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5/16/2022
7 : 4

Davi Music (Flow State Records 004)

Good morning. Today we're listening to Davi Music, a producer and multi-instrumentalist from Chicago. We first featured Davi Music back in March 2021. We love his use of synths and cassette tapes,
5/13/2022
7 : 4

Jamal Moss

Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Jamal Moss, an electronic music producer and DJ from Chicago. Thank you to the great music
5/12/2022
14 : 34

Dedekind Cut

Good morning. Today we're listening to Dedekind Cut, an ambient/experimental music project from the Sacramento-born and -raised Fred Warmsley. Originally producing tracks under the name Lee Bannon,
5/12/2022
14 : 14

Donald Byrd

Good morning. Today we're listening to Donald Byrd, an American jazz trumpeter from Detroit. Coming up in New York in the '50s, he collaborated with artists like John Coltrane and Thelonious
5/9/2022
7 : 4

Hélène Vogelsinger

Good morning. Today we're listening to Hélène Vogelsinger, a French composer and sound designer. We first featured her in December 2020. Vogelsinger is a modular synth maestro. The entrancing
5/6/2022
7 : 4

Flamingosis

Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Flamingosis, a beat producer from New Jersey. Flamingosis digs up flamboyant and gritty soul/
5/5/2022
7 : 4

Oscar Peterson

Good morning. Today we're listening to Oscar Peterson, a Canadian jazz pianist. Born in Montreal in 1925, Peterson was trained by a student of a student of Franz Liszt. By age 9, Peterson's
5/4/2022
7 : 4

2003 Toyota Corolla

Good morning. Today we're listening to 2003 Toyota Corolla, an electronic music producer from New Jersey. Identifying with the vaporwave movement, 2003 Toyota Corolla produces subdued, soothing
5/2/2022
7 : 4

Akashana

Good morning. Today we're listening to Akashana, an ambient project from UK-born Alliz Espi. Also known as Sana, Akashana makes music expressly for meditation, yoga, and other mindful practices.
4/29/2022
7 : 4

Salamanda

Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something kind of more upbeat. Today we're listening to Salamanda, a Seoul-based electronic music production duo. Thank you to William for
4/28/2022
7 : 4

Klaus Schulze

Good morning. Today we're listening to Klaus Schulze, a German electronic music composer. Schulze, who passed away on Tuesday at age 74, was a pioneer of synth music and an early member of the
4/27/2022
7 : 4

Clarice Jensen

Good morning. Today we're listening to Clarice Jensen, a cellist and composer based in Brooklyn. Jensen studied at Julliard and her solo work uses electronic effects to stretch and distort the
4/25/2022
7 : 4

Forest Management

Good morning. Today we're listening to Forest Management, an ambient project from Chicago-based composer John Daniel. He takes a cinematic approach to music, citing filmmakers like John Cassavetes
4/22/2022
7 : 4

Ada Kaleh

Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Ada Kaleh, a Romanian producer and DJ. Nodus Tollens, his latest LP out earlier this month,
4/21/2022
7 : 4

Leif

Good morning. Today we're listening to Leif, a Welsh electronic musician. We first recommended Leif in summer 2019, shortly after he released the record Loom Dream. That record was part of
4/20/2022
7 : 4

Alena Cherny

Good morning. Today we're listening to Alena Cherny, a Ukrainian pianist. Thank you Veronica for the recommendation. Cherny studied classical piano at Tchaikovsky Corservatoire in Kiev among other
4/18/2022
7 : 4

Orghanon

Good morning. Today we're listening to Orghanon, an ambient project from Italian musician Sergio Calzoni who's based in Ferrara. Thanks to Headphone Commute for the recommendation. Orghanon
4/11/2022
7 : 4

Yialmelic Frequencies

Good morning. If you got extra emails on Friday, sorry about that. Today we're listening to Yialmelic Frequencies, the ambient music project from LA-based musician Diva Dompé. Dompé hosts a monthly
4/8/2022
21 : 4

Max Cooper

Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Max Cooper, an electronic music producer from Belfast now based in London. We first featured
4/8/2022
20 : 24

Jimmy McGriff

We have a guest recommendation from Armando Bellmas, who writes the reliably interesting music newsletter Ecléctico. Today we're listening to Jimmy McGriff, a soul-jazz organist from Philadelphia.