Chill with Symbiosis

Relax and unwind with two hours of calming music, nature sounds, birdsong and poetry from Symbiosis. Perfect listening for downtime, travelling and holidays. Symbiosis musician and producer Clive Williamson presents a special mix for gentle relaxation with themes including: Spring & New Beginnings; Starry Skies & Inner Spaces; Ebb & Flow and Summer Days. Includes poetry by Emily Dickinson, Kahlil Gibran, Hermann Hesse and Wang Wei.

Symbiosis are: John Hackett (flutes and guitar); Richard Bolton (guitars and cello) and Clive Williamson (keyboards, percussion, flute and voice). With special guests (in Edition 1): Rupert Flindt (fretless bass); Sally Goodworth (piano); Brian Mullen (cello) and Denise Linn (closing guided meditation: ‘Meditation for your Home’).

Edition 1 – ‘Chill with Symbiosis’ (Ebb & Flow; Summer Days; Starry Skies & Inner Spaces; Forest Bathing; Spring & New Beginnings; Songs of Hope)

Presented by Clive Williamson, musician, sound designer and producer with Symbiosis.

Additional Programmes:

NEWNEWNEW: Edition 10 – ‘Summer Smoothies, Seas & Oceans’ – with Denise Linn Meditation

Begins with a very laid-back hour of smooth music blending jazz and pop: including songs from Nat ‘King’ Cole, Hall & Oates, Paul Simon and Diana Krall. The second hour starts with Clive’s evocation of the ‘Mystery & Majesty of Seas and Oceans’ using natural sound recordings, poetry and music (from The Kanneh-Masons, Van Morrison and Celtic Women). The programme ends with a full guided meditation from author and healer Denise Linn: “Miracle Power of your Mind – Creating a Positive Future” (with original music by Symbiosis, featuring beautiful interplay between flautist John Hackett and special guest Nick Magnus on keyboards). (Broadcast: 06.07.2025)

Other musicians: Richard Bolton (guitars & cello) and Clive Williamson (keyboards, nature sound recordings & sound design). Also appearing in this programme: Sally Goodworth (piano). Many thanks to: QED Productions for the Denise Linn recording from ‘Phoenix Rising’. (Available from iTunes.)

FEATURED SHOW – Edition 7 – ‘My Chilled Life’

A special programme tracing the development of Ambient and Relaxation Music through a ‘lifetime of listening’ to calming sounds by musician and sound designer Clive Williamson of Symbiosis.

From hearing gentle Classics and Ella Fitzgerald on 78s; through discovering Cool Jazz on vinyl and Psychedelic Pop on a transistor radio; to a flute in the Taj Mahal and streaming natural sounds online… Join Clive as he investigates his ‘Ambient Family Tree’, with contributions from Brian Eno, Gong’s Daevid Allen and flautist John Hackett. His insightful recollections and discoveries include music from Debussy, Tangerine Dream, Paul Horn, Pink Floyd and, of course, 50 years (!) of Symbiosis.

Symbiosis are: John Hackett (flute); Richard Bolton (guitar) and Clive Williamson (keyboards, percussion programming, flute, Synthi AKS synthesizer, voice effects and treated whistling). Also appearing in this programme: Chris Jenkins (guitars); Jamie Chadwick (flute) & Daevid Allen (glissando guitar & voice). Reading by Maloviere. (Thanks to: Nora Correa Jimenez, Michele Stroobant, Gareth Glynn, Rafe Jaffrey & Andy Finney.)

FEATURED SHOW – Edition 9 – ‘Joy, Happiness & Warm Summer Days’

June 2025: Clive explores Joy and Happiness in music, featuring artists such as Joni Mitchell, Bobby McFerrin, Gene Kelly and Louis Armstrong, with some salsa, Cuban ‘son’ and classical music added to the mix. Warm summer days are conjured up by Miles Davis, Michael Franks and Herbie Hancock, and there’s poetry from Walt Whitman and ChatGPT! The programme ends with some of Clive’s favourite ‘psychedelic pop’.

Edition 8 – ‘Under Moon & Stars’

May 2025: Clive presents some calming new mixes of Symbiosis music with natural sound recordings from Devon, Australia, New Zealand and Colombia; then explores the theme: Under Moon & Stars, including a range of poems from the Victorian ‘Romantics’ to Chat GPT’s AI, via ‘The Owl & the Pussycat’! The programme ends with an hour of Clive’s favourite chilled, ambient and down-tempo music from around the globe, featuring Pakistani-American singer Arooj Aftab; Australia’s ‘My Friend the Chocolate Cake’ & PNAU; musicians from Turkey and Colombia; and singers from Georgia and Brasil.

Also appearing in this programme: Sally Goodworth (piano) and Brian Mullen (cello).  (Thanks to: Nora Correa Jimenez for production advice and help with the new nature sound recordings, and to Becky Wilcock for her support on location.)

Edition 6 – ‘Spring’

Edition 5 – ‘Symbiosis in Concert – Rudolph Steiner House, June 1992’

A special edition of deeply relaxing ambient music, with extra global grooves and jazz-inspired songs: played live by Symbiosis, from their “Touching the Clouds” concert (featuring guest musician Maloviere).

Enjoy the entire archive concert, recorded live at Rudolph Steiner House in London on 18th June 1992. The performance was given to celebrate the launch of the ‘Touching the Clouds’ album and to help raise awareness of the charity Butterfly Conservation. During the interval, musician and sound designer Clive Williamson presents poetry on the theme ‘The Countryside in Winter & Looking Forward to Spring’, including work by Christina Rossetti, Robert Browning and ‘To a Snowdrop’ by William Wordsworth. The programme ends with a laid-back taster of some of Clive’s favourite Lounge and Chill-out music from the ’90s.

Symbiosis are: John Hackett (flutes and guitar); Richard Bolton (guitars and cello) and Clive Williamson (keyboards, percussion, world flutes, wind synthesizer and voice). The concert also features Ashley Drees (cittern, mandolin, Brazilian pot drum and hand percussion) and Maloviere (violin, tsimbala and recorders). (Also appearing in this programme: Rupert Flindt on fretless bass.)

Edition 4 – ‘Winter; Travelling in the Mind’s Eye; Forest Bathing in New Zealand’

Edition 3 – ‘Chilled Pop; Life’s Journey; A Plea for the Planet; It’s About Time.’

Edition 2 – ‘Autumn’ – An Ode to Autumn; Our Friends the Trees

Edition 1 – ‘Chill with Symbiosis’ (using alternative Music Player)

Clive also presents the radio series: A Pocket Guide to World Music on Soundart Radio – which includes some tracks by Symbiosis.

‘Chill with Symbiosis’ includes music and nature sounds from these albums by Symbiosis…