A journey to the outer reaches of the musical spectrum

This 2-5am edition starts with new music from electronic composer Pabellón Sintético (Arg), then to Germany with Martin Stürtzer and Peter Frohmader in the Cosmic Hour.
The Time Suspended segment arrives at the Ozara Festival’s Ambyss Stage on 7/29/25 with part 2 of Aythar playing a chill out set from 012:30-03:00 in his home country of Hungary. The Deep Drift segment brings Andrea Porcu (Sardinia) and his ambient project “Music For Sleep”

A Musical Continuum-11pm start.
The late Saturday evening opening set boards the way back machine into the 1980’s with
King Crimson, B52’s, Tom Tom Club,
Lou Reed and The Golden Palaminos.
The latest release from Temple Fang (NL) in The Supreme Level Intensity segment.
The Krautrock Cloud ventures to the Lost Tapes 1968-1975 from Can and the 2015 Grönland rerelease of 1973’s “Music Von Harmonia”.
Rogue Element (UK) in the Cosmic Hour,
Ambient from Nunc Stans (Canada)
in the Time Suspended segment
then to 1985 with Brian Eno’s long form
“Thursday Afternoon” in the
Deep Drift Segment along with Eno’s ambient descendants
Music For Sleep and Robert Rich.

2-5am nocturnal mind adjustment
This morning’s opening Time Suspended segment straps into the 90’s way back machine from three American ambient composers, Jeff Pearce on the Hypnos label along with Robert Rich and Steve Roach on the Fathom label.
Part 1 of Hungarian electronic artist Aythar’s live recorded performance at The Ozara festival from 7/29/25 in the Cosmic Hour.
The Deep Drift segment brings ambient solitude from the UK label Home Normal with Rosales then back to the 90’s with Voice of Eye (USA) to finish the show.

Midnight Sonic Flight
Opens with Micheal Hedges, Leo Kotke,
Patrick O’Hearn and a new expanded reissue on the Projekt label from
Erik Wøllo (Norway).
The Supreme Level Intensity segment brings Euro psych with Papir (Denmark),
Psychedelic Source Records (Hungary).
Krautrock from Moonseeds (Germany).
Grateful Dead Catacomb touches down with a second set segment from
Baltimore Civic Arena 5/26/77
Free System Projekt (Netherlands)
Archives Vol. 1 in the Cosmic Hour.
Time Suspended ambient with
Viridian Sun (USA), new ambient from
Foglands (Germany) in the
Deep Drift segment.

Mathias Grassow Remembrance Part 3
This morning’s 2-5am edition dives deep into the long form solo work of the late German ambient composer Mathias Grassow who died 8/13/25 in a tragic drowning accident. Our Deep Drift segment is expanded to the entire show with Bloodmoon, Wisdom Of Fate, Tara and The dreamquest sessions which will encompass the full three hours of today’s show in our last dedicated to the memory of Mathias Grassow.

Mathias Grassow memorial tribute part 2 of 3.
The German ambient innovator who created a distinct personal sound using the electronic drone as his primary musical focus died 8/13/25 in a tragic drowning accident. His music often has a meditative, emotional and spiritual context, which induces deep feelings of introspection in listeners. Despite his music having no commercial potential he released a staggering amount of music throughout his forty five year career. This morning our Time Suspended segment will be expanded to the second half of our show featuring collaborations Mathias recorded with Klaus Wiese, Alio Die, Marcel Trenton and Tomas Weiss for Part 2 of our Mathias Grassow
Melting World remembrance in the second half of our show. The first half will have Krautrock from Electric Orange, Vibravoid and part 2 of a live recording with psychedelic electronic rave from Eat Static.
Part 3 on 9/7/25 The Deep Drift segment will encapsulate our full show with Mathias’s deepest and longest compositions that transport listeners into alternative states of reality.

https://mathiasgrassow.bandcamp.com/music

This 2-5am edition brings
adventurous music that explores the boundaries of musical form with
Pharaoh Sanders, Miles Davis, Alice Coltrane, Frank Zappa, Dylan Ryan (USA)
Robert Wyatt, Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition (UK)
Moonhang (Japan)
Holzer Czukay (Germany) in the Cosmic Hour.
Loren Nerell & Mark Seelig in the
Time Suspended segment

From Loud to Quiet, the full musical dynamic.
Starting this morning’s show real heavy with Scorch Trio (Finland & Norway),
Kaliyuga Express (UK & Norway)
Dead Kennedy’s (USA).
Krautrock with Faust from 1971,
New Fusion with Anchor and Burden (Germany).
Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts make an appearance at
Jones Beach next Saturday 8/23.
We play a few tunes from
Neil & Crazy Horse
Space rock with Oresund Space Collective
(Denmark).
Grateful Dead Catacomb segment with part 3 of 3 second set
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
3/16/73

Mathias Grassow 1963-2025
German ambient innovator died 8/13/25. Part 1 celebrating his music on today’s extended Time Suspended Segment.
Part 2 will be a special memorial on the next 5 hour Melting World on 8/31/25.

A journey through morning darkness
2-5am edition with psychedelic electronic from Bionaut (USA), Subsonic Experience (Germany), Autumn of Communion (UK).
Australian Krautrock with Rob Shiels and his projects Trigona & Circling Dunes.
Cosmic Hour experimental ethno ambient with Rapoon (UK) recorded live at a New Jersey house concert in 2011.
Ambient Collaboration of Abul Magard &
Rafael Anton Irissari (Serbia & USA) recorded live in Netherlands 10/24 at Le Guess Who? Festival in the Time Suspended Segment

An imaginary journey of shifting sonic surrealism with the latest psychoactive series installment from The Legendary Pink Dots
(UK, Netherlands)“Chemical Playschool 23”.
The latest release from Stereolab (UK & France)
Krautrock from Brainticket (Switzerland), Golem (West Germany) from 1973. New psychedelic from Temple Fang (Netherlands).

WLIR was inducted into LIMEHOF at Great South Bay Music Festival last Sunday 7/27/25. Before the format change to New Wave in 1982 WLIR was an exceptional progressive station from 1972-1982.
This morning the Melting World is proud to present a few tunes from a great WLIR radio concert with Peter Tosh (Jamaica). Former WLIR dj and current WUSB host of “Musicality” (alternating Thursday’s 10:00am-noon) himself inducted into LIMEHOF, introduces this great radio concert recorded live at My Father’s Place in Roslyn on 7/4/78.

The Cosmic Hour brings synth from Thought Guild (USA), Cosmic Ground (Germany), The Soviet Space Dog Project (UK).
The Time Suspended segment brings ambient from Altus (USA), centrozoon (Germany), Mathias Grassow & Heikki Lindgren (Germany & Finland)

Ubiquitous sound worlds during this 2-5am edition with
Ian Boddy, Ron Boots, & Harold van der Heijden (UK & Netherlands)
Church of Hed (USA), Hyldýpi (Iceland), habn (Spain),
Pastoral ambient from Robert Davies (USA), purl (Sweden)
Deep ambient in the Time Suspended segment with a long form release from
Craig Padilla (USA),
Space music from Jaja (Germany)

Mind melting soundtrack psychedelic with
Gong from Virgin Records 1973 release “Flying Teapot”,
More new psyche from
Psychedelic Source Records (Hungary).
Krautrock with Amon Duul ll from 1972’s
“Wolf City”
Rave culture lives on in the Cosmic Hour with a new UFO space release from
Eat Static (UK).
Detroit techno dub with a live release from CV313.
Grateful Dead Catacomb Segment with part 2 Nassau Coliseum 3/16/73
Deep long form ambient in the
Time Suspended segment with
Nautic Depths (Germany)

Mid July electronic journey with drums, synths and guitar
tribal ambient from Byron Metcalf & Shane Morris (USA),
90’s rave with The Orb (UK),
Fax label from 1994 with
Pete Namlook (Germany) & Richie Hawtin (UK, Canada).
Sequencer synth from Sequencia Legenda (France),
Progressive guitar with Brian Gingrich (USA)
Psychedelic guitar with part 2 of Pilot Voyager’s
Water Side Reverie (Hungary)
Ambient guitar from Jeff Pearce (USA)
Steve Roach’s latest Projekt release “The Reverent Sky”

Alternating 2-5am installment.
Electronic melting world fusion with
Alpha Wave Movement (USA),
Pilot Voyager (Hungary),
Vangelis (Greece),
Illuvia (Peru),
Circling Dunes (Australia),
Travis & Fripp, Mark Shreeve (UK),
Deep drift ambient from
M Griffin, Steve Roach (USA)

German Electronic with Tangerine Dream from 2020 & 1972,
Thomas Fanger, winter soundscapes with Deep North.
Parallel Worlds (Greece), Trigona (Australia).
Spacerock with Harvey Bainbridge (UK),
Neo Krautpsyche with Dividenthal & Aumgn.
Grateful Dead Catacomb new monthly segment
featuring archival releases from 1969-1981.
First up-Nassau Coliseum 3/16/73 first set segment
with Bill Graham introducing the band.

This 2-5am installment opens with 90’s
electronic laptop integration from
Banco de Gaia,
Future Sound of London (UK).
Cosmic Hour Sequencer synth from
Ministry of Inside Things (USA),
Steve Jolliffe (UK)
Ambient in the Time Suspended segment with Andrew Tasselmyr, Kelly David (USA),
Norah Lorway (Canada), Markus Reuter (Germany),
Lingua Lustra (Netherlands),
new music from Mathias Grassow (Germany)

Six hour mind melt journey with The Spacious Mind (Norway), Alien Planetscapes (Queens NY), Stereolab (UK , France),
Part 3 of Pink Floyd’s “Live At Pompeii” 2025 Steven Wilson remix and remaster of the original master audio tapes to the film.
Synth in the Cosmic Hour with Daniel Pollard (UK), Steve Roach (USA), Kubusschnitt (Netherlands), Mikkel Rev (Norway).
Ambient in the Time Suspended segment with Arborescence (France) & Alio Die (Italy), Bence Ambrus (Hungary),
M Griffith (USA)

A rare live show in the 2-5am alternating world melt.
Industrial from Ministry (USA), Suicide Commando (Belgium),
LMFMD (Germany), Opeth (Sweden)
The Cosmic Hour has Daniel Pollard (UK), Cosmic Ground (Germany), Stone Rebel (France)
The Time Suspended segment brings Tuluum Shimmering (UK) covering Black Sabbath

Memorial Day Weekend brings
European psychedelia with the latest from Acid Rooster (Germany), Psychedelic Source Records (Hungary),
Domboshawa (Sweden).
Pink Floyd’s “Live At Pompeii” great archival audio remaster from
Steven Wilson.
The Cosmic Hour Brings
Cartas de Japón (Argentina),
Mindphaser (Chile),
Vir Unis & James Johnson (USA)
The Time Suspended segment features ambient with the latest collaboration from
Alio Die (Italy) & Arborescence (France),
Autumn of Communion (UK).
New music from the Projekt label with
Pietri Zollo (Italy), Erik Wøllo (Norway)

This morning’s 2-5am journey goes deep into the final two 75 minute segments of ambient composer Robert Rich’s sleep concert music. Our third installment features parts 5 & 6 of a seven and a half hour studio recreation utilizing his full instrumentation- hardware and virtual synths, PVC flutes, field recordings and extended slow motion drones. The sleep concert is an important subset of his long career as an electronic composer which he developed as a student at Stanford University playing communal music concerts in the dorm lounge during a full sleep cycle with the audience laid out on the floor in sleeping bags. Originally released as the first Blu-Ray audio in 2014 “Perpetual” the source material is a 16bit 96db Bandcamp AIFF download.