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The New Abnormal

Apr 10, 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 🦡 = Ŧዣℇ ᮜꏹ𐤔 ᚣⰟ𐰥ᏅԄጨⰎࠋ

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a porcufrigate

The New Abnormal
8:41 AM
Larry Coryell & The Eleventh House - The Other Side
Larry Coryell & The Eleventh House The Other Side
Level One Arista 1975

The Eleventh House was a jazz fusion group in the vein of The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return To Forever. The leader, guitarist Larry Coryell, was born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III in 1943 in Galveston, Texas, died in 2017.

Level One, Primary, 1 of 10

8:31 AM
Energit - Piknik
Energit Piknik
Piknik Panton, Czechoslovakia 1978
Energit was founded in the Czech Republic in 1972. Soon after its inception, the band was banned from playing live, due to allegedly provocative lyrics. They were under pressure from the government, resulting in the emigration of two of its members. New members took the band into a more jazz fusion direction.

Piknik, Primary, 1 of 3

8:27 AM
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8:21 AM
Mediabanda - Wikistan
Mediabanda Wikistan
Bombas en el Aire Radical Beat/CHT Musik 2017

Chilean progressive rock, jazz fusion and contemporary music band. Active since 2000.

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8:14 AM
Garaj Mahal - Blueberry Cave
Garaj Mahal Blueberry Cave
Blueberry Cave Harmonized Records 2005
8:08 AM
Maneige - Les folleries
Maneige Les folleries
Ni vent... Ni nouvelle ProgQuébec 1975

Progressive rock and fusion jazz band from Québec, founded in 1972.


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8:03 AM
Shylock - Himogene
Shylock Himogene
Ile de fièvre CBS 1978

Shylock is a French, instrumental progressive rock band from Nice that were active in the early to mid 1970's. Their very French style also had notable King Crimson influences. Guitarist Frédéric L'Épée later played in Philharmonie.

https://replicarecords57.bandcamp.com/album/le-de-fi-vre

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8:00 AM
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7:52 AM
Chris Hinze  / Sigi Schwab / Eberhard Weber / Lala Kovacev - Fatima
Chris Hinze / Sigi Schwab / Eberhard Weber / Lala Kovacev Fatima
Wide and Blue Musicians Record Company 1978

Chris HInze is a Dutch jazz flutist and composer, born in 1938

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7:47 AM
Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band - Traveling Mercies
Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band Traveling Mercies
Body and Shadow Blue Note (BLU) 2017

Drummer and composer Brain Blade was born in 1970 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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7:41 AM
Dhafer Youssef - Delightfully Odd
Dhafer Youssef Delightfully Odd
Diwan of Beauty and Odd OKEH 2016
Dhafer Youssef (ظافر يوسف; born in 1967) is a Tunisian composer, singer and oud player. He developed an interest in jazz at an early age and clandestinely listened to it during his education at a Qur'anic school. He later left Tunisia to start a jazz career and has lived in Europe since 1990, usually in Paris or Vienna.

Diwan Of Beauty And Odd, Primary, 1 of 3

7:31 AM
Estampie - Materia Mystica: V. Earth: O Ignis Spiritus
Estampie Materia Mystica: V. Earth: O Ignis Spiritus
Materia Mystica (Homage to Hildegard Von Bingen) Christophorus 1998

German Neo-Medieval band founded in 1985 by Sigrid Hausen, Michael Popp and Ernst Schwindl. Their arrangements of medieval music often incorporate modern influences.

Hildegard von Bingen (c. 1098 - 1179) was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath, active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic and visionary.

Primary

7:26 AM
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7:22 AM
Kissem - 2 Swords
Kissem 2 Swords
Homesick s/r 2024

Kissem is Rosie Simpkins.


7:19 AM
Anna Calvi & Laurie Anderson - Computer Love
Anna Calvi & Laurie Anderson Computer Love N
Is This All There Is? - EP Domino 2026

Anna Calvi is based in London. She scored music for Peaky Blinders.

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https://annacalvi.bandcamp.com/album/is-this-all-there-is

7:15 AM
Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl & Macie Stewart - fog | mirror
Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl & Macie Stewart fog | mirror N
BODY SOUND International Anthem 2026
Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart are a trio who utilize string instruments, voices, and manual tape effect processing to craft compositions from alternately tranquil and disquieting improvised music.

https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/body-sound

7:10 AM
古琴-龔- Gong Yi & Luo Shou-cheng - 大雄寶殿 The Jewelled Hall Of Great Hero
古琴-龔- Gong Yi & Luo Shou-cheng 大雄寶殿 The Jewelled Hall Of Great Hero
Reminiscence Wind Records 1995

Gong Yi (龔一/龚一) is a musician and composer born in Nanjing. A renowned master of the guqin (an ancient plucked seven-string musical instrument of the zither family), most notably with the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra for which he was director and sole guqin player. Luo Shou-cheng plays the Xiao.

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7:05 AM
Sary Moussa - Felicity
Sary Moussa Felicity N
Gaza Is The Moral Compass Beacon Sound, Portland OR. 2026

Gaza Is The Moral Compass is a grassroots benefit compilation supporting Palestinian-led mutual aid groups on the ground in Gaza. Organized between Palestinians in the diaspora and Palestinians fighting to remain on their land in Gaza, these projects support daily survival, education, access to food, and community self-determination in the face of genocide and ongoing colonization.

https://beaconsound.bandcamp.com/album/gaza-is-the-moral-compass

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Sary Moussa is an electronic musician who has been active in the Beirut underground scene since 2008.

7:04 AM
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7:03 AM
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore - Temple of the Winds
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore Temple of the Winds N
Tragic Magic InFiné 2026

Julianna Barwick is a composer, vocalist and producer based on Brooklyn NY.

Mary Lattimore is a harpist living in Los Angeles, California.

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https://juliannabarwick.bandcamp.com/album/tragic-magic