Thursday Aug 20 · 2026
Lighter than your average day · a long session · 4 artists returning · 7 new to the record.
Themes
The ReadoutEvidence by the numbers · mood read by machine
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heaviness over time →
DISSECTION
BOARDS OF CANADA
COSMIC BLACK METAL
83
tracks
11
artists
15
albums
15h 14m
span
Heaviest rotation — Dissection ×36 · Busiest hour — 18:00 (16 plays) · Longest gap — 13:37 → 17:25 (3h 48m)
Weight
6
lightheavy
Brightness
4
darkbright
Restlessness
3
settledrestless
Record of the DayThe album that owned the day
Nexion 218
Dissection · Reinkaos
Dissection, two days running.
† Liner note
Dissection's Reinkaos (2006), Jon Nodtveidt's chaos-gnostic final album, made after prison and before his death that year.
07:43
At The Fathomless Depths - Unreleased Alternative Mix '95
Dissection · Storm Of The Light's Bane
11:39
Retribution - Storm Of The Light's Bane - Unreleased Alternative Mix '95
Dissection · Storm Of The Light's Bane
12:04
Thorns Of Crimson Death - Unreleased Alternative Mix '95
Dissection · Storm Of The Light's Bane
12:13
No Dreams Breed In Breathless Sleep - Unreleased Alternative Mix '95
Dissection · Storm Of The Light's Bane
12:22
Untitled 1
Burial · Burial
† Liner note
Burial's 2006 debut, nocturnal London dubstep built from vinyl crackle and rain, the sound of the city after midnight.
17:25
Wildlife Analysis
Boards of Canada · Music Has The Right To Children
† Liner note
Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children (1998), warped analog nostalgia and half-remembered childhood, a cornerstone of what came to be called hauntology.
17:38
Heliacal Rising
Mare Cognitum · Luminiferous Aether
First Mare Cognitum since Aug 06.
† Liner note
Mare Cognitum, one man making cosmic black metal, the genre turned outward at deep space.
22:18
