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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.

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7:01 AM		Ciro Vitiello Jellyfish Light, a Big Blue Lie N notes from the air STROOM 2026 Ciro Vitiello is from Italy
7:05 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:06 AM		Dhafer Youssef Sevdah (To Jon Hassell) Birds Requiem Back Beat Edition 2013 Composer, singer and oud player, born 1967 in Teboulba, Tunisia. trumpet by Nils Petter Molvær
7:14 AM		Tigran Hamasyan The Poet Shadow Theater Sunnyside / Confluence 2014 Armenian jazz pianist, born in 1987.
7:19 AM		Laurent De Schepper Trio Mytikas Into Olymp Karlrecords 2017 Jazz and electronic quartet from Leipzig Germany. https://karlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/into-olymp
7:25 AM		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). https://ladywith.bandcamp.com/album/the-lady-with-the-monkey
7:32 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:36 AM		Vahe Sarkissian Odaroutunitz W/ Derek Sherinian Curcuna Vahe Sarkissian 2022 Philadelphia based session guitarist. https://vahesarkissian.bandcamp.com/
7:42 AM		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.
7:49 AM		Garaj Mahal Gulam Sabri Mondo Garaj Harmonized Records 2003 US fusion group led by guitarist Fareed Haque. 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 Abu Nawas Rhapsody Back Beat Edition 2010 Composer, singer and oud player, born 1967 in Teboulba, Tunisia.
8:03 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
8:05 AM		Alco Frisbass Arcane majeur Le bateleur Fading Records 2018 Alco Frisbass formed in France in 2013, and fuse jazz, Canterbury and symphonic prog elements. On this, their second release, they are joined by the core members of Minimum Vital. https://altrockproductions.bandcamp.com/album/le-bateleur
8:12 AM		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. 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.
8:21 AM		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/
8:25 AM		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
8:32 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
8:37 AM		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. Tommy Bolin (1951-1976) on guitar
8:41 AM		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. https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-the-emerald-beyond
8:48 AM		Machine and the Synergetic Nuts Swang Machine And The Synergetic Nuts Alibaba Records 2003 High energy fusion ensemble from Tokyo Japan, founded in 1997.
8:55 AM		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. https://arihoenig.bandcamp.com/album/lines-of-oppression (Tigran Hamasyan on piano)
9:01 AM		Set Break: Dᵢffᵢcᵤₗₜ Lᵢₛₜₑₙᵢₙg Hₒᵤᵣ exploring microtones
9:05 AM		Angine de Poitrine Fabienk N Fabienk - Single 2026 Dadaist microtonal math rock duo from Saguenay, Québéc. https://anginedepoitrine.bandcamp.com/track/fabienk
9:11 AM		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.
9:16 AM		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".
9:20 AM		5uu's Geronimo Hunger's Teeth RER Megacorp 2005 Dave Kerman founded the 5UU's in 1984, inspired by the European "Rock In Opposition" (RIO) movement's uncompromising stance. https://5uus.bandcamp.com/
9:25 AM		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/-
9:31 AM		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).
9:35 AM		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.
9:38 AM		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.
9:43 AM		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.
9:46 AM		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.
9:51 AM		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. the guitarist here is David Fiucynski.
9:59 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
9:59 AM		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.

Chat is archived.

good morning

Good day, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟

Hey guys.

💜 ¡ ʇuǝʇuoɔɭɐꓪ ɹꓪ noʎ oʇ sᵷuᴉʇǝǝɹ⅁

hey, Tandy

....mr. secretary...ladies and germs. good morning.

good morning, Dale

GM everyone

Morning everyone

there's a sale on wolframgle chow

good morning, ears

if it has the purina checkerboard you can be sure of it's quality. made with only the best beaks and claws.

hello Rob from MD

light snow starting. good morning to have another cup and just listen to music.

an excellent plan, Dale ☕️

Dale, hopefully there won't be too much snow. Here it's been all rain

Tigran Hamasyan ❤️

in NJ I think it will also remain as rain

Excellent start to the show! Cheers, DJ DaveTheObscure!

I'm glad to hear you are appreciating the selections

Hello and good morning and may i please request Milk Can, thank you

and some clownpunk, circuscore

thank you

good morning, Coffeemancer

Big Top Big Band

is that 'the lady with a monkey with a cigarette?'

maybe it's a candy cigarette.

@ Coffeemancer, I am not familiar

Good morning, great start to the show!

thanks, and welcome Rob F

Good day. Happy morning guitar moments for the normal challenged. :)

good morning, Roffle

I have just clicked in. Happy to have you in my digiteria. I hope you are having a great show.

welcome, Richard

TopNotch First Hour! 💟

🤎

thanks, Mister M

glad you are enjoying, Ears

Ears KNOWS 😉

Good morning Dave and fellow Abnormals

good morning, WRED TV

good morning 🎶

I see an intriguing playlist from the past hours I'll need to explore further

good morning, goots

@ WRED TV, I try not to waste my hours here with crummy music

That you do not, time is precious and there is too much good music to be heard lest one waste it on subpar ditties

zactly

You ended last weeks show with a chap by the name of Caballero Reynaldo. I found his page at bandcamp and have since been indulging myself with much of his music

So thank you for hooking me up to him as well as other artists you feature here every week

he's a hoot, Caballero Reynaldo. Reimagines Zappa songs

This group is from Barcelona. Odd that i just watched Zappa's live in Barcelona show last night. Coincidence? I think not.

the WPRB hive-mind in action

hey ǝʌɐꓷ and my PRB Pals! better late than never.

good to have you aboard, stevie p

Where else are you gonna get this kind of dance music?

I'm twistin' and fruggin' in an arrogant gesture

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This is nuts! Synergetic, even

Oh I’m so excited that you played Veha Sarkissian! Bummed I slept in today

oooo and right into the jazz hole

Lesson learned: always be listening to WPRB

soooo true 😴 🎶

I am wondering if Veha is related to guitarist BJ Sarkissian, who used to give my elder brother guitar lessons

I’ll investigate

oh boy

uh oh

Hi Laurie Anderson

microtonal music for the next hour

Banger!! 🕺

My ears have become more impervious to the Difficult Listening Hour perhaps due to the development of callouses

I bought a Fishman Tripple Play this week to get into micro-tonals with out the fret rebuilding. I just learned I can program a fret to work my web browser. I really like midi's, And this band is awesome when it comes to midi across the board.

caution, WRED TV, building a tolerance for difficult music can diminish enjoyment of 'regular' music

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👈💀👉

noted, thanks ǝʌɐꓷ

This guy has the be toe pedal work I've seen as well. :)

*best*

✍ 💀✍

That Fishman TriplePlay looks cool but pricey @Roffle 0x7EA

That’s my skull. 💀 Find yer own. ➡️📺❓

✍️📺✍️⁉️🥴🤓

Mmm sounds like cursed memories

Ahh, WestSiiidddeee!

Represent!

@WRED, I bought an open box from Sweetwater for 100 bucks less.

🖖🏻

That picture of Eger is so right.

Whut tha TAndy do?

Sorry I'll be sure to use a different ☠ next time

Gotdamn it. These ones ☠️💀🏴‍☠️ are mines!¡!

are not

You chose the 📺

public domain

R snot

I will cry 😭

NO CRYING DURING THE NEW ABNORMAL

Control the emoji, control the narrative. I see what your doing there •ᎷяM.

Welp. Thems the rulez of MяМ’s Moji Narrative 🤷‍♀️

Roffle gets it

There's a new boss in town. :)

since day one

I claim the following emojis ✍🎂👍🎵🤣👌📺 and 🥳

Perf. Except the CAKE 🎂. I LIVE FOR CAKE. I honestly luv to eat cake. 🧁 🎂 🍰 We can share!

Fair enough you can have your cake and eat it too

I was late to the raid. All I got was this pinata. 🪅

That's some pinata

My favorite emoji is 🌾

The music notes 🎶🎼🎵 will need to be shared as well. 😇

My anti-violence stance is keeping me form a treasure... so it goes...

EPIC JAM ALERT ‼️

😁is mine

Erybody cwazzy for emoji right now 🤡

What the GUITAR 🎸🎸⁉️

it's reversible

this is uncomfortable difficult listening. thx.

it gets worse

There could be a slight bleed happening behind one of my calloused ears

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🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 help yourself to a participation trophy for enduring the microtonal difficult listening hour

This entire installment has been TopTier! Big cheers to you DJ DaveTheObscure 💟🖤💀🎂☠️🌀🏴‍☠️

A little EQ and apply a clean bandage. No problem.

thanks for keeping me company in the chat, folks

💏

Thanks for doing things with sounds ǝʌɐꓷ. Always love to get up early on a Friday.

another excellent show Dave! Thanks!

Thanks for the 🏆 and all that you do Dave!

🙏🏻

so true roffle. next time i'm waking up in time!

<<<< needs to set alarm next Friday

Cheers to all the Dears, especially those with Big Earz! 🌽💀👂

Thanks for the splendid difficulty, Dave

Just dropping in at the last minute to tell you how incredibly much I've enjoyed the show generally and the "Difficult Listening Hour" offerings particularly! So great, DTO, sooooooooo great!! <3 Cheers to y'all and enjoy a blissful weekend each and everyone! <3

Cheers to that Teresa 🥂

💭👂🐄👍 🙏

thanks, Bud

Outstanding show, thanks!

Yay!

Ⓜ️💠💙💀

thanks for dropping by, Teresa

That was much too adagio... :)

thanks Richard

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