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The New Abnormal

Dec 26, 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 🐧 = Ṱḩḝ Ṇḙẘ Ḁḅṅṍṛṃḁḻ

the husguin

7:01 AM		Kelly Moran Reappearing N Don't Trust Mirrors Warp Records 2025 Kelly Moran is a composer and pianist from New York https://kellymoran.bandcamp.com/album/dont-trust-mirrors
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7:09 AM		Oneohtrix Point Never Fear of Symmetry N Tranquilizer Warp Records 2025 Main recording alias of Brooklyn-based experimental musician, composer and producer Daniel Lopatin. https://oneohtrixpointnever.bandcamp.com/album/tranquilizer (name derived from 106.7)
7:14 AM		Ivan the Tolerable Feathers Under Magnetic Mountain 1875813 Records DK 2023 Ivan the Tolerable is a prolific musical project fronted by Oli Heffernan since 2011, based in Middlesbrough UK. https://ivanthetolerable.bandcamp.com/
7:17 AM		the cellar and point Purple Octagon Ambit Cuneiform Records 2014 The Cellar and Point is an American "garage-chamber'" septet from New York City. The group's music draws from jazz, contemporary classical music, post-rock, electronica, and ambient music. https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ambit
7:23 AM		Dungen C Visar Vägen Tio Bitar Subliminal Sounds 2007 Dungen ("the grove") is a Swedish band based in Stockholm, fronted by singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist Gustav Ejstes. Their music blends psychedelic rock with alternative rock and Swedish folk music. https://dungen.bandcamp.com/
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7:30 AM		Änglagård Höstsejd Epilog s/r 1994 Symphonic progressive rock band founded in 1991 in Stockholm, Sweden. Disbanded in 1994, reformed briefly in 2002/03 and active since 2008. https://anglagard.bandcamp.com/ this is their 2nd release, just as they disbanded
7:45 AM		Birds and Buildings Horse-Shaped Cloud Multipurpose Trap Emkog 2013 Founded by Dan Britton (of Cerebus Effect & Deluge Grander) in Maryland USA in 2008. They blend various prog styles. This is their second (and probably final) release. 🐎x☁️ https://birdsandbuildings.bandcamp.com/album/multipurpose-trap 🦉🦆𓄿🐓𓅓🦅𓅛🕊️𓅠🦜 & 🏬🏭🏫🏪🏩🏨🏦🏥🏤🏣🏢
7:50 AM		Yezda Urfa 3, Almost 4, 6, Yea Sacred Baboon Syn-Phonic 1989 Yezda Urfa are from the USA. They formed in 1973 and disbanded in 1981. They finished "Sacred Baboon" in 1976, but due to lack of funds they shelved it. The LP was finally issued in 1989.
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8:01 AM		Turning Point The Journey Creatures of the Night / Silent Promise Secret Records Limited 2009 Turning Point was a jazz fusion band from the UK, formed in 1975 by members of Isotope. Their aim was to perform jazz-rock like Isotope, but with some Canterbury elements. This is from their 1977 debut.
8:06 AM		Tigran Hamasyan Part 2: Moneypulated Red Hail SEEBEDON Records 2009 Tigran Hamasyan is an Armenian jazz pianist, born in 1987. He often incorporates Armenian melodies into his music. When he was young, he wanted to be a thrash metal guitarist.
8:12 AM		Jonas Hellborg Who Would You Like to Be? Good People In Times of Evil Bardo 2000 Fusion group led by Jonas Hellborg (bass), with Shawn Lane (guitar) and Selvaganesh (percussion).
8:19 AM		Michal Urbaniak's Fusion Stick It In (feat. Urszula Dudziak) Heritage (feat. Urszula Dudziak) MPS 2016 Michal Urbaniak (1943 - 20 December 2025) was a Polish jazz saxophonist and violinist. Besides his solo work, he was a session musician that played with Herbie Hancock, Weather Report and Miles Davis.This was first issued in 1978.
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8:31 AM		Mar De Robles El Flecha Mar De Robles Mylodon Records 2003 Prog fusion band from Chile, incorporating South American folk elements.
8:36 AM		Eyeless Owl Osprey Outcry Murmurations Mogul Intermissions 2023 Eyeless Owl is the music of Quinn Coniguliaro, member of Wyxz, Sun Colored Chair, In-Dreamview, Filibuster Saloon. https://eyelessowl.bandcamp.com/
8:39 AM		Dr. Dopo Jam Forest-Flower-Picking-Preludium Entree Zebra 1973 Danish prog band around from 1968-1974, offering blues rock, jazz and psychedelia.
8:46 AM		Alco Frisbass Alchemical Corpus Le Mystère Du Gué Pucelle s/r 2021 Alco Frisbass formed in France in 2013, and fuse jazz, Canterbury and symphonic prog elements. https://alcofrisbass.bandcamp.com/album/le-mystere-du-gue-pucelle
8:53 AM		Török Ádám & Mini Fekete gép Vissza a városba Pepita 1978 Mini was founded in 1968 by vocalist and flutist Ádám Török (1948-2023) in Budapest, Hungary, modeling themselves after Jethro Tull. this is their debut
9:01 AM		Set Break: ÐⅈϝߓἴϾὐᒫȾ Ĺǐꮥ𐠙𐒢₦ἴᥰ᪄ Ȟ𐤈ƲƦ 😮‍💨
9:02 AM		PoiL Chin fòu Sus Dur et Doux 2019 PoiL is an avant-prog band from France that started as a trio in 2008. They are a psychotic chamber jazz outfit run by disgruntled classically trained concert escapees with an axe to grind. https://poil.bandcamp.com/
9:16 AM		Yowie Grimgribber N Taking Umbrage SKiN GRAFT Records 2025 Harsh math rock band founded in St. Louis in 2000. https://yowie.bandcamp.com/
9:22 AM		Strobes Winder Brokespeak Blood and Biscuits 2016 Nu-jazz/mathrock group from London UK. A sonic triangle of electrified polyrhythms, spaced-out synth jams and off-kilter beats. https://strobesband.bandcamp.com/album/brokespeak
9:27 AM		Utopianisti Blászh Brutopianisti Utopianisti 2017 While Finish band Utopiainisti's style can range from mostly instrumental, energetic jazz-rock / eclectic prog with occasional leaps towards Balkan gypsy music, tango, avant-garde, or latin, this "Brutopianisti" is math-infused speed metal.
9:30 AM		Pochakaite Malko Arrhythmia Pochakaite Malko ARCANGELO 2001 Pochakaite Malko is a Japanese band formed in Tokyo in August 1996. Some members were in a group called "Magma Copy Band". While Zeuhl influenced, they are more RIO/Avant-Prog.
9:35 AM		ni Marquage culotte Ni - EP Jarring Effects 2013 "ni" are an instrumental avant-prog/math rock band from Bourg-en-Bresse, France. https://niiii.bandcamp.com/
9:41 AM		Koenjihyakkei Phlessttighas (Live at Club Goodman) Live at Club Goodman SKiN GRAFT Records 2025 Kōenji Hyakkei is a Japanese zeuhl band, originated from Tokyo, including members of Ruins and Bondage Fruit. They are known for their extreme complexity, mind-boggling rhythm patterns and high expressiveness.
9:48 AM		Imelda Marcos Prism Unabridged Tatlo Already Dead Tapes 2019 "Imelda Marcos" is a Instrumental math-y noise rock drum-and-guitar duo from Chicago. https://imeldamarcos.bandcamp.com/
9:52 AM		WYXZ W0002: Flex Demon Wickman Mogul Intermissions 2017 Wyxz is a project that plays demanding, through-composed math rock combined with avant-garde progressive rock, sound collage, and free improvisation, with self-taught composer/drummer/guitarist Ben Coniguliaro and his brother Quinn and the virtuosic guitarist Matt Hollenberg. https://wyxz.bandcamp.com/
9:58 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
9:58 AM		big Band GveriLLaz Moggio single s/r From Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Chat is archived.

good morning

ohai

good morning, TAndy

What a beautiful song for a beautiful morning.

Ah, it seems I already have this saved, courtesy of DJ Deflute & Guitarri

yes, it is a gorgeous release, getting a lot of airplay here

I love how new age-esque this new OPN album is too.

yes, we are ONE with the cosmos here at The New Abnormal

Good morning ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ and TAndy

good morning, Rob from MD

Heya Rob

Good day, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟 Very enjoyable start to the show! Happy Times to you! 🦌🎁❄️

Good day, Mister Malcontent 💜

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oh good morning, Christine

Hi, ChristineBoo! 👋 👻

Good morning, Dave the Obscure 😶‍🌫️, TAndy, Rob from Merry Maryland, and MrM 💀 Boo 👻!

Good morning MrM and Christine!

TAllyH0H0H0, TAndy 🎅🎄🤶

Yo TAndy 🚩🐈‍⬛️

On the day after Christmas, Santa gave us The New Abnormal.

marginally better than coal

TIGRAN HAMASYAN ❤️💙🧡

🪨🎶🎵💟

glad you are enjoying, MrM

musical fuel 🎶 📻 🎧 🧠 ✨️

Dat bass

This percussion

Selvaganesh - Vikku Vinayakram's son

that's why this sounds like Shakti II

Hellborg is sort of the John McLaughlin of bass

luv to hear the percussion. turn it upside down.

So right, MrM 💀🪘

Facts, ChristineBoo 🤗🤩

🦉🕶️

srsly

HONK

TOOT

aaaOOOOOOguh

SQUANWK

bork

DTO this sounds dope in me car (not driving) with lotsa bass

sup matt

SUP droogies

I'll have to try that, Matt S

This is such a jammer

The curse is alive, a Christmas miracle.

It’s A Wonderful Knife 💀🔪🩸

Greetings All, excellent 2nd hour music!

Two TopNotch Hours!!

Hungarian Tull: good!

Heya Rob F

HAZY listening? Don't mind if I do!

👉💀👈

👈💀👉

hello, Rob F

fock this song is sinister good

PoiL is intense

dat STANKY bass

stankface engaged & locked

aggressive prog, love it

they go hard

gone be me new fave

glad to turn you on to new music

Howdeeeeee deeeteeeeohhhhhh 🍵

hellooooooo jimbooooooooo

haaaa the hard prog summoned the jimboooooooooooooooooooo

yeoooooooooooooo

Bye everyone, it is difficult birding hour, we are going to look for the Snowy Owl along the river; it's not easy to see. Happy new year to one and all!

Oh this is a huge jam. Have a good one, Rob! HNY!

thanks for hanging out Rob

Good luck @Rob 🦉

This prog is helping me construct a 3" tall coiled papercraft monstera plant in a pot

...I think

🩺 💗 📈

jimbooooo I am constructing a 3 meter bong

⚠️ this track may induce arrhythmia

this is incredible

that is the desired effect

oh chit Christine I get dat sometimes! (benign)

😯

jimbooooooo in dat lil shoppe o' horrors

ni with the plastic wrap Lol

🪴

damn Sabbath going to need a ladder for that

@Matt, don;t try that at home

...or dig a hole

jimboooooo it starts in the basement, for dat extra radon kick

🎤🦋 🔊

DTO haaaaaaa I'm cray but not cray enough to do that like the ni lads

Mike P of mr bungle played a whole show once with a pantyhose on his head

like an old tymey robber bandit boi

good morning ǝʌɐꓷ and my PRB Pals!

I've been drivin' and listenin' in the car

hello, Stevie P

this hour has gone FullTilt ⚠️ Big CHEERS to ya, DJ DaveTheObscure! 🎉

happy to know you have listened and appreciate the selections

Morning, @Stevie P ☕️

mornin' Christine

DJ DaveTheObscure 💟 Another Gem of a Show! Many thanks and kind regards to you, Sir! 🖤💀

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

another excellent show Dave! Thanks!

The final New Abnormal for 2025 did not disappoint. Cheers to you, DTO! 😶‍🌫️ 🎉 💎 💯 Take care, everybody

Thx DTO! 💥💥💥

I've personally just woken up and didn't hear a thing. But this passing sadness won't keep me back this day. Happy post Christmas!

Thank you much for the show, Dave!

thanks folks 🙏🏻

hey Roffle. s'okay. Many people... full lives...

Actually the closing are always sweet, and I'm hearing it!

DTO grazi! Fun show!