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An underground journey through the history of psychedelic rock, modern music, shimmering noise, free jazz, punk, funk, children's records played at the wrong speed, tape cut-up, static, the composition of decomposition, and subversive spoken word.

Location:

East Orange, NJ

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WFMU

Description:

An underground journey through the history of psychedelic rock, modern music, shimmering noise, free jazz, punk, funk, children's records played at the wrong speed, tape cut-up, static, the composition of decomposition, and subversive spoken word.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Futile Anxiety In The Age Of Unease-Painting "Rinauserose Viltritites" by Gaston Duf from Aug 10, 2025

8/10/2025
N/A - "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins" - N/A [0:00:00] Werner Herzog - "Poetic Ecstatic Truth!!" - Excerpt from The Minnesota Declaration (Manifesto) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2K5BnT8Og] [0:00:26] YPY - "Dreams" - Zurhyrethm ズリレズム [https://emrecords.bandcamp.com/album/zurhyrethm] [0:00:34] John Cale featuring Tony Allen - "Long Way Out of Pain" - MiXology (volume 1) [0:03:04] Leslie Winer - "Skin" - When I Hit You, You'll Feel It [https://lesliewiner.bandcamp.com/album/when-i-hit-you-youll-feel-it] [0:09:16] Wojciech Rusin - "Flesh Eater" - Honey for the Ants [https://wojciechrusin.bandcamp.com/album/honey-for-the-ants] [0:13:14] Andrea Giommi - "Away From Our Screams" - Blurred Words 2025 [Submission to the "Blurred Words' Project 2025...] [0:16:40] Ben Zarik, Haggari Nakashe & gaop - "Bad Dreams Revisited" - Ben Zarik, Haggari Nakashe & gaop [https://benzarik.bandcamp.com] [0:17:58] The Northern Lighthouse Board - "Secret Worship" - Lost Worlds [https://thenorthernlighthouseboard.bandcamp.com/album/lost-worlds] [0:20:10] RG Rough - "88" - 80 [https://rgrough.bandcamp.com/album/80] [0:24:05] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [0:26:30] Unforced Levers - "Zonerin" - Repeat Of Tomorrow [https://unforcedlevers.bandcamp.com/track/resurrection-1 From a forthcoming record out in NOV>>] [0:34:37] Dead Air Fresheners - "Dungeons & Dada" - Astral Wildlife - split album [From a Split album -- Dead Air Fresheners & Four Dimensional Nightmare] [0:37:39] Anouck Genthon & Lionel Marchetti - "VERTICALE DE L'EST" - SUITE BLANCHE & ANGELICA [https://lionelmarchetti.bandcamp.com/album/suite-blanche-angelica-2025-composition-concr-te-concert] [0:42:18] Get The Blessing - "Vongole verdigris" - Pallett [https://gettheblessing.bandcamp.com/album/pallett] [0:47:58] David Bowie - "The Bible Of American Media (Stupid)" - N/A [https://www.instagram.com/p/DNCfIsSheh-/] [0:52:08] David Bowie - "America (Simon and Garfunkel Cover)" - Concert for NYC Live 2001 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afifZfUkU8I&list=RDafifZfUkU8I&start_radio=1] [0:53:54] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [0:57:58] Brett Carson - "The Killing Jar" - The Killing Jar [https://brettcarson.bandcamp.com/album/the-killing-jar] [1:03:43] Baldruin - "Klaue" - Klaue [https://baldruin.bandcamp.com] [1:04:45] FluFlaFen - "Salad Hussain" - Sorcery Sauce [https://wvsorcerer.bandcamp.com/album/sorcery-sauce This is the debut album of the band FluFlaFen. Everything you hear is 100% improvised and recorded live on the spot. It was recorded at Oil Underground in Beijing.] [1:06:11] Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends - "Sound then Words" - Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople [https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/saul-williams-meets-carlos-ni-o-friends-at-treepeople] [1:07:52] Chris Connelly - "Air Gallery (Extract)" - White Phosphorus (Chris Connelly plays Throbbing Gristle) [1:23:49] Lodewijk de Boer & Martijn Hasebos - "Except Side B" - A Question of Silence / Broken Mirrors [1:28:07] Cecyl Ruehlen - "Side A (excerpt)" - Oozetones / Fleshscapes [https://cecylruehlen.bandcamp.com/album/oozetones-fleshscapes] [1:30:49] Nicole Rampersaud - "Concurrent Panoramas Pt. 1" - Saudade [https://nicolerampersaud.bandcamp.com/album/sauda] [1:36:12] Peter Jefferies - "Down" - Duit On Tuesday [https://almosthalloweentimerecords.bandcamp.com/album/duit-on-tuesday] [1:38:43] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [1:41:50] Claire Rousay & Gretchen Korsmo - "Sunday Morning" - Quilted Lament [https://mappa.bandcamp.com/album/quilted-lament] [1:48:11] Guentner Spieth - "Chrysalis" - Conversation [1:53:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154951

Duration:02:08:22

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Indolence and Exertion-Painting by KIMMO KAIVANTO from Aug 3, 2025

8/3/2025
- "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins" [0:00:00] Ivanna Baranova - "After Laughter" - Suds Zine Vol. 3 [https://sudszine.bandcamp.com/album/volume-three] [0:00:37] Luke Loseth and Stefan Christoff - "Early Spring" - Early Spring [https://pyramidblood.bandcamp.com/album/early-spring] [0:01:01] Mark Vernon - "Chapter 6 - In the Ruins of Their Love" - Magneto Mori: Brussels [https://flamingpines.bandcamp.com/album/magneto-mori-brussels] [0:04:53] Andrea Belfi & Jules Reidy - "alto" - dessus oben alto up [https://andreabelfijulesreidy.bandcamp.com/album/dessus-oben-alto-up] [0:07:46] Tarquin Manek - "The Forbidden Rain" - Do You Know The Mind Of A Bullet? [https://tarquinmanek.bandcamp.com/album/do-you-know-the-mind-of-a-bullet] [0:16:10] Jeff Fuccillo & Ayal Senior - "I Have A Website" - From 5pm to 5am [https://ayalsenior.bandcamp.com/album/from-5pm-to-5am] [0:18:56] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [0:27:12] Die Körpertür - "14" - Mirlitonnades [https://mayaschwarzekatze.bandcamp.com/album/mirlitonnades] [0:33:39] ESCAPE-ISM - "Last of the Sellouts" - Charge of the Love Brigade [https://escape-ism.bandcamp.com/album/charge-of-the-love-brigade] [0:35:03] Frankie McNamara - "The Tepid Conviction's Of The Virtue Signalling Perfomative Liberal" - meditationsfortheanxiousmind [meditationsfortheanxiousmind https://www.instagram.com/p/DKWxb3Xo8jd/] [0:38:44] Ivan the Tolerable & Hawksmoor - "Atom Dub" - Atoms in the Void [https://libraryoftheoccult.bandcamp.com/album/atoms-in-the-void] [0:41:37] Eliot Krimsky - "Time Waves" - I Made My House [https://eliotkrimsky.bandcamp.com/album/i-made-my-house] [0:45:02] Mzylkypop - "Ughniat Alnaay" - For Gaza With Love Vol I [https://palmedacademy.com] [0:48:58] Dale Cornish - "Blindspot" - Altrusim [0:51:05] Organs Obsolete - "Glitch Pitch" - Void User [https://organsobsolete.bandcamp.com/album/void-user] [0:53:07] Mert Seger - "Heiter" - Empire Des Pulsions [https://plaquebristol.bandcamp.com/album/empire-des-pulsions] [0:56:24] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [1:00:54] Daniel Gianfranceschi - "I've Missed You Everywhere" - The Nightmare Continues [https://industrialcoast.bandcamp.com/album/the-nightmare-continues A Compilation to raise funds for THE SAMEER PROJECT - A donations based initiative, led by Palestinians, working to supply aid to displaced families in Gaza.] [1:09:45] Isak Hedtjärn - "Toner" - Kvarpan [https://isakhedtjrn.bandcamp.com/album/kvarpan] [1:11:34] Helvetia - "Why Am I Missing" - Essential Aliens [https://helvetiamusic.bandcamp.com/album/essential-aliens] [1:14:38] Amuleto Apotropaico - "Albedo e Rito" - Amuleto Apotropaico [https://p-e-r-f-label.bandcamp.com/album/amuleto-apotropaico] [1:16:59] Richie Culver - "Hottest Day of the Year" - Scream if You Don't Exist [https://rculver.bandcamp.com/album/scream-if-you-dont-exist] [1:22:31] Andrew Chalk - "Vl" - Mosaics [https://andrewchalk.bandcamp.com/album/mosaics] [1:25:24] ISOTROPÍA - "Last Supper (Piano Version)" - Women* Of Noise For Ocalenie [https://womenofnoise.bandcamp.com/album/for-ocalenie] [1:27:07] Anna Nacher & Marek Styczyński - "Przeczucie Wędrówki" - Barycz [https://infiniteexpanse.bandcamp.com] [1:31:33] Horvitz Morris Previte Trio - "Adagio" - Todos Santos [https://waynehorvitz.bandcamp.com/album/todos-santos] [1:35:47] Tim Davison - "A Message From the Rotovent" - View From The Gate [https://moonvillainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/view-from-the-gate] [1:40:53] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [1:45:35] Arkhad - "Fade" - Amulet of Tears [https://amuletoftears.bandcamp.com] [1:53:23] Thomas Poken - "Vector #6" - Vectors [https://thomaspoken.bandcamp.com/album/testing-area A short atmospheric noise piece that was made while testing out software and hardware equipment. It's a sound experiment using nothing but input feedback and digital effects.] [1:58:31] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154691

Duration:02:09:09

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The Surface Noise Of Life-Painting-Multiplier les sens by Englebert van Anderlecht from Jul 27, 2025

7/28/2025
- "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins" [0:00:00] Ozzy Osbourne - "1982 Night Flight Interview" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyJT-bi0lms] [0:00:43] Black Sabbath - "Wheels of Confusion / The Straightener" - Vol. 4 [0:03:35] Ozzy Osbourne - "Cameo as "The Preacher" in the 1986 film "Trick Or Treat"" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sl9pe9Jt70&list=RD9sl9pe9Jt70&start_radio=1] [0:09:29] Black Sabbath - "Symptom of the Universe" - Sabotage [0:10:30] Black Sabbath - "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath [0:17:00] Ozzy Osbourne - "The Ups and Downs of Rock N' Roll" [Interview From "Decline Of The Western Civilization Vol 2 The Metal Years"] [0:22:43] Black Sabbath - "Supernaut" - Vol. 4 [0:24:41] Ozzy Osbourne - "Sex Drugs and Sabbath" [Decline of the Western Civilization Vo. 2 The Metal Years interview] [0:28:20] Black Sabbath - "Sweat Leaf" - Master of Reality [0:28:51] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [0:33:54] Sudden Debt - "TXT" - Sudden Debt [https://newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com/album/sudden-debt-nwaed015] [0:44:04] Ellen Fullman and The Living Earth Show - "Concentrated Merry-Go-Round" - Elemental View [https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/elemental-view] [0:46:58] Blason - "Home" - Mer Changeante Version [https://bruitdirectdisques.bandcamp.com/album/supermalprodelica-et-blason-mer-changeante] [0:49:37] Las barbas indómitas - "Vespertilo" - Vespertilo [*Enrique del Castillo https://lasbarbasindomitas.bandcamp.com/album/vespertilo] [0:51:34] Phase Space - "Generator 1" - Degrees Of Freedom [https://rculver.bandcamp.com/album/scream-if-you-dont-exist] [0:53:04] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [1:03:35] Time Is Away - "Side One" - Lake [Jack Rollo and Elaine Tierney] [1:07:31] Go Kurosawa - "Autowalk" - Soft Shakes [https://gokurosawa.bandcamp.com/track/autowalk] [1:38:44] Dimos Vryzas - "Steamboat Peaceful Ride" - Blue Line Sequence [https://dimosvryzas.bandcamp.com/album/blue-line-sequence] [1:42:49] Sam Harris - "The Bell That Can't Be Unrung" [Everything of value that people get from religion can be had more honestly, without presuming anything on insufficient evidence. The rest is self-deception, set to music. — Sam Harris (15 March 2007), SamHarris.org] [1:46:58] Ivo Perelman / Nate Wooley / Matt Moran / Mark Helias / Tom Rainey - "A Modicum Of Blues Part 1" - A Modicum Of Blues [https://sluchaj.bandcamp.com/album/a-modicum-of-blues] [1:47:35] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154486

Duration:02:09:30

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A Mechanism For Incremental Progress-Live Set By Kristina Warren- Painting "Colors Of Grey" by Thu-Van Tran from Jul 20, 2025

7/20/2025
- "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins" [0:00:00] Kristina Warren - "The Morning The Fight Will Have Begun" [Spoken words sound collage by performed by Kristina Warren text taken from "Blood In My Eye' by George Jackson] [0:00:24] Malvern Brume - "Broken Bow​-​Tine" - Everything Was Supposed To Be So Easy (V/A) [https://leftalonelondon.bandcamp.com/album/everything-was-supposed-to-be-so-easy] [0:01:16] Stephen Fry - "The Problem With Political Correctness" [0:06:14] Phil Wilson - "Nobody's Scared (Subway Sect)" - Happy Families [Visit https://philwilson.bandcamp.com] [0:07:49] Solid Space - "Destination Moon" - Space Museum [https://solid-space.bandcamp.com/album/space-museum] [0:10:10] Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka - "Rabbit's Hole" - Hiraeth [https://sofiebirchantoninanowacka.bandcamp.com/album/hiraeth] [0:12:49] Wormhook - "Listen Out" - Lullaby's From An Unlaguaged Underneath [https://wormhook.bandcamp.com/album/lullabys-from-an-unlanguaged-underneath] [0:14:15] Ameel Brecht - "Wild Grass, Tall Grass" - Exodus [https://ameelbrecht.bandcamp.com/album/exodus] [0:18:15] Music behind DJ: Gas 1 - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [0:26:23] Richard Youngs - "Zerkelus I" - Zerkelus [https://nofansrecords.bandcamp.com/album/zerkelus] [0:35:16] Jas Shaw - "Passing By A Factory" - Between The Seed and The Timber [https://teethrecs.bandcamp.com/album/between-the-seed-and-the-timber] [0:53:39] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [0:59:52] Kristina Warren - "l. Rectangles ll. Triangles lll. Circles" - Live in Studio B [https://kmwarren.bandcamp.com/album/three-rivulets] Victoria Keddie - "Blame" - Pshal, P’shaw [https://raster-raster.bandcamp.com/album/pshal-p-shaw] [1:43:21] Yaelllavie - "JLM Blues" - {*} [https://akuphone.bandcamp.com/album/-] [1:44:07] Xu - "Aurora's Flicker" - Murmurs of the Machine [https://le-mont-analogue.bandcamp.com] [1:48:42] Perila - "Untitled (EDIT)" - Live at Cafe Oto [https://paralaxe-editions.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-cafe-oto] [1:53:36] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154205

Duration:02:08:01