4-18-19 The NightOwl

Stream this second hour for up to two weeks here.

Playlist:

1. The Smiths   /  Meat is Murder
2. Depeche Mode   /  Shake the Disease
3. Liano, Paul Cherry   /  Elks Grazing
4. The Range   /  Carole
5. The Glove   /  Sex-Eye-Make Up
6. The Essence   /  A Reflected Dream
7. Steve Hauschildt   /  M path
8. Meat Beat Manifesto   /  Bass Playa
9. Meat Beat Manifesto   /  Asbestos Lead Asbestos
10. Mira Calix   /  Sparrow
11. Natureboy Flako   /  Nebulous Garden
12. Wume   /  Walled Garden
13. John Tejada   /  Vaalbara
14. Pantha Du Prince   /  Water Falls

4-17-19 Merging w/the Night

Back to normal programming, featuring lots of new music just released.

Stream for up to two weeks here.

Playlist:

1. Sky Ferreira (pictured)   /  Downhill Lullaby
2. Loma   /  Half Silences
3. Shlohmo   /  The Best of Me
4. Cage The Elephant, Beck   /  Night Running
5. Foxygen   /  Face The Facts
6. PJ Harvey, Lily James   /  The Moth
7. Bibio   /  The Art of Living
8. Yeasayer   /  Fluttering in the Floodlights
9. Niniola   /  Bana
10. M.I.A.   /  Ba-na-na Skit, Sunshowers
11. The Smiths   /  William, It Was Really Nothing
12. The Cure   /  Closedown
13. Sebastian Codex   /  Avisame Cuando Puedas
14. Julee Cruise   /  The World Spins
15. Philip Glass, Third Coast Percussion   /  Perpetulum: Part 3

The Smiths vs The Cure, 4-14-19

These cult favorites battled competed for the title of Our Favorite.  Listeners called in to vote and donate to WTJU, as part of the 2019 Rock Marathon.
This show was co-hosted by DJ Dave.  Most of the categories were invented by DJ ANDROID.

• Best Lyrics - The Smiths (obviously)
• Happiest Sad Song - In Between Days (The Cure)
• Happiest Angsty Song - Panic (The Smiths)
• Song Most Likely to be Appropriated by David Lynch - The Funeral Party (The Cure)
• Most Maudlin/Self-Pitying Song - There is a Light that Never Goes Out (The Smiths)
• Literary References - Killing an Arab (The Cure), and Cemetary Gates (The Smiths)
• Best Bass Lines - Fascination Street (The Cure), and Barbarism Begins at Home (The Smiths)
• Best Effects on Guitar - How Soon is Now (The Smiths), and The Kiss (The Cure)

Listeners were split rather evenly between these two bands.  There was no clear winner, and the competition was called a draw.

Stream the show for up to two weeks here

Playlist:

1. The Cure   /  Last Dance
2. The Smiths   /  Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
3. The Smiths   /  Ask
4. The Cure   /  Fire in Cairo
5. The Cure   /  In Between Days
6. The Smiths   /  Oscillate Wildly
7. The Smiths   /  Panic
8. The Cure   /  The Caterpillar
9. The Cure   /  The Funeral Party
10. The Smiths   /  There is a Light That Never Goes Out
11. The Smiths   /  Well I Wonder
12. The Cure   /  Boys Don't Cry
13. The Cure   /  Pictures of You
14. The Smiths   /  That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
15. The Smiths   /  This Charming Man
16. The Cure   /  Killing an Arab
17. The Smiths   /  Cemetary Gates
18. The Cure   /  Fascination Street
19. The Cure   /  A Forest - Extended Mix
20. The Smiths   /  Barbarism Begins at Home
21. The Cure   /  Lovesong
22. The Smiths   /  Hand in Glove
23. The Smiths   /  How Soon is Now?
24. The Cure   /  The Kiss
25. The Smiths   /  The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
26. The Cure   /  Plainsong

Intelligent Dance Music, 4-10-19

A special show benefitting WTJU, as part of the 2019 Rock Marathon.
Co-hosted by DJ Freddie Jin!

Stream for up to two weeks here

Playlist:

1. Aphex Twin   /  On
2. mu-Ziq   /  Goodbye, Goodbye
3. cEvin Key   /  Aphasia
4. The Tuss   /  Rushup Bank 12
5. Clark   /  Vengeance Drools
6. Orbital   /  The Box untitled version 2
7. Caribou   /  People Eating Fruit
8. Autechre  /  Leterel
9. Talvekoidik   /  Such A Perfect Day
10. Secede   /  Outran
11. Seefeel   /  Plainsong
12. Boards of Canada   /  Amo Bishop Roden
13. Jan Jelinek   /  Tendency
14. Carl Stone   /  Panchita
15. Squarepusher   /  Fat Controller
16. Plaid   /  Do Matter
17. Speedy J   /  De-Orbit
18. mu-Ziq   /  Lunatic Harness
19. Autechre   /  PIObmx
20. Squarepusher   /  Beep Street

4-4-19 The NightOwl

Stream or download 4-4-19 radio set here (approx one hour)

Playlist:
Autechre (pictured)   //  Drane
cEvin Key / Ken Marshall   //  Diagnosis
cEvin Key / Ken Marshall   //  Maniac Shuffle
cEvin Key / Ken Marshall   //  Incandescent Glow
Download   //  Carrier Tone
Download   //  Base Metal
Natureboy Flako   //  Crying On The In
The Legendary Pink Dots   //  Curious Guy
Rival Consoles   //  Recovery
The Black Dog   //  Literal Optical Slant
Yagya    //  Rigning Einn

4-3-19 Merging w/the Night

Stream or download 4-3-19 radio set here (approx one hour)

Playlist:

1. New Order   /  Senses
2. The Smiths (pictured)   /  Reel Around the Fountain
3. The Velvet Underground, Nico   /  All Tomorrow's Parties - Alternate Instrumental Mix
4. The Cure   /  The Holy Hour
5. The Cure   /  Disintegration
6. Aphex Twin   /  Girl/Boy Song
7. Anna & Elizabeth   / Irish Patriot
8. Andrew Bird   /  Sisyphus
9. PJ Harvey   /  White Chalk
10. Au Revoir Simone   /  Lark
11. T Bone Burnett, Jay Bellerose, Keefus Ciancia   /  Anti Cyclone
12. The Durutti Column   /  Bordeaux
13. Eartheater    /  Humyn Hymn

3-28-19 The NightOwl

Stream or download 3-28-19 radio set here (approx one hour)

Playlist:

1. Angel Metro (pictured)   /  Intro (Impossible 2 Hate U)  /  Shadows
2. Depeche Mode   /  Halo
3. Ships in the Night   /  Myriologues
4. Grimes   /  Pretty Dark - Demo
5. The Orb featuring Lee Scratch Perry   /  Hold Me Upsetter / Go Down Evil
6. Siouxsie and the Banshees   /  Happy House
7. Natureboy Flako   /  Gelis
8. Massive Attack, Christoffer Berg   /  Psyche - Flash Treatment
9. Plaid   /  Do Matter
10. Dead Can Dance   /  Cantara
11. Kedr Livanskiy   /  Ivan Kupala (New Day)
12. Jah Division   /  Dub Will Tear Us Apart
13. The Glove   /  Perfect Murder - Remastered

3-27-19 Merging w/the Night

Stream 3-27-19 radio set here

Playlist:

1. Cate le Bon (pictured)   /  Daylight Matters
2. The Wailers   /  Road Block (instrumental
3. My Bloody Valentine   /  Blown a Wish
4. Loma   /  Half Silences
5. Cass McCombs   /  Absentee
6. Bauhaus   /  Crowds
7. Nightmares on Wax   /  Les Nuits
8. The Brian Jonestown Massacre   /  What Can I Say
9. Laurie Anderson   /  Bright Red
10. Swans   /  Blind
11. Nils Frahm   /  All Melody (live)
12. Chromatics   /  Running Up That Hill

The NightOwl - Full Moon on the Spring Equinox 3-20-19

Stream or download hour two of this 3-20-19 radio set

Featuring artist cEvin Key (pictured) and his collaborative projects including Skinny Puppy, Tear Garden, Hilt, and Download.

This is the second hour of my final broadcast from our Lambeth studios.

Playlist:

1. Steve Hauschildt   /  Arpeggiare
2. Rechenzentrum   /  Eden
3. cEvin Key   /  Aphasia
4. Hilt   /  Get Out of the Grave Alan
5. The Tear Garden   /  Romulus and Venus
6. Skinny Puppy   /  Dig It
7. Download   /  H Sein Influence
8. The Legendary Pink Dots   /  Just a Lifetime
9. Julianna Barwick   /  Nebula
10. F Ingers   /  All Rolled Up

Final Show at Lambeth Studios, Merging w/the Night 3-20-19

Stream or download 3-20-19 radio set here, approx. one hour long

A full moon on the Vernal Equinox for my last show at our studios in Lambeth Commons on the Grounds of the University of Virginia.  The station moved just a few days later to a new location a few miles away.  We broke a Guinness World Record to christen the station with 82 DJ's presenting a show.  Very exciting!

AND I get to see Nils Frahm play in concert this Sunday.  What a week!

Playlist:

1. Nils Frahm   /  A Place
2. The Cinematic Orchestra, Grey Reverend   /  Zero One-This Fantasy
3. Club Kuru   /  Giving In
4. Nils Frahm   /  My Friend The Forest
5. Sebastian Codex   /  Es Que No Se Que Decir Ahora
6. Anna Calvi   /  Wolf Like Me - Live
7. Cocteau Twins   /  Garlands
8. Brian Eno   /  Golden Hours (2004 Remaster)
9. Mac DeMarco   /  Nobody
10. The Legendary Pink Dots (pictured)   /  Sterre
11. Soundwalk Collective, Patti Smith   /  The New Revelations of Being
12. Lamb, Cian Finn   /  Moonshine
13. Sixtoo   /  Disclaimer
14. Steve Hauschildt   /  Arpeggiare

3-14-19 The NightOwl

Pictured: John Balance of Coil

Stream or download 3-14-19 radio set here

Playlist:

1. Kid Koala, Trixie Whitley   /  Lost At Sea
2. Coil   /  Batwings (A Limnal Hymn)
3. Natureboy Flako   /  Who Do You Think You Are?
4. Meat Beat Manifesto   /  Pin Drop
5. Susumu Yokota   /  blue sky and yellow sunflower
6. Colleen   /  Captain of None
7. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Four Tet   /  I Will Make Room For You - Four Tet Remix
8. Atoms For Peace   /  Default
9. Gaussian Curve   /  Red Light
10. Dizharmonia   /  Socrates

3-13-19 Merging w/the Night

pictured: Patti Smith

Stream or download 3-13-19 radio set here

Playlist:

1. Kikagaku Moyo   / Entrance
2. mum   / Green Grass of Tunnel
3. Blonde Redhead   / We Should Be Holding Hands
4. New Order   / Truth
5. The Cure   / Charlotte Sometimes (single version)
6. Neneh Cherry   / Woman
7. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, Vitamin String Quartet   / Stranger Things Theme
8. Marketa Irglova   / The Hill
9. Orchestra of Spheres   / Koudede - Edit
10. Patti Smith   / Free Money
11. Zombie Zombie   / Free Money
12. Franco Battiato   / Beta

3-6-19 Merging w/ the Night, and The NightOwl

(Elizabeth Fraser, pictured)

Stream or download 3-6-19 radio set here

I often try to divide the music I play on the show between the two hours, playing more rock- and pop-friendly songs in the first hour, and the more difficult or experimental songs in the second hour.  Now, I've started calling that second hour by another name: The NightOwl.

My radio show is recorded live as it goes out into the radiowaves from 11pm on Wednesdays (wtju.net or 91.1 FM in the listening area around Charlottesville, VA) until 1am on Thursday.  Merging with the Night has occupied this 2-hour slot bridging across the midnight boundary for a few years now, and it has always been more than a rock show.  We like to push the boundaries of genre.  I'm glad to continue the Merge-y vibe of the show in the first hour.  The NightOwl might make things weirder in the second hour.  But each week is different and the main idea is to give free rein to dreamy sounds.

I hope you enjoy.

Playlist:

1. Cocteau Twins   / Know Who You Are At Every Age
2. Cocteau Twins   / Carolyn's Fingers
3. The Smiths   / Rubber Ring
4. The Slits   / Typical Girls
5. Jessica Pratt   / Fare Thee Well
6. Hauschka   / Shy
7. Leah Dou   / Long Day's Journey Into Night
8. SPINN   / After Dark
9. Buke & Gase   / No Land
10. Sparklehorse   / Little Fat Baby
11. Massive Attack   / Daydreaming - Luv It Dub
12. Massive Attack   / Dissolved Girl
13. Susumu Yokota   / I close the door upon myself
14. Nosaj Thing   / Sister
15. The Glove   / Mr. Alphabet Says - Alt RS Vocal Demo
16. The Cure   / Other Voices - Remastered Version
17. Bauhaus   / She's in Parties (single edit)
18. Tones on Tail   / Lions
19. Peter Murphy   / Socrates the Python
20. E Ruscha V   / The Hostess
21. Squarepusher   / Sad Robot Goes Funny
22. Aphex Twin   / diskhat ALL prepared1mixed 13
23. Aphex Twin   / piano un1 arpej / piano un10 it happened
24. Pye Corner Audio   / Hollow Earth
25. The Range   / Metal Swing - Alternative Edit
26. Cabaret Voltaire   / The Voice of America / Damage is Done
27. Dead Can Dance   / The Cardinal Sin (Remastered)

Radiohead's Experimental Bent, special artist feature 2-28-19

Stream or download the 1 hr radio set here

The freedom of late-night, independent radio allowed me to profile the experimental bent of Radiohead.
I had originally proposed a Radiohead themed show for this year's Rock Marathon fundraiser on WTJU, along with several other proposals.  But I decided to focus more narrowly on what I like the most about this band, and to do the show in a freer format, and I'm so glad. 
Listening to these songs on headphones was a true joy.  The sounds come from all directions; they made me feel like I was in a different space.

Playlist:

1. Radiohead  /  Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors  / Amnesiac
2. Radiohead  /  Kinetic  / Pyramid Song (single)
3. Radiohead  /  Kid A  / Kid A
4. Radiohead  /  MK 1 / MK 2  / In Rainbows Disk 2
5. Radiohead  /  Like Spinning Plates  / Amnesiac
6. Radiohead  /  Bloom  / The King of Limbs
7. Radiohead  /  Backdrifts  / Hail to the Thief
8. Radiohead  /  Treefingers  / Kid A
9. Radiohead  /  Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box  / Amnesiac
10. Radiohead  /  Idioteque  / Kid A
11. Radiohead  /  Hunting Bears  / Amnesiac
12. Radiohead  /  Untitled  / Kid A
13. Echo Collective  /  Hunting Bears - Like Spinning Plates  / Echo Collective Plays Amnesiac

2-20-19 Merging w/the Night

Listen to 2-20-19 radio set here

This set features plenty of ambient tracks from artists like Julianna Barwick (pictured).

Playlist:

1. Andrew Bird   / Bloodless
2. Kadhja Bonet   / Remember the Rain
3. Jacco Gardner   / Rain
4. Delicate Steve   / Freedom
5. Steve Hauschildt, Julianna Barwick   / Saccade
6. Philip Glass, Nosaj Thing   / Knee 1
7. Burt Bacharach   / South American Getaway
8. Panda Bear   / Token
9. Patti Smith   / Smells Like Teen Spirit
10. The Legendary Pink Dots   / Pennies for Heaven
11. Massive Attack   / Sly
12. Fila Brazillia   / Harmonicas are Shite
13. Echo Collective, Maps   / Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box - Maps Rework
14. Julianna Barwick   / RADIOHEAD - RECKONER (JULIANNA BARWICK MIX)
15. Dave Douglas   / Unison (Bjork cover)
16. Rodriguez   / Cause
17. David Holmes presents The Free Association   / Sugarman
18. Loma   / Who Is Speaking?
19. Grouper   / Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping
20. Holy Other   / Know Where
21. Forest Swords   / Arms Out
22. Laraaji   / Hare Jaya Jaya Rama II
23. Low   / Always Trying to Work It Out
24. The Durutti Column   / Sketch For A Summer
25. Christina Vantzou   / Percussion in Nonspace

2-13-19 Valentines Day edition of Merging w/the Night

Listen to 2-13-19 radio set here


Playlist:

1. Cocteau Twins  / Lorelei
2. Bjork  / Unison
3. Wes Swing  / Unravel
4. Fila Brazillia  / A Zed and Two L's
5. Jessica Pratt  / Moon Dude
6. Anna Calvi  / Sing to Me - Live
7. Iron & Wine  / Halfway to Richmond
8. The Gentleman Losers  / Mansion on the Dunes
9. Archers of Loaf  / Wrong
10. The Mountain Goats  / Younger
11. Beirut  / When I Die
12. Krisma  / Lola
13. Mary Lattimore, Julianna Barwick  / Never Saw Him Again - Julianna Barwick Remix
14. Patrick Watson  / Love Songs for Robots
15. Neneh Cherry  / Synchronized Devotion
16. BADBADNOTGOOD, Charlotte Day Wilson  / In Your Eyes
17. Susumu Yokota  / Long Long Silk Bridge
18. ESPRIT  / Pizza Day
19. Manfred Mann's Earth Band  / Tribute
20. Massive Attack  / Black Milk
21. The Baby Namboos  / ANCOATS2ZAMBIA - Geoff Barrow Remix
22. Nosaj Thing, Whoarei  / Don't Mind Me
23. Leah Dou  / A swim in the love that you give me
24. Nightmares on Wax  / Master Plan
25. Teeth of the Sea  / Hiraeth

Guest DJ Freddie on Merging w/the Night, 1-30-19

Guest DJ Freddie did a great job on Merging w/the Night last week.

Listen here

Playlist:
"Chalice Hymnal" - Grails - "Chalice Hymnal"
"Chariots" - Grails - "Black Tar Prophecies Vol. 4, 5, & 6"
"Real High" - Nite Jewel - "Real High"
"Kookaburra" - Cocteau Twins (pictured) - "Aikea-Guinea"
"Life In Mono" - Mono - "Formica Blues"
"I Wish You Could Smile" - Stoa - "Zal"
"Boy In The Moon" - Julia Holter - "Ekstasis"
"The Sea In My Palm" - Hiroshi Yoshimura - "Pier & Loft"
"Cross-court (Get It)" - Vito Ricci - "I Was Crossing a Bridge"
"The Bridge" - Vito Ricci - "I Was Crossing a Bridge"
"Juno" - Harold Budd - "The Pavilion of Dreams"
"Kafka Was Correct" - Roy Montgomery - "And Now the Rain Sounds Like Life Is Falling Down Through It"
"Maybe You Will Find Me" - Glacis - "Lost Again On Waking"
"Contellation" - John Surman - "Upon Reflection"
"Sonali" - Carl Stone - "Electronic Music from the Eighties and Nineties"
"A Sodium Codec Haze" - Tim Hecker - "Konoyo"
"Across to Anoyo" - Tim Hecker - "Konoyo"

1-23-19 Merging w/the Night

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (pictured)

Listen to 1-23-19 radio set here


Playlist:

1. Kikagaku Moyo  / Dripping Sun
2. Wild Nothing  / Blue Wings
3. Massive Attack, Mad Professor  / Wire - Leaping Dub
4. Cass McCombs  / The Great Pixley Train Robbery
5. Stimulator Jones  / Give My All
6. Nosaj Thing  / Eclipse / Blue
7. Blonde Redhead, Ludovico Einaudi  / Where Your Mind Wants to Go (feat. Ludovico Einaudi)
8. Meg Baird, Mary Lattimore  / Damaged Sunset
9. Massive Attack  / Exchange
10. Susumu Yokota  / purple rose minuet
11. Blockhead  / Weeping Willow
12. Deerhunter  / Death in Midsummer
13. Horace Andy, The Aggrovators  / Dub for the Angels
14. Massive Attack  / Group Four
15. The Cinematic Orchestra, Roots Manuva  / A Caged Bird/Imitations of Life
16. Baths  / Clarence Difference
17. Hooverphonic  / 2 Wicky
18. Lali Puna  / Being Water
19. Olafur Arnalds, Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdottir  / Particles - Island Songs VI
20. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith  / A Kid
21. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith  / I Am A Thought
22. Radiohead  / Videotape
23. Rival Consoles  / Persona
24. Hailu Mergia  / Shemonmuanaye
25. All India Radio  / Monsters

1-16-19 Merging with the Night

Listen to 1-16-19 radio set here

Playlist:

1. Radiohead   / Ill Wind
2. Kid Loco   / A Grand Love Theme
3. Bjork   / Come To Me
4. The Breeders   / All Nerve
5. 13 & God   / Men of Station
6. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Joe Goddard   / An Intention - Cumulonimbus Remix
7. Wume   / Blood Moon
8. Kedr Livanskiy   / No More Summer Rain
9. Peter Broderick   / You Can Make Me Feel Bad
10. Peter Broderick   / That's Us/Wild Combination
11. Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou   / The Homeless Wanderer
12. Anna Calvi   / Sing to Me
13. Grizzly Bear   / Shift - Alternate Version
14. mum   / We Have a Map of the Piano
15. The Herbaliser   / The Sensual Woman
16. Beck   / Wave
17. Jamie xx   / Obvs
18. 310   / Pacific Gravity
19. WHY?   / Strawberries
20. Nettles   / Brando
21. Nightmares on Wax   / 195Lbs
22. Rival Consoles   / Be Kind
23. Niels Lan Doky   / Misty Dawn
24. Olafur Arnalds   / Near Light
25. Sergei Prokofiev, Eugene Ormandy   / Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: The Duck, Dialogue with the Bird, Attack of the Cat
26. Master Wilburn Burchette   / Raising the Pyramid of Power
27. Silent Poets, VIRGINIA ASTLEY   / I WILL MISS THIS HOLY GARDEN
28. Coil   / Batwings (A Limnal Hymn)

1-9-19 Merging w/ the Night

Listen to 1-9-19 radio set here

Playlist:

1. Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros   / Gamma Ray
2. Kadhja Bonet   / Gramma Honey
3. Neneh Cherry   / Kong
4. Massive Attack, Breakage   / Paradise Circus
5. Four Tet   / She Moves She
6. The Legendary Pink Dots   / Blacklist
7. Nightmares on Wax, Steven Julien   / On It Maestro - Steven Julien Mix
8. The Heliocentrics   / Space Time Girl
9. Radicalfashion   / Ballet
10. Lucius   / Eventually
11. Master Wilburn Burchette   / Introversion
12. Burning Spear   / Marcus Say Jah No Dead
13. Tricky   / Evolution Revolution Love
14. Tosca   / Suzuki
15. Laurie Anderson   / Walking and Falling
16. Rival Consoles   / Memory Arc
17. M.I.A.   / 20 Dollar
18. Pixies   / Monkey Gone to Heaven
19. New Order   / Blue Monday
20. UNKLE, Miink, Elliott Power   / Ar.Mour
21. Gudrun Gut   / Musik
22. Massive Attack   / Everywhen
23. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith   / An Intention
24. Laraaji, Dntel   / Introspection - Dntel Remix
25. Ice Cube, George Clinton   / Bop Gun (One Nation) - Remastered
26. Subtle   / F.K.O
27. cLOUDDEAD   / Apt. A - 2