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6/28/2023
7 : 4
Yuja Wang
Good morning. Today we're listening to Yuja Wang, a Chinese classical pianist based in New York City. Born in Beijing in 1987, she took up piano at age six, began study at the Central Conservatory
6/27/2023
7 : 5
Flow State Episode 184
Listen now (96 min) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with favorite ambient tracks from Bengalfuel, Chihei Hatakeyama, and Harold Budd/Brian Eno. We then move to some recent discoveries off
6/26/2023
7 : 24
Aarktica
Good morning. Today we're listening to Aarktica, a guitarist and ambient composer from New Jersey now based in Los Angeles. In the late '90s he enrolled at NYU to study music, and while
6/23/2023
7 : 5
Squarepusher
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Squarepusher, an English electronic musician and bassist from Essex. We previously
6/22/2023
7 : 4
Raymond Scott
Today we have a guest recommendation from Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, host of the history podcast The Last Archive. Season four premieres today with an audio biography of Raymond Scott, which you can listen to
6/21/2023
7 : 4
Keith Jarrett
Good morning. Today we're listening to Keith Jarrett, an American pianist from Pennsylvania. He took up piano before his third birthday, and at age seven performed Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart at a
6/20/2023
7 : 35
Lavinia Meijer
Good morning. Today we're listening to Lavinia Meijer, a South Korea-born harpist from The Netherlands. She took up the harp at age 9 and enrolled at the Utrecht Conservatory at age 11. We're
6/20/2023
7 : 4
Flow State Episode 183
Listen now (100 min) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with a newish track from harpist Lara Somogyi, followed by IKSRE, SUSS, and the mainstay Hiroshi Yoshimura. Those are the ambient tracks, and
6/20/2023
6 : 45
Gary Burton
Good morning. Today we're listening to Gary Burton, an American vibraphonist from Indiana. Born in 1943, he taught himself marimba and vibraphone at age six. At the time, two mallets were the
6/20/2023
6 : 14
Jeroen Search
Good morning. We're off on Monday. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Jeroen Search, a Dutch electronic music producer. In the '90s he
6/13/2023
7 : 4
Flow State Episode 182 (Re-broadcast of 94)
Listen now (98 min) | Good morning. Today we're re-running Flow State Episode 94. The mix opens with a few longform ambient tracks from artists Misleading Structures, Nala Sinephro, and Kali Malone
6/12/2023
7 : 4
KMRU
Good morning. Today we're listening to KMRU, an electronic project from Kenyan producer Joseph Kamaru. We first recommended him in August 2020. Kamaru was born and raised in Nairobi. After gaining
6/12/2023
3 : 15
ANNA
Good morning. Today we're listening to ANNA, a Brazilian electronic music producer and DJ. Her father owned a nightclub in Amparo outside of São Paulo, where she began to play records at the age of
6/12/2023
2 : 44
Jackie Davis
Good morning. Today we're listening to Jackie Davis, an American jazz organist from Jacksonville, Florida. Born in 1920 to a musical family, Davis taught himself to play on his grandmother's
6/12/2023
2 : 26
Don Muro
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Don Muro, an American synthesist and guitarist. Born circa 1950, Muro was inspired early on
6/6/2023
7 : 4
Flow State Episode 181
Listen now (111 min) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with a choral piece, “Hymn of the Cherubim,” which was recently recommended on Herb Sundays by Kevin Kelly, who cites the track as his go-to
6/5/2023
7 : 4
Imaginary Softwoods
Good morning. Today we're listening to Imaginary Softwoods, an ambient musician based in Cleveland, Ohio. We first recommended him in 2021. The man behind the ambient/electronic project is
6/2/2023
7 : 4
Moodymann
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Moodymann, an American producer and DJ. We first featured him back in 2020. Moodymann came up
6/1/2023
7 : 4
Arun Ramamurthy & Trina Basu
Good morning. Today we're listening to Arun Ramamurthy and Trina Basu, Indian classical violinists based in New York City. Both musicians are inspired by traditional ragas as well as Western
5/31/2023
7 : 4
Billow Observatory
Good morning. Today we're listening to Billow Observatory, an ambient music duo made up of Jason Kolb of Detroit and Jonas Munk of Denmark. The pair record synth and guitar, and then pass those