This could be Benoît Pioulards big break.
This could be Benoît Pioulard's big break. Nicole Cox

World-class Seattle musician Benoît Pioulard (aka Thomas Meluch) took a nasty fall while hiking near North Bend, Washington on June 21 and fractured his wrist. Meluch, like many in his chosen field, has inadequate health insurance (Murica!), so he's put up a three-track, 42-minute EP called Radial—named after the bone he broke—to help defray medical costs. If you enjoy sonorous, pacific ambient music borne aloft by exquisite melodies—and/or just like the good karma that comes from helping out an under-insured recording artist—you should toss some coins Tom's way. Bonus: the super-sweet, rare, Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II-era Aphex Twin cover. Talk about getting set adrift on memory bliss...