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Convergence Zone.019

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date August 1, 2023

first aired August 1, 2023

Brand new ambient from Portland’s Saroon and from Methods Body; new dream pop from Pure Bathing Culture

More new music from Johan Agebjörn, from Parallax-5, One Arc Degree, [‘ramp], and Sigur Rós

And a tribute to the late Shuhada’ Sadaqat, born as Sinéad O’Connor

Convergence Zone arrives Tuesday nights at 10:30pm PDT on 90.7 KSER-FM in Everett, 89.9 KXIR-FM in Freeland, and streaming at kser.org, TuneIn, smart speakers, and wherever you consume internet radio

Artist	Song	Start Time	Album
Pure Bathing Culture	In Gardens Under Evergreen	00:00	Roxi’s Dream Pt I
Conjur One ft. Sinéad O Connor	Tears from the Moon	04:44	Conjure One
Tori Amos	A Sorta Fairytale	10:06	Scarlet’s Walk
Diane Arkenstone	Fearlessly Falling	15:33	World Calling
Nation of Language	Across that Fine Line	19:40	A Way Forward
Saint Etienne	Only Love Can Break Your Heart	25:05	Foxbase Alpha
Siren and the Sea	Still in the Race	28:28	Still in the Race
Japanese Breakfast	Slide Tackle	31:53	Jubilee
Sally Shapiro with Johan Agebjörn	Forget About You (Johnny Jewel’s Amnesia Remix )	35:26	Sad Cities (The Remixes)
Peter Gabriel feat. Sinéad O Connor	Blood of Eden	40:17	Us
Massive Attack feat. Sinéad o Connor	Special Cases	46:40	100th Window
One Arc Degree	Stella Obscura	52:46	The Forest and the Milky Way
BREAK	BREAK	59:00
The The – Matt Johnson feat. Sinéad O Connor	Kingdom of Rain	01:00:00	Mind Bomb
Johan Agebjörn with Mikael Ögren	Four Hours to Karhumaki (Subtracted Version)	01:05:39	Subtraced Soundscapes
Sigur Rós	Gold	01:11:50	Átta
Oneohtrix Point Never	Chrome Country	01:16:54	R Plus Seven
Parallax-5	Regeneration	01:21:50	Sonic Awakening
A Covenant of Thorns	Serafina	01:27:56	If the Heavens should Fall
[‘ramp]	Arp-en-Ciel excerpts	01:32:23	Arp-en-ciel
Methods Body	Torches	01:42:37	Plural Not Possessive
Saroon	The Beacon	01:48:00	Gilgul
Saroon	Something, then a whisper	01:51:55	Gilgul

first aired 08.01.2023

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Convergence Zone.018

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date July 11, 2023

first aired 7.11.2023

Brand new music from Bart Hawkins, Saloli, Kris Keogh, The Fragile Fate, and Penguin Café

Summery vibes from Siren and the Sea, Deborah Martin and Jill Haley, Massergy, Gwenno, and Tame Impala

Reissues from the late experimental polymath Arthur Russell, and from drummer Michael Shrieve with Klaus Schulze and Kevin Shrieve

Artist	Song	Time	Album	Label	Notes
Bart Hawkins	Owls and the exuberant brilliants of unity makes me smile	00:00	Nonlinear Crossroads	Cyclical Dreams	Brand new, oregon, all modular, inspired by a visit to the Getty Center
Elbow	New York Morning		The Taking Off and Landing of Everything		2014
Gwenno	An Stevel Nowdyh the new room		Tresor (Treasure)		Second album sung almost entirely in Cornish, written in Cornwall just prior to the lockdown
Charlotte Gainsbourg	Deadly Valentine		Rest
Tame Impala	Breathe Deeper		The Slow Rush
Christine and the Queens + Caroline Polachek	La vita nuova		La vita nuova
Michael Shrieve, Klaus Schulze, Kevin Shrieve	Communique “Approach Spiral”		Transfer Station Blue	Fortuna Records	Seattle’s Michael Shrieve (rock percussionist, santana, etc) + Klaus Schulze (TD, ash ra tempel, etc) and Kevin Shrieve; re-released last year, originally 1985
The Fragile Fate	Rolled Over		Lilliam Ocean		Brand new Jerry Marotta (drummer for peter Gabriel, Indigo Girls, Hall + Oates, Tony Levin) Rupert Greenall (kbds for The Fixx) Eric Taylor on guitars
Penguin café	Welcome to london				Brand New Song and video dedicated to those who feel lost in a place like london and yet make it their home
Segment two
Siren and the Sea	Not to Harp On It	1:00:00	Gravity Wave	Bathysphere Records
Saloli	Full Moon		Canyon		Brand new, Journey of a bear; portland artist
Roberto Cacciapaglia	Sonanze – 5th Movement		Sonanze	Wah Wah	1975 experimental, electronic, classica
Max Richter	On the Nature of Daylight		The Blue Notebooks
Arthur Russell	In the Light of a Miracle		Picture of Bunny Rabbit	Audika	Brand new reissue, 1986 album from late experimental compooser
Deborah Martin and Jill Haley	From Fire into Water		The Silence of Grace	Spotted Peccary	2021 collab on spotted peccary
Massergy	The Shepherdess		Fire Opal	Spotted Peccary
Patricia Wolf	I’ll Look For You In Others		I’ll Look for You in Others	Past inside the present	2022
Kris Keogh	Golden		Processed Harp Works vol 3	Muzan Editions	Brand new from australian experimental musician
Max Richter with Tilda Swinton	Shadow Journal		The Blue Notebooks

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Convergence Zone.016

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date June 27, 2023

first aired 6.27.2023

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
end	segment	59:00	one
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

first aired 6.27.2023

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Convergence Zone.015 – Juneteenth 2023

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date June 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

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Convergence Zone.014

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date June 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)

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Convergence Zone.011 – World Goth Day

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date May 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
break
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
break
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

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Convergence Zone.010 – Live Recordings

Post author By Jim Causey
Post date May 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

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