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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...
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East Orange, NJ
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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.
Language:
English
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https://wfmu.org/playlists/OV
Episodes
Of the Earth: Shabaka Interview from Apr 18, 2026
4/18/2026
Shabaka - "A Future Untold" - Of The Earth [https://shabaka.bandcamp.com/album/of-the-earth] [0:02:09]
Shabaka - "Explore Inner Space" - Afrikan Culture [0:05:24]
Sons Of Kemet - "Pick Up Your Burning Cross feat. Moor Mother & Angel Bat Dawid" - Black To The Future [all tracks feat. Shabaka] [0:11:39]
The Comet Is Coming - "Imminent feat. Joshua Idehen" - Imminent 12" [0:15:20]
Henry Franklin, Adrian Younge, & Ali Shaheed Muhammad - "African Sun (Shabaka Hutchings Remix)" - Remixes JID020 [0:21:47]
Shabaka and The Ancestors - "The Coming Of The Strange Ones" - We Are Sent Here By History [0:32:38]
Sons Of Kemet - "Inner Babylon" - Burn [0:39:00]
Shabaka - "Marwa The Mountain" - Of The Earth [https://shabaka.bandcamp.com/album/of-the-earth] [0:44:16]
The Comet Is Coming - "Lifeforce Part II" - The Afterlife EP [0:47:45]
Kofi Flexxx - "Apothecary feat. Billy Woods" - Flowers In The Dark [0:52:14]
The Comet Is Coming - "Frequency Of Feeling Expansion" - Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam [0:55:27]
The Comet Is Coming - "Star Exploding in Slow Motion" - BBC 6, 11/23/13, Gilles Peterson [1:02:18]
Shabaka - "Body To Inhabit feat. E L U C I D" - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace [1:06:38]
Sons Of Kemet - "Rites Of Passage" - African Cosmology 12" [1:14:03]
Shabaka - "Stand Firm" - Of The Earth [https://shabaka.bandcamp.com/album/of-the-earth] [1:24:48]
Shabaka - "Interview" - Interview - March 19, 2026 [1:31:42]
Shabaka - "Timepieces feat. Billy Woods" - Possession EP [1:59:01]
Shabaka - "Eyes Lowered" - Of The Earth [https://shabaka.bandcamp.com/album/of-the-earth] [2:04:38]
The Comet Is Coming - "Super Zodiac / Astral Flying" - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery [2:08:21]
Shabaka and The Ancestors - "You’ve Been Called" - We Are Sent Here By History [2:17:01]
Louis Moholo-Moholo’s Five Blokes - "Dikeledi Tsa Phelo" - Uplift the People [recorded live in London, Cafe Oto, 14 April, 2017] [2:23:29]
billy woods - "All These Worlds Are Yours (prod. by DJ Haram, Shabaka Hutchings)" - Golliwog [2:31:49]
Sons Of Kemet - "My Queen Is Harriet Tubman" - Your Queen Is A Reptile [2:38:38]
Shabaka - "Dance In Praise" - Of The Earth [https://shabaka.bandcamp.com/album/of-the-earth] [2:44:06]
Shabaka - "Step Lightly" - Live in Knoxville, TN @ Mill & Mine - Big Ears Festival, March 28, 2026 [https://archive.org/details/shabaka-2026-03-28/Shabaka2026-03-28t07.flac] [2:48:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163266
Duration:03:07:03
Episode from Apr 11, 2026
4/11/2026
Adam Rudolph - "Stumbled Upon" - Sunrise [https://adamrudolph.bandcamp.com/album/sunrise] [0:02:28]
Annea Lockwood - "World Rhythms" - World Rhythms [https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/world-rhythms] [0:06:57]
Alvarius B. - "The Multiple Hallucinations of an Assassin - Part 2" - Malarial Dream [https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/alvarius-b-malarial-dream-lp/ABDT.063LP.html] [0:19:21]
Meiko Kaji - "Tokyo Nagare Mono" - Otoko Onna Kokoro No Aika [https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/meiko-kaji-otoko-onna-kokoro-no-aika-deluxe-lp-with-2p-insert-and-obi-black-vinyl] [0:26:43]
Marty Ehrlich, Julius Hemphill - "The All Told Alto Blues" - Circle the Heart [https://relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/circle-the-heart] [0:32:52]
Akira Sakata - "Kaigara-Bushi" - Fisherman's.com [0:46:39]
Les McCann - "The Lovers" - Invitation to Openness [1:04:38]
Cecil Taylor Unit - "Fragments of a Dedication to Duke Ellington: Afternoon Set Version, Part 1" - Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts [https://www.elemental-music.com/jazz-treasures/4944-cecil-taylor-unit-fragments-live-at-salle-pleyel-paris-1969-8435395505014.html] [1:33:45]
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland - "Squeal Of Swine - خنخنة خنازير" - Eternal Life No End - ليلة ظلماء ملعونة، كحياة طالبيها [https://rgmfdo.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-life-no-end] [1:54:32]
Julius Hemphill - "Dogon A.D." - Dogon A.D. [https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/julius-hemphill-dogon-a-d] [2:05:20]
The Contemporary Jazz Quintet [Denmark] - "Action A [OoD Mono Mix]" - Action A, B, C, E [2:20:46]
Scott Lee Ensemble feat. Camila Meza - "Big Waters" - Greetings From Florida: Postcards From Paradise [https://sunnysiderecords.bandcamp.com/album/greetings-from-florida-postcards-from-paradise] [2:35:50]
Lol Coxhill / Susanna Ferrar / Sylvia Hallett - "Part 3" - Brixton 1982 [https://scatterarchive.bandcamp.com] [2:40:15] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163074
Duration:03:06:57
The Music of Kelan Phil Cohran: Listening Position Interview from Apr 4, 2026
4/4/2026
Kelan Phil Cohran and Legacy - "Theme" - African Skies [https://listeningposition.com/shop/african-skies] [0:02:34]
Philip Cohran And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - "The Minstrel" - On The Beach [0:06:43]
Kelan Phil Cohran - "Brother Kelan Phil Cohran Conversation" - Black Utopia: Sun Ra Lectures & Rehearsals [0:16:16]
Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra - "Music From the World Tomorrow" - Angels And Demons At Play [feat. Kelan Phil Cohran] [0:19:12]
Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - "Frankincense and Myrrh" - Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble [0:21:32]
Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - "The African Look" - The Zulu 45s Collection [0:32:33]
Philip Cohran And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - "Malcolm X" - The Malcolm X Memorial (A Tribute In Music) [0:36:01]
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - "Black Boy" - Bulletproof Brass [feat. Kelan Phil Cohran] [0:41:22]
Kelan Phil Cohran and Legacy - "Kalahari" - African Skies [https://listeningposition.com/shop/african-skies] [0:46:39]
Philip Cohran And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - "New Frankiphone Blues" - On The Beach [0:48:23]
Sun Ra & His Arkestra - "Space Loneliness" - Space Loneliness / State Street 7" [feat. Kelan Phil Cohran] [0:55:20]
Kelan Phil Cohran and Legacy - "White Nile" - African Skies [https://listeningposition.com/shop/african-skies] [1:02:24]
Phil Cohran And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - "The Warning" - Armageddon [1:12:30]
Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - "Spin" - Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble [1:19:22]
Jake Viator - "Interview" - Interview - February 13, 2026 [1:32:24]
Sun Ra & His Arkestra - "A Call For All Demons" - Music From Tomorrow's World [feat. Kelan Phil Cohran] [2:01:02]
Philip Cohran And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - "Unity Live 1968" - On The Beach [2:04:54]
Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - "Frankiphone Blues" - The Zulu 45s Collection [2:19:11]
Philip Cohran And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble - "El Hajj Malik El Shabazz" - The Malcolm X Memorial (A Tribute In Music) [2:23:18]
Sun Ra and His Myth Science Orchestra - "Interplanetary Music" - We Travel The Space Ways [feat. Kelan Phil Cohran] [2:37:31]
Kelan Phil Cohran and Legacy - "The Dogon" - African Skies [https://listeningposition.com/shop/african-skies] [2:40:10]
Kelan Phil Cohran and Legacy - "White Nile (Early Version)" - Live at Eastern Michigan University, February 8, 1991 [2:42:58] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162830
Duration:03:07:01
Episode from Mar 28, 2026
3/28/2026
Caroline Davis - "Bongos" - Fallows [https://carolinedavismusic.bandcamp.com/album/fallows] [0:02:17]
Shabaka - "A Future Untold" - Of The Earth [https://shabaka.bandcamp.com/album/of-the-earth] [0:03:55]
DoYeon Kim - "The Beats of Distant Thunder" - Wellspring [https://taoforms.bandcamp.com/album/wellspring] [0:07:42]
Roland Brival - "Just For You (Eden)" - Créole Gypsy [https://rolandbrival.bandcamp.com/album/cr-ole-gypsy] [0:14:37]
Adam O'Farrill - "Eleanor's Dance" - ELEPHANT [https://adamofarrill.bandcamp.com/album/elephant] [0:21:26]
Casual - "Hard Drive Music / It's Big" - Black Magic [https://casual1.bandcamp.com/album/black-magic] [0:24:35]
Jon Irabagon - "Evening Star" - Focus Out [https://jonirabagon.bandcamp.com/album/focus-out] [0:35:19]
Wrens - "Snake" - Half of What You See [0:45:17]
Marquis Hill - "Free #1A feat Kumbayaaa" - (Beautifulism) Sweet Surrender [https://marquishill.bandcamp.com/album/beautifulism-sweet-surrender] [0:50:39]
Lil Tony - "KEYMANIA" - Valentines Heartbreak .. [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ngpjHJPx0x36jISloYymcijmoAdoABAkc] [0:54:30]
Quinteplus - "El Marques" - Quinteplus [https://vampisoul.bandcamp.com/album/quinteplus] [0:56:38]
Terrace Martin & Marcus Gilmore - "Shadowboxing Fear" - Purpose [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HD685dsEGg] [1:06:59]
Amalie Dahl's Dafnie EXTENDED - "In flux" - Live at Moldejazz [https://amaliedahl.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-moldejazz] [1:08:06]
Jocko Henderson - "Rocket Ship Show" - Roots of Rap 1922-1973 [https://www.fremeaux.com/en/7867-roots-of-rap-1922-1973-3561302591827-fa5918.html] [1:22:28]
Yassine Nana - "Telephone" - Modern Pop from Mauritania 1984-89 [https://yassine.bandcamp.com/album/modern-pop-from-mauritania-1984-1989] [1:23:00]
Grupo Serenata - "Sodade, Tem Pena D'Mim" - Luke Una Presents É Soul Cultura Vol.3 [https://mrbongo.bandcamp.com/album/luke-una-presents-soul-cultura-vol-3] [1:27:23]
J Dilla - "Won't Do" - The Shining [1:35:46]
Valtteri Laurell, Ricky-Tick Big Band - "Won't Do" - Visions of Dilla [https://valtterilaurell.bandcamp.com/album/visions-of-dilla] [1:39:33]
Wilson Simonal - "País Tropical" - Alegria! Alegria! Vol. 4 [1:44:54]
Neves E Silva - "Viagem de Trem Part. JOCA" - Ladeiras De Santa Teresa [https://antonioneves.bandcamp.com/album/ladeiras-de-santa-teresa] [1:48:58]
Tony Bontana - "Charge It" - My Name [https://tonybontana.bandcamp.com/album/my-name] [1:54:06]
Massa Dembele - "Tugan" - Falatô [https://massadembele.bandcamp.com/album/falat] [1:56:32]
Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble - "Kármán Cantata" - The Kármán Line [https://outerworldsjazzensemble.bandcamp.com/album/the-k-rm-n-line] [2:03:41]
Alan Braufman - "Angels" - Anthem For Peace [https://alanbraufman.bandcamp.com/album/anthem-for-peace] [2:09:25]
Alan Freed - "The Moondog Show" - Roots of Rap 1922-1973 [https://www.fremeaux.com/en/7867-roots-of-rap-1922-1973-3561302591827-fa5918.html] [2:13:58]
Charles Tyler Ensemble - "Return To The East" - Voyage from Jericho [https://frederiksbergrecords.bandcamp.com/album/voyage-from-jericho-1] [2:14:44]
Marquis Hill - "Blues" - (Beautifulism) Sweet Surrender [https://marquishill.bandcamp.com/album/beautifulism-sweet-surrender] [2:27:19]
Hot Heros - "Piru Koputtaa Ikkunaan" - Kammin Jaaretti [2:34:29]
Meg Okura & Pan Asian Jazz Ensemble - "Sushi Gadol" - Isaiah [https://megokura.bandcamp.com/album/isaiah] [2:40:32]
Eyedlmode - "In The Mood Dos" - Fogville (30th anniversary restored & remastered edition) [2:47:16]
Roswell Rudd Quintet (Steve Lacy, John Tchicai, Kent Carter, Steve McCall) with the RAI Big Band - "Reunionosis" - Live in Rome, March 24, 1980 [2:47:43] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162616
Duration:03:07:00