Abstract Index playlist - Jan 11/06
Greetings folks-
It's fitting to get my playlist archive started with the first show of the new year. The Abstract Index radio show can be heard at CIUT 89.5 FM in Toronto, from 6 to 8 PM on Wednesday nights except the first week of the month which is devoted to the Audible Woman.
This was my 2005 roundup. I'm happy that it was much more of a free for all than a bunch of ranked categories. I participated in those types of lists here and here. When I'm doing this show, I'm always more likely to go for an improvised free-for-all than a sober, highly organized recap of the major events of the last year. It's about capturing the flavour of last year.
The first part of the show was a more aggressive, improvised mix. One of my favourite tracks in any genre this year opened up the show - a 15 minute avant-second line barnstormer (thanks Nate for the recommendation). There were also three tunes which featured great turntablism, perhaps no better than in the Tetrault/Yoshihide track. Yoshihide played on my favourite improvised disc of the year, too - ROVA's "Electric Ascension".
The latter part of the show was funkier. Still, I wasn't able to get to any Latin stuff (favourite disc, and airplay champ of the AI for 2005: Los Pleneros De La 21) or any funk for that matter. At least there was room for a couple of balkan beats tracks, another big obsession of last year. And Konono No. 1 was one of the most interesting crossover successes of last year: look for Congotronics 2 to be just as massive. I'd love to see a Congotronics bandwagon effect happen in the same way Afrobeat blew up.
Thanks once again for listening and for all the calls. It's a privilege to do this. Here's the playlist:
3 on 2 - the respect sextet (roister)
musicians and animals - rob clutton (rat-drifting)
live at wfmu - keith fullerton whitman/greg davis (carpark)
wond - mat maneri (thirsty ear)
lyon no. 1 - martin tetrault/otomo yoshihide (ambiences magnetiques)
bandung - alex von schlippenbach/aki takase/dj illvibe (leo)
drift in groves of bamboo - nilan perera (synaptic circus)
mr. panhuysen - laconnor (drip audio)
synthesizers east of siam - unknown (from radio pnohm penh, sublime frequencies)
drewslate - claudia quintet (cuneiform)
dark secrets - david murray quartet with strings (justin time)
naam - christy azuma and uppers international (soundway)
tp colour cafe - konono no. 1 (crammed)
love child - mei tei sho (jarring effects)
mamo - shukar collective (riverboat)
inel inel de aur - rona hartner/dj click/shantel (essay)
poor man struggle - ranking joe (m)
african dub - twilight circus/michael rose (m)
song of sharing - nazarenes (hearbeat)
rub a dub - sugar minott (auralux)
It's fitting to get my playlist archive started with the first show of the new year. The Abstract Index radio show can be heard at CIUT 89.5 FM in Toronto, from 6 to 8 PM on Wednesday nights except the first week of the month which is devoted to the Audible Woman.
This was my 2005 roundup. I'm happy that it was much more of a free for all than a bunch of ranked categories. I participated in those types of lists here and here. When I'm doing this show, I'm always more likely to go for an improvised free-for-all than a sober, highly organized recap of the major events of the last year. It's about capturing the flavour of last year.
The first part of the show was a more aggressive, improvised mix. One of my favourite tracks in any genre this year opened up the show - a 15 minute avant-second line barnstormer (thanks Nate for the recommendation). There were also three tunes which featured great turntablism, perhaps no better than in the Tetrault/Yoshihide track. Yoshihide played on my favourite improvised disc of the year, too - ROVA's "Electric Ascension".
The latter part of the show was funkier. Still, I wasn't able to get to any Latin stuff (favourite disc, and airplay champ of the AI for 2005: Los Pleneros De La 21) or any funk for that matter. At least there was room for a couple of balkan beats tracks, another big obsession of last year. And Konono No. 1 was one of the most interesting crossover successes of last year: look for Congotronics 2 to be just as massive. I'd love to see a Congotronics bandwagon effect happen in the same way Afrobeat blew up.
Thanks once again for listening and for all the calls. It's a privilege to do this. Here's the playlist:
3 on 2 - the respect sextet (roister)
musicians and animals - rob clutton (rat-drifting)
live at wfmu - keith fullerton whitman/greg davis (carpark)
wond - mat maneri (thirsty ear)
lyon no. 1 - martin tetrault/otomo yoshihide (ambiences magnetiques)
bandung - alex von schlippenbach/aki takase/dj illvibe (leo)
drift in groves of bamboo - nilan perera (synaptic circus)
mr. panhuysen - laconnor (drip audio)
synthesizers east of siam - unknown (from radio pnohm penh, sublime frequencies)
drewslate - claudia quintet (cuneiform)
dark secrets - david murray quartet with strings (justin time)
naam - christy azuma and uppers international (soundway)
tp colour cafe - konono no. 1 (crammed)
love child - mei tei sho (jarring effects)
mamo - shukar collective (riverboat)
inel inel de aur - rona hartner/dj click/shantel (essay)
poor man struggle - ranking joe (m)
african dub - twilight circus/michael rose (m)
song of sharing - nazarenes (hearbeat)
rub a dub - sugar minott (auralux)
posted by Dacks at 9:57 p.m.
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