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The New Abnormal

Mar 24, 2023 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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7:01 AM		Brand X Collapsar Morrocan Roll Charisma Catalogue 1977 Composition of Robin Lumley (1948-2023), keyboardist and producer.
7:03 AM		Set Break: over “Guano Afternoon” by Mattias Ia Eklundh
7:04 AM		John Abercrombie, Dave Holland & Jack DeJohnette Back-Woods Song Gateway ECM Records 1975 L to R: Jack DeJohnette (drums), Dave Holland (bass), John Abercrombie (guitar)
7:12 AM		Ken Nordine Faces In The Jazzamatazz Best Of Word Jazz Master Classics Records 2011 Ken Nordine (13 April 1920 – 16 February 2019) was an American voice-over and recording artist, best known for his series of Word Jazz albums. His deep, resonant voice has also been featured in many commercial advertisements and movie trailers. The supporting music is by The Fred Katz Group.
7:17 AM		Garaj Mahal Make A Hippy Happy Live Vol II Harmonized Records 2003 Gary Mahal is a jazz/rock fusion band formed in 2000, and play music with influences ranging from progressive rock, to jazz, to Indian and funk. Bandcamp
7:28 AM		Set Break: over “Oscar Tango” by Penguin Cafe Orchestra
7:32 AM		Stephan Thelen Radiant Day Fractal Guitar MoonJune 2019 Stephan Thelen (born in Santa Rosa California in 1959) lives and works in Zürich, Switzerland as a musician, composer, producer and mathematician. His music is at the fringes of rock, jazz, experimental and classical minimalist music. He is part of the group "Sonar". Bandcamp
7:40 AM		Ikarus Meridian Mosaismic Ronin Rhythm Records 2019 IKARUS is a minimal groove / prog jazz band from Zurich, Switzerland. They are on Ronin Rhythm Records, a label founded by Nik Bärtsch, who plays a similar music. Bandcamp
7:48 AM		Bruford Levin Upper Extremities Original Sin Bruford Levin Upper Extremities Discipline Global Mobile 1998 Bill Bruford (drums, keyboards), Tony Levin (bass), David Torn (guitar, loops), Chris Botti (trumpet).
7:53 AM		Jon Hassell Neon Night (Rain) Psychogeography (Zones of Feeling) Ndeya 2014 Jon Hassell (March 22, 1937 – June 26, 2021) was an American trumpet player and composer. He was best known for developing the concept of "Fourth World" music, which describes a "unified primitive/futurist sound" combining elements of various world ethnic traditions with modern electronic techniques. Psychogeography (subtitled 'Zones Of Feeling') is a situationist re-thinking of the 1990 City: Works Of Fiction album, a carefully edited sequence of alternate takes, demos and studio jams put together by Jon Hassell in 2014. Bandcamp
7:58 AM		Set Break: over “Gondwanaland” by Djam Karet (with Kit Watkins)
8:02 AM		Jimmy Gordon And His Jazznpops Band Hog Fat Hog Fat Ace Records 1969 James Gordon (14 July 1945 - 13 March 2023) was a session drummer in the late 1960 and early 1970s. He was the drummer for Derek and the Dominos, on the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds", George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass", Steely Dan's "Pretzel Logic", and part of Frank Zappa's 20-piece 'Grand Wazoo' big band.
8:06 AM		Steely Dan Parker's Band Pretzel Logic Geffen* 1974 Okay, I'm not 100% sure it is Jim Gordon on drums here - Pretzel Logic included 3 different drummers.
8:08 AM		Set Break: over “Snakes With Wings” by Bill Nelson Mick Goodrick (9 June 1945 – 16 November 2022) was an American jazz guitarist who spent most of his career as a teacher at the Berklee College of Music. In the early 1970s, he worked with Gary Burton and Pat Metheny.
8:11 AM		Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Weber Mevlevia Ring ECM 1974
8:16 AM		Mick Goodrick Summer Band Camp In Pas(s)ing ECM Records 1979
8:22 AM		Mick Goodrick Biorhythms Biorhythms CMP Records 1990
8:27 AM		Set Break: over “Ten” by Michael Brook Robin Lumley, keyboardist for Brand X, died on March 9th (age 74). He was born in Scotland in 1948. He moved to London and took odd jobs while trying to start a music career. He got a call from former neighbor David Bowie asking him to fill in for Bowie’s ill keyboard player. He met Jack Lancaster (multi-instrumentalist and producer) and started doing session work, where he met Phil Collins, and started the fusion group Brand X.
8:31 AM		Jack Lancaster & Robin Lumley Peter's Chase Peter And The Wolf Cherry Red Records 1975
8:32 AM		Jack Lancaster Homelight Marscape Cherry Red Records 1976 This LP was sort of a proto-Brand X, recorded just as the band was forming, and features all the band members.
8:38 AM		Jack Lancaster Release Marscape Cherry Red Records 1976
8:44 AM		Set Break: ver “Guano Afternoon” by Mattias Ia Eklundh Brand X. L-R: Pert, Collins, Goodsall, Lumley, Jones.
8:46 AM		Brand X Disco Suicide Moroccan Roll Charisma 1977 Brand X is a jazz Fusion band active from 1975 to 1980, 1992 to 1999 & since 2015. Besides keyboardist Robin Lumley, notable members include Genesis drummer & vocalist Phil Collins, guitarist John Goodsall, and bassist Percy Jones.
8:53 AM		Brand X Robin Lumley Commentary 1 Trilogy III: Live At the Bottom Line Buckyball Music, Inc. 2003 "Trilogy" is a 3-disc compilation, including previously issued "Manifest Destiny", "X Communication" , and a live CD (disc 3) recorded in New York City on September 27, 1979, from which Lumley's announcement was obtained.
8:54 AM		Brand X Algon (Where an Ordinary Cup of Drinking Chocolate Costs $8,000,000,00) Product Charisma Catalogue 1979
9:01 AM		Gary Boyle Cowshed Shuffle The Dancer Cherry Red Records 2012 Guitarist Gary Boyle was the leader of jazz fusion group "Isotope". After Isotope disbanded in 1977, he recorded this solo disc with Robin Lumley on keyboards, who also produced the record.
9:05 AM		Set Break: over “Sniff The Jacket” by Cliff Martinez
9:09 AM		One Shot Off The Grid N 111 Le Triton 2023 One Shot is one of the leading bands of contemporary Zeuhl fusion since the late 1990s. Three of its four members all met as members of Magma circa 1996. Lead guitarist James Mac Gaw died in 2021, but One Shot reformed without a guitar player, but with Emmanuel Borghi and Bruno Ruder on keyboards.
9:18 AM		Begnagrad Thelastnewone (Bonus Track) Begnagrad Black Beard Records 1982 Legendary Slovenian avant-garde band active in periods 1975-1978 and 1981-1983 in former Yugoslavia. "Begnagrad" was their debut record. This track "Tazadnatanova = Thelastnewone" is a bonus track found on a reissued version, not the original LP.
9:27 AM		French TV Under the Big 'W' The Case Against Art Pretentious Dinosaur Records 2010 American RIO/avant-progressive band founded in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1983. The Big W
9:41 AM		Ekseption Sabre Dance Ekseption Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV 1969 Ekseption was a Dutch rock band active from 1967 to 1989, playing mostly-instrumental progressive rock and classical rock. The band saw some commercial success in the 1970s, having Dutch top ten hit singles with their rock adaptations of Beethoven's "Fifth" and Bach's "Air".
9:44 AM		Mattias IA Eklundh The Nigerian Gynecologist Freak Guitar - The Smorgasbord Favored Nations/RSM 2013 The "Freak Guitar" series is a side project by the guitarist Mattias IA Eklundh, from the metal band Freak Kitchen.
9:48 AM		Set Break: over “Blue Orleans” by Michael Manring
9:52 AM		big Band GveriLLaz Sinister Footwear 2015 recorded live at Jazz Cerkno in 2015

Chat is archived.

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Good morning, sir!

I like those mixed upside down fonts

Greetings and Salutations!

Good morning, 💀ir.

Hello, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟

Hello, MrM. Nice to see you here 💜

HEy, TAndy 👤

I misread your description there, and thought Dave Holland was (boss) hahah

I’m the BOSS forevermore

Sometimes Dave Holland IS boss.

excuse me seriously please and thank you

you are excused, most welcome indeed

#Letterkenny 🐕🍺

The TV Series or the Army depot?

Yes?

Nice start to the show!

Thank you for the kind words

NORDINE <3

KEN NORDINE❣️❣️❣️

yeah Yeah YEAH

Ken! Love it

jazzamatazz hubbub

Gateway loved that track too. Holland going b-wowm b-wowm . What a trio

Another ECM all star lineup

Good morning, Brian D

I should just put on one of this guy's albums before my sleep and check if I have any dreams inspired by his stories or not. Good morning Brian D

Funkay

As one of my best friends would say: This is grown folks music

F0ИЖУ

best friend is missing out

Dave, great start to the show!

Thanks, Rob F. Good morning.

Good mornin Rob F

I hope to maintain the high standards

Good morning all

That’s why I keep coming back

WPRB is the right place

We are the face of jazzamatazz

and jazZeuhl

I'll take that as a request, MrM

jazZeuhl coming up a little bit after 9:00

Also request my Station I.D. every week in perpetuity 💟♾💜

This ONE TIME ONLY

😭

dry your eyes, MrM. It's not so bad

Haha

Ahh yes, a delicious heaping helping of Zeuhl Gruel

🍚🥄

430am spicy noodle 🍜 and dumplings 🥟 🥟 is normal, right??

Make it spicier

it's normal somewhere

WestSiiidddeee!

correct

Of Jeju Island!

🌋

DJ DaveTheObscure, I hope you’ll play some DÂDALUS & BIKARUS for a future show!

Loops❣️

I am not very familiar with Dâdalus & Bikarus

not familiar at all I mean

Neither am I. I heard them yesterday on WPRB!

They are also from Zurich.

but there the similarity ends

maybe it’s not your cup of gruel

maybe not

🤓

that's why we have ~ 50 shows on WPRB

Ò̴̡̢͙̪̼̳̣̱̝͎̗̜̱͔͂̌̔̄̐͗͑̋̑̐̒͆͒͂̃̉̋̈́̊́͆̆͒̌̈́͜͝͝ͅh̶̗̠̜͚̭̜̟̼̼̹͔̘̞͙̘͊̾̐́̂͋̒͜ ̷̨̡̛̻̟̭̗̣̭͍̜̯̹͎̯͈̹̤̲̦̫̣͙̙͍̠͍͋̅̐̈̽͗͌̍͗̎͗͗̊̎̐̒̿́̏̃̇͂͆͗̒͂͘͝g̴̥̘̞͑̍̃̒̃̒̈́͊̄͂̆̇̍̾̒̌̔̀̎́͛̄̌̇̑̕̕͘̚͝ȏ̶͔̘̠̯͕͈̀͛̃̾̃͆̓̒̀̌̿̂̔͋̊̍̄̑̌͒̈͘͝͠o̸̫̐͊͆͆̅̓̔̒̌͌̐͆̋̊̍̊͐̏̓̀͆̐̈́̂̚͘͝͝͠d̴̢̡̛̛͚̲̖͓̥̪̪̳̤͚̥̙͚̹͇̘͙͎̞̞͌̋͐͂͌̄̎̿́͗̇̀̂̓̄́̈́͗̍̂̉̂̚̕͘͝͝

¡ ǝuᴉʇsᴉɹɥꓛ `ᵷuᴉuɹoɯ poo⅁

Good morning Christine!

Morning DTO, TAndy, MrM 💀, Brian D & Rob F!

Hi, ChristineBoo! 🦜

Good morning

MrMalcontent 💀, did you hear DJ Pup play that Dâdalus & Bikarus yesterday too? I never heard them before. 🖤🦇

Yes! Really enjoyed it! 🖤🦇🎵🎶

jam and a half right here

🥁

!!!!!

quitē thę résumé!

I think WRTI noted Mick Goodrick's death. But I wasn't listening

The end. Happens. Wouldn't hear it from me either.

Good morning, Rofflestomp.

Hi ǝʌɐꓷ

mornin roffle

Hey TAdndy, Morning all.

Wait, wait, wait! Don't morn! Celebrate!

Hooray!

Here we are, there we we go..

I like how the mic picks up Eddie Gomez' singing along with his bass

I am so trying to listen now to shit way over my head! Thanks for the headache!

Good morning Dave and my fellow Abbie Normals.

Hello, Stevie p

Mornin Stevie!

Good morning

Very cunning name change, Mok. Good morning

Brand X are dead walking. Sucks

"I'm not dead yet" says Phil Collins

Brand XX

"I think I'm going for a walk"

Will be soon seems though.

Peter and the Wolf 🤎🐺🎶🎵

Goodrick Mokning

Pass me that dam cane!

I kneed a walk or so. Fuck me!

Or I can ride my Ebike! Either way.

Great music DJ Dave the Obscure

Thanks, Mok Goodrick.

ah man I missed Garaj Mahal. This time change crap still has me upside down

That sokay, Mok. As I always say, many people have lived full lives without listening to The New Abnormal.

true..but it can be more full

And I recognize the time slot is inconvenient

The cover art for this number is super

i'm an early bird but lately ive been off by 30-45mins. Internal clock is at war

yeah cooool cover

ǝʌɐꓷ, this is where you and I part ways. When I don't listen to The New Abnormal, I do not live a full life that day.

Cover art, one of the numerous classics by Hipgnosis

Ah, stevie p, you are not one of the 'many'.

The few, the prog, the Abnormal

Take care, Stevie!

Check out Hipgnosis' Wikipedia page for list of cover art. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis has one helluva portfolio. Zoinks!

Holy shit this kicks up

“Take care, Stevie!” L0LZ

In memoriam. Lovey. Silly old fucks thing mostly.

It's all good today, TAndy. I'm New Abnormaling

You're never content, are you MrM?

Is it wrong for me to be courteous to my fellow listeners?

Hence your name

he took part ways...the wrong way

Just for that I'm taking back the take care and replacing it with a stay cool

Woopsie

He’s not leaving. He was disagreeing with DJ.

When I leave, I'll announce with something pithy.

Oh well disagreeing with the DJ is absolutely not legal

Totally legal

I'm having a solid chortle right now

“this is where we part ways” is grown folks gibberish for “I disagree” 🤣😇😎

Just fuck off while nap my dear TAndy. All good.

That's maybe too grown for me. Elderly, even.

This is where you and I part ways, MrM

opposite corners again you two

Yes, sir. :(

Sorry ǝʌɐꓷ. He started it!

I’m has giggles

All funny for sure!

MrM is looking at me! Make him stop!

No drinking chocolate for us I guess lolol

Not with those inflated prices

I'm screaming WPRB online 😱

AAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!

B-wow..mmm-wow.. bass

Percy Jones is like that

Mmmm, chemicals

"Suitably chemicalized"

I see Lumley is related to Ab-Fab's Patsy (actress Joanna Lumley)

yes

Did not know Joanna was born in Srinagar, J&K

Gary Boyle was born in Patna, Bihar, India. During the British Raj

Brand X had the musical chops and the wit.

jazZeuhl!

Here it is

This is really smooth for something Zeuhl adjacent

"Smooth Zeuhl"™

Or maybe "Zeuhlzak"™

The time slot has nothing to do do with brilliant production. Thank you very much. Values.

WPRB broadcasts for anyone with the inclination to listen.

Or some

Inclination is 90% of Intention. Or something.

Got ears

Big ol earses

Ear we are

💟💀

💜☠️

Dears with Big Ears, Cheers

Don't be starting conflicts please

Hahaha...it's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 🌴

Ha! Cheers, Stevie P!

Christine, ever since I first heard mad mad mad mad... I've used that 4-word syntax to describe other stuff besides Mad

@Christine, the liner notes are not easy to read, but I did not find anything in them that specifically notes inspiration from that film. But I assume they must have been.

Fridge full of yogurt? It's a yogurt, yogurt, yogurt, yogurt world.

Stevie P, LOL

This music and the movie have to be connected somehow.

Thankfully Never stops Chistine.

I'll have to study the liner notes under magnification and klieg light. The small low contrast font hurts my boomer eyes.

Get glasses

🔍

Have glasses.

They don't help with microfont

It's almost like the signature line on checks. Too small for normal vision

Silly, silly. we all need glasses after an age.Its a thing.

When I was a kid, I could read 6 point type in a dark room. "You'll ruin your eyes!" the old folks said. They were right. Sorta

Squint

😖

Excuse me for a moment. I'll be cleaning up my office in fast motion

NO, NO, NO... The last ID was far too silly indeed.

Good ID there, DTO. 🗡 🛡 Is that one new?

Keep those plates spinning

HIGHLIGHT of Friday!

@ Christine, I have aired that once before a few months ago.

Beeeeuuuiiiipppp! *slide whistle

and now for something completely different

Unicycle on a high wire time...

whew

This is all far too exciting. I may need a sedative.

Too many notes

Of course u follow that up with some metal heheh

Good morning, Bud. Glad you could tune in. I hope you heard some new things

Speed metal

Indeed, and I knew I could count on you for a Robin Lumley tribute.

The first of MANY, I'm SURE

DJ DaveTheObscure, any substitute DJs today??

checking....

waiting…

Enjoying… the final Eight MINS!!

Cheers to all the Dears, especially those with Big Ears like Stevie P!

When Zappa dropped a a sixeth you get it.

DJ DaveTheObscure! Many thanks for another Grand Show! Nice chatting with you! Be well and stay happy! Big cheers and kind regards! 💟💀

Thank you for the show, Dave!

Thanks MrM. I lurv you.

Yes, thanks Dave!

Excellent show, ǝʌɐꓷ. As per usual.

@MrM, I believe the schedule is as posted today, with no subs

Good deal! Thanks for checking!

Enjoy the weekend y'all! Great show Dave!

Thanks for listening, everybody, and keeping me company in the chat on this rainy morning. Stay tuned to ‘PRB for Isadora.

Oh whoops I missed the silly ID earlier. But I'll hear it once the show is over

>:)

TY DTO!

That sokay, TAndy. Full lives and all...

You gonna eat that typo?

Must hear Zappa. Let me know that key.

nope

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