(First aired: May 02 2023)
on this week’s Convergence Zone, songs from the acts touring this spring — like synth pioneer Suzanne Ciani, New Age polymath David Arkenstone, and experimental wizard Arushi Jain
more touring artists — Colloboh with Qu’ran Shaheed, legends like Suso Saiz and Bitchin Bajas, LA acts Classixx and Matthewdavid, and neo-jazz icons Gogo Penguin
also – brand new music from Vancouver’s Noble Oak, Italy’s Jarguna and Seattle cozywave artist Hello Meteor, and a 2021 live excerpt from Howard Givens, Madhavi Devi, and Craig Padilla
Convergence Zone arrives Tuesdays at 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER-FM, 89.9 KXIR-FM, and streaming at kser.org, smart speakers, TuneIn, and all fine internet radio services
| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Show Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Oak | Anywhere but Here | When It Finds You | Last Gang Records | Space-pop from Vancouver, BC – When It Finds You due out July 8 2023 |
| Classixx | Hanging Gardens | Hanging Gardens | Innovative Leisure | 2013 debut; 10-year anniversary shows May-July across the country |
| CHVRCHES + Robert Smith | How Not to Drown | Screen Violence | Glassnote | 2021 single featuring leader of The Cure |
| Future Islands | For Sure | As Long as you Are | 4AD | 2020 |
| Colloboh ft. Qur’an Shaheed | Mystic You | Saana Sahel EP | Colloboh and Qur’an Shaheed each open for Suzanne Ciani in different cities | |
| Gogo Penguin | Saturnine | Everything is going to be OK | XXIM Records | Performing live in Seattle May 2 2023 |
| Hello Meteor | Earth Journos | Earth Journos | New cozywave from Seattle | |
| Suso Saiz | Linda Cubana | Odisea | Music from Memory | On tour spring 2023 |
| Pat Metheny Group | Phase Dance | Pat Metheny Group | ECM | 1978, signature track – Pat Metheny on acoustic and electric guitars, Lyle Mays on piano and synth |
| Howard Givens, Madhavi Devi, Craig Padilla | Vibrance of Life | Precipice of a Dream – Live from Soundquest Fest 2021 | Spotted Peccary | Part of three-day festival, 45-minute live set Composed with a formidable array of mono and poly synthesizers, modular synths, electric harp, Tibetan Bowls and bells, and an assortment of sequencers and effect devices |
| David Arkenstone | Ancient legend | Valley in the Clouds | Narada Equinox | 2023 tour in May; dates include Bellevue, Enumclaw, Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver BC, Victoria BC, Portland… |
| Fleetwood Mac | Seven Wonders | Tango in the Night | Warner Bros | RIP to Christie McVie |
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| Norm Chambers | Crossing Over | Holodeck Vision One | Holodeck Records | Late Seattle musician on 2018 compilation album for Holodeck Records |
| Suzanne Ciani | Tide Pools | Tide Pools | Deutsche Grammophon | Final piece from Project 12 – one single from a different artist each month. Composed primarily on the Moog One, along with her signature Buchla 200e modular Live in Portland May 13, Seattle May 20 |
| Marc Barreca | Shopping | Music Works for Industry | Freedom to Spend | Wayward music series stalwart |
| Bitchin Bajas | Amorpha | Bajascillators | Drag City | On tour 2023 – new age revivalists |
| Shannon Hayden | Blown Away | Solid State Cello | Tours with Simrit, session musician with cello, looping pedalboards, synths… | |
| John Coltrane | Pt 1 – Acknowledgement | A Love Supreme | Impulse! | Recorded in one session on December 9, 1964 – McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, Elvin Jones on drums …also recently released as a live 1965 recording at Penthouse in Seattle |
| Jarguna | A Perfect Hazy Day | Granular Day in the Blue | Projekt | Italian sonic alchemist Marco Billi performs as Jarguna, due out May 2023 |
| Matthewdavid | Zithertronix | Mycellium Music | Leaving Records | Brand New – inspired by the vast subterraneam fungal network through which plant-life communicate; opened for Suso Saiz in 2023 |
| Arushi Jain | Is it Love | With & Without | Opening for Suzanne Ciani Seattle May 20 | |
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