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The New Subnormal
Sep 24, 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.
Classical Abnormalities

| 7:02 AM |
| Nobukazu Takemura Deep Sea's Rainbow Part2 Nobukazu Takemura N Deep Sea's Rainbow Part2 - Single Thrill Jockey 2025 竹村延和 (Takemura Nobukazu) is a Japanese electronic DJ, producer and artist, born in Osaka in 1968.
An excerpt from a trilogy suite taken from the new album "Knot of Meanings", out September 26th. This is a slightly edited version of the soundtrack of the animation by Sukimaki Animation |
| 7:08 AM |
| Trio Mediaeval "A Lion's Seep" Moody, Ivan Moody, Ivan Soir, dit-elle ECM 1869 2004 Ivan Moody (11 June 1964 in London – 18 January 2024 in Lisbon) was a British composer and musicologist, and was active as a conductor. He studied composition with Brian Dennis at London University and privately with John Tavener. "A Lion's Sleep" was composed in 2002.
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| 7:19 AM |
| Marimba Plus Meditation Marimba Plus Marimba Plus Empire Of Music 2001 "Marimba Plus" are a Russian multi-genre chamber rock group
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| 7:30 AM |
| Keith Jarrett In the Cave, In the Light Keith Jarrett In the Light ECM Records 1973 Jazz pianist and composer, born in 1945 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Jarrett has played the piano from the age of three.
Keith Jarrett (piano, gong and percussion) is joined by the String Section of the Südfunk Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart. |
| 7:44 AM |
| Dorian Woodwind Quintet Variations on a Theme by Franz Joseph Haydn Richard Trythall Players and Tape: Trythall/Hudson/McClellan NWCRI 1977 Richard Trythall (1939, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA) studied composition and piano at the University of Tennessee, and at Princeton University (1961-1963). Trythall lived in Italy since 1964 until his death on 21 December 2022 (aged 83).
The prerecorded theme is the "St. Anthony Chorale" from Haydn's Divertimento No. 1. This was commissioned by the performers.
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| 8:01 AM |
Set Break:
Video game music 8:00-9:00
Video games have become a multi-billion dollar industry, and with the big budget they are now commissioning composers to score soundtracks performed by full orchestras and chorus. | |
| 8:04 AM |
| Kow Otani Epilogue: Those Who Remain Kow Otani Shadow of the Colossus: Roar of the Earth King Records 2005 Kow Otani (b. 1957 Tokyo), has composed music for films and video games - and is quite prolific.
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| 8:12 AM |
| SIE Sound Team & Takeshi Furukawa End Titles: the Last Guardian Suite Takeshi Furukawa The Last Guardian Soundtrack Japan Deluxe Edition Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. 2016 Furukawa Takeshi was born in Tokyo, and raised in Los Angeles. He is inspired by John Williams. His works have appeared in films, television advertisements and video games.
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| 8:22 AM |
| Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, Tsukasa Usui The Great Wellspring of Hyrule Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, Tsukasa Usui The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom OST 2023 Music for this game was written by a team of composers.
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| 8:30 AM |
| Yasunori Mitsuda Praetor Amalthus - The Acting God - Yasunori Mitsuda Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Original Soundtrack) SLEIGH BELLS 2018 Music for this game was written by another team, led by Mitsuda Yasunori, born in Tokuyama Japan in 1972. He grew up listening to jazz and Yellow Magic Orchestra before getting into classical music. His inspiration comes from many classical composers.
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| 8:38 AM |
| Christopher Larkin City of Tears Christopher Larkin Hollow Knight (Original Soundtrack) Christopher Larkin 2017 Christopher Larkin has worked on film and television and video games. He studied composition at the Elder Conservatorium of Music in Adelaide.
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| 8:41 AM |
| Christopher Larkin Greenpath Christopher Larkin Hollow Knight (Original Soundtrack) Christopher Larkin 2017 ![]() |
| 8:47 AM |
| Jeremy Soule Wind Guide You Jeremy Soule The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Original Game Soundtrack) Bethesda Softworks 2011 Jeremy Soule, born in Keokuk Iowa in 1975, composes music for films, television and video games. His father was a public school music teacher. He became interested in Symphony orchestras at the age of 5, and in 6th grade began taking private lessons with professors from Western Illinois University.
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| 8:56 AM |
| Jeremy Soule Masser Jeremy Soule The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Original Game Soundtrack) Bethesda Softworks 2011
While playing video games as a child, Soule came to believe that the experience they created could be greatly enhanced by having a better musical score. |
| 9:01 AM |
Set Break:
back to non-game music
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| 9:04 AM |
| Five-Storey Ensemble Drops of Silence Through the Silence Five-Storey Ensemble Presence Vozdookh Studio 2022 Formed in Belarus in February 2012 from the ashes of Rational Diet (the avant rock band who had existed from the late 90's). Their style is closer to chamber music than rock. https://five-storeyensemble.bandcamp.com/
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| 9:12 AM |
| Pauline Oliveros The Gentle (I) Pauline Oliveros The Well & the Gentle Hat Hut Records 1985 Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) was a teacher, composer and accordionist, and a key figure in experimental music.
Pauline Oliveros is accompanied by RELACHE, The Ensemble for Contemporary Music |
| 9:35 AM |
| VOCES8 Stars Ešenvalds, Ēriks Lux Decca Music Group Ltd. 2015 Ēriks Ešenvalds was born in Priekule, Latvia He now teaches at the Latvian Academy of Music.
Voces8 is a British vocal ensemble, formed in 2005.
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| 9:40 AM |
| Jóhann Jóhannsson The Rocket Builder (Io Pan!) Jóhann Jóhannsson Fordlândia 4AD 2008 Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson (1969-2018) was an Icelandic composer. His work blends traditional orchestration with contemporary electronic elements. He encouraged interdisciplinary collaborations between artists from punk, jazz, classical, metal and electronic music.
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| 9:47 AM |
| Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson Te Morituri Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson Angels of the Universe FatCat Records 2000 Film composer and musician (born in 1958, Reykjavík, Iceland).
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| 9:51 AM |
| Univers Zéro Rouages: Second Rotation Univers Zéro Rhythmix Cuneiform Records 2002 Founded in Brussels, Belgium in 1974. Disbanded in 1987 and reformed in 1999. Univers Zéro are core members of Rock-In-Opposition and creators of the genre known as 'chamber rock'. Inspired by such diverse sources as rock, jazz, European folk and classical music (both ancient and modern), they have forged a distinctive sound as well as influencing a vast number of contemporary avant-garde bands and ensembles.
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| 9:57 AM |
| Ensemble Ambrosius Uncle Meat (Arr. O. Virtaperko) Zappa Album (The) BIS 2000
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