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This Island Earth
Sunday February 3rd, 2013 with Rob Bitschofsky
All-India Radio

All-India radio this afternoon as I pack my aural bags for a trip there this month. Some traditional, some electronic, some fusion, all tasty Indian treats!
Mathar
Dave Pike Set - Noisy Silence, Gentle Noise
Bhoop Ghara -Dadra
Hariprasad Chaurasia, Brij Bhushan Kabra, and Shivkumar Sharma - Call of the Valley
Hatha - Sun and Moon
Tony Scott - Music for Yoga Meditation and Other Joys
Krishna
Anoushka Shankar - Traveller
Universal Consciousness
Alice Coltrane - Sita Ram
Tarana
Erik Truffaz with Indrani & Apurba Mukherjee / Malcolm Braff - Benares
I nicked this Truffaz number from Alnoor Allidina, who played it on This Island Earth a couple of years ago and really blew my mind. So perfectly amazing.
Soledad
Pharoah Sanders - Journey to the One
Tirtha
David Parsons - Maitreya, the Future Buddha
Raga Bhupali
Charanjit Singh - Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat
Proto acid house, from five years before the first acid house record!
Doopsylalolic
United Future Organization - No Sound is Too Taboo
Raga Mishra Pilu
Shankar Jaikishan and Rais Khan - Raga Jazz Style
Tiony Scott
Tony Scott - Homage to Lord Krishna
Raga Theme from Ragu
Dave Brubeck featuring Ragu - Single
Miles From India
Miles From India - Miles From India
The Little Blue Frog (alt)
Miles Davis - The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
Violin Solo
DJ Cheb I Sabbah - Krishna Lila
Sabah
Mercan Dede - Samaya: A Benefit Album for Cheb I Sabbah
A Love Supreme
Alice Coltrane - Red Hot on Impulse
Raga
Wolfgang Dauner's Etcetera - Lady Blue
Pink
Talvin Singh and Niladri Kumar - Together
Making Music
Zakir Hussain - Making Music
Sankarabaranam Pancha Nadai Pailavi
Shankar and the Epidemics - Passion Sources
Tagore Street Blues
Dabashish Bhattacharya/Bob Brozman - Mahima
MG Road
Dr. L. Subramaniam/Karsten Vogel - Meetings
The previous two road-themed tracks I took from another of the good ol' This Island Earth crew, rockin' Ronnie Steeds. Good stuff.
Interactive CKCU
Wayne
What's playing right now (Sunday 2:06pm)? Gorgeous!!!

2:07 PM, February 3rd, 2013
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hi Wayne! This is the David Parsons track. He mixes field recordings with electronics and, in this case, plays a mean sitar as well.

2:08 PM, February 3rd, 2013
Wayne Eagles
Thanks... Wow! Wonderful show, Rob.

2:10 PM, February 3rd, 2013
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Glad you like it. Sorry I had to shatter the David-Parsons-induced trance with this disco raga, but after Parsons, it seemed like the only way to go.

2:11 PM, February 3rd, 2013
Wayne Eagles
;)

2:12 PM, February 3rd, 2013
Alnoor Allidina (host)
Damn, that Pharoah Sanders is hot.

9:49 AM, February 12th, 2013
PeterB
Yeah, and that Charanjit Singh too! 1982... Yup, way ahead of its time.

11:35 AM, February 12th, 2013
PeterB
WOW! And dug the &^#@ outa that Wolfgang Dauner's Etcetera track too. Yeah, "mind melting", indeed. Listening along after the fact ...

12:31 PM, February 12th, 2013
Peterb
Great show Rob! Right up my India/fusion alley, with plenty of high speed gear grinding. New terminology: "Post-Interactive" ?!

12:55 PM, February 12th, 2013
Alnoor Allidina (host)
No kidding. Just finished listening. I heard the Wolfgang Dauner on the original air-date and was blown away as well.

1:35 PM, February 12th, 2013
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