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The New Abnormal

Sep 11, 2021 3:00 AM – 6:00 AM

With ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ

🎼 🕳🐇.....

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The New Abnormal
3:01 AM
Mick Goodrick - Feebles, Fables and Ferns
Mick Goodrick Feebles, Fables and Ferns
In Pas(s)ing ECM Records 1979

Jazz guitarist born on 9 June 1945 in Sharon PA. Attended and taught at the Berklee School of Music. Devoted much of his life to being a teacher. Students include Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, and Mike Stern.

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3:11 AM
David Sylvian - September
David Sylvian September
Secrets of the Beehive (Reissue) [Remastered] EMI Marketing 2003

Born 23 February 1958 in Lewisham England. This is his 4th release after Japan disbanded.

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3:12 AM
Popol Vuh - Ah!
Popol Vuh Ah!
Hosianna Mantra Pilz 1972

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Their 3rd release.

3:16 AM
Nicholas Thys - 99 Ocean
Nicholas Thys 99 Ocean
Virgo Pirouet 2009

Nicholas Thys, bass player, born 27 August 1968 in Brussels, Belgium. Besides training at Hilversum Conservatory in Amsterdam, Thys took private lessons with Dave Holland and Marc Johnson.

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3:30 AM
Marc Anderson - 1177
Marc Anderson 1177
Time Fish East Side Digital 1993

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Born 10 December 1955, Marc Anderson is a percussionist and composer mostly known for his collaboration with Steve Tibbetts.

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3:35 AM
Mark Nauseef - Republic of Darkness
Mark Nauseef Republic of Darkness
Dark CMP Records 1986

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Born 11 June 1953 in Cortland NY. He has recorded with a large number of musicians.

3:42 AM
Univers Zéro - Meandres (Meanderings)
Univers Zéro Meandres (Meanderings)
Implosion Cuneiform 2004

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Univers Zéro (from Belgium) are one of the founders of the progressive rock subgenre "Rock In Opposition" and the undisputed creators of the genre known as 'chamber rock'. Inspiration comes from such diverse sources as rock, jazz, European folk and classical music (both ancient and modern), they have forged a distinctive sound as well as influencing a vast number of contemporary avant-garde bands and ensembles.

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3:50 AM
Nils Petter Molvær - Vilderness (Cinematic Orchestra Mix)
Nils Petter Molvær Vilderness (Cinematic Orchestra Mix)
Recoloured - The Remix Album Okeh 2001

Trumpeter born in Sula Norway in 1960.

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4:00 AM
The Real Tuesday Weld - The Day Before You Came
The Real Tuesday Weld The Day Before You Came
Backspin: A Six Degrees 10 Year Anniversary Project V/A Six Degrees Records 2007

Cover of ABBA's hit song.

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Does this remind you of anybody?

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Just a coincidence, I'm sure...

4:06 AM
Happy Family - Rolling the Law Court
Happy Family Rolling the Law Court
Happy Family Cuneiform Records 1997

Happy Family is an instrumental progressive rock/fusion/Zeuhl band from Tokyo, Kantō, Japan, that was formed in 1987.

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4:10 AM
Yochk'o Seffer Neffesh Music - Oregcserto
Yochk'o Seffer Neffesh Music Oregcserto
Noce chimique Great Winds 1977

Yochk'o Seffer is a Hungarian saxophonist, born 10 July 1939, living in France since 1956. Member of Magma in the early years, he left with François "Faton" Cahen and founded "Zao". His other group "Yochk'o Seffer Neffesh Music" released 3 LPs in the mid 1970's. This compilation includes some songs from those 3, and material not issued on those earlier LPs.

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4:15 AM
Jafis - Otis
Jafis Otis
Hur! (Hommage À La Musique De Christian Vander) Soleil Zeuhl 2009

"Jafis" don't really exist as a group as such. They are Jean Marc Jafet (bass) and Andre Fisichella (percussion and keyboards), with vocals by Sylvie Fisichella. They got together to record this one cover of Christian Vander's "Otis", included on this double CD tribute.

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4:21 AM
Gilgamesh - Play Time
Gilgamesh Play Time
Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into Charly 1978

UK progressive rock / jazz band led by Alan Gowen, with strong connections to the Canterbury scene.

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4:28 AM
John Abercrombie Quartet - Nightlake
John Abercrombie Quartet Nightlake
Arcade ECM Records 1979

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4:38 AM
Mick Karn - The Tooth Mother
Mick Karn The Tooth Mother
The Tooth Mother CMP Records 1995

with David Torn on guitar and Surekha Kothari on vocals.

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4:44 AM
Tunnels - Area (Composition By Marc Wagnon)
Tunnels Area (Composition By Marc Wagnon)
Tunnels - With Percy Jones Buckyball Music, Inc. 1999

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Featuring monster bassist Percy Jones. Originally issued like this ☝ in 1993.

4:51 AM
Mörglbl - Streets and Traps
Mörglbl Streets and Traps
Toons Tunes from the Past Free Electric Sound 2008

"Power-jazz-metal" group from France, founded by guitarist Christophe Godin in 1996/7.

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Originally issued in France this way☝in 1998.

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4:56 AM
Exivious - Asurim
Exivious Asurim
Exivious Exivious 2009

Prog Metal band, founded in Tilburg, Netherlands in 1997 - Disbanded in 2017.

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5:05 AM
Yes - Siberia (Studio Run-Through of Siberian Khatru)
Yes Siberia (Studio Run-Through of Siberian Khatru)
Close to the Edge (Deluxe Edition) Rhino Atlantic 2003

Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their symphonic style of progrock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, and elaborate album art. This studio run-through was recorded during the sessions for their 1972 LP.

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5:14 AM
Guapo - Five Suns III
Guapo Five Suns III
Five Suns Cuneiform Records 2003

Avant rock group from London, UK, founded in 1994.

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(If we stare hard enough, maybe we can become ᱬagma.)

5:25 AM
Minimum Vital - Danse pour la nouvelle alliance
Minimum Vital Danse pour la nouvelle alliance
Esprit d'amor Musea 1997

French progressive rock band established in the early 1980s by the Payssan twins, with strong medieval influences.

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5:31 AM
Garmarna - Euchari
Garmarna Euchari
Hildegard von Bingen Massproduktion 2001

Swedish folk rock band, formed in 1990. This release featured modernized compositions of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, (and all around good egg), during the High Middle Ages.

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5:35 AM
Estampie - A Voi Gente
Estampie A Voi Gente
Signum NOIR RECORDS 2005

German Neo-Medieval band founded in 1985 by Sigrid Hausen, Michael Popp and Ernst Schwindl.

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5:44 AM
Le Orme - Evasione totale
Le Orme Evasione totale
Collage Universal Music Italia srL. 1971

Le Orme was born in the sixties in Venice as a beat group, and evolved to become one of the major groups of the Rock Progressivo Italiano scene.

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5:51 AM
Boud Deun - The Quince Tree
Boud Deun The Quince Tree
Astronomy Made Easy Cuneiform Records 1997

Virginia based progrock group.

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5:58 AM
David Fiuczynski's Headless Torsos - Cherry Red
David Fiuczynski's Headless Torsos Cherry Red
Amandala Fuzelicious Morsels 2001

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Screaming Headless Torsos, without the vocalist.