Merging with Global A Go Go, 9-19-18

Listen to 9-19-18 radio set here

"World service bulletin from the nightshift D.J.
To all wavebands on earth
Reconnoitre on the killahertz"

These opening lines from "Global A Go-Go" by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros provided the inspiration for much of this episode of Merging w/the Night.  I love hosting a radio show at night for the freedom it provides.  And it is much nicer to imagine a connection with other music-lovers all over the world, than to think no one is listening.  Thank you, Joe Strummer and friends, including Bill Lupoletti who hosts a radio show Global A Go Go on WRIR Richmond Independent Radio.  I heard an amazing song on his show and decided to feature it as well - from the Dur-Dur Band from Somalia.

The artwork featured above comes from the cover of Flying Lotus' album Cosmogramma (2010, Warp Records).  The song I played, "Zodiac Shit", has a wonderfully trippy video.

Playlist:

1. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros  / Global A Go-Go
2. Flying Lotus  / Zodiac Shit
3. Dur-Dur Band  / Hiyeeley
4. Debruit, Alsarah  / Jibal Alnuba
5. Tricky  / Singing The Blues
6. Gorillaz, Space Monkeyz  / A Fistful of Peanuts
7. New Boss  / Dream Pop
8. Mark Pritchard, Thom Yorke  / Beautiful People
9. Thom Yorke  / Suspirium
10. Tosca  / Doris Dub
11. Yo La Tengo  / The Ballad of Red Buckets
12. Polica  / Smug
13. Radiohead  / Kinetic
14. Four Tet, Oneohtrix Point Never  / Evening Side - Oneohtrix Point Never Edit
15. Nine Inch Nails  / Over and Out
16. Nine Inch Nails  / We're In This Together
17. How To Destroy Angels  / Too Late, All Gone
18. Forest Swords  / The Highest Flood
19. GOLD ZEBRA  / Love, French, Better
20. Andy Stott  / On My Mind
21. The Clash  / Straight to Hell
22. Damon Albarn  / Hostiles
23. Eddie Gale  / The Rain

ANDROID favorites of 2018 so far, 9-12-18

Watch the animated video for Thom Yorke's new song 'suspirium'.

'suspirium' (noun, Latin)  "A sigh or deep breath"


Listen to 9-12-18 radio set

I began this set with 11 of my favorite tracks from this year (in no particular order).  From there, the style cruised from downtempo, to beats, to underground hiphop, to instrumentals.
Some unexpected themes included that many of these songs are on soundtrack-albums, and many feature piano or flute or both.


Playlist:

1. Loma  / Black Willow
2. Nils Frahm  / My Friend the Forest
3. Thom Yorke  / Suspirium
4. Mia Doi Todd, Tunde Adebimpe  / Earthly Happiness
5. Anna Calvi  / Hunter
6. Jonny Greenwood  / The Hem
7. Jonny Greenwood  / Phantom Thread II
8. Yo La Tengo  / You Are Here
9. Yo La Tengo  / She May, She Might
10. Jenny Hval  / I Want to Tell You Something
11. The Glitch Mob, Elohim  / I Could Be Anything (feat. Elohim)
12. Mia Doi Todd, Andres Renteria  / Electrafficbirds Two
13. Tricky, Martina Topley-Bird  / When We Die
14. Tricky, Avalon Lurks  / Doll
15. Ngozi Family  / Hi Babe
16. Carlos Nino, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson  / Cup
17. Carlos Nino, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson  / The Tides
18. Thom Yorke  / The Drunkk Machine
19. Bjork  / Scatterheart
20. Bjork  / Thunderbolt
21. The Notwist  / Close to the Glass
22. MF DOOM, Thom Yorke  / Gazzilion Ear (feat. Thom Yorke) - Thom Yorke Remix Instrumental
23. JJ DOOM, Clams Casino  / Bookfiend (feat. Clams Casino) - Clams Casino Version
24. JJ DOOM, Jonny Greenwood, Thom Yorke  / Retarded Fren (feat. Jonny Greenwood & Thom Yorke)
25. DJ Shadow, Nils Frahm  / Scars
26. Bjork  / Virus
27. Thom Yorke, Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Edward O'Brien, Philip Selway, Katia Labeque  / Pyramid Song
28. Christopher O'Riley, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, Simon Raymonde  / Heaven or Las Vegas (arr. C. O'Riley for cello and piano)

ANDROID Female Pop radio set, 9-5-18

Listen to 9-5-18 radio set here

A mostly female set came together, despite no plan for a gender-themed show.  Some things just happen.  The new single 'Woman' by Cat Power and Lana Del Rey set the theme, and it was carried on by new music from Anna Calvi, Lou Rebecca, and several others.  I began with Wah!, who I saw perform and teach yoga this past weekend.  She was enlightening.

An exception to the female theme was Egemen Sanli, who I also saw perform music this past weekend.  I could listen to him forever.  He plays sitar, native american flutes, and various other instruments.  His live set also featured lots of recorded birdsong.
I played several tracks from the new album Elemental Trance (pictured) by Egemen and Clare Hedin, whose vocal stylings fit wonderfully into the show.


Playlist:

1. Wah!  / Brazil
2. Cat Power, Lana Del Rey  / Woman - Single Version
3. Egemen Sanli, Clare Hedin  / Puja
4. Cornelia Murr   / Different This Time
5. Lou Rebecca  / Fantome
6. Egemen Sanli, Clare Hedin  / Whirling Shams
7. DeVotchKa  / Let Me Sleep
8. Mia Doi Todd, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson  / Great Love
9. Egemen Sanli, Clare Hedin  / Invitation
10. Moodoid   / Amour Voiture
11. CocoRosie  / Forget Me Not
12. Elsiane  / Vaporous
13. Anna Calvi  / As a Man
14. Anna Calvi  / Alpha
15. Bjork  / Hunter
16. Idris Elba, Fabienne  / Paradise Circus
17. Massive Attack  / Paradise Circus
18. Olafur Arnalds  / ekki hugsa
19. Wes Swing  / All Other Love
20. Egemen Sanli, Clare Hedin  / Liminal
21. jj  / Ecstasy
22. The Knife  / Neon
23. Lamb  / Gorecki
24. Egemen Sanli, Clare Hedin  / I and I
25. Cocteau Twins  / Lorelei
26. Clinic  / Distortions