
Blurred and Obscured with Jonathan Herweg | WFMU
WFMU
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
Networks:
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
A Hardened Equanimity-painting "Connecting Vibrations" by Abreesha Jones from Nov 16, 2025
11/17/2025
N/a - "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins" - N/A [0:00:00]
Shaid Bolsen - "America Is The Parasite" - N/A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opC05jKWZvI] [0:00:59]
Werner Herzog - "In The Broken Nation" - Mister Lonely OST [0:01:02]
Perrache - "X" - Letter to Jane EP [https://perrache.bandcamp.com/album/letter-to-jane-ep] [0:02:03]
Jonah Parzen-Johnson & Lau Nau - "Flight Attendant" - A Few We Remember [https://jonahpj.bandcamp.com/album/a-few-we-remember-2] [0:04:46]
Exodus Sexus - "Jesus Saves" - Soirée privée [Julien Lheuillier
https://scumyrearth.bandcamp.com/album/exodus-sexus-soir-e-priv-e] [0:09:07]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern` [0:28:34]
Alexander Ross - "Aducanumab Chair" - Nested [https://vonconflon.bandcamp.com] [0:35:57]
Xexa - "Transversive Line" - Kissom [https://principediscos.bandcamp.com/album/kissom] [0:37:42]
Johnny Coley - "Tiny Talkers" - Suggests Nightfall [https://sweetwreath.bandcamp.com/album/suggests-nightfall] [0:41:48]
Shelter & Orion - "Waks Land Crater" - Orion Music Versions [https://tomvalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/orion-music-versions] [0:42:40]
Francis Bacon - "The Fact Of Making Your Mark By Mistake" - N/A [0:48:10]
Unmarry Me - "Spanner In The Hirt" - Clean Fight B/W Spanner In The Hurt [https://happy-soul-records.bandcamp.com/album/clean-fight-b-w-spanner-in-the-hurt] [0:48:42]
Joseph Nechvatal - "Cool Pseudo-Critical Dance Dilema" - Ex Stasis 69 [https://pentiments.bandcamp.com/album/ex-stasis-69] [0:51:52]
noise xhurxh - "fallen arch" - beef bearer [https://e-ari.bandcamp.com/album/beef-bearer] [0:55:08]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [1:01:05]
Derek Monypeny - "Live Improv" - Live @ Union Pool 10/6/25 [1:06:59]
Bill Orcutt - "The World Without Me" - Another Perfect Day [https://billorcutt.bandcamp.com/album/another-perfect-day] [1:16:41]
Amelia Tabeï - "Liturgie" - Donna Sol [https://ameliatabei.bandcamp.com] [1:21:22]
Leyden Jars - "Ithmus 2" - Frogeries [https://leydenjars.bandcamp.com/album/forgeries] [1:22:35]
Lia Kohl - "Walking Home.Chicago" - Various Small Whistles and A Song [https://liakohl.bandcamp.com/album/various-small-whistles-and-a-song] [1:24:38]
Finn Strueper - "What It's Like To Be A Bat 1" - What It's Like To Be A Ba [https://finn-streuper.bandcamp.com/album/what-it-s-like-to-be-a-bat-4] [1:25:37]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [1:28:32]
Evan Parker / Jean-Marc Foussat - "Innocence" - Insolence [https://nashazphone.bandcamp.com] [1:41:37]
Tom Skinner - "There is Nothing To Be Scared Of" - Kaleidoscopic Visions [https://tom-skinner.bandcamp.com/album/kaleidoscopic-visions] [1:51:52]
Lucian Ban / John Surman / Mat Maneri - "Dowery Song" - Cantica Profana [1:54:44] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/158172
Duration:02:09:12
A Bold New Rendering-Live set by Derek Monypeny-Painting "Ladybug" by Joan Mitchell from Nov 9, 2025
11/9/2025
- "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins" [0:00:00]
Anthony Burgess - "Can Art Be Immortal?" - Conversations with the Anthony Burgess Archives (1964-1993) [https://anthonyburgess2.bandcamp.com/album/conversations-with-the-anthony-burgess-archives-1964-1993] [0:01:02]
Andy Moor - "My Sleep" - Earth to You: Guitar Players Respond to a Short Story About a Guitar Player [https://sarajaffe.bandcamp.com/album/earth-to-you-guitar-players-respond-to-a-short-story-about-a-guitar-player
Any proceeds beyond basic expenses will be donated to grassroots efforts to support the people of Gaza.] [0:01:09]
Laura Jurd - "St James Infirmary" - Riites and Revelations [https://laurajurd.bandcamp.com/album/rites-revelations-3] [0:03:46]
Fabio Rambelli & Dirk Wachtelaer - "Trying Hard" - The Turning Point [https://fabiorambelli.bandcamp.com/album/the-turning-point] [0:08:54]
Anthony Burgess - "Can Art Be Immortal? Pt. 2" - Conversations with the Anthony Burgess Archives (1964-1993) [https://anthonyburgess2.bandcamp.com/album/conversations-with-the-anthony-burgess-archives-1964-1993?] [0:12:04]
Franz Kirmann - "Savana" - Almadies [https://franzkirmann.bandcamp.com/album/almadies] [0:13:25]
Alex Zethson / Johan Jutterström - "Ob ich dich liebe" - It Could / If I [https://astralzethsonjutterstrom.bandcamp.com/album/it-could-if-i] [0:17:52]
hung shao-huan / jef mertens / gert wyninckx / dirk wachtelaer - "Was it a car or a cat I saw?" - aibohphobia [https://dirkwachtelaer.bandcamp.com/album/aibohphobia
gert wynincks: bass clarinet, electronics )
dirk wachtelaer: drums] [0:21:24]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [0:28:38]
Karlheinz Stockhausen - "Organized Sound Changes You" - N/A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xyGtI7KKIY] [0:36:40]
Nowhere Flower - "Golden Power" - Ruts the Place [https://nowhereflower.bandcamp.com/album/ruts-the-place
Solo project of
artist & multi-instrumentalist Lila Jarzombek] [0:37:48]
Matt Baldwin - "Sketch For Nico" - Mysteries [https://psychicarts.bandcamp.com/album/mysteries-2] [0:40:23]
Natural Information Society - "Perseverance Flow, Rally Guts & Humors mix" - Perseverance Flow [https://eremiterecords.bandcamp.com/album/perseverance-flow] [0:42:18]
Apostolis Tziogkidis - "#1" - PostPrisma [https://apostolistziogkidis.bandcamp.com/album/postprisma] [0:46:07]
Jean-Louis Victor - "Réincarnation" - Spectra Ex Machina / A Sound Anthology of Occult Phenomena 1920-2017 Vol.2 [0:51:39]
Mai Mai Mai - "Grief (feat. Maya Al Khaldi)" - Karakoz [https://mapledeathrecords.bandcamp.com/album/karakoz] [0:55:21]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern` [0:59:52]
Derek Monypeny - "Mandibulled" - Live IN Studio B 11-10-25 [1:05:34]
Kali Malone + Drew McDowall - "Nothing Here Is Lost" - Magnetism [https://kalimalone.bandcamp.com/album/magnetism] [1:26:28]
Brad Rose - "Echoes Spilling Sideways" - Echoes Spilling Sideways [https://thejewelgarden.bandcamp.com] [1:33:34]
Pocket Dimension - "Take Off" - Take Off [https://charliebutler1.bandcamp.com/album/take-off] [1:54:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/157780
Duration:02:09:10
False Promises and Glaring Omissions-Painting "Fuck me # 1" by Pieter Schoolwerth from Oct 26, 2025
10/26/2025
- "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins"
Rick Roderick - "The Post Modern Trajectory" - Rick Roderick on Baudrillard - Fatal Strategies [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U9WMftV40c&t=1379s]
Keiji Haino & Shuta Hasunuma - "噴 Gush" - U TA [https://shutahasunuma.bandcamp.com/album/u-ta]
SML - "Odd Evens" - How You Been [https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/how-you-been
Anna Butterss - Electric Bass
Jeremiah Chiu - Modular Synthesizer, Live-sampling, Percussion,Synthesizers
Josh Johnson - Saxophone, Electronics,Synthesizers
Booker Stardrum - Drums, Percussion
Gregory Uhlmann - Guitar, Effects, Sampler, Electronics] [0:07:36]
Razen - "Neon Pretrichor" - Mirages [https://kraak.bandcamp.com/album/mirages] [0:09:39]
Steven R. Smith - "Terraplane" - Turning e.p. [https://worstward.bandcamp.com/album/turning-e-p] [0:13:21]
The Golding Institute - "Hot Dog On A Stick" - Sounds of The Golding Institute [https://ropeworm.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-of-the-golding-institute] [0:17:31]
Jonny Halifax Invocation - "Cosmic Fanfare (Fanfare Dub Mix) - Captain Future" - Açid Blüüs Räägs Vol.2 Remixed [https://jonnyhalifaxinvocation.bandcamp.com/album/a-id-bl-s-r-gs-vol-2-remixed] [0:19:32]
Trabant - "ott torony volt" - trabant II [https://purgexxx.bandcamp.com/album/trabant-ii] [0:25:17]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [0:28:42]
Karen Schoemer - "August 6" - August [https://dromedaryrecords.bandcamp.com/album/august] [0:39:30]
Badawi - "Tremors" - Dissociative Jazz [https://badawidub.bandcamp.com/album/dissociative-jazz] [0:41:15]
Blurry The Explorer - "Teşekkürler" - Blurry The Explorer [https://blurrytheexplorer.bandcamp.com/album/blurry-the-explorer] [0:43:53]
Yusef Komunyakaa - "Facing It" - Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like [0:48:01]
Eero Savela - "Venus" - Way To [https://mustikmotelmusic.bandcamp.com/album/way-to] [0:49:12]
Läuten der Seele - "Schiffbruch" - Unterhaltungen mit Larven und Überresten [https://worldofechomusic.bandcamp.com/album/l-uten-der-seele-unterhaltungen-mit-larven-und-berresten] [1:13:41]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern` [0:59:33]
Rick Roderick - "Baudrillard's Ecstasy of Communication" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U9WMftV40c&t=1405s] [1:07:30]
Keiji Haino & Shuta Hasunuma - "Finger" - U TA [https://shutahasunuma.bandcamp.com/album/u-ta] [1:08:09]
Jacques Charlier - "Tout Va Bien" - Art In Another Way [https://jacques-charlier.bandcamp.com/album/art-in-another-way] [1:10:19]
Jordi Santanach - "II" - Strata [https://cosimapitz.bandcamp.com/album/strata] [1:14:46]
Joachim Badenhorst / Nicola Lancerotti / Gert Wyninckx / Dirk Wachtelaer - "28,9°C" - Canicule [https://dirkwachtelaer.bandcamp.com/album/canicule] [1:21:00]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [1:32:56]
Rick Roderick - "Identity Flux" [1:37:35]
CJA - "I Wanna Go Out And Play" - I Wanna Go Out And Play [https://cjathepirate.bandcamp.com/album/i-wanna-go-out-play] [1:38:53]
Tim Barnes - "Right To Roam(Excerpt)" - Inside Energy [https://timbarnes.bandcamp.com/album/inside-energy-2
https://www.gofundme.com/f/tim-barnes-medical-expenses] [1:52:19] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/157460
Duration:02:10:24