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The New Abnormal

Apr 3, 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 chinese crested gandeer

7:02 AM		Nina Garbus Angel Three (Seaside, Sub Rosa) N Secrets of the Fifth Angel Candlepin 2026 Band out of Atlanta, Georgia. https://www.ninaprotocol.com/releases/secrets-of-the-fifth-angel
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7:06 AM		Terje Rypdal Bright Lights, Big City Unfinished Highballs ECM Records 2012 Released with a reissue of the complete "Odyssey" album, "Unfinished Highballs" is an unearthed 1976 radio recording that documents the Norwegian guitarist’s work for his Odyssey quartet and the Swedish Radio Jazz Group. A total surprise, featuring all original material otherwise unreleased (so not just live versions of songs from "Odyssey").
7:12 AM		Lunar Dunes Yaman From Above Lunar Dunes Recordings 2007 Formed in west London in 2007, they have members associated with the Transglobal Underground. This is their debut. https://solus-3.bandcamp.com/album/from-above
7:19 AM		Gösta Berlings Saga Svenska hjärtan (Extended) Kontraster (Live) Icosahedron Music 2019 Gösta Berlings Saga, from near Stockhom Sweden, has become known for their dark and unique instrumental progressive rock. https://gostaberlingssaga.bandcamp.com/album/kontraster-live
7:29 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:32 AM		Cincinnato L'ebete R Cincinnato PDU 1974 Cincinnato was a jazz fusion band from Italy during the creative music scene of the early 1970s. This LP was recorded over 3 days in one take. Like most of the Italian bands during that time, Cincinnato recorded one interesting LP and disappeared.
7:53 AM		Flying Machines Stratosphere Flying Machines Pictor Records 2016 British fusion band formed in 2014. https://flyingmachinesband.bandcamp.com/
7:56 AM		Homunculus Res Opoldeldoc Come si diventa ciò che si era AltrOck Productions 2015 Progressive rock band from Palermo, Italy. Their style is closer to Canterbury than Rock Progressivo Italiano. https://homunculusres.bandcamp.com/album/come-si-diventa-ci-che-si-er
8:01 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
8:03 AM		Mon Rovîa Pray the Devil back to Hell N Bloodline Nettwerk Music Group 2026 Mon Rovîa was born in Mon Rovia, Liberia. From his Bandcamp page: " My life can be summed up by being born into a civil war, escaping the life of a child soldier, rescued by the hands of missionaries. Spent a lot of my developmental years living in a variety of places with a number of life experiences. And then layered on top of all of this is the assimilation I felt being a transracially adopted refugee." https://monroviaboy.bandcamp.com/album/bloodline Currently based in Chattanooga Tennessee. https://monroviaboy.com/
8:05 AM		Tigran Hamasyan Pagan Lullaby Shadow Theater Sunnyside / Confluence 2014 Armenian jazz pianist, born in 1987.
8:09 AM		Ralph Towner, Eddie Gomez & Jack DeJohnette Waterwheel Batik ECM Records 1978 Ralph Towner (1940-2026) is a multi-instrumentalist, born in Chehalis, Washington
8:18 AM		Sanna Kurki-Suonio Sadelaulu Musta Zen Garden 1998 Solo release from the Finnish vocalist from Hedningarna, Sanna Kurki-Suonio.
8:22 AM		Tarika Koba Soul Makassar Triloka 2001 Musical group from Madagascar, formed in 1993. "Tarika" is Malagasy for "group". This is their latest (last?) release, from 2001. The album Soul Makassar dealt with the musical connections between Indonesia and Madagascar.
8:28 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
8:30 AM		Pat Metheny In On It R N Side-Eye III+ Uniquity 2026 Pat Metheny was born in Kansas City on 12 August 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the jazz musicians in Kansas City. This is his latest release.
8:38 AM		Joel Harrison Les freres en ut majeur (Brothers in C Major) Harbor HighNote Records 2007 Guitarist and singer based in Brooklyn. On this release he collaborated with Nguyen Le.
8:44 AM		Pop Workshop Point Of Junction Vol. 1 Universal Music AB 1973 Multi-national jazz fusion group based in Sweden, around from 1973-1974 and released two LPs.
8:52 AM		Brand X Born Ugly Unorthodox Behaviour Charisma Catalogue 1976 Jazz Fusion band active from 1975 to 1980. Notable members include Genesis drummer & vocalist Phil Collins, guitarist John Goodsall, & bassist Percy Jones. this is their debut
9:00 AM		Set Break: Diͥffiͥcͨuͧltͭ Liͥstͭeͤniͥng Hoͦuͧrͬ
9:03 AM		Magma Hhai Retrospektiw III - EP Seventh records 1991 Zeuhl is a style of avant-prog created by drummer and vocalist Christian Vander and his group “Magma” in the early 1970s. Zeuhl mixes jazz fusion, dark progressive rock, and modern classical music. Zeuhl generally features virtuoso musicianship, an oppressive mood, epic themes, growling bass lines, heavy use of the ostinato, and wacky nonsensical vocals. https://www.magmamusic.org/en/medias-uk/ This was recorded in Paris in 1980.
9:16 AM		Koenjihyakkei Vleztemtraiv (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.
9:27 AM		X-Legged Sally Zippo Raid Slow-Up Marquee Inc. 1990 Belgian avant-garde rock/jazz-band founded in 1988 and disbanded in 1997. Slow-Up is their 1991 debut.
9:31 AM		Phlox Istu. Viis Talu MKDK 2009 Phlox is a avant jazz rock group from Estonia, around since 1999. https://phloxmkdk.bandcamp.com/album/talu
9:36 AM		Joachim Kühn, Mark Nauseef, Miroslav Tadic & Tony Newton Kissing the Feet Let's Be Generous CMP Records 1985 Fusion from an unlikely ad-hoc foursome, showcasing the spirit the made CMP one of the hottest labels around in 1990. On this effort, we have an old DDR expatriot jazzer, a former metal band drummer, a jazz-funk bassist, and a classically trained guitarist from Serbia.
9:44 AM		ni Da'Gonet Fol Naïs Dur et Doux 2023 "ni" are an instrumental avant-prog/math rock band from Bourg-en-Bresse, France. https://niiii.bandcamp.com/
9:48 AM		Panzerballett Pink Panther Starke Stücke ACT Music 2008 German band from the Munich area defining their own style as progressive, funky Math Jazz Metal.
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9:56 AM		big Band GveriLLaz Moggio single s/r 2016 From Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Big Band GveriLLaz was fortuned in 2014. https://www.youtube.com/@bigbandgverillaz4264

Chat is archived.

good morning mr. president, ladies and germs....

thought we were starting out with jean michele jarre.

Mornin Dale, Dave.

Good morning everyone!

Good morning, Dale. That was Edgar Froese from 'Stuntman"

good morning, TAndy

ah!

greetings 👋

good morning, Rob from MD

greetings, goots

mornin rob and goots

gandeer are becoming quite the nuisance in town parks and on school ball fields.

Beautiful!

@Dave the Obscure, where does the crested part of the image come from?

from the chinese crested dog

nice vibe on this gosta...

Thanks! I had never heard of that breed, nor seen photos. It's a compelling new species

i don't think i've ever seen one in real life either. probably hard to import, and prohibitively expensive

those are the kinds of animals you only see roaming the grounds at royal palaces. at maralago they just put fake antlers on the seagulls.

Have the tv on and thought this was Sting

Sting?

good morning, Rob F

cincinatto is pretty fine.

Well it doesn’t now, maybe just for a second. Lol

Cincinatto ws requested by a listener in the chat a few years ago. But being an album side, it took me a while to fit in in

Good morning all!

Mornin Rob F!

Good morning DtO! Good morning all!

good morning, ParrScream

Hey ParrScream!

Good morning Dave, our progfessor of knowledge, at the musical college. April showers bring May flowers.

good morning, dan C

That album cover is reminiscent of whoever the artist was who did the Moody Blues cover art.

A Question of Balance?

a guy named phil travers did the core seven covers. i only know because i used to sit and stare listening to their stuff when i was a teenager.

...but i don't remember what i did yesterday.

Good morning Dave and fellow listeners

lol @Dale welcome to my world

I was reading the bio of Tigran Hamasyan quite the story and virtuoso

welcome, WRED TV

Wahoo!!!!

➡️👁️‍🗨️

thanks

Got the zoomies

Now entering wormhole 🕳️

I got this Metheny album on Bandcamp, still gotta listen to it but I'm beyond impressed from what I've heard so far from you and other DJs giving it airtime.

Glad to know my curse is still active.

yes yes always

Good morning! Metheny did a good interview with Beato last year that was nice. They generally are though.

Yo Roff, Dan and WRED too!

thanks, Roffle

GM TAndy!

This reminds me of Steps-Ahead with that electric horn.

Tony Levin was in there, wasn't he?

OMG! Yes he was. I had no idea. :) Cool

That's what I call bringing the obscure ǝʌɐꓷ! Good Fridays

You put me onto Angine de Poitrine in the microtonal episode recently. Their new album is out today! 🕺 happy Friday

the world just got a bit weirder. thanks, goots

They will be putting out their new line of Polka-dot fashion wear soon if their manager has anything to say.

This is fire

Unfortunately I must take my leave now, got some errands to run and I don't think the barber shop is gonna play Difficult Listening Hour for me lolol

Cheers, Dave!

That might be a good thing TA! lol

Greetings & Salutations!

hmmmm

AHOY THERE MRM

Hi&Bye, TAndy

Morning MrMal

That’s not my name

Good day, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟

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💜 ¡ ʇuǝʇuoɔɭɐꓪ ɹꓪ noʎ oʇ sᵷuᴉʇǝǝɹ⅁

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Woo!

thanks for hanging out, TAndy

Thanks for your show Dave, would never have been aware of many of these groups

that is our mission at WPRB, WRED TV

Imma fool for zeuhl

kuhl. good morning, jimbooooo

All hail KOENJI

Just saw this fundraiser for Bill Laswell https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bill-laswells-essential-needs

yeah, he has been in bad shape for the last few years

Morning Dave, great show! I’ve been doing some globe trotting that last few fridays and haven’t been able to tune in, happy to be home for the Zeuhl

welcome back, Zach

globe trotting is usually better than The New Abnormal

Yes but 10 days of hotel rooms with the family was more stressful than the music normally gets haha

good point

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Where did you travel to Zach if you don't mind me asking? I've got tickets to Italy in the Fall

Morning, Dave. I completely missed last week's show because I was at the Big Ears festival hearing plenty of difficult music in person

sounds fantastic, Bud. You are excused

We did 3 days in Lisbon, 3 in Seville, and two days/3 nights in Morocco. I loved Lisbon and Seville, we should have had a better plan in Morocco but the day tour we did of tangiers was really fun.

But also if I was in Italy for 10 days I would have been even happier I think hahaha. My wife and I went to Rome and Florence for our honeymoon and we both would always just rather be in Florence I think

Sounds like a nice tour Zach

Thanks, yeah lots of fun. It was cool seeing three sides/perspectives of a shared history

This will be my first time in Europe so looking forward to it!

Their answer to way too many suffocation warnings obviously. Follow up to, “This Is NOT a toy”.

Thicc jams here

🙏🏻

thanks for listening, folks.

That Ni cover art is thicc, too

censored by Discogs

All the thanks goes to you, DJ DaveTheObscure for all these Super Selections! Big cheers and kind regards! 💟🖤💀

Would Henry Mancini love or hate this?

You'll get your stitches next.

Stitching Pink is up next, subbing for Pat

Hank would love the royalty check.

The Pink Panther theme makes a perfect transition to Stitching Pink

yup

I think I heard a subliminal Debussy lick in there.

Thx DTO 💥💥💥

I’m finally reading Frank bio.

I'm sure Frank would have hated it

D, where, when was math rock born?

AFRICA