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Sunday April 11th, 2021 with Rob Bitschofsky
Mostly Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders

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Another look at the new album by Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders, including some previous recordings by each of them, with a side trip to Morocco.
Autorail (feat. Baobab-Gouye-Gui de Dakar)
Orchestra Baobab - Viva Bawobab S1 / Si Bou Odja
Ndiambaane (feat. Baobab-Gouye-Gui de Dakar)
Orchestra Baobab - Viva Bawobab S1 / Si Bou Odja
Take Cover
Jairos Jiri Kwela Band - Golden Afrique Vol.3 (Disc 2)
Heart of Glass
Zazou. Eramo. Saletti - Oriental Night Fever
I Feel Love
Zazou. Eramo. Saletti - Oriental Night Fever
Kora (feat. Camille)
Ballaké Sissoko - Djourou New
Mimoun Marhaba
Maalem Mahmoud Guinia & Floating Points - Marhaba
Bania (edit)
Maalem Mahmoud Guinia & Floating Points - Marhaba
La Allah Dayim Moulenah
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders - The Trance of Seven Colors
Moussa Berkiyo-Koubaliy Beriah La'Foh
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders - The Trance of Seven Colors
Last Bloom
Floating Points - Crush
Silhouettes (l, ll, lll)
Floating Points - Elaenia
Across Time
Pharoah Sanders - With A Heartbeat
Peace In Essaouira (For Sonny Sharrock)
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders - The Trance of Seven Colors
Movement 1
Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders - Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra) New
Movement 2
Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders - Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra) New
Movement 3
Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders - Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra) New
Movement 4
Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders - Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra) New
Movement 5
Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders - Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra) New
Movement 6
Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders - Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra) New
Movement 7
Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders - Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra) New
Movement 8
Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders - Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra) New
Movement 9
Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders - Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra) New
English Meadow
Environments - Environments 10
Greeting To Saud
Pharoah Sanders - Elevation
Interactive CKCU
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Greetings, earthlings. In the usual pandemic style, today's show was previously recorded, but I'll be on hand today here in the interactive thing, should you have questions, comments or complaints.

12:45 PM, April 11th, 2021
peebe
Blondie!

1:28 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Yessir!

1:29 PM, April 11th, 2021
peebee
Donna Summer!

1:30 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Heart of Glass is an old fave of mine. Might have been the first bit of the new wave to crack into my consciousness back in 1979, and I've had a soft spot for it ever since.

1:31 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
...and yup, Donna Summer!

1:31 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
...some disco flashbacks through an Asian/Middle Eastern lens!

1:32 PM, April 11th, 2021
pesky peebee
The whole Maalem Mahmoud Guinia / James Holden / Floating Points "Marhaba" is dyno! Sooo beatsy, and unusual mix of cultures and styles. On Bandcamp at least it is listed under James Holden (keyboard/synth/electronics genius, producer, and creator collabs from all over). Um should be credited in playlist for sure.

1:48 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Eh. I credited based on the way they prepared the release for Apple Music, but I did see the James Holden reference on Bandcamp. Here's to you, James Holden!

1:54 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
But yeah, it's a dynamite EP. My big question is whether the Maalem Mahmoud Guinia credited here is the same fellow as the Maleem Mahmoud Ghania on the Pharoah Sanders Trance Of Seven Colors record.

1:56 PM, April 11th, 2021
Shelley Ann Morris
Hello Rob (and PeeBee), Clarice and I are cleaning house this afternoon. Well, I’m cleaning and Clarice is sitting contentedly on her cat bed, enjoying the scents wafting in from the open windows. Cats love spring! For an interesting take on the music of Pharaoh Sanders, check out last Tuesday’s episode of Bedtime Stories. The host, Chris Lyne did a feature on the Rhodes Piano, and Astral Traveling was played.

2:14 PM, April 11th, 2021
oh no, not peebee again
HEADPHONES FIRMLY CLAMPED ON! These collabs are truly wonderful. And full of detail.

2:17 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Oooh, thanks for the tip, Shelly Ann! I'm a fan of the instrument and I love that track! Greetings to Clarice!

2:17 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
PB: the recording on the Pharoah/Maleem Mahmoud Ghania record is especially tasty. Some Bill Laswell magic at work in there.

2:19 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Errata: I just made a mistake there: Crush by Floating Points was not an EP and did not come out in 2020. It's a full-length LP from 1919.

2:23 PM, April 11th, 2021
Shelley Ann Morris
Yes, there were songs by Patrice Rushen, Molly Johnson, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Morcheeba, Gil Scott Heron—very funky and well worth listening to. I can’t find cat-sized headphones!

2:26 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
I just went and looked at the playlist. Looks like a terrific episode. I've not listened to Bedtime Stories before, but I'll check it out on demand.

2:31 PM, April 11th, 2021
oh no
YUP! Anything produced by Bill Laswell sounds *absolutely fantastic*! The production here on 'Promises' is also, for sure. i had no idea about Floating Points, or James Holden either, until very recently. Clearly my bad... Definitely HEADPHONES ON material, all. Full of subtle details.

3:26 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Heh. Let's see if you still love it when my English Meadow comes back in to fool the silence detector. You may not approve.

3:32 PM, April 11th, 2021
ok, it is really PeterB, i admit it
i, for one, am loving the Meadow underlay. Very appropriate to the sounds. i will steal your idea!

3:39 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
And so far, it's working to defeat the evil silence smasher, so there's that!

3:40 PM, April 11th, 2021
Shelley Ann Morris
Clarice liked the birds. This music is absolutely GORGEOUS

3:44 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Shelly Ann, I meant to warn Clarice that the birds were coming, but I forgot. Promises is indeed gorgeous, and I'm glad you're enjoying it!

3:47 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Aaaaaaagh! Silence detector just bit me. Not enough meadow in that part, I guess. Sorry folks!

3:49 PM, April 11th, 2021
PeterB
Yeah, it was very harsh for last week to cut the all-import silences and boost hell outa the quiet bits too. Evil Silence Detector defeat vs Subtlety Removal. Not to mention a TON of work to do it. OH-OH! Just a brief interruption ;^/

3:52 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
The battle against the silence detector will continue...

3:55 PM, April 11th, 2021
givr
There's a John Cage piece you should try to play.

3:58 PM, April 11th, 2021
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
4:33 of the silence detector kicking in! The silence detector would win that one for sure, givr!

3:59 PM, April 11th, 2021