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The New Abnormal

Jan 18, 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
3:01 AM
Taranoya - Protecting Yourself
Taranoya Protecting Yourself N
Flying sound as language 2022

Taranoya is a Persian composer and vocalist based in Portland. Bandcamp

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3:07 AM
Set Break: over the looped ending of “Protecting Yourself”
3:09 AM
Nucleus - Oasis
Nucleus Oasis
We’ll Talk About It Later UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1970

Pioneering jazz-rock, progressive, psychedelic band from Britain, led by Ian Carr. The band existed from 1969 to 1989. Karl Jenkins and John Marshall would join Soft Machine later.

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3:19 AM
Soft Machine - Gesolreut (Live)
Soft Machine Gesolreut (Live)
Six SONY BMG Catalog 2007

Soft Machine are an English rock and jazz band from Canterbury formed in mid-1966. The group underwent several lineup changes and their style also changed considerably. This is from their jazz fusion period.

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3:25 AM
The New Tony Williams Lifetime - Fred
The New Tony Williams Lifetime Fred
Believe It Columbia 1975

Fusion band led by drummer Tony Williams.

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3:31 AM
Electric Masada - Kedem
Electric Masada Kedem
At the Mountain of Madness - Live In Europe Tzadik 2005

Electric Masada is one of John Zorn's many bands. This fusion group was around in the mid 2000's.

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3:46 AM
Set Break: over “Adhan [Live]” by Michael Manring
3:48 AM
Dedalus - Brilla
Dedalus Brilla
Dedalus Trident, Italy 1973

Italian avant-garde / jazz rock fusion group founded in 1973 in Turin.

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3:53 AM
Zao - Tserouf
Zao Tserouf
Live! Musea 2003

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.

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4:01 AM
Axis - Suspended Precipice & Roads
Axis Suspended Precipice & Roads
Axis Riviera 1973

Axis is a Greek pop / rock band who relocated to France in 1971. During their history they released 3 albums and several singles, changing and becoming experimental prog rock on their eponymous third album (from which I am playing here).

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4:08 AM
Zopp - Zero
Zopp Zero
Zopp 3928125 Records DK 2020

Zopp is modern Canterbury music played mainly by multi instrumentalist Ryan Stevenson. They will be releasing a new album "Dominion" in February 2023. 🫖 Bandcamp

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4:12 AM
Set Break: over “Wal To Wal” by Brand X
4:15 AM
Fievel Is Glauque - Clues Not to Read
Fievel Is Glauque Clues Not to Read N
Flaming Swords MATH Interactive 2022

"Fievel Is Glauque" is Zac Phillips from NYC & Ma Clement from Bussels.

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4:20 AM
Gilgamesh - Bobberty - Theme from 'Something Else'
Gilgamesh Bobberty - Theme from 'Something Else'
Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into Charly 1978

Gilgamesh is part of the Canterbury scene, but on the jazzier side.

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4:30 AM
Picchio dal Pozzo - Napier
Picchio dal Pozzo Napier
Picchio Dal Pozzo Black Beard Records 1976

Often described like a sort of Italian Canterbury sound, their first album, Picchio dal Pozzo (1976), is very far from everything else in the Italian prog field.

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4:38 AM
Set Break: over “Raffles In Rio” by Mark Isham
4:42 AM
Mali Obomsawin - Fractions
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Sweet Tooth Out of Your Head Records 2022

Mali Obomsawin is a bassist, songwriter and composer from Abenaki First Nation at Odanak (in Quebec). This is her first release as a band leader.BANDCAMP

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4:47 AM
John Surman - As If We Knew
John Surman As If We Knew
Adventure Playground ECM Records 1992

English jazz baritone and soprano saxophone, alto, contra-bass, bass clarinet, recorders, piano and synthesizer player and composer, born 30th August 1944.

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4:52 AM
Christian Weidner - The Inward Song (feat. Colin Vallon, Samuel Rohrer & Henning Sieverts)
Christian Weidner The Inward Song (feat. Colin Vallon, Samuel Rohrer & Henning Sieverts)
The Inward Song (feat. Colin Vallon, Samuel Rohrer & Henning Sieverts) Pirouet Records 2010

Saxophonist, born 4 March 1976 in Kassel, Germany.

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4:58 AM
Set Break: over “End Again” bu Steve Tibbetts
5:01 AM
Zara - Tin Tin
Zara Tin Tin
Boyut Ulus Müzik 2000

Neşe Yılmaz (born 15 January 1976), known by her stage name Zara, is a Turkish folk singer and actor of Kurdish descent. She was born in Üsküdar.

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5:05 AM
Trey Gunn - The Screen Door and the Flower Girl
Trey Gunn The Screen Door and the Flower Girl
One Thousand Years Discipline Records 1993

Trey Gunn plays the 'touch guitar'. He was part of the Fripp/Sylvian collaboration (1993-1994), and then King Crimson (1994-2003).

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5:11 AM
Philharmonie - Le Dernier Mot (The Last Word)
Philharmonie Le Dernier Mot (The Last Word)
Le Dernier Mot (The Last Word) Cuneiform 1999

French instrumental prog rock and fusion band formed by Frederic Lepée formerly of Shylock.

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5:19 AM
nuito - TongPoo
nuito TongPoo
Unutella studioNUITO 2009

Nuito are an experimental math rock/post-rock trio who formed in Kyoto, Japan in 2004. Their music is defined by tapping guitars, slap bass and spastic drums with rapidly changing time signatures. Bandcamp

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5:26 AM
Set Break: over “Crime Scene” by Cliff Martinez, from “Narc”
5:28 AM
Stephan Thelen - Fractal Guitar
Stephan Thelen Fractal Guitar
Fractal Guitar MoonJune 2019

Stephan Thelen is a composer, musician and mathematician based in Zürich, Switzerland. He is best known as composer, artistic director and guitarist of the Swiss minimal groove band "Sonar". Bandcamp

After a few years of playing without effects apart from reverb in Sonar, he wanted to record some pieces in which effects were an integral part of the music, specifically the effect he calls “Fractal Guitar” — a rhythmic delay with a very high feedback level that creates cascading delay patterns in odd time signatures such as 3/8, 5/8 or 7/8.

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5:37 AM
the cellar and point - Tabletop (A)
the cellar and point Tabletop (A)
Ambit Cuneiform Records 2014

The Cellar and Point is an American "garage-chamber'" septet from New York City. The group's music draws from jazz, contemporary classical music, post-rock, electronica, and ambient music.

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5:42 AM
Sloth & Turtle - Telemachus
Sloth & Turtle Telemachus
Sloth & Turtle - EP Sloth & Turtle 2018

🦥 & 🐢 are a math rock group from Santa Rosa CA. Bandcamp

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5:46 AM
Blue Is Nine - Gathering Leaves
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Far and Wide 1891629 Records DK 2022

"Blue is Nine" is from NJ, the suburbs of Philadelphia, and is inspired by hearing the ambient music on radio shows like John Diliberto’s ‘Echoes’ and Chuck Van Zyl’s ‘Star’s End'. Bandcamp

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5:49 AM
Bob Holroyd - The Spaces In Between
Bob Holroyd The Spaces In Between
Without Within Six Degrees Travel Series 2003

Bob Holroyd produces ambient, global electronica, world chill, and abstract dance music.

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5:54 AM
Set Break: over “Foret Inviolee (Secret Forest)” by Univers Zéro
5:57 AM
Ozcar McCuenca - Willie The Pimp
Ozcar McCuenca Willie The Pimp
Unmatched 8 El Octavo Majadero Hall Of Fame Records 2009

oZcar McCuenca is a Spanish trombonist.

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Find out more about the Spanish Zappa tributes here: Bandcamp