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3/25/2022
7 : 4
Omar S
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Omar S, an electronic music producer from Detroit. NTS Radio called him “one of the few real
3/24/2022
7 : 4
Dabin Ryu
Good morning. Today we're listening to Dabin Ryu, a jazz pianist and bandleader from Seoul. Ryu began playing piano at age 3, originally playing classical and then gravitating toward jazz. Since
3/23/2022
7 : 4
Elori Saxl
Good morning. Today we're listening to Elori Saxl, a composer and filmmaker based in Brooklyn. Saxl's music blends natural and artificial sounds, creating a beautiful fusion sound of human and
3/18/2022
7 : 4
Auragraph
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Auragraph, a synthwave project from Los Angeles-based musician Hector Carlos Ramirez.
3/17/2022
7 : 4
Kalyani Roy
Good morning. Today we're listening to Kalyani Roy, an Indian sitar player. She learned to play the sitar at age eight and became one of the most renowned players of the instrument in her time. Her
3/16/2022
7 : 4
Noveller
Good morning. Today we're listening to Noveller, the solo project from LA-based guitarist Sarah Lipstate. With Noveller, she creates soaring, richly layered soundscapes entirely from the electric
3/14/2022
7 : 4
Beachcomber
Good morning. Today we're listening to Beachcomber, an ambient musician from Toronto. Thanks to Adam for the recommendation. Beachcomber uses tape recorders to capture and loop sounds, and through
3/11/2022
8 : 4
Mr. Fingers
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Mr. Fingers, an American dance music producer originally from Atlanta. We first featured Mr.
3/10/2022
8 : 4
Grouper
Good morning. Today we're listening to Grouper, the solo project from American musician Liz Harris. She grew up in the Bay Area in a commune, whose younger members called each other “groupers.”
3/10/2022
1 : 27
Roedelius & Story
Good morning. Today we're listening to Roedelius & Story, a duo of German composer Hans-Joachim Roedelius and American composer Tim Story. Thanks to Nathan for the recommendation. Roedelius
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