Tag: #seattle

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 Wolves	The Beckoning Hand Was In Reality, Flame
Mt. Fog	Drifting
Tune-Yards	Hypnotize
Deafheaven	Great Mass of Color
Midnight High	Do It To Me
Death Cab for Cutie	Northern Lights (feat. Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES)
Chromatics	Ceremony (feat. Glass Candy)
ACTORS	In Real Life
Caroline Polachek & Oneohtrix Point Never	Billions
Shannon Hayden	After All
Flying Lotus	Your Lord
The Home Current	Because Tangled
Arushi Jain	Imagine an Orchestra
Tineidae & Sole Massif	Data Stream Conjunction
Echo of the Low Light	Shipwreck
Gwenno	NYACW – The lonely summer-mix by JDBRADFIELD
Still Corners	Secret World
Conjure One	Manic Star
MICADO	Sculptures in Glass
Visible Cloaks, Yoshio Ojima & Satsuki Shibano	Atelier
Andy Sells & Noel Brass Jr.	Further Latitude
Loscil	First Narrows
Drab Majesty	Yield to Force

Tags #ambient, #convergencezone, #darkwave, #gothic, #kser, #newage, #pnw, #radio, #seattle, #spacemusic, #synthpop, #synthwave, everett, olympia, portland, vancouver

Show Playlists Specials

Episode 049 – Spring Equinox, Spring Pledge Drive

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date March 22, 2024

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

Tags #ambient, #convergencezone, #everett, #kser, #newage, #pledgedrive, #publicradio, #radio, #seattle, #spacemusic, #synthpop, #synthwave

Show Playlists

Episode 048 – one year of Convergence Zone

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date March 22, 2024

first aired 03.12.2024

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This week marks the one-year anniversary of Convergence Zone’s launch on KSER. I’m celebrating with a special program honoring International Women’s Month — ambient, new age, experimental, and space music by women and femme artists from around the world

Regional selections including ann annie, Grouper, Raica, Saloli, and Domenica Diavolera

Legendary figures like Wendy Carlos, Pauline Anna Strom, Suzanne Ciani, Lisa Bella Donna, and Constance Demby

Music from Faten Kanaan, Mary Lattimore and Julianna Barwick, and Sign Libra

Convergence Zone- two hours of contemplative music from the Pacific Northwest, and beyond – Tuesday nights at 10:30pm PT on 90.7 KSER, 89.9 KXIR, streaming at kser.org

Nancy Rumbel – Tree of Life – 00:00
Faten Kanaan – Trenchcoat – 07:00
Constance Demby – Waltz Of Joy – 09:10
Carol Nethen – Island Moon – 13:40
Sign Libra – Petrichor – Bonus Track – 19:22
Stephanie Sante – Jade Resonance – 24:47
Suzanne Ciani – AT&T Logo – 29:35
Suzanne Ciani – Clean Room – 29:44
Suzanne Ciani – Hot Streak – 32:34
Doris Norton – Norton Apple Software – 34:21
Pauline Anna Strom – Alpine Flight – 38:03
Wendy Carlos – I.C. (Intergalactic Communications) – 45:32
Enya – Orinoco Flow – 49:00
Patricia Wolf – The Culmination Of – 53:25
Siren and the Sea – Probably Hawai’i – 01:00:00
Ann Annie – Upstream – 01:03:19
Lisa Bella Donna – Cosmotopia – 01:06:56
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore – Canyon Lights – 01:17:38
Domenica Diavoleria – Book of Postcards – 01:21:26
Grouper – Driving – 01:25:24
Saloli – Nighthawk – 01:29:03
Suzanne Ciani & Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Retrograde – 01:36:17
Raica – Entridam – 01:52:34

Tags #ambient, #convergencezone, #darkwave, #gothic, #internationalwomensmonth, #kser, #newage, #radio, #seattle, #spacemusic, #synthpop, #synthwave

Best Of Show Playlists

Best of 2023 – Part 2

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date December 27, 2023

More of my favorite discoveries from 2023 from local and global artists, along with some fun throwbacks!

Convergence Zone: ambient soundscapes of the Pacific Northwest and beyond, every Tuesday night at 10:30pm PT on 90.7 KSER, 89.9 KXIR, and kser.org

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10:30 PM Little H Collective “Avalanche Pass (radio edit)” from Avalanche Pass 2023

10:37 PM Hello Meteor “Eso Waypoints” from Earth Journos 2023

10:42 PM Jeff Pierce “Serenity Fields” from The Road Ahead 2023

10:46 PM Erik Wøllo “Cloud of Strings” from Cloud of Strings 2023

10:57 PM MiDi BiTCH “Marmalade Skies” from Sonic Fiction 2023

11:01 PM Panabrite “Cortex Meridian” from Cortex Meridian 2013

11:10 PM Radio Massacre International “The Clockwork Time Dragon (Album)” from Time & Motion 2010

11:22 PM Lisa Bella Donna “Rahmenerzählung” from Portals: A Kosmische Journey Through Outer Worlds and Inner Space 2020

11:33 PM Matthew Halsall “Sunlight Reflection” from An Ever Changing View 2023

11:34 PM Matthew Halsall “Natural Movement” from An Ever Changing View 2023

11:39 PM North Americans “The Living End” from Long Cool World 2023

11:43 PM The British Stereo Collective “Lost in Aqua” from Sailing 1975 2023

11:56 PM Pabellón Sintético “Open Spaces” from Mies Dreams Live Session 2023

12:05 AM Ian Boddy “Memory Lane” from Berlin: A Tribute Album for Mark Shreeve 2023

12:11 AM Thom Brennan “Argo Pt. 3” from Argo 2023

12:21 AM Siren and the Sea “Gravity Wave” from Gravity Wave – EP 2023

12:28 AM Laurel Halo “Naked to the Light” from Atlas 2023

Tags #ambient, #convergencezone, #kser, #newage, #radio, #seattle, #spacemusic

Best Of Show Playlists Specials

Best of 2023 – Part 1

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date December 26, 2023

first aired 12.12.2023

Part 1 of my review of the best music from 2023 – tracks by Hello Meteor, Omni Gardens, Future Islands, Erwilian, Pure Bathing Culture, David Arkenstone, Mount Maxwell, Terminus Void, Dreamstate Logic, and much more

Convergence Zone: ambient soundscapes of the Pacific Northwest and beyond; every Tuesday night at 10:30pm PT on 90.7 KSER, 89.9 KXIR, streaming at kser.org – more information at https://convergencezone.fm

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FM Attack – Timeless – 00:00
NAVVI – Clemency – 04:38
Future Islands – The Tower – 09:56
Hibou – Night Fell – 13:28
Echo of the Low Light – Disco – 19:30
Altin Gün – Rakıya Su Katamam – 23:36
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – The Silver Cord – 27:16
Pure Bathing Culture – The Memento – 33:35
Crumb & Melody’s Echo Chamber – Le Temple Volant – 37:22
NCY Milky Band – Aphex Twin – 39:17
Hello Meteor – Earth Journos – 43:59
Saloli – Waterfall – 47:00
Pabellón Sintético – Bauhaus – 51:25
Brendan Pollard – Steel Blue Sphere – 59:31
Dreamstate Logic – Lost But Not Forgotten – 01:02:34
AeTopus – Sundial – 01:11:17
Omni Gardens – Rain Jacket – 01:18:19
Volcano Lazerbeam – At Sea – 01:21:14
Terminus Void – Flow of Order – 01:29:46
Erwilian – Masters in This Hall (Live) – 01:36:15
Makushin – No More Rush Hour – 01:43:20
David Arkenstone – Darkening Skies – 01:49:29
Mount Maxwell – Sky Eye – 01:53:07
Hotel Pools – Metro 地下鉄 – 01:58:17

Tags #ambient, #bestof2023, #convergencezone, #darkwave, #gothic, #kser, #newage, #radio, #seattle, #spacemusic, #synthpop, #synthwave