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PGM 679 "TRANSMIGRATION" : Week of Oct. 31st...

Of all the year's transformations, the autumn transit of the astrological house of SCORPIO is perhaps the most challenging, for it is during this period that humans must confront the reality of death and decay. As the sun withdraws, the natural world withers and dies, and we enter a gloomy realm attended by superstition, fear, and doleful emotions. These are the dark times...that try our souls.

Yet in these ultimate tribulations lie the seeds of future growth. On this transmission of HEARTS of SPACE, a cathartic journey for Scorpio called TRANSMIGRATION.

Music is by MARK SNOW, LISA GERRARD & PATRICK CASSIDY, ZOAR, VEIL OF SECRECY, KELLY DAVID, STEVE ROACH & ELMAR SCHULTE, VIDNA OBMANA, and KLAUS SCHULZE.

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Special Halloween Radio Channel Playlist

01    855   MELOS   an autumnal excursion for piano and cello
02    854   LOST CANYONS   a Native flute journey across the great western plateau
03    853   INFINITE LOOPS   a descending, deflationary journey for fall
04    848   READING THE BONES   a techno-triba-delic journey
05    821   LOVELY THUNDER   foggy keyboards and dark ambient electronics
06    820   SPECTRAL VOICES   the ghostly world of harmonic overtone singing
07    819   BLACKWATER   a dark ambient journey for Halloween
08    790   INTERSTELLAR   a cosmic electronic journey
09    747   NOVEMBER TONES   a cello-centric journey for autumn
10    746   SHAPESHIFTER   a dark ambient quest for a storm-tossed Scorpio night
11    744   CEDAR SOUL   soft sounds and serene spaces of the native flute
12    712   AUTUMN MISTS   a dark, wet, glistening ECM Records special for Fall
13    709   STARGAZER   spacemusic inspired by the celestial spectacle
14    679   TRANSMIGRATION   a deep and cathartic journey for Scorpio
15    680   SUSPENDED TIME   contemplative classical introspections
16    644   THROUGH THE VEIL   exploring the poetics of darkness
17    540   GOTHICA   a darkly ethereal modern medieval journey for Fall
18    506   SPECTRAL SHIPS   ghostly electronica for Scorpio
19    472   TWILIGHT EARTH 2   a tribal electronic dark ambient journey for Scorpio
20    471   THE GATHERING GLOOM   a classic Dark Ambient journey for Halloween
21    403   CHILL OUT PHASE 2   new techno/ambient soundscapes and electronic spaces
22    402   WELL OF SOULS   calm and foreboding: a Halloween hour of Ambient Noir
23    405   IN TIMES OF SORROW   exploring the contours of sadness
24    243   SO DARK   bizarre, banal, and beautiful. It's SO DARK.
25    208   THE FALLING DARK   an implacably descending autumn journey
26    240   STRATA   a subterranean subconscious journey
27    244   VALLEY OF THE SHADOW   a journey into darkness and redemption
28    251   MAHOGANY NIGHTS   contemplative nightmusic from Central Asia and beyond

PGM 855 "MELOS" : Week of Oct. 24th...

In the pantheon of immortal combinations of musical instruments, there must be a special temple for the piano and cello. It's hard to think of another duo that offers more musical possibilities, or draws more effectively on the respective strengths of both instruments.

From the piano, we get effortless rhythmic definition, chords, and harmonies; from the cello, long, singing lines and rich overtones that stretch melody to the boundaries of expression. Together, they define a musical landscape of emotional range, depth, and beauty.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, we celebrate the piano and cello...on an autumnal journey derived from the Byzantine hymns, traditional folk and sacred Sufi music of Central Asia... called MELOS.

Music is by VASSILIS TSABROPOULOS, G.I.GURDJIEFF and THOMAS DeHARTMANN, MANUEL DE FALLA, MISHA ALPERIN, and HANS CHRISTIAN, and features the wonderful German cellist ANJA LECHNER.

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PGM 854 "LOST CANYONS" : Week of Oct. 17th...

Slow, reverent, in tune...and in time...with the rhythms of nature: that's the signature feeling of the Native American flute.

Since its revival at the hands of a new generation of native musicians in the 1960s, its gentle tones can now be heard on hundreds of albums and soundtracks. But it seems most resonant during Indian summer and autumn, when the light dims, and smoke settles over the fading tones of the natural world.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, a Native flute journey across the great western plateau...called LOST CANYONS. Music is by GARY MALKIN, SCOTT AUGUST, JOHN HULING, R.CARLOS NAKAI, LORAIN FOX, ANTHONY WAKEMAN & MR.SOON, and COYOTE OLDMAN.

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PGM 853 "INFINITE LOOPS : Week of October 10th...

In the early 1970s, English guitarist ROBERT FRIPP of the seminal progressive rock band KING CRIMSON began a series of experiments with tape delay echo loops that he came to call "Frippertronics."

Fripp's collaboration with fellow electronic experimentalist BRIAN ENO yielded two influential albums of treated electric guitar and synthesizers. NO PUSSYFOOTING (1972) and EVENING STAR (1974) defined a new sound: the infinite spatial guitar.

Whether endlessly looped or indefinitely sustained, Fripp transformed, expanded and dematerialized the electric guitar by feeding it back on itself — and created one of the foundations of today's ambient soundscapes.

On this transmission of HEARTS of SPACE, we borrow a term from computer programming, with a descending journey for a deflationary fall called INFINITE LOOPS. Music is by HAROLD BUDD & CLIVE WRIGHT, ROBIN GUTHRIE, HAMMOCK, and RICHARD BONE.

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Radio Channel Update

New autumnal playlist today:

01    852   PARVAZ (FLIGHT)   the poetic world of Persian fusion
02    851   AFTERBURN   an end-of-summer acoustic guitar excursion
03    849   THE FLOAT ZONE   space blues, ambient drones and floating worlds
04    844   AMERICAN CROSSROADS   music for a time of change
05    840   DIVENIRE   the contemplative minimalism of LUDOVICO EINAUDI
06    745   A TINGE OF SADNESS   darkening moods of the autumn soundscape
07    847   SPACE GUITARS 8   above the stratosphere, beyond the sky
08    837   AMERICAN PRIMITIVE   an acoustic excursion in the American soundscape
09    830   DAVID DARLING RETROSPECTIVE   soulful lyricism from the revered American cellist
10    828   DEEP WORLD   contemplating the polycultural soundscape
11    820   SPECTRAL VOICES   the ghostly world of harmonic overtone singing
12    730   CANYONLANDS   a flute powered excursion in the Native American soundscape
13    822   RESTRAINT   subtle, lyrical Nordic spacejazz
14    818   AN AUTUMN GARDEN   a chamber~electronic journey
15    742   SHIBUI   subtle spaces of the Japanese soundscape
16    728   THE EDGE OF THE WORLD   an ambient-electronic journey
17    729   SUFI SOUL   an inner-toxicating journey in the Sufi soundscape
18    713   INVOKING THE MUSE   the timeless, heartfelt sound of the female voice
19    709   STARGAZER   spacemusic inspired by the celestial spectacle
20    708   A WINDOW TO THE EAST   East-West music of Gurdjieff-DeHartmann et al
21    687   TIME TRAVELER   an hour? of clock-bending electronica
22    676   WHALE RIDER   an immersive journey on waves of change
23    665   MYSTIC CHORDS & SACRED SPACES   selections from Steve Roach's epic 4 CD set
24    655   ELECTRIC TEARS   the melancholy side of the electric guitar
25    642   SEAN NOS   'the old style' — a journey in the Celtic soundscape
26    608   DISTANT SPIRITS   ambient soundscapes for Native American cedar flute
27    598   FRACTAL DIMENSIONS   an electronic spacemusic journey in fractal soundworlds
28    575   KEYS TO AUTUMN   autumnal soundscapes for expanded piano

PGM 452 "OCEANIC" : Week of Oct. 3rd...

As deep as the ocean...as wide as the sea...goes the popular song. At over 70% of our planet, the ocean is not only the largest, but the most important natural feature on earth; the source of all life, the engine of the weather — not to mention an endless supply of metaphors. Musicians have long been inspired by its vast expanse, its awesome power, its mysterious depths.

On this 25th Anniversary retrospective edition of Hearts of Space, a program of romantic spacemusic inspired by the ocean, called OCEANIC. Music is by VANGELIS, RAPHAEL, RICHARD BURMER, and CONSTANCE DEMBY.

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