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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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Jake Acosta |
Raw Escobar
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Genius or Not | Blorpus Editions | 2023 | https://jakeacosta.bandcamp.com/album/genius-or-not | 0:03:10 (Pop-up) | ||||
Fred Frith - Susana Santos Silva |
Laying Demons To Rest
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Laying Demons To Rest | Rogue Art | 2023 | https://rogueart1.bandcamp.com/album/laying-demons-to-rest | 0:05:29 (Pop-up) | ||||
Prince Buster |
Sata A Masa Gana
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The Message Dub Wise | Prince Buster | 1972 | 0:14:47 (Pop-up) | |||||
Ellery Eskelin |
43 RPM
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From the Archives: Ellery Eskelin w/ Andrea Parkins & Jim Black - Live in Victoriaville, 2004 | No Label | 2022 | https://elleryeskelin.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-archives-ellery-eskelin-w-andrea-parkins-jim-black-live-in-victoriaville-2004 | 0:17:21 (Pop-up) | ||||
Ilaiyaraaja |
S.P. Balasubramaniam & Chitra / Vaa Veliye
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அக்னி நட்சத்திரம் "Fire Star" - Synth-Pop & Electro-Funk From Tamil Films 1984-1989 | Bombay Connection | 2012 | 0:28:57 (Pop-up) | |||||
XTC |
Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)
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Go 2 | Virgin | 1978 | 0:35:00 (Pop-up) | |||||
Yosuke Yamashita |
Song of the Antares Alien / アンタレス星人のうた
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Song of the Children of the 21st Century / 21世紀のこどもの歌 | Ultra Vybe | 2004 | "A collection of nursery rhymes for adults!" | 0:37:45 (Pop-up) | ||||
Faruq Z. Bey 4et |
Untitled
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Live At the Detroit Art Space 2004 | Sagittarius A-Star | 2012 | 0:41:09 (Pop-up) | |||||
Phil Upchurch |
Black Gold
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Upchurch | Cadet | 1969 | 0:50:38 (Pop-up) | |||||
Lula Côrtes E Zé Ramalho |
Raga Dos Raios
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Paêbirú | Solar | 1975 | 0:57:44 (Pop-up) | |||||
Amir ElSaffar Rivers of Sound |
Reaching Upward
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The Other Shore | Outnote | 2021 | 1:00:04 (Pop-up) | |||||
Zalatnay Sarolta |
Késő Esti Órán / Late At Night
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Zalatnay | Pepita | 1971 | 1:13:15 (Pop-up) | |||||
Ellery Eskelin with Andrea Parkins & Jim Black |
43 RPM
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Arcanum Moderne | hatOLOGY | 2003 | 1:16:24 (Pop-up) | |||||
The Good Samaritans |
Onughara
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Chapter One | Analog Africa | 2023 | https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/the-good-samaritans-limited-dance-edition-no-20 | 1:25:10 (Pop-up) | ||||
Billy Harper |
Trying To Get Ready
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Soran-Bushi, B.H. | Denon | 1978 | Happy 80th Birthday Billy Harper! | 1:30:04 (Pop-up) | ||||
Googoosh |
Ma Beham Nemiresim
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Googoosh | Finders Keepers | 2011 | 1:40:32 (Pop-up) | |||||
Ornette Coleman |
Man On The Moon
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Ornette At 12, Crisis to Man On The Moon revisited | ezz-thetics | 2023 | https://ezz-thetics.bandcamp.com/album/ornette-at-12-crisis-to-man-on-the-moon-revisited | 1:46:15 (Pop-up) | ||||
Ornette Coleman |
Growing Up
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Ornette At 12, Crisis to Man On The Moon revisited | ezz-thetics | 2023 | https://ezz-thetics.bandcamp.com/album/ornette-at-12-crisis-to-man-on-the-moon-revisited | 1:49:23 (Pop-up) | ||||
Ellery Eskelin with Andrea Parkins |
Mary Jane's Dilemma
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Green Bermudas | Eremite | 1996 | 1:54:25 (Pop-up) | |||||
Erkin Koray |
Cemalim
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Elektronik Türküler | Doğan | 1974 | 1:59:32 (Pop-up) | |||||
Roy Brooks and the Improvisational Sphere |
Untitled (Basketball)
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Live at Lelli's | Sagittarius A-Star | 2011 | September 3, 1999 in Detroit, feat. Amina Claudine Myers, Ray Mantilla | 2:07:16 (Pop-up) | ||||
Chocolate Syrup |
We've Got To Get Together
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Mainstream Disco Funk: The Finest Funky Sound Of Mainstream Records 1974-76 | WeWantSounds | 2023 | https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/mainstream-disco-funk | 2:23:46 (Pop-up) | ||||
Ellery Eskelin |
43 RPM
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From the Archives: Ellery Eskelin w/ Andrea Parkins & Jim Black - Live in Utrecht, 2002 | No Label | 2022 | https://elleryeskelin.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-archives-ellery-eskelin-w-andrea-parkins-jim-black-live-in-utrecht-2002 | 2:26:41 (Pop-up) | ||||
King Tubby and Soul Syndicate |
Great Stone
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Freedom Sounds in Dub | Blood & Fire | 1996 | 2:35:10 (Pop-up) | |||||
The Sabri Brothers |
Aay Khuda Aur Nabi Ke Parwane
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Nazr-E-Shah Karim | AEA | 1983 | 2:38:20 (Pop-up) | |||||
Zoh Amba featuring William Parker and Francisco Mela |
Mother's Hymn
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O Life, O Light Vol. 1 | 577 | 2022 | https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/o-life-o-light-vol-1 | 2:53:04 (Pop-up) | ||||
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