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The Untranslatable

Jan 25, 2026 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Music

Wintersturm

"Masses of flakes flew directly into his face, then melted, freezing his features. They flew into his mouth and vanished with a faint watery taste, plastered his eyelashes, making him squint and blink, inundated his eyes until there was no hope of even trying to see-which would have been useless in any case, because the veil of blinding white obstructed his view and made the act of seeing almost totally impossible. And when he forced himself to look, he was staring into nothing, into white, whirling nothing."

The Magic Mountain - Thomas Mann (transl. John E. Woods)

12:00 PM		John Hudak & Stephen Mathieu 01 Pieces of Winter sirr-ecords 2021
12:04 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:07 PM		Mount Shrine Winter Restlessness Winter Restlessness Cryo Chamber 2018
12:17 PM		Sleep Research Facility 79ºs 83ºw Deep Frieze Cold Spring 2007
12:30 PM		Northaunt Whiteout Barren Land Infinite Fog Productions 2004
12:34 PM		Ugasanie Cold Spirits of the Taiga Endless Cold, Endless Darkness Cryo Chamber 2026
12:40 PM		Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra & Arturo Tamayo Jonchaies Xenakis, I.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Jonchaies - Shaar - Lichens - Antikhthon Timpani 2008
12:55 PM		Alexander Lubimov, Thomas Trotter, St. Petersburg Chamber Choir, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Vladimir Ashkenazy & Anna-Kristiina Kaappola Preparation for the Final Mystery - Realised By Alexander Nemtin - Pt. 2 - Mankind: Solennemente, rituale Scriabin-Nemtin: Preparation for the Final Mystery Decca Music Group Ltd. 1999
12:59 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:02 PM		Synergy Vocals, Robin Lorentz, Ron Lawrence, Michael Finckel & Robert Black Arctic Dreams: No. 4, The Circle of Winds John Luther Adams John Luther Adams: Arctic Dreams Cold Blue Music 2021
1:10 PM		Martha Argerich Toccata, Op. 11 Sergei Prokofiev Debut Recital Deutsche Grammophon (DG) 1997
1:14 PM		Paysage d'Hiver Schlüssel Das Tor Kunsthall Produktionen 2013
1:31 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:34 PM		Majdanek Waltz & Patimat Khripa Кладовая крысиного короля Кладовая крысиного короля NEN 2019
1:38 PM		Merzbow Frozen Guitars And Sunloop/7E 802 Dharma Hydra Head 2001
2:10 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:12 PM		Prurient Frozen Niagara Falls (Portion One) Frozen Niagara Falls Hospital Productions 2015
2:19 PM		Kauan haste / ascend Wayhome Artoffact Records 2025
2:25 PM		Sunrise, Flowerfield Moment one/two Dreams At Snowland Ringing Bell Records 2025
2:38 PM		Natural Snow Buildings They Do Not Come Knocking There Anymore The Snowbringer Cult Ba Da Bing! 2013
2:54 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:55 PM		The Gentleman Losers Make We Here Our Camp of Winter Make We Here Our Camp of Winter The Gentleman Losers 2018

Chat is archived.

Hello everyone! Subbing for Robin today, hope you're all keeping warm because this show will be chilly

Hello DJ JagaRobinnath! We have been outside shoveling all the snow and sleet and are now making some hot chocolate

I have been clicked in. Happy to have you in my digiteria. I hope you have a great show.

Hey Rob and Richard! Great to have you both here

Dude this is perfect

Hey TAndy! I was listening to this earlier today on a walk and couldn't tell if the wind noises were real or the music lol

I'm literally just staring out my window watching the snow fall and this set is incredible ambiance

Haha thank you Pengy! arctic ambient is perfect for this weather

Tornado archives.

@Jagannath, there was an interval in one of the tracks you played where I turned the streaming off and discovered that the noise was kids running around in the snow, rather than music you were playing

@Jagannath, also, how much of a shock was the temperature when you arrived back in NJ?

Ill take that as high praise!

I was in a tshirt and hoodie so it was definitely cold

But I quite like this weather! Went on a walk today in the snow

Hi DJ Jagannath & meine Brüderschen/Schwesterschen Winterstürmern! I'm just gonna pile on to what other listeners have been saying and tell you how perfect your musical accompaniment is to our present Snowmageddon! Also how psyched I am to listen to your evening show this spring 2026 season. I love how Martha Argerich plays the piano so muscularly and percussively on this track!

Hey Teresa, thank you! Martha Argerich is really great and that's one of my favorite piano compositions

I want to learn it at some point when I have the time

I also particularly love her Gaspard de la Nuit by Ravel

Looking forward to having you there next season!

Known Sunday Gospel music.

Yeahhh buddy bring on that rough stuff

OOOOOoooo you play piano then?!! Awesome! 'Gaspar de la Nuit' is one of my personal favorite pieces too -- I've got to check that out!

That was the most perfect hour of shoveling with your tunes dude

I do, haven't found the time to practice very regularly though

Thank you TAndy! Rougher stuff to come, not black metal because I covered most of those in my last winter show. But keep tuned for some cool noise

My shorts feel a bit tight. That's okay.

Paysage d'Hiver has that effect

Things are happening there I don't understand, but I bought the ticket...

Dazzling wonderful music. this current piece reminds me of "Decasia" by MIchael Gordon of "Bang On A Can"

I so dig this Swiss noise!!! <<<*swoon!*>>>

I would play along, but this would be cramping muscles.

PdH is probably my favorite black metal band

Very beautiful compositions, the production especially is like theyre playing at you from behind a blizzard

Dark and gentle

What else you got? Lets go there.

Calm before the storm

I want to like people who use Cyrillic.

There's a problem though.

What's the issue

Mine, all mine.

We tend to disagrees on topics generally. Something about overlords.

A lot of people use cyrillic though

Aaaagh this is so good

They are brilliant folk too. The ones who speak in mathematics are insane.

Holy shit

Yeah I haven't listened to a ton of Merzbow but this is one of the coolest ones (literally and figuratively)

You indulge yourself sir.

Also congrats on the Tuesday night show with Turshu! I'm so excited. Hopefully I can catch Deflute & Guitarri's show this Saturday when I have off.

Ty TAndy I'm looking forward as well

Deflute & Guitarri's is brilliant TAndy! I have nothing but love for his shows.

Really sad he has not been around.

Bye everyone, we're going out to shovel some more and clean our cars off before everything turns into a block of ice

Stay warm!!

So not gonna have a heart attack FU vibe. Love it Rob!

See ya Rob! Good luck with the shoveling

Good thing its not Monday?

Hey, do you have any music with chords that would fit into this mix?

I can turn on the amplifier all day otherwise.

Chords are overrated

Soon though!

Fuck yeah they are!

Stay safe Rob!

I get this. On a Sunday I have no clue however.

I want to burn toast

This is awesome, but I imagine it feels different here in sunny warm San Diego. Can't say I'm not a little envious of your winter

That's what I felt like trying to plan this when in Mumbai weather lol

HI guys just joining to ask is your transmitter working fine

FU in San Diego and your fucking perfect weather Kelly.

Its been kinda static since I tuned in

Not the first time i've gotten that but that's just the song lol

Funny enough the broadcast did cut out a couple of times earlier

Oh really. Well good thing it sounds like static anyway

Totally agree Roffle!

Actually I am jelious Kelly!

I lived in Thousand Oaks and the weather is right. I love SoCal.

I grew up just up the road in Ventura!

OMG! My best buddy lived in Ventura! I saw many girls topless there. I can not describe the wonder of California.

The beach in Malibu with all the kelp over the hills. fuck me. Why did I leave?

Life and stupid shit of course...

Only so much disassociation is welcome. Unless that's the point.

I can listen to machines all day if I open a window in Philly.

No more machines sadly

Broken machines

They had their time. The berings wore down a bit.

Too much of a good thing? Dunno

Is this still the Natural Snow Buildings track? I love the mixture of drone and bell-focused percussion!

Yes! They had a small section of silence in the middle of the track but the whole thing is about 16 mins long

I am telling you! You will cramp playing this shit.

Worth it

@Roffle -- lol!! This is quite exquisite, though. Yes! Totally worth it!

I really like NSB's droney approach to folk, if you dig it you might also like the Auvergnat folk scene

La Tene, Toad especially

And I like it quite much. I ain't picking up a guitar to validate it though.

I have a playlist of avant-folk that has some similar stuff as well

What a beautiful ending to such an excellent show! MASSIVE cheers for you, DJ Jagannath!! Thank you so much 😊

Thscha genuinely been your best show so far

Aw you say that every time TAndy thank you

I am looking forward to your future shows. This is correct listening.

This very last song is just perfect. My god

Coming back in to say this track is beautiful