Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman:
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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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Pop-up player!| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | Approx. start time | ||||
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| Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes |
Devika (Goddess)
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Visions Of A New World | Flying Dutchman | 1975 | 0:02:31 (Pop-up) | |||||
| Digable Planets |
Pacifics
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Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space) | Pendulum/Elektra | 1993 | 0:07:40 (Pop-up) | |||||
| Illegal Crowns |
Crooked Frame
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Unclosing | Out of Your Head | 2023 | https://outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/unclosing | 0:12:12 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Bill Laswell |
Uprising
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Baselines | Elektra Musician | 1983 | 0:19:40 (Pop-up) | |||||
| Jantra |
Gedima
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Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground | Ostinato | 2023 | https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/synthesized-sudan-astro-nubian-electronic-jaglara-dance-sounds-from-the-fashaga-underground | 0:20:43 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Matano & Morning Star |
Binti
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Zanzibara 10 - First Modern Taarab Vibes from Mombasa & Tanga, 1970-1990 | Buda Musique | 2021 | 0:24:37 (Pop-up) | |||||
| Gato Barbieri |
Introduction - Cancion Del Llamero And Tango
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Third World | Flying Dutchman | 1970 | feat. Lonnie Liston Smith | 0:31:36 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Elegua |
Planeta Pimiento
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Elegua | We Are Busy Bodies | 2023 | https://elegua.bandcamp.com/album/s-t | 0:42:38 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Oliver Nelson |
Skull Session
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Skull Session | Flying Dutchman | 1975 | feat. Lonnie Liston Smith | 0:49:48 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Harold Land |
Pakistan
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Damisi | WeWantSounds | 2023 | https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/harold-land-damisi-lp-gatefold-sleeve-and-2pp-insert-black-vinyl | 0:58:06 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Leon Thomas |
Malcolm's Gone
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Spirits Known and Unknown | Flying Dutchman | 1969 | feat. Lonnie Liston Smith | 1:05:59 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Som Imaginário |
Os Cafezais sem Fim
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Banda Da Capital | Far Out | 2023 | https://somimaginrio.bandcamp.com/album/banda-da-capital | 1:14:42 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge And Ali Shaheed Muhammad Featuring Loren Oden |
Love Brings Happiness
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Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 | Jazz Is Dead | 2023 | https://lonnielistonsmith.bandcamp.com/album/lonnie-liston-smith-jid017 | 1:25:49 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Bayeté Umbra Zindiko |
Don't Need Nobody
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Seeking Other Beauty | Prestige | 1973 | 1:30:32 (Pop-up) | |||||
| Guru |
Down The Backstreets feat. Lonnie Liston Smith
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Jazzmatazz Volume: 1 | Chrysalis | 1993 | 1:40:39 (Pop-up) | |||||
| Lee "Scratch" Perry |
I Am A Madman (12" Mix)
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The Battle Of Armagideon (Millionaire Liquidator) 2CD Expanded Edition | Doctor Bird / Cherry Red | 2023 | https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/lee-scratch-perry-battle-of-armagideon-2cd-expanded-edition/ | 1:45:24 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Sebastião Tapajos / Pedro Dos Santos |
Cantico Del Agua
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Mike D - Brazil 45s Boxset | Mr. Bongo | 2023 | https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/15968 | 1:54:33 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra |
Lately's Solo
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Live At I.U.C.C. / November 26, 1978 | Nimbus West | 2023 | https://www.nimbuswestrecords.com/shop-5/p/pan-afrikan-peoples-arkestra-live-at-iucc-112678-2cd | 1:56:12 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Pharoah Sanders |
Red, Black and Green
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Thembi | Impulse! | 1971 | feat. Lonnie Liston Smith | 2:23:07 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes |
Sais (Egypt)
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Cosmic Funk | Flying Dutchman | 1974 | 2:31:57 (Pop-up) | |||||
| Huey Simmons |
New Newk
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Burning Spirits | Contemporary | 1971 | feat. Lonnie Liston Smith | 2:40:20 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Lee "Scratch" Perry |
(I Am A) Madman Dubwise!
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The Battle Of Armagideon (Millionaire Liquidator) 2CD Expanded Edition | Doctor Bird / Cherry Red | 2023 | https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/lee-scratch-perry-battle-of-armagideon-2cd-expanded-edition/ | 2:52:01 (Pop-up) | ||||
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hi, David and folks!
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Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet, flugelhorn
Mary Halvorson - guitar
Benoît Delbecq - piano
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https://www.steveelkins.net/Interviews/On-Music/Fred-Frith/
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The defining characteristic of the spinet was its drop action (sometimes called indirect blow action). In this device, the keys did not engage the action directly; rather they pulled upward on rods called "stickers," which in turn pulled upward on levers located below the level of the keyboard, which in turn engaged the action. The stickers were sufficiently long that the hammer heads (the highest part of the action) ended up at roughly the same vertical level as the keyboard.
Thanks to the drop action, spinet pianos could be made very small; the top of a spinet rose only a few inches above the level of the keyboard itself (see image above). However, according to piano author Larry Fine,[5] the cost in quality was considerable. The stickers were "often noisy and troublesome." Moreover, to make room for them, the keys had to be made shorter, resulting in "very poor leverage" and thus a poor sense of touch and control for the player. Lastly, the very short strings of the spinet resulted in a narrow range of harmonics and thus in poor tone quality.”
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