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01    839    PLANET INDIA   orbiting the Indian music soundscape
02    832    KONTINUUM   infinitely extended electronic soundscapes
03    829    GALACTIC TRAVELER   an electronic deep space excursion
04    811    CRESCENT MOON   a journey in the Turkish soundscape
05    797    WORLDS BEYOND   a cosmic electronic journey
06    795    SPACE GUITARS 7   stretching six strings till they dematerialize
07    809    AFRICAN GENESIS   a journey into the quiet heart of Africa
08    780    ALEGRIA   romantic, playful, epic -- music of Cirque du Soleil
09    770    THERMALS   flying and floating spacemusic for summer
10    761    INVERSION   intra-seasonal electronic spacemusic
11    756    PIANOSCAPES 3   piano, personal and contemplative
12    738    TOUCHSTONE   light, space, rock and stillness -- a desert exploration
13    734    DISTANCIAS   a warm-blooded journey in the Latin soundscape
14    728    THE EDGE OF THE WORLD   an ambient-electronic journey
15    729    SUFI SOUL   an inner-toxicating journey in the Sufi soundscape
16    708    A WINDOW TO THE EAST   East-West music of Gurdjieff-DeHartmann et al
17    699    BLUE IN GREEN   lyrical space jazz for summer
18    692    FINGERSTYLE   a laid-back acoustic guitar excursion
19    666    REVELATIONS   3rd millenium ambient & electronic spacemusic
20    706    SAUDADE   a journey in the Brazilian soundscape
21    658    DISTURBANCE   exorcising the feeling of 'life out of balance'
22    638    PERCHANCE TO CHILL   super-cool electronica for summer
23    606    THE SOUND OF ONE WORLD    why can artists collaborate when cultures collide?
24    636    TERRA ELECTRONICA   post-millenium electronic journey music
25    601    FRAGILE DIALOGUES   an East-West contemplative soundscape
26    598    FRACTAL DIMENSIONS   an electronic journey in fractal soundworlds
27    592    SLIDER   slidin' and glidin' -- ambient pedal steel guitar

PGM 840 "DIVENIRE" : Week of May 30th...

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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PGM 839 "PLANET INDIA" : Week of May 23rd...

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. Music is by ANOUSHKA SHANKAR & KARSH KALE, AL GROMER KHAN, HANS CHRISTIAN, DEVA PREMAL, MANEESH DE MOOR, BAIRD HERSEY & PRANA and KRISHNA DAS, BEN LEINBACH & JAI UTTAL, and MANDALA.

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PGM 058R "THE PEARL" : Week of May 16th...

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. The program also features electronic atmospheres by DANNA & CLEMENT and by JONN SERRIE.

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

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PGM 592R "SLIDER" : Week of May 9th...

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. Music is by BRUCE KAPHAN, B.J. COLE, BRIAN ENO and DANIEL LANOIS and ROGER ENO.

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Radio Channel update

New program playlist today:

01    838    GARDEN OF DELIGHT   a Middle Eastern desert journey
02    837    AMERICAN PRIMITIVE    an acoustic excursion in the American soundscape
03    836    SUSPENSION    a floating journey for a time of transition
04    835    WUSHU    Far East contemplative sounds from China and Japan
05    803    WEST BY SOUTHWEST    an ambient steel guitar journey
06    801    DEEKSHA    Indian devotional chants and contemplative instrumentals
07    799    MESSENGERS OF PEACE    music from the Tibetan diaspora
08    777    HALL OF MIRRORS    a journey through the electronic looking glass
09    757    ELECTROSPHERE    ambient/electronic/melodic/chordal spacemusic
10    742    SHIBUI    subtle spaces of the Japanese soundscape
11    736    HYDROLOGY    a journey on the water planet
12    731    MAGIC REALISM    on the 4th-world night train to Babylon
13    709    STARGAZER    spacemusic inspired by the celestial spectacle
14    707    SLOW TIME    exploring the mystery of relative motion
15    706    SAUDADE    a journey in the Brazilian soundscape
16    677    CEDAR MESA    the soulful sound of the Native American flute
17    655    ELECTRIC TEARS    the melancholy side of the electric guitar
18    632    GATHERING SPIRITS    a journey in the tribal-ambient soundscape
19    628    AMERICAN SKIES    the magical combination of natural sounds and music
20    617    ANTIPHON    music as sanctuary: the sound of contemplative improvisation
21    601    FRAGILE DIALOGUES    an East-West contemplative soundscape
22    598    FRACTAL DIMENSIONS    electronic spacemusic in fractal soundworlds
23    597    THE CONTEMPLATIVE GUITAR    quiet, acoustic, mostly solitary guitar
24    591    FLOW    the art of moving without effort... flowing electronic spacemusic
25    585    THE MUSIC OF COSMOS    music from Carl Sagan's classic 1980 TV series
26    574    GOA TRANCE    India meets techno-ambient dreamscapes
27    572    SHORES OF HEAVEN    electronic images of paradise
28    570    LIGHT FANTASTIC    a photon-powered journey across ambient toneworlds

PGM 838 "GARDEN OF DELIGHT" : Week of May 2nd...

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. Music is by JEF STOTT, MERCAN DEDE, JAMSHIED SHARIFI, HAFEZ NAZERI, MAHSA & MARJAN VAHDAT, and PAUL AVGERINOS.

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