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The New Abnormal

Oct 10, 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.

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the doogster

7:03 AM		Pan American Point Harbor N Across the Horizon Vol. 1 Northern Spy Records 2025 Artist based in Chicago. "Using guitar and synthesizer tones to create one slightly moving, slightly blurry extended chord".
7:06 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:07 AM		Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider Serene Velocity N A Companion For the Spaces Between Dreams Northern Spy Records 2025 Luke Schnieder is a Nashville TN based pedal steel guitarist. Jamie Lidell was born in the UK. releasing on October 31st https://lukeschneider.bandcamp.com/album/a-companion-for-the-spaces-between-dreams
7:14 AM		Cocteau Twins Ribbed and Veined Tiny Dynamine - EP 4AD 1985 Scottish post-punk/ethereal/dream pop band formed in 1981 in Grangemouth, Falkirk and disbanded in 1997. I am playing this 45 at 33 rpm
7:19 AM		Cliff Martinez La Cagaste Traffic (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) TVT Records 2000 Cliff Martinez (born in 1954) is an American musician and composer. Early in his career, Martinez was known as a drummer notably with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Dickies, and Captain Beefheart. Since the 1990s, he has worked primarily as a film score composer, often for Steven Soderbergh. His first job composing was for the television show Pee Wee's Playhouse.
7:22 AM		Steve Jansen Memory of an Imagined Place Tender Extinction Steve Jansen Productions 2016 Born in 1959, he was drummer for the glam rock group Japan with his big brother, David Sylvian. https://stevejansen.bandcamp.com/
7:26 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:28 AM		Tortoise Layered Presence N Touch International Anthem 2025 Tortoise operates as a collective; the five multi-instrumentalists (scattered geographically) make records by committee. https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/touch
7:32 AM		Paolo Fresu, Dhafer Youssef, Eivind Aarset My Man's Gone Now Latitudini - Omaggio Alla World Music Casa Del Jazz 2008 Paolo Fresu is an Italian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, arranger and composer. He was born in 1961 in Berchidda, Sardinia. He is joined by Dhafer Youssef, a vocalist and oud played from Tunisia, and Eivind Aarset, a guitarist from Norway. The song is a composition of DuBose Heyward, with George and Ira Gershwin.
7:39 AM		Steve Roach and Michael Shrieve The Leaving Time The Leaving Time Novus, RCA 1988 Drummer Michael Shrieve with electronic artist Steve Roach.
7:44 AM		Panzerpappa Goda' Gomorroah Pestrottedans Altrock Productions 2016 Panzerpappa (a name with no special meaning) was formed in Oslo Norway in 1997. They play an avant-prog in the style of Samla Mammas Manna.
7:50 AM		Laurent De Schepper Trio No Longer 2.0 Aquanaut Karlrecords 2013 Jazz and electronic quartet from Leipzig Germany. https://karlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/aquanaut
7:54 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
8:00 AM		Nadavati Ananda Le Vent De L'esprit Souffle Où Il Veut IPG 1978 French fusion band active in the late 1970's. They managed to release one LP.
8:10 AM		Prosper Dance of an Angel Broken Door Black Beard Records 2021 Prosper was from Bottrop Germany, active from 1973-1980. Their music blended a psychedelic Krautrock with jazz fusion. One LP released during their active period.
8:17 AM		Änglagård Kung bore Hybris Mellotronen 1992 Änglagård is a symphonic progressive rock band founded in 1991 in Stockholm, Sweden. Disbanded in 1994, reformed briefly in 2002/03 and active since 2008. Their 1992 debut, Hybris, brought them international acclaim.
8:29 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
8:33 AM		Bruford Q.E.D. Gradually Going Tornado Editions EG 1979 Jazz rock group led by Bill Bruford, a drummer that somehow was part of every major prog rock group from England.
8:41 AM		Return to Forever Medieval Overture Romantic Warrior Columbia/Legacy 1976 Return To Forever is the jazz fusion group founded by keyboardist Chick Corea in 1972. The lineup on this LP: Al DiMeola (guitar), Stanley Clarke (bass) and Lenny White (percussion).
8:46 AM		Il Baricentro Sconcerto (Remastered) Sconcerto (Remastered) Universal Music Italia srL. 1976 Il Baricentro is an instrumental Italian jazz-rock/fusion band of the 70's. They disbanded after their second LP. This is their debut.
8:51 AM		Happy the Man While Chrome Yellow Shine 3rd: Better Late.... Cuneiform Records 1983 Happy The Man was a symphonic prog band that came out of rural Virginia and moved to Washington D.C. where they signed to Arista and released two classic albums, eventually breaking up at the very end of the 70's.
8:57 AM		Set Break: Ďỉḟḟỉƈưꞎť Ĺỉśťẻήỉήɠ Ɦơưɼ
9:01 AM		Bondage Fruit Terminal Man II Maboroshi No Sekai 1996 Japanese Zeuhl group, which borrows more from the European school (Magma) than the Japanese new music scene, and focuses on avant-garde jazz structures, loud blaring rock'n roll and at times all-out dissonance; it ranges from ferocious rock to fusion, to experimental, to ethnic.
9:16 AM		Panzerballett Friede, Freude, Fußball Starke Stücke ACT Music 2008 German band from the Munich area defining their own style as progressive, funky Math Jazz Metal.
9:24 AM		Present A Last Drop Barbaro Ma Non Troppo Ad Hoc Records 2009 Belgian RIO/avant-progressive rock band formed in 1979 as a side project from Univers Zero, when guitarist Roger Trigaux left that band. Disbanded in 1985 and reformed in 1993. Similar to Universe Zero, but more intense and electrified.
9:35 AM		Yochk'o Seffer Neffesh Music Oregcserto Noce chimique Great Winds 1976 Hungarian saxophonist Seffer József (aka Yochk'o Seffer) left Magma early on to form fusion band Zao and this side project Neffesh Music.
9:40 AM		Eiko Ishibashi + Tatsuya Yoshida Planet Of Reverberation Slip Beneath The Distant Tree Rhythm Tracks 2007 Ishibashi Eiko is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and improvising drummer and pianist.Yoshida Tatsuya is a prominent Japanese avant-garde/jazz/experimental drummer, composer, producer & sound engineer, associated with Zeuhl bands like Ruins and Koenjihyakkei.
9:45 AM		Protoplasma Nagyon Zene Penetration - 7429603 Records DK 2025 A brutal prog band from Budapest, Hungary. https://protoplasmaprotoplasma.bandcamp.com/album/-
9:47 AM		Ryorchestra Laura Palmer DMK R-Records 2018 Ryorchestra was founded around Nagoya, Japan by a saxophonist / flutist Ryoko Ono.
9:52 AM		Yūgen Brachilogia Mirrors Altrock Productions 2012 Italian band solidly in the Rock In Opposition tradition. Another project with Paolo Botta
9:55 AM		Set Break: 😸
9:58 AM		George Duke Band Echidna's Arf & Uncle Remus Berlin, 3 Nov 1977 s/r 1977 George Duke and Billy Cobham toured during the mid 70's. I don't think this concert made its way onto any of their LPs.

Chat is archived.

oh hello

Good morning, Dave.

good morning, TAndy

I would like to pet the Doogster.

good morning. now that's the real cock-a-poodle-doo.

Ha! Good morning, Dale

Morning Dave! Music is actually set to wprb this week, looking forward to the show

Good morning, Zach. I'll apologize now for what will likely be a confusing morning

good morning ǝʌɐꓷ, TAndy, Dale and Zach

good morning, Stevie P

Awesome morning music

glad you are enjoying Space Cowboy

Ahh, I love it when work gets in the way of listening to The New Abnormal. Good morning SC, Stevie, Zach, Dale.

Tortoise <3333333333

This done blown my mind banana

that i believe is the desired effect

While sitting in craptacular Philly traffic

blechhhhh

This is a good one

and it's over.... good morning, Scurrow

Mornin, Scurrow!

Roach & Shrieve! Very nice, Dave!

Is this the background music when crockr and tubes stalk the drug kingpins hideout in Mimi vice

interesting choice

push your blazer sleeves up to your elbows space cowboy.

I had thought that Mark Mothersbaugh did all the music for peewees playhouse

much, but not all

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Aw man ALREADY playing the heavy jams. Great show so far!

Good morning Christine!

oh good morning, Christine

i don't think this band takes themselves seriously - no one is scowling.

also like Samla Mammas Manna - silly and fun

Morning, all ☕️

And my mind banana is blown again..m

Tripa delic

hands on the wheel, Space Cowboy, 10 & 2

Awesome start to the second hour, sir.

I'm glad work stopped interfering, TAndy

Oh it still is LOL I've gotten more service calls in the past hour and a half than the rest of the night.

15 more minutes though and I'm outta here

Nadavati sounds great!

Sup Rob F. I see you've taken the mantle of the Curse this morning.

glad you enjoyed, Rob F

TAndy, that doesn’t sound good, so I hope not. Lol

Yes, in the past, whenever TAndy complimented a song, it ended immediately

Oh, you have done that to me a few times. Haha

Good morning everyone. I'm waking up slowly, have been listening for about an hour

Sup Rob MD

welcome, Rob from MD

Morning, Rob 🦀

Morning, all. Enjoying the offerings today

thanks, goots

good morning goots

Loving this song, Dave

7 minutes, left TAndy! the curse is lifted!

Ya jinxed it

Good morning DTO! Good morning all!

Bill Bruford's thesis link https://billbruford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Bruford-Thesis.-Version-of-Record.pdf

Ooh, Solaris 🪐 Morning, ParrScream, goots, TAndy, Rob², Dale, Space Cowboy & all

& Brian D!

good morning, Parrscream *<[°_○]>*

thanks for that link, Brian. Bruford is astounding

Love Bill's sense of humor / humour. Great interview subject and storyteller

The oft occurring other Dave Stewart 'round these parts

In MrM's 💀 absence: DAVE STEWART! Eurythmics!!

I'm kind of a completist that way

totally different Dave Stewart! But 💜 for MrM anyway

Come back, @MrM 💀

Big love to Mr. Skeleton Man

Oh BOY!!!

👉😳☕️😀

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Bondage Fruit rules! What a completely appropriate moment for a gong!

Badáss

hey, good morning, George K

I noticed an Erik Satie quote in the violin earlier

Good morning @Dave, good morning everyone

good ears

Good morning DtO! Good morning all!

speaking of ears! good morning

Thanks! It took me a moment to place it, and it’s funny to have it in such a fast and heavy part

the unexpected juxtaposition makes it more fun

Ah there it is again!

Gnossienes or whatever it’s called

Have only been able to hear the very beginning each Friday (how does one become an excellency? Is there a test? Is there math on it?) but have been able to listen to most of today's show. Lots of heavy hitters. Most excellent, your excellency. Thanks always Dave.

Thanks, Mike T. No worries. Many people have lived full lives without listening to The New Abnormal

True, but that person is not mw, or anyone else here. I don't need my fix!

DO need the Abnormal.

at your service, sir

Thanks so much for the show, Dave!

Cheers to you, ǝɹnɔsqO ǝɥʇ ǝʌɐᗡ 🙃 ¡

Delightfully difficult tunes, Dave!

thanks, Bud

🙏🏻 thanks, folks