10/25/25 - Jam_19

"And finally, with my system on the third plane, I've been trying to evolve my work in a way that would allow for transposition into the dream state, transposition into narrative logics, transposition as part of the new medieval time space that we're moving towards." - Anthony Braxton, 2021 Quietus interview.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Lattie Murrell	Wolf's At Your Door	Wolf's At The Door: Lost Recordings From The Spirits of the South	Sutro Park	2010 (late 60s/early 70s)	Old country blues tune from archival compilation.
Anthony Braxton	BOR----H (Opus 23E)	Five Pieces	Arista	1975	Avant-garde saxophonist, AACM figure. Coherent, jazz-oriented composition combining jazz and modern European classical.
Baterdene	The Gallop of Jonon Khar	The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings	2002	Mongolian tatlaga genre; tells story of the origin of the horsehead fiddle.
Lalleshwari	Dark Angel	Lullabies in a Glass Wilderness	n/a	2005	UK art pop/darkwave; lo-fi 4-track recording with modern production.
Crazy Wisdom Masters	Book of Rhyme Pages	Crazy Wisdom Masters	n/a	1992	Experimental hip hop from Native Tongues collective; group included Sensational (Torture) and Jungle Brothers.
Babylon Zoo	Spaceman	The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes	EMI	1996	One hit wonder; begins as alternative dance, majority is alt/space rock. Levi's commercial.
MC 900 ft Jesus	But If You Go	One Step Ahead of the Spider	American Recordings	1994	Abstract hip hop with acid jazz/trip hop resemblance.
King Sunny Ade	365 Is My Number/The Message	Juju Music	Mango	1982	Yoruba juju music fused with early 80s electronic effects.
The Action	Brain	Rolled Gold	Dig the Fuzz	1997 (1967-1968)	Freakbeat/mod track anticipating 80s indie psychedelia; straightforward, minimal approach.
Mark & Suzann Farmer	Dreams	We've Been There	MSJ Records	1978	Stripped-back, sparse Fleetwood Mac cover; recorded on 4-track in living room; ghostly atmosphere.

10/18/25 - Jam_18

"Back then, there was no perfect school of music. You had to depend on yourself and discover who you really are, what you wanted to do, and how you really wanted to do it." - Lonnie Liston Smith

Listen to the show below!

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Lonnie Liston Smith	Colors of the Rainbow	Visions of a New World	Flying Dutchman	1975	Cosmic jazz-funk.
Thom Brennan	Incense and Rain	Mist	mp3.com	2000	Ambient music made using only synthesizers.
Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz	Invisible Road	The Invisible Road; Original Recordings, 1985-1990	Freedom to Speed	2024 (1985-1990)	"World fusion" or tribal ambient. Blend of mysticism and cinematic sound.
Marcos Valle	Previsao Do Tempo	Previsao Do Tempo	Odeon	1973	Tropical jazz-funk with mellow bossa nova atmosphere.
Michael Gregory Jackson	Prelueoionti	Clarity	Bija	1977	Acoustic guitar loft jazz with American primitivist structure.
Terry Callier	Spin Spin Spin	The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier	Prestige	1966	Chicago folk.
Alceu Valenca & Geraldo Azevedo	Planetario	Quadrafonico	Copacabana	1972	Psychedelic Brazilian folk, udigrudi.
Leonardo V. Boccia	Auaua Flori	Homenagem	WR Discos	1984	Warm Brazilian fusion mixing bossa nova, northern Brazilian folk music, and subtle electronics.
Michael Martin Murphey	Cosmic Cowboy Pt. 1	Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir	A&M Records	1973	Texas country rock/progressive country.
Jaime Sin Tierra	Azafata	Autochocador	Sin Tierra	2000	Argentine art rock blending indie rock and neo-psychedelia.

10/11/25 - Jam_17

"In Africa, everything means something. We don't make up something just to make up something -- there's always a tradition behind the whole thing." - Mor Thiam in a TV interview

Listen to the show below!

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Mor Thiam	Kanfera	Dini Safarrar	RITE Records	1973	Afro spiritual jazz from Akon's father.
Son 14	El senor	Son 14	Egrem	1982	Electrified son cubano.
Harvey Scales & the Seven Sounds	Broadway Freeze	N/A	Magic Touch Records	1968	Reference-heavy 60s funk/soul.
Edan featuring Dagha	Rock and Roll	Beauty and the Beat	Lewis Recordings	2005	Abstract hip-hop using a smart psychedelic rock sample.
Notekillers	Pilgrim Tale	Notekillers (1977-1981)	Estatic Peace!	2004 (1977-1981)	Ealy post-hardcore example from an instrumental Philadelphia no wave band.
Vyto B	Electronic Enforcer	Tricentennial 2076	Clay Pidgeon	1976	Sci-fi psychedelic folk about machines only being able to do what they're programmed to do -- timely!
Danny Ben-Israel	Bad Trip	Kathmandu Sessions	Merry Records	2003 (1970s)	Experimental tape manipulation (rewind) track with psychedelic leanings appropriate within the time it was recorded.
Nidikho Xaba & the Natives	Freedom	Nidikho Xaba & the Natives	Trilyte	1971	Spiritual jazz sermon of sorts from a South African man in the 70s San Fran spiritual jazz scene.
Spring Heel Jack	Double Cross	Amassed	Thirsty Ear	2002	Avant-garde jazz that somewhat links with the 70s loft jazz movement in abstraction. High dynamics with low volume.
Ruben Blades	Maestra vida	Maestra vida: Segunda parte	Fania	1980	Song about the difficulties of life as a whole from lauded salsa singer. Highlighting the lesser known concept/high conscious records (as opposed to Siembra with Willie Colon).

10/04/25 - Jam_16

 Note the Spotify playlist lacks "The Misfit" by Scatman John:

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Anthony Red Rose	Tempo	Family Man	VP Records	1994 (1985)	Digital dancehall produced by King Tubby (dub master).
Amnesty	Can I Help You?	Free Your Mind	Now-Again Records	1973 (2007)	Archival release of 70s jazz-funk-soul band.
Milton Wright	The Silence That You Keep	Friends and Buddies	Altson Records	1975	Soul from 70s Miami.
John Larkin	The Misfit	John Larkin	Transistion	1985	Later famous europop "scatman," originally avant-garde/free jazz pianist.
Henry Threadgill	I Can't Wait Till I Get Home	Easily Slip Into Another World	Artisa Novus	1988	Original loft jazz movement saxophonist, still sticking to that low-key intimate jazz setting.
Steven Bernstein	Roumania, Roumania	Diaspora Soul	Tzadik	1999	Klezmer and afro-cuban jazz fusion.
President	Hearts Are Broken	Bring Yr Camera	Elektra Musician	1988	Jazz-rock with art rock/free improv elements. Very cheesy, but still heavily associated with the experimental Tzadik label.
Rei Harakami	Nijizou	Wasuremono	Sublime Records	2006	Some nice, gentle IDM to close the show.

04/12/25 - Jam_15

"Yes, you’ve got to sing from the depths of the heart. Without heart you cannot be a Qawwal. You sing the songs every day, so even though there is quite a lot, you remember it." -- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

 Listen to the show live at below!

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	Aaj Sik Mitran Di	Chain of Light	Real World	2024 (1990)	Qawwali lament in Punjabi Sufi tradition. Big global reach due to Peter Gabriel-founded label Real World. Very famous and iconic singer in Pakistan.
Orchestra Harlow	Silencio	Salsa	Fania	1973	Dramatic salsa dura track from Jewish-American bandleader Larry Harlow. Released on the most important salsa label ever Fania.
Ada Richard	I'm Drunk & I'm Real High (In the Spirit of God)	Good God! Born Again Funk	Numero Group	2010 (1971)	Gospel-funk from a Detroit beauty parlor owner. Discovered by Numero Group.
The Fendermen	Mule Skinner Blues	N/A	Soma	1960	Novelty rockabilly hit recorded with two Fender guitars plugged into the same amp.
Mapenda Seck	Boul Ma Dieuye	Loubess	KSF	2000	Rhythmic Senegalese mbalax from a member of Orchestra Baobab. Brother of the more famous Thione Seck.
Prince Far I	Plant Up	Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter III	Daddy Kool	1980	Dub reggae deep heavy on studio effects. Deep vocal toasting.
Guitar	House Full of Time	Sunkissed	Morr	2002	Dreamy shoegaze from a German duo. Bright and melodic.
Units	I-Night	Units	N/A	1979	Ahead-of-its-time synth punk track. A bridge between late-70s DIY and 2000s indie futurism.

04/05/25 - Jam_14

"In short, Sudden Sway shared my belief that the rules were there to be ignored and that anything was possible." -- Mike Alway, A&R that 'discovered' Sudden Sway

 Listen to the show below!

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Wujuseon	Superhero	Superhero	N/A	2006	One of the few early experimental hip-hop releases from SK. Duo made up of Von and Giant. Released one album. Name means spaceship in Korean.
Sudden Sway	Ah Metal Blossom	Spacemate	Blanco y Negro	1986	80s art pop collective. Influences from bands like A Certain Ratio.
Christian Marclay	His Master's Voice (Excerpt)	Records	N/A	1997	Recorded some time betwen 1981-1989. One of the earliest turntable-as-music adopters.
Bulgarian State Television Female Choir	Pilentze Pee	Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares	Shelter	1972	Eastern European traditional vocal music. A result of fifteen years of recording collection.
Bernard Parmegiani	Accidents - Harmoniques	De Natura Sonorum	INA-GRM	1978	Musique concrete from a large figure in the style. Well put together textures.
Moonriders	Chou C Chou	Don't Trust Over Thirty	T.E.N.T.	1986	80s art pop band. Led by Keiichi Suzuki, a lead composer of the Mother (Earthbound) soundtracks.
George Smallwood	Loser	Loser	PPU	2016	Blind singer from Washington, D.C. Garage soul from 70s/80s. Recorded some time between 1975-2015.
Negra Branca	O Espatelar do Linho	Antologia de Musica Atipica Portuguesa, Vol. 1: O Trabalho	Discrepant	2017	Portuguese electroacoustic music.
Jean-Michel Jarre	Eromachine	N/A	Pathe	1970	Debut single from huge progressive electronic figure. Experimental/musique concrete track.
African Head Charge	Off The Beaten Track	Off The Beaten Track	On-U	1986	80s UK post-punk dub. Led by Jamaican drummer, a rarity in UK dub.
E. Willey Von Huff-N-Puff	Just Wish You Were Here	Friends-Lovers & Estranged X's	P.E.G.	1982	Weird and esoteric funk/soul.

03/29/25 - Jam_13

"There was more resistance to the fact I was using computers than to the fact that I was a woman doing music." -- Laurie Spiegel

 Listen to the show below!

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Laurie Spiegel	The Unquestioned Answer	The Expanding Universe	Philo	1980 (1974-1976)	A soft and atmospheric piece of progressive electronic music. Spiegel's work at Bell Labs places her in the lineage of early electronic pioneers, though emerging during the Kraftwerk revolution.
Krok	Breath of Night Kyiv	Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archies 1971-1996	Light in the Attic	2024 (early 1980s)	A jazz fusion piece from the waning years of the USSR. Smooth and polished. Carries a cosmopolitan tone similar to city pop.
T. Dyson & Company	It's All Over	N/A	Cyndee Music	1980	A rare bedroom synth-funk single from Chicago. Reissued for RSD 2021.
Ellen McIlwaine	Higher Ground	The Real Ellen McIlwaine	Kot'ai	1975	A guitar-and-voice psychedelic blues take on Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground." McIlwaine is generally known for blending folk and blues influences.
Mr. Fingers	Mystery of Love	N/A	Alleviated	1985	Dub-influenced house track by Larry Heard, one of house music's pioneers. Bass-forward mix and experimental textures.
Res	700 Mile Situation	How I Do	MCA	2001	A neo-soul track from Res' debut album, How I Do, which mixes alt-rock, trip-hop, and post-punk revival elements.
Dwight Sykes	Where Ever You Are	Songs Vol. 1	Peoples Potential Unlimited	2013 (1980-1990)	Moody and nocturnal synth-funk track with lo-fi aesthetics. Accidentally aligns itself with vaporwave.
Wilburn Burchette	Birth of a Witch	Guitar Grimoire	Burchette Brothers	1973	Solo guitar piece from a self-taught musician who infused his sound with Tibetan mysticism.
Steve Hiett	Blue Beach - Welcome to Your Beach	Down on the Road by the Beach	Sony/CBS	1983	A dreamy ambient pop track from a photographer-turned-one-time-musician. Originally released exclusively in Japan.