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The New Abnormal

Feb 20, 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 🐺 x 🦅 = Thͪeͤ Neͤw Abnoͦrͬmͫaͣl

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the wolframgle

The New Abnormal
7:01 AM
Ciro Vitiello - Jellyfish Light, a Big Blue Lie
Ciro Vitiello Jellyfish Light, a Big Blue Lie N
notes from the air STROOM 2026

Ciro Vitiello is from Italy

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7:05 AM
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7:06 AM
Dhafer Youssef - Sevdah (To Jon Hassell)
Dhafer Youssef Sevdah (To Jon Hassell)
Birds Requiem Back Beat Edition 2013

Composer, singer and oud player, born 1967 in Teboulba, Tunisia.

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Birds Requiem, Primary, 1 of 7

trumpet by Nils Petter Molvær

7:14 AM
Tigran Hamasyan - The Poet
Tigran Hamasyan The Poet
Shadow Theater Sunnyside / Confluence 2014

Armenian jazz pianist, born in 1987.

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7:19 AM
Laurent De Schepper Trio - Mytikas
Laurent De Schepper Trio Mytikas
Into Olymp Karlrecords 2017

Jazz and electronic quartet from Leipzig Germany. https://karlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/into-olymp

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7:25 AM
Lady With - These Few Months With You
Lady With These Few Months With You
The Lady With The Monkey Laboratoire d'Exploration Musicale 2014

"Lady With" is a jazz fusion / post-rock group from Paris led by Camille Petit (Ghost Rhythms, Free Human Zoo).

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https://ladywith.bandcamp.com/album/the-lady-with-the-monkey

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7:32 AM
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7:36 AM
Vahe Sarkissian - Odaroutunitz W/ Derek Sherinian
Vahe Sarkissian Odaroutunitz W/ Derek Sherinian
Curcuna Vahe Sarkissian 2022

Philadelphia based session guitarist.

https://vahesarkissian.bandcamp.com/

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7:42 AM
Prasanna - Ragabop (w/ Alphonso Johnson, Ralph Humphrey)
Prasanna Ragabop (w/ Alphonso Johnson, Ralph Humphrey)
Be the Change Susila Music 2002

Prasanna (born 1970) grew up In Chennai India. He pioneered electric guitar in Carnatic (South Indian) music, but also has a love of jazz, progressive rock, and world fusion. Prasanna received a Bachelor's degree in Naval Architecture from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 1992. He also graduated magna cum laude from the Berklee College of Music, Boston.

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7:49 AM
Garaj Mahal - Gulam Sabri
Garaj Mahal Gulam Sabri
Mondo Garaj Harmonized Records 2003

US fusion group led by guitarist Fareed Haque.

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https://harmonizedrecordsgarajmahal.bandcamp.com/album/mondo-garaj

Ghulam Farid Sabri was the leader of the Sabri Brothers Qawalli group from Pakistan

7:55 AM
Dhafer Youssef - Hayastan Dance
Dhafer Youssef Hayastan Dance
Abu Nawas Rhapsody Back Beat Edition 2010

Composer, singer and oud player, born 1967 in Teboulba, Tunisia.

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8:03 AM
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8:05 AM
Alco Frisbass - Arcane majeur
Alco Frisbass Arcane majeur
Le bateleur Fading Records 2018

Alco Frisbass formed in France in 2013, and fuse jazz, Canterbury and symphonic prog elements.

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On this, their second release, they are joined by the core members of Minimum Vital.

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https://altrockproductions.bandcamp.com/album/le-bateleur

8:12 AM
Vital Duo - Chanson de trouvère (Nous sommes les enfants de l'époque)
Vital Duo Chanson de trouvère (Nous sommes les enfants de l'époque)
Ex tempore Musea 2001

Twins Jean Luc Payssan (guitars, lute) & Thierry Payssan (keyboards) founded progressive rock group Minimum Vital in the early 1980's. The group has always had medieval elements, but the brothers explore that deeper on this side project.

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Written by Conon de Béthune, a 13th Century French crusader and trouvère poet who became a senior official and finally regent of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.

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8:21 AM
Eyeless Owl - Stone Ponies
Eyeless Owl Stone Ponies
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/

Quinn Coniguliaro, Primary, 1 of 1

8:25 AM
Herba d'Hameli - Fel-lacions del mediterrani
Herba d'Hameli Fel-lacions del mediterrani
Inversa visual Musea Parellèle 2006

Herba D’Hameli is a Spanish (Catalan) band, formed 2001 in Barcelona. Their sound varies between symphonic prog and progressive folk rock.

https://herbahameli.bandcamp.com/album/inversa-visual

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8:32 AM
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8:37 AM
Alphonse Mouzon - Carbon Dioxide
Alphonse Mouzon Carbon Dioxide
Mind Transplant Blue Note Records 1974

Alphonse Mouzon (1948-2016) was a jazz-fusion percussionist, founding member of Weather Report, and had association with The Eleventh House and Passport.

Alphonse Mouzon, Secondary, 6 of 7

Mind Transplant, Primary, 1 of 4

Tommy Bolin (1951-1976) on guitar

8:41 AM
The Mahavishnu Project - Be Happy
The Mahavishnu Project Be Happy
Return To the Emerald Beyond Cuneiform Records 2007

Led my drummer Gregg Bendian, they are a Mahavishnu Orchestra cover band.

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https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-the-emerald-beyond

8:48 AM
Machine and the Synergetic Nuts - Swang
Machine and the Synergetic Nuts Swang
Machine And The Synergetic Nuts Alibaba Records 2003

High energy fusion ensemble from Tokyo Japan, founded in 1997.

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Machine And The Synergetic Nuts, Primary, 1 of 1

8:55 AM
Ari Hoenig - Higher to Hayastan
Ari Hoenig Higher to Hayastan
Lines of Oppression naïve jazz 2011

Philadelphia jazz drummer born in 1973. Hoenig has taught and is on the faculty at New York University and The New School in New York.

Lines Of Oppression, Primary, 1 of 1

https://arihoenig.bandcamp.com/album/lines-of-oppression

(Tigran Hamasyan on piano)

9:01 AM
Set Break: Dᵢffᵢcᵤₗₜ Lᵢₛₜₑₙᵢₙg Hₒᵤᵣ

exploring microtones

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9:05 AM
Angine de Poitrine - Fabienk
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Fabienk - Single 2026

Dadaist microtonal math rock duo from Saguenay, Québéc.

https://anginedepoitrine.bandcamp.com/track/fabienk

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9:11 AM
David "Fuze" Fiuczynski - Moonring Bacchanal
David "Fuze" Fiuczynski Moonring Bacchanal
KiF Express FuzeLicious Morsels 2008

David Fiuczynski is a multi-culti jazz guitarist with a punk attitude. Currently a professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

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9:16 AM
Upsilon Acrux - 45 Seconds/Farbenklang (Live)
Upsilon Acrux 45 Seconds/Farbenklang (Live)
Upsilon Live Meszler Production and Management 2010
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".

Radian Futura | Upsilon Acrux | Cuneiform Records

Upsilon Live, Primary, 1 of 11

9:20 AM
5uu's - Geronimo
5uu's Geronimo
Hunger's Teeth RER Megacorp 2005

Secondary, 2 of 4

Dave Kerman founded the 5UU's in 1984, inspired by the European "Rock In Opposition" (RIO) movement's uncompromising stance.

https://5uus.bandcamp.com/

Hunger's Teeth, Primary, 1 of 18

9:25 AM
Anton Eger - HERb +++ gA
Anton Eger HERb +++ gA
Æ (feat. Robin Mullarkey, Matt Calvert, Dan Nicholls & Petter Eldh) Edition Records 2019

Anton Eger (born in 1980 in Norway) is a Norwegian/Swedish jazz drummer.

https://antoneger.bandcamp.com/album/-

Anton Eger, Primary, 1 of 2

Æ, Primary, 1 of 1

9:31 AM
Syzygys - Lotus Rain (Live)
Syzygys Lotus Rain (Live)
Eyes On Green - Live At Roppongi Inkstick Tzadik 2001

Syzygys are Shimizu Hitomi (43-tone organ, vocal) and Hiromi Nishida (keyboards, violin, vocal).

Eyes On Green (Syzygys Live At Tokyo Inkstick 1988), Primary, 1 of 1

9:35 AM
Salim Ghazi Saeedi - Don't You See the Cheerful Rainbow?
Salim Ghazi Saeedi Don't You See the Cheerful Rainbow?
Iconophobic Salim Ghazi Saeedi 2010

Salim Ghazi Saeedi was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1981. His avant-rock compositions incorporate Persian microtonal influences.

Salim Ghazi Saeedi Videos | ReverbNation

9:38 AM
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Oddlife
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Oddlife
K.G. KGLW (King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard) 2020
Prolific psychedelic rock band from Melbourne, Victoria. Australia, formed in 2010. They released a trilogy of microtonal records, using custom quarter tone instruments inspired by the Bağlama (saz): Flying Microtonal Banana, K.G. and L.W.

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, Secondary, 6 of 8

9:43 AM
Glenn Branca - Structure
Glenn Branca Structure
The Ascension Systems Neutralizers 1981

Glenn Branca (1948-2018) was central to the No Wave scene in New York, and was known for experimental guitar tunings and custom-built instruments.

Glenn Branca, Secondary, 4 of 6

The Ascension, Primary, 1 of 6

9:46 AM
Neptune - Triple Your Money
Neptune Triple Your Money
Silent Partner Northern Spy Records 2013

Neptune are an experimental industrial noise-rock band from Boston, featuring custom-built instruments made from scrap steel and found objects.

Neptune (5), Secondary, 2 of 12

9:51 AM
Rudresh Mahanthappa - Abhogi
Rudresh Mahanthappa Abhogi
Gamak ACT Music 2013

Rudresh Mahanthappa was born in Italy in 1971 to Indian emigrants, and raised in Colorado. He is currently the director of jazz at Princeton University.

Rudresh Mahanthappa, Secondary, 3 of 5

the guitarist here is David Fiucynski.

9:59 AM
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9:59 AM
The Rudy Schwartz Project - The Black Page
The Rudy Schwartz Project The Black Page
Don't Get Charred... Get Puffy! DC-Jam Records 2018

The Rudy Schwartz Project was founded in 1984 in Austin, Texas by Joe Newman.

The Rudy Schwartz Project, Primary, 1 of 2

Don't Get Charred... Get Puffy!, Primary, 1 of 1