WFMU: Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman: Playlist from January 31, 2023

Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman: Playlist from January 31, 2023

Observations of Deviance is a vinyl focused, free form program that harkens back to early days of underground FM radio. Your host, David Mittleman, hunts down the most exotic, unusual and off-the-beaten-track music from around the world in a number of genres: Spiritual Jazz, Free Improvisation, Experimental Electronics, Ethnographic Oddities and World-Wide Psychedelic Funk. You are guaranteed to hear sounds you’ve never heard before.

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January 31, 2023

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time

Adama Sambou and Ejam Kasa	Ajeme "Ajeme" by "Adama Sambou and Ejam Kasa"	Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and Gambia	Folkways	2023	https://folkways.si.edu/ears-of-the-people/ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambia	0:02:12 (Pop-up)
Luis Russell & His Orchestra	The (New) Call Of The Freaks	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937	Old Hat	2002	originally released 1929	0:05:28 (Pop-up)
Cheick Tidiane Fall	On connections between Senegalese drumming & Jazz	Cheick Tidiane Fall	N/A		https://youtu.be/y2ri34YlaDo	0:08:40 (Pop-up)
Cheikh Tidiane Fall, Malachi Favors, Sunny Murray	Wolofu Būgū Bolibana	African Magic	Circle	1979		0:10:32 (Pop-up)
Jeremy Steig	Home "Home" by "Jeremy Steig"	Fusion	Groove Merchant	1972		0:17:58 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Holley	I Am A Part Of The Wonder (with Moor Mother)	Oh Me Oh My	Jagjaguwar	2023	https://lonnieholley.bandcamp.com/album/oh-me-oh-my	0:22:37 (Pop-up)

Guelewar	Halleli N'Dakarou N'Diaye	Halleli N'Dakarou N'Diaye	Teranga Beat	2011	Live at the Canari Club de Kaolack in Senegal in 1982	0:31:20 (Pop-up)
Mappa Mundi	Serendipity (Take 1) "Serendipity (Take 1)" by "Mappa Mundi"	Musaics	Midnight Drive	2019	reissue of a 1990 album	0:38:51 (Pop-up)
Idrissa Diop & Cheikh Tidiane Tall	Bamba	Diamonoye Tiopité (L’ Époque De L’ Évolution)	Teranga Beat	2010		0:43:27 (Pop-up)
The Harlem Hamfats	Weed Smoker's Dream	Reefer Songs/16 Original Jazz Classics	Stash	1976	originally released 1936	0:52:06 (Pop-up)
The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family	Ardin Lent	Twenty-One Sabar Rhythms	Honest Jon's	2022	https://honestjonsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/twenty-one-sabar-rhythms	0:55:23 (Pop-up)

Orchestre Bawobab	Kelen Ati Len "Kelen Ati Len" by "Orchestre Bawobab"	Visage Du Senegaal	Buur	1975		1:01:11 (Pop-up)
Star Band de Dakar	Massani Cicé "Massani Cicé" by "Star Band de Dakar"	Star Band De Dakar - Vol. 7	Sonafric	1980		1:04:46 (Pop-up)
Griot Galaxy	Dragons "Dragons" by "Griot Galaxy"	Opus Krampus	Sound Aspects	1985	recorded live July 1st, 1984 at Nickelsdorf Konfrontationen, Nickelsdorf, Austria	1:10:37 (Pop-up)
Sijam Bukan	Asum Bunuk "Asum Bunuk" by "Sijam Bukan"	Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and Gambia	Folkways	2023	https://folkways.si.edu/ears-of-the-people/ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambia	1:19:34 (Pop-up)
Don Redman And His Orchestra	Chant Of The Weed	Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble / Chant Of The Weed	Bluebird	1940	10", 78 RPM	1:22:34 (Pop-up)

Karantamba	Satay Muso "Satay Muso" by "Karantamba"	Ndigal	Teranga Beat	2012	recorded at Sangomar Night Club, in Thies, Senegal, on the 16th of August 1984	1:29:50 (Pop-up)
Sélébéyone	Djibril "Djibril" by "Sélébéyone"	Xaybu: The Unseen	Pi Recordings	2022	https://stevelehman.bandcamp.com/album/xaybu-the-unseen	1:39:33 (Pop-up)
Mar Seck	Li Loumouye Nourou (feat. Number One de Dakar)	Vagabonde	Teranga Beat	2013		1:43:30 (Pop-up)
Luis Russell And His Burning Eight	The Call Of The Freaks	The Call Of The Freaks / It's Tight Like That	Okeh	1929	10", 78 RPM	1:48:38 (Pop-up)
Esukolaal	Koriye "Koriye" by "Esukolaal"	Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and Gambia	Folkways	2023	https://folkways.si.edu/ears-of-the-people/ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambia	1:51:46 (Pop-up)

Orchestre Cheikh Tall Et Idrissa Diope	Massani Cissé	Orchestre Cheikh Tall Et Idrissa Diope	Ibrahim Kassé Production	197?		1:57:52 (Pop-up)
Notchnoi Prospekt	This Night "This Night" by "Notchnoi Prospekt"	Health Resorts of The Caucasus	Gost Zvuk	2019	recorded circa 1986 in the former USSR	2:03:40 (Pop-up)
Amara Touré	N'Niyo "N'Niyo" by "Amara Touré"	Amara Touré 1973-1980	Analog Africa	2015		2:11:19 (Pop-up)
Star Band De Dakar	Laye Laye Kaïra [Folklore Du Mali]	Star Band De Dakar Vol. 8	Ibrahim Kassé Production	197?		2:17:23 (Pop-up)

Guelewar	Sama Yaye Demna Ndar "Sama Yaye Demna Ndar" by "Guelewar"	Touki Ba Banjul : Acid Trip From Banjul To Dakar	Kindred Spirits	2012		2:26:18 (Pop-up)
Dieuf-Dieul De Thiès	Na Binta "Na Binta" by "Dieuf-Dieul De Thiès"	Aw Sa Yone Vol. 1	Teranga Beat	2013	Recorded on the 19th of January 1982 at "Sangomar Night Club", in Thiès, Senegal	2:33:59 (Pop-up)
Don Redman And His Orchestra	Song Of The Weeds	Song Of The Weeds / Shakin' The Africann	Brunswick	1932	10", 78 RPM	2:42:28 (Pop-up)
Cheikh Tidiane Fall, Bobby Few, Jo Maka	Dream Drums	Diom Futa	Komos	2018	reissue of a 1979 album	2:45:53 (Pop-up)
Star Number One	Maryaama "Maryaama" by "Star Number One"	Maam Bamba	Disques Griot	1976		2:54:02 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	7:03pm Observations: We are live!!
	7:04pm Observations: “the ekonting, a three-stringed gourd lute played by Jola people in Gambia and the Casamance region of Senegal”
	7:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Evening
	7:19pm zzz: hey @observations. really enjoying the show
	7:20pm Observations: 👋👋👋
	7:20pm zzz: ↳ Song: "Wolofu Būgū Bolibana" by "Cheikh Tidiane Fall, Ma... definitely looking to hear the rest of this album
	7:26pm zzz: oooh new L.H., cool!
	7:43pm Observations: "Deep studio fuckery circa 1990 from a couple of weird Belgians who listened to The Orb and KLF too much and probably smoked dust, no other explanation for this madness"
	7:45pm Observations: 🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳
	8:08pm zzz: ↳ Song: "Massani Cicé" by "Star Band de Dakar" great track. recognize this song from Senegal 70 on Analog Africa, but that one by orchestre laye thiam
	8:10pm zzz: same version credited to diff name i wonder? sound v similar
	8:11pm Observations: There’s at least two versions. Playing the other later. I totally spaced on Senegal 70 comp, whic I think I have on cd.
	8:16pm Observations: It was this one I played www.discogs.com...
	8:17pm Observations: “This album was originally released in 1970. The name of the band that recorded the tracks on the B side was Orchestre Saf Mounadem. The one in the A side was Orchestre Laye Thiam , both of them formed from former members of the Star Band of Dakar. This split album was recorded and released by Ibrahim Kassé. Orchestre Saf Mounadem was later known as Orchestra Baobab, so these tracks can be considered their first recording.”
	🥁 8:31pm WR: Hi David. Listening as a long work day winds down....
	🥁 8:32pm WR: Ah, I stepped away when the Redman Chant of the Weed played. Will listen to it via the archive.
	8:33pm Observations: More weed music coming later
	8:34pm Observations: 🤩😎😜
	8:36pm zzz: ↳ Song: "Satay Muso" by "Karantamba" “recorded at Sangomar Night Club, in Thies, Senegal, on the 16th of August 1984” dreaming about being at this performance. wow
	8:39pm zzz: what a groove. in a trance. def agree, worthy of the ‘psychedelic’ label
	8:41pm Observations: Djibril Diop Mambéty is heard on the track “Djibril” describing his creative process, It’s very simple. You must close your eyes. Have you closed your eyes? You see points of light. Close them tightly. Each time that you want to see the light, you must close your eyes.
	🥁 9:10pm WR: ↳ Song: "This Night" by "Notchnoi Prospekt" gostzvuk.bandcamp.com...
	9:30pm Observations: The Gambia 🇬🇲
	9:37pm Observations: Thiès is the third largest city in Senegal
	9:38pm Ike: Sounds excellent!
	🥁 9:43pm WR: ↳ Song: "Song Of The Weeds" by "Don Redman And His Orchestra" To a neophyte like me this sounds like call of the freaks
	9:47pm Observations: They are similar. I played two versions of each tune. Heard them first here: www.discogs.com...
	🥁 9:48pm WR: ↳ Observations @9:47 Yes, some parts similar but after I made the comment the arrangement went elsewhere.
	🥁 9:49pm WR: ↳ Observations @9:47 That link goes to a Sun Ra release
	9:50pm Observations: Look closer. It has lots of non Sun Ra stuff
	🥁 9:51pm WR: ↳ WR @9:49 wow, a Michael Anderson Sun and sources and influences. Interesting.
	🥁 10:00pm WR: Thank you! David!
	10:00pm Observations: Thanks, see you next week :)

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Sat. Jan 11th, 2025, 7pm - 10pm: Man'ish Boy: Darius Jones Interview (More info...)
Renowned Jazz musician Darius Jones has become a singular voice of his generation through constant determination and an uncompromising artistic vision. Simultaneously he has forged an enviable academic career, having recently been named Assistant Professor of Music at Wesleyan University. OoD host David Mittleman interviewed Darius Jones for a three-hour special feature that will explore his many albums, including his on-going "Man'ish Boy" multi-chaptered epic.

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time

Adama Sambou and Ejam Kasa	Ajeme "Ajeme" by "Adama Sambou and Ejam Kasa"	Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and Gambia	Folkways	2023	https://folkways.si.edu/ears-of-the-people/ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambia	0:02:12 (Pop-up)
Luis Russell & His Orchestra	The (New) Call Of The Freaks	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937	Old Hat	2002	originally released 1929	0:05:28 (Pop-up)
Cheick Tidiane Fall	On connections between Senegalese drumming & Jazz	Cheick Tidiane Fall	N/A		https://youtu.be/y2ri34YlaDo	0:08:40 (Pop-up)
Cheikh Tidiane Fall, Malachi Favors, Sunny Murray	Wolofu Būgū Bolibana	African Magic	Circle	1979		0:10:32 (Pop-up)
Jeremy Steig	Home "Home" by "Jeremy Steig"	Fusion	Groove Merchant	1972		0:17:58 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Holley	I Am A Part Of The Wonder (with Moor Mother)	Oh Me Oh My	Jagjaguwar	2023	https://lonnieholley.bandcamp.com/album/oh-me-oh-my	0:22:37 (Pop-up)

Guelewar	Halleli N'Dakarou N'Diaye	Halleli N'Dakarou N'Diaye	Teranga Beat	2011	Live at the Canari Club de Kaolack in Senegal in 1982	0:31:20 (Pop-up)
Mappa Mundi	Serendipity (Take 1) "Serendipity (Take 1)" by "Mappa Mundi"	Musaics	Midnight Drive	2019	reissue of a 1990 album	0:38:51 (Pop-up)
Idrissa Diop & Cheikh Tidiane Tall	Bamba	Diamonoye Tiopité (L’ Époque De L’ Évolution)	Teranga Beat	2010		0:43:27 (Pop-up)
The Harlem Hamfats	Weed Smoker's Dream	Reefer Songs/16 Original Jazz Classics	Stash	1976	originally released 1936	0:52:06 (Pop-up)
The Doudou Ndiaye Rose Family	Ardin Lent	Twenty-One Sabar Rhythms	Honest Jon's	2022	https://honestjonsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/twenty-one-sabar-rhythms	0:55:23 (Pop-up)

Orchestre Bawobab	Kelen Ati Len "Kelen Ati Len" by "Orchestre Bawobab"	Visage Du Senegaal	Buur	1975		1:01:11 (Pop-up)
Star Band de Dakar	Massani Cicé "Massani Cicé" by "Star Band de Dakar"	Star Band De Dakar - Vol. 7	Sonafric	1980		1:04:46 (Pop-up)
Griot Galaxy	Dragons "Dragons" by "Griot Galaxy"	Opus Krampus	Sound Aspects	1985	recorded live July 1st, 1984 at Nickelsdorf Konfrontationen, Nickelsdorf, Austria	1:10:37 (Pop-up)
Sijam Bukan	Asum Bunuk "Asum Bunuk" by "Sijam Bukan"	Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and Gambia	Folkways	2023	https://folkways.si.edu/ears-of-the-people/ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambia	1:19:34 (Pop-up)
Don Redman And His Orchestra	Chant Of The Weed	Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble / Chant Of The Weed	Bluebird	1940	10", 78 RPM	1:22:34 (Pop-up)

Karantamba	Satay Muso "Satay Muso" by "Karantamba"	Ndigal	Teranga Beat	2012	recorded at Sangomar Night Club, in Thies, Senegal, on the 16th of August 1984	1:29:50 (Pop-up)
Sélébéyone	Djibril "Djibril" by "Sélébéyone"	Xaybu: The Unseen	Pi Recordings	2022	https://stevelehman.bandcamp.com/album/xaybu-the-unseen	1:39:33 (Pop-up)
Mar Seck	Li Loumouye Nourou (feat. Number One de Dakar)	Vagabonde	Teranga Beat	2013		1:43:30 (Pop-up)
Luis Russell And His Burning Eight	The Call Of The Freaks	The Call Of The Freaks / It's Tight Like That	Okeh	1929	10", 78 RPM	1:48:38 (Pop-up)
Esukolaal	Koriye "Koriye" by "Esukolaal"	Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and Gambia	Folkways	2023	https://folkways.si.edu/ears-of-the-people/ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambia	1:51:46 (Pop-up)

Orchestre Cheikh Tall Et Idrissa Diope	Massani Cissé	Orchestre Cheikh Tall Et Idrissa Diope	Ibrahim Kassé Production	197?		1:57:52 (Pop-up)
Notchnoi Prospekt	This Night "This Night" by "Notchnoi Prospekt"	Health Resorts of The Caucasus	Gost Zvuk	2019	recorded circa 1986 in the former USSR	2:03:40 (Pop-up)
Amara Touré	N'Niyo "N'Niyo" by "Amara Touré"	Amara Touré 1973-1980	Analog Africa	2015		2:11:19 (Pop-up)
Star Band De Dakar	Laye Laye Kaïra [Folklore Du Mali]	Star Band De Dakar Vol. 8	Ibrahim Kassé Production	197?		2:17:23 (Pop-up)

Guelewar	Sama Yaye Demna Ndar "Sama Yaye Demna Ndar" by "Guelewar"	Touki Ba Banjul : Acid Trip From Banjul To Dakar	Kindred Spirits	2012		2:26:18 (Pop-up)
Dieuf-Dieul De Thiès	Na Binta "Na Binta" by "Dieuf-Dieul De Thiès"	Aw Sa Yone Vol. 1	Teranga Beat	2013	Recorded on the 19th of January 1982 at "Sangomar Night Club", in Thiès, Senegal	2:33:59 (Pop-up)
Don Redman And His Orchestra	Song Of The Weeds	Song Of The Weeds / Shakin' The Africann	Brunswick	1932	10", 78 RPM	2:42:28 (Pop-up)
Cheikh Tidiane Fall, Bobby Few, Jo Maka	Dream Drums	Diom Futa	Komos	2018	reissue of a 1979 album	2:45:53 (Pop-up)
Star Number One	Maryaama "Maryaama" by "Star Number One"	Maam Bamba	Disques Griot	1976		2:54:02 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	7:03pm Observations: We are live!!
	7:04pm Observations: “the ekonting, a three-stringed gourd lute played by Jola people in Gambia and the Casamance region of Senegal”
	7:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Evening
	7:19pm zzz: hey @observations. really enjoying the show
	7:20pm Observations: 👋👋👋
	7:20pm zzz: ↳ Song: "Wolofu Būgū Bolibana" by "Cheikh Tidiane Fall, Ma... definitely looking to hear the rest of this album
	7:26pm zzz: oooh new L.H., cool!
	7:43pm Observations: "Deep studio fuckery circa 1990 from a couple of weird Belgians who listened to The Orb and KLF too much and probably smoked dust, no other explanation for this madness"
	7:45pm Observations: 🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳
	8:08pm zzz: ↳ Song: "Massani Cicé" by "Star Band de Dakar" great track. recognize this song from Senegal 70 on Analog Africa, but that one by orchestre laye thiam
	8:10pm zzz: same version credited to diff name i wonder? sound v similar
	8:11pm Observations: There’s at least two versions. Playing the other later. I totally spaced on Senegal 70 comp, whic I think I have on cd.
	8:16pm Observations: It was this one I played www.discogs.com...
	8:17pm Observations: “This album was originally released in 1970. The name of the band that recorded the tracks on the B side was Orchestre Saf Mounadem. The one in the A side was Orchestre Laye Thiam , both of them formed from former members of the Star Band of Dakar. This split album was recorded and released by Ibrahim Kassé. Orchestre Saf Mounadem was later known as Orchestra Baobab, so these tracks can be considered their first recording.”
	🥁 8:31pm WR: Hi David. Listening as a long work day winds down....
	🥁 8:32pm WR: Ah, I stepped away when the Redman Chant of the Weed played. Will listen to it via the archive.
	8:33pm Observations: More weed music coming later
	8:34pm Observations: 🤩😎😜
	8:36pm zzz: ↳ Song: "Satay Muso" by "Karantamba" “recorded at Sangomar Night Club, in Thies, Senegal, on the 16th of August 1984” dreaming about being at this performance. wow
	8:39pm zzz: what a groove. in a trance. def agree, worthy of the ‘psychedelic’ label
	8:41pm Observations: Djibril Diop Mambéty is heard on the track “Djibril” describing his creative process, It’s very simple. You must close your eyes. Have you closed your eyes? You see points of light. Close them tightly. Each time that you want to see the light, you must close your eyes.
	🥁 9:10pm WR: ↳ Song: "This Night" by "Notchnoi Prospekt" gostzvuk.bandcamp.com...
	9:30pm Observations: The Gambia 🇬🇲
	9:37pm Observations: Thiès is the third largest city in Senegal
	9:38pm Ike: Sounds excellent!
	🥁 9:43pm WR: ↳ Song: "Song Of The Weeds" by "Don Redman And His Orchestra" To a neophyte like me this sounds like call of the freaks
	9:47pm Observations: They are similar. I played two versions of each tune. Heard them first here: www.discogs.com...
	🥁 9:48pm WR: ↳ Observations @9:47 Yes, some parts similar but after I made the comment the arrangement went elsewhere.
	🥁 9:49pm WR: ↳ Observations @9:47 That link goes to a Sun Ra release
	9:50pm Observations: Look closer. It has lots of non Sun Ra stuff
	🥁 9:51pm WR: ↳ WR @9:49 wow, a Michael Anderson Sun and sources and influences. Interesting.
	🥁 10:00pm WR: Thank you! David!
	10:00pm Observations: Thanks, see you next week :)

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