Secret Music News, January 2015

Hi -

  I'm changing the format a bit, to put the news and more interesting bits
at the front. It's New Year's Day 2015. 2014 for me was... interesting. Some of it good, some of
it bad. It wasn't the year I expected or wanted going in, and I'm glad
it's done and I'm hoping for calmer seas ahead. There's been great music,
and a couple of great interviews. Hopefully there'll be more of that in
the new year, too. It's nice to put faces to names. I'm not sure what the
new year will bring, but I'll do my best to keep inflicting strange music
upon the unsuspecting masses.

 Um... I mean...

  But seriously folks, thanks for making great music, thanks for sending
it to me, and most of all thanks for listening. It's nice to know that people appreciate the
music and the effort. Support the music you love. The people who make it
are people just like the rest of us, trying to make their way in this
world. Make sure they know their efforts are appreciated, too.

  I've been working on my own creative endeavors with what little time I
can find. I've victimized a few of you with my photographic endeavors, and most of you
still speak to me. Mostly landscapes and cemeteries, with a few odd things
thrown in here and there. It's work, but it's fun too. I'm working on
making it more available for others to see. If you're interested, 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.  

  Many 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 December, 2014 along
with my list of top 25 albums for 2014. Enjoy!      

http://secretmusicwvkr.blogspot.com/


 WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 20 Playlist
  December, 2014

1. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Atomos - Kranky
2. Steve Roach & Jorge Reyes - The Ancestor Circle - Projekt
3. Jeff Pearce - Solitude: December - Self Released
4. Grouper - Ruins - Kranky
5. Erwilian - Midwinter's Night - Self Released
6. Jacaszek & Kwartludium - Catalogue Des Arbres - Touch
7. Erik Wøllo and Bernhard Wöstheinrich - Weltenuhr - DiN
8. Andrew Lahiff - Slow Paths Beyond - Relaxed Machinery
9. Palancar - Counting Raindrops - Earth Mantra
10. Jason Sloan - Deluge - gterma
11. Csillagkod - Silent World - Spotted Peccary Music
12. Phillip Wilkerson & Chris Russell - Vague Traces - Spotted Peccary Music
13. Kendra Logozar - Peace - Self Released
14. BVDub & Loscil - Erebus - Glacial Movements
15. Olivier Briand & Bertrand Loreau - Interferences - Spheric Music
16. Bertrand Loreau - Spiral Lights - Spheric Music
17. Dan Chadburn - Whispers the Falling Snow - Self Released
18. Rick Sparks - Endless - Self Released
19. Nick Farr - Of Time and Place - Riverboy
20. Hypnosphere - Timedrift - Spheric Music


  WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 25 Albums of 2014

1. Jeff Pearce - With Evening Above - Jeff Pearce Music
2. Matteo Palmer - Out Of Nothing - Self Released
3. V/A - The Gathering II - West River Records
4. David Parsons - Stupa - gterma
5. Node - Node 2 - DiN
6. Jon Hassell - City: Works Of Fiction - All Saints
7. Thought Guild - Electric Curios - Harmonic Resonance Recordings
8. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Atomos - Kranky
9. Emerald Web - The Stargate Tapes - Finders Keepers
10. Matthew Schoening - Narrow Path - Solo Electric Cello
11. Jonn Serrie - Day Star - New World Music
12. Erren/Fleissig/Schottler/Steffen - Night On Ouddorp - Self Released
13. Hammock - Oblivion Hymns - Hammock Music, LLC
14. Robert Rich - Morphology - Periphery
15. Steve Roach & Jorge Reyes - The Ancestor Circle - Projekt
16. Penguin Cafe - The Red Book - Editions Penguin Cafe
17. Ian Boddy & Erik Wøllo - EC 12 - DiN DDL
18. Darshan Ambient - Songs from the Deep Field - Spotted Peccary Music
19. Alpha Wave Movement - Horizons - Harmonic Resonance Music
20. Alexander Turnquist - Flying Fantasy - Western Vinyl
21. Markus Reuter - Sultry Kissing Lounge - Iapetus
22. Peter Calandra - Inner Circle - Self Released
23. Lucette Bourdin - Breath Of Grace - Dark Duck
24. Matt Borghi / Michael Teager - Shades of Bending Light - Slobor Media
25. Cóemgín Cùil - Murmurations - Kevin Keller Productions

Secret Music Playlist, December 28, 2014

Hi -

  Here's my playlist for Sunday, December 28, 2014. This is my best of
2014 retrospective show. All the best music of the past year. I'll be back next week to start
2015 with all new music. Happy New Year!


   Secret Music Playlist, 12/28/2014

   Artist            Song            Album

Lucette Bourdin            Turbulent Seas        Breath Of Grace
Steve Roach & Jorge Reyes    Procession Of Ancestors       The Ancestor Circle

Coemgin Cuil    A Fleeting Moment In A Floating World    Murmurations
Hammock            Then The Quiet Explosion    Oblivion Hymns
A Winged Victory For The Sullen        Atomos III    Atomos

Jon Hassell            Voiceprint        City: Works Of Fiction
Markus Reuter            Olga            Sultry Kissing Lounge
Jonn Serrie            Day Star        Day Star

Masako            Lullaby For The Hills        The Gathering II
Matteo Palmer            Wooded Trails        Out Of Nothing
Peter Calandra            Better Angels        Inner Circle
Matthew Schoening        Odyssey            Narrow Path
Penguin Cafe            Solaris            The Red Book
Alexander Turnquist        Finding The Butterfly    Flying Fantasy

Thought Guild            Vapor Trails        Electric Curios
Alpha Wave Movement        Horizon            Horizons
Emerald Web            Stepper            The Stargate Tapes
David Parsons            Arhat            Stupa

Jeff Pearce            With Evening Above    With Evening Above
Darshan Ambient            Cluster            Songs From The Deep Field
Matt Borghi & Micheal Teager    Daisy Chain        Shades Of Bending Light

Node                Doppler            Node 2
Erren/Fleissig/Schottler/Steffen    Gate        Night On Ouddorp
Robert Rich            Morphology        Morphology
Ian Boddy & Erik Wollo        Reverie            EC12

Ray Spiegel Ensemble        Tal Sawari        Moksha

Secret Music Playlist, December 21, 2014

Hi -

  Here's my playlist for Sunday, 12/21/2014. Today was my annual
Christmas/Holiday music special. Listen in next Sunday for my best of 2014 retrospective. Enjoy
and Merry Christmas!


   Secret Music Playlist, 12/21/2014

   Artist            Song            Album

Jeff Pearce        The Stars In The Drifts        Solitude: December

Liam O'Flynn            The Winter's End    Celtic Christmas
Kevin Burke & Micheal O'Domhnaill   The Star Of The County Down       Celtic
Christmas II
Maighread NiDhomhnaill & Triona NiDhomnaill    The Snows    Celtic
Christmas III
Nightnoise            Whiter Than Snow    Celtic Christmas IV

George Winston            Peace            December
Art Labriola            Silent Night        Silent Night
Ken Elkinson        Prepare The Way, O Zion        Generations Of Yuletide
Chuck Cape        For The Beauty Of The Earth    In The Spirit Of Christmas
Kyle Pederson            Infant Holy        12.25

Meg Bowles            Winter Dreams        Solstice Dreams
Sensitive Chaos      Winter Winds Across The Heartland    Remembering Chestnuts,
Icy Cold, and Bells
Steven Lance            Christmas Special    Unreleased
Tor Lundvall            Yule Song        Yule
Jonn Serrie        O Come, O Come Emmanuel        An
Evening Under The Stars

Uncle Bonsai            Silent Night        The Essential Uncle Bonsai
Leslie Ritter & Scott Petito    If Mary Knew        This Christmas Morning
The Roches            Star Of Wonder        We Three Kings
Blackmore's Night        Christmas Eve        Winter Carols
Enya            Journey Of The Angels        And Winter Came
Loreena McKennitt    In Praise Of Christmas         To Drive The Cold Winter Away

Will Ackerman            New England Morning    A Winter's Solstice
Michael Manring            Sung To Sleep        A Winter's Solstice II
John Gorka            Christmas Bells        A Winter's Solstice III
Tim Story        Asleep The Snow Came Flying    A Winter's Solstice IV
Nightnoise        Snow Is Lightly Falling        A Winter's Solstice III

Radhika Miller            Magi Minstrels        Blossoms In The Snow
Paul Winter        Tomorrow Is My Dancing Day    Wintersong
Friedemann        The Man From Caesaria        Narada Christmas Collection
R.Carlos Nakai & William Eaton      The First Snowfall    Winter Dreams
Al Petteway & Amy White        Cherry Tree Carol    Winter Tidings

Secret Music Playlist, December 14, 2014

Hi -

  Here's my playlist for Sunday, December 14, 2014. Next week will be my
holiday special and the week after will be my best of 2014 retrospective. Enjoy!


   Secret Music Playlist, 12/14/2014

   Artist            Song            Album

BVDub & Loscil            Aether            Erebus

Grouper                Lighthouse        Ruins
Jacaszek            A Book Of Lake        Catalogue Des Arbres
A Winged Victory For The Sullen        Atomos XI    Atomos

Olivier Briand & Bertrand Loreau    Part 3        Interferences
Bertrand Loreau            Kites            Spiral Lights
Erik Wollo & Bernhard Wostheinrich    On Those Grounds Alone   Weltenuhr

Erwilian            Midwinter's Night    Midwinter's Night
Kendra Logozar       O Little Town Of Bethlehem        Peace
Rick Sparks            Dream Angus        Endless
Dan Chadburn        In The Bleak Midwinter        Whispers The Falling Snow
Nick Farr            Windswept        Of Time And Place

Jeff Pearce            Winter Constellations    Solitude: December
Phillip Wilkerson & Chris Russell  The Diamond Sky    Vague Traces
Csillagkod    Water From Another Planet        Silent World

Steve Roach & Jorge Reyes    Espacio Escultorico    The Ancestor Circle
Andrew Lahiff      Absence From The Conscious World    Slow Paths Beyond
Palancar            Harmonic Motion        Counting Raindrops

Liz Story            Greensleeves        The Gift
Robin Spielberg        In The Heart Of Winter        In The Heart Of Winter
Paul Sullivan            First Snowfall        Christmas In Maine
Peter Janson        As The Snow Moon Wanes        Winter Gifts
Peter Brown            We Three Kings        Kinsfolk
Adam Rafferty        Little Drummer Boy    A Christmas Guitar Celebration
Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel    O Holy Night        The Gift
Cody Michaels            Carol Of The Bells    Winter Suite

Secret Music Playlist, December 7, 2014

Hi -

  Here's my playlist for Sunday, December 7, 2014. Plenty of great new
music this month and some Christmas music, too. Enjoy!


   Secret Music Playlist, 12/7/2014

   Artist            Song            Album

Hypnosphere            Trancenter        Timedrift

Csillagkod            Empty Galaxies        Silent World
Phillip Wilkerson & Chris Russell    Far Past    Vague Traces
Jason Sloan            Deluge            Deluge

Erik Wollo & Bernhard Wostheinrich    Oculus        Weltenuhr
Olivier Briand & Bertrand Loreau    Part 1        Interferences
Bertrand Loreau            Rainbow            Spiral Lights

Erwilian            Villancicos        Midwinter's Night
Dan Chadburn        O Come O Come Emmanuel        Whispers The Falling Snow
Kendra Logozar            Silent Night        Peace
Rick Sparks            Beautiful        Endless
Nick Farr            A Kiss In Winter    Of Time And Place

A Winged Victory For The Sullen        Atomos VI    Atomos
Jacaszek            Circling        Catalogue Des Arbres
Grouper                Clearing        Ruins

Steve Roach & Jorge Reyes    The Circle Opens    The Ancestor Circle
Palancar    The Rain Is Full Of Ghosts Tonight    Counting Raindrops
Andrew Lahiff            A Sacred Mind        Slow Paths Beyond

Keola Beamer            Poli'Ahu        The Coming Of The Snow
Louis Landon            Family            Peaceful Christmas
John Doan            In The Manger        Wrapped In White
Stanton Lanier            Shepherds And Stars    December Peace
Ed Gerhard        In The Bleak Midwinter        On A Cold Winter's Night
Greg Maroney        It Came Upon A Midnight Clear    Christmas Whisperings

Secret Music News, December 2014

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 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. 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. 

  First, please note that my mailing address has changed. 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                   

 Moving is done, though the unpacking continues. There's a reason why I
don't move often. I have too much stuff. I'm starting to unpack the CD's, and I've been
catching up with the music. Haven't seen much in the way of live shows,
though hopefully that will change soon. I know I've been out of touch with
some of you of late. Sorry about that. I've had other things to deal with.
If you have something interesting you think I'd like to hear, let me know.
With winter coming, I probably won't be hosting any
interviews/performances for a while. Though if you want to brave the
weather, let me know.

   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, 2014. Enjoy!     

http://secretmusicwvkr.blogspot.com/


 WVKR "Secret Music" Top 20 Playlist
  November, 2014

1. Erren/Fleissig/Schottler/Steffen - Night On Ouddorp - Self Released
2. Matt Borghi / Michael Teager - Shades of Bending Light - Slobor Media
3. Marika Takeuchi - Rain Stories - MRG Recordings
4. Trevor Gordon Hall - Mind Heart Fingers
5. Steve Moore - Pangaea Ultima - Spectrum Spools
6. Woodworkings - Day Breaks The Morning Shapes We Speak - Own Records
7. Talk West - Black Coral Sprig - Preservation
8. Jared Smith - Fjall - Own Records
9. M.Dempsey - Music From A Planetarium - Earth Mantra
10. Jill Haley - Mesa Verde Soundscapes
11. Peter Jennison - Coming Home - Peter Jennison Music
12. Rebecca Harrold - The River of Life - Self-Released
13. Pjusk - Solstov - 12K
14. Craig Padilla - Strange Fish - Fruits De Mer
15. Fratroler - Chez Ricco - Syngate
16. Tim Motzer & Markus Reuter - Descending - 1K Recordings
17. Roy Mattson & Steve Brand - Mealtstream - Relaxed Machinery
18. Matthew Barlow - Sun Showers - Preservation
19. David Wright - Beyond The Airwaves, Vol. 1 - AD Music
20. Embrase - Another Day, Another World - Self Released

Secret Music Playlist, November 30, 2014

Hi -

  Here's my playlist for Sunday, November 30, 2014. Enjoy!


   Secret Music Playlist, 11/30/2014

   Artist            Song            Album

Phobos                Excerpt            One Moment Live

James Blackshaw            Excerpt            Fantomas

Robert Carty            Stratus            Clouds
Banabila/Van Geel        Sinus En Snaar        Music For Viola And Electronics

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh      An Chiurach Bhleinfhonn    The Small Hours
Eilis Kennedy            Nead Na Lachlan        The Music Of Dingle
Tina Mulrooney            Spinning Wheel        Celtic Notes
Michael O'Brien        Roisin Dubh/Sharon's Jig    Natural Instinct
Lumiere            The Poor Wayfaring Stranger    Lumiere

Indo        A Vast Ocean Of Profound Teachings    Winter In Zangla
Peter Hennix            Durgas Prayer        Ocean
Earth Vibration      His Highness Most Honorable Lord Chenmizang    Gyalpo

Tim Farrell            Winter Warmer        The Gifts Of The Season
Dana Cunningham        In The Bleak Midwinter        Silent Night
Wall Matthews        O Come, O Come Emmanuel        Christmas Guitar
Isadar                Midnight    In Search For The Meaning Of Christmas