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The New Abnormal

Feb 6, 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.

🐼 X 🐆 = ᵺ𐊤 𐱆ꑿꪡ ꚈႦꍷᚱꠈㅻ

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The New Abnormal
7:02 AM
Michael Jon Fink - Cold Pastoral
Michael Jon Fink Cold Pastoral
Celesta Cold Blue Music 2019

Michael Jon Fink is a composer and musician active in experimental and new music groups. For over 30 years he also served on the music faculty California Institute or the Arts.

Michael Jon Fink, Primary, 1 of 2

7:04 AM
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7:06 AM
Richard Pinhas - Greenland
Richard Pinhas Greenland
Iceland Bureau B 1979

Richard Pinhas (the French Fripp) was born in 1951, and founded Heldon in 1974. Iceland was originally issued in 1979.

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7:15 AM
Klaus Schulze - Das Herz von Grönland
Klaus Schulze Das Herz von Grönland
La Vie Electronique, Vol. 4 M.i.G - music GmbH 1975

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Klaus Schulze (1947 - 2022) was a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician., part of the "Berlin school" of electronic music.

"La Vie Electonique" is an extensive series of Schulze reelases that began in 2005. This was recorded at the Oberhausen Konzert, Nov. 1976.

7:28 AM
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7:33 AM
Blithe Field - Light and Variable Winds
Blithe Field Light and Variable Winds
Grits Kissed 774355 Records DK2 2023

Blithe Field is Spencer Radcliffe, recording at home in Ohio. https://blithefield.bandcamp.com/

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7:34 AM
Sensations Fix - Cold Nose Story
Sensations Fix Cold Nose Story
Music Is Painting In the Air (1974-1977) RVNG INTL. 2012

Italian progressive electronic band from the 1970s, led by Franco Falsini.

https://sensationsfix.bandcamp.com/album/music-is-painting-in-the-air

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7:38 AM
Erik Wøllo - Snowfall
Erik Wøllo Snowfall
Cloud of Strings Projekt 2023

Erik Wøllo is a Norwegian composer and musician, born in 1961. His output ranges from rock and jazz, to experimental electronic and classical music. But he is most known for his electronic ambient music.

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7:40 AM
Jade Warrior - A Winter's Tale (2022 Remaster)
Jade Warrior A Winter's Tale (2022 Remaster)
Last Autumn's Dream (2022 Remastered Edition) Esoteric 1972

Jade Warrior were formed in the UK in 1970. They were categorized as a psychedelic space rock group, but their music is hard to describe, incorporating many elements. Their mostly instrumental compositions had lush chords, and often had a wide dynamic range, from delicate hand bells to sudden loud crunches. "Last Autumn's Dream" is their third release, and hints at the direction they would go in their prime period on Island Records (1974-1978).

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7:45 AM
Caravan - Winter Wine
Caravan Winter Wine
In the Land of Grey and Pink (Digitally Remastered) Decca Music Group Ltd. 1971

The most successful of the Canterbury scene groups, formed in 1968.

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7:53 AM
The Tannahill Weavers - Up In the Mornin's No' for Me
The Tannahill Weavers Up In the Mornin's No' for Me
Arnish Light Green Linnet 2003

Scottish folk band, named after Scottish poet Robert Tannahill.

The Tannahill Weavers, Secondary, 2 of 2

Arnish Light, Primary, 1 of 4

7:56 AM
Cocteau Twins - Winter Wonderland
Cocteau Twins Winter Wonderland
Snow Fontana 1993

Scottish post-punk/ethereal/dream pop band formed in 1981 in Grangemouth, Falkirk and disbanded in 1997.

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I Spy... an obligation to contribute to the glut of Holiday music.

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7:58 AM
Set Break: 🇩🇰 Danish groups 🇩🇰

Denmark in a Nordic country in Northern Europe, It is the central territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, which includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

A labelled map of Denmark

8:03 AM
Causa Sui - The Juice (Live)
Causa Sui The Juice (Live)
Live in Copenhagen El Paraiso 2017

Causa Sui is a Danish psych-rock/stoner rock band, starting in 2005.

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Live In Copenhagen, Primary, 1 of 2

8:12 AM
Papir - Sunday #1
Papir Sunday #1
Stundum El Paraiso 2011

Papir is a psychedelic rock trio from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2008. https://papir.bandcamp.com/

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8:19 AM
Town Portal - Crushed Under Something Gentle
Town Portal Crushed Under Something Gentle 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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8:24 AM
Secret Oyster - Astarte
Secret Oyster Astarte
Vidunderlige Kaelling The Laser's Edge 2005

This Danish jazz rock/fusion band was around from 1972-1977. Secret Oyster got commissioned to write the music for the ballet "Vidunderlige Kælling" ("Wonderful Bitch").

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8:30 AM
Coronarias Dans - Don't Know
Coronarias Dans Don't Know
Visitor SteepleChase 1974

Instrumental jazz fusion band from Denmark, sharing members with Secret Oyster. Two releases in the early 1970s.

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8:38 AM
Set Break: ❄️ more from Northern Europe, where they understand cold winters
8:40 AM
Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik - Rop Fra Røynda - Mælt Fra Minne
Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik Rop Fra Røynda - Mælt Fra Minne
Skuggsjá By Norse Music 2021

Norwegian guitarist Ivar Bjørnson joins forces with Einar Selvik (Gorgoroth, Wardruna) to produce this Viking Metal.

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https://ivarbjrnsoneinarselvik.bandcamp.com/album/skuggsj

8:45 AM
Horte - Pelko karistaa järjen
Horte Pelko karistaa järjen
Maa antaa yön vaientaa Pelagic Records 2021
8:50 AM
Garmarna - Avskedet
Garmarna Avskedet
Förbundet Season of Mist 2020

Swedish folk rock band, formed 1990. https://garmarna.bandcamp.com/album/f-rbundet

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8:56 AM
Hedningarna - Heila
Hedningarna Heila
Karelia Visa Silence Records 1999

Hedningarna ("The Heathens" in English) is a Swedish band (with Finnish vocalists) that brings ancient Nordic music into the modern era.

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Karelia is a region that is split between Finland and Russia.

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9:00 AM
Set Break: リスニングが難しい時間

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9:04 AM
CKRAFT - Bring Forth the Imperial Ghost
CKRAFT Bring Forth the Imperial Ghost
Uncommon Grounds CKRAFTPROD 2025

CKRAFT is a jazz metal band from Paris. They have been referred to as a Meshuggah like jam session with King Crimson while listening to National Health. A "djent-fueled metal heft is exquisitely supplemented with an equal Canterbury jazz exuberance".

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https://ckraft.bandcamp.com/album/uncommon-grounds

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9:08 AM
Cthulhu Rise - Opus 44
Cthulhu Rise Opus 44
Last 2020
From Ukraine, Cthulhu Rise blend progressive rock, jazz, alternative metal and mathcore. This is their "Last" release. "After all these years we've been through as much suffering so we had to stop."

https://cthulhurise.bandcamp.com/album/last

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9:15 AM
Chromb! - Le colis
Chromb! Le colis
Chromb!, Vol. 2 - EP Dur et Doux 2014

Chromb! is a French quartet with strings, reeds, 88 keys and drums, making avant-rock with no guitar. Their music is distorted jazz mixed with chamber music without adherence to any particular style. https://chromb.bandcamp.com/album/1000

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Primary

9:20 AM
Jambinai 잠비나이 - Wardrobe 벽장
Jambinai 잠비나이 Wardrobe 벽장
A Hermitage 隱棲:은서 Belle Union 2016

Jambinai (잠비나이) are a South Korean post-rock band formed in Seoul in 2009. https://jambinai.bandcamp.com/album/a-hermitage

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9:22 AM
nuito - Looo(No)Reque Protocol
nuito Looo(No)Reque Protocol
Unutella studioNUITO 2009

Nuito are an experimental math rock/post-rock trio who formed in Kyoto, Japan in 2004. Their music is defined by tapping guitars, slap bass and spastic drums with rapidly changing time signatures. https://nuito.bandcamp.com/

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9:28 AM
Vojdi - Cosmic Serenade
Vojdi Cosmic Serenade
Kompost Zemiačky records 2024

Vodji is from Slovakia. https://vojdi.bandcamp.com/

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9:33 AM
ni - Balafré par une dinde morte
ni Balafré par une dinde morte
#1 - EP Jarring Effects 2010

"ni" are an instrumental avant-prog/math rock band from Bourg-en-Bresse, France. https://niiii.bandcamp.com/

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This is their debut EP

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9:40 AM
Korekyojinn - Exodus
Korekyojinn Exodus
Isotope Tzadik 2005

Yet another project by Tatsuya Yoshide, Japanese avant-garde / jazz / experimental drummer, composer, producer & sound engineer, one of key figures on Japan's underground scene, responsible for Ruins and Koenjihyakkei.

Korekyojinn, Primary, 1 of 2

Isotope, Primary, 1 of 7

9:45 AM
Bondage Fruit - Kinzoku No Taiji
Bondage Fruit Kinzoku No Taiji
Bondage Fruit ISIS 1994

Bondage Fruit is a progressive rock/Zeuhl band, from Tokyo, Kantō, Japan, that was formed in 1990.

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9:52 AM
Jono El Grande - Eva's Horse Dance
Jono El Grande Eva's Horse Dance
The Choko King Rune Grammofon 2011

Jono El Grande was born Jon Andreas Håtun in Norway.

The Choko King, Primary, 1 of 6

9:58 AM
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