HER Broadcast in honor of Maisie Josephine

Maisie Josephine - born 2/18/12

As fate would have it, my little girl decided to make her debut on the same day my first broadcast - selected in her honor - was to air on Hollow Earth Radio. Needless to say I was a bit preoccupied when the show aired so I missed it. No worries if you did too, as I made a playlist you can download below. I hope you enjoy, and please be sure to tune in to HER every Saturday from 12-2pm PST for Slow Music Meltdown.

Download Maisie Josephine's Mellow Cosmic Welcome Mix*

Heartbeat - DJMJ
Baby Where You Are - Ted Lucas
77777 - Boredoms

Zum Wohl - Cluster

Beach House - Secret Colors

Take Care - Beach House

Gullfjellet - Bjørn Torske

The Happy Whistler - Raymond Scott

Wind on Water - Fripp & Eno

Evening Star - Fripp & Eno

420 Millionaires - Free Time

Fly Like a Horse - Sylvain Chauveau

Icke's Struggle - Blanck Mass

Happy Astronaut - Brother Raven

Kekse - Harmonia

Riversong - Tonto's Expanding Head Band

Sea Bed Meditation - Jürgen Müller

Goes By - Emeralds

Besoin de Mer - Trinité

Purus River - Uakti

Letzte Tage - Letzte Nachte -Popol Vuh

*For optimum listening pleasure, check Crossfade Songs and set to 12 seconds in iTunes preferences or your preferred music application.

Slow Music Meltdown on Hollow Earth Radio

Starting this weekend tune in from 12-2pm Pacific time every Saturday for Slow Music Meltdown on Hollow Earth Radio!

This weekend's show is dedicated to the baby my wife and I are expecting any minute. Tender songs of love and affection, with a healthy sampling of cosmic lullaby tracks to sooth the infant in all of us....

*A note to listeners: For the meantime my show is pre-programmed using a service called Airtime and is not actually live, so unfortunately I can't take any calls or requests during the show. If you have any thoughts or requests for the weeks to come, feel free to let me know....

Machines should work, people should think

Amazing and oddly freaky collaboration for IBM by 2 heroes of mine, Jim Henson and Raymond Scott.

Essential listening for Raymond Scott: Soothing Sounds for Baby

Essential viewing for Jim Henson:

Thanks to WR for hipping me to the IBM vid.

Soothing Sounds for Sabine - Little Miss Echo

A belated welcome to my now month-old niece Sabine:

In honor of her birth, here is a favorite track by Raymond Scott, a pioneer in ambient and electronic music, from his 1962 3-disc masterpiece Soothing Sounds for Baby:

Little Miss Echo

 

Despite the title, these songs are not just soothing for babies, but also their tired parents, or any other adults, for that matter. This is among my favorite records of all time, and props goes out to M.C. of Chicros for turning me on to the mellow sounds. More Raymond Scott can be heard on the Planequarium Mix.

And more of Sabine can be seen at Wrath66.com.

Another big Happy Birthday shout-out goes to Sasha, who is 1 year old today!

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*Editor's Note: Photo of sweet lil' Sabine is courtesy of her dad / my bro, Wrath66, a distinguished artist, designer, blogger, and now, father. Of the many wonderful photos of his daughter I've been lucky to see, this one still blows my mind the most!