Favoriting Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman: Playlist from January 4, 2025 Favoriting

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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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Favoriting January 4, 2025: Ethiopia x Nuclear War x Sun Ra

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
 
Girma Beyene & Mulatu Astatke  Ene Negne By Manesh   Favoriting Enken Yelelebish / Ene Negne By Manesh 7"  Amha  1969    0:02:34 (Pop-up)
Oh No  Fresh Bacon   Favoriting Dr. No's Ethiopium  Disruption Productions  2009    0:06:31 (Pop-up)
Zenebetch Tesfaye  Indalayish   Favoriting Wedding Songs 7"  Philips  19??    0:07:32 (Pop-up)
Sofia Jernberg  Connections   Favoriting Interview  N/A  2024  https://www.instagram.com/ballettbasel/reel/DCzj0bKtbGS/  0:10:10 (Pop-up)
Alexander Hawkins and Sofia Jernberg  Y'shebellu   Favoriting Musho  Intakt  2024  https://alexanderhawkinsintakt.bandcamp.com/album/musho  0:10:36 (Pop-up)
Mulatu Astatke  Yekermo Saw   Favoriting Mote Adeladayou / Yekermo Saw 7"  Amha  1969    0:19:12 (Pop-up)
Ayalew Mesfin  Erikew Sihedu (When Distance Arises)   Favoriting Mot Aykerim (You Can’t Cheat Death)  Now-Again  2020    0:23:31 (Pop-up)
 
Sun Ra  Nuclear War   Favoriting Nuclear War 12"  Y  1982    0:34:24 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra  "A Joyfull Noise"   Favoriting Japanese Video  N/A  19??    0:42:01 (Pop-up)
Yo La Tengo and the Sun Ra Arkestra  Nuclear War   Favoriting Live December, 2 2018 - Hanukkah Night 1  N/A  2018    0:42:39 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra  Nuclear War (live, Paris 1983)   Favoriting Nuclear War (EP)  Sun Ra LLC  2017    0:49:18 (Pop-up)
Alex Attias Presents Mustang  Nuclear War   Favoriting Sun Ra Dedication: The Myth Lives On  Kindred Spirits  2003    0:54:53 (Pop-up)
 
Sun Ra  Nuclear War   Favoriting Live in Nickelsdorf  Trost  2014  Live in Nickelsdorf, Austria, 1984  1:04:17 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra  Unknown Title 1   Favoriting Hidden Fire 2  Saturn Research  1988    1:11:40 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra  Introduction   Favoriting The Eternal Myth Revealed Vol.1  Transparency  2011    1:11:55 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra  Nuclear War   Favoriting Live Saalfelden Austria, March 24, 1984  N/A  1984    1:20:26 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra  Nuclear War   Favoriting Live UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL, May 15, 1986  N/A  1986    1:25:18 (Pop-up)
 
Yesterdays New Quintet  Nuclear War   Favoriting Sun Ra Dedication: The Myth Lives On  Kindred Spirits  2003    1:32:34 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra  Nuclear War   Favoriting Live The Venue, London, UK, October 13, 1983  N/A  1983    1:36:24 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra  Nuclear War   Favoriting Live At Mohren - March 25th 1984  De Occulta  2023    1:42:23 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra  Nuclear War   Favoriting Live Jazzmania NYC, October 29, 1982  N/A  1982    1:47:59 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra  Discipline   Favoriting The Eternal Myth Revealed Vol.1  Transparency  2011    1:58:08 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra  Closing Comments   Favoriting The Eternal Myth Revealed Vol.1  Transparency  2011    1:58:29 (Pop-up)
 
Irreversible Entanglements  Nuclear War   Favoriting Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War  Red Hot Org  2023    2:03:05 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra  Nuclear War   Favoriting Live Washington DC Space, November 6, 1982  N/A  1982    2:21:40 (Pop-up)
 
Belaynesh Wubante & Assegedetch Asfaw  Ereye Demamu   Favoriting Ereye Demamu / Sabiye 7"  Philips  1974    2:31:42 (Pop-up)
Alemayehu Eshete  Hode Fera   Favoriting Hode Fera / Abeba Messeletch 7"  Philips  1974    2:35:44 (Pop-up)
Hailu Mergia And The Walias  Musicawi Silt   Favoriting Tche Belew  Kaifa  1977    2:38:44 (Pop-up)
Mahmoud Ahmed  Etu Gela   Favoriting Etu Gela / Alemye 7"  Amha  1974    2:42:31 (Pop-up)
Mulatu Astatke  Yegele Tezeta   Favoriting Yebekagnale / Yegele Tezeta 7"  Amha  1974    2:46:31 (Pop-up)
Oh No  Questions   Favoriting Dr. No's Ethiopium  Disruption Productions  2009    2:49:51 (Pop-up)
Mulatu Astatke  Dewel [mono]   Favoriting Mulatu Of Ethiopia (2-LP Version)  Strut  2024    2:51:51 (Pop-up)
Whitefield Brothers  Sem Yelesh   Favoriting Beyond Addis: Contemporary Jazz & Funk Inspired By Ethiopian Sounds From The 70s  Trikont  2014    2:56:06 (Pop-up)
 


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Observations:

Going live in 35 minutes!
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YO! We are live
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Michael 98145:

Yes, we are.

Hellos.
Avatar 7:04pm
Observations:

Greetings!
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Yvang:

Hi David and observers. Music from Ethiopia is always a treat.
Avatar 7:10pm
Observations:

↳ Song: "Connections" by "Sofia Jernberg"
Born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden
Avatar 7:11pm
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↳ Song: "Y'shebellu" by "Alexander Hawkins and Sofia Jernb...
In the duo, traditional songs from Ethiopia, Armenia, Sweden and elsewhere become the starting point for the development of an exciting and very personal sound world. David Toop writes in the liner notes: “Where is home, where is return for the scattered? Soft and crystalline, a music of edges, silence and tangential shoots, Musho dwells in these questions, invites the listener to consider displacement, migration, identity, responsibility, bloody history, the seepage of culture and community, but more than that, invites listening.”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
Michael 98145:

i like that. "the seepage of culture"
Avatar 7:21pm
Observations:

↳ Michael 98145 @7:13
ICYMI

I interviewed that writer, David Toop for my show

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wimpy:

↳ Song: "Yekermo Saw" by "Mulatu Astatke"
Just curious, do you own this one? There was a lot of crackle so I wondered
Avatar 7:26pm
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↳ wimpy @7:25
No, but it's a rip of an original vinyl copy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Michael 98145:

↳ Yvang @7:06
Totally agree
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wimpy:

↳ Observations @7:26
Ah yeah, no shame in that. It was a real heater regardless
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↳ wimpy @7:30
Yeah, I wish I owned some of them, but they are hard to find and super expensive. In the end it's about the music not the format
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
Michael 98145:

don't think i've ever seen an original Ethiopian 7" disc ...
Avatar 7:37pm
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↳ Michael 98145 @7:36
I've only seen them online, Discogs, eBay, etc
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Nuclear War" by "Sun Ra"
YLT was the first version of nuclear war i heard. it took me almost a decade later to track down Sun Ra's...
Avatar 7:43pm
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↳ northguineahills @7:40
playing this live version in lieu of the YLT studio version
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
Michael 98145:

new to me, either way
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wimpy:

↳ Observations @7:35
Indeed. On nuclear war, it’s always been a little weird to hear ra curse. I’ve seen a few interviews and heard some other albums where he performs his poetry and for as silly as he can be he just doesn’t seem like the kind of person who cusses often.
Avatar 7:50pm
northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Nuclear War" by "Yo La Tengo and the Sun Ra Arkes...
and i stepped out and missed it, consarnit!
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↳ wimpy @7:49
He is somewhat conflicted with "bad" language, as you can hear in some of the between song chatter I'll be playing later
Avatar 7:53pm
Observations:

"Nuclear War" is sadly more relevant than ever
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Michael 98145:

that first quarter of the 21st Century was ... something
Avatar 8:06pm
wimpy:

↳ Song: "Nuclear War" by "Sun Ra"
Who’s on trumpet here? Always cool to hear someone trying to get a little out there on trumpet. certainly a bit more difficult than on saxophone
Avatar 8:07pm
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↳ wimpy @8:06
Trumpet – Ronnie Brown

www.discogs.com...
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added lyrics - "Don't you care about your sexuality?'
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↳ Song: "Nuclear War" by "Sun Ra"
from my vinyl copy

www.discogs.com...
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northguineahills:

↳ Observations @8:07
thanks, david!
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wimpy:

↳ Song: "Nuclear War" by "Irreversible Entanglements"
I was wondering if you’d play anything from this. The record has been sitting around my local record shop but I don’t know any of the bands so I haven’t checked it out. Although, maybe that’s all the reason more to pick it up!
Avatar 9:08pm
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↳ wimpy @9:06
I think it's great! I love all the artists. I've played most/all on my show at some point. I don't have the vinyl, just digital
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redhot.bandcamp.com...
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wimpy:

I see Irwin Chusid’s name popped up on there, and I also have a copy of the crystal spears that their name pops up on. Are they a ra scholar when they’re not spinning tunes on here?
Avatar 9:12pm
Observations:

↳ wimpy @9:11
Yes! He helps run Sun Ra LLC which controls the rights to Sun Ra's music
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Christy D:

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↳ wimpy @9:11
more info

sunraarkive.blogspot.com...
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wimpy:

Ah that’s cool, reading the article I totally forgot that their name pops up on the big Raymond Scott collection that most people know. Cool stuff! If not for him I probably wouldn’t have gotten into Raymond Scott.
Avatar 9:20pm
Observations:

Most of the unofficial live Sun Ra material tonight was located via deep research into the below YouTube channel:

www.youtube.com...
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WR:

Hi David and folks.
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✌️😎🙏
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Back to Ethiopia
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Observations:

The first hour of this past show of mine is all music from Ethiopia

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Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45pm
Yvang:

Mahmoud Ahmed is my favourite...maybe because he was my gateway to the whole ethiopian musical universe...
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northguineahills:

ok, brain no worky, for some reason i thought you went until 20:00 EST. thanks again!
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northguineahills:

errr, 22:00, i can't even time right!
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wimpy:

thanks david! have a good night everyone
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:00pm
WR:

Thank you, David!
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Yvang:

Thanks David! I hope this show will help us avoid a nuclear war.
Avatar 10:02pm
Observations:

Thanks and good night
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↳ Song: "Y'shebellu" by "Alexander Hawkins and Sofia Jernb...
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