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)

My Girl Reggae
Black Reggae - Afro Exotique: Adventures in the Leftfield, Africa 1972-82

L'Enfant Et La Gazelle
Miriam Makeba - Afro Exotique: Adventures in the Leftfield, Africa 1972-82

Lamento Cubano
Amara Toure & Orchestra Massako - Afro Exotique: Adventures in the Leftfield, Africa 1972-82

Soledad
Chakachas - Afro Exotique: Adventures in the Leftfield, Africa 1972-82

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

No Agreement
Fela Kuti - No Agreement

Last Man in the Dream World
Barbaros Bozkir - The Last Man in the Dream World

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

Kominiké
Erick Casaque - Chinal Ka 1973 -1995

Diamonds on the Deep Pink Ocean
Janapriyan Levine & Brooklyn Raga Massive - Diamonds on the Deep Pink Ocean

Mantis
Janapriyan Levine & Brooklyn Raga Massive - Diamonds on the Deep Pink Ocean

Glare of the Tiger
Go: Organic Orchestra, Brooklyn Raga Massive & Adam Rudolph - Ragmala: A Garland of Ragas

Chakawali
Go: Organic Orchestra, Brooklyn Raga Massive & Adam Rudolph - Ragmala: A Garland of Ragas

Turiya
Go: Organic Orchestra, Brooklyn Raga Massive & Adam Rudolph - Ragmala: A Garland of Ragas

Syntactic Journey
Go: Organic Orchestra, Brooklyn Raga Massive & Adam Rudolph - Ragmala: A Garland of Ragas

Africa 21
Go: Organic Orchestra, Brooklyn Raga Massive & Adam Rudolph - Ragmala: A Garland of Ragas

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

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