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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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Our third Emerging Artists show featured Clever Austin, Midwife, LEVL, Nazamba, Megan Thee Stallion and Collicutor. These artists have worked their way into regular rotation at A Box of Toys since this episode aired on June 9th of 2020. Comb the archives for related artists!
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New vinyl from Keleketla!, Meltable Snaps It, Alabaster DePlume, Ceramic Dog, Tinariwen, and Zeroh, and a half show of Skin Graft artists including PRE, Gay Beast, Doomsday Student, Xaddax, Sax Ruins, Psychic Graveyard, Tijuana Hercules, and Koenjihyakkei. *Image from the Public Domain Review The Celestial Atlas of Andreas Cellarius (1660)
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New vinyl from Keleketla!, Meltable Snaps It, Alabaster DePlume, Ceramic Dog, Tinariwen, and Zeroh, and a half show of Skin Graft artists including PRE, Gay Beast, Doomsday Student, Xaddax, Sax Ruins, Psychic Graveyard, Tijuana Hercules, and Koenjihyakkei. *Image from the Public Domain Review The Celestial Atlas of Andreas Cellarius (1660)
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A wondrous journey down the Rabbit Hole known as the Various Artist compilation, including Geins’t Nait, Maghreb, Sprung Aus Den Wolken, Gradins, Malaria, Aus Lauter Liebe, Christiane F, ExKurs, Populare Mechanik, Cocteau Twins, Throwing Muses, Colourbox, Dif Juz & Clan of Xymox
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Skin Graft Records features Noise Rock artists from the US and Japan, including Dazzling Killmen, Strangulated Beatoffs, Mama Tick, Mount Shasta, Shorty, Fruitcake, Dennison/Kimball Trio, Brice-Glace, Space Streakings, US Maple, Melt Banana, Big’n, Flying Luttenbachers, and MORE…
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Chicago and Berlin based Thrill Jockey emerged in the mid-90’s. Label lineup includes Wrekmeister Harmonies, Tortoise, Dan Friel, Dustin Wong, The Sea & Cake, OOIOO, Matmos, Califone, Oval, Radian, Saicobab, Lightning Bolt, Marisa Anderson, Mouse On Mars, Oozing Wound & Exploding Star Orchestra.
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The 7th in our series of digital downloads,this time (again) from Bandcamp, featuring Juryman, Plume, Mazurek&Locks, Diego Caicedo, Black Taffy, Mark Ribot, Werner Durand, Psyclones, U Totem, France Sauvage, Alfred Harth, Collocutor, Phume, Roll The Dice, NDIO, & Adrian Sherwood.
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One of the most cited shows in the archives featuring the work of Delia Derbyshire, The White Noise, Deru, Don Cherry, Kinuki Takahashi, and Ryuchi Sakamoto. This show features a group of composers who brought electronic music out of the lab and into film, TV, jazz and rock. *original airdate 2/16/2021 Image = The Sorceress … Continued
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One of the most cited shows in the archives featuring the work of Delia Derbyshire, The White Noise, Deru, Don Cherry, Kinuki Takahashi, and Ryuchi Sakamoto. This show features a group of composers who brought electronic music out of the lab and into film, TV, jazz and rock. *original airdate 2/16/2021 Image = The Sorceress … Continued
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In this show we continue our journey through Africa along the Tropic of Cancer, featuring music from Youssou N’Dour, Toure Kunda, Orchestra Baobab, Baaba Maal, Fela Kuti, Jacob Sam, Queen Salawa Abeni, Ali Farka Toure, and ABOT in-house favourite band, Songhoy Blues. *original air date12/1/20
