Tag: #spacemusic

  • New Time! Tuesdays, 8pm PT

    Convergence Zone has moved to 8pm-10pm PT on Tuesdays, right after World Cafe!

    Convergence Zone Final New Time with KSER Logo 1200 x 900)

    KSER has rolled out our new music lineup, anchored around World Cafe at 6pm PT on weeknights. On Tuesdays, listeners will go from World Cafe to Convergence Zone at 8pm, moving into a two-hour journey through the musical landscapes of the Pacific Northwest, and beyond.


    Same hosts, same format, same night – new time, right after World Cafe. Tuesdays at 8pm PT on 90.7 & 89.9 KSER FM, streaming at kser.org and on smart speakers and TuneIn.

  • 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

  • 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
  • Episode.056 – first aired 05.28.2024

    first aired 05.28.2024

    This week on Convergence Zone, inching closer to the summer with new music by Hello Meteor, Dark Sky Alliance, Bluhm, Serena Gabriel, and Paul Ellis

    Looking ahead to live shows by Soft Release and Domenica Diavoleria, and celebrating birthdays for André 3000 and Stevie Nicks, and the anniversary of Roxy Music’s “Avalon”

    Convergence Zone – two hours of musical atmospheres from the PNW and beyond, arriving Tuesdays 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER, 89,9 KXIR, streaming around the world as kser.org – archives and more info in bio

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    FCS North – Police Laughter
    Roxy Music – The Space Between
    College & Electric Youth – A Real Hero
    Bluhm – Midnight Hill
    Midnight High – True
    One Dove – White Love
    Soft Release – Broken Number 13
    Dan Deacon – Fell Into the Ocean
    Classixx – Hanging Gardens
    Fleetwood Mac – Seven Wonders
    Hello Meteor – Contour Interval
    Dark Sky Alliance – The Desert Mind
    Peter Buffett – Empire Builder
    Michael Whalen – Golden Hour
    Michael Gettel – Wellspring
    Paul Ellis – Three Trajectories 01
    Serena Gabriel – Gentle Landing
    Domenica Diavoleria – Tress
    Andre 3000 – I Swear, I Really Wanted to make a rap album but this is literally the way the wind blew me this time

  • 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


  • 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

    KSER playlist and archive link (opens in new tab)

    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

  • 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

  • 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
  • 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