In this program, we're giving a little extra love to analog synthesizers, and my two featured artists have got the ticket to our analog bliss. First up in the program, Grant Beasley from the United Kingdom has a new record out on Cyclical Dreams that has blown my mind and transported me to distant worlds with his new release "The Vanishing Point", and Moscow-based artist Chronos takes us on a guided tour of his impressive analog and digital synthesizer museum with a stunning live performance captured in his album "Synthesizer Museum Live".
In this program, my two featured artists both bring us to unique spaces for reflection, to stop and savor this moment. My first featured artist is s28, who is going to take us on a trek through the thin-aired alpine range with his breath-taking new album "The Plains Behind Us"; and later in the program French composer Wilson Trouvé has a heart-warming five song EP perfect for a moment to put life on pause.
In this program I will be showcasing two deeply contemplative releases that reward the concentrated and devoted listener with ever-unfolding layers of mystique and texture-rich beauty. First up, Rafael Anton Irisarri has a new album born out of improvisational sessions in a former Dutch psychiatric prison, reflecting on our supposedly connected digital age; and later in the program Nairobi-born electronic artist and sound designer KMRU is back with his second release on the electronic music label Editions Mego sporting an album that explores a more noisier palette of sound in homage to the distorted guitar playing of his more formative years.