29 June 2007

PGM 807 "GOSSAMER"


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PGM 807 : "GOSSAMER"
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PGM NOTE : refined textural-melodic spacemusic
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FEED DATE : 6-29-07
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INTRO: Texture in music is not something you hear much about.
Yet it's fundamental to the
sound of music and the musical
experience, a result of instrumental combinations, rhythms,
timbres, harmonies, and how you put it all together. Today
we have almost total control of musical texture in the studio.

The much-reviled new age genre is full of artists and composers
who create amazingly sophisticated textures in their recordings.
Like most things, it's worth taking the time to find the good ones —
their refined sounds can take you emotional places worth going.
On this transmission of Hearts of Space we'll try to do just that,
on a textural-melodic journey called GOSSAMER.


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RUSSEL WALDER
Gift of Fire <>7:27 >
: RISE; Nomad Soul NSCD001; New Zealand 2007
: Info: www.nomadsoulrecords.com; www.russelwalder.com

KEVIN KELLER
Veil of Granada (second half) <>13:13 >
: SANTIAGO'S DREAM; Kevin Keller Productions ZMCD-106; 2006
: Info: www.kevinkeller.com

RICHARD BONE
Improbable Earth <>17:42 >
: SAIYUJI; Quirkworks Laboratory Discs QRK0133; 2005
: Info: www.richardbone.com

THIERRY DAVID
Sunlight in My Mind <>20:50 >
: ZEN PAUSE; Real Music RM4210; 2007
: Info: www.realmusic.com/a_thierrydavid.htm

BRUNO SANFILIPPO
Piano Textures III <>25:55 >
: PIANO TEXTURES; AD21 Music ad108; Spain 2007
: Info: www.ad21music.com; www.bruno-sanfilippo.com

KEVIN KELLER
Veil of Granada (first half - edited) <>27:20 >
Cordoba (part) <>33:45 >
: SANTIAGO'S DREAM; Kevin Keller Productions ZMCD-106; 2006
: Info: www.kevinkeller.com

DAVID LANZ and GARY STROUTSOS
The Return (edited) <>38:54 >
: SPIRIT ROMANCE; Narada 09463-30768-2-2; 2005
: Info: www.davidlanz.com; www.garystroutsos.com

THE LUMINOUS WORLD ORCHESTRA (conducted by Steven Chesne)
Lotus Day <>44:59 >
: MUSES OF AQUA; Brahmasong BRMA00002; 2006
: Info: www.brahmasong.com

TIM WHEATER and DAVID LORD
Mystery <>50:00 >
: IN UNITY; Gemini Sun GSR3010; 2007
: Info: www.geminisunrecords.com; www.timwheater.com

PATRICK O'HEARN
Betrayed <>53:08 >
: SIMPATICO - MUSIC FROM THE SAM SHEPHERD PLAY;
PatrickOHearn.com PO3002; 2006
-- only available for download at iTunes.com --
: Info: www.patrickohearn.com

DAVID LANZ and GARY STROUTSOS
Serenada <>58:20 >
: SPIRIT ROMANCE; Narada 09463-30768-2-2; 2005
: Info: www.davidlanz.com; www.garystroutsos.com

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PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
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BAY AREA WEATHER : full Joon
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(c) 2007 Hearts of Space
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22 June 2007

PGM 806 "INDIAN SUMMER SOLSTICE"


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PGM 806 : "INDIAN SUMMER SOLSTICE"
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PGM NOTE : a warm weather raga
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FEED DATE : 6-22-07
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INTRO: The buttery softness of the bansuri flute is a good
indication that we're headed into the dreamy, sensual world
of Indian music this time. When it comes to quietly ecstatic,
subtly skillful music making, Indian classical music is hard to
beat; these days it's often enhanced by electronics and a bit
of studio magic. And here at the official beginning of summer,
it's just the thing to get you in tunE and flowing...with
the season.


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ANOUSHKA SHANKAR
Ancient Love (edited) < 0:00->7:29 >
: RISE; Angel 7243 5 80295 2 9; 2005
: Info: www.anoushkashankar.com

JAI UTTAL and BEN LEINBACH
Radiance - Prayer to the Goddess Saraswati (part) < 7:29->13:55 >
: LOVELAND; Sounds True M997D; 2006
: Info: www.soundstrue.com; www.jaiuttal.com;
www.benleinbach.com

CHINMAYA DUNSTER
Full Moon < 13:55->26:28 >
: BUDDHA MOON; New Earth NE 2702; 2007
: Info: www.newearthrecords.com/web/pc/chinmaya.asp

PAUL AVGERINOS
Journey to Now < 26:28->33:32 >
: GNOSIS; Round Sky Music 1011; 2006
: Info: www.roundskymusic.com

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR
Naked < 33:32->37:51 >
: RISE; Angel 7243 5 80295 2 9; 2005
: Info: www.anoushkashankar.com

MANOSE SINGH
Puriya Kalyan (edited) < 37:51->45:15 >
: YOGA RAGAS; New Earth NE 2504; 2006
: Info: www.newearthrecords.com; www.manosemusic.com

DAVID PARSONS
Tirtha (part) < 45:15->53:52 >
: MAITREYA: THE FUTURE BUDDHA; Celestial Harmonies 13214-2; 2002
: Info: www.harmonies.com/releases/13214.htm

AL GROMER KHAN
Air Silence (edited) < 53:52->58:20 >
: RADIO YOGA; Rasa Records/TeaTime Music 84468; Germany 2007
: Info: www.algromerkhan.com; www.rasamusic.de

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PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
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BAY AREA WEATHER : long and short
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(c) 2007 Hearts of Space
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15 June 2007

PGM 696 "POSSIBLE MUSICS"


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PGM 696R : "POSSIBLE MUSICS"
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PGM NOTE : more cool sounds from hot places
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FEED DATE : 6-15-07
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INTRO: It's hard to convey how revolutionary this music sounded
when it was released in 1980 — the product of maverick avant-
garde trumpeter JON HASSELL. (Yes, that unearthly lead
instrument is a trumpet, alchemically transformed beyond
recognition by HASSELL and producer BRIAN ENO.)

The album kicked off a projected series called "Fourth World"
music — a fusion of Third World ethnic sources and sophisticated
electronics. HASSELL pronounced the genre "classical by structure,
popular by textural appeal, global-minded."

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, we track the evolution
of the Fourth-World vision to a new generation, on a program
called POSSIBLE MUSICS.


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JON HASSELL and BRIAN ENO
Charm (Over 'Burundi Cloud') (edited) <>8:01 >
: FOURTH WORLD, VOL.1: POSSIBLE MUSICS; Editions EG EEGCD-7; 1980
: Info: www.jonhassell.com; www.enoshop.co.uk

VIR UNIS
The Ascension Process <>11:48 >
: BOOK OF MUTATIONS; AtmoWorks [no catalog #]; 2003
: Info: www.atmoworks.com; www.virunis.com/bio.html

BYRON METCALF and MARK SEELIG
Dance of the Heart Voyagers (part) <>18:44 >
: WACHUMA'S WAVE; Spotted Peccary SPM-1501; 2003
: Info: www.byronmetcalf.com; www.mark-seelig.com;
www.spottedpeccary.com

STEVE ROACH
Wicked Dream (edited) <>25:46 >
: FEVER DREAMS; Projekt 154; 2004
: Info: www.projekt.com; www.steveroach.com

AMIR BAGHIRI and BRANNAN LANE
Vapor Drawing (Part 2) (edited) <>29:40 >
--segue--
Vapor Drawing (Part 1) <>33:39 >
: LUCID CIRCLES; BrannanLane.com BLCMUS508; 2004
: Info: www.brannanlane.com; www.amirbaghiri.de

BIFF JOHNSON
A Road from Somewhere (edited) <>44:38 >
: MIRAGE AT THE CROSSROADS; Broad Vista Music BVM002; 1999
: Info: www.broadvista.com

APERUS
Vanishing Terrain (Remix) (part) <>52:29 >
: HINTERLAND; mPATH Records MRCD4; 2004
: Info: www.mpathrecords.com

ALPHA WAVE MOVEMENT
That Which Remains (part) <>58:20 >
: DRIFTED INTO DEEPER LANDS; Groove Unlimited GR-042; Holland 2000
: Info: www.groove.nl/cd/g/gr-042.html; home.earthlink.net/~alphawav

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PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
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BAY AREA WEATHER : supersolarized
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(c) 2004-2007 Hearts of Space
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08 June 2007

PGM 805 "EQUILIBRIUM"


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PGM 805 : "EQUILIBRIUM"
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PGM NOTE : a Middle Eastern electrofusion journey
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FEED DATE : 6-08-07
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INTRO: That's SMADJ...out of Tunisia by way of Paris.
He brings together the venerable oud and sultry rhythms of
North Africa with the latest electronic sounds.

Today the mediasphere is alive with a new kind of "world music."
The old masters of the great ethnic traditions have a global
audience, while DJ's sample beats and create new mixes for
the intelligent dance floor. Almost any musician can have their
own studio and release their music worldwide online — with
photos, video and text on sites like MySpace.com. The good
ones travel, perform, and build worldwide networks of
collaborators and audience. The Internet ties it all
together. For these musicians, even in the midst of all the
political struggles of today — it really is a new world.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, a journey in the
Middle Eastern electronic fusion zone called EQUILIBRIUM.


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SMADJ
Tristan <>5:50 >
: TAKE IT AND DRIVE; Rasa Music RS-3162-2; 2006
: Info: www.rasamusic.com/product_73.html

STELLAMARA
Baraka (part) <>8:33 >
: THE SEVEN VALLEYS; Lucidity Music lucd-002; 2004
Reissued by Hearts of Space (11417-2) in 2005
: Info: www.valley-entertainment.com/Artists/Stellamara;
www.stellamara.com

ELIYAHU SILLS
The Dunes (edited) <>12:30 >
: SONGS OF QADIM; EliyahuSills.com [no catalog #]; 2006
: Info: www.eliyahusills.com
--segue--
MERCAN DEDE
Ab-i Verd <>18:46 >
: SU; Escondida 6510-2; 2004
: Info: www.mercandede.com; www.escondidamusic.com

SMADJ
Betty <>23:00 >
: TAKE IT AND DRIVE; Rasa Music RS-3162-2; 2006
: Info: www.rasamusic.com/product_73.html

MICHEL BANABILA
Bicycle Exotica <>28:07 >
: TRACES; Tapu TRBOP 02; Holland 2007
: Info: www.banabila.com

PAUL AVGERINOS
Awakening <>33:36 >
: GNOSIS; Round Sky Music 1011; 2006
: Info: www.roundskymusic.com

DANIEL BOULIANE
Burning Sand <>37:53 >
: TAGAYET; Onde-Spirale ond-0002; Canada 2006
: Info: www.ondespirale.com

ANOUAR BRAHEM
Diversion <>43:33 >
Lumiere du Silence <>48:48 >
: CONTE DE L'INCROYABLE AMOUR; ECM Records 1457 314 511 959-2; 1992
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1400/1457.php;
www.anouarbrahem.com

NADIMI
Nature's Awakening - The Inspired Reed (part) <>53:22 >
: SUITE FOR PEACE; Nadimi Productions [no catalog #]; 2004
: Info: www.suiteforpeace.com

ERDEM HELVACIOGLU
Bridge to Horizon (part) <>58:20 >
: ALTERED REALITIES; New Albion NA131; 2006
: Info: www.newalbion.com/NA131; www.erdemhelvacioglu.com

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PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
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BAY AREA WEATHER : green gold blue
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(c) 2007 Hearts of Space
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01 June 2007

PGM 804 "DOWNTEMPO TO SPACE"


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PGM 804 : "DOWNTEMPO TO SPACE"
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PGM NOTE : from electrogrooves to electrospheres
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FEED DATE : 6-01-07
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INTRO: In these hypercreative high tech times we live in,
new styles of electronic music have the half life of rare
atomic particles. Yet while the sounds, the styles and the
artists change, the goal of the music stays relatively
constant. Whether it's all about stirring you up...cooling
you out...or creating a soundscape to work, dream or
discover in — each generation finds its own way to do it.

On this transmission of HEARTS of SPACE, we dance off
and float home, on an electronic journey from DOWNTEMPO...
TO SPACE.

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REINMAR HENSCHKE
Unterwegs (edited) < 0:00->4:55 >
: THE SOUND VOL. 1: PURE DOWNTEMPO MAGIC [compilation];
Ozella Music OZL22005CD; Germany 2007
Distributed in the U.S. by Allegro Music
: Info: www.ozellamusic.com

THE THRILLSEEKERS / mixed by DJ RED JERRY
Synaesthesia (edited) < 4:55->9:26 >
: CHILLED EUPHORIA [compilation]; Telstar TTVCD3127; England 2000
: Info: www.thethrillseekers.co.uk

SEQUENOX
Ice Fields < 9:26->12:59 >
: UNDERGROUNDED [compilation]; Fateless Flows Collective
Vol.3; 2006
: Info: www.fatelessflows.com; www.sequenox.com

PARALLEL WORLDS
Increasing Complexity (edited) < 12:59->17:52 >
: OBSESSIVE SURREALISM; DiN Records DiN26; England 2007
: Info: www.din.org.uk; www.parallel-worlds-music.com

ELUV
Octaves of Light (edited) < 17:52->23:23 >
: OCTAVES OF LIGHT; Radiant Sol Music RS001; 2006
: Info: www.radiantsol.com; www.eluvmusic.com

SATORI
Sea Surround < 23:23->31:28 >
: FOR RELAXATION; Magnatune [no catalog #]; 2005
: Info: www.magnatune.com/artists/satori

ARCHETRIBE
Boundaries II (edited) < 31:28->39:01 >
: WATERWORKS; Stretta ST02012; 2005
: Info: www.stretta.com/archetribe

HAR
Fulcrum < 39:01->52:10 >
: DREAM TOWER BLUEPRINTS; self-published [no cat. #]; 2007
: Info: www.ambientguitarist.com

CYBERCHUMP
The Long Goodbye < 52:10->58:20 >
: SANKHARA; Internal Combustion [no catalog #]; 2006
: Info: www.cyberchump.com

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PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
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BAY AREA WEATHER : tantalizing
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(c) 2007 Hearts of Space
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