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Replay: Convergence Zone.006

(Replayed July 18, 2023 – first aired April 18, 2023)

on this week’s Convergence Zone, we evoke the turbulent mood of spring in the PNW; brand new music from Frore, and from Active Region — and a new reissue of a rare album by Steve Roach and Michael Shrieve; classics from Jean-Michel Jarre, Kitaro, Dead Can Dance, and Michael Hoenig; synthwave and synthpop from Talk Talk, FM Attack, and Japanese Breakfast; …and lots of surprises

10:30pm PDT 4/11/23 – 90.7 KSER | Independent Public Radio

ArtistSongAlbumLabelNotes
FM Attack ft. Julian SanzaFade AwayDeja VuTonite RecordsSynthwave project from Vancouver BC (Shawn Ward) – 2013 sophomore album
Talk TalkIt’s My LifeIt’s My LifeEMI1984, second LP
Japanese BreakfastBe SweetJubileeDead OceansSold out performance at ZooTunes on August 20, 2023 with Built to Spill
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Steve Roach & Michael Shrieve Theme For The Far AwayThe Leaving TimeNovus1988 collaboration re-released in October 2022
David ArkenstoneNight WindValley in the CloudsNarada Equinox2023 tour in May; dates include Bellevue, Enumclaw, Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver BC, Victoria BC, Portland…
Richard SoutherThe Long RidersCross CurrentsNarada Equinox1989 New Age
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Dead Can DanceThe Carnival Is OverInto The Labyrinth4AD1993, remembrance of Brendan Perry’s visit to a circus as a pre-teen
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FroreFern ClusterBiomeSpotted PeccaryBrand new! Releases on April 21 – label debut from Paul Casper
Pink FloydSigns of LifeA Momentary Lapse of ReasonEMI1987 – First Floyd album w/o Roger Waters…
Pink FloydLearning to FlyA Momentary Lapse of ReasonEMI …some may call it a David Gilmour solo album featuring Richard Wright and Nick Mason 🙂
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RedshiftShift to Blue (live)RW Three2008 concert, at Hampshire Jam Seven festival
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Active RegionInto the BlackHorizon DispatchExosphereFebruary 2023 release, project of Peter Brefini
Jean-Michel JarreOxygène, Pt 2OxygèneLes Disques Motors1976 album – perhaps most important album in the history of electronic music?
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Mary LattimoreSilver LaddersSilver LaddersGhostly International2020, universal acclaim, Bandcamp Album of the day
Andreas VollenweiderThe Glass Hall (Choose the Crystal) – The Play of the Five Balls – The Five Planets Canopy ChoirWhite WindsCBS1984, fourth album with very long track titles
Keep Shelly in AthensMe Then (B-side)Philomeno / Me Then (single)Athenian Aura RecordingsGreek/Australian duo, 2021 single
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Boards of CanadaKid for TodayIn a Beautiful Place out in the CountryWarp2008 EP, Scottish brothers Mike Sandison + Marcus Eoin
Cool MaritimeApexBig Earth EnergyWestern VinylSeattle musician Shawn Hellfritsch; 2022 album
KitaroHiten (Flying Celestial Nymphs)Silk Road (Vol 1)CanyonSoundtrack for 1980 Japanese TV documentary series
VangelisTheme from AntarcticaAntarctica: Original SoundtrackPolydorKoreyoshi Kurahara drama – 1958 Japanese scientific expedition to the South Pole  
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Michael HoenigHanging Garden TransferDeparture from the Northern WastelandWarner RecordsGerman composer, collaborated with Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Ash Ra Tempel; this was his debut album (1978)
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First aired: April 18 2023; replayed July 18 2023