Flow State

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s episode opens with a new ambient recording from Trey Anastasio of Phish, a kind of post-rock track reminiscent of Talk Talk or David Pajo. There are a few longform ambient pieces across the mix, from Hiroshi Yoshimura, GAS, Loula Yorke, Arushi Jain, and Matchess. We include a few new instrumental f...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s episode opens with ambient pieces by Tomasz Bednarczyk and zakè. Guitar-led instrumentals follow, specifically ones by Buckethead, Chuck Johnson, and Whitney Johnson. We play one track from Max Richter’s fantastic new album, In a Landscape . Then a Miles Davis recording from the ‘60s, an Alejandro...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix opens with “Hollywood Dream Trip” by Syrinx, an instrumental that to us expresses the arrival of fall. We play two tracks from Alaskan Tapes’ new EP, Delirium Hums . Then some newish ambient music by Metric System 1981, Jon Hopkins, and Shida Shahabi. We took two tracks from from Gigi Masin’s r...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s episode begins with a new ambient-ish track from Casino Versus Japan. There are a couple tracks by Green-House and a mellow piano piece by Hania Rani. Then an adventure of a recording by Veryan that is about 20 minutes long. We revisit classic instrumentals by Susumu Yokota and Shigeo Sekito, which...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning – we’ll be off Monday and Tuesday next week. Today’s mix opens with a solo piano piece from Ryuichi Sakamoto’s final album, Opus . We follow that with ambient pieces by Chubby Wolf, James Devane, and Boards of Canada. There’s an instrumental edit of a subdued, meandering Mark Hollis track. Then we play some...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix opens atypically with Otto Benson’s guitar-led “Another Long Day.” We proceed with “Parade” from Hayes Bradley’s fantastic new album Recommence , and then excerpt two long tracks from AJA’s Ajasphères . There’s a novel instrumental jam from Argo Noff & Take Care, and then an epic composition fr...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s episode begins with Boards of Canada, and then settles into ambient from William Basinski, Otto Benson, and Superposition. There’s additional felt piano-led pieces by Alaskan Tapes, Kenichiro Isoda, and Volodja Brodsky. Then we play experimental instrumental tracks by DRINKS, Argo Nuff, and Davidss...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix opens with two ambient pieces by French artist AJA, followed by ambiences from Brian Eno and Kara-Lis Coverdale. We play David Pajo’s guitar cover of Arvo Pärt’s “Spiegel im Spiegel” as featured on last week’s Ambient Country episode with Pajo. Then two Bill Frisell guitar pieces, followed by K...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix opens with a couple of longform ambient pieces by Gollden (check out our interview from yesterday) and France Jobin. Then we play some more experimental pieces by Yann Novak / Lawrence English and Stephen Vitiello / Taylor Deupree. There’s a bunch of instrumental guitar music by Stanley Jordan,...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix opens with a bunch of new ambient music from artists Alaskan Tape, Volodja Brodsky, marine eyes , and Willows8ng. We play some lowkey piano music from Olivia Belli and Joep Beving before another excerpt from an upcoming Flow State Records release. There’s some more experimental instrumentals fr...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix opens with ambient pieces by Chihei Hatakeyama, William Basinski & Janek Schaefer. We play two unreleased tracks from an upcoming Flow State Records release. There are two excerpts from pianist and composer RIOPY’s new album, Meditation 432 . We inspect a few experimental electronic works from...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix opens with new ambient music from Buildings and Food, Chihei Hatakeyama, Metric System 1981, and marine eyes . We play Bruce Brubaker’s solo piano cover of Brian Eno’s “Music for Airports,” followed by pianists Belle Chen and Víkingur Ólafsson. There are some tape loops by Tomotsugu Nakamura, D...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. We’ll be off Thursday and Friday. Today’s episode opens with a few ambient compositions on the lachrymose side, from William Basinski, zakè, and øjeRum. There are two excerpts from SUSS’s new album, Birds & Beasts , which we’ll hear more about on the Ambient Country podcast tomorrow. There’s new contempora...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix is all longform ambient pieces. It starts with Seconds’ 11-minute drone track “Flat Ontology.” Then we play long ambient pieces both classic and relatively new. The classic include pieces by Stars of the Lid, Harold Budd, and Pauline Oliveros. The new include pieces by Taylor Deupree, The Black...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix ebbs and flows rather than gradually building. It opens with an instrumental from Ezra Feinberg, followed by a new electronic collaboration between H.Takahashi and Kohei Oyamada (H TO O). Then there’s some mellow electronic from Actress and Boards of Canada, followed by acoustic pieces by Marin...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix opens with an ambient trombone piece by Kalia Vandever. Then there are some more experimental instrumentals from NUG, Penelope Trappes (who also ends the mix), and K. Freund. There are guitar-led pieces by Oren Ambarchi and the band Ui. We play the “Stop Bajon” instrumental that Ambarchi recomm...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix opens with ambient tracks from Hatsü and Manuel Göttsching. We move into contemporary classical pieces by Elori Saxl, Éliane Radigue, and Sophia Jani. There are film themes from Bernard Herrmann and Jerry Goldsmith. Then, a bunch of guitar instrumentals from Woody Guthrie, Yasmin Williams, Cedr...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix opens with a solo piano composition from Yiruma, and then excerpts new scores from Eiko Ishibashi and Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow. There’s new ambient music from Kourosh Dini, Buildings and Food, and Gollden. We play a dusty track from The Caretaker, whose albums were recently made available o...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix opens with harpist Mary Lattimore’s new collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Walt McClements. We then play a few recent favorites from Michael A. Muller, Kamaal Williams, Hayden Pedigo, and DBH. There’s a nice jam track from Chiminyo et al. before we sink into a 30-minute raga jam from Libe...

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 ambient favorites from Celer, Anna Peaker, marine eyes, and Kenji Kihara. There’s a piece from Yunchan Lim’s new collection of Chopin études, followed by piano pieces by Michael Vincent Waller and Trent Reznor / Atticus Ross. There’s a new Double Geography track (h/t Philip She...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix opens with a couple ambient favorites from Rafael Anton Irisarri and Ellen Arkbro. We select a couple Brian Eno tracks from the set that accompanies the new Gary Hustwit documentary on the ambient pioneer. We then play through some Saapato, Perila, Carmen Villain, and The Balloonist. There’s an...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix follows a different order than most Flow State mixes. Whereas the usual mix accelerates from ambient to dance – mirroring the progression of our Monday to Friday recommendations – this mix ebbs and flows like a sine wave. We begin with Dario Marianelli’s standout track from the V for Vendetta s...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s mix includes a lot of new ambient releases, starting with Pan-American’s recent collaboration with Kramer. There are new tracks from Kiasmos, Davi Music, marine eyes, Fax, Isabel Pine, Adam Wiltzie, Kelly Moran, SUSS, and more. We play two tracks from Nathan Micay’s recent soundtrack for Time Bomb...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Today’s episode opens with a new KMRU track. Then we move through Pan-American and a recommendation of his, Perila & Ulla. There are soundtracks from Ari Balouzian, Alexandre Desplat, and Henry Mancini. Then we get into jazz with Jasmine Myra, Santo & Johnny, and Eiko Ishibashi. We revisit standout dance m...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.flowstate.fm Good morning. Flow State episodes are now available on Spotify for paying subscribers – just link your Substack account to unlock them. Email us if you have any issues. Today’s mix opens with a few tracks from Sawako, whom we recommended yesterday . We continue with two T.R. Jordan tracks and an excerpt from Ari Balouzi...