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Dylan Henner
Star Dream FM
PHANTOM LIMB - Cat No: PHNTM054
- updated:2026-08-13
The sounds of gamelan and emo rave emanating from a fictional radio program. "Star Dream FM," a hallucinatory ambient show, is the brainchild of a mysterious UK artist who has released music on labels such as AD93 while doing almost no promotion, and has also worked on cover projects for electronic music pioneers like Raymond Scott, Terry Riley, Aphex Twin, and Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Su Tissue. A masterpiece!
Track List
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A1. I Borrowed My Dad's Car But We Had Nowhere To Go So We Drove Around Listening To Music All Night
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A2. The House Party Went On So Long We Talked And Drank And Played Music Til The Morning
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A3. I Used To See Her On The Way Home From School And She Lit Up The Sky With Her Beauty
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A4. We Ditched School And Climbed Over The Neighbour's Fence To Swim In Their Pool All Day
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B1. We Were Dancing In Her Bedroom And Then We Made Out
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B2. We Walked All The Way To The Lake And The Water Was So Still We Jumped In Naked
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B3. She Broke Up With Me Before Our Last Class So I Walked To The Beach On My Own
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B4. Her Parents Were Out So We Shared A Joint And Floated Around In Her Pool Under The Starlight
The concept is a tape recorded from an unidentified radio station broadcasting his memories of adolescence.
From the anonymity of Auto-Tuned vocals to majestic string-like synths and fragmented soundscapes reminiscent of film scores—angelic harp sounds, classical chamber music, and, of course, field recordings. ...all spilling out unguarded, as if someone were unconsciously fiddling with a radio channel at random. The song titles are also intriguing and mysterious.
It reminds me of OPN’s emergence in the early 2010s. I’ve been playing this on repeat myself. It’s beautiful. (Original Japanese text by Shhhhh)