
Blurred and Obscured with Jonathan Herweg | WFMU
WFMU
An underground journey through the history of psychedelic rock, modern music, shimmering noise, free jazz, punk, funk, children's records played at the wrong speed, tape cut-up, static, the composition of decomposition, and subversive spoken word.
Location:
East Orange, NJ
Networks:
WFMU
Description:
An underground journey through the history of psychedelic rock, modern music, shimmering noise, free jazz, punk, funk, children's records played at the wrong speed, tape cut-up, static, the composition of decomposition, and subversive spoken word.
Language:
English
Episodes
Terms Essential For Understanding-Painting "Doubles" by Rita Ackerman-live set by Spencer Everett from May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
N/A - "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins" - N/a [0:00:00]
Ted Joans - "The Poet" - N/A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc9yodZ29UE
From the short film - "Jazz & Poetry" by Louis van Gasteren.] [0:01:03]
Cosmic Ear - "TRACES of Brown Rice" - Traces [https://vghl.bandcamp.com/album/ill-wait-for-you-in-the-car-park
Christer Bothén; donso n’goni, bass clarinet, contra bass clarinet, piano
Mats Gustafsson; tenor sax, flute, slide flute, Ab clarinet, live electronics, organ, harmonica
Goran Kajfeš; trumpet, pocket trumpet, synth, electronics, percussion
Juan Romero; congas, berimbau and percussion
Kansan Zetterberg; bass, donso n’goni] [0:01:04]
Beat Detectives - "Silver Commercial" - Eddie Harris Tribute Album [https://beat-detectives.bandcamp.com/album/eddie-harris-tribute-album] [0:05:00]
Standing On The Corner - "Past Time" - Red Burns [https://standingonthecorner.bandcamp.com/album/red-burns] [0:07:10]
Joe Mcphee (with Ken Vandermark) - "Something" - Musings of a Bahamian Son: Poems and Other Words by Joe Mcphee [https://joemcphee.bandcamp.com/album/musings-of-a-bahamian-son-poems-and-other-words-by-joe-mcphee] [0:07:46]
Pittori Locali - "Pioggia" - Pittori Locali [https://paesaggirecords.bandcamp.com] [0:08:01]
Tara Cunningham - "In Their Rock Pool" - Two,Thee [https://falt.bandcamp.com/album/two-three] [0:13:52]
Hoch Ma Toch - "Beinn Dearg" - A Mountain In March [https://hochmatoch.bandcamp.com/album/a-mountain-in-march] [0:16:08]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [0:28:50]
Spencer Everett - ""There Is No Such Thing As a Physical Number."" - Live In Studio B 5-10-25 [0:36:47]
Cherries - "Untitled" - Live IN WFMU'S Studio B 05-10-2025 [0:37:58]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [1:03:19]
Alba Liv - "I must be one of the devil's daughters demo" - Bones [https://albaliv.bandcamp.com/album/bones] [1:07:18]
Shelter Music - "Tactile Geographic Container" - Sky [https://sheltermusicgroup.bandcamp.com/album/sky] [1:09:07]
The The - "Time Again For the Golden Sunset" - Facing The Other Way (The Story Of 4·A·D) [1:11:51]
COLDSORE - "WREAK" - POLLUTANT 5 [https://histaminetapes.bandcamp.com] [1:15:42]
Abe Hallow - "I-Dying Language" - A Palce In Time [https://abehollow.bandcamp.com/album/a-palace-in-time] [1:21:24]
Nour Sokhon - "Justice (part one)" - Beirut Birds [https://auralconduct.bandcamp.com/album/beirut-birds] [1:22:50]
Matt Baldwin - "Starstreams" - New Universal Solar Calendar [https://psychicarts.bandcamp.com/album/new-universal-solar-calendar-2] [1:25:23]
Vito Acconci - "Re" - N/A [1:38:47]
Aar & Dag - "UIFTEDB" - Tifold af fri tid og fælles motiv [https://aardag.bandcamp.com/track/uiftedb] [1:40:59]
Bovine Mindstate - "Buckley's Dub" - Bovine Mindstate [https://not-applicable.bandcamp.com/album/bovine-mindstate] [1:42:04]
Earth Jerks - "Treasure Hill" - File: #17 (Delightful Treasures) [https://computertapes.bandcamp.com/album/file-17-delightful-treasures] [1:46:51] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151912
Maladjusted for Inflation-LIVE set by Nickolas Mohanna- Painting by Rudolf Stingel from May 4, 2025
5/5/2025
N/A - "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins" - N/a [0:00:00]
Roscoe Lee Brown - "Reads Bob Kaufman's "Ancient Rain"" - Bob Kaufman, poet: the life and times of an African-American man [https://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Kaufman-Bob.php] [0:00:33]
Matt Baldwin - "Cherry Hill" - Wander the Night [https://psychicarts.bandcamp.com/track/wander-the-night] [0:02:06]
Jules Wysocki - "Jules Wysocki" - LE PONT DES OMÉGAS [https://juleswysocki.bandcamp.com/album/le-pont-des-om-gas] [0:22:00]
Mascara Snake - "le circuit de tes yeux" - l'époque est hors de ses gonds [https://mascarasnake.bandcamp.com/album/l-poque-est-hors-de-ses-gonds] [0:23:37]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [0:26:28]
Ruby Dee - "Read's Our Bob Kaufman's "Bending Night Is Ending"" - Bob Kaufman, poet: the life and times of an African-American man (1992) [https://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Kaufman-Bob.php] [0:33:02]
Dang Olsen Dream Tape - "Ganji Yomes Leaving Home" - Just Roll [https://ctatsu.bandcamp.com/album/just-roll] [0:35:11]
Pittori Locali - "Ninfee" - Pittori Locali [https://paesaggirecords.bandcamp.com/album/pittori-locali] [0:36:48]
Adam Main - "Cannon/Weird Nightmare (for Hal Wilner)" - Captivity [https://adammain.bandcamp.com/album/captivity] [0:40:30]
Thurston Moore - "The Serpentine" - The Serpentine (Digital Single) [https://thurstonmoore1.bandcamp.com/track/the-serpentine] [0:45:22]
Nijhof & Toonk - "P(L)SS" - Nijhof & Toonk [https://auralconduct.bandcamp.com/album/nijhof-toonk] [0:48:24]
Cosimo Damiano - "They Are Still Weaving 1" - Multi-species [https://cosimodamiano.bandcamp.com/album/multi-species] [0:52:50]
Evan Shornstein & Will Epstein - "III" - Frog Raag [https://extravagantfrequencies.bandcamp.com] [0:53:48]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [1:00:48]
N/A - "What Is The Point" - n/a [1:05:35]
Vito Acconci - "You Get The Point" - N/A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tBzvXt_OBc] [1:05:42]
Nickolas Mohanna - "Time Snare llll" - Live In Studio B 5-3-25 [1:05:46]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [1:29:51]
STRÖVELS - "De plaatsenaar. Slijtpap." - STRÖVELS [https://strvls.bandcamp.com/album/str-vels] [1:31:16]
Tim Hodgkinson & Atsuko Kamura(ティム・ホジキンソン + カムラアツコ) - "shoku no hi wo(燭の火を燭にうつすや春の夕)" - Haiku In The Wide World(俳句、その拡張された世界) [https://timhodgkinson-atsukokamura.bandcamp.com/track/shoku-no-hi-wo] [1:50:15]
Yann Tiersen - "Bigton" - The Liquid Hour | Rathlin from a Distance [https://yann-tiersen.bandcamp.com/album/rathlin-from-a-distance-the-liquid-hour] [1:52:19]
Kelly Bray - "It Was All Just A Construct So I Abandoned Ir" - Digital Single [https://kellybray.bandcamp.com/track/it-was-all-just-a-construct-so-i-abandoned-it] [1:57:55] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151700
Consent and Certification-Artwork Robert Ryan-Live Set by Madronas from Apr 27, 2025
4/27/2025
- "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins" [0:00:00]
Ian Dury - "Reads Bob Kaufman's "San Francisco Beat"" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZPY2OIETRk] [0:00:40]
Ben Bertrand - "GW 190905" - Relic Radiation [https://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/album/relic-radiation] [0:01:46]
Valentina Magaletti & Fanny Chiarello - "Reverse Fly" - Gym Douce [https://valentinamagaletti.bandcamp.com/album/gym-douce] [0:04:09]
Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt - "Tense Cuts" - Lucy & Aaron [https://hansonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lucy-aaron-2] [0:05:43]
Nadia & Valentina - "Nasty" - Estradas [https://nidiavalentina.bandcamp.com/album/estradas] [0:09:07]
Big Hands - "Sticks and Stones (with Buster Woodruff-Bryant)" - Thauma [https://bighandsbighands.bandcamp.com/album/thauma] [0:13:06]
Rashad Becker - "A Supposition Darkly" - The Incident [https://rashadbecker.bandcamp.com/album/the-incident] [0:16:22]
Marie de la Nuit - "Rembombardes" - TRANSPORTEES [https://mariedelanuit.bandcamp.com] [0:20:32]
Theresa Wong - "Light in the Grotto" - Journey to the Cave of Guanyin [https://theresawong.bandcamp.com/album/journey-to-the-cave-of-guanyin] [0:23:49]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [0:28:29]
Battle Elf - "Yasmeen" - 10 [https://birdman-records.bandcamp.com/album/10] [0:37:47]
Ian Dury - "Bagel Shop Jazz by Bob Kaufman (read by Ian Dury)" [0:49:56]
Zosha Warpeha - "picadae" - Silver Darn [0:51:36]
Froid Dub - "Control" - Tear Maker Chant [0:53:56]
DeepChord - "Vantage Isle (Spacecho Dub)" - Vantage Isle (Remastered) [0:57:00]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [1:00:07]
Madronas - "La Musica Madronas (Hello)" [1:04:37]
Madronas - "Live Improvisation" - LIVE IN STUDIO B [https://madronas.bandcamp.com/album/erogenous-biome] [1:05:30]
Staraya Derevnya - "What I keep in my closet" - Garden window escape [https://starayaderevnya.bandcamp.com/album/garden-window-escape] [1:51:08]
Daniel Carter and Ayumi Ishito - "Dreamy Contagion" - Endless Season [1:57:02] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151477
Going To The End Like You Mean It- artwork "Post Historic Screeprint # 2" by Michael Heizer from Apr 20, 2025
4/21/2025
- "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins" [0:00:00]
Alex Collier - "Why would we want to empower people?" [0:01:22]
Pancrace - "In The Evening (EXCERPT)" - The Fluid Hammer [https://cairos-edition.bandcamp.com/album/the-fluid-hammer] [0:03:26]
HET ZWEET - "Wild Man" - HET ZWEET [https://hetzweet.bandcamp.com/album/het-zweet] [0:05:06]
Bear Bones, Lay Low - "A Pond of Possibilities" - Apariciones Compiladas (compilation tracks) [https://bearboneslaylow.bandcamp.com/album/apariciones-compiladas-compilation-tracks] [0:08:02]
Family Ravine - "Circle Over A Line Moving Underground" - Horizonites [https://eiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com] [0:17:33]
Lukas De Clerck - "Le Déshabillage" - Le Gardon / Bloedneus & De Snuitkever [https://lukasdeclerck.bandcamp.com] [0:21:14]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [0:22:52]
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - "All Mod Cons" - Overspill Estates [https://warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/overspill-estates] [0:32:02]
Andrew Pekler - "Fabulation For K" - New Environments & Rhythm Studies [https://andrewpekler.bandcamp.com/track/fabulation-for-k] [0:36:58]
FaUSt, feat. 灰野敬二 Keiji Haino - "大海 La Mer" - 这条路是正确的 This Is the Right Path [https://oldheavenbooks.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-the-right-path] [0:39:05]
Pat Murano - "Soli 4" - Guitar Soli Vol 1 [https://decimus.bandcamp.com/album/guitar-soli-vol-1] [0:56:11]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [1:00:19]
Gatha - "Wintersong" - Gatha [https://gatha.bandcamp.com/album/s-t] [1:07:02]
Herbert Huncke - "Herbert Huncke" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbY6KXPg6wY] [1:26:59]
Music behind DJ:
Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [1:28:29]
Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian - "Darâmad" - Noor-e Vojood [https://songsofmohammadmostafaheydarian.bandcamp.com/album/noor-e-vojood] [1:31:39]
TAKAAT - "Amidinin" - TAKAAT - Is Noise, Vol. 1 [https://purplishrecords.bandcamp.com/album/takaat-is-noise-vol-1] [1:36:03]
Mat Ball - "10:48" - Sketches [https://mathieuball.bandcamp.com/album/sketches] [1:40:19]
Rovox 625 - "Mirrors Trapped In Flight" - Too Close To Home [https://invisiblecityrecords.bandcamp.com/album/too-close-to-home] [1:51:13] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151248