This is the final episode of Warm Focus as a weekly radio show on BFF.fm! :(
But have no fear, Warm Focus will continue as a series of mixes and live DJ sets. I'm looking forward to being able to sink more time into more polished mixes with the same flow-inducing vibe.
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Warm Focus is also available as a podcast, which is probably the easiest medium of all!
Thanks to everyone who listened, to the amazing team that makes BFF.fm the best community radio station in the country. Stay warm friends!

12:15pm The Rest is Noise by Jamie XX on In Colour (-)
12:18pm Bubbles by Yosi Horikawa on Wandering (-)
12:23pm Cigarettes and Chocolate by Chet Faker on Thinking in Textures (-)
12:27pm Nights Off by Siriusmo on Mosaik (-)
12:31pm Ishmael by Nicolas Jaar + Will Epstein + Dave Harrington + Ian Sims on Ishmael (-)
12:35pm Cirrus by Bonobo on The Northern Borders (-)
12:40pm Gumball Machine Weekend by Yppah on Gumball Machine Weekend (-)
12:43pm Everything Is Alright by Four Tet on Pause (-)
12:45pm Toccatta by Mungolian Jetset w/ Jaga Jazzist on Mungodelics (-)
12:51pm Forever 1 (Cashmere Cat Edit) by Hudson Mohawke on N/A (N/A)
12:54pm Gamelan Salunding, Tenganan by Various Artists on Bali: Gamelan and Kacek (-)
1:00pm Tore Tore Oh by Dustin Wong on Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads (Thrill Jockey)
1:05pm Under a Tree by Jim Guthrie on Sword & Sworcery LP (Not on a Label)
1:10pm Mountaintops in Caves by Talkdemonic on Beat Romantic (-)
1:12pm Thora Vukk by Robag Wruhme on Thora Vukk (-)
1:16pm Slipped Disc by Luke Vibert on ? (?)
1:19pm It's Only - Instrumental by ODESZA on In Return (-)
1:23pm Marriage by Gold Panda on - (-)
1:31pm I'm 9 Today by múm on Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK - 01 - I'm 9 Today (-)
1:35pm Aquarium by Nosaj Thing on Views/Octopus EP (Nosaj Thing)
1:38pm Runnin (Philippians Remix) by The Pharcyde on - (-)
1:43pm Alone In Kyoto by Air on (OST Lost in Translation) (-)
1:48pm Avery Island / April 1st by Neutral Milk Hotel on On Avery Island (-)
1:49pm Avril 14th by Aphex Twin on Drukgs (-)
1:51pm 14 April by Musette on Datum (-)
1:55pm Monterey by The Echelon Effect on Pacific (-)

Warm Focus 45: This Bird Has Flown

A genre-agnostic instrumental mix for creatives, Warm Focus walks the line between mellow & energetic, digital & analog, high & low BPM. Each week I attempt to induce a two-hour state of Flow in the listener: the sense that your work is carrying you along effortlessly like a log in a stream.

These are two-hour-long sets of instrumental music carefully curated as a background for doing creative work. I aim to energize and focus the mind without ever feeling distracting or alienating, and occasionally I pop on the mic from BFF.fm's studios in SF to offer a few words of chillaxed inspiration. Warm, human music weaving between between the background and the foreground.

In practice, music that fits this bill can come from a wide array of genres, but I work hard to make each song in the set feels "of a piece". Some broad-callouts of the kinds of things I would include: electronic (Plaid, Four Tet, Pantha du Prince, Kate Simko), hiphop instrumentals (Dilla, MF Doom, Oddisee, Ta-Ku, RZA), modern composers (David Axelrod, Hauschka, Nicolas Jaar, Philip Glass, Jon Brion)

You can listen live every Wednesday at Noon Pacific Time at http://BFF.fm/shows/warm-focus


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