This week's Somethin' Else is an eclectic show of recently acquired new records, from Free Jazz, Electro-Acoustic composition, Krautrock to Egyptian mystical wonders!. Track listing to follow.

Eclectic  - New Records - Somethin Else - 12 - 4-22

In tribute to the passing of the great Pharoah Sanders, here is a re-edited show from last year. Another great has been lost. 
In jazz there was a phrase to describe 3 great saxophonists inextricably linked "The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost" The father - John Coltrane, the Son - Pharoah Sanders and the Holy Ghost - Albert Ayler. Somehtin' Else this weeks delves into the first 3 decades of "the son" Pharoah Sanders. A free sax player heavily linked to the fire music of the late 60s, still active today Pharoah is a force of nature! This show looks at his output and playing in the late 60s, 70's and a little nod to the 80s. Tune in! Turn Up! and blow you mind!
recorded at 2bbb Bellingen, broadcast Tuesday 8pm and repeated Sunday 4pm - 6pm on  93.3 and 107.3FM and online.

track lisitng:
•The creator has a master plan – karma – Impulse 1969
Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Alla - Jewels of thought - Impulse 1969
Om/venus/caprocorn rising – Tauhid – Impulse 1967
Love / Morning Prayer - Thembi – Impulse 1971
Black Unity pt.1 – Black Unity – Impulse – 1971
You’ve got to have freedom – Africa – Timeless 1987
Alice Coltrane featuring Pharoah Sanders - Shiva-Loka – Journey in Satchidananda 1970
John Coltrane featuring Pharoah Sanders – Cosmos – Impulse 1965
Pharoah Sanders / Floting Points / London Symphony Orchestra

Somethin' Else

Tribute To Pharoah Sanders 27 - 9-22 Re - Broadcast

First show for 2023 - Somethin' Else brings you another Eclectic mix of free jazz, heavy psych rock and other weird and wonderful offerings 
Track listing:

Loren Connors and David Grubs - Arborvitae - Arborvitae - Improved Sequence Records

Blue Notes - Blue Notes for Mongezi - Fourth movement - Otoroku

Mark Gomes - Martian Equinox/Anti-Grav Suit/Lunar Module-  Alphane moods - soda song 

Uri Katzenstein - In Our Culture (Surname Version)/Lesson 4 Voices/Intermission/Chicken/Untitled/Against Soap/Bereshit/Caretakers - Audio Works - Black Truffle

The Heads - Spliff Riff / U33 - Rooster Records

Nagisa Ni Te - Newocean - Newocean - Black Editons

Hallelujahs - Christmas out of season - Eat, Meat Swear Oath - Black Editions

Eclectic 17 - 1-23 - Somethin' Else

This week's Somethin' Else takes a trip into the Space Rock / Synth explorations of French musician Richard Pinhas and his band Heldon. Looking at the first 6 albums released in the 70s, some solo recordings and later collaborations in the 2000's with Japanese noise maestro Merzbow. Tune in on 93.3 or 107.3 fm at 8-10pm on Tuesday night, or online on 2bbb.net.au. Or listen again on Soundcloud - follow the link below to hear the full show 

Richard Pinhas/Heldon Track Listing:

Circulus Vitiosus - Heldon 1 "Electronique Guerilla" 
Fluence - Heldon II "Allez-Teia"
Doctor Blood Money - Heldon III "It's Always Rock 'n Roll"
Perspective IV - Heldon IV "Agneta Nilsson"
Toward the Red Line - Heldon V - Un rêve sans conséquence spéciale
Interface - Heldon VI – Interface
Richard Pinhas - Iceland part 2 - Iceland
Richard Pinhas & Merzbow - Tokyo Electric Guerilla - Keio Line

7 - 2-23 - Heldon - Somethin' Else

Another journey into some of the live recordings from the superb venue Cafe Oto in Dalston, London. A sublime venue with sublime musicians and bands that take to the concrete floor daily. Last year we covered 3 shows on the venue, and yet we can not stop there. So much amazing programming of experimental, outsider and free music emanates from this small space deep in the heart of East London Town.  This show moves from the Swedish psych rock of Trad, Gras & Stenar to the avantgarde improvisations of Limpe Fuchs & Evan Parker, to the Taureg ecstatic  blues of 75 Dollar Bill.
Tune in Tuesday on 93.3 and 107.3fm or online at 2bbb.net.au or listen again on line - follow the link

Cafe Oto again track listing:
TRAD GRAS & STENAR – 9.9.16
NEIL CAMPBELL 12.11.21
LIMPE FUCHS & EVAN PARKER – 28.5.17 
75 DOLLAR BILL – 19.12.19
TETUZI AKIYAMA – 17.10.10
MEV – SYMPHONY NO.105 - 13.12.2017

9.9.16 14-2-23 - Oto Again - Somethin' Else

A bag of new record, some reissues some new releases, some somewhere in between...This week's show is an eclectic mix of music. Moving from the psychedelic free drones of Chris Corsano, David Maranha and Richard Youngs, to the space rock jams of krautrock super group Cosmic Jokers...with a smattering of free jazz, heavy psych and even some weird disco ......Tune in weekly on 93.3 and 107.3fm or online at 2bbb.newt.au Tuesday evening at 8pm (Eastern Australian time). or listen again on soundcloud

Track Listing:
Chris Corsano/ David Maranha / Richard Youngs - We All Become Everything - Chris Corsano/ David Maranha / Richard Youngs - Improved Sequence
Mike Cooper - Wetropolis (Jalan Durian) - Playing With Water - Room 40
Sun Ra - Sunrise in the western sky - Crystal Spears - Modern Harmonic
The Heads - Bedminster #1’ - Undersided - Rooster Records
Can - You Doo Right - Monster Movie - Spoon Records
Asphixiation - The Beat Aesthetic/Feelings/Asphixiation - Whats is this thing called Disco? - Chapter Music
Cosmic Jokers - Galactic Joke - Cosmic Jokers - Kosmische Kuriere

28 - 2 -23 - Eclectic Mix - Somethin' Else

This week shows takes a look at the Australian musical institution, 'The Necks', and their new release 'Travel' - a trio of improvisers that have been playing together for over 30 years, creating some of the most hypnotic, beguiling and beautiful improvised compositions. Tune in to Somethin' Else Tuesdays 8-10pm 97.3 and 107.3fm and 2bbb.net.au.

Track listing for The Necks - Travel show
Signal	20:50
Forming	20:10
Bloodstream	18:38
Imprinting	17:14

7-3-23-The Necks-Somethin' Else

Somethin' Else this weeks pays tribute to saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter, who passed away on the 2nd March 2023. Shorter's career spanned over 70 decades, traversing some of the great changes in Jazz, from Bop, Hard Bop, Free Jazz and Fusion. He was a unique improviser and an especially idiosyncratic composer. Tune in this Tuesday 93.3 and 107.3 fm 2bbb.net.au or listen  here on Soundcloud.

Track listing
Art Blakey and night in Tunisia 1961 Blue Note
Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - The Chess PLayers - The Big Beat - Blue Note
Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - Free For All - Free For All Blue Note
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil - Speak No Evil - Blue Note
Wayne Shorter - JuJu - Juju - Blue Note 
Oriental Folk Song - Night Dreamer - Blue Note
Miles Davis Quintet - Prince of Darkness - Sorcerer - Columbia Records
Miles Davis Quintet - ESP - ESP 1965 - Columbia Records
Miles Davis Quintet - Nefertiti - Nerfertiti 1968 - Columbia Records
Miles Davis Quintet -  Footprints - Miles Smiles - Columbia Records
Miles Davis Quintet - Paraphernalia - Columbia Records
Wayne Shorter - Tom Thumb - Schizophrenia - Blue Note
Wayne Shorter - Indian Song - ETC - Blue Note

14 - 3-23 Wayne Shorter Tribute - Somethin' Else

This week's Somethin' Else is an archival show from pre-pandemic days. Joining Somethin' Else is Ben Brink to talk about a mutual love of a certain type of New Zealand creative energy. This is part 1 of a 2 part show, playing the indie rock, post punk and noise rock of New Zealand. Heavily influenced by 2 labels Flying Nun and Xpressways, most of the music come from the late 80s and early 90s. Expect to hear the likes of Peter Jeffries, This Kind Of Punishment, Tall Dwarfs, The Dead C and a lot more......Part 2 to follow.

Listen on Tuesdays nights 8-10pm on 97.3 or 107.3fm or online a=on 2bbb.net.au or on 
https://soundcloud.com/tripleb-bellingen/21-3-23-somethin-else-new-zealand-music-part-1-archival?si=e3bc944842bd4c22a47caad8416f69cb&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Track Lisitng:
Gate - Trees - Republic of Sadness - Bada Bing Records
House of Nimrod - Slightlydelic - Psychedelic Pea Stones
This Kind Of Punishment - An Open Denial - A beard of Bees
Peter Jeffries -  On An  Unknown Beach - The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World - Xpressways
The Fourmyula - Nature - His Majesty's Voice 
The Garbage & The Flower - Love Comes Slowly Now - Eyes Rind as if Beggars - Bo’ Weavil/Fire Record
The Clean - Point That Thing Somewhere else - Boodle Boodle Boodle
The Pin Group - Ambivalence - The Pin Group - Siltbreeze
The Clean - Quick Step (Live) 
The Victor Dimisich Band - Mekong Delta Blues - The Victor Dimisich Band - Siltbreeze
The Chills - Pink Frost - Flying Nun
The Kiwi Animal - Woman And Man Have Balance - Mercy - Massage Records
Tall Dwarfs - Nothing’s Going to Happen - That’s The Long and Short of it - Flying Nun Records
Maxine Funke - Lace - Time Lag Records
Chris Know - Not Given Lightly - Seizure- Flying Nun Records
Tetuzi Akiyama & Donald McPherson - Smokestack Blues - Vinegar & Rum - Bo’ Weavil Recordings
Chris Knox - Becoming Something Other- Beat - Flying Nun Records

21 - 3-23- Somethin' Else -  New Zealand Music - Part 1 - Archival

This week's Somethin' Else is an eclectic mix of experimental music sounds. A heavy leaning on Australian artists, from the ambient works of Low Flung, the percussive explorations of Maria Moles, the finger picking guitar work of Alexander Garsden to delicate free improvisations Chris Abrahams/Clayton Thomas/Miles Thomas. Bookended with music from UK guitarist Jon Collin and Cellist Okkyung Lee.  Tune in 8-10pm on Tuesdays 97.3 or 107.3fm or listen online 2bbb.net.au or listen  on Soundcloud at 

Track Listing;
Jon Collin - Black Licorice - Bridge Variations - Discreet Music
Jon Collin / Sarah Hughes - untitled - Early Music
Low Flung - Oil in the Mangroves pt1 - Oil in the Mangroves - Bedroom Suck Records
Abrahams/Clayton Thomas/Miles Thomas - Water & Fire, Nothing Else - Words Fail -  Hospital Hill Records
Maria Moles - Side B - Opening - Nice Music
Alexander Garsden - Voiles - Solo Works Volume 1 - Nice Music
James Rushford - Dents Du Midi - Lakes From The Louvres - Shelter Press
Okkyung Lee – Here We Are (Once Again) / Yellow Porcelain Bird - Yeo​-​Neun - Shelter Press

28-3-23 Eclectic  - Somethin' Else

Somethin' Else takes on a long drone into the psychedelic improvisations of the Taj Mahal Travellers. This cult Japanese free-wheeling drone based improvising unit, recorded in the early 70s on the top of mountain tops and beaches for hours and hours, creating some beguiling music unlike anything that had come before. Only 3 records were released in their days in the sun. This week's show takes all its material for 2 records 
Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15th 1972 -side 1 and track 1 side 2 - CBS
Taj Mahal Travellers - August 1974 - Side 1, 3 and 4 - CBS
Tune in live on 93.3fm at 8-10pm Tuesdays or online 2bbb.net.au or listen again here.....
https://soundcloud.com/tripleb-bellingen/9-5-23-somethin-else-taj-mahal-travellers?si=c2a788a289bc4c9a8a8ce42d088312e1&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Tune in and have  your mind expanded!!!

9 - 5-23- Somethin' Else - Taj Mahal Travellers

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