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Melting World playlist for 05/05/2024

Progressive and electonic music from Germany this morning celebrating Kraftwerk's May US mini tour and a Los Angeles nine concert 3D residency at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the LA Philharmonic. We will play an audience recording from the last tour of the original band recorded at The Ritz, NYC 8/4/81. Music from Parallel Worlds (Greece), then the Germans take over with Mario Schönwälder, Centrazoon, Thorsten Quaesching & Markus Reuter and Gunter Schlienz in the Cosmic Hour.

Melting World playlist for 04/21/2024

420 Carryover
"Global electro melt journey"
90's melt with The Orb, Byzar, Psychic TV's Two Tablets of Acid
Higher Intelligence Agency & Pete Namlook (UK, USA, Germany)
21st century melt with Eat Static (UK), Ni Moya (Greece), Aythar (Hungary)
Radio Massacre International's electronic homage to Sid Barrett in the Cosmic Hour

Melting World playlist for 04/07/2024

Spring Radiothon-your contribution is vital to the suvival of WUSB
wusb.fm/pledge
Solar eclipse edition this morning with
O Yuki Conjugate, Loop Guru (UK)
Werner Durant, Amelia Cuni, Uli Hohmann (Germany and Italy)
Ole Lukkoye (Russia)
Deep meditation featured the latest Projekt release from Byron Metcalf & Mark Seelig
Alio Die (Italy), Klaus Wiese(Germany) ambient masterwork "Eclpse" in the Cosmic Hour.

And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon

Melting World playlist for 03/24/2024

Damo Suzuki (1950-2024)
This morning's show is dedicated to the late vocalist best known as a member of the original German Krautrock band Can (1970-1973)
We take a journey through his long career paying homage to one of the great improvising vocalists.

Melting World playlist for 03/10/2024

DST Arrival-Lost Hour@0200
Progressive with Markus Reuter's Oculus, King Crimson, Brian Eno, Stick Men,
California Guitar Trio, Phiharmonie (France)
Neo Krautrock with Electric Orange
New Spacerock with Oresund Space Collective (Denmark)-third of four new releases
Robert Fripp-Soundscapes 1999 in the Cosmic Hour

Melting World playlist for 02/25/2024

Recent Space psych from Oresund Space Collective (Denmark), Black Moon Circle (Norway),
The Spacelords (Germany), Pilot Voyager (Hungary)
Not so recent psych from Hawkwind, System 7 (UK), Anubian Lights (USA & UK)'
Kikagaku Moya & Ryley Walker (Japan & USA)
Brand new Can archival release Paris 1973 in memory of Damo Suzuki (1950-2024)
Space ambient from Sphäre Sechs and Drone ambient from Thomas Köner (Germany)
5 hour show

Melting World playlist for 02/11/2024

Contemporary progressive instrumental with Anchor and Burden, Levitation Bros. (Germany), Stephan Thelen (Switzerland), Jon Durant (USA)
Stick Men (Tony Levin, Markus Reuter, Pat Mastelloto) @ City Winery NYC tommorow 2/12 7:30pm
Krautrock from Embryo
Spacedub from Varient (Detroit, USA)
Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook-Psychonavigation and
"Atom Heart Mother" ambient cover from Scott Lawlor in the Cosmic Hour.

Melting World playlist for 01/28/2024

Spacerock, psych, ambient this morning.
New music from Ozric Tentacles, Astralasia, Artifacts & Uranium (UK)
New releases of older music from Oresund Space Collective (Denmark), Interkosmos (Germany)
Live music from Steve Hillage Band.
Ambient From Harold Budd, Jeff Pearce (USA).

Melting World playlist for 01/14/2024

Global Cosmic Synth Journey #3 or #5
New music from Pabellón Sintético (Argentina), Steve Roach (USA)
Sequencer synth from Redshift (UK), Martin Stürtzer (Germany), Thorsten Quaesching with Franz Bargmann (Germany)
Space ambient from Mathias Grassow (Germany) to close the show.

Melting World playlist for 12/31/2023

American cosmic music celebrating The Grateful Dead and the 50th anniversary of "Wake Of The Flood" with three set segments from June- November 1973. Owsley Stanley also known as Bear was The Dead's soundman in the 60's and early 70's and recorded all of the opening bands. His archives are being slowly released with this m,ornings show featuring tunes from The New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Flying Burrito Bros. Happy New Year from WUSB and the Melting World. Long live Jerry Garcia, Gram Parsons and John Dawson.

Melting World playlist for 12/17/2023

Embracing the darkness of the upcoming winter solstice with one off supergroup Micheal Brook, U. Srivinas, Nana Vasconcelos and Trey Gunn.
Rada & Blackthorn (Russia), Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke (Australia), O Yuki Conjugate, Muslimgauze, Rapoon (UK) Amir Baghiri (Germany), Alio Die & Lorenzo Montana (Italy).
Darkness in ambient from Vidna Obmana (Belgium),Wintersilence (Germany) Jon Hassell (USA)

Melting World playlist for 12/03/2023

Scandinavian epic jams & new space psych from
Black Moon Circle (Norway), Spacelords (Germany), Kaliyuga Express (Finland),
Oresund Space Collective (Denmark), Our Solar System (Sweden)
Psych jam From Highbay (Hungary), new Ambient from Stratosphere (Belgium)

Melting World playlist for 11/19/2023

Caribbean marathon melting world of Dub, a journey through the effects laden electronic sub genre of Jamaican roots music. Going back in time to form's originators to the contemporary dub master Ryan Moore and his productions on his M Records label. Dub Techno and Ambient Dub in the Cosmic Hour with Martin Stürtzer, Porter Ricks (Germany) and CV313 (USA)
Midnight-6am

Melting World playlist for 11/05/2023

EST backwards clock Krautrock Radiothon extravaganza with
Ohr Musik (UK), Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno (Japan), Brainticket (Switzerland), Can, Harmonia, Ashra (Germany)
New Music from Kaliyuga Express (Finland), Dividenthal & Aumgn (UK)
Krautrock supergroup jam with Thorsten Quaeschning, Lüül Graf-Ulbrich, Frantz Brahman & Knut Hagerdorn in the Cosmic Hour

Melting World playlist for 10/22/2023

Full Power Spacerock, Psyche, Progressive, and Krautrock with
Yuri Gagarian (Sweden), Sonar (Switzerland), Hawkwind, Nik Turner (UK)
New music from
Oulu Space Jam Collective (Finland), Electric Orange (Germany),
Pilot Voyager (Hungary) in the Cosmic Hour

Melting World playlist for 10/08/2023

Global Cosmic Synth Journey pt2
Paul Ellis (USA), Pyramid Peak (Germany), Pabellón Sintético (Argentina), Aythar (Hungary), Thom Brennan (USA), The Soviet Space Dog Project,Ian Boddy (UK)
New music from Martin Stürtzer, Cosmic Ground (Germany), Node (UK) din vault release,
Steve Roach (Sonoran Desert, USA) live Los Angeles cathedral concert 6/3/23 Bandcamp digital release.

Melting World playlist for 09/24/2023

Instrumental psych from Elder (USA), Polska Radio One (Russia), Acid Rooster, (Germany), Solar Trip, (Poland), The Myrrors (USA)
New Music from Temple Fang (Netherlands)
Pink Floyd-BBC 9/10/71 in the Cosmic Hour

Melting World playlist for 09/03/2023

More European Summer Psych festival music from King Buffalo (USA), Giöbia (Italy)
Progressive psych with Elder performing this Wednesday 9/6@ www.thebrooklynmonarch.com
New music from Acid Rooster, Vibravoid, Zone 6 (Germany), Deep Space Destructors (Finland)
Experimental weirdness from The Lengendary Pink Dots (UK & Netherlands) in the Cosmic Hour

Melting World playlist for 08/20/2023

Heavy psych, stoner, space and krautrock with
Agrabatti (USA), Mantra Machine (Netherlands), The Cosmic Dead (UK), Lush Worker (UK), Black Mountain (Canada)
New music from Sonic Demon (Italy), Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO (Japan)
Summer festival recordings from Elder (USA), Electric Moon (Germany)
Can (Germany) live 1970 in the Cosmic Hour

Melting World playlist for 08/06/2023

Peter Brötzmann (1941-2023) memorial show
Two sets dedicated to the late Avante Garde German composer and saxaphonist
Music from Electric Masada, Pharoah Sanders, Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, A.R.C.,
new music from Wadada Leo Smith,
Sonny Sharrock & John McLaughlin on Miles Davis Jack Johnson sessions
Shakti's 50th anniversary tour appearing at the Capitol Theater, Portchester 8/19 and NJPAC, Newark 8/20
The Coltrane House dream of a rememberance space for all is becoming a reality with the start of the restoration of the Dix Hills home he shared with his wife Alice and children.
More info @ Thecoltranehome.org