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The New Abnormal

Jan 16, 2026 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 Bunnyhawk

7:02 AM		Hannah Frances Beholden To N Nested in Tangles Fire Talk 2025 Hannah Frances (b. 1997) is a vocalist, guitarist, composer, and poet melding avant-folk, progressive rock, and jazz, currently based in Chicago. https://hannahfrances.bandcamp.com/album/nested-in-tangles
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7:06 AM		Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider The Story of Your Life 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. released on October 31st https://lukeschneider.bandcamp.com/album/a-companion-for-the-spaces-between-dreams
7:09 AM		Sensations Fix Cold Nose Part 3, 4th Movement Music Is Painting In the Air (1974-1977) RVNG INTL. 2012 Italian progressive electronic band from the 1970s. https://sensationsfix.bandcamp.com/album/music-is-painting-in-the-air
7:12 AM		nuages Distant Distant - Single Nuages 2017 N u a g e s is a mysterious individual from the UK, creating chill out music. https://nuagesmusic.bandcamp.com/track/distant
7:17 AM		Tokyo 77 Freaks of Slumber Tokyo 77 In Tone Music 2001 Tokyo 77 are: Chas Smith, Rick Cox, George Budd and Thomas Newman. Just one release.
7:24 AM		David Torn Acosay Phodei Mojo Tripping Over God CMP Records 1989 David Torn is a composer and guitarist, born in 1953 in Amityville, New York.
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7:30 AM		Mick Karn Lost Affections In a Room Titles Parlophone Catalogue 1982 Andonis Michaelides (1958-2011) rose to fame as the fretless bassist for the art rock band Japan. This is his first solo record, made just as Japan was disintegrating, w/ Steve Jansen & Richard Barbieri, but not David Sylvian. Mick Karn credits Percy Jones as an influence.
7:34 AM		Lunar Dunes Free to Do Galaxsea Lunar Dunes Recordings 2011 Formed in west London in 2007, they have members associated with the Transglobal Underground. https://solus-3.bandcamp.com/album/the-complete-galaxsea-sessions
7:43 AM		The Spacelords Metamorphosis Water Planet Tonzonen Records 2017 The Spacelords are a psychedelic rock band from Reutlingen Germany, founded in 2008. https://thespacelords1.bandcamp.com/
7:54 AM		Vespero Gao Zult By the Waters of Tomorrow VMS 2010 "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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8:03 AM		Grateful Dead Sage & Spirit Blues for Allah Grateful Dead/Rhino 1975 Grateful Dead was an American rock band (1965–1995) formed in the San Francisco Bay Area. "Sage & Spirit" was written by the late Bob Weir, who died January 10th.
8:06 AM		Picchio dal Pozzo Off Picchio Dal Pozzo Marquee Inc. 2000 Picchio dal Pozzo was part of the fertile Rock Progressivo Italiano scene, but their first album, Picchio dal Pozzo (1976), is very far from everything else in the Italian prog field.The sound has more in common with the Canterbury scene.
8:10 AM		Daniel Schell & Dick Annegarn La ballade du Zwin Egmont & the ff Boom Finders Keepers 2023 While still leading the Belgian fusion/Canterbury group Cos, its leader Daniel Schell recorded this duo album with Brussels-based Dutch singer (but French-singing) Dick Annegarn. While not considered a prog singer, several tracks are quite proggy. originally issued in 1978
8:12 AM		Ciccada Eniania (Keepers of the Midnight Harvest) Harvest Bad Elephant Music 2021 Ciccada is a band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2005. Although heavily rooted in folk music; Ciccada's music has influences from many other spheres of progressive rock . https://ciccadabem.bandcamp.com/album/harvest
8:20 AM		Qualia Horology Ecliptic Arête Records 2013 Qualia is the solo project of Dan Leader from Cambridge, UK., making post rock / ambient / math rock since 2010. https://xqualiamusicx.bandcamp.com/album/ecliptic
8:26 AM		Tohpati Ethnomission Let The Birds Sing Save The Planet MoonJune 2010 Tohpati Ethnomission is an Indonesian jazz-rock / fusion band founded in 2009, led by guitarist and songwriter Tohpati Ario Hutomo, born in Jakarta, 25 July 1971. https://tohpati-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/save-the-planet
8:33 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
8:37 AM		Yuka & Chronoship Visible Light R SHIP KING RECORDS 2018 Japanese progressive rock band, formed in 2009.
8:46 AM		Syrinx Le Grand Dieu Pan Qualia Aeon 2009 Syrinx are a French instrumental progressive rock group, formed in late 1999. Syrinx deliberately hid their identity, probably for contractual reasons since the members come from other well known bands (e.g. NIl), hence the exact line-up is unknown. https://syrinxmusic.bandcamp.com/album/qualia
9:00 AM		Set Break: 𝔇𝔦𝔣𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔲𝔩𝔱 𝔏𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 ℌ𝔬𝔲𝔯
9:03 AM		Present Souls For Sale (parts 1-6) High Infidelity Carbon 7 Records 2001 Founded by Roger Trigaux in 1979, Present is an offshoot of Univers Zero, but more electrified and intense.
9:31 AM		Junko Ueda & Poil Kujô Shakujô, Pt. 2 & 3 PoiL / Ueda Dur et Doux 2023 "PoiL Ueda" is a musical creation between the French rock/contemporary music band of "PoiL", Benoit Lecomte (bassist of the band "Ni"), and the Japanese traditional music singer / satsuma-biwa player Junko Ueda. https://poil.bandcamp.com/album/poil-ueda
9:41 AM		Jean Louis Uranus Uranus Coax Records 2013 Jean Louis are from Paris France. An unusual trio: trumpet, bass & drums. https://jeanlouis.bandcamp.com/album/uranus
9:49 AM		Gargantua tarczowali dzisiaj las Gargantua Ars Mundi 2003 Gargantua is a prog fusion band from Poland.
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9:56 AM		Andrés Mastrangelo’s Hijosdecortés Dancin' Fool Come Dance With Me V/A Hall Of Fame Records 2016 The group is from Uruguay, known only for a couple of Zappa covers.

Chat is archived.

good morning

ohaidere

hello TAndy

Good day, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟

Good day, Mister Malcontent 💜

Ahoy there MrM

TAllyHO, TAndy

What is up fellas

good morning. hannah born in 1997 - now i feel old.

Howdy doodilly

ohi beck and dale and goots

Greetings & Salutations, Everyone

!!!

Guanciale & Salami, everyone.

Fancy

good morning, Beck S

good morning, Dale

good morning, goots

I have been clicked in. Happy to have you in my digiteria. I hope you have a great show.

good morning, Richard M

I'm sooo fancy

nuages - n i c e .

glad you are liking

I agree, I was half expecting a 2-step garage beat to come in at any moment from the intro to this.

:')

Morning everyone

good morning, Rob from MD

Really chill show so far, Dave! I dig the derenity.

good morning Dave and my PRB Pals!

I'm keeping that typo. Heya Stevie

good morning, Stevie P

Wow finally made it here before the 9am ear-bleed hour

Good morning, digging this track

GM Dave and listeners

well done, WRED TV

Déreniteyy NOW

good morning, Rob F

this is Pure Moods 💞

we're all about pure moods on The New Abnormal

Sup WRED, Rob F, and Rob MD & Richard again

Good morning Dave, all others…we made it.

good morning, dan C

I think I see sponge Bob lurking, off in the distance, a few bubbles, in that album cover art. He’s trembling.

yeah, that yellow smudge, must be him melting

In awe

Mornin Dan

Who wouldn’t with nuclear testing going on over head?

Is middle member holding German Grammy, the “Krauty”?

maybe a participation trophy in the battle of the bands

Sounds right

He must know he looks very gentle Giant, on left.

that or Orson Welles

or Papa Hemingway

“Psychedelic Therapy” in the news today. Good soundtrack for it DTO.

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Hi, ChristineBoo! 👋 👻

oh good morning, Christine

Hey Christine!

sing does a prog singer sing like?

I suppose the singer would avoid certain styles associated with non-prog music, like nightclub crooning

lots of bombastic falsetto?

like Jon Anderson?

Enjoying this Ciccada track ✨️ G'morning DTO 😶‍🌫️, TAndy, Dale, Dan, WRED TV, Rob F, Stevie P, Rob 🦀, Richard and MrM 💀 Boo 👻!

TopNotch First Half of Show! Cheers, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟

thanks for the kind words, MrM 💜

He ain't heavy he's a Hollie

good ears, Brain D! Can't slip anything past you

⏱️ 🛸 Loving this Yuka & Chronoship track!

Same!

:_)

great stuff!

=(^_^)=

glad you are all enjoying

(❁´◡`❁)

I really like this funny little synth

I am now prepared for the next hour.

the uncomfortably difficult listening hour

the difficultly uncomfortable hour, as it were

The construction crew hour

😱😱😱 Always with the screeeeaming

the building group hour

Top button is nonexistent here!

hi everyone! got my hardhat on.

good morning, addie

👉💀👈

👈💀👉

Oh good morning Addie!

That's funny this is a rather industrious sounding bit of music. Nice serendipity!

mornin TAndy!

real construction crew tune

They're building Fort Difficult!

this sounds like what's going on in my head when i read the news

same

😞

more like Cathartic Listening Hour now

and i'm not complaining

Morning, @addie 🐍 🐍 🐍

heya Christine!

Next: New Subnormal!? Huh?! Yeah!?

tomorrow 7-9 a.m. EST

Whooooo! 🎉

but at the top of the hour, Jerry Gordon is up next!

Fun! 🤩

DJ DaveTheObscure 💟 Many thanks for another TopTier Show! From start to finish! Big cheers and kind regards to you, Sir! 🖤💀

thanks for keeping me company in the chat, folks

another Great Excellent show, Dave! Thanks!

YOU take Good Care! 💟🖤💀

Thanks, Dave!

thank you, thank you