Flow State

Good morning.

Today’s mix opens with a couple of longform ambient pieces by Gollden (check out our interview from yesterday) and France Jobin. Then we play some more experimental pieces by Yann Novak / Lawrence English and Stephen Vitiello / Taylor Deupree. There’s a bunch of instrumental guitar music by Stanley Jordan, Bill Frisell, and The Durutti Column. We play one track from Total Blue’s amazing new self-titled ambient jazz record, which will be recommended soon. Then some more upbeat tracks from Facta, Ghost Dubs, and Masaki Matsubara, before Chloé Antoniotti brings us home. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Gollden - Come Forward

Good morning.

Today’s mix opens with a bunch of new ambient music from artists Alaskan Tape, Volodja Brodsky, marine eyes, and Willows8ng. We play some lowkey piano music from Olivia Belli and Joep Beving before another excerpt from an upcoming Flow State Records release. There’s some more experimental instrumentals from Fire-Toolz, SML, and Lilacs & Champagne. Then we revisit a jazz piece from Nala Sinephro’s 2021 album, Space 1.8 (she just announced a new record). The mix ends with classic house tracks from DIY, Classic Man, and Cassius/DJ Falcon. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Alaskan Tapes - Simple Math

0:02:35 - Volodja Brodsky - Timeless Wisdom

Good morning.

Today’s mix opens with ambient pieces by Chihei Hatakeyama, William Basinski & Janek Schaefer. We play two unreleased tracks from an upcoming Flow State Records release. There are two excerpts from pianist and composer RIOPY’s new album, Meditation 432. We inspect a few experimental electronic works from Damian Dalla Torre, Patricia Wolf, Francesca Heart, and Luke Elliott. Then some more upbeat instrumentals by Oro Azul et al., Jiem, SML (who have a fascinating new album called Small Medium Large), and Kiasmos. We wrap up with a classical hip-hop instrumental that samples the original Godzilla theme. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Chihei Hatakeyama - Thousand Oceans

Good morning.

Today’s mix opens with new ambient music from Buildings and Food, Chihei Hatakeyama, Metric System 1981, and marine eyes. We play Bruce Brubaker’s solo piano cover of Brian Eno’s “Music for Airports,” followed by pianists Belle Chen and Víkingur Ólafsson. There are some tape loops by Tomotsugu Nakamura, Davi Music, and Felbm. Then melodic electronic instrumentals by Oneohtrix Point Never, Cornelius, and μ-Ziq. There’s a piece from Eiko Ishibashi’s new Evil Does Not Exist score, and we wrap with new music by Kiasmos (rec coming on Friday) plus a classic from Slowdive. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Buildings and Food - Sky-d

0:02:35 - Chihei Hatakeyama - Thousand Oceans

Good morning. We’ll be off Thursday and Friday.

Today’s episode opens with a few ambient compositions on the lachrymose side, from William Basinski, zakè, and øjeRum. There are two excerpts from SUSS’s new album, Birds & Beasts, which we’ll hear more about on the Ambient Country podcast tomorrow. There’s new contemporary classical from Laura Cannell, Marika Takeuchi, Howe Gelb, and Henrik Lindstrand. Then we play slightly more energetic instrumentals by Beta Librae, KMRU, Alanis Morissette, and a Kronos Quartet cover of Jlin. Finally, Daft Punk’s “Veridis Quo” takes us home. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - William Basinski - Melancholia XII

0:06:52 - zakè - Infinite Ocean

Good morning.

Today’s mix is all longform ambient pieces. It starts with Seconds’ 11-minute drone track “Flat Ontology.” Then we play long ambient pieces both classic and relatively new. The classic include pieces by Stars of the Lid, Harold Budd, and Pauline Oliveros. The new include pieces by Taylor Deupree, The Black Dog, and Ludovico Einaudi. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Seconds - Flat Ontology

Good morning.

Today’s mix ebbs and flows rather than gradually building. It opens with an instrumental from Ezra Feinberg, followed by a new electronic collaboration between H.Takahashi and Kohei Oyamada (H TO O). Then there’s some mellow electronic from Actress and Boards of Canada, followed by acoustic pieces by Marina Baranova and Holger Czukay. There are a couple tracks from Ivan the Tolerable’s new album, including an edit we made of “In The Dry.” There are four-on-the-floor tracks from Yu Su, Or:la, and finally FaltyDL. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Ezra Feinberg - Palms Up

0:04:27 - H TO O - Awake

Good morning.

Today’s mix opens with an ambient trombone piece by Kalia Vandever. Then there are some more experimental instrumentals from NUG, Penelope Trappes (who also ends the mix), and K. Freund. There are guitar-led pieces by Oren Ambarchi and the band Ui. We play the “Stop Bajon” instrumental that Ambarchi recommended in our recent interview. There’s some acid house from Lake Haze and K-Hand. Then a 17-minute ambient techno track by Pub called “Summer,” followed by Trappes’ “The Bitterness of Parting.” We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Kalia Vandever - We Wept In Turn

0:03:02 - Angad Bharaj & Daisho - Madrugada

Good morning.

Today’s mix opens with ambient tracks from Hatsü and Manuel Göttsching. We move into contemporary classical pieces by Elori Saxl, Éliane Radigue, and Sophia Jani. There are film themes from Bernard Herrmann and Jerry Goldsmith. Then, a bunch of guitar instrumentals from Woody Guthrie, Yasmin Williams, Cedric Freeman, and Mat Ball. We close out with multi-instrumental compositions by berlioz, Mac DeMarco, Cocteau Twins, and Corntuth. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Hatsü - Drawing You from Memory

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Today’s mix opens with a solo piano composition from Yiruma, and then excerpts new scores from Eiko Ishibashi and Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow. There’s new ambient music from Kourosh Dini, Buildings and Food, and Gollden. We play a dusty track from The Caretaker, whose albums were recently made available on streaming services. There’s contemporary classical from Sophia Jani and Brad Mehldau, and then interesting electronic compositions from Corker Conboy & Purelink as well as Illuvia. We move into instrumental jams from Bill Orcutt and Alan Braufman et al. Polygonia, Suze, and upsammy take us home. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Yiruma - la mia notte

0:03:00 - Eiko Ishibashi - Evil Does Not Exist