<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Flow State]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every weekday, two hours of music that's perfect for working (no vocals).]]></description><link>https://www.flowstate.fm</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AOrD!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F71381723-ba9a-49d2-9939-47b26b709019_888x888.png</url><title>Flow State</title><link>https://www.flowstate.fm</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 02:10:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.flowstate.fm/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Marcuse LLC]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[mc@flowstate.fm]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[mc@flowstate.fm]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Flow State]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Flow State]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[mc@flowstate.fm]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[mc@flowstate.fm]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Flow State]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Aaron Shaw]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we&#8217;re listening to Aaron Shaw, an American saxophonist, flautist, and composer from Los Angeles.]]></description><link>https://www.flowstate.fm/p/aaron-shaw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.flowstate.fm/p/aaron-shaw</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flow State]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:03:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dPZH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe34700ca-3310-4b3f-9259-0a9a7e2d9d4b_1200x1200.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today we&#8217;re listening to Aaron Shaw, an American saxophonist, flautist, and composer from Los Angeles. His dad was a classical pianist and filled the home with music, leading Shaw to start taking music lessons at an early age.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> He went on to study saxophone with Kamasi Washington, and later collaborate with artists like Herbie Hancock and Andr&#233; 3000. In 2023, Shaw was diagnosed with bone marrow failure, a symptom of which is red blood cell deficiency, making it difficult to produce the breath his instruments require.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a> </strong><em><strong>And So It Is</strong></em><strong> is his debut solo LP, released by Leaving Records in February, but it&#8217;s also the mantra he would repeat to himself over the trying years following his diagnosis. In the 2010s, Shaw formed formed the group Black Nile with his brother, Lawrence, a bassist. We&#8217;re playing the group&#8217;s new LP, </strong><em><strong>Indigo Garden</strong></em><strong>, which came out earlier this month, featuring jazz jams with frenetic drums.</strong></p><p><em><strong>And So It Is</strong></em><strong> - Aaron Shaw (42m, spoken vocals on track 8)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3LF1ORqVIVWBd97c179uHf?si=Qk4PVDTaT3Kyp9sie9vqag">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/and-so-it-is/1846463253">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l9MNWu0gBIEcBtdGT9nrMKben6NrySIQM">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0FWHGBFHW">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://aaronshaw.bandcamp.com/album/and-so-it-is">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/467213486">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>Indigo Garden</strong></em><strong> - Black Nile (42m, spoken vocals on tracks 1 and 4)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2ZvPEBdZ5mNXQLNPHqPOn6?si=fZ5fmDVPQ_yUVbaFCz17uw">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/indigo-garden/1872187292">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kxusr-xEH2ROR9jLm5ua-wve_b0wiW_kQ">YouTube Music</a> / <s>Amazon Music</s> / <a href="https://black-nile.bandcamp.com/album/indigo-garden-2">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/493219797">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><strong>Have a great Thursday.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dPZH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe34700ca-3310-4b3f-9259-0a9a7e2d9d4b_1200x1200.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Guardian</a></p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Harrison]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we&#8217;re listening to Michael Harrison, an American pianist and composer from Oregon.]]></description><link>https://www.flowstate.fm/p/michael-harrison</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.flowstate.fm/p/michael-harrison</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flow State]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:03:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gO37!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6dbd18ae-1201-4b28-a2ff-85a70e84448a_1280x1280.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today we&#8217;re listening to Michael Harrison, an American pianist and composer from Oregon. His father and grandfather were distinguished mathematicians, a field to which Harrison was exposed throughout childhood. While studying composition as an undergrad at the University of Oregon, he was transfixed by Indian raga, per the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/arts/music/michael-harrison-dead.html">New York Times</a>:</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Trying to understand what he was hearing, he read the entry on &#8220;just intonation&#8221; in the Harvard Dictionary of Music. Associated with the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras, just intonation is a mathematically pure tuning system in which intervals between notes are based on whole-number ratios. As Western music evolved, it shifted to &#8220;tempered&#8221; tuning, which allowed musicians to move between keys more easily but which abandoned the purity of the Pythagorean ratios. In non-Western music like ragas, though, older modes of tuning persisted. Mr. Harrison came to believe that just intonation was the correct path, one that corresponded to his emerging, spiritual conception of music.</strong></p></blockquote><p><strong>He went on to study with La Monte Young and in the &#8216;80s created a &#8220;harmonic piano,&#8221; which contained 24 notes per octave. We&#8217;re playing two of his solo piano LPs: </strong><em><strong>In Flight</strong></em><strong> from 1987 and </strong><em><strong>Revelation</strong></em><strong> from 2007. Harrison passed away last week at age 67.</strong></p><p><em><strong>In Flight: Piano Solos</strong></em><strong> - Michael Harrison (40m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7msLSqsi5aSTox0rK4KRjw?si=xO34TKGkRwOVrtkSHuS-ng">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/harrison-in-flight-piano-solos/201157891">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n0NiOEoXH_o-hG-Si6IgC6pAKCU0cJ4vg">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000QMGAVU/">Amazon Music</a> / <s>Tidal</s></strong></p><p><em><strong>Revelation</strong></em><strong> - Michael Harrison (71m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0K0HxgXzkW0vi2aetlfRrE?si=lqqJt68jTHiOHQ1THdrOhQ">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/revelation/410410295">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kGnlrxapML80S46kKY8xPsJNBYjOvuhmo">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Revelation-Michael-Harrison/dp/B0DWSS7F6L">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://michaelharrison.bandcamp.com/album/revelation">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/283485377">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><strong>Have a great Wednesday.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gO37!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6dbd18ae-1201-4b28-a2ff-85a70e84448a_1280x1280.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gO37!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6dbd18ae-1201-4b28-a2ff-85a70e84448a_1280x1280.jpeg 424w, 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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&#8230; Lounge Lizards (via an <a href="https://www.noizemagazine.com/blog/angine-de-poitrine-a-discussion-with-the-infectious-quebec-band">Angine de Poitrine interview</a>). We found an orchestral instrumental cover of George Harrison&#8217;s &#8220;Beware of Darkness&#8221; 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 Andr&#233; 3000&#8217;s breakneck rendition of &#8220;My Favorite Things&#8221; from </strong><em><strong>The Love Below</strong></em><strong>. We hope you enjoy.</strong></p><div><hr></div><p>0:00:00 - Skerik - Synesthesia</p><p>0:07:12 - Seconds - Slope</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clariloops]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we&#8217;re listening to Clariloops, an Australian ambient musician based in Melbourne.]]></description><link>https://www.flowstate.fm/p/clariloops</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.flowstate.fm/p/clariloops</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flow State]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:03:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xGhm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb91ab8f2-3d52-408b-89db-c6ab7032c016_2976x1682.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today we&#8217;re listening to Clariloops, an Australian ambient musician based in Melbourne. Kudos to <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;cloud collecting&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2281499,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;pub&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.substack.com/pub/cloudcollecting&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/acee51d5-3e7a-47b2-b3fa-94aefcc8cdda_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;3648e7b4-0646-427a-bf06-f4430960df73&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span></strong> <strong>for putting her on our radar. Her first instrument was drums but at age nine she switched to clarinet, which she went on to study classically at Monash University.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> Growing up, her dad played rock music (Bob Dylan, Steely Dan) and her mother, also a clarinetist, exposed her to jazz and experimental music. She was drawn to impressionistic and ambient music through composers old (Debussy, Ravel) and new (Frahm, Arnalds, Einaudi). She began her Clariloops project in 2020, playing soft clarinet lines over synth loops. We&#8217;re first playing her latest LP, </strong><em><strong>The Quiet Below</strong></em><strong>, which came out in February. Second up is </strong><em><strong>Sun//Rain</strong></em><strong> from 2021, which layers clarinet loops &#8211; clariloops for short.</strong></p><p><em><strong>The Quiet Below</strong></em><strong> - Clariloops (32m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3y08iolRnZ9RkxPuw2rCg3?si=qoblsrCuSt-NLNA6J4ff0w">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-quiet-below/1860579418">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mTFx25JtVy4hlc9Hcnbn40asgx3QvwrjU">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Below-Clariloops/dp/B0G6FNQGKT">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/the-quiet-below">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/480951432">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>Sun//Rain</strong></em><strong> - Clariloops (35m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/79FXd9aIqWS5jy4kOT2owa?si=aB0oPHj3TpSnMneAKiG2ZA">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/sun-rain/1553934792">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lINBhZyTIhX8Q8Aa6uVrSxANAv7T32YRU">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sun-Rain-Clariloops/dp/B08WR5SSPH">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://clariloops.bandcamp.com/album/sun-rain">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/173794018">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><strong>We wish you a great start to your week.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xGhm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb91ab8f2-3d52-408b-89db-c6ab7032c016_2976x1682.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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isPermaLink="false">https://www.flowstate.fm/p/paperclip-minimiser</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flow State]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:03:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!heNN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d8e9637-1dbb-486f-a807-dba705872d0f_3405x1915.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday so we&#8217;re listening to something more upbeat. Today we&#8217;re listening to Paperclip Minimiser, an English electronic musician based in Manchester. The project is from John Howes, who as a kid made music on a PlayStation 1 and pirated FL Studio software.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> He got Ableton at age 15 and didn&#8217;t look back. He worked in music &#8211; events booking and label PR &#8211; through his 20s, and then around age 29 went to a coding bootcamp. He&#8217;s been a professional software engineer for around seven years and founded a company called <a href="https://www.congburn.co.uk/">Cong Burn</a>, which makes audio software plugins. &#8220;Paperclip Minimiser&#8221; is an inversion of the thought experiment of machines using every atom on Earth to create paperclips. The tracks, which are made on hardware and his own Max/MSP software, are a unique spin on dub techno. We&#8217;re playing Paperclip Minimiser&#8217;s two LPs, self-titled from 2022 and </strong><em><strong>II</strong></em><strong> from March, which were both released on the label <a href="https://peakoil.bandcamp.com/">peak oil</a>.</strong></p><p><em><strong>II</strong></em><strong> - Paperclip Minimiser (37m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5xJuiBOaHI9alSCd0NRxNZ?si=cRh-bFs3RKONcYbAk3qGow">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/ii/1872202418">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mDBRIIVU2FlDag1aoihewVW3r78zCL_20">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0GJWHPTM7">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://paperclipminimiser.bandcamp.com/album/ii">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/493248401">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>Paperclip Minimiser</strong></em><strong> - Paperclip Minimiser (35m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/44WXe9SWWkH6PKIpR0fLdC?si=DqaZbGQ4R52dGebNW3sVMQ">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/paperclip-minimiser/1644962397">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mDBRIIVU2FlDag1aoihewVW3r78zCL_20">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0BF953NZQ">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://paperclipminimiser.bandcamp.com/album/paperclip-minimiser">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/248267460">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><strong>Have an excellent weekend.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!heNN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d8e9637-1dbb-486f-a807-dba705872d0f_3405x1915.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!heNN!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d8e9637-1dbb-486f-a807-dba705872d0f_3405x1915.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!heNN!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d8e9637-1dbb-486f-a807-dba705872d0f_3405x1915.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!heNN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d8e9637-1dbb-486f-a807-dba705872d0f_3405x1915.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!heNN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d8e9637-1dbb-486f-a807-dba705872d0f_3405x1915.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!heNN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d8e9637-1dbb-486f-a807-dba705872d0f_3405x1915.jpeg" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0d8e9637-1dbb-486f-a807-dba705872d0f_3405x1915.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;John Howes on the Nord Modular G2: \&quot;I spent months learning it, and I still  only know 10% of what this machine is capable of - it's insane\&quot; 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He started playing drums at age five, studied jazz at the New School in New York, and taught himself music production.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> In the late aughts he released his first solo music under his middle name, Shigeto, a nod to his grandfather. His style blends jazz and hip-hop, mainly. </strong><em><strong>No Better Time Than Now</strong></em><strong>, his fourth LP from 2013, has sophisticated chord progressions and beat arrangements influenced by the likes of Flying Lotus, J Dilla, and Dabrye. We&#8217;re also playing </strong><em><strong>Lineage</strong></em><strong> from 2012, which skews a more broken beat.</strong></p><p><em><strong>No Better Time Than Now</strong></em><strong> - Shigeto (52m, lyricless vocals on track 11)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/62tmAcovHK4IMrHxNO3h0s?si=KybHsdOJRe2Y8j2AiyKPlQ">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/no-better-time-than-now/661873896">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kt77qUaO2to21Y626HaqwHmKcbQRnveDM">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B00NYK8U0A">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://shigeto.bandcamp.com/album/no-better-time-than-now">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/20832846">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>Lineage</strong></em><strong> - Shigeto (29m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2DSrrNTZ4HYN3FMHmxbms8?si=NgbdN6_rTX61uzh8PxEs4g">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/lineage/679247783">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n7ep3FYv4iZSA5rTIAma_arv1O8pzxeX4">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lineage-Shigeto/dp/B00NYI6L8A">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://shigeto.bandcamp.com/album/lineage">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/21582653">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><strong>Have a great Thursday.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fcbH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8aca9c0b-1350-49b0-b94f-b94efb7f3bab_1200x799.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Stewart (Interview)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we&#8217;re listening to Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart, a trio of Americans musicians based in Chicago.]]></description><link>https://www.flowstate.fm/p/whitney-johnson-lia-kohl-macie-stewart</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.flowstate.fm/p/whitney-johnson-lia-kohl-macie-stewart</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flow State]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:03:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mh2P!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93df2727-e935-4312-a2de-6f9f0d1c9b4e_2988x1992.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today we&#8217;re listening to <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Whitney Johnson&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:120879485,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c1588cf0-c549-4f9d-8a68-f50f9bab68fe_1181x1181.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;ce0eb6f0-8e47-413a-867d-a9eee009485c&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span>, <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Lia Kohl&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:4551303,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a1860b39-d184-48ad-a249-d597bdc468ce_2100x1500.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;dd10bb13-e256-4aed-a3c0-49f5a8d501e8&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span>, and <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Macie Stewart&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:40345646,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4e6ff113-26d9-418f-af1f-85fb3e21f0fa_2560x2560.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;9272e536-4188-4f4b-aa7d-72af965990b9&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span>, a trio of Americans musicians based in Chicago. They&#8217;ve been part of the Chicago music scene for years and first played together circa 2017. They recently released </strong><em><strong>BODY SOUND</strong></em><strong>, a collection of largely improvised pieces with Johnson on viola, Kohl on cello, and Stewart on violin. The pieces were recorded to tape and then slowed down, looped, and layered. We&#8217;re also revisiting two albums we previously featured by <a href="https://www.flowstate.fm/p/whitney-johnson-interview">Johnson</a> and <a href="https://www.flowstate.fm/p/lia-kohl">Kohl</a>, respectively: </strong><em><strong>Hav</strong></em><strong> is a sequence of minimalist and sustained synth lines; </strong><em><strong>Normal Sounds</strong></em><strong> builds tracks around mundane audio (tennis court lights, car alarm), suggesting music is latent everywhere. A conversation with Whitney, Lia, and Macie follows the streaming links.</strong></p><p><em><strong>BODY SOUND</strong></em><strong> - Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart (40m, light vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4ZlCJO5fnIvgoPADpeB7tP?si=hSDp9zYER8upQjswEukQ3A">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://classical.music.apple.com/us/album/1867362076">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lfznqXPS6htTH72KwZbeaCYkB5y7RLoSw">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/BODY-SOUND-Whitney-Johnson/dp/B0GFHH6PC5">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/body-sound">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/488015229">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>Hav</strong></em><strong> - Whitney Johnson (40m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4YplBmHrGHVBNTZczPdeX1?si=xIixMIiTSHWG8IhOKaYcZw">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/hav/1756428442">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kEHKzSwLNCSxjdtxLqGfITxDKCYjOff8U">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0D95G5YG1/">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://whitneyjohnson.bandcamp.com/album/hav">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/browse/album/375187115">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>Normal Sounds</strong></em><strong> - Lia Kohl (40m, background spoken vocals on track 3)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5ppFu62P59Zd5ELs3YNzLP?si=MBPe3i8yQri-6Qjcq9QSjg">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/normal-sounds/1755299862">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1-vuKyquVhaqc1nB1Zn4L262lPX-Y3SM">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tennis-Court-Light-Snow/dp/B0D8NSQS1X">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://liakohl.bandcamp.com/album/normal-sounds">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/browse/album/372859437">Tidal</a></strong></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>What&#8217;s your earliest memory of music?</strong></p><p><strong>Macie Stewart:</strong> I can&#8217;t tell if it&#8217;s a memory, or just a video I&#8217;m attributing to memory, but I used to make up songs on the piano as a very small child &#8211; three or four years old. I would write them on the spot and accompany myself &#8211; but to be honest it&#8217;s hard to formulate an &#8220;earliest memory of music&#8221; because it has always been around me. I have photos of me in a baby carrier on the piano bench next to my mom as she played in piano bars in Chicago. It&#8217;s been beautifully omnipresent in my life in many different ways, from my mom playing piano and singing at work, to me asking her to play me songs at home as I leaned over the piano from the couch, to banging away on my own tiny instruments at home or at my mom&#8217;s work.</p><p><strong>Whitney Johnson:</strong> I don&#8217;t remember much from my early childhood in Pennsylvania, but when I came back to visit at age seven, my best friend Lindsay asked if I was still making up songs!</p><p><strong>Lia Kohl:</strong> My mom went to a concert while she was in labor with me, does that count? My first actual memories are of sitting with her at the piano and singing &#8211; we had an incredible book from the Met Museum full of folk songs paired with paintings from their collection. My mom (she and my dad are both musicians) would let me pick a song and we would sing it together.</p><p><strong>What were the formative albums/artists for you personally?</strong></p><p><strong>MS:</strong> My formative albums run a&#8230; wide gamut. When I was 11 I used to fall asleep listening to a greatest hits compilation of Simon and Garfunkel. I just loved those songs &#8211; but the first artist that I dove deeply into was David Bowie. My dad helped me find his whole discography, and from there I also fell in love with Brian Eno&#8217;s music and production. Kate Bush is another formative artist for me, as well as Kraftwerk &#8211; and I was also very deeply into the piano playing of Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk, and my favorite composers at the time were Scriabin and Ravel. The most formative thing for me I&#8217;m realizing as I type this out is that my parents, my friends, and my mentors, all had a very different music taste but I was deeply interested in all of it, so it helped me be open to so many different ways of making and listening to music.</p><p><strong>WJ:</strong> One of my favorite albums is <em>World of Echo</em> by Arthur Russell. I&#8217;m not sure when I encountered it, but it remains a strong influence on my solo practice.</p><p><strong>LK:</strong> I grew up listening to a lot of classical music, and I still love Haydn and Beethoven and Arvo Part. I also grew up singing in the Orthodox Church, and was completely steeped in Byzantine Chant and Carpatho-Russian chant and Georgian polyphony. I know those harmonies really affect my composition and improvisation practices. My first introduction to experimental music was The Books, in college, and I fell totally head over heels for their playful way of using tape.</p><p><strong>What were your first compositions or recordings? What did you use to make them?</strong></p><p><strong>MS:</strong> As a child I used to improvise on the piano in order to &#8220;trick&#8221; my mom into thinking I was practicing the piano when I was avoiding practicing my assigned pieces. I think she knew, but was just happy I was playing. My first time I remember writing something was actually an orchestra piece for the DePaul youth orchestra I was in as a kid. It was just a string orchestra, but I wrote out a piece by hand for everyone to play, and they were kind enough to have us perform it! It was kind of monumental for me. My first foray into composition. But my first recordings were made in Garageband in the basement of my parents house. I had taught myself to play guitar, so I decided to record full covers of my favorite songs. Actually &#8211; one that stands out to me was a cover of St.Vincent&#8217;s &#8220;Laughing with a Mouth of Blood&#8221; that I made in high school. I played all the parts and tried to recreate it as best as I could. It was a good exercise in learning production/ear training/recording skills/etc.</p><p><strong>WJ:</strong> In middle and high school, I wrote out compositions by hand on 5-line staves. Later I went into scoring software such as Finale and Sibelius, but I have a strong memory of the pencil on page. I still use Sibelius to make scores more quickly, but I prefer pencil on paper when possible.</p><p><strong>LK:</strong> When I was really young I would make up stories and songs, and sometimes my mom would put a tape recorder nearby (with my permission), so I have some great and very weird recordings of myself as a four-year-old. A favorite is a story about a farmer visiting the Statue of Liberty with all his animals. It&#8217;s full of songs sung by cows. Once I started studying cello at age eight I didn&#8217;t really make my own music again until after college, when I started improvising. In spite of my extensive classical training, I don&#8217;t love making or reading traditional scores &#8211; I prefer to learn and teach things by ear, or make graphic or text scores.</p><p><strong>How did you three meet? When did you start playing together, and how did you decide to make an album together?</strong></p><p><strong>MS:</strong> We&#8217;ve all circled around each other in various ways throughout the Chicago music scene. That&#8217;s a beautiful part of being in that city &#8211; it often feels like a small town in that way even though there is such a wide variety of music and art being created. We played our first show together in&#8230; 2017? 2018? At Elastic Arts which is a really wonderful venue in Avondale/Logan Square. It&#8217;s definitely stuck in my mind as an important performance to me, and I think the three of us all felt it. Since that moment we tried to get together at least once a year, and finally decided around 2023 that we should make this a real thing and make a record together. I just admire Lia and Whitney&#8217;s music so much &#8211; and I&#8217;ve realized how rare it is to have such a deep connection in this way, so it felt like a no-brainer to pursue this in a deeper way.</p><p><strong>WJ:</strong> The improvised music community in Chicago is so strong, and so many of us play with one another for single shows. This trio first performed in a one-off setting but it wasn&#8217;t until more recently that we decided to make a solid ensemble out of it.</p><p><strong>LK:</strong> There was a show sometime in late 2024 &#8211; one of these one-offs &#8211; that had a really special energy. I think we all came off stage feeling like &#8220;this is why we make music.&#8221; It&#8217;s important to follow those impulses, and we did! I think that&#8217;s when we decided to make a record.</p><p><strong>What music (or other media) were you listening to while working on </strong><em><strong>Body Sound</strong></em><strong>, and which ones showed up in the work?</strong></p><p><strong>MS:</strong> We&#8217;ve talked about this a lot &#8211; it&#8217;s very hard to draw direct musical references for us with this record. We found that we were much more influenced by visual art, books, and textures rather than other albums. I also think very few things were intentional references and rather things we look back on and can see how they influenced us in the moment. The work of James Turrell, Pauline Oliveros&#8217;s music/practice/text scores, Irish fiddle music, The Bulgarian State TV Choir&#8230;</p><p><strong>WJ:</strong> My listening desires are quite diverse, and I try to push at the edges as often as possible. I remember listening to a couple heavier noise records on the way to a recording session &#8211; Merzbow and Wolf Eyes &#8211; but I also gravitate toward the subtle timbral relationships in &#201;liane Radigue&#8217;s compositions. I don&#8217;t really listen to rock or country music, but pretty much every other genre pops up in my daily listening.</p><p><strong>LK:</strong> I am often more inspired by visual art than by music &#8211; I tend to experience music very visually/architecturally. Magali Lara&#8217;s large scale abstract paintings come to mind as inspiration for this work: organic and intuitive and detailed. Helen Frankenthaler, Hilma af Kint. Artists who are working with bold colors and find this balance between being super exact and also very alive.</p><p><strong>Your approach to </strong><em><strong>Body Sound</strong></em><strong> emphasized improvisation. Tell us about your personal experience of improvising &#8211; we imagine much of it is instinctual, but perhaps your instincts have changed as you&#8217;ve rehearsed together more or listened back to recordings.</strong></p><p><strong>WJ:</strong> For me, improvising is a listening practice more than a sound-making practice. The incredible percussionist and composer Jon Mueller said once in an artist talk, &#8220;It&#8217;s less about what I&#8217;m doing and more about what&#8217;s happening.&#8221; That turn of phrase really stuck with me.</p><p><strong>LK:</strong> I love that, Whitney! Very much resonates with my own experience. Improvising is one of the most profound experiences of present-ness, for me. And all the more profound because we&#8217;re doing it together, moving through time in community. This trio is such an exciting balance of comfort, trust, and surprise. I do feel that I can rely on instinct, intuiting the choices of my collaborators in advance, but I also am so often surprised and delighted by their unexpected choices. It&#8217;s a very alive creative relationship.</p><p><strong>MS:</strong> Yes! What Whitney and Lia said definitely resonates with me. Something that struck me is how our familiarity with improvising can extend beyond our individual string instruments and voices &#8211; and into this process of making a record. I think it expanded a lot of our shared vocabulary, and allowed us to stretch in ways we had not anticipated before making this record. Being present, listening, and making something with people you love&#8230; with anyone in fact, is one of the most profound and guiding forces in my life.</p><p><strong>How did the final record come together, in terms of original improvised recordings versus layers added later?</strong></p><p><strong>WJ:</strong> Most of the tracks are excerpts of live free improvisation that we brought into the studio with the expert production of Dave Vettraino for tape manipulation and mixing. On one of the tracks, we overlaid two live improvisations that fit together well. Can you guess which one?</p><p><strong>LK:</strong> We actually didn&#8217;t do any traditional overdubbing. All the studio magic is another layer of improvisation and composition with tape machines: running our recorded improvisations through tape machines and slowing them down, speeding them up, and looping them. But we think of everything on the record as improvised in different senses of the word.</p><p><strong>MS:</strong> I like to conceptualize the record as layers of improvisation layered on top of improvisation, whether it is one of tape manipulation, or of two separate improvisations on top of each other, or of segments of another improvisation cut and manipulated. We had a day of cassette looping which was really fun and stands out to me as part of translating our improvisatory practice to an instrument like a tape machine where we played the four-track faders and different loops. Our process is very intuitive, so it feels like every step of the process is one where we are improvising as a group.</p><p><strong>Name an underrated artist from the past 50 years.</strong></p><p><strong>WJ:</strong> I feel out of touch with the widely held ratings of artists! For instance, I love Michael Asher&#8217;s sound installations from 1969 to 1979 and I don&#8217;t hear people talking about them very often. He used architecture and acoustics with such precision and hidden speakers to interact with materials and angular reflections. Masterpieces!</p><p><strong>What are you working on next?</strong></p><p><strong>WJ:</strong> It&#8217;s time for our trio to start recording some more improvisations! Just when an album is released, I realize how long it will take for another one to go through the process of composition/improvisation, recording, production, and then the material process of pressing vinyl, printing artwork, and making videos. I hope it won&#8217;t be too long until we start working on something new!</p><p><strong>LK:</strong> We&#8217;ve talked about making something with drum machines, how fun would that be? And we&#8217;re always looking for inspiring spaces to work in &#8211; get in touch if you own an empty grain silo/cathedral/marble ballroom!</p><p><strong>MS:</strong> Searching for interesting spaces! Interesting textures! 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url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194753705/e1403325eca082d3ef89fa021162a0a7.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today&#8217;s mix is a label edit of greyfade, a New York based label founded in 2019. The label was started by producer and designer <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Joseph Branciforte&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:103033966,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/124f52c6-7214-4f01-b9f5-679fc054b4be_1200x1200.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;920c64c8-6117-436d-9e65-4322e3fece58&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span></strong> <strong>dedicated to experimental music and &#8220;system-based works.&#8221; 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 <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;taylor deupree&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:105066662,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2d3ce82-393f-4e5d-b5d0-57a52c268e41_1122x1420.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;428e12ee-5072-4557-b88d-0aa053ec3673&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span>, <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Phillip Golub&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:10282772,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a445d3d9-8eda-4394-a1f7-1cef32f2d34e_1122x1050.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;3d4a0dd3-14dd-497b-a5e0-6dc9f1687861&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span>, <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Greg Davis&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:11375629,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5a45a152-3c33-4c3e-a96a-ae7b2f3cc54e_1080x1080.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;1fe75604-34b0-4366-b90a-36337a19abf1&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span>, Catherine Lamb, Kenneth Kirschner, and more. There&#8217;s a Flow State edit of a piano loop by Golub. Check out more of the label&#8217;s collection on <a href="https://greyfade-label.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a>, including Branciforte&#8217;s <a href="https://josephbranciforte.bandcamp.com/album/iterae">new collaboration</a> with Belgian jazz musician Jozef Dumoulin. This mix is available to everyone. We hope you enjoy.</strong></p><div><hr></div><p>0:00:00 - Taylor Deupree - Snow-Sand (For Clarinets, Vibraphone, Cello, &amp; Percussion)</p><p>0:15:49 - Joseph Branciforte &amp; Jozef Dumoulin - &#8848;</p><p>0:23:10 - Joseph Branciforte &amp; Theo Bleckmann - 4.19</p><p>0:30:33 - Phillip Golub - Loop 3</p><p>0:38:40 - Taylor Deupree - Temper (For Clarinets &amp; Shaker)</p><p>0:52:42 - Kenneth Kirschner - July 8 2017 &#8211; xi.</p><p>0:57:30 - Phillip Golub - Loop 5</p><p>1:06:10 - Greg Davis - Pierpont</p><p>1:12:10 - Joseph Branciforte &amp; Theo Bleckmann - 1.13</p><p>1:18:50 - Taylor Deupree - Stil. (For Vibraphone &amp; Bass Drum)</p><p>1:37:14 - Joseph Branciforte &amp; Theo Bleckmann - 5.5.9</p><p>1:45:31 - Greg Davis - Proth</p><p>1:49:38 - Catherine Lamb &amp; Ghost Ensemble - VI.</p><p>1:54:27 - Philip Golub - Loop 7 (Flow State Edit)</p><p>1:57:10 - Greg Davis - Sophie Germain</p><p>2:02:40 - Joseph Branciforte &amp; Jozef Dumoulin - &#8848;</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jon Hassell]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we&#8217;re listening to Jon Hassell, an American trumpeter and composer from Memphis.]]></description><link>https://www.flowstate.fm/p/jon-hassell-7c5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.flowstate.fm/p/jon-hassell-7c5</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flow State]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:02:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-XYp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2626a584-347f-4287-9d5e-531887dfa6ab_1008x1000.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today we&#8217;re listening to Jon Hassell, an American trumpeter and composer from Memphis. We last recommended him <a href="https://www.flowstate.fm/p/jon-hassell">in 2022</a>. Born in 1937, he studied music in NY and DC before heading to Germany to study with Stockhausen.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> Hassell got into experimental electronic music and recording techniques, and developed a style he termed &#8220;fourth world&#8221; &#8211; in his words, via the book </strong><em><strong><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/ocean-of-sound-ambient-sound-and-radical-listening-in-the-age-of-communication-david-toop/8fdb325c1e709fc5?ean=9781788160308&amp;next=t&amp;next=t&amp;affiliate=87666">Ocean of Sound</a></strong></em><strong>:</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>&#8230;a &#8220;coffee coloured&#8221; classical music of the future &#8211; both in terms of the adoption of entirely new modes of structural organisation (as might be suggested by the computer ability to rearrange, dot-by-dot, a sound of video image) and in terms of an expansion of the &#8220;allowable&#8221; musical vocabulary in which one may speak this structure &#8211; leaving behind the ascetic face which Eurocentric tradition has come to associate with serious expression.</strong></p></blockquote><p><strong>We&#8217;re playing two of Hassell&#8217;s records release about thirty years apart. 2009&#8217;s </strong><em><strong>Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street</strong></em><strong> is a freeform, airy record, half live recordings, reminiscent at times of Miles Davis&#8217; </strong><em><strong>In A Silent Way</strong></em><strong>. </strong><em><strong>Vernal Equinox</strong></em><strong> from 1977 combines global styles with synthesizers and jazz improvisation. On NTS, Roadkill Ikebana recently released a great <a href="https://www.nts.live/shows/roadkill-ikebana/episodes/roadkill-ikebana-7th-april-2026">one-hour set</a> of music from across Hassell&#8217;s oeuvre.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street</strong></em><strong> - Jon Hassell (63m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6p97ys8xZeV60gh427TwMz?si=iZ-KIsWpRHW3YmOsCvK_rA">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/last-night-the-moon-came-dropping-its-clothes-in-the-street/1435770163">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nsV_5eFTzcYV_W4r9o-_sfiJ8acMZcPaI">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B07H7LCYSJ">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/browse/album/94835360">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>Vernal Equinox</strong></em><strong> - Jon Hassell (50m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0KtsQ4zwAHOENu5ZW1lGgx?si=CsxF_mH1RjW3VgOnBurO8g">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/vernal-equinox/1320863688">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n23CTECd-xFt-69stqzkzitCTR_ELcaSU">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B085YB4VG7">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://jonhassell.bandcamp.com/album/vernal-equinox-remastered">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/browse/album/83845007">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><strong>We wish you a great start to your week.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-XYp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2626a584-347f-4287-9d5e-531887dfa6ab_1008x1000.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-XYp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2626a584-347f-4287-9d5e-531887dfa6ab_1008x1000.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-XYp!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2626a584-347f-4287-9d5e-531887dfa6ab_1008x1000.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-XYp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2626a584-347f-4287-9d5e-531887dfa6ab_1008x1000.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-XYp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2626a584-347f-4287-9d5e-531887dfa6ab_1008x1000.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-XYp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2626a584-347f-4287-9d5e-531887dfa6ab_1008x1000.jpeg" width="1008" height="1000" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2626a584-347f-4287-9d5e-531887dfa6ab_1008x1000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1000,&quot;width&quot;:1008,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Home - 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Today we&#8217;re listening to Lone, an English electronic musician from Nottingham. We last recommended his music <a href="https://www.flowstate.fm/p/lone">in 2024</a>. He started making music in the early/mid &#8216;90s, jamming on toy keyboards along to rave tunes. Lone debuted in the mid-aughts, and since then he&#8217;s established a signature production style of ebullience and intricacy. We&#8217;re playing one of the records that exemplifes that style, </strong><em><strong>Galaxy Garden</strong></em><strong>, from 2012. But first we&#8217;re playing </strong><em><strong>Hyperphantasia</strong></em><strong>, his latest LP, which came out last Friday. &#8220;Initial sketches started in early 2022 and didn&#8217;t deliver to the label until March of 2025,&#8221; he told us, &#8220;so easily the longest I&#8217;ve taken on anything.&#8221; The record title is the most apt word to describe its sound. A conversation with Lone follows the streaming links.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Hyperphantasia</strong></em><strong> - Lone (60m, some vocal samples)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1vgXBRPMUybozJ8zD4TrZ0?si=thjLh0UkRP22WTH3Va4BxA">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/hyperphantasia/1856659191">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ng7fK6Fvt63y2O_MJT0GlGf-Tfjwe3Nuk">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0G492Z5G9">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://lone.bandcamp.com/album/hyperphantasia">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/477377990">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>Galaxy Garden</strong></em><strong> - Lone (50m, vocals on tracks 3 and 12)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/01G2vIEEdYxsXZyi4NzwyJ?si=bkV4V2EWTsqGNjz1fILnVw">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/galaxy-garden/1106297904">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kS1mjw124au57XLFxaMLqIIusRUaB7CZg">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B073JWS82H">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://lone.bandcamp.com/album/galaxy-garden">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/browse/album/59674186">Tidal</a></strong></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>What&#8217;s your earliest memory of music?</strong></p><p>I think it was probably watching the old <em>He Man</em> cartoons. I used to watch that shit all day from the age of like 3 til maybe 6 or 7. I rewatched an episode not too long back, I think I was trying to trigger some deeply lodged in memories from back then and what struck me the most was how trippy the background music was. Tons of weird synth horns and just generally quite a weird vibe at times. Like, some of the more serious scenes have a bunch of weird bits and they brought back some exact feelings from back then. Weirdly anxious... like, not cool &#8211; really strange and anxiety-inducing and it all came back. So yeah, feeling anxious to <em>He Man</em>. That and hearing Swing Out Sister in my Mum&#8217;s Peugeot.</p><p><strong>When did you start making music? What were your first recordings like?</strong></p><p>Around the age of 9. I used to have two tape recorders &#8211; on one I&#8217;d play rave tunes and on the other I&#8217;d hit record and let the microphone pick up me jamming along to the other on my toy keyboards. The recordings were crude as fuck and my playing was borderline unlistenable but I guess that&#8217;s where it started. I&#8217;d make artwork for the tapes as well with felt tip pens, pencils, paints &#8211; whatever I had lying around. That would&#8217;ve been 1994, terrifyingly.</p><p><strong>What artists/albums most influenced the direction of your sound early on?</strong></p><ul><li><p>The Prodigy - <em>Experience</em></p></li><li><p>Altern8 - <em>Full On&#8230; Mask Hysteria</em></p></li><li><p>Orbital - <em>In Sides</em></p></li><li><p>Baby D - <em>Deliverance</em></p></li><li><p>Aphex Twin - <em>I Care Because You Do</em></p></li><li><p>Boards of Canada - <em>Music Has The Right To Children</em></p></li><li><p>Autechre - <em>LP5</em></p></li><li><p>Wagon Christ - <em>Musipal</em></p></li><li><p>FSOL - <em>Lifeforms</em></p></li><li><p>The Orb - <em>Orblivion</em></p></li><li><p>Black Dog - <em>Bytes</em></p></li><li><p>Plaid - <em>Rest Proof Clockwork</em></p></li><li><p>Wu Tang - <em>36 Chambers</em></p></li><li><p>Chemical Brothers - <em>Dig Your Own Hole</em></p></li></ul><p><strong>You&#8217;ve described </strong><em><strong>Hyperphantasia</strong></em><strong> as &#8220;unhinged, unrestrained, self-indulgent.&#8221; How did your approach to this record differ from your approach to previous records?</strong></p><p>I guess the main difference was how long I spent on it. Initial sketches started in early 2022 and didn&#8217;t deliver to the label until March of 2025, so easily the longest I&#8217;ve taken on anything. Also working with more guests changed the shape of the whole project quite a bit. I was adamant this time that if I was gonna make the best possible record, I needed to take a step back from touring completely &#8211; just go off the radar and dive in fully. A pretty risky move on my part for sure, and there&#8217;s definitely some rebuilding to be do with launching the project but was definitely the only way I could go fully in and realise these ideas.</p><p><strong>What was your studio setup for </strong><em><strong>Hyperphantasia</strong></em><strong>? What gear/instruments/software did you use to make the record?</strong></p><p>Set up is pretty basic in the grand scheme of things... I&#8217;ve got a fair bit of a hardware now which was all used, and tons of software I&#8217;ve been collecting for the last 26 years&#8230; A thing called Granulab was used for some of the noisy / sound design bits on a couple tracks &#8211; hadn&#8217;t used that since like 2002! Honestly though, I prefer to keep this side of it opened ended though to be honest. Partly due to the fact I think it&#8217;s way more interesting to keep a bit of mystery around these things but mainly, I hate the idea of boring people with the logistics of this shit... A huge reference point on this project was late &#8216;90s / early &#8216;00s R&#8217;n&#8217;B so one of the early pieces of gear I picked up when starting out on this was the Korg Triton, that&#8217;s all over this thing. Prophet 5 on the other end of the spectrum&#8230; My trusty JV-1080, 101, M1..... all the usual suspects. I dunno &#8211; listen to the record and see if you can pick out what else, that&#8217;s more fun. There&#8217;s way more gear on this album than any other I&#8217;ve made.</p><p><strong>How do you discover new music these days? Any recent notable finds?</strong></p><p>I tend to spend most of my time hunting for old and obscure, weird music &#8211; shit that has very little connection to anything I make myself... In terms of new stuff though, I&#8217;m digging the same way most people are &#8211; down rabbit holes online, in shops... through mates who put me on&#8230; all the usual ways. There&#8217;s an artist called Ax14 &#8211; this track called &#8220;Dataflow&#8221; is feeling good with the rare sunshine coming through my studio window this morning.</p><p><strong>Name an underrated artist from the past 50 years.</strong></p><p>You know, my mind has gone completely blank on this &#8211; I&#8217;m sure there are so many... maybe they are so underrated they&#8217;ve disappeared from my mind&#8230; Luke Vibert should&#8217;ve had a number one hit / album by now though I reckon.</p><p><strong>What are you working on next?</strong></p><p>I&#8217;m keeping very busy &#8211; I haven&#8217;t taken a break since finishing the album so plan to keep things very much moving. I&#8217;m sort of working on 5 projects simultaneously &#8211; an ambient project and a ton of weird club bangers. 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!w3DR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7c331d5d-00af-4b67-b417-cb52890d3fa2_1440x1080.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today we&#8217;re listening to Angine de Poitrine, a Quebecois duo from Chicoutimi. The members, who go by Khn (guitar/bass) and Klek (drums), started jamming together about twenty years ago in their early teens.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> The self-described &#8220;microtonal dada Pythagorean cubist rock orchestra&#8221;<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a> has released two albums: </strong><em><strong>Vol. I </strong></em><strong>(2024) and </strong><em><strong>Vol. II </strong></em><strong>(two weeks ago). They incorporate elements of math rock, Arabic maqam, prog, and funk. To <a href="https://www.noizemagazine.com/blog/angine-de-poitrine-a-discussion-with-the-infectious-quebec-band">Noize Magazine</a> they listed influences such as Gentle Giant, The Lounge Lizards, and Calvin Harris. We&#8217;re playing both of Angine de Poitrine&#8217;s albums, but the best starting point is their live performance on KEXP from February (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi-9wS1so">YouTube</a>). That show demonstrates the guitarist&#8217;s fluency with a double-necked microtonal guitar/bass and complex pedal setup, the drummer&#8217;s energetic precision, and the duo&#8217;s absurdist presentation.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Vol. II</strong></em><strong> - Angine de Poitrine (37m, occasional extraterrestrial vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3FqqIeynZXFBcyLS9FlWMo?si=P76MQGfLSmiakvDQWRFH3A">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/vol-ii/1876355936">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kkWWtOjOCB3gS0gK4_Dyq7U_E2SCladRg">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GMSPKTDR">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://anginedepoitrine.bandcamp.com/album/vol-ii">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/497937117">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>Vol. I</strong></em><strong> - Angine de Poitrine (33m, occasional extraterrestrial vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/67AYhGt60AoJa1TVcn5lCn?si=MQK6yT1yTwqul-DmzFeN9Q">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/vol-1/1750092185">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n-fjptcVUqz43Q_Hsd_xFkd3hVhPYzylg">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D6162FF6">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://anginedepoitrine.bandcamp.com/album/vol-1">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/367155054">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><strong>&#9650;</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!w3DR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7c331d5d-00af-4b67-b417-cb52890d3fa2_1440x1080.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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href="#footnote-anchor-2" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">2</a><div class="footnote-content"><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAF4yIG4ex4">Canadian Music Television</a></p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Across the Horizon Ep. 62: Balmorhea]]></title><description><![CDATA[On today&#8217;s episode of Across the Horizon, Bob Holmes of SUSS reconnects with co-hosts Rob Lowe and Michael A.]]></description><link>https://www.flowstate.fm/p/across-the-horizon-ep-62-balmorhea</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.flowstate.fm/p/across-the-horizon-ep-62-balmorhea</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flow State]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:03:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194226791/668cbe62f7ea07a03b6c8a3ad5b7ba33.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>On today&#8217;s episode of Across the Horizon, Bob Holmes of SUSS reconnects with co-hosts Rob Lowe and Michael A. Muller of Balmorhea for a discussion about their latest release in Vol. 2 of the <a href="https://acrossthehorizon.bandcamp.com/">Across the Horizon music series</a>. Rob and Michael also curate a playlist of influences from their early years in Balmorhea, which is on the eve of its twentieth anniversary, including music from Bexar Bexar, Pullman, Rachel Grimes, Will Ackerman, and many more. The playlists from this episode are available <a href="https://sussband.substack.com/p/across-the-horizon-episode-62-with">here</a>.</strong></p><p><strong>For Flow State, we&#8217;re listening to two of Balmorhea&#8217;s albums released on Deutsche Grammophon. </strong><em><strong>The Trap</strong></em><strong>, their latest album, came out in August of last year, and is an original score for a film written and directed by Lena Headey (not the M. Night Shyamalan </strong><em><strong>Trap</strong></em><strong>). As they discuss on today&#8217;s episode, that record is just Rob and Michael playing keys and guitar together. We&#8217;re also playing The Wind from 2021, which features a range of accompanists including cellist <a href="https://www.flowstate.fm/p/clarice-jensen-bb9">Clarice Jensen</a>.</strong></p><p><em><strong>The Trap</strong></em><strong> - Balmorhea (24m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1gZQq6m4jnDlvkf6Ix0Ga2?si=rfWHDdn6TISnINIFZHerKQ">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-trap-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1827447896">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_luc4VRr26iwPnBTzFZ6Wnzk8xr98oVtkk">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0FJ2K347Q">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/455606576">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>The Wind</strong></em><strong> - Balmorhea (46m, spoken vocals on track 1)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4Ud5YQc9KHMuj0TQQfvnnj?si=Y7AfxKTnTvaGh672GUAJhQ">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-wind/1545577862">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nfRfEk9YQq02lJclaH6gxvzZHoKDHTUtE">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B08QZGMM6P">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/179650706">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><strong>Have a great Wednesday.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dH13!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7ecac291-1f00-49b9-b87a-858c53526539_1820x1138.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today is April 14th, so the mix opens with ten different versions of the Aphex Twin track. We start with the original and then play renditions on synth (Loscil), acoustic guitar (Shane Parish), brass (The Westerlies), harp (Jemima Thewes), pedal steel (Pedal &amp; Lever Society), and more. We play two tracks from Corntuth&#8217;s forthcoming LP on Flow State Records (due out in July). Then, new music by SUSS, Alanna Crouch, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Abul Mogard &amp; Rafael Anton Irisarri, and Seefeel. We end with Angine de Poitrine whose microtonal math rock is sensational. We hope you enjoy.</strong></p><div><hr></div><p>0:00:00 - Aphex Twin - Avril 14th</p><p>0:01:51 - Vanessa Wagner - Avril 14th (Loscil Remix)</p><p>0:06:50 - Shane Parish - Avril 14th</p><p>0:08:38 - The Westerlies - Avril 14th</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ave Grave]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we&#8217;re listening to Ave Grave, an American electronic musician based in Berlin.]]></description><link>https://www.flowstate.fm/p/ave-grave</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.flowstate.fm/p/ave-grave</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flow State]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:02:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!X7b5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa1ba31e-edd6-4581-8534-ae285667f0a8_1868x1050.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today we&#8217;re listening to Ave Grave, an American electronic musician based in Berlin. He grew up in the Sierra Nevada foothills and later moved to Los Angeles, where he formed the post-punk band TV Heads. As Ave Grave he makes ambient music that is primarily about sonic texture. He combines field recordings with slow musical notes (piano, synths, baritone guitar) and alters the sound through analogue and digital mediums. His latest record is a collaboration with San Francisco-based musician Unlearn. The record achieves a kind of nostalgic sound through Basinskian destructive tape loops. They cite Alaskan Tapes, Sunn O))), Ethel Cain, Stars of the Lid, and Hiroshi Yoshimura as influences.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> We&#8217;re also playing Ave Grave&#8217;s 2022 album, </strong><em><strong>Field Notes</strong></em><strong>, which is more piano-centric and equally wistful.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Ave Grave x Unlearn</strong></em><strong> - Ave Grave &amp; Unlearn (61m, basically no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5a1DQRL9MH7kOmfh1KHjHd?si=yB6uk9ykQXOvuaSEdC1JTA">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/ave-grave-x-unlearn/1877975118">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kduBW5kN3RjHTPCj-0RXdFpsjV7lvl_oQ">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0GNWGBYQB">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://avegrave.bandcamp.com/album/ave-grave-x-unlearn">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/499888973">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>Field Notes</strong></em><strong> - Ave Grave (52m, spoken vocals on track 8)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3XHaWhrWK6os2hflLwDaA4?si=oiEJdWghQJmhMAcnNn-PbA">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/field-notes/1658967182">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n6m-6iULJw7-PdTeqjvuEBYACBT16YjwE">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0BPLW87PY">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://avegrave.bandcamp.com/album/field-notes">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://stage.tidal.com/album/265408645">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><strong>We wish you a great start to your week.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Rotterdam.]]></description><link>https://www.flowstate.fm/p/nadia-struiwigh-interview</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.flowstate.fm/p/nadia-struiwigh-interview</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flow State]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:03:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wOF8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1a105cab-f92e-48bb-b386-a223f677acdb_5616x3744.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday so we&#8217;re listening to something more upbeat. Today we&#8217;re listening to Nadia Struiwigh, a Dutch electronic musician from Rotterdam. She grew up in a household full of technology, due to her dad&#8217;s work, and became transfixed by Warp Records artists such as Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada as a teenager.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> She attended raves and then started producing her own music around 19, taking inspiration from many electronic subgenres. Her latest record is </strong><em><strong>IKIGAI</strong></em><strong>, which came out about a month ago. Its synth-driven tracks are searching and grand, creating a vast emotive space for the listener. &#8220;This album kind of changed direction halfway through,&#8221; she told us. &#8220;I originally had something else in mind, but when my dad passed away, I just couldn&#8217;t continue like that. I needed to make something that felt more honest to what I was going through.&#8221; We&#8217;re also playing her 2023 LP, </strong><em><strong>Birds of Paradise</strong></em><strong>, which is more ambient and has some sick 808s. A conversation with Nadia follows the streaming links. (As usual, <a href="https://15questions.net/interview/nadia-struiwigh-about-production-technology-and-creativity/page-1/">15Questions interviewed Struiwigh</a> before we did and asked great questions which we avoided repeating.)</strong></p><p><em><strong>IKIGAI</strong></em><strong> - Nadia Struiwigh (70m, some non-lyric vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7BYFnhvUow0lIk27XJI6YS?si=ApKEzfYES0epS4CZA9HNBA">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/ikigai/1874588482">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kcu2hQ_h2GAdaTN4Rj6tGNbYWp_oTxNs4">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0GLHP9L3N">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://nadiastruiwigh.bandcamp.com/album/ikigai">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/501425224">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>Birds of Paradise</strong></em><strong> - Nadia Struiwigh (70m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3kj8f5KcqYeGeZ8pmwJxYe?si=OF_QHsj7ReubCtn3mPzS6w">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/birds-of-paradise/1704905243">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=mehU9lvFAEA">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CGVZGFWY">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://nadiastruiwigh.bandcamp.com/album/birds-of-paradise">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/313523138">Tidal</a></strong></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>What&#8217;s your earliest memory of music?</strong></p><p>Ohhh&#8230; honestly, music just always felt like something that was there. Not even something separate. Even as a kid, I already had this feeling that everything is kind of moving in rhythms, frequencies, energy. It might sound a bit deep haha, but that&#8217;s really how I see the world. Like everything has a tone, a texture, something underneath it. If I think back more practically, it really starts with my parents. There was always music playing at home. Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Enya, Genesis&#8230; all of that just kind of lived in the background of my childhood. And I think I didn&#8217;t even realize at the time how much that shaped me. But now when I hear those artists, it hits something instantly. It&#8217;s very grounding, in a way.</p><p><strong>What did Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin&#8217;s music teach you about music production?</strong></p><p>It&#8217;s funny, because I don&#8217;t think they &#8220;taught&#8221; me in a technical way. It was more like recognition. When I heard their music, I just felt like &#8220;ah okay&#8230; this is it.&#8221; Like this is a language I understand. I never really sat there thinking &#8220;how did they make this sound?&#8221; It was more about the feeling. That slightly nostalgic, emotional, sometimes a bit strange atmosphere. Production came quite naturally to me anyway. I grew up with a lot of tech around me, gaming, experimenting&#8230; so working with machines felt quite intuitive. And I think what I really took from them is that it doesn&#8217;t need to be perfect. If anything, I prefer when it&#8217;s not. When something feels a bit rough or off, that&#8217;s usually where the emotion is for me. My music now is just a mix of everything I&#8217;ve absorbed over time. It doesn&#8217;t really sit in one box. It&#8217;s always about the mood I&#8217;m in that day.</p><p><strong>What is the weirdest piece of music that you like?</strong></p><p>Haha, I think my &#8220;weird&#8221; is probably quite normal to me at this point. But there&#8217;s this project, Sinfonie 4 by Bauhaus x Audi, where they used car sounds as part of an orchestral composition. And it&#8217;s actually really beautiful. Not gimmicky at all. It has this balance between something very mechanical and something very emotional. That contrast really stayed with me. The more robotic side of electronic music, combined with something very organic and flowing. That&#8217;s still something I&#8217;m always drawn to in my own work. And yeah&#8230; working with an orchestra like that one day would be insane.</p><p><strong>What was your studio setup for IKIGAI? What instruments/gear/software did you use to make the record?</strong></p><p>This album kind of changed direction halfway through. I originally had something else in mind, but when my dad passed away, I just couldn&#8217;t continue like that. I needed to make something that felt more honest to what I was going through. Something that could hold that emotion. So the process became quite fluid. A lot of the ambient parts were made with modular, just recording long takes and layering things through my Push 3. That helped me build these evolving textures without overthinking too much. Then everything comes together in Ableton for me. That&#8217;s where I shape it properly, do the post-production. I also use some of Ableton&#8217;s plugins, and a few others I like to keep a bit to myself &#128521; Gear-wise I used the Korg Electribe (my baby), Yamaha DX200, Arturia MiniFreak, Roland SH-4D&#8230; but honestly, I don&#8217;t really think in gear first. I just go by feeling and pick whatever matches that.</p><p><strong>What is your composition process like these days?</strong></p><p>Music is kind of everything for me, so my days can easily turn into long sessions without me even noticing. The main thing I need is space. No interruptions. That&#8217;s really important for me. I don&#8217;t really store ideas. If I feel something, I go straight into it. I go into my studio, my little gear cave, and just see what fits that moment. Usually I start with something simple, like a pad or a texture that sets the mood. And then I just follow that. I don&#8217;t really believe in creative blocks to be honest. I think it&#8217;s more when we get stuck in our heads. If I stay with my body, with the feeling, things just move. And yeah&#8230; I can easily lose hours in it. It&#8217;s still the best thing ever.</p><p><strong>How do you discover new music these days? Any recent notable finds?</strong></p><p>It&#8217;s a bit intense these days, there&#8217;s just so much music. And also AI coming in, which makes it even more overwhelming sometimes. I get a lot of promos, so I usually start there. But what I enjoy more is just going down a rabbit hole. Finding one artist, then checking the label, then seeing who else released there&#8230; Bandcamp is still my favourite for that. It feels more real somehow. I also love the listening parties, it&#8217;s such a nice way to connect to music again. I recently checked out Supreems, which I liked. I&#8217;m always drawn to that slightly &#8216;90s kind of feeling.</p><p><strong>Name an underrated artist from the past 50 years.</strong></p><p>There are honestly so many&#8230; I feel like a lot of really good artists don&#8217;t get the attention they deserve, because everything is so focused on hype. But Space Afrika is definitely one for me. I&#8217;m actually surprised they&#8217;re not bigger already. Their music is really special.</p><p><strong>What are you working on next?</strong></p><p>Haha&#8230; a lot. Maybe a bit too much sometimes. My creativity just doesn&#8217;t really stop, it keeps going. Coming up is STOOR, which I&#8217;m really excited about. Also Stone Techno Festival, where I&#8217;ll do an ambient set and a B2B with Function. Then I&#8217;m building Distorted Waves (my label) further with my team, doing scoring, coaching, writing a book, making new music&#8230; Superbooth as well, we have two shows there, so that&#8217;s going to be really fun. It&#8217;s just ongoing. Always moving. And yeah, big thanks for the interview and to everyone supporting me. 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><p><a href="https://15questions.net/interview/nadia-struiwigh-about-production-technology-and-creativity/page-1/">15Questions</a></p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Budos Band]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we&#8217;re listening to The Budos Band, a nonet from Staten Island.]]></description><link>https://www.flowstate.fm/p/the-budos-band</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.flowstate.fm/p/the-budos-band</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flow State]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:02:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E9VG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F614b80dc-d868-44fc-a1ed-b7f8bfbb0faa_2659x1140.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today we&#8217;re listening to The Budos Band, a nonet from Staten Island. Thanks to Sidney for the recommendation. The group emerged out of a recording session in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and were inspired by the funk-inflected Afrobeat of their New York City contemporaries, Antibalas. The Budos Band incorporated additional styles including psychedelic rock, Ethio-jazz, and (later) stoner metal. Their self-titled debut LP came out in 2005 and nods conspicuously to Fela Kuti, especially via the lively brass on tracks like &#8220;Budos Theme.&#8221; Some echoes of Cymande, James Brown, and Mulatu Astatke in there too. We&#8217;re also playing their creatively named followup record, </strong><em><strong>The Budos Band II</strong></em><strong>, which came out in 2007. The original nine members remain mostly together &#8211; trumpeter Dave Guy often prioritizes playing with The Roots for The Tonight Show &#8211; and are currently on tour.</strong></p><p><em><strong>The Budos Band</strong></em><strong> - The Budos Band (37m, basically no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7Gu0cy8nMC6Uk10PsdAHXd?si=RPfDfVHmT76NWoWuNkl2aQ">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-budos-band/1485053483">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_li5mR3tJxfVMTpe-8ssf0VezbbKsyi8ic">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B07ZS42RRN">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://thebudosband.bandcamp.com/album/the-budos-band">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/120434004">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>The Budos Band II</strong></em><strong> - The Budos Band (38m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5VIBZxcuGS57zwKvHMLkaN?si=83CWYcWnTlqxzxAwWx1LUA">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-budos-band-ii/1484994181">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nK56tmZbcruDFUuM9749ehSpE7FmK2ur0">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B07ZN6KCFS">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://thebudosband.bandcamp.com/album/the-budos-band-ii">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/120434731">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><strong>Have a great Thursday.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E9VG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F614b80dc-d868-44fc-a1ed-b7f8bfbb0faa_2659x1140.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hvK8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3769b4ee-3304-47cf-81ca-56073c0f648e_1660x1070.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today we&#8217;re listening to Deniz Cuylan, a Turkish-American multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. He grew up in Istanbul and studied classical guitar from a young age.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> He formed several bands including Portecho (electro-pop) and Maya (post-jazz), eventually gravitating toward a kind of psychedelic classical sound.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a></strong> <strong>He&#8217;s composed many film scores, including for several Netflix shows. Today we&#8217;re playing his two main solo records, </strong><em><strong>Rings of Juniper </strong></em><strong>and </strong><em><strong>No Such Thing As Free Will</strong></em><strong>. They came out in 2022 and 2021 respectively, and at turns are reminiscent of Alice Coltrane&#8217;s spiritual jazz and Steve Reich&#8217;s harmonious pulsations.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Rings of Juniper</strong></em><strong> - Deniz Cuylan (35m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2EsPx5MzUlfDKdMzfX9yX1?si=2GgYlIxmSluRezLN63gnsg">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/rings-of-juniper/1637835932">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l133EDOgu5vBBwRoQv4NnBuvw8YEzHwac">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rings-Juniper-Deniz-Cuylan/dp/B0DBFB26LG">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rings-of-juniper">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/241202776">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>No Such Thing As Free Will</strong></em><strong> - Deniz Cuylan (27m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/05KU7vEECIU6Y25jizmKfO?si=kST6NOVbTVmxTr_FmV03kw">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/no-such-thing-as-free-will-ep/1550264955">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kwwdC_SDrZP5T30p17xu-khZCnZtXOOmo">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/No-Such-Thing-Free-Will/dp/B0DBDN9H9V">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/album/no-such-thing-as-free-will">Bandcamp</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/170600536">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><strong>Have a great Wednesday.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hvK8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3769b4ee-3304-47cf-81ca-56073c0f648e_1660x1070.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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Chill</a></p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flow State Ep. 321: Space Odyssey]]></title><description><![CDATA[Listen now (107 mins) | Today&#8217;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.]]></description><link>https://www.flowstate.fm/p/flow-state-ep-321-space-odyssey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.flowstate.fm/p/flow-state-ep-321-space-odyssey</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flow State]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:02:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/193411422/83623efceca470cbc6a71dd162279307.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today&#8217;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&#8217;s rejected score for </strong><em><strong>2001: A Space Odyssey</strong></em><strong> as well as a piece from Matt Morton&#8217;s all-Moog score for the 2019 documentary </strong><em><strong>Apollo 11</strong></em><strong>. On Sunday, Artemis crew member Victor Glover radioed in these<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdgsAtjrxq4"> extemporaneous remarks</a>: &#8220;You guys are talking to us because we&#8217;re in a spaceship really far from Earth, but you&#8217;re on a spaceship called Earth&#8230; Maybe the distance we are from you makes you think what we&#8217;re doing is special, but you&#8217;re the same distance from us... In all of this emptiness &#8211; this is a whole bunch of nothing, this thing we called the universe &#8211; you have this oasis, this beautiful place where you get to exist, together.&#8221;</strong></p><div><hr></div><p>0:00:00 - Matt Morton - The Burdens and the Hopes (<em>Apollo 11</em> OST)</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Johannes Brahms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we&#8217;re listening to Johannes Brahms, a German composer from Hamburg.]]></description><link>https://www.flowstate.fm/p/johannes-brahms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.flowstate.fm/p/johannes-brahms</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flow State]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:03:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jJIh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5253454-2fff-48df-86ff-dbb01c2ea8e0_2614x1886.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today we&#8217;re listening to Johannes Brahms, a German composer from Hamburg. He was born in 1833 to a musical family and began piano lessons at a young age.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> He gave his first public performance (of Beethoven) at age ten and annoyed his early teachers with his prolific composition. While embracing Romanticism, he eschewed the trendy narrativity of contemporaries Liszt and Wagner, giving him a reputation as a &#8220;serious&#8221;</strong> <strong>or conservative composer.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a></strong> <strong>Deutsche Grammophon summed up his style <a href="https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/composers/johannes-brahms/biography">thus</a>: &#8220;Brahms blended Beethovenian dynamism, Schubertian lyricism, a love of German folk song and the strict contrapuntal mastery of the Baroque into a synthesis of phenomenal richness.&#8221; First we&#8217;re playing a collection of his late piano works, performed by the Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski, which came out in January. Second we&#8217;re playing his Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77, performed by Itzhak Perlman and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1976. Give it up for Brahms.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Brahms: Late Piano Works</strong></em><strong> - Johannes Brahms &amp; Piotr Anderszewski (49m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0sWdwTao3RNOZAuErFUGjI?si=hPPpC-stTbCOm1gsCUva8g">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://classical.music.apple.com/us/album/1846706063">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_keTyaf7z8DNX6P1eKZiOU-pG2HzSy8Ds0">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0FWMJRX8P">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/467475230">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>Brahms: Violin Concerto, Op. 77</strong></em><strong> - Johannes Brahms, Itzhak Perlman, &amp; Chicago Symphony Orchestra (43m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0zXYmGACZoy8QU6YpwpnDL?si=Mluj1oaLTbatLzmkp3HcZw">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://classical.music.apple.com/us/album/1833419376">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kiyl86x-TYMYl1NL1HOhLH6wN806lTGk8">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brahms-Violin-Concerto-Op-77/dp/B000002RND">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/51161344">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><strong>We wish you a great start to your week.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jJIh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5253454-2fff-48df-86ff-dbb01c2ea8e0_2614x1886.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jJIh!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5253454-2fff-48df-86ff-dbb01c2ea8e0_2614x1886.png 424w, 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Phil</a></p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Casiopea]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we&#8217;re listening to Casiopea, a Japanese fusion band from Tokyo.]]></description><link>https://www.flowstate.fm/p/casiopea-c14</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.flowstate.fm/p/casiopea-c14</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flow State]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:03:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!buEH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8d907009-2a83-48f3-993e-38c045d14343_1422x1016.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday so we&#8217;re listening to something more upbeat. Today we&#8217;re listening to Casiopea, a Japanese fusion band from Tokyo. The group was formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro and bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, who eventually brought on keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya and drummer Akira Jimbo.<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> The virtuosic quartet recorded ebullient instrumental jams across the late &#8216;70s and &#8216;80s. Their best known album is their self-titled debut LP from 1979, but today we&#8217;re starting with </strong><em><strong>Super Flight</strong></em><strong> from the same year. Many of their live performances from the &#8216;80s are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilOZZp8zWKE">on YouTube</a> &#8211; their joy while playing is contagious. The band has gone through many iterations but is still active, led by Noro. They&#8217;re touring Japan this spring.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Super Flight</strong></em><strong> - Casiopea (39m, vocoder on track 5)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0WbJysvT1uSd5sHaP2QPG9?si=lI-OBo7CTSqV_TSYT5iolA">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/super-flight/1535034706">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nS5OWeVFJK2GJpSAEPPYBgTxhFUg40MBs">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/SUPER-FLIGHT-Casiopea/dp/B073JSYZML">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/248385337">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><em><strong>Casiopea</strong></em><strong> - Casiopea (37m, no vocals)<br><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3uFgYgCEvCSACjB8XHl3hb?si=pKp8Bd6kQXucOL_n5jKYsQ">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/midnight-rendezvous/1535034715">Apple Music</a> / <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nzQ0M9hOfK6Stcvd-vg-oQ47aSHAId-sc">YouTube Music</a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0C37Y4GCQ">Amazon Music</a> / <a href="https://tidal.com/album/157658550">Tidal</a></strong></p><p><strong>Have a marvelous weekend.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!buEH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8d907009-2a83-48f3-993e-38c045d14343_1422x1016.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!buEH!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8d907009-2a83-48f3-993e-38c045d14343_1422x1016.png 424w, 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