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Pgm 62R "THE BOOK OF SOUNDS" : Week of Jan. 26th...

This week we update an unqualified classic that we first aired in 1984!

We rarely devote an entire program to a single artist, but the work of German composer HANS OTTE is so subtle and sophisticated that it really deserves to be heard all by itself. OTTE was born in 1926 and studied in Italy, in German with pianist WALTER GIESEKING, and at Yale University with composer PAUL HINDEMITH. He had a very long career in Germany as a composer and pianist. From 1959 to 1984, he directed the music department at Radio Bremen, where he was an enthusiastic promoter of fellow composers of experimental music and sound art.

THE BOOK OF SOUNDS is the title of his 12-part cycle of pieces for solo piano. He began working on "The Book of Sounds" in 1979 and spent almost three years refining this deceptively simple music. Hans Otte has taken contemporary minimalism with its meditative repetitions, fused it with influences from JOHN CAGE to BACH, and brought it to another level of sensitivity and feeling. Pianist HERBERT HENCK calls it "a milestone of European minimalism."

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Pgm 791 "NORDIC SOUL" : Week of Jan. 19th...

The polar night creeps southward across the top of Europe, while the winter snows and ice hold the fjords and forests in their grip. In a land of dark and cold, the focus turns within, and the music of Scandinavia, the Baltics and Russia warms the heart and fills the soul. Classical, jazz and traditional folk sounds stretch from melancholy to an ethereal lightness: slow, majestic and beautiful.

On this midwinter edition of Hearts of Space, a far north space jazz and new music journey with world-class musicians from the ECM and Ozella labels, including STREIF, JAN GARBAREK, FRANCOIS COURTURIER, ANDREY DERGATCHEV, MICHELLE MAKARSKI and more.

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Pgm 790 "INTERSTELLAR" : Week of Jan. 12th..

Back to the ole cosmic briar patch this week, with an hour of deep space electronica from some familiar names including ROBERT RICH, STEVE ROACH, AMIR BAGHIRI and KLAUS SCHULZE, and upcoming cosmonauts REMY, GULAN, DAN BARRIO and CRAIG PADILLA. 

The space is chilled, the horizon is distant, the stars are twinkling...on a cosmic journey called INTERSTELLAR.

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Radio Channel Updated

OK, maybe we got a little lazy over the holidays...isn't that why they call them holidays?

No worries, we put up all new shows tonight. Here's the list (just click the big RADIO CHANNEL link on the home page to see what's on anytime):

1      776    STRATOCASTER   high altitude electric guitar
2      764    DEEP GROOVE    downtempo, chill and ambient electronica
3      762    INSIDE LOOKING OUT   a Mark Hollis Retrospective
4      757    ELECTROSPHERE   ambient/electronic/melodic/chordal spacemusic
5      753    AURORA   a winter journey in the polar regions
6      743    REMASTERPIECE   classical masterworks gone ambient/electronic
7      728    THE EDGE OF THE WORLD   an ambient-electronic journey
8      723    AFFINITY    the natural harmony of piano and cello
9      722    TELHARMONIA   floating and flying on electronic waves
10    720    VAJRA WEST   neo-Tibetan songs and soundscapes
11    719    SUBLIMATION   supercooled wintry electronica
12    717    HARMONIC VOICES 2   the subtle world of harmonic overtone singing
13    707    SLOW TIME   exploring the mystery of relative motion
14    697    CYCLES OF CHANGE   the subtle repetitions of contemplative electronics
15    713    INVOKING THE MUSE   the timeless, heartfelt sound of the female voice      
16    690    MOUNTAINS OF MARS   electronica meets chilled-out jazz
17    685    THE HEALING HARP   a celebration of the harp
18    684    GLACIER BAY   an electronic journey to the heart of winter
19    680    SUSPENDED TIME   contemplative classical introspections
20    652    ICELANDIA   tundra music from Scandanavia, Iceland and Alaska
21    665    MYSTIC CHORDS etc.   selections from Steve Roach's epic 5 hour box set

Go forth and listen, spacefans...

Pgm 717R "HARMONIC VOICES 2" : Week of January 5th...

For absolutely unearthly beauty, it's hard to beat the art of overtone singing. This subtle art invented by Mongolian herdsman to pass the time and developed by Tibetan monks for meditation, has been resurrected by a dedicated group of artists in the U.S. and Europe.

We float you on a harmonic cloud with music by BAIRD HERSEY and PRANA, the OVERTONE CHOIR of Dusseldorf, DAVID HYKES and the HARMONIC CHOIR, JIM COLE, MATTHIAS GRASSOW and TOM HEASEY.

An hour of tones and overtones: HARMONIC VOICES 2...this week on Hearts of Space.

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