Two hours' insight into prolific new age composer and multi-instrumentalist Ariel Kalma's psychedelic excursions in sound, including experiments in reel-to-reel tape electronics, minimal drone, and free-jazz.

https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-23rd-february-2023

In Focus: Ariel Kalma

Full tracklist here: https://www.nts.live/shows/james-k/episodes/james-k-16th-february-2024

James K - Trip Lick - NTS February 2024

AfricaNow! May 22, 2024 Reflections on Malcolm X…Pt. I—Contextualizing El Hajj Malik El Shabazz

Topic and Guests: As we commemorate WPFW's spirit of education for liberation and Malcolm X's birthday (May 19) AfricaNow! goes into archives (original show aired on Januaray 10, 2024 at https://soundcloud.com/africanowonline/africanow-jan-10-2024-reflections-on-malcolm-xpt-icontextualizing-el-hajj-malik-el-shabazz) with the first part of a series which highlights some of the discussions which took place during the Malcolm X: Radical Tradition and a Legacy of Struggle conference held in New York City in November 1990.  More than 3,000 people from 25 countries attended the conference which featured more than 100 speakers led 24 sessions that deeply explored, contextualized, and situated El Hajj Malik El Shabazz in the genealogy of Black radical internationalism as a Pan Africanist.  In Part I—Contextualizing El Hajj Malik El Shabazz you first hear Amiri Baraka opening the conference with a series of meditations on why we need this conference and then a poem titled Today for Malcolm. Then in the following order is—Abdul Alkalimat, Lou Turner, Vikki Garvin, and Yuri Kochiyama contextualize El Hajj Malik El Shabazz. (Full show at Januaray 10, 2024 at https://soundcloud.com/africanowonline/africanow-jan-10-2024-reflections-on-malcolm-xpt-icontextualizing-el-hajj-malik-el-shabazz)

MUSIC ON THE SHOW: intro--“BLACK MAN” BY STEVIE WONDER commemorating his birthday which was May 13 (May 13, 1950—); closing song--“MALCOLM X” BY INNA DE YARD FEAT. WINSTON MCANUFF.

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Originally broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM, Washington, DC. Tune into AfricaNow! live on WPFW 89.3 FM in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area or visit www.wpfwfm.org on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 2:00PM (U.S. Eastern).

AfricaNow! May 22, 2024 Reflections on Malcolm X…Pt. I—Contextualizing El Hajj Malik El Shabazz

quiet heart crush for quarter to mid life crises

~ secret love   open heartbreak ~
john klemmer - the rain is the tears of my god for you
virginia astley - a summer long since passed
jane lecroy - untitled poem
m. sage - michigan turqoise
jasmine kennedy - these days [car culture crisis bangs edit]
olga goreas, shadrach kabango, jace lasek - sunblood
~ if we can’t grow together, we don’t go together ~
car culture - is love knowing
~ always be my baby ~
luisy lois - miss you [car culture reverse acoustic edit]
wist - thistle
~ i tried to sing can’t help falling in love ~
hanno leichtmann - motobecane
harrison crenshaw - i would die 4 u (car culture only fans girlfriend edit)
haruka nakamura - memoria
norman week’s & the miracles - now i’m on my way to heaven
edson frederico - tema de heloisa 
~ why can’t they be gay ~
damien jurado - prices
daniel aged - sub rosa 
daugh gibson - ray
~ more poems! ~
phil smith - improvisation on our city (for lyra)
e & e - destine&e’s child
bob & hillary james - shelter me

car culture remissions vol. 5

mobilegirl invites you into her home with soundtracks for various rooms. 
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ROOMIES w/ MOBILEGIRL - Music For The Bathroom Floor 230125

Since the early days of chiptune and primitive midi tracks, the fluttering arpeggios of the harp have been a go-to sound in video games when depicting the dreamy, the calm, and the divine – this Otaku features an hour of harp-led covers of video game soundtracks.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/otaku/episodes/otaku-harp-music-7th-april-2025

Otaku: Harp Music 070425

An invitation to dissociate on the beach inside your mind. Musical postcards from London back to Miami shores filled with sun, salt and melancholy. Nick shares the music that has influenced his upcoming album as well as highlighting Miami musical moments in the realm of ambient, idm and all things murky.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/nick-leon/episodes/nick-leon-22nd-april-2025

BEACH NOIR W/ NICK LEÓN & Uchi 220425

A very special guest today on YOUNG's show... 
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Young w/ Sampha  070525

The Shane Lavers-fronted NYC indie group return to the NTS airwaves.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/chanel-beads-27th-may-2025

Chanel Beads 270525

In an time of almost surveillance-like coverage of popular musicians, where artists are expected to be 100% available and known to their fans, there stands Burial. Antithetical to the social media era, William Bevan continues to be (mostly) a figure of mystery to his legion of fans.  

His signature sound transmutes a postmodern patchwork of samples – R&B vocals, video game soundtracks, field-recorded ephemera, and organic percussive elements – into a club melancholia that could only come from London. 

Photo: Georgina Cooke 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-burial-6th-june-2025

In Focus: Burial 060625

Influenced by her hometown Cairo’s underground scene, London-based writer and researcher Nihal selects contemporary left-field hip hop, drill, drum & bass and experimental sounds from the Middle East and North Africa capturing the organic crossovers traversing the region.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/nihal/episodes/nihal-12th-june-2025

AfricaNow! May 22, 2024 Reflections on Malcolm X…Pt. I—Contextualizing El Hajj Malik El Shabazz

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