This wonderful mix plays right into my current obsession with the Berlin-School subgenre. I can’t say enough about how much I love this mix. As I have stated here previously, I’ve been on a Berlin-School bender for the last few years. Although, now that I think about it, my return to this style has gone on long enough that it is no longer a bender or binge. It’s just outright love for this genre.
Paul has created an absolute gem so I’ll let him tell you more about it:
“People get ready…” Popular culture, especially in music, has long used the association with trains as an image of redemption. Part of the seductive appeal of long-distance travel is that something we experience might change or enlighten us. On a train we are free of the obligations and stress of driving, but also have a more private, sedentary experience conducive to withdrawing into ourselves than on a boat, a ship or a plane, yet–to emphasize the metaphorical lesson–in stillness we are also moving forward. This is the paradox: hurtling across the landscape (or through time) while sitting comfortably, without moving. Watching. Rejuvenating.”
Thanks again, Paul, for curating this fantastic collection of train tracks. 😉
Cheers!
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T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Hollan Holmes – So Far Away (The Sanctity of Rust 2026)
- 04:55 Rudy Adrian – Rail Corridor(Rocky Mtns, Colorado) (Concerts In The USA 2003)
- 13:50 Robert Rich – Sky Tunnel (Electric Ladder 2006)
- 22:08 DTime – A Gleaming Silver Thread (Weaving A Dream 2024)
- 37:33 Aleksi Perälä – FI3AC2513503 (GRACE 15 2025)
- 42:54 Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen – Undercurrents of Change (Unfolding Skies 2026)
- 48:04 Alba Ecstasy – Reverie Two (Berlin School Reveries, Vol. 1 2025)
- 58:40 Dream Sequence – Turn off the lights (Live at The ICA 2026)
- 67:37 David Helpling & Eric Taylor – For Those in Shadow (The Precious Dark 2025)
- 73:33 Lars Tellmann – Midwinter Train (Komorebi Winterlight 2026)
- 78:54 end
