Secret Music Playlist, January 29, 2012

Hi -

Here's my playlist for Sunday, January 29, 2012. Enjoy!

Scott Raymond
WVKR-FM
16 Penn St.
Fishkill, NY 12524

newage@secretmusic.net


Secret Music Playlist, 1/29/2012

Artist Song Album

Symmetry Chromosphere Live At EM Part 2

Steve Roach Quiet Canon Quiet Music
Dave Luxton Shadow Clouds Music From The Firmament
Hollan Holmes Timespace The Farthest Fringes

Ramp Steel And Steam Part 3 Steel And Steam
Ramp Infernal Machines Part 2 Return
Wave World Saying Prayers Tableaux

A Damned Age Seclusion Fragile
Christna Vantzou Adversary No.1
Emmalee Crane Pretty In Pink Unreleased

Northern Valentine Untitled The WVKR Sessions

Olafur Arnalds Agust Living Room Songs
Nils Frahm Familiar Felt
Sergio Altamura Villagio Globale Blu
Jimmy Wahlsteen Forehead Slapping All Time High
Trevor Gordon Hall Outside The Lines Entelechy

Secret Music Playlist, January 22, 2012

Hi -

Here's my playlist for Sunday, January 22, 2012. Enjoy!

Scott Raymond
WVKR-FM
16 Penn St.
Fishkill, NY 12524

newage@secretmusic.net


Secret Music Playlist, 1/22/2012

Artist Song Album

Steve Roach The Green Place, Part 2 Quiet Music

Dave Luxton If The Sun Fades Away Music From The Firmament
Christina Vantzou Homemade Mountains No.1
Tomas Weiss & Anthony Paul Kerby Vision 5 Appearances

Wave World The Desert - Riding The Ryad Heiroglyphs
Hollan Holmes The Sentinel The Farthest Fringes
Mark Dwane Fractal The Singularity

A Damned Age Die Nebenanderen Fragile
Robert Crouch El Capitan An Occupied Space
Jonn Serrie Breath Of The Valley Sunday Morning Peace

Ramp Zeppelin Steel And Steam
Ramp Return Return
Wave World The Web Is Spun Tableaux

Jeff Pearce Winter Waltz Provision
Olafur Arnalds Fyrsta Living Room Songs
Nils Frahm Snippet Felt
Sergio Altamura Les Mille Lumieres D'Anita Blu
Jimmy Wahlsteen All Time High All Time High
Trevor Gordon Hall Pine Trees And Power Lines Entelechy

Secret Music Playlist, January 15, 2012

Hi -

Here's my playlist for Sunday, January 15, 2012. Enjoy!

Scott Raymond
WVKR-FM
16 Penn St.
Fishkill, NY 12524

newage@secretmusic.net


Secret Music Playlist, 1/15/2012

Artist Song Album

Bernhard Wostheinrich Live In Hackensack Live In New Jersey 2011

Jonn Serrie The Enlightened Path Sunday Morning Peace
Robert Crouch I Melt With You 1 An Occupied Space
A Damned Age Der Dinkelmacher Fragile

Mark Dwane The Singularity The Singularity
Hollan Holmes Outskirts The Farthest Fringes
Wave World Oasis - Mocking Death Heiroglyphs

Steve Roach See Things Quiet Music 2
Dave Luxton Nebula Music From The Firmament
Christina Vantzou Prelude For Juan No.1
Tomas Weiss & Anthony Paul Kerby Vision 2 Appearances

Ramp Steel And Steam Part 4 Steel And Steam
Ramp Infernal Machines Part 1 Return
Wave World Recently In The Gamma Quadrant Tableaux

Markus Reuter & Robert Rich Reductive Eleven Questions
Markus Reuter Swallowed Cold Digitalis
Markus Reuter & Ian Boddy Tableaux Dervish
Centrozoon All The Time It Is Using Us The Cult Of Bibbiboo

Olafur Arnalds Near Light Living Room Songs
Nils Frahm Keep Felt
Jimmy Wahlsteen Halifaxation All Time High
Trevor Gordon Hall Kalimbatar Entelechy
Sergio Altamura The Name Of The Rose Blu
Jeff Pearce Newfallen Provision Series

Secret Music Playlist, January 8, 2012

Hi -

Here's my playlist for Sunday, January 8, 2012. This was a special show,
a memorial to three people who passed away in 2011 who were not only great musicians,
but great people as well. They were Christopher Cameron, Barry Craig (A
Produce), and Richard Lainhart. I just wanted to honor them with some of
their music. So much music, not enough time. Rest in peace.



Scott Raymond
WVKR-FM
16 Penn St.
Fishkill, NY 12524

newage@secretmusic.net


Secret Music Playlist, 1/8/2012

Artist Song Album

Expansion Project Stars Pour Forth Stars Pour Forth

TGXT Arhant Jewel Box
Thought Guild Silicon Alchemists Context
Thought Guild Reflections In Sublimation Continuum

Christopher Cameron #1 New Music Spring 2010
Christopher Cameron #2 New Music Spring 2010

A Produce The Far Shore White Sands
A Produce Insect Justice Land Of A Thousand Trances
A Produce & Ruben Garcia Clear Pools Early Sessions
A Produce Darkness Descends Black Sands

A Produce The Marble Staircase Reflect Like A Mirror, Respond Like An Echo
A Produce & M.Griffin Seek Nothing Altara
A Produce & Loren Nerell String Theory Intangible

Richard Lainhart Oraison Unreleased
Richard Lainhart Endless The Beautiful Blue Sky

Richard Lainhart Hall Of Mirrors These Last Days
Richard Lainhart The Naga Polychromatic Integers

Bernat & Richard Lainhart Evening Rain Unreleased
Jordan Rudess & Richard Lainhart Orion Part 2 Orion

Secret Music News, January, 2012

Hi -

My name is Scott Raymond, and for those of you who don't know me, I'm a
New Age/Ambient/Electronic music DJ with WVKR-FM. WVKR is a 3700 watt non -
commercial station broadcasting from Vassar College to the greater Hudson
Valley region. My show, "Secret Music", has been on for over 24 years and
has a large and devoted audience. The show airs every Sunday from 9AM to
12 noon EST. For more information or to listen in online, check out our
website at www.wvkr.org. I'm always on the lookout for new and interesting
music to play on my show. If you have something you think I'd be
interested in, feel free to send it to the address below or email me for
more info. If you're a local musician or just passing through the
beautiful Hudson Valley region and you'd like to stop by for a live
interview and/or performace, drop me a line and we'll work something out.
Also, if you'd like to send me downloads of your releases in lieu of
actual CD's, that's fine with me, too. Just send me an email and let me
know. Thanks.

Well, 2011 is over. It was a good year for music, and for my show as
well. Got to see a lot of great shows. The standouts were Darren Bergstein's Equinoxygen festival, The Musical Box performing Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down On
Broadway, Julianna Barwick, Candyrat Guitar Night Live, Erdem Helvacioglu,
and Blackmore's Night.

I also got to host some great live performances on Secret Music this
year, most notably Air Sculpture, Symmetry, Northern Valentine, Alpha Wave Movement, and Ed Gerhard. And some really nice people came in to do interviews, including
Meg Bowles, Shane King, Rick Cutler, Robin Storey of Rapoon, Darren
Bergstein, Vic Rek, and Jimmy Goodman of A Viberatto. One of the busiest
years in recent memory. I love hosting interviews and performances as it
gives me a chance to meet the people who make the music.

The past year held tragedy as well. Barry Craig of A Produce passed
away, along with Christopher Cameron of Thought Guild. And on New Year's Eve, I received the sad news that Richard Lainhart had also passed away. I didn't really
know Barry apart from his music and the occasional email, but Christopher
and Richard were local musicians and were not only incredibly talented,
but great people as well. I considered both of them to be my friends and
their passing hit me hard.

My 25th anniversary of Secret Music is coming up in 2012, and the one
thing that keeps coming back to me after all this time is that it's less about the music and more about the people you meet along the way. Will Ackerman told me
once years ago that what he remembers most about Michael Hedges isn't what
a fantastic guitar player he was, but what a great human being he was. I
understand what Will was talking about now. When I think about people like
Christopher and Richard, I remember what it was like to know them as
people more than anything else. I consider myself blessed that I've come
to know so many people over the years.

There's a new service out called DAR.fm. which allows you to record
radio shows (like mine). The website has more info. but it's basically a free service much like a Tivo, which allows you to select and record radio shows for future listening. Finally something for those of you who aren't around to listen
in on a Sunday morning.

For more info or weekly playlists, check out my website below. I'm also
on Facebook, so look for me there too. Here's my top 20 playlist for December 2011, along with my top 26 albums of 2011. Enjoy!

www.secretmusicwvkr.blogspot.com




Scott Raymond
WVKR-FM
16 Penn St.
Fishkill, NY 12524

newage@secretmusic.net


WVKR "Secret Music" Top 20 Playlist
December, 2011

1. Steve Roach - Journey of One - Projekt
2. Robert Rich - Medicine Box - Soundscape Productions
3. Justin Vanderberg - Synthetic Memories - Spotted Peccary Music
4. Darshan Ambient - Dream In Blue - Lotuspike
5. Lyonel Bauchet - The Secret Society - DiN
6. Polaris and Krzysztof Horn - Collision - Ricochet Dream
7. Marconi Union - Beautifully Falling Apart - Just Music
8. Broken Harbour - Gramophone Transmissions - Self Released
9. Moo - Introversion - Self Released
10. Sensitive Chaos - Remembering Chestnuts, Icy Cold, and Bells - Subsequent Records
11. Richard Skelton - Marking Time - Preservation
12. Nicholas Mohanna - Reflections - Preservation
13. Aaron Martin & Steven Wright - Light Poured Out Of Our Bones - Preservation
14. Sam Rosenthal - The Passage - Projekt
15. Kathy Raimey - Still Moving - Spiral Soundcase
16. Louis Landon - Peaceful Christmas - Landon Creative, Inc
17. Kyle Pederson - 12.25 - Self Released
18. Robert Schroeder - Cygnus-A - Spheric Music
19. Paul Avgerinos - Bliss - Round Sky Music
20. Jeff Talman - Nature Of The Night Sky - New Domain

WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 25 Albums of 2011

1. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Kranky
2. Dustin O'Halloran - Lumiere - Fatcat
3. A Produce & Loren Nerell - Intangible - Hypnos
4. Various Artists - Home Patterning - Periphery
5. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - A Matter of Life - Edition Penguin Cafe
6. Balmorhea - Live At Sint-Elisabethkirk - Western Vinyl
7. Meg Bowles - A Quiet Light - Kumatone
8. Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place - Asthmatic Kitty
9. Craig D'Andrea - ...and the B.L.T.'s - CandyRat Records
10. Ken Elkinson - Music For Commuting - August Son Productions
11. Various Artists - For Nihon - Unseen Records
12. Rick Cutler - First Melancholy, Then The Night Stretch - New Dude Records
13. Will Ackerman - New England Roads - Lifescapes
14. Alexander Turnquist - Hallway Of Mirrors - VHF
15. Steve Roach - Journey of One - Projekt
16. Blackmore's Night - Autumn Sky - Minstral Hall Music
17. Robert Rich - Medicine Box - Soundscape Productions
18. Jim Kirkwood - A Season Of Mists - Dark Age Music
19. Steve Roach and Brian Parnham - The Desert Inbetween - Projekt
20. Bob Holroyd - Afterglow - Self Released
21. Redshift - Colder - Distant Sun
22. Loreena McKennitt - The Wind That Shakes the Barley - Quinlan Road Limited
23. Patrick O'Hearn - Transitions - Patrick O'Hearn Music
24. Jim Kirkwood - The Cello Tree - Dark Age Music
25. Kevin Keller - Not In My Name - Kevin Keller Productions

A special show for Sunday, January 8, 2012

Hi -

I have a special show planned for Sunday, January 8, 2012. It will be a memorial to three great musicians and great human beings who passed away in 2011.

Richard Lainhart was an incredibly talented musician who used some unconventional instruments to create some truly beautiful music. He was a Hudson Valley resident who had been a guest on my show a couple of years back. He passed away suddenly in late December. Here's a link to his website.

http://www.otownmedia.com/he/he.html

Christopher Cameron was a talented electronic musician who went unnoticed throughout his life. He performed in several groups, including Thought Guild, Expansion Project, and TGXT. He was very humble and easygoing, and was a truly nice person. He passed away suddenly in the fall. Here's a link to a tribute site.

http://www.spectralvoices.com/expansion_project.htm

Barry Craig made music for a number of years under the name of A Produce. He was a talented musician, and released music in beautiful packaging on his own Trance Port label. He passed away this past summer. Here's a link to his website.

http://www.hypnos.com/aproduce/

Scott Raymond

Richard Lainhart RIP

I was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of a great musician and friend, Richard Lainhart, who passed away suddenly on December 30, 2011. He was incredibly talented not only in electronic music, but in the visual arts. He was very prolific, performing live often and released a number of CD's. But what I remember most about Richard is what a nice guy he was. He was very helpful and giving to anyone who asked. I met him a few years back at an Electro Music festival. I'd emailed him in the past about his music with no response. We talked a while, and he was very friendly. He gave me several CD's to play, and I invited him to play live on my show, which he did one winter a couple of years back. He lived in Rockland county, so it took him a little over an hour to get to the studio. But it snowed that morning, and it took him almost 4 hours to get home in the bad weather. I felt terrible about it, but he thought nothing of it. He was one of the nicest people I've met in all my years as a DJ. Long ago I realized that after all these years at Secret Music, it's become less about the music and more about the people I've met along the way. Richard was one of those people that honored me with his presence. I'll miss him greatly. Here's a link so you can find out more about him.

http://www.otownmedia.com/he/he.html

Scott Raymond

Secret Music Playlist, January 1, 2012

Hi -

Here's my playlist for Sunday, 1/1/2012. I played music from my favorite
albums of 2011. A lot of great music came out last year, and I wanted to pay triibute to it. Happy New Year to everyone.

Scott Raymond
WVKR-FM
16 Penn St.
Fishkill, NY 12524

newage@secretmusic.net


Secret Music Playlist, 1/1/2012

Artist Song Album

Kevin Keller Tenebrae Not In My Name
Steve Roach/Brian Parnham Ancestral Passage The Desert Inbetween

Jim Kirkwood The Remains Of Summer A Season Of Mists
Rafael Anton Irisarri & Goldmund Dissolution For Nihon
Bob Holroyd A Stone Left Unturned Beachcombing
Ken Elkinson Unfolding Music For Commuting

Alexander Turnquist Speherical Abberations Hallway Of Mirrors
Craig D'Andrea Band Friends And The BLT's
William Ackerman The Waves In November New England Roads
Jim Kirkwood Part 1 The Cello Tree
Penguin Cafe That, Not That A Matter Of Life

A Produce & Loren Nerell Meadow Dusk Intangible
Meg Bowles Beyond The Far Shore A Quiet Light
Eraldo Bernocchi April 10 2010 Home Patterning
Dustin O'Halloran We Move Lightly Lumiere
A Winged Victory For The Sullen Steep Hills Of Vicodin Tears
A Winged Victory For The Sullen

Balmorhea Night Squall Live At Sint-Elisabethkirk
Rick Cutler A Song You've Heard Before First Melancholy, Then The Night Stretch Blackmore's Night Believe In Me Autumn Sky
Loreena McKennitt The Star Of The Country Down The Wind That Shakes The Barley Julianna Barwick Bob In Your Gait The Magic Place

Redshift Azure Colder
Patrick O'Hearn Reaching Land Transitions
Robert Rich Macula Medicine Box