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Sunday March 8th, 2020 with Rob Bitschofsky
Mostly new, very very groovy, with a spotlight on the brand new African Head Charge album. Also, a trip to the Village of the Pharoahs, with all three parts of the suite of the same name from Pharoah Sanders 1973 album.

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The Red House
David Byrne - The Catherine Wheel
Tsavo
Alma Negra - Single New
Ventura Phase
The Mauskovic Dance Band - Shadance Hall EP New
New Morning (Slow Version)
Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro - Un Canto a Mi Tierra EP New
Un Canto a Mi Tierra
Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro - Un Canto a Mi Tierra EP New
Tierra Mama (feat. Nidia Góngora)
Quantic - Atlantic Oscillations New
Chitita (Hieroglyphic Being 8 Bit House Remix)
Khalab - Black Noise 2084 Remixed EP New
Dense (feat. Shabaka Hutchings & Tommaso Cappellato) [Blood, Wine or Honey Remix]
Khalab - Black Noise 2084 Remixed EP New
The Search (DJ Khalab Remix)
Collocutor - Black Satin EP
Jungle Law
African Head Charge - Churchical Chant of the Iyabinghi New
One Love, One Heart (Version)
African Head Charge - Churchical Chant of the Iyabinghi New
Pitched Fever
African Head Charge - Churchical Chant of the Iyabinghi New
Dub Some More
African Head Charge - Churchical Chant of the Iyabinghi New
Disciplined and Dignified
African Head Charge - Churchical Chant of the Iyabinghi New
Dub For the Spirits
African Head Charge - Churchical Chant of the Iyabinghi New
Makola Market
African Head Charge - Return of the Crocodile
Pursuit
African Head Charge - In Pursuit of Shashamane Land
Truth Be Told
Alex Haas & Bill Laswell - Smoke + Glass
Universal Mother (feat. Ballake Sissoko)
The Gritness Acoustronics - Mahakali, the Music of Don Cherry
Werik'i (Gold)
Anbessa Orchestra - Single New
Hanging By a Thread
The Heliocentrics - Infinity Of Now New
Nonsense Part 1
The Heliocentrics - Infinity Of Now New
Light in the Dark
The Heliocentrics - Infinity Of Now New
People Wake Up!
The Heliocentrics - Infinity Of Now New
Birthright (feat. Zia Ahmed, Mirande & Swadesi)
Sarathy Korwar - Single New
Village of the Pharoahs, Pt. 1
Pharoah Sanders - Village of the Pharoahs
Village of the Pharoahs, Pt. 2
Pharoah Sanders - Village of the Pharoahs
Village of the Pharoahs, Pt. 3
Pharoah Sanders - Village of the Pharoahs
Go My Heart, Go To Heaven
Shabaka And The Ancstors - We Are Sent Here By History New
Interactive CKCU
peebee
COOL!!!! I had forgotten how out there The Catherine Wheel was (is). I don't have it my collection, even on ancient vinyl. That issue shall be corrected. Sonds like a great show coming. Not sure how much of it i can catch live... ;^/

1:17 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Yeah, yeah, I had forgotten too. I've only recently dug it up again and man, it's got the goods for sure. Really sounds like a companion piece to My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Perhaps more so even than the extra tracks they released on that anniversary edition of Bush of Ghosts.

1:19 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
And, yeah, you don't wanna miss this show, PB. Especially the new African Head Charge stuff. It's on a whole other level.

1:20 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Also, according to the Wikipedia, Adrian Sherwood hatched the notion of African Head Charge when he read Brian Eno's comment about his vision for a psychedelic Africa.

1:21 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
LIttle Eno lore for you there, PB!

1:21 PM, March 8th, 2020
Shubham
Good show Rob

1:25 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hey, Shub, I'm just gettin' STARTED! Stick around for many mind-expanding aural treats!

1:28 PM, March 8th, 2020
Manmohan
Wow, I didn't know African Head Charge was still going! U-Sound is such a cool label.

2:07 PM, March 8th, 2020
Manmohan
RobB you have been negligent in listening to your fellow comrades' shows! African Head Charge man!

2:09 PM, March 8th, 2020
Shubham
What’s this playing at 2:16

2:16 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
African Head Charge! Probably "One Love, One Heart (Version), from their brand new album, Churchical Chant of the Iyabinghi. It's amazing.

2:25 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Manmohan, I know; you guys are ages ahead of me in your appreciation of (and playing) AHC. I honestly have no idea how I managed to get through so many years without encountering them before.

2:26 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
As to whether they're still going; I'm not too sure, in that the last two records have been dredged up from the vaults of previous recordings. No knock on the albums, though. The sound terrific. As you can hear right now!

2:27 PM, March 8th, 2020
Shubham
What is your favourite ice cream

2:29 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Oh, man; they're still going for sure; their website shows them doing some upcoming shows in the UK, including one in April with Gaudi in London for On-U's 40th anniversary. And dammit, I'm gonna be in London right before that, leaving the day before for Paris. Grrrrr.

2:33 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
I mean, assuming France and the UK aren't locked down with Covid-19 by then!

2:35 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
I'm pretty agnostic on the ice cream issue, Shubham. It's all good. Maybe pistachio gelato, if I really had to pick only one.

2:42 PM, March 8th, 2020
Shubham
What’s playing now Rob

2:45 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
That one would have been AHC again, "Pursuit" from the "In Pursuit of Shashamane Land" album. Very good.

2:52 PM, March 8th, 2020
peebee, a convert
Just wish you would play something beatsy and full of new sounds Rob! None of this droll stuff that doesn't go good loud and with ample toe-tappin'. Will there be beatsy?! q;^) Oh, and, African Head Charge..... Heard them lots before, mostly on CKCU, but don't have. .... yet more happy homework on me. TIE can be an expensive shoooow to listen to.

3:01 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
I'm all about the beatsy, PB. And AHC has like 21 albums under their belt, so yeah; it's gonna cost you!

3:03 PM, March 8th, 2020
Terry M
Great vibe you have going there

3:11 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hey Terry M! Glad to have you along for the ride. More great grooves to come!

3:13 PM, March 8th, 2020
Dumpty Humpty
Hadn’t heard of The Gritness Acoustronics before, good stuff!

3:19 PM, March 8th, 2020
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hey there Dumpty! Yes yes yes! The whole album is very much in that style. Quite the thing.

3:22 PM, March 8th, 2020