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The New Abnormal

Dec 16, 2022 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Music

With ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ

Exploring multiple facets of jazz-adjacent prog-rock, edgy fusion, Canterbury, Zeuhl, Rock-In-Opposition, avant-prog, Rock Progressivo Italiano, world music, ambient, anything virtuosic.

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7:00 AM		Andrzej Korzyñski The World Is Beautiful (Climb The Tree) N Diabeł Finder's Keepers 2023 Andrzej Korzyñski (2 March 1940 – 18 April 2022) was based in Warsaw Poland, and composed this track for the 1972 Polish film "Diabeł". Bandcamp
7:01 AM		Taranoya You'll Be Found N Flying sound as language 2022 Taranoya is a Persian composer and vocalist based in Portland. Bandcamp
7:07 AM		Haleiwa A Bottomless Pit N Hallway Waverider Morr Music 2022 Haleiwa is Mikko Singh, based in Stockholm, Sweden. Bandcamp
7:10 AM		Set Break: over looped “Bottomless Pit” by Haleiwa
7:12 AM		Mick Karn The Sad Velvet Breath of Summer and Winter Bestial Cluster CMP Records 1993 Andonis Michaelides (1958-2011) rose to fame as the fretless bassist for the art rock band Japan. This track is atypical of his usual output; it features Joachim Kuhn on piano, Steve Gorn on bansuri, and Glen Velez on percussion, and not much of Karn's distinctive bass.
7:18 AM		Jade Warrior Moontears Way of the Sun Universal-Island Records Ltd. 1978 Jade Warrior was an unconventional British progressive rock band formed in 1970. During their 1974-1978 period ("Island years"), it was mostly Jon Field & Tony Duhig playing all instruments, with assorted guest musicians, including Steve Winwood and Fred Frith. Wikipedia
7:21 AM		Jade Warrior Heaven Stone Way of the Sun Universal-Island Records Ltd. 1978 Jon Field had played flute on Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" in 1973. That, and some networking by Steve Winwood of Traffic, helped get Jade Warrior a 4-LP contract with Island Records. "Way Of The Sun" was the fourth and final LP for Island Records.
7:27 AM		Jade Warrior Way of the Sun Way of the Sun Island 1978 All four of Jade Warrior's releases on Island records were compiled into the double CD "Elements: The Island Anthology" in 1995, minus all the expository liner notes that the LPs provided.
7:32 AM		Carlos Santana Jim Jeannie Oneness - Silver Dreams Golden Reality Columbia 1979 This was a Carlos Santana project, but was released under the name "Devadip" (the "spiritual name" given to him by cult leader Sri Chinmoy). Soon, he would start bristling at Chinmoy's demands and restrictions, and ended his association with the cult by 1982. This LP offers a mix of songs; there are some catchy rock songs, some fusion, and plenty of sappy spirituality.
7:36 AM		Set Break: over “The Snake And The Lotus (The Pond)” by Penguin Cafe Orchestra
7:39 AM		Shizuka 妖精の通る道 N Lunatic Pearl An'Archives 2022 Shizuka were from the Tokyo underground psych scene, active since the mid-'90s. Bandcamp This EP was recorded in 2001. Vocalist Shizuka Miura died in 2010.
7:47 AM		Popol Vuh Wo bist du? Einsjäger & Siebenjäger BMG Rights Management GmbH 1974 Pioneers of German "krautrock" music, Popol Vuh started out as an experimental electronic group. After a few years, they settled on their distinctive sound. The song "Wo bist Du?" (where are you?) was obtained as a bonus track from the 2004 reissue CD on SPV. It may have been available elsewhere previously.
7:52 AM		Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder If I Had It All Again To Do Brand New Strings Skaggs Family Records 2004 American country and bluegrass singer and multi-instrumentalist, born 18 July 1954 in Cordell, Kentucky. Skaggs showed prowess at an early age, playing mandolin on stage with Bill Monroe at age 5 and appearing on TV with Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs at 7. He emerged as a professional bluegrass musician in 1971.
7:56 AM		Brian Blade Brother Mama Rosa Verve 2009 American jazz drummer, composer, singer/songwriter and session musician, born 25 July 1970 in Shreveport, Louisiana.
7:59 AM		Set Break: over “The Spring River's Flower Moolight Night” by Liang Zhu
8:03 AM		Arild Andersen Group Opening Electra ECM 2005 "Arild Andersen Group" was the name Arild Andersen used in 2004 for the commissioned work "Electra", made for the Cultural Olympiad in connection to the Athens Olympics in Greece. This track features Arve Henriksen on trumpet and Eivind Arrest on guitar.
8:13 AM		Mali Obomsawin Lineage N Sweet Tooth Out of Your Head Records 2022 Mali Obomsawin (born in 1995 in Stratford NH) is an Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer from Abenaki First Nation at Odanak in Quebec. Obomsawin is a cross-genre artist specializing in free-jazz, rock, and American roots music. "Sweet Tooth" is her debut solo release as a band leader. Bandcamp
8:20 AM		MIEKO MIYAZAKI & GUO GAN Tamanaka Nen Nen Sui Sui daquí 2012 Collaboration by Mieko Miyazaki (Japanese koto player), and Guo Gan (Chinese erhu player).
8:27 AM		Gateway Nexus Gateway 2 ECM Records 1978 Gateway is L-R: Jack DeJohnette (drums), Dave Holland (bass), and John Abercrombie (guitar).
8:34 AM		Set Break: over “Threnody” and “Manikarnika” by Steve Tibbetts
8:37 AM		Twelve Girls Band Take Five Shanghai Manhattan Records 2007 Formed in June 2001, after auditioning of over 4000 contestants, the "Twelve Girls Band" are an all female Chinese musical group that use traditional Chinese instruments to play both traditional Chinese and Western music. Yes, President Xi, I only see 12 girls. Not 13. Please don't send me back for "re-education".
8:40 AM		The Nguyên Lê Trio Lü Bakida ACT Music 2000 Nguyên Lê is a French jazz musician and composer of Vietnamese ancestry, born 14 January 1959 in Paris.
8:46 AM		Mörglbl Travels Toons Tunes from the Past Free Electric Sound 2008 Mörglbl is a French fusion band, founded in 1997 (or 1996). Christophe Godin (guitar) decided to form an instrumental fusion rock band - he describes band's music as 'power-jazz-metal instrumental music'. This track is from their debut "Ze Mörglbl Trio !!", originally released in France in 1998.
8:52 AM		Phil Miller Figures of Speech (feat. Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Pete Lemer, Pip Pyle, Dave Stewart, Barbara Gaskin) Cutting Both Ways (feat. Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Pete Lemer, Pip Pyle, Dave Stewart, Barbara Gaskin) Cuneiform Records 1989 Phil Miller (1949-2017) was a central part of the "Canterbury scene", playing guitar for Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, and National Health. This track features his old friend, keyboardist Dave Stewart.
9:01 AM		Set Break: over “Intervene” and “Corrupt Signal” by K. Leimer
9:04 AM		French TV That Thing on the Wall The Case Against Art Pretentious Dinosaur Records 2010 American RIO/avant-progressive band founded in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1983.
9:13 AM		Garaj Mahal Massive Blueberry Cave Harmonized Records 2005 US fusion group led by guitarist Fareed Haque.
9:22 AM		Nik Bärtsch's Ronin Modul 39_8 Holon ECM Records 2008 Math jazz group led by Swiss pianist, composer, and producer, Nik Bärtsch, born 3 August 1971 in Zurich. The music is at the intersection of contemporary minimalist music, jazz, and math rock.
9:30 AM		Guapo III. Black Oni Ipecac Recordings 2004 Guapo is an avant rock group from London, UK, founded in 1994.
9:39 AM		PinioL Shô Shin Bran Coucou Dur et Doux 2018 PinioL is an unholy collaboration between French left field groups Poil and Ni. This track had to be severely edited for airplay. (They needlessly sabotage their music with vulgarity.)
9:51 AM		Set Break: over the looped end of “Shô Shin” by Piniol
9:55 AM		The Zappa Early Renaissance Orchestra Dupree's Paradise Bläther Cordelia Records 2020 The Zãþþã Éårlý Rênáissánçê Ørçhêstrå is based in the Seattle area and was formed in 2012. This track mashes up Dupree's Paradise with Yes' "And You and I".

Chat is archived.

𓁝 We begin our broadcast day. 𓁜 ☔

Good morning, sir.

Right on time, TAndy!

You'll be on twice tomorrow too?

Or just the first show fill-in

Just the first fill-in show. It is Jayashri's turn to host Sangeet.

But tomorrow's 7-9 a.m. show will be all Indian jazz.

Nice! Love Jyashri's selections. (TAndy says this about every DJ however)

Nothing wrong with that. It's good to love music.

Except yacht rock

There are many who even enjoy yacht rock.

<:(

As Sun Ra said, "Don't be so hip."

But it's hip to be square!

Okay, Huey.

Delicious transition there!

Good morning DtO and everyone. The Taranoya track was a very nice way to start off my morning

Good morning, Rob from MD. Taranoya makes dreamy music.

Good morning Rob. I am LOVING this Haleiwa right now. Sending this to one of my friends right now

I found Taranoya's Bandcamp page for later listening.

TAndy, the Haleiwa was nice too

I'm enjoying these Jade Warrior pieces. It's been a long time since I played these albums

and it's over...

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Good morning, Christine!

Late to the early morning party. 😴

I have neglected jade Warrior as well. Their music is sometimes hard to program on a show. They have these almost inaudible delicate parts, and then sudden crashes of sound.

@Christine, the main thing is you made it.

Good morning Dave the Obscure 😶‍🌫️, Rob, & TAndy !

Sigur Rós is like that, too. Super-quiet and then huge explosions of sound.

Yes, for that same reason I tend to not play Sigur Rós on the show.

Good morning Christine!

I'm going to quietly leave for a walk, during which I will make a sudden crash of sound 😇

Thanks, Rob. Don't scare away the birds!

Happy birdspotting, Rob 👀

What’s happening? What’s going on?? What’s all this about???

Good morning Christine And MrM!

Hello DJ DaveTheObscure! 💟

The New Abnormal has changed. Now I lay BOTH types of music; country AND western.

I chortled out loud 🤭

💜 Good morning, -𐁕Ʀ ᮋ₳𖼘𐐣𐤈ꛘ₮ⵟᜬ𐠙-☠️ It's been a while since you sacrificed sleep to check in so early.

Always with the screeeeaming 🗣

I’m often outside screaming at the clouds

Morning, MrM 💀!

The clouds do not hear. The clouds cannot hear.

"Mr. Skeleton Yells at Cloud" 🗞

Hi, ChristineBoo! 🤗 😝

Hey boo! 👻

MORNIN BREAKFAST CREW

Hey TAndy

Hey, Chef!

BAM

Hey Chef 🍳!

SIGUR RÓS 💙 would be Perf on this show! I’m cry

I have aired some Sigur Rós in the past. But not today. 😞

And no crying on The New Abnormal!

Me cry a little every show without SIGUR RÓS 🤎

Good morning. Enjoying this selections this morning. Nice and chill as the year winds down

Good morning, Moka/Jawaka!

Mornin, Mok

Good morning everyone. Enjoying this one a lot!

Great material being played (as usual)!

Good morning, DSM & Fusionhead. Glad you are enjoying. This one from Mali Obomsawin is a new release.

This Mali Obamsawin track is fantastic! I never heard of them before.

Dat erhu

Guo Gan is an erhu master.

The koto and the erhu sound perfect together.

Yeah. Too bad their two countries have such disagreements. There might have been more cross cultural collaborations.

Abercrombie ripping it up!

Yeah, Abercrombie is always reliable.

Good morning also do Brian, Fusionhead, and DSM.

Great to see hear Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder on the playlist! So glad he returned to bluegrass 20-30 years ago. Saw him/ them a doz or so times at fests. He always gets the cream o crop talent in the band as did his mentor Mr Monroe

Ms Dern got sumthin to say er scream online

Ooh! This is very nice!

She can't take no more of this radio, apparently.

Ooh this is wonderful. High five

LULA 💘 & SAILOR 💘

Out o this world harmonies

OMG thePic 🍯 🐻

I like the way Skin Alley blew Take Five up

auxhfsidbd hahahahaha

I will have to check that one out, Moka/Jawaka.

you played it a few weeks ago ;)

Oh, right, Skin Alley DID use the Take Five rhythm! I thought they may have done an actual cover.

That is strange that The Twelve Girls Band has 13 members, looking at the photo. 🧐

There are only 12 girls. Xi says so. And I believe it.

Everybody in this chat is getting sent to re-education.

Additional girl is a western provocation.

ah, never mind

non stop great music! Lovin' track after track

I'm really really REALLY enjoying these past two songs

Glad to hear it, DSM.

Really, TAndy?

My radio is at level 6 and it's normally only at 2.5

Reminder: tomorrow, I am subbing from 7:00-9:00 a.m., playing Indian jazz.

👁️👁️

And I'm also subbing the following Saturday December 24th, 7:00-9:00 a.m.

clever band name

Thanks for the heads-up, DTO 📻

Two more early shows.

And on a SATURDAY!

Oh my goodness, two abnormal Saturdays!

Two potential servings of Zeuhl Gruel next week

No Zeuhl tomorrow. Just Indian Jazz.

What THE WHAT

Not sure yet what I'm playing next week. Some tribute to Manuel Göttsching for sure on Friday.

I'll happily take an additional cup of tea in a pottery cup!

Then SMASH it on the ground.

[Comically loud stock pottery smash SFX]

Wonderful racket that Guapo

Guapo strays into Zeuhl territory sometimes.

That's not racket! It's Guapo! Guapo's 3rd Racket!

It's a pleasing din.

im so glad i got to wake up in time

D T O 💥💥💥

Good morning, rosasolis! So nice to see you in this space.

gm 😊 sad i missed the popol vuh but loving these tracks

Hi, jimboo!

Hey rosasolis & jimboo!

This show is full of NICE NOISES! MrMalcontent appreciates you, DJ•DaveTheObscure! 💜

That's nice to hear,-𐁕Ʀ ᮋ₳𖼘𐐣𐤈ꛘ₮ⵟᜬ𐠙-☠️

Good morning jombeaux and rosasolis!

My phone keeps correcting jimbeaux to that

Mine says 'jumbo'.

Good mornings! Another cool show, thanks ǝʌɐꓷ!

Hey, Rofflestomp. Thanks for checking in.

Morning to you too Roffle :)

The unholy set

👍

Delirously, yes.

Good morning, DTO et al. Thanks for the show, digging the unholy collab.

Profanity is never needless. The three letter acronym agency however may be at times. Good morning gboss

Good morning, gboss!

In PinioL's case, the vulgarity does not enhance their music.

house lights

Jumbo or jombeaux may be my next username iterations!

When that happens just put the word "band" after the name. Just did that and all top search results were the KY band. Not actual French television etc

¡ǝɹnɔsqO ǝɥʇ ǝʌɐᗡ 'sʞuɐɥʇ˙˙˙ʍoɥs ʇuǝןןǝɔxƎ

The concert's over.

Thanks, Brian D. I should have tried that.

Thanks for the show! ⛄🎄🌲🎄🦌🤶🧑‍🎄

Thanks Dave!!

[Band name] plus "music group " similar results . Or [band name] plus [genre] "Music group " or "band ' etc.

⌛ That’s it for "ፖዚɚ ቢⱸሡ ꬂꙎꝴፁꝵጢⲀረ” for today. Thanks for listening, and keeping me company this morning in the chat. Stay tuned to ‘PRB for 🏃🚦Running Redlights with Jen.

A little Yes in the Zappa stew?

🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮 potato tacos for the band!

Oui.

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