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9/30/2022
7 : 4
James Devane
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to James Devane, a Bay Area electronic music producer. Thanks to Ben for the recommendation.
9/29/2022
7 : 4
Pharoah Sanders
Good morning. Today we're listening to Pharoah Sanders, an American saxophonist from Arkansas. We first recommended Sanders two years ago. Sanders moved to New York in 1961 at age 20. He found work
9/28/2022
7 : 14
Anne Müller
Good morning. Today we're listening to Anne Müller, a German cellist and composer from Berlin. She studied at Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and then performed with Berlin
9/26/2022
7 : 4
Nils Frahm
Good morning. Today we're listening to Nils Frahm, a German pianist and composer. This is our fourth time featuring Frahm. Frahm's latest album, Music for Animals, came out this past Friday. It
9/23/2022
7 : 4
Kaito
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Kaito, an electronic music producer from Tokyo. Kaito's name comes from a term that means
9/22/2022
7 : 4
Delicate Steve
Good morning. Today we're listening to Delicate Steve, a guitarist and composer from New Jersey. Thanks to Aquarium Drunkard for the tip. As a session player, Steve has accompanied musicians like
9/21/2022
7 : 4
Sarah Davachi
Good morning. Today we're listening to Sarah Davachi, a Canadian electroacoustic composer. Davachi currently holds the record of five features in Flow State. Her music combines modern and ancient
9/19/2022
7 : 4
Davi Music (Flow State Records 005)
Good morning. Today we're listening to Davi Music, a producer and multi-instrumentalist from Chicago. His new record, Freedom Arboretum, is the fifth LP released on Flow State Records. It's the
9/16/2022
7 : 4
Siriusmo
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Siriusmo, a German electronic music producer. Siriusmo, who's also a visual artist,
9/15/2022
7 : 4
Herbie Hancock
Good morning. Today we're listening to Herbie Hancock, an American pianist and composer. It's been a couple years since we last recommended him. Born and raised in Chicago, Hancock started his
9/15/2022
0 : 55
Time Wharp
Good morning. Today we're listening to Time Wharp, a New York based electronic music producer. Sometimes ambient / instrumental music can simply be ignorable and not always interesting. Time
9/12/2022
7 : 4
Fross
Good morning. Today we're listening to Fross, a Costa Rican ambient music producer from Cartago. Fross creates vast soundscapes that envelop the listener in an atmosphere of contemplation. The
9/9/2022
7 : 4
Casiopea
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Casiopea, a Japanese jazz fusion band. The group formed in 1976 and is still around, its
9/8/2022
7 : 14
Cannonball Adderley
Good morning. Today we're listening to Cannonball Adderley, an American jazz saxophonist from Florida. Born in 1928, Adderley taught high school band in Fort Lauderdale before moving to New York in
9/7/2022
7 : 4
Rachika Nayar
Good morning. Today we're listening to Rachika Nayar, a composer and producer based in Brooklyn. We first featured Nayar about a year ago. Her signature style is to record guitar and then, as she
9/5/2022
7 : 4
Moby
Good morning. Today we're listening to Moby, a producer, songwriter, and DJ from Connecticut. After dropping out of college, he moved to New York City where he was exposed to dance and punk music.
9/2/2022
7 : 4
Chloe Lula
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Chloe Lula, a techno producer and DJ born in San Francisco and raised in Berlin. In her
9/1/2022
7 : 4
Valentina Magaletti
Good morning. Today we're listening to Valentina Magaletti, an Italian percussionist and composer based in London. Magaletti has collaborated with scores of indie artists such as Nico Jaar, Irmin
8/31/2022
7 : 4
Michel Banabila (Interview)
Good morning. Today we're listening to Michel Banabila, a Dutch sound artist and composer based in Rotterdam. Since 1983 Banabila has put out sui generis ambient / electronic music, lots of which
8/29/2022
7 : 4
Felbm
Good morning. Today we're listening to Felbm, a Dutch multi-instrumentalist and producer based in Utrecht. From 2018 to 2020, Felbm put out four installments of his Tape series, consisting of laid-