12-28-24 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center - Solstice

Greetings!

The winter solstice, or hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the sun. This happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere. For that hemisphere, the winter solstice is the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year, and when the Sun is at its lowest daily maximum elevation in the sky.

With the winter solstice having occurred on December 21st and the advent of winter, it seemed appropriate to play music addressing these topics.

Enjoy!

Joel

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12-28-24 PTE Playlist: Winter Solstice

 

• Solstice - Tom Bickley - Jepson Prairie - Other Minds Records (2023)
• https://othermindsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jepson-prairie 

 

• Solstice, Mvt. 1-4 -   Garth Newel Piano Quartet  / composer:  David Bidenbender - all we are given we cannot hold - Blue Griffin Recording (2023)
• https://www.bluegriffin.com/cd-catalog/p/biedenbender-all-we-are-given-we-cannot-hold 

 

• The Sun Stands Still - Pulselovers - Solstice 24 - Subexotic Records (2024)
• https://subexoticrecords.bandcamp.com/album/solstice-24 

 

• The Coming of Winter - David Borden - Cayuga Night Music - Cuneiform Records (1993/2021)
• https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cayuga-night-music 

 

• A Sure Winter - Soundician - Wise Trees - digital release (2015)
• https://soundician.bandcamp.com/album/wise-trees 

 

• Symphony No. 1: Winter - Douglas Schmidt, bandoneon / John Oliver, sampling and granulation synthesizers - Symphony No. 1: Winter - John Oliver Music (2022)
• https://johnolivermusic.bandcamp.com/album/symphony-no-1-winter 

 

• Wintertides - Sam Wilson - Wintertides - self-release (2024)
• https://samwilsonmusiq.bandcamp.com/album/wintertides 

 

• Winter Metal + Sounds Occurring (excerpt) - Martin Back - Cthonic Hymal - momodisti netlabel (2015)
• https://modistilabel.bandcamp.com/album/cthonic-hymal 

 

• Winter - Petrozavodsk - Winter War - School of the Arts (2020)
• https://petrozavodsk.bandcamp.com/album/winter-war