The New Abnormal Fri Nov 13 with ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ 𓀡 on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

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Good day, DJ DaveTheObscure 💟

💜 ¡ ʇuǝʇuoɔɭɐꓪ ɹꓪ noʎ oʇ sᵷuᴉʇǝǝɹ⅁

good morning fellow dignitaries.

good morning Dave and my PRB Pals!

good morning, Dale

and good morning, Stevie P

Greetings & Salutations, Everyone!

O̴̝̪͓̖͙͙̲̫͖͖̥̣̔̇̆̀͜ḧ̴̡̹͍̭̗͉̟͙͙͈̝̣́̐́́́͐̀̃̀̐̉̅̂̍͛̆͛̅̏̕ͅ ̷̢̛͙̠̯̘̝̬̰̜͉̀̆̍̓͒̓̚͘͠ͅǵ̴̡̨̢̛͍̪̠͇̩̞̮͙̩̪̼̍̊͗̎̂̓͛̑͋̐̑͘͝͝͝ͅo̶͕̱͎͔͇̪̺̼̦̥̩̦̪̟̜̽̏̂̓̍̚ͅǫ̵͇̼̳̰̊̚ͅḑ̸̢̺͖̘̺̠̝̠̬̞̰̹̦̅̅͆̓̀̊͒͝͝͝

oh good morning, Christine

Good morning DTO 😶‍🌫️, Stevie P, Dale, and MrM 💀 Boo 👻 !

Oh ChristineBoo, HI! 👻👋

Stuttgart / Germany, Anyone!

sure

been there

Ah ya?! 1940!?

1984

Totally Tubular❣️

fer sherrr

this sounds like incidental music from a 70s crime thriller.

it does

I think I’ve seen this film! 🎭

Hey hey.

hey, TAndy, good morning

Morning TAndy!

I missed the first 15 minutes of the show due to work obligations, but I'm finally home lol

A late good morning to •ᎷяMΔᏞᏨØИᎢΞNᎢ•, Dale, Christine and TAndy!

s'okay, TAndy. You're livin' your full life

Cheers to you, StevieP!

Very enjoyable start to the show, DJ DaveTheObscure!

thank ye, kindly, MrMalcontent

My life ain't full till I hit pick 6 or powerball

But, The New Abnormal is worth more than that! For the three hours it's on 😁 (sometimes more)

you're too kind, TAndy 🙏🏻

Good morning everyone, we're quietly listening at home for a bit

good morning, Rob from MD. Quiet listening is the preferred option

The New Abnormal discourages screaming while listening

How about a good holler?

I'll accept whoooping

That last track really was "moving"... wow

Hey, Tom, welcome. Glad you enjoyed it

Great tunes for the morning commute. Bravissimo.

good morning, Mok. Glad to provide a soundtrack to the drive

Good morning Dave, et al!

Good morning Dave and fellow Abnormalites, first snow has begun just now here in the Catskills

Got some hail in New Hope last night.

good morning, addie

@ Lizardbytes, good morning. Temperatures are dropping here, but not that much

the electric prince is a nice float downstream.

....the princess...

(dang alexa scream stopped scrolling the song title)

First Half of Show: TopNotch! 💟

Suuuper heavy show today

thank you thank you 🙏🏻 💜

Disco prog makes me want to dance!

get down & boogie

dang we soaring 🛩️

although I never thought of Ozric Tentacles as disco prog

hey, jimboooo, thanks for dropping by

🪂

that was so FZ

I tell you, it's hard to overstate Zappa's influence

I think I’m addressing the right crowd as I inquire about who might be going to see Beat at the Academy of Music on Sunday?

TIGRAN HAMASYAN ❤️

👉(▀̿Ĺ̯▀̿ ̿)👈

Oh BOY

Simplicity is not welcome here

👈(▀̿Ĺ̯▀̿ ̿)👉

Just picked up the Freak Out 60th anniversary box set worth every penny

👉💀👈

🤚🐼✋

This is ear delicious

eargasm

🌽

That station ID was crazy

thanks. I made that one too

♪(๑ᴖ◡ᴖ๑)♪

hey, Guelo. I hope you're enjoying

Having some difficulty but yes indeed I am

that is the desired effect

pac man prog

MrM, West Siiiidddeee! Represent! 🖖🏻

HeyOoo! WestSiiidddeee!!

Cheers, DTO 🎉

Take care, everybody...Enjoy your Friday the 1️⃣3️⃣✨️

Getting your etron on!

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

hey, George!

this 1 is good weird :)

very good weird

kookier elements indeed

another excellent show Dave! Thanks!

🙏🏻 thanks, folks

7:02 AM		DIONNE-BRÉGENT Temple du Silence ...Et le troisième jour Capitol Records, Québec 1976 Another obscure group from the fertile Quebec prog scene of the 1970s. The group "Brégent" is sometimes listed as "Dionne - Bregent", a percussion/keyboard duo from Montreal. "…Et Le Troisième Jour " is their debut.
7:03 AM		Set Break: 𓏢𓏢𓏢𓏢𓏢𓏢𓏢𓏢
7:06 AM		Eberhard Weber T. On a White Horse The Following Morning ECM Records 1977 Eberhard Weber was born in Stuttgart Germany in 1940, created his own custom electric upright bass, and typifies the "ECM sound" with his chamber jazz. On this record, he is accompanied by Rainer Brüninghaus on piano, and members of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
7:16 AM		Paul Schauert NIls' Chill Modalities s/r 2010 Percussionist, composer, and professor at Michigan State University, combining jazz, ambient and experimental music with African influences. https://paulschauert.bandcamp.com/ "Nils' Chill" must be an homage to trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer.
7:24 AM		Lonely Universe Passenger Lonely Universe CMP Records 1990 A one-off project by this fusion quartet, featuring David Torn (guitar) and Mick Karn (bass).
7:28 AM		Set Break: 𓌤𓌤𓌤𓌤𓌤𓌤𓌤𓌤
7:33 AM		Jade Warrior Mountain Of Fruit And Flowers Floating World UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1974 Jade Warrior is mostly multi-instrumentalists Jon Field and Tony Duhig. Jon Field had played flute on Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" in 1973. That, and some networking by Steve Winwood of Traffic, helped get Jade Warrior a 4-LP contract with Island Records.
7:37 AM		Camel Rain Dances Rain Dances (Expanded Edition) UMC-Decca 1976 Camel is a British progressive rock group formed in 1971. Originally issued in 1977, this record features vocalist and bassist Richard Sinclair, giving it a Canterbury flavor.
7:39 AM		Karaba Fiji Fiji Pheremon Crumble Wax Kryptox 2020 Instrumental psychedelic fusion band from Munich established in 2014, featuring influences from Embryo, Missus Beastly, Pink Floyd, Amon Düül 2 and others. https://kryptox-music.bandcamp.com/album/pheremon-crumble-wax
7:49 AM		Karmic Juggernaut Moving The Dreams That Stuff Are Made Of WKRM The Kream 2018 Psychedelic/Progressive Rock group from Asbury Park, NJ formed in 2004. https://karmicjuggernaut.bandcamp.com/
8:00 AM		Set Break: 𓋟𓋟𓋟𓋟𓋟𓋟𓋟𓋟
8:02 AM		Alco Frisbass Judith Coupeuse De Tête Alco Fisbass Fading Records 2015 Alco Frisbass formed in France in 2013, and fuse jazz, Canterbury and symphonic prog elements. https://altrockproductions.bandcamp.com/album/alco-frisbass
8:10 AM		Guranfoe Karu Vatsarin Sum of Erda Apollon Records Prog 2019 Guranfoe formed in Norwich England in 2012. Their music blends fusion, psychedelic and progressive rock, with inspiration from instrumental Frank Zappa and Øresund Space Collective. https://guranfoe.bandcamp.com/
8:18 AM		Arnaud Quevedo The Electric Princess, Pt. 1 Electric Tales Musea Parallèle 2021 Arnaud Quevedo & Friends (AQ&F) is lead by Arnaud Quevedo, born in France in 1981, and teaching music in Conservatoire since 2007. After performing musical tributes to Zappa, King Crimson, Gong and Magma, he started making things under his own name in 2020. https://arnaudquevedo.bandcamp.com/
8:26 AM		Set Break: 𓌍𓌍𓌍𓌍𓌍𓌍𓌍𓌍
8:31 AM		Markus Reuter One Cut Suffices (feat. Fabio Trentini & Asaf Sirkis) Truce 2 (feat. Fabio Trentini & Asaf Sirkis) Markus Reuter 2022 Markus Reuter is a prolific German guitarist born in 1972. Besides his collaborations, he creates loop-based ambient/abstract works using his touch-guitar. https://markus-reuter-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/truce-2
8:39 AM		Ángel Ontalva & Vespero Sea Orm Carta Marina VMS 2018 *Ángel Ontalva* is the guitarist from the group October Equus (from Spain). He collaborates here with Vespero, a Russian psychedelic/space rock band formed in early 2003 in Astrakhan, South Russia. https://vespero.bandcamp.com/album/carta-marina
8:47 AM		Ozric Tentacles Lemon Kush Paper Monkeys Madfish Music 2011 English progressive/space/psychedelic rock band founded in 1983 in Somerset. They fuse jazz rock, hard rock and acid rock with influences from world music. https://kscopemusic.bandcamp.com/album/paper-monkeys
8:53 AM		Tigran Hamasyan Prelude For All Seekers Manifeste Naive 2026 Latest release from this Armenian jazz pianist, born in 1987.
8:57 AM		Set Break: D ͥff ͥ ͨ ͧl ͭ L ͥs ͭ ͤn ͥng H ͦ ͧ ͬ 𓁖D ͥff ͥ ͨ ͧl ͭ L ͥs ͭ ͤn ͥng H ͦ ͧ ͬ the nuttier side of avant-prog
9:02 AM		Frank Zappa Kung Fu The Lost Episodes Frank Zappa Catalog 1996 Zappa had diverse musical influences that led him to create music that was sometimes difficult to categorize. As a teenager Zappa was simultaneously enthralled by R&B, doo-wop, the modernism of Igor Stravinsky and Anton Webern, and the dissonant sound experiments of Edgard Varese. He is probably the first to incorporate avant-garde elements in a rock-n-roll format. This track was recorded in 1972, and does not include Frank Zappa.
9:05 AM		Jono El Grande Beggar To Beggar (Incl. Pfote-Brei, The Poem) 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/
9:10 AM		Albert Marcœur Qu’est-ce que tu as ? Albert Marcœur Atlantic 1974 Albert Marcœur is a French multi-instrumentalist and composer. He is considered a French Zappa, since his music is sort of proto-RIO chamber rock, with absurd humor.
9:18 AM		X-Legged Sally R.I.P. The Land of the Giant Dwarfs Marquee Inc. 1994 Belgian avant-garde rock/jazz-band founded in 1988 and disbanded in 1997.
9:21 AM		Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Bring Back the Apocalypse Of Natural History AVANT NIGHT 2004 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is an American experimental rock band, formed in 1999 in Oakland, California. The band fuses classical, industrial, and art-rock themes throughout their music. They are known to perform elaborate routines on stage, and manufacture many of their own instruments.
9:25 AM		Cardiacs Jibber and Twitch The Seaside The Alphabet Business Concern 1984 Founded in Surrey, UK, in 1977, Cardiacs are embraced by much of the prog rock community, as well as fans of punk, alternative, indie and pretty much every other permutation of rock music. They are best known for their unique style of music (termed "Pronk" by many) which contains elements of Progressive Rock, Punk and Psychedelic Rock.
9:30 AM		aPatT Peppercorn Rant Fun With Music POSTMUSIC 2024 From Liverpool / northwest UK, a.P.A.t.T. (the meaning and pronunciation of which remains speculative, but might just be 'Ape Hat') have been baffling audiences since 2002. They are inspired by various experimental, avant-garde and progressive rock musics. https://apatt.bandcamp.com/
9:34 AM		Chromb! Roupoutoum contre Routoupoum Cinq Dur et Doux 2023 Chromb! is a French quartet with strings, reeds, 88 keys and drums, making avant-rock with no guitar. Their music is distorted jazz mixed with chamber music without adherence to any particular style. https://chromb.bandcamp.com/album/cinq
9:38 AM		Sot Odd Jethegrythe Redwings Nest Sotanic Sounds 2014 https://sotmusic.bandcamp.com/album/redwings-nest Sot consists of musicians from the jazz-, metal- and pop scene in Oslo, Norway.
9:41 AM		5uu's Weaponry Crisis In Clay RER Megacorp 2005 Drummer David Kerman founded this avant-rock group in Los Angeles in 1984. They disbanded in 1988, but reformed 1994 - 2004.
9:42 AM		Ultra Zook La plasticité mentale du monsieur Ultra Zook Atypeek Music 2019 Ultra Zook are a French trio that play music from the islands - maybe closer to Fukushima than the Caribbean. https://ultrazook.bandcamp.com/album/ultra-zook-lalbum
9:46 AM		Samla Mammas Manna Svackorpoängen Måltid Silence Records 1972 Swedish member of the Rock In Opposition movement, founded in 1971.
9:49 AM		Etron Fou Leloublan Emoi Les Sillons De La Terre Turbo Music S.A. 1984 Etron Fou Leloublan (crazy shit, the white wolf): This French quartet originated in the mid-70's. All of EFL's albums are so off-the-wall their music is almost impossible to describe: pulsating staccato snaps of drum, bass, sax, keyboards, with vocals vicariously woven into odd, complex musical structures - all this performed with amazing precision.
9:57 AM		Set Break: 𓎁𓎁𓎁𓎁𓎁𓎁𓎁𓎁𓎁
9:58 AM		Z.E.R.O. What's the Name of Your Group? Would You Like a Snack V/A Cordelia Records 2021 covers of Zappa songs from 200 Motels

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