The Ambient Break: KMRU, Austyn Wohlers, Evan Chapman, Nala Sinephro, Mark McGuire

In Our Headphones

KEXP

Music, Music Commentary

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we make space for calm with a selection of new ambient tracks curated by KEXP DJs and editorial staff. We hear from Alex Ruder, host of the ambient and neo-classical show, Pacific Notions, about where his interest in ambient music began and the first song he ever played on his show. Then, we get recommendations that play with heavy distortion, post-rock, jazz, and field recordings.

Songs featured:

Helios - “First Dream Called Ocean” (Alex Ruder’s foundational ambient pick)
KMRU - “opener” (Dusty Henry’s pick)
Austyn Wohlers - “How Heavy the Slow World” (Brit Hansen’s pick)
Evan Chapman - “Windows” (Roddy Nikpour’s pick)
Nala Sinephro - “Continuum 4” (Isabel Khalili’s pick)
Mark McGuire - “Anhedonia” (Alex Ruder’s pick)

Listen to the full songs on KEXP's "In Our Headphones 2024" playlist on Spotify or the “What's In Our Headphones” playlist on YouTube.

Listen to more ambient tunes with DJ and Associate Music Director Alex Ruder on Pacific Notions every Sunday from 6-9am Pacific Time or on-demand anytime at KEXP.org or the KEXP App.

Hosted and produced by: Janice Headley and Isabel Khalili
Mixed by: Emily Fox
Mastered by: William Myers
Editorial director: Larry Mizell Jr.

Our theme music is “好吗 (Hao Ma)” by Chinese American Bear

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0:00.0	You're listening to In Our Headphones.
0:06.0	Your chance to discover the songs K-EXP DJs don't want you to miss.
0:11.0	I'm Janice Headley.
0:13.0	And I'm Isabel Kelly Lee, and this is your never-ending source for new music discovery, from listener-powered K-E-X-P.
0:25.1	Hey, it's Isabel, and today I'm very excited to present an episode that should be very
0:31.5	soothing because it's an episode that's all about ambient music.
0:36.4	You're going to be hearing song recommendations and
0:38.6	reflections from a few different voices, including K-EXP DJs and members of our editorial team.
0:45.0	It's basically a group of us who are curators and fans of ambient neoclassical and experimental
0:50.5	music. And we thought we could put together a useful offering
0:54.3	for those in our headphones listeners
0:56.6	who might be seeking some moments of peace right now.
1:00.6	And to start us off, I'm joined by Alex Ruder,
1:03.9	who has appeared many times on this show
1:06.6	as KexP's associate music director,
1:09.3	but he's also a DJ and the host of KexP's
1:13.0	Ambient and Neoclassical show called Pacific Notions.
1:17.1	Alex, thank you for joining us today.
1:19.9	Yeah, thanks as well.
1:21.0	Excited to get to chat about some ambient music.
1:24.4	So for this episode, like I mentioned,
1:26.1	I'll be passing the mic around to a few of our friends at K-E-XP. But first, I wanted to talk to you about where your love of ambient music began and what ambient means to you now.
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