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PGM 986 'EUROTRONIC' : july 27-august 3

These days music moves around the globe with the speed of light. New styles and genres breed and combine every day. So what's it mean to say there's a European sound in electronic music?

Forty years ago in the early 1970s, progressive German, French, and British artists embraced the new electronic instruments just being invented. Joined by Scandinavians, Spanish, Italians, Dutch, and others from around the continent, they distilled their classical and ethnic heritages into something new and different, yet sonically appealing. As told in the excellent music documentary KRAUTROCK, German artists and bands with their aptitude for technology were particularly influential.

Those seminal days are long past; popular European electronic music became Disco, which morphed into Electronic Dance Music and went mainstream, while ambient and experimental electronic music are still evolving into a healthy niche of contemporary music.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, we focus on Euro-centric sounds and spaces called...EUROTRONIC. Music is by THIERRY DAVID, FANGER & SCHONWALDER, BROEKHUIS, KELLER & SCHONWALDER, REMY, NEURONIUM, NEMESIS, KLAUS SCHULZE, PHILLIPE EMMANUEL GEUBLE, and FRANK VAN BOGAERT.

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PGM 985 'BADLANDS' : july 20-27

Out on the western range, there's places where the deep prairie meets the desert at the end of the line. Places where the tough get going and the outlaws go to hide: where the land's eroded, the water's scarce, the weather's bad, the nights are dangerous, and everything you see is a survivor. It's called "The Badlands." 

On this transmission of HEARTS of SPACE, a program inspired by this hard and beautiful environment...called BADLANDS. Music is by DANIEL LANOIS, ERIC TINGSTAD, CARL WEINGARTEN, BRUCE KAPHAN, EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, JAPANCAKES and DAVID TORN.

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PGM 954R 'SUNSTRUCK' : july 13-20

Consider the sun, ladies and gentlemen...our native star: source of the energy that fuels our world.

The sun is great. The sun is good. We love the sun — within reason. Whether for our skin or the whole planet, too much of it...is a problem.

In summer, we renew our relationship with the sun. Our focus moves outdoors and into the natural world. It's the season of people on the move — a time for travel, exploration, vacation, re-creation.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space...we celebrate the sun in all its glory, on a program called SUNSTRUCK. Music is by ATOMIC SKUNK, CARBON BASED LIFEFORMS, DAVID ARKENSTONE, MARCONI UNION, JAZZCOMPUTER.ORG, CYBERNIUM, and ISHQ.

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PGM 841R 'FLYING and FLOATING 2' : july 6-13

These days electronic waveforms bubble up from every corner of the globe like some kind of benign gas. Wherever they come from, they often share the qualities of flying...or floating.

Flying music is rhythm-powered and moves through space, heading for worlds beyond; floating music is goal-free — ethereal, static, and timeless.

On this encore transmission of Hearts of Space, another electronic journey in our flying and floating series called...FLYING and FLOATING 2. Music is by GREY AREA, PAN ELECTRIC, SNAKESTYLE, COLOURFORM, EMANUELE ERRANTE, CYBERCHUMP, and TETSU INOUE.

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