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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with two tracks from Rock Burwell’s recent score for the movie Obsession. Then there’s new ambient music by Gollden, Eluvium, Líom, and James Bernard – two tracks from Bernard’s new LP. We revisit some vaporwave favorites from Oneohtrix Point Never, luxury elite, and FM Skyline. The pace picks up with Space Ghost and Will Hofbauer, and the sounds get more experimental with Ancient Infinity Orchestra and M. Geddes Gengras. We wrap with a Boards of Canada track from Geogaddi. Slightly shorter mix this week. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Rock Burwell - Obsession0:00:28 - Rock Burwell - Can You Sleep With Me?0:01:53 - Gollden - when i started to bloom0:05:27 - Eluvium - Microfauna0:07:30 - James Bernard - Homage

Today’s mix is selections from the discography of DJmegan23, an electronic musician based in Los Angeles. She fuses all kinds of music together: video game soundtracks, trap, ambient, jersey club, vaporwave… Her latest EP is Good Luck, Megan! This mix is 59 tracks, mostly a minute or two long, that are instrumental but occasionally include her producer tag. A brief conversation with DJmegan23 precedes the tracklist, which is available to everyone.What’s your earliest memory of music?I think the farthest back I can pull is probably somewhere around 2005, Toxic by Britney Spears on the radio in car rides with my family. That and Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls, but that was later on i believe.What were your first recordings like? What did you use to make them?My first music i ever made were slowed sample heavy hiphop beats with distorted 808s & youtube type beats on a now deleted youtube channelWhat artists/albums/tracks were the most formative early on as you found your own sound?I can really list off names forever if you let me but ill keep it to only a few lines of names Clams Casino, Aphex Twin, Yung Lean, Whitearmor, Friendzone, Deaths Dynamic Shroud, Chief Keef, C418, Ichiko Aoba, Mid-Air-Thief, Shiro Sagisu, Rei Harakami, Gud, BladeeWhat is your studio setup? What instruments/gear/software do you use to make music?I’m very software based, I have one 89 key yamaha piano since I’m trained in piano playing and my desktop computer with fl studio and many virtual instruments. I do my sample chopping mapped to my piano and work pretty much exclusively in DAW/ on the piano. I do hope to have a full studio with many pieces of hardware eventually, if i can afford itWho is your dream collaborator?I’ve actually achieved a few of them already like clams casino and friendzone but my life would be complete if i got to hit a studio with Gud or Ichiko Aoba.How do you discover new music these days? Any recent notable finds?I’m not the greatest at keeping up with new Music lately, but I’m always listening to music I haven’t heard, because I’m looking for samples and inspiration. I use all kinds of sites for that, from Youtube, to rating sites, to crate digging tools.Name an underrated artist from the past 50 years.Off top- Shamana, been listening to them for a decade now and they’ve stayed too underrated the whole time. Shouts out.What are you working on next?I just dropped an EP but my next project (album) is called Hello, Megan! It’s my Magnum Opus to date, you can expect it this year, maybe even in a few months if all goes to plan. :)0:00:00 - DJmegan23 - decomposition lane0:02:27 - DJmegan23 - Spring0:04:14 - DJmegan23 - 17 Health Potions0:05:15 - DJmegan23, reverie - See U in My Dreams0:08:33 - DJmegan23 - BEACH BENEATH THE BLUE0:10:38 - DJmegan23 - 第一接触(FIRST CONTACT)0:11:34 - DJmegan23 - Get Out of MY HEAD0:12:33 - DJmegan23 - APHEX TWINSIES0:13:35 - DJmegan23 - It’s Dark Out0:14:57 - DJmegan23 - On the Lvl0:16:08 - DJmegan23, cranes, mental - Level 990:18:38 - DJmegan23 - I Love Crack0:19:42 - DJmegan23, yawe - #Jewelry (Instrumental)0:20:53 - DJmegan23 - Man Walks in to starbucks yea ima need that umm Pumpkin spice latte0:23:08 - DJmegan23 - 1000 Perfect Diamonds (Instrumental)0:24:28 - DJmegan23 - KKLOVERZ0:26:21 - DJmegan23 - Idle0:28:58 - DJmegan23 - Kalyptra0:29:54 - DJmegan23 - Winter Glory Calling0:31:36 - DJmegan23 - *Massive Explosion*0:33:10 - DJmegan23, sunsculptor - Final Fantasy0:34:22 - DJmegan23, yawe - Tear Drop0:36:27 - DJmegan23 - When That Minecraft Music Hit0:37:44 - DJmegan23, cranes - Clover0:39:39 - DJmegan23 - DJ VAPORMEG0:42:38 - DJmegan23, yawe - Return 2 Heaven0:43:46 - DJmegan23 - Megan’s Ringtone (outro)0:45:34 - DJmegan23 - golden panda0:46:30 - DJmegan23 - Can’t Get Back (Instrumental)0:49:36 - DJmegan23 - Aero Magica0:51:05 - DJmegan23 - Xx_Turtl3_B34ch_xX0:54:24 - DJmegan23 - Gardens 20010:56:34 - DJmegan23 - Ch3w1n9_Th3_Thumbst1ck0:58:11 - DJmegan23 - Xx_10k_D14m0ndz_xX0:59:36 - DJmegan23 - Aperture Science1:00:26 - DJmegan23 - WEST BLUE (西の海)1:02:43 - DJmegan23 - And Then God Walked in and Said-1:04:33 - DJmegan23 - MIDI FRUIT1:07:08 - DJmegan23 - Jun13rs meggy mix :P1:08:03 - DJmegan23 - SERIAL EXPERIMENTS LAIN1:10:34 - DJmegan23 - MOLLY1:12:44 - DJmegan23 - Megs Realm1:14:11 - DJmegan23 - Dark Wizard Chaos1:15:57 - DJmegan23 - Ice Mirror1:17:03 - DJmegan23, 1gloree - It Broke…1:19:04 - DJmegan23 - So Cool1:20:12 - DJmegan23 - Yay1:21:22 - DJmegan23 - 経験値(4X EXP)1:22:52 - DJmegan23 - ballad for the sins1:26:29 - DJmegan23 - Hurt :1:28:38 - DJmegan23, tr3ndy - Good Luck1:30:30 - DJmegan23, wokstarshawtyy - Lily Pad1:31:36 - DJmegan23 - Hold it in1:33:29 - DJmegan23 - DAVY BACK FIGHT1:35:26 - DJmegan23 - If God Something Worms Idk Cylindrical1:36:11 - DJmegan23, reverie - 222 the sky +djmegan231:38:24 - DJmegan23 - CRIMSON DESCENT1:40:34 - DJmegan23 - Loot This is a public episode. 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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with new music from Eluvium, Líom, and Blood Incantation (they have a new ambient score out). Then some acoustic instrumentals by Natalia Tsupryk & Angus MacRae, Laurence Pike, Ry Cooder, and Clear Path Ensemble. We play the “Thinkin Bout You” cover from Flea’s trumpet album, and a track from Duval Timothy’s new collaboration with Carlos Niño and Mate Mercereau. There’s some jazz by John Coltrane and Danae Greenfield. The pace picks up with Seefeel, Patrick Lee, and Fred P (x2). The mix ends with the penultimate track from Boards of Canada’s new record. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Eluvium - Under the Water It Glowed0:05:02 - Líom - Are You Wearing Any Metal0:07:48 - Blood Incantation - Rain

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix is all Boards of Canada, following their release of Inferno, their first album in 13 years. We put together a tracklist and sourced 18 recommendations from the community, with three tracks being recommended twice. This mix covers all of Boards of Canada’s LPs – from 1998 to 2026 – as well as several EPs and a remix of Boom Bip. The focus is instrumentals, though a vocal moment here or there was hard to avoid. Attributions of recommendations are under the corresponding tracks. There’s a longer free preview available on this one. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Boards of Canada - Gemini (excerpt)0:00:04 - Boards of Canada - Corsair–Michael Cina0:02:30 - Boards of Canada - Sundown0:04:28 - Boards of Canada - Open the Light–Kenneth James Gibson0:08:26 - Boards of Canada - Satellite Anthem Icarus–Cowboy Sadness / David Moore0:13:07 - Boards of Canada - Seven Forty Seven–Philip Sherburne0:19:02 - Boom Bip - Last Walk Around Mirror Lake (Boards of Canada Remix)0:22:45 - Boards of Canada - Left Side Drive–Sarah Farley0:26:41 - Boards of Canada - Roygbiv–Stuart Bogie0:28:22 - Boards of Canada - Everything You Do Is A Balloon–Colin Nagy & Antonio Caballero

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with a new track by a. vos, followed by a collaboration between Alaskan Tapes, Blu Miles, and Ann Annie. Also new ambient by Maston & Greg Foat, Eluvium, Exportion, and Black Boboi. We excerpt a single by ambient trombonist Kalia Vandever, and then play a track from guitarist Bill Orcutt’s new record with cellist Mabe Fratti. There are two tracks from the Life Aquatic soundtrack: one by Sven Libaek and the other by Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo. Drums come in with Seefeel, tamanaramen, Yuni Wa, and Larry Heard. A hypnotic track from Karim’s debut LP leads into the Mothersbaugh track to close. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - a. vos - halos0:02:44 - Alaskan Tapes, Blu Miles, Ann Annie - In-Cloud0:06:24 - Maston & Greg Foat - Carving Jade0:08:53 - Eluvium - Communication

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with instrumentals by Hania Rani and Harold Budd. There’s some ambient country, beginning with a track off of SUSS’s new album, followed by Corntuth, Golden Brown, Joe Webb, Daniel Lanois, and Lau Ro. There’s a live recording of Suzanne Ciani featuring Actress. Then some band instrumentals by Zero 7 and Setting, before electronic music by Satoshi Tomiie and Jereon Search. A synth composition by Nine Inch Nails alum Alessandro Cortini closes out the mix. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Hania Rani - Esja0:04:10 - Harold Budd - Down the Slopes to the Meadow

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with solo piano works old and new, by Harold Budd and Linus Alberg respectively. There are some ambient pieces by Seconds, Blanket Swimming, Alaskan Tapes, marine eyes, Lara Somogyi, and SUSS. We excerpt a track from the new self-titled album by Setting – more on them later this week. We revisit an overlooked Steve Reich piece, “Octet,” performed by his ensemble in 1980. The pace picks up with TUAWKI, Maston & Greg Foat, and Zopelar. We end with a Kaytranada track. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Harold Budd - Haru Spring0:04:25 - Linus Alberg - Falter0:09:00 - Seconds - Slope

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with a 2020 track from William Basinski called “The Wheel of Fortune.” The ambience continues with Masahiro Takahashi, miska lamberg (h/t Stephan Kunze), and Joanna Brouk. There’s a 1977 collaboration between sitarist Kalyani Roy and pianist V. Balsara. We continue with electronic instrumentals by Tomaga, Anthony Naples, James Holden, Yu Su, and Keytronics (h/t Jacqui Devaney). There are two unreleased house tracks from a forthcoming Flow State Records release. We end with a Squarepusher cut from the ‘90s. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - William Basinski - The Wheel of Fortune0:02:41 - Masahiro Takahashi - Soundwalker0:04:57 - miska lamberg - I remember the day the world lost color

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with new ambient music by Skerik, Seconds, Pan-American, and David August. There are a couple older fourth world tracks by Jon Hassell and Harold Budd. Jazz comes from Aaron Shaw (new album) and Nala Sinephro. We play a couple experimental finds: a solo guitar impromptu by Master Wilburn Burchette and a loungey track by the… Lounge Lizards (via an Angine de Poitrine interview). We found an orchestral instrumental cover of George Harrison’s “Beware of Darkness” by Mary Fahl. The pace picks up with Mammo, Paperclip Minimiser, and Youandewan. There are two tracks by Skee Mask (one a vinyl rip). The mix concludes with André 3000’s breakneck rendition of “My Favorite Things” from The Love Below. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Skerik - Synesthesia0:07:12 - Seconds - Slope

Today’s mix is a label edit of greyfade, a New York based label founded in 2019. The label was started by producer and designer Joseph Branciforte dedicated to experimental music and “system-based works.” The idea is that an album is a conceptual universe made up of sound, arrangement, physical material, artwork, and text. The mix includes works by taylor deupree, Phillip Golub, Greg Davis, Catherine Lamb, Kenneth Kirschner, and more. There’s a Flow State edit of a piano loop by Golub. Check out more of the label’s collection on Bandcamp, including Branciforte’s new collaboration with Belgian jazz musician Jozef Dumoulin. This mix is available to everyone. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Taylor Deupree - Snow-Sand (For Clarinets, Vibraphone, Cello, & Percussion)0:15:49 - Joseph Branciforte & Jozef Dumoulin - ⊐0:23:10 - Joseph Branciforte & Theo Bleckmann - 4.190:30:33 - Phillip Golub - Loop 30:38:40 - Taylor Deupree - Temper (For Clarinets & Shaker)0:52:42 - Kenneth Kirschner - July 8 2017 – xi.0:57:30 - Phillip Golub - Loop 51:06:10 - Greg Davis - Pierpont1:12:10 - Joseph Branciforte & Theo Bleckmann - 1.131:18:50 - Taylor Deupree - Stil. (For Vibraphone & Bass Drum)1:37:14 - Joseph Branciforte & Theo Bleckmann - 5.5.91:45:31 - Greg Davis - Proth1:49:38 - Catherine Lamb & Ghost Ensemble - VI.1:54:27 - Philip Golub - Loop 7 (Flow State Edit)1:57:10 - Greg Davis - Sophie Germain2:02:40 - Joseph Branciforte & Jozef Dumoulin - ⊐ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.flowstate.fm/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday is April 14th, so the mix opens with ten different versions of the Aphex Twin track. We start with the original and then play renditions on synth (Loscil), acoustic guitar (Shane Parish), brass (The Westerlies), harp (Jemima Thewes), pedal steel (Pedal & Lever Society), and more. We play two tracks from Corntuth’s forthcoming LP on Flow State Records (due out in July). Then, new music by SUSS, Alanna Crouch, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri, and Seefeel. We end with Angine de Poitrine whose microtonal math rock is sensational. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Aphex Twin - Avril 14th0:01:51 - Vanessa Wagner - Avril 14th (Loscil Remix)0:06:50 - Shane Parish - Avril 14th0:08:38 - The Westerlies - Avril 14th

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix is inspired by the Artemis II mission to the moon, which yesterday set the record for the farthest humans have ever been from earth. The mix plays space-themed instrumental music by Brian Eno, Ashra, Mort Garson, Applefish, Soft Machine, and more. There are two pieces from Alex North’s rejected score for 2001: A Space Odyssey as well as a piece from Matt Morton’s all-Moog score for the 2019 documentary Apollo 11. On Sunday, Artemis crew member Victor Glover radioed in these extemporaneous remarks: “You guys are talking to us because we’re in a spaceship really far from Earth, but you’re on a spaceship called Earth… Maybe the distance we are from you makes you think what we’re doing is special, but you’re the same distance from us... In all of this emptiness – this is a whole bunch of nothing, this thing we called the universe – you have this oasis, this beautiful place where you get to exist, together.”0:00:00 - Matt Morton - The Burdens and the Hopes (Apollo 11 OST)

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with an instrumental by Ethel Cain, whose ambient works we discovered via the gentle voices guest mix. We continue with more ambient pieces by Lauren Helene Green, Chantal Michelle, Meg Bowles, Vinnie Who, and David August. We play an early selection from The Caretaker’s magnum opus, Everywhere at the End of Time. Then some piano pieces by Alfa Mist and Jesse Hackett before playing SUSS’s new single, “Sunset II.” We recently discovered Acetone’s chill cover of “Midnight Cowboy” by John Barry. Then drums come in with Rejoicer, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Superpitcher, and Makam. Los Destellos play a cumbia cover of Beethoven’s “Für Elise.” Towards the end there’s dub techno by Priori, a disco instrumental by The Funkin’ Machine, and a video game-like track by prodBigMike called “iluvslapbass.” We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Ethel Cain - Radio Towers0:04:55 - Lauren Helene Green - Horses At Fire Water Lodge0:08:27 - Chantal Michelle - The Stream

Today we have a guest mix from Green-House, the Los Angeles-based duo of Olive Ardizoni & Michael Flanagan. They just released their new album, Hinterlands, which true to form is gentle, intriguing, inventive, and fun. We’ve featured their music a couple times before and interviewed them back in 2023. Their guest mix includes Flow State favorites Vangelis, John Carroll Kirby, Ariel Kalma, Nala Sinephro, Nico Georis, and Photay. It also includes new-to-us artists like Milan Pilar, Keisuke Sakai, Hand Habits, Mark Duggan, and Eric Vann. This one is available to everyone. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Milan Pilar - Rituals0:03:43 - Vangelis - La petite fille de la mer0:09:28 - Kuniyuki Takahashi - Asia0:14:22 - Keisuke Sakai - Yume0:17:35 - Oscilation Circuit - Nocturne0:23:56 - Alabaster DePlume - Honeycomb0:27:03 - Joe Pera - The Freezer Aisle0:28:07 - John Carroll Kirby - Suntory0:35:37 - Eleventeen Eston - Indian Blue0:39:36 - Masahiro Takahashi - Dreamies0:44:20 - Hand Habits - (Forgiveness)0:46:31 - Ariel Kalma & Asa Tone - Two Winds0:52:45 - Bitchin Bajas - Skylarking0:58:50 - Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett - Mermaid1:02:42 - Raymond Scott - Sleepy Time1:06:57 - Yoshiaki Ochi - Balasong1:00:00 - Mark Duggan - Gamelan Solo: II. Delicate1:15:19 - ムクワジュ・アンサンブル - Ki-Motion1:21:13 - Haruomi Hosono - WINDY LAND1:26:13 - Total Blue - The Path1:30:07 - Nala Sinephro - Space 71:31:22 - Photay, Carlos Niño & Mikaela Davis - H O N O R1:33:42 - Nico Georis - Lake-Eyes1:37:09 - Lynn Avery & Cole Pulice - Moonlight in an Empty Room1:40:10 - H.Takahashi - Paleozoic1:42:58 - J Foerster & N KRAMER - Bedding (Four Layers)1:48:29 - INOYAMALAND - Skyfish1:52:25 - Eric Vann - Waterworld This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.flowstate.fm/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix is all film scores, following the Oscars this past Sunday. The scores nominated this year are all featured: Alexandre Desplat’s Frankenstein, Jerskin Fendrix’s Bugonia, Ludwig Göransson’s Sinners, Jonny Greenwood’s One Battle, and Max Richter’s Hamnet. Those are interleaved between classic themes (by Bernard Herrmann, John Williams, John Barry, etc.) and more recent standouts (by Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Nicholas Britell, etc.). We could only fit so many tracks into two hours, so if there’s one you love but don’t see, comment below. Some track names have the film title in it, but for those that don’t, see if you can guess the film by ear. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra0:01:36 - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Hand Covers Bruise0:05:43 - Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas0:10:35 - Nicholas Britell - Little’s Theme0:11:20 - Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (Edit)0:14:41 - Emile Mossert - Jacob and the Stone

Today’s mix is by the artists featured on the new ambient compilation gentle voices, vol. 1. Anita Tatlow and Cynthia Bernard (aka marine eyes) convened 20 women artists from 15 countries, pairing two artists together on each of the ten tracks. This mix begins with the album and then plays 20 tracks selected by the artists (the selector is noted in parentheses). The compilation was “released ahead of International Women’s Day (Sunday March 8), as a celebration and representation of women and gender expansive artists who are quietly and diligently creating art through their work in the ambient scene, and the music industry at large.”0:00:00 - Applefish + Líom - traces of tomorrow0:02:36 - Gollden + IKSRE - eclipses0:07:27 - Anita Tatlow + Jun Futamata - silent aurora0:10:15 - Aphir + Drum & Lace - resin0:14:02 - Asia Dojnikowska + marine eyes - that the light is everything0:18:00 - Alanna Crouch + Freya Arde - when rain falls0:21:22 - frogi + reanne - long way home0:24:17 - Aisha Vaughan + Dream Crease - mist field & gentle showers0:28:36 - Birds Of Passage + Jolanda Moletta - mountain ascent at dusk0:34:25 - Inquiri + Karen Vogt - standing start0:41:05 - Poemme - red-tail (selected by inquiri)0:46:27 - Clariloops - Drifting, Fleeting (IKSRE)0:50:26 - Jun Futamata - The River Knew (Jun Futamata)0:53:24 - Anneline Hugo - Deeper Still (Anita Tatlow)0:56:18 - Julia Kent - Lac des Arcs (Birds of Passage)1:01:20 - Asia Dojnikowska - Morning, The First Day (Asia Dojnikowska)1:05:43 - Enya - Epona (Dream Crease)1:07:15 - Ethel Cain - Willoughby’s Interlude (frogi)1:14:25 - Arushi Jain - My People Have Deep Roots (Aisha Vaughan)1:18:09 - Mayari - Heal Me (Aphir)1:22:39 - Drum & Lace - Lichen (Drum & Lace)1:26:30 - Meg Bowles - Glacial Dawn (Applefish)1:35:04 - Líom + marine eyes - Silent Faults (Líom)1:38:38 - Meredith Monk - Dawn (Jolanda Moletta)1:41:45 - Dobrawa Czocher - Prologue (Freya Arde)1:44:43 - Susanne Sundfør - Lys (Karen Vogt)1:46:30 - La Louve - Living Room (Alanna Crouch)1:49:50 - marine eyes - in the spaces (reanne) 1:53:11 - Joanna Brouk - Golden Cloud Layers (Gollden)1:59:00 - Akashana - Dreamtide - Extended - Part 5 (marine eyes) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.flowstate.fm/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix is inspired by Ben Cardew’s recent report on Daft Punk member Thomas Bangalter DJing with Fred Again. We cherry-picked instrumentals from across Daft Punk’s discography beginning with “Nightvision” from Discovery. That’s followed by tracks from TRON: Legacy and the drumless edition of Random Access Memories (released in 2023). There are a bunch of B-sides and remixes that eschew vocals: the Japan-exclusive “Horizon” from RAM, Moby’s remix of “Son of Flynn,” Masters at Work’s remix of “Around the World,” and Daft Punk’s own “Digital Dub.” We play a couple solo Bangalter singles from his Roulé days: “Club Soda” and “On Da Rocks.” The rest of the mix includes some of the duo’s better-known instrumentals from Homework and Discovery, such as “Da Funk,” “Voyager,” “Aerodynamic,” and “Revolution 909.” The mix ends with the drumless version of “Contact,” the final track from RAM. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Daft Punk - Nightvision0:01:31 - Daft Punk - Father and Son0:04:32 - Daft Punk - Motherboard (Drumless Edition)0:07:42 - Daft Punk - Adagio for TRON

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with new ambient music by Yeong Die, Líom, Chantal Michelle, and KMRU. We play a track from Nine Inch Nails’ score for TRON: Ares, which has the usual Reznor/Ross foreboding sweetness. There are jazz pieces old and new, by Pino Palldino & Blake Mills, Matthew Halsall, the Phi-Psonics, and Keith Jarrett. The pace picks up with Tom Esselle, Lone, and Pizza Hotline. A field recording from Davi Music’s new environmental album, Standing Still/Five Nature Soundscapes, concludes the mix. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Yeong Die - Nap Time (for Mom)0:04:22 - Líom - Ends

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with new ambient pieces by maharishi yogo, Líom, and Blanket Swimming. There’s some jazzy ambient by Shabaka and Bill Frisell, then some solo instrumentals by Danz CM, Linus Alberg, and Golden Brown. We play a couple new leftfield pieces by Geologist, Duval Timothy & Yu Su, and Greg Foat et al. Then the pace picks up with Milieu, RIP Swirl, Shinichi Atobe, and finally Vitess. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - maharishi yogo - I Can Fly0:04:52 - Líom - Equinox

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with new longform ambient pieces by zakè, Ryan J Raffa & Sam Prekop, and Rafael Anton Irisarri. We move into an ethereal piece by Aisha Vaughan and then an ambient jazz track by Fabiano do Nascimento and E Ruscha V. There are a couple community recs – Anna von Hausswolff (h/t Ryan) and Li Daiguo & Slim Rothaus (h/t Concrete Avalanche). A couple jazz classics from Miles Davis and Donald Byrd show up before a profound Steve Reich composition. The mix concludes with Ryuichi Sakamoto’s 1980 dance track “Riot in Lagos,” which presaged decades of electronic music. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - zakè - Cantus for Winter, Part Two0:06:24 - Ryan J Raffa & Sam Prekop - Waiting for the Light to Change

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with an ambient jazz piece by Max Jaffe, Jeff Parker, and Spencer Zahn that came out at the end of last year. There are new singles by KMRU & Fennesz, Green-House, and David Moore. We play music by artists who just won Grammys on Sunday including Carla Patullo, ARKAI, and Blake Mills. Then a couple extended instrumentals by Craven Faults and Donald Byrd, before Yeong Die concludes the mix. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Max Jaffe, Jeff Parker, Spencer Zahn - Up Top Up0:03:07 - KMRU & Fennesz - Blurred

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with a couple long ambient pieces by Oscilation Circuit and Steve Roach. There’s a track from Peter Gabriel’s mostly instrumental 1985 album, Birdy, called “Slow Water.” Then some new compositions by Max Richter (from the Hamnet score), RIOPY, and Kelly Moran. We play some jazz instrumentals new and old by Svaneborg Kardyb (h/t Stephen), The Blackbyrds, and Woo, before moving into modular synth works by Surgeons Girl and JakoJako. A piece by Anna Butterss concludes the mix. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Oscilation Circuit - Nocturne0:06:13 - Steve Roach - Structures from Silence (excerpt)

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with new ambient music from Tapes and Topographies, Joe Harvey-Whyte & Paul Cousins, Cédric Elisabeth, and Pagination. There are some electronic instrumentals by Bochum Welt, Wa Wu We, and Craven Faults. We play a standout track from Satsuki Shibano’s Wave Notation 3 record, followed by a classic Ariel Kalma new age piece. Then we transition into more upbeat stuff from Grand River, St. Catherine’s, Waldir Calmon, and The Pool. The track “Radical Hope” by efdemin concludes the mix. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Tapes and Topographies - sometimes i feel your ghost0:05:51 - Joe Harvey-Whyte & Paul Cousins - lift

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with a new collab between Christina Vantzou, John Also Bennett, and Oliver Coates. Then we play ambient pieces by Loscil, Six Missing, and Max Richter – an orchestral piece from his new score for Hamnet. Then some neoclassical / jazzy pieces by A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Cyril Guiraud & Omree Gal-Oz, and Henrik Lindstrand & Kasper Bjørke. We play some electronic tracks by Clark, Susumu Yokota, Leif, , Raven, and efdemin. We wrap with a jungle track from Kloke & Tim Reaper. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Christina Vantzou, John Also Bennett & Oliver Coates - Death, Reverb and Decay

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with a track from Daniel Lopatin’s score for Marty Supreme. We continue with an ambient piece by Guenter Schlienz (h/t Cow Tools), and then some new ambience by Loscil, Hayes Bradley, Aylu, and Mor Elian. There are a few jazz pieces by Chris Williams, Catherine Tang, and an old favorite from Moondog. Electronic tones come in from Seconds, Acid Pauli, Kosmischer Läufer, and The Field. We include two techno tracks by Maeksll and then conclude with the endlessly sampled “Amen Brother” by The Winstons. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Daniel Lopatin - The Apple0:02:00 - Guenter Schlienz - Dust

Today we have a guest mix from Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, an American composer from the Pacific Northwest now based in Los Angeles. Her new album, Thoughts on the Future, comes out this Friday and about which she wrote, “This composition is shaped by loss, written with the quiet intention of holding someone through the unholdable.” We premiere that album here, and the rest of the mix is Smith’s hand-picked tracks that influenced it. The influential artists include many pianists, including Nils Frahm, Dustin O’Halloran, Ólafur Arnalds, Hania Rani, and Chilly Gonzales. Several Philip Glass pieces appear, performed twice by Bruce Brubaker. There’s a chamber rendition of Aphex Twin’s “Avril 14th” by Daniel Hope et al. Towards the end, there’s an electronic/neoclassical piece by DjRUM, as well as a gorgeous minimalist string composition by Anne Müller. This mix is available to everyone. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - I Miss The Way You Swim0:09:27 - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Thoughts on the Future0:16:17 - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Dying Is a Normal Part of Life0:21:29 - Nils Frahm - Them0:25:12 - Max Richter & Grace Davidson - Path 3 (7676) Pt. 10:26:32 - Dustin O’Halloran - An Ending, a Beginning0:28:38 - Kara-Lis Coverdale - Touch Me & Die0:31:56 - Grandbrothers - Bloodflow0:39:33 - Yiruma & Ólafur Arnalds - We Contain Multitudes (piano reworks)0:43:48 - Caroline Shaw, Roomful of Teeth & Brad Wells - Partita for 8 Singers: 3. Courante0:52:40 - Philip Glass & Bruce Brubaker - Opening0:58:24 - Hania Rani - Glass1:02:43 - Jóhann Jóhannsson et al. - Flight from the City1:08:44 - Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)1:12:42 - Jon Hopkins - Feel First Life1:17:02 - Chilly Gonzales & Jarvis Cocker - The Tearjerker Returns1:20:24 - Bing & Ruth - Starwood Choker1:26:35 - Luke Abbott - Tree1:29:42 - Roedelius & Arnold Kasar - Rolling1:33:13 - Philip Glass & Bruce Brubaker - Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis Two1:39:25 - Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - 23:531:44:31 - DjRUM & Zosia Jagodzinska - Creature, Pt. 11:49:09 - Aphex Twin, Daniel Hope, et al. - Avril 14th1:51:10 - Anne Müller - Drifting Circles1:57:55 - Felix Rösch - Berceuse This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.flowstate.fm/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix consists of mostly new singles. We open with ambient music by Francesca Heart, Golden, marine eyes, and Rob Winstone. Then a new classical piece by Alanna Crouch and a performance of Harold Budd’s “Pavilion of Dreams” by harpist Nailah Hunter and thereminist Alia Mohamed. We move through instrumental compositions by Cluster & Brian Eno, Laurie Spiegel & Erik Hall, Woo, and SML. The Magic Hours & TUAWKI contribute an exotica rendition of Vince Guaraldi’s “Christmas Time Is Here.” The pace picks up with Orbital and Mor Elian, and we wrap with a new single from DjRUM. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Francesca Heart - Le Canella0:02:15 - Gollden - desamor0:05:21 - marine eyes - marigolds0:07:57 - Rob Winstone - beach

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with some new ambient music by Ess Whiteley, Sofie Birch, Driftless Region, Phil Cook, Lawrence English & Stephen Vitiello, and Laurie Torres & Nailah Hunter. We excerpt some newish piano pieces by Rachel Grimes and Armin van Buuren. Then the synthesizers intensify with Slow Riffs, KMRU, cehryl, and Oneohtrix Point Never. The last thirty minutes or so see a higher BPM with Move 78, Chihiro Yamanaka, Four Tet, Tortoise, and finally Seconds. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Ess Whiteley - Mycelial Circuit Board Dreams0:05:55 - Sofie Birch - The Sun XIX

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix is provided by Seconds, whose fourth LP, Drafts, is the latest release on Flow State Records (more on that tomorrow). It’s now available for free/name your price on Bandcamp and is released under a Creative Commons license. This mix plays most of the Drafts tracks out of order, following the usual Flow State mix template of starting with ambient and then going more upbeat. The new tracks are interspersed with various influences, including Felicia Atkinson, Harold Budd, Brian Eno & Cluster, Patricia Wolf, Air, and Gesaffelstein. We hope you enjoy (we’ll be off Thurs-Fri this week).0:00:00 - Seconds - Red Nape0:06:00 - Felicia Atkinson - Blue

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix consists mostly of new music. There are new ambient works by Alaskan Tapes & Blue Miles, CFCF (from the Sounds of Taiwan compilation), and Saapato. We play Gloria Cheng’s solo piano performance of John Adams’ “China Gates” from the ‘90s. Then, two tracks from Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider’s new ambient album, The Passing. There’s more new stuff from cehryl, Opsin, Tortoise, not even noticed, and Clark. Finally, we play one of the new singles from Oneohtrix Point Never’s album Tranquilizer, which comes out this Friday. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Alaskan Tapes & Blu Miles - Blank Slate0:02:46 - Jorgen Gustafsson - Recently0:07:21 - CFCF - Crickets in Public Toilets

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with a synth meditation piece by JD Emmanuel from 1982. There’s new ambient music by Jon Porras, Funcionário, U, and Martina Berther & Philipp Schlotter. We play some new instrumentals by The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Hayes Bradley, and Golden Brown. There’s a miraculous solo ukulele performance of “Claire de Lune” by Harry Kalahiki. Then some more upbeat stuff by Carrier, Binary Algorithms, and Mulatu Astatke. A new single from the mysterious, talented German producer Siriusmo concludes the mix. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - JD Emmanuel - Attaining Peace0:05:03 - Jon Porras - Ceremony Stone

Today’s mix is entirely sourced from friends of Flow State: musicians, curators, label heads, music fans. The 37 tracks that were contributed are quite varied: obscure favorites, recent loves, artists’ own tracks (including several unreleased). The only artist picked twice was Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross. In honor of the big three oh oh, this mix is available to everyone. If you’re not already a Flow State supporter, help us keep going to episode 500 by becoming a supporter today. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Minutemen - Cohesion– Brianna Bartelt (Building Songs)0:01:54 - James Bernard - Impermanence (Unreleased)– James Bernard0:08:11 - Joy Guidry & Elizabeth Steiner - Hold and Be Held– Ana Gavrilovska (Sick Sad Motherslug)0:12:34 - Aix Em Klemm - Prue Lewarne– Andrew Tasselmyer (Sound Methods)0:17:22 - marine eyes - Catching Light (Unreleased on digital)– marine eyes (cloud collecting)0:19:05 - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Start of Things– Adam Offitzer (Hear Hear)0:21:51 - Robert Fripp - Music for Quiet Moments 20 - Pastorale - Madison 10 Nov 2007– Davi Music0:27:07 - Gollden - Red Sun– Collette Andrea0:32:44 - Qasim Naqvi - Plastic Glacier– Stuart Bogie 0:39:39 - In Transit - A.2829– Stephan Kunze (zensounds)0:44:28 - FogChaser - shadow of a cloud (Unreleased)– Fog Chaser0:47:38 - SUSS - Salt Flats– Bob Holmes (SUSS Newsletter)0:50:54 - Knopha - Mist 雾– Jake (Concrete Avalanche)0:55:21 - Marika Takeuchi - Breathe Out– Marika Takeuchi0:57:45 - Paul Grimstad - The Florentine Codex (Socrate)– Paul Grimstad0:59:36 - Belle Chen - Passages of Time– Burke Turner1:03:08 - The Advisory Circle - Sundial– Asmi Shetty (MORPHINE)1:06:25 - Ángeles Rojas - Breathe into the Forest, Into the Bird, Into the Song (Extract)– Ángeles Rojas1:10:32 - Rafael Anton Irisarri - Secretly Wishing for Rain (William Basinski & Gary Thomas Wright Rework)– Karen Vogt1:17:48 - Ofir Ganon - Decatur– Ofir Ganon1:19:45 - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Love Would Shatter– Melted Form (Hum, Buzz, & Hiss)1:23:12 - Derek Monypeny - Blit– Derek Monypeny1:29:20 - Arvo Pärt, Gidon Kremer & Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Fratres– Michael Cirigliano II (Shades of Blue)1:40:02 - Cluster - Zum Wohl– Corntuth1:46:27 - Francesca Heart & Polonius - Flux Faux– Saapato1:48:47 - Channelers - Calling on the Voice of– Jacqui Devaney (Dinner Music)1:52:28 - Finis Africae - El Secreto de la 12– Gabriel Brady1:58:52 - Percy Faith & His Orchestra - The Theme from “A Summer Place”– Chris Dalla Riva (Can't Get Much Higher)2:01:08 - Rafiq Bhatia - Aviary I | Sunrise– Michael Cina2:11:19 - Steve Hauschildt - Dividua– Sam Valenti IV (Herb Sundays)2:15:30 - The Herbaliser - The Sensual Woman– Annie Schiller2:18:58 - KZA - Routine– Shawn Reynaldo (First Floor)2:25:22 - A.L.I.S.O.N - June– Jason Kottke2:29:11 - Lemna - Diffuse Reflection– Daniel Garber2:33:45 - Paul Keeley - Doormatica (Original Mix)– Kevin Alexander (On Repeat Records)2:38:42 - Lawrence English - Dock (Unreleased)– Lawrence English This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.flowstate.fm/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’s mix opens with acoustic instrumentals by Unchained and Golden Brown. There’s a Torus track which reimagines a Postal Service riff for ambient ears (thanks Richard for the tip). We play some new ambient music by Funcionário, Emily A. Sprague, Kelly Moran, and Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe. There’s a single from Lia Kohl and Zander Raymond’s June record In Transit, and two tracks from John Thayer’s new LP, Winds Gate. We play a favorite Ryuichi Sakamoto piece, as well as two songs from Blue Lake’s new album. We wrap with a demo from an upcoming Flow State Records release. We hope you enjoy.0:00:00 - Unchained - Rambler0:05:26 - Golden Brown - A Word Spoken by the Sunlight0:07:26 - Unchained - Bocal

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 - Dawn0:02:11 - Shere Fraser & Metric System 1981 - Everlasting Peace0:04:54 - Blanket Swimming - Cloudlove

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 Another0:03:00 - Emily A. Sprague - Osaka

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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, Hope0:03:24 - Take Me There - One Day Soon0:06:52 - Unruly Disturbance - Another Ending (Homage to Brian)0:11:22 - Exit Chamber - The Things We Had To Leave Behind0:18:00 - Ed Herbers - Up All Night0:23:18 - Asha Patera - Form of Energy0:26:26 - Unruly Disturbance - I Love My GR-1 (Side A)0:33:20 - Ed Herbers - A Room of One’s Own0:35:58 - passengers & Tari Vega - Run0:43:55 - Exit Chamber - Their Grave, The Stars0:48:11 - Ed Herbers - Rumination0:50:41 - G!GA LURGH - Echoes from Arkadia, Pt. 10:53:55 - David Aimone - Bottom Bay

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 Sound0:04:50 - Nine Inch Nails - Apart

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 Is0:03:02 - B9 & marine eyes - gehrai in e0:06:20 - zakè & William Basinski - Spes

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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, Lolly0:01:55 - Davi Music - Kumbaya0:05:07 - Davi Music - Red River Valley0:08:19 - Davi Music - Jacob’s Ladder0:10:38 - Davi Music - Dona Nobis Pacem0:14:04 - Davi Music - All My Trials0:17:57 - Davi Music - Home On The Range0:21:43 - Davi Music - Shenandoah0:26:34 - Davi Music - Michael Row Your Boat Ashore / What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor0:31:50 - Davi Music - Land of the Silver Birch0:36:16 - Davi Music - Home On The Range (Reprise)

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 - Dome0:06:00 - Windy & Carl - Elevation

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 Voids0:04:01 - Luke Schneider - A Map of Invisible Trails

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 Thursday0:05:13 - Luke Schneider - For Dancing in Quiet Light

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 Me0:05:35 - Felicity Mangan - String Thing

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 - Quadrivium0:05:11 - Almost An Island - An Ode to Nothing

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 Shore0:03:28 - John Also Bennett - First Lament

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 Olives0:06:33 - Kilometre Club & Retland - Jumping Backwards

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 Johan0:04:17 - Jeremiah Chu & Marta Sofia Honer - On the Other Sea0:08:20 - Hiram - Slow Growth

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 - Kinmokusei0:02:34 - Pan-American & Kramer - The Double Life of a Seahorse0:07:30 - Gabriel Brady - Ordinary

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 - Untitled0:03:05 - Gabriel Brady - Streetlight0:06:11 - Aarktica - Awakening

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fmToday’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 Ground0:04:29 - Alaskan Tapes & Lutes Jennings - Bloom III