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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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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | Approx. start time | ||||
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The Monks Of The Eiheiji | Morning at Eiheiji Temple | Zen Shikantaza | Philips | 1971 | November - December 1970 Recording in Fukui Prefecture of Sotoshu Daihonzan Eiheiji | 0:02:15 (Pop-up) | ||||
Sadao Watanabe | Jua Song | Open Road | CBS/Sony | 1973 | recorded in May 2, 1973 at Hibiya Kohkaido, Tokyo | 0:15:25 (Pop-up) | ||||
Takahashi Chikuzan | Shamisen Yosare (old version) | Tsugaru Shamisen | CBS/Sony | 1974 | recorded December 11-12, 1973 at Jean-Jean, Shibuya, Tokyo | 0:30:21 (Pop-up) | ||||
Masahiko Togashi | Fourth Expression | Guild For Human Music | Denon Jazz | 1976 | feat. Masahiko Satoh ; recorded May 23, 24, 26, & 27, 1976 at Nippon Columbia's 1st studio, Tokyo | 0:35:37 (Pop-up) | ||||
Ike Reiko | When The Rain Stops | World Of Ecstasy | Bamboo | 2012 | reissue of a 1971 album | 0:42:12 (Pop-up) | ||||
Motohiko Hino | Overhang Blues | Toko Flash | Trio | 1977 | composed by & featuring Masahiko Satoh | 0:45:12 (Pop-up) | ||||
Masayuki Takayanagi Quintet | Night Flight | Flower Girl | Craftman | 2019 | reissue of a 1969 album | 0:52:24 (Pop-up) | ||||
Modern Jazz All Stars | Freedom Jazz Dance | All Japan Jazz Festival '71 | Philips | 1971 | Terumasa Hino (tp), Takeru Muraoka (ts), Poo Masabumi Kikuchi (ep), Sadao Watanabe (as), Kousuke Mine (ss), Yoshiaki Masuo (g), Kunimitsu Inaba (b), Motohiko Hino (ds) | 1:00:54 (Pop-up) | ||||
Masahiko Satoh's Garandoh | Phase 13 | Inspiration & Power 14 Free Jazz Festival 1 | Trio | 1973 | recorded June 30-July 12, 1973 at Shinjuku Art Theater, Tokyo | 1:14:17 (Pop-up) | ||||
Itaru Oki - Michel Pilz - Ralf R. Hübner | Nasu No Hana | One Year - Afternoon & Evening | FMP | 1980 | recorded in Berlin on October 13th, 1978 | 1:30:55 (Pop-up) | ||||
Yuzuru Katagiri | Dear Mr. Isozaki, Vice President of Japan National Railway | 3 Japanese Poets Recorded Live At The Guggenheim Museum, N.Y.C. March 16, 1971 | None | 1971 | translated & read by Gary Snyder | 1:38:01 (Pop-up) | ||||
Yamabushi of the Shuken Sect at Shogoin Palace | Chanting Of Morning Services | Buddhist Chant - A Recorded Survey Of Actual Temple Rituals | Lyrichord | 1963 | recordings were made by Kat-sumasa Takasago, assisted by Kojiro Kishi and Norimichi Kimura, during actual services at Japanese Buddhist shrines | 1:42:17 (Pop-up) | ||||
Meiko Kaji | Urami Bushi | Hajiki Uta | WeWantSounds | 2023 | reissue of a 1973 album ; https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/meiko-kaji-hajiki-uta-deluxe-gatefold-lp-edition-with-2p-insert-and-obi-black-vinyl | 1:53:49 (Pop-up) | ||||
Yosuke Yamashita Trio | One-Upmanship | A Tribute To Mal Waldron | Enja | 1980 | recorded 17 &18 June 1980 | 2:01:15 (Pop-up) | ||||
Takeo Moriyama | Ta-Ke | Green River | Enja | 1985 | recorded July 6th, 1984 | 2:13:21 (Pop-up) | ||||
Motoharu Yoshizawa | Fragment 1 | Inland Fish | Trio | 1974 | recorded live at Yasuda Seimei Hall, Shinjuku, Tokyo, September 13, 1974 | 2:20:24 (Pop-up) | ||||
Chisato Yamada | Tsugaru Sankudari | Chisato Yamada's Tsugaru Shamisen: Tsugaru Love Song | Columbia | 1975 | 2:24:09 (Pop-up) | |||||
Osawa Shoichi | Nozoki Karakuri | Mata Nihon No Horogei | Victor | 1973 | 2:32:40 (Pop-up) | |||||
Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kazuhisa Ōtake, Nanae Yoshimura, Chieko Fukunaga | Nagi | Gaku - Individuality Of Four Musicians | ALM | 1981 | recorded on Nov. 3, 4, 1981 | 2:38:44 (Pop-up) | ||||
John Mitchell, The Monks Of The Eiheiji | Morning Ceremony | The Way Of Eiheiji - Zen Buddhist Ceremony | Folkways | 1959 | recorded in Fukui Prefecture, Japan | 2:50:15 (Pop-up) | ||||
Itaru Oki | You Don't Know What Love Is - October Revolution | Shirasagi | Nadja | 1974 | recorded live on 7 June 1974 at Akasaka Sogetsu Hall | 2:58:21 (Pop-up) | ||||
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