Flow State

Today’s mix opens with a track from Nala Sinephro’s new score for The Smashing Machine. Then we have some new ambient music by Metric System 1981, Blanket Swimming, and Steve Hauschildt. There’s a neoclassical piece by Alanna Crouch and a Satie piece performed by Reinbert de Leeuw (thanks Thomas Thompson). There are cosmic instrumentals by Francesca Marongiu, Golden Brown, and Woody Jackson. We play two tracks from Sven Wunder’s new album, Daybreak, and some similar music by Cochemea and Butcher Brown. The mix concludes with pianist Julian Davis Reid’s great new cover of “What a Wonderful World,” featuring Lenard Simpson on alto sax. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Nala Sinephro - Dawn

0:02:11 - Shere Fraser & Metric System 1981 - Everlasting Peace

0:04:54 - Blanket Swimming - Cloudlove

Today’s mix opens with the titular piece from Jonny Greenwood’s new score for One Battle After Another. There are a few other pieces from that score sprinkled throughout the mix. Then we have new ambient music from Emily A. Sprague, Kayla Pichichero, and Christopher Willits. We play a composition by the late great Daniel Lentz (thanks Evan for the tip). There are two pieces by jazz pianist Craig Taborn, who recently was awarded a MacArthur grant. There’s a new composition, “Requiem,” by composer Eunike Tanzil. Then we play some more upbeat music by Buildings and Food (she has a new EP out), Aphex Twin, and finally LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER (thanks to Aidan for that one). Slightly more experimental sounds on this mix than usual – we hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Jonny Greenwood - One Battle After Another

0:03:00 - Emily A. Sprague - Osaka

Today’s mix is a label edit of Passed Recordings, a record label founded in 2021. They have a global roster of artists who make “atmospheric music”: think ambient, drone, electronic, post-rock, and more. They invited us to explore their archives and select tracks for a Flow State mix. (You can explore their archives yourself on their Bandcamp page.) The first hour, available to everyone, is mostly ambient music, featuring artists such as Exit Chamber, Ed Herbers, Asha Patera, and passengers. The second hour, which is behind the paywall, expands into more experimental electronic music and beats, with artists such as Tari Vega, conno, Cavern Cult, and I felt it in my sleep. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Exit Chamber - In the Darkness, Hope

0:03:24 - Take Me There - One Day Soon

0:06:52 - Unruly Disturbance - Another Ending (Homage to Brian)

0:11:22 - Exit Chamber - The Things We Had To Leave Behind

0:18:00 - Ed Herbers - Up All Night

0:23:18 - Asha Patera - Form of Energy

0:26:26 - Unruly Disturbance - I Love My GR-1 (Side A)

0:33:20 - Ed Herbers - A Room of One’s Own

0:35:58 - passengers & Tari Vega - Run

0:43:55 - Exit Chamber - Their Grave, The Stars

0:48:11 - Ed Herbers - Rumination

0:50:41 - G!GA LURGH - Echoes from Arkadia, Pt. 1

0:53:55 - David Aimone - Bottom Bay

Today’s mix opens with a track from Almost An Island’s new self-titled record, followed by some ambient pieces by Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead. There’s a new longform instrumental by Bitchin Bajas, followed by shorter ones by Ben Bertrand, Harold Budd, and Corntuth. We play the “Rêverie-Nocturne” from pianist Alice Sara Ott’s collection of John Field pieces. There’s new music from M. Sage, Golden Brown, and Erik Wøllo. The mix ends with a new, hypnotic collaboration between Horse Lords and Arnold Dreyblatt. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Almost An Island - Lonesome Sound

0:04:50 - Nine Inch Nails - Apart

Today’s mix opens with an old favorite from the 2006 Little Miss Sunshine score by Devotchka. Then there’s new ambient music by B9 & marine eyes and a collaboration between zakè & William Basinski. We play instrumentals by Oakland Afternoon Ensemble, Ben Bertrand, Otto Benson, and Olivia Belli. There’s a moving track, “crows over my shoulder (take me),” from Okkyung Lee’s new album, which we recently recommended. Then it’s jazzy stuff from Frantz Casseus, Okonski, and Billy Strayhorn. The BPM increases with Hysear Don Walker and Kloke (our slowed edit). Khotin gets the final word. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Devotchka & Mychael Danna - The Winner Is

0:03:02 - B9 & marine eyes - gehrai in e

0:06:20 - zakè & William Basinski - Spes

Today’s mix opens with a premiere of the newest album from Flow State Records: The Nectar of Now by Davi Music. Unlike his previous works of ambient music and tape looped guitar, this record consists of humble covers of American traditional songs, spirituals, and folk standards. The album comes out tomorrow – we will feature it here and share more then. The second half of the mix features an hour of instrumentals that influenced the record: tracks by Jeff Parker, Marc Ribot, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Emily Remler, Miles Davis, and more. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Davi Music - Hey Lolly, Lolly

0:01:55 - Davi Music - Kumbaya

0:05:07 - Davi Music - Red River Valley

0:08:19 - Davi Music - Jacob’s Ladder

0:10:38 - Davi Music - Dona Nobis Pacem

0:14:04 - Davi Music - All My Trials

0:17:57 - Davi Music - Home On The Range

0:21:43 - Davi Music - Shenandoah

0:26:34 - Davi Music - Michael Row Your Boat Ashore / What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor

0:31:50 - Davi Music - Land of the Silver Birch

0:36:16 - Davi Music - Home On The Range (Reprise)

Today’s mix opens with ambient pieces by Nueen, Windy & Carl, and Peter Michael Hamel. There’s an unreleased track called “Night of the Hunter” from a forthcoming Flow State album. We play some newish instrumentals by Kaela, Hayden Pedigo, and Jonny Nash. Clarice Jensen has a new single called “Unity” which is fantastic. We move into electronic stuff by Shabaka, Bogdan Raczynski, Lorenzo Senni, and Photek. The final word comes from ROLROLROL, a fun duo who has a new album on the way. Shout out to Dinner Music for a number of these tracks. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Nueen - Dome

0:06:00 - Windy & Carl - Elevation

Today’s mix opens with new ambient music by Offthesky, Luke Schneider, and Steve Gunn. There’s a newish long solo piano piece by Sophie Hutchings, and an environmental ambient piece by Passepartout Duo. Francesca Marongiu released a fascinating record, Still Forms in Air, a few weeks ago, from which we excerpt “Floral Ascent.” We revisit a favorite piece off Laurie Torres’ record Après coup from earlier this year. Then some classical instrumental favorites by Black Sabbath, Ahmad Jamal Trio, and Augustus Pablo. We wrap up with a Coatshek ambient techno track, a Mr. Fingers acid house track, and a very experimental piece by Derek White called “island birds coping with wifi.” We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Offthesky - Into the Voids

0:04:01 - Luke Schneider - A Map of Invisible Trails

Today’s mix begins with “Holy Thursday” by David Axelrod, which is one of the coolest songs of all time in large part because of Earl Palmer’s drumming. Then there’s ambient music by Luke Schneider, Susumu Yokota, and Gollden. Alanna Crouch has a new single out, “don’t turn back.” Then we play some favorites from the near past by Green-House, Bibio, and SUSS. There’s a really nice cover of “You Go To My Head” by pianist Paul Weston. Connan Mockasin just put out an instrumental track called “Mexican Summer,” which is fantastic. Speaking of summer, which it still is, we include a rendition of “Summertime” by jazz guitarist Joe Pass. We end with the great Walter Wanderley, the great organist’s “Beach Samba.” We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - David Axelrod - Holy Thursday

0:05:13 - Luke Schneider - For Dancing in Quiet Light

Today’s mix opens with a Stars of the Lid track from 1996 entitled “Be Little With Me.” That’s followed by some new ambient music by Felicity Mangan, Peter Chilvers, and Gollden. We play some new instrumentals by Andrew Wasylyk, Wilson Tanner, and Dntel, including Dntel’s remarkable track “What I Made.” There are some older instrumentals by Toshifumi Hinata, Stereolab (!), and Ray Fernandez. There’s a new remix of a Gabriel Brady composition by Sam Prekop. We wrap it up with a deep house track by Basic Instinct and a sui generis electronic piece from the 1995 Japanese compilation Lover’s Hawaii, surfaced by Fond/Sound. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Stars of the Lid - Be Little With Me

0:05:35 - Felicity Mangan - String Thing