30 January 2009

PGM 864 "WINTRY BRONZE"

(click program title above for 30 second MP3 promo clip)

=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

PGM 864 : "WINTRY BRONZE"
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
PGM NOTE : crystalline sounds for bells, gongs & resonant percussion
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
FEED DATE : 1-30-09
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

INTRO: In the chilled, crystalline air of winter, the sound of
bells, gongs and resonant percussion instruments takes on an
uncanny appeal. Purity, clarity, and simplicity are the goals;
we yearn for the essence of things.

From Northern and mountain cultures, music for meditation
and healing invests these desires with the subtlety of art,
and offers us deep interior journeys in pure sound.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, another program in
our resonant metals series called WINTRY BRONZE. The title
is derived from a poem by WALLACE STEVENS, who observed
"the life that is fluent, even in the wintriest bronze" and wrote
of "the listener, who listens in the snow/ And, nothing himself,
beholds/ Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is."


=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

CLARISSA BORBA
Floating Tones (edited) <>3:05 >
: ECHOES OF POLYHYMNIA [compilation]; Hypnos hyp2855; 2008
: Info: www.hypnos.com/releases-v-eop.php; www.myspace.com/cissab

LIFE IN BALANCE
Explore (part one) <>7:54 >
: CRYSTAL BOWL MEDITATION; The Relaxation Company CD7103; 2008
: Info: www.therelaxationcompany.com/cd7103.html;
www.lifeinbalancemusic.com

ROBERT RICH
Temple <>15:20 >
: MICHAEL SOMOROFF'S ILLUMINATION;
Soundscape Productions SP012; 2007
: Info: www.robertrich.com; www.michaelsomoroff.com

RIVER GUERGUERIAN
Immerse (part one) (extended) <>21:04 >
: TIBETAN BOWL MEDITATION; The Relaxation Company CD7104; 2008
: Info: www.therelaxationcompany.com/cd7104.html;
www.sharethedrum.com

LOU REED
Find Your Note (excerpt) <>25:12 >
: HUDSON RIVER WIND MEDITATIONS; Sounds True M1117D; 2007
: Info: www.soundstrue.com; www.loureed.com

KLAUS WIESE
Dasht-i-Lut I <>26:53 >
--segue--
Dasht-i-Lut III <>27:38 >
: DIVINE ORBIT; Stillclouds [no catalog #]; Russia 2006
: Info: www.klaus-wiese.com

ED MANN
Submerge <>31:47 >
: GONG VOL.1: SOUND OF BEING; Ancient Voices CD 8400; 2002
: Info: www.edmann.info

BASS COMMUNION
Pacific Codex I (edited) <>41:11 >
: E=MC16; Equation Records E=mc16; 2008
: Info: www.swhq.co.uk/bass_communion.cfm

KARMA MOFFETT
Golden Bowls of Compassion (part) <>50:22 >
: GOLDEN BOWLS OF COMPASSION; Padma Tapes CD [no catalog #]; 2000
: Info: www.karmamoffett.com

STEVEN HALPERN
Crystal Chalice (part) <>54:34 >
: CRYSTAL BOWL HEALING; Inner Peace Music IPM 8002; 2003
: Info: www.innerpeacemusic.com

LIFE IN BALANCE
Evolve (part 3) (part) <>58:59 >
: CRYSTAL BOWL MEDITATION; The Relaxation Company CD7103; 2008
: Info: www.therelaxationcompany.com/cd7103.html;
www.lifeinbalancemusic.com

=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
BAY AREA WEATHER : sunlight in dark places
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
(c) 2009 Hearts of Space
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

23 January 2009

PGM 863 "CONSONANCE"

(click program title above for 30 second MP3 promo clip)

=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
PGM 863 : "CONSONANCE"
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
PGM NOTE : Medieval, Baroque and Now
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
FEED DATE : 1-23-09
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

INTRO: The formal, pious, monarchical cultures that produced
what we call Medieval and Baroque music seem worlds removed
from the chaotic multicultural intensity of
our era.

Yet, whether coming from cathedral or castle, dedicated to
the glory of God or the entertainment of man, whether modal
or harmonic, monophonic or polyphonic, homorhythmic or
contrapuntal — European music from the Middle Ages to the
18th century still speaks eloquently, and carries a message
of faith, civility and grace across the ages.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, we revisit some of
the masters of this period — GESUALDO, DOWLAND, HANDEL,
and BACH — on an Early Music, Baroque
and contemporary
journey called...CONSONANCE.


=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

EMPIRE BRASS QUINTET
Peccantem Me Quotidie (part) <>4:08 >
Composed by Carlo Gesualdo
: PASSAGE | 138 B.C. - A.D. 1611; Telarc CD-80355; 1994
: Info: www.telarc.com; www.empirebrass.com

ALISON BALSOM
Andante (from Violin Concerto No. 1) <>10:19 >
Composed by J.S.Bach
: CAPRICE; EMI Classics 0946 3 53255 2 2; 2006
: Info: www.emiclassics.com; www.alisonbalsom.com

JON GILLOCK and KATHLEEN BRIDE
Larghetto (from Concerto in B-Flat for Harp) <>14:47 >
Composed by G.F.Handel
Adagio (from Concerto for 2 Keyboards in C Minor) <>20:24 >
Composed by J.S.Bach
: ORGAN AND HARP; Milan 73138 35764-2; 1996
: Info: www.milanrecords.com; www.lc-tiffany.com/gillock;
www.esm.rochester.edu/faculty/bride_kathleen

THERESE SCHROEDER-SHEKER
Beata Viscera (edited) <>24:22 >
: THE QUEEN'S MINSTREL; Windham Hill WD-1074; 1988
: Info: www.windovertheearth.com/Msheker.html

BEGONA OLAVIDE
Lamento <>28:50 >
: SALTERIO; MA Recordings M025A; 1994
: Info: www.marecordings.com; www.musicamudejar.com/eng/begona.html

THE DOWLAND PROJECT (featuring JOHN POTTER)
Ein Gut Preambel <>29:44 >
Kyrie 'Jesus Autem Transiens' (edited) <>32:10 >
Sanctus 'Tu Solus Qui Facis' (edited) <>36:04 >
: ROMARIA; ECM New Series 1970 476 5780; 2008
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/New_Series/1900/1970.php

MATT HAIMOVITZ, JONATHAN CROW, and DOUGLAS McNABNEY
Aria (I) <>41:56 >
Aria (II) <>45:18 >
Composed by J.S.Bach; Arranged for string trio by Dmitri Sitkovetsky
: J.S.BACH: GOLDBERG VARIATIONS; Oxingale OX2014; 2008
: Info: www.oxingale.com; www.sonicbids.com/matthaimovitz

LISA GERRARD and PATRICK CASSIDY
Immortal Memory <>49:47 >
Abwoon (Our Father) <>54:02 >
: IMMORTAL MEMORY; 4AD Records CAD 2403 CD; 2004
: Info: www.4ad.com/lisagerrard; www.lisagerrard.com

ALISON BALSOM
Agnus Dei (from Mass in B Minor) <>58:59 >
Composed by J.S.Bach
: BACH: WORKS FOR TRUMPET; EMI Classics 7243 5 58047 2 3; 2005
: Info: www.emiclassics.com; www.alisonbalsom.com

=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
BAY AREA WEATHER : cloudy but hopeful
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
(c) 2009 Hearts of Space
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

16 January 2009

PGM 684R "GLACIER BAY"

(click program title above for 30 second MP3 promo clip)

=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
PGM 684R : "GLACIER BAY"
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
PGM NOTE : an electronic winter journey
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
FEED DATE : 1-16-09
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

INTRO: Cold, clear and quiet, we drift through frozen lakes
and glacial terrain on a journey to the heart of winter.
It's a sound of tiny movements locked within great static
masses, deep drones and crystalline accents, punctuated
by the reverberation of great natural events.


=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

JON HOPKINS
Cold Out There <>3:50 >
: OPALESCENT; Just Music/Absolute Zero TAO 006; England 2001
: Info: www.justmusic.co.uk/store/TAO006; www.jonhopkins.co.uk

MICHAEL THOMAS BERKLEY
Frozen Reflection <>8:04 >
Ellesmere Island - Part IV <>13:25 >
: ARCTIC; Numinous Records NR90; 2000 -- out of print

LIGHTWAVE
Evelyn H. (part) <>19:38 >
: CARYOTYPE; Signature SIG 11005; France 2000
: Info: www.metisse-music.com/en/artists/Lightwave;
www.lightwave-musique.com

ERIK WOLLO
Map of the Mind <>23:07 >
: THE POLAR DRONES; Groove Unlimited GR-085; Holland 2003
: Info: www.groove.nl/cd/g/gr-085.html; www.wollo.com

BIOSPHERE
Two Ocean Plateau <>26:13 >
Heat Leak (edited) <>29:43 >
Gravity Assist <>36:48 >
: SHENZHOU; Touch Records TOUCH TO:55; England 2002
: Info: www.touchmusic.org.uk/releases/TO55.html;
www.biosphere.no

IGNEOUS FLAME
Liminal <>41:06 >
: TOLMON; Chillfactor 10 Records CF10-02; England 2003
: Info: www.luminasounds.com

HIMALAYAN VOICES
Airborn <>47:45 >
: NEW PARADISE; Phonon Records PHONON-003; 2002
: Info: www.himalayanvoices.com

ERIK WOLLO
Polar Drone 2 <>51:07 >
Polar Drone 1 (extended) <>54:22 >
: THE POLAR DRONES; Groove Unlimited GR-085; Holland 2003
: Info: www.groove.nl/cd/g/gr-085.html; www.wollo.com

ERIK WOLLO
Echo of Night (edited) <>58:59 >
: EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPES; Spotted Peccary/Wanderings SPM-1203; 2003
: Info: www.spottedpeccary.com; www.wollo.com

=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
BAY AREA WEATHER : calm between the storms
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
(c) 2004-2009 Hearts of Space
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

09 January 2009

PGM 862 "ABSOLUTE ZERO"

(click program title above for 30 second MP3 promo clip)

=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
PGM 862 : "ABSOLUTE ZERO"
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
PGM NOTE : a journey to the quiet heart of winter
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
FEED DATE : 1-09-09
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

INTRO: In the brief days after the winter solstice, we pass 
the apogee of the yearly cycle of earth and sun, and plunge 
into the season of cold and dark. 

For our friends in Alaska and the Arctic north, the days 
become mere formalities. The distant sun struggles to reach 
the horizon, appears briefly, then retreats into darkness. 
Water hangs  suspended in the blue-gray atmosphere, and we 
enter a world of deep, silent spaces, muted by fog and snow.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, a journey to the 
quiet heart of winter called ABSOLUTE ZERO.

=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

JOHAN AGEBJORN
The Sound of Snowflakes Touching the Ground <>8:14 >
:
MOSSEBO; Lotuspike LSM 13; 2008
: Info: www.lotuspike.com; www.spottedpeccary.com;
www.johanagebjorn.info

CRAIG PADILLA
First Light (edited) <>13:19 >
:
BELOW THE MOUNTAIN; Spotted Peccary SPM-1404; 2008
: Info: www.spottedpeccary.com; www.craigpadilla.com

JEFFREY KOEPPER
Light and Truth (edited) <>18:52 >
:
LUMINOSITY; Air Space 004; 2009
: Info: www.jeffreykoepper.com

BROEKHUIS, KELLER and SCHONWALDER
Deeper Silence (part) <>26:59 >
-- with Raughi Ebert and Thomas Kagermann --
: LIVE AT DORFKIRCHE REPELEN 2; Manikin MRCD 7088; Germany 2008
: Info: www.manikin.de; www.bks-em.eu

STEPHEN PHILIPS
Down Deep <>34:19 >
:
MESSAGE FROM A SUBATOMIC WORLD [compilation];
Hypnos hyp2854; 2008
: Info: www.hypnos.com/releases-v-mfsw.php; www.darkduck.net

OOPHOI
Icelight (edited) <>42:12 >
:
MESSAGE FROM A SUBATOMIC WORLD [compilation];
Hypnos hyp2854; 2008
: Info: www.hypnos.com/releases-v-mfsw.php; www.deeplistenings.it

STEVE ROACH
A Deeper Silence (part) <>52:46 >
: A DEEPER SILENCE; Timeroom Editions TM19; 2008
: Info: www.steveroach.com

PATRICK O'HEARN
Beneath the Celestial Sphere <>58:59 >
:
GLACIATION; PatrickOHearn.com 1006-2; 2007
: Info: www.patrickohearn.com

=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
BAY AREA WEATHER : withdrawn
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
(c) 2009 Hearts of Space
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

02 January 2009

PGM 861 "NIGHT LIGHT"

(click program title above for 30 second MP3 promo clip)

=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
PGM 861 : "NIGHT LIGHT"
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
PGM NOTE : Nordic winter lullabies for the dark season
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
FEED DATE : 1-02-09
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

INTRO: The austere folk music of Norway and the Scandinavian
countries has a paradox at its heart: in a land of frigid, Arctic
winters and stark, glacial landscapes, the music overflows with
warmth and beauty. And while the winter days are dark, the
nights are illuminated by the intoxicating spectacle of the
northern lights.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, a Nordic winter's journey
called NIGHT LIGHT.


=--------------------------------------------------------------------=

ANNBJORG LIEN
Cantabile <>3:48 >
: NORTHERN NIGHTS [compilation];
Climate/Six Degrees 657036 3002-2; 1999
: Info: www.sixdegreesrecords.com; www.annbjorglien.com

LENA WILLEMARK and ALE MOLLER
Dromspar-Eftrerspel <>5:41 >
: NORDAN; ECM Records 1536 314 523 161-2; 1994
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1500/1536.php

VIDIA WESENLUND
Bya Bya (part) <>11:01 >
Sa Ro Godt Barn <>16:58 >
Lova Lova Line <>22:58 >
Byssan Lull, Koka Kittelen Full <>28:23 >
Mammas Sang <>32:31 >
Bysjan Bysjan Lite Ban (edited) <>36:40 >
Sulla Meg Litt <>43:36 >
: NIGHT LIGHT; VidiaWesenlund.com VW1001; 2008
: Info: www.vidiawesenlund.com

OYSTEIN SEVAG
Forgiving <>46:58 >
: NORTHERN NIGHTS [compilation];
Climate/Six Degrees 657036 3002-2; 1999
: Info: www.sixdegreesrecords.com; www.sevag.com

OYSTEIN SEVAG
Cobalt <>52:49 >
: BRIDGE; Hearts of Space 11081-2; 1997
: Info: www.valley-entertainment.com/Artists/Oystein_Sevag;
www.sevag.com

STREIF
Ballade (edited) <>58:59 >
: NORDIC WINTER; Ozella Music OZ 015 CD; Germany 2006
Distributed in the U.S. by Allegro Music
: Info: www.ozellamusic.com

=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
BAY AREA WEATHER : diffident
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=
(c) 2009 Hearts of Space
=--------------------------------------------------------------------=