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Cal Tjader/Talkin' Verve- Roots of Acid Jazz/07 Los Bandidos
Cal Tjader crafted one the sleekest and most distinctivesounds in Latin jazz.

Jennifer/Higdon - Concerto 4-3 (3 Roaring Smokies)
Concerto 4-3 blends elements of bluegrass music
with traditional classical music.


Dean De Benedictis/2026 Salvaging the Future (2026)/04 They Fought to Sway
is a drifting, searching, and quietly radiant work

Danilo Perez/Danilo Pérez/6. Body and Soul
Ruben Blades (Vocals), Joe Lovano (Tenor and Soprano Sax),
David Sanchez (Tenor and Soprano Sax), Santi Debriano (Bass)
and Jack DeJohnette (Drums).


Carlos Santana/santana - playin' with carlos ( 2005 )/05-Hannibal (ft McCoy Tyner)
Tyner's use of quartal harmony (chords built in intervals of fourths),
significantly influence jazz compositions by creating
a unique sound that departs from traditional major
and minor tonalities.


William Ackerman/2010 - New England Roads/William Ackerman - 13 - A Koan From Hugh
Along with David Cullen, Jill Halley, Jeff Oster, Jeff Haynes,
Derrik Jordan, Noah Wilding or Shambhu, lend their instruments


Adam O'Farrill/ELEPHANT/03 Sea Triptych, Pt 3 - Iris Murdoch
"Elegant, exploratory, and emotionally dynamic." —Qobuz

Bert Wilson and Rebirth/07 Nancy's Back
an augmented five piece groovin’ hard with chops galore

James Blood Ulmer, Bill Laswell, Adam Rudolph, Donald Sturge Anthony McKenzie II -
The Stone Residency 2015 - Day 2 Set 1 - 02 The Stone Residency 2015 Day 2 set 1 part 2
James Blood Ulmer: guitar
Bill Laswell: bass
Adam Rudolph: percussion
Donald Sturge Anthony McKenzie II: drums



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Deuter - Aum/04-Offener Himmel 1-Gleichzeitig
Aum is the second studio album by krautrock composer Deuter.

Milestones/09 Something Wicked This Way Comes
Shimmering and floating, dynamic patterns of sequencer-spun
urgency eventually give way to lush atmospheres and glowing textures


Maiani da Silva/04 - Traveler
What separates and also connects us to the
delicate web of nature, our environment, other species, and one another?


Kaleidescope/03-Enigma
The name “Chronotope,” referring to the essential unity of space and time,
resonates with both literary and scientific traditions.


Toward The Horizon/06 Liquid Heaven
‘spacemusic’ created by Craig Padilla, a veteran of electronic music creation
and Marvin Allen, a noted guitarist and master of the synthesiser.


Fire Opal/07 La Extraña
a stone that is said to have powers offering its bearer healing,
protection, and safe passage through ceremonial journeys
– Eric Jensen


Interdwell/10 The Slow Train
Hidden in Interdwell’s kaleidoscopic sound are shades of all their past work

Brad Mehldau/The Art Of The Trio, Vol. 1/09 Nobody Else But Me
a deeply felt empathy between the three players, a loose freedom
in their collective rhythmic phrasing



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Rachel Eckroth John Hadfield/Speaking In Tongues/03 Blood Moon
There is something wistful and empowering about wanderlust

Kelly David/Meditation in Green MP4/06 Moonlight Mekong
a psychedelic musical journey deep into the heart of Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta

Maps and Diagrams/obscura/07 Pyramid of the Moon
Maps and Diagrams - Obscura - released: November 27, 2023

Hammock/04 Blood Moon 20150404
For those unable to see, listen and imagine.

Deborah Martin & Jill Haley/Rendering Time/06 Shadow of the Moon
compels with a lightness and poetry that seems an
unlikely match with the more prevalent, often darker electronic tones of ambient music


Alan Hawkshaw & John Leach/A07 Sonata In The Moonlight
Stained glass windows

Helen Bolan/Moonscapes (Original)
Our own Small Net Talent

Giorgos Tabakis, Rebecca Trescher - Dual Nature- Live Sessions/06.Moon Elegy
two musicians are performing original compositions for clarinet / bass clarinet & 7 string guitar

Todd Mosby/American Heartland/10 A Full Moon Rising
a musical journey designed to capture the soul, spirit, beauty, and character of Missouri

Chris Russell/Lumen/08 Whisper Moon
subtly shifting textures form a continuum of brightness that is both lived in and emotionally grounded

Miles Davis/Birth of The Cool/03 Moon Dreams
a perfect fit for the insouciant, dark-sunglasses-at-midnight spirit


AP_065_20260923_Playlist

Interdwell_SPM4801_MP3s_CoverArt/06 Interdwell
Dark Sky Alliance: percussionist Jerry Marotta , keyboardist Rupert Greenall,
synthesist Eric “the” Taylor, and guitarist David Helpling


Robert Rich Markus Reuter/Incubation/11 To Find What's Missing
a more earthy and subterranean core ... seeking balance
inside of dark silence.


Green Isac Orchestra b a r/03 With Hat
electro-acoustic blend of kinetic rhythms,
inventive melodies, and organic soundscapes

Green Isac Orchestra bar/06 Without Hat

Arvo Pärt/Lamentate/09 Lamentabile
Estonian composer Arvo Pärt conceived Lamentate as a lament
not for the dead but for the living, ‘who have to deal
with these issues for themselves’


Jennifer/Higdon - Harp Concerto (1 First Light)
Yolanda Kondonassis plays a mean harp, and Jennifer Higdon
has written a lovely concerto to exploit her abilities.


Kelly David - Angkor - 01 Winds of Change
rich textures and surreal electronic sounds, along with ethnic-inspired
rhythmic passages to express a travelogue of mystery, impending danger
and the vastnass of a lost kingdom in the jungles


Bill Laswell - Means Of Deliverance - 06 In Falling Light

Jennifer Higdon - Piano Trio, Voices, Impressions/07 - Cypress String Quartet - Impressions 2003- Quiet Art
explores the relationship between sound and color, and the potential
for such elements to convey different moods



AP_064_20260916_Playlist

Charles Mingus - (1997) Mingus Plays Piano/01 - 01 - Myself When I Am Real
(Remastered) Mingus Plays Piano is a 1964 solo jazz album by Charles Mingus.

[1988] Brazilian Adventure/11 suddenly
Miles Davis called Pascoal “the most important musician on the planet”
and included three of Pascoal’s otherworldly compositions on his
1971 classic Live-Evil.


Kalle Kalima, Knut Reiersrud, Phil Donkin & Jim Black
- Flying Like Eagles (ver.2)/01. Strong Wind, Deep Water, Tall Trees, Warm Fire
Improvisation is instant composing.

Inner Symphonies (2021)/05 - There Will Be Hope
to bring people hope and solace through our music

Jennifer/Higdon - Dance Card (5 Machina Rockus)
Machina Rockus

Jennifer/Higdon - Dance Card (4 Celestial Blue)
“Celestial Blue,” which introduces a slow, surging theme developed in pensive solos through the orchestra

Adrian Lane - Playing With Ghosts - 12 A Nip In The Air
Adrian Lane uses 100-year-old cylinder recordings
as the starting point for new compositions


Bill Laswell/Mount Analogue [2026]/06. The Application Of Obscure Knowledge
A 100-Minute Sonic Ascent into the Unknown


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Phonothek/Lost In Fog/03.Phonothek - She was in a Dream
hypnotic ambient textures mixed with a constant barrage of new sounds overlaid,
plunging the listener into a weird, but captivating, surrealist dream sequence.


Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debby (1961)/03 - Detour Ahead
emotive interplay between the musicians that at some points seemed
almost deconstructed has served as a model for piano trio play.


Herbie Hancock/The Joni Letters/05 Sweet Bird
Give a listen
The Man

Steven Halpern/Relaxation Suite/07 Heartnotes
Steven Halpern and David Darling feat. Bettine Ware, Jorge Alfano,
Georgia Kelly and Schawkie Roth - Heartnotes


NAClassical John McGuire/05.Nocturne for Horn & Piano (John Mcguire)
Nocturne was written by Traci Mendel for horn and piano for McGuire’s birthday in 2000.

sun-ra-arkestra-north-sea-jazz-festival-1979-nl/The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter/04 Night Dreamer
Hard Bop--all original compositions penned by Wayne himself

Jaco Pastorius/Truth Liberty Soul/05 Liberty City
Jaco Pastorius leading a 22-piece big band on June 27, 1982 at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City

Billy Joel Fantasies & Delusions/09 Opus 5. Waltz #2 (Steinway Hall)
Music performed by Richard Joo


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Kalle Kalima, Knut Reiersrud, Phil Donkin & Jim Black - Flying Like Eagles (ver.2)/05. The Wayfaring Stranger
Bass – Phil Donkin
Drums – Jim Black
Electric guitar – Kalle Kalima
Resonator guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, harmonica – Knut Reiersrud


Best of Coltrane/07 Central Park West
Coltrane changes (Coltrane Matrix or cycle, also known as chromatic
third relations and multi-tonic changes) are a harmonic progression variation using
substitute chords over common jazz chord progressions.


Aphex Twin/Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (CD2)/05 - Z Twig
"I'd go to sleep for ten minutes and write three tracks –
only small segments, not 100 per cent finished tracks.
I'd wake up and I'd only been asleep for ten minutes.
That's quite mental." — Richard D. James, 1995


John Luther Adams- Lines Made By Walking/04 untouched- i. rising
the work explores open string sonorities and harmonics

Adrian Lane - Playing With Ghosts {PS43} [WEB FLAC]/Adrian Lane - Playing With Ghosts - 09 Father & Son
the music of Adrian Lane is nostalgic and tidy, like an old mansion
whose curtains have been thrown open and whose floors have been swept.


Alan Hawkshaw & John Leach/B06 Inspiration
Inspiration

WXR_JR - Excerpts From The Vault Vol. 1 - 07 True Jubilissimo
While listening intently to his sound art, you can discover
long-sealed tales of the astonishing world we live in.


NAClassical Maiani da Silva/08 - Sonata for Violin & Electronic Sounds “X_O”_ II. Kepler 16b
What separates and also connects us to the delicate web
of nature, our environment, other species, and one another?


Yo Yo Ma/Tryptych/04 Triptych, for Violin & Cello_ II.
Yo-Yo Ma’s compilation is the more obviously eclectic,
encompassing both the popular idiom of Gershwin as well as the
Schoenberg-inspired intellectualism of Kirchner.


John Adams - Collected Works (CD29) Son of Chamber Symphony/01. Son of Chamber Symphony I.
'Adams’ music is both lush and austere, grand and precise. - New York Times

2026 - michael scott dawson & anthéne - broadcast colours/03 - asleep inside
'broadcast colours' is the musical equivalent of the invisible
but deeply felt connection between people, sound and place



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Sun-Mi Hong/Fourth Page: Meaning of a Nest/04 Toddler's Eye
“Toddler’s Eye” offers a quirky side, a brief sidestep,
that continuously shifts from idea to idea


Church of Hed/Under Blue Ridge Skies/05 Our Grandfather The Mountain
a surreal progressive electronic music journey down the Blue Ridge Parkway

Christen McBride Edgar Meyers/15 Tennessee Blues
two of the world's foremost bassists

Stanley Jordan - 1988 - Flying Home/02 Tropical Storm
lots of little aural and percussive effects in unexpected spaces
to create a tapestry of modern guitar innovation


Ry Cooder - 1997 - Buena Vista Social Club/04 - Pueblo Nuevo
Two tracks were included from the Cuban danzón repertoire, "Pueblo Nuevo" and
"Buena Vista Social Club", both dedicated to locations in Havana.


Kronos Quartet/Aleksandra Vrebalov - The Sea Ranch Songs/09 Starry Night
Sea Ranch, a small community perched on Northern California’s oceanside cliffs,
is one of a few places where the 1960s utopian dream of living
in harmony with the land still survives…


James C Davis - Beveled/Arc and Edge/08 Heartstring Saga
The name ‘Beveled’ is meant to evoke a soundscape that uses softer edges,
unexpected angles, and a generally gentler and warmer side of modern creative music - Davis


Stephen Upshaw/Veneer/01 Lavinia by Errollyn Wallen
A poetic, lyrical piece with warm, sometimes jazzy
echoes that gives the solo viola a deeply emotional voice.


Pharoah Sanders/Floating Points/Movement 2
Promises (Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra album)

Pharoah Sanders/Floating Points/Movement 3

Pharoah Sanders/Floating Points/Movement 4

Substak + LR Friberg/The White Between Words/04 Movement Implies Convergence
She'd been coming to the fjord every morning that week.
A silence answered. The kind that wasn't empty, just unseen.



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William Ackerman/2010 - New England Roads/William Ackerman - 08 - T Bone Called It Motown
Inspired by The Kingston Trio

All that Jazz, Vol. 33 - Benny Goodman – The Essentials, Vol. 2 - Live at Basin Street (2015)/08 - One O'Clock Jump
Benny Goodman's version of Count Basie's classic

Bert Wilson and Rebirth/06 A Real Gypsy Word
lines and intervals often turned choppy, leaping and loping along,
then jutting off at quirky angles, lurching into clipped staccato
phrases or wild bursts of speed,


Aaron Copland/Works for Orchestra/02 - Our Town
composed for the screen version of Thornton Wilder's Our Town

Chuck Mangione 1981/11. All Blues
American flugelhorn player, came to prominence
as a member of Art Blakey's band in the 1960s


Duke Ellington John Coltrane/Money Jungle/Money Jungle (1962)/7. Solitude
a ballad, a piano solo piece until Mingus and Roach enter in the final minute.

Rebecca Trescher/Changing Perspectives/01 Mäandern
As she was composing, Trescher was animated by an awareness that
nature sometimes takes back what civilization has stolen from it



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Non Fiction ‐ Piano Concerto in Four Movements (2025)/01 - Non Fiction - I.I Sonore
The piano concerto strives to create a soundscape of aural juxtaposition, to examine
how we respond to the atrocities of war and human suffering, looking through
the lens of modern horrors in both Ukraine and Palestine, and how we “observe”
and “hear” them through our use of digital technology.


Non Fiction ‐ Piano Concerto in Four Movements (2025)/02 - Non Fiction - I.II Animato

Non Fiction ‐ Piano Concerto in Four Movements (2025)/03 - Non Fiction - I.III Meno mosso

Adrian Lane - Playing With Ghosts - 02 Playing With Ghosts
“I’ve always liked the idea of collage
and often include this in my visual art,” says Adrian.


Wayne Shorter Native Dancer/02 Beauty And The Beast
notable for blending jazz, rock and funk elements with
Brazilian rhythms in an attempt to create "world" music broadly accessible to
people from many different cultures


Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (CD2)/08 - Lichen
James said he produced most of the tracks while lucid dreaming—in other words,
he literally made Selected Ambient Works Volume II in his sleep.


2026 - anthéne and Far away Nebraska - great plains/01 - miles to go
Miles To Go ... 'bout says it all

1959 - Mingus Ah Um/09 - Jelly Roll
a landmark jazz masterpiece that showcases Charles Mingus's genius
for blending gospel, blues, and hard bop into complex, soul-stirring compositions


1997 - Buena Vista Social Club/13 - Buena Vista Social Club
Buena_Vista_Social_Club

Duke Ellington John Coltrane/Money Jungle/Money Jungle (1962)/2. Le Fleurs Africaines (African Flower)
Ellington's "imaginary vision of a beautiful flower blooming "only for God" in the heart".

Lionel Hampton/American Swinging In Paris/03 - Geneviève
one of his standout French recordings from the 50s

Steven Halpern/Relaxation Suite/04 Relaxation Suite II
new age gem blends soft piano, ambient textures, and healing tones


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Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble [New Impossibilities] 04 Song of Eight Unruly Tipsy Poets
Silkroad acknowledges that Boston, MA, is the traditional territory of
the Mashpee Wampanoag, Aquinnah Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Massachusett tribal nations.


Todd Mosby/American Heartland/08 American Heartland
...what truly defines American Heartland is its sense of presence. This is music
that feels lived-in, and brought to life through genuine human interaction.


Richard Stoltzman - New York Counterpoint - 11 - Steve Reich, New York Counterpoint
Richard Stoltzman performs his 1991 production of
Steve Reich's 1985 work New York Counterpoint


Jaco Pastorius/Truth Liberty Soul/13 Twins
Truth, Liberty & Soul showcases Jaco's brilliant compositions for large ensembles

Inner Symphonies (2021)/07 - Anima Demons
Hania Rani teams with renowned cellist and childhood friend Dobrawa Szocher

Yusef Lateef - The Gentle Giant 2011/05 The Poor Fisherman
“The Poor Fisherman” tempers the celebratory mood with a flute solo of utterly poignant desolation

JazzClassics/085 Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Pedal Up
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - reeds McCoy Tyner - piano Stanley Clarke - bass Lenny White - drums

Modern Jazz Quartet/56-64/07 Piazza Navona
a jazz ensemble established in 1952 that blended classical music, cool jazz, blues and bebop


AP_057_20260729_Playlist

Ánicoc - Teku - 03 Umi
evokes emotion and imagination, and creates immersive soundscapes
that transport listeners to otherworldly realms


HRTL - CV Freqs- Volume 1 - 12 Therapy
CV FREQS compilation gathers thirteen artists -
Leoš Hort is HRTL - minimal techno and house elements


anthéne - Shelter - 07 Embrace
juxtaposition between light and dark - Written and recorded by Brad Deschamps

Mossed In Translation/04 Lichen Chronicles (Forest Basha Remix)
gritty, grimy and covered in organic biofilm, covered in moss, actually

Daiki F - A Walk in the Countryside - 05 Forest Bathing Part 1
Daiki F - A Walk in the Countryside - 06 Forest Bathing Part 2
It is usually done by walking through a forest at a slow and gentle pace,
without carrying any electronics, and taking the time to soak up the
surrounding nature.


Lovely Music Library - Ambient Electronica - 07 - Dancing Lights
Haunting and beautiful

Council of Nine - The Peoples Temple - 03 Redwood Valley
A tiny kitten sits next to me. Watching. A dog barks. The birds gather on the telephone wires.
Let all the story of this Peoples Temple be told.
Let all the books be opened.


Black Brunswicker - Dreams of a Sunflower River/05 When My Memory Starts to Fade
drifts along blissfully towards nowhere in particular, unmoored and weightless,
referencing the 250-mile-long Mississippi tributary closely connected to the Delta blues


Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (CD2)/18 - Windowsill
music that "breaks with all of ambient's feel-good premises. Isolationism is ice-olationist, offering cold comfort

NAClassical John McGuire/02.Landscapes, Series 2- II. Rain Falling on Rice Fields
sitting quietly beside a rice field in the light rain,
observing only the quiet and stillness of his world,
unaware of time or space


Past Inside the Present/marine eyes + IKSRE - Nurture - 02 Rainforest Dawn
whispering that in nature we can always come back to ourselves,
and in turn be there for others in a deeper way



AP_056_20260722_Playlist

Gatarse/Gatarse-Gestos
I was thinking of supernovas and other cosmic light
displays as gestures of emotion and intent -Gatarse -~- A friend of Astral Peaks


The Broken Cradle The Burial of the Dead/02 - The Broken Cradle - Age and Youth
https://www.magazinesixty.com/the-broken-cradle-the-burial-of-the-dead/

The Broken Cradle The Burial of the Dead/05 - The Broken Cradle - A Game of Chess
The Broken Cradle is Eric McLean, an independent artist

The OO-Ray - Generate/07-generate
generative music processes as a way to give up control

Steven Halpern/Relaxation Suite/13 Heartstrings
generative music processes as a way to give up control
Bonus: Liner notes

Green Isac Orchestra bar/06 Without Hat.1644
a living organism where the unmistakeable Green Isac sound is developed and arranged

AB156-MP3/AB156-MP3/12 - Un être humain ordinaire
thematic concepts distinguishing his work are absence and silence;
the ineffable exchange between viewer and image; random moments of
stillness within a landscape in flux.


Marcus Belgrave - Space Odyssey
Released amidst the vibrant and experimental spirit of 1974,
this is a profound statement on the era's inclination towards blending different musical elements.


Billy Joel Fantasies & Delusions/11 Opus 4. Fantasy (Film Noir)
Music for solo piano, performed by Richard Joo


AP_055_20260715_Playlist

Best of Benny Carter/Benny Carter - Another Time, Another Place
Benny Carter and Phil Woods Accompanied by pianist Chris Neville,
bassist John Lockwood, and drummer Sherman Ferguson


Herbie Hancock/The Joni Letters/03 Both Sides Now
featuring cover songs of music written by
Canadian singer-songwriter [SUPERSTAR] Joni Mitchell


Chick Corea/Forever Yours/05 - Mozart_ Piano Sonata in F, KV332 (2nd Part - Adagio) (Live)
The Farewell Performance, a deeply affecting goodbye and
a definitive document of the Chick Corea solo piano experience


Stanley Turentine/Straight Ahead/05 The Longer You Wait
His music.
The Man.

Arturo Sandoval/03 - Arturo Sandoval - Cuatro Gigantes
On November 20, 2013, President Barack Obama
presented Sandoval with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.


Brian Eno - Another Green World/08 - Sombre Reptiles
one of Brian Eno's most evocative instrumentals

Aaron Copland/Works for Orchestra/03 - Quiet City
Copland's primary goal was to compose the best music he could.
He had a secondary goal: to promote the cause of American music
and to increase performance opportunities for composers


Yo Yo Ma/03 Triptych, for Violin & Cello_ I
illustrate the fantastic diversity of styles that are so characteristic of American 20th-century music

Stanley Jordan - Touch Sensitive/07 - Orb
this little-known 1982 release was actually Stanley Jordan's first album


AP_054_20260708_Playlist

Brian Eno - Another Green World/05 - The Big Ship
The album marked a transition towards his late 1970s ambient work

sun-ra-arkestra-north-sea-jazz-festival-1979-nl/The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter/06 Adam's Apple
Recorded Live at Northsea Jazz Festival, 's-Gravenhage,
The Hague, Netherlands, July 12, 1985


Alan Hawkshaw & John Leach/B04 Mosque
[Link]

Chuck Mangione 1981/02. The XIth Commandment Suite
feels so good

NAClassical John McGuire/01.Landscapes, Series 2- I. Tall Mountains, Rising Mist, and Shinto Shrine (John Mcguire)
Japanese landscape paintings and woodcuts

sun-ra-arkestra-north-sea-jazz-festival-1979-nl/Weather Report Tail Spinnin/06 - Five Short Stories
a must-listen if you're into fusion or 70s experimental jazz

Arturo Sandoval/01 Wheatleigh Hall
Dizzy and Arturo in Helsinki

Wes Montgomery/03 Blue 'N' Boogle Full House Remastered 2026
Live at Tsubo Berkeley CA, June 25 1962


AP_053_20260701_Playlist

Kaleidescope/11-Clear Bell Ringing in Empty Sky (remix)
Kaleidoscope spans a wide range of musical styles–meditative
ambient art music, impressionist jazz, nouveau-raga, classical and
post-classical minimalism


Masayoshi Miyazaki - China Life - 06 Bonfire
a Japanese man alone in China, experiencing all this with no guidebooks

Carlos Dengler - The After - 06 Gift To The Fire
a meditation on timelessness, ethereality, and their
relation to the vanishing moment we call life


The Masterpiece Collection, Volume 5: Händel/18 Fireworks Music - Concerto no. 26 in D_ IV. La Réjouissance_ Allegro
The Masterpiece Collection, Volume 5: Händel/19 Fireworks Music - Concerto no. 26 in D_ Menuet 1
The Masterpiece Collection, Volume 5: Händel/20 Fireworks Music - Concerto no. 26 in D_ Menuet 2
George Frideric Handel

Earthen Sea ghost/10 Deep Sky
fluttering arrythmias of dust, percussion, and yearning.

NAClassical Maiani da Silva/01 - Shaped by Fire
combining music with anthropology to highlight our
connections to our nature and origins


Ned Milligan - Considerable - 04 Firefly Symphony
trying to communicate the meaning of being in a particular location

Shabaka/Of The Earth/02 Those Of The Sky
This record is my celebration of freedom in creative self expression

ALPFV - Quentin Lachapèle - Port Sleep - Dust Tail - Of Mountains and Seas - AMBIENT TRANSMISSION/ALPFV - AMBIENT TRANSMISSION - 01 Ambient Transmission
neo-classical tonalities, explorative electronic textures and experimental sampling techniques

Tomo-Nakaguchi - The Long Night in Winter Light/02 - Twilight glow of the sky
strings cede space to piano while drones pass overhead like shifting clouds

A Radical Horizon - Goldston-Christoff/Refracted riots
Stefan Christoff is a Canadian musician, community organizer,
and journalist based in Montreal, Quebec. Lori Goldston is a cellist, composer, improvisor, producer,
writer and teacher from Seattle.



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