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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.
4/8/2022
19 : 44

Georgia Kelly

Good morning. Today we're listening to Georgia Kelly, a harpist and composer based in Sonoma, California. At high school in Big Sur in the 1960s, she began classical harp training and started
4/8/2022
7 : 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
4/7/2022
7 : 4

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.
4/6/2022
7 : 4

Georgia Kelly

Good morning. Today we're listening to Georgia Kelly, a harpist and composer based in Sonoma, California. At high school in Big Sur in the 1960s, she began classical harp training and started
4/4/2022
7 : 4

Seconds

Good morning. Today we're listening to Seconds, an ambient artist based in Los Angeles. The new album Landers is the third release on Flow State Records. Seconds attempts to reflect locations in
4/1/2022
7 : 4

Sterac

Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Sterac, alias of Dutch DJ and producer Steve Rachmad. Sterac has been involved in the
3/31/2022
7 : 4

Sven Wunder (Interview)

Good morning. Today we're listening to Sven Wunder, a multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Stockholm. Sven composes jazz/funk/psychedelic pieces for orchestra, like a modern day Quincy Jones
3/30/2022
7 : 4

Raum

Good morning. Today we're listening to Raum, an ambient/electronic duo of Liz Harris and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. We recently featured Harris's solo work as Grouper. Raum combines Harris's
3/28/2022
7 : 4

Black Brunswicker

Good morning. Today we're listening to Black Brunswicker, an American producer and guitarist based in Manchester, UK. His music features “ambient washes” accompanied by gentle acoustic guitar.