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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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This is episode 176 – Digital Downloads Vol 12 on A Box of Toys. Our round of sampling this time is from the digital archives featuring noise and jazz like Batman Kabab, MUD, Earth Logoff, Arve Heinriksen, Low Leaf, SIHR, Small Medium Large, Aquaserge, Saint Abdulla & Eomac, Adrian Sherwood, Nick Didkovsky, Unknown to Known, … Continued
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Episode 175: Digital Downloads Vol. 11 includes pairings from bands swept onto the hard drive over the last five months: The Night Monitor, Jan Jelinek, Bogdan Raczynski, Slauson Malone 1, KRMU, Flame 2, PANSTARRS, Ensemble Volcanic Ash, and Pange de Futura. Curator Chris Cory: “It has been five months since we did a digital downloads … Continued
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In episode 174 Cairo Revisited, we return to the Cairo Underground for a tour of the left field via the Mostakell and Nashazphone Labels who include in their roster: Lekhfa, ZULI, Maryam Saleh, Sister Iodine, 7ajee, Panstarrs, Kayann, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, Drissi Al-Abassi, LaBombe, Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler. Curator Chris Cory: “It has been a couple of months now since our Straight Out of Cairo show (Episode … Continued
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A journey through South Africa primarily through the Gallo Records imprint, whose A&R through 1950 was run by Griffiths Motseiloa. We explore the mystery of “Rae Gae”, published in 1939, a full 30 years before Reggae became a genre, Mirabi music, Amapiano, and much more.
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Episode 173 explores the color and fabric of folk music from two disparate regions: SE Asia and SE United States, including folk recordings from Vietnam, Cambodia and Appalachia. Most artists are unidentified, except: GB Grayson, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and Sylvester Weaver and a few others. “One evening, approximately 30 years ago, I went to a … Continued
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Some lost gems from Episode 50, Crammed Discs and the Sub Rosa Record Label. Featured artists include Mocky, Akron/Family, Zeep, Jean Gab’1, Oy, Le Son Mite, Aquaserge, Nova Materia, Christophe Giraud, Radionics Radio, Alt-J, and more.
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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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This episode covers the legacy of legendary bassist Richard Davis as a sideman for Roland Kirk, Jaki Byard, Andrew Hill, Gabor Szabo, Van Morrison, Janis Ian, Eric Dolphy, George Benson, Sonny Stitt, Phoebe Snow, Paul Simon and Sarah Vaughn. Renowned bassist Richard Davis passed away in September of 2023. This show will review only a … Continued
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A tribute to the late great Bobby Tench, and featuring samples of his recorded output as a sideman or as a leader including: The Gass, Jeff Beck, Ginger Baker, Freddy King, Streetwalker, Hummingbird, Topper Headon, Boxer, Joanna Connor, Roger Chapman, and Van Morrison. When ABOT does a tribute show, we try to do it for … Continued
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A journey through the Luaka Bop catalog including Moreno Veloso, Os Mutantes, Javelin, Janka Nabay, Floating Points, Domenico Lancellotti, Delicate Steve, Cornershop, Cibo Matto, Bremer/McCoy, Alice Coltrane, Shoukichi Kina, Zap Mama, Tom Ze, Shuggie Otis & Alhaji Waziri Oshomah.
