genetic memory radio playlist by hk & nan, 14 february 2011, ktru rice university radio

i've been remiss in posting playlists. in fact, i've been quite remiss in my blogging duties in general. but i've been so inspired by several great blogs lately (particularly a sound awareness, toys & techniques and the dunwich radio podcast), i've just GOT to revive this thing. i have lots of wonderful things to share. i really do.

after a fabulous 5-course dinner at t'afia, hk and i pulled ourselves out of our respective food comas and went over to KTRU to create our monthly genetic memory radio program. we split our 3-hour timeslot 50/50. here is what we played:

hk's set:
brian lavelle / the red and the white [avalonian] on the apollolaan label.
richard youngs / sussex pond (don't go backwards and forth mix) [atlas of hearts] on the apollolaan label.
marcus fischer / cascadia obscura [monocostal] on the 12k label.
gareth davis and machinefabriek / part two [grower] on the sonic pieces label.
aghast / sacrifice [hexerei im zwielicht der finsternis] on the cold meat industry label.
seefeel / aug30 [seefeel] on the warp label.
andrew liles / part three [the progeny of flies] on the beta-lactam ring label.
dick raaijmakers (as dick raaymakers) / piano forte (1959-1960) [an anthology of noise and electronic music volume 6] on the sub rosa label.
mz 412 / salvo honoris morte [in nomine dei nostri satanas luciferi excelsis] on the cold spring label.
cube of force / eye of vecna [book of vile darkness] on the onyudo label.
andrew paine / the rest will follow [the rest will follow] on the self-released label.
henrik nordvargr bjorkk / a wilderness of cloades 5-6 [a wilderness of cloades] on the old europa cafe label.
stephan mathieu / schwarzschild radius - original mix [a static place] on the 12k label.
dead voices on air / eyes i dare not meet in dreams [from afar all stars spark and glee] on the lens label.
wil bolton / slate [time lapse] on the hibernate label.
xela / eve's reposte [the sublime] on the digitalis label.
troum / the self-playing ocean [mare idiophonika] on the tourette label.
soliloquy sun / ii [soliloquy sun] on the sonic oyster label.

nan's set:
æthanor / laudanum tusk [en form for bla] on the vhf label.
ruth white / lover's wine [flowers of evil] on the creel pone label.
ron geesin / u.f.o. [electrosound] on the glo-spot label.
nmperign & jason lescaleet / the mystery disease that haunts my town [love me two times] on the intransitive label.
louise huebner / the turkish bean spell for tender love [seduction through witchcraft] on the warner label.
anna homler / robot love song [house of hands] on the nd label.
quiet evenings / cabin incense [cascades] on the hooker vision label.
leafcutter john / palm reader [tunis] on the tsuku boshi label.
lionel marchetti / la visite des morts [red dust] on the crouton label.
sidney sager / start title [children of the stones soundtrack] on the unreleased label.
throbbing gristle / persuasion [20 jazz funk greats] on the grey area/mute label.
pedestrian deposit / east fork [east fork / north fork] on the monorail trespassing label.
vanessa rossetto / swim bladder [mineral orange] on the kye label.
tim hecker / midnight whispers [my love is rotten to the core] on the alien8 label.
es / she puts out the fire in her heart with her tears [a love cycle] on the fonal label.
catherine jauniaux & ikue mori / i fall in love too easily [vibraslaps] on the recrec label.
pierre raph / bruits et voix dans le cemetaire [the films of jean rollin] on the lucertola label.
chris watson / gahlitzerstrom [stepping into the dark] on the touch label.
monos / a place of voices [above the sky] on the icr label.
teiji ito / true love found [from "maeva"] [music for maya] on the tzadik label.
rolf julius / brazil [für einen kleinen see] on the because tomorrow comes label.
vava kitora / from the deep woods [the spinning song] on the there label.
tapa paha tapa / i love it [more arctic hysteria / son of arctic hysteria] on the love label.
pantaleimon / pure raw heart (cloisters) [re-imaginging by plinth] [heart of the sun] on the durto/jnana label.

thanks to this post @ a sound awareness for the excerpt from the children of the stones soundtrack (which is still unreleased). thanks, once again, to a journey round my skull (best eye candy ever), the source of the lovely fish-people artwork. here's the original post from whence it came.

genetic memory radio playlist (all 3 hours), 13 december 2010, ktru rice university radio

vava kitora / the spirit who knocks on the door [the spinning song] on the there label.
sugarconnection / untitled [track 2] [alien cakes] on the no mans land label.
vanessa rossetto / make good use of the ground [mineral orange] on the kye label.
alessandro bosetti / zahre [zwolfzungen] on the sedimental label.
john cage / radio music [fluxus anthology] on the anthology label.
people like us & wobbly / female convict [plus a little bit of "sardines" from people like us's "thermos explorer"] [music for the fire] on the illegal art label.
cassis cornuta / halo 10 [mag ik eens even in uw broek pissen?] on the ultra eczema label.
daphne oram / rockets in ursa major (except 1) [oramics] on the paradigm label.
of / ii [the quartz pool] on the jewelled antler label.
chris watson / ol-olool-o [weather report] on the touch label.
felix kubin / vogel ohne specht [echohaus] on the dekorder label.
andrew paine / lgb [thelordgodbird] on the (private pressing) label.
space weather / the weather's maiden [the weather's maiden] on the apollolaan label.
kuupuu / teen tulen tanaan [illusia] on the time-lag label.
philip sanderson / radium lab [seal pool sounds] on the seal pool label.
olivia block / mobius fuse, part 1 [last 11 min. or so] [mobius fuse] on the sedimental label.
silverman / this side of the door [time on thin ice] on the beta-lactum ring label.
current 93 / i have a special plan for this world [i have a special plan for this world] on the durtro label.
dead machines / dead end on olson street pt. 1 [dead end on olson street] on the ypsilanti label.
call back the giants / call back the giants [call back the giants] on the kye label.
chrystal belle scrodd / immanence [belle de jour] on the klanggalerie label.
teresa rampazzi / environ [musica endoscopica] on the die schachtel label.
pefkin / counting the leaves that tremble at dawn [zugunruhe] on the sound & fury label.
blood stereo / helium contract [the magnetic headache] on the bottrop boy label.
kemialliset ystävät / mestari ei väsy [ullakoppalo] on the fonal label.
lsd-march / kumoitachikumo [uretakumo nakunarutorika] on the beta-lactum ring label.
volcano the bear / planetary bethlehem [side b, excerpt] [planetary bethlehem] on the beta-lactum ring label.
ghédalia tazartès / six [antemortem] on the hinterzimmer label.
pietro grossi / modulzioni per michelangelo [combinatoria] on the die schachtel label.
monopoly child star seachers / waterfalls introduction [bamboo for two] on the olde english spelling bee label.
cosey fanni tutti / invisible whispers [mist while sleeping/invisible whispers] on the dirter promotions label.
joerg siegert & chorus of xii / viii [brain sound: an attempt to record coincidence] on the nero's neptune label.
runhild gammelsaeter / expanding the universe [amplicon] on the utech label.
maja s. k. ratkje / cyborgic [side a, excerpt] [cyborgic] on the last recording company label.
cyclobe / strix nebulosa [the visitors] on the phantom code label.
part wild horses mane on both sides / milky days [all cows are sacred] on the house of alchemy label.

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image shameless pilfered from the continuously inspiring 'a journey round my skull' blog, which is now 50 watts.

greengage sounds

i've just created a blog for my newly revived record label, greengage sounds. the first release was a 7" lathe-cut split single by two sun tears & buddha on the moon.

forthcoming releases: fougou cd-r and kyle bruckmann 7" lathe-cut.

see greengagesounds.blogspot.com for more info.

radio playlist 17 october 2010, 10am-12 pm, ktru fm (rice university radio)

alasdair roberts / a lyke wake dirge [no earthly man] on the drag city label.
black to comm / jonathan [alphabet 1968] on the type label.
tex la homa / orange moon [into timeless shadows] on the acuarela label.

dara puspita / mabuk laut (sea sick) [1966-1968] on the sublime frequencies label.
soul vendors / get with it [clement "coxsone" dodd: musical fever, 1967-1968] on the trojan label.
deru / goodbye [say goodbye to useless] on the mush label.
alice cohen / liquid letters [walking up walls] on the olde english spelling bee label.
alain savouret / time is only a revolution [50 ans de musique electroacoustique] on the fondazione teatro massimo label.
hassle hound / cicada circle [born in a night] on the staubgold label.

the shalabi effect / harpie [unfortunately] on the alien8 label.
shirley collins & davey graham / nottamun town [folk roots, new routes] on the fledg'ling label.
family fodder / kisses [more great hits!] on the jungle label.
tatsuya nakatani / untitled [9] [abiogenesis] on the h&h label.
robert a.a. lowe & rose lazar / fantomoj de la vitro domo [eclipses] on the thrill jockey label.

low red center / olive shaped [low red center] on the s-s label.
josef k / sorry for laughing [the only fun in town] on the ltm label.
ivor cutler / squeeze bees [jammy smears] on the virgin label.
lau nau / lue kartalta [nukkuu] on the locust label.

mississippi sheiks / yodeling fiddling blues [american yodeling 1911-1946] on the trikont label.
ebo taylor / kwame [love and death] on the strut label.
volcano the bear / my favorite tongues [classic erasmus fusion] on the beta-lactum ring label.
greg davis / fennel and tangerine [divorce series vol. 5 [split 7"]] on the ache label.
a.r. & machines / i'll be your singer you be my song [die grune reise] on the tangram label.

sharon van etten / one day [epic] on the ba da bing label.
lower dens / holy water [twin hand movement] on the gnomonsong label.
lsd-march / my mother has killed me [under milk wood] on the important label.
seaworthy & matt rosner / meroo lake pt. 1 [two lakes] on the 12k label.
machine for making sense / observance 8 [the act of observation becomes the object itself] on the rossbin label.

sitt wedoudah al-manyalawiyyah (with sami al-shawa) / asmar helwah ya nas uhibuh (oh people! i love this dark-skinned one) [women of egypt, 1924-1931] on the topic label.
terry riley / music for the gift, pt. 2 [music for the gift/bird of paradise/mescalin mix] on the organ of corti label.
budos band / budos dirge [iii] on the daptone label.
ephram carter, j.w. jones, james jones & floyd bussey / old hen cackled, laid a double egg [travelling in the jungle] on the testament label.
richard youngs / fountain of light [river through howling sky] on the jagjaguwar label.

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i haven't posted a playlist (or anything else) for a while now, but i did have quite a bit of fun on the air this morning, so i thought i'd slap this one up here. ktru is still on the air in houston, but our days are literally numbered unless we act now. to find out how you can help, visit www.savektru.org.

genetic memory radio playlist (1 hour), 6 september 2010, ktru rice university radio

richard youngs / mountain got so lonely [inceptor] on the volcanic tongue label.
charles curse / u-bolt / sombre noble anti-fuck [rain in skull] on the olde english spelling bee label.
ghedalia tazartes / la vie et la morte legendaires du spermatozoide humuch lardy [diasporas / tazartes] on the alga marghen label.
venus handcuffs [AKA corpses as bedmates] / birds fly out [venus handcuffs] on the ad hoc label.
sean mccann / gaslit statues [fable shop] on the cylindrical habitat modules label.
alessandro bosetti / restless (mandarin chinese) [zwolfzungen] on the sedimental label.
rotten piece / hoof and mouth [within the apparatus are pockets of quiet] on the fleece label.
orphan fairytale / phantom shapes [ladybird labyrinth] on the ultra eczema label.
dylan nyoukis / these throats your feathers [inside wino lodge] on the no fun productions label.
brian lavelle / i did not go outside [magdelena] on the diophantine label.
milk from cheltenham / our dictator [triptych of prisoners] on the alga marghen label.
andrew paine & richard youngs / third call to solomon [guide to music] on the sonic oyster label.
graham lambkin / jumpskins [salmon run] on the kye label.
storm bugs / aboulia [let's go outside and get it over] on the snatch tapes label.
volcano the bear / all the paint i can breathe [guess the birds] on the beta-lactam ring label.
kodama / wandering around inside of "ourea" we blew into the breathing of the stochastic rushing water / and once again, the mirror was too steamed to cross the voracious throat [turning leaf migrations] on the olde english spelling bee label.
jim copp & ed brown / the duck, the tiger, the shrimp and the owl [a fidgety frolic] on the playhouse label.
alastair galbraith / dances for the blind owl 2 [dances for the blind owl] on the la station radar label.
anna homler / e'sha ko'la kee'yo [house of hands] on the nd label.

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tag-teamed last night's 3-hour genetic memory shift with austin caustic and hk. (the entire 3-hour playlist, in reverse order, is here. only my hour is posted above.) i did the middle hour. hk said it was like a neopolitan ice cream treat: austin (who went first) was the chocolate, i was the strawberry, and he (hk) was the vanilla. i asked hk if he minded being the vanilla, which suggests his hour was the blandest or most boring (which isn't true, of course). he said no. he said that vanilla serves a very important purpose with regard to the other flavors--i.e., it offsets/complements/enhances them. (i love vanilla ice cream, by the way.)

more freeform playlists coming soon, along with my first official mix, which is almost ready for posting. i just need a good visual to go along with it. working on that...

save ktru! (www.savektru.org)

(wonderful louis wain image from the journey round my skull archives: here)

my last three freeform radio shows on the air at 91.7 fm? (playlists from august 7, august 14, & august 21, 2010 on ktru rice university radio)

august 21, 2010

hala strana / cutting durmast [jewelled antler library] on the porter label.

the alps / cloud one [iii] on the type label.
ghost / who found a lost rose in the warship? [lama rabi rabi] on the drag city label.
os mutantes / ave lucifer [ando meio desligado] on the omplatten label.
anton bruhin / schtandi [vom goldabfischer] on the alga marghen label.
ruby vass / old gospel ship [i'll meet you on that other shore] on the mississippi label.
twinsistermoon / with blackened eyes [levels and crossings] on the digitalis label.

rashied ali and frank lowe / duo exchange pt. 2 [new thing!] on the soul jazz label.
brigitte fontaine / il pleut [est...] on the saravah label.
archer prewitt / another peace of mind [gerroa songs] on the carrot top label.
rene hell / prize mischief hold [porcelain opera] on the type label.
augustus pablo / el rockers [el rocker's] on the pressure sounds label.
la vampires and zola jesus / searching [la vampires and zola jesus] on the not not fun label.
after dinner / paradise of replica [paradise of replica] on the recrec label.

omar souleyman / hot il khanjar bi gleibi (stab my heart) [jazeera nights] on the sublime frequencies label.
demdike stare / bardo thodol [liberation through hearing] on the modern love label.
agf / e-disaster 2010 [radio best of 2010] on the agf producktion label.
hype williams / han dynasty pt. 1 [han dynasty] on the de stijl label.
arthur russell / treehouse [the world of arthur russell] on the soul jazz label.

stereo total / holiday innn [juke-box alarm] on the bungalow label.
dara puspita / on vacation [1966-1968] on the sublime frequencies label.
donovan quinn and the 13th month / the door locks itself [your wicked man] on the shrimper label.
the chills / flame thrower [kaleidoscope world] on the homestead label.
the shadow ring / city lights [life review (1993-2003)] on the kye label.
weird weeds / untitled [help me name melody] on the autobus label.

papa charlie jackson / scoodle um skoo [good for what ails you: music of the medicine shows 1926-1937] on the old hat label.
daniel johnston / happy time [fun] on the atlantic label.
daniel padden / the isaac storm pt. 1 [the isaac storm] on the ultra eczema label.
lloyd miller & the heliocentrics / rain dance [s/t] on the strut label.
pentangle / let no man steal your thyme [early classics] on the shanachie label.

apagya show band / mumunde [afrobeat airways: west african shockwaves ghana togo 1972-78] on the analog africa label.
rosa yemen [lizzy mercier descloux] / decryptated [press color] on the ze label.
effi briest / mirror rim [rhizomes] on the sacred bones label.
monks / he went down to the sea [black monk time] on the light in the attic label.
sharades / dumb head [let's go: joe meek's girls] on the rpm label.

alastair galbraith / huxley [morse/gaudylight] on the emperor jones label.
richard youngs / halifax amore [airs of the ear] on the jagjaguwar label.
lickets / they turned our desert into fire [her name came on arrows] on the international corporation label.
sun ra / africa [angels and demons at play / the nubians of plutonia] on the evidence label.
fille qui mousse / magic-bag [se taire pour une femme trop belle] on the fractal label.
kemialliset ystavat / kun mina upoan [kivikasan rauhassa] on the fonal label.

the focus group / hey let loose your love [hey let loose your love] on the ghost box label.
the pretty things / bracelets of fingers [s.f. sorrow] on the snapper label.
julian cope / sunspots [fried] on the mercury [uk] label.
cosmic sound / backyard woods [vhs vision] on the s/r label.
this kind of punishment / from the diary of hermann doubt [a beard of bees] on the ajax label.

ilaiyaraaja / ethanai vagai [wings volume 1] on the rer label.
rudy ventura / yamasuki [absolute belter] on the finders keepers label.
afrirampo / kui! kui! [kore ga mayuku da] on the tzadik label.

buddha on the moon / ashioto (another dream) [between seasons] on the sonic oyster records label.

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august 14, 2010

yamasuki / aieaoa [le monde fabuleux de yamasuki] on the finders keepers label.
the lickets / in the garden of the london underground [her name came on arrows] on the international corporation label.
jerusalem and the starbaskets / lion free [battle of the orchids] on the the great pop supplement label.
pascal comelade / patafisikal re-polska [ragazzin' the blues] on the delabel label.
the family elan / the black planets of her eyes [bow low bright glow] on the alt.vinyl label.

3rd generation band / obiye saa wui [afrobeat airways: west african shockwaves ghana togo 1972-78] on the analog africa label.
koes plus / dheg dheg plas [dheg dheg plas & volume two] on the sublime frequencies label.
john lee ziegler / who's gonna be your man [been here all my days] on the mississippi label.
biota / private wire [object holder] on the rer label.
ame son / eclosion (marie aux quatre vents) [the byg deal] on the b-music/finders keepers label.

alastair galbraith / tin town [mass] on the siltbreeze label.
glynis jones / schlum rooli [music from the bbc radiophonic workshop] on the rephlex/bbc label.
monks of the bahill / le premier des cormorans [cormoran sophistry] on the akoustic desease label.
rene hell / c.g. mask [porcelain opera] on the type label.
ras g / discipline 09-4 [el-alylien part 1] on the leaving records label.
the white noise / love without sound [an electric storm] on the island japan label.

weird weeds / a drought [help me name melody] on the autobus label.
catalogue / demnachst mon amour [penetration] on the hat hut label.
ariel pink's haunted graffiti / bright lit blue skies [before today] on the 4ad label.
the muons / space man [jewelled antler library] on the porter label.
lubos fiser / the letter 2 / friends [valerie and her week of wonders ost] on the b-music label.
buddha on the moon / hemlock and thorns [between seasons] on the sonic oyster records label.

lee dorsey & betty harris / love lots of lovin' [new orleans funk] on the soul jazz records label.
naftule brandwein / nifty's freilach [king of the klezmer clarinet] on the rounder label.
uske orchestra / la lechuza (pour itsu et jarin) [niko et la berlue] on the sonig label.
deru / cottonmouth lothario [say goodbye to useless] on the mush label.
glass eye / maggie [huge] on the wrestler label.

still light / a remedy [lything] on the apollolaan label.
fougou / oculus [reversed dreams of this nature] on the ikuisuus label.
the advisory circle / new dimensions in [study series 02: cycles and seasons] on the ghost box label.
googosh / talagh [pomegranates] on the finders keepers label.
philip cohran and the artistic heritage ensemble / the african look [freedom, rhythm & sound] on the soul jazz label.

grass widow / shadow [past time] on the kill rock stars label.
thai thanh / bung sang (dawn) [saigon rock & soul] on the sublime frequencies label.
master musicians of bukkake / white death [the visible sign of the invisible order] on the abduction label.
kurmanjiang / babulao [ethnic minority music of northwest xinjiang, china] on the sublime frequencies label.
birdsongs of the mesozoic / bridge underwater [dawn of the cycads] on the cuneiform label.
tristes tropiques / untitled 2 [b9 bis: belgian cold wave 1979-83] on the ltm label.

phonophani (featuring haco) / gubijinso [kreken] on the rune grammofon label.
the north sea / bloodlines [bloodlines] on the type label.
emeralds / now you see me [does it look like i'm here] on the mego label.
lower dens / completely golden [twin hand movement] on the gnomonsong label.
thirteenth floor elevators / i had to tell you [easter everywhere] on the international artists label.
jackie mittoo / macka fat [macka fat] on the studio one label.

umberto / dream sequence [from the grave] on the sonic meditations label.
acre / jaguar mirror [sacrifice] on the digitalis label.
the cakekitchen / don't be fooled by the label [world of sand] on the homestead label.

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august 7, 2010

omar souleyman / dazeitlak dezzelli (i signal, you deny) [jazeera nights] on the sublime frequencies label.
les malas amistades / la maraton de san vito [jardin interior] on the psych-o-path label.
sugar minott / jahovia [sugar minott at studio one] on the soul jazz label.
kemialliset ystavat / silmujen marssi 2 [varisevien tanssi / silmujen marssi] on the lal lal lal label.
heather woods broderick / turned [from the ground] on the preservation label.
thuja / fable 2 (excerpt) [jewelled antler library] on the porter label.

alice coltrane / shiv-loka [journey in satchidananda] on the impulse! label.
espers / another moon song [iii] on the drag city label.
nico / the fairest of the seasons [chelsea girl] on the polydor label.
terry riley / music for the gift, pt. 4 [music for the gift] on the cortical foundation label.
people like us & wobbly / fiction [music for the fire] on the illegal art label.
ass / i've been here [my get up and go just got up and went] on the headspin/static caravan label.

wanda jackson / mean mean man [rockin' in the country] on the rhino label.
dara chom chan / give me one kiss [dengue fever presents electric cambodia] on the minky records label.
les gaiteros de san jacinto from colombia / sigan bailando (keep on dancing) [un fuego de sangre pura] on the smithsonian folkways label.
ddaa / la pluie de mai sur le papier de soie [action et demonstration japonaise] on the fractal label.
rameses iii / matanuska [matanuska] on the music fellowship label.
coconuts / silver lights [s/t] on the no quarter label.

fabulous diamonds / untitled [ii] on the siltbreeze label.
throbbing gristle / hometime [d.o.a.: the third and final report of throbbing gristle] on the mute label.
position normal / bucket wipe [stop your nonsense] on the mind horizon label.
pussy cats / la la lu [ultra chicks, vol. 2: lolita ya-ya!] on the ultra chicks label.
the three o'clock / as real as real [sixteen tambourines / baroque hoedown] on the frontier label.
amen dunes / murder dull mind [murder dull mind] on the locust label.
cyro baptista / coronation of a slave queen [infinito] on the tzadik label.

dry rib / the mouse and the bear [whose last trickle] on the hyped2death label.
belbury poly / rattler's hey [the owl's map] on the ghost box label.
ross bolleter / her long night's festival [night kitchen] on the emanem label.
roedelius / willkommen [lustwandel] on the bureau b label.
slapp happy / the drum [acnalbasac noom] on the rer label.
effi briest / cousins [rhizomes] on the sacred bones label.

evan caminiti / dust [west winds] on the three lobed label.
pan sonic & keiji haino / untitled [shall i download a blackhole and offer it to you] on the blast first (petite) label.
malombo jazz makers / sibathathu [giants, ministers and makers: jazz in south africa 1963-1984] on the strut label.
the attack / colour of my mind [about time!] on the rpm label.
pavement / in the mouth a desert [slanted and enchanted] on the matador label.
andrew paine / sub space divisions [sky station z4: first contact] on the sonic oyster label.
asmus tietchens / s.8 [the year 25] on the korm plastics label.

the paragons / wear you to the ball [let's do rocksteady] on the trojan label.
able tasmans / the cliff [somebody ate my planet] on the flying nun label.
minks / our ritual [ophelia] on the captured tracks label.
fns / i think she's asleep [fns] on the miasmah label.
yellow swans / going places (excerpt) [going places] on the type label.
the budos band / reppirt yad [the budos band iii] on the daptone label.
dolly mixture / miss candy twist [demonstration tapes] on the royal mint label.

onna / were you to become a mother [onna] on the holy mountain label.
kiila / auringonlunta [silmat sulkaset] on the fonal label.
anchiskhati choir / a mercy of peace [polyphonic voices of georgia] on the world audio foundation label.
jozef van wissem / in you dwells the light which never sets [it is all that is made] on the important label.
julian lynch / es's [underwater peoples winter review 2010] on the underwater peoples label.

yuganaut / wrenchwork [sharks] on the engine label.

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i am absolutely gutted.

on the evening of august 16th, some deeply upsetting news came to light: rice university was on the brink of selling ktru's fm frequency and transmitter for a mere $9.5 million to the university of houston/kuhf (an npr affiliate), to be used as an all-classical music station. no warning was given, there was essentially no time to organize a plan of action to attempt to block the sale. it was, in effect, already a done deal.

but we're not giving up without a fight.

if you are a supporter of creative radio, please visit savektru.org. there's a link to a petition there, as well as details on other ways to help.

if ktru becomes an internet-only station, i will continue to create freeform radio shows (and continue to be a part of the genetic memory specialty show rotation), if they will have me. i will continue to post playlists (hopefully less sporadically than in the past).

in addition, i hope to make some music mixes inspired by some of my favorite playlists, past & present, and post links to them here. since the audio of my radio shows has not been archived in any accessible way, many people have asked me to do this sort of thing, and i think it's finally time. watch this space...

radio playlist 17 july 2010, ktru fm (rice university radio)

higuma / ocelot [den of the spirits] on the digitalis label.
ashimunar / golden bowl [ethnic minority music of northwest xinjiang, china] on the sublime frequencies label.
shirley collins / just as the tide was a flowin' [the power of the true love knot] on the fledg'ling label.
donato epiro / the circular age of the trees [three different kinds of poison] on the ark tarp label.
the family elan / kavalla oyun havasi [bow low bright glow] on the alt.vinyl label.

ros sereysothea / i will starve myself to death [electric cambodia] on the minky label.
tim feeney and vic rawlings / 2 (excerpt) [in six parts] on the sedimental label.
tape / augustan chalean [milieu plus] on the hapna label.
sean mccann / statis [chances are staying] on the dnt label.
claire thomas & susan vezey [philip sanderson] / bright waves [reprint] on the anomalous label.
joanna newsom / go long [have one on me] on the drag city label.
effi briest / rhizomes [rhizomes] on the sacred bones label.

hedzoleh soundz / omusus da fe m'musu [ghana special: modern highlife afro-sounds & ghanaian blues 1968-81] on the soundway label.
ludus / nue au soleil [the damage] on the ltm label.
piero umiliani / saudade (samba 1) [angeli bianchi angeli neri] on the easy tempo label.
daphne oram / tumblewash [oramics] on the paradigm label.
konk pack / roof party [the black hills] on the grob label.
fore thoughts / shabaz qualander [eastern standard time] on the weltraum label.

mountain man / dog song [underwater peoples winter review 2010] on the underwater peoples label.
cedric im brooks / rebirth [cedric im brooks & the light of saba] on the honest jon's label.
kraftwerk / harmonika [kraftwerk/kraftwerk 2] on the germanofon label.
eno moebius roedelius / tzima n'arki [after the heat] on the bureau b label.
eddie marcon / mukau [shining on graveposts] on the preservation label.
panda bear / slow motion [tomboy] on the paw tracks label.
yannis kyriakades & andy moor / sucker [rebetika] on the unsound label.

pink anderson / you don't know my mind [classic appalachian blues] on the smithsonian folkways label.
selda / gesi baglari [bearded ladies] on the bird/finders keepers label.
animals & men / terraplane fixation [never bought never sold] on the mississippi label.
zinja hlungwani / n'wagezani [shangaan electro] on the honest jon's label.
deux / game & performance [the minimal wave tapes volume one] on the stones throw label.

charalambides / tea [our bed is green] on the wholly other/kranky label.
jacques berrocal / lisylis pavillon [paralleles] on the alga marghen label.
richard youngs / the welcome sailor [migrating bird: the songs of lal waterson] on the honest jon's label.
daniel padden / the liar in between [pause for the jet] on the dekorder label.
the art museums / 30 seconds [rough frame] on the woodsist label.
takeshi terauchi and the bunnys / chakkiri-bushi [seicha tera uchi bushi] on the king label.
mike nichols & elaine may / bach to bach [improvisations to music] on the mercury label.

sf seals / flashback caruso [truth walks in sleepy shadows] on the matador label.
tafo brothers / bijli bhari hai [plugged in pakistani pops] on the disposable music label.
aki takase / cell culture [a week went by] on the psi label.
bernard parmegiani / pulsion [chants magnetiques] on the fractal label.
erik carlsson / vanity captured me once again [let's fall in love!] on the bombax bombax label.
anchiskhati choir / god is the lord [polyphonic voices of georgia] on the world audio foundation label.
starving weirdos / jumping over the fire [into an energy / offerings at midnight] on the bo'weavil label.
buddha on the moon / ashioto (another dream) [between seasons] on the sonic oyster records label.

the revolutionaries / pride & ambition version [drum sound] on the pressure sounds label.