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The New Abnormal

Dec 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 🐒 = lɐɯɹouqꓯ ʍǝN ǝɥꓕ

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The New Abnormal
7:02 AM
Oneohtrix Point Never - Modern Lust
Oneohtrix Point Never Modern Lust N
Tranquilizer Warp Records 2025
Main recording alias of Brooklyn-based experimental musician, composer and producer Daniel Lopatin.

https://oneohtrixpointnever.bandcamp.com/album/tranquilizer

Oneohtrix Point Never, Secondary, 7 of 10

7:08 AM
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7:09 AM
Shungu - Last Time
Shungu Last Time N
Faith In The Unknown Lex Records 2025

Louis Shungu Mahungu Senga is based in Brussels Belgium.

https://shungujazz.bandcamp.com/album/faith-in-the-unknown

Shungu, Primary, 1 of 1


7:11 AM
Black Jesus Experience - Mother Earth
Black Jesus Experience Mother Earth
Migration Independent 2014
7:16 AM
Mata Atlantica - Quando Como Aranhas (feat. Aralee Dorough & Colin Gatwood)
Mata Atlantica Quando Como Aranhas (feat. Aralee Dorough & Colin Gatwood)
Retiro e Ritmo iapetus distribution 2022

This is a project led by German instrumentalist Markus Reuter, inspired by Bahia, the coastal rainforest of Brazil, the Mata Atlântica,.

https://iapetus.bandcamp.com/album/retiro-e-ritmo

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7:25 AM
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7:29 AM
Philharmonie - From the North
Philharmonie From the North
North Cuneiform Records 1994

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

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https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nord-north

7:38 AM
The Orchestra (For Now) - Amsterdam
The Orchestra (For Now) Amsterdam N
Plan 76 - EP The Orchestra (For Now) 2025
7:42 AM
Town Portal - Plowshare
Town Portal Plowshare N
Grindwork Dream Bureau 2025

Town Portal is an instrumental experimental post/math rock/metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2009

https://townportal.bandcamp.com/album/grindwork

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7:46 AM
Yolk - Sepulchre
Yolk Sepulchre
Solar Love Mazout 2017

Avant-prog / RIO band from France.

https://yolkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/solar

Yolk (7), Primary, 1 of 1

Solar, Primary, 1 of 3

7:56 AM
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8:00 AM
zohar - Sketches of Egypt
zohar Sketches of Egypt
Onethreeseven Mondo Melodia 2001

Chillout music from the UK, founded by Erran Baron Cohen.

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8:06 AM
Rovo & System 7 - Love for the Phoenix (feat. Steve Hillage)
Rovo & System 7 Love for the Phoenix (feat. Steve Hillage)
Phoenix Rising (feat. Steve Hillage) Purple Pyramid Records 2013

Rovo is a space rock supergroup from Kansai, Japan, formed in 1995.

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8:15 AM
Ozric Tentacles - Plowm
Ozric Tentacles Plowm
Paper Monkeys Madfish Music 2011

English progressive/space/psychedelic rock band founded in 1983 in Somerset. They fuse jazz rock, hard rock and acid rock with influences from world music.

Ozric Tentacles, Secondary, 18 of 18

https://kscopemusic.bandcamp.com/album/paper-monkeys

Paper Monkeys, Primary, 1 of 13
8:23 AM
Vespero - The Tower (XVI)
Vespero The Tower (XVI)
Surpassing All Kings VMS 2009

"Веспер" is a Russian psychedelic/space rock band formed in early 2003 in Astrakhan, South Russia.

https://vespero.bandcamp.com/music

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Surpassing All Kings, Primary, 1 of 7

8:30 AM
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8:34 AM
Apoteosi - Il grande disumano
Apoteosi Il grande disumano
Apoteosi AMS 1994

Formed in 1974 by the Idà family from Palmi, Calabria, the southernmost part of Italy. One of the few RPI bands to feature a female vocalist, Sylvana Idà. Her 14-year old brother Massimo is on keyboards, and brother Frederico is on bass. (Originally issued in 1975.)

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8:39 AM
Apoteosi - Oratorio (Corale)
Apoteosi Oratorio (Corale)
Apoteosi AMS 1994
The introduction of a person into the rank of the Gods is called an apotheosis.

Apoteosi, Primary, 1 of 10

8:41 AM
Apoteosi - Attesa
Apoteosi Attesa
Apoteosi AMS 1994

In addition to the three Idà siblings, their father Salvatore Ida also played a pivotal role behind the scenes. He produced the album for his own small folk / rock / prog label, Said Records in 1975.

8:43 AM
Pazop - M.M.M.
Pazop M.M.M.
Psychillis of a Lunatic Genius Musea 1972

Belgian group Pazop was heavily influenced by Zappa and modern classical composers.

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8:49 AM
Homunculus Res - Tetraktys
Homunculus Res Tetraktys
Andiamo in giro di notte e ci consumiamo nel fuoco AMS 2020

Progressive rock band from Palermo, Italy. Their style is closer to Canterbury than Rock Progressivo Italiano.

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https://homunculusres.bandcamp.com/album/andiamo-in-giro-di-notte-e-ci-consumiamo-nel-fuoco

8:53 AM
Hatfield & The North - The Crest
Hatfield & The North The Crest
Hattitude Hatfield and the North 2005

Canterbury supergroup formed in October 1972, disbanded June 1975, turning into National Health. Canterbury at its best.

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8:56 AM
Hatfield & The North - Pink and Green Machine
Hatfield & The North Pink and Green Machine
Hattitude Hatfield & The North 2006

These two songs were recorded for radio broadcast on "Top Gear" on 19 March 1974. The names "The Crest" and "Pink and Green Machine" were given for legal reasons. They were originally called "Aigrette" and "Rifferama" on their self-titled debut LP.

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8:57 AM
Set Break: 𐌃ἷꯝἴʗᱢᶅᜎ ᮄǐꮥ𐠙𐐩ᥢi̩𐡀ǥ ⴼᲢ𐌵Ԅ 🙉

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9:02 AM
Upsilon Acrux - Old Dusk Seas: Odyssey
Upsilon Acrux Old Dusk Seas: Odyssey
Sun Square Dialect New Atlantis Records 2015

Upsilon Acrux was founded in San Diego California in 1997. Their music can be described as brutal-prog, noise-rock, nervous avant-rock, splatter prog.. Some consider their music "a distinctly unpleasant experience".

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https://newatlantisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sun-square-dialect

9:18 AM
Present - Delusions
Present Delusions
A Great Inhumane Adventure Cuneiform Records 2005

Present is a Belgian R.I.O./avant-prog rock band formed in 1979 led by guitarist/composer Roger Trigaux (1951 – 2021). Disbanded in 1985 and reformed in 1993. It spun off of the Belgian R.I.O. chamber rock group Univers Zero.

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https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-great-inhumane-adventure

9:31 AM
Tipographica - Hadaka no Lunch (Gogo Version)
Tipographica Hadaka no Lunch (Gogo Version)
The Man Who Does Not Nod ポニーキャニオン 1994

Japanese progressive avant-garde / free-jazz / RIO ensemble founded in 1986 and disbanded in 1998.

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9:39 AM
Strange Changes - Baby's First Coffin
Strange Changes Baby's First Coffin
single s/r 2013

Boston-area avant-prog group, inspired by Frank Zappa and Mr. Bungle, and blending classic jazz, free jazz, math rock, metal, etc.

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This is a cover of the song by The Dillinger Escape Plan.

Recorded live at Barefoot Studios in Brighton in 2013

9:45 AM
Miriodor - Gallinule d'Amérique
Miriodor Gallinule d'Amérique
Signal 9 Cuneiform Records 2017

Avant-prog band from Quebec City, founded in 1980.

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Signal 9, Primary, 1 of 4

https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/signal-9

9:47 AM
Yowie - Hot Water Heater
Yowie Hot Water Heater N
Taking Umbrage SKiN GRAFT Records 2025

Harsh math rock band founded in St. Louis in 2000.

Yowie, Secondary, 2 of 3

Taking Umbrage, Primary, 1 of 1

https://yowie.bandcamp.com/

9:54 AM
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9:57 AM
Kontra - Mökö ja Luru
Kontra Mökö ja Luru
Kontran Toinen Puoli Love Records 1978

Finnish band from the 1970's known mainly for making Finnish covers of rock-n-roll hits. This is Zappa's "Let's Make the Water Turn Black".

Kontra (2), Primary, 1 of 1

Kontran Toinen Puoli, Primary, 1 of 4