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10/21/2022
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Daphni
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Daphni, a Canadian electronic music producer and DJ from Ontario. Daphni, who also records as
10/20/2022
7 : 4
Esquivel!
Good morning. Today we're listening to Esquivel!, a Mexican pianist and composer from Tampico by way of Mexico City. Juan García Esquivel was a self-taught musician from a young age. At age 6, his
10/19/2022
7 : 4
Atli Örvarsson
Good morning. Today we're listening to Atli Örvarsson, an Icelandic pianist and composer from Akureyri. Örvarsson grew up listening to a wide range of music and playing a bunch of instruments - his
10/17/2022
7 : 4
Sawako
Good morning. Today we're listening to Sawako, a Japanese ambient producer from Nagoya. As a child, Sawako learned classical piano and at Keio University studied environmental and information
10/14/2022
7 : 4
The Pine Walk Collection
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to The Pine Walk Collection, recordings of DJ sets performed on Fire Island in the '80s and
10/13/2022
7 : 4
Gábor Szabó
Good morning. Today we're listening to Gábor Szabó, a Hungarian guitarist. We first recommended him in early 2020. Szabó fled Hungary after the 1956 revolution and landed in California. In his own
10/12/2022
14 : 29
Shida Shahabi
Good morning. Today we're listening to Shida Shahabi, a pianist and composer based in Stockholm. Shahabi was born in Sweden to Iranian parents who had fled the war with Iraq. Her early musical
10/7/2022
7 : 4
Precipitation
Good morning. We'll be off on Monday. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Precipitation, an electronic music producer based in Tokyo. Their
10/6/2022
7 : 4
Reuben Wilson
Good morning. Today we're listening to Reuben Wilson, a jazz organist from Oklahoma by way of Los Angeles. Wilson started out playing the piano but then gravitated toward organ, and by the late
10/5/2022
7 : 4
Marconi Union
Good morning. Today we're listening to Marconi Union, an English trio that makes ambient music. We first recommended them in December 2019. The band got started after two of the members met in a
10/3/2022
7 : 4
Picnic
Good morning. Today we're listening to Picnic, an ambient duo whose members hail from Kansas City and Melbourne. We first recommended them last November. Their airy tracks feature languid
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
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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,