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A Box of Toys is a radio program dedicated to the tireless pursuit of obscure musical artifacts. The explosive growth of DIY digitized archiving and recording means that now, more than any previous time, we can find lost and buried treasures, filter them through discerning ears, and present them to you in a way that renders them coherent and relevant. Join us on this journey through the dusty corners and hidden pathways to bring you the most creative part of our musical human cultural experience.
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A Box of Toys is a radio program dedicated to the mystery of obscure music. The sheer volume of new and original artists is utterly overwhelming and A Box of Toys endeavors to pluck these voices out of their dusty basements and onto the airwaves for your listening pleasure. It is the culmination of a …
A Box of Toys is a radio program dedicated to the mystery of obscure music. The sheer volume of new and original artists is utterly overwhelming and A Box of Toys endeavors to pluck these voices out of their dusty basements and onto the airwaves for your listening pleasure. It is the culmination of a … Continued
Episode 91 – Furious Piglets A follow-on show from EP90, this includes artists and projects that included contributions of members of Furious Pig, including a nice thick slab of tracks from KPFA’s own Stephen Kent. Contributions from Trance Mission, Hermine, Dial, Tim Hodgkinson, and Lights In A Fat City.
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Episode 186 – Backtrack Vol2 We rewind to take a second stab at digital downloads, combing for unaired gems, including Chat Pile, Slauson Malone 1, PEB, Small Medium Large, Panstarrs, Aquaserge, Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood Of Breath, Ahleuchatistas, Sockethead, Ben Lumsdaine, and Red Snapper. Curator Chris Cory: “This is the second in our Backtrack Series, where … Continued
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RERUN: Episode 86 – Best of ABOT 4 Original Airdate: 1/4/22 Our fourth in a series of Best Of Shows including the Anarchist Republic of Bzzzzz, Get The Blessing, Roll The Dice, Ras G, Zeroh, Black Flower, Being Selfish, Family Fodder, PREMIER, Aphex Twin, Klein, The Bug, Kevin Ayers, Nova Materia, Kiefer, Sharon Van Etten, … Continued
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Episode 185 – Backtrack V1 We rewind to take a second stab at digital downloads, combing for unaired gems, including BluFrank, Chat Pile, Alif, Roll The Dice, Slauson Malone 1, PEB/iamchainsaw, Small Medium Large, Panstarrs, Ensemble Volcanic Ash, and Red Snapper. You can think of this series as a book-end to the Best of ABOT. … Continued
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A Box of Toys is a radio program dedicated to the mystery of obscure music. The sheer volume of new and original artists is utterly overwhelming and A Box of Toys endeavors to pluck these voices out of their dusty basements and onto the airwaves for your listening pleasure. It is the culmination of a … Continued
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Episode 184 – Half and Half #2 On today/tonight’s show, the latest releases (mostly experimental music) and reissues both in vinyl and digital, including IVVVO, Subtle, Aboutface, Cindy Lee, Hakushi Hasegawa, Angels In America, Ex-Continent, The Muffins, Chat Pile, Eda Er, Gokche Uygun, Toso Toso, and Alif. We are going to start off by going through the records that we have received since the last needledrop show. There … Continued
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Episode 183 – Fall Needledrop From the ever flowing river of vinyl, whose flow will increase with the changing seasons, we fished out Ivor Cutler, Angelique Kudjo, Blake Fleming, Wu-Lu, CivilistJavel!, Bogdan Raczynski, James Holden, Thurston Moore, Aerial M, and the Butthole Surfers. Curator Chris Cory: “The detritus of the ABOT shipping department has drifted … Continued
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RERUN – Episode 84 – The 2nd Best of A Box of Toys Original Airdate: 12/14/21 This is the 2nd “Best of ABOT” show, and a great survey of what we bring: Flying Lotus, Yppah, Busdriver, Lou Reed, Adam Freeland, Taraf De Haidouks, Sherwood and Pinch, Sandra Electronics, Ercilla Costa, Charles Mingus, Charlie Haden, Asgeir, … Continued
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Episode 182 – Summer’s Leftovers You never know what you are going to find when you have leftovers: African Head Charge, Aurilio, Samuel Yirga, Creole Choir Cuba, Delia Derbyshire, Dombolo, Bab L’Bluz, Khalab, Montparnasse Musique, Taxi Kebab, Bokante, Onipa, DBH, Sam & Bridget, Asher Gamezde and many more! Curator Chris Cory: “Last week, we played … Continued
