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1/16/2024
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Flow State Episode 210
Listen now (109 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with a piece from Phill Niblock, an American avant-garde composer who passed away last week. We play his thirty-minute collaboration with
1/12/2024
9 : 34
Hania Rani
Good morning. Today we're listening to Hania Rani, a Polish composer and pianist. We recommended her twice in 2021. Born in Gdańsk in 1990, she began studying piano when she was seven years old,
1/12/2024
9 : 15
Iasos
Good morning. We're off on Monday. Today we're listening to and remembering Iasos, a Greek-American new age music composer. We've recommended him twice before. “Along with Steven Halpern,
1/12/2024
9 : 4
Rosie Carr (Interview)
Good morning. We're off on Monday. It's Friday so we're listening to something slightly more upbeat. Today we're listening to Rosie Carr, an English composer based in Ramsgate. Like
1/9/2024
8 : 4
Flow State Episode 209
Listen now (100 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix begins with a longform track from saxophonist Cole Pulice. About 22 minutes later we move into contemporary piano tracks from Henrik Landstrand and
1/8/2024
8 : 4
Biosphere
Good morning. Today we're listening to Biosphere, an electronic/ambient project from Norwegian musician Geir Jenssen. We first recommended him in October 2021. The musical journey that led him to
1/5/2024
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Helena Hauff
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Helena Hauff, a German techno producer and DJ from Hamburg. As a teenager she discovered a
1/4/2024
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Carlos Niño
Good morning. Today we're listening to Carlos Niño, a multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. In 1999 he started the Spaceways radio station on KPFK 90.7 FM, dedicated to new age,
1/3/2024
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Omni Gardens
Good morning. Today we're listening to Omni Gardens, a Portland-based electronic music producer. The project is from Steve Rosborough, who also runs the label Moon Glyph Records. Like Green-House,
1/2/2024
8 : 4
Flow State Episode 208
Listen now (97 mins) | Good morning Today's episode begins with recent ambient discoveries from H.Takahashi, Omni Gardens, baklu, and Johnny Nash. We play an Egisto Macchi composition courtesy of
1/1/2024
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Brian Eno
Good morning and happy new year. Today we're listening to Brian Eno, an English music producer and composer. Eno opened a new chapter in music when he put out Music for Airports, with its liner
12/22/2023
8 : 4
Flow State's Best of 2023
Good morning. For our last post of the year, we've made a top 50 list of our own recommendations of 2023 albums. As a final reminder, the new Flow State T-shirt – the perfect holiday gift for the
12/21/2023
8 : 4
Beastie Boys
Good morning. We're off next week and the new Flow State T-shirts are available here – they make great gifts 😉 Today we're listening to the Beastie Boys, a hip-hop trio from New York City. In
12/20/2023
8 : 4
Egisto Macchi
Today we have a guest recommendation from Virginia Vigliar, a writer, curator, and researcher exploring social justice, ecology, feminism, and art through a poetic lens. In her newsletter Waves she
12/19/2023
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Flow State Episode 207
Listen now (111 mins) | Good morning. The five-year Flow State T-shirt is available here and we are off next week. Today's mix is the last one of the year. We're departing from our usual
12/18/2023
8 : 4
Will Gardner (Interview)
Good morning. Our five-year T-shirt is available here, and we will be off next week. After graduating college in Today we're listening to Will Gardner, an English composer based in London. After
12/15/2023
14 : 4
Yara Asmar (Interview)
Good morning. The new Flow State five-year anniversary tee, which lists all the artists featured to date, is available here. Today we're listening to Yara Asmar, a Lebanese composer based in Beirut
12/15/2023
13 : 44
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Good morning. The new Flow State five-year anniversary tee, which lists all the artists featured to date, is available here and selling out in certain sizes. Today we're listening to Miguel Atwood-
12/15/2023
13 : 26
Vladislav Delay
Good morning. Flow State recently turned 5, and we made a T-shirt printed with all the artists we've recommended to date. The shirt is available here and selling out in some sizes. It's Friday
12/12/2023
8 : 4
Flow State Episode 206
Listen now (103 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with some instrumentals: Tamam Shud's “Bali Waters” (h/t Janie Jones) and William Tyler's collaboration with Kieran Hebden (aka Four