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Episode.059 – Summer Solstice Special – 2024

Join me for the Convergence Zone Summer Solstice special – six hours of regional and global progamming.  Inspired by the playlists I’ve crafted for psychedlic therapy, we’ll take a trip beginning in a summer party, continuing into deep space, and rising with the will to create a more compassionate world – for others and for ourselves

Including new music from Afrocop and a re-release by Brass Clouds, along with an excellent live piece by the late Norm Chambers; I’ll also have FCS North, marine eyes, Tangerine Dream, Mount Maxwell, Visible Cloaks, Siren and the Sea, Terminus Void, Pabellón Sintético, and so much more

Join me in the Convergence Zone – Tuesday night at 10:30 pm, and Thursday night at 11pm – 90.7 KSER Everett, 89.9 KXIR Freeland, streaming around the cosmos at kser.org – archive and more in bio

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Hello Meteor – Breeze Bay – 00:00
Jan Hammer – Crockett’s Theme – 05:04
FM Attack – Fade Away (with Julian Sanza) – 08:40
Small Black – Tampa – 14:41
Orbital – The Girl With The Sun In Her Head – 19:56
Style King of the Week – Cheapcross – 30:24
FCS North – Blue White Blue – 33:15
EarthtoneSkytone – Chichachick – 44:20
Pat Metheny – Bright Size Life – 48:03
Afrocop – Rare Belief – 52:48
Mildlife – Return To Centaurus – 58:17
Matthew Halsall – Earth Fire – 01:07:49
Rachel Therrien Quintet – Why Don’t You Try – 01:13:23
Herbie Hancock – You’ve Got It Bad Girl – 01:18:31
Charles David Denler – Reflections on the Eternal – 01:25:40
Pabellón Sintético – Lightness and brightness – 01:28:10
Paul Speer & David Lanz – Eagle’s Path – 01:36:52
Ralph Towner – Nimbus – 01:44:14
Checkfield – Through the Lens – 01:50:34
Eric Tingstad/Nancy Rumbel – The Merced – 01:55:11
Clannad – Newgrange (2003 – Remaster) – 01:58:16
Dead Can Dance – The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove – Live from Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA. September 17th, 2005 – 02:02:11
Shannon Hayden – Zero Resistance – 02:07:07
Portishead – Roads – 02:12:25
Mount Maxwell – Littlefolk – 02:17:05
Brass Clouds – Bow Out – 02:24:58
David Arkenstone – Valley In the Clouds – 02:28:43
St∆er – Manifold – 02:32:44
Redshift – Soft Summer Rain – 02:48:11
Vangelis – Opening – 02:58:14
Vangelis – Conquest Of Paradise – 02:59:34
Tangerine Dream – Cherokee Lane – Live From U.S.A Tour 1977 – 03:04:23
Max Richter & Ben Russell – Constellation 1 – 03:20:37
Terminus Void – APEIRON Pt 1 & 2 – 03:27:37
Chuck van Zyl – Ganymede – 03:39:25
Norm Chambers – Music for the Dome (excerpt) – 03:59:25
Sin Fang – Missed call – 04:28:03
Max Richter & Ben Russell – Constellation 2 – 04:35:30
Laraaji – Bethlehem (Glimpse) – 04:51:23
Siren and the Sea – The Large Floating Vessel – 04:57:15
Loscil, Lawrence English – Ultramarine – 05:01:15
Gallery Six – The Summer Banquet – 05:06:21
Visible Cloaks – Lapis Lazuli – 05:12:44
Benoît Pioulard – Flowers growing from me [for GRM] – 05:21:55
High Plains – The Dusk Pines – 05:27:58
marine eyes – doorways – 05:34:00
Colin Chin – The Alluvial Plains – 05:37:50
Will Ackerman – The Golden Hour – 05:45:01
Masako – Brooks and Cascades – 05:49:52
ODESZA – This Version Of You (feat. Julianna Barwick) – 05:54:45

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Episode.058 – first aired 06.18.2024

first aired 06.18.2024

Tuesday on Convergence Zone, we chase summer vibes with new regional music from Sandcastles and MIDI Janitor, along with new music by Purple Decades, Bluhm,  and Sverre Knut Johansen

Join me in the Convergence Zone – Tuesday night at 10:30 pm, and Thursday night at 11pm – 90.7 KSER Everett, 89.9 KXIR Freeland, streaming around the cosmos at kser.org – archive and more in bio

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Episode.057 – first aired 06.11.2024

Convergence Zone arrives along with long, warm days – and brand new music from Mt. Fog, Erik Wollo, S1gns of L1fe, Jesse Beaman, Color of Time, Etelin, and John Scott Shepherd

Regional atmospheres from Meridian Arc, Robert ÆOLUS Myers, Cool Maritime, and Paul Ellis… and more music from Faten Kanaan, latome2, and Tara Clerkin Trio

Don’t forget, next week features two nights of Convergence Zone on KSER! Tuesday 10:30pm-12:30am, and a special overnight Summer Solstice program on Thursday, June 20 from 11pm to 5am on Friday.  That’s eight hours of atmospheric music to welcome the longest night of the year…

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#Artist nameTrack name
1NAVVIIV
2Jorja SmithRose Rouge
3Tara Clerkin TrioTurning Ground
4Pure Bathing CultureBlack Starling
5Natalie PrassShort Court Style
6Tame ImpalaNo Choice
7Cowboy JunkiesThe Summer of Discontent
8Mt. FogSlowly Morphing
9Shannon HaydenAfter All
10Faten KanaanVotice
11Erik WølloEquator
12S1gns of L1feAlchemy of the Infinite
13Robert ÆOLUS MyersNo Where to Run
14Meridian ArcAssimilation
15Jesse BeamanTrack 6
16Paul EllisWaves for Durga
17KitaroReincarnation
18Cool MaritimeTemporal Dryft
19ShadowfaxNew Electric India
20Color of TimeWhen Will We Learn?
21EtelinThe Chemistry of Dirt
22John Scott ShepherdGental Thoughts
23latome2The Left Hand of Darkness
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Episode 055 – first aired 05.21.24

first aired 05.21.2024

On this week’s episode of Convergence Zone, I’ve got new regional music from MIDI Janitor, Afrocop, Dark Chisme, and ACTORS; I’ve also got regional ambient music from Oregon’s Richard Ahlstrom and Julianna Berwick, and from Vancouver’s Mattesque

More new music from the debut solo album by Beth Gibbons, lead singer of Portishead – and from Liam Boyle; and we will celebrate International Goth Day with A Covenant of Thorns and Rue Oberkampf

New Age classics from AELOUS, David Arkenstone, and Kay Gardner

Convergence Zone arrives Tuesday nights at 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER-FM, 89.9 KXIR-FM, streaming at kser.org – archive links in bio

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MIDI Janitor – Far Speak – 00:00
Echo of the Low Light – Disco – 04:02
The Handsome Family – Far From Any Road – 08:21
Still Corners – The Dream – 10:54
Rue Oberkampf – Glycine – 16:41
School Of Seven Bells – Heart Is Strange – 21:14
Dark Chisme – Beautiful Obsession Killer – 26:15
ACTORS – In Real Life – 30:31
Cold Cave – Night Light – 34:10
New Order – Temptation ’87 (2023 Digital Master) – 38:39
Peter Gabriel – This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds) – 45:29
Afrocop – Elegantly Deceitful Simulation – 49:34
Beth Gibbons – Rewind – 53:33
Dead Can Dance – Ariadne – 57:49
Robert ÆOLUS Myers – All Souls – 01:00:23
David Arkenstone – Firestix – 01:04:03
Richard N. Ahlstrom – RIDE THE NIGHT SKY – 01:07:55
Pat Metheny Steve Reich – Electric Counterpoint – Fast (movement 1) – 01:13:35
J. McFarlane’s Reality Guest – Sensory – 01:20:15
Kay Gardner – Fountain Of Light: Transpersonal Chakra – 01:24:43
A Covenant of Thorns – Alone In A Crowd – 01:30:18
Liam J Boyle – Arrival – 01:33:45
Perge – Ascent – 01:40:45
Julianna Barwick – Nebula – 01:47:08
Mattesque – This City Softly Cries Blood – 01:52:39
Nosnar – Black Shadow in a Clear Light (excerpt) – 01:57:00


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Episode 054 – Robert Smith’s 65th Birthday

This week on Convergence Zone, I’ve got new music from Domenica Diavoleria, somesurprises, FM Skyline, Ascendant, Marine Eyes, and darungara

More regional sets with WMD, Omni Gardens, Daryl Groetsch, Hello Meteor, and more

I’ll also celebrate birthdays for Jónsi and Robert Smith

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Somesurprises – Be Reasonable – 00:00
ACTORS – L’appel Du Vide – 06:41
Frankie Rose – A Reflection – 09:41
Frankie Rose – Play for Today – 11:46
The Cure – A Forest – 15:21
CHVRCHES – How Not To Drown (feat. Robert Smith) – 20:12
Dark Chisme – Beautiful Obsession Killer – 26:01
Sisters Of Mercy – Dominion Mother Russia Medley – 31:05
Pastel Beach – Point Cambria – 39:03
FM Skyline – Fresnel – 42:26
Hello Meteor – Nightly Review – 45:13
Cartas de Japón – Camet – 49:55
Ascendant – Astral Nexus – 01:00:04
Norm Chambers – Viper Street – 01:08:04
New Frontiers – Emergent Evolution – 01:12:01
WMD – Jenny Llewellyn – 01:18:00
Sigur Rós – Gold – 01:22:22
Domenica Diavoleria – Tress – 01:27:45
Antonio Zepeda – Brisa – 01:32:01
Marine Eyes – night palms sway – 01:37:08
Loscil, Lawrence English – Sienna – 01:41:35
Daryl Groetsch – Above the Shore (Radio Edit) – 01:45:18
darungara – Leaving Home – 01:50:27
Soothsayer (aka Omni Gardens) – V – 01:51:13
Thom Brennan – Elysian Fields, Pt. 1 – 01:55:32

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Episode 053 – Total Eclipse 2024

In April 2024 I experienced the total solar eclipse – this week I return to the Convergence Zone with new music from SUSS, and I’m also premiering new music from Michael Whelan’s upcoming album “Watercolor Sky”, along with a special limited release by Lisa Bella Donna, “Total Eclipse” – and a new release from BC artist Nova Pon and New World Ensemble

More music for the eclipse from regional artists like Bart Hawkins, Dreamstate Logic, and from legendary figures like Mark Banning, Steve Roach, and Suzanne Ciani

Recent releases from Rudy Adrian, Transponder, Mathias Grassow & Heikki Lindgren, Avi C. Engel, and much more

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Dreamstate Logic – Andromeda Terminal – 00:00
Bart Hawkins – Bell Curve Blips (excerpt) – 08:24
Transponder – Prelude to Prophecy – 12:50
Hello Meteor – The Northern Rim Archipelago – 18:52
SUSS – Flight – 22:50
Arbol Perenne (Gabo) – Preludio S:N – 28:39
Suzanne Ciani – Eclipse – 30:36
Suzanne Ciani – Eclipse – 32:13
Michael Whalen – Watercolor Sky – 35:39
Doug Cameron – The Journey – 42:20
Pat Metheny Group – Phase Dance – 47:00
Avi C. Engel – The Oven Bird’s Song – 56:20
Dead Can Dance – Rakim (Live) [Remastered] – 01:01:12
Lycia – A Failure – 01:07:05
Drab Majesty – Induction – 01:12:03
Drab Majesty – Dot in the Sky – 01:14:27
Small Black – Tampa – 01:19:56
Turn On The Sunlight – Miles and Miles of Ocean (feat. Laraaji) – 01:24:40
Arbol Perenne (Gabo) – Era Venus – 01:27:24
Nova Pon & Turning Point Ensemble – Symphonies of Mother and Child – V. Eternity’s Sun Rise – 01:30:51
Rudy Adrian – Reflections on a Moonlit Lake – 01:41:58
Lisa Bella Donna – Dawn Of a New Age – 01:46:55

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Episode 052

first aired 04.09.2024

This week on Convergence Zone – brand new music by Mt Fog, Shannon Hayden, Arushi Jain, The Home Current, and Still Corners

Great regional stuff from Camp of Wolves, Loscil, Conjure One, Visible Cloaks, and much more

Convergence Zone arrives Tuesday nights at 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER, 89.9 KXIR, streaming online at kser.org

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Camp of WolvesThe Beckoning Hand Was In Reality, Flame
Mt. FogDrifting
Tune-YardsHypnotize
DeafheavenGreat Mass of Color
Midnight HighDo It To Me
Death Cab for CutieNorthern Lights (feat. Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES)
ChromaticsCeremony (feat. Glass Candy)
ACTORSIn Real Life
Caroline Polachek & Oneohtrix Point NeverBillions
Shannon HaydenAfter All
Flying LotusYour Lord
The Home CurrentBecause Tangled
Arushi JainImagine an Orchestra
Tineidae & Sole MassifData Stream Conjunction
Echo of the Low LightShipwreck
GwennoNYACW – The lonely summer-mix by JDBRADFIELD
Still CornersSecret World
Conjure OneManic Star
MICADOSculptures in Glass
Visible Cloaks, Yoshio Ojima & Satsuki ShibanoAtelier
Andy Sells & Noel Brass Jr.Further Latitude
LoscilFirst Narrows
Drab MajestyYield to Force
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Episode 051 – guest host: David Haldeman from Dead Electric

Guest DJ David Haldeman

Host of Dead Electric -A radio show playing vintage synth, space, and new age music from the 70s and 80s. Friday nights at 10:30 p.m on KSER!

Thank you David for another fantastic show!

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Track list:

New Frontiers – Ghosts of Time – 00:00
The Weeknd – Dawn FM – OPN Remix – 06:39
The Postal Service – We Will Become Silhouettes (Matthew Dear Remix) – 09:38
IQU – Under the Cherry Blossom – 16:40
Sky Cries Mary – Shipwrecked – 20:54
Theodore Shapiro – Main Titles – 24:58
Michael Rother – Katzenmusik 7 – 26:19
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Mt Baker – 30:26
The Decemberists – Once In My Life – 35:26
Mike Oldfield – The Top Of The Morning – 41:37
Wisteria Lodge – Mercy – 46:03
Harp – A Fountain – 51:12
Moev – Cracked Mirror – 57:37
John Foxx – Enter the Angel II – 01:03:23
André 3000 – Ninety Three ‘Til Infinity And Beyoncé – 01:05:34
Bike Monday – Sweepers – 01:10:43
David Arkenstone – Far Far Away – 01:14:04
Steve Roach – Snow Canon – 01:17:54
Marc Barreca – Saturation – 01:22:53
Gary Stroutsos – Sea of Serenity: Calming Music for Yoga – 01:28:45
Damien Jurado – Montesano – 01:31:44
Pauline Oliveros – Suiren – 01:37:40
Larkin – Two Souls Dance – 13:47:41

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Episode 050 – rebirth & renewal

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This week marks Convergence Zone’s 50th episode – and the second week of KSER’s Spring Drive.  We approach the season of rebirth and renewal – with music from Philip Glass, David Bowie, Psychic Temple, Mary Halvorson, Lori Goldston and Stefan Christoff, Norm Chambers, and Colin Chin

Celebrating upcoming regional performances with Afrocop, EarthtoneSkytone, AeTopus, and much more

Please take the time to make Convergence Zone and the rest of KSER’s music and news programming possible – visit KSER.org to make your donation.  If you visit the desktop version of the site, you can mention your favorite shows 🙂

Convergence Zone rises up from the underworld and faces the sun – tonight at 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER, 89.9 KXIR, streaming at kser.org

Panabrite – Dune – 00:00
Stuttgart State Opera (1989)- Act I,Year 1 of Akhnaten’s Reign,Thebes, Prelude: Refrain, Verse 1, Verse 2, Verse 3 – Philip Glass: Akhnaten – 05:05

David Bowie – Lazarus – 16:25
EarthtoneSkytone – Two Sides, One Reflection – 24:16
Vijay Iyer Trio – Chorale – 28:12
Mary Halvorson – Amaryllis – 32:37
Afrocop – Mantis Revolver – 41:13
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Theia – 47:13
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – The Silver Cord – 50:33
Mildlife – Future Life – 54:57
Ascendant – Adorations of the Void – 59:29
AeTopus – Clean Break – 01:06:21
Perge – Calybration – 01:09:53
Colin Chin – The Playbook – 01:17:38
Klaus Schulze – Osiris – Pt. 1 – 01:20:01
IKSRE – dawn in a foreign city – 01:26:23
Lori Goldston & Stefan Christoff – A view of the Pacific Ocean from a roof at 6am – 01:31:05
Andy Aquarius – Golla – 01:37:13
Psychic Temple – Music for Airports 1/1 – 01:46:05

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Episode 049 – Spring Equinox, Spring Pledge Drive

first aired 03.12.24

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Tuesday, March 19 marks the vernal equinox, the beginning of Year Two for Convergence Zone — as part of KSER’s Spring Drive for 2024

KSER brings news from around the world and music programmed by human DJs – a mix you can’t hear anywhere else. We need your support to make this possible – donate today at kser.org – click the big red DONATE NOW button, click the link for desktop mode, and you can mention my show in the Comments field if you value the mix of ambient atmospheres from the Pacific Northwest and beyond 🙂

For this Spring Equinox edition – I’ll have a surprise from my friends at Beacon Sound Records in Portland, along with regional music for the transition – by Select Level, Hello Meteor, Pure Bathing Culture, Terminus Void, AeTopus, and George Winston

Brand new music from Rudy Adrian, Steve Roach, David Helping & Jon Jenkins, Christian Fiesel, and more

Anniversaries from Depeche Mode and The Cure

Convergence Zone arrives on the spring equinox – Tuesday March 19 – 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER, 89.9 KXIR, streaming at kser.org

Select Level – The Race – 00:00
Pure Bathing Culture – Devotion – Acoustic – 02:51
Slowdive – shanty – 05:49
The Cure – Pictures Of You – 12:37
Soft Release – Find You Later – 20:13
Midnight High – Perfect Sun – 25:23
Caroline Polachek – Butterfly Net (feat. Weyes Blood) – 30:17
Hello Meteor – The Move After Organization (Shining Tiger) – 35:46
Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence – 38:56
Depeche Mode – Sibeling – 43:21
LIGHTSPEAR – Traffic – 46:40
Cartas de Japón – Ostende – 51:29
AeTopus – Memento – 01:00:24
Lori Goldston & Stefan Christoff – Around points of convergence – 01:08:14
Lori Goldston & Stefan Christoff – Solar in duet – 01:11:24
David Helpling – A Treasured World – 01:23:07
Rudy Adrian – The Belt of Orion – 01:28:50
T. R. Jordan – On Air – 01:36:00
Mount Maxwell – Lozenge with Two Lines and Blue, 1926 – 01:40:11
Terminus Void – Waiting on Infinity – 01:46:40
Steve Roach – This is Why (excerpt) – 01:51:20