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5/30/2023
7 : 4
Flow State Episode 180
Listen now (113 min) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with some ambient canon: Hiroshi Yoshmiura, Harold Budd, and Georgia Kelly. There are a couple tracks from ANNA's new album, Intentions,
5/26/2023
7 : 5
Space Ghost
Good morning. We're off on Monday. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Space Ghost, an electronic musician based in Oakland. He started
5/25/2023
7 : 4
Martha Argerich
Good morning. Today we're listening to Martha Argerich, an Argentine classical pianist from Buenos Aires. Born in 1941, Argerich quickly exhibited precocity and began piano lessons at age 3. In
5/24/2023
7 : 4
Adam Pacione
Good morning. Today we're listening to Adam Pacione, an ambient musician based in Fort Worth, TX. Born in 1971 in Detroit, he started making experimental music in the '90s using a Yamaha synth
5/23/2023
7 : 4
Flow State Episode 179
Listen now (94 min) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with a bunch of ambient tracks from Gallery Six, Eluvium, Adam Pacione, and Celer. We linger on ambient/electronic with James Ellis FOrd,
5/22/2023
7 : 4
Eleh
Good morning. Today we're listening to Eleh, an American ambient musician. Pronounced “Ella,” Eleh uses modular synths to linger on single tones, stretching them out and blending them slowly. “The
5/19/2023
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LTJ Bukem
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to LTJ Bukem, an English DJ and producer from Watford. Bukem, whose name comes from the “book
5/18/2023
7 : 5
Kaki King
Good morning. Today we're listening to Kaki King, an American guitarist from Atlanta. We first featured King back in July 2019. King at a young age was interested in becoming a drummer, which
5/17/2023
7 : 4
Seconds (Flow State Records 007)
Good morning. Today we're listening to Seconds, an ambient artist based in Los Angeles. Their self-titled album just came out on Flow State Records. Seconds is mostly “kinetic ambient” pieces,
5/16/2023
7 : 14
Flow State Episode 178
Listen now (106 min) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with a bunch of recent ambient tracks by Michiru Aoyama, KMRU, and Masahiro Takahashi. There's a classical interlude consisting of two
5/15/2023
7 : 4
Junya Nakano (Guest rec from Mac DeMarco)
Today we have a guest recommendation from Mac DeMarco, a Canadian singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, whose new album One Wayne G is out now. Hello Mac DeMarco here, I'd like to recommend
5/12/2023
7 : 35
Sam Gendel
Good morning. Today we're listening to Sam Gendel, a multi-instrumentalist and producer based in Los Angeles. We first featured him back in April 2021. Since 2017 Gendel has released over a dozen
5/12/2023
7 : 16
Jack Wilkins
Good morning. Today we're listening to Jack Wilkins, an American jazz guitarist from New York. Born in 1944, he picked up guitar at age 13, inspired by Django Reinhardt and Johnny Smith. His first
5/12/2023
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µ-Ziq
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to µ-Ziq, an electronic music project from Englishman Mike Paradinas. In the '90s, he was
5/9/2023
7 : 4
Flow State Episode 178 (Flow State Records Premiere)
Listen now (145 min) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with the world premiere of Flow State Records 007: Seconds, the second album from Seconds. That's the first 40 minutes. The remaining two
5/8/2023
7 : 7
Metric System 1981
Good morning. Today we're listening to Metric System 1981, an ambient music project from German composer Michael Schacht. In the '80s, he was active in the electronic underground scene in
5/5/2023
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Siete Catorce
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Siete Catorce, a Mexican dance music producer and DJ based in Mexico City. He was born in
5/4/2023
7 : 4
Dif Juz
Good morning. Today we're listening to Dif Juz, an English post-punk band active in the 1980s. Thanks Ilsa Jerome for the recommendation. The band – David Curtis (guitar), Alan Curtis (guitar),
5/3/2023
7 : 4
Masahiro Takahashi
Good morning. Today we're listening to Masahiro Takahashi, a Japanese multi-instrumentalist based in Toronto. Takahashi grew up playing in punk bands and happened upon a Yamaha 4-track tape
5/2/2023
7 : 4
Flow State Episode 176
Listen now (106 min) | Good morning. Today's mix opens with a classic ambient piece from Stars of the Lid, followed by new music from Aquatic Dreamer and Loscil. We move into a few new Laraaji