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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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Episode 179 – Digital Downloads Vol 13 Another dive into the digital closet, to retrieve items procured earlier this year, with artists including Lekhfa, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, Roll The Dice, Mamaleek, Pollution Opera, Maral, Practical Anarchy, Klein, Moor Mother. This week we are making one more trip to the digital closet, to bring forth what … Continued
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In episode 178 Mid Year Needle Drop Vol 2 of A Box Of Toys, we wrap up our mid-year trimester of vinyl. With releases from Teeth Agency, The Great Tyrant, Street Sects, MHE, 1127, Small Medium Large, Pangea De Futura, Have A Nice Life, Stumpf, IG, Lekhfa, and Austin Peralta.
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Rerun from 2/22/22- Ep90: Furious Pig Dissection A Box Of Toys takes pause to interview one of the most unusual products to emerge from the British underground and explore its surprising connection to local, regional and world music, and the influences which led to their unique output: KPFA’s own Stephen Kent of Furious Pig.
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Four months worth of new vinyl arrived at our doorstep, including- Slauson Malone 1, Jan Jelinek, JK Flesh, JJ Doom, Sote, Jimmy Castor Bunch, Dennis Coffee, Kevin Martin, Austin Peralta, African Head Charge, and Lekhfa. Plenty of Leftovers to make a second episode soon! Back to the stacks!!!! We have had considerable numbers of records … Continued
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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.
