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1/20/2023
3 : 45
Flow State Episode 161
Listen now (100 min) | Good morning. Today's subscriber mix opens with new ambient tracks from Brendan Eder Ensemble, Almanacs, and Yara Asmar. Then we play some instrumentals from Molly Lewis (for
1/20/2023
3 : 25
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Good morning. Today we're listening to Penguin Cafe Orchestra, a band formed by English guitarist Simon Jeffes. Born in Sussex in 1949, Jeffes was inspired early on by folk music and the minimalism
1/20/2023
3 : 5
Wynton Kelly
Good morning. Today we're listening to Wynton Kelly, a jazz pianist and composer from Brooklyn. Born in 1931, Kelly first laid down a piano recording at age 16 on a track called “Cornbread,” which
1/10/2023
8 : 4
Flow State Episode 160 (Subscribers only)
Good morning. We just sent out our weekly two-hour focus mix to paying subscribers. Our Tuesday mixes collect tracks that we've been working to recently and recommendations from our readers. To get
1/9/2023
8 : 14
Rosales
Good morning. Today we're listening to Rosales, an ambient project from Brighton's Ian Hawgood and Toronto's Brad Deschamps. Thanks to A Closer Listen for surfacing this rec. Hawgood and
1/6/2023
8 : 4
Qrion
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Qrion, a Japanese dance music producer and DJ from Sapporo. Her father, a concert pianist,
1/5/2023
8 : 4
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
Good morning. Today we're listening to the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, a Seattle-based soul-jazz group founded in 2015. Thanks to Ted Gioia for the tip. The trio is led by self-taught organist Delvon
1/4/2023
8 : 4
Moby
Good morning. Today we're listening to Moby, an electronic music producer from Connecticut. We continue to ring in the new year with Moby's Jan 1 release, Ambient 23, a two-and-a-half-hour
1/2/2023
8 : 4
Brian Eno
Good morning, and happy new year. Today we're listening to Brian Eno, an English music producer. Eno found that music can be background and meaningful at the same time. That's the premise of
12/23/2022
8 : 4
Lila Tirando a Violeta
Good morning. We're off next week – we'll be back Jan 2. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Lila Tirando a Violeta, a Uruguayan
12/22/2022
8 : 4
Horse Lords
Good morning. We're off next week. Today we're listening to Horse Lords, an American experimental rock band from Baltimore. Thanks to Ben for the recommendation. The four-piece group – drums,
12/21/2022
8 : 4
Michiru Aoyama
Good morning. Today we're listening to Michiru Aoyama, a prolific Japanese ambient musician based in Kyoto. He started playing piano at age 3 and picked up guitar in high school, eventually
12/19/2022
8 : 4
Joanna Brouk
Good morning. We're off next week. Today we're listening to Joanna Brouk, an American electronic artist from St. Louis, Missouri. We first featured her in March 2020. Born in 1949, she studied
12/16/2022
9 : 34
Bruce Brubaker
Good morning. Today we're listening to Bruce Brubaker, an American pianist from Des Moines, Iowa. Brubaker studied at Juilliard and applies postmodern concepts to his work, for example treating
12/16/2022
9 : 14
Bobbi Humphrey
Good morning. Today we're listening to Bobbi Humphrey, an American jazz flautist from Texas. Humphrey studied classical and jazz flute in high school and college, and upon graduation moved to New
12/16/2022
8 : 57
Lake Haze
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Lake Haze, a Portuguese electronic musician and DJ from Lisbon. Since the early 2010s,
12/12/2022
8 : 4
William Basinski
Good morning. Today we're listening to William Basinski, an American ambient musician. We've featured Basinski a couple times before. Born in Houston in the '50s, Basinski studied jazz
12/9/2022
8 : 14
Sam Gellaitry
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Sam Gellaitry, a Scottish electronic music producer now based in London. As a teenager in the
12/8/2022
8 : 14
Gigi Masin
Good morning. Welcome to our new readers from Metafilter. Today we're listening to Gigi Masin, an Italian ambient composer and member of the band Gaussian Curve. We first recommended him in April
12/7/2022
8 : 4
Yoshio Suzuki
Good morning. Today we're listening to Yoshio Suzuki, a bassist and pianist from Nagano, Japan. Suzuki, whose uncle authored the eponymous Method, grew up playing piano and violin, but later took