A present to myself, its true significance wrapped in tendrils of fading awe and wonder. My vintage Moomin clock forlornly tells me it's my birthday. I have reached my half century of fairy tales and gritty reboots. Reaching my half century seems a good time to reflect on gaba and this will be the last episode of the podcast as I embark on new adventures in sound and fiction. Thank you to all who have championed and reviewed the show 🙏🏼. If you have found solace in 5 years of sleep tales and soundscapes and over 300 episodes, you can show your support by making a donation of your choice at gaba.life. What follows is a somewhat kitsch, somewhat trippy, hopefully uplifting soundscape of memories of the last half century. Please do follow me on Instagram @adammaxwellmartin where I hope to be more Reel and Meme’y. love&kindness, that’s what it’s all about.

George Clooney run we pray, Let Biden bide his twilight daze. George Clooney for President I say, Cos kicking Trump’s ass is the only way. George Clooney come what may, You gotta run and save the day.

A meditation on Midsummer. gaba will return in the Autumn - if you have enjoyed this Spring series please consider leaving a donation at ⁠gaba.life⁠. 🙏🏼 leave a review ❤️ Featuring the voices of J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien and Brené Brown with samples courtesy of The Arts Celebration Choir, Tony Ann and Alex Johansson. gaba will return in the Autumn - if you have enjoyed this Spring series please consider leaving a donation at gaba.life. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A meditation on keeping up appearances. 🙏🏼 leave a review ❤️ Samples courtesy of Keeping Up Appearances, Sorry! Connor Gockel, Les Petits Chanteurs de Laval and the Massano Remix of Anyma and Chris Avantgarde's Eternity. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A meditation on remembrance. 🙏🏼 leave a review ❤️. Samples courtesy of Joey Niceforo, Francesco Parrino, Vlaams Radiokoor and Hans Zimmer. Featuring the voices of Harry Billinge and Winston Churchill. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A meditation on humanity. Please leave a review ❤️🙏🏼. Featuring the voices of Mary Oliver, Charlie Chaplin, the children of Rafah and J. Robert Oppenheimer with samples courtesy of Emily Sanzaro, Thomas Krüger and The Gaga Symphony Orchestra covering Children by Robert Miles. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A party political broadcast on behalf of The gaba Party 🌳 🥳 🍄. Please leave a review ❤️🙏🏼. Featuring the voices of Margaret Thatcher and Neil Kinnock with samples courtesy of Eiro Nareth, Rüfüs Du Sol X Hans Zimmer, The Benny Hill Show and filmsymphony's rendering of Game of Thrones. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A meditation on miracles. Kindly rating and recommending this show is much valued ❤️🙏🏼. Samples courtesy of The Royal Choral Society, Sonya Fitzpatrick Pet Psychic Animal Communicator, Never Seen Orchestra and Mozartine. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A meditation on Northern Lights. 🙏🏼 leave a review ❤️ Samples courtesy of The Simpsons, I Love Languages, Kirklees TV, Danny Fantom, The Bee Gees and San Pacho. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A breathwork meditation on nostalgia. 🙏🏼 leave a review ❤️ Samples courtesy of Healing Quest, Laurel & Hardy, British Pathé, Will Van Horn and James Horner. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A meditation on boomeranging inspired by John Denver's Take Me Home. 🙏🏼 leave a review ❤️ Samples courtesy of Sorry with Ronnie Corbett, News Nation, Münggu, William Joseph, MAVES and The WVU Chamber Singers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A meditation on trompe l'oeil. 🙏🏼 leave a review ❤️ Samples courtesy of The Duchess of Devonshire, Emil Hasala, Hildegard of Bingen, Hans Zimmer, Caroline Polachek and Mirusia. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

The boy of wild beats and eyes of glittering black sand. 🙏🏼 leave a review. Samples courtesy of Siebe Doggen and Joel Grainger. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A meditation on perspective. 🙏🏼 leave a review on your podcast app of choice, it is much valued and enables gaba to be discovered by a new audience. Samples courtesy of CBS, ABC, BBC, Popup Choir, Esteban Martinez Silva, Zade Wolf and Sebastian Lindqvist. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A meditation on the total solar eclipse and portents of phenomenal women. gaba is made possible by your kindness so please take a moment to head to gaba.life on the web where you can make a donation of your choosing. love&kindness that’s what it’s all about. Samples courtesy of Derek Prince, Astral Atom, The Sacred Whispers Podcast, Tina Wong, Trance Energy Columbia, Orgel-Andi and Maya Angelou. ❤️🙏🏼 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

Welcome to gaba and Goodbye London a meditative song inspired by the end of an era. Samples courtesy of Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, British Pathé, Kleopatra Markou & Sandor Bajnai, Eric Whitacre & Rezonans and MarttinBeatz. 🙏🏼 leave a review on your podcast app of choice. love&kindness that's what it's all about. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

Welcome to gaba and Ye Olde Pork Shoppe, a meditation inspired by my conversation with a Yorkshire butcher on the day he closed his shop forever. Samples courtesy of Yorkshire Rock Choirs, Francesco James Valente, Around & About Yorkshire, British Pathé, Memphis Gong Choir and The Watersons. 🙏🏼 leave a review on your podcast app of choice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A meditative song inspired by The Mam Tor mountain. Samples courtesy of Dr. Barry Krakow, MauColi The Pianoman, Kfir Ochaion, Julia & Michael Brabury (for The National Trust), Pam Ayres, Milkywave and Vocal Essence. 🙏🏼 leave a review or simple star rating on your podcast app of choice. love&kindness, that's what it's all about ❤️. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

An Easter song inspired by the McDonald's Hot Cross Bun Pie. Samples courtesy of Inc. Sound, Mary Berry, Sonic Project, Band Aides and After Cooking - Techno Meets Garbage. 🙏🏼 leave a review on your podcast app of choice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

Welcome to gaba and The Queen One Day, a meditation on Catherine, Princess of Wales inspired by our holding onto humanity amidst the algorithmic sprawl. gaba is reliant on your donations so please take a moment to head to gaba.life where you can make a donation of your choosing. love&kindness that’s what it’s all about. Samples courtesy of Eli Siitonen, Ramsey Hagar, Kinsey Schofield, The Princess of Wales and Kate Bush. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A meditation on Spring fertility - featured samples courtesy of La Qrquesta y Coro del Grupo Talia, Tina Malia, Nycole Robbins & Armagan Citak. Please visit gaba.life on the web to show your appreciation of this episode with a donation of your choosing 🙏🏼❤️. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A meditation on memory inspired by the Tierra Verde Fruit & Veg Shop in Battersea where I can be found most evenings turning pears and talking kimcheesies.  This soundscape features a sample of Fiona Phillips speaking on behalf of The Alzheimer’s Society - a charity with familial resonance and one I am proud to have supported for 20 years. Additional samples courtesy of SO Virtual Choir, Last Choir Standing, Dr. Daniel Amen and Daniel Kitzig’s Ondoline Loop Track of Just Can’t Get Enough.  My work is solely supported by your kindness - be it an Insta Story share or by latest publication donation. Simply visit gaba.life or clink the link in my bio to gift the price of a coffee for this episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

A soundscape meditation on songbirds. Featuring samples from The Elektra Women's Choir, Esther Scott's cover of Songbird, Carry On Henry and Lee Jones Magpie (Morgan Geist Remix). All samples courtesy of rights holders. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabalife/message

(7 mins) A soundscape tribute to Annie Nightingale who championed new music and defied the conventions of her radio and television era. Featuring samples from The Whistle Test, Annie Nightingale's Radio 1 Mix including Far Too Loud, DJ Hanzel and Andrew Weatherall. Together with Sid Vicious, Aldo Ciccolini's Gymnopédie No. 1 and 坂本 Ryuichi Sakamoto's Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. Personalised soundscapes available by commission - [email protected]. Positively rating and subscribing to GABA is very much appreciated 🙏🏼❤️.

A meditative Christmas Song inspired by the late dub poet, activist and musician Benjamin Zephaniah - featuring samples of his Talking Turkey and Faceless poems with soundscape samples from Eddie Crozier's cover of Concrete Jungle and Pete Salmond's remix of The Lamb. All samples courtesy of rights holders. A review on your podcast app of choice is much appreciated 🙏🏼.

A meditation on Sinéad O'Connor featuring the voices of Gay Byrne and Boy George with music samples by The Portstewart Dominican College Senior Chamber Choir, The Late Late Show, The Heaven and Earth Show and Nothing Compares 2 U (Elia Tarkk Remix) - all samples courtesy of rights holders. Please consider sharing this episode with anyone who needs to hear it and leaving a review on your podcast app of choice 🙏🏼.

A meditation on humanity featuring the voices of Yuval Noah Harari and Paraic O'Brien with music samples by Guns 'N Roses - November Rain (Uwe Heinrich Adler Remix) and AA Andri - all soundscape samples courtesy of rights holders. Please consider sharing this episode with anyone who needs to hear it and leaving a review on your podcast app of choice 🙏🏼.

After 3 glorious years the GABA Podcast is coming to an end, at least in terms of how I distribute my work. I truly hope you will join me on this new journey and sign up to my newsletter by heading to gaba.life on the web. The future beckons this Spring with more birdsong, more beats and more poetry. Thank you to everyone who has messaged me, left a review or shared the show. Your words and deeds are so very much appreciated 🙏🏼❤️. love&kindness that’s what it's all about. Best Wishes, Adam

An enhanced soundscape version of Sexy Beast, a meditation on imperfection 👀😵‍💫😻 can be found at The GABA Life bookstore. Simply Google 'gaba life' for the antidote to the velocity of modern life. For private soundscape commissions and podcast production email [email protected].

A meditation on maternal wisdom 👵🏼🍭🙏🏼.

A meditation on beauty 🦇🌜🕺🏽.

A meditation on community vision 👯‍♀️🛖🌊.

A meditation on the bandy lycra crew 🏋🏻💧🐿.

A meditation on artificial intelligence 🤖💭📚.

A meditation on reflection 🪞🎅🏼🎄. Follow gaba.life on Instagram for surprise & delight Lives.

A meditation on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 🕺🏽💊🙏🏼🍄.

Extended Instagram Live Dreamscape Recording 🌜💧.

A meditation on Paradise ☠️🧙🏼‍♀️🧹.

A tribute in sound and storytelling to Her Majesty The Queen (1926 - 2022).

A preview chapter of my debut audiobook How To Bliss.Now available to buy at all good audiobook stores.Please do consider leaving a review on your platform of choice.love&kindness, that's what it's all about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A dance of remembrance for The Elizabethan Age 👯👑🥁.

Exclusive chapter from my forthcoming audiobook How To Bliss - a meditative spell designed to instil within a sense of bliss. Now available to pre-order in all good audiobooks stores.Samples courtesy of Osho and Ramana Maharshi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.