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10/28/2021
7 : 4
Masayoshi Takanaka
Good morning. Today we're listening to Masayoshi Takanaka, a Japanese guitarist and composer from Tokyo. Thanks to Scott for the recommendation. Takanaka played guitar and bass in bands in the
10/27/2021
7 : 4
Clara Rockmore
Good morning. Today we're listening to Clara Rockmore, a Lithuanian thereminist. Born in 1911 in Lithuania's capital, Vilnius, Rockmore was a violin prodigy and enrolled in conservatory at age
10/25/2021
7 : 4
Anna von Hausswolff
Good morning. We're back. Today we're listening to Anna von Hausswolff, a Swedish pipe organist and singer/songwriter based in Gothenburg. Her music is hard to classify. “She's too
10/18/2021
7 : 4
What music are you working to?
Since we're off this week, we wanted to start a thread for Flow State readers to share what they're listening to. What album or artist are you w…
10/15/2021
7 : 4
Burial
Good morning. We're taking next week off. We will start a recommendation thread to hold you over. We really appreciate your support 🙏 It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat
10/14/2021
9 : 26
Jung Jae-il
Good morning. Today we're listening to Jung Jae-il, a Korean composer and multi-instrumentalist. Jung has perhaps the most-listened score in the world right now with Squid Game, the Korean
10/14/2021
9 : 24
BADBADNOTGOOD
Good morning. Today we're listening to BADBADNOTGOOD, a jazz trio from Toronto. The group – drummer, keyboardist, bassist – formed in 2010. They caught our attention initially with jazz covers of
10/11/2021
7 : 4
Rhucle
Good morning. Today we're listening to Rhucle, a Japanese ambient producer based in Tokyo. Rhucle makes truly ambient music in that he samples sounds from his environment and sets them to synth and
10/8/2021
7 : 4
Metro Area
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Metro Area, a house music duo from New York. In the early aughts, the duo released a string
10/7/2021
7 : 4
Red Garland
Good morning. Today we're listening to Red Garland, an American jazz pianist originally from Dallas, Texas. In the '50s, Garland joined the Miles Davis Quintet and exerted a formative influence
10/6/2021
7 : 4
Rachika Nayar
Good morning. Today we're listening to Rachika Nayar, a composer and producer based in Brooklyn. Nayar subjects her improvised guitar recordings to “digital manipulation,” as she put it, and then
10/4/2021
7 : 4
Biosphere
Good morning. Today we're listening to Biosphere, an electronic/ambient project from Norwegian musician Geir Jenssen. Thanks to Lykele for recommending Biosphere and Christian for recommending the
10/1/2021
7 : 4
Kate NV
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something slightly more upbeat. Today we're listening to Kate NV, a Russian electronic producer and songwriter. We've been a fan of Kate
9/30/2021
7 : 34
Vivian Koch
Good morning. Today we're listening to Vivian Koch, an electronic music producer based in Berlin. Koch described her 2019 record, The Owleon, as “electro synthesiser dreams for days.” This past May
9/29/2021
7 : 4
Wilson Tanner
Good morning. Today we're listening to Wilson Tanner, an ambient duo consisting of Australians Andrew Wilson and John Tanner. The pair have released two LPs under this moniker, 69 and II. Their
9/27/2021
7 : 4
Global Communication
Good morning. Today we're listening to Global Communication, an English ambient/electronic duo consisting of Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard. The duo and a few of their British peers shepherded
9/24/2021
7 : 4
André Bratten
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to André Bratten, a Norwegian house/disco producer. Like his countrymen Todd Terje and Prins
9/23/2021
7 : 4
Jackie Mittoo
Good morning. Today we're listening to Jackie Mittoo, a Jamaican keyboardist and composer. In the '60s, Mittoo founded the formative reggae label Studio One and played keys in bands, bringing
9/22/2021
7 : 4
Vanessa Wagner
Good morning. Today we're listening to Vanessa Wagner, a French classical pianist. She studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and has released many albums performing the works of composers like
9/20/2021
7 : 4
Misleading Structures
Good morning. Today we're listening to Misleading Structures, an ambient music producer from Lithuania. Thanks to Headphone Commute for the recommendation. Misleading Structures' productions