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Waiting Room

Sep 10, 2026 1:00 AM – 3:00 AM

Music

With DJ sidcantsingh

Welcome to the Waiting Room. Take a seat, wait your turn, and let each track spin.

The Occident-Orient Binary

In 1849, the American Henry David Thoreau wrote,

“Behold the difference between the Oriental and the Occidental. The former has nothing to do in this world; the latter is full of activity. The one looks in the sun till his eyes are put out; the other follows him prone in his westward course”.

This episode takes that imagined divide as its point of departure. Moving through Egypt, India, Senegal, Guinea, the United States, and beyond, tonight’s music resists the idea of an “East” and “West” that exist as separate cultural worlds. Sounds travel, instruments migrate, genres borrow, and musicians listen across borders

1:03 AM		Asha Bhosle & Kronos Quartet Mehbooba Mehbooba (Beloved, O Beloved) You've Stolen My Heart - Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood Nonesuch/Warner Records 2005
1:08 AM		Oum Kaltsoum tichouf oumori anthologie de la musique arabe
1:12 AM		Ara Dinkjian, Arto Tunçboyaciyan, Richard Hagopian, Yuri Yunakov & Ömer Faruk Tekbilek Istemem Babacim Gypsy Fire Traditional Crossroads 2005
1:16 AM		Abida Parveen Yun Saja Chand Ke Mehfil-E-Ghazal Abida Parveen EMI Pakistan 1989
1:26 AM		Angkanang Kunchai Lam Phloen Promise of Love Never Forget Me EM Records 1979
1:30 AM		Amir Khan Raga Abhogi Kanada Surmanjari
1:44 AM		Land Of Kush The Pit, Pt. 1 Land Of Kush The Big Mango Constellation 2013
1:52 AM		Land Of Kush The Pit, Pt. 2 Land Of Kush The Big Mango Constellation 2013
1:55 AM		Les Filles de Illighadad Inssegh Inssegh At Pioneer Works Sahel Sounds 2021
2:04 AM		Fela Kuta Lady Shakira
2:18 AM		Pablo Lubadika Simba Malembe Pablo Lubadika Okominiokolo Syllart Records 1993
2:22 AM		Kokolo Mister Sinister Kokolo More Consideration Little Boat 2002
2:25 AM		Los Zafiros Bossa Cubana Los Zafiros Los Zafiros de Cuba Universal Digital Enterprises 1964
2:28 AM		Seu Jorge Mania de Peitào Cru
2:32 AM		Sory Kandia Kouyaté Tara Tour d'Afrique de la chanson Syliphone / Syllart Records 1999
2:36 AM		Maurice Louca El-Fazza'ah (The Slip and Slide) Maurice Louca Saet El Hazz (The Luck Hour) Northern Spy 2021
2:40 AM		Lotus Plaza Different Mirrors Lotus Plaza The Floodlight Collective kranky 2009
2:43 AM		Les Savy Fav Patty Lee Les Savy Fav Let's Stay Friends Frenchkiss Records 2007
2:45 AM		Kiwi jr. Photos Of The Reenactment Blowin' Up Perennial / K Records 2026
2:48 AM		Les Breastfeeders La ville engloutie Les Breastfeeders La ville engloutie Bonsound 2024
2:51 AM		Pep Llopis Jardins Aquatics Pep Llopis Poiemusia La Nau Dels Argonautes Freedom To Spend 1987