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1/8/2024
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Biosphere
Good morning. Today we're listening to Biosphere, an electronic/ambient project from Norwegian musician Geir Jenssen. We first recommended him in October 2021. The musical journey that led him to
1/5/2024
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Helena Hauff
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Helena Hauff, a German techno producer and DJ from Hamburg. As a teenager she discovered a
1/4/2024
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Carlos Niño
Good morning. Today we're listening to Carlos Niño, a multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. In 1999 he started the Spaceways radio station on KPFK 90.7 FM, dedicated to new age,
1/3/2024
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Omni Gardens
Good morning. Today we're listening to Omni Gardens, a Portland-based electronic music producer. The project is from Steve Rosborough, who also runs the label Moon Glyph Records. Like Green-House,
1/2/2024
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Flow State Episode 208
Listen now (97 mins) | Good morning Today's episode begins with recent ambient discoveries from H.Takahashi, Omni Gardens, baklu, and Johnny Nash. We play an Egisto Macchi composition courtesy of
1/1/2024
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Brian Eno
Good morning and happy new year. Today we're listening to Brian Eno, an English music producer and composer. Eno opened a new chapter in music when he put out Music for Airports, with its liner
12/22/2023
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Flow State's Best of 2023
Good morning. For our last post of the year, we've made a top 50 list of our own recommendations of 2023 albums. As a final reminder, the new Flow State T-shirt – the perfect holiday gift for the
12/21/2023
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Beastie Boys
Good morning. We're off next week and the new Flow State T-shirts are available here – they make great gifts 😉 Today we're listening to the Beastie Boys, a hip-hop trio from New York City. In
12/20/2023
8 : 4
Egisto Macchi
Today we have a guest recommendation from Virginia Vigliar, a writer, curator, and researcher exploring social justice, ecology, feminism, and art through a poetic lens. In her newsletter Waves she
12/19/2023
8 : 4
Flow State Episode 207
Listen now (111 mins) | Good morning. The five-year Flow State T-shirt is available here and we are off next week. Today's mix is the last one of the year. We're departing from our usual
12/18/2023
8 : 4
Will Gardner (Interview)
Good morning. Our five-year T-shirt is available here, and we will be off next week. After graduating college in Today we're listening to Will Gardner, an English composer based in London. After
12/15/2023
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Yara Asmar (Interview)
Good morning. The new Flow State five-year anniversary tee, which lists all the artists featured to date, is available here. Today we're listening to Yara Asmar, a Lebanese composer based in Beirut
12/15/2023
13 : 44
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Good morning. The new Flow State five-year anniversary tee, which lists all the artists featured to date, is available here and selling out in certain sizes. Today we're listening to Miguel Atwood-
12/15/2023
13 : 26
Vladislav Delay
Good morning. Flow State recently turned 5, and we made a T-shirt printed with all the artists we've recommended to date. The shirt is available here and selling out in some sizes. It's Friday
12/12/2023
8 : 4
Flow State Episode 206
Listen now (103 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with some instrumentals: Tamam Shud's “Bali Waters” (h/t Janie Jones) and William Tyler's collaboration with Kieran Hebden (aka Four
12/11/2023
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Satoshi Ashikawa
Good morning. Flow State turned 5 yesterday. We made an anniversary tee that lists the artists we've featured to date. The list is printed upside down, so if the wearer of the shirt needs a rec,
12/8/2023
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dj +1
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something slightly more upbeat. Today we're listening to dj +1, a Colombian electronic music producer from Bógota. We discovered him on
12/7/2023
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Laurindo Almeida
Good morning. Today we're listening to Laurindo Almeida, a Brazilian guitarist and composer from São Paulo. Born in 1917, he studied classical guitar and started playing professionally in his
12/6/2023
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Grand River
Good morning. Today we're listening to Grand River, a Dutch-Italian composer and producer based in Berlin. Early on she was exposed to minimalist and ambient composers such as “Meredith Monk, Jean-
12/5/2023
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Flow State Episode 205
Listen now (102 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with a couple long ambient tracks from Eternell and James Bernard & anthéne. We move through harp from Lavinia Meijer and accordion from