30 May 2008

PGM 840 "DIVENIRE"

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PGM 840 : "DIVENIRE"
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PGM NOTE : the contemplative minimalism of LUDOVICO EINAUDI
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FEED DATE : 5-30-08
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INTRO: Italian composer LUDOVICO EINAUDI has enjoyed a long
and very successful career in Europe, marked by a dozen albums,
fifteen film scores, hundreds of concerts and a retrospective
performance at the famous opera house La Scala in Milano.

Einaudi began in the 1970s as a student of Italian avant-garde
composer LUCIANO BERIO at the Conservatory of Milan. He
came to the U.S. on a scholarship in 1982, where he absorbed
the language of classical minimalism, American popular and
ambient music — and laid the foundations for his own warm,
delicate, melodic style.

Like fine Italian food, fashion and design, Einaudi's music has
a humanized opulence and sensual appeal. The elements are
simple and often repetitive; the effect is subtle, contemplative,
satisfying, even profound.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, a LUDIVICO EINAUDI
retrospective called DIVENIRE. We have music from across his
career, including selections from STANZE, LE ONDE, I GIORNI,
EDEN ROC, our title album DIVENIRE or "Become," and his lush
soundtrack for the film SOTTO FALSO NOME.


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LUDOVICO EINAUDI
L'Origine Nascosta (extended) <>3:20 >
Andare <>10:13 >
: DIVENIRE; Ponderosa Music & Art CD 035 (475 8102); Italy 2007
: Info: www.ludovicoeinaudi.com

LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Samba <>14:23 >
: I GIORNI; Ponderosa Music & Art CD 030; Italy 2001
: Info: www.ludovicoeinaudi.com

LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Le Onde <>19:47 >
: LE ONDE; Ponderosa Music & Art CD 021; Italy 2004
: Info: www.ludovicoeinaudi.com

CECILIA CHAILLY
Lento <>23:39 >
(composed by Ludovico Einaudi)
: LUDOVICO EINAUDI: STANZE; Dischi Ricordi CRMCD 1025; Italy 1992
: Info: www.ceciliachailly.com; www.ludovicoeinaudi.com

LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Uno <>27:27 >
: DIVENIRE; Ponderosa Music & Art CD 035 (475 8102); Italy 2007
: Info: www.ludovicoeinaudi.com

LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Un Mondo a Parte (edited) <>31:06 >
Exit <>37:04 >
: EDEN ROC; Ponderosa Music & Art; Italy 1999/2007
previously released by Ricordi (70717) in Italy, 2004
: Info: www.ludovicoeinaudi.com

LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Sotto Falso Nome <>41:03 >
La Casa nel Bosco <>42:34 >
Il Mio Segreto <>48:38 >
Lo Scambio <>50:19 >
Uno Strano Destino <>54:11 >
: SOTTO FALSO NOME; Ponderosa CD020; Italy 2004
: Info: www.ludovicoeinaudi.com

LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Svanire (edited) <>58:59 >
: DIVENIRE; Ponderosa Music & Art CD 035 (475 8102); Italy 2007
: Info: www.ludovicoeinaudi.com

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PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
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BAY AREA WEATHER : endless spring
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(c) 2008 Hearts of Space
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23 May 2008

PGM 839 "PLANET INDIA"

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PGM 839 : "PLANET INDIA"
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PGM NOTE : orbiting the Indian music soundscape
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FEED DATE : 5-23-08
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INTRO: As we stream into the 21st century, the rich legacy of
Indian music continues to expand around the world.

Seen as a kind of exotic 'seasoning' when classical masters like
ALI AKBAR KHAN and RAVI SHANKAR came to the west in the
1950s, it survived its trendy status as a
psychedelic curiosity in
the 1960s, and has gone on to influence several generations of
western musicians, from avant-garde and electronic, to devotional.

In an age of rapid innovation and stylistic change, Indian music
has proven to be amazingly durable due to its profound insight
into tone and rhythm...and use of the drone — a gravitational
center that keeps some of the world's best musicians in its orbit.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, another journey in the
Indian music orbit called PLANET INDIA.


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ANOUSHKA SHANKAR and KARSH KALE
Breathing Under Water <>2:31 >
Ghost Story (edited) <>7:09 >
PD7 (edited) <>10:56 >
: BREATHING UNDER WATER; Manhattan 0946 3 95392 2 2; 2007
: Info: www.anoushkashankar.com; www.karshkale.com

AL GROMER KHAN
I Got Vilayat Khan's Blessing (edited) <>15:06 >
: INDIAN MUSIC II; RasaTeaTime Music 84460; Germany 2008
: Info: www.rasateatime.com; www.algromerkhan.com

HANS CHRISTIAN
My Beautiful One <>18:05 >
: CINEMA OF DREAMS; Allemande Music [no catalog #]; 2007
: Info: www.allemandemusic.com

DEVA PREMAL
Moola Mantra (Incantation) <>21:03 >
: INTO SILENCE; Sounds True M1258D; 2008
: Info: www.soundstrue.com; www.devapremalmiten.com

MANEESH DE MOOR
Interlude <>24:43 >
: OM DEEKSHA; Sounds True M1162D; 2007
: Info: www.soundstrue.com; www.mdmsound.com

MANDALA
Raga Bhairavi (part) <>33:02 >
: HEALING RAGAS; Malimba MB 1412; 2003
: Info: www.malimba.com/healingragas.html; www.manishvyas.com

BEN LEINBACH
The Hierophant (edited) <>44:25 >
(with Jai Uttal)
: THE SPIRIT OF YOGA; Real Music RM7731; 2003
: Info: www.realmusic.com/a_leinbach_spirit.htm;
www.oldbullmusic.com

BAIRD HERSEY & PRANA - with KRISHNA DAS
Puja (edited) <>55:29 >
: GATHERING IN THE LIGHT; Satsang Music 26001; 2007
: Info: www.pranasound.com; www.krishnadas.com

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR and KARSH KALE
Oceanic, Part 1 (part) <>58:59 >
: BREATHING UNDER WATER; Manhattan 0946 3 95392 2 2; 2007
: Info: www.anoushkashankar.com; www.karshkale.com

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PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
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BAY AREA WEATHER : famous
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(c) 2008 Hearts of Space
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16 May 2008

PGM 058R "THE PEARL"

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PGM 058R : "THE PEARL"
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PGM NOTE : classic ambient spacepiano and electronic atmospheres
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FEED DATE : 5-16-08
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INTRO: This week we continue our retrospective series
"25 YEARS IN SPACE," celebrating our 25th year of national
broadcasting.

This time it's another classic program from the mid 1980s —
the halcyon days of ambient and electronic music, a decade
when new instruments and recording techniques were breeding
new sounds and even new
genres of atmospheric music.

The aim was to slow down, dematerialize, and spatially expand
instrumental music... in the words of the seminal English artist,
theorist and record producer BRIAN ENO, "to create calm,
and a space to think."

Eno not only popularized the term "ambient music" to describe
the style, he created or produced a number of its defining
albums...including our featured album THE PEARL, a 1984
collection of elegant miniatures for expanded piano and
synthesizer by California ambient/avant-garde composer
HAROLD BUDD and BRIAN ENO.

The warm, subtle sheen of THE PEARL...on this edition...
of Hearts of Space.


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MYCHAEL DANNA and TIM CLEMENT
Stars and Spells <>9:09 >
: SUMMERLAND; Fortuna 17035-4; 1984/1986 — out of print
: Info: www.oasisproductions.com

HAROLD BUDD and BRIAN ENO
Late October <>13:46 >
The Silver Ball <>17:16 >
Against the Sky <>22:07 >
Lost In the Humming Air <>26:27 >
Dark Eyed Sister <>31:07 >
Their Memories <>34:02 >
The Pearl <>37:12 >
Foreshadowed <>41:05 >
Still Return <>45:15 >
: THE PEARL; Editions EG EEGCD 37; 1984
: Info: www.enoweb.co.uk (fan site);
www.myspace.com/haroldbudd

JONN SERRIE
Fantasy Passages (part) <>51:41 >
And the Stars Go With You <>58:59 >
: AND THE STARS GO WITH YOU; Miramar MPCD 2001; 1984/1987
reissued by New World Music (NWCD 032) in 2002
: Info: www.newworldmusic.us; www.vipinfo.com/jonn

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PRODUCED BY : STEPHEN HILL and ANNA TURNER
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BAY AREA WEATHER : prostration
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(c) 1984-2008 Hearts of Space
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09 May 2008

PGM 592R "SLIDER"

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PGM 592R : "SLIDER"
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PGM NOTE : slidin' & glidin' — ambient pedal steel guitar
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FEED DATE : 5-09-08
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INTRO : Ah, yes, ladies and gentlemen, the distinctively twangy,
floating sound of the pedal steel guitar — it's as American as
Elvis and cherry pie. This mutant offspring of the Portuguese
acoustic slide guitar, the electric guitar, and the pedal harp
is most famous for its role in Country and Western music. But
as you'll hear, that's just the beginning of what's possible.

On this transmission of HEARTS of SPACE, we focus on the slide
guitar and the pedal steel...on a program called SLIDER.


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BRUCE KAPHAN
Clouds (part) <>5:12 >
Country & Eastern <>13:02 >
: SLIDER; Wiggling Air WA-10060; 2005
originally released by Hearts of Space (11404-2) in 2000
: Info: www.brucekaphan.com

PATRICK O'HEARN
Traveler's Rest <>19:12 >
: SO FLOWS THE CURRENT; patrickohearn.com 80462-81003-2 2; 2000
: Info: www.patrickohearn.com

BRUCE KAPHAN
Sideways Carousel <>24:00 >
: SLIDER; Wiggling Air WA-10060; 2005
originally released by Hearts of Space (11404-2) in 2000
: Info: www.brucekaphan.com

B.J. COLE
Window on the Deep (edited) <>30:00 >
: TRANSPARENT MUSIC; Hannibal HNCD 1325; 1989
Reissued in the U.K. by Eyekon Records (IKECD002) in 2005
: Info: www.bjcole.co.uk

BRUCE KAPHAN
Outpost <>38:20 >
Arc of Flight <>42:28 >
: SLIDER; Wiggling Air WA-10060; 2005
originally released by Hearts of Space (11404-2) in 2000
: Info: www.brucekaphan.com

B.J. COLE
Slight Rhapsody <>45:57 >
: TRANSPARENT MUSIC; Hannibal HNCD 1325; 1989
Reissued in the U.K. by Eyekon Records (IKECD002) in 2005
: Info: www.bjcole.co.uk

BRIAN ENO (with DANIEL LANOIS and ROGER ENO)
Weightless <>50:10 >
: APOLLO: ATMOSPHERES AND SOUNDTRACKS; EG Records EGCD 53; 1983
Reissued by Astralwerks in 2005
: Info: www.astralwerks.com/eno/default.html;
http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno (fan site)

BRUCE KAPHAN
Shinn Pond <>54:36 >
: SLIDER; Wiggling Air WA-10060; 2005
originally released by Hearts of Space (11404-2) in 2000
: Info: www.brucekaphan.com

BRIAN ENO (with DANIEL LANOIS and ROGER ENO)
Always Returning (extended) <>58:59 >
: APOLLO: ATMOSPHERES AND SOUNDTRACKS; EG Records EGCD 53; 1983
Reissued by Astralwerks in 2005
: Info: www.astralwerks.com/eno/default.html;
http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno (fan site)

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PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
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BAY AREA WEATHER : The weatherman is on a mission.
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(c) 2001-2008 Hearts of Space
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02 May 2008

PGM 838 "GARDEN OF DELIGHT"

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PGM 838 : "GARDEN OF DELIGHT"
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PGM NOTE : a Middle Eastern desert journey
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FEED DATE : 5-02-08
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INTRO: Everyone loves a garden, but in the desert countries
gardens take on a whole other level of meaning. Precious and
rare in contrast to the rest of the environment, in ancient Persia
they became nothing less than a symbol of heaven on earth —
a sanctuary for rest, renewal, music and poetry.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, we ride off across the
Middle Eastern desert soundscape in search of a GARDEN OF
DELIGHT.


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JEF STOTT
Saracen (Eye of Horus vocal mix) (edited) <>4:29 >
: SARACEN; Six Degrees 657036 1146-2; 2008
: Info: www.sixdegreesrecords.com/artists.php?artist=Jef_Stott;
www.jefstott.com; www.embarkarecords.com

MERCAN DEDE
Hininga <>9:44 >
Huxi (edited) <>13:06 >
Dem <>18:19 >
: BREATH; White Swan WS 0078; 2006/2007
originally released as NEFES; Doublemoon DM033; Turkey 2006
: Info: www.whiteswanrecords.com; www.doublemoon.com.tr;
www.mercandede.com

JAMSHIED SHARIFI
Ghanima (part) <>22:07 >
: ONE; Ceres CER001; 2007/2008
: Info: www.jamshiedsharifi.com

PAUL AVGERINOS
Jasmine <>27:40 >
Rose of Heaven <>33:41 >
: GARDEN OF DELIGHT; Real Music RM3700; 2007
: Info: www.realmusic.com/a_avgerinos.htm; www.roundskymusic.com

MAHSA & MARJAN VAHDAT
Avaze Shoushtari <>39:21 >
: SONGS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN; Kirkelig Kulturverksted FXCD 320;
Norway 2008; reissued by Valley Entertainment (VLT 15217) in 2008
: Info: www.valley-entertainment.com/Artists/Mahsa___Marjan_Vahdat;
www.kkv.no; www.mahsavahdat.com/home.php

SHAHRAM & HAFEZ NAZERI
In Solitude (part) <>42:22 >
: THE PASSION OF RUMI; QuarterTone Productions QTCD-1010; 2007
: Info: www.quartertone.com

PAUL AVGERINOS
Night Blooms <>48:18 >
Queen of the Night <>53:47 >
Tree of Life (edited) <>58:59 >
: GARDEN OF DELIGHT; Real Music RM3700; 2007
: Info: www.realmusic.com/a_avgerinos.htm; www.roundskymusic.com

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PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
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BAY AREA WEATHER : pollenfest
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(c) 2008 Hearts of Space
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