London-based keyboardist/producer Dan Nicholls (of Y-OTIS) introduces a new album project ‘Mattering And Meaning’ to be released by We Jazz Records on August 13th. Nicholls' music uses acoustic piano as its key element, transporting the instrument into new territories that sound remarkably natural and organic, whilst displaying a strong kinship with the world of abstract electronic music. The music utilises piano loops and field recordings as its key elements, forming what might be described on the surface as a fascinating ambient jazz record – but at the same time there's so much more at play here on deeper levels. Dan's music sounds at once otherworldly and immensely inviting.

With its uncanny landscape of fine sand drifts, juniper fields and pine, the ancient Beerze forest in the North-East of the Netherlands is a site of many unusual convergences of human and other than human stories. 'Papa' continues to unravel the threads of a deep artistic collaboration and kinship between pianist and producer Dan Nicholls and the Dutch filmmaker and anthropologist Louise Boer. These fuzzily collaged images and sounds represent a common love for finding the in-between places in which ideas can find deeper roots, channeled here through a dreamlike world which holds within it the location in which Louise’s father, Henk Boer, found his final resting place.

Mattering and Meaning

Exclusive Premiere: Dan Nicholls "Papa" (We Jazz Records)

MishMash radio show recorded live on air on January 14, 2022 on WBCR 97.7FM Berkshires Community Radio. Co-DJ'd by Michelle and Taraka (aka DJ Slop Sauce & DJ Mufasa Vibezz). 

We basically ping pong'd back and forth making up the playlist as we went along, exquisite-corpse style.  The journey took us everywhere from Mr. Rogers to French New Wave, to Japanese Psych, Nigerian disco, Zamrock, and even a little Outsider Country in between bites of pizza.





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Look and Listen- Mister Rogers
Be My Baby- The Ronettes
Words- Missing Persons
Destination Unknown- Smashing Pumpkins (Missing Persons cover)
Heartland- The The
Inside Out- Martin Dupont
Crush- OMD
That Moody Sound-- Luna Set
Fanfare in the Garden- Essential Logic
Eine Symohonie Des Grauens- The Monochrome Set
Slug Song- The Clean
The Spirit of the Void- Void Spirit
Twice Told Tales of the Pomegranate Forest- Harumi
The Moving Finger- Dorothy Ashby
Ride On Baby- William Onyeabor
Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome- T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo
When the Going Is Smooth and Good- William Onyeabor
Bissau- Francis Bebey
Sunday Morning- Amanaz
The Rich and the Poor- Keith Mlevhu
Tripping Through The Rose Garden- Michael Yonkers
The Earth Won't Hold Me- Kathy Heideman
Big Red Balloon- Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra
Train of Life- Roger Miller
A Street That Rhymes at 6am- Norma Tanega
Lazy Bones- WITCH
Niger- Damon Albarn + Malian Musicians


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Mishmash Radio Show 1/14/22

The Four Worlds

Parkstone Melody II

vocals written, performed & mixed by Illogic. music written, produced & mixed by Odd Nosdam. recorded 2019 in Columbus, OH & Berkeley, CA. bass & cuts by Mike Walti. re-mixed & mastered 2023 @ Burnco. 'Right the Ship' painting by rimrimrim

Right The Ship (2023 re-mix)

Illogic x Odd Nosdam - Trafik Jam (2023 mix)

Bria and her long time collaborator Duncan Hay Jennings are both founding members of Toronto' post-punk band FRIGS, who's 2018 debut Basic Behaviour  was critically acclaimed and long listed for the Polaris Music Prize. They are members of Orville Peck's band, and debuted their collaborative Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 on Sub Pop in 2021; paying respect to a style of music that has deeply informed and shaped her musical identity. Check out the mix of female artists she put together for Radio L’envie!

Links in bio & story.

Shirley Bassey - Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande)
Irma Thomas - Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)
Nina Simone - Either Way I Lose
Sylvia - Not on the Outside
Makers - Don’t Challenge Me
Neşe Karaböcek - Yali Yali / Çayelinden Öteye
Maria Carta - Deus Ti Salvet Maria
Nazar Pereira - Caixa de Sol
La Lupe - Se Acabó
LA INDIA - Mi Mayor Venganza
Mina - Breve amore
Ornella Vanoni - Se Qualcuno Ti Dirà - Remastered
Sophia Loren, Tonis Maroudas - Ti Ein Afto Pou to Lene Agapi (Boy on a Dolphin)
Ilene Woods - So This Is Love
Shira Small - My Life's All Right
Mercedes Sosa - Balderrama
Roberta Flack - I Told Jesus

L'envie #146 :: BRIA

This is the first historical experiment in making a live communal mixtape.


On April 22, 2023 A.D., a rugged group of pioneers and music aficionados got together with the shared mission of creating a live communal mixtape. We all brought records to share and went around in a fun non-linear fashion, each playing a song while hitting record on the tape machine. This is a document of a sonic conversation between friends and strangers. This is a group attempt to briefly and clumsily touch utopia.


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RAGE PEACE MIXTAPE PARTY # 1

Tracklist - Side A: 

Some Velvet Morning - Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra
Cubanacan - Cuarteto Marcano
Tango - Akofa Akoussah
Exuma, The Obeah Man - Exuma
You're Gonna Miss Me - The 13th Floor Elevators
Love Beams - Lonnie Liston Smith
Tri Tra Trullala - Joachim Witt
Time Signals - Klaus Weiss
Editions of You - Roxy Music
I Wanna See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard and Linda Thompson
Bright Lit Blue Skies - The Rockin Ramrods
The American Metaphysical Circus - The United States of America


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Recorded live at Not-Donuts Record Store in the Catskill Mountains.

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https://www.taraka.org/mixtape-parties
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Keep music weird:
venmo: @Taraka-Larson
paypal: rrragepeace@gmail.com
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website: www.taraka.org
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Rage Peace Mixtape Party #1--  Side A

Playlist and other information at: https://www.freeformfreakout.com/fffoxy-podcast-232/

FFFoxy Podcast #232

Mishmash "I like Rodeo" Radio show
Recorded live on WBCR Berkshire community radio on November 16, 2023.
DJ'd by Mishmash and Taraka.
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Tracklist:

Time for Great Achievements- Bo Hansson
Bonne nuit Chuck- Philippe Nicaud
4 cheveux dans le vent- Bain Didonc
Come On- The Chocolate Watchband
Don't Let It Bother You- The Chieftones
No Escape- The Seeds
El grito de los King- Delai Alamos con Los King Stay
Firebird- White Noise
Groovin' Is Easy- Paper Cup
Wig-Wam- Liliput
Waiting For The Crisis- Kate Fagan
Credit- Ariel Pink
Money (That’s What I Want)- Barrett Strong
Don't You Think I Ought To Know- Billy James
Don't Blow Your Cool- The Caravelles
Di-gue-ding-ding- Michel Legrand
Je suis sublime- Elizabeth
^Aurel/ Taraka live translation^
Amstramgram- Isabelle
Crazy Girl Crazy World- Alain Boissanger
Harley David Son Of A Bitch - Serge Gainsbourg
Libertine- Mylène Farmer
My Time- Ann Steel
Incantation- Bruce Haack
Dancing Gods- Silver Apples
Black Is The Night- Yemm & The Yemen
Chant- Bobak, Jons, Malone
Gayling Made It- Daryl Dragon ,Dennis Dragon
World War Two In Cincinnati- The Shambles
Without Love- Seraphic Street Sounds
I Knew You'd Remember- Michael Yonkers
Garden Botanum- These Trails
Along the River- Dorothy Carter
Lady Onion- Nada Malanima  
2069: A Spaced Oddity- US 69
*Taraka reading Pidgin Coup by Eric Copeland*
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow- Camp Hillel
Take Off Your Clothes and Feel the Setting Sun- Wolfgang Dauner
The Word- Bruce Haack
Menstruation & Wet dreams-  Unknown

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paypal: rrragepeace@gmail.com
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https://www.patreon.com/Mishmashradio
website: www.taraka.org

Mishmash "I love Rodeo" Radio Show

On February 17, 2024 A.D., a rugged group of pioneers and music aficionados got together with the shared mission of creating a live communal mixtape. We all brought records to share and went around in a fun non-linear fashion, each playing a song while hitting record on the tape machine. This is a document of a sonic conversation between friends and strangers. This is a group attempt to briefly and clumsily touch utopia.
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RAGE PEACE MIXTAPE PARTY # 4: LOVE // ANTI-LOVE

Tracklist:


Side A
Wanda Jackson - Funnel of Love (slowed to 33rpm) 
Lightnin' Hopkins - Someday Baby
Junior Kimbrough - Feels So Good # 1
The Chymes - My Baby’s Gone Away
Inell Young - What Do You See In Her? 
Jimi Hendrix - Love or Confusion
Lee Moses - You Are Too Much For The Human Heart
Waylon Jennings - Black Rose
Lucio Battisti - Questo Inferno Rosa (This Pink Hell)
Television - Marquee Moon (45 rpm edit)
REM - Country Feedback
Dinosaur Jr - Don’t 

Side B
Castaways - Liar Liar (slowed to 33rpm) 
Charly Garcia - No Me Dejan Salir
Ramones - Questioningly 
John Hartford - Love Song in 2/4 
Magazine - I love You, You Big Dummy
Bobby Brown - Preparation of Heaven Dimension
Camp Hillel '75- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug
Prince - Beautiful Ones
Peter Gabriel feat. Kate Bush - Don’t Give Up
Gustavo Cerati - Alma

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Recorded live at Not-Donuts Record Store in the Catskill Mountains.

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Learn more about Rage Peace Mixtape Parties:
www.taraka.org/mixtape-parties
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Keep music weird:
venmo: @Taraka-Larson
paypal: rrragepeace@gmail.com
patreon: www.patreon.com/tarakalarson
website: www.taraka.org
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Support Not-Donuts:
notdonutsrecords.com/

Rage Peace Mixtape Party #4: Love // Anti-Love

Veclav Neckar – Suzanne 
Nina Simone – I Shall Be Released 
Michael Chapman  You Say 
Marie Laforet – Viens, Viens 
NRBQ - Hymn No. 5 
Sylvia Robbins – I Can’t Tell You 
Kevin Ayers – May I 
Marie Laforet – Fais-Moi L’amour Comme A Une Autre 
Bridget St. John – I Don’t Know If I Can Take It

Recent Songs #82 :: I Don’t Know If I Can Take It

Taken from 'Suso Saiz & Suzanne Kraft - Between No Things' (MFM048)
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Rage Peace Mixtape Party #4: Love // Anti-Love

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