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9/5/2023
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Flow State Episode 193
Listen now (89 mins) | Good morning The first half of today's mix selects tracks from across Brian McBride's ouvre: solo work as well as tracks by his duo Stars of the Lid. Then we play new
9/1/2023
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Grandbrothers (Interview)
Good morning. We're off on Monday. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Grandbrothers, a German duo from Düsseldorf. Grandbrothers consists
8/31/2023
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Harmonia
Good morning. Today we're listening to Harmonia, a krautrock band that formed in Forst, Germany, in 1973. Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius of the band Cluster joined forces with Michael
8/30/2023
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Brian McBride
Good morning. Today we're listening to Brian McBride, an American ambient composer by way of Austin, TX and Los Angeles, CA. McBride co-founded Stars of the Lid, the duo that elevated ambient music
8/29/2023
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Flow State Episode 192
Listen now (128 mins) | Good morning. Today's episode begins with two singles from upcoming LPs we're excited about: Christina Vantzou & John Also Bennett's Klima and Laurel Halo's
8/28/2023
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Aria Rostami
Good morning. Today we're listening to Aria Rostami, an American-Iranian music producer based in Brooklyn. He grew up on a musical diet of video games and MTV. Since 2011 he's been releasing
8/25/2023
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Alexandre Bazin
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Alexandre Bazin, a French electronic music producer based in Paris. Bazin has been influenced
8/24/2023
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Shivkumar Sharma
Good morning. Today we're listening to Shivkumar Sharma, an Indian santoor player from Jammu and Kashmir. Hat-tip Arushi Jain's NTS show. Born in 1938, Sharma studied with his father, a tabla
8/23/2023
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Ylan Chu
Good morning. Today we're listening to Ylan Chu, Canadian-born Vietnamese pianist from Ottawa. She studied piano performance at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, University of Ottawa, and
8/22/2023
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Flow State Episode 191
Listen now (106 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with ambient pieces from Mark Pritchard, Brian Eno, Chino Yoshio, and others. There's some contemporary classical from Simon Fisher
8/21/2023
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Chino Yoshio
Good morning. Today we're listening to Chino Yoshio, a Japanese composer and pianist based in Kyotanabe. He studied electone and composition at the Yamaha Music School. Since 2012 he's been
8/18/2023
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Manuel Göttsching
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Manuel Göttsching, a German guitarist and composer. Göttsching was born in West Berlin in
8/17/2023
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Agusa
Good morning. Today we're listening to Agusa, a Swedish psychedelic progressive folk rock quintet. Agusa formed in Malmö in 2013, aiming to bring together the epicness of prog rock with Swedish
8/16/2023
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Helios (Interview)
Good morning. Today we're listening to Helios, an ambient music project from American composer Keith Kenniff. We first recommended him back in July 2019. He started playing and writing music as a
8/15/2023
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Flow State Episode 190
Listen now (92 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with two piano tracks from Kyoto-based composer Chino Yoshio, a recent discovery. We move onto contemporary ambient music from GAS, Corntuth,
8/14/2023
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John Coltrane
Good morning. Today we're listening to John Coltrane, an American saxophonist and composer from North Carolina. Born in 1926, Coltrane picked up sax in high school, and after serving in the navy
8/14/2023
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Daft Punk
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Daft Punk, a French duo that was formed in Paris in 1993. In the '90s, members Thomas
8/14/2023
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Ki Oni
Good morning. Today we're listening to Ki Oni, an ambient music project from Los Angeles producer Chuck Soo-Hoo. We first recommended him back in August 2021. He's out with a shimmering new
8/8/2023
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Flow State Episode 189
Listen now (100 min) | Good morning. Today's episode opens with new singles from ambient musicians Green-House, Carmen Villain, and Hollie Kenniff. We then do a survey of British composer Angus
8/7/2023
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George Winston
Good morning. Today we're listening to George Winston, an American composer and pianist. Thanks to David for the recommendation. Born in Michigan and raised primarily in Montana, he was inspired by