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6/28/2021
7 : 4
Jake Muir
Good morning. Today we're listening to Jake Muir, a sound artist and field recorder based in Berlin. Muir makes richly textured ambient tracks with looping samples from nature and music. Lady's
6/25/2021
7 : 4
Dengue Dengue Dengue
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Dengue Dengue Dengue, a Peruvian dance music duo. They bill themselves as “a tropical storm
6/24/2021
7 : 4
Hania Rani
Good morning. Today we're listening to Hania Rani, a Polish composer, pianist, and producer. Thanks to Lalai and Matt for the recommendation. Rani was one of the artists recommended by multiple
6/23/2021
7 : 24
Craven Faults
Good morning. Thanks to everyone who shared a recommendation on our open thread yesterday. Today we're listening to Craven Faults, a British electronic project. Thanks to Matt for the
6/22/2021
7 : 4
What music are you working to?
Today we're asking for your recommendations. Let us know what artist or album has helped you focus recently. The author of the recommendation wi…
6/21/2021
7 : 4
Imaginary Softwoods
Good morning. Today we're listening to Imaginary Softwoods, an ambient/electronic producer based in Cleveland, Ohio. He records spacey synth improvisations on cassette. The tracks sound like
6/18/2021
7 : 14
Ebo Taylor
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. We're playing records from Ebo Taylor, a Ghanaian guitarist and composer. Beginning in the '50s, Taylor's
6/17/2021
7 : 4
Stevie Wonder
Good morning. Today we're listening to Stevie Wonder, an American songwriter, singer, composer, and pianist from Detroit. Across the 1970s Wonder charted the course of popular music, culminating in
6/16/2021
7 : 4
Bremer/McCoy
Good morning. Today we're listening to Bremer/McCoy, a Danish duo consisting of bassist Jonathan Bremer and keyboardist Morten McCoy. Thanks to Mārtiņš for the recommendation. Based in Copenhagen,
6/14/2021
7 : 4
Jacob David
Good morning. Today we're listening to Jacob David, a Danish composer and pianist based in Copenhagen. Thanks to Mike G for the recommendation. David records “felt piano” music, where you hear all
6/11/2021
7 : 4
China Charmeleon
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to China Charmeleon, a South African DJ and producer. Charmeleon makes house music with complex
6/10/2021
7 : 4
Caroline Polachek
Today we have a guest recommendation from Karl Delossantos, an editor at the New York Times and chief critic at Smash Cut Reviews. After a stint as the lead vocalist of indie pop band Chairlift — best
6/9/2021
13 : 49
Abdou El Omari
Good morning. Today we're listening to Abdou El Omari, a composer and organist from Morocco. Thanks to Ben for the recommendation. Omari was born in 1945 and in the '70s fused traditional
6/8/2021
7 : 4
Mark Isham
Good morning. Regular Tuesday mixes are back next week. (If you're not yet subscribed, subscribe now to get access to those.) Today we're listening to Mark Isham, a classical and film composer
6/7/2021
7 : 4
Kazuma Okabayashi
Good morning. Thank you for tolerating our week off last week. Reminder that Flow State T-shirts are available here (use code JUNE for $5 off). Today we're listening to Kazuma Okabayashi, an
5/28/2021
7 : 4
Amy Dabbs
Good morning. We made T-shirts, which you can buy here. We're taking next week off. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're playing Amy Dabbs, a Berlin-
5/27/2021
7 : 4
Ahmad Jamal
Good morning. Today we're listening to Ahmad Jamal, an American jazz pianist from Pittsburgh. Jamal formed a piano-bass-drum trio in 1957 and the following year recorded one of the best-selling
5/26/2021
7 : 4
Natural Information Society
Good morning. Today we're listening to Natural Information Society, a collective formed by American composer Joshua Abrams in 2010. They make, in their words, “long-form psychedelic environments
5/24/2021
8 : 4
G.S. Schray
Good morning. Today we're listening to GS Schray, a producer and multi-instrumentalist based in Akron, Ohio. Schray uses rock and jazz instruments to create mellow jam sessions reminiscent of Talk
5/21/2021
7 : 4
Lord Tusk
Good morning. It's Friday so we're listening to something more upbeat. Today we're listening to Lord Tusk, a London-based electronic producer. We first heard his music on DJ Moxie's