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This Island Earth
Sunday December 29th, 2019 with Rob Bitschofsky
The last show of the DECADE!

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Daraadaa Muxibo
Dur Dur Band - Mogadisco: Dancing Mogadishu (Somalia 1972-1991) New
My Girl Reggae
Black Reggae - Afro Exotique: Adventures in the Leftfield, Africa 1972-82 New
L'Enfant Et La Gazelle
Miriam Makeba - Afro Exotique: Adventures in the Leftfield, Africa 1972-82 New
Lamento Cubano
Amara Toure & Orchestra Massako - Afro Exotique: Adventures in the Leftfield, Africa 1972-82 New
Soledad
Chakachas - Afro Exotique: Adventures in the Leftfield, Africa 1972-82 New
Hostages Of Hope
Afrodyssey Orchestra - In the Land of Aou Tila
2000 Blacks Got to Be Free (feat. Roy Ayers)
Fela Kuti - 2000 Blacks Got to Be Free New
No Agreement
Fela Kuti - No Agreement New
Last Man in the Dream World
Barbaros Bozkir - The Last Man in the Dream World New
Sounds of Sufi
Anders Hagberg & Ahmad Al Katib - Melodic Melange
Kafou Tengendeng
Anba Tonèl - Bellegarde
Realm of Spells
Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell - Realm of Spells New
Kominiké
Erick Casaque - Chinal Ka 1973 -1995 New
Diamonds on the Deep Pink Ocean
Janapriyan Levine & Brooklyn Raga Massive - Diamonds on the Deep Pink Ocean New
Mantis
Janapriyan Levine & Brooklyn Raga Massive - Diamonds on the Deep Pink Ocean New
Glare of the Tiger
Go: Organic Orchestra, Brooklyn Raga Massive & Adam Rudolph - Ragmala: A Garland of Ragas New
Chakawali
Go: Organic Orchestra, Brooklyn Raga Massive & Adam Rudolph - Ragmala: A Garland of Ragas New
Turiya
Go: Organic Orchestra, Brooklyn Raga Massive & Adam Rudolph - Ragmala: A Garland of Ragas New
Syntactic Journey
Go: Organic Orchestra, Brooklyn Raga Massive & Adam Rudolph - Ragmala: A Garland of Ragas New
Africa 21
Go: Organic Orchestra, Brooklyn Raga Massive & Adam Rudolph - Ragmala: A Garland of Ragas New
Shiva-Loka (feat. Pharoah Sanders)
Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda
Greeting to Saud (Brother McCoy Tyner)
Pharoah Sanders - Elevation
Misterioso
Monty Alexander - Wareika Hill Rastamonk Vibrations
Bemsha Swing
Monty Alexander - Wareika Hill Rastamonk Vibrations
Interactive CKCU
Karl Biernath
You just perked my ears up Rob! Fêla Kuti. Love his stuff.

1:37 PM, December 29th, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hey Karlo! Glad you're listening. Settle in, man; I've got the next half hour or so set up with nothing but Fela!

1:39 PM, December 29th, 2019
Karl Biernath
Wrote a paper on Kuti last year for one of my courses in my MA Music connecting Juju guru King Sunny Ade to Kuti then David Byrne and Talking Heads. Thanks for the tunes man!

1:42 PM, December 29th, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
That's great. The Talking Heads were totally influenced by Fela and King Sunny Ade. I've played on the show before a Talking Heads outtake called "Fela's Riff", and a tune called "Ade" by David Byrne from his music for The Catherine Wheel, which I'm pretty sure is named in tribute to King Sunny.

1:48 PM, December 29th, 2019
Shubham
Great selections Rob

2:04 PM, December 29th, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Thanks, Shubham. Many more gems to come!

2:06 PM, December 29th, 2019
Karl Biernath
I believe you are somewhat correct in saying a tribute. “The Red House” mimics the voicing of Juju music. Twyla Tharp and Byrne had a brief relationship as a result of her asking him to commission the musical score for her ballet. Her choreography was influenced by Nigerian dance sequences.

2:16 PM, December 29th, 2019
Shubham
What's this playing at 2:23

2:23 PM, December 29th, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
See, now, I didn't know that the choreography was also influenced by Nigeria. Good info, Karl!

2:23 PM, December 29th, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Shubham, that's Anders Hagberg & Ahmad Al Khatib with "Sounds of Sufi" from their record, Melodic Melange. Groovy stuff.

2:24 PM, December 29th, 2019
Shubham
Is your birthday in May

2:36 PM, December 29th, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Creepy question, but yeah. It is.

2:38 PM, December 29th, 2019