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3/7/2022
8 : 4
Wouter Veldhuis
Good morning. Today we're listening to Wouter Veldhuis, a Dutch ambient music producer. We know little about Veldhuis himself, but we love his stripped-down drone tracks. They achieve what this
3/4/2022
8 : 4
Zavoloka
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Zavoloka, a Ukrainian electronic producer and DJ from Kyiv. Since the aughts she's made
3/3/2022
8 : 4
Valentina Goncharova
Good morning. Today we're listening to Valentina Goncharova, a Ukrainian violinist and electronic musician from Kyiv. She studied violin in the '70s and was entranced by the avant-garde sounds
3/2/2022
8 : 4
Chillera
Good morning. Today we're listening to Chillera, a Ukrainian three-piece band from Odesa. The trio consists of Hanna Bryzhata (bass), Polina Matskevych (guitar), and Anastasiia Marykutsa (drums).
2/28/2022
8 : 14
Anton Baibakov
Good morning. Today we're listening to Anton Baibakov, a Ukrainian composer from Kyiv. He studied film sound direction and gradually started making music for films as well. He's scored several
2/25/2022
8 : 4
Soichi Terada
Good morning. It's Friday etc. Today we're listening to Soichi Terada, a Japanese electronic music producer. Terada studied computer science and electric organ in the '80s then moved to New
2/24/2022
8 : 4
Galt MacDermot
Good morning. Today we're listening to Galt MacDermot, who was a Canadian-American pianist and composer. He studied music at Cape Town University in the late '40s and moved to New York City in
2/23/2022
8 : 4
Julia Gjertsen
Good morning. Today we're listening to Julia Gjertsen, a pianist and composer based in Oslo. Thanks to Headphone Commute for the recommendation. Gjertsen has been playing piano since she was 7. Her
2/21/2022
8 : 4
Fumio Miyashita
Good morning. Today we're listening to Fumio Miyashita, a Japanese keyboardist and composer. We first recommended him back in 2020. After playing keyboards in prog rock bands in the '70s,
2/18/2022
8 : 4
Todd Terry
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Todd Terry, an American dance music producer and DJ from Brooklyn. Terry started DJing at
2/17/2022
8 : 4
Jeff Parker
Good morning. Today we're listening to Jeff Parker, an American guitarist and composer based in Los Angeles. Parker grew up in Virginia and attended the Berklee College of Music. He played guitar
2/16/2022
8 : 4
Jeanne Demessieux
Good morning. Today we're listening to Jeanne Demessieux, a French organist and composer. Born in 1921 and identified quickly as a musical prodigy, Demessieux entered the Paris Conservatoire at age
2/14/2022
8 : 4
GAS
Good morning. Today we're listening to GAS, a German electronic producer based in Cologne. We first featured him back in 2019. In the '90s he and his brother helped form the minimal techno
2/11/2022
8 : 4
Foans
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're again listening to Foans, the electronic music project from Colorado-based Andrew Dahabrah. He's put
2/10/2022
8 : 24
Zakir Hussain
Good morning. Today we're listening to Zakir Hussain, an Indian drummer based in San Francisco. Hussain gained international renown for his virtuosity with the tabla, the primary percussion
2/9/2022
8 : 4
Olivia Belli
Good morning. Today we're listening to Olivia Belli, an Italian pianist and composer based in Marche. (Thanks Headphone Commute.) When Belli was one she received a toy piano. She studied classical
2/7/2022
8 : 4
Huerco S.
Good morning. Today we're listening to Huerco S., an ambient/electronic producer based in Kansas. After putting out a few techno/ambient records, he released For Those Of You Who Have Never… in
2/4/2022
8 : 4
Boards of Canada
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something slightly more upbeat. We're listening to Boards of Canada, a Scottish electronic duo. We first recommended them almost three years
2/2/2022
8 : 4
Arushi Jain
Good morning. Today we're listening to Arushi Jain, an ambient composer and vocalist from Delhi by way of San Francisco. On Jain's 2021 record, Under the Lilac Sky, her reverberant incantations
1/31/2022
8 : 4
Music for Sleep / Andrea Porcu
Good morning. Today we're listening to Music for Sleep, an ambient project from producer Andrea Porcu. Music for Sleep has put out six LPs since 2019, prolific output from a project nominally about