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Open Spaces

Music suited to open spaces by Welsh artist Koreless. Plus two legends of art music, David Toop and Ryuichi Sakamoto, collaborate on a track inspired by Japanese gardening.

Elizabeth Alker surveys the landscape of contemporary ambient recordings, with songs that soothe, spiral, and soar. Featuring music suited to open spaces by Koreless, taken from his long-awaited debut album that鈥檚 been five years in the making titled Agor (the Welsh word for open). Plus, two legends of art music, David Toop and Ryuichi Sakamoto, collaborate on a track inspired by the aesthetics of Japanese gardening. Listeners are invited to imagine themselves wandering through a subtly changing environment, chancing on beautiful details and admiring them before moving on.

Produced by Rebecca Gaskell
A Reduced Listening production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

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Thu 23 Sep 2021 23:30
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Music Played

  • Koreless

    Frozen

    • Agor.
    • Young.

  • Niklas Paschburg & Hania Rani

    Winter Born

    • Post-Svalbard.
    • 7K!.

  • Max Richter, Kristjan J盲rvi & Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Exiles

    • Exiles.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • MrUnderwood

    Indy

    • ams.
    • The state51 Conspiracy.

  • AFRODEUTSCHE

    Make The Call

    • RR001.
    • River Rapid.

  • Lawrence English

    A Mirror Holds The Sky

    • A Mirror Holds The Sky.
    • Room40.

  • Polypores

    Calm, But There's Insects

    • YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE.
    • Front & Follow.

  • Klein

    saving lala

    • Now That's What I Call R&B.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Toop

    Garden of Shadows and Light

    • Garden of Shadows and Light.
    • 33 33.

  • Dave Okumu

    RTN

    • RTN.
    • Transgressive.

  • Simon Goff

    A Process in the Weather of the Heart

    • A Process in the Weather of the Heart.
    • 7K!.

  • Hayden Thorpe

    The Universe Is Always Right

    • Moondust For My Diamond.
    • Domino.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 8 Jul 2021 23:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Thu 23 Sep 2021 23:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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