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The New Abnormal

May 8, 2026 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Music

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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7:02 AM		Ana Roxanne One Shall Sleep N Poem 1 kranky 2026 https://anaroxanne.bandcamp.com/album/poem-1
7:05 AM		Set Break: 𐎅𐎅𐎅𐎅𐎅𐎅𐎅𐎅𐎅𐎅
7:08 AM		Aksak Maboul Mastoul Alakefak Onze Danses Pour Combattre La Migraine Crammed Discs 1976 Aksak Maboul: the Belgian band formed in 1977 by Crammed Discs founder Marc Hollander and his musical partner Vincent Kenis. The aesthetics of Aksak Maboul (deconstructing and fusing many different genres, from rock, jazz, and electronics to fake African, Balkan & minimal music) sums up avant-prog nicely https://aksakmaboul.bandcamp.com/
7:15 AM		The Wrong Object Sheepwrecked Stories from the Shed Moonjune Records 2007 The Wrong Object is a Nu-Jazz ensemble from Belgium with wide ranging influences (Canterbury, Aka Moon, Mingus, Béla Bartok, and Zappa). https://thewrongobject.bandcamp.com/album/stories-from-the-shed
7:21 AM		Zypressen STR (Against the Wind) Zypressen Belle Antique 1996 Zypressen is/was a Japanese chamber music quintet with ties to fellow countrymen Lacrymosa. Their music is more in the lighter side of things and they can be compared at times to Univers Zero (not to say they sound like them, but as a point of reference) and it slides into Zeuhl territories at times. https://contrecourantmusic.bandcamp.com/album/zypressen-2024-remaster
7:26 AM		Pikapika TeArt Slavyanskaya 1 Moonberry AltRock 2010 Pikpika TeArt was founded in 2004 in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. They blend chamber rock with Slavic traditional music https://altrockproductions.bandcamp.com/album/moonberry
7:30 AM		Set Break: 𐎋𐎋𐎋𐎋𐎋𐎋𐎋𐎋𐎋𐎋𐎋
7:34 AM		Yügen Cloudscape (feat. Mike Johnson, Dave Kerman) Iridule AltrOck Productions 2011 Founded in Milan, Italy in 1994, they combine prog rock, experimental and fusion elements. Notable member: keyboardist Paolo Botta. https://altrockproductions.bandcamp.com/album/iridule
7:41 AM		Tigran Hamasyan All the Things You Are (feat. Mark Turner) StandArt Nonesuch 2022 Armenian jazz pianist, born in 1987. https://tigranhamasyan.bandcamp.com/album/standart
7:47 AM		Immortal Onion & Michał Jan Ciesielski Digital Relations Screens U Know Me Records 2022 Immortal Onion is a Polish band , blending jazz, minimalism as well as fusion, electronic music and even progressive metal. https://immortalonion.bandcamp.com/
7:53 AM		Ikarus Isblink Plasma Ronin Rhythm Records 2022 IKARUS is a contemporary prog jazz quintet from Switzerland that explores permutating polyrhythms against a framework of functional grooves. They record on Nik Bärtsch's Ronin Rhythm label.https://ikarusband.bandcamp.com/album/plasma
8:00 AM		Set Break: 𝌰𝌰𝌰𝌰𝌰𝌰𝌰𝌰𝌰𝌰𝌰
8:03 AM		AMRITA Elephant Promenade I (feat. Jonathan Kay) N AMRITA 11054170 Records DK2 2026 based in Toronto Canada, playing music rooted in Indian Classical Music and model jazz. https://amrita.bandcamp.com/album/amrita
8:12 AM		Tony Bray Is/Am Outside, Looking In Tony Bray 2004 Tony Bray is a freelance musician , and has performed on stages in clubs, casinos and cruise ships all over the world for over 35 years. He also spent countless hours in the studio as a musician, arranger, mixer, consultant and producer. He has a degree in Studio Music and Jazz from the Univ. of Tennessee. http://www.tonybraymusic.com
8:19 AM		Man Wu, DJ Tamara, Abel Domingues & Stuart Dempster Full Circle: Bamboo Dreams Man Wu: From a Distance - Pipa Music Naxos 2003 Wu Man (1963, Hangzhou, Zhejiang) is a Chinese pipa and ruan player and composer. Wu Man studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Wu came to the United States in 1990 at the age of 25. She lived in Boston for many years and now lives in San Diego.
8:28 AM		Set Break: ⠞⠓⠑ ⠝⠑⠺ ⠁⠃⠝⠕⠗⠍⠁⠇
8:32 AM		Canzoniere Del Lazio Poeta & Mogadishu Miradas Cramps Records 1977 Canzoniere Del Lazio was founded in Rome, Italy in 1972, and disbanded in 1978. They were considered one of the most important progressive folk bands in Italy during the seventies. Their fourth album "Miradas" was produced AREA guitarist Paolo Tofani.
8:48 AM		Dixie Dregs Assembly Line Industry Standard Arista 1982 Five-piece American instrumental rock/fusion band, incorporating elements of jazz and country. Formed in 1970, disbanded in 1983 after having changed their name to The Dregs. Reunited in 1988 and still occasionally tour. Sometimes considered a southern-fried Mahavishnu Orchestra.
8:52 AM		Brand X The Poke Masques Charisma Catalogue 1977 Jazz fusion group active from 1975-1980, 1992-1999. This is one of the few releases without Phil Collins on drums. (Phil was probably busy holding Genesis together during the "...And Then There Were Three..." period.)
8:57 AM		Set Break: ÐⅈϝߓἴϾὐᒫȾ Ĺǐꮥ𐠙𐒢₦ἴᥰ᪄ Ȟ𐤈ƲƦ 🧟‍♂️ Featuring ZEUHL 🌋. 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, progressive rock, and modern classical music. Elements to look for: Zeuhl usually has an oppressive or a discipline-conveying feel, it can be bombastic and minimalistic (heavy use of ostinato), it’s dark and brooding, adventurous and angelic, (sometimes both brooding and angelic at the same time), plus growling bass lines. And Zeuhl vocals are usually some invented language.
9:02 AM		Weidorje Vilna Weidorje Musea 1977 Weidorje is a progressive rock/fusion/Zeuhl supergroup from France, that was formed in 1976. Weidorje took its name from a track on "Üdü Ẁüdü" . The core members were from Magma and Heldon, and they were joined by some of the busiest session talent on the Paris scene at the time. Weidorje was very Magma styled, but it also included brass (which Magma mostly dropped early on) giving it a distinctive sound of its own. The band split up around 1979 after releasing their only album. Virtually everyone involved in Weidorje went on to other projects and/or released solo albums shortly after Weidorje's demise.
9:14 AM		Ptah Sextet Maahnt Hur! (Hommage À La Musique De Christian Vander) V/A Soleil Zeuhl 2009 This comes from a 2-disc compilation of covers of Magma/Christian Vander tunes. Maahnt was originally on Magma's "Attahk".
9:19 AM		Eskaton Attente Ardeur Musique Post Atomique 1980 Eskaton is a French progressive rock/Zeuhl band. Founded in 1970, disbanded in 1985. Eskaton took Magma "Kohntarkosz" influences, mixed in prog, lots of electronics and increasingly elements of cold wave. This unique concoction, fronted by two female vocalists, made for a distinctive Zeuhl sound.
9:26 AM		Patrick Gauthier En Passant Par la Transylvanie Bebe Godzilla Seventh records 1981 Patrick Gauthier was the keyboardist for Heldon, who also played with Magma on and off between 1976-1982.
9:30 AM		Jannick Top Utopia Viva Soleil D'Ork Utopic Records 2001 Jannick Top had the idea of adapting his cellist playing on a bass guitar by retuning his bass like a cello. By doing so, he overturned the methodology, the practice and the sound of the instrument. It is his recognizable sound that is the distinctive Zeuhl signature. Jannick Top played with Magma for only a few years, but left after Summer of 1974, exhausted by the tough life on the road and the financial insecurity of the group. He thrived as a session player.
9:37 AM		Thollot Ascension Contact Soleil Zeuhl 2002 François Thollot is a French multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, piano, drums) born in 1973 who composes music following (and is influenced by) Magma styled instrumental Zeuhl. Thollot later formed the RIO, Zeuhl and Canterbury inspired fusion band Scherzoo.
9:43 AM		Rhûn Ïh ÏH AltrOck 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). This is their debut. https://rhunmusic.bandcamp.com/album/h-album-2013 (Not to be confused with the heavy psych band Rhûn.)
9:52 AM		Protoplasma Science Fiction Recreational Park and Museum - 7429603 Records DK 2025 A brutal prog band from Budapest, Hungary. https://protoplasmaprotoplasma.bandcamp.com/album/-
9:56 AM		Set Break: ▛▀▜ ▛▀▜ ▛▀▜ ▛▀▜ ▛▀▜ ▛▀▜ The Zeuhl groups (and all avant-prog) were influenced to some extent by the avant-garde nature of Zappa’s music, incorporating dissonant harmonies, and the unusual and shifting time signatures.
9:57 AM		The Furious Bongos Pound For a Brown (live 10-31-2023) The Road to Halloween 2023 Vol. 1 2024 Zappa cover band based in Brandywine, Maryland https://thefuriousbongos.bandcamp.com/album/the-road-to-halloween-2023-vol-1

Chat is archived.

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Good day to you, Sir Obscure.

Good day, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟

Ahoy there ᎷяM!

good morning, TAndy

💜 ¡ ʇuǝʇuoɔɭɐꓪ ɹꓪ noʎ oʇ sᵷuᴉʇǝǝɹ⅁

TAllyH0, TAndy!

Morning!

good morning, goots

Э???

correct

Heard something you might like for the first hour of a show. Glowing Water - Guan Pinghu

Flowing*

Mornin goots

thanks for the tip, goots. I will investigate

Hey hey Tandy

Don’t drink the Glowing Water

I did once. Wasn’t bad

WooWeeee!!

We dont really call anyone "your excellency" any more

that's a shame

some people are excellent

Anyone who listens to and enjoys The New Abnormal is excellent in my mind!

Thank you, Your Excellency

Good morning, your excellencies

I love the idea of music to combat migraines. This would definitely help distract me.

See! People are still using it! 🙇

good morning. what - no hippochickenmus or eastern red cardinalligator?

Mornin Dale and Scurrow! :)

@ Dale, unfortunately, when we post such timages, we flirt with legal trouble

illegal breeding IS a problem.....

I am also very curious about backwards E

Also awaiting further deets, goots, Your Excellency

that is how that playlist populates the circle when there is no avatar image chosen - a capitalization of the first letter

I wonder what happens if I set my name to a hieroglyph or similar obscure unicode character.

good morning ǝʌɐꓷ and my PRB Pals!

Hey Stevie!

good morning, Stevie P

@TAndy, it is not the name, but the image - in your case the cat

Ah at the “End” of ǝɹnɔsqꓳ! Cheers to you, Your Excellency!

I don't wanna get rid of the cat in favor of a mystery symbol, I'll let someone else figure out how it works ;)

E for Excellecy

Excellency

Good morning your Eggcellency

E for canterburycreme Egg

good morning, Rob F

Oh, TAndy, I think I understand what you meant - if before the "ǝ" I place a hieroglyph, what will happen?

I must try that

Given how long it takes for an avatar to refresh in the chat, don't count on it reflecting before the show ends. Also good morning Rob!

Good morning TAndy and all

Morning! First time I’ve heard a repeat on this show! It’s a good one!

good morning, Julian S

I try to avoid repeats, at least for a couple of years

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ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for airplane

Forgot they invented the airplane

where do you folks see the backward E?

in the big circle to the left of my name. Is it not visible to you?

Looks square to me!

oh yeah, on phones it is square

not visible to me

Love this bass

oh wait, there it is

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on you av

duh

haha sup matt

SUP

good morning, Mats S

TAndy didja go down the rabbithole of Phyllomedusa? Total nut shit Rosasolis found. Beyond bonkers. https://phyllomedusa.bandcamp.com/track/annihilateaville

I haven't, there's so much music to catch up on still!

TopNotch First Hour! Cheers, DJ DaveTheObscure!

sounds great dj Dave!

thanks, MrM

thanks, Machete Mats S

love this

more Indian influenced jazz

ahoy

i'd like to recommend the new French TV album The Spanish Caper. cheers.

YoHoYoHoYoYoMok

good morning

Yo-Yo Mok! Good morning!

thanks for the alert, Mok

I am never aware of new releases

I honestly luv to throw a FriedEgg with a Couch attached 🍳🛋️🖤💀🎩

Yo yo Mok!

gm TAndy

🛢️🔨⛓️🪚

What are the other musical instruments in this piece???

🎹

🥁

🎺

🎻

🤯

I really like this part

must hear more from this band!!

Surprise musical instrument! 🗣️🎼🎶

the canzoniere really floated my boat!

That transition was so clean I couldn't even register it as one

glad to hear y'all liked Canzoniere Del Lazio

VIVA L’ITALIA‼️

its got the drama AND the whimsy

@Matt if you're still here... 😶‍🌫️

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Goooaaallll!!!

This song is NUTS

I keep forgetting Phil was the drummer for Brand X. I'm pretty glad the band was still able to output even without him if they needed to.

And yeah, that track was wicked as hell

My eyes are exploding, my ears are laughing

oh boy

Brand X is the bees knees.

ZEUHL GRUEL TIME YES LETS GO

send the kids out to play 🏃‍♀️

Hey ma, the kids ears flew off last time they heard this, send em out!

👉💀👈

Good morning Dave, all others, regulars…it’s kink in the garden hose season.

👈💀👉

good morning, dan C

I can hear the Carl Orff influence 👂

totally, Mok

Dave, was there ever an era, or pause from the obligatory live concert drum solo? I wish “Spinal Tap” had lampooned it.

I'm not sure, dan, but it is ripe for ridicule 🥁

it would be forgivable if the rhythms were interesting at least

That was a nice simulated skipping cd there from the band!

Watched Carl Palmer, multiple gongs, rope for his teeth to ring overhead bell, but wait there’s more, whole kit revolves.

they have percussion solos in Indian Classical concerts as well. That's when the audience goes to the lobby for tea

Good morning Dave and fellow listeners. Nice way to get the blood going!

Love it!

alright, lizardbytes, glad you are enjoying

With two drummers, the Dead must hold the record. Or tie with Chicago once they hired side percussionist.

listening with my coworker <3

I hope this coworker has a high tolerance for weirdness

let us know when the coworker submits resignation

One point in Maahnt it sounded like they were chanting “teaspoon egg nog”

Love the tuba sounding bass tone!

LOL, George K, ! Yeah, those vocals are silly

Ala Tina Weymouth

@ dan, that's an essential Zeuhl characteristic

Really?!?

Music After The Bomb, translation? “Yes…the hydrogen bomb, Dimitri.”

“All right now” by Free has a great tubaesque bass interlude

I remember going to a Magma concert at the Knitting Factory in 2003 or so. It was definitely *not* what my young punk self needed. There was a noise rock show the same night that I tried to go to, but I wasn't 21 so they didn't let me in. All in all a disappointing night. (I had also printed out early mapquest directions to get where I was going and it took me on this huge dogleg under the Manhattan Bridge (?) overpass because of one way streets.)

Hey I’m an exorcist and I didn’t even know it

noted for future use, thanks, George

well, Dan R, Zeuhl is definitely not for everyone

Exorcister, I’m a poet (after morrissey)

Ha! George, thanks for the vocals! I got good use out of them

Jannick is tops

You’re quite welcome!

He invented Zeuhl bass

This is some fine disco!

Now what matter of shuffle is this

I always wondered what animals at Zeuhl thought of live musicians playing to them, sorry.

coworker is dazzled, all he said was "that was DENSE"

Good descriptor

Coworker gets it 👏

nicely dense music, Dave

🫡

Difficult-O-Meter reading to follow…

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Pressure…Release…

we are all brave souls to have the ability to endure

I had a boss like that. Rest his soul.

Mmmm, Zeuhl is an important part of a balanced breakfast

Wrapping up?! Me Mad! 🥵

They measure your height, weight, entering and exiting the park and museum.

DJ DaveTheObscure 💟 many thanks for another Grand Show! Big cheers and kind regards to you, Sir! 🖤💀

Cheers to all the Dears, especially those with Big Ears!

another excellent show, Dave! Thanks!

Nowhere in south central IL, trust me.

Thank you so much for the show today Dave!

Bongo Fury!

xactly

thanks, folks!

Thanks Dave. Heard most of the show, enjoyed everything (as usual).

glad to see you, Mike T

You the magma man

Thanks for the show Dave! Well done!

Oh, Hey, Bud, thanks for dropping in

always enjoy your Zappa finales