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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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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | Approx. start time | ||||
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Lalo Schifrin |
Radio Source Rhythm (Alt Take)
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Man On A Swing OST | WeWantSounds | 2023 | https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/lalo-schifrin-man-on-a-swing-ost-special-vinyl-edition-black | 0:02:11 (Pop-up) | ||||
Tackhead |
What's My Mission Now?
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What's My Mission Now? 12" | On-U Sound | 1985 | 0:03:07 (Pop-up) | |||||
Santa Muerte |
Coahuiltecan
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Eslabón EP | Hyperdub | 2023 | https://santa-muerte-houston.bandcamp.com/album/eslab-n-ep | 0:10:38 (Pop-up) | ||||
Lukas Traxel |
The Call
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One-Eyed Daruma | We Jazz | 2023 | https://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/one-eyed-daruma | 0:13:42 (Pop-up) | ||||
Insólito UniVerso |
Pajarillo Con Chipola
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Ese Puerto Existe | Olindo | 2023 | https://olindorecords.bandcamp.com/album/ese-puerto-existe | 0:19:15 (Pop-up) | ||||
L'Orchestre National Mauritanien |
Bayna Dawali
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Ahl Nana | Radio Martiko | 2023 | https://radiomartiko.bandcamp.com/album/lorchestre-national-mauritanien-4; recorded 1971 | 0:29:28 (Pop-up) | ||||
Lol Coxhill, Pierre Courbois, Jasper Van't Hof |
Toverbal Sweet
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Toverbal Sweet | Lantern Heights | 2022 | reissue of a 1972 album | 0:38:50 (Pop-up) | ||||
Steinski & Mass Media Featuring D.J. "Sugar" Kane |
Let's Play It Cool (Club Edit)
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Let's Play It Cool 12" | 4th & Broadway | 1988 | 0:50:57 (Pop-up) | |||||
Jacques Bekaert |
A Summer Day At Stony Point
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Jacques Bekaert | Metaphon | 2022 | reissue of a 1981 album | 0:57:36 (Pop-up) | ||||
Satoko Fujii & Otomo Yoshihide |
Perpetual Motion III
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Perpetual Motion | Ayler | 2023 | https://ayler-records.bandcamp.com/album/perpetual-motion | 1:09:08 (Pop-up) | ||||
Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double |
March On
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March On | No Label | 2023 | https://tomasfujiwara.bandcamp.com/album/march-on | 1:15:09 (Pop-up) | ||||
Rubinho E Mauro Assumpção |
Quero Companheira
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Perfeitamente, Justamente Quando Cheguei | Mr. Bongo | 2023 | https://mrbongo.bandcamp.com/album/perfeitamente-justamente-quando-cheguei | 1:25:53 (Pop-up) | ||||
Lalo Schifrin |
Radio Source
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Man On A Swing OST | WeWantSounds | 2023 | https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/lalo-schifrin-man-on-a-swing-ost-special-vinyl-edition-black | 1:28:53 (Pop-up) | ||||
Dereliks |
I Am A Record
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Broken Cyphers - The Anthology | No Label | 2022 | https://dereliks.bandcamp.com/album/broken-cyphers-the-anthology | 1:30:17 (Pop-up) | ||||
Catalyst |
Mail Order
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Unity | Muse | 1974 | 1:33:53 (Pop-up) | |||||
Salampasu Musicians |
Tshisani
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African Gems | SWP | 2014 | D.R. Congo | 1:43:06 (Pop-up) | ||||
Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary |
Stub Of A Cucumber
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Evicted In The Morning | Disciples | 2023 | https://saintabdullah.bandcamp.com/album/evicted-in-the-morning | 1:53:36 (Pop-up) | ||||
Ivo Malec |
Luminétudes
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3L | Philips | 1971 | 1:57:11 (Pop-up) | |||||
Fatima Al Qadiri |
Mojik (Your Waves)
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Gumar | Hyperdub | 2023 | https://fatimaalqadiri.bandcamp.com/album/gumar | 2:02:20 (Pop-up) | ||||
Roland Kirk |
Raouf
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Slightly Latin | Limelight | 1966 | 2:05:36 (Pop-up) | |||||
Junior y Su Equipo |
America India
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Ecuatoriana - El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga | Analog Africa | 2023 | https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/ecuatoriana-el-universo-paralelo-de-polibio-mayorga-1969-1981-analog-africa-no-37 | 2:08:38 (Pop-up) | ||||
LA Bare Faxx |
Super Cool Brother
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California Funk | Jazzman | 2011 | 2:11:31 (Pop-up) | |||||
Pygmy Unit |
Pyramid
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Signals From Earth | Holidays | 2022 | reissue of a 1974 album | 2:14:35 (Pop-up) | ||||
Alur Musicians |
Alur Horns
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African Gems | SWP | 2014 | Uganda | 2:22:18 (Pop-up) | ||||
David Toop, Peter Cusack, Steve Beresford & Terry Day |
Untitled
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Alterations | Sub Rosa / Logos | 2022 | live sessions at Logos Foundation, Gent, Belgium on January 3, 1981 | 2:28:53 (Pop-up) | ||||
Brötzmann / Leigh / Lonberg-Holm |
Flower Flaps
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Naked Nudes | Trost | 2023 | https://broetzmannleigh.bandcamp.com/album/naked-nudes | 2:40:52 (Pop-up) | ||||
Don Friedman Quartet Featuring Attila Zoller |
Episodes
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Dreams And Explorations | Riverside | 1965 | 2:46:21 (Pop-up) | |||||
Leap Day Trio |
Strival For Survival
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Live at Café Bohemia | Giant Step Arts | 2023 | Matt Wilson, Jeff Lederer and Mimi Jones | 2:51:54 (Pop-up) | ||||
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