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This Island Earth
Sunday July 21st, 2019 with Rob Bitschofsky
This Heatbox Earth

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It's hot. This is my annual edition of the heatwave episode, in which we travel the world in search of the hypnotic desert music that sounds like the current heatbox feels. Lots of droney, trancey stuff with flavors of North Africa, Indonesia, China, Ethiopia, the South Pacific and more. Plenty of Pharoah Sanders, Bill Laswell (sometimes together!), David Parsons and others.
Kokoke Nalu
Mike Cooper - Rayon Hula (15th Anniversary Edition) New
Shaharazade and the Opening of the First Shadow Night
Kip Hanrahan - A Thousand Nights and a Night (Shadow Nights 1)
In A Silent Way/Shhh/Peaceful/It's About That Time
Bill Laswell - Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969 -1974
Kazuko
Pharoah Sanders - Save Our Children
Words with the Shaman: Pt.3 Awakening – Songs from the Treetops
David Sylvian - Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities
Evening Star
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star
The Ancient Sounds
Pharoah Sanders - Save Our Children
Finally Cracked It
Jah Wobble & Evan Parker - Passage to Hades
Crescent Moon Over the Mountain: White Crane Crying
Man Wu - Pipa From a Distance
Jalan Jalan
David Parsons - Ngaio Gamelan
Far-Off Sand
Pharoah Sanders - Save Our Children
Kang Rimpoche
David Parsons - Parikrama
Ethiopia
Bill Laswell & Sacred System - Book Of Exit
Bird Solo
Uniting Of Opposites - Ancient Lights
Sonamos el Tango
Silvana Deluigi - Yo!
Glass Houses No. 5
Taktus - Ann Southam: Glass Houses arranged for Marimba
Svefn-G-Englar
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Paumalu
Mike Cooper - Rayon Hula (15th Anniversary Edition) New
Abet Wubet
Gigi - Illuminated Audio
Interactive CKCU
Shubham
Good tunes on a hot day Rob

1:28 PM, July 21st, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Thanks, Shubham. Designed to keep your brain cool today. Like ice cubes for your ears.

1:32 PM, July 21st, 2019
Shubham
What songs are you playing

1:45 PM, July 21st, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Fripp & Eno right now. Evening Star. An ambient classic!

1:51 PM, July 21st, 2019
peebee
Music to swelter to? Or, to chill in a bathtub full of ice cubes? Thanks for the Laswell

1:55 PM, July 21st, 2019
Shelley Ann Morris
Hi Rob, Really enjoying the music this afternoon. Hooray for hot weather! I know not everyone is a fan, and you do have to take precautions for sure. But after the winter/spring we endured, it's about time!

1:56 PM, July 21st, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
More Laswell to come, peebee, and he produced, also, the Pharoah Sanders tracks that I've played so far.

1:58 PM, July 21st, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hey Shelly Ann! Glad you're here! I could not agree with you more. I love the heat.

1:58 PM, July 21st, 2019
Shubham
Where is Room 517 Unicenter

2:01 PM, July 21st, 2019
peebee
Yup on the Laswell production. It is simply impossible to keep up with the dude's out put!

2:03 PM, July 21st, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's him on gnawa-style bass right now. Nice.

2:05 PM, July 21st, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Shubham: Google it!

2:05 PM, July 21st, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Station's all locked up right now, though, so you shouldn't pop by!

2:06 PM, July 21st, 2019
Shubham
What’s this playing at 2:20

2:20 PM, July 21st, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
This is Chinese pipa player Man Wu. Song's called Crescent Moon Over the Mountain: White Crane Crying. One of my favorites.

2:22 PM, July 21st, 2019
Shubham
Why is the station locked Rob

2:30 PM, July 21st, 2019
Shelley Ann Morris
It's 2:31 p.m. What is this nice music that is playing right now Rob? Very peaceful.

2:31 PM, July 21st, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Shelly Ann: David Parsons right now with Jalan Jalan from the album Ngaio Gamelan. Wonderful record.

2:40 PM, July 21st, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Shubham: our superterranean world headquarters is only open for visitors during our regular office hours. On evenings and weekends like right now, it's locked down like Fort Knox.

2:42 PM, July 21st, 2019
Ross
the second last one sounded like Oumou Sangare was it ?

3:13 PM, July 21st, 2019
Ross
Great show by the way !!!

3:14 PM, July 21st, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hey Ross! Nope, Gigi. She's an Ethiopian singer, married to bassist/producer Bill Laswell. The song was called Ethiopia, from the Bill Laswell & Sacred System album Book Of Exit. She's terrific. I have another one by her coming up toward the end of the show, if there's time.

3:16 PM, July 21st, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Thanks, Ross. Glad you're liking the sounds.

3:16 PM, July 21st, 2019