Tag: #newage

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

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
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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

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	Notes
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)