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

Secret Music Playlist, December 18, 2011

Hi -

Here's my playlist for Sunday, December 18, 2011. My guest this time was
Jose Murcia of Symmetry, Holosphere and other musical endeavors. He played some great
live music for us. Enjoy!

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

newage@secretmusic.net


Secret Music Playlist, 12/18/2011

Artist Song Album

Symmetry Live Electro Music 2010

Holosphere Live Live At WVKR

Symmetry Live Live

Symmetry Live Live

Symmetry Awakening Unreleased
Symmetry Laser Dawn Parallel Allegories
Holosphere Lost Transmission Holosphere

Secret Music Playlist, December 11, 2011

Hi -

Here's my playlist for Sunday, December 11, 2011. Next week my guest
will be JEM of Symmetry, Holosphere and various other musical endeavors. Enjoy!

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

newage@secretmusic.net


Secret Music Playlist, 12/11/2011

Artist Song Album

Jeff Talman Nature Of The Night Sky Nature Of The Night Sky

Aaron Martin & Justin Wright Sleep Threaded Into Ashes Light Poured Out
Of Our Bones Richard Skelton Food Marking Time
Nicholas Mohanna Grows Lush In The Night Reflections

Kathy Raimey Still Moving Still Moving
Paul Avgerinos Flowering Of Grace Bliss
Moo When You Look Back, You Live In The Present Introversion
Broken Harbour Titan Gramophone Transmissions

Lyonel Bauchet Introductory March To The Secret Society The Secret Society
Marconi Union Slow Collapse Beautifully Falling Apart Polaris & Krzysztof Horn Subconscious Choice Collision

Louis Landon Silent Night Peaceful Christmas
Kyle Pedersen Infant Holy 12.25
Adam Rafferty What Child Is This? A Christmas Guitar Celebration
Sensitive Chaos Winter Winds Across The Heartland Remembering
Chestnuts, Icy Cold, and Bells

John Gorka Christmas Bells A Winter's Solstice III
Uncle Bonsai Silent Night The Inessential Uncle Bonsai
Loreena McKennitt The Seven Rejoices Of Mary A Midwinter Night's Dream
Blackmore's Night Christmas Eve Winter Carols

Robert Rich Crepescule Medicine Box
Steve Roach Disc 1 Part 6 Journey Of One
Justin Vanderberg From Below Synthetic Memories
Darshan Ambient Sun Fade Dream In Blue

Secret Music News, December 2011

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.

Saw a couple of great shows this past month. Got to see Air Sculpture play
live at Darren Bergstein's One Thousand Pulses house concert series. They put on a great show. And I got to see one of my all time favorite albums performed live,
too. Tribute band The Musical Box performed the Genesis album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway in its entirety in NYC, complete with costumes, slides, effects, etc. Amazing show.

Some good stuff on the show this past month, too. Air Sculpture came up
and performed live on my radio show the day after the One Thousand Pulses concert
and played live for about an hour. Really wonderful improvised electronic
music. And Greg Kyryluk of Alpha Wave Movement came down from Massachusetts to
talk and even played live, too. It was great to see him again. And coming up on Sunday, December 18, JEM of Symmetry, Holosphere and various other musical
endeavors will be in the studio to talk and to play live for us.

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 November 2011. Enjoy!

www.secretmusicwvkr.blogspot.com


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

newage@secretmusic.net


WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 20 Playlist
November, 2011

1. Kevin Keller - Not In My Name - Kevin Keller Productions
2. Ludovico Einaudi - The Royal Albert Hall Concert - Ponderosa Music & Art
3. Jason Sloan - (S)end - Slobor Media
4. Expansion Project - Blissando - Spectral Spiral
5. Mazmoneth - Music by Mirrors - DiN
6. Antonymes Meets Slow Dancing Society - We Don't Look Back For Very Long -
Hidden Shoal
7. Vic Hennegan - Field of Worlds and Mirrors - Alien Tribes Music
8. Exekiel Honig - Folding In On Itself - Type
9. Remy - The Great Church Trilogy - Deserted Island
10. Chubby Wolf - Los Que No Son Gentos - Dragon's Eye
11. Phillip Wilkerson - Ten To Eleven - Self Released
12. Zero Ohms - Worlds, Afterworlds - Relaxed Machinery
13. Jon Durant - Dance Of The Shadow Planets - Alchemy Records
14. Detlef Keller & Mario Schonwalder - Long Distances - Manikin Records
15. Broken Harbour - Broken Harbour - Self Released
16. Harold Budd - In The Mist - Darla
17. Doug Hammer - Travels - Dreamworld Productions
18. V/A - Electro Music 2011 - Electro Music Media
19. Catherine Marie Charlton - Red Leaf, Grey Sky - River Dawn Productions
20. James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg - Avos - Tompkins Square

Upcoming Secret Music Events, December 2011

Hi -

On December 18, 2011 my guest will be JEM of Symmetry, Holosphere and other such musical endeavors. He's been playing electronic music for a long time and he'll be talking to us, playing some new recorded material and also playing live for us.

At this point, I probably won't be around for the December 25th show, as I'll be visiting my mother on Cape Cod.

But I'll be back for the January 1, 2012 show, which will be my Best of 2011 retrospective show.

Enjoy and Happy Holidays!

Scott

Secret Music Playlist, December 4, 2011

Hi -

Here's my playlist for Sunday, December 4, 2011. Lots of great new music
and some holiday music as well. Enjoy!

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

newage@secretmusic.net


Secret Music Playlist, 12/4/2011

Artist Song Album

Sam Rosenthal The Passage The Passage

Paul Avgerinos Contentment Bliss
Kathy Raimey Mockingbird Electric Still Moving
Moo 3 Wicks Wax Introversion
Broken Harbour The Ballad Of Dave Bowman Pt.1 Gramophone Transmissions

Richard Skelton Brook Marking Time
Aaron Martin & Justin Wright Moon Smoke Light Poured Out Of Our Bones
Nicholas Mohanna Color Theory Reflections

Lyonel Bauchet Blissfully Ours The Secret Society
Marconi Union Breathing Retake Beautifully Falling Apart
Robert Schroeder Search Direction Cygnus A
Polaris & Krzysztof Horn Octahedron Moon Collision

Louis Landon Icicles Peaceful Christmas
Kyle Pedersen O Come O Come Emmanuel 12.25
Art Labriola Silent Night Silent Night
George Winston Peace December

Sensitive Chaos Spirit Of The Season Remembering Chestnuts, Icy
Cold, and Bells
Meg Bowles Winter Dreams Solstice Dreams
Jonn Serrie The First Noel Upon A Midnight Clear

Robert Rich Alba Medicine Box
Steve Roach Disc 2 Part 4 Journey Of One
Justin Vanderberg The Path Synthetic Memories
Darshan Ambient Upon Reflection Dream In Blue
Steve Roach Disc 1 Part 5 Journey Of One