(New Age, Instrumental, Ambient, Electronic) VA - Hearts of Space Radioshow (выпуски 1400-1407) - 2025, MP3, 192 kbps

HEARTS of SPACE PGM 1400 : "SENTIENT SYNTHESIS" (59:00)
PGM NOTE : The emerging frontier of Human-AI musical collaboration
GENRE(s) : Ambient/Downtempo, Electronic Space, Non-Seasonal
FIRST BROADCAST : 4-Jul-2025
INTRO : It’s mid-2025, and on this transmission of Hearts of Space, we’ve arrived at one of our centennial benchmarks: Program Number 1400. It’s a tradition that goes back to our third year of national broadcasting in 1986, when we reached Program 100. On these centennial specials we look back, forward, or beyond our normal programming, searching for a wider perspective and deeper understanding of the music and cultural experiences we bring you.
I’m STEPHEN HILL, producer and host of Hearts of Space, and in considering possible themes for program 1400, the rapid rise of "AI" or "Artificial Intelligence," jumped out—for its power, scope, and ability to bring fundamental advances in how we learn, work, create, and communicate—as well as the possibly disastrous prospect of loss of control that accompanies the benefits. "For the first time in human history," says science and biotechnology historian YUVAL NOAH HARARI, "we will be sharing the planet with a new super-intelligent agent capable of making and executing its own decisions."
As media producers we depend on technology, so Hearts of Space had been experimenting with AI tools and services since the release of ChatGPT by OPEN AI, and the AI assistant CLAUDE from ANTHROPIC. In this process, our guide, "AI Whisperer," and "prompt engineer" has been longtime Hearts of Space listener TOM PARISH of Austin, Texas, producer and host of the essential podcast "AI for LIFELONG LEARNERS." So, it’s appropriate that the combination of the AI, CLAUDE and the human, TOM PARISH are our "guest producers" for this fourteen-hundredth transmission…of Hearts of Space.
Working on program 1400, Tom asked Claude to write an introduction to the program in the style of Hearts of Space and explain what they were trying to achieve. Here’s what CLAUDE said: "We stand at a pivotal moment in human creativity as artificial intelligence begins to collaborate with us in the making of art and music. Like electronic instruments before them, these new systems don't replace human imagination — they extend it into unexplored territories."
"The results aren't cold or mechanical as some feared, but often surprising, nuanced, and deeply emotive. In the ambient realm especially, the human-machine partnership is creating music of remarkable subtlety and complexity — compositions that could never have existed without this new symbiotic relationship."
We also asked Claude to recommend artists who were already working with AI, especially those who’ve never been heard on Hearts of Space. Of the 13 artists on this show, only three have appeared on previous programs. We’ll be hearing music by RETLAND, HOLLY HERNDON, THREE-SIX, ACTRESS, KELLY MORAN, HOLLIE KENNIFF & GOLDMUND, FLOATING POINTS, BRIAN ENO & BEATIE WOLFE, RYOJI IKEDA, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, and ALVA NOTO.
On this 1400th edition of Hearts of Space, we explore the emerging frontier of Human-AI musical collaboration. A program called SENTIENT SYNTHESIS…on this transmission…of Hearts of Space.
RETLAND
Blueshift < 0:00->4:10 >
: BLUESHIFT [single] ; Retland; 2023
: Info: www.retland.bandcamp.com
HOLLY HERNDON
Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt < 4:10->7:21 >
: PROTO ; 4AD; 2019
: Info: www.hollyherndon.com
36
Hyperbox < 7:21->10:08 >
: DREAM TEMPEST ; 3six Recordings; 2014
: Info: www.3six.net
ACTRESS
Ray < 10:08->13:13 >
: STATIK ; Smalltown Supersound; 2024
: Info: www.whoisactress.com
ACTRESS
Falling Rizlas < 13:13->15:42 >
: AZD ; Ninja Tune; 2017
: Info: www.whoisactress.com
KELLY MORAN
Radian < 15:42->18:27 >
: ULTRAVIOLET ; Warp; 2018
: Info: www.kellymoran.warp.net
HOLLIE KENNIFF & GOLDMUND
For One Another < 18:27->22:17 >
: FOR ONE ANOTHER [single] ; Nettwerk; 2025
: Info: www.holliekenniff.bandcamp.com
FLOATING POINTS
Sea-Watch < 22:17->26:23 >
: CRUSH ; Ninja Tune; 2019
: Info: www.floatingpoints.co.uk
RETLAND
Fata Morgana (Solo Version) < 26:23->29:54 >
: WATERLY ; Retland; 2025
: Info: www.retland.bandcamp.com
RETLAND
Driftwood < 29:54->33:24 >
: DRIFTING, FLOATING ; Retland; 2025
: Info: www.retland.bandcamp.com
BRIAN ENO & BEATIE WOLFE
Big Empty Country (Day) - part I < 33:24->40:55 >
: LATERAL ; Verve Records; 2025
: Info: www.brian-eno.net; www.beatiewolfe.com
RYOJI IKEDA
Luxus 1-3 < 40:55->46:19 >
: RYOJI IKEDA (EP) ; Sahko Recordings; 2020
: Info: www.ryojiikeda.com
FLOATING POINTS
Total Eclipse < 46:19->49:39 >
: LAZARUS (Adult Swim Original Series Soundtrack) ; Milan; 2025
: Info: www.floatingpoints.co.uk
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, ALVA NOTO & BRYCE DESSNER
Out of Horse < 49:39->53:42 >
: THE REVENANT [soundtrack] ; Milan; 2016
: Info: www.sitesakamoto.com; www.alvanoto.com
ALVA NOTO
Xerrox Arc < 53:42->58:59 >
: XERROX VOL. 5 ; Noton; 2024
: Info: www.alvanoto.com
PRODUCED BY : Steve Davis and Stephen Hill
© 1983-2025 Hearts of Space

HEARTS of SPACE PGM 1401 : "RHYTHM OF THE HEAT" (59:00)
PGM NOTE : Percussion-powered ambient for early summer
GENRE(s) : Ambient/Downtempo, Electronic Space, Ethno/Ambient, Summer
FIRST BROADCAST : 18-Jul-2025
INTRO : When the comprehensive history of electronic music is written, the period from the arrival of playable synthesizers in the 1960s and the introduction of drum machines in the 1970s until now will seem particularly disruptive. Synthesizers propelled the music out of academic laboratories and on the road to the diverse electronic space, ambient, and atmospheric genres of today. At the same time, drum machines propelled popular music out of the recording studio and onto the dance floor, where DJs produced an endless variety of complex beats that paved the road to EDM--Electronic Dance Music, and IDM--Intelligent Dance Music.
When the summer heat arrives, it stimulates rhythmic activity everywhere. Ironically, ambient is one of the few genres that can live without rhythm, but percussion is so fundamental to popular music that many ambient artists can't resist using it. On this transmission of Hearts of Space, a percussion-powered ambient journey for early summer, on a program called (with due respect to the song by Peter Gabriel) RHYTHM OF THE HEAT.
AES DANA
Oxyd < 0:00->6:37 >
: LEYLINES [remastered] ; Ultimae; 2025
: Info: www.ultimae.com/artists/aes-dana
AES DANA
Alignments < 6:37->10:48 >
: LEYLINES [remastered] ; Ultimae; 2025
: Info: www.ultimae.com/artists/aes-dana
VIR UNIS
A Link to Forever < 10:48->16:46 >
: BOOK OF MUTATIONS ; AtmoWorks; 2003
: Info: www.soundcloud.com/johnstrate-hootman
STEVE ROACH
Moved Beyond < 16:46->22:25 >
: FEVER DREAMS ; Projekt; 2004
: Info: www.steveroach.com
CHRIS MEYER'S ALIAS ZONE
Sputnik's Ghosts < 22:25->29:04 >
: FINITE SPACE ; Alias Zone Music; 2024
: Info: www.aliaszone.com
EXTRAWORLD
Dormant Vision < 29:04->36:49 >
: SINGULARITY BENEATH ; Exosphere; 2021
: Info: www.extraworld.bandcamp.com
BIFF JOHNSON
Earth Extraction < 36:49->45:43 >
: READING THE BONES ; Broad Vista Music; 1997
: Info: www.broadvista.com
JOYSTICK
Final Modulation < 45:43->50:11 >
: CIRCUITSCAPE ; Synphaera; 2025
: Info: www.facebook.com/nvukovic2
THIERRY DAVID
The Sixth Wave < 50:11->58:59 >
: SIX WAVES ; K-VOX; 2025
: Info: www.thierrydavidmusic.com
PRODUCED BY : Steve Davis and Stephen Hill
© 1983-2025 Hearts of Space

HEARTS of SPACE PGM 1402 : "INDIA NAVIGATION 3" (59:00)
PGM NOTE : Another journey in the sinuous soundworlds of India
GENRE(s) : East Indian, Spring, Summer
FIRST BROADCAST : 1-Aug-2025
INTRO : It’s been just over a year since our last program on the classical and devotional music of India. With a history going back over three thousand years, it has complex, deeply entrenched traditions, yet has adapted surprisingly well to contemporary genres and technologies. A case in point is the ongoing embrace of electronic music by musicians from India and the demanding study of Indian music by western electronic musicians. It's even more remarkable because Indian classical music is drone-based and monophonic—no harmony, no chords—and microtonal, with 22 notes to the octave versus 12 in western music.
On this transmission of Hearts of Space — contemporary, traditional, and devotional music of India, on a program called INDIA NAVIGATION 3.
ANOUSHKA SHANKAR
What Will We Remember? < 0:00->4:00 >
: CHAPTER I: FOREVER, FOR NOW ; Leiter; 2023
: Info: www.anoushkashankar.com
JASDEEP SINGH DEGUN
Translucence < 4:00->7:50 >
: ANOMALY ; Real World; 2022
: Info: www.jasdeepsinghdegun.com
JASDEEP SINGH DEGUN
Ulterior Motives < 7:50->12:08 >
: ANOMALY ; Real World; 2022
: Info: www.jasdeepsinghdegun.com
JASDEEP SINGH DEGUN
Lament < 12:08->16:30 >
: LAMENT [single] ; Real World; 2024
: Info: www.jasdeepsinghdegun.com
ANOUSHKA SHANKAR
Pacifica < 16:30->20:13 >
: CHAPTER II: HOW DARK IT IS BEFORE DAWN ; Leiter; 2024
: Info: www.anoushkashankar.com
ANOUSHKA SHANKAR
Daydreaming < 20:13->23:50 >
: CHAPTER I: FOREVER, FOR NOW ; Leiter; 2023
: Info: www.anoushkashankar.com
STEVE GORN, TY BURHOE & MANOSE
Illumination < 23:50->30:43 >
: ILLUMINATION ; Tala; 2010
: Info: www.stevegorn.com; www.tyburhoe.com; www.manosemusic.com
ALAM KHAN
Durgeshwari Alap < 30:43->36:37 >
: IMMERSION ; AMMP; 2018
: Info: www.alamkhan.com
ANOUSHKA SHANKAR
Offering < 36:37->41:35 >
: CHAPTER II: HOW DARK IT IS BEFORE DAWN ; Leiter; 2024
: Info: www.anoushkashankar.com
MANISH VYAS
Atma < 41:35->54:41 >
: ATMA BHAKTI: Healing Sounds of Prayer ; New Earth; 2015
: Info: www.manishvyas.com
ANOUSHKA SHANKAR
In the End < 54:41->58:59 >
: CHAPTER II: HOW DARK IT IS BEFORE DAWN ; Leiter; 2024
: Info: www.anoushkashankar.com
PRODUCED BY : Steve Davis and Stephen Hill
© 1983-2025 Hearts of Space

HEARTS of SPACE PGM 1403 : "AMBIENT EVOLUTION" (59:00)
PGM NOTE : Searching for ecstasy in stillness: ambient music from the 1980s to now
GENRE(s) : Electronic Space, Non-Seasonal
FIRST BROADCAST : 15-Aug-2025
INTRO : What we call Ambient Music today dates from 1978, when English musician and producer BRIAN ENO released AMBIENT 1: MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS. In his companion "Ambient Manifesto," Eno gave a name and a purpose to an undefined creative area of minimalist, electronic, and experimental art music, and turned it into a contemporary genre.
Writers searching for the roots of the Ambient sensibility traced its origins to prehistoric Eastern religious traditions that promoted ecstatic states through stillness, meditation, psychedelic, and mystical experience. The contemporary influence of European electronic music was more technical, and focused on creating complex soundscapes and defining auditory space. Today, ambient music can create a sense of place that ranges from merely calming and serene, to profoundly numinous and transcendent, and offers an accessible form of spirituality for a post-secular age.
On this transmission of Hearts of Space, we look back at ambient music during its early maturity in the 1980s, and now—on a program called AMBIENT EVOLUTION.
JOHANNES SCHMOELLING
Metajora Is Still Alive < 0:00->4:48 >
: WUIVEND RIET ; Lifestyle; 1987
: Info: www.johannesschmoelling.de
PETER BAUMANN
I'm Sitting Here, Just for a While < 4:48->11:16 >
: NIGHTFALL ; Bureau B; 2025
: Info: www.peterbaumann.bandcamp.com
JOHANNES SCHMOELLING
Splendid Isolation < 11:16->16:45 >
: TIME AND TIDE ; Viktoriapark; 2011
: Info: www.johannesschmoelling.de
DON ROBERTSON
Starjourney < 16:45->23:32 >
: STARMUSIC ; DBR Music; 1982
: Info: www.dovesong.com/don_robertson
STATE AZURE
Stillness < 23:32->34:20 >
: STILLNESS ; State Azure; 2025
: Info: www.soundcloud.com/state-azure
CHRISTIAN HALTEN & MICHAEL STEARNS
Recapitulation of Our Past Lives < 34:20->45:55 >
: SOUNDS SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE ; Earth Turtle; 2025
: Info: www.skylife.de; www.michaelstearns.com
BLUE CHIP ORCHESTRA
Violando < 45:55->49:20 >
: BLUE CHIP ORCHESTRA ; Erdenklang; 1988
: Info: www.soundcloud.com/bluechiporchestra
BRIAN ENO
Lantern Marsh < 49:20->54:53 >
: AMBIENT 4: ON LAND ; Editions EG; 1982
: Info: www.enoshop.co.uk
PETER SEILER
Reef Moods < 54:53->58:59 >
: SENSITIVE TOUCH ; Innovative Communication; 1987
: Info: www.peterseiler.de/en
PRODUCED BY : DJ Egan, with additional production by Steve Davis and Stephen Hill
© 1983-2025 Hearts of Space

HEARTS of SPACE PGM 1404 : "AFRICAN DELIGHT" (59:00)
PGM NOTE : Seductive polyrhythms and modal harmonies of Sub-Saharan Africa
GENRE(s) : African/Sub-Saharan, Summer
FIRST BROADCAST : 29-Aug-2025
INTRO : AFRICA...an enormous continent, with a vast and diverse array of music. In Sub-Saharan Africa, it's mostly upbeat, polyrhythmic, and joyful, designed to accompany dancing and celebration. There's also an extensive traditional folk music, with songs for every occasion, and historic religious and ceremonial music. It's different—so it's not surprising that it took us more than six years to produce our first program exploring the slower, quieter side of African music in 1989.
The most obvious difference when compared to contemporary ambient from Western countries is the emotional quality: where western ambient is often cool and trance-inducing, African ambient makes a joyful noise, and remains committed to traditional acoustic instruments, like the 21-string harp called the kora, the metallic thumb piano called the mbira, the West African lute called the ngoni, and a wide array of drums and percussion.
On this transmission of Hearts of Space, the seductive polyrhythms and sweet harmonies of Sub-Saharan Africa, on a program called AFRICAN DELIGHT.
AYUB OGADA (Remixed by PETER CHILVERS)
Dero (Revisited) < 0:00->3:27 >
: OMERA (The Further Adventures of Trevor Warren with Ayub Ogada) ; Long Tale Recordings; 2022
: Info: www.ayubogada.com
SONA JOBARTEH
Mamake < 3:27->7:23 >
: FASIYA ; West African Guild; 2011
: Info: www.sonajobarteh.com
DANIEL BERKMAN
Folkways < 7:23->10:57 >
: CALABASHMOON ; Daniel Berkman Music; 2005
: Info: www.danielberkman.bandcamp.com
WILL RIDENOUR
Into the Wind < 10:57->16:55 >
: WIND AND STARS ; Ridenour/Bevan; 2008
: Info: www.willridenour.com
BETWEEN
Nkamsi < 16:55->21:53 >
: FREE MUSIC ; Intuition; 2022
: Info: None
STEPHAN MICUS
Everywhere, Nowhere < 21:53->26:17 >
: NOMAD SONGS ; ECM; 2015
: Info: www.stephanmicus.com
STEPHAN MICUS
The Spring < 26:17->29:04 >
: NOMAD SONGS ; ECM; 2015
: Info: www.stephanmicus.com
STEPHAN MICUS
All the Way < 29:04->32:19 >
: WHITE NIGHT ; ECM; 2019
: Info: www.stephanmicus.com
DANIEL BERKMAN
Ledge < 32:19->35:40 >
: CALABASHMOON ; Daniel Berkman Music; 2005
: Info: www.danielberkman.bandcamp.com
WILL RIDENOUR & BETSY BEVAN
Light Arising < 35:40->40:36 >
: WIND AND STARS ; Ridenour/Bevan; 2008
: Info: www.willridenour.com; www.betsybevan.com
DANIEL BERKMAN
Kelemane < 40:36->44:00 >
: CALABASHMOON ; Daniel Berkman Music; 2005
: Info: www.danielberkman.bandcamp.com
WILL RIDENOUR & BETSY BEVAN
The Sage < 44:00->51:14 >
: WIND AND STARS ; Ridenour/Bevan; 2008
: Info: www.willridenour.com; www.betsybevan.com
AYUB OGADA & TREVOR WARREN
It's Raining... < 51:14->54:27 >
: OMERA (The Further Adventures of Trevor Warren with Ayub Ogada) ; Long Tale Recordings; 2022
: Info: www.ayubogada.com
SAMITE
Dawaya Mwoyo < 54:27->58:59 >
: TUNULA ENO ; Artemis; 2003
: Info: www.samite.com
PRODUCED BY : Steve Davis and Stephen Hill
© 1983-2025 Hearts of Space

HEARTS of SPACE PGM 1405 : "COSMIC ELECTRONIC 4" (59:00)
PGM NOTE : We journey to deep space starfields and adolescent galaxies
GENRE(s) : Electronic Space, Non-Seasonal
FIRST BROADCAST : 12-Sep-2025
INTRO : This time we return to a series we began in 2015, and continued in 2020 and 2021. Yes, spacefans, it’s another transmission in our seminal electronic music series—COSMIC ELECTRONIC 4.
It’s seminal because we’ve been obsessed with the genre since 1973, but didn’t get around to naming a program after it ‘til decades later. As I said then, “The analog synthesizer allowed musicians to design entirely new sounds and created a new kind of spatial imagery that evoked the vastness of cosmic space. It could be cold and dark, warm and romantic, dramatic or contemplative—and it came to be called "spacemusic."
On this transmission of Hearts of Space, a deep space journey to newly discovered star fields, thanks to the awesome JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE — on a program called COSMIC ELECTRONIC 4.
MARTIN STURTZER
Stellar Evolution < 0:00->6:15 >
: PROTOSTAR ; Synphaera; 2025
: Info: www.martinstuertzer.de
STARTERRA
Vega Point < 6:15->14:10 >
: TRANSFORMATION CYCLES ; Exosphere; 2022
: Info: www.facebook.com/S1gnsOfL1fe
DREAMSTATE LOGIC
Astral Gateway < 14:10->18:55 >
: DIMENSIONS OF MIND ; Dreamstate Logic; 2025
: Info: www.dreamstatelogic.com
JIM OTTAWAY
Endless Cosmic Horizon < 18:55->25:21 >
: COSMIC ODYSSEY ; Jim Ottaway Music; 2025
: Info: www.jimottaway.com
JIM OTTAWAY
Peaks of Eternal Light < 25:21->33:14 >
: COSMIC ODYSSEY ; Jim Ottaway Music; 2025
: Info: www.jimottaway.com
COUSIN SILAS & MICHAEL BRUCKNER
Inside the Complex < 33:14->38:23 >
: PASSAGES AND SPHERES ; Michael Bruckner; 2024
: Info: www.soundcloud.com/cousin-silas; www.michaelbrueckner.bandcamp.com
KLAUS SCHULZE
Infinity < 38:23->50:52 >
: 101, MILKY WAY ; SPV Recordings; 2024
: Info: www.klaus-schulze.com
KEVIN BRAHENY FORTUNE
The Bridge < 50:52->58:59 >
: THE BRIDGE [ep] ; Heartcall Music; 2025
: Info: www.kevinbrahenyfortune.com
PRODUCED BY : Steve Davis and Stephen Hill
© 1983-2025 Hearts of Space

HEARTS of SPACE PGM 1406 : "INDISPENSABLE" (59:00)
PGM NOTE : Ambient, atmospheric and contemplative music for piano
GENRE(s) : Contemporary Instrumental, Piano, Non-Seasonal
FIRST BROADCAST : 26-Sep-2025
INTRO : LET's TALK ABOUT THE PIANO, ladies and gentlemen. It's so ubiquitous and flexible that it plays a part in almost every area of contemporary music. With its huge dynamic range, rhythmic and percussive capability, chordal and harmonic facility, and melodic expressivity—no other instrument can play as many roles, both solo and within an ensemble. Today, we can enhance its flexibility by modifying the sound of the piano—spatially expanding it with electronics, making it more ethereal; or perversely, celebrating action noise, making it more physical.
On this transmission of Hearts of Space, ambient, atmospheric, and contemplative music for the piano, on a program called INDISPENSABLE.
LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Burning < 0:00->5:00 >
: IN A TIME LAPSE ; Ponderosa Music & Art; 2013
: Info: www.ludovicoeinaudi.com
TOM EATON
Traces < 5:00->11:29 >
: FOUND: COLLECTED SINGLES 2024-2025 ; Tom Eaton; 2025
: Info: www.tomeaton.net
TOM EATON
The Heavy Heart < 11:29->15:11 >
: FOUND: COLLECTED SINGLES 2024-2025 ; Tom Eaton; 2025
: Info: www.tomeaton.net
MASAKO
One by One < 15:11->18:26 >
: DREAMING NORTHERN ; Masako Music; 2025
: Info: www.masako-music.com
KEVIN KELLER
Inverness < 18:26->24:36 >
: SHIMMER ; Kevin Keller Productions; 2021
: Info: www.kevinkeller.com
JOSHUA VAN TASSEL
You Could Be Anywhere < 24:36->27:00 >
: THE RECENTLY BEAUTIFUL ; Backward Music; 2023
: Info: www.joshuavt.com
PAUL CANTELON & LILI HAYDN
La Poema < 27:00->29:16 >
: LULLABIES FOR THE BROKENHEARTED ; Lili Haydn & Paul Cantelon; 2025
: Info: www.facebook.com/paulcanteloncomposer
OLAFUR ARNALDS
Zero < 29:16->33:44 >
: SOME KIND OF PEACE ; Mercury KX; 2020
: Info: www.olafurarnalds.com
BRUNO SANFILIPPO
Buenos Aires 1969 < 33:44->36:57 >
: PIANETTE 2 ; AD21 Music; 2024
: Info: www.bruno-sanfilippo.com
BRUCE BRUBAKER
The Chill Air < 36:57->38:49 >
: ENO PIANO ; Infiné; 2023
: Info: www.brucebrubaker.com
BRUCE BRUBAKER
Music for Airports 2/1 < 38:49->45:37 >
: ENO PIANO ; Infiné; 2023
: Info: www.brucebrubaker.com
JOSHUA VAN TASSEL
Song for Robbie < 45:37->47:59 >
: THE RECENTLY BEAUTIFUL ; Backward Music; 2023
: Info: www.joshuavt.com
GABRIEL OLAFS
Mamma < 47:59->51:11 >
: LULLABIES FOR PIANO AND CELLO ; Decca; 2024
: Info: www.gabrielolafs.bandcamp.com
BEN LUKAS BOYSEN
Only in the Dark < 51:11->54:40 >
: GRAVITY ; Erased Tapes; 2016
: Info: www.benlukasboysen.com
KEVIN KELLER
Delta < 54:40->58:59 >
: SHIMMER ; Kevin Keller Productions; 2021
: Info: www.kevinkeller.com
PRODUCED BY : Steve Davis and Stephen Hill
© 1983-2025 Hearts of Space

HEARTS of SPACE PGM 1407 : "DESCENDING DUSK" (59:00)
PGM NOTE : Ambient-Classical atmospheres and introspections for autumn
GENRE(s) : Contemporary Instrumental, Electronic Space, Fall
FIRST BROADCAST : 10-Oct-2025
INTRO : AUTUMN ARRIVES QUIETLY, with less drama than other seasons: a gradual slowing of the solar-powered activity of summer, accompanied by a subtle cooling of the air and dimming of the light, as the sun moves south for the winter.
In contrast, the animal world is all activity—a flurry of preparation for the challenges of the season to come—while the changing colors of the leaves signals a silent chemistry of decay and transformation that fuels the next generation of plants, and feeds the animals with fruits and seeds.
For ambient composers, it’s time to explore slower tempos, darker harmonies, descending progressions, the bittersweet timbres of the woodwind family, and the metallic overtones of bells and horns.
On this transmission of Hearts of Space, Ambient-Classical atmospheres and introspections for autumn, on a program called DESCENDING DUSK.
THE AMNIS INITIATIVE
Another World < 0:00->4:49 >
: OTHER WORLDS ; Amnismusic; 2025
: Info: www.theamnisinitiative.com
THE AMNIS INITIATIVE
The Long Road < 4:49->10:21 >
: OTHER WORLDS ; Amnismusic; 2025
: Info: www.theamnisinitiative.com
DEEPSPACE
Entering Aquarium Prefecture < 10:21->16:48 >
: NEON BLUE UTOPIA ; Projekt; 2025
: Info: www.deepspace1.bandcamp.com
DEBORAH MARTIN & JILL HALEY
Rendering Time < 16:48->22:36 >
: RENDERING TIME ; Spotted Peccary; 2025
: Info: www.deborahmartinmusic.com; www.jillhaley.com
CHRISTIAN WITTMAN
Thanatos < 22:36->28:50 >
: ACHERON ; Christian Wittman; 2025
: Info: www.christianwittman.bandcamp.com
CHRISTIAN WITTMAN
Phlegethon < 28:50->35:19 >
: ACHERON ; Christian Wittman; 2025
: Info: www.christianwittman.bandcamp.com
THE AMNIS INITIATIVE
Biosphere < 35:19->43:54 >
: OTHER WORLDS ; Amnismusic; 2025
: Info: www.theamnisinitiative.com
GEORGE WALLACE
Still Life < 43:54->48:54 >
: TIMELESS ; AirBorn Music; 2025
: Info: www.airbornmusic.com
ISHQ
The Never Ending Story < 48:54->54:24 >
: MOON TIDE COLLECTION ; Ishq.org; 2023
: Info: www.ishq.org
CHRISTIAN WITTMAN
Orpheus, Part Five < 54:24->58:59 >
: ORPHEUS ; Christian Wittman; 2023
: Info: www.christianwittman.bandcamp.com
PRODUCED BY : Steve Davis and Stephen Hill
© 1983-2025 Hearts of Space