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11/6/2023
8 : 4
Pauline Oliveros
Good morning. Today we're listening to Pauline Oliveros, an American composer and multi-instrumentalist from Houston, Texas. We've recommended Oliveros twice before. Beginning in the 1960s,
11/3/2023
7 : 4
Richard Houghten
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Richard Houghten, an American guitarist and producer based in Los Angeles. Thank you to Dusty
11/2/2023
7 : 4
Ballaké Sissoko
Good morning. Today we're listening to Ballaké Sissoko, a Malian kora player. Born in 1968, he picked up the 21-stringed instrument at a young age, inspired by his father who was also a kora player
11/1/2023
7 : 4
Stuart Bogie (Interview)
Good morning. Today we're listening to Stuart Bogie, an American multi-instrumentalist and composer from Illinois. After studying music at Interlochen Art Academy and the University of Michigan,
10/31/2023
7 : 4
Flow State Episode 200
Listen now (121 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix #200 is sourced from Friday's open thread of community music recs. We open with ambient pieces from William Basinski, Michiru Aoyama, and Brian
10/30/2023
7 : 14
Shiho Yabuki
Good morning. Today we're listening to Shiho Yabuki, a Japanese pianist and ambient music producer from Okayama. We first recommended her music back in September 2021. Shiho started to study
10/27/2023
7 : 4
What music are you working to?
For our upcoming 200th Flow State episode, we're crowdsourcing the tracklist from readers. What music are you working to? We've been playing a l…
10/26/2023
7 : 4
Leo Takami
Good morning. Today we're listening to Leo Takami, a Japanese guitarist, keyboardist, and composer based in Tokyo. Takami started playing guitar at 14 and got very into jazz, becoming influenced by
10/25/2023
7 : 4
SUSS (Interview)
Good morning. Today we're listening to SUSS, an American band based in New York City. We've recommended their work three times before. The trio makes “ambient country,” a fusion of pure ambient
10/24/2023
7 : 4
Flow State Episode 199
Listen now (109 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with the opening track from Hiroshi Yoshimura's recently reissued album, Surround. We continue through some ambient favorites from John
10/23/2023
7 : 4
Hiroshi Yoshimura
Good morning. Today we're listening to Hiroshi Yoshimura, a Japanese ambient artist from Yokohama. We've recommended his music three times before. When people ask where to start with ambient
10/20/2023
7 : 4
Masaki Sakamoto
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Masaki Sakamoto, a Japanese keyboardist and producer from Utsunomiya. He took up piano at age
10/19/2023
7 : 4
Tommy Guerrero
Good morning. Today we're listening to Tommy Guerrero, a guitarist and producer based in Oakland, CA. We first recommended him back in 2019. Since then he's come out with two fantastic albums
10/19/2023
4 : 5
Green-House (Interview)
Good morning. Today we're listening to Green-House, an electronic music composer based in Los Angeles. We previously featured them back in May 2021. The throughline across Green-House's music
10/19/2023
3 : 14
Víkingur Ólafsson
Good morning. Today we're listening to Víkingur Ólafsson, an Icelandic pianist from Reykjavik. We've featured his performances on three prior mixes this year alone, but this is our first full
10/10/2023
7 : 4
Flow State Episode 197
Listen now (98 mins) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with some 2020s ambient from Luke Schneider and Belly Full of Stars. That's followed by a choice track from Mary Lattimore's stellar
10/9/2023
7 : 4
Poranguí
Good morning. Today we're listening to Poranguí, a Brazilian-Chicano artist and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Brazil, he attended high school in Arizona and growing up studied music across
10/6/2023
7 : 4
Axel Boman
Good morning. We are off on Monday. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Axel Boman, a Swedish producer and DJ. He started DJing at age 13,
10/5/2023
7 : 4
Mary Lou Williams
Good morning. Today we're listening to Mary Lou Williams, an American jazz pianist from Atlanta. She was born in 1910 to a mother who played piano for the local church. As a baby Mary Lou sat on
10/4/2023
7 : 4
Edvard Grieg
Good morning. Today we're listening to Edvard Grieg, a Norwegian composer and pianist. Born in 1843, Grieg began piano lessons with his mother at age six, and enrolled in Leipzig Conservatory at