Convergence Zone

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Convergence Zone.015 – Juneteenth 2023

Jim Causey

06.21.2023

first aired 6.20.2023

Honoring atmospheric music by Black and African-American artists in commemoration of Juneteenth in the United States

Recent music from pioneers like Laraaji and Alice Coltrane; avant-garde classics from Dorothy Ashby, Art Ensemble of Chicago, and The Detroit Escalator Co.

New ambient from Colloboh and Qu’ran Shaheed; recent space music from Jayme Rose Hannegan, Bluetech, KMRU, Klein, and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

Explorations from Fholston Paradigm, Kamasi Washington, Flying Lotus and L’Rain, and Yves Tumor

And lots more — when Convergence Zone arrives Tuesday night at 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER-FM, 89.9 KXIR-FM, and streaming at KSER.org, TuneIn, etc

Artist	Song	Time	Album	Notes
Fhloston Paradigm feat. Jacqueline Constance	…GLOW	00:00	AFTER…	Afro-futurist side project of Philly musician King Britt
Fyling Lotus & Niki Randa	Between Memories	07:02	Yasuke	Music from six-part TV series
Qu’ran Shaheed	Thrive	08:33	Lefto Early Bird presents The Beauty is Inside	Pasadena Compilation by Belgiun DJ Lefto
L’Rain	Not Now	14:40	Fatigue	Brooklyn taja cheek
	Two Face	14:49
	Walk Through	18:54
Kokoroko	Ewa Inu (ehWA iNOO)	19:12	Could We Be More	August 2022; channeling the greats of W Africa
Dorothy Ashby	Joyful Grass and Grape	25:50	The Rubiyat of Dorothy Ashby	1970 on Cadet
Laraaji	Ocean Glimpse	29:23	Koto	2023 algum Edward Larry Gordon, dulcimers and zithers, 1980 Ambient 3 album produced by Brian Eno
	Bethelem Glimpse	30:53
Art Ensemble of Chicago Lester Bowie	Rios Negroes	33:01	The Great Pretender	1981
Alice Coltrane Ravi Coltrane Oran Coltrane Jack DeJohnette Charlie Haden	Crescent	40:13	Translinear Light	200 4
Makaya McCraven	Crash Course	46:29	Lefto Early Bird presents The Beauty is Inside	Compilation by Belgiun DJ Lefto
The Detroit Escalator Co	The Inverted Man (Dreaming)	50:57	Black Buildings	2002 on Peacefrog records
Yves Tumor	Limerence	53:31	PAN records compilation – mono no aware
*end*	*segment*	*one*
Colloboh	Acid Sunrise	01:00:00	Saana Sahel EP
Jayme Rose Hennegan	Through the Healing	01:05:30	Time Ritual
Claude Young Jr.	Sedna 90377	01:11:31	Celestial Bodies	Detroit techno producer moving to space music Evidence for a planet beyond the orbit of Neptune? Discovered in 2003
The Detroit Escalator Co	Folding Space	01:19:00	Black Buildings
Robbiee Elizee	Smoking Wet	01:21:43	Cull	Louisville, Kentucky musician
Klein	Shot in the dark	01:23:56	Shot in the dark
Wayne Phoenix	…and sleepless skies	01:27:38	Soaring wayne phoenix story the earth
	Burn False Messages	01:28:02
	Reserve	01:30:39
	Death is Pure Objectivity	01:33:34
Space Afrika	Version 3	01:35:23	Untitled (To Describe You) OST	Short film from Tibyan Mahwah Sanoh Manchester UK duo
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe	Dix Voix	01:39:21	Notes Above Land	Live rehearsel in San Francisco 2015 Brooklyn artist
Robbie Elizee	SOMMA 8,9	01:47:58	Cull	2020 compilation of remixes of The Conet Project – recordings of shortwave Numbers Stations
Laaraji	Koto Glimpse	01:50:32	Koto
	All Pervading Glimps	01:52:15
KMRU kamaru & Echium	Unending	01:54:32	Peripheral

first aired June 20 2023

Convergence Zone.014

Jim Causey

06.13.2023

first aired June 13 2023

This week on Convergence Zone:

tons of new music from PNW artists and labels, as well as debuts and exclusives from around the world

New local ambient from Nathan Kawanishi, ann annie, Deborah Martin and Jill Haley, and Hello Meteor

Brand new lo-fi from Four Tet, and a classic from Boards of Canada

New synthwave from FM Attack, Meltt, and Ladytron

Local space music from AeTopus and Marc Barreca

And an exclusive track from Steve Roach!

Convergence Zone arrives Tuesdays at 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER, 89.9 KXIR, and kser.org, TuneIn, all that good stuff

Artist	Song	Album	Label
Meltt	Do You Ever Wonder	Do You Ever Wonder
Holy Ghost!	Epton on Broadway	Work
FM Attack	Strange Ways	Strange Ways
Ladytron	The Night	Time’s Arrow
Lemonade	Ice Water	Diver	Beggar’s Group
Small Black	Collections	Limits of Desire (Deluxe Edition)
Four Tet	Three Drums	Three Drums
Nathan Kawanishi	projections	Splashes of Ink (antithesis)
Boards of Canada	Aquarius	Music Has The Right To Children
Hello Meteor	Photic Glitter	The Lower Path
Marc Barreca	Music Works for Industry	Music Works for Industry
Marc Barreca	Shopping	Shopping
Paul Ellis	Forever Exploring	Music For The Space Between Atoms	Cyclical Dreams
Segment break
Panabrite	Pool	Pavilion
AeTopus	Altum	VARIANT
Fred again. & Brian Eno	I Saw You	Secret Life
Nathan Kawanishi	a name, a place	Splashes of Ink (antithesis)
ann annie	Hazel Creek	By Morning
Deborah Martin & Jill Haley	Reaching the Ambient	Into the Quiet	Spotted Peccary
Mark Isham	Raffles in Rio	Vapor Drawings	Windham Hill
Francisco Nicosia	Electrónica del antiguo Egipto	Historias Secretas	Cyclical Dreams
Steve Roach	Elegant Forward (exclusive)	Cloudwatch (Subscriber Exclusive)

Convergence Zone.012 – remembering Dave Smith

Jim Causey

05.30.2023

first aired May 30 2023

This week on Convergence Zone, I’m excited to play new music I’m loving from artists like Yaeji, Eydís Evenson, Deborah Martin & Jill Haley, Bluetech, Siren and the Sea — and debuting a single from the upcoming self-titled debut LP by The Conspiracy Tapes

Awesome local music from AeTopus, Dreamstate Logic, MIDI Janitor, Mt, Fog, and Style.King.Of.The.Week

And remembering the great Dave Smith, creator of the celebrated Prophet synthesizers — with music by dedicated players of his gear such as Betamaxx with FM Attack, CHVRCHES, and Shannon Hammett of LEATHERS and ACTORS

(other surprises too)

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

Artist	Song	Album	Show Notes
Mt Fog	Behind a Silent Door	Spells of Silence	Performing at Belltown Yacht Club on June 7 2023
CHVRCHES	The Mother We Share	The bones of what you believe	September 2012 debut LP
Yaeji	Done (Let’s Get It)	With a Hammer	Live at Day In Day Out Festival August 12 2023
Melody’s Echo Chamber	Looking Backward	Emotional Eternal	One of my favorite albums from 2022
Holy Fuck ft. Nicholas Allbrook	Free Gloss	Deleter	Featuring vocals by Pond frontman
FM Attack, Betamaxx	Cosmic Voyage	Cosmic Voyage (single)	Sequential Prophet synth spotlight article
LEATHERS	Ultraviolet	Ultraviolet (single)	Interview with Shannon Hemmett for Sequential Prophet spotlight
Style King of the Week	Eerie Blvd	Style king of the week EP	Live at Vermillion Art Gallery June 26 2023
Bluetech	Echoes of Orion	Spacehop Chronicles 2: Echoes of Orion	Continuing the story of laika, the cosmonaut dog
Nils Frahm	All Armed	All Encores	2019 Brings together three Eps refined live
MIDI Janitor	Vapor King	Bulk Order	originally imagined the MIDI Janitor as an aging maintenance man creating beats in the privacy of his supply closet
Gotan Project	Vuelvo al Sur	La Revancha del Tango	2001 debut LP
Still Corners	Shifting Dunes	The Last Exit	Ambient country, one of my faves from 2021
*Segment two*
Deborah Martin & Jill Haley	Hall of Whispers	Into the Quiet	Brand new on Spotted Peccary
Eydís Evenson	Dreaming of Light	The Light	Live at The Triple Door Oct 13 2023
Enya	The Loxian Gate	Dark Sky Island	inspired by designation of Sark, in the Channel Islands, as a dark-sky preserve
Siren and the Sea	Probably Hawai’i	Gravity Wave	March 2023 release from Cristina Cano
AeTopus	Aerie (Extended)	Urbus	Bellingham artist, just signed with Spotted Peccary Records
The Conspiracy Tapes	For As Long As it Takes	The Conspiracy Tapes	Upcoming debut album in June Manila, Phillippines solo project
Fumerolles	Cyclique	Nuit jaune	Montral illustrator and librarian Frédérique Duval
{arsonist}	Till human voices wake us	Reality structure	Pittsburgh artist — “unbraids time and decoloroizes nature”
Dreamstate Logic	Crystalline multiverse	Era4	Colby Sixx, solo electronic project January 2020
Tom Eaton	Before Obsidian	Collected Ambient Works Volum 1	grammy-award nominated – New Hampshire-based ambient artist

First aired 5.30.23

Convergence Zone.011 – World Goth Day

Jim Causey

05.23.2023

first aired May 23 2023

World Goth Day took place around the world this week; and on this edition of Convergence Zone we embrace the darkness

Brand new music from A Covenant of Thorns, Hello Meteor, Alio Die and Lorenzo Montaná, and NAVVI

Recent local music from Terminus Void, ODESZA featuring Julianna Barwick, and SNOWDN

Classics by Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy, and much more

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

Artist	Song	Album	Show Notes
FM Attack	Timelesss	Timeless	March 24, 2023 w/ add’l vocals by Stella Dee Ward
Nation of Language	Rush and Fever	Introduction, Presence	2020 debut LP
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NAVVI	Ultimae	V	Seattle new music
Sally Shapro	Dulcinea (Ben Macklin Remix)	Sad Cities (The Remixes)	Swedish duo; London-based remixer; April 2022
BA
New Order	Perfect Kiss (12″ mix)	Substance 1987	Jonathan Demme video

A Covenant of Thorns	Grace (Like The Back of a Fist)	Ashes	Brand new! Comes out May 26, Scott-David Allen
ID
The Cure	Fascination Street	Disintegration	1989, 8th LP, approaching 30 and began writing by himself as he wrestled with depression
Sisters of Mercy	Lucretia, My Reflection	Floodland	Final single from 1988 Floodland; written by Andrew Eldritch for bassist Patricia Morrison
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ACTORS	Strangers	Acts of Worship	Vancouver, BC 2021 release
POLICA	Alive	Madness	2022 Minneapolis synthpop
Boy Harsher	Come Closer	Careful	2019 album
Mic Break
Depeche Mode	Strangelove (Maxi Mix)		12″ single supporting Music for the Masses 1987

ODESZA feat. Julianna Barwick	This Version of You	The Last Goodbye	Bellingham-based duo, vcals from recorded therapy session
Enya	Storms in Africa	Watermark
Orbital	I Wish I Had Duck Feet	Snibilization	1994 ambient techno
Hello Meteor	Photic Glitter	The Lower Path	Brand new from Seattle anonymous “cozywave” act
Alio Die & Lorenzo Montana	Cave Chasm Recall	Dialogue of Water	Italian artitsts exploring the perpetual flow of water; due out June 2023
SNOWDN	19XX	Modern Quilt EP	December 2022 – Seattle-based artist Justin Benjamin; includes waves on the Puget Sound
Terminus Void	Dark Outpost	Origins Unknown	2022 dark ambient
Brian Eno	There Were Bells	FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE	Climate-focused single, 2022, first Brian Eno vocal projects since 2005
Colin Chin	The Alluvial Plains	Intruding on a Silence	1989 Narada
Suzanne Ciani	The Fourth Wave: Wind In The Sea	Seven Waves	1979 Japan-only release, re-released in US in 1984
Abstract Audio System	Out Beyond the Belt	Marginal Breath	May 2023 on Neotantra
Steve Roach	Infinite Shore	The Magnificent Void	1996 dark ambient on hears of space label

First Aired 5.23.2023

Convergence Zone.010 – Live Recordings

Jim Causey

05.16.2023

first aired May 16 2023

Celebrating the 10th episode of Convergence Zone with a show full of live recordings by atmospheric artists

Rare tracks from Dead Can Dance live in Seattle in 2005, Steve Roach in Philadelphia in 1986, Suzanne Ciani in Switzerland in 2020, and Cocteau Twins live on BBC Radio in 1996

Live classics from Tangerine Dream, Rudy Adrian, Redshift, Peter Gabriel, and Node

And a couple of surprises! Convergence Zone arrives Tuesdays at 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER FM in Everett, 89.9 KXIR in Freeland, and streaming at kser.org, TuneIn, and other radio services

Time	Track Name	Album	Artist	Date	Notes
0:00	Can I Believe You (Solstice Version)	A Very Lonely Solstice	Fleet Foxes	12.21.20	Recorded live at St. Ann & Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn for a December 2020 stream
3:55	Fifty-Fifty Clown	BBC Sessions	Cocteau Twins	04.10.96	BBC Radio London set hosted by Robert Elms in 1996
8:17	Rakim	Live at Paramount Theatre Seattle – 2005	Dead Can Dance	11.17.05	Seattle stop on the 2005 world tour
14:08	Someone Great	The Long Goodbye	LCD Soundsystem	04.02.11	Madison Square Garden April 2 2011; at time was their “last show ever”
20:53	In Your Eyes	Secret World Live	Peter Gabriel	11.1993	Secret World Live Tour, recorded in Modena Italy – supported by Paula Cole, with cameo Papa Wemba – Congolese king of Rumba Rock
32:07	Night Ride Across the Caucasus	Live in Paris and Toronto	Loreena McKennit	04.19.98	Salle Pleyel, Paris on 1998 world tour
38:10	Caravansary	Live in America	Kitaro	04.25.90	Fox Theatre in Atlanta on 1990 US tour
43:59	Pyro_Gen	Faultline	Redshift	10.2002	Hampshire Jam 2 in the UK, 2002
59:00	End	Segment	One
1:00:00	Cherokee Lane	Encore	Tangerine Dream	Spring 1977	Spring 1977 sold-out tour in the US – compiled from different recordings of the opening track over multiple nights
1:16:24	Heartbeats	Improvisation on Four Sequences at Festival Antigel	Suzanne Ciani	2020	Live in Seattle on Saturday May 20, 2023! Reflections (ageofreflections.com)
1:20:33	Three Views of a Japanese Garden Pt 2	Moonwater	Rudy Adrian	07.2006	Live improvisation on a single synth – the Yamaha SY77
1:31:16	Shinkansen North	Node Live (DiN55)	Node	02.27.15	London Royal College of Music in 2015
1:45:07	Continent in View (Excerpt)	Steve Roach Live Trans-Sonic Festival (subscriber exclusive)	Steve Roach	05.30.86	May 1986 Trans-Sonic Festival – Harrison Audiitorium at University of Pennsylvania
1:47:36	Levels	Steve Roach Live Trans-Sonic Festival (subscriber exclusive)	Steve Roach	05.30.86	May 1986 Trans-Sonic Festival – Harrison Audiitorium at University of Pennsylvania
1:59:00	Show	Ends

First aired May 16, 2023

Convergence Zone.009

Jim Causey

05.09.2023

Listen now from the show archive

The dark palettes of the Pacific Northwest evoke vibes of gothic music and synthwave for many area artists, and this week on Convergence Zone we embrace that vibe

Brand new music from Frore and Locsil with Lawrence English; recent tracks by Bart Hawkins and Remote Vision

Vancouver BC cityscapes from FM Attack and LEATHERS

Gothic classics from A Covenant of Thorns, New Order, Sisters of Mercy, and Depeche Mode

With more surprises in store

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

Time	Track Name	Album Name	Artist Name	Notes
0:00	To Ride A Pterodactyl	Entering the Axis Mundi	Bart Hawkins	2023 album from Oregon artist
11:06	Elegia	Low-Life	New Order
15:49	Closedown	Disintegration	The Cure
19:52	Marian – Version	First and Last and Always	Sisters of Mercy
30:07	Precious	Playing the Angel	Depeche Mode
34:34	Numb	Black	A Covenant of Thorns	Darkwave project Scott-David Allen, originally from Seattle
38:17	Give Me a Reason	The Runner (OST)	Boy Harsher	soundtrack to a short horror film written, produced, and directed by the duo
38:54	Highrise	Highrise	LEATHERS	Solo electro-pop from Shannon Hemmett from ACTORS in Vancouver, BC
42:18	Sleepless Nights	Dreamatic	FM Attack	Vaporwave pioneer from Vancouver, BC
48:41	The Girl with the Sun in Her Head	In Sides	Orbital
59:00	End Segment One
1:00:00	Brainless	Results, Not Answers	Young Scientist	Seattle trio formed in the 1970s – James Husted, Roland Barker, Marc Barreca
1:13:41	The Architect	The Architecture of Time	Remote Vision
1:20:29	Trapped in Amber	Biome	Frore	Paul Casper – “inspired by the interconnectedness of a forest, how one small swath of nature can contain infinite microbes, many components that comprise the whole”
1:29:58	Fundamental Values	Tripping with Nils Frahm	Nils Frahm
1:43:12	Closed Circuit	FRKWYS Vol. 13 – Sunergy	Suzanne Ciani Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
1:52:45	Violet	Colours of Air	Loscil,Lawrence English	“collection of recordings of a century old pipe organ housed at the historic Old Museum in Brisbane, Australia, which were then processed, transformed, and elevated into eight majestic electro-acoustic threshold devotionals”

First aired May 9, 2023