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"Musical Odyssey" with Professor G (archive)

Thursday, February 5, 2026 | 16:00 to 18:00 | Playlist

New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Fila Brazillia It's a Knockout Jump Leads Twentythree 2002 release
* YĪN YĪN In Search of Yang Yatta! Glitterbeat Cosmic disco quartet out of Maastricht, Netherlands; 4th album. Voice of Alan Watts.
Altin Gün Maçka Yollari Yol ATO 3rd album from Amsterdam's favorite Turkish psych revivalists
Khruangbin Time (You and I) Mordechai Dead Oceans 3rd album, released in 2020
Farzin Khoda Hafez (Goodbye) Zendooni - Funk, Psychedelia And Pop From The Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation Pharaway Sounds Iranian singer, big in the 70s and 80s
* Toni Geitani Ruwaydan Ruwaydan Wahj Self Released Born in Beirut, lives in Amsterdam, 2nd album after his 2018 debut "Al Roujoou Ilal Qamar" (Back to the Moon).
El Khat Zafa : Talaatam Mute Glitterbeat 3rd full length album; Yemeni band based in Berlin
Omar Souleyman Jamila Dabke 2020: Folk & Pop Sounds of Syria Sublime Frequencies Legend of dabke music, a brand of North Eastern Syrian dance music; 2009 release
* Dry Cleaning Evil Evil Idiot Secret Love 4AD 3rd album, quartet from London.
* Jane Weaver A Circle And A Star feat. Susan Christie The Fallen By Watch Bird (Expanded Edition) Fire Records 15 year anniversary release of her album The Fallen By Watch Bird (her first that made a foray into psych folk)
The Raincoats Odyshape Odyshape Rough Trade 1981 release. Ana da Silva (guitar/vocals), Gina Birch (bass), Vicky Aspinall (violin). Drums by Robert Wyatt, Charles Hayward (This Heat), Ingrid Weiss (who became a permanent band member)
* Rural District Lo-Fi Recording Project Tlazolteol's Maiden Voyage Jolly Johnny and his Oompahing Oomlahs Self Released Producer David Soulscorch out of Sussex, England
Broadcast The Note [Message From Home] Maida Vale Sessions Mute Recorded live, Oct 6 1999 at BBC Maida Vale for John Peel's show
Anicca Black Dove feat. Sudan Archives Teebs Brainfeeder 2019 release; out of Los Angeles. Artist is Mtendere Mandowa
* Stiff Curls Return Dry Cut Self-Released Duo from Philadelphia; they formed after the band Full Size imploded a few weeks after playing the WXDU day party at Hopscotch in 2024. Eva Killinger and Ash Burrows continued to play together as Stiff Curls.
* claire rousay i couldn't find the light little death Thrill Jockey 3rd album in a trilogy
* Lee Mason Shady Blues Music By Lee Mason WEWANTSOUNDS
* claire rousay just (feat. m sage) little death Thrill Jockey
* Erie Choir It's So Strange Golden Reviser Potluck Foundation LOCAL. They've been putting out music and performing for over 20 years.
M. Sage Crick Dynamo Paradise Crick RVNG Intl.
* Duid Generation Amiga Let's Duid Crammed Discs Alter ego of Lucien Fraipont, known for his work under the Robbing Millions moniker. Trained in jazz, and Duid takes its name from a track by Bud Powell.
Sun Araw Trireme Ancient Romans Sun Ark/Drag City 2011 album from the Southern Californians; pet project of Cameron Stallones
Safe in the Hands of Love Licking an Orchid Yves Tumor Warp One of my favorite albums of 2018. Tennessee-born, Turin-based. James K guests on this track.
* João Hã? OS PESADOS DA VIA RÁPIDA Cintura Interna Sucata Tapes
SML Taking out the Trash How You Been International Anthem Anna Butterss (electric bass), Booker Stardrum (drums), Jeremiah Chiu (modular synth, percussion), Josh Johnson (sax, electronics), Gregory Uhlmann (guitar, effects). They record the music live, then go to the studio to mix, chop, and distort it.
* Jane Weaver The Fallen By Watch Bird The Fallen By Watch Bird (Expanded Edition) Fire Records