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Music of the spheres, free jazz bursts

Jennifer Lucy Allan shares a minimalist guitar workout by Leda alongside cello-computer interactions from Dorothy Carlos. Plus free jazz and electronic avant-garde compositions

Jennifer Lucy Allan digs into her personal record collection and shares music she has had on heavy rotation recently, including minimalist guitar workouts from Leda, the strange, dreamy Japanese new wave of Akikawabaya’s album The Castle II, and a song from Australian trio The Dead C's extended universe.

Handpicked from the New Releases pile, meanwhile, we hear mysterious sounds resulting from cello-computer interactions recorded by Dorothy Carlos, followed by the pioneering piece Music of The Spheres, an avant-garde electronic composition from 1977 by Johanna Beyer, which was reissued this month. Plus: a taste of the explosive free jazz sound typical of multi-instrumentalist and archivist Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society as well as hazy lo-fi post punk from Cuneiform Tabs.

Produced by Silvia Malnati
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1 hour, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Echo Party

    Peeeeel

    • Orsova.
    • 12th Isle.
  • Juma Sultan’s Aboriginal Music Society

    Sundance

    • Father of Origin.
    • eremite records.
  • Michael Morley

    Sunrise

    • Pushed Streets.
    • Thin Wrist.
  • Maalem Houssam Guinia

    Ya Jowadi

    • Dead of Night.
    • Hive Mind Records.
  • Mustapha Skandrani

    Improvisations (Mual)

    • Istikhbars and Improvisations.
    • EM Records.
  • Dorothy Carlos

    Hypnic

    • Split.
    • D.O.T..
  • Sachi

    Flea Market Dub Mix

    • Flea Market.
    • Japan Blues.
  • Alan Alpenfelt

    Ecocentro Chiasso mini mix

  • DJ GAWAD

    Tasali (feat. Julmud)

    • DJ GAWAD Presents: VOLUME 1.
    • Drowned By Locals.
  • Johanna Beyer

    Music of the Spheres

    • New Music For Electronic & Recorded Media (Women In Electronic Music - 1977).
    • Composers Recordings Inc..
  • Ghost Dubs

    Thin Line

    • Damaged Versions.
    • Pressure.
  • LEDA

    8

    • Neuter.
    • Discreet Music.
  • Eftergift

    En Fantom I Fönstret

    • Vatten Över Vatten.
    • Discreet Music.
  • Tomo Akikawabaya

    Objet d'Amour

    • The Castle II.
    • mecanica.
  • Caxtrinho

    Papagaio

    • Queda Livre.
    • QTV Selo.
  • Fred Moten, Brandon Lopez & Gerald Cleaver

    1B

    • the blacksmiths, the flowers.
    • Reading Group.
  • Aditya Ryan Bhat

    Fixed/Fleeting

    • Fixed/Fleeting.
    • Syrphe.
  • ²¹±èö±è²¹

    bala

    • ap​ö​pa / bala atap.
    • tissue★box & ASC.
  • Dame Area

    Si no es hoy cuando es

    • Toda La Verdad Sobre Dame Area.
    • Mannequin Records.
  • Ebo Taylor and The Pelikans

    Enye Nyame Nko

    • Ebo Taylor and The Pelikans.
  • Prince La La

    Things have Changed

    • Gumbo Stew.
    • Ace.

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