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WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

The New Abnormal

Nov 13, 2026 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Music

With ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ 𓀡

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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The New Abnormal
8:53 AM
Tigran Hamasyan - Prelude For All Seekers
Tigran Hamasyan Prelude For All Seekers
Manifeste Naive 2026
Latest release from this Armenian jazz pianist, born in 1987.
8:47 AM
Ozric Tentacles - Lemon Kush
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

8:39 AM
Ángel Ontalva & Vespero - Sea Orm
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
8:31 AM
Markus Reuter - One Cut Suffices (feat. Fabio Trentini & Asaf Sirkis)
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
8:26 AM
Set Break: 𓌍𓌍𓌍𓌍𓌍𓌍𓌍𓌍
8:18 AM
Arnaud Quevedo - The Electric Princess, Pt. 1
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/
8:10 AM
Guranfoe - Karu Vatsarin
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/
8:02 AM
Alco Frisbass - Judith Coupeuse De Tête
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

8:00 AM
Set Break: 𓋟𓋟𓋟𓋟𓋟𓋟𓋟𓋟
7:49 AM
Karmic Juggernaut - Moving
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/

7:39 AM
Karaba - Fiji Fiji
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

7:37 AM
Camel - Rain Dances
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.
7:33 AM
Jade Warrior - Mountain Of Fruit And Flowers
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.
7:28 AM
Set Break: 𓌤𓌤𓌤𓌤𓌤𓌤𓌤𓌤
7:24 AM
Lonely Universe - Passenger
Lonely Universe Passenger
Lonely Universe CMP Records 1990

A one-off project by this fusion quartet, featuring David Torn (guitar) and Mick Karn (bass).

7:16 AM
Paul Schauert - NIls' Chill
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.

7:06 AM
Eberhard Weber - T. On a White Horse
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.
7:03 AM
Set Break: 𓏢𓏢𓏢𓏢𓏢𓏢𓏢𓏢
7:02 AM
DIONNE-BRÉGENT - Temple du Silence
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.