Je suis Jan Astasia, membre de Radio Sofa, une webradio basée à Paris. Je vous présente ma nouvelle émission sur THF. Je voulais explorer la musique avec des percussions, jouer avec la musique traditionnelle et comment ils influencent la musique électronique d’aujourd’hui.

Ma résidence “The Concave Side of the Spoon”, Percussions Folk leur influences sur des musiques contemporaines expérimentales chez THF Radio.

https://www.thfradio.de La radio se décrit comme une communauté basé sur l’ancien aéroport Tempelhofer Feld, dans le studio Torhaus.

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Tracklist

Jazz & Drum&Bass - April 6th 2025

Dans cette résidence, j’explore les rythmes et les percussions de la musique traditionnelle et leur influence sur la musique contemporaine. C’est comme regarder le reflet d’une cuillère et voir notre monde à l’envers, prendre du recul sur la musique que je joue, me menant à une approche différente de la musique.

Dans l’épisode d’aujourd’hui, nous plongerons dans le jazz et sa section rythmique extraordinaire.

Nous examinerons d’abord les pionniers du jazz comme Art Blakey, Louie Bellson, Gene Krupa, Clifford Brown, Buddie Rich et des jazzmen modernes comme Medeski, Martin et Wood.

Dans la seconde partie de l’émission, nous explorerons comment ils ont influencé la Drum and Bass d’Ornette Hawkins, Amon Tobin, Earl Grey, Calibre et bien d’autres.

# Track Title Artist
1 Stoney Street Amon Tobin
2 Drums in the Rain Art Blakey
3 Percussionistically Speaking Louie Bellson
4 The Drum Battle Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich
5 Caravan Buddy Rich
6 Moanin’ (Remastered) Art Blakey
7 Crescent Joe Lovano The Steve Kuhn Trio
8 A Night in Tunisia Clifford Brown
9 The Lover Medeski, Martin and Wood
10 Ten on the Door ATA Records
11 Contemplating Jazz Attica Blues
12 Bitter & Twistd Amon Tobin
13 Raw Sun (2020 Remaster) Ornette Hawkins
14 Passion PinkPantheress
15 Jazz Police Ornette Hawkins
16 Dega & Papi Earl Grey
17 Aspirations PFM
18 Inner Conflict Earl Grey
19 Broke My Heart + Passion Sade + PinkPantheress
20 Suspend Disbelief Earl Grey
21 Let Me Hold You (2019 Remaster) Calibre
22 Rules Dreadmaul & Ornette Hawkins
23 Miles From Home Peshay
24 Mirage (Original Mix) Calibre
25 Primavera Zar
26 Perspective Brendon Moeller
27 Noirism Indidjinous & Ornette Hawkins
28 The Love She Needs Zero T
29 Witchdoctor Rude Operator & Ornette Hawkins
30 Clubbed To Death (Peshay rmx) Rob Dougan
31 The Fugitive Drummer Phuture T
32 Some Hip Drum Shit The Tony Williams Lifetime
33 Return Of The Original Art-Form Hiroshi Fujiwara & K.U.D.O Feat. DJ Milo
34 The Number Song DJ Shadow
35 Is It Us? Soulstatejazz

Dub & Carnaval - March 9th 2025

L’épisode d’aujourd’hui est inspiré par la saison du carnaval et les percussions du Brésil et de la Guadeloupe. Nous commencerons par explorer les percussions dans le Dub et la musique expérimentale, puis nous voyagerons dans le monde intéressant de Mulsimgauze, du percussionniste martiniquais Jonaz Joslen, d’un groupe de carnaval « à Po » de Guadeloupe « Klé la », et de Julio « Chocolate » Algendones, un percussionniste péruvien.

A brief description of the artists played in this mix:

  • Steve Reich American composer best known as a pioneer of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s
  • Sub Dub: The pioneering experimental dub duo Sub Dub, were active between 1992-1998 in NYC, produced by Badawi aka Ghost Producer and John Ward, credited as being the catalyst for the so called “illbient” scene, predating Dub Step by over a decade.
  • Woob: is the stage name of Paul Frankland, an English composer, musician and filmmaker who started recording in the early 1990s. Woob’s albums combine elements of ambient, downtempo and space music, with samples from field recordings. Frankland has also recorded under the names of Journeyman and Max & Harvey.
  • Adham Shaikh is a composer, record producer and sound designer living near Nelson, British Columbia. The 21st-century rituals of dance and chill-out have drawn Shaikh to explore the trance phenomenon that these different expressions of music create and allow. Over the years, Shaikh has worked with musicians playing musical instruments from India; Bali, Indonesia; Africa; Scandinavia; Turkey; the United States; and Canada.
  • Muslimgauze was the main musical project of Bryn Jones (17 June 1961 – 14 January 1999), a British ethnic electronica and experimental musician who was influenced by conflicts and history in the Muslim world, often with an emphasis on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. With dozens of albums released under the Muslimgauze name, Jones was prolific, but he never achieved mainstream success. His music has been described by one critic as “among the most startling and unique in the noise underground.
  • Jonaz Joslen: Martinique: sound designer, beatmaker composer and songwriter, also director of documentaries from french caribbean.
  • Klé La: Fervent contributeur de la culture guadeloupéenne, Klé La est ce que l’on appelle un Groupe a Po. Ces groupes à Po sont des groupes faisant partie du carnaval.
  • Nomine Andrew Ferguson (aka Nomine aka Outrage), began his career as a drum & bass DJ in 1995 under the name Rage.
  • Tino Corp. is a record label dedicated to curating unique beats and sounds that are not available from any other source.
  • Jah Wobble is an English bass guitarist and singer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd (PiL) in the late 1970s …
  • Julio “Chocolate” Algendones is one of the essential percussionists in the great tradition of Afro-Peruvian music.
# Track Title Artist
1 A Perfect Shift Cafe DM & Blue Heron
2 Drumming, Part II Steve Reich
3 Witchcraft Sub Dub
4 10 Ton Laboratory Woob
5 Lost On Earth Woob
6 Millennia Adham Shaikh
7 Fourteen Thirtythree Woob
8 Dooshta Woob
9 Conga Forte, Rico Cajón Chocolate
10 Feeling Symbols Jon Mueller
11 Narcotic Muslimgauze
12 Fitness Zouk Mouvan Bèlè Radio Edit JONAZ Joslen, Miki Téléphe and Ronald C
13 Mizik a Klé la Klé La
14 Claro Mambo Tino
15 Claro Mambo Tino
16 Medina Flight Muslimgauze
17 Dawa Zangpo Sub Dub
18 A Weird Suspender grain
19 Still Water Nomine
20 Wake The Town Cousin
21 On An Asset Tip Valentina Magaletti
22 Witness Asian Dub Foundation
23 Ritmos Latinos Tino
24 Sea-Side Special Jah Wobble
25 Just One More Bluey
26 Later Woob
27 Bodies of Water David Toop
28 Heavy Charm The Ear
29 Pondlife Woob
30 What’s On Your Mind? Sine

Salsa, Cumbia and Dancehall - February 9th 2025

Nous commencerons par des artistes de Jakarta et de Nouvelle-Guinée, mais aussi par de la musique issue d’anciennes cérémonies du Ghana. Ensuite, nous aborderons les rythmes de la salsa et de la cumbia, avec des percussionnistes de Cuba, de Porto Rico, de Colombie et des États-Unis. Enfin, nous nous glisserons dans les rythmes modernes de la musique électronique de Miami, de Zambie et de Paris.

# Track Title Artist
1 :XI Civilistjävel!
2 Zone VI Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors (American Dancer 1985)
3 The Goddess is Dancing D.K. (Parisian based producer)
4 Untitled 10 Uwalmassa (Uwalmassa is the name with which DIVISI62, arts & music collective from Jakarta, Indonesia, perform and produce music.)
5 Donno Drummers I (Yeji) Nonesuch Explorer
6 Traditional (Papua New Guinea) Wame Igini Kamu
7 Sequences DK
8 Massari and Me DJ Plead
9 Louca DJ Plead
10 African Inspirations Mysterious World Music Marco Rinaldo (Senegal, Ghana, Casamance, Burkina)
11 Waterflow Sabla D.K.
12 La Cancion De Manuel Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors
13 Lamize pa dous Toto Bissainthe
14 The Pedrito Martinez Group: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert NPR Music (Pedrito Martinez is a Cuban Conguero performing classic Cuban Rumbas, Afro-Cuban folkloric and religious music.)
15 Cha Cha a La Kako (with Solos) Drum Solos (Eddie Montalvo: Conga player from New York, USA. Charlie Santiago :Percussionist)
16 Giovanni Hidalgo & Friends perform Tropical congahead (Puerto Rican percussionist, born in 1963 in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, son of José (Mañengue) Hidalgo
17 Juan Picorelli, Jean Carlos Camuñas & Raúl Rosario - “Vivo Agradecido” (Percussionist (bongos, congas, and timbales), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, played with many renown artists.)
18 Luisito & Roberto Quintero perform Rumba en San Agustin Gon Bops (Venezuelan-American Latin and jazz percussionist, born 24 August 1967 in Parroquia San Agustín, Caracas.)
19 Jorobillo Golpe Malibe (Columbian artist)
20 Activo (Original Mix) Coffintexts (Miami based)
21 Bossano SHE Spells Doom (SHE Spells Doom is an experimental Electronic music project created by Zambian producer, Wamya Tembo. It draws inspiration from a number of his influences)
22 Enlightenment Process DK
23 I Civilistjävel!
24 A Minute Sabla D.K.
25 Frekm, Pt. 1 Djrum
26 Mbui Mbui Wagogo (Tanzania)
27 Chalo gwe (Msaigwa) Wagogo (Tanzania)