“Lately it occurs to me… what a long, strange trip it’s been.” A personal journey through a lifetime of listening. Presented by Mike.
A uniquely expressive montage – predominantly non-mainstream rock, modern & post-modern jazz and related styles, extraordinary pop and avant garde sounds.
Doo wop and dub, funk and folk, psych and skronk, bluegrass and bossa nova, post-rock and pre-rock, musique concrete and bubblegum, the weird and the wonderful.
Yes. Both kinds of music.
An immersive experience for imaginative and adventurous listeners who like to be engaged, excited, intrigued, and sometimes simply astonished. Attention, thrill seekers!
Comments and enquiries: [email protected] Side trip: Reality is Only Temporary (Monday 10.30 pm – midnight).
Quotation from the lyric by Robert Hunter (1941-2019) for The Grateful Dead’s song Truckin’ (Ice Nine Pub. Co./ASCAP) from the album American Beauty (Warner Bros., Nov 1970).
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… a long, strange trip…
#573. … this is the beginning of forever… and ever…
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Oboe – Jackie Mittoo
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Four In One – Thelonious Monk
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Reflections – Donald Fagen, Steve Khan
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Flemme – Chilla
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Explosives (DJ Marininsk Remix) – R00M
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Rock On – Tortoise
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Not a Frame Earlier or Later – Scanner, Matthew Shipp, Post Modern Jazz Quartet
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Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) – David Bowie
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Timewave Zero – The Comet Is Coming
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Glory Box – Portishead
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Ravel – Worriedaboutsatan
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Va Va Voom – Album Version (Edited) – Nicki Minaj
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14 Jun 2026, 3pm
… a long, strange trip…
#572. … everything you do is true… as long as you believe it…
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Oboe – Jackie Mittoo
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The Deathless Horsie – Frank Zappa
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There Is Loving/Among Us/There Is Loving (Medley) – Kevin Ayers
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Margaret – 1999 Digital Remaster – Kevin Ayers
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Day Trip – Plone
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Scuba – The Advisory Circle
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Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth) – The Residents
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The Picture Makers Vs. Children Of The Sea – Snakefinger
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Line Down – Paul Bley, John Surman, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian
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Seven – Paul Bley, John Surman, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian
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Closer – Paul Bley, John Surman, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian
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Without The Laws – Food
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Just a Second (Starts Like That!)/Picnic On a Frozen River/Deuxieme Tableaux – 2006 – Remaster – Faust
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Giggy Smile – 2006 Digital Remaster – Faust
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Wildspot – Belbury Poly
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The Willows – Belbury Poly
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Parade – 2007 Digital Remaster – Magazine
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A Hundred Moons – GoGo Penguin
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Champagne Cowboy Blues – 1999 Digital Remaster – Kevin Ayers
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Touchstone – Oregon
7 Jun 2026, 3pm
7 Jun 2026, 3pm
… a long, strange trip…
#571. … the light of good works shine…
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Oboe – Jackie Mittoo
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Mason's Galaxy – Charles Earland, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson
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Waiting for the Moment – Under Effects
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Man Is Free – Air
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Jack In – Jack DeJohnette, Jerome Harris, Don Alias, Michael Cain
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Third World Anthem – Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition
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Toujours Plus à l'Est – Univers Zero
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Borogroves (Excerpt from Part Two) – National Health
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Bell Song – Art Ensemble Of Chicago
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Fanfare and Bell – Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Tomeka Reid
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Starless And Bible Black – King Crimson
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The Night Watch – King Crimson
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Trio – King Crimson
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Tension – Thomas Strønen, Time Is A Blind Guide
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Within You Without You – Patti Smith
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Melting Pot – Booker T. & the M.G.'s
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Everything Connected – Jon Hopkins
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Feel First Life – Jon Hopkins
31 May 2026, 3pm
31 May 2026, 3pm
… a long, strange trip…
#570. … you can hardly miss me… i'm the one face down in the mud…
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Oboe – Jackie Mittoo
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Aconteceu Tipo Assim – Gasper
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Wise One – John Coltrane Quartet
15:17
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Paradise – The Shangri-Las
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15:20
Disturbed Being – Brian Eno
15:26
15:26
Web – Brian Eno
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15:32
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata No. 9 – John Cage, Boris Berman
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15:37
Valeria – Toru Takemitsu, Hiroshi Wakasugi, Ryu Noguchi, Takeshi Koizumi, Saburo Ueki, Yoshio Hattori, Yuji Takahashi
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Where Flamingos Fly – Susanne Abbuehl
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Obscure Objects of Desire – John Zorn
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Naked Lunch – John Zorn
16:04
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A Chance? – Pye Corner Audio
16:06
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Cinematic – Jaga Jazzist
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Team Spirit – Robert Wyatt
16:21
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I Need Air – Magnetic Man, Angela Hunte
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RED CUPS (feat. Paula Hartmann) – Ufo361, Paula Hartmann
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Aspekt – Chat Noir
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Peaceful – Chat Noir
16:32
16:32
Footprints – Remastered – Wayne Shorter
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Past, Present & Future – The Shangri-Las
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Clair de Lune – Kamasi Washington
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Oboe – Jackie Mittoo
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Mason's Gallery – Charles Earland
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Man is Free (Googie Coppola) – Air
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Jack In – Jack DeJohnette
… your DJ speaks – with part of the next track…
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Third World Anthem [incomplete] – Jack DeJohnette
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Toujours Plus a l'Est [ever further east] (Daniel Denis) – Univers Zero
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Mr Theremin – Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
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Borogoves (Excerpt from Part 2) / Borogoves (Part 1) (Dave Stewart) – National Health
… your DJ speaks – with the next track…
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Bell Song (Famoudou Don Moye) – Art Ensemble of Chicago
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Fanfare and Bell (Roscoe Mitchell; cello solo- Tomeka Reid) – Art Ensemble of Chicago
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Starless and Bible Black (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – King Crimson
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The Night Watch (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James – King Crimson
… your DJ speaks – with the next track…
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Trio (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – King Crimson
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Tension – Thomas Strønen & Time Is a Blind Guide
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Within You Without You (George Harrison) – Patti Smith
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Melting Pot – Booker T. & The MGs
… your DJ speaks – with the beginning of the next track…
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Everything Connected / Feel First Life [incomplete] – Jon Hopkins
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Oboe – Jackie Mittoo
03:08:00
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Wise One – John Coltrane
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Paradise (Harry Nilsson, Gil Garfield, Perry Botkin Jr, Phil Spector) – The Shangri-Las
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Distributed Being – Brian Eno
… your DJ speaks – with the next track…
03:26:00
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Web – Brian Eno
03:32:00
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Sonata IX for prepared piano [1946-1948] – John Cage – performed by Boris Berman
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Valeria [1965/69] – Toru Takemitsu – conducted by Hiroshi Wakesugi
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Where Flamingos Fly (Harold Courlander, John Benson Brooks, Elthea Peale) – Susanne Abbuehl
03:48:00
03:48:00
Obscure Objects of Desire – John Zorn
… your DJ speaks – with part of the next track…
03:59:00
03:59:00
Naked Lunch [incomplete] – John Zorn
04:03:00
04:03:00
A Chance? (Martin Jenkins) – Pye Corner Audio
04:06:00
04:06:00
Cinematic (Martin Horntveth) – Jaga Jazzist
04:12:00
04:12:00
Team Spirit (Bill MacCormick, Robert Wyatt, Phil Manzanera) – Robert Wyatt
04:20:00
04:20:00
Aspekt – Chat Noir
… your DJ speaks – with the next track…
04:27:00
04:27:00
Peaceful – Chat Noir
04:31:00
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Footprints – Wayne Shorter
04:39:00
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Past, Present and Future (Jerry Leiber, Artie Butler, George 'Shadow' Morton) – The Shangri-Las
04:42:00
04:42:00
Clair de Lune (Claude Debussy) – Kamasi Washington
… your DJ speaks – with the beginning of the next track…
04:53:00
04:53:00
Traces V – Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang
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