Author: Jim Causey

Episode 023 – first show live at KSER

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date 09.12.2023

First aired 09.05.2023

This week; I’ll be hosting Convergence Zone LIVE from the KSER studio for the first time! Thank you to all the listeners and artists who have supported the show so far

I’ll premiere another gorgeous track by David Arkenstone from his upcoming album “Winterlūde”; this one’s called “Darkening Skies”, a timely song for the rapidly shortening days in the PNW. I’ll also have some details about my upcoming interview with David ahead of his live tour!

Also – new music from amazing regional artists like Pure Bathing Culture, Mount Maxwell, Brass Clouds, Hello Meteor, Hotel Pools; I’ll also have some lovely new music from Steve Roach, Hyperion V, SUSS, and Pabellón Sintético, along with a recent award-winning song by Craig Padilla and Marvin Allen

And my usual blend of classics and surprises, sprinkled in with the sound of my heart pounding its way out of my chest over a live mic!

@converge.fm arrives LIVE on Tuesday September 5, 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER-FM, 89.9 KXIR-FM, and streaming at kser.org, TuneIn, etc etc

Time	Artist	Track	Album
	Hotel Pools	Faded	Evenings Vol 1
	Pure Bathing Culture	The Memento	Chalice
	Lane Lines	Time & Space	Lucid Dreaming
	Vallis Alps	On The Eve Of The Rush	Cleave
	Kacey Musgraves	Slow Burn	Golden Hour
	Still Corners	White Sands	The Last Exit
	Climax Golden Twins	Much Much Slowly	climax golden twins
	David Arkenstone	Darkening Skies	Winterlūde
	Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen	Sunflowers in the Wind	Weathering the Storm
	SUSS	Linger	SUSS
	Hello Meteor	Way Of Lakes	Traditional Dreams For January
	Pabellón Sintético	Bauhaus	Mies van der Rohe’s dreams [CYD 0087]
	tarotplane	Descartes Camera	Murmuration
	Brass Clouds	Liquid Lucid	Escape Vessels
	Mount Maxwell	Sky Eye	Littlefolk
	Dan Mason	Melatonin High	Hypnagogia
	Blessed are the Hearts that Bend	Returning	Edgelands
	Tangerine Dream	Ricochet: Part 1 (Steven Wilson stereo remix)	Ricochet (Steven Wilson remaster)
	TALsounds	Slides	Shift
	Hyperion V	Oumuamua	Accretion Disc
	Steve Roach	Towards The Dream	Dreamtime Return (24-bit Studio Master)

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Episode 022 – sounds for late summer

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date 08.22.2023

first aired 08.22.2023

This week’s Convergence Zone airs on the last day of Leo — with so much stunning new music on the way

Gorgeous fresh works from Pure Bathing Culture, David Arkenstone, Pabellón Sintético, Hyperion V, Erwilian, Kim Oxlund, and Brass Clouds

Sounds for late summer from Mt Fog, Caterina Barbieri, Hello Meteor, Bruce Mitchell, and sunset virtual

And lots more — arriving Tuesday night at 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER-FM, 89.9 KXIR-FM, and streaming live at kser.org and other fine internet radio services — archived at mixcloud.com/farpointer

Artist	Song	Time	Album
First Hour
Pure Bathing Culture	The Momento	00:00	Chalice
Cocteau Twins	Pitch the Baby	03:52	Heaven or Las Vegas
Caroline Polachek	Breathless	07:02	Standing at the Gate – Remix Collection
brass clouds	Dream Recall	10:00	Escape Vessels
Wild Nothing	Sleight of hand	12:50	Laughing Gas EP
Small Black + Com Truise	Duplex (Com Truise Remix)	16:59	Duplex (Com Truise Remix)
Sinéad Lohan	No Mermaid	20:48	No Mermaid
brass clouds	Simulated Sympathy	24:43	Escape Vessels
Mt. Fog	Waiting Through These Years	27:36	Spells of Silence
Sarah McLachlan	Back Door Man	31:53	Solace
Kate Bush	Rubberband Girl	35:41	The Red Shoes
Four Tet	4T Recordings	40:17	4T Recordings
Hyperion V	Astatis	42:33	Accretion Disc
Caterina Barbieri	Math of You	46:43	Myuthafoo
Kim Oxlund	Stars All Burn Away	52:24	Very Special Things
Second Hour
David Arkenstone	The Icy Brook Finds Its Way	01:00:00	Winterlude
Andreas Vollenweider	Dancing With the Lion	01:04:08	Dancing With the Lion
sunset virtual	Crystal — cassette only	01:08:03	visions
Erwilian	Masters in this Hall (Live)	01:09:32	Cascadia
Nils Frahm	#2 (Live)	01:14:23	Tripping with Nils Frahm
Pabellón Sintético	Farnsworth House	01:24:09	Mies van der Rohe’s dreams
Chuck van Zyl	Nightshift	01:29:52	BERLIN – A Tribute Album for Mark Shreeve
Bruce Mitchell	Gateway to the Sun	01:41:30	Hidden Pathways
Mark Vernon	The Tyrol, 1972	01:45:21	Call Back Carousel
Brian Eno	Everything Merges with the Night	01:51:41	Another Green World
Hello Meteor	Hashimi Rubies	05:55:31	The Lower Path

first aired 08.22.23

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Episode 021 – Erwilian & David Arkenstone premieres

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date 08.15.2023

first aired 08.15.23

This week on Convergence Zone, I’m premiering a new track by the legendary David Arkenstone; I’ve been listening to his music since picking up “Valley in the Clouds” on cassette in 1987. Since then he’s pushed boundaries of new age, soundtrack, Celtic, ambient, and more — and he’s returning to the Pacific Northwest on tour starting next month. I’ll have his brand-new single “The Icy Brook Finds Its Way”

I’m also premiering more local New Age, with another track off the upcoming live album by the ensemble Erwilian

Speaking of artists coming to the PNW, synthwave masters Small Black return with November dates in Vancouver BC, Seattle, and Portland, celebrating the 10th anniversary of “Limits of Desire”; I’ve got a banger from the new deluxe reissue, along with the latest by Vancouver’s Noble Oak

Pat Metheny also returns to Jazz Alley in November celebrating some of his early work, and I’ll also include great new neo-jazz from Javier Nero and a recent piece by Makaya McCraven

Plenty of new ambient from LA duo Fog Net, along with Portland’s Daryl Groetsch, Patricia Wolf, and Seroli

And more surprises – join me Tuesday night at 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER-FM, 89.9 KXIR-FM, and on the web at kser.org

Artist	Song	Start Time	Album
First Hour
Noble Oak	Eveningstar	00:00	When It Finds You
Hatchie	This Enchanted	03:34	Giving the World Away
Small Black	Breathless	08:15	Limits of Desire (Deluxe Edition)
Future Islands	Born In A War	11:54	As Long As You Are
Wavestar II	A Call to Arms	15:51	BERLIN – A Tribute Album for Mark Shreeve
Nathan Kawanishi	Opulence 02	21:01	single
Makaya McCraven	The Fours	23:06	In These Times
David Arkenstone	The Icy Brook Finds Its Way	26:58	Winterlude (09.13.23)
Iceblink	Healer	31:09	Carpet Coccoon
Erwillian	Fantasy & Dance (live)	34:32	Cascadia (08.25.23)
Pat Metheny Group	The First Circle	39:20	First Circle
Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra	Kemet (The Black Land)	48:28	Kemet (The Black Land)
Second Hour
Steve Roach, Stephen Kent, Kenneth Newby	Halcyon Days	01:00:00	Halcyon Days
Redshift	Quenzer – Live in the Studio 2002	01:09:20	BERLIN – A Tribute Album for Mark Shreeve
Saloli	Barcarolle	01:20:25	The Deep End
Saloli	Barcarolle (for piano)	01:25:04	Ghosts: Music for Piano vol. 2
Fog Net	Polymer Field	01:27:24	Headlands
Kim Oxlund	I Have No Answers	01:36:01	Very Special Things
Patricia Wolf	The Juncos’ Nest	01:40:40	Seasonal Diary III – Curious Enchantment
Daryl Groetsch	Gardens in Glass	01:49:25	Gardens in Glass

first aired 08.15.2023

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Convergence Zone.020

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date 08.08.2023

first aired August 8, 2023

Going deep into Leo season for the twentieth episode of Convergence Zone

Premiering the upcoming live album by PNW new-age ensemble Erwilian, along with classics by Doug Cameron and Robert Almblade with Carolyn Cruso, and Lisa Bella Donna

Brand new releases from Chuck van Zyl, M3NASH, Portland’s Pure Bathing Culture and Saroon

Sublime aeromatics from Jonsí and Sigur Rös friends for the Fischersund line of perfumes

New tributes to the late Mark Shreeve from Air Sculpture and Ron Boots

Convergence Zone arrives Tuesdays at 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER-FM, 89.9 KXIR-FM, streaming at kser.org, TuneIn, and archived at https://www.mixcloud.com/Farpointer

Artist	Song	Start Time	Album
First Hour
Robert Almblade & Carolyn Cruso	Okanagan	00:00	The Fifth Element
Erwilian	Cascadia	02:50	Cascadia
Erwilian	Fantasy & Dance		Cascadia
Doug Cameron	The Journey	08:46	Mil Amores
Mannheim Steamroller	Toccata	13:23	Fresh Aire III
One Dove	White Love (radio mix)	18:00	Morning Dove White
Pure Bathing Culture	City of Mirrors	22:29	Roxi’s Dream Pt I
Cavern of Anti-Matter	Melody in high feedback tones	28:01	Void beats/invocation trex
Sin Fang, Kjartan Holm, Fischersund	Ljósin kveikt	31:48	Ljósin kveikt
Jonsi, Alex Somers, Sin fang Kjartan Holm	Stafafura	37:12	Sounds of Fischer volume one
M3NASH	Composure of Loneliness	38:39	Declive
Lisa Bella Donna	Night Flight	49:28	Night Flight
Second Hour
Uh	prelude	01:00:00	humanus
Uh	attention		humanus
The Fragile Fate	Float	01:11:03	Liliam Ocean
AirSculpture	On Writing	01:19:09	BERLIN: a tribute for Mark Shreeve
One Arc Degree	Time Invariance	01:27:24	The Forest and the Milky Way
Ron Boots	Where Are They Now	01:34:33	BERLIN: a tribute for Mark Shreeve
Chuck van Zyl	The Face of the Night (YouTube edit)	01:43:48	Passages
Saroon	Mall of the Bardo – Traffic Operators on the Transmigration Highway	01:52:26	Gilgul

first aired 08.08.2023

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Convergence Zone.019

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date 08.01.2023

first aired August 1, 2023

Brand new ambient from Portland’s Saroon and from Methods Body; new dream pop from Pure Bathing Culture

More new music from Johan Agebjörn, from Parallax-5, One Arc Degree, [‘ramp], and Sigur Rós

And a tribute to the late Shuhada’ Sadaqat, born as Sinéad O’Connor

Convergence Zone arrives Tuesday nights at 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER-FM in Everett, 89.9 KXIR-FM in Freeland, and streaming at kser.org, TuneIn, smart speakers, and wherever you consume internet radio

Artist	Song	Start Time	Album
Pure Bathing Culture	In Gardens Under Evergreen	00:00	Roxi’s Dream Pt I
Conjur One ft. Sinéad O Connor	Tears from the Moon	04:44	Conjure One
Tori Amos	A Sorta Fairytale	10:06	Scarlet’s Walk
Diane Arkenstone	Fearlessly Falling	15:33	World Calling
Nation of Language	Across that Fine Line	19:40	A Way Forward
Saint Etienne	Only Love Can Break Your Heart	25:05	Foxbase Alpha
Siren and the Sea	Still in the Race	28:28	Still in the Race
Japanese Breakfast	Slide Tackle	31:53	Jubilee
Sally Shapiro with Johan Agebjörn	Forget About You (Johnny Jewel’s Amnesia Remix )	35:26	Sad Cities (The Remixes)
Peter Gabriel feat. Sinéad O Connor	Blood of Eden	40:17	Us
Massive Attack feat. Sinéad o Connor	Special Cases	46:40	100th Window
One Arc Degree	Stella Obscura	52:46	The Forest and the Milky Way
BREAK	BREAK	59:00
The The – Matt Johnson feat. Sinéad O Connor	Kingdom of Rain	01:00:00	Mind Bomb
Johan Agebjörn with Mikael Ögren	Four Hours to Karhumaki (Subtracted Version)	01:05:39	Subtraced Soundscapes
Sigur Rós	Gold	01:11:50	Átta
Oneohtrix Point Never	Chrome Country	01:16:54	R Plus Seven
Parallax-5	Regeneration	01:21:50	Sonic Awakening
A Covenant of Thorns	Serafina	01:27:56	If the Heavens should Fall
[‘ramp]	Arp-en-Ciel excerpts	01:32:23	Arp-en-ciel
Methods Body	Torches	01:42:37	Plural Not Possessive
Saroon	The Beacon	01:48:00	Gilgul
Saroon	Something, then a whisper	01:51:55	Gilgul

first aired 08.01.2023

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Replay: Convergence Zone.004

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date 08.01.2023

(Replayed July 25, 2023 – first aired April 4, 2023)

It’s a time of transition in the Pacific Northwest, from the season of stillness to glimpses of light and warmth. Celebrated through the ages, whether through the revival of Osiris, the rise of the Aten, the passion of the Christ, or the Hareland Ley feasts of the goddess Ēostre

On this week’s Convergence Zone, we honor these transitions with music for death and rebirth — and we also honor the music of Ryuichi Sakamoto, who died on March 28, 2023 at the age of 71

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

Artist	Song	Album	Label	Show Notes
Dreamstate Logic	Andromeda Terminal	Starbound		Brand new music from Seattle! project by Colby Sixx
Dennis Russell Davies dir. Stuttgart Orchestra	Act I: Prelude: Refrain, Verses 1-3	Philip Glass; Akhnaten	CBS Masterworks	1984 premiere of Philip Glass opera
David Bowie	Lazarus	Blackstar	ISO Records	Final album released two days before Bowie’s death
Lycia	A Failure	In Flickers	Projekt	Darkwave from 2018
Small Black	Tampa	Cheap Dreams	100% Electronica	wistful chillwave found-footage vibes
Future Islands	Born In a War	As Long as You Are	4AD	Synthpop from 2020
Georgia	Running Up That Hill	Seeking Thrills (The Ultimate Thrills Edition)	Domino	Covering Kate Bush
Pure Bathing Culture	Black Starling	Night Pass		Portland new agey-dream-pop
Ryuichi Sakamoto	fullmoon	async	Milan	partially recorded in Bastyr University Chapel
Ryuichi Sakamoto	20220302 sarabande	12	Milan	January 2023 release
Ryuichi Sakamoto	20220304	12	Milan	sketches for piano and electronics
*end segment one*
Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen	Onwards and Upwards	Weathering the Storm	Spotted Peccary	New! guitar & synth homage to Kosmiche Musik
Ryuichi Sakamoto	20220302	12	Milan	sketches for piano and electronics
Ryuichi Sakamoto	20210310	12	Milan	January 2023 release
Electric Youth	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence	A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto – To the Moon and Back	Milan	Toronto synthpop ‘remodel’ of Ryuichi Sakamoto
Terminus Void	Discovery	Origins Unknown		Seattle synthesist J. Ronald Smith
Peter Gabriel	In Doubt A Different Drum	Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ	Real World	i/o: The Tour Seattle October 8
Arushi Jain	I Feel Incomplete Without Sound	With & Without	GHUNGHRU	Opening for Suzanne Ciani Seattle May 20
Suso Saiz	…Un Hombre Oscuro	Odisea	Music From Memory	On tour with Age of Reflections
Locsil	Equivalent 7	Equivalents	Kranky	Vancouver artist Scott Morgan, featuring samples from work created for Glenn Gould retrospective w/ Sakamoto-san

first aired April 4 2023, replayed July 25 2023

I was already contemplating death and resurrection as I produced this week’s episode of Convergence Zone – and then my friend Nick texted me the sad news that Ryuichi Sakamoto had passed away.

Sakamoto-san’s impact — from his time in Yellow Magic Orchestra, his work in film scores and acting, and his prolific creations as an ambient and neoclassical artist — is impossible to do justice in words, at least as few as I can summon here. But I can try and share some of his recent pieces, including one produced in part during his time recording as Bastyr University in Kenmore, WA.

His final album, “12”, dropped in January, consisting of solo sketches that Sakamoto-san recorded in his home over the past few years on piano and electronic instruments. In several, you can hear him breathe as he begins to play.

Hearing Ryuichi Sakamoto breathe and create — on a quiet and cool early Sunday, on the day I was stunned by his death — was painful and exquisite. I am so grateful for what he left us all.

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Replay: Convergence Zone.006

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date 07.18.2023

(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

Artist	Song	Album	Label	Notes
FM Attack ft. Julian Sanza	Fade Away	Deja Vu	Tonite Records	Synthwave project from Vancouver BC (Shawn Ward) – 2013 sophomore album
Talk Talk	It’s My Life	It’s My Life	EMI	1984, second LP
Japanese Breakfast	Be Sweet	Jubilee	Dead Oceans	Sold out performance at ZooTunes on August 20, 2023 with Built to Spill
Break
Steve Roach & Michael Shrieve	Theme For The Far Away	The Leaving Time	Novus	1988 collaboration re-released in October 2022
David Arkenstone	Night Wind	Valley in the Clouds	Narada Equinox	2023 tour in May; dates include Bellevue, Enumclaw, Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver BC, Victoria BC, Portland…
Richard Souther	The Long Riders	Cross Currents	Narada Equinox	1989 New Age
Break
Dead Can Dance	The Carnival Is Over	Into The Labyrinth	4AD	1993, remembrance of Brendan Perry’s visit to a circus as a pre-teen
Break
Frore	Fern Cluster	Biome	Spotted Peccary	Brand new! Releases on April 21 – label debut from Paul Casper
Pink Floyd	Signs of Life	A Momentary Lapse of Reason	EMI	1987 – First Floyd album w/o Roger Waters…
Pink Floyd	Learning to Fly	A Momentary Lapse of Reason	EMI	…some may call it a David Gilmour solo album featuring Richard Wright and Nick Mason 🙂
Break
Redshift	Shift to Blue (live)	RW Three		2008 concert, at Hampshire Jam Seven festival
*End*	*Segment*	*One*
Active Region	Into the Black	Horizon Dispatch	Exosphere	February 2023 release, project of Peter Brefini
Jean-Michel Jarre	Oxygène, Pt 2	Oxygène	Les Disques Motors	1976 album – perhaps most important album in the history of electronic music?
Break
Mary Lattimore	Silver Ladders	Silver Ladders	Ghostly International	2020, universal acclaim, Bandcamp Album of the day
Andreas Vollenweider	The Glass Hall (Choose the Crystal) – The Play of the Five Balls – The Five Planets Canopy Choir	White Winds	CBS	1984, fourth album with very long track titles
Keep Shelly in Athens	Me Then (B-side)	Philomeno / Me Then (single)	Athenian Aura Recordings	Greek/Australian duo, 2021 single
Break
Boards of Canada	Kid for Today	In a Beautiful Place out in the Country	Warp	2008 EP, Scottish brothers Mike Sandison + Marcus Eoin
Cool Maritime	Apex	Big Earth Energy	Western Vinyl	Seattle musician Shawn Hellfritsch; 2022 album
Kitaro	Hiten (Flying Celestial Nymphs)	Silk Road (Vol 1)	Canyon	Soundtrack for 1980 Japanese TV documentary series
Vangelis	Theme from Antarctica	Antarctica: Original Soundtrack	Polydor	Koreyoshi Kurahara drama – 1958 Japanese scientific expedition to the South Pole
Break
Michael Hoenig	Hanging Garden Transfer	Departure from the Northern Wasteland	Warner Records	German composer, collaborated with Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Ash Ra Tempel; this was his debut album (1978)
*End*	Convergence	*Zone*	*006*	*Please support KSER with your donation*

First aired: April 18 2023; replayed July 18 2023

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Convergence Zone.018

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date 07.11.2023

first aired 7.11.2023

Brand new music from Bart Hawkins, Saloli, Kris Keogh, The Fragile Fate, and Penguin Café

Summery vibes from Siren and the Sea, Deborah Martin and Jill Haley, Massergy, Gwenno, and Tame Impala

Reissues from the late experimental polymath Arthur Russell, and from drummer Michael Shrieve with Klaus Schulze and Kevin Shrieve

Artist	Song	Time	Album	Label	Notes
Bart Hawkins	Owls and the exuberant brilliants of unity makes me smile	00:00	Nonlinear Crossroads	Cyclical Dreams	Brand new, oregon, all modular, inspired by a visit to the Getty Center
Elbow	New York Morning		The Taking Off and Landing of Everything		2014
Gwenno	An Stevel Nowdyh the new room		Tresor (Treasure)		Second album sung almost entirely in Cornish, written in Cornwall just prior to the lockdown
Charlotte Gainsbourg	Deadly Valentine		Rest
Tame Impala	Breathe Deeper		The Slow Rush
Christine and the Queens + Caroline Polachek	La vita nuova		La vita nuova
Michael Shrieve, Klaus Schulze, Kevin Shrieve	Communique “Approach Spiral”		Transfer Station Blue	Fortuna Records	Seattle’s Michael Shrieve (rock percussionist, santana, etc) + Klaus Schulze (TD, ash ra tempel, etc) and Kevin Shrieve; re-released last year, originally 1985
The Fragile Fate	Rolled Over		Lilliam Ocean		Brand new Jerry Marotta (drummer for peter Gabriel, Indigo Girls, Hall + Oates, Tony Levin) Rupert Greenall (kbds for The Fixx) Eric Taylor on guitars
Penguin café	Welcome to london				Brand New Song and video dedicated to those who feel lost in a place like london and yet make it their home
Segment two
Siren and the Sea	Not to Harp On It	1:00:00	Gravity Wave	Bathysphere Records
Saloli	Full Moon		Canyon		Brand new, Journey of a bear; portland artist
Roberto Cacciapaglia	Sonanze – 5th Movement		Sonanze	Wah Wah	1975 experimental, electronic, classica
Max Richter	On the Nature of Daylight		The Blue Notebooks
Arthur Russell	In the Light of a Miracle		Picture of Bunny Rabbit	Audika	Brand new reissue, 1986 album from late experimental compooser
Deborah Martin and Jill Haley	From Fire into Water		The Silence of Grace	Spotted Peccary	2021 collab on spotted peccary
Massergy	The Shepherdess		Fire Opal	Spotted Peccary
Patricia Wolf	I’ll Look For You In Others		I’ll Look for You in Others	Past inside the present	2022
Kris Keogh	Golden		Processed Harp Works vol 3	Muzan Editions	Brand new from australian experimental musician
Max Richter with Tilda Swinton	Shadow Journal		The Blue Notebooks

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Convergence Zone.017

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date 07.04.2023

first aired 07.04.2023

Long ambient works for the long summer nights – this week on Convergence Zone

Brand new local music from Saloli; limited-edition vinyl re -releases of the crucial Universal Synthesizer Interface albums by Vancouver’s Kristen Roos

recent releases from Blessed are the Hearts that Bend, Robert Chamberlin

New music from Sigur Rós; long-form classics from Panabrite, Chuck van Zyl, Steve Roach, and {arsonist}

Convergence Zone arrives Tuesday, July 4 at 10:30pm PDT

90.7 KSER Everett; 89.9 KXIR Freeland

Independent Public Radio on the web at KSER.org

Artist	Title	Start time	Album	Label	Show notes
Panabrite	Regent	00:00	Pavilion
Perge	Epicenter		Mutually Assured Destruction		Perge was formed with the ambition of recreating the excitement of classic Electronic Rock typified by the live performances of Tangerine Dream ’74 – ’86. From <https://perge.bandcamp.com/album/mutually-assured-destruction>
Frore	Trapped in Amber		Biome	Spotted Peccary
Chuck van Zyl	The Child of Night		Gemstones II	Cyclical Dreams
Matthew Halsall	The Temple Within		The Temple Within	Gondwana	spiritual jazz, the heritage of British jazz and progressive world music and electronica influences From <https://matthewhalsall.bandcamp.com/album/the-temple-within>
The set of arsonist	Projecting into Phantasmagoric Subspace (excerpt)		Reality Structure
Sigur Ros	Klettur		ATTA		“Eight”, eigth studio album, first in 10 years; ” “to have minimal drums and for the music to be really sparse, floaty and beautiful From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81tta> “
Kristen Roos	Diablo IV		Universal Synthesizer Interface Vol II		New vinyl releases Kristen Roos crafts vast musical networks from the restrictions of vintage technology. The Vancouver-based composer’s recent pieces stem from early algorithmic programs From <https://thequietus.com/articles/33098-kristen-roos-universal-synthesizer-interface-volume-ii-review>
Saloli	Silhouette		Canyon	Kranky	Brand new, about a bear he album is intended to evoke “a day in the life of a bear in a canyon in the Smoky Mountains,” with each track channeling a different emotion or experience in its daily explorations. From <https://saloli.bandcamp.com/album/canyon>
Blessed are the Hearts that Bend	Ghosts of Ford		Edgelands
Kristen Roos	Midi Draw		Universal Synthesizer Interface Vol I
SNOWDN	Pale Blue Dot		Modern Quilt EP
Robert chamberlin	Reclamation		Mutable sign	Bathysphere Records
Steve Roach	Structures from Silence (Live 2019)		The Sky Opens	Projekt

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Convergence Zone.016

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date 06.27.2023

first aired 6.27.2023

Summer arrived officially this week, and after a brief delay, the weather shifted from “damp and lovely to “sunny and perfect”. These are days for oceans and shorelines, Pride and dancing, and nighttime drives with warm skylines

On Convergence Zone this week, new local music from Plural Not Possessive and Neighborhood Libraries; new ambient from Fog Net, Robert Chamberlain, Steve Roach

Epic summer vibes with Siren and the Sea, Blue Scholars, Miami Nights 1984, Emma Ruth Randle, Steve Roach, Shadowfax, Checkfield, and Joe Jackson

Local space from Terminus Void, AeTopus, Style.King.of.the.Week

Plenty of sunset surprises too

Enter the Convergence Zone – Tuesday nights at 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER-FM, 89.9 KXIR-FM, and streaming at kser.org, TuneIn, and suchlike

Artist	Song	Time	Album	Notes
Siren and the Sea	Amazon	0:00	This time with feeling	2017 swimwave album from co-founder of Bathysphere Records
Death Cab for Cutie feat. Lauren Mayberry	Northern Lights	4:20	Thank you for today	2018 single inspired by riding the Bremerton ferry; guest vocals from CHVRCHES lead singer
Jan Hammer	Crockett’s Theme	9:20	Miami Vice II / Escape From Televsion	First appeared in Miami VIce episode “Calderone’s return part 1 – the hit list” – Oct 19 1984
De Lux	New Summers (Jason Bentley mix)	12:40		Nov 2022; remixed by music director of KCRW, host of mix show Metropolis
FM Attack	Oceans Apart	18:11	Stellar	2017 vaporwave from Vancouver, BC
Joe Jackson	Steppin’ Out	23:06	Night and Day	1982, his most successful album; song features percussion from the Korg KR 55
AeTopus	Transit	27:!4	Urbus	March 2022 Bellingham; formatted especially for vinyl LP – recently signed w/ Spotted Peccary
Mt Fog	Blue Summer (Graduation Remix)	31:58		Single with proceeds supporting The Vera Project
Miami Nights 1984	Ascend	35:15	Sentimental	Victoria BC synthwave pioneer, september 2022 album
Checkfield	Through the Lens	40:24	Through the Lens	San Diego ensemble
Style king of the week	Mt eerie	44:48	Style.king.of.the.week	Seattle duo specializing in cassette manipulation, percussion, synths
Methods Body	Impedimenta and Torches	48:22	Plural Not Possessive	New music; Portland duo Methods Body are John Niekrasz and Luke Wyland
Fog Net	Serpentine (Blue)	54:00	Headlands	Justin Longerbeam (co-founder of Bathysphere) and Niko Ramsdell – debut as a duo, recorded over three consecutive days
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Shadowfax	New Electric India	01:00:00	Shadowdance	1983 new-age group formed in Chicago
Pat Metheny Group	First Circle	01:05:11	The Road to You	1993, recorded on tour in Europe
Neighborhood Libraries	Postcards for the Backyard	01:14:19		Taylor Swindells from Vancouver, BC – took up ambient and neo-classical during lockdown after a decade touring to cope with restlesness and preserve mental health
Jörgen Kjellgren	Invincible Summer	01:18:11	Invincble Summer	inspired by family travels through Europe
Robbie Elizee	Smoking Wet	01:21:44	Cull	Louisville ambient artist
The Conspiracy Tapes	Postscript	01:24:12	The Conspiracy Tapes	New music from Pao De Silva!
Steve Roach	Threshold	01:30:43	Mystic Chords and Sacred Spaces – Complete	4-CD expanded re-release
Robert chamberlain	From another shore	01:33:21	Mutable sign	New solo ambient project on Bathysphere Records
Hollan Holmes	Taken by the Current	01:36:19	Emerald Waters	Synth from Texas, second album on Spotted Peccary
Terminus Void	Memories of Rain	01:44:08	Origins Unknown	Seattle space music project; new stuff coming out in 2024
Emma Ruth Rundle	Goteborg YO-tuh BOYre	01:47:31	Electric Guitar One	Composed during her 2010 European tour
George Winston	Early Morning Range	01:56:00	Summer	Recently passed away, new age pianist known for seasonal recordings on windham hill

first aired 6.27.2023

Tags #ambient, #convergencezone, #kser, #lo-fi, #newage, #radio, #spacemusic, #synthpop, #synthwave