WFMU: Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman: Playlist from October 14, 2023

Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman: Playlist from October 14, 2023

Observations of Deviance is a vinyl focused, free form program that harkens back to early days of underground FM radio. Your host, David Mittleman, hunts down the most exotic, unusual and off-the-beaten-track music from around the world in a number of genres: Spiritual Jazz, Free Improvisation, Experimental Electronics, Ethnographic Oddities and World-Wide Psychedelic Funk. You are guaranteed to hear sounds you’ve never heard before.

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October 14, 2023

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time

Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra	Rocket #9	The Bridge / Rocket #9 7"	El Saturn	1968		0:02:55 (Pop-up)
Tom Zé	Complexo De Épico "Complexo De Épico" by "Tom Zé"	Todos Os Olhos	Continental	1973	short version	0:05:14 (Pop-up)
Kate Gentile	r.a.t.b.o.t.B "r.a.t.b.o.t.B" by "Kate Gentile"	Find Letter X	Pi Recordings	2023	https://kategentile.bandcamp.com/album/find-letter-x	0:06:34 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra	Rocket No. 9 "Rocket No. 9" by "Sun Ra Arkestra"	Swirling	Strut / Art Yard	2020		0:11:33 (Pop-up)
Mel Kaiser	Sonic With Variations "Sonic With Variations" by "Mel Kaiser"	Science Fiction Sound Effects Record	Folkways	1958		0:16:30 (Pop-up)
Flora Purim	Encounter "Encounter" by "Flora Purim"	Encounter	Milestone	1977	feat. Ron Carter, Airto, Hermeto Pascoal	0:17:44 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Rocket #9 "Rocket #9" by "NRBQ"	NRBQ	Columbia	1969		0:24:53 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra	Rocket Number Nine	"Jazz Jamboree" Warsaw, Poland 10/22/1987 evening show	N/A	1987		0:27:55 (Pop-up)

The Stance Brothers	Again "Again" by "The Stance Brothers"	Duktus	We Jazz	2023	https://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/duktus	0:32:02 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra And His Omniverse Jet-Set Arkestra	Rocket Number Nine	Beyond the Purple Star Zone / Oblique Parallax	Art Yard	2010	Recorded live at the Detroit Jazz Center, December 26, 1980 - January 1, 1981	0:36:02 (Pop-up)
Opa	Montevideo "Montevideo" by "Opa"	Magic Time	Milestone	1977	feat. Airto	0:44:14 (Pop-up)
Sebastião Tapajos / Pedro Dos Santos	Cantico Del Agua	Mike D - Brazil 45s Boxset	Mr. Bongo	2023		0:52:47 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra	Rocket Number Nine	Firenze, Italy, 7/1/1979	N/A	1979		0:54:29 (Pop-up)
Red Hot Org	Eu Sou Um Instrumento (Feat. Fabrício Boliveira & Jazzmeia Horn)	Red Hot & Ra : SOLAR - Sun Ra In Brasil	Red Hot Organization	2023	https://redhot.bandcamp.com/album/red-hot-ra-solar-sun-ra-in-brasil	0:57:59 (Pop-up)

Sun Ra and His Myth Science Archestra	Rocket Number Nine Take Off for the Planet Venus	Interstellar Low Ways	El Saturn	1967		1:02:17 (Pop-up)
Flora Purim	Bridge "Bridge" by "Flora Purim"	500 Miles High	Milestone	1976	feat. Ron Carter, Airto	1:08:53 (Pop-up)
Yussef Dayes	Turquoise Galaxy "Turquoise Galaxy" by "Yussef Dayes"	Black Classical Music	Brownswood Recordings	2023	https://yussefdayes.bandcamp.com/album/black-classical-music	1:10:40 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra	Rocket #9 "Rocket #9" by "Sun Ra Arkestra"	In The Beginning 1963 - 1964	ESP-Disk'	2012	Live At Judson Hall, New York 12-31-64, feat. Pharoah Sanders	1:13:50 (Pop-up)
Speaker Music	Astro-Black Consciousness	Techxodus	Planet Mu	2023	https://speakermusic.bandcamp.com/album/techxodus	1:18:25 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra	Rocket Number Nine	Keil, Germany, 12/5/1986	N/A	1986		1:26:59 (Pop-up)

Gal Costa	Não Identificado "Não Identificado" by "Gal Costa"	Gal Costa	Philips	1969		1:31:15 (Pop-up)
Red Hot Org	Nine Rocket For The Planet (Feat. Metá Metá & Edgar)	Red Hot & Ra : SOLAR - Sun Ra In Brasil	Red Hot Organization	2023	https://redhot.bandcamp.com/album/red-hot-ra-solar-sun-ra-in-brasil	1:34:30 (Pop-up)
Grupo Um	Onze por Oito "Onze por Oito" by "Grupo Um"	Starting Point	Far Out Recordings	2023	https://grupoum.bandcamp.com/album/starting-point	1:39:33 (Pop-up)
Anna Webber	Squirmy "Squirmy" by "Anna Webber"	Shimmer Wince	Intakt	2023	https://annawebber.bandcamp.com/album/shimmer-wince	1:44:40 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra	Rocket Number Nine	Central Park, NYC, 6/20/1987	N/A	1987		1:55:59 (Pop-up)

Adam Rudolph's Hu Vibrational	Hittin	Timeless	Meta	2023	https://huvibrational.bandcamp.com/album/timeless	2:03:10 (Pop-up)
Tom Zé	Complexo De Épico "Complexo De Épico" by "Tom Zé"	Todos Os Olhos	Continental	1973	long version	2:08:14 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra	Rocket Number Nine "Rocket Number Nine" by "Sun Ra"	Space Is The Place	Blue Thumb	1973		2:15:03 (Pop-up)
Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo	Ilza na Feijoada	Planetário Da Gávea	Far Out Recordings	2022	https://hermetopascoal.bandcamp.com/album/planet-rio-da-g-vea; February, 1981	2:17:54 (Pop-up)
Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo	Ilza na Feijoada	Lagoa Da Canoa Município De Arapiraca	Som Da Gente	1984		2:25:42 (Pop-up)

Ramsey McLean & The Survivors	Rocket Number Nine	The New New Orleans Music - Jump Jazz	Rounder	1988		2:33:12 (Pop-up)
Red Hot Org	O Código (Black Prince Charming)(Feat. Fabrício Boliveira & Edbrass Brasil)	Red Hot & Ra : SOLAR - Sun Ra In Brasil	Red Hot Organization	2023	https://redhot.bandcamp.com/album/red-hot-ra-solar-sun-ra-in-brasil	2:39:00 (Pop-up)
Joao Donato, Deodato	Nightripper "Nightripper" by "Joao Donato, Deodato"	DonatoDeodato	Muse	1973		2:40:38 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	Cracks in the Ceiling	Stare With Your Ears	Snail	1979		2:47:12 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra	Rocket Number Nine	Dramaten, Stockholm, Sweden, 10/12/1971	N/A	1971		2:51:55 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	7:02pm Listener Gregory: Hello, Deevs! So this is where they sent you.
	7:03pm Observations: live now!
	7:06pm Listener Gregory: I pray the rocket was not made by Space-X.
	7:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hullo !
	7:12pm Listener Gregory: A year or so ago I had never heard of Kate Gentile, and now I see her everywhere.
	7:12pm doctorjazz: Hey folks!
	7:16pm Observations: 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
	7:17pm Listener Gregory: I like this second version of #9 a lot. Hey, @doctorj!
	7:23pm Observations: 🇧🇷
	7:27pm doctorjazz: Hi LG! NRBQ version is very cool indeed!
	7:29pm Listener Gregory: Can we get any love for Mercury? That planet is also well worth visiting, assuming you avoid being fried alive by the sun.
	7:57pm doctorjazz: Gotta run, do some shopping for some REALLY GOOD sunscreen for Mercury! Thanks, David!
	7:59pm Listener Gregory: Fact check: Pluto is not on the way to Venus. Or Mars.
	8:16pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Rocket #9" by "Sun Ra Arkestra" feat. Pharoah Sanders
	8:22pm Listener Gregory: If Rocket #9 goes to Venus, where did Rockets 1–8 go??? Don’t tell me that loser Neptune beat out Venus! Or that non-planet Pluto. An investigation is called for.
	8:32pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Não Identificado" by "Gal Costa" 🛸🛸🛸🛸
	8:36pm Listener Gregory: Não Identificado is what I’m going to name my new show on FMU. Then I won’t even have to announce the tunes.
	8:41pm Listener Gregory: That Meta Meta version was good!
	8:42pm Observations: ↳ Listener Gregory @8:41 so good! best track on the album IMHO
	8:46pm Rose Tang: Fantastic sounds! This is my first time here and am instantly hooked. Thank you David! This is why radio will never die. xo
	8:48pm Observations: ↳ Rose Tang @8:46 Thanks for joining us tonight Rose! Glad you’re enjoying the sounds. 😎🙏
	8:50pm Rose Tang: ↳ Observations @8:48 Thank YOU! Perfect show for such a rainy night.
	8:51pm Observations: HELLRAISER ➡️ pledge.wfmu.org...
	9:05pm Observations: HELLRAISER ➡️ pledge.wfmu.org...
	9:09pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Complexo De Épico" by "Tom Zé" The album "Todos Os Olhos" contains 2 versions of this tune. Earlier I played the short version, here is the long version.
	9:19pm Jeff Golick: Hey, David. In for the closing hour...
	9:19pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Ilza na Feijoada" by "Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo" Feijoada is a stew of beans with beef and pork. The name feijoada is derived from feijão, 'bean' in Portuguese
	9:20pm Observations: ↳ Jeff Golick @9:19 Welcome! 👋🙏
	9:30pm Listener Gregory: Surely we are up to Rocket #14 by now.
	9:37pm Santos L. Halper: Thanks so much David, this has been frickin' awesome
	9:38pm Observations: ↳ Santos L. Halper @9:37 My pleasure! 👋🙏😄
	9:41pm Listener Gregory: David, do you know anything about the origin of this Red, Hot collection? Does Sun Ra have a particular following in Brazil, or did a producer just decide to commission these pieces, or what?
	9:42pm Observations: ↳ Listener Gregory @9:41 no clue. there was an earlier Red Hot comp w/ versions of Nuclear War. redhot.bandcamp.com...
	9:51pm Listener Gregory: I could do with less of the synth vocals in the Nordine piece.
	10:01pm Listener Gregory: Great ending (?) piece! Very enjoyable show, David. Thanks!
	10:02pm Observations: ↳ Listener Gregory @10:01 going a little long tonight, this is last cut, thx!
	10:06pm Observations: thanks everyone!
	🥁 10:17pm WR: Well, I'm so late, I missed Rocket #9,14 times.
	3:54pm Passaic River Blues: ↳ Song: "Cracks in the Ceiling" by "Ken Nordine" Late era Nordine--very cool!

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Sat. Jan 11th, 2025, 7pm - 10pm: Man'ish Boy: Darius Jones Interview (More info...)
Renowned Jazz musician Darius Jones has become a singular voice of his generation through constant determination and an uncompromising artistic vision. Simultaneously he has forged an enviable academic career, having recently been named Assistant Professor of Music at Wesleyan University. OoD host David Mittleman interviewed Darius Jones for a three-hour special feature that will explore his many albums, including his on-going "Man'ish Boy" multi-chaptered epic.

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time

Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra	Rocket #9	The Bridge / Rocket #9 7"	El Saturn	1968		0:02:55 (Pop-up)
Tom Zé	Complexo De Épico "Complexo De Épico" by "Tom Zé"	Todos Os Olhos	Continental	1973	short version	0:05:14 (Pop-up)
Kate Gentile	r.a.t.b.o.t.B "r.a.t.b.o.t.B" by "Kate Gentile"	Find Letter X	Pi Recordings	2023	https://kategentile.bandcamp.com/album/find-letter-x	0:06:34 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra	Rocket No. 9 "Rocket No. 9" by "Sun Ra Arkestra"	Swirling	Strut / Art Yard	2020		0:11:33 (Pop-up)
Mel Kaiser	Sonic With Variations "Sonic With Variations" by "Mel Kaiser"	Science Fiction Sound Effects Record	Folkways	1958		0:16:30 (Pop-up)
Flora Purim	Encounter "Encounter" by "Flora Purim"	Encounter	Milestone	1977	feat. Ron Carter, Airto, Hermeto Pascoal	0:17:44 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Rocket #9 "Rocket #9" by "NRBQ"	NRBQ	Columbia	1969		0:24:53 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra	Rocket Number Nine	"Jazz Jamboree" Warsaw, Poland 10/22/1987 evening show	N/A	1987		0:27:55 (Pop-up)

The Stance Brothers	Again "Again" by "The Stance Brothers"	Duktus	We Jazz	2023	https://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/duktus	0:32:02 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra And His Omniverse Jet-Set Arkestra	Rocket Number Nine	Beyond the Purple Star Zone / Oblique Parallax	Art Yard	2010	Recorded live at the Detroit Jazz Center, December 26, 1980 - January 1, 1981	0:36:02 (Pop-up)
Opa	Montevideo "Montevideo" by "Opa"	Magic Time	Milestone	1977	feat. Airto	0:44:14 (Pop-up)
Sebastião Tapajos / Pedro Dos Santos	Cantico Del Agua	Mike D - Brazil 45s Boxset	Mr. Bongo	2023		0:52:47 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra	Rocket Number Nine	Firenze, Italy, 7/1/1979	N/A	1979		0:54:29 (Pop-up)
Red Hot Org	Eu Sou Um Instrumento (Feat. Fabrício Boliveira & Jazzmeia Horn)	Red Hot & Ra : SOLAR - Sun Ra In Brasil	Red Hot Organization	2023	https://redhot.bandcamp.com/album/red-hot-ra-solar-sun-ra-in-brasil	0:57:59 (Pop-up)

Sun Ra and His Myth Science Archestra	Rocket Number Nine Take Off for the Planet Venus	Interstellar Low Ways	El Saturn	1967		1:02:17 (Pop-up)
Flora Purim	Bridge "Bridge" by "Flora Purim"	500 Miles High	Milestone	1976	feat. Ron Carter, Airto	1:08:53 (Pop-up)
Yussef Dayes	Turquoise Galaxy "Turquoise Galaxy" by "Yussef Dayes"	Black Classical Music	Brownswood Recordings	2023	https://yussefdayes.bandcamp.com/album/black-classical-music	1:10:40 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra	Rocket #9 "Rocket #9" by "Sun Ra Arkestra"	In The Beginning 1963 - 1964	ESP-Disk'	2012	Live At Judson Hall, New York 12-31-64, feat. Pharoah Sanders	1:13:50 (Pop-up)
Speaker Music	Astro-Black Consciousness	Techxodus	Planet Mu	2023	https://speakermusic.bandcamp.com/album/techxodus	1:18:25 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra	Rocket Number Nine	Keil, Germany, 12/5/1986	N/A	1986		1:26:59 (Pop-up)

Gal Costa	Não Identificado "Não Identificado" by "Gal Costa"	Gal Costa	Philips	1969		1:31:15 (Pop-up)
Red Hot Org	Nine Rocket For The Planet (Feat. Metá Metá & Edgar)	Red Hot & Ra : SOLAR - Sun Ra In Brasil	Red Hot Organization	2023	https://redhot.bandcamp.com/album/red-hot-ra-solar-sun-ra-in-brasil	1:34:30 (Pop-up)
Grupo Um	Onze por Oito "Onze por Oito" by "Grupo Um"	Starting Point	Far Out Recordings	2023	https://grupoum.bandcamp.com/album/starting-point	1:39:33 (Pop-up)
Anna Webber	Squirmy "Squirmy" by "Anna Webber"	Shimmer Wince	Intakt	2023	https://annawebber.bandcamp.com/album/shimmer-wince	1:44:40 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra	Rocket Number Nine	Central Park, NYC, 6/20/1987	N/A	1987		1:55:59 (Pop-up)

Adam Rudolph's Hu Vibrational	Hittin	Timeless	Meta	2023	https://huvibrational.bandcamp.com/album/timeless	2:03:10 (Pop-up)
Tom Zé	Complexo De Épico "Complexo De Épico" by "Tom Zé"	Todos Os Olhos	Continental	1973	long version	2:08:14 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra	Rocket Number Nine "Rocket Number Nine" by "Sun Ra"	Space Is The Place	Blue Thumb	1973		2:15:03 (Pop-up)
Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo	Ilza na Feijoada	Planetário Da Gávea	Far Out Recordings	2022	https://hermetopascoal.bandcamp.com/album/planet-rio-da-g-vea; February, 1981	2:17:54 (Pop-up)
Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo	Ilza na Feijoada	Lagoa Da Canoa Município De Arapiraca	Som Da Gente	1984		2:25:42 (Pop-up)

Ramsey McLean & The Survivors	Rocket Number Nine	The New New Orleans Music - Jump Jazz	Rounder	1988		2:33:12 (Pop-up)
Red Hot Org	O Código (Black Prince Charming)(Feat. Fabrício Boliveira & Edbrass Brasil)	Red Hot & Ra : SOLAR - Sun Ra In Brasil	Red Hot Organization	2023	https://redhot.bandcamp.com/album/red-hot-ra-solar-sun-ra-in-brasil	2:39:00 (Pop-up)
Joao Donato, Deodato	Nightripper "Nightripper" by "Joao Donato, Deodato"	DonatoDeodato	Muse	1973		2:40:38 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	Cracks in the Ceiling	Stare With Your Ears	Snail	1979		2:47:12 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra Arkestra	Rocket Number Nine	Dramaten, Stockholm, Sweden, 10/12/1971	N/A	1971		2:51:55 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	7:02pm Listener Gregory: Hello, Deevs! So this is where they sent you.
	7:03pm Observations: live now!
	7:06pm Listener Gregory: I pray the rocket was not made by Space-X.
	7:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hullo !
	7:12pm Listener Gregory: A year or so ago I had never heard of Kate Gentile, and now I see her everywhere.
	7:12pm doctorjazz: Hey folks!
	7:16pm Observations: 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
	7:17pm Listener Gregory: I like this second version of #9 a lot. Hey, @doctorj!
	7:23pm Observations: 🇧🇷
	7:27pm doctorjazz: Hi LG! NRBQ version is very cool indeed!
	7:29pm Listener Gregory: Can we get any love for Mercury? That planet is also well worth visiting, assuming you avoid being fried alive by the sun.
	7:57pm doctorjazz: Gotta run, do some shopping for some REALLY GOOD sunscreen for Mercury! Thanks, David!
	7:59pm Listener Gregory: Fact check: Pluto is not on the way to Venus. Or Mars.
	8:16pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Rocket #9" by "Sun Ra Arkestra" feat. Pharoah Sanders
	8:22pm Listener Gregory: If Rocket #9 goes to Venus, where did Rockets 1–8 go??? Don’t tell me that loser Neptune beat out Venus! Or that non-planet Pluto. An investigation is called for.
	8:32pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Não Identificado" by "Gal Costa" 🛸🛸🛸🛸
	8:36pm Listener Gregory: Não Identificado is what I’m going to name my new show on FMU. Then I won’t even have to announce the tunes.
	8:41pm Listener Gregory: That Meta Meta version was good!
	8:42pm Observations: ↳ Listener Gregory @8:41 so good! best track on the album IMHO
	8:46pm Rose Tang: Fantastic sounds! This is my first time here and am instantly hooked. Thank you David! This is why radio will never die. xo
	8:48pm Observations: ↳ Rose Tang @8:46 Thanks for joining us tonight Rose! Glad you’re enjoying the sounds. 😎🙏
	8:50pm Rose Tang: ↳ Observations @8:48 Thank YOU! Perfect show for such a rainy night.
	8:51pm Observations: HELLRAISER ➡️ pledge.wfmu.org...
	9:05pm Observations: HELLRAISER ➡️ pledge.wfmu.org...
	9:09pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Complexo De Épico" by "Tom Zé" The album "Todos Os Olhos" contains 2 versions of this tune. Earlier I played the short version, here is the long version.
	9:19pm Jeff Golick: Hey, David. In for the closing hour...
	9:19pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Ilza na Feijoada" by "Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo" Feijoada is a stew of beans with beef and pork. The name feijoada is derived from feijão, 'bean' in Portuguese
	9:20pm Observations: ↳ Jeff Golick @9:19 Welcome! 👋🙏
	9:30pm Listener Gregory: Surely we are up to Rocket #14 by now.
	9:37pm Santos L. Halper: Thanks so much David, this has been frickin' awesome
	9:38pm Observations: ↳ Santos L. Halper @9:37 My pleasure! 👋🙏😄
	9:41pm Listener Gregory: David, do you know anything about the origin of this Red, Hot collection? Does Sun Ra have a particular following in Brazil, or did a producer just decide to commission these pieces, or what?
	9:42pm Observations: ↳ Listener Gregory @9:41 no clue. there was an earlier Red Hot comp w/ versions of Nuclear War. redhot.bandcamp.com...
	9:51pm Listener Gregory: I could do with less of the synth vocals in the Nordine piece.
	10:01pm Listener Gregory: Great ending (?) piece! Very enjoyable show, David. Thanks!
	10:02pm Observations: ↳ Listener Gregory @10:01 going a little long tonight, this is last cut, thx!
	10:06pm Observations: thanks everyone!
	🥁 10:17pm WR: Well, I'm so late, I missed Rocket #9,14 times.
	3:54pm Passaic River Blues: ↳ Song: "Cracks in the Ceiling" by "Ken Nordine" Late era Nordine--very cool!

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