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2/6/2024
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Flow State Episode 213
Listen now (121 mins) | Good morning Today's episode opens with Philip Glass performing his own composition for The Truman Show while at home in the first year of the pandemic. We continue with the
2/5/2024
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FM3
Good morning. Today we're listening to FM3, a duo consisting of pianist Zhang Jian and producer Christiaan Virant. They paired up in Beijing in 1999, collecting samples of traditional instruments
2/2/2024
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Aphex Twin
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Aphex Twin, an electronic music composer from Cornwall, UK. Honestly, we weren't around
2/1/2024
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Hiromi
Good morning. Today we're listening to Hiromi, a Japanese pianist, composer, and bandleader from Hamamatsu. Thank you to Rebecca Ericson-Hua for surfacing her music recently. Hiromi started piano
1/31/2024
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Spirituals (Interview)
Good morning. Today we're listening to Spirituals, an electronic music project by Jackson, Mississippi-based producer Tyler Tadlock. He records copious voice memos, and then takes a trial-and-error
1/30/2024
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Flow State Episode 212
Listen now (105 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with Lara Somogyi's new harp cover of Kate Bush's hit “Running Up That Hill.” We continue with ambient from Benoît Pioulard, Autechre
1/29/2024
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Benoît Pioulard
Good morning. Today we're listening to Benoît Pioulard, an American ambient composer from Michigan and now based in Brooklyn. We first recommended him almost five years ago. Sunder, his latest
1/26/2024
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Donato Dozzy
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Donato Dozzy, an Italian electronic music producer. In the '80s he got into techno,
1/25/2024
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Miles Davis
Good morning. Today we're listening to Miles Davis, an American trumpeter and composer from Illinois. We first recommended him in 2021. After dropping out of Juilliard in 1945, Davis joined his
1/24/2024
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Cowboy Sadness (Interview)
Good morning. Today we're listening to Cowboy Sadness, a trio from New York. The group is David Moore on keys, Peter Silberman on guitar and synth, and Nicholas Principe on drums. The group started
1/23/2024
8 : 4
Flow State Episode 211
Listen now (113 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with a 2020 ambient composition from German composer Jeannine Schulz. We play some abstract instrumental pieces from The Black Dog, Jens-Uwe
1/22/2024
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Lou Reed
Good morning. Today we're listening to Lou Reed, an American singer, songwriter, and ambient music producer from New York. He was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Freeport, Long Island, where he
1/19/2024
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Polygonia
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Polygonia, an electronic music producer based in Munich. Thanks to Philip Sherburne for
1/18/2024
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Marisa Anderson
Good morning. Today we're listening to Marisa Anderson, an American guitarist and composer based in Portland. She picked up the guitar at age 10 as an act of rebellion against playing the clarinet.
1/17/2024
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Claire Deak
Good morning. Today we're listening to Claire Deak, an Australian multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Melbourne. Thanks to a closer listen for surfacing her work here. Deak studied
1/16/2024
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Flow State Episode 210
Listen now (109 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with a piece from Phill Niblock, an American avant-garde composer who passed away last week. We play his thirty-minute collaboration with
1/12/2024
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Hania Rani
Good morning. Today we're listening to Hania Rani, a Polish composer and pianist. We recommended her twice in 2021. Born in Gdańsk in 1990, she began studying piano when she was seven years old,
1/12/2024
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Iasos
Good morning. We're off on Monday. Today we're listening to and remembering Iasos, a Greek-American new age music composer. We've recommended him twice before. “Along with Steven Halpern,
1/12/2024
9 : 4
Rosie Carr (Interview)
Good morning. We're off on Monday. It's Friday so we're listening to something slightly more upbeat. Today we're listening to Rosie Carr, an English composer based in Ramsgate. Like
1/9/2024
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Flow State Episode 209
Listen now (100 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix begins with a longform track from saxophonist Cole Pulice. About 22 minutes later we move into contemporary piano tracks from Henrik Landstrand and