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Radio Channel update

All new programs today:

1     423   SPRING FORWARD   spring returns; daylight safe
2     418   BLACK MARBLE & SWEET FIRE   India meets ambia
3     420   FOURTH WORLD DIARY   a joyride on the cross-cultural matrix
4     424   AMBIENT COOL   definitely laidback and beautiful
5     432   VANGELIS   tribute to the Greek recording artist VANGELIS
6     435   INSCAPE   floating electronic toneworld
7     445   DRIFTER   the legendary Drifter explores international ambient space
8     459   SIX STRING RELIGION   focus on the contemplative acoustic guitar
9     481   THE OTHER WORLD   escape into virtual electronic spaces and strange worlds
10   465   ANDALUSIA   another Spanish/Moorish/North African journey
11   489   THE NEW DIVAS   some very special vocal music by the new divas
12   499   SEVEN VEILS   an ethno-ambient, electro-acoustic spotlight on Robert Rich
13   503   ELECTRONICUS   a dip in the evolving gene pool of electronic sound
14   527   SHADOWS AND LIGHT   expressionistic music: deep emotions and strong contrasts
15   557   EVOLUTION   drifting through a spring day and night with electronic images of nature
16   537   WEIGHTLESS   an anti-gravity journey on floating electronic waves
17   571   MEDITERRANEAN ECHOES   soundscapes from the cradle of Western civilization
18   523   MINARETS OF THE SOUL   inner landscapes of the Middle East
19   561   TRANCE-FORMATION   shamanic electronica : a trance-ambient journey
20   573   SONGS WITHOUT WORDS   vocal music of the soul
21   587   SYNTHETIC PLEASURES 2   another hour of 99.44% pure all-electronic waveforms

Pgm 800 "WHEN ROCK MEETS SPACE" : Week of April 27th...

Every 100 shows we take a retrospective look at some aspect of the musical world of Hearts of Space. Over the last 20-plus years, we've covered everything from the Pachelbel Canon to the roots of electronic space and ambient music — from the German electronic music of the 1970s, to the intersection of spacemusic and rock — with a stop along the way for a tribute to JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.

On this 800th edition of Hearts of Space, a report on the ongoing diffusion of the space and ambient sound into the world of popular music, with songs by PORCUPINE TREE, COLDPLAY, PORTISHEAD, GONG, DAVID BOWIE, RADIOHEAD, SIGUR ROS and THE GRATEFUL DEAD, plus rock infused spacemusic by ASHRA, LABRADFORD, and JON DURANT.

We called Pgm. 600 "When Space Met Rock"...so naturally this one's called "WHEN ROCK MEETS SPACE."

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Pgm 723R "AFFINITY" : Week of April 20th...

Some combinations exhibit a natural harmony. They go together, as they say, like bread and butter, milk and cookies, and the ever popular peaches and cream. And it's not just dairy products either — in music we have the rattle and drum, the harp and flute, guitar and bass, and our subject on this program : piano and cello.

The rhythmic clarity and endless harmonic potential of the piano, combined with the soulful, singing lines of the cello, has inspired some of our greatest composers. And because cellists often play piano as well, today some of them are playing both instruments on their recordings. On this transmission of Hearts of Space, we summon the muse of complementarity, on a program called AFFINITY, with  music  by MARTIN TILLMAN, TIM STORY, DAVID DARLING, VASSILIS TSABROPOULOS, JAMI SIEBER, and ARVO PART.

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Pgm 799 "MESSENGERS OF PEACE" : Week of April 13th...

The occupation of the remote Himalayan country of Tibet by China in 1949 forced an ancient non-violent Buddhist culture to escape to northern India and Nepal, and from there, to spread around the world. In this way, the folk and religious music and spirituality of Tibet came to the west, along with musicians, artists, monks and teachers like the Dalai Lama.

On this transmission of HEARTS of SPACE, we focus on the gentle sounds of Tibetan folk music, on a program called MESSENGERS OF PEACE. Featured artists are YUNGCHEN LHAMO, CHOYING DROLMA & STEVE TIBBETTS, PETER KATER & NAWANG KHECHOG, DECHEN SHAK-DAGSAY, and SUZANNE TENG.

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Radio Channel update

All new programs tonight:

1      779     IVORY, BLACK AND GOLD   the sublime world of the contemplative piano
2      787     CAMERATA NOVA   Early Music reconsidered
3      728     THE EDGE OF THE WORLD   an ambient-electronic journey
4      730     CANYONLANDS   a flute powered excursion in the Native American soundscape
5      727     ANCILLARY DREAMS   a HAROLD BUDD ambient retrospective
6      731     MAGIC REALISM   on the 4th-world night train to Babylon
7      761     INVERSION   intra-seasonal electronic spacemusic
8      758     INFINITE GUITARS   a retro-future-cosmic-twangy guitar journey
9      764     DEEP GROOVE   downtempo, chill and ambient electronica
10    767     DESERT CROSSING   an Arabic-North African journey
11    769     BALEARICA   a journey in the Mediterranean soundscape
12    717     HARMONIC VOICES 2   the subtle world of harmonic overtone singing
13    724     CELTIC SPRING 2   joy and sadness of a Celtic spring
14    709     STARGAZER   spacemusic inspired by the celestial spectacle
15    690     MOUNTAINS OF MARS   electronica meets chilled-out jazz
16    680     SUSPENDED TIME   contemplative classical introspections
17    687     TIME TRAVELER   an hour? of clock-bending electronica
18    640     TOWARDS THE WIND   another journey on the sound of breath
19    655     ELECTRIC TEARS   the melancholy side of the electric guitar
20    634     ENIGMATIC CHILDREN   an electronic-classical-vocal fusion festival
21    626     ARCHETRIBE   another report from the ethno-ambient frontier

Pgm 764R "DEEP GROOVE" : Week of April 6th...

Well, we didn't plan it that way, but this show wound up  almost all English music. And why not? England remains a breeding ground and innovator for all kinds of new genres. This time, a report from the intersection of downtempo, chill, and deep ambient — a place where digital beats and lyrical melodies float...over ambient soundscapes.

On this encore transmission of Hearts of Space music is by MIRROR SYSTEM, ABSOLUTE AMBIENT, STRING THEORIES, AEROSTATIC, JAIRAMJI, and MARCONI UNION. It's a downtempo journey called DEEP GROOVE :  'groove' because it moves with a hypnotic rhythm; 'deep' because it takes you somewhere worth going.

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