The story of rock music in Cambodia is like the story of a prodigy of indulgent parents that dies in a tragic accident. This is a country which had recently escaped colonialism, under the new rule of a king from an artistic family, was encouraged to explore music and the arts and embrace the West. … Continued
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This show focuses on forgotten tunes, mostly from the period 1965-1975. However, this is not a sentimental survey of that period. This is simply what ABOT would have done were it around back then- finding music worth hearing and giving it airplay. There are two basic groupings- unfamiliar tunes by familiar artists, and familiar tunes … Continued
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RERUN: Episode 110 – Women of Experimental Electronic Original Airdate: 8/23/22 A deep dive into women’s electronic music, featuring many recent arrivals like Huma Utku, Lucretia Dalt, Celia Hollander, Delia Derbyshire, Astrid Sonne, Helene Vogelsinger, Valentina Magelleti, Flora Yin-Wong, Carmen Villain, Felicia Atkinson, LEYA, Smerz, Zavoloka, & Karen Gwyer.
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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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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
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Episode 181 – Real World Records Review Vol 3 covers the artist and requisition (A&R) for the label from 1997-2017, including Djivan Gasparyan, Maryam Mursal, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Spaccanapoli, ZAWOSE & BROOK, Pape & Cheikh, Adrian Sherwood, Ozomatli, Little Axe, Ayub Ogada, Varttina, Toumast Ishumar, Abdelli , Dengue Fever, The Imagined Village, and more! Curator … Continued
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Original airdate: 8/25/2020 In this first “Best of ABOT” show, Curator Chris Cory takes samples from episodes 1-22, including Banda Black Rio, Leftfield, Wima Vritra, Fred Frith, Roots Manuva, Annette Peacock, The Pop Group, Igorrr, Blam Blam Blam, Cybotron, Pierre Schaffer, Aksak Maboul, Little Simz, , Cioccolata, Sporto Kantes, Eno/Byrne, X-Ray Spex & more.
