme of cool guy french jazz, we have this jammer from 75. it reminds me at times of giallo jazz & other times tropicalia, this is a great album to clean yr apartment to at nine in the morning.

qualchan. ~ smoke signals vol V.

here is the latest smoke signals mix. i recently got fired, so the songs are a little more downbeat than usual, perfect for the gray weather we're having here in cascadia. smoke some weed & get lost in the mix.

ps decided to switch over to mega since zippyshare has gotten to be really buggy.

qualchan. ~ smoke signals vol IV.

time to get lost in yet another one of my murky mixes of screwed electronic jams & dancefloor gems. meant for nite flites fueled by tussin & weed.

ps coming up on five years of the blog. feels like an eternity.

still dreaming.

beautiful tunisian jams for late night wandering through clouds.

raise the dead.

a classique of heady psyche rock.

sunset inside.

alright, time for something that isn't made by me. some swishy heady at times heavy psyche shit from from 69. perfect for frolicking with some satyrs in a sun dappled meadow. put this on & float away in the clouds.

ps i have a coupla more tapes coming out in the next coupla months, will keep you in the loop.

pps just started writing for tabs out, if anyone wants their tapes reviewed hit me up.

california uber alles.

i have posted about this lady before here, & it's more of the mesmerizing & enchanting jams here.

ps not to get overly political, but while listening to dead kennedys i thought it was funny that a song that was written almost forty years ago is still fucking applicable in my home state. also, kinda pumped about trump being in office soon. all of the best punk records were made under reagan, & we all know what a fucking scumbag that prick was. here is to the downfall of america. see ya at the mixer.

images for a. wilner.

gorgeous gagaku orchestral pieces from the seventies.

drip from my walk.

beautiful drones from fluxus extraordinaire yoshi wada recorded back in 84. transports you to the headiest of clouds.