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The New Abnormal

Sep 28, 2021 3:00 AM – 6:00 AM

With ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ

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The New Abnormal
3:00 AM
Kenny Wheeler - 3/4 In the Afternoon
Kenny Wheeler 3/4 In the Afternoon
Deer Wan ECM Records 1978

Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, born 14 January 1930 in Toronto, died 18 September 2014 in London, England. Jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player.

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3:07 AM
Set Break: over “Strangelands (From Sherriff Era)” by Sensations Fix
3:09 AM
Arild Andersen - 305 W 18th St
Arild Andersen 305 W 18th St
Clouds In My Head ECM 1975

Jazz bassist, born 27 October 1945 in Lillestrøm, Norway.

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3:13 AM
Prasanna - 8th Avenue and East Mada Street
Prasanna 8th Avenue and East Mada Street
Electric Ganesha Land Susila Music 2006

Prasanna Ramaswamy plays electric guitar, and was trained in Carnatic classical music, but he has a strong interest in rock and jazz. This concept recording imagines if Jimi Hendrix had been born in South India.

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3:17 AM
Weather Report - 125th Street Congress
Weather Report 125th Street Congress
Sweetnighter Columbia/Legacy 1973

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3:29 AM
David Fiuczynski and John Medeski - 122 St. Marks
David Fiuczynski and John Medeski 122 St. Marks
Lunar Crush Gramavision 1994

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3:34 AM
Allan Holdsworth - 54 Duncan Terrace (Dedicated to Pat Smythe)
Allan Holdsworth 54 Duncan Terrace (Dedicated to Pat Smythe)
Secrets (Remastered) Allan Holdsworth 1989

Allan Holdsworth (born 6 August 1946; Bradford, West Yorkshire, England – died 16 April 2017; Vista, California) was a guitarist and composer best known for his work in jazz fusion.

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3:39 AM
Mattias IA Eklundh - 6 Rue Cordot
Mattias IA Eklundh 6 Rue Cordot
Freak Guitar - The Smorgasbord Thunderstruck/Favored Nations Entertainment 2013

Mattias Bernt Johannes Eklundh (born 6 October 1969), also known as IA, is a Swedish guitarist and vocalist. He is known for his work with Freak Kitchen, Jonas Hellborg and Art Metal, and he has also produced several solo Freak Guitar albums released by Steve Vai and Favored Nations.

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The "IA" is an abbreviation from MattIAs. That's all.
3:40 AM
Set Break: over “Lagu-Kodok (Frog Song)” by Genggong Batur Sari, Batuan
3:44 AM
Egg - Seven Is A Jolly Good Time
Egg Seven Is A Jolly Good Time
The Metronomical Society Egg Archive 2007

Band formed in 1969 by Dave Stewart (organ), Mont Campbell (bass/vocals) and Clive Brooks (drums), after the disbanding of their previous band Uriel when Steve Hillage left for college. This self-released CD compiles archival recordings from 1969-1972.

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3:47 AM
Chad Wackerman - All Sevens
Chad Wackerman All Sevens
The View CMP Records 1993

Jazz, jazz fusion and rock drummer (born25 March 1960 in Long Beach, California). Best known for his work as a drummer and percussionist in Frank Zappa's band from 1981 to 1988.

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3:55 AM
Supersister - 11_8
Supersister 11_8
Present from Nancy Red Bullet 1970

Dutch progressive rock band, existed from approx. 1970-1974. They had a sound very much in the Canterbury scene, and if I had to compare them to another band it would be Caravan .

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Present From Nancy is their debut LP.

3:59 AM
Set Break: over “Scratchings On The Bible Belt” by Rain Tree Crow (aka Japan)
4:01 AM
SFF (Schicke, Führs & Fröhling) - 1580
SFF (Schicke, Führs & Fröhling) 1580
Sunburst Brain 1977

Schicke & Führs & Fröhling were a progressive rock band from Germany established in the mid 1970's. SFF were born out of the earlier King Crimson inspired Spektakel.

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4:07 AM
Ashra - 77 Slightly Delayed
Ashra 77 Slightly Delayed
Blackouts Virgin 1978

Pioneering guitar and electronics outfit from Berlin. Ashra were formerly known as Ash Ra Tempel, but when reduced to the solo project of Manuel Göttsching.

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4:13 AM
King Sunny Ade - 365 Is My Number / The Message
King Sunny Ade 365 Is My Number / The Message
Ju Ju Music Universal-Island Records Ltd. 1982

Sunday Adeniyi Adegey was born on 22 September 1946 in Oshogbo, Ondo State, Nigeria.

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Juju Music is the 1982 major label debut of Nigerian jùjú band King Sunny Adé and His African Beats. It represented the first worldwide release for Adé, who was already established in his native Nigeria.

4:21 AM
Maneige - 11 juillet
Maneige 11 juillet
Ni vent... Ni nouvelle ProgQuébec 1977

From Quebec (1972-1983), Maneige are probably one of the best examples of what fusion music can be by blending in classical and folk elements together with jazz tones, with the whole thing having a very progressive rock ideal, and could also fit the chamber rock style.

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4:25 AM
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - 100 Years of Excellence
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic 100 Years of Excellence
The Iridium Controversy Cuneiform Records 2003

Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic play an eclectic blend of rock, avant-garde noise, punk, classical, minimalist and free-form music. They began in the early 80's as a side project by pianist/percussionist Roger Miller and guitarist Martin Swope from Boston's Mission of Burma. They've gone through many line-up changes.

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Roger Dean did the album cover.

4:30 AM
the cellar and point - 0852
the cellar and point 0852
Ambit Cuneiform Records 2014

Formed in 2010, "the cellar and point" is an adventurous, NYC based garage-chamber septet whose musical universe combines modern concert music, the improvisational sensibilities of downtown jazz, and the emotional directness of alt-rock.

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Yeah, just this one release...


4:35 AM
David Sylvian & Robert Fripp - 20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song)
David Sylvian & Robert Fripp 20th Century Dreaming (A Shaman's Song)
Damage Discipline Global Mobile 2019

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Two versions of this CD. One mixed by Fripp and the other mixed by Sylvian, with a few different tracks and playing order.

After scattered collaborations from the late 1980s, Fripp asked Sylvian to join a new version of his band King Crimson. Sylvian proposed a collaborative album. "Though very flattered, I decided that I didn’t feel equipped to take on the whole baggage and history that comes with being a member of King Crimson. So instead we took the offer of the tour as an opportunity to write material for an album."

4:43 AM
David Torn - 3 Minutes of Pure Entertainment
David Torn 3 Minutes of Pure Entertainment
Cloud About Mercury ECM Records 1987

Born 26 May 1953 in Amityville, New York.

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4:50 AM
Set Break: over “Gondwanaland” by Djam Karet with Kit Watkins
4:54 AM
Dhafer Youssef - 27th Century Ethos
Dhafer Youssef 27th Century Ethos
Divine Shadows Jazzland recordings Norway 2006

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5:01 AM
Nguyên Lê - 6H55 (with Illyar Amar, Chris Jennings & John Hadfield)
Nguyên Lê 6H55 (with Illyar Amar, Chris Jennings & John Hadfield)
Streams (with Illyar Amar, Chris Jennings & John Hadfield) ACT Music 2019

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5:05 AM
Mörglbl - 11 Casse
Mörglbl 11 Casse
Brütal Romance Free Electric Sound 2012

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Mörglbl is a French power jazz metal fusion band founded in 1997-8. This is their 5th release.

5:07 AM
Dirk Quinn Band - 7 Swings
Dirk Quinn Band 7 Swings
Live at Home Dirk Quinn Music 2012

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From Philly.

5:15 AM
Set Break: over “Demon Train” by Djam Karet
5:18 AM
Banco de Gaia - 144K?
Banco de Gaia 144K?
The Magical Sounds of Banco De Gaia (Special Edition) Disco Gecko Recordings 2011

Banco De Gaia began as a solo project of Toby Marks producing a variety of dance and chill-out music often featuring tribal samples.

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5:27 AM
dZihan & Kamien - 2 Minutes
dZihan & Kamien 2 Minutes
Refreaked Six Degrees 2001

Vlado Dzihan comes from a musical family in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia and Mario Kamien was raised in Switzerland.

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5:32 AM
Midival Punditz - 136
Midival Punditz 136
Midival Times Six Degrees Travel Series 2005

From Delhi.

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5:39 AM
Flying Lotus - 9 Carrots (feat. Toro y Moi)
Flying Lotus 9 Carrots (feat. Toro y Moi)
Flamagra Warp Records 2019

Flying Lotus is an experimental multi-genre music producer, DJ, and laptop musician Steven Ellison. His great aunt is Alice Coltrane. 🕉️

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5:42 AM
Cocteau Twins - Three Swept
Cocteau Twins Three Swept
Bluebeard Fontana 1993

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Originally issued on the Bluebeard EP, associated with Four Calendar Cafe.

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I spy two 45-rpm spindle adapters...

5:45 AM
Azam Ali - Forty One Ways
Azam Ali Forty One Ways
Elysium for the Brave Six Degrees Travel Series 2006

The vocalist from Vas and Niyaz, with her 2nd solo release.

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5:51 AM
Set Break: over “City of the Dead” by David Torn
5:54 AM
Allan Holdsworth - 5 to 10
Allan Holdsworth 5 to 10
Wardenclyffe Tower (Remastered) Allan Holdsworth 1992

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