The New Abnormal Fri Apr 10 with ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

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Ahoy there MrM, hey Dave!

💜 ¡ ʇuǝʇuoɔɭɐꓪ ɹꓪ noʎ oʇ sᵷuᴉʇǝǝɹ⅁

good morning, TAndy

Good morning Dave and listeners

Good day, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟

BABY PORCUFRIGATE <33

And good morning everyone

Good morning everyone

welcome, Lizardbytes

hey, Zach, welcome back

hello Rob from MD

Mornin Lizardbytes, Zach, and Rob (2.0)!

I thought porcufrigates were extinct?

0yTAllyH0, TAndy

This gentle vocal matching the obscured morning light perfectly

a gentle good morning to you.

Hey there Dale

porcufrigate quills are prized by calligraphers everywhere.

good morning, Dale

🍉 ✊

Morning folks

good morning, goots

Although adorable, it is a myth that porcufrigates make wonderful pets

For one, they are impossible to housebreak. Need I say more?

Dave I never know what you're gonna play for us in the first hour of the show, this is excellent.

Agreed Tandy

we like to surprise folks at WPRB

Porcufrigates can sink ships too, their quills are as hard as tungsten carbide but as pliable as stainless before they're cured for calligraphic use.

I am somewhat familiar with the show and this is the exact opposite of the 9 o'clock hour of your show Dave

The ammo for the needler from the Halo series took inspiration from the porcufrigate!

@ Lizardbytes, yes, I don't want to be pigeonholed

Beware of knock-off porcufrigate quills being sold on Amazon. They may be inexpensive, but break easily and manufactured in Korea.

You are anything but predictable, I enjoy just about everything you play here.

glad to hear that, Lizardbytes

The humble porcufrigate was unfortunately the only species capable of controlling the wild eebydeeby population. As such, the eebydeebys have become a public nuisance.

good morning ǝʌɐꓷ and my PRB Pals!

Hey Stevie!

hay TAndy!

Ah Laurie!

good morning, Stevie P

This is nice... Laurie Anderson for my wake-up track!

wow 🤩

Love Laurie ever since O Superman graced the FM airwaves

Laurie Anderson also voices the intro to the Difficult Listening Hour

Was gonna ask what DLH man is doing here already

If you haven't already seen it her 90 minute Home of the Brave video is viewable on YT

I wasn't aware of this collaboration track, thanks Dave

Dhafer thumbs up.

What a vocal range!

yes, Dhafer Yousssef is tremendous

and good morning, Brian D

oh shiiii can’t wait to flaunt my WPRB zippo

Mornin Brian. @ Lighter topic I'm tempted to upgrade my pledge (for the time being) for the lighter, despite not smoking... Or needing to spend more... Gotta find a subscription worth cutting haha

This Shylock is fkn awesome dude, nice summery sound.

I did my taxes on freetaxusa and saved hundreds by not using turbo tax- for whoever needs to hear that

ooh, maneige! i think libre service is my favorite album from them.

yes, Dale, Maneige have nothing but good albums

I started mine with Taxact a couple of years ago and don't regret ditching turbotax at all. I make too much to qualify for Freetaxusa :(

this whole set is fire already

the fire will continue

great jam

I sincerely appreciate the bandcamp links too

a customer service we provide at WPRB for our valued clients

The new al doum & the faryds lp "Ipnagogico" is a lot of fun. This one reminded me of it a little (Mediabanda).

Listeners: “Dave, this music is great”

thanks for the tip, Brian D. Something for me to check out later today!

Dave: “Yeah that’s our whole deal”

Zach, I usually try to avoid crummy music

Hahaha

Gee-tarr shredz!

here's s'more

Dat reverb

oops - just caught up with the playlist

Diggin' all the jazz this set

Dave forgor :(

Fortunately your track transitions are so smooth that I didn't even notice the songs changing

🙏🏻

First Two Hours: TopNotch! & TopShelf!

my shelves are top heavy

Indeed! 🏋️

they almost tip over when I climb them

Be careful DeeJayy!!

looking forward to hearing the DLH intro with Laurie Anderson!

coming up soon

I’m already ready to stuff me fingers in mah earzzz

Hey MrM, we had a thing going in chat for a moment after you left. I made one message with you in mind hahah

The eebydeebys??

I'M READY...and my wife ran away!

<<<< sitting upright

so where was Laurie in the intro?

👈💀👉

👉💀👈

:)

Hello, Norman B. The Difficult Listening Hour does have that repellent effect on some

@ Stevie P, the voice was Laurie Anderson in "audio drag".

i can't fathom why it has that effect

Oh, I forgot the mention - the Pienza Ethnorkestra features a hurdy gurdy

The hurdy gurdy is ALWAYS a welcome guest!

@TAndy Weird I missed it. I thought I was following along. That’s a funny bit. WildEEBYDEEBYS!!

They're everywhere this year :( they even took over the show as we're hearing now

Aaahaha wait seriously?! 😳😱

loving this track

🙏🏻

oooh this is gnarly, head's bobbing, foot's tapping

Fuzzy bass :)

Greetings, salutations, I’d say more, like, maybe, hullo, but it’s SO DIFFICULT

that's a feature of most Zeuhl. Good morning, Guelo

Of course this Vault started playing when I just discovered several ants chilling on my bathroom sink. Riveting the springtime is!

🐜 🐜

jammin ants

try borax

Yep, gonna have to leave a layer on the baseboards again. Gonna spray some repellent and let it dry first anyway.

My hippy uncle swore by just kindly asking them and telling them their life will be better outside…

Hey Guelo!

Then me and my brother would go to chemical war when he wasn’t looking xD

Hey TAndy!

Ground black pepper and/or whole bay leaves keep the ants away.

these Head BANGERZ❣️

my coworkers def think i'm on the something, the way i dance at my desk on friday mornings

🕺🕺🕺

and they're right

💯

high on WPRB 🌝

☁️🤸

That last one put me in the mind of Discipline ear KC. Yesterday, Lizbot played an Adrian Belew track, from the mid 2000's I think, where he was channelling Fripp.

so many guitarists in the wake of King Fripp

I have a healthy heart, yet I am having a lot of chest pain lately, and I LIKE IT!

Angine gives us NO pain!

cool rhythms

everyone knows Angine is just stu with a mask on

hey, uno clay

Hey! Meant to ask, did you see that link i posted a few weeks ago

I think I did. Remind me

its a band (actually somewhat similar to the one playing now) from the late 90s-2000s. Garage recording of this advanced proggish band i loved.

https://youtu.be/-AQ3IMp7t60?si=kBzYmuoQ64FNdAIk

Ty Dave for your show today

Great show! My ears didn't bleed once!

DJ DaveTheObscure 💟 Many thanks for another TopTier Show! Big cheers & kind regards to you, Sir! 🖤💀

thanks for the tunessssssssss

oh, ,uno clay, yes I saw that! They're pretty good

Outstanding show today, Dave! Thank you so much!

i liked the shopping cart ride on the video. good fun

thanks, folks

Thanks for the show Dave!

7:03 AM		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. https://juliannabarwick.bandcamp.com/album/tragic-magic
7:04 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:05 AM		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 Sary Moussa is an electronic musician who has been active in the Beirut underground scene since 2008.
7:10 AM		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.
7:15 AM		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
7:19 AM		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. https://annacalvi.bandcamp.com/album/is-this-all-there-is
7:22 AM		Kissem 2 Swords Homesick s/r 2024 Kissem is Rosie Simpkins.
7:26 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:31 AM		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.
7:41 AM		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.
7:47 AM		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.
7:52 AM		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
8:00 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
8:03 AM		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
8:08 AM		Maneige Les folleries Ni vent... Ni nouvelle ProgQuébec 1975 Progressive rock and fusion jazz band from Québec, founded in 1972.
8:14 AM		Garaj Mahal Blueberry Cave Blueberry Cave Harmonized Records 2005 Fusion group led by guitarist Fareed Haque. https://harmonizedrecordsgarajmahal.bandcamp.com/album/blueberry-cave
8:21 AM		Mediabanda Wikistan Bombas en el Aire Radical Beat/CHT Musik 2017 Chilean progressive rock, jazz fusion and contemporary music band. Active since 2000.
8:27 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
8:31 AM		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.
8:38 AM		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.
8:42 AM		Joachim Kühn Bed Stories (feat. Alphonse Mouzon) Hip Elegy (Most Perfect Sound Edition) [feat. Alphonse Mouzon] MPS 1976 German jazz pianist born in Leipzig in 1944.
8:47 AM		Forgas Band Phenomena Midi-Minuit Acte V Cuneiform Records 2012 French instrumental fusion band fronted by drummer Patrick Forgas, recording since 1997. https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/acte-v-live-at-nearfest-2010
9:00 AM		Set Break: Dᶦfᶠᵢᶜᵤˡₜ Lᶦₛᵗₑⁿᵢⁿg Hᵒᵤʳ 🙉
9:04 AM		Pienza Ethnorkestra Gengis Khan & La Steppe Indiens d’Europe Soleil Zeuhl 2005 The French trio "Pienza Ethnorkestra" features Daniel Jeand'heur, Thierry Brunei and James MacGaw. Just one release.
9:18 AM		Rhùn Theusz amstrad Rhùn tozzos Baboon Fish Label 2024 Rhùn is from France. They play in the Zeuhl style, but with a bit more chaos and weirdness than most (and the bar is pretty high). https://rhunmusic.bandcamp.com/album/tozzos (Not to be confused with the heavy psych band Rhûn.)
9:23 AM		Vaults of Zin Marhazu Vaults of Zin - EP noxious fumes 2011 From Denton, Texas, their music is heavily influenced by Magma but blending in experimental metal. https://vaultsofzin.bandcamp.com/album/vaults-of-zin
9:30 AM		X-Legged Sally Out Of The Pit Bereft Of A Blissful Union (Remastered) Marquee Inc. 2015 Belgian avant-garde rock/jazz-band founded in 1988 and disbanded in 1997.
9:33 AM		Aksak Maboul Dramuscule (feat. Veronique Vincent) Figures Crammed Discs 2020 Aksak Maboul (Belgium) The band formed in 1977 by Crammed Discs founder Marc Hollander and his musical partner Vincent Kenis. The aesthetics of Aksak Maboul include deconstructing and fusing many different genres, from rock, jazz, and electronics to fake African, Balkan & minimal music. They were around 1977-1980, then reformed as “The Honeymoon Killers” in 2014. Aksak Maboul suddenly became active again after 2020. https://aksakmaboul.bandcamp.com/
9:40 AM		Horse Lords Eureka 378-B (feat. Nina Guo, Evelyn Saylor, Madison Greenstone & Weston Olencki) N Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive! RVNG Intl 2026 Horse Lords play experimental music with elements of krautrock, post-punk, Appalachian and African musical traditions, polyrhythmia, arcane tunings and modular synthesis. The band uses the "just intonation" tuning system, so the musicians are playing hand-modified guitars with repositioned frets, re-tuned and customized. https://horselords.bandcamp.com/
9:41 AM		Horse Lords Brain of the Firm N Demand to Be Taken Alive to Heaven! RVNG Intl 2026
9:45 AM		Angine de Poitrine L'Aberek Vol.1 PWEX 2024 microtonal math rock duo from Saguenay, Québéc. https://anginedepoitrine.bandcamp.com/album/vol-1
9:49 AM		Yowie Lemon Stroganoff Taking Umbrage SKiN GRAFT Records 2025 Harsh math rock band founded in St. Louis in 2000. https://yowie.bandcamp.com/
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9:57 AM		Norwegian Radio Orchestra & Thomas Søndergård G-spot Tornado (feat. Thomas Søndergård) Perfect Strangers (feat. Thomas Søndergård) Lawo Classics 2014 Kringkastingsorkestret (often called KORK, known internationally as The Norwegian Radio Orchestra or Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra) is the Norwegian Broadcasting's (NRK) symphony orchestra.

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