"We were not trying to please anyone but ourselves with our choice of songs." - Rick Bockner (Mad River)
Listen to the show below!
| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mad River | Amphetamine Gazelle | Mad River | Capitol | 1968 | Haight-Ashbury–aligned psychedelic rock with strong blues, folk, and country influence. Formed in Ohio in 1966 before settling into the California scene. Early example of how experimental late-60s singles could be. |
| Psyco on da Bus | Many Questions | Psyco on da Bus | Comet | 2001 | One-off collaboration involving Doctor L., session players, and Tony Allen. Often labeled afrobeat, though the sound leans toward acid jazz and jazz-fusion with sparse vocals and instrumental focus. |
| Darkleaf | Eclectic Storm | F… the People | Ubiquity | 2002 | West coast group working in abstract hip-hop. Emerged from the Unity Committee's breakup in the early 1990s. Part of the lineage that also produced Jurassic 5, though with a very different sonic identity. |
| Boyd Rice | Hatesville | The Way I Feel | Caciocavallo | 2000 | Industrial pioneer with roots in early punk and RE/Search circles. Satirical piece using a calm vocal delivery over an exotica-styled backdrop, reflecting his fascination with provocation and countercultural themes. |
| Zombie 619er | Eternal Measurements (feat. Koobatoo Asparagus) | Android Masters | Self-released | 1996 | Lo-fi electronic work regarded as an early ancestor of cloud rap. Dreamlike production and heavy ambience shaped partly by tape recording qualities. |
| El Stew | Vintage | No Hesitation / featured on Planetary Natural Love Gas Webbin' 199999 | 1999 | Track highlighted through DJ Pica Pica Pica's disorienting, stylistically varied mix. AKA Yamatsuka Eye, a major figure in Japanese noise and experimental music circles. | |
| Caspar Brötzmann Massaker | Bohmen | Black Axis | Marat | 1989 | Noise rock rooted in ideas associated with totalism and minimalist offshoots interpreted through amplified rock instrumentation. Berlin-based collective led by Caspar Brötzmann. |
| Peter Brötzmann, Fred van Hove & Han Bennink | Einheitsfrontlied Part 1 | Einheitsfrontlied (single) | FMP | 1973 | European free-jazz trio interpreting a 1930s labor movement song before launching into their signature abrasive improvisation style. |
| Mal Waldron | Space Walk | Up Popped the Devil | Enja | 1974 | Dark modal post-bop with a brooding, meditative quality. Sits apart from contemporary trends in jazz fusion, spiritual jazz, and free improvisation of the era. |
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