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2/13/2023
8 : 14
Loscil
Good morning. Today we're listening to Loscil, a Canadian ambient musician from Vancouver. The name “Loscil” comes from the programming language Csound; it's the function that creates a looping
2/10/2023
8 : 4
Aphex Twin
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Aphex Twin, an electronic musician from Cornwall, UK. Born in 1971, he got involved in the
2/9/2023
8 : 4
Rosinha de Valença
Good morning. Today we're listening to Rosinha de Valença, a Brazilian guitarist and composer. Born in 1941, Valença taught herself acoustic guitar by playing along with the radio, earning her
2/8/2023
8 : 4
Antonín Dvořák
Good morning. Today we're listening to Antonín Dvořák, a Czech composer from just outside Prague. Born in 1841 to a zither-playing father, Dvořák exhibited prodigious talent at a young age. His
2/7/2023
8 : 4
Flow State Episode 164
Today's episode opens with ambient/classical pieces from Huerco S., Hania Rani & Dobrawa Czocher, Susumu Yokota, and the Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd. There's an experimental track from
2/6/2023
8 : 4
Dobrawa Czocher
Good morning. Today we're listening to Dobrawa Czocher, a Polish cellist and composer. She picked up the cello at age 7 and went on to study the instrument at Chopin University of Music in Warsaw
2/3/2023
8 : 4
Susumu Yokota
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Susumu Yokota, a Japanese electronic music producer and DJ from Toyama. Born in 1961, he
2/2/2023
8 : 4
Sadao Watanabe
Good morning. Today we're listening to Sadao Watanabe, a Japanese jazz saxophonist and flautist from Utsunomiya who turned 90 yesterday. Growing up in postwar Japan he was exposed to jazz at an
2/1/2023
8 : 4
Philip Glass
Good morning. Today we're listening to Philip Glass, an American composer and pianist from Baltimore. Born in 1937, Glass studied composition at Juilliard and collected avant-garde influences
1/31/2023
8 : 4
Flow State Episode 163
Listen now (106 min) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with two Harold Budd tracks from the '80s. Then there are some instrumentals from SUSS, Brian Green, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. We play some
1/30/2023
8 : 4
SUSS
Good morning. Today we're listening to SUSS, an ambient country band based in New York City. We've featured them twice before. A trio of country musicians who gravitated toward ambient music in
1/27/2023
13 : 4
Strategy
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Strategy, the electronic music moniker of Portland's own Paul Dickow. “For more than 20
1/26/2023
8 : 4
Mac DeMarco
Good morning. Today we're listening to Mac DeMarco, a Canadian guitarist and singer who grew up in Edmonton. In junior high school, he started guitar lessons with his grandmother, eventually moving
1/25/2023
8 : 14
Kali Malone
Good morning. Today we're listening to Kali Malone, a Colorado-born composer based in Stockholm. We first recommended her in 2019. Her new record, Does Spring Hide Its Joy, came out last Friday,
1/24/2023
8 : 4
Flow State Episode 162
Listen now (106 min) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with an Oliver Coates composition from the Aftersun soundtrack. It's followed by ambient pieces from Mette Henriette, Tujiko Noriko, and
1/23/2023
8 : 14
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Good morning. Every recommendation this week includes a release from this month. 2023 is off to a good start. Today we're listening to Ryuichi Sakamoto, a Japanese pianist and composer from Tokyo.
1/20/2023
8 : 4
Harrison BDP
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbęat. Today we're listening to Harrison BDP, a Welsh electronic music producer. Since 2015 Harrison's been producing
1/20/2023
7 : 14
Hiroko Ishimoto
Good morning. Today we're listening to Hiroko Ishimoto, a Japanese pianist based in Budapest. Ishimoto grew up in Sapporo and studied at Tokyo's Toho Gakuen School of Music as well as Juilliard
1/20/2023
6 : 4
Jeff Beck
Good morning. Today we're listening to Jeff Beck, an English guitarist from Wallington. At age six, he heard a recording of Les Paul playing “How High the Moon” and decided he'd play electric
1/20/2023
5 : 14
Amon Tobin
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Amon Tobin, a Brazilian electronic music producer. Born in 1972, Tobin started putting out