Hearts Of Space - 1155 - NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS.txt
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PGM 1155 : "NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS"
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DESCRIPTION : mysterious sounds in the summer night
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GENRE(s) : Electronic Space
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FEED DATE : 8-11-17
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INTRO : Would you believe me if I told you that all the sounds you're hearing are made with an analog synthesizer? Strange but true. It's the work of KEVIN BRAHENY FORTUNE, one of the early masters of long-form electronic ambient music. And it's a good story.
The 1970s were a decade of discovery and development for electronic music. Early analog synthesizer modules by ROBERT MOOG, DON BUCHLA, and SERGE TCHEREPNIN fueled an explosion of creativity. If you were serious, you wound up building your own instruments and creating your own sounds. Then KEVIN BRAHENY (the FORTUNE came later...) was a talented musician and soprano saxophone player in Los Angeles who worked designing and building electronic instruments with several of the early pioneers of analog synthesis in California.
The foundations for Ambient electronic music were being created out of the new possibilities opened up by the synthesizer, and the psychological and social changes inspired by psychedelic drugs. This new sensibility lead to the creation of extended musical "journeys" of 30 minutes or more, which could be released on cassette; later, even longer journeys were possible on CD.
In 1980 Braheny improvised a live 35 minute "lullaby" to close a HEARTS OF SPACE fundraising special on our home station, KPFA-FM in Berkeley. It turned out so well it was released later that year as "Lullaby for the Hearts of Space," along with a composed companion piece called "After I Said Goodnight. " And that's where we begin this edition of Hearts of Space called NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS.
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KEVIN BRAHENY FORTUNE
"After I Said Goodnight" (beginning) < 0:00->19:47 >
: LULLABY FOR THE HEARTS OF SPACE; Hearts of Space 2-HOS-11431;
2016/2017; original cassette release on Heartcall Music in 1980
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B06XTBQPK5/heartsofspace
: Info: www.valley-entertainment.com/collections/kevin-braheny;
www.facebook.com/kevin.b.fortune
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CHAD HOEFLER
"Substrata" < 19:47->27:53 >
: TWILIGHT IN THE OFFING; Hypnos hyp2446; 2004
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000Q6R4AM/heartsofspace
: Info: www.hypnos.com/releases-ch-tito.php
ROBERT RICH
"Part 4" < 27:53->39:43 >
: INNER LANDSCAPES; Hypnos/Soundscape Productions hyp1915; 1999
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00001QGV7/heartsofspace
original cassette release on Auricle (AMC 029); England 1988
: 2-CD reissue: SUNYATA & INNER LANDSCAPES; Hypnos/
Soundscape Productions hyp3363; 2013
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/robertrich29/from/heartsofspace
: Info: www.hypnos.com/releases-rr-il.php; www.robertrich.com
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IASOS
"Night Time Jungle Sounds on Planet Allura" (edited)
< 39:43->46:29 >
: NIGHT TIME JUNGLE SOUNDS ON PLANET ALLURA;
Inter-Dimensional Music IDM-7015; 2013
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/iasos10/from/heartsofspace
: Info: www.iasos.com
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ALIO DIE
"The Divine Source Recall" (edited) < 41:09->45:39 >
: IMAGINAL SYMMETRY; Hic Sunt Leones HSL085; Italy 2016
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01N0NJXAK/heartsofspace
: Info: www.aliodie.com
KEVIN BRAHENY FORTUNE
"After I Said Goodnight" (conclusion) < 45:39->58:59 >
: LULLABY FOR THE HEARTS OF SPACE; Hearts of Space 2-HOS-11431;
2016/2017; original cassette release on Heartcall Music in 1980
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B06XTBQPK5/heartsofspace
: Info: www.valley-entertainment.com/collections/kevin-braheny;
www.facebook.com/kevin.b.fortune
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PLAYLIST : http://www.hos.com/#program/1155
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GALLERY : http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenhill/galleries/72157687487242625/
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30 SEC PROMO : http://www.hos.com/rss/podcast_audio/promo1155.mp3
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PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
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BAY AREA WEATHER : CricketFest 2017
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