Secret Music News, May 2015

Hi -

   Spring is finally here. It's nice to get out and enjoy the sunshine for
 a change. I got to see Pierre Bensusan play this month. A great show and a great guy, too. I'm
looking forward to seeing Muriel Anderson play nearby in May. If any of
you are performing in the area, please let me know so I can help promote
it. I haven't had any live interviews or performances in a while. I'd like
to change that. If any of you are in the area on a Sunday morning and want
to drop by, let me know and we'll set something up. And in June, I'll be
celebrating 28 years of Secret Music. If you have any ideas, please let me
know.

  Most of you know me at this point. but there's a few that might not. 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 27
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 looking for new and interesting music to play. If you have
something you think I'd be interested in, feel free to send it to the address below. I'm perfectly
fine with downloads instead of CD's, especially for all you overseas
people who pay large sums of money to mail things here to the states.
Don't get me wrong. I love CD's and love to see nice packaging. But I know
what it costs to mail such things, too. It's up to you. I usually prefer
high quality MP3's, though I can accept other formats if necessary. Just
send me an email for more info. At least half of what I play these days
comes to me through downloads. Thanks.  

Scott Raymond/WVKR
PO Box 146
Fishkill, NY 12524                   

  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 April, 2015. Enjoy! 

http://secretmusicwvkr.blogspot.com/


 WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 20 Playlist
   April, 2015

1. Forrest Fang - Letters to the Farthest Star - Projekt
2. Pierre Bensusan - Encore - DADGAD Music
3. Marsen Jules - The Empire Of Silence - Oktaf
4. Cousin Silas - Amidst Silence - Self Released
5. Numina / Zero Ohms - Broken Stars through Brilliant Clouds - Spotted Peccary Music
6. Kaki King - The Neck is a Bridge to the Body
7. Adam Hurst - Arne Oubliee - Self Released
8. Nils Frahm - Solo - Self Released
9. Howard Givens & Craig Padilla - Life Flows Water - Spotted Peccary Music
10. Numina - Through The Gate To Nowhere - Relaxed Machinery
11. Lambert - Drachenreise - Spheric Music
12. Ryuichi Sakamoto/Illuha/Taylor Deupree - Perpetual - 12K
13. Aglaia - Intangible Opacity - Hic Sunt Leones
14. Aglaia - Primeval Nebula - Hic Sunt Leones
15. Steve Roach - Invisible - Timeroom
16. Five Thousand Spirits - Melchiazek - Hic Sunt Leones
17. Michele McLaughlin - Undercurrent - Michele McLaughlin Music
18. TM Solver - Namaste - Syngate
19. Stockman - Part Of The Industry - Syngate
20. Philip Wesley - Transcend - Autumn Music

Secret Music Playlist, April 26, 2015

Hi -

  Here's my playlist for Sunday, April 26, 2015. A local venue had a 24
hour live drone event this weekend, which inspired me to have my own little drone event with
long form ambient pieces. Enjoy!


   Secret Music Playlist, 4/26/2015

   Artist            Song            Album

Steve Roach            Dreaming And Sleep    Quiet Music

Richard Lainhart        Nocturne 0        Five Nocturnes

Jason Sloan            Bleedwhitehorizon    Still

David Sylvian & Holger Czukay    Premonition        Plight & Premonition

Robert Rich            Opening            Somnium

Stephan Micus            Til The End Of Time    Til The End Of Time
Alexander Turnquist        In The Vein Of Bedlam    Faint At The Loudest Hour

Lucette Bourdin            Calm Lamps        Radiant Stars

Secret Music Playlist, April 19, 2015

Hi -

  Here's my playlist for Sunday, April 19, 2015. Got to see Pierre
Bensusan play this week. It was a wonderful show. Enjoy!


   Secret Music Playlist, 4/19/2015

   Artist            Song            Album

Fratoroler            Nano            Nano

Forrest Fang    Song Of The Camel (deconstruction)    Letters To The Farthest Star
Cousin Silas            Amidst Silence        Amidst Silence
Marsen Jules            Ylaipi            The Empire Of Silence

Victoire            A Door Into The Dark    Cathedral City
Willamette            Always In Postscript    Always In Postscript
The Beyman Bros.        Tulong        Memories Of Summer As A Child
Montana Skies            Gringo Flamenco        Cello.Guitar.Fusion
Hildur Gudnadottir        Opaque            Without Sinking

Pierre Bensusan            DADGAD Cafe        Vividly
Michael Hedges            Bensusan        Aerial Boundaries
Darin Schaffer            Dive            Darin Schaffer
Glenn Jones            Blues For Tom Carter    My Garden State
Trevor Gordon Hall        Kalimbatar        Entelechy

Josh Johnston            Nightsong 2        The Shape Of Things
Dustin O'Halloran        We Move Lightly        Lumiere
Peter Broderick            Broken Patterns        Float
Joachim Kuhn            Hauswoman Song        Situations
Ryuichi Sakamoto    Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence    Playing The Piano

Howard Givens & Craig Padilla    Shavasana        Life Flows Water
Numina & Zero Ohms    Broken Stars Through Brilliant Clouds    Broken Stars
Through Brilliant Clouds

Pierre Bensusan            Nice Feeling        Encore
Kaki King            Anthropomorph        The Neck Is A Bridge To The Body
Adam Hurst            Nella Valle        Arne Oubliee
Nils Frahm            Wall            Solo
Michele McLaughlin        Synesthesia        Undercurrent
Philip Wesley            Distant Memory        Transcend

Secret Music Playlist, April 12, 2015

Hi -

  Here's my playlist for Sunday, April 12, 2015. I played some music by
Pierre Bensusan, who will be appearing locally this week. Can't wait to see the show. Enjoy!


   Secret Music Playlist, 4/12/2015

   Artist            Song            Album

Steve Roach            Invisible        Invisible

Five Thousand Spirits        Melchiazek        Melchiazek
Aglaia                Magnetoionica        Intangible Opacity
Aglaia                Oil Lamp        Primeval Nebula

Lambert                Call            Drachenreise
Stockman            In Time Delivery    Part Of The Industry
TM Solver            Floating Clouds        Namaste

Kaki King        It Runs And Breathes        The Neck Is A Bridge To The Body
Adam Hurst            El Viaje        Arne Oubliee
Nils Frahm            Some            Solo
Philip Wesley            The Chase        Transcend
Michele McLaughlin        Undercurrent        Undercurrent

Forrest Fang            Veldt Horizons        Letters To The Farthest Star
Cousin Silas            Out Beyond        Amidst Silence
Marsen Jules            Skriniya        The Empire Of Silence

Howard Givens & Craig Padilla    A Step Achieved        Life Flows Water
Numina & Zero Ohms        A Day Without Time    Broken Stars Through Brilliant
Clouds Numina                In Our Absence        Through The Gate To Nowhere

Pierre Bensusan            Le Lac Des Abbesses    Early Pierre Bensusan
Pierre Bensusan            Si Bhig, Si Mhor    Musiques
Pierre Bensusan            So Long Michael        Encore
Pierre Bensusan            Intuite            Encore

Secret Music News, April 2015

Hi -

   Nice to finally see some warm weather. Got out for awhile today and it
 felt great. I hope the rest of you have weathered the winter well. Was a bad one here in more
ways than one. Missed a few great shows, but looking forward to some new
ones. Looking forward to seeing Pierre Bensusan play nearby next week.

  Most of you know me at this point. but there's a few that might not. 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 27
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 looking for new and interesting music to play. If you have
something you think I'd be interested in, feel free to send it to the address below. I'm perfectly
fine with downloads instead of CD's, especially for all you overseas
people who pay large sums of money to mail things here to the states.
Don't get me wrong. I love CD's and love to see nice packaging. But I know
what it costs to mail such things, too. It's up to you. I usually prefer
high quality MP3's, though I can accept other formats if necessary. Just
send me an email for more info. At least half of what I play these days
comes to me through downloads. Thanks.  

  Most of you have noted that my mailing address has changed, though some
of you may want to double check. I wouldn't want something to get lost or returned
when mail forwarding runs out. For various reasons, I've decided to go
with a PO Box for the foreseeable future. Please use the following address
for all mailings through traditional post. For UPS/package mailings,
please contact me for a suitable shipping address. Thanks for your
understanding. 

Scott Raymond/WVKR
PO Box 146
Fishkill, NY 12524                   

  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 March, 2015. Enjoy! 
   
http://secretmusicwvkr.blogspot.com/



  WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 20 Playlist
    March, 2015

1. Ken Elkinson - Music For Commuting Volumes 7-12 - August Son Productions
2. Moebius/Story/Leidecker - Snowghost Pieces - Bureau B
3. Emerald Web - Catspaw - Anodize
4. Bruno Sanfilippo - Inside Life - ad21 Music
5. Cousin Silas - The Place It Used To Be - Self Released
6. Chris Russell - Illuminoid - Relaxed Machinery
7. Igneous Flame - NYX - LuminaSounds
8. Real Time - Lights Of The Universe - Syngate
9. Hammock - The Sleepover Series, Vol. II - Hammock Music
10. Muriel Anderson - Nightlight Daylight - Self Released
11. Phillip Wilkerson - Wondrous Encounters - Self Released
12. Igneous Flame - Ikon - Lumina Sounds
13. Johan Tronestam - Compunctio - Syngate
14. Ebia - Herrscher Im Orbit - Syngate
15. Metlay! - Fog Music 27 - Aural Films
16. Usr/Sbin - Fog Music 25 - Aural Films
17. Michael Meara - Crossing Hollow Space - Aural Films
18. Kendra Logozar Springer - Faith - Self Released
19. Ludovico Einaudi w/ Cecilia Chailly - Stanze - Decca Records
20. Sherry Finzer - Sanctuary III: Beyond the Dream - Heart Dance Records

Secret Music Playlist, April 5, 2015

Hi -

  Here's my playlist for Sunday, April 5, 2015. Plenty of great new things
to play this month. Enjoy!

Scott Raymond
WVKR-FM


   Secret Music Playlist, 4/5/2015

   Artist            Song            Album

Sakamoto/Illuha/Deupree        Movement 1        Perpetual

Marsen Jules            Tlaslo            The Empire Of Silence
Cousin Silas            An Unknown Glade    Amidst Silence
Forrest Fang    The Unreachable Lands IV: Hermitage    Letters To The Farthest
Star

Lambert                Stairs            Drachenreise
TM Solver            The Dream        Namaste
Stockman            Part Of The Industry    Part Of The Industry

Pierre Bensusan            Altiplanos        Altiplanos
Chuck Johnson            Ransom Street Blues    Crows In The Basilica
Mila                El Norte        Deltalightning
Randy Collins        Water Under The River        Elevate
Preston Reed            Blasting Cap        Metal

Aglaia                Intangible Opacity    Intangible Opacity
Aglaia                Green Kite        Primeval Nebula
Five Thousand Spirits        Iron Sunrise        Melchiazek

Numina            Furrowed Transitions        Through The Gate To Nowhere
Numina & Zero Ohms    Night Of The Falling Planets    Broken Stars Through
Brilliant Clouds
Howard Givens & Craig Padilla    Time Of The Opposition Moon    Life Flows Water

Kaki King        Notes And Colors    The Neck Is A Bridge To The Body
Adam Hurst            Chiaro De Luna        Arne Oubliee
Nils Frahm            Ode            Solo
Philip Wesley            Transcend        Transcend
Michele McLaughlin        11000 Miles        Undercurrent
Olafur Arnalds            Near Light        Living Room Songs