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WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

The New Abnormal

Jan 4, 2023 3:00 AM – 6:00 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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The New Abnormal
3:00 AM
Alan Stivell - The Apple Tree (At Wezenn Awaloù)
Alan Stivell The Apple Tree (At Wezenn Awaloù)
Journée À La Maison Rounder 1981

Multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer of Breton descent, born 6 January 1944 in Riom, Auvergne, France.

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3:07 AM
Set Break: over “The Visitor” by Nils Petter Molvær
3:09 AM
KEDA - Flow Pt. 4
KEDA Flow Pt. 4 N
Flow - EP Parenthèses Records 2022

KEDA is E’Joung-Ju, French-based Korean musician, master of the geomungo and Mathias Delplanque, a French electronic music composer. Bandcamp

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3:16 AM
Nguyên Lê - Autumn Wind
Nguyên Lê Autumn Wind
Saiyuki ACT Music 2009

Self taught guitarist Nguyên Lê was born on 14 January 1959 in Paris France to Vietnamese parents.

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3:22 AM
Osamu Kitajima - Taiyo the Sun
Osamu Kitajima Taiyo the Sun
Benzaiten - EP East Quest Records 1974

Japanese musician, producer, composer and multi‑instrumentalist. Born 3 February 1949 in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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3:30 AM
O Yuki Conjugate - Dusk, Dead Heart
O Yuki Conjugate Dusk, Dead Heart
Peyote O Yuki Conjugate 1991

O Yuki Conjugate is an English post-industrial/ambient musical group founded in 1982.

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3:35 AM
Set Break: over “Falling Blossoms” by Bill Nelson
3:38 AM
Dirk Quinn - Eve
Dirk Quinn Eve
Dirk Quinn Dirk Quinn 2006

Jam band from the Philly area. DirkQuinn for upcoming concerts.

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They're performing on Friday 6 January 2023 @ 6:00 p.m. at Urban Village Brewing in Phila.

3:44 AM
Jethro Tull - Witches Promise
Jethro Tull Witches Promise
Living In the Past Parlophone UK 1972

British rock group founded in 1967-68, with the distinctive vocal style and lead flute work of front man Ian Anderson.

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3:47 AM
Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno - Sogni Di Cristallo
Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno Sogni Di Cristallo
Per... Un Mondo Di Cristallo WM Italy 1972

Raccomandata Ricevuta Di Ritorno (often abbreviated RRR) was a progressive rock band original from Roma, around 1972-73, issued one LP, and promptly disbanded. They reformed in 2010 and started releasing new music.

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3:53 AM
Sadistic Mika Band - sumie no kuni e
Sadistic Mika Band sumie no kuni e
Kurufune (Black Ship) Harvest 1974

Sadistic Mika Band was a Japanese band formed in 1972. Its name is a parody of the late 60s band Plastic Ono Band. Mika is the lead singer's name.

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Eno wearing the band sweatshirt, as seen on the back of Quiet Sun's "Mainstream" LP. What better recommendation than that?
3:58 AM
Set Break: over “Lamna Reef” by Nils Petter Molvær
4:02 AM
Alina Engibaryan - We Are (Atlantic Studio Sessions)
Alina Engibaryan We Are (Atlantic Studio Sessions)
We Are (Atlantic Studio Sessions) Atlantic 2018

Jazz singer and composer, born 15 May 1993 in Rostov, Russia.

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4:07 AM
Weather Report - Manolete
Weather Report Manolete
Sweetnighter Columbia/Legacy 1973

Jazz fusion band with a career spanning between 1970 and 1986.

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4:13 AM
Henry Franklin, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge - Feedback
Henry Franklin, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge Feedback N
Jazz Is Dead 14 Jazz Is Dead 2022

A series of records (up to volume 15 now) featuring jazz masters collaborating with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Bandcamp

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4:15 AM
Jaga Jazzist - Mikado
Jaga Jazzist Mikado
What We Must Ninja Tune 2005

Norwegian 9-piece instrumental band that started out in Tønsberg (a small town outside Oslo) in 1994, at which time Lars Horntveth (the main songwriter in Jaga) was 14 years old.

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4:21 AM
Cuong Vu - Patchwork (feat. Bill Frisell)
Cuong Vu Patchwork (feat. Bill Frisell)
It's Mostly Residual (feat. Bill Frisell) Auand 2006

Cuong Vu (born 19 September 1969 in Saigon) is a Vietnamese jazz trumpeter and vocalist, based in New York.

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4:34 AM
Set Break: over “Difficult Words” by Jeff Greinke
4:36 AM
All Traps On Earth - All Traps on Earth
All Traps On Earth All Traps on Earth
A Drop of Light AMS 2018

Swedish symphonic progressive rock quartet founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 2013 and features three members of Änglagård. Bandcamp

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4:53 AM
Sloche - Le Cosmophile
Sloche Le Cosmophile
Stadaconé RCA Victor 1976

Sloche is another prog band from Quebec around in the mid 1970s. The band's name comes from the word used in Quebec for wet snow (slush).

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4:59 AM
Set Break: over “Pollock” by Jürgen Friedrich, John Hébert & Tony Moreno
5:02 AM
One Shot - Ewaz Vader
One Shot Ewaz Vader
Ewaz Vader Le Triton 2006

One of the leading bands of contemporary Zeuhl fusion since the late 1990s. Three of the four members all met as members of Magma.

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5:12 AM
Arti e Mestieri - Articolazioni
Arti e Mestieri Articolazioni
Tilt Cramps Records 1974

Jazz fusion band that formed in Turin Italy in 1974.

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Arti e Mestieri = Arts & Crafts

5:26 AM
Dirk Quinn - Koopa's Reprise
Dirk Quinn Koopa's Reprise
Dirk Quinn Dirk Quinn 2006

I used the vocal part appended to the "Koopa's Reprise" track, which is by his grumpy neighbor, identified only as "D.L.", paying a visit to complain about the noise.

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5:26 AM
Terje Rypdal - Ambiguity
Terje Rypdal Ambiguity
Chaser ECM Records 1985

Background rock music underneath Dirk Quinn's grumpy neighbor "D.L.".

5:35 AM
Neom - Act I - Part 3
Neom Act I - Part 3
Arkana Temporis Soleil Zeuhl 2009

This is the debut CD from a new generation of French zeuhlers. Neom is heavily influenced by Magma (but not a clone).

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5:50 AM
Set Break: over “The ICS” by Richard Pinhas
5:53 AM
The Zappa Early Renaissance Orchestra - Fifty-Fifty
The Zappa Early Renaissance Orchestra Fifty-Fifty
Santaville Cordelia Records 2017

The Zãþþã Éårlý Rênáissánçê Ørçhêstrå is based in the Seattle area and was formed in 2012. The membership of Z.É.R.Ø. is variable, ranging from a live trio to a virtual 17 piece band in the studio.

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