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The Untranslatable

Jan 25, 2026 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Music

With DJ Jagannath

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)

The Untranslatable
12:00 PM
John Hudak & Stephen Mathieu - 01
John Hudak & Stephen Mathieu 01
Pieces of Winter sirr-ecords 2021
12:04 PM
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12:07 PM
Mount Shrine - Winter Restlessness
Mount Shrine Winter Restlessness
Winter Restlessness Cryo Chamber 2018
12:17 PM
Sleep Research Facility - 79ºs 83ºw
Sleep Research Facility 79ºs 83ºw
Deep Frieze Cold Spring 2007
12:30 PM
Northaunt - Whiteout
Northaunt Whiteout
Barren Land Infinite Fog Productions 2004
12:34 PM
Ugasanie - Cold Spirits of the Taiga
Ugasanie Cold Spirits of the Taiga
Endless Cold, Endless Darkness Cryo Chamber 2026
12:40 PM
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra & Arturo Tamayo - Jonchaies
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
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
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1:02 PM
Synergy Vocals, Robin Lorentz, Ron Lawrence, Michael Finckel & Robert Black - Arctic Dreams: No. 4, The Circle of Winds
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
Martha Argerich Toccata, Op. 11 Sergei Prokofiev
Debut Recital Deutsche Grammophon (DG) 1997
1:14 PM
Paysage d'Hiver - Schlüssel
Paysage d'Hiver Schlüssel
Das Tor Kunsthall Produktionen 2013
1:31 PM
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1:34 PM
Majdanek Waltz & Patimat Khripa - Кладовая крысиного короля
Majdanek Waltz & Patimat Khripa Кладовая крысиного короля
Кладовая крысиного короля NEN 2019
1:38 PM
Merzbow - Frozen Guitars And Sunloop/7E 802
Merzbow Frozen Guitars And Sunloop/7E 802
Dharma Hydra Head 2001
2:10 PM
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2:12 PM
Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls (Portion One)
Prurient Frozen Niagara Falls (Portion One)
Frozen Niagara Falls Hospital Productions 2015
2:19 PM
Kauan - haste / ascend
Kauan haste / ascend
Wayhome Artoffact Records 2025
2:25 PM
Sunrise, Flowerfield - Moment one/two
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
Natural Snow Buildings They Do Not Come Knocking There Anymore
The Snowbringer Cult Ba Da Bing! 2013
2:54 PM
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2:55 PM
The Gentleman Losers - Make We Here Our Camp of Winter
The Gentleman Losers Make We Here Our Camp of Winter
Make We Here Our Camp of Winter The Gentleman Losers 2018
Chat is archived.
DJ Jagannath (host) 12:01:34 PM
Hello everyone! Subbing for Robin today, hope you're all keeping warm because this show will be chilly
Rob from Sleety Maryland 🦀 12:04:32 PM
Hello DJ JagaRobinnath! We have been outside shoveling all the snow and sleet and are now making some hot chocolate
Richard Mitnick 12:07:04 PM
I have been clicked in. Happy to have you in my digiteria. I hope you have a great show.
DJ Jagannath (host) 12:09:10 PM
Hey Rob and Richard! Great to have you both here
TAndy 12:22:32 PM
Dude this is perfect
DJ Jagannath (host) 12:23:36 PM
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
Pengy 12:31:33 PM
I'm literally just staring out my window watching the snow fall and this set is incredible ambiance
DJ Jagannath (host) 12:32:46 PM
Haha thank you Pengy! arctic ambient is perfect for this weather
Roffle 0x7EA 1:12:08 PM
Tornado archives.
Rob from Sleety Maryland 🦀 1:12:18 PM
@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
Rob from Sleety Maryland 🦀 1:13:12 PM
@Jagannath, also, how much of a shock was the temperature when you arrived back in NJ?
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:13:17 PM
Ill take that as high praise!
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:13:38 PM
I was in a tshirt and hoodie so it was definitely cold
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:13:54 PM
But I quite like this weather! Went on a walk today in the snow
Teresa Peacock 1:13:55 PM
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!
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:15:14 PM
Hey Teresa, thank you! Martha Argerich is really great and that's one of my favorite piano compositions
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:15:36 PM
I want to learn it at some point when I have the time
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:16:06 PM
I also particularly love her Gaspard de la Nuit by Ravel
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:16:25 PM
Looking forward to having you there next season!
Roffle 0x7EA 1:16:55 PM
Known Sunday Gospel music.
TAndy 1:17:09 PM
Yeahhh buddy bring on that rough stuff
Teresa Peacock 1:17:19 PM
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!
TAndy 1:17:28 PM
That was the most perfect hour of shoveling with your tunes dude
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:18:09 PM
I do, haven't found the time to practice very regularly though
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:18:35 PM
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
Roffle 0x7EA 1:18:56 PM
My shorts feel a bit tight. That's okay.
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:19:20 PM
Paysage d'Hiver has that effect
Roffle 0x7EA 1:20:41 PM
Things are happening there I don't understand, but I bought the ticket...
Richard Mitnick 1:21:22 PM
Dazzling wonderful music. this current piece reminds me of "Decasia" by MIchael Gordon of "Bang On A Can"
Teresa Peacock 1:21:41 PM
I so dig this Swiss noise!!! <<<*swoon!*>>>
Roffle 0x7EA 1:24:38 PM
I would play along, but this would be cramping muscles.
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:24:58 PM
PdH is probably my favorite black metal band
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:25:19 PM
Very beautiful compositions, the production especially is like theyre playing at you from behind a blizzard
Roffle 0x7EA 1:25:48 PM
Dark and gentle
Roffle 0x7EA 1:34:10 PM
What else you got? Lets go there.
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:35:11 PM
Calm before the storm
Roffle 0x7EA 1:36:08 PM
I want to like people who use Cyrillic.
Roffle 0x7EA 1:36:45 PM
There's a problem though.
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:37:48 PM
What's the issue
Roffle 0x7EA 1:38:25 PM
Mine, all mine.
Roffle 0x7EA 1:42:10 PM
We tend to disagrees on topics generally. Something about overlords.
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:43:33 PM
A lot of people use cyrillic though
TAndy 1:44:33 PM
Aaaagh this is so good
Roffle 0x7EA 1:44:53 PM
They are brilliant folk too. The ones who speak in mathematics are insane.
TAndy 1:45:19 PM
Holy shit
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:47:00 PM
Yeah I haven't listened to a ton of Merzbow but this is one of the coolest ones (literally and figuratively)
Roffle 0x7EA 1:47:40 PM
You indulge yourself sir.
TAndy 1:48:10 PM
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.
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:49:02 PM
Ty TAndy I'm looking forward as well
Roffle 0x7EA 1:50:01 PM
Deflute & Guitarri's is brilliant TAndy! I have nothing but love for his shows.
Roffle 0x7EA 1:50:48 PM
Really sad he has not been around.
Rob from Sleety Maryland 🦀 1:52:25 PM
Bye everyone, we're going out to shovel some more and clean our cars off before everything turns into a block of ice
Rob from Sleety Maryland 🦀 1:52:33 PM
Stay warm!!
Roffle 0x7EA 1:53:39 PM
So not gonna have a heart attack FU vibe. Love it Rob!
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:56:15 PM
See ya Rob! Good luck with the shoveling
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:56:31 PM
Good thing its not Monday?
Roffle 0x7EA 1:57:24 PM
Hey, do you have any music with chords that would fit into this mix?
Roffle 0x7EA 1:58:19 PM
I can turn on the amplifier all day otherwise.
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:59:23 PM
Chords are overrated
DJ Jagannath (host) 1:59:32 PM
Soon though!
Roffle 0x7EA 1:59:43 PM
Fuck yeah they are!
TAndy 2:01:12 PM
Stay safe Rob!
Roffle 0x7EA 2:02:32 PM
I get this. On a Sunday I have no clue however.
Roffle 0x7EA 2:03:54 PM
I want to burn toast
Kelly Nielsen 2:06:01 PM
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
DJ Jagannath (host) 2:06:51 PM
That's what I felt like trying to plan this when in Mumbai weather lol
Darsh S 2:07:14 PM
HI guys just joining to ask is your transmitter working fine
Roffle 0x7EA 2:07:24 PM
FU in San Diego and your fucking perfect weather Kelly.
Darsh S 2:07:24 PM
Its been kinda static since I tuned in
DJ Jagannath (host) 2:09:02 PM
Not the first time i've gotten that but that's just the song lol
TAndy 2:09:28 PM
Funny enough the broadcast did cut out a couple of times earlier
DJ Jagannath (host) 2:09:47 PM
Oh really. Well good thing it sounds like static anyway
Kelly Nielsen 2:09:56 PM
Totally agree Roffle!
Roffle 0x7EA 2:10:56 PM
Actually I am jelious Kelly!
Roffle 0x7EA 2:12:35 PM
I lived in Thousand Oaks and the weather is right. I love SoCal.
Kelly Nielsen 2:19:45 PM
I grew up just up the road in Ventura!
Roffle 0x7EA 2:22:06 PM
OMG! My best buddy lived in Ventura! I saw many girls topless there. I can not describe the wonder of California.
Roffle 0x7EA 2:24:18 PM
The beach in Malibu with all the kelp over the hills. fuck me. Why did I leave?
Roffle 0x7EA 2:24:54 PM
Life and stupid shit of course...
Roffle 0x7EA 2:34:29 PM
Only so much disassociation is welcome. Unless that's the point.
Roffle 0x7EA 2:35:24 PM
I can listen to machines all day if I open a window in Philly.
DJ Jagannath (host) 2:39:02 PM
No more machines sadly
Roffle 0x7EA 2:39:37 PM
Broken machines
Roffle 0x7EA 2:41:14 PM
They had their time. The berings wore down a bit.
Roffle 0x7EA 2:43:18 PM
Too much of a good thing? Dunno
Teresa Peacock 2:49:29 PM
Is this still the Natural Snow Buildings track? I love the mixture of drone and bell-focused percussion!
DJ Jagannath (host) 2:49:58 PM
Yes! They had a small section of silence in the middle of the track but the whole thing is about 16 mins long
Roffle 0x7EA 2:50:34 PM
I am telling you! You will cramp playing this shit.
DJ Jagannath (host) 2:51:14 PM
Worth it
Teresa Peacock 2:51:41 PM
@Roffle -- lol!! This is quite exquisite, though. Yes! Totally worth it!
DJ Jagannath (host) 2:52:00 PM
I really like NSB's droney approach to folk, if you dig it you might also like the Auvergnat folk scene
DJ Jagannath (host) 2:52:16 PM
La Tene, Toad especially
Roffle 0x7EA 2:52:29 PM
And I like it quite much. I ain't picking up a guitar to validate it though.
DJ Jagannath (host) 2:52:48 PM
I have a playlist of avant-folk that has some similar stuff as well
TAndy 2:55:11 PM
What a beautiful ending to such an excellent show! MASSIVE cheers for you, DJ Jagannath!! Thank you so much 😊
TAndy 2:55:52 PM
Thscha genuinely been your best show so far
DJ Jagannath (host) 2:56:04 PM
Aw you say that every time TAndy thank you
Roffle 0x7EA 2:56:35 PM
I am looking forward to your future shows. This is correct listening.
TAndy 2:58:21 PM
This very last song is just perfect. My god
Darsh S 3:01:16 PM
Coming back in to say this track is beautiful