Flow State

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Today’s mix opens with a few new ambient pieces by Alaskan Tapes, Kenneth James Gibson, and RIOPY. We play one track from Belle Chen’s new Ravel in the Forest meditative rework album. Then we’re listening to electronic instrumentals from Relaxer and Midland before delving into ambient techno by Purelink (a remix of Eden Aurelius) and Satoshi Tomiie. Toward the back half there’s upbeat jazz and house music by Ideophone, Hitomi Nishiyama, and Function. There’s a Lil Wayne instrumental before Sonny Khoeblal takes us home. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Alaskan Tapes - The Sound of Swimming Underwater

0:03:45 - Kenneth James Gibson - The Art of Forgetting Yourself

Good morning.

Today’s mix opens with ambient tracks from Sachi Kobayashi and ERSATZ. There are some gentle piano recordings from Julia Gjertsen (whose new record will be featured soon) and Ludovico Einaudi. We have an exclusive premiere of Davi Music’s new track “Hoop Dreams,” which plays nostalgic chords over the echoes of basketball dribbles. There are amplified synthesizer compositions by Fera and Alessandro Cortini (who also has a new album out). Instrumentals by Susumu Yokota, Prairiewolf, White Poppy lead into jazz pieces by Grant Green and Nubya Garcia. Purelink and Hitomi Nishiyama take us home. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Sachi Kobayashi - Morning Dew

0:04:08 - ERSATZ - In the Beginning There Was This

Good morning.

Today’s episode opens with a new ambient recording from Trey Anastasio of Phish, a kind of post-rock track reminiscent of Talk Talk or David Pajo. There are a few longform ambient pieces across the mix, from Hiroshi Yoshimura, GAS, Loula Yorke, Arushi Jain, and Matchess. We include a few new instrumental finds from Alexandra Whittingham, Xisco Rojo, Hania Rani, and Fera. A ballad from Jackie Gleason closes us out. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Trey Anastasio - Atrium 2

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Today’s episode opens with ambient pieces by Tomasz Bednarczyk and zakè. Guitar-led instrumentals follow, specifically ones by Buckethead, Chuck Johnson, and Whitney Johnson. We play one track from Max Richter’s fantastic new album, In a Landscape. Then a Miles Davis recording from the ‘60s, an Alejandro Cohen piece from this year, and Düsseldorf number from 1978. There’s some new music from Photay, GAS, Jamie xx, Nubya Garcia – all of whom have new albums out this past Friday (GAS’s is a reissue). A mystery track from an upcoming Flow State Records release concludes the mix. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Tomasz Bednarczyk - Sunny Ambient

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Today’s mix opens with “Hollywood Dream Trip” by Syrinx, an instrumental that to us expresses the arrival of fall. We play two tracks from Alaskan Tapes’ new EP, Delirium Hums. Then some newish ambient music by Metric System 1981, Jon Hopkins, and Shida Shahabi. We took two tracks from from Gigi Masin’s recent playlist for Herb Sundays: “Climbing” and “Egrets (Live)”. Then there’s an ambient techno section starting with Purelink and continuing with GAS and Basic Channel. A beat from Lone closes us out. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Syrinx - Hollywood Dream Trip

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Today’s episode begins with a new ambient-ish track from Casino Versus Japan. There are a couple tracks by Green-House and a mellow piano piece by Hania Rani. Then an adventure of a recording by Veryan that is about 20 minutes long. We revisit classic instrumentals by Susumu Yokota and Shigeo Sekito, which sandwich a Brooklyn Raga Massive interpretation of Terry Riley. The pace picks up with Lone, Ahmed Malek, and Bastien Carrara before J. Albert takes us home. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Casino Versus Japan - Nacht

Good morning – we’ll be off Monday and Tuesday next week.

Today’s mix opens with a solo piano piece from Ryuichi Sakamoto’s final album, Opus. We follow that with ambient pieces by Chubby Wolf, James Devane, and Boards of Canada. There’s an instrumental edit of a subdued, meandering Mark Hollis track. Then we play some instrumental pieces by Talanina, Chuck Johnson (from his new album), and A.R.T. Wilson. There are more upbeat pieces by Roman Flügel (2), Nujabes, and Fatboy Slim. The new 8-minute piece by Floating Points takes us out. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

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Today’s mix opens atypically with Otto Benson’s guitar-led “Another Long Day.” We proceed with “Parade” from Hayes Bradley’s fantastic new album Recommence, and then excerpt two long tracks from AJA’s Ajasphères. There’s a novel instrumental jam from Argo Noff & Take Care, and then an epic composition from Toronja. Then we play through great jazz instrumentals by Mehldau, Nubya Garcia, Fantastic Man, and Greg Foat. We play something more upbeat by Al Wootton, DJ Sneak, and Ulysses Owens Jr. before OMA takes us out with a cover of a MF DOOM instrumental. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Otto Benson - Another Long Day

0:04:06 - Hayes Bradley - Parade (V)

Good morning.

Today’s episode begins with Boards of Canada, and then settles into ambient from William Basinski, Otto Benson, and Superposition. There’s additional felt piano-led pieces by Alaskan Tapes, Kenichiro Isoda, and Volodja Brodsky. Then we play experimental instrumental tracks by DRINKS, Argo Nuff, and Davidsson. The Overton Berry Trio performs a wonderful cover of “Hey Jude,” followed by freeform jazz instrumentals by SaxoFOUR, Akusmi, and Nala Sinephro (new single!). Nils Frahm closes us out. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Boards of Canada - Olson

0:01:12 - William Basinski - Watermusic II: Section II

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Today’s mix opens with two ambient pieces by French artist AJA, followed by ambiences from Brian Eno and Kara-Lis Coverdale. We play David Pajo’s guitar cover of Arvo Pärt’s “Spiegel im Spiegel” as featured on last week’s Ambient Country episode with Pajo. Then two Bill Frisell guitar pieces, followed by Kuniko’s percussion interpretation of Steve Reich’s “Electric Counterpoint.” Sam Gendel and Junior Boys have two ethereal beats, essentially, and then we revisit a classic Boards of Canada track. There’s a Velvet Underground instrumental mix we randomly found. Greg Foat, John Tesh, and Foam and Sand wind us down before Vitamin String Quartet’s cover of Radiohead ends the mix. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - AJA - Ondéambule

0:04:41 - AJA - Metropolymorphe