Favorite Music of 2018, Part III: Final show of the year! 12-26-18

Listen to 12-26-18 radio set here

In this last episode of Merging with the Night in 2018, I played many favorite songs from the past year, including several from Jonny Greenwood's beautiful soundtrack to the film Phantom Thread (pictured).

Happy New Year!  May 2019 be better than 2018.

Playlist:

1. Jonny Greenwood  / I'll Follow Tomorrow
2. Mia Doi Todd, Tunde Adebimpe  / Earthly Happiness
3. Jonny Greenwood  / House of Woodcock
4. Anna Calvi  / Hunter
5. Mereba  / Black Truck
6. Jonny Greenwood  / Sandalwood II
7. U.S. Girls  / Rosebud
8. U.S. Girls  / Poem
9. Yo La Tengo  / For You Too
10. Nils Frahm  / All Melody
11. Jenny Hval  / I Want to Tell You Something
12. Jenny Hval  / The Dreamer is Everyone in Her Dream
13. Cat Power  / In Your Face
14. Beach House  / Black Car
15. Juliana Daugherty  / Light
16. Jonny Greenwood  / Phantom Thread I
17. Leonard Cohen  / Leaving Green Sleeves
18. Meg Baird, Mary Lattimore  / Painter of Tygers
19. Thievery Corporation  / Music to Make you Stagger
20. Lobo Marino  / Infinite Christmas
21. Daedelus  / Raindrops
22. Waldeck  / Waltz for Nathalie
23. Jonny Greenwood  / Phantom Thread II
24. Quicksand  / Spoken Through Clouds
25. The Orb  / Drift
26. The Orb  / Easy On The Onions
27. Rival Consoles  / Them Is Us
28. The Orb, Jah Wobble  / Doughnuts Forever
29. Forest Swords, Pantha Du Prince, Animal Collective  / Welt Am Draht (Animal Collective Remix) - Mixed
30. Aisha Devi  / Dislocation of the Alpha

Favorite Music of 2018, Part II

ANDROID's Favorite Songs from 2018:

1. Thom Yorke “Suspirium” (watch the video)
2. Mia Doi Todd, Tunde Adebimpe “Earthly Happiness”
3. Nils Frahm “All Melody”, “My Friend the Forest”, “Sunson”
4. Loma “Black Willow”
5. Anna Calvi “Hunter”
6. Mereba “Black Truck”
7. U.S. Girls “Rosebud”, “Poem”
8. Yo La Tengo “She May, She Might”, “For You Too”, “Ashes”
9. Thievery Corporation “Music to Make You Stagger”
10. Meg Baird, Marry Lattimore “Fair Annie”, “Painter of Tygers”
11. Mia Doi Todd, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson “Great Love”
12. Mia Doi Todd, Luis Perez Ixoneztli “Great Love Theme in Flute”
13. Laraaji “I Can Only Bliss Out (F’Days)”
14. Jenny Hval “The Dreamer is Everyone in Her Dream”, “I Want to Tell You Something”
15. The Glitch Mob, Elohim “I Could Be Anything”
16. Olafur Arnalds “ekki hugsa”
17. Kedr Livanskiy “No More Summer Rain”
18. Cat Power “In Your Face”, “You Get”, “Me Voy”
19. Juliana Daugherty “Easier”, “Light”
20. Beach House “Black Car”
21. Melody’s Echo Chamber “Breathe In, Breathe Out”
22. UNKLE, Miink, Elliott Power “Ar.Mour”
23. Black Box Recorder “Uptown Top Ranking”
24. Nine Inch Nails “Over and Out”
25. Aisha Devi “Dislocation of the Alpha”
26. Rival Consoles “Them Is Us”
27. Forest Swords, Pantha Du Prince, Animal Collective “Welt Am Draht (Animal Collective Remix) – Mixed”
28. The Orb “Easy On the Onions”, “Doughnuts Forever”
29. Daedelus “Raindrops”
30. Quicksand “Multiverse”, “Spoken Through Clouds”

Favorite music of 2018, Part I: 12-19-18

ANDROID's Favorite albums from 2018:

• Nils Frahm All Melody

• Jonny Greenwood Phantom Thread - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

• Mia Doi Todd Music For A Midsummer Night's Dream ‎

• Jenny Hval The Long Sleep EP

• Meg Baird, Mary Lattimore Ghost Forests

• Neneh Cherry Broken Politics

• Thievery Corporation Treasures from the Temple

• U.S. Girls In a Poem Unlimited

• Loma Loma

• Kadhja Bonet Childqueen

• Olafur Arnalds Re:member

New music is good for how it innovates, but also for how it makes us remember.

I went into tonight's radio show with a running list of songs and albums that really drew me in this year.  I didn't realize the themes that would emerge: the harp, pagan lyrics, forest imagery, ...

Several songs made me remember the captivating influence of Bjork (pictured) whose music first drew my attention when I was 11 years old and continues to reveal its effects on me.  Her song  "Pagan Poetry" and the accompanying video and photography turned out to be part of the inspiration for me tonight.  Although she didn't put an album out this year, I see Bjork's influence in my selection of music today.


Listen to 12-19-18 radio set here

Playlist:

1. Blank & Jones  / A Forest - Chilltronica Mix
2. Nils Frahm  / My Friend the Forest
3. Thom Yorke  / Suspirium
4. Jonny Greenwood  / Never Cursed
5. Neneh Cherry  / Fallen Leaves
6. Meg Baird, Mary Lattimore  / Fair Annie
7. Brambles  / In the Androgynous Dark
8. Lobo Marino  / Celebrate
9. Laraaji  / I Can Only Bliss Out (F'Days)
10. Dead Can Dance  / ACT II: The Forest
11. Kreidler  / Solaris
12. Nosaj Thing, Kazu Makino  / How We Do
13. Olafur Arnalds  / re:member
14. Yo La Tengo  / You Are Here
15. Meg Baird, Mary Lattimore  / Painter of Tygers
16. Bjork  / Pagan Poetry
17. Neneh Cherry, Forest Swords  / Blank Project
18. Dead Can Dance, Forest Swords  / Mesmerism
19. Kedr Livanskiy  / No More Summer Rain
20. Thievery Corporation  / San San Rock
21. Loma  / Black Willow
22. Mia Doi Todd, Luis Perez Ixoneztli  / Great Love Theme in Flute
23. The Glitch Mob, Elohim  / I Could Be Anything (feat. Elohim)
24. Mazzy Star  / That Way Again
25. Blank & Jones, Mark Reeder  / A Forest - Schwarzwald Mix

12-12-18 Merging with the Night

Listen to 12-12-18 radio set here

Joshua Achalam (pictured) usually performs as part of Mighty Joshua and the Zion 5.  But he is featured solo in this set speaking wisdom, singing poetry, and drumming in the Nyabinghi tradition.  (I obtained a "bootleg" recording of his performance on WRIR Richmond Independent Radio earlier this year; props to WRIR for being an amazing station and Richmond's finest.  The full set is here.)
Joshua is from Charlottesville, VA, where my own radio station WTJU broadcasts from.  He has earned accolades both as an artist and an all-around good person supporting global causes, and I am happy to see him and his band perform regularly.

Another artist featured in this radio set is Jonah from Onelinedrawing, whose song Stay is a keeper from early-2000's emo.

Also featured is Layne Staley from Alice in Chains and Mad Season.  His voice is emblematic of a certain type of sound coming out of Seattle in the 1990's.  While playing this song on the radio, someone called in to muse about Staley (and several other things), which got me thinking more about him and looking up his musical history.  His legacy would have us more finely discriminate between different kinds of 'grunge' bands, and also speak frankly about drug addiction.


Playlist

1. Kadhja Bonet  / Wings
2. Onelinedrawing  / Stay
3. Julian Koster  / Jeff Davis County Blues
4. Lobo Marino  / Come With Me
5. Grizzly Bear  / Service Bell
6. Feist, Grizzly Bear  / Service Bell
7. Waldeck  / Bei Mir Bist Du Schon - Dub
8. Mighty Joshua  / live drumming / Nyabinghi
9. DeVotchKa  / Let Me Sleep
10. Santigold  / I Don't Want
11. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros  / Johnny Appleseed
12. Nonkeen  / The Invention Mother
13. Nils Frahm  / A Place
14. The Good Life  / The Beaten Path
15. The Cure  / Like Cockatoos
16. Cat Power  / He War
17. UNKLE, Miink, Elliot Power  / Ar.Mour
18. Manysheva, Long Arm  / Moonflower - Long Arm Remix
19. JJ Doom, Beck  / Banished (feat. Beck) - Beck Remix
20. Lowland Hum  / Raise the Ring
21. Mad Season  / River of Deceit
22. Alice in Chains  / Nutshell
23. Radiohead  / These Are My Twisted Words
24. Julia Holter  / Sea Calls Me Home
25. Dessa  / Balance
26. Yowler  / Angel
27. Mount Kimbie  / Break Well
28. serpentwithfeet  / whisper

Artist Feature: Nils Frahm, 12-8-18

"Nils Frahm and Friends"
Nils Frahm is a contemporary composer, performer, and producer who is best known for his blending of classical and electronic music through an unconventional piano texture. He is also an avid collaborator with other classical and electronic artists. In this program, we explore his varied oeuvres, and also sample from his collaborators’ solo music.

Tonight's show was part of the Classical Music Marathon on WTJU.
Our community donated nearly $1,000 for the station in this 2.5 hr program, and pushed towards 30K the overall total for the week.  I am feeling blown away by the generosity of the donors, and of the volunteers who run this unique station.
I am so grateful to be part of this community.  Big thanks to Stevik for co-hosting and donating!

Playlist

1. Nils Frahm  / Says
2. Nils Frahm  / Spells
3. Nils Frahm  / Re
4. Nils Frahm  / My Friend the Forest
5. Nils Frahm, Anne Muller  / Teeth
6. Nils Frahm  / Because This Must Be
7. Nils Frahm  / Four Hands
8. Nils Frahm  / For - Peter - Toilet Brushes - More
9. Olafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm  / B1
10. Nils Frahm  / Familiar
11. Nils Frahm  / Keep
12. Nils Frahm  / Dauw - Piano Adaptation
13. Nils Frahm, Anne Muller  / Let My Key Be C
14. Nils Frahm  / Ambre
15. Olafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm  / A2
16. Olafur Arnalds  / ekki hugsa
17. DJ Shadow, Nils Frahm  / Scars
18. DJ Shadow, Nils Frahm  / Bergschrund
19. Nils Frahm  / The Whole Universe Wants to be Touched
20. Nils Frahm  / All Melody
21. Nils Frahm  / Sunson
22. F. S. Blumm, Nils Frahm  / Day One One
23. Anne Muller  / Walzer fur Robert
24. Nils Frahm  / An Aborted Beginning
25. Nils Frahm  / Hammers
26. Woodkid, Nils Frahm  / Winter Morning II - Excerpt
27. Nonkeen  / Diving Platform
28. Olafur Arnalds  / Happiness Does Not Wait
29. Olafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm  / 21:05
30. Nils Frahm, Anne Muller  / Aussenseiter - Bonus Track

11-21-18 Merging with the Night

Listen to 11-21-18 radio set here

This week's episode of Merging with the Night begins with two selections from the epic Days of Future Passed by The Moody Blues (pictured).

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Playlist:

1. The Moody Blues  / Evening - Remastered 2017
2. The Moody Blues  / The Night - Remastered 2017
3. Aphex Twin  / Girl/Boy Song
4. Nils Frahm, Anne Muller  / Let My Key Be C
5. Denali  / Gunner
6. Mandalay  / Insensible
7. Aphex Twin  / Ageispolis
8. Vok  / Waterfall
9. Waldeck  / Waltz for Nathalie
10. Arstidir  / Fropaegingin
11. Cinephile  / Comatose
12. DJ Shadow  / Midnight In A Perfect World
13. DJ Shadow  / Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt
14. My Bloody Valentine  / Cupid Come - Remastered Version
15. My Bloody Valentine  / Feed Me With Your Kiss - Remastered Version
16. Bjork  / I See Who You Are - Live
17. Rob Dougan  / Clubbed to Deah - Kurayamino Variation
18. Sneaker Pimps  / 6 Underground - Nellee Hooper Mix
19. Radiohead  / Climbing Up the Walls (Zero 7 Mix)
20. Boom Bip, Boards of Canada  / Last Walk Around Mirror Lake - Boards of Canada Remix
21. Mama Oliver  / Eastwest
22. Kadhja Bonet  / Delphine
23. The Orb  / Alpine Everything
24. Transjoik, Sher Mian Dad Khan  / Aag Ishq Ne Laye
25. Tosca  / Hausner

11-14-18 Intelligent Dance Music, w/ guest Freddie Jin

Listen to 11-14-18 radio set here


An entire show devoted to Intelligent Dance Music (IDM), aka 'Electronic Listening Music', as contrasted with Electronic Dance Music.
Freddie Jin returned to host a special episode of Merging w/the Night with ANDROID.


Playlist

1. Aphex Twin  / Mookid
2. Aphex Twin  / Alberto Balsalm
3. Boards of Canada  / Roygbiv
4. Plaid, Bjork  / Lilith
5. Aphex Twin  / Xtal
6. Plone  / Top and Low Rent
7. Clark  / Ted
8. The Future Sound Of London  / Dead Cities
9. Beefcake  / Track 6
10. Seefeel  / Industrious
11. Andy Stott  / New Romantic
12. Boards of Canada  / Alpha and Omega
13. mu-Ziq  / Hasty Boom Alert
14. Aphex Twin  / Tha
15. Casino Versus Japan  / Single Variation of Two
16. Mouse On Mars  / Rompatroullie
17. Autechre  / Gonk Tuf Hi
18. Autechre  / Column Thirteen
19. Boards of Canada  / Jacquard Causeway
20. Four Tet  / Hands
21. Aphex Twin  / Flim
22. Flying Lotus  / Auntie's Harp
23. Boards of Canada  / Aquarius
24. Boards of Canada  / One Very Important Thought
25. Plaid  / CLOCK
26. Yellow Magic Orchestra  / Taiso

11-8-18 Late Night Set

Kedr Livanskiy

Listen to 11-8-18 Late Night Radio Set here

Playlist:

1. Kedr Livanskiy  / Ariadna
2. DJ Shadow, Nils Frahm  / Bergschrund
3. Broadcast  / Until Then
4. Marcos Balter, Ensemble Dal Niente, Deerhoof  / Meltdown Upshot: No. 5, Home
5. Tim Hecker  / Is a rose petal of the dying crimson light
6. Lamb  / God Bless
7. Ancient Astronauts, Phat Old Mamas  / Bitter Hypnotic
8. Gary Numan  / Bed of Thorns
9. Avalon Emerson  / 2000 Species of Cacti
10. Samuel Yirga  / Abet Abet - Punt Mix
11. Noname, Yaw, Adam Ness  / no name
12. Noname  / Self
13. Trentemoller  / Morphine
14. Field Works, Dntel  / Formation 1, Revisited - Dntel Remix
15. Rival Consoles  / Them Is Us
16. DJ Krush, M. Caroselli  / Dynamic Sound
17. Le Loup  / Peinture Etoilee
18. Lemon Jelly  / Nervous Tension
19. Kedr Livanskiy  / Razrushitelniy Krug (Destructive Cycle)
20. Trentemoller  / Come Undone - Trentemoller Remix
21. Rae & Christian  / Ready To Roll (album version)
22. Blockhead  / Kaput!
23. Black Box Recorder  / Child Psychology
24. Beak>  / Sex Music
25. Lemon Jelly  / Ramblin' Man

11-7-18 Radio Set

Nick Cave, photographed by Anton Corbijn

Listen to 11-7-18 Radio Set here


Playlist:

1. Andrew Bird  / Distant Stations
2. Guns N' Roses  / November Rain
3. Sebastian Rochford, Brian Eno  / Dream Nails
4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds  / Jubilee Street - Live in Copenhagen
5. Lemon Jelly  / The Curse of Ka' Zar
6. Black Box Recorder  / Uptown Top Ranking
7. Althea And Donna  / Uptown Top Ranking - Remastered
8. Tandy Love  / Yagmur
9. Deerhoof  / Con Sordino
10. Zero 7, Hidden   / Mono
11. Sofa Surfers, Mani Obeya  / Broken Together
12. Chelsea Wolfe  / Grey Days
13. Dur-Dur Band  / Dooyo
14. Peter Bjorn and John  / Living a Dream
15. Peter Bjorn and John  / Sick and Tired
16. U.S. Girls  / the boy is mine
17. U.S. Girls  / Velvet 4 Sale (Tune-Yards Fiction Dub Mix)
18. Trentemoller  / Come Undone feat. Kazu Makino
19. Cat Power  / In Your Face
20. Cat Power  / Black
21. Thom Yorke  / Open Again
22. Vashti Bunyan  / Train Song
23. Blockhead  / The Chuckles
24. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds  / The Weeping Song
25. Warpaint  / No Way Out

All Hallow's Eve, 10-31-18

Listen to 10-31-18 radio set here

A special episode of Merging w/the Night for All Hallows Eve / All Saints' Day / Samhain.

The lyrics to Black Sabbath's "Planet Caravan" set the mood:

We sail through endless skies
Stars shine like eyes
The black night sighs

The moon in silver trees
Falls down in tears
Light of the night 

The earth, a purple blaze
Of sapphire haze
In orbit always 

While down below the trees
Bathed in cool breeze
Silver starlight breaks down from night 

And so we pass on by the crimson eye
Of great god mars
As we travel the universe

Playlist:

1. Thom Yorke  / The Hooks
2. Thom Yorke  / Suspirium Finale
3. Gorillaz  / Intro: I Switched My Robot Off
4. Thom Yorke  / The Universe is Indifferent
5. Screamin' Jay Hawkins  / I Put A Spell On You
6. Reptilicus, Senking  / Delivery
7. Bobby "Boris" Pickett  / Monster Mash
8. Blue Oyster Cult  / (Don't Fear) The Reaper
9. Peter Bjorn and John  / Longer Nights (Intro)
10. Peter Bjorn and John  / Velvet Sky
11. John Carpenter  / Halloween Theme - Main Title
12. Bob Mcfadden & Dor  / The Mummy
13. Thom Yorke  / Belongings Thrown in a River
14. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  / A Nightmare on My Street
15. Michael Jackson  / Thriller
16. Thom Yorke  / Klemperer Walks
17. Jonathan Richman  / Vampire Girl
18. Twin Peaks excerpt "Dig Your Way Out Of The Shit"
19. Jenny Hval  / Female Vampire
20. Gorillaz  / Dracula
21. Gorillaz  / November Has Come
22. Grace Jones  / I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
23. Twin Peaks excerpt "The Woodsman Takes Over The Radio Station"
24. Black Sabbath  / Planet Caravan - Remastered Version
25. The Cramps  / I Was A Teenage Werewolf - Remastered
26. Radiohead  / Burn The Witch
27. Kate Bush  / Waking The Witch
28. King Plague  / Ave Plague
29. Crystal Castles  / Plague
30. Megadeth  / Symphony of Destruction
31. Twin Peaks excerpt "Dr. Amp's Great American Radio Show"
32. Crim3s  / Holes
33. Sidewalks and Skeletons  / Forever
34. Shlohmo  / Buried

Tribute to Reggae Vibrations and Goldfinger the Selector, 10-13-18

Listen to Reggae Vibrations 10-13-18, hosted by ANDROID


Reggae Vibrations has been on the air on WTJU since 1979 and has been helmed by the steady voice of Goldfinger the Selector, aka Scott Shisler, for over 25 years.
Listen to how he describes the show's ethos and purpose, and where his DJ name came from, in this interview with Audrey Parks.

This year, as part of WTJU's jazz marathon, Goldfinger hosted a special show called "Born To Play The Horn: The Brass Section in Jamaican Soul/Jazz", with excellent selections from the Skatalites, Roland Alphonso, Rico Rodriguez, and others.  I uploaded it here so that you can hear it after the two weeks it is stored on wtju.net.  The show starts with the best Bond theme I've ever heard, by the Skatalites. Perhaps we might say it is Goldfinger's theme music.


10-13-18 Playlist:

1. Jack Ruby, Black Disciples  / Free Rhodesia
2. Dubblestandart, AishaE  / Sun is Shining - Dub
3. Nightmares On Wax  / Flip Ya Lid
4. Thievery Corporation  / Radio Retaliation
5. Dub Syndicate  / Red Sea Dub
6. Bob Marley & The Wailers  / Stir It Up
7. Zeb Be  / Humble
8. Orange Blossom  / Dessert Dub
9. Bob Marley & The Wailers  / Roots, Rock, Dub - Single Dub Mix
10. Horace Andy, The Aggrovators  / Dub Loves
11. Gorillaz, Space Monkeyz  / Strictly Rubbadub
12. Burning Spear  / The Ghost (Marcus Garvey)
13. King Tubby  / Special Brew
14. Thievery Corporation  / The State of The Union
15. Kardinal Offishall  / Nina
16. The Clash  / Junco Partner
17. Yaadcore, Shanique Marie, Kabaka Pyramid   / No Fenke Fenke
18. Easy Star All-Stars  / An Airbag Saved My Dub
19. Pompidoo  / Synthesizer Voice
20. Gorillaz, Space Monkeyz  / A Fistful of Peanuts
21. Adrian Sherwood  / Processed World
22. Easy Star All-Stars, Sluggy Ranks, Metric Man, Eric Rachmany & Ruff Scott  / Breathe 2014
23. King Tubby  / Satta Dub
24. Easy Star All-Stars, Tamar-Kali  / Climbing up the Walls (feat. Tamar-Kali)
25. Gorillaz  / Dracula

10-10-18 Radio Set

Beginning with new songs again, including from Cat Power (pictured).

Listen to 10-10-18 Radio Set here


Playlist:

1. Cat Power  /  You Get
2. Mirah  /  Hot Hot
3. Clams Casino, Plu2o Nash  /  Gravity
4. Little Dragon  /  Lover Chanting
5. Mereba  /  Planet U
6. Thom Yorke  /  Has Ended
7. King Tubby  /  Satta Dub
8. Sibylle Baier  /  Tonight
9. Juliana Daugherty  /  Light
10. Angel Olsen  /  Unfucktheworld
11. Angel Olsen  /  Safe in the Womb
12. PJ Harvey  /  England
13. The Mountain Goats  /  Color in Your Cheeks
14. Ibibio Sound Machine  /  Color in Your Cheeks
15. The Mountain Goats  /  Pink and Blue
16. Mothers  /  Pink and Blue
17. Sebastian Codex  /  Black Swan
18. Radiohead  /  How To Disappear Completely
19. Grizzly Bear  /  Shift - Alternate Version
20. Lali Puna, Mary Lattimore  /  Bony Fish - feat. Mary Lattimore
21. Wah!  /  Heart Sutra
22. Joy Division  /  Heart and Soul - 2007 Remastered Version
23. Nine Inch Nails  /  Dead Souls
24. The Jesus and Mary Chain  /  Just Like Honey
25. Forest Swords  /  Panic
26. Mia Doi Todd  /  Deep At Sea (Dntel Remix)
27. Bjork  /  Amphibian
28. Boards of Canada  /  In a Beautiful Place out in the Country
29. Blockhead  /  Ufomg
30. Fugees  /  How Many Mics

10-3-18 radio set

Listen to 10-3-18 radio set here

"Everybody wants to be a cat", according to Thundercat.
(See if you can recognize Thundercats in the pic above.)

Playlist:

1. BADBADNOTGOOD, Little Dragon  / Tried
2. RUFUS DU SOL  / Lost in My Mind
3. Mereba  / Black Truck
4. The Lounge Lizards  / Bob the Bob
5. The Lounge Lizards  / Bob the Bob Home
6. Bjork  / Come to Me - Live
7. yessirov  / Weathering
8. Hidden Orchestra  / The Revival
9. Jah Wobble, Bill Laswell  / Alam Dub
10. Thundercat  / A Fan's Mail (Tron Song Suite II)
11. Tierra Whack  / Bugs Life
12. Beach House  / Black Car
13. PJ Harvey  / The Wind
14. Fever Ray  / Keep The Streets Empty For Me
15. UNKLE, Trentemoller  / The Answer - Trentemoller Remix
16. Broadcast  / Corporeal
17. Nils Frahm, Anne Muller  / Duktus
18. Nils Frahm, Anne Muller  / Because This Must Be  / Augmentation
19. Nonkeen  / Ceramic People
20. MF DOOM, Thom Yorke  / Gazzillion Ear - Thom Yorke Remix Instrumental
21. Lali Puna, Dntel  / The Frame - with Dntel
22. Oneohtrix Point Never  / Toys 2
23. JJ DOOM, BADBADNOTGOOD  / Guv'nor (remix)
24. Ultravox  / I Want to be a Machine
25. The Cinematic Orchestra  / And Relax!
26. Clams Casino  / All I Need
27. DJ Shadow  / Blood on the Motorway

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

DJ DownDog's yoga-inspired radio sets, 8-29-18

Listen to yoga radio set 1, 8-29-18
Listen to yoga radio set 2, 8-30-18

ANDROID was reincarnated as DJ DownDog to host back-to-back shows in honor of this year's Floyd Yoga Jam.

Playlist - yoga set 1:
1. Lobo Marino / Awake
2. The Polish Ambassador / Sri Gurvastakam
3. Sultan Khan, DJ Markarian / Tarana - Thievery Corporation Mix
4. Yo La Tengo / Love Chant
5. Cheb i Sabbah, DJ Markarian / Ganga Dev
6. Thievery Corporation / Shiva - TC Remix
7. Midival Punditz / Chandini Chowk
8. Thievery Corporation / Doors of Perception featuring Gunjan
9. MC Yogi, East Forest / Breathe Deep (feat. East Forest)
10. Olivia Neutron Bomb, DJ Markarian / Prakriti
11. Thievery Corporation / Satyam Shivam Sundaram featuring Gunjan
12. Bitter:Sweet / Don't Forget to Breathe
13. Marti Nikko, DJ Drez / Driving with Ganesha
14. Lobo Marino / El Morro
15. Lobo Marino / Those Who Persecute
16. Bally Sagoo, Gunjan / Noorie
17. Benjy Wertheimer, John De Kadt / Tabla Breath
18. Bikram Singh, Gunjan, Tigerstyle / Kawan 2
19. Thievery Corporation / Holographic Universe featuring Gunjan
20. DJ Drez, Marti Nikko, Domonic Dean Breaux / Krishna's Dub
21. Wah! / Ganesha
22. Maneesh de Moor / Silent Ganges
23. Bombay Jayashri, DJ Markarian / Bhavani
24. Maneesh de Moor / Namaste (Sadhana Remix)


Playlist - yoga set 2:
1. Maneesh de Moor / Namaste (Sadhana Remix)
2. Beny Wertheimer, John De Kadt / One River
3. Wah! / Heart Sutra
4. Bliss, Sophie Barker / Breathe
5. Michael Mandrell and Benjy Wertheimer / Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation)
6. Tuu / All Our Ancestors
7. DJ Drez / Nectar Drop
8. Mo' Horizons, DJ Markarian / Remember Tomorrow
9. Karsh Kale, DJ Markarian / Anja
10. DJ Drez / Sugar Drop 77
11. Lace / Random Rab
12. Thievery Corporation / The Supreme Illusion featuring Gunjan
13. DJ Drez, Domonic Dean Breaux / Shri
14. Christophe Goze / For Your Love
15. Nicola Conte, DJ Markarian / Missione a Bombay
16. Lobo Marino / Holy River
17. Random Rab / Apparently
18. Dan The Automator / My Guru
19. DJ Drez / Yearning
20. Bliss / Dunia
21. DJ Drez / Ganesh's Theme
22. Krishna Das / Baba Hanuman

ANDROID Reggae Set, 8-25-18

Listen to 8-25-18 radio set here

Rub-a-Dub stylee, it's all about expressing yourself.


Playlist:

1. Bim Sherman with Dub Syndicate / Keep You Dancing
2. Hopeton Lewis / Express Yourself
3. 10 Ft. Ganja Plant / Chalwa
4. Scotty / Draw Your Brakes
5. Mikey Dread / Datc Tribute to King Tubb - Dub / Instrumental Reggae
6. Bob Marley & The Wailers, Paul Groucho Smykle / Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)
7. Eek-A-Mouse / Ganja Smuggling
8. Mikey Dread / Roots and Culture
9. King Tubby, Augustus Pablo / Keep on Dubbing
10. Sugar Minott / Dancehall Stylee
11. Super Cat / Fighting For
12. The Revolutionaries / Kunta Kinte Dub
13. Thievery Corporation, Zee / Thief Rockers
14. Mia Doi Todd, Saul Williams  / Philomel With Melody
15. Finley Quaye / Even After All - Burning Dub
16. Dubblestandart, AishaE / Sun Is Shining
17. Lee "Scratch" Perry / Run for Cover - Original
18. King Tubby / Ragga Muffin Stylee Dub
19. Jimmy Cliff / One More
20. Jimmy Cliff / You Can Get It If You Really Want
21. Bob Marley & The Wailers / Crazy Baldhead - Alternate mix
22. Adrian Sherwood / Starship Bahia
23. The Clash / Bankrobber
24. Peter Tosh / Jah Guide - Dub Plate
25. Ranking Dread / Shut Me Mouth
26. Winston Francis / Let's Go to Zion
27. Rhythm & Sound, Love Joy / Best Friend - Mixed
28. Shuggie Otis / Island Letter

Special guest Jeff Gregerson returns, 8-22-18

Listen to 8-22-18 radio set

Very pleased to have Jeff back on Merging w/the Night to pick about half of this show's tunes.

Playlist:

1. Brad Mehldau / Knives Out - Live
2. Radiohead / Knives Out
3. Stromba / Blue Skin
4. Helena Deland / There Are a Thousand
5. Juliana Daugherty / Bliss
6. Blonde Redhead / Anticipation
7. Blonde Redhead / Falling Man
8. Autolux / Capital Kind of Strain
9. Stromba / Manphibian
10. Atoms For Peace / Dropped
11. Thom Yorke / A Brain in a Bottle
12. Animal Collective / Daily Routine
13. Ada Lea / Half Loving
14. Bjork / Human Behavior
15. Aphex Twin / Fingerbib
16. Alarm Will Sound / Fingerbib (arr. J. Newman)
17. Elliott Smith / Cupid's Trick
18. Elliott Smith / 2:45 AM
19. Heatmiser / You Gotta Move
20. Heatmiser / Half Right
21. Jeff Buckley / Vancouver
22. Stromba / Feel Her Procedure
23. Anna Calvi / Don't Beat the Girl out of My Boy
24. Cocteau Twins / Heaven or Las Vegas
25. Serge Gainsbourg / Ballade de Melody Nelson
26. Pumpuang Duangjan / Sao Dok Kum Tai (Lady From a Flower)
27. Groupe Inerane / Kuni Majagani

ANDROID late night radio set, 8-23-18

Listen to 8-23-18 radio set

I played lots of intelligence dance music (IDM) and related sounds this past Thursday.

Playlist:

1. Caribou / People Eating Fruit
2. Pole / Heim - Four Tet Remix
3. Pole / Heim
4. DJ Brace / Eupatheia
5. The Orb / Go Down Evil
6. The Books / Excess Strausses
7. Nils Frahm, Anne Muller / Long Enough
8. Olafur Arnalds / Til Enda
9. Steve Reich / Electric Counterpoint
10. Blockhead / Zip It
11. Pantha Du Prince, Animal Collective / Welt Am Draht (Animal Collective Remix)
12. Forest Swords / Crow (DJ-Kicks) - Mixed
13. PJ Harvey / Electric Light
14. Skinny Puppy / Yo Yo Scrape
15. Skinny Puppy / The Soul that Creates
16. The Knife / Pass This On
17. The Lounge Lizards / Bob the Bob
18. Mikey Dread / Datc Tribute to King Tubby - Dub
19. Nine Inch Nails / Over and Out
20. Zomby, Reark / Natalia's Song
21. Kiasmos / Orgoned
22. LFZ / Start Forever
23. Andy Stott / Science & Industry
24. Alex Stolze, Qrauer / Cell to Cell - Qrauer Remix
25. Boards of Canada / Sick Times