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The New Abnormal

Aug 26, 2022 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

With ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ

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7:01 AM		Arthur King Gracias a San Lorenzo N Changing Landscapes (Mina las Pintadas) AKP Recordings 2022 Fronted by artist Peter Walker, "Arthur King" is an experimental musical ensemble seeking to engage the tension between the known and unknown inherent in creative expression. Bandcamp
7:05 AM		Set Break: over “Empire I” by Jon Hassell
7:07 AM		Sigur Rós Starálfur Ágætis Byrjun Krunk 1999 Sigur Rós is an Icelandic post-rock band from Reykjavík, active since 1994. The band comprises singer and guitarist Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson, bassist Georg Holm, and keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson. Known for their ethereal sound, frontman Jónsi's falsetto vocals, and their use of bowed guitar, Sigur Rós incorporate classical and minimal aesthetic elements. Bandcamp
7:13 AM		Shrift Blue Lost in a Moment Six Degrees Records 2006 Shrift was a collaboration between former Smoke City vocalist Nina Miranda and producer Dennis Wheatley. Their debut, and only real release, Lost In A Moment, brought together acoustic and electronic soundscapes with Miranda's vocals.
7:19 AM		Nuages Wait Moments Nuages 2006 "nuages" is from the UK. Couldn't find out much more about them. Bandcamp
7:23 AM		Chon Nayhoo (feat. Masego & Lophiile) Homey Sumerian Records 2017 Chon (sometimes stylized as CHON) is an American progressive rock and math rock band from Oceanside, California. Here is the Bandcamp link, but it's several years out of date. They have plenty more music. Discogs CHON = carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen.
7:25 AM		Set Break: over “Mandala (Closing)” by Peter Michael Hamel
7:28 AM		The Derek Trucks Band Kickin' Back Out of the Madness The Derek Trucks Band 1998 Derek Trucks (born 8 June 1979) is an American guitarist and songwriter. Wikipedia
7:37 AM		King Crimson The Sheltering Sky Discipline E.G./Warner Bros. 1981 This incarnation of the group (1981-1984) featured (left to right) Adrian Belew (guitar, vocals), Robert Fripp (lead guitar), Bill Bruford (percussion), and Tony Levin (chapman stick, bass).
7:45 AM		Papa Wemba Botika Na Lela Siku Ya Mungu Black Music 1986 Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba ("Papa Wemba") was a Congolese singer, songwriter, performer, producer and actor. Born on 14 June 1949, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and died on 23 April 2016 doing what he loved: performing on stage, in Abidjan in Ivory Coast (aged 66).
7:51 AM		Benoit Widemann Let's Go, Kids of the Drum Tsunami Ballon Noir 1979 Keyboardist born in 1957, known mostly for his participation with Magma (1974-1982). 🌊
7:55 AM		A Triggering Myth Deftly Dodging Between Cages Laser's Edge 1995 American jazz rock fusion band formed in 1989 by Rick Eddy and Tim Drumheller, a duo of multi-instrumentalists who handle keyboards, guitars, percussions, flute and trumpet, although they regularly enlist the contribution of talented guest musicians. Heavily keyboard based. 🎹
8:00 AM		Set Break: over “Test Loop I” by Robert Fripp & Brian Eno
8:04 AM		Mediabanda Suite Recoleta (feat. Daniel Muñoz) Maquinarias Aconcagua Records 2021 Chilean progressive rock, jazz fusion and contemporary music band, which grew out of Fulano. Active since 2000.
8:12 AM		Zao La Soupe Z=7L Vertigo 1973 A French fusion super-group, formed in 1971 by two early members of Magma: François "Faton" Cahen and Jeff "Yochk'o" Seffer, and featuring many other talents of the 1970's prog and fusion fields. Zao took the Magma "Zeuhl" brand of fusion and jazzed it up a bit.
8:19 AM		De Lorians Daytona De Lorians Beyond Beyond Is Beyond Records 2019 Modern Canterbury from Japan. Combining the Soft Machine-esque atmosphere, with the crazy Zappa freak outs. They also have hints of video game soundtrack influence (you might recognize musical quotes of Pokemon Blue/Red cave music at 3:16 in Daytona).
8:25 AM		Can Fly By Night Saw Delight Harvest 1977 German experimental rock band formed in Cologne circa 1968.
8:29 AM		Set Break: over “Sur le theme de Bene Gesserit VI” by Richard Pinhas
8:31 AM		Jonas Hellborg Savitri Good People In Times of Evil Bardo 2000 Fusion group led by Jonas Hellborg (bass), with Shawn Lane (guitar) and Selvaganesh (percussion).
8:38 AM		Garaj Mahal Junct Mondo Garaj Harmonized Records 2003 Fusion group led by guitarist Fareed Haque.
8:44 AM		Nils Petter Molvær Hurry Slowly (Mungolian Jet Edit) Streamer (Live) OKEH 2004 Norwegian trumpeter, born in 1960.
8:52 AM		Banco de Gaia Sakarya 10 Years Disco Gecko Recordings 2002 Banco de Gaia is Tony Marks, from the UK.
8:58 AM		barnacle boi Let Go. Let Go. - Single barnacle boi 2018 barnacle boi is from the UK, But I can't tell you much more. Bandcamp The original song was sung by Imogen Heap with Frou Frou.
9:01 AM		Set Break: over “Approaching Taidu” by Brian Eno
9:04 AM		Supersister Pudding En Gisteren: Music for Ballet Pudding En Gisteren Red Bullet 1972 Dutch progressive rockband, existed from approx. 1970-1974. Often compared to Caravan due to their whimsical Canterbury-esque style.
9:25 AM		Camel The Snow Goose The Snow Goose Janus Records 1975 English progressive rock group formed in 1971.
9:28 AM		Set Break: over “Birds in Two Hemispheres” by Bill Nelson
9:30 AM		VAK SaiL Progday 2020 s/r 2020 Modern Zeuhl band from France.
9:39 AM		Amygdala Theatre Anatomy Complex Combat Soleil Zeuhl 2004 Amygdala are a Japanese Zeuhl/RIO band, led by Yoshiyuki Nakajima (keyboards, synths and programming) and Yoshihiro Yamaji (bass, guitar, and vocals).
9:48 AM		Univers Zéro Civic Circus The Hard Quest Cuneiform 1999 Univers Zéro are an instrumental Belgian band formed in 1974 by drummer Daniel Denis. The band is known for its dark style of progressive rock, heavily influenced by 20th-century chamber music. Like if Stravinsky had a metal band. Wikipedia
9:52 AM		Set Break: over “Strangelands (From Sherriff Era)” by Sensations Fix
9:54 AM		The Blues Collective Penguin In Bondage Panic Attack Drycastle records 2010 Group led by bassist Maurizio "Bozorius" Bozzi who founded the Drycastle Records label.

Chat is archived.

𓁝 We begin our broadcast day. 𓁜 Welcome to the chat.

Good morning, sir.

Hello, TAndy.

Hey DTO. I recommended myself this album from DJ Ringworm's past show, thanks for the bandcamp link. For some reason I could not find it.

I think there are several "Arthur King"s making music.

And, yeah, I am finding this release one of the more interesting ones.

Makes sense. I found it on the AKP recordings site for a dollar more than the Bandcamp listed price, but if I like it enough I may buy the vinyl?? I dunno. I already spent well over $100 on just 3 or 4 vinyl records in the past week.

Ouch!

💸

Hey one of them was a double LP and another is from Holland, a bit expensive thanks to shipping but I'll be alright

I was putting myself off buying records but DJ Pup just ruined that streak for me 😔

Good day, DJ DaveTheObscure!

DJ Pup finds some lovely stuff.

Good day, -𐁕Ʀ ᮋ₳𖼘𐐣𐤈ꛘ₮ⵟᜬ𐠙-☠️

SIGUR RÓS 💟

💜 - see how we complete each other!

That’s f’n ADORBS

🤍⬜️🤍 two hearts that beat as one

Good morning MrM, bright and early I see! And yes Dave, DJ Pup has consistently been one of my favorite DJs on the station for that veri reason.

it might be dark and early.

What’s the hApS, TAndy!?! Veri dark

MrM's glowing skeletal face will light up even the darkest of hours

, indeed

We had a fire drill an hour ago that went swimmingly. I am ready to get abnormal

Friday innit

'Ello DSM

Ello everyone

I don*t kno how to u$e punctuation• now

Oh, aye, DSM. Good mornin'.

MrM talking like he's from Rock Bottom

0! HighDSM

¿What dis, %TAndy¿

Lol. I gotta go make some coffee

😜

Good morning DTO 😶‍🌫️, DSM 🍩, MrMalcontent 💀, TAndy 😎 & all

This isn’t gonna be about ScrunchBlob is it??

Hey Boo! How’s U?!?

Woah. Dave, this is a deep cut right here. UK artists do downtempo unlike any others

¡ ǝui̩ʇsi̩ɹɥꓛ `ᵷui̩uɹoɯ poo⅁

Good morning Christine🌞!

This vibe

💯

Boo, you already got a shoutout on this show today!

Yes, Christine reminded me to play more Sigur Rós,

WestSiiidddeee take-over TODAY!

GM Christine ☕️

General Manager Christine

CHON > CHUDS

Dave, this Chon and that Nuages are the most perfect waking up songs.

... and it's over....

🇮🇸 💙 ❤️🌹

oh hell yeah Cing Krimson

Oh classic! Love this one. The entire album.

I’ve never looked outside the beginning era KC 😳 gonna have to check it out this is nice, kinda durutti column vibes,

Aaaand it's over

Lol

The 1981-1984 KC incarnation have some good material. I could do without the vocals, but that's my hangup.

🌊

A Triggering Myth's interesting album art reminds me of enoki mushrooms.

Never noticed, Christine, but very true.

MrM! Chile! 🌎 WestSiiidddeee!

Loved that Papa Wemba. Just got another great African guitar heavy lp from late Sao Tomé artist Pedro Lima. "Recorder É Viver: Antologia Vol. 1". Bongo Joe records i think. Bandcamp find. Pre ordered & just avail last week.

Good morning, Brian D! That LP sounds like it must be terrific.

Love that West African guitar sound

Me too. Love the interlocking polyrhythms and melodies.

Hell of a track phew

Good morning, Three Dog Mok! I'm so happy I discovered MediaBanda!

🍵🥄. Dig in, to this morning's Zeuhl gruel.

yumyumyumyum

🥣

🤢

Lovely stuff BAM

Hey, Chef!

Best sprinkled with nutmeg on top. 🥣

Fresh out tha ocean… of spicy CHILE 🇨🇱❗️Wait. That’s not correct. I meant the shower! Of a different WestSiiidddeee! Wait. I meant… I am BathBoy! So FILTHY. 🤭😏

Who?

W H O

Tommy chong

What was EWAN MCGREGOR so angry about?!

"Tweeter" I think it's called?

ErrMahGawd 🤣

🐦 🎶

Or was it maybe FarceBook?

I thought it was called FarceBunk

Yeah, that's it.

💟

💜

Excellent selections! Great soundtrack for ShowerTime! Cheers, DJ DaveTheObscure! Looking forward to the next hour! 🎵🕺🏻🎶

I try to have a shower-adjacent set each week.

I too am about to shower

TMI

reminds me of the Sopranos opening music

>:)

Never saw the show.

Same

🫡

I never did.

Bobicle Boy!

🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡😈😈😈😈😈😈

MrM, it's an emoji of a yellow face saluting.

The world is leaving you behind, MrM.

It was added as an emoji in 2021, prolly too new for ya.

(Emoji 14.0)

To be fair my other phone doesn't have that either. Somehow emojis are dependent upon OS upgrades instead of keyboard updates

I’m on old operating system for [redacted] and because of [redacted].

🤫

Your burner phone?

👻

Good on you, Dave the Obscure! 🩸

Dave you're very likely to summon Ossy at this early hour with this song

>8)

Ossy? Maybe he's listening to WDAS.

For REALZ

Very true. Steve Harvey's show is pretty funny

And chatting about WPRB.

Doubtful

😑

Omg I love this! Is this supersister?

And good morning!!

Good morning, DJ Esoterica!

Oh, this is fun.

Good morning, DJ esoterica! It is indeed still Supersister.

All of Side B.

Hi mr m! Good morning

Good morning, DJ Eso!

Good morning Esoterica!

A false ending - it is still Supersister.

🤯

Good morning, Christine!

Album sides on The New Abnormal 💯

Snow Goose > Ice Bear?

Yes, Christine!

In my mind at least.

Birds always >>> Mammals

Good morning, Rob from MD.

Was that intro piano sampled by UNKLE or maybe Portishead?

Morning Dave!

@ DSM, I would not know. But I need to clarify that I triggered the playlist too early, and the piano was actually the outro from Supersister.

The Camel album name is related to/inspired by a novel of the same name (which I think I read in the 70s) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Goose_(album)

"The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk is a novella by the American author Paul Gallico."

Also, CAMEL has a song titled ‘Dunkirk’

Found it, rabbit in your headlights. Very similar if not the same to the supersister

Thanks DTO, heading to pancakes 🥞. Have a greats weekend everyone!!

Good morning, Rob! Spotted any interesting species lately?🐧 🕊 Also, there are not enough bird emojis.

I honestly luv to eat pancakes 🥞

Thanks for hanging out with us, DSM.

Enjoy pancakes, DSM

🕊🦅🦆🦜🐥🐣🦢🐓🦃🦉🐧🐤🐦🦤🦚🦩🪶

𓅛𓅠𓄿𓅓

Whoa

ooooold school

Wow!!

I was wrong.

I do want more tho yo

Morning Dave - I've really been enjoying Vak since you put them on my radar a while back.

A late good morning, TAndy! Sorry, I was eating a delish breakfast sandwich

Good morning, Bud. I'm glad I was able to turn you on to some new music.

@MrM et al., the snow goose novella involves Dunkirk and WW2

Good morning Christine, I saw an American Avocet https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Avocet/photo-gallery/297916811 a few miles from my house that someone had spotted. It was my first in 8 years, and a one day wonder. Pretty rare in the DC area

Thank you for all those bird emojis, MrM and DtO

🙏

Gee willikers I sure do hope DSM brings enough hot cakes for us all

an all time favourite: 🦤

Congratulations, Rob! Sighting that avocet must have been an exciting moment.

Holy Cannoli!?! Final Twelve Mins?!?

"oh good"

Ha.

What was the source of that station I.D., DJ DaveTheObscure?

Which one?

The most recent

I created it.

To fill a need.

You were the voices ?

Don’t make me come over there

Ah, no, that was Tom Riddle and a Hogwarts professor.

Audio bits from a film?

Replace Hawcrux with WPRB.

Very enjoyable

"Like if Stravinsky had a metal band." 👍 😀

One of the latter Harry Potter films. Forget which one.

Bassoon 👍

And it's on Cuneiform 😀

DJ DaveTheObscure! Another Gem of a Show! Many thanks! Big cheers! Kind regards to you, Sir!

Cuneiform - no surprise there.

Screeeeaming online 🗣️

DtO, thanks for the show!

🐧 🪢

🐧🐧🐧

🙏. I'm glad you all enjoyed the show, and were able to contribute to the chat.

@Christine, what was your second gif after the penguin?

Way over on the obscure side of the dial

Emoji, not gif

@Rob, a knot.

@ Christine - brilliant! On multiple levels!

@Christine, thanks! I can't see it other than as a symbol.

A red knot! Outstanding!

Thank you DJ Dave The Obscure! Outstanding playlist, as usual. 💯 Great to chat with everyone!

There's a species of bird called Red Knot, a sandpiper breeding in the northern tundra and migrating through NJ and MD to South America

@Rob, fascinating!

That's how brilliant Christine is!

Cheers to all the Dears, especially those with Big Dodo Ears

@Christine they (used to) gather along the Delaware Bay in large numbers in May on their way north to feast on horshoe crab eggs from when the crabs were trying to spawn

Another fine show, thanks Dave!

It must be a camel... no wait... it must be a penguin.. or a poodle...

🕷📞🗝♣️🐃⌚️🎬 🏴‍☠️

I made pilgrimages there in the 80s and 90s. Sadly, their numbers are way down

... or a sofa (king size

Thanks, folks! 🙏 Until next week....

Thanks!!

🖤