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This is where all of culture and all of time are collapsed into one seductive portal and viewed through the panoramic lens of the exotic. Come and embark on an armchair-travel virtual-voyage to the heart of timeless darkness and beyond; embrace the numinous monolith of the exotic immensity. Let us find that place where hybridization meets its destiny as pure fantasy. Let us become observers observing those others who are ourselves. You wear your mask and I'll wear mine.

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Favoriting February 16, 2017: I Mean Damn, Get Out of Your Seat!

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
  Intro            
Asiko Rock Group  Everybody Get Down   Favoriting Asiko Rock Group    1976  Nigeria  0:00:23 (Pop-up)
Jimi Lee / Mona Finnih & The Sensationals  I Love Myself   Favoriting A Stroll in the Moonlight    1980  Nigeria  0:08:23 (Pop-up)
Kiki Gyan  Disco Dancer   Favoriting Feeling So Good    1979  Ghana  0:17:41 (Pop-up)
Michael Wilson  Groove it to Your Body   Favoriting Groove it to Your Body 12"    1982    0:24:48 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Harvey & The Phenomenals 
 
 
 
 
 
0:32:15 (Pop-up)
Strafe  Set It Off   Favoriting Set It Off 12"    1984  Walter Gibbons mix  0:38:31 (Pop-up)
Prince Blackman  Rockers Delight (Waxist Selecta edit)   Favoriting Tropical Disco Hustle    1980 / 2014    0:47:29 (Pop-up)
Brother D & The Collective Effort  How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise?   Favoriting Dib-Be-Dib-Be-Dize / How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise? 7"  Clappers  1980    0:55:56 (Pop-up)
Control  Wind It Up   Favoriting Wind It Up / Your Love 12"    1988  from Raleigh & Fayetteville NC  1:01:28 (Pop-up)
Dept. of Sunshine  Rude Boys (Dub)   Favoriting Rude Boys / Space Tropics (Rapp-Sody) 12"    1984    1:07:45 (Pop-up)
Oby Onyioha  Break It (Instrumental)   Favoriting Break It    198?  Nigeria  1:12:14 (Pop-up)
Ta'Boo  Over the Ledge (Rub Dub)   Favoriting Over the Ledge 12"    1983    1:18:13 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Patrick Cowley 
The Jungle Dream   Favoriting
 
 
 
 
1:25:37 (Pop-up)
The Warlord  The Ultimate Warlord   Favoriting The Ultimate Warlord 12" Maxi Single    1979  Germany  1:36:59 (Pop-up)
Signus  Me And... My Super Friends   Favoriting Black Hole    1978  Brazil  1:39:57 (Pop-up)
Patrick Cowley  They Came at Night   Favoriting Mind Warp    1982    1:48:17 (Pop-up)
Patrick Cowley  Mutant Man   Favoriting Mind Warp    1982    1:54:18 (Pop-up)
Zru Vogue  Cumulonimbus   Favoriting Nakweda Dream 7"    1981    1:59:18 (Pop-up)
Science Patrol  Bandit Ducks from Outer Space   Favoriting Bandit Ducks from Outer Space / Pop A B C D 7"    1981    2:02:43 (Pop-up)
Sylvester  I Need Somebody To Love Tonight   Favoriting Stars    1979  written (produced?) by Patrick Cowley  2:10:34 (Pop-up)
Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras  Soon   Favoriting Catholic    1975-79    2:16:58 (Pop-up)
The Warlord  I Shall Return   Favoriting The Ultimate Warlord 12" Maxi Single    1979    2:21:25 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
General Strike 
 
Danger in Paradise 
 
 
 
2:24:11 (Pop-up)
Andrea True Connection  Sally Can't Dance   Favoriting White Witch    1977    2:32:42 (Pop-up)
Andrea True Connection  White Witch   Favoriting White Witch    1977    2:35:07 (Pop-up)
Brenda Ray  Krazee Music   Favoriting D'Ya Hear Me!: Naffi Years, 1979-83        2:38:17 (Pop-up)
Nana Love  Sahara   Favoriting Disco Documentary - Full of Funk    1978  Ghana  2:40:53 (Pop-up)
Brother D & Silver Fox  How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise?   Favoriting Up Against the Beast    1984    2:43:29 (Pop-up)
Brenda Ray  Spring Thing - Hippy Dread   Favoriting D'Ya Hear Me!: Naffi Years, 1979-83        2:47:00 (Pop-up)
Brenda Ray  Krazee Version   Favoriting D'Ya Hear Me!: Naffi Years, 1979-83        2:50:02 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Pink Project 
Voices of Independence   Favoriting
 
 
 
 
2:51:41 (Pop-up)
Kingsley Bucknor  Someone is Talkin' and Shoutin'   Favoriting Just U and Me    198?  Nigeria  2:55:05 (Pop-up)


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Avatar 6:52pm
Flash Strap:

Let's boogie explorers
Avatar 6:53pm
just julia:

i came to boogie!
Avatar 6:54pm
Flash Strap:

Hi my booty bompin friend
Avatar 6:59pm
Flash Strap:

man I love these particular jungle sounds... haven't used em on the show in a while
Avatar 7:02pm
Flash Strap:

that last drop out was on my end, never fear, all is well
Avatar 7:06pm
Flash Strap:

this track such a stone classic. whole album is fire fire fire
Avatar 7:09pm
Flash Strap:

"I like my presence, I dig my existence"
Avatar 7:11pm
just julia:

so affirming! perfect for bompin, especially with revolutionary intent
Avatar 7:12pm
Flash Strap:

aspirational music – Always? not yet, but I'm trying, Mona
Avatar 7:17pm
Flash Strap:

really dig the art on this one: img.discogs.com...

lots of good sleeve art tonight, actually
Avatar 7:18pm
just julia:

jimi lee's blouse is a DREAM
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Little Danny:

Hi Flash and all! Killer show thusfar; disco has been the major source of solace and inspiration for me since November.
Avatar 7:24pm
Flash Strap:

Hi LD! I haven't been taking refuge in disco in particular, but I've definitely been taking a little break from the illusionism of exotica, etc. and spending more time with the more direct, visceral sounds of funk, calypso, reggae, jazz. And disco! It's a healthy tonic, and it feels more right in this moment, at least for now.
Avatar 7:24pm
Flash Strap:

@justJ: such a blouse for a guitar man
Avatar 7:25pm
Flash Strap:

this is a fine jam with a SHATTERING instrumental section
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Little Danny:

Totally, I had to take a break from exotica for a while, too
Avatar 7:26pm
hyde:

whoa, i'm late. spaced out listening to mitsuaki kanno and then vlc player went straight went into mob 47. now transitioning from japanese free/modal jazz and swedish hardcore to african disco. i'm starting to feel like a renaissance man.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
doctorjazz:

Hi Explorers!
Avatar 7:28pm
Flash Strap:

that's an impressive feat of transitional fortitude, Hyde!

Hi Doc!
Avatar 7:30pm
Flash Strap:

oh my god, the stereo panning

OH MY GOD THE HARP
Avatar 7:31pm
just julia:

HARP!
  7:33pm
MrFab:

Ha, yeah, dig that funky disco harp. Funny, have been listening to Dorothy Ashby lately.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Little Danny:

Ah, "Set It Off" is so massive. New to me!
Avatar 7:39pm
just julia:

i've been thinking about this song nonstop. i dreamt about it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
doctorjazz:

Big hit back in the day; big in dance clubs.
Avatar 7:41pm
Flash Strap:

Probably the most mindbendingly severe single of its moment in club culture. feels like a revolution, 'cause it is a revolution
Avatar 7:43pm
Flash Strap:

i mean this shit is scary! you have to fall in with it because if you don't, it'll destroy you!
  7:43pm
JtotheK:

Hi Flash and Explorers. Excellent boogie tunes! Can only tune in for a bit but will check out full show via archive.
Avatar 7:44pm
hyde:

i don't remember this one at all. (never much one for dance clubs). it's killer!
Avatar 7:47pm
Flash Strap:

Hi J_K!

me either on the clubscene hyde
Avatar 7:47pm
hyde:

i'm not really a connoisseur of early analog synths and drum machines (though i do know nothing sounds quite like an 808) but i love that rhythm bit that sounds sort of like clapping that is all over early 80's stuff
Avatar 7:48pm
hyde:

well, now, ok, that bass line i know
  7:49pm
JtotheK:

@Little Danny - looks like it'll be an early bedtime for me tonight, but will be heading to the archives for your show later!
Avatar 7:50pm
hyde:

@JtotheK @Little Danny i'm in the same boat
Avatar 7:51pm
Flash Strap:

@Hyde: yeah you do
  7:52pm
MrFab:

Like a "Good Times" 45 played at 33 1/3.
Avatar 7:54pm
Flash Strap:

such a cool slice of culture-interaction, this
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
doctorjazz:

It is like Good Times/Rappers Delight.
(spent much too much time in dance clubs in the 80s)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Little Danny:

J2tK and Hyde - PERMISSION DENIED! C'mon now y'all can manage a bit of grogginess tomorrow
Avatar 7:55pm
Flash Strap:

Oh! belated hello and warm welcome to Mr Fab! How you doin' brother?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
doctorjazz:

A bit of reggae rhythm mixed into the Good Times riffs...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Little Danny:

I kid of course. But it won't be the same!

Here comes the guilt trip!
Avatar 7:57pm
Flash Strap:

This has been my obsessive jam all week. So cool it came out on Clappers, too, which was a NYC label mainly dedicated to militant(esque) reggae
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
doctorjazz:

All this stuff brings me back...
Avatar 7:58pm
Flash Strap:

I MEAN DAMN
  7:58pm
MrFab:

Just chillin', Mr Strap! Digign' the old school sounds. Haven't heard this Bro Resistance in, as our Brit friends say, a yonks age.
Avatar 7:59pm
hyde:

haha, last week i spent like a half hour more than i should have at the Cool Blue Flame and i felt like dirt the next day. but it was worth it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
Little Danny:

haha, thanks Hyde!
Avatar 8:01pm
Flash Strap:

AGITATE! EDUCATE! ORGANIZE!

YES
Avatar 8:02pm
just julia:

gonna do what? ORGANIZE
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
Doug Schulkind:

It feels good.
Avatar 8:04pm
Flash Strap:

Doug! Welcome my man and Wind it UP!
Avatar 8:05pm
Flash Strap:

Bout to enter just a whole world of squiggles and purplesounds and plastic claps
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
Doug Schulkind:

I am past wind, which is quite different from having passed wind.
Avatar 8:07pm
Flash Strap:

this was mixed in lil ol Raleigh NC, and distributed out of Fort Bragg/Fayetteville by Sounds UnLimited
Avatar 8:09pm
Flash Strap:

rude boys: they don't dance, they fight

that IS rude
Avatar 8:11pm
Flash Strap:

the next track will double down on this track's dubside style minimalism in a big weird way
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
Little Danny:

Oh this ("Break It") is great!
Avatar 8:13pm
Flash Strap:

love the art on this Oby: img.discogs.com...
Avatar 8:15pm
Flash Strap:

LD: I agree. it's like a dancing rubber skeleton full of lasers
  8:16pm
MrFab:

Ever heard "What's Your Sign" by Uncle Jams Army? MASSIVE electro minimalism from '85. Will knock the plaster off your ceiling.
Avatar 8:17pm
Flash Strap:

No but now I want to!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:18pm
Little Danny:

I love early techno, house and electro dance sundries but I'm overwhelmed at the prospect of educating myself about it
Avatar 8:20pm
Flash Strap:

yeah me too, LD. I may be a permanent novice
  8:24pm
MrFab:

Early hip-hop/breakdance electro was amongst my first fave kinds of music actually. Used to buy lots of 12" singles, listened KDAY outta Compton, haunt record shops on those sides of town. Black kids thought it was amusing that I knew who the Fat Boys were.
Avatar 8:24pm
Flash Strap:

this track is so cool
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:31pm
Little Danny:

I love those two Tropical Disco comps - especially the Joanne Wilson track
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
doctorjazz:

Leaving the office, take you with me in the car, great show!
Avatar 8:38pm
Flash Strap:

see you in the car, my friend
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:39pm
melinda:

hi folks!
Avatar 8:39pm
Flash Strap:

they're really good, LD, have helped gateway me to some great stuff
Avatar 8:40pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Melinda!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:44pm
melinda:

Boogie time
Avatar 8:45pm
Flash Strap:

shake your woogie says I
Avatar 8:46pm
Flash Strap:

that Control cover, probably the best graphic design of all time: img.discogs.com...
Avatar 8:46pm
Flash Strap:

and the Warlord one, amazing as well: img.discogs.com...
Avatar 8:49pm
Flash Strap:

and this one, because I love album art: img.discogs.com...
Avatar 8:56pm
Flash Strap:

insanely groovy, Mutant Man
Avatar 8:59pm
northguineahills:

Cool, Patrick Cowley!
Avatar 9:00pm
Flash Strap:

Hiya NGH!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
Dave in Vermont:

Just switching over from Sinner's Crossroads.
You can start the music to draw syntax trees by, now.
Oh crap, it seems that you started long ago.
Avatar 9:01pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Dave!
Avatar 9:09pm
Flash Strap:

what a weird single. these guys and Zru Vogue are basically the same crew, I believe. also from San Francisco
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
Little Danny:

Wow, it's like some American garage band doing their Kraftwerk. I dig in a serious way
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
Little Danny:

Oh hell yes this Sylvester!!
  9:11pm
MrFab:

There was def a New Wave/electro funk crossover in those days. Kraftwerk and Gap band fans crossing the aisle.
Avatar 9:12pm
hyde:

drifted off a bit here to do some reading, but i'm still plugged in...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
Little Danny:

"I Need Somebody to Love Tonight" should be mentioned in the same breath as Donna Summer's "I Need Love."
Avatar 9:12pm
Flash Strap:

totally. Some Love&Rockets/Bubblemen elements as well.

and yeah, oh yeah, man is this Sylvester the jam or what
Avatar 9:13pm
Flash Strap:

AGREED LD
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
Little Danny:

Perfection
Avatar 9:18pm
Flash Strap:

super strange Cowley joint here
Avatar 9:26pm
Scraps:

h'lo hey
Avatar 9:31pm
hyde:

i love more more more
Avatar 9:34pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Scraps!

It's pretty good, Hyde. She's pretty good!
Avatar 9:35pm
Flash Strap:

img.discogs.com...
Avatar 9:37pm
hyde:

i have never heard the white witch record. it sounds solid.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37pm
Little Danny:

Man I never woulda guessed what the Andrea True LP sounded like based on its cover
Avatar 9:38pm
Flash Strap:

honestly not sure how i feel about this track, but it intrigues me

the rest of the album is still mostly unknown to myself
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
Doug Schulkind:

Speaking of Sylvester, a friend of my once went to a Jack DeJohnette show and he (DeJohnette) was wearing a pink T-shirt with "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" spelled out in silver glitter.
Avatar 9:40pm
Flash Strap:

sort of a different idea of a white woman doin up some reggae here
Avatar 9:42pm
Flash Strap:

what a shoyt!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48pm
Little Danny:

Wow, this Brenda Ray!
Avatar 9:50pm
Flash Strap:

she's so wild
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50pm
Little Danny:

It sounded like it coulda been released last month
Avatar 9:52pm
hyde:

thanks, man
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53pm
Little Danny:

The beat goes on forever: wfmu.org... Please join! And thanks Flash for this eve's truly mind-altering show
Avatar 9:55pm
just julia:

thank you for all the squiggles and jams!
Avatar 9:56pm
Flash Strap:

Thank you, LD, Hyde, Julia, all else!

See you in the Blue Room

and don't forget to strike to the best of your ability on the morrow! who knows, comrades, who knows
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57pm
Doug Schulkind:

Thanks for the trip, Admiral!
Avatar 9:59pm
Flash Strap:

My great pleasure, Most Honorable Fleet Admiral Doug!

(I had to look it up: "what's better than an admiral?" and that's the best I got)
Avatar 10:00pm
Flash Strap:

Good night!
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