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"Musical Odyssey" with Professor G (archive)

Thursday, January 29, 2026 | 16:00 to 18:00 | Playlist

New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Maurice Louca The Leper Elephantine Northern Spy 2019 release; he is a major player in Egypt's experimental scene
* The Dwarfs Of East Agouza A Body To Match Sasquatch Landslide Constellation Trio led by Alan "Alvarius B" Bishop of Sun City Girls with Egyptian musicians Maurice Louca & Sam Shalabi.
* April Magazine interlude Falling Window ep self-released San Francisco duo, Peter Hurley & Katiana Mashikian
* Kill the Buddha Expectations Kill the Buddha Moths Recording Company LOCAL band, out of Greensboro, fronted by Lenwood Edwards Jr, with Nick Van Buskirk (bass, horns, vocals), Greer Gehrken (shruti box, keys, vocals), Daniel Sheffield (drums), Gabi Walden (guitar)
Big Blood For Real Electric Voyeur dontrustheruin Duo of Colleen Kinsella and Caleb Mulkerin, who are out of South Portland, Maine. They spent 10 years building their own primitive electronic instruments and then learning to play them using only books.
* Yo La Tengo Leaving Home Old Joy (Official Soundtrack) Mississipi Instrumental soundtrack for the 2006 film Old Joy, directed by Kelly Reichardt, now reissued. Will Oldham and Daniel London star in it.
Gunn-Truscinski Duo Valley Spiral Soundkeeper Three Lobed Recordings Their 4th full length, released in 2020.
toe 反逆する風景 (Rebellious Landscapes) the book about my idle plot on a vague anxiety Topshelf Records
toe メトロノーム (Metronome) the book about my idle plot on a vague anxiety Topshelf Records Released in 2005, re-released in 2013. Japanese band. Kashikura Takashi (drums), Mino Takaaki (guitar), Yamane Satoshi (bass), Yamazaki Hirokazu (guitar). Pop meets post-rock meets jazz & electronics.
* Rural District Lo-Fi Recording Project Disenchanting. Nice Work If You Can Get It Jolly Johnny and his Oompahing Oomlahs Self Released
African Head Charge Off The Beaten Track Off The Beaten Track On-U Sound
Sly & Robbie Roots Man Dub Riddim: The Best of Sly & Robbie, 1978-85 Trojan RIP Sly Dunbar
Sly & Robbie Rasta Man Chant Riddim: The Best of Sly & Robbie, 1978-85 Trojan
Sly & Robbie Boops (Here to Go) 12" vinyl Island 1987 release
* Brown Angel Maya Pure Brown Energy Dark Entries
Common Factor Beyond the Body Rare SSR Electronica 1994-01 Crammed Discs
* Evelyne / Masao Ich weiss nicht mehr Testpattern Dark Entries Japanese synth maestro Masao Hiruma & singer Evelyne Bennu, recorded in 1984 and 1985
Ancient Plastix Late Summer Low Ancient Plastix Maple Death Liverpool producer and composer, self-titled debut
* Oneohtrix Point Never D.I.S. Tranquilizer Warp
* Kayla Painter Star Stuff Tectonic Particles Quiet Details UK producer, lectures at University of South Wales & composes for films
Afterhours Defragment -2 Lowlife Not Not Fun
Obay Alsharani Love, Fading Sandbox Hive Mind Records Syrian refugee, now living in Sweden; this was released in 2021
* WET TUNA Apex of High Apex of High EP / Epic View EP Three Lobed Recordings Led by Matt Valentine
Anteloper Inia Pink Dolphins International Anthem jaimie branch & Jason Nazary with Jeff Parker producing
Auscultation Purgatory Sway III 100% Silk
aya Emley lights us moor (feat. Iceboy Violet) im hole Hyperdub English musician & producer from Huddersfield (Aya Sinclair)
* Shintaro Sakamoto Ghost Town Yoo-hoo Zelone Records Used to be the frontman for a long-running Japanese band, Yura Yurak Teikoku, who broke up in 2010. Has released solo albums since then.