Melting World Playlists
By subsct on Sun, 01/26/2025 - 2:52am
“A Global Journey Within Your Mind”
This morning’s show dives into the electronic world with music from
Trigona (New Zealand), 4x3, U.S.O. (Germany),
Acid Mothers Temple & Infinity Rising Zero (Japan),
Jean-Micheal Jarre (France).
Sequencer synth from The Soviet Space Dog Project (UK).
The Cosmic Hour brings winter themed ambient from Winterhouse (USA & Canada),
Wintersilence (Germany).
By subsct on Sun, 01/19/2025 - 4:51am
By subsct on Sun, 01/19/2025 - 3:45am
Part 1>12-2am
This morning’s program veers into uncharted territory for this show with a set from the ladies recorded in the 60’s with Nico singing a great Lou Reed tune, Joni Mitchell from 1979’s Hejira, Marianne Faithfull recorded live at St Anne’s in Brooklyn in 1989 and a track from Beth Orion’s “Trailer Park” released in 1996.
Music from American composer Harold Budd, Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno & Kate St John, Chanel Light Vessel.
Solo piano from Bruno Sanfilipo (Spain), Patrick Moraz (Switzerland), Holly Bowling, Scott Lawlor.
Global from Material, Gigi (Ethiopia), Channel Light Vessel
The Cosmic Hour brings Ambient with Lori Pate, Poeme
By subsct on Sun, 01/12/2025 - 2:44am
Melting World 1/12/25
Progressive with music from Bill Nelson, Steve Hillage (UK), Djam Karet (USA)
Decibel (Mexico) from the Cleopatra box set “Dossier 1977-2017,
New music from Stick Men recorded in Japan.
Spacepsych from Perhaps & French Retropsych from Tarotplane (USA)
Sequencer synth with Paul Ellis, Dweller At The Threshold (USA)
Ambient from Robert Rich,
Bill Laswell & Tetsu Inoue (USA & Japan)
Winter ambient from Jeff Pearce (USA),
Amir Baghiri & Mathias Grassow (Germany)
By subsct on Sun, 01/05/2025 - 12:08am
Cosmic Deep Drift Ambient
with Steve Roach 2-4am segment
live at Joshua Tree Mentalphyics
Joshua Tree, Ca. 10/27-28/24
Eight hour concert.
New Rudy Adrian (New Zealand)
Extended single “The Sleepy Hills 6”
Music for deep hours listening
at WUSB 90.1fm and wusb.fm
By subsct on Sun, 12/29/2024 - 3:43am
This morning we celebrate the life of recently departed Indian tablā player and composer Zakir Hussain. Featuring his solo material and collaborations with British guitarist John McLaughlin and their Shakti incarnations, Mickey Hart, Diga Rhythm Band, Bela Fleck & Edgar Meyer.
Zakir was prominent player of traditional Indian music and we will play his collaborations with Shivkumar Sharma, L Shankar, Hariprasad.
Alternating sets will include traditional Melting world music from The Band of Gypsys at the Fillmore East on 12/31/69, The Israelittes (Jamaica) Church of Hed (USA), Red Sun (Italy), Depth Charms (UK), Markus Reuter, new music from Electric Orange (Germany) and
Psychedelic Source Records (Hungary)
By subsct on Sun, 12/22/2024 - 4:08am
Winter Solstice celebration of darkness edition this morning with
Spacepsych from Nektar, Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy's Mirror System (UK),
The Bad Plus interpretation of Igor Stravinsky's "Rite Of Spring"
Lou Reed and John Cale early and later, film music from Alexandre Desplat (France)
Sequencer Synth from Cosmic Hoffman & Steven Parsick
Composers Aaron Martin, Stephano Guzzetti (Italy), Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays,
John Zorn and Jesse Harris.
Fusion with Allan Holdsworth, Mark Wingfield & Markus Reuter's The Stone House
In the Cosmic Hour we visit Cosmique Francias with Tarotplane,
Varient etherscape mix of Intrusion single "Amongst the Stars,
Deep ambient drift with Slow Taste Of Night Air
By subsct on Sun, 12/15/2024 - 12:18am
This morning’s show starting heavy and ending light
highlighting full musical dynamics.
Midnight brings Monster Magnet, Elder (USA), Elecrtric Moon (Germany),
Yuri Gagarian (Sweden), Sonic Demon (Italy), Karkara (France),
Arthur Brown, Krell (UK).
A few tracks from Hawkwind’s live conceptual 1995 Alien tour album
“Love in Space”
2:00am brings electronic synth with Brendan Pollard (UK), spaghetti western ambient from Delre (Italy),
tribal ambient from Byron Metcalf & Shane Morris (USA),
deep drift ambient with an extended single from Max Corbacho (Spain)
By subsct on Sun, 12/08/2024 - 4:46am
Melting World second segment starts with part two of Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick.
The early morning hours brings sequencer syth from Ron Boots (NL) in the Cosmic Hour followed by ambient from
Mount Shrine (Brazil), Misleading Structures (Greece),Pietro Zollo (Italy),
Christina Giannone (USA)
By subsct on Sun, 12/08/2024 - 1:15am
This morning's show is divided into two segments. In the midnight segment we check out some new Bandcamp Friday purchases, older and newer releases with the emphasis on the heavy.
Psycedelic Source Records (Hungary) recorded in a field at a goat farm,
Acid Mothers Temple (Japan) release on Riot Season Records, along with
Anchor and Burden (Germany), Ozric Tentacles (UK), Heironymus Dream (Greece)
then stepping back in time to one of my first 8 tracks,
Jethro Tull's Thick As a Brick part 1 (1972)
By subsct on Sun, 12/01/2024 - 2:50am
This morning we celebrate the British psychedelic-progressive-jazz fusion band Soft Machine with a few tracks from 1970's "Third", !974 "Live In Switzerland" and 2023's "Open Door".
In the Cosmic Hour we play Soft Machine keyboardist Mike Ratledge's obscure film documentary soundtrack "Riddles of the Sphinx" in it's entirety along with new music from Purl, Jaja and Aglaia. We Also remember recently departed British poet, musician and songwriter Pete Sinfield with a set from King Crimson, the band he cofounded with Robert Fripp recorded at the Fillmore West during thier first USA tour. Extended 5 hour show.
By subsct on Sun, 11/24/2024 - 12:09am
12-2am electronic psych out
This morning’s show is a return to psychedelic electronic foundations featuring Tangerine Dream’s 1975 groundbreaking sequencer and Mellotron opus “Rubycon” in its entirety.
More German E music from Micheal Rother, FD Project.
New music from Steve Hillage’s chill out project “Mirror System” (UK) and
Erik Wølllo (Norway)
By subsct on Sun, 11/17/2024 - 3:13am
Exploring all the vistas on the Melting World this morning.
Psych from Acid Rooster (DE), Edward Ka-Spel (UK & NL),
Progressive from Robert Fripp, Laurie Anderson, Trey Gunn,
Markus Reuter & Stephen Thelen (DE & Switzerland)
Experimental fom The Residents, Frank Zappa (USA)
Berlin School electronics from Pollard, Daniel, Booth (UK)
Ambient with Bruno Sanfillipo, Warmth (Spain), Mick Chillage (Ire)
By subsct on Sun, 11/10/2024 - 3:09am
Phil Lesh-part 2
This morning we continue the celebration of the life of Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of the Grateful Dead. We feature a first set segment from NYC's Beacon Theater on 6/14/76, a tune from the Fillmore West on 2/1969 with Pigpen on the lead vocal, music from the Other Ones, Phil Lesh and Friends along with other bands close to and influenced by the Grateful Dead.
By subsct on Sun, 11/03/2024 - 3:11am
Phil Lesh 1940-2024 Part 1
This morning's show we remember the life and music of the late Grateful Dead bassist and founding member.
We will be playing select Grateful Dead set segments from 1969, 1973 and 1977 along with bands that are also part of the San Francisco psychedelic movement of the mid to late sixties as well as other bands and musicians that have shared the stage with Phil throughout the years.
By subsct on Sat, 10/26/2024 - 11:18pm
Melting World 10/27/24
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Global electronic & ambient
Arc , Eat Static (UK), Karl Bartos (DL)
Paul Ellis & Daryl Groetsch (USA)
Eternell (Turkey), anthéne (Canada),
Max Corbacho, SLVBRD ((Spain)
Gustavo Denouerd (Argentina)
By subsct on Sun, 10/20/2024 - 12:38am
Psych exploration with
Legendary Pink Dots (NL & UK), Temple Fang (NL)
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard (Australia), Trigona (New Zealand),
Lush Worker (UK), Kiyazami (Hungary)
By subsct on Sat, 10/12/2024 - 11:28pm
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This morning the archived third Melting World broadcast from 11/28/21.
King Buffalo, Acid Rooster, Pink Floyd, Barrett Elmore, Quarkspace, Ash Ra Temple from the 2000 reunion album Friendship,
Can first archive release from Stuttgart 1975,
Melting World back live next week.
By subsct on Sun, 10/06/2024 - 12:28am
Fall Radiothon
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This mornings show will feature psych with Porcupine Tree (UK), Abstraccíon (Spain), :nepal (Hungary), Santana (USA).
Zuuhl with Magma's 1973 album Mekanik Destruktiw Kömmando (France)
By subsct on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 11:19pm
This morning a cosmic journey without synths.
Nik Bartsch’s Ronin, John Zorn’s New Masada Quartet,
John Scofield’s latest ECM release.
Henry Kaiser & Waddada Leo Smith electric Miles Davis project “Yo Miles”
Afrobeat with Fela Kuti and Egypt 80 live in Detroit 1986.
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