Flow State

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Today’s mix opens with French multi-instrumentalist Akusmi, his Moondog-like track “Cogito.” Then we move into the usual ambient openers, this time from Luke Schneider, Peter Michael Hamel, and Laurel Halo. There’s some experimental electronic from Aria Rostami and KMRU (who has a new record out on Bandcamp). There’s a brief classical detour with harpist Lavinia Meijer, followed by a track from DJ Python and Ana Roxanne’s new collaboration, Natural Wonder Beauty Concept. We wind down with instrumentals from Dwight Sykes and Yoshihiro Sawasaki before closing with a trippy electronic track from Cotton Mouth. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Akusmi - Cogito

0:03:21 - Luke Schneider - Toledo Mercy

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Today’s mix opens with a David Byrne track from 1991 off a lesser-known solo album called The Forest, recently cited as inspiration by comedian John Mulaney. We then play some new tracks from Lionmilk, Greg Foat & Gigi Masin, Loscil, and Sophia Zhuravkova. There’s some instrumental music from Ukrainian composer Oksana Hritseva, Texan Hayden Pedigo, and California’s Ike White. We play some archival tracks from Hysear Don Walker and Sonny Rollins, who just had a new compilation come out. We wind down with new Galcher Lustwerk and Ylia, closing with an out of this world track from Larry Heard aka Mr. Fingers. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - David Byrne - Machu Picchu

0:03:09 - Lionmilk - shaneen

0:06:22 - Greg Foat & Gigi Masin - Sabena

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Today’s mix opens with the premiere of the newest Flow State Records release, Good Morning Deja Vu by Davi Music, which comes out this Friday. We’ll be recommending it next week. That’s followed by new music by Metric System 1981, Shida Shahabi, Aarktica, Hayden Pedigo, and Blue Lake. We dig through the archives for Tarentel, Frank Zappa, and Space. New tracks also close us out, from Sven Wunder to John Carroll Kirby and finally, Sigur Rós. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Davi Music - Out of Ocean

0:08:25 - Davi Music - Deluge Daydream

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Today’s mix opens with favorite ambient tracks from Bengalfuel, Chihei Hatakeyama, and Harold Budd/Brian Eno. We then move to some recent discoveries off playlists by Dinner Music and Herb Sundays (Yu Su), including artists Halftribe, Roedelius, and Pete La Roca. We excerpt two standout tracks from the new Bing & Ruth album, Let the Moon Be a Planet. We also play a choice track from Raymond Scott, and one from the new Seconds album. We close out with some Mort Garson, Cortex, and Maston (from the KPM series). We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Bengalfuel - Leaf Bed

0:05:17 - Chihei Hatakeyama - Breaking Dawn

0:07:48 - Harold Budd & Brian Eno - A Stream With Bright Fish

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Today’s mix opens with a newish track from harpist Lara Somogyi, followed by IKSRE, SUSS, and the mainstay Hiroshi Yoshimura. Those are the ambient tracks, and then we get into some piano music from Yumiko Morioka, a Franz Liszt composition that Evan recommended, Keith Jarrett, and Chick Corea. There’s some more experimental electronic music from KMRU, Unweather (h/t C’H’C’M’), Rei Harakami, and Pan-American. We proceed through jazz with Wayne Shorter and Tamba 4 before closing out with Gigi Masin, Jeroen Search and finally Rich Aucoin. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Lara Somogyi - álom

0:04:32 - IKSRE - Dust (Spring, 4.53pm)

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Today we’re re-running Flow State Episode 94. The mix opens with a few longform ambient tracks from artists Misleading Structures, Nala Sinephro, and Kali Malone. Then we take you through a few New Age and classical pieces from Shiho Yabuki. Then there are some interesting instrumental, house, and left-field tracks. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Misleading Structures - Plains of Erosion

0:04:43 - Nala Sinephro - Space 8

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Today’s mix opens with a choral piece, “Hymn of the Cherubim,” which was recently recommended on Herb Sundays by Kevin Kelly, who cites the track as his go-to writing music. That’s followed by ambient pieces from William Basinski, Imaginary Softwoods, and Billow Observatory. There’s some new classical from Philip Glass as well as harp performances by Lavinia Meijer and Brandee Younger. There’s a detour into lounge music by Hammond organ pioneer Jackie Davis, drummer Tony Kinsey, and contemporary keyboardist John Carroll Kirby. We close out with Soichi Terada and Sarah Pagé. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir - Hymn of the Cherubim

0:07:30 - William Basinski - 92982.3

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Today’s mix opens with some ambient canon: Hiroshi Yoshmiura, Harold Budd, and Georgia Kelly. There are a couple tracks from ANNA’s new album, Intentions, which is worth a separate listen. There’s ambient country from William Tyler, Chuck Johnson, and North Americans, as well as a longer instrumental cut from Pharoah Sanders. There’s an even longer track from Miles Davis from his In a Silent Way recording sessions. We wrap with CHIC and Bella Boo. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Hiroshi Yoshimura - Clouds

0:05:49 - Chihei Hatakeyama - In The Fog

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Today’s mix opens with a bunch of ambient tracks from Gallery Six, Eluvium, Adam Pacione, and Celer. We linger on ambient/electronic with James Ellis FOrd, Aarktica, and Billow Observatory. Galcher Lustwerk has a new ambient record out, from which we excerpt two tracks. There’s solo guitar from Kaki King and Pat Metheny. Finally there’s electronic music from Tom VR and Isan (a nice interpretation of Satie’s “Gymnopédie 1”) and Daft Punk. We close with a very experimental track from Matthewdavid. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Gallery Six - Beyond the Horizon

0:04:20 - Eluvium - Virga I (i)

Good morning.

Today’s mix opens with a bunch of recent ambient tracks by Michiru Aoyama, KMRU, and Masahiro Takahashi. There’s a classical interlude consisting of two pieces by Debussy (whom the late Ryuichi Sakamoto loved) and Clara Rockmore’s theremin performance of “Summertime” by George Gershwin. We play a few guitar instrumentals from Jack Wilkins, Sam Gendel, Dif Juz, and Daft Punk (from their new Random Access Memories 10-year anniversary edition). Then we excerpt some pieces from the Final Fantasy X soundtrack and Junya Nakano’s solo work, which was recommended by Mac DeMarco in this very newsletter yesterday. We wrap with more upbeat tracks by Memotone, Pierre Rousseau, and µ-Ziq. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Michiru Aoyama - mari

0:02:59 - Metric System 1981 - Sky #20200224p