WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

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WPRB is a community-supported, freeform radio station. Our FM signal (103.3) serves central New Jersey, Philadelphia, eastern PA and the northern tip of Delaware. We reach a global audience at wprb.com.

The New Abnormal

Sep 18, 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		Alan & Jan All One N Take me, I'm yours Faitiche 2026 "Take me, I’m yours" is the first collaboration album between Alan Abrahams and Jan Jelinek, based in Paris, France. https://alanabrahamsjanjelinek.bandcamp.com/album/take-me-im-yours
7:07 AM		Set Break: ☞☞☞☞☞☞☞☞
7:09 AM		Jade Warrior Borne On The Solar Wind (2022 Remaster) Last Autumn's Dream (2022 Remastered Edition) Esoteric 1972 Jade Warrior were formed in the UK in 1970. They were categorized as a psychedelic space rock group, but their music is hard to describe, incorporating many elements. Their mostly instrumental compositions had lush chords, and often had a wide dynamic range, from delicate hand bells to sudden loud crunches. "Last Autumn's Dream" is their third release, and hints at the direction they would go in their prime period on Island Records (1974-1978).
7:12 AM		Jon Hassell Blue Ba-Ya N Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three) Ndeya Records 2026 Jon Hassell (1937-2021) is the creator of a style of music he described as Fourth World, a unique hybrid of music both ancient and digital, composed and improvised, Eastern and Western. https://jonhassell.bandcamp.com/ The third part in the Pentimento trilogy features Jon Hassell performing as part of a trio with Rick Cox and John von Seggern in London in 2015, in what would turn out to be his final ever concert. To be released on October 2nd.
7:24 AM		Laurent De Schepper Trio Drift In Aquanaut Karlrecords 2013 Jazz and electronic quartet from Leipzig Germany. https://karlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/aquanau
7:31 AM		Set Break: ☜☜☜☜☜☜☜☜
7:33 AM		Steve Tibbetts Ur Yr ECM Records 1979 Born in 1954, guitarist Steve Tibbetts combines elements of jazz, rock, and world music: "postmodern neo-primitivism" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Tibbetts
7:37 AM		Steve Tibbetts Sphexes Yr ECM Records 1979 Yr was originally self released in 1980. https://stevetibbetts.com/
7:41 AM		Steve Tibbetts Ten Years Yr ECM Records 1979 these 3 songs flow into each other.
7:49 AM		Joel Harrison Blue Ghosts of Bourbon Street Harbor HighNote Records 2007 Guitarist and singer based in Brooklyn, joined here by Nguyen Le.
7:58 AM		Set Break: ☝☝☝☝☝☝☝☝
8:00 AM		Bland Bladen Visa for Allmannyttan Vederkvickelse Kommun 2 2014 Bland Bladen ("Among the Leaves") are a psychedelic/space rock band from Malmö, Sweden, active from 2001-2004. They had one release during this time, and then in 2014 issued this archival material "Vederkvickelse" (refreshment).
8:08 AM		Secret Oyster Paella Sea Son The Laser's Edge 1973 Jazz Rock / Fusion / Progressive Rock band from Denmark, active in the mid-1970s.
8:16 AM		Van Der Graaf Generator Lost: The Dance In Sand and Sea / The Dance In the Frost H to He Who Am the Only One 2005 Release EMI Marketing 1970 Formed in the UK, active 1967-1978, with vocals by Peter Hammill. This is their 2nd release.
8:27 AM		Set Break: ☟☟☟☟☟☟☟☟
8:31 AM		Khan Space Shanty (feat. Steve Hillage & Dave Stewart) Space Shanty (feat. Steve Hillage & Dave Stewart) Deram Records 1972 Led by guitarist Steve Hillage, Khan was a one-off project featuring keyboardist Dave Stewart (with whom Hillage played in Uriel/Arzachel). Hillage would immediately join Gong after this.
8:40 AM		Karaba Apostel All High Ways Klangschutz Schallplatten 2023 Instrumental jam psychedelic band from Munich established in 2014, featuring influences from Embryo, Missus Beastly, Pink Floyd, Amon Düül 2 and others. https://karaba-band.bandcamp.com/
8:45 AM		Planeta Imaginario Collective Action (Acciò Col-lectiva) Optical Delusions Cuneiform Records 2011 Originally formed in 1999, Planeta Imaginario is a Spanish band from the region of Catalonia: their style is oriented toward the jazz trend of prog rock, with Canterbury as well as psychedelic touches and chamber adornments. https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/optical-delusions-2
8:56 AM		Jono El Grande The Goat Phantom Stimulance Rune Grammofon 2010 Norwegian avant-prog group led by Jon Andreas Håtun, born in 1973. Influences include early Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, King Crimson, Henry Cow, Igor Stravinsky, etc, while adding splices from both pop and film soundtracks. https://jonoelgrande.bandcamp.com/
8:59 AM		Set Break: 𓇼𓇼𓇼𓇼𓇼𓇼𓇼𓇼 Ďỉḟḟỉƈưꞎť Ĺỉśťẻήỉήɠ Ɦơưɼ
9:03 AM		King Crimson Happy Family Lizard (Expanded Edition) Discipline Global Mobile 1970 One of the pioneers of the progressive rock genre, King Crimson were an English-based band formed in 1968. The group has gone through almost constant personnel changes, with guitarist Robert Fripp being the only constant member.
9:07 AM		Happy Family The Three Leaves Insect Toscco Cuneiform Records 1997 Happy Family is an instrumental progressive rock/fusion/Zeuhl band from Tokyo, formed in 1987.
9:20 AM		Guapo The Pilman Radiant (radio edit) History of the Visitation Cuneiform Records 2013 Dark avant-prog group from the UK, founded in 1994. https://guapo1.bandcamp.com/album/history-of-the-visitation
9:26 AM		Noah Creshevsky Strategic Defense Initiative Reanimator Orange Milk 2018 Noah Creshevshy (1945-2020) was an American composer. His aim was to create sound at once nearly human and tangentially electronic, but never fully one or the other. Allusions to Middle Eastern, Asian, and Western sacred, secular, popular, and classical instrumental and vocal music seek to produce hypothetical performers of indeterminate identity--simultaneously male and female, Western and non-Western, ancient and modern, familiar and unfamiliar.
9:37 AM		Le Grand Sbam Tourbifouette I N Janus Dur et Doux 2026 Le Grand Sbam is an avant-prog group from France, and includes 3 members of the group PoiL. https://legrandsbam.bandcamp.com/album/janus
9:42 AM		Thinking Plague Malthusian Dances Decline and Fail Cuneiform Records 2011 American RIO/avant-garde progressive rock group formed in Denver, Colorado in 1981. https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/decline-and-fall-2
9:48 AM		Upsilon Acrux Zerpents In the Acrux of the Upsilon King Cuneiform Records 2003 Upsilon Acrux was founded in San Diego in 1997. Their music can be described as brutal-prog, noise-rock, nervous avant-rock, splatter prog. This is their debut record. https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-acrux-of-the-upsilon-king
9:54 AM		Set Break: 𓂽𓂽𓂽𓂽𓂽𓂽𓂽𓂽
9:56 AM		Banned From Utopia Dupree's Paradise So Yuh Don't Like Modern Art Favored Nations 2002 The Band from Utopia is made of a Zappa alumni. They released this tribute as "Banned from Utopia".

Chat is archived.

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Good day, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟

💜 ¡ ʇuǝʇuoɔɭɐꓪ ɹꓪ noʎ oʇ sᵷuᴉʇǝǝɹ⅁

good morning.

good morning, Dale

Very nice start to the show, DJ DaveTheObscure

thank ye kindly, MrM

I'm awake!

Ah ha!

Good morning, TAndy

good morning ǝʌɐꓷ, Dale, MrM and TAndy!

good morning, Stevie P

Oh it’s StevieP

'ello Mister M

Mornin everyone

YellO, StevieP

TAllyTHeH0, TAndy

top o the morning TAndy

GM Dave, Stevie P, Mr. Mal, TAndy and Dale!

good morning, Lizardbytes

Yeah!

Uh huh. That;s right, Scurrow Squirrel

This definitely is what it sounds like when there are sphexes in my backyard

the highlight of my day, for sure

it’s only MrM or ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ, if ya nasty @Lizardbytes

Bottom of the morning to you

Mister Malcy has spoken

Bites me, Stephen

please don't antagonize MrM

💟

💜

All I did was say GM forgive me if I misaddressed any guest it won't happen again

General Manager to you, Lizardbytes

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

🤐

I am, indeed, nasty

You don’t have to zip it, just don’t change names or nicknames of others

I see Mr. Tibbetts released of 3 CD culmination of his 13 albums this year\

✍ don't change nicknames, got it

i change nicknames

Cheers, Lizardbytes!

@ Lizardbytes, are you talking about Hellbound Train compilation? Yes, I was hoping there would be some unreleased bonus tracks, but no...

or is there something else I have not seen?

No, it's called Compilation-Acoustibbetts / Elektrobitts / Exotibbetts

Oh yeah, that's a few years older. Again, no bonus tracks

He sells it on his website for $30 than suggests another site where it's half the price

This set freakin rules. I can't wait to subject my friend to the difficult listening hour in the car later

I hope your friend won't hold it against you, TAndy

Drive ‘em Kwazy, TAndy! ⚠️

Oh he will :)

Ahaha

First Hour: TopNotch! 💟

💜 thank ye kindly once more, MrM

I concur

glad you are enjoying, Lizardbytes. I hope you all are being introduced to things you were not aware of

I certainly am Dave! I try to tune in every Friday morning to expand my awareness of music you provide for us

Much appreciated!

nice van der graaf!

that is my mission, I'm glad that folks are able to catch the show

@ Dale, Lizbot played 'Killer' from this record yesterday

i had her on, missus dale likes to talk at dinner time so i probably wasn't focused.

EURYTHMICS ❤️♥️❤️

totally different Dave Stewart 🎹

That cannot be correct. I highlight this every time so… FactsFromMrMYetAgain#

@ Dale, I know how that goes

Almost thought this was Zappa for a moment

I tells ya, it's hard to overstate the influence Zappa has had on avant-prog music

so many groups credit Zappa directly for inspiration

This cut particularly stands out

I purchased Jono El Grande's Neo Dada as a result of you playing a track from it a while back

nice goat. makes my toes tap.

oh boy

👉💀👈

☜☠️☞

TUrnt IT UP, TAndy!!

glad to have introduced you to Jono El Grande, Lizardbytes

Second Hour: TopShelf! Great selections again this week! Cheers, DJ DaveTheObscure!

thank ye ever so kindly, MrM

Thoroughly enjoying this Rawkus Racket too!! 🖤💀

That's not racket. It's Brahms! Brahms' 3rd Racket!

Righto, Guvnor! 🎩💀

♡☠️

I knew that, unmistakably Brahms 🤪

THIS❣️

yeah.

🛎️

🌀

👶

WPRB, where the records smell like baby

nice beat

collage radio

Where is the animated version of this?

Drummers got nothing on Pete Best

Hey, jimbooo!

I can see this song

is it pretty?

So pretty! 🤩

I can see this song thru MrM's eyeholes

eyeLESSholes

Good lord this is insanity in the best way

💀🛎️🌀👶🎛️🪚🎈🎬🎰

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Enjoying the show!

Hey, George K.! Glad to hear it! I hope these selections are new for you

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Wow! You're playing my record collection today!!

No way, Dan B.!

What's next? Etron Fou!! Love this show!!

I'd help, but I'm not a doctor. Any more....

DrDave!? 🧐

Glad you enjoy the show, Dan B

"I'm a DJ Jim, not a doctor!"

"splatter prog"

xactly

Jimboooooo is starting to see it!! 🌀🌀

WestSiiidddeee! Finally 🫤

Represent! 🖖🏻

Shazbot 🛸

another excellent show Dave! Thanks!

Nano Nano 🌈

Bravo Dave for an excellent show!

DJ DaveTheObscure 💟 Many thanks for another Great Show! Big cheers! Nice chatting with you! Kind regards to you, Sir! 🖤💀

thanks for listening, folks!

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

WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

New Jersey's Only Radio Station

WPRB is a community-supported, freeform radio station. Our FM signal (103.3) serves central New Jersey, Philadelphia, eastern PA and the northern tip of Delaware. We reach a global audience at wprb.com.

The New Abnormal

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