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Love of ambient, experimental, & modern classical with downtempo roots. We highlight current music in these genres, with old favorites snuck in. OEP sets are vinyl, guest mixes contain all formats. Listen live Tuesday evenings, 6-8pm PST on XRAY.FM 91.1 / 107.1 FM KXRY Portland, OR
Episodes
Wednesday Mar 20, 2019
Wednesday Mar 20, 2019
Thank you to Drape for providing this guest mix. Their last album "Let Their Water Air", was released by Infraction in 2016. Check out Drape's bandcamp for more information: https://drape.bandcamp.com
Alice Coltrane - Ohnedaruth
Charlemagne Palestine - Strumming Music (excerpt)
Philip Glass - Etoile Polaire
Moondog - Invocation
Arthur Russell - "Instrumentals" Volume 2 - Part 4
Arve Henriksen - Glacier Descent
Optic Echo Presents
Tuesday nights 6-8pm PST
Streaming www.xray.fm
107.1 / 91.1 FM KXRY Portland
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Featuring new music by:
Ex Confusion- https://n5md.bandcamp.com/album/i-remember-when
Nivhek (Grouper)- https://grouper.bandcamp.com/album/after-its-own-death-walking-in-a-spiral-towards-the-house
Arve Henriksen- Places of Worship a1
VA- Beyond the Blues a3.2
Ex Confusion- I Remember When a6
Rosy Parlane- Willow 7” a1
Demdike Stare- Forest of Evil b1
The Alps- Le Voyage b3
B. Fleischmann- Humbucking Coil a3
Nils Frahm- Felt a1
Nivhek- After Its Own Death a1
Fog- Check Fraud b2
Eluvium- Life through Bombardment v2 l2
Optic Echo Presents
Tuesday nights 6-8pm PST
Streaming www.xray.fm
107.1 / 91.1 FM KXRY Portland
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Big thanks to Good Weather for an Airstrike for providing this guest mix! You can grab their latest album, Little Steps, as well as purchase tickets to their tour through England April 12-14th (with Umber and Elsa Hewitt) on their bandcamp page: https://goodweatherforanairstrike.bandcamp.com/merch
Oathless & GWFAA – omerta
Ider - does she even know
Worriedaboutsatan - this restless wing
Evolv – halation
Elsa Hewitt - blood orange
Message to bears - hold on
Koda - White dove
Alaskan tapes – maybe
Liam J Hennessy & Umber - mirror lake
Fabrizio Paterlini - one word, at last
Chasing dreams - shapes to wade through gradients
Apta – A
Signal Hill - cloud drift
Narrow skies - season of gold
Optic Echo Presents
Tuesday nights 6-8pm PST
Streaming www.xray.fm
107.1 / 91.1 FM KXRY Portland
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Featuring new music by:
Pye Corner Audio- https://ghostbox.greedbag.com/buy/hollow-earth-5/
bvdub- https://n5md.bandcamp.com/album/explosions-in-slow-motion
Black to Comm- https://blacktocomm.bandcamp.com/album/seven-horses-for-seven-kings
Optic Echo Presents
Tuesday nights 6-8pm PST
Streaming www.xray.fm
107.1 / 91.1 FM KXRY Portland
Pye Corner Audio- Hollow Earth a6
Air- Premiers Symptomes a3
Flying Lotus- Los Angeles c1
The Books- Lemon of Pink a3
Kruder & Dorfmeister- The K&D Sessions g4 g4
bvdub- Explosions in Slow Motion b1
Godspeed You Black Emperor- Yanqui U.X.O d1.2
Black to Comm- Seven Horses for Seven Kings d2
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
featuring new music by:
Billow Observatory- https://billowobservatory.bandcamp.com/album/iii-chroma-contour-2
Kid Koala- https://kidkoala.store-08.com/all-items/kidk050012-kid-koala-music-to-draw-to-io-2x12-vinyl/
Corey Fuller- https://12kmusic.bandcamp.com/album/break
Poppy Ackroyd- https://poppy.bandcamp.com/album/resolve
Optic Echo Presents
Tuesday nights 6-8pm PST
Streaming www.xray.fm
107.1 / 91.1 FM KXRY Portland
Billow Observatory- III: Chroma/Contour b5
Kid Koala- Music to Draw to: IO c4
Corey Fuller- Break b2
Strië- Perpetual Journey a2
Tomoko Sauvage- Musique Hydromantique a2
J Dilla- The Shining Instramentals b3
Belong - October Language b1
Dialect - Loose Blooms b2
Baby Mammoth- Bulky Cha Chi 12” b1
Orla Wren- Butterfly Wings Make a2
Drape- An Idea and it’s Map b3
The Orb- U.F.Orb b1.1
Poppy Ackroyd- Resolve b3
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
featuring new music by:
wndfrm: http://www.soundsetal.com/project/wndfrm-anticube/
Machinefabriek: https://machinefabriek.bandcamp.com/album/with-voices-2
Black to Comm: https://blacktocomm.bandcamp.com/album/seven-horses-for-seven-kings
Hammock: https://shop.hammockmusic.com/album/universalis
vinyl re-release:
Loscil: https://loscil.bandcamp.com/album/submers
HAI & Biosphere: https://biosphere.bandcamp.com/album/polar-sequences-remastered
Optic Echo Presents
Tuesday nights 6-8pm PST
Streaming www.xray.fm
107.1 / 91.1 FM KXRY Portland
wndfrm- Anticube a/aa1
Machinefabriek- With Voices a2
Black to Comm- Seven Horses for Seven Kings b2
HIA & Biosphere- Polar Sequences a2
Hammock- Universalis c1
Loscil- Submers a1
múm- Finally We Are No One10” a3
Mountains- Choral a1
Taylor Deupree- Tokei b2
Wednesday Jan 09, 2019
Wednesday Jan 09, 2019
Featuring new music by:
Illuminine- https://illumininemusic.bandcamp.com/album/3
Endless Melancholy- https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/fragments-of-scattered-whispers
Optic Echo Presents
Tuesday nights 6-8pm PST
Streaming www.xray.fm
107.1 / 91.1 FM KXRY Portland
Illuminine- #3 a3
The Sight Below- Glider a3
Terror Train- s/t a3
Christian Kleine- Beyond Repair b4
Dedekind Cut- Tahoe b1
Atkinson + Cantu-Ledesma- Comme Un Seul Narcisse b4
Alaskan Tapes- Beyond the Streets b3
Clams Casino- Instrumentals c1
Bvdub- Heartless b1
Kid Koala- Music to Draw to: Satellite a2
The Books- The Way Out b5
Endless Melancholy- Fragments of Scattered Whispers b2
Wednesday Jan 02, 2019
Wednesday Jan 02, 2019
Our best vinyl of 2018 featured on Headphone Commute!
Dakota Suite, Dag Rosenqvist, Emanuele Errante- What Matters Most b5
Grouper- Grid of Points a1
Kyle Bobby Dunn- Print / Track 04 a1
Cremation Lily- In England Now, Underwater a2
Low- Double Negative a4
Gas- Rausch b1.2
Beach House- 7 a6
Dialect- Loose Blooms b3
Hotel Neon- Means of Knowing d3
William Basinski + Lawrence English- Selva Oscura a1
Helios- Veraditas a3
Christina Vantzou- No 4 a4
The Black Dog- Black Daisey Wheel b3
Alaskan Tapes- You Were Always an Island a4
Solidarity Hymn- For a Wandering Beam of Sun c1
Nils Frahm- All Melody a2
VA (Visable Cloaks)- Field Works: Initial Sounds b1
Swamp Dog- Love, Loss and Auto-Tune a1
Aaron Martin & Tilman Robinson- Thesis 11 a1
Jan Wagner- Nummern a1
Rauelsson- Mirall a4
Tape Loop Orchestra- Lead Us Into the Light b1.3
Serengeti- Dennis 6E a2
Aaron Martin- Touch Dissolves b2
Markus Guentner- Empire c1
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Featuring new tracks by:
Tape Loop Orchestra: https://tapelooporchestra.com/record/TLOITCLP006
Jan Wagner: https://janwagner.bandcamp.com/album/nummern
Optic Echo Presents
Tuesday nights 6-8pm PST
Streaming www.xray.fm
107.1 / 91.1 FM KXRY Portland
Max Richter- Henry May Long OST b5
Tape Loop Orchestra- Lead us into the Light b1.2
Four Tet- Rounds c1
Christ- Metamorphic Reproductive Miracle b2
Jan Wagner- Nummern a3
Alaskan Tapes- We All Speak in Poems a1
Modern Institute- Excellent Swimmer b6
Sandra Cross- MMs Bar Recordings a1
Merrin Karras- Apex d2