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"Musical Odyssey" with Professor G (archive)

Thursday, April 7, 2022 | 16:00 to 18:00 | Playlist

New Artist Song Album Label Comments
The RAH Band Beyond Producers Choice AtJazz Richard Anthony Newsom domed the band
Charnjit Singh Raga Bhairav Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat Bombay Collection Acid house pioneer, 5 years before Phuture's Acid Trax (i.e. 1982), using a Roland TB-303 and TR-808
Rupa Moja Bhari Moja Disco Jazz Numero Group
* DJ Hank Get @ Me City Stars Hyperdub
* IKOQWE Falta Muito (ft Spoek Mathambo) Falta Muito? Crammed Discs Angolan-Português producer Batida & Angola rapper & activist Ikonoclasta
Junior Delgado 23rd Psalm, produced by Steve Spacek Fearless Gee Street 1998 release
Linton Kwesi Johnson Making History Indépendant Intavenshan Island
Jimmy Cliff Sitting In Limbo In Concert Warner 1976 release
Dillinger Flat Foot Hustlin' Cocaine In My Brain Trojan Recorded in 1983
Jackie Mittoo Grand Funk Wishbone Light In the Attic Recorded 1971, his 1st album recorded in Canada after he moved to Toronto
Alabaster de Plume Don't Forget You're Precious Gold International Anthem
* Tommaso Moretti Redefine The Purpose Inside Out BACE Records Proud Italian, Chicago resident, inspired by Mingus, Horace Silver, Nino Rota & Joao Gilberto. Each musician recorded their part in the studio individually. Moretti is on vocals, drums, percussion, & xylophone. Ben Lamar Gay on cornet, Natalie Lande on flute, Ben Dillinger on upright bass, Jake Wark on sax, Edhino Gerber on guitar and violao
* Johnny Coles Betty’s Bossa Mainstream Funk: Funk, Soul, Spiritual Jazz 1971-1975 wewantsounds
* Coco Lagos y sus Orates Mamblues Descargas Vampisoul Peruvian percussionist Coco Lagos & other musicians from Peru's MAG label; Cal Tjader tune
Tamma Lite.Lite Ark Sessions: Soul, Afro-Jazz & Latin from the Club 7 Scene Oslo Soul 1981 recording from Norway's Club 7
* Steve Coleman Menes to Midas Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) Pi
* Tomar Williams Cumbia Luna Negra Look At My Soul: The Latin Shade of Texas Soul Nacional
black midi Years Ago Schlagenheim Rough Trade 2019 release
* Mythless Voidless We Joyful Noise Mythless main man is Jason Bartell, formerly of Fang Island, joined by drummer Greg Fox & multi-instrumentalist Ryan Seaton
Big Dog Little Dog Ultraviolet Big Dog Little Dog New Amsterdam Violinist Jessie Montgomery & bassist Eleonore Oppenheim, 2019 release
Sainkho Namtchylak Worker Song Like a Bird or Spirit, Not a Face Ponderosa Music & Art Tuvan throat singer Sainkho Namtchylak with Eyadou Ag Leche & Said Ag Ayad of Tinariwen
Fridge Ark Eph Reissue Temporary Residence
* The Reds, Pinks & Purples Summer at Land's End Summer At Land's End Slumberland Indie pop artist Glenn Donaldson, based in San Francisco
* Raum Sunlight crying Daughter Yellow Electric Duo from experimental titans Grouper & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, mostly recorded in 2016 at a shared residency in Marfa, TX, with film maker Paul Clipson, who died in 2018
* Ellen Fullman, Pawel Szamburski, Nicolas Jaar, Laraaji, Aho Sssan, Ka Baird, Resina, Ksizyc Weavings Part 9 Weavings Other People
* Black Country, New Road The Place Where He Inserted the Blade Ants From Up There Ninja Tune
Espionage Mastermind Off Centre: A Riot on Old Street BBE Records