Flow State

Today’s mix opens with two tracks from Almost An Island’s new album, a new collaboration by marine eyes, James Bernard, and Kenneth James Gibson. That’s followed by a new ambient single by Emily A. Sprague and a selection from Gabriel Brady’s Day-blind. There are classical pieces by Philip Glass and Hildur Guðnadóttir. Then we play some instrumentals by Patrick Shiroishi, Susana López, Andrew Staniland, and Harold Budd. There’s a classic film score by Herb Alpert (h/t Aidan) and a favorite by Gábor Szabó et al. We play two double-headers: rRoxymore and Rawayana, both featured last week. The final track is Booker T. & the M.G.’s timeless blues jam, “Green Onions.” We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Almost An Island - Quadrivium

0:05:11 - Almost An Island - An Ode to Nothing

Today’s mix opens with a moving Walt McClements composition, followed by new works by John Also Bennett and Metric System 1981. We selected a couple Lyle Mays tracks from his self-titled 1986 album which was featured last week. There’s a new single by harpist Lara Somogyi and pianist Jean-Michel Blais. Then some solo piano by Alice Sara Ott, Eydís Evensen, and Alexandre Tharaud (whose latest album performs newly discovered Satie pieces). There’s a collab by Pino Palladino and Blake Mills before jazz instrumentals by Pat Metheny and Herbie Hancock. Natural Information Society jams for over ten minutes before a 2017 track by Photay closes us out. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Walt McClements - Billows, Like a Shore

0:03:28 - John Also Bennett - First Lament

Today’s mix opens with “A Handful of Olives,” a track from John Also Bennett’s new album. That’s followed by new music by Kilometre Club, Ami Kusakari, and Hammock. We revisit yesterday’s pairing of Excellent Birds and Hiroshi Yoshimura with their tracks “Lotus” and “Green Shower” respectively. There’s an instrumental from the newly released Nick Drake compilation The Making of Five Leaves, of which we made a slight edit. There’s a track from Sally Anne Morgan’s new record as well as two instrumentals from Mac DeMarco’s gargantuan One Wayne G. We play some ‘70s and ‘80s instrumentals from Dieter Schütz, Rubba, and Lyle Mays. Then the pace picks up with Mammo, Gold Panda, rRoxymore, Polygon Window, and Rival Consoles. A frenetic, virtuosic composition from Varra concludes the mix. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - John Also Bennett - A Handful of Olives

0:06:33 - Kilometre Club & Retland - Jumping Backwards

Today’s mix opens with a few new gorgeous ambient pieces by Hammock, Jeremiah Chu & Marta Sofia Honer, and Hiram. We continue with instrumentals by Devin Sarno, Félicia Atkinson, The Vernon Spring, and Fuubutsushi. There’s a fingerstyle solo guitar piece by Will Graefe, whose two new volumes of guitar instrumentals are sensational. The pace picks up with Sally Anne Morgan, Disiniblud (Rachika Nayar & Nina Keith), and Saffron Bloom. We round things out with Kiln (new record) and Helena Hauff et al. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Hammock - Requiem for Johan

0:04:17 - Jeremiah Chu & Marta Sofia Honer - On the Other Sea

0:08:20 - Hiram - Slow Growth

Today’s mix opens with new ambient tracks by Kenji Kihara, Pan-American & Kramer, and Gabriel Brady. Then we play some… more new ambient music by Susana Lopez and Benoît Pioulard (don’t forget the circumflex). We play two tracks from Patricia Wolf’s excellent new album, Hrafnamynd, which may appear in Flow State as soon as tomorrow. There are some instrumentals by Harold Budd (h/t Gabriel Brady), Alanna Crouch, Bing & Ruth, Fleetwood Mac (yep), and Oren Ambarchi. The mix picks up with Alex Kassian’s ode to Manuel Göttsching (reportedly a favorite of Beyoncé’s), Rival Consoles, and Anthony Naples. The final word comes from goat, specifically their percussion-led track “Quest” that comes recommended by raihan_ via Herb Sundays’ recent mid-year track roundup. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Kenji Kihara - Kinmokusei

0:02:34 - Pan-American & Kramer - The Double Life of a Seahorse

0:07:30 - Gabriel Brady - Ordinary

Today’s mix opens with two tracks from Gabriel Brady’s new debut LP, Day-blind. Then we transition into ambient works by Aarktica, James Holden/Wacław Zimpel, and Ai Yamamoto. We revisit a favorite Fleetwood Mac instrumental (you can probably guess which one) before playing some Gerry Mulligan Sextet and Lindstrøm. We play “Gymnopedie #2” from the 1989 Electric Satie album by composer Mitsuto Suzuki. There’s some Hailu Mergia, Francis Lai (h/t Emma Withers), and Orchestra Mambo International. Then some electronic music: a scintillating new track by Facta and others by Passarani, Eli Escobar, and GoGo Penguin. We wind down with Bennie Maupin and then Jonny Greenwood, whose winding, haunting chord progressions call back Gabriel Brady’s from the start. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Gabriel Brady - Untitled

0:03:05 - Gabriel Brady - Streetlight

0:06:11 - Aarktica - Awakening

Today’s mix opens with new ambient pieces by Joe Harvey-Whyte & Bobby Lee as well as Alaskan Tapes & Lutes Jennings. We move through some sweet instrumental compositions by Tracy Chow, Cole Pulice, Kaela, and Bea Brennan. We play Claire Chase’s inventive arrangement of Steve Reich’s “Vermont Counterpoint” for flute. There’s also a new single from Welsh guitarist Gwenifer Raymond, whose September LP is hotly anticipated. We play some more upbeat tracks by Ron Trent, Glass Beams (h/t Sabrina), and Passarani. A newly released jam from the ‘80s by Repetition Repetition concludes the mix. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Joe Harvey-Whyte & Bobby Lee - Grass Covered the Ground

0:04:29 - Alaskan Tapes & Lutes Jennings - Bloom III

Today’s mix opens with an Ariel Kalma piece called “Open Like a Flute.” That’s followed by a new Brian Eno track, “Big Empty Country II,” a collaboration with composer Beatie Wolfe. We continue with a whisper of an ambient track by Sun Dawei, courtesy of Concrete Avalanche’s recent post. Then pieces by Aarktica (a new remaster), Christina Giannone, Ambre Ciel, Elisabeth Klinck, and Purelink. We found a cool instrumental by the late Sly Stone. Towards the end there’s electronic music by Ron Trent, Project-E, and JakoJako. The last two tracks are a Nicole McCabe collaboration with Jeff Parker, and then Fujimine’s “HOPE.” We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Ariel Kalma - Open Like a Flute

0:10:02 - Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe - Big Empty Country II

Today’s mix opens with an 11-minute richly textured ambient composition from Benoît Pioulard’s forthcoming album. We play some more ambient by Abul Mogard, Warmth, Green-House, and Kara-Lis Coverdale. There’s a brilliant collaboration between Natural Information Society and Bitchin’ Bajas. We play two tracks from Sam Wilkes, Craig Weinrib, and Dylan Day’s record from last year (h/t Ben). We pair a Boards of Canada track from Tomorrow’s Harvest with one from Tangerine Dream’s Hyperborea. There are some more upbeat tracks at the end by Claudio PRC, Hieroglyphic Being, and Aphex Twin. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - Benoît Pioulard - Xaipe

Today’s mix opens with an ambient jazz piece by The Cosmic Tones Research Trio that came out last year. We continue with some new instrumentals by Rindert Lammers and Wilson Tanner. Hat-tip to marine eyes for sharing Alanna Crouch’s music – we feature her solo piano composition “longing” here. We play some jazz pieces by Billy Strayhorn and Piero Piccioni, as well as Third Coast Percussion’s inventive adaptation of Philip Glass. We cribbed two tracks from Michael Cina’s recent downtempo playlist for Herb Sundays: “Polaris” by Zero 7 and “Into the 90’s” by Photek. There are some more upbeat tracks toward the end by Keith Hudson, Anthony Naples, and Charif Megarbane. CTM’s staccato cello composition “Trance” concludes the mix. We hope you enjoy.

0:00:00 - The Cosmic Tones Research Trio - Creation

0:06:55 - Rindert Lammers - Thank You Kirin Kiki