April 12, 2020 – The Brunchtime Sessions #02

Clara-Swan flies solo for this edition

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Playlist

• Karlheinz Stockhausen – Hymnen – Region 1

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• Zakir Hussain – Essence of Rhythm – Jhaptal in 10 Beats & Raga Jhinjoti on Sarangi

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• Grup Yorum RIP, Helin Bolek – Haziranda Ölmek Zor – Berivan Çav Bella
• Bill Withers RIP – Just As I Am – Let It Be
• John Prine RIP – John Prine – Hello In There
• Manu Dibango RIP – Africafunk Vol 2: Return to the Original Sound of 1970s Funky Africa (VA) – Big Blow
• Bill Withers – Live At Carnegie Hall – Use Me

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• Ojo Sembrono – JATHILAN • popular trance ritual from central Java – SIDE A

April 5, 2020 – The Brunchtime Sessions #01

With the covid-19 outbreak keeping us from the studio, we’ve invited former hosts and guests to contribute pre-recorded sets. This first week features 4 sets: Clara-Swan kicks it off, DJ Lockdown (Irkar Beljaars) gets yer booty shaking, Dave Macaulay files a set from Wyoming, and James “Roboto” Ryan round out the offerings

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Playlist

Clara-Swan:

• Iggy Pop – Party – Eggs on Plate
• Wendy Mae Chambers – Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones (VA) – New York New York
• Nina Simone – To Love Somebody – Turn Turn Turn
• Crass – Stations of the Crass – Walls (Fun in the Oven)
• Buzzcocks – Trade Test Transmission – Isolation
• Woody Guthrie – Woody @ 100 – The Jolly Banker
• Talking Heads – Little Creatures – Road to Nowhere (Early Version)

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DJ Lockdown:

• Daft Punk – Random Access Memories – Get Lucky
• Gen X – Kiss Me Deadly – Dancing with Myself
• Kenny Loggins – Footloose OST (VA) – Footloose
• Miss Pooja – single – Nakhreya Mari
• Dash Berlin Feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn – #musicislife – Worlds Fall Apart
• Depeche Mode – Violator – Enjoy the Silence
• Simple Minds – The Breakfast Club OST (VA) – Don’t You Forget About Me

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Dave:

• Mdou Moctor – single – Ibitlan
• Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society – Simultonality – Opiuchus
• Wire – Mind Hive – Oklahoma
• Richard Dawson – 2020 – Fresher’s Ball
• Bob Andy – Bob Andy’s Songbook – Going Home

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Roboto Ryan:

• Spitting Image – 20 Great Golden Gobs – Commons of House
• The Art of Noise – Daft – Moments in Love
• Herbie Hancock – Dis is Da Drum – Juju
• Vecchio – Pulp Fusion Africa Funk (VA) – Nsambei
• Konono No. 1 – Congotronics – Kule Kule
• Sir Victor Unaifo and HIs Melody Maestroes – Nigeria 70 Vol. 1 (VA) – Akayan Ekassa

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March 29, 2020 – C’est normal

second week of shutdown, we offered a rebroadcast from March 25, 2012, the Maple Spring, featuring Dave and Swan from the times before

March 22, 2020 – Pause Rewind Retread

first of the canned broadcasts during our collective weltkrise features a rebroadcast of the “Anything Goes” episode from August 4, 2019, from the times before

March 15, 2020 – A Complicated Sadness

last of the live broadcasts for a bit, i’m afraid; watch this space for further developments and announcements; many thanks to James for the fine work on the Free Kick Radio Show, of which this episode is a particularly fine example

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Playlist

• The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem – The Boys Won’t Leave The Girls Alone – I Know Who Is Sick
• Roland Kirk – Left and Right – Black Mystery Has Been Revealed
• Son House – Live Performance (11/15/1969) – Death Letter Blues / John the Revelator / Preachin’ The Blues / I Wanna Live So God Can Use Me

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• Dream Algebra – Free Burma – A Complicated Sadness
• Harris Eisenstadt – The Soul and Gone – The Evidence of Absence Is Not Necessarily The Absence of Evidence

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• Wes Montgomery – Quintessential Wes – Mr. Walker
• Bill Frisell – Guitar in the Space Age – Pipeline
• Frank Zappa – Sleep Dirt – The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution

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• Mashkoor Ali Khan – Transcendence – Raga Jhinjhoti – Daatha Tumi Ho Aaj Man Basa Gayee
• Alaclair Ensemble – 4.99 – Piles Comprises (Mash remelange)

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• TALKOVER MUSIC : The Budos Band – Burnt Offering – The Sticks

March 8, 2020 – I'm A Bad, Bad Kick

happy international womxn’s day!

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Playlist

• Roland Kirk – Left and Right – Black Mystery Has Been Revealed
• BBC 4 Radio Play by Martyn Wade with Sophie Thompson – Blue Veils and Golden Sands – Introduction / There is No Such Thing as Silence / The Meaning of Sound / A Glass or Two of Wine / My Real Living Room / Doctor Who / New Music and Open Minds

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• Big Mama Thornton – Ball ’n’ Chain – Wade in the Water
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe – The Decca Singles – You Gotta Move
• Bessie Smith – Single – Send me to the Electric Chair
• Ma Rainey – Single – Jealous Hearted Blues
• Memphis Minnie – Hoodoo Lady 1933-37 – I’m a Bad Luck Woman
• Big Maybelle – Single – New Kind of Mambo
• Etta James – The Right Time – I Sing the Blues

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• Bea Baker – I’m A Bad, Bad Girl (VA) – I Want A Lavender Cadillac
• Esther Phillips – After Hours The Collection – Northern Soul Masters Vol. 2 (VA) – Catch Me I’m Falling
• Mavis Staples – Time Waits For No One – Jaguar
• Dengue Fever – Cannibal Courtship – Uku

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• Tanya Tagaq – Animism – Caribou
• Acid Test – Drop – Mr. Skin
• Tamara Filyavich – Portable Cosmoshrine – Track 3
• Grimes – Art Angels – World Princess Pt. 2
• Al Qahwa – Cairo Moon – The Nightingale

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• TALKOVER MUSIC : Efence – Lost Future – Cassette

FREE KICK AND CARRY ON

In these difficult times why not catch up on the vast archive that resides on the freekick.ca website. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to post last week’s show today as I’m away and have no access to upload the show and playlist. I’ll have 2 new shows for you later this week. Meanwhile keep on dancing!