Messages
5/7/2024
7 : 4
Flow State Episode 226
Listen now (111 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with a couple ambient favorites from Rafael Anton Irisarri and Ellen Arkbro. We select a couple Brian Eno tracks from the set that
5/6/2024
7 : 14
Saapato
Good morning. Today we're listening to Saapato, an Ambient ambient music producer and multi-instrumentalist based in upstate New York. His music finds harmonies between field recordings of natural
5/3/2024
7 : 14
Juan Atkins (Interview)
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Juan Atkins, a producer and DJ from Detroit. He coined the term techno – he explains the
5/2/2024
7 : 4
Ivan the Tolerable
Good morning. Today we're listening to Ivan the Tolerable, the stage name of multi-instrumentalist and composer Oli Heffernan from Middlesbrough, UK. We discovered him via Janie Jones' NTS show
5/1/2024
7 : 4
Buddhadev Das Gupta
Good morning. Today we're listening to Buddhadev Das Gupta, an Indian sarod player from Kolkata. He grew up training with Radhika Mohan Maitra and studied mechanical engineering at what is now
4/30/2024
7 : 4
Flow State Episode 225
Listen now (101 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix follows a different order than most Flow State mixes. Whereas the usual mix accelerates from ambient to dance – mirroring the progression of our
4/29/2024
7 : 14
Haruhisa Tanaka
Good morning. Today we're listening to Haruhisa Tanaka, a Japanese ambient producer and sound designer based in Tokyo. He constructs gentle synth worlds or “clouds of billowy drone” as Queen City
4/26/2024
7 : 4
Bond
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Bond, a British/Australian electric string quartet. The group – originally Haylie Ecker (
4/25/2024
7 : 4
Joe Henderson
Good morning. Today we're listening to Joe Henderson, an American tenor sax player from Ohio. He shined in his high school jazz band, studied at Wayne State University alongside Yusef Lateef,
4/24/2024
7 : 4
The Howard Hughes Suite
Good morning. Today we're listening to The Howard Hughes Suite, a multi-instrumentalist based in England. The reclusive artist's cosmic Americana came to our attention via Ambient Country
4/23/2024
7 : 4
Flow State Episode 224
Listen now (102 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix includes a lot of new ambient releases, starting with Pan-American's recent collaboration with Kramer. There are new tracks from Kiasmos, Davi
4/22/2024
7 : 4
Adam Wiltzie
Good morning. Today we're listening to Adam Wiltzie, an American ambient musician from New York City. We've previously featured his group acts Stars of the Lid (with Brian McBride) and A Winged
4/19/2024
7 : 24
Fax
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Fax, an electronic musician from Baja and based in Mexicali. Thanks to Philip Sherburne for
4/18/2024
7 : 24
Eiko Ishibashi
Good morning. Today we're listening to Eiko Ishibashi, a Japanese pianist and composer based in Tokyo. She grew up in a household that often played film music, and in high school she studied piano
4/18/2024
7 : 14
Eiko Ishibashi
Good morning. Today we're listening to Eiko Ishibashi, a Japanese pianist and composer based in Tokyo. She grew up in a household that often played film music, and in high school she studied piano
4/17/2024
7 : 24
Duke Ellington
Good morning. Today we're listening to Duke Ellington, an American jazz pianist and composer from Washington, DC Born in 1899, Ellington started piano lessons at age seven, and in 1914 composed his
4/16/2024
7 : 14
Flow State Episode 223
Listen now (103 mins) | Good morning. Today's episode opens with a new KMRU track. Then we move through Pan-American and a recommendation of his, Perila & Ulla. There are soundtracks from Ari
4/15/2024
7 : 14
Pan-American
Good morning. Today we're listening to Pan-American, an ambient project from guitarist Mark Nelson. His first musical adventure was as guitarist and singer in the Virginia-based post-rock band
4/13/2024
8 : 24
Ari Balouzian (Interview)
Good morning. Today we're listening to Ari Balouzian, a composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. He scores films along with his producing partner, Ryan Hope. They, along with singer
4/13/2024
8 : 4
2562
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to 2562, a Dutch electronic music producer from The Hague. We were reminded of his music via the