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PGM 928R 'APPARATIONS' : oct. 30-nov.6

BORIS KARLOFF:  SCORPIO...gateway to the underworld.

Once again we return to the dark times, the world of witches and sorcerers, ghosts and goblins, spirits...and shades. It's an emotional terrain encoded in our genes: ancient and primal, ruled by fear and revulsion, death and decay...an atavistic legacy from the days when magic and mystery ruled the earth.

Today, we have Dark Ambient Electronica to exorcise those lingering demons, an art form that conjures up strange, disturbing, melancholy worlds...with sound. Think of it as sonic therapy for your inner phantoms.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, a ghostly, necromantic journey for Halloween, on a program called APPARITIONS. Music is by CIRCULAR, VOICE OF EYE, SOUNDING THE DEEP, DAN POUND, HUMAN METRONOME & 33 TETRAGAMMON, ROBERT RICH & B.LUSTMORD, and TOR LUNDVALL.

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Fantastic Robert Rich Interview

ONE OF THE DEEPEST "innerviews" I've ever seen is with longtime Hearts of Space core artist ROBERT RICH and Innerviews.org founder ANIL PRASAD. It dives into Bob's history and evolves into some truly profound musical and philosophical observations. If you have a serious interest in Ambient/Space/Psychedelic/Shamanic music and sound, you will want to ingest this carefully more than once.

LINK: http://www.innerviews.org/inner/rich.html

 

PGM 1092 'SPIRIT OF ARMENIA' : oct. 23-30

THE ANCIENT LAND OF ARMENIA has had a complex and often contentious history. Sitting astride the Silk Road trade route in the southern Caucasus, east of Turkey and north of Iran and Azerbaijan, Armenia served as one of the gateways between Christian Europe and the non-Western cultures of the Middle East and Central Asia.

Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as the state religion in 301 A.D. Both location and history account for the rich set of cultural influences that became Armenian music, from roots in Zoroastrian and Pagan folk and sacred music, through the rise of Christianity, and continuing to evolve for over 1500 years.

The great historical figure of Armenian music was KOMITAS — the late 19th/early 20th century scholar, priest, folk song collector and arranger, composer, choir-master and singer. Educated in an Armenian seminary, then in western classical music in Berlin, Komitas combined traditional sacred and secular Armenian modal music with western classical practice, to create the foundation for an authentic Armenian classical music.

The German ECM label has been documenting new and traditional Armenian music for over 30 years, with a series of superb recordings many of which have been featured on these programs. On this transmission of Hearts of Space, we focus on two of their latest releases, on a program called THE SPIRIT OF ARMENIA.

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PGM 1091 'AUTUMN SONATA' : oct. 16-23

EUROPEAN CHAMBER MUSIC has a long and well-earned reputation for intimacy and depth. From Medieval and "Early Music" ensembles, through the inventions of the Renaissance and the Baroque eras, the classical expressions of HAYDN and MOZART, the profound late quartets of BEETHOVEN, and many innovations in the modern era — chamber music only seems to grow stronger from its limitations.

The modern film score has created new opportunities for composers of Ambient chamber music, which brings together both electronic and traditional instruments. Fall is the ideal environment for this music, scoring a season of cooling, darkening, quieting and recession. On this transmission of Hearts of Space from guest producer JOSEPH JACOBS, an hour of sublime Ambient chamber music for the season, on a program called AUTUMN SONATA.

Music is by JEFF BEAL, MATT ALBER, BRUCE KAPHAN, PIETER NOOTEN & MICHAEL BROOK, STARS OF THE LID, and A WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN.

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PGM 1090 'DESCENDING DARK' : oct. 9-16

IN A WORLD of autumn transition and receding light, Ambient music echoes the season with dark drones, descending progressions and complex tone colors. It's music for a time of withering flora, and busy fauna preparing for winter's cold embrace — a realm of muted colors, bittersweet melodies, and a tinge of melancholy for the lost days of summer.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, electronic spacemusic for early autumn, on a program called DESCENDING DARK. Music is by PATRICK O'HEARN, CHAD KETTERING, MAX CORBACHO, STEVE ROACH, NUMINA, and STU JENKS.

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PGM 1089 'TWILIGHT MESA' : oct.2 - 9

Somewhere on the way from ethnic specialty music to the therapeutic edge of popular culture, the Native American flute took on a new mission. Originally used only by a few southwestern tribes like the Anasazi and the Lakota Sioux, the buttery tone and serene energy of these soft cedar instruments opened up a new audience for meditation and stress reduction.

For a few years in the 1980s and 90s, the Native flute found itself within the then-burgeoning new age genre, but as new age faded became a specialty music once again. It's a story that helps separate musicians who are called to the instrument, from those who merely follow popular trends.

In the hands of a master, the cedar flute creates a world of sound that evokes the vast spaces of the American West, opens the heart and summons the spirit. On this transmission of Hearts of Space, another journey in the gentle world of the Native American flute, on a program called TWILIGHT MESA.

Music is by SCOTT AUGUST, DEBORAH MARTIN, GARETH, ANN LICATER, COYOTE OLDMAN, RANDY GRANGER, MICHAEL BRANDT DE MARIA, and PETER KATER & R.CARLOS NAKAI.

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