Favoriting Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman: Playlist from May 17, 2025 Favoriting

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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
 
Paal Nilssen-Love  5th of March 2021 - track 3   Favoriting 5th of March 2021  PNL  2025  https://pnlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/5th-of-march-2021  0:01:56 (Pop-up)
The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe  Coltrane   Favoriting A Spirit Speaks  Strata-East / Mack Avenue  2025  https://mackavenue.com/products/the-descendants-of-mike-and-phoebe-a-spirit-speaks  0:06:58 (Pop-up)
Majid Bekkas - Nguyên Lê - Hamid Drake  Gore Blues   Favoriting Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XVII: Gnawa World Blues  ACT  2025  https://www.actmusic.com/en/  0:11:53 (Pop-up)
Sasha Berliner  Khan Younis   Favoriting Fantôme  Outside In Music  2025  https://sashaberliner.bandcamp.com/album/fant-me  0:19:55 (Pop-up)
 
Peter Brötzmann Octet  Machine Gun   Favoriting Machine Gun  BRÖ  1968    0:32:47 (Pop-up)
ØKSE  Cellular Device   Favoriting Cellular Device  Backwoodz Studioz  2025  https://backwoodzstudioz.com/collections/okse  0:49:53 (Pop-up)
Agustin Pereyra Lucena  Casi-Numbe   Favoriting Puertos De Alternativa  Far Out Recordings  2025  https://apereyralucena.bandcamp.com/album/puertos-de-alternativa-2  0:54:57 (Pop-up)
 
Siraba  Dâmba Kéle   Favoriting Dâmba Kéle / Kôngô  Real World X  2025  https://siraba.bandcamp.com/album/d-mba-k-le-k-ng  1:03:29 (Pop-up)
DJ Haram  Voyeur   Favoriting Beside Myself  Hyperdub  2025  https://djharam.bandcamp.com/album/beside-myself  1:07:06 (Pop-up)
The New York Bass Violin Choir  John Coltrane   Favoriting The New York Bass Violin Choir  Strata-East / Mack Avenue  2025  https://mackavenue.com/products/the-new-york-bass-violin-choir  1:10:21 (Pop-up)
The Royal Revue Featuring The Fascinations  Is it Because I'm Black   Favoriting Sock It To Me Part 1 / Is It Because I'm Black 7"  Numero Group  2010    1:24:14 (Pop-up)
Fatboi Sharif & Driveby  Battlestar Galactica   Favoriting Let Me Out  Deathbomb Arc  2025  https://deathbombarc.bandcamp.com/album/let-me-out  1:28:22 (Pop-up)
 
Farhot  Mars   Favoriting RAQS (105-118BPM)  Kabul Fire  2025  https://farhot.bandcamp.com/album/raqs-105-118bpm  1:33:45 (Pop-up)
Brain Damage x Emiko Ota x Mad Professor  Baku Dub   Favoriting Oide Oide  Jarring Effects  2025  https://braindamagedub.bandcamp.com/album/oide-oide  1:37:38 (Pop-up)
Adrian Sherwood  The Grand Designer   Favoriting The Grand Designer 10"  On-U Sound  2025  https://adriansherwood.bandcamp.com/album/the-grand-designer  1:41:44 (Pop-up)
Vélo  Lékol La   Favoriting Nostalgies Caraîbes  Célini / Aux Ondes  2007    1:44:50 (Pop-up)
Debre Damo Dining Orchestra  Mami Wata   Favoriting DDDO VOL. 4  DDDO  2025  https://debredamodiningorchestra1.bandcamp.com/album/dddo-vol-4  1:55:40 (Pop-up)
 
Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness  Prepare A Refuge   Favoriting Sextet  Reva  2025  https://tonyjonessax.bandcamp.com/album/sextet  2:02:22 (Pop-up)
Clifford Jordan  John Coltrane   Favoriting Glass Bead Games  Strata-East / Mack Avenue  2025  https://mackavenue.com/products/clifford-jordan-glass-bead-games  2:10:27 (Pop-up)
Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra  Machine Gum   Favoriting ...And It's Yours Forever  Action Jazz  2025  https://tigernet.no/releases/993328-and-its-yours-forever  2:17:12 (Pop-up)
Kio Nawab, Daniel Klimaz, Farhot  NOWROZ 1404   Favoriting NOWROZ 1404  Kabul Fire  2025  https://farhot.bandcamp.com/album/nowroz-1404  2:24:41 (Pop-up)
DJ Haram  Rug Burn   Favoriting Hypervigilant / Never Nostalgic Beat Tape  DJ Haram  2025  https://djharam.bandcamp.com/merch/hypervigilant-never-nostalgic-beat-tape-cassette-pre-order  2:28:16 (Pop-up)
 
Makeshift Spirituals feat. Daniel Carter, Ayumi Ishito, George Draguns, Ed Wilcox  Aldous Anorexics Cartwright Part 2   Favoriting Volume 1  577  2025  https://danielcarternyc.bandcamp.com/album/volume-1  2:34:09 (Pop-up)
Schweizer - Carl - Dyani - Bennink  Freizeit   Favoriting Irène's Hot Four  Intakt  2025  https://ireneschweizer.bandcamp.com/album/ir-nes-hot-four  2:45:32 (Pop-up)
 


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Observations:

Going live in 7 minutes
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live now live
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northguineahills:

@observatons/david: i've gone ob-long (no, i don't know wha that means either)
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we welcome everyone and all their comments, hi NGA
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↳ Song: "Coltrane" by "The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe"
"One of many projects on Strata-East spearheaded by bassist, composer, and arranger Bill Lee (legendary director Spike Lee’s father), The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe’s only album, A Spirit Speaks, enlists Lee’s brother and sisters—Cliff Lee, Grace Lee Mims, and Consuela Lee Moorhead—to form a group named in tribute to their enslaved ancestors."
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Coltrane" by "The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe"
Hey David, Observers!
Like this track!
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↳ doctorjazz @7:09
Hey Dr. J, good evening
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↳ Song: "Khan Younis" by "Sasha Berliner"
I saw Sasha Berliner play live in Tucson last night, she was amazing! I also interviewed her for an upcoming episode. See photos here:

bsky.app...
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Gore Blues" by "Majid Bekkas - Nguyên Lê - Hamid ...
Liked the sound of that guitar-ish instrument, had some string bends going down (in pitch), not something you hear guitar players do much, more like a sitar...
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↳ doctorjazz @7:21
It's a guembri from North Africa/Morocco
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northguineahills:

↳ Observations @7:21
word!
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↳ Song: "Machine Gun" by "Peter Brötzmann Octet"
www.discogs.com...
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↳ Song: "Machine Gun" by "Peter Brötzmann Octet"
Photos of my copy:

bsky.app...
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Machine Gun" by "Peter Brötzmann Octet"
Drove MsJazz out of the Listening/Living room
(not a surprise)
;-)
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WR:

↳ Observations @7:34
Finding that release there, locally, sometimes you have to wonder the path and hands it passed through to get there.
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↳ WR @7:45
Exactly! Hi WR
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↳ Song: "Cellular Device" by "ØKSE"
ØKSE - International Free Jazz Super Group Interview

wfmu.org...
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doctorjazz:

OK, gotta run, thanks David! (btw, dug the David Murray show, caught up in the archives)
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↳ doctorjazz @7:53
😎🙏✌️🙏
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↳ Song: "Dâmba Kéle" by "Siraba"
"Siraba is an explosive collaboration between Malian donso ngoni player and singer Boubacar Samake and French electronic producer Damien Vandesande... Rooted in the spiritual tradition of the donsow, or Malian hunter-musicians, Siraba is led by Boubacar Samake, a practicing hunter and son of the legendary Sibiri Samake."
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↳ Song: "John Coltrane" by "The New York Bass Violin Choir"
"Founded by bassist, composer, and arranger Bill Lee as a collaboration of seven bassists—including Lisle Atkinson, Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Michael Fleming, Milt Hinton, and Sam Jones—The New York Bass Violin Choir album features Sonny Brown (percussion), George Coleman (saxophone), and Harold Mabern (piano)"
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↳ Song: "Lékol La" by "Vélo"
fr-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog...
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↳ Song: "Lékol La" by "Vélo"
www.discogs.com...
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7uring7est:

↳ Song: "Lékol La" by "Vélo"
This is great
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↳ 7uring7est @8:50
🪘🥁🪘🥁🪘🥁🪘🥁🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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↳ Song: "Prepare A Refuge" by "Pitch, Rhythm and Conscious...
Charlie Burnham - violin
Tony Jones - tenor saxophone
Kenny Wollesen - drums and percussion
Marika Hughes - cello
Jessica Jones - tenor saxophone
Rashaan Carter - bass
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↳ Song: "John Coltrane" by "Clifford Jordan"
Charles Tolliver Interview & Strata-East Vinyl Special

www.mixcloud.com...
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↳ Song: "NOWROZ 1404" by "Kio Nawab, Daniel Klimaz, Farhot"
"In celebration of the Persian New Year, "Nowroz 1404" by tabla virtuoso KIO NAWAB and renowned flute player DANIEL KIMAZ emerges as a captivating instrumental gem that embodies the spirit of the season"
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↳ Song: "Freizeit" by "Schweizer - Carl - Dyani - Bennink"
Irène Schweizer: Piano
Rüdiger Carl: Saxophones, Clarinet, Accordion
Johnny Dyani: Bass, Vocal
Han Bennink: Drums, Percussion, Megaphone

All compositions by Irène Schweizer. Live recorded on November 8, 1981, at Internationales Jazzfestival Zürich by Radio SRF
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WR:

Wonderful program, David.

I haven't been on the comments much tonight but enjoyed it all.

Thank you!
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↳ WR @9:53
Thank you WR!
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Thanks everyone, see you back here next week!
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