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The New Abnormal

Sep 12, 2025 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.

🦅 x 𓆏 = Thͪeͤ Neͤw Abnoͦrͬmͫaͣl

the thorny freagle

7:02 AM		Mark Rushton Dreaming in the Night N Calmer Feeling 2025 Electronic artist based in Des Moines, Iowa
7:04 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:07 AM		Miroslav Vitous Epilogue Infinite Search Rhino Atlantic 1969 Czech jazz bassist, composer, band leader, educator, born in Prague in 1947. Famous for being part of Weather Report. Joined by Joe Henderson (sax), John McLaughlin (guitar), Herbie Hancock (keyboards), Joe Chambers (percussion)
7:14 AM		The Gnostic Trio Perfect Mind John Zorn: Transmigration of the Magus Tzadik 2014 Compositions of John Zorn performed by The Gnostic Trio: Bill Frisell (guitar), John Medeski (organ), Kenny Wollesen (vibraphone), Carol Emanuel (harp), etc. alright, it's not a trio...
7:18 AM		Arco Iris Lucens V Agitor Lucens V RCA Victor 2019 Founded in El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1968 - Disbanded in 1975 - Reformed in 1977 up until 2003. This was originally issued in 1975.
7:22 AM		The Physics House Band Sounding of the Dawn Incident On 3rd Unearthly Vision 2021 The Physics House Band is a math rock group from Brighton, UK, formed in 2010. This is their latest.
7:27 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:33 AM		Guranfoe Night's First Light Live at the Dub Cavern Studio s/r 2017 Guranfoe formed in Norwich England in 2012. Their music blends fusion, psychedelic and progressive rock, with inspiration from instrumental Frank Zappa and Øresund Space Collective. https://guranfoe.bandcamp.com/
7:44 AM		Deus Ex Machina La fine del mondo Equilibrismo da Insofferenza Kaliphonia 1998 Italian jazz-rock group that usually sings in Latin.
8:01 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
8:03 AM		Elder Illusory Motion The Gold & Silver Sessions BLUES FUNERAL RECORDINGS 2019 Heavy Psych / Stoner / Progressive Metal band from Massachusetts, formed in 2005.
8:04 AM		Dirk Quinn Koopa's Reprise Dirk Quinn Dirk Quinn 2006 blending with Elders, the voice here is Dirk Quinn's neighbor, referred to as "D.L.", paying a visit to complain about the band's noise. The recording was appended to the last track: "Koopa's Reprise".
8:13 AM		Atavismo El Sueño Inerte TOT Records 2017 Andalusian-based experimental progressive, psychedelic, space rock collective from Algeciras, Spain. https://atavismo.bandcamp.com/ El Sueño = the dream
8:24 AM		Ukandanz War Pigs N Evil Plan - EP Compagnie 4000 2025 French band playing eclectic ethio-jazz, includes Ethiopian singer Asnake Guebreyes. https://ukandanz.bandcamp.com/album/evil-plan This cover of the Black Sabbath hit is from their latest.
8:30 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
8:34 AM		Finch Pisces Glory to the Inner Force Negram 1975 Finch is a Dutch instrumental symphonic prog band formed in 1974, releasing three LPs in the late 1970s. (The influence of Yes is evident.) this is their debut
8:44 AM		Frogg Cafe Space Dust (Live) The Safenzee Diaries Frogg Cafe 2007 Frogg Café is a band from the New York metropolitan area making music that incorporates elements of Zappa-esque progressive rock, pop melodicism and fusion jazz. https://froggcafe.bandcamp.com/
8:52 AM		Bubu Sueños de Maniquí Anabelas Viajero Inmóvil Records 1978 Bubu were (are?) a prog rock band from Buenos Aires, Argentina. They issued this one LP in 1978, then disappeared. 40 years later they reactivated. Sueños de Maniquí = mannequin dreams
9:00 AM		Set Break: リスニングが難しい時間
9:04 AM		Troot Dance Elena Constance and the Waiting Troot 2018 The core of "TROOT" is pianist Tim Root, from Seattle. Along with other musicians, TROOT presents avant-prog music. https://troot.bandcamp.com/album/constance-and-the-waiting
9:08 AM		Simon Steensland Hide & Seek Fat Again Altrock 2010 Simon Steensland is a Swedish multi-instrumentalist (drums, percussion, keyboards, wind instruments, etc.) and composer in the avant-prog field. https://altrockproductions.bandcamp.com/album/fat-again
9:17 AM		Pochakaite Malko somewhere in time LAYA ツチノコ・レーベル 2004 Pochakaita Malko is a Japanese band who emerged from Tokyo in August 1996. The name they took is Bulgarian for "just a minute", and they play a Zeuhl influenced avant-prog.
9:24 AM		Pikapika TeArt Moonberry Moonberry AltrOck 2010 Pikpika TeArt was founded in 2004 in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. They blend chamber rock with Slavic traditional music. https://altrockproductions.bandcamp.com/album/moonberry
9:30 AM		Pili Coït & Les Exocrines Min Neqba N Split SKiN GRAFT Records 2025 Pili Coït is drummer and guitarist Guilhem Meier (Le Grand Sbam, Poil, PinioL, UKanDanz, etc.) and vocalist, percussionist and keyboardist Jessica Martin Maresco (Le Grand Sbam, Saddam Webcam). https://pilicoit.bandcamp.com/ this is a new Split EP with Yowie
9:36 AM		Opabinia Shower (Passing) of Passion (情熱の通り雨) Opabinia Tutinoko 2003 This one-off Japanese supergroup was formed by musicians that had played with Bondage Fruit, Korekyojinn, Ground Zero, Rovo, etc. Opabinia gets its name from an underwater creature with five eyes and a cleaner-like mouth in the Cambrian over 5 hundred million years ago.
9:42 AM		Panzerballett The Devil's Staircase (feat. Marco Minnemann) Übercode Œuvre 2025 German band from the Munich area defining their own style as progressive, funky Math Jazz Metal. https://panzerballett.bandcamp.com/ This is based on "Etude No. 13: L'escalier du diable" by György Ligeti (1923-2006)
9:47 AM		Ruins Mahavishnu Orchestra Medley Tzomborgha Ipecac Recordings 2002 Tatsuya Yoshida's band
9:49 AM		Hakushi Hasegawa Mouth Flash (Kuchinohanabi) Mouth Flash (Kuchinohanabi) - Single Brainfeeder 2023 Japanese producer, born in 1998 https://hakushihasegawa.bandcamp.com/
9:52 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
9:57 AM		Ossi Duri Peaches En Regalia Nati sotto il segno di Zappa LaZaRiMus 2018 Italian band, frequently covering Frank Zappa material

Chat is archived.

𓁝 We begin our broadcast day. 𓁜 ☀️

Good day, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟

Good day, Mister Malcontent 💜

good morning. reminds me to get some freagle chow at petsmart.

happy to help, Dale. Good morning

Gherkins & Spacemasters, gents.

Good morning MrM, Dave, and Dale.

good morning, TAndy

Giggles & Sunshine to you, TAndy

That will indeed be my status once I get out of work, cos I have the rest of the week off.

Woooooooooooooooooooooot 🎉

This is SuperDuper

and it's over

Not on the WestSiiidddeee

Oh now

HaHa

glad you are liking it

good morning ǝʌɐꓷ, MrM, TAndy and Dale

Heya Stevie

really liked that arco. and the ufo album art.

they were a good band, but not well known

dammit, i missed some Miroslav Vitous

s'okay, Stevie P. Many people have lived full lives without hearing The New Abnormal

Banger alert 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

Ob the davescure

Hello, Scurrow

....when the allman brothers go more jazz.

Mornin Scurrow

Hello!

Allman Bros going jazz is kind of early Derek Trucks releases

I just luv this band

I also 😊

WHO IS THIS HANK HILL NEIGHBOR?

New Recording Artist! Entitled to Royalties!

Only identified as "D.L.", for legal reasons

Good morning ☕️

good morning, Rob F

he's hanging out and chatting so much i think d.l. wants to join the band.

and D.L. on wet blanket

Love this Atavismo

this is a great space jam.

another great space rock group that gets little attention over here

dos pulgares hacia arriba!

oh my

me alegra que te guste

good morning, Brian D

nice... heard this Ethio etc War Pigs the other day in another New Jerseyverse

I'm always a day late and a dollar short

How do you guys stay signed in? I have constantly sign into this chat.

https://spinitron.com/WPRB/

Thanks to TAndy

Work has once again prevented me from enjoying the show for a short while. Work has also deferred my weekend. I'm currently getting paid overtime just to listen to The New Abnormal

Always choose cash over The New Abnormal

Show idea: Mundane bands with surprise prog rock songs

that would require a good amount of research

Dave Matthew's band: Drive in Drive Out

Research is what WPRB does best

okay that's one

2 hours, 55 minutes more to go

Guyute, by Phish. I only have 2

Phish aren't exactly mundane

Oh.

They are to me

Phish have a decent percentage of prog elements

I stopped going to bars because last time I was at one someone put on a 30 minute phish song on the jukebox

don't let one bad experience ruin your life

Maybe "Looking for Clues" - by Robert Palmer or "Magician" by jefferson starship

maybe someone will play We Didn't Start The Fire

Perhaps it should be "surprise weird songs by mundane acts"

Really every bar experience has been lackluster, lacking luster even.

I like the concept. Not sure if I have the time or patience to sift through catalogues of mundane groups

Have to agree with SS about phish

Every track is ExtraSuperDuperifictastic!

ExtraSuperDuperSomething, for sure

Hello,, Bike R.

thanks, MrM

this bubu is sick

from Argentina

prayers for bubu

oh, not that kind of sick

more bubu!

but Mr. Ranger, sir!

I admittedly have a weird penchant for listening to full albums of mundane bands to see what else they came up with. I love when there is one hit song and the rest of the album is awful and it's like "how did they make this one good song"?

I love when I revisit one of those albums years later and realize my taste expanded or changed so much that I can finally appreciate it.

yeah, sometimes they surprise us

👉💀👈

oh boy

👈💀👉

oh it's not like that

😞

I’m thoroughly enjoying the entire show 💟

special Station ID for you

Hey now!

Big smile. 💀 Many thanks, DJ DaveTheObscure! Stay awesome!

thanks for the positive words, MrM 💜

Good morning all! I'm late to the party today!

good morning, ParrScream. No worries

At least I made it, right? Ha ha!

shreds!

yessir

more shreds to come

That Ruins / Mahavishnu Mudley had some bass bits that reminded me of FZ Man from Utopia (Tink Walks Amok)

yeah, Brian, I can see that

that snappy trebly almost approaching Seinfeld interstitial keyboard wiggly stick bendy bass

another eXcellent show Dave! Thanks!

Thanks for the show, Dave!

🙏🏻

...look at all the peaches...

DJ DaveTheObscure! TopNotch Show! Well done! Big cheers! Kind regards to you, Sir! 🖤💀

enjoyed it!

glad to hear it, Bike R

thanks, all ye folks