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From Nordland by Peder Balke, 1850. Image Source

Two hours of music that is otherworldly and outside of time. This playlist is a bit different than ones previous. It is music that conjures images of the prehistoric and posthistoric. Musicians dip into contemporary and past (and future?) sources, and then churn out Tibetan rituals, Gregorian chant, Pre-Columbian America songs, Ancient Egypt music, spacy art rock, ambient, futuristic science fiction soundtrack and folk music from the world over. Despite the limited psychedelic presence - this episode surely is a trip.

33 different acts in this show, here's some information about some of them:

Perez dedicated his life to the research of Pre-Columbian instrumentation in Mesoamerica, in this case music created before the arrival of Cortez in 1519. He traveled around Mexico to learn about this musical history directly from living sources of the music. He was able to collected samples of musical instruments, some borrowed from the Mexico City archaeological museum and then worked to recreate them for use on his recordings and in performances. He also compiled songs of different native speakers. By 1981, the Mexican government took note and sponsored the traditional Mexican and electronic fusion album Ipan In Xiktli Metztli - México Mágico Cósmico, El Ombligo de la Luna meaning ‘In the Navel of the Moon.’

Countries represented: USA, England, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Iceland, Russia, People's Republic of China, France, Tajikistan, Japan, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Iran, Spain, Mexico, Bali, Lebanon, Armenia.