Flow State

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s mix begins with two ambient pieces by Oneohtrix Point Never (from his 2009 LP, Russian Mind ) and Harold Budd (from his 2011 LP, In the Mist ). We play a beautiful, epic new collaboration between guitarist Joel Shearer and cellist Clarice Jensen called “The Clear Light of the Void.” Then some new music by HxH, B...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s episode opens with a track from Elijah Fox’s excellent new album, Ambient Works for the Highways of Los Angeles . There’s a 2020 piece by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and an archival Basinski-like track by Kenneth James Gibson. We play ambient works by Omni Gardens, Gustavo Denouard, and Àngeles Rojas. There are some sol...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s mix opens with an upbeat track: Phoenix’s first single, the instrumental “Heatwave,” which we discovered via Derrick Gee’s Lot Radio set from last April. (We slowed the track down a bit.) Then there are atmospheric tracks by Saapato (in collaboration with James Bernard, marine eyes , and Patricia Wolf ), the Bre...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s mix opens with new ambient tracks by Dance et al., Yumiko Morioka/Takashi Kokubo, Gunn/Truscinski Duo, and Max Cooper. We excerpt two tracks from the new Whatever the Weather album. There are string instrumentals by Brandee Younger, Barry Archie Johnson, Ami Fukui, and Rebellius. There are some classic jazz perf...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm We’re revisiting a community favorite episode that was originally posted in January 2024. This mix opens with a piece from Phill Niblock, an American avant-garde composer who passed away last week. We play his thirty-minute collaboration with cellist Arne DeForce from 2013. We also commemorated Iasos, playing a few trac...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s mix opens with new ambient pieces by Kilometre Club and Olga Anna Markowska. We play through an atmospheric composition by Eiko Ishibashi from the Drive My Car OST (as selected by Laurie Torres last week). We play new quasi-jambient pieces by Gunn / Truscinski Duo and Little H Collective. We excerpt one track fr...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s mix opens with pure ambient by Pavel Milyakov & Lucas Dupuy, Mathias Grassow, Lawrence, and Hiram. There’s a new single from Elori Saxl’s upcoming score for Texada , and a track from Sam Gendel’s new live album, Live at Union Station . We play three tracks from Ofir Ganon’s 2017 record, Pollen / Promises . There...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s episode opens with a track by The Album Leaf from the For LA, Vol. 1 benefit compilation we featured yesterday. We excerpt tracks by Clem Leek and Julia Gjertsen from that volume as well. Gjertsen’s piano segues to Víkingur Ólafsson and Yama Warashi – the latter recently released the tender LP At My Mother’s Pia...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s mix opens with the “Music of Wellness” track from the TV show Severance . We play some other gentle ambient pieces by Zane Trow, Sgarz, David Bowie (produced by Brian Eno), and Yumiko Morioka. We play through recent instrumental discoveries from Rubey Hu (h/t Jake ), Oksana Linde, Laurie Torres, and Charlie Hunt...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s mix is all music from Ghostly International in honor of their recent reissue of Studio’s 2006 record, West Coast . Thanks to Sam Valenti IV for the assistance (check out his newsletter, Herb Sundays ). We begin with the first track from West Coast , a 15-minute jam called “Out There.” We follow that up with Galc...

Today’s mix is all vinyl and available to everyone, in support of dublab’s record sale for fire relief this Sunday at Sound & Vision in Los Angeles (more info here ). The mix starts with a ten-minute Hiroshi Yoshimura classic, followed by several pieces from the Healing Together compilation by Sachi Kobayashi, Patricia Wolf , marine eyes , Clarice Jensen, and more. We play a few tracks from Flow S...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s mix opens with a KMRU track and then a couple of scores: Theodore Shapiro’s Severance and Angelo Badalamenti’s Twin Peaks . There are piano-led instrumentals by Greta Morgan (more on her tomorrow) and molly leach. We play two new guitar instrumentals from Blue Lake and SUSS – the latter is an ambient country cov...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s episode opens with calm ethereal ambient tracks by Mount Shrine, Fergus Jones et al., Ibukun Sunday, and Bibio. There’s a great instrumental single by Daisy Rickman that we discovered via Astrid Sonne’s recent NTS show . Then some more guitar from Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays and Mamer (h/t Concrete Avalanche ’s Best...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s episode opens with a Harold Budd track and then moves into new ambient music by Mark Barrott, Seefeel, Bibio, More Eaze, Florian T M Zeisig, and Fennesz. There’s a Dave Van Ronk solo guitar arrangement of Scott Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag.” Then some instrumentals by BADBADNOTGOOD et al. – they had a new album in 2...

Here’s our list of our 50 favorite albums released in 2024. The mix plays a track from the first 25, in order. In the list, we link to our recommendation post of the album where available. Paying subscribers can access the Best of 2024 Spotify playlist via this page . This is our last post of the year. We’ll be back on Monday, 1/6. Have a great new year. * Total Blue - Total Blue * Lia Kohl - Norm...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s mix opens with two tracks from the latest Flow State Records release: Fascinating Stuff by Seconds (available on Spotify , Apple Music , Bandcamp , and the other usuals). The first track, “Pacific Pond,” features Stuart Bogie improvising on clarinet over shimmering synths and an 808. The second is a Burial-style...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s mix opens with new ambient pieces by Alaskan Tapes and zakè/From Overseas/James Bernard. We play a classic track by Brian Eno & Cluster which featured prominently in Gary Hustwit ’s fantastic new documentary, Eno – or it did in the unique version of the film generated for a screening last week. There are some ne...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s episode opens with an ambient piece from the great new record Flint by zakè , From Overseas, and James Bernard. Shortly thereafter we play a 13-minute track from Nico Georis’s new record, Plant Music Vol. 3 - The Golden Teachers , another new one worth checking out. Then we play some highlights from earlier 2024...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s mix opens with new ambient music from Jogging House, who’s soon to appear in conversation in this very newsletter. We proceed with some instrumentals from the American southwest by Harold Budd and SUSS. There are guitar-led pieces by Daniel Bachman and Tomo Katsurada, plus some new experimental tracks by Chloe L...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Today’s mix opens with new ambient music from Jogging House, Perila, Ibukun Sunday, KMRU, and Rafael Anton Irisarri. There are some instrumental throwbacks to Harold Budd and Brian Blade. Then some new piano-led tracks from Cephas Azariah, Julian Davis Reid, and Kolumbo. There’s some left-field guitar instrumentals from...

Today we have a guest mix from FogChaser , who writes and produces a new instrumental song every month, shared exclusively through his newsletter . It’s another free multi-hour mix to take your mind off other things… The first twelve tracks of today’s mix are from my most recent collection, Explorations , songs written with a mix of orchestral, acoustic, and electronic instruments along with field...

Today’s Flow State episode – three hours of calm instrumental music – is available to everyone, apropos of nothing. Along with new discoveries and recent recs from the community, this mix has some of our favorite ambient tracks from 2024 so far. Highlights include Alaskan Tapes, Surya Botofasina, Belle Chen, Oliver Coates, Nala Sinephro, Ry Cooder, Prairiewolf, Yussef Dayes, and Four Tet. The full...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix – the big two five oh – begins with a few tracks from øjeRum, the rec from yesterday. There’s some newish ambient from Bruce Brubaker (who has a new set of Brian Eno covers), Tristan Arp, and Landon Metz. There’s some instrumental guitar from Masahiro Sugaya, Josh Kaufman, and ML Buch. There’s...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix opens with a track from Alaskan Tapes’ new album, Something Ephemeral , followed by ambient pieces by Poemme, Taylor Deupree, and Harold Budd. We play an echoey cello piece from Oliver Coates’ excellent new album, which we’ll be recommending soon. There’s solo piano by Julia Gjertsen, Marika Ta...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix opens with a few new ambient pieces by Alaskan Tapes, Kenneth James Gibson, and RIOPY. We play one track from Belle Chen’s new Ravel in the Forest meditative rework album. Then we’re listening to electronic instrumentals from Relaxer and Midland before delving into ambient techno by Purelink (a...