This Island Earth
Sunday January 1st, 2017 with Rob Bitschofsky
Up a little too late last night? Celebrate the end of a strange year a little too hard? No worries. Today it's three hours of very quiet, very slow, very chill world music.

...this is intended as a balm to your sorry state and a kind of sun salutation to the dawn of a great year to come. So lie back on the couch and drift along. Stops include Indonesia, India, Hawaii, Turkey, China, Ethiopia, North Africa and more. Happy New Year!

18 Mayis
Mercan Dede (feat. Hugh Marsh & Burak Malcok) - Single

Laplapan
David Parsons - Ngaio Gamelan

Kohala Charmarita
George Kuo - Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar

Surfside No. 2
Mike Cooper and Chris Abrahams - Oceanic Feeling - Like

Peace Calls
Robert Mirabel and Ethel - The River

Crescent Moon Over the Mountain: White Crane Crying
Wu Man - Pipa From a Distance

Wanna Mako
Hector Zazou & Swara - In the House of Mirrors

Abay
Gigi - Illuminated Audio

Ouroboros
Bill Laswell - Means of Deliverance

Breath
Mercan Dede - Breath

Zefir
Mercan Dede - Breath

Nerden Geliyorsun, Pt. III
Burhan Ocal & Pete Namlook - Sultan Orhan

La Seduction: A. Qawarma
Rabih Abou-Khalil - Il Sospiro

Recollections
Miles Davis - The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions

Tirtha
David Parsons - Maitreya: The Future Buddha

Durga Puja (the Nada Brahman Mix: Yoga of Sound)
Cheb i Sabbah - Shri Durga

Improvisation No. 2
Masayuki Koga - Asia Music

In the Garden of Edie
Paul Simon - Stranger To Stranger

Composing Poems Beneath the Moonlight
Lo Ka Ping - Lost Sounds of the Tao

Mother's Love
Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou - Rough Guide to African Lullabyes

Anchin Kfu Ayinkash
Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band - Wede Harer Guzo

Paumalu (Sunset Beach)
Mike Cooper - Rayon Hula

Future Strings
Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita - Cluchau Dibon

Kang Rimpoche
David Parsons - Parikrama

Akdeniz Kenarinda
Burhan Ocal - Karadeniz

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