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PGM 707R "SLOW TIME" : Week of Aug. 31...

TIME. We watch it, measure it, charge for it and, if we have too much, we even try to kill it. But in the end, it's a mystery. For centuries, musicians have played with time, discovering that time is related to motion and rhythm — that time is fluid, a perception that can be modified, if you know how.

On this transmission of HEARTS of SPACE, we try to unlock the secrets of relative motion...on a program called SLOW TIME. Artists include STEVE ROACH, BYRON METCALF and MARK SELIG, LAYNE REDMOND, FRITZ HEEDE, AMIR BAGHIRI, TERRA AMBIENT, JIM COLE and others.

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Radio Channel update

New programs today:

1      812     DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM        the sound of tranquility in motion
2      811     CRESCENT MOON     a journey in the Turkish soundscape
3      807     GOSSAMER     subtle, refined textural-melodic spacemusic
4      803     WEST BY SOUTHWEST     an ambient steel guitar journey
5      802     ARGUABLY POST-AMBIENT     new waveforms from the international electronic soundscape
6      794     ACROSS THE VIEW     a RICHARD BURMER retrospective
7      773     CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS     slow music for those fast summer nights
8      772     ANJALI     Indian music : slow, sensual, reverent
9      754     SUMMONING THE MUSE     a tribute to the music of Dead Can Dance
10    740     NIGHTSCAPES     environmental electronics for a summer night
11    728     THE EDGE OF THE WORLD     an ambient-electronic journey
12    731     MAGIC REALISM     on the 4th-world night train to Babylon
13    709     STARGAZER     spacemusic inspired by the celestial spectacle
14    703     MIDSUMMER NIGHT 2     ambient atmospheres for a summer night
15    701     LATIN MOON 2     the languid, romantic sounds of Latin spacemusic
16    638     PERCHANCE TO CHILL     super-cool electronica for summer
17    630     GARDEN OF PARADISE     a summer journey to the Garden of Paradise
18    672     DUENDE     a journey in the Andalusian soundscape
19    598     FRACTAL DIMENSIONS     an electronic spacemusic journey in fractal soundworlds
20    571     MEDITERRANEAN ECHOES     soundscapes from the cradle of Western civilization
21    529     ZEPHYRS 2     electro-acoustic summer spacemusic that floats on the breeze

PGM 813 "THE MUSIC OF MYST" : Week of August 24th...

One of the great inspirations to brilliant computer programmers and offbeat artists everywhere is the story of brothers RAND and ROBYN MILLER — creators of the hit computer game MYST. From the first CD-ROM edition in 1993, the MYST franchise evolved through four sequels and a spinoff, sold over 12 million games and spawned six soundtrack albums, three novels, several comics, and an online version.

Inspired by Jules Verne's "Mysterious Island," from the beginning the Miller brothers blazed their own trail, setting new content and visual standards, and ultimately changing the way people played computer games. In a world of gory, violent "first person shooters," MYST invented its own category, with immersive environments of stunning artistic quality, texture and atmosphere, and a focus on puzzle-solving in a moral universe driven by a mythic story.

The original music of MYST was the work of ROBYN MILLER. In addition to his graphic talents, he was a fine ambient/electronic musician. Subtle, deep and atmospheric, his music set the tone for the emotional experience of MYST. Sequels were scored by ROBYN MILLER, JACK WALL, and TIM LARKIN.

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PGM 812 "DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM" : Week of August 17th...

These days, most of us move at an unprecedented pace. We schedule ourselves to the minute, zip down the freeway at speeds our ancestors could scarcely imagine, and run — to keep fit. When it's time for a vacation, we go faster, and jet off to another continent. No wonder when we get there, we find our bodies are lagging behind.

The ancient arts of Yoga and Tai Chi teach us how to find a calm center in the midst of constant movement. And a group of ambient electronic artists make music that creates this sense of tranquility...in motion. Music is by DAVID HELPLING & JON JENKINS, DAVE FULTON & GILES REAVES, RUDY ADRIAN, and ANDREAS LEIFELD.

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Radio Channel update

All new programs today:

1      810     DESERT DREAMFIELDS        a deep desert journey
2      809     AFRICAN GENESIS     a journey into the quiet heart of Africa
3      803     WEST BY SOUTHWEST     an ambient steel guitar journey
4      770     THERMALS     flying and floating spacemusic for summer
5      765     TEMPLE OF LOVE     the ardent sound of Indian devotional music
6      760     UNDERSCORE     exploring the world of ambient film music
7      742     SHIBUI     subtle spaces of the Japanese soundscape
8      738     TOUCHSTONE     light, space, rock and stillness -- a desert exploration
9      732     INDO-TRONICA     the vibrant intersection of Indian music and electronica
10    736     HYDROLOGY     a journey on the water planet
11    669     SUMMER LIGHT 4     music for languid days and sultry nights
12    698     DESERT VISION 3     more romantic transcultural exile music of the Middle East
13    638     PERCHANCE TO CHILL     super-cool electronica for summer
14    602     PALEOMUSIC     a primordial ambient journey
15    593     FLOATING WORLDS     a sub-tropical journey, featuring music by Jade Warrior
16    572     SHORES OF HEAVEN     electronic images of paradise
17    569     AFRICA WEST     the music of Western Africa, and African music in the West
18    234     SUMMER LIGHT 2     an easy summer journey
19    457     PLASMA WAVES     a techno/ambient journey for early summer
20    462     ANOTHER GREEN WORLD     a summer ambient journey
21    361     END OF THE DAY     spacemusic for a midsummer night's dream

PGM 811 "CRESCENT MOON" : Week of August 10th...

Modern Turkish music has come to us through a path as complex and ornamental as Turkish calligraphy. Located in the Eastern Mediterranean at the gateway to Central Asia, for centuries Turkey was an economic and cultural crossroads, absorbing influences from Persian, Byzantine, Southern European, and Middle Eastern traditions and cross-pollinating them with its own rich heritage.

For most of the 600 years of the Ottoman empire, Turkey dominated the region. When KEMAL ATATURK consciously modernized Turkey in the early 20th century, western classical and popular music were added to an already complex cultural mix; today Istanbul has one of the most vibrant and varied musical scenes anywhere.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, a journey in the Turkish soundscape called CRESCENT MOON. Featured artist is the Montreal-based Turkish Sufi musician MERCAN DEDE, plus a host of fine players from Turkey and the U.S.

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PGM 735R "SUMMERTONES 2" : Week of August 3rd...

Summer — gets our motors running, as Americans hit the road in our annual quest to relax, expand, squander fossil fuel and warm the atmosphere. It's a time for stretching boundaries, expanding the envelope, exploring. Yet below the dynamic surface of the season, a slower, more subtle experience awaits, if we can just slow down enough to find it.

We search for the slow, mellow heart of summer with music by PATRICK O'HEARN, BLOW UP HOLLYWOOD, RAY, DEUTER, GREGORY KYRYLUCK and LIQUID MIND on SUMMERTONES 2.