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Observations of Deviance is a vinyl focused, free form program that harkens back to early days of underground FM radio. Your host, David Mittleman, hunts down the most exotic, unusual and off-the-beaten-track music from around the world in a number of genres: Spiritual Jazz, Free Improvisation, Experimental Electronics, Ethnographic Oddities and World-Wide Psychedelic Funk. You are guaranteed to hear sounds you’ve never heard before.
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Is this trip really necessary?
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LSD | Capitol | 1966 | uncredited voice of Dick Clark | 0:02:20 (Pop-up) | ||||
Sonic Youth |
Intro
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Bad Moon Rising | Blast First / Homestead Records | 1985 | 0:02:38 (Pop-up) | |||||
Sonic Youth |
Brave Men Run (in my Family)
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Bad Moon Rising | Blast First / Homestead Records | 1985 | 0:03:49 (Pop-up) | |||||
Unknown Artist |
A-2 / Danse "Al Dabka"
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Musique Populaire Traditionnelle D'Iraq | Ocora | 196? | 0:07:44 (Pop-up) | |||||
Kirk Knuffke Trio w/ Michael Bisio & Matthew Shipp |
Stars Go Up
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Gravity Without Airs | TAO Forms | 2022 | 0:10:11 (Pop-up) | |||||
Chabaphrai Namwai |
Lam Phloen Open-Air Cinema
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Classic Productions by Surin Phaksiri 2: Molam Gems from the 1960s-80s | EM Records | 2022 | 0:15:44 (Pop-up) | |||||
Dorothy Ashby |
Cause I Need It
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Dorothy's Harp | Music On Vinyl | 2017 | 0:19:29 (Pop-up) | |||||
Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound |
Que Se Sepa
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6 | International Records | 1974 | 0:25:24 (Pop-up) | |||||
Vampire Belt |
Last of the Hipmen
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Unfit Structures | Hermit Hut | 2015 | 0:29:49 (Pop-up) | |||||
Kevin Ayers |
Decadence
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Bananamour | Harvest | 1973 | 0:33:59 (Pop-up) | |||||
Lee Hazlewood |
The Night Before
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Forty | LHI Records | 1969 | 0:41:59 (Pop-up) | |||||
Carlos Garnett |
Señor Trane
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Let This Melody Ring On | Muse | 1975 | 0:48:25 (Pop-up) | |||||
David Moss & Christian Marclay |
Fashion Like Edges
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Full House | Moers Music | 1984 | 0:56:01 (Pop-up) | |||||
Misha Mengelberg/Peter Brotzmann/Evan Parker/Peter Bennink/Paul Rutherford/Derek Bailey/Han Bennink |
Groupcomposing, Part 1
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Groupcomposing | Our Swimmer | 2021 | 0:57:40 (Pop-up) | |||||
Moussa Kassimi |
Pashtu Traditional (Khyal Style)
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Tea House Music of Afghanistan | Folkways | 1977 | 1:10:30 (Pop-up) | |||||
Lee Konitz & Miles Davis |
Odjenar
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Ezz-thetic | New Jazz | 1964 | 1:19:24 (Pop-up) | |||||
Tyshawn Sorey Trio |
Two Over One
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Mesmerism | Yeros7 Music | 2022 | 1:22:17 (Pop-up) | |||||
Jon Rose |
New Feet
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Forward of Short Leg | Dossier | 1987 | 1:31:36 (Pop-up) | |||||
Unknown Artist |
A-1 / Danse "Al Dabka"
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Musique Populaire Traditionnelle D'Iraq | Ocora | 196? | 1:34:11 (Pop-up) | |||||
Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos |
Lots of Hearts
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River Falling Love | Flying Nun | 1987 | 1:35:55 (Pop-up) | |||||
Chawiwan Damnoen |
Welcome To Nakhon Phanom
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Classic Productions by Surin Phaksiri 2: Molam Gems from the 1960s-80s | EM Records | 2022 | 1:41:14 (Pop-up) | |||||
Harry Pussy |
Life Stinks
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Superstar | Palilalia | 2021 | 12" LP version | 1:44:17 (Pop-up) | ||||
La Integracion |
Tu Boquita
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Bailables del Ano vol. 5 | Discos Fuentes | 1976 | 1:44:48 (Pop-up) | |||||
Francisco Mela & Zoh Amba |
Dos Vidas
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Causa y Effecto | 577 | 2022 | 1:47:26 (Pop-up) | |||||
Angus MacLise |
II - A1 / Trance & A2 / SR8041-B
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Tapes | Pleasure Editions | 2015 | 1:55:20 (Pop-up) | |||||
Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai |
Stravizauls
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Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai | Aguirre | 2022 | 2:00:22 (Pop-up) | |||||
Brij Bushan Kabra / Hariprasad Chaurasia / Shivkumar Sharma |
Part 1, Movement II - Nat-Bharirav - Ek Tala
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Call of the Valley | His Master's Voice | 2022 | 2:18:16 (Pop-up) | |||||
Miles Davis |
Miles Ahead
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Miles Ahead | Columbia | 1957 | original, first Mono vinyl pressing | 2:24:24 (Pop-up) | ||||
Aakash Mittal's Awaz Trio |
Street Music Part II
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Nocturne | Aakash Mittal | 2021 | 2:28:00 (Pop-up) | |||||
Kampun Foongsuk |
Lam Toei Ram Wong Romance
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Classic Productions by Surin Phaksiri 2: Molam Gems from the 1960s-80s | EM Records | 2022 | 2:29:36 (Pop-up) | |||||
Carlos Garnett |
Chana
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Journey To Enlightenment | Muse | 1974 | 2:32:34 (Pop-up) | |||||
Wganda Kenya |
Shakalaode
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Como Se Hace ¡Ah! Bailables | Discos Fuentes | 1976 | 2:42:05 (Pop-up) | |||||
Unknown Artist |
A-3 / Danse "Al Dabka"
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Musique Populaire Traditionnelle D'Iraq | Ocora | 196? | 2:49:35 (Pop-up) | |||||
Sun Ra and his Outskirts of the Universe Arkestra |
John Gilmore Intro / Nuclear War
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10-31-1980 Chestnut Cabaret, Philadephia, PA | YT | 1980 | https://youtu.be/-PT5R2_-OHo | 2:51:42 (Pop-up) | ||||
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Listener comments!
Aitch:
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...Oh kewl ! Bookmarked. Being already a JulianCope fan - when I was intro'd to KevinAyers I was like ...waitaminnit !!...
doctorjazz:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
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Webhamster Henry:
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RoX:
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doctorjazz:
Miles and Konitz, great pairing!
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Listener Gregory:
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doctorjazz:
_Ike_:
I liked it a lot!
Observations:
Mission accomplished!
Listener Gregory:
Listener Gregory:
Listener Gregory:
_Ike_:
But I probably should have specified "pretty weird on an absolute scale *and* also even for WFMU."
doctorjazz:
northguineahills:
*tagging in for dr jazz!*
solo mon:
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northguineahills:
Listener Gregory:
Thanks for a very nice show, David! Sorry I missed the beginning. I keep forgetting the starting time.
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