OK, stay with us here. This is going to be a bit of a ride.

Here at WPRB, excellent eclectic radio happens every day. Once in a while, we send something particularly mind-melting flying out through the airwaves (and over the webstream) into your tiny human ears and decide to preserve it for generations to come. On our blog.

This week, our beloved DJ Abbie from Mars made some delicious radio art out of Kurt Schwitters’s 1932 sound poem Ursonate. Schwitters was a German Dadaist who dabbled with many different art forms, including collage, painting, sculpture, and sound. Here he is:

What a jolly dude. Here at New Jersey’s Only Radio Station, we are most concerned with SOUND art and so SOUND art we shall provide. Listen to Abbie from Mars pay respect to our dude Kurt. The performance starts at 1:38, but start from the beginning to hear Abbie introduce the piece and contemplate getting into breakcore. Her performance is regal at times, nail-bitingly suspenseful at others. Let the sound poetry wash through your neurons and transcend that ol’ body of yours into a whole new realm of existence.

Follow along below.

Introducción:
Fümms bö wö tää zää Uu,
pögiff,
kwii Ee.
Oooooooooooooooooooooooo,
dll rrrrr beeeee bö
dll rrrrr beeeee bö fümms bö,
rrrrr beeeee bö fümms bö wö,
beeeee bö fümms bö wö tää,
bö fümms bö wö tää zää,
fümms bö wö tää zää Uu:
primera parte:
tema 1:
Fümms bö wö tää zää Uu,
pögiff,
Kwii Ee.
tema 2:
Dedesnn nn rrrrr,
Ii Ee,
mpiff tillff too,
tillll,
Jüü Kaa?
tema 3:
Rinnzekete bee bee nnz krr müü?
ziiuu ennze, ziiuu rinnzkrrmüü,
rakete bee bee,
tema 4
Rrummpff tillff toooo?
exposición:
Ziiuu ennze ziiuu nnzkrrmüü,
Ziiuu ennze ziiuu rinnzkrrmüü
rakete bee bee? rakete bee zee.
desarrollo:
Fümms bö wö tää zää Uu,
Uu zee tee wee bee fümms.
rakete rinnzekete
rakete rinnzekete
rakete rinnzekete
rakete rinnzekete
rakete rinnzekete
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böwörötääzääUu
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böwörötääzääUu pö
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böwörötääzääUu pögö
fümmsböwötääzääUu pögö
böwörötääzääUu pögiff
fümmsböwötääzääUu pögiff
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rakete rinnzekete
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fümmsböwötääzääUu pögö
böwörötääzääUu pögiff
fümmsböwötääzääUu pögiff
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rakete rinnzekete
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rakete rinnzekete
rakete rinnzekete
rakete rinnzekete
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böwörötääzääUu
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böwörötääzääUu pöggiff
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fümmsböwötääzääUu pöggiff
fümmsböwötääzääUu pöggiff
fümmsböwötääzääUu pöggiff
fümmsböwötääzääUu pöggiff
fümmes bö wö tää zää Uu,
pöggiff,
kwiiee
kwiiee
kwiiee
kwiiee
kwiiee
kwiiee.
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Ii Ee,
mpiff tillff toooo,
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Dedesnn nn rrrrr, Ii Ee, mpiff tillff toooo, tillll
Dedesnn nn rrrrr, Ii Ee, mpiff tillff toooo, tillll,Jüü-Kaa?llll,Jüü-Kaa?
(cantado)
Fümms bö wö tää zää Uu, pögiff, kwii Ee.
Dedesnn nn rrrrr, Ii Ee, mpiff tillff toooo, tillll, Jüü-Kaa?
Rinnzekete bee bee nnz krr müüüü, ziiuu ennze ziiuu
rinnzkrrmüüüü,
Rakete bee bee.
Zikete bee bee
Rinnzekete bee bee
Rakete bee bee
Zikete bee bee ennze
Rinnzekete bee bee ennze
Rakete bee bee ennze
Zikete bee bee nnz krr
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Rakete bee bee nnz krr
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Rinnzekete bee bee nnz krr müüüü
Rakete bee bee nnz krr müüüü
Zikete bee bee nnz krr müüüü, ziiuu
Rinnzekete bee bee nnz krr müüüü, ziiuu
Rakete bee bee nnz krr müüüü, ziiuu
Zikete bee bee nnz krr müüüü, ziiuu ennze
Rinnzekete bee bee nnz krr müüüü, ziiuu ennze
Rakete bee bee nnz krr müüüü, ziiuu ennze
Zikete bee bee nnz krr müüüü, ziiuu ennze ziiuu rinnzkrrmüüüü
Rinnzekete bee bee nnz krr müüüü, ziiuu ennze ziiuu rinnzkrrmüüüü
Rakete bee bee nnz krr müüüü, ziiuu ennze ziiuu rinnzkrrmüüüü
Rakete bee bee
Rummpfftillfftoooo?
Ziiuu ennze ziiuu rinnzkrrmüüüü, ziiuu ennze ziiuu rinnzkrrmüüüü;
Rakete bee bee
Rakete bee zee
Fümms bö wö tää zää Uu, pögiff, kwii Ee.
Dedesnn nn rrrrr, Ii Ee, mpiff tillff toooo, tillll, Jüü-Kaa?
Rinnzekete bee bee nnz krr müüüü, ziiuu ennze ziiuu
rinnzkrrmüüüü,
Rakete bee bee.
Rrummpff tillff toooo?

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Rum!
Rrummpff?
Rum!
Rrummpff t?
Rr rr rum!
Rrummpff tll?
Rr rr rr rr rum!
Rrummpff tillff?
Rr rr rr rr rr rum!
Rrummpff tillff toooo?
Rr rr rr rr rr rr rum!
Rrummpff tillff toooo? Ziiuu!
Rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rum!
Rrummpff tillff toooo? Ziiuu ennze!
Rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rum!
Rrummpff tillff toooo? Ziiuu ennze ziiuu!
Rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rum!
Rrummpff tillff toooo? Ziiuu ennze ziiuu nnzkrrmüüüü!
Rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rum!
Rrummpff tillff toooo? Ziiuu ennze ziiuu nnzkrrmüüü
ziiuu ennze ziiuu rinnzkrrmüüüü!
Rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rr rum!!!
Rrummpff tillff toooo? Ziiuu ennze ziiuu nnzkrrmüüüü
ziiuu ennze ziiuu rinnzkrrmüüüü!
Rakete bee bee!
Rr rr rr rr rr rr
Rr rr rr rr rr rr
Rr rr rr rr rr rrumm!!!!!!!!!!
Rrummpff tillff toooo? Ziiuu ennze ziiuu nnzkrrmüü
ziiuu ennze ziiuu rinnzkrrmüüüü!
Rakete bee bee
Rakete bee zee
Fümms bö wö tää zää Uu, pögiff, kwii Ee.
Dedesnn nn rrrrr, Ii Ee, mpiff tillff toooo, tillll, Jüü-Kaa?
(cantado)
Rinnzekete bee bee nnz krr müüüü, ziiuu ennze ziiuu
rinnzkrrmüüüü,
Rakete bee bee.
Rrummpff tillff toooo?

Rum! (H)
RrRrRrRrummpff?
Rum!
RrRrRrRrummpff t?
Rum!
RrRrRrRrRrummpff tll?
Rum!
RrRrRrRrRrRrummpff tllff toooo?
Rum!
RrRrRrRrRrRrRrummpff tllff toooo ziiuu!
Rum!
RrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrummpff tllff toooo ziiuu ennze!
Rum!
RrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrummpff tllff toooo? Ziiuu ennze!
ziiuu nnzkrrmüüüü
Rum!
RrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrummpff tllff toooo? Ziiuu
ennze ziiuu nnzkrrmüüüü, ziiuu ennze ziiuu
rinnzkrrmüüüü!
Rum!
RrRrRrRrRrRrRrRrrRrRrRRrRrRrRrummpff tllff
toooo?
Ziiuu ennze ziiuu nnzkrrmüüüü
Ziiuu ennze ziiuu rinnzkrrmüüüü
Rakete bee bee
Rrrrummmm!!!!(gritando)
RrRrRrRrRrRr
RrRrRrRrRrRr
RrRrRrRrRrRr
RrRrRrRrRrRr
Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrummmmmpffff tillffff tooooooo?
Ziiuu ennze ziiuu nnzkrrmüüüü
Ziiuu ennze ziiuu rinnzkrrmüüüü
Rakete bee bee?
Rakete bee zee
Rakete rinnzekete
Rakete rinnzekete
Rakete rinnzekete
Rakete rinnzekete
Rakete rinnzekete
Rakete rinnzekete
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böwörötääzääUu pögö
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fümmsböwötääzääUu pögiff
böwörötääzääUu pögiff
fümmsböwötääzääUu pögiff
kwiiee kwiiee
kwiiee kwiiee
kwiiee kwiiee
kwiiee kwiiee
kwiiee kwiiee
kwiiee kwiiee
Fümms bö wä tää zää Uu, pögiff, kwiiee.
Dedesnn nn rrrrr, Ii Ee, mpiff tillff toooo, tillll, Jüü-Kaa?
Rinnzekete bee bee nnz krr müüüü, ziiuu ennze ziiuu rinnzkrrmüüüü,
Rakete bee bee.
Rrummpff tillff toooo?
Ziiuu ennze ziiuu nnzkrrmüüüü, ziiuu ennze ziiuu rinnzkrrmüüüü,
Rakete bee bee.
Rakete bee zee.
Fümms bö wä tää zää Uu
Uu zee tee wee bee
zee tee wee bee
zee tee wee bee
zee tee wee bee
zee tee wee bee
zee tee wee bee Fümms

(final)
Fümms bö fümms bö wö Fumms bö wö tääää?
Fümms bö fümms bö wö Fumms bö wö tää zää Uuuu?
Rattatata tattatata tattatata
Rinnzekete bee bee nnz krr müüüü?
Fümms bö
Fümms böwö
Fümms bö wö täää????? (gritando)

VALENTIINE’S DAY SPECIAL! This just in!

Rock Gods McDonald Brothers to call in to chat with Esoterica on The Sonic Bloom Wed., 2/14 at 2:05 p.m. EST!

Steven McDonald (Off!, Melvins, Redd Kross) and Jeff McDonald (Redd Kross, Ze Malibu Kids) started in a band called the Tourists in Hawthorne, CA in 1978 and they are still kicking out the jams, just returning from a European tour with the Melvins. Checking out Steve’s instagram this week reveals that, lucky for us, Redd Kross is working on another album. Tune in to 103.3 or stream at www.wprb.com on Wed., 2/14, at 2:05 p.m.(EST)/11:05 a.m. (PST) to hear Esoterica ask about this new Redd Kross project, other things Steve and Jeff are working on, as well as dig into the early days of SoCal punk.

Mozart’s symphonies numbered 30 through 34 are rarely played. The 29th made a lasting impression on 20th century musicians, and it is programmed frequently. The last three symphonies, 39, 40 and 41, get most of the programming time. The three big symphonies that precede these, the 35th, 36th, and 38th (there is no 37th) get a lot of attention also, and they have nicknames: The Haffner, the Linz, and the Prague. What happened between 29 and 35? Did Mozart’s symphonic composing fall into a trough?

In the next few weeks (Feb 13th through March, 2018), we will take a listen at these symphonies, beginning with the absolutely delightful 30th. We will see Mozart experimenting—just as he often did—and composing some music that deserves at least as much attention as the 29th.

MasterClassics with Tobias airs Tuesday mornings, 6 to 9am on WPRB.

Another music organization, another top albums list. But ours is actually worth reading.

Tons of experimental, mind-melting, avant-whatever here, in many flavors: electronic, punk, folk, ambient, post-rock, zolo, kraut, emo, jazz, sludge, neo-classical, hip hop, industrial, math rock, done, shoegaze, leftfield, gross, weirdo, beegolb, joflig, hiofsie, fwiafl, fjeoiwjgl, fhowrjlw…

Thanks to everyone who made this a great year in music and radio! On-heckin’-ward!

(If you’d like to see an ~illustrated version~ of this list with all the album art, email music@wprb.com.)

1. LAUREL HALO, Dust, Hyperdub

2. VARIOUS, Magnetband: Experimenteller Elektronik-Underground DDR 1984-1989, Bureau B

3. MACULA DOG, Natural Dog, Haord

4. PALBERTA, Bye Bye Berta, Wharf Cat

5. ARCA, Arca, XL

6. ANNIE ANXIETY, Soul Possession, Dais

7. MARK FEEHAN, M.F. II, Richie

8. MHYSA, fantasii, Halcyon Veil

9. GRAILS, Chalice Hymnal, Temporary Residence

10. PHARMAKON, Contact, Sacred Bones

11. RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, async, Milan

12. SNEAKS, It’s a Myth, Merge

13. VOIGT/465, Slights Still Unspoken, Guerssen

14. TAIWAN HOUSING PROJECT, Veblen Death Mask, Kill Rock Stars

15. FAUST, Fresh Air, Bureau B

16. VARIOUS, Typical Girls Vol. 2, Emotional Response

17. CAMP COPE, Camp Cope, Run For Cover

18. CABO BOING, Blob on a Grid, Haord

19. MIDORI TAKADA, Through the Looking Glass, WRWTFWWR

20. UROCHROMES, Night Bully, Wharf Cat

21. RICH LABONTE, Mayan Canals, Dark Entries

22. AWA POULO, Poulo Warali, Awesome Tapes from Africa

23. FAT WORM OF ERROR, Nzznzzzznnznznnn, Feeding Tube

24. AYE NAKO, Silver Haze, Don Giovanni

25. LAIBACH, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Mute

26. JUANA MOLINA, Halo, Crammed Discs

27. VISIBLE CLOAKS, Reassemblage, RVNG Intl.

28. GIRLPOOL, Powerplant, Anti-

29. WALL, Untitled, Wharf Cat

30. JAIMIE BRANCH, Fly or Die, International Anthem

31. XETAS, The Tower, 12XU

32. SHEER MAG, Sheer Mag, Static Shock/Wilsuns

33. WORRIERS, Survival Pop, SideOneDummy

34. CARLA DAL FORNO, The Garden, Blackest Ever Black

35. DE-BONS-EN-PIERRE, Crepes, Dark Entries

36. USA/Mexico, Laredo, 12XU

37. PAN DAIJING, Lack, PAN

38. SCANTRON, 882-E, Discontinuous Innovation

39. AQUASERGE, Laisse Ca Etre, Almost Musique

40. KELLY LEE OWENS, Kelly Lee Owens, Smalltown Supersound

41. FLORIST, If Blue Could Be Happiness, Double Double Whammy

42. AARON DILLOWAY, The Gag File, Dais

43. BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE, I Tell A Fly, Barclay

44. ART FEYNMAN, Blast Off Through the Wicker, Western Vinyl

45. VAGABON, Infinite Worlds, Father/Daughter

46. FROM NURSERY TO MISERY, Pixies in the Woods, Dark Entries

47. BROKEBACK, Illinois River Valley Blues, Thrill Jockey

48. JOHN MAUS, Screen Memories, Ribbon

49. VASUDEVA, No Clearance, Skeletal Lightning

50. HOLY MOTORS, Sleeprydr, Wharf Cat

51. HARAM, When You Have Won, You Have Lost, La Vida Es Un Mus Discos

52. GUERILLA TOSS, GT Ultra, DFA

53. TREVOR BABB, Warmth, Innova

54. KENSUKE IDE WITH HIS MOTHERSHIP, Otemoyan Isan, EM

55. ENDLESS BOOGIE, Vibe Killer, No Quarter

56. PALM, Shadow Expert, Carpark

57. MEGA BOG, Happy Together, Nicey

58. MAX ROACH, We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite, Cornbread

59. DIASPORA, Demo 2017, self-released

60. GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR, Luciferian Towers, Constellation

61. SIDEWALK CHALK, An Orchid is Born, Ropeadope

62. SACRED PAWS, Strike a Match, Rock Action

63. VIDEO NASTIES, Video Nasties, Feeding Tube

64. ALICE COLTRANE TURIYASANGITANANDA, World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, Luaka Bop

65. BLONDE REDHEAD, 3 O’Clock, Asa Wa Kuru

66. THE DOGS, Slash Your Face, Almost Ready

67. PINEGROVE, Everything So Far, Run For Cover

68. MW ENSEMBLE, Music for Piano Transmission, Ionik

69. THOMAS LEER, 1979, Dark Entries

70. THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, Don’t Get Lost, ‘a’

71. DAMAGED BUG, Bunker Funk, Castle Face

72. W. ZABARKAS, The Origin of Dreams, Glistening Examples

72. WAXAHATCHEE, Out in the Storm, Merge

74. MICHAEL CHAPMAN, 50, Paradise of Bachelors

75. HALF WAIF, form/a, Cascine

76. REQUIEM, For a World After, Mental Experience

77. ADULT., Detroit House Guests, Mute

78. SLOWDIVE, Slowdive, Dead Oceans

79. LULA PENA, Archivo Pittoresco, Crammed Discs

80. DANA, Dana, Heel Turn

81. MORRICONE YOUTH, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, Country Club

82. VARIOUS, Uzelli Psychedelic Anadolu, Uzelli Kaset San

83. MIDNIGHT SISTER, Saturn Over Sunset, Jagjaguwar

84. TAPIMAN, Hard Drive, Guerssen

85. ALLISON CRUTCHFIELD, Tourist in This Town, Merge

86. IAN CHANG, Spiritual Leader, Kowloon

87. KELLEY STOLTZ, Que Aura, Castle Face

88. FLESH WORLD, Into the Shroud, Dark Entries

89. WRITHING SQUARES TOO, Victory for Womankind, Richie

90. SCHNEIDER-KACIREK, Radius Walk, Bureau B

91. DUDS, Of a Nature or Degree, Castle Face

92. SOCCER MOMMY, Collection, Fat Possum

93. R. STEVIE MOORE & JASON FALKNER, Make It Be, Lost Colony

94. ANJOU, Epithymia, Kranky

95. JULIAN LAGE & CHRIS ELDRIDGE, Mount Royal, Free Dirt

96. HAND HABITS, Wildly Idle, Woodsist

97. BLANCHE BLANCHE BLANCHE, Wooden Ball, NNA Tapes

98. DOWNTRODDER, II, self-released

99. NICOLE MITCHELL, Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds, FPE

100. THIGH MASTER, BBC, 12XU

101. KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD, Flying Microtonal Banana, ATO

102. BLANK SQUARE, Animal I, Castle Face

103. PSYCHIC TEENS, Hex, Hex

Others we loved this year, released before 2017:

MARIE DAVIDSON // Adieux Au Dancefloor // Cititrax
VARIOUS // Oz Waves: Australian DIY // Efficient Space
CARLA DAL FORNO // You Know What It’s Like // Blackest Ever Black
ANNA HOMLER & STEVE MOSHIER // Breadwoman & Other Tales // RVNG Intl.
YVES TUMOR // Serpent Music // PAN
AHOE-AHOEA // True Love Never Dies // Bunkerpop
BODY/HEAD // No Waves // Matador
NHK YX KOYXEN // Doom Steppy Reverb // Diagonal
FLESH FROG // Flesh Frog // Shovel Tusker
ANGEL // 2017 // Faro
JAMES CHANCE & THE CONTORTIONS // The Flesh Is Weak // True Groove
K. LEIMER // A Period of Review: Original Recordings 1975-1983 // RVNG Intl.
COLD FOAMERS // All Cold Everything // Slugsalt

This Friday, just after midnight (technically Saturday morning), tune into the WPRB program Music With Space for a live on air concert y Seth Chrisman and Nathan McLaughlin

Seth Chrisman is a musician based in the Hudson Valley, New York. Extended techniques, location recordings, and radio receptions are woven together to create undulating sonic environments. He has performed live at festivals such as Goldrush and Substrata and his recordings have found a home on labels including Full Spectrum Records and Constellation Tatsu.

Hudson, NY resident Nathan McLaughlin explores sound with a focus on acoustic instruments and reel to reel. He views the reel to reel as not just a source of effect and texture, but as its own instrument. Acoustic instruments serve as a companion to the reel to reel, with studies being carried out on the philosophical idea of going to the center. Nathan’s music has been released on a variety of labels such as Senufo Editions, Eilean Records and Scissor Tail Editions.

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Live, afte midnight on Friday (technically Saturday 13th) on Music With Space

Iron Gump, for the last seven years, has been traveling and living in Maui, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Philadelphia. Spontaneously connecting musically with different artists around the world.Through his musical exploration he has gained a deeper understanding about allowing the instruments to play him and to listen/feel the other musicians playing as well.  His connection to sound has become his passion and his way of creating a space for people to explore. The universe sings!

Sean Hoots is a maker of music living in the land of West Philadelphia.  Perhaps best known for his roots/rock project Hoots & Hellmouth, Hoots has been writing, recording, and performing original music across a myriad of genres for the past three decades.  The last few years have found him delving deeper into the mysterious, crafting sprawling soundscapes from found-sounds, synths, guitars, and vocal manipulations.  This world of contemplative, meditative music, especially when combined with the talents of Iron Gump, offers a unique opportunity for performer and listener to share a soul-plumbing experience.

Thomas Bendel is a composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist with a focus on drums and percussion based in Philadelphia. Improvisation, exploration of texture and subversion of instrumental roles are his aspiration, although big dumb drums are just fine, too.
You can catch him playing around Philadelphia with a number of artists including Birdie Busch, Arc Divers, Jesse Hale Moore. You can hear his recorded work on albums by Birdie Busch, Johnny Miles, Ross Bellenoit, Arc Divers, and many more.