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Hey, everyone, I'm Chad Abumrod. This is Radio Lab, the podcast. Every so often on Radio Lab,

we set aside the science and we set aside the big ideas and we just play some music.

Or I should say every so often on the podcast, we have that opportunity.

So I wanted to do that again today.

Also to invite you guys who like Radio Lab to check out this other series that I am hosting

a couple of different shows we're

putting together on the wordless music concert series, which is a really, really innovative

concert series here in New York. It's curated by a guy named Ronan Gavoni. Basically,

what he does, it's very simple. He takes classical musicians, puts them on the same bill

as rock musicians, because it is his opinion

and I agree with this that the musics do have something to say to each other so I'll be hosting

a couple of those shows I hope you can listen but here is an excerpt of one of my favorite

favorite all-time favorite bands that performed as part of the series.

Stars of the Lid is probably the inventor of a certain kind of, well, I don't know if they're the inventor.

Maybe Brian Eno is the inventor, but they perfected a certain kind of pop ambient, serene, dreamy kind of narcoleptic thing that is particularly their own.

And they performed recently at the Good Shepherd Faith Church as part of the Worldless Music

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