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This Island Earth
Sunday March 30th, 2025 with Rob Bitschofsky
Mostly new releases, plus some time with South Africa's Batsumi

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Phukeng Special
The Movers - The Movers - Vol. 1 - 1970 - 1976 (Analog Africa No.35)
Tuit Tuit
Rokia Traoré - Beautiful Africa
El nuevo Prometeo
Los Piranas - Una Oportunidad más de triunfar en la vida New
Queenless King
WITCH - SOGOLO New
Çiçek Açıyor
Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek - Yarın Yoksa New
Cool Hand
Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek - Yarın Yoksa New
Postparto
Hesse Kassel - La Brea New
El Watusi
The Ventures - Let's Go!
Bankrobber
The Clash - Black Market Clash
Daybreak (feat. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar)
Anoushka Shankar - Chapter III: We Return to Light (feat. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar) - EP New
Pastoral Symphony: I. Dominoes II. Infinity Room
Arp - The Soft Wave
Flora
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Flora New
Wind Echo
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Flora New
COLORATURA
Ichiko Aoba - Luminescent Creatures New
24° 3′ 27.0″ N, 123° 47′ 7.5″ E
Ichiko Aoba - Luminescent Creatures New
Luciférine
Ichiko Aoba - Luminescent Creatures New
October
Eiko Ishibashi - Antigone New
Mona Lisa
Eiko Ishibashi - Antigone New
Na Gul
Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
After the Last Sky
Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates & Dave Holland - After the Last Sky New
The Eternal Olive Tree
Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates & Dave Holland - After the Last Sky New
Urmah
El León Pardo - Viaje Sideral New
Cumbia Espacial
El León Pardo - Viaje Sideral New
L'envol
Octotrip, Leïla Martial & Anisssa Nehari - Atrahasis New
Aries
Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped
Try Some Ammonia
Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus - Too Much Sugar for a Dime
New Pyramid
Phi-Psonics - Expanding To One
Try Some Ammonia
Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus - Too Much Sugar for a Dime
New Pyramid
Phi-Psonics - Expanding To One New
Lishonile
Batsumi - Batsumi (1974)
Emampondweni
Batsumi - Batsumi (1974)
Itumeleng (1977 Version)
Batsumi - Batsumi (1977)
Interactive CKCU
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Greetings, Earthlings! Mostly new releases coming your way, with some rock, some Japanese minimalism and some sitar, some oud, etc. etc. Dig in!

1:10 PM, March 30th, 2025
robert p in gatineau
Along for the ride !

1:16 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Right on, rp in g! Always good to have you here!

1:17 PM, March 30th, 2025
Neil & Drake, The Dancing Labrador
Hey Rob.......and Robert in the Gat.....top 'o the afternoon, my friends !!! One thing about freezing rain......you don't have to shovel it; as long as the power does not fail us today. Great opening with The Movers; did not know these guys at all but "I am sold" !!

1:18 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
N & D, TDL, also good to have you both here. Let's get Drake dancing! I highly recommend that Movers compilation: mostly instrumental, powerfully funky and yet somehow they sound effortlessly breezy.

1:20 PM, March 30th, 2025
N&DTDL
Alright Rob.........the first album I ever purchased was a Ventures LP, man...........a very long time ago. Still love 'em and they also led me to "surf music" Here we go again with my favourite Clash album that I can never get enough of.......play it every shift on Island Earth and I will add an extra $50 to my usual donation to the show on Funding Drive.BTW......a perfect description of the Movers who I will be "all over" after the show today !!

1:45 PM, March 30th, 2025
Neil & DL
I might have told you before that when I worked at Recrd Runner on Rideau and Black Market and Sandanista were released simultaneously, it was the only things we played in the store for over a week!! Unheard of in a record store hahaha

1:49 PM, March 30th, 2025
Neil & DL
doh....Record Runner...

1:49 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
yeah, The Ventures are a pure delight, and so are The Clash, and I'll happily play a tune from Sandinista/Black Market every show until funding drive! You're ON!

1:50 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Right? The Clash tears up Record Runner. What an amazing double release, especially since Sandinista was a triple album. Perfect Clash audacity!

1:51 PM, March 30th, 2025
Bobby Calzone
Record Runner? Hey, I used to shop there all.the time! Which means I probably ran into you! And Rob Bitschofsky, my favorite TIE host (no offense, I love ypu all) who turned me into the Eno doc on web! Thank you so much! I'm.watiching the sixth version this weekend in 1 hour. P.s. again I ask of host or listeners, if anybody knows.about kundalini awakening , let me know.

1:56 PM, March 30th, 2025
Clash Fanatic & Sidekick
That offer is only on your shows in the schedule and there are a lot of tracks to rotate between Black Market Clash & Sandanista (Double LP).

1:58 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
A load of tracks, to be sure! This'll be a blast! And Bobby, that's five more than I have seen. I've been unusually busy lately and missed both the last blast and this one. Have to catch it next time.

2:00 PM, March 30th, 2025
Clash Fanatic & Sidekick
Oh yeah.....that's right !! How easily I forget. I no longer have those albums since they were with my 30 year collection lost in The Baribeau Flood. No insurance .

2:02 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Oh, and I got nothing on the kundalini awakening, except that if it's happening to you, you should lie down!

2:03 PM, March 30th, 2025
N & DL
very likely we have crossed paths somewhere on life's journey, bc. Hey, has anyone heard from Hillbilly; very conspiculously MIA across all shows. Hope he's ok.

2:07 PM, March 30th, 2025
Bc
He might be waiting to get some room in... 😉

2:16 PM, March 30th, 2025
Bc
Eno: iim up to 10, actually. It was 4 the week-end of January 24th, and 6 this week-end. But its exhaustimg because of the times. Check it out: ENO LIVESTREAM #1 Los Angeles: 5pm 3/27 (GMT -7) New York: 8pm 3/27 (GMT -4) London: 12am 3/28 (GMT) ENO LIVESTREAM #2 Los Angeles: 9am 3/28 (GMT -7) New York: 12pm 3/28 (GMT -4) London: 4pm 3/28 (GMT) ENO LIVESTREAM #3 Los Angeles: 6pm 3/28 (GMT -7) New York: 9pm 3/28 (GMT -4) London: 1am 3/29 (GMT) ENO LIVESTREAM #4 Los Angeles: 3am 3/29 (GMT -7) New York: 6am 3/29 (GMT -4) London: 10am 3/29 (GMT) ENO LIVESTREAM #5 Los Angeles: 7pm 3/29 (GMT -8) New York: 10pm 3/29 (GMT -5) London: 3am 3/30 (GMT) [note: England and Europe move forward one hour at 1am, this is reflected in the London time above.] ENO LIVESTREAM #6 Los Angeles: 12pm 3/30 (GMT -8) New York: 3pm 3/30 (GMT -5) As for Kundalini, it was approximately 3 week's ago. So I dont have to lié down;). I do have to do A LOT OF THINGS, it is as exhausting as watching Eno ;)

2:20 PM, March 30th, 2025
N&DTDL
BTW Bobby I also worked at ABM Records so we may have crossed paths there as well quite a few years after Record Runner ceased to exist.

2:21 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Bobby, those hours mostly suck! I admire your commitment! Congrats also on the Kundalini awakening.

2:23 PM, March 30th, 2025
Chris I.
thanks for the music this afternoon Rob. and the record store reminders Neil. Record Runner and ABM where usual stops when I'd be doing the rounds!

2:24 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hey Chris, glad you're here. And thanks for sitting in last week. I was out and about and missed it, but will check it on demand!

2:26 PM, March 30th, 2025
Chris I.
Guest hosting last week was a radio highlight for me Rob! Happy to have done it!

2:27 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Right on. It's a good show to really stretch out into. We'll keep you on the list of friends of TIE when we next need a sub! I look forward to hearing what you did with it!

2:29 PM, March 30th, 2025
Bobby Calzone
Yes, I told them too! They are still tweeking. They took my feedback under consideratio. As for Kundalini,there are no congrats. I didnt even know what ot was!!! Happened by accident... it is absolutely wonderful and scary and unbelievable at the same time!!! The congrats actually go to all: I can CONFIRM to everyone: there is (à whole lot) more than this!!! So to everyone : dont get hung up on whats going on here, either personal, or planetary. It's a joke. Went to get help in Mont Laurier but... and to everyone who thinks im.crazy: I dont care. It changes nothing. The important thing (here) is: ✌️ ☮️ 🕊 🏳️‍ ❤️ ✝️ ✡️ ☪️ 🕉 ☸️ 🤝

2:30 PM, March 30th, 2025
Bc
I also used to.go Shop at another store acrostiche the street from Record Runner... à disco or dance.store? I believe.. bought reggae records...??? Fuzzy...

2:31 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Further research required, Bc! Keep it together! Not sure about the disco shop: probably before my time in Ottawa!

2:35 PM, March 30th, 2025
Bc
Oh, no! I remember now: its Compact Music! I dont know about the disco référence...??? Maybe discothèque next door? Where is Elorious ???

2:42 PM, March 30th, 2025
Chris I.
The shop would have been before Mad Platters days BC?

2:48 PM, March 30th, 2025
Bc
Ok. Gotta go guys! Its Eno time! Thanks to everyone who doesnt think I'm crazy! And Love to everyone who dont:)!

2:56 PM, March 30th, 2025
Bc
Does. Sorry. Love the frnch autocorrect double négatives and such. Ciao!

2:59 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Bye Bobby! Happy Eno-ing!

3:03 PM, March 30th, 2025
Neil & the Dancing Tramp
Supertramp live was incredible, Rob !! And I loved that early track you just played; never heard it before Play it again, Sam hahaha

3:17 PM, March 30th, 2025
Neil & the Dancing Tramp
Can yiou please put thata Supertramp trrack in the playlist so I can track it down online, Rob

3:18 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Done, Neil. I kept it of until I played it so it could be a surprise. Great track! I'll put it on my next playlist right next to The Clash. Talk about a funny mismatch!

3:20 PM, March 30th, 2025
Neil & DL
Chris and Giselle also had Earful Records in the market; awesome store !!

3:23 PM, March 30th, 2025
Neil & DL
Chris was amazing covering Island Earth !!!!!

3:23 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
He was a good choice for sure, right? We should have had him in years ago to guest!

3:25 PM, March 30th, 2025
N & DL
I took a buddy to that Supertramp concert and he freaked, saying not only was it the best concert he had ever seen, but also the best time he ever had hahahaha

3:26 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Can't believe I played Supertramp on This Island Earth! Glad to hear they were good live, though!

3:27 PM, March 30th, 2025
Manmohan
Is this Henry Threadgill? Hmmm, unlike anything else I've heard from him. I've seen him live in his weird and wild format and love his music but this has a groove and I'm digging it.

3:30 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Good ears, as always Manmohan! Henry Threadgill indeed!

3:30 PM, March 30th, 2025
Manmohan
Vener in a million years did I think we'd have Supertramp on TIE but it was not bad at all! LOL.

3:30 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
I know, right? I assure you that it is the ONLY track they ever made that would qualify.

3:33 PM, March 30th, 2025
N & DL
Wow....it's 1 degree above in Aylmer, QC and it is 12 degrees above 0 in Richmond on the other side of the river.. How wacked out is that ! At least it is just raining here now; freezing rain in Aylmer is over, but regular rain for the next few hours.

3:35 PM, March 30th, 2025
Manmohan
Never not vener!

3:37 PM, March 30th, 2025
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Manmohan: we figured. N&DL: I just want SPRING WEATHER TO COME!!!!!

3:39 PM, March 30th, 2025