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The New Abnormal

Aug 7, 2022 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

With ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ

So Stew-ed. 🛌 😴

7:01 AM		Estampie Al Jorn - Carceres Signum Galileo Music Communication 2004 German Neo-Medieval band founded in 1985 by Sigrid Hausen (aka Syrah), Michael Popp and Ernst Schwindl.
7:03 AM		Set Break: over “A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain” by Bill Nelson
7:05 AM		Tino Roadside Memory N Interpreting Clouds sound as language 2022 Santino Gonzales is from Los Lunas NM https://tino-ufo.bandcamp.com
7:10 AM		David Sylvian Shadowland (Northfield) God Man - EP Virgin Records 1999 The 'God Man' EP comes from the era of 'Dead Bees On A Cake'. with his wife (at the time) Ingrid Chavez
7:14 AM		Arthur King Cobre N Changing Landscapes (Mina las Pintadas) AKP Recordings 2022 "Arthur King" is a Los Angeles based group, with members Aaron Espinoza, David Ralicke, Jason Lytle, and Peter Walker. This is their 4th "Changing Landscapes" release.
7:20 AM		Paul Schauert Flipped Out/Tranquil Modalities s/r 2010 https://paulschauert.bandcamp.com/album/modalities
7:32 AM		Nik Bärtsch's Ronin Modul 49_44 Llyrìa ECM Records 2010 Nik Bärtsch is a Swiss pianist, composer, and producer, born 3 August 1971 in Zurich. His group plays a minimalist math-jazz.
7:39 AM		Set Break: over “Sonanze: 6th Movement” by Roberto Cacciapaglia
7:42 AM		Djivan Gasbaryan and Michael Brook Fallen Star Black Rock Real World 1998 Michael Brook was born in Toronto in 1951, and invented the "infinite guitar". Djivan Gasparyan, Armenian 'duduk' player, was born in 1928. (Somehow, his death on 6 July 2021 escaped my attention.)
7:47 AM		Keyvan Chemirani An Indian Way Hâl. Ballades Amoureuses Alpha Classics 2021 Children of Iranian percussionist Djamchid Chemirani.
7:58 AM		Set Break: over “Ceylon” by K. Leimer
8:01 AM		Tetsu Inoue Ambiant Otaku Ambiant Otaku FAX +49-69/450464 1994 Tetsu Inoue (テツ・イノウエ) is a former electronic music producer from Japan. He has not done much of anything since 2007. Otaku is a Japanese word that describes people with consuming interests, particularly in anime, manga, video games, or computers.
8:11 AM		Jon Hassell Hamburg The Surgeon of the Nightsky Restores Dead Things by the Power of Sound intuition 2005 Jon Hassell (1937-2021) is from Memphis. He created a style of music he described as Fourth World, a hybrid of music both ancient and digital, composed and improvised, Eastern and Western.
8:18 AM		Loga Ramin Torkian Avaaz Mehraab Six Degrees Records 2011 Loga Ramin Torkian is an Iranian-born multi-instrumentalist, Middle Eastern lutist, composer, co-founder of the groups Axiom of Choice and Niyaz.
8:22 AM		Kayo Dot Blue Lambency Downward Blue Lambency Downward Prophecy Productions 2008 Kayo Dot is an avant-and/or-compositional-rock band from New York City. Their hallucinatory music has its roots in doom-goth, progressive rock, and new age.
8:32 AM		Richard Pinhas & Barry Cleveland Zen/Unzen Mu Cuneiform 2016 Richard Pinhas, founder of Heldon, along with Barry Cleveland. https://barrycleveland.bandcamp.com
8:41 AM		Janel & Anthony Mustang Song Where Is Home Cuneiform Records 2012 Cellist Janel Leppin and her husband guitarist Anthony Pirog.
8:46 AM		Stephan Thelen Point of Inflection Fractal Guitar 2 Moonjune 2021 Stephan Thelen was born in Santa Rosa CA in 1959. He is a composer, producer and mathematician based in Zürich, Switzerland, where he leads the group SonAr, who play a minimalist jazz.
8:57 AM		Set Break: over “Blue Orleans” by Michael Manring
9:01 AM		Isotope 217 Prince Namor N The Unstable Molecule Thrill Jockey 2022 Isotope 217 is a Chicago-based band composed mainly of members from Tortoise and the Chicago Underground Orchestra that was formed in 1997. blending rock and funk and jazz and electronics.
9:09 AM		Jeremy Cunningham, Dustin Laurenzi & Paul Bryan Bye Line N A Better Ghost Northern Spy 2022 Chicago based jazz ensemble.
9:13 AM		Eberhard Weber A Pale Smile Fluid Rustle ECM Records 1979 Eberhard Weber, born in 1940 in Stuttgart, Germany, designed his own upright electric bass. His distinctive tone is one of the things that gives ECM Records it's 'sound'. On this LP, he was joined by Bill Frisell (guitar), Gary Burton (vibraphone, marimba), and vocalists Norma Winstone & Bonnie Herman. No drummer this time.
9:21 AM		Øresund Space Collective Angular Ambrosia Chatoyant Breath Space Rock Production 2018 The ØSC comprises more than 30 members from Nordic psych/space bands, with some from the USA. Active since 2004, subsets of members get together whenever they can and jam. Good stuff get posted for free. https://archive.org/details/OresundSpaceCollective The best stuff gets issued on CD and LP. https://oresundspacecollective.bandcamp.com The group is named after the Øresund Bridge (and tunnel), which connects Denmark and Sweden.
9:48 AM		Ozric Tentacles Akasha Spirals In Hyperspace Magna Carta 2004 English progressive/space/psychedelic rock band founded in 1983 in Somerset. They fuse jazz rock, hard rock and acid rock with influences from world music. This track features their idol, guitarist Steve Hillage. (You'll hear echoes of Gong's Radio Gnome trilogy in Ozric Tentacles' music.)
9:56 AM		Set Break: over “Here We Go” by Cliff Martinez
9:58 AM		Duo Sonare Oh No! (Arr. for Two Guitars by Duo Sonare) Duo Sonare Plays Debussy, Albéniz, Piazzolla and Zappa Sound star-ton 1993 Duo Sonare are acoustic guitarists Thomas Offermann and Jens Wagner, from Germany.

Chat is archived.

We begin our broadcast day....

Whoops. Good morning sir.

Well, hello there, TAndy. Good morning.

Good morning indeed. I'm so ready to go home and nap, and the music is helping me get to that mood

Plenty of mellow ambient music lined up this morning.

Good morning. I like this track

Good morning Rob F. Looks like my presence has the potential to start a party today.

I will say that CJ's show and the rerun of Deidre's helped wake me up earlier

Good morning, Rob F. Paul Schauert's music wasn't easy to find.

Definitely TAndy

Was that Deirdre's video game show?

Yep, I was beyond hyped to hear it in the car while on a late night coffee run.

So how do you find stuff like Paul Schauert ?

In the case of Paul Schauert, a coworker with a surprisingly large music collection, discovered it somewhere and loaned it to me.

Schauert does not have a large web presence beyond bandcamp. Discogs doesn't even list him.

Oh cool

That's odd. I've always seen Discogs as the most definitive database for music releases and some artist info

That's usually the case, TAndy. I don't know of anything else that comes close. But some things escape their attention.

I assume since much of the site is user submitted, and sometimes fans just don't care to submit info.

I expect the artists would make the effort at least.

True

Btw the math-jazz was nice too

Thanks, Rob F. Nik Bärtsch's Ronin is another group I just discovered recently - I bought on speculation because it was on ECM.

S'more math-jazz by Stephan Thelen coming up in 1 hour.

You must have a large music collection too

Yeah, it's to the point of ridiculousness. Not as big as many other WPRB DJs, but large, for sure.

Having a large music collection used to mean something. Years ago, I would have gems found internationally that weren't available here.

But now, most everything is available on the internet, and can fit in your pocket.

To an extent

A pocket can only fit so many SSDs/MicroSD cards

Yeah, I’m trying not to buy much now due to space limitations. But every time I go to PREX…

Alright, a WPRB baggu, then.

BAGGU

I still am accumulating things from PREX, too. I don't like how vulnerable digital storage can be.

My daughter and I would enjoy selecting CDs for road-trips. My son would just as prefer Spotify.

If it's not a WPRB show my friend/family would enjoy, I love trying to find an album off bandcamp or songs from a previous show I have saved on a playlist to play for car rides.

Well somehow this dubby ambient track has given me a second wind and I'm wide awake now

That was not my intent at all, TAndy.

This Hassell track would zone me out and put me right to sleep.

Nice bass on this one

On Mu, that was Michael Manring's fretless bass.

There was a song on Friday am that you said was fretless bass too

Yeah, McGill Manring Stevens, the jazz group. Same guy. Manring used to be on all the gentle new age records on Windham Hill. Then he went dark. And I was thrilled.

Dave you play fantastic material!! Keep up the great effort

Thanks, Fusionhead! That is my intent, as long as they let me. (If you aren't aware, I have a regular show Friday 7-10 a.m.)

I like that morning sounds like these are extremely rare to hear on "air"

I am listening in my car now nice cruising sounds

But NOT texting and driving

🙏 Thanks. I was about to say - no texting while driving.

Dave! I have to drive and run some errands but I will be listening and have been listening for a bit. Thanks for the show, the selection for the past hour in particular has been excellent. Normally this would make me sleepy but it makes me want to get up and do something today. And so I will

Sounds good, TAndy. Thanks for keeping me company this morning! Have a good day, and stay cool.

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Enjoying this too

🙏 Øresund Space Collective has some nice spacy jams.

ØSC is very cool

Hey, good morning, Christine!

Good morning, DTO 😶‍🌫️ ☕

I was driving & listening, and suddenly remembered.

Dang, I missed most of your show.

I took your advice and put some Kadef Abgi on my next show!

FANTASTIC!!!

🙏

I have to continue my car journey, so I'll say thank you now, DTO. Take care, everybody! I'm bringing WPRB with me. 📻 🚗 🌲🌳🌲

Thanks for checking in, Christine. Have a good day, and stay cool.

Good morning, awesome show, DTO!

Good morning, Addie Plum. Glad you are able to tune in.

Been listening quite a while, just got caffeinated enough to comment 😂

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I heard this sunshine funk and knew it was Ozric Tentacles

Brilliant.

The Ozric Tentacles certainly have a distinctive recognizable sound.

Dave, do you have a single album of there as you would recommend to match with driving on this beautiful blue summer day?

DTO, thanks for the great show. I really enjoyed it!

@TAndy, I can never narrow things down.

Oh wow final three minutes I cry thanks for the show

Thanks, Rob F!

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Thanks everyone for tuning in and joining the chat this morning! As No. 6 says, BCNU.