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"Musical Odyssey" with Professor G (archive)

Thursday, June 5, 2025 | 16:00 to 18:00 | Playlist

New Artist Song Album Label Comments
* Djrum A Tune For Us Under Tangled Silence Houndstooth
* Various Artists abentis - Dimples Pattern Gardening Wisdom Teeth Label founded by K-Lona and Facta; oddball house music
* Footshooter The Loop The Oasis Tru Thoughts London producer, first LP in 4 years; new to Tru Thoughts
Modjo Lady (Roy's Universal Radio Mix) 12" vinyl Universal Music Publishing Released in 2000; remix by Roy Davis Jr
* Tim Hecker 06 Joyride Alternate Shards Kranky
* The Lijadu Sisters Not Any Longer Horizon Unlimited Numero Group Originally released in 1979, their 5th album, on the Afrodisia label
Francis Bebey Quand Le Soleil Est La Quand Le Soleil Est La (Alternate Drum Machine Version) Trésor Magnétique Africa Seven Cameroonian composer, singer, and musicologist, 1929-2001
Zazou Bikaye Le Menteur (Mokosi) Mr. Manager Crammed Discs Zazou Bikaye was an alliance between Congolese musician/vocalist Bony Biyake and French composer/producer Hector Zazou. This album only came out on vinyl, in 1985; Crammed Discs reissued it with 9 additional tracks and including a digital version
IKOQWE The Principle (O Príncipio) The Beginning, the Medium, the End and the Infinite Crammed Discs Angolan Portuguese producer Batida and Angolan rapper Ikonoclasta, 2021 album
Habib Koite & Bamada Massake Afriki Cumbancha Malian guitarist and singer, with his band Bamada; 2007 release
IKOQWE The Infinite (O Infinito) The Beginning, the Medium, the End and the Infinite Crammed Discs
Meridian Brothers Somos Los Residentes Salvadora Robot Soundway
Elia Y Elizabeth Hay que vivir la vida Elia Y Elizabeth Vampisoul 1973 album, the Fleta sisters
Juan Piña Con La Revelación Negro con salsa Juan Piña Con La Revelación Vampisoul
* Rodrigo Leão Já Sabia (feat. Ana Vieira, Ana Carolina Costa, Pedro Oliveira, Sofia Leão) O Rapaz Da Montanha BMG Portugal
Hasa-Mazzotta Libro D'Amore Novilunio Ponderosa Albanian cellist Redi Hasa & Italian singer Maria Mazzotta exploring connections between musical traditions of southern Italy and Albania. She mostly sings in Apulian, a southern Italian dialect.
* Beirut Ghost Train A Study of Losses Pompeii Recording Co. 7th studio album from Zach Condon, commissioned by Swedish circus Kompani Giraff for a stage show of theirs, inspired by Judith Schalansky's "An Inventory of Losses"
* Black Country, New Road Forever Howlong (Radio Edit) Forever Howling Ninja Tune 3rd LP from the Cambridge, UK septet
* Mess Esque Armour Your Amor Jay Marie, Comfort Me Drag City Long distance collaboration between multi-instrumentalist Mick Turner (Dirty Three) in Melbourne and vocalist Helen Franzmann (McKisko) in Brisbane, with other contributors including Turner's Dirty Three bandmate Jim White. Their 2nd album.
* Eiko Ishibashi Trial Antigone Drag City
Kool & The Gang Summer Madness Love & Understanding Delite Records 1976 release. RIP their hype man Michael Sumler, died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia, aged 71
Idris Muhammad Theme for New York City House of the Rising Sun Kudu Records 1976 release
* Stereolab Electrified Teenybop! Instant Holograms On Metal Film Warp/Duophonic 11th studio album, after a 15 year hiatus
* Tunde Adebimpe Streetlight Nuevo Thee Black Boltz Sub Pop Records
ABC That Was Then But This Is Now Beauty Stab Mercury Records 1983 release
* Freckle Freckle Freckle Drag City
* Hyldon & Adrian Younge Jenipapo Robot Hyldon JID023 Jazz is Dead