Tonight's show was actually entirely curated by bFM's own Samuel Harmony, who sent Oto and Jaycee, not just a playlist, but a stack of CDs and Casettes that he collected while he was in Indonesia as part of the New Zealand Delegation attending AXEAN Festival 2025. Whakarongo mai to experience 2 hours of Psych rock, folk, disco and more by Southeast-Asian artists playing at the festival!
Happy New Year and with that Walao starts off strong with Co-Host Jaycee showing us demos and his top plays and discoveries from 2025. From Hyperpop to experimental, what a treat!
Rachael talked to Bianca Rocca and Toya Webb about their show 'Working Title', on at the George Fraser Gallery. Theo was in studio and played some Korean experimental music from the Bulgasari community. He also played some commentry from John Waters, the director of Multiple Maniacs.
Music can be a pretty unifying force, especially for the geographically isolated. Kiran talks to Mikey about music critic David Keenan's first novel, This Is Memorial Device, which evokes this idea while portraying a fictional post-punk band in '70s-'80s small town Scotland.
Alex picks a show Mike's had on the brain for ages - the '70s crime drama Quarry. With an antihero whose story spans the Mekong to the Mississippi, Alex gets in behind to make some bold claims of quality.
Se você jurar - Receio
Los Kjarkas & Savia Andina - Kutimuy
Banda Colombiana - Llorando se fue
Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical - Lamento
Los Hermanos Rosario - Fuiste Tú
Juaneco y su Combo - El Hijo de la Runamula
Juaneco y su Combo - Rosa de Mi Amor
Antonio Ríos - Yo Me Estoy Enamorando
Chocolate - Mayonesa
Makina Kandela - Juan chu-chi-ta
Bubas Produçoes - Picante Da Terra
Raja Kirik - Tarian Maut Dari Gunung
The Bug vs Earth - Another Planet
Raja Kirik - Bujang Ganong
CRRDR - BAM BAM
COMBIFUNK MIX (Mastered with Clear Sky at 85pct)
𝓑𝓡𝓔𝓝𝓓𝓐 - TB Destiny *** Brenda edit _ BadBunny x EstadoUnido
Neeiv - Caramelo (Neeiv Edit)
Aquecimento - PV5000
Yunglian. Aceto Music, Kade. Diegoniverse - Depresion Post Party
P.U.R.E. - Hallucinate
kelman duran - SECRETO (version II)
Urias - Cadela
Virgen Maria A.K.A. - Tq
Les Mamans Du Congo & Rrobin - Ngaminke
Dengue Dengue Dengue - Eye Acucho ft. Mikongo
Luísa e os Alquimistas - Garota Ligeira (part. Luê)
Dinamarca X Busy Signal - Jail (Gil Edit)
Bad Gyal & Bad Gyal feat. Florentino;Florentino - Blink (Prod. DJ Florentino)
Khea x Duki - Wacha
el bacalao de smokepurrp
bambinodj - lost riddim
Lao x Nick León - Tu Mirada ft. Santa María
DJ Snake & Lil Jon - Turn Down For What
El Irreal Veintiuno - Ayer En Tlatelolco
Frances Chan highlights her favourite acts from a busy month of live gigs, including Jeff Mills, Love Square and Son Rompe Pera, plus new releases from Yussef Dayes, Monty Alexander and Allysha Joy, and a smooooth jazz falsetto interlude.
Setlist:
Jeff Mills & Tony Allen – The Seed (Edit)
Doctor L, Tony Allen, Jean-Phi Dary – Afropusherman
Prahbu Edouard – Rangoli
Son Rompe Pera – Cumbia pa Tu Madre
Baaba Maal ft General Paco Lenol – Mbeda Wella
Arooj Aftab – Suroor
Nitin Sawhney ft Natacha Atlas – Be Who You Are
Love Square – Sweet Tooth (instrumental)
Carnivorous Plant Society – Sex Guru
Yussef Dayes ft Elijah Fox – Istanbul
Monty Alexander – Regulator (Reggae-Later) (Live)
Monty Alexander – V.E. Swing
Dred Scott Trio – Gateway
Medeski, Martin & Wood – Chinoiserie
Thundercat ft Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins – Show You the Way
Donald Fagen – Planet D’Rhonda
Afonk, Varra, Lorenzo Ceci – Around the Galaxy
Varra – Gatito Viajero
Nate Smith – Get Down, Get Down
Arnauld Dolmen & Leonardo Montana – Zouky Monky
Bokante – History
Everwave, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Allysha Joy – Freedom Praise
Frances Chan lounges on the exotica sofa to start the show, then highlights her favourite acts from Womad Aotearoa 2025, plays a Jarrett twofer and marches out on the funk.
Set list:
Sun Ra – Interplanetary Music
Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
Esquivel – Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Les Baxter – Mozambique
Dorothy Ashby – Fool on the Hill
Bala Desejo – Baile de Mascaras (Recarnaval)
Nitin Sawhney – Homelands
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Mustt Mustt
Jean Phi Dary, Jeff Mills – The X Factor
O. – 176
The Comet Is Coming – Frequency of Feeling Expansion
Domi & JD Beck ft Thundercat – Not Tight
Ana Carla Maza – Las Primaveras (Live)
Branford Marsalis Quartet – The Windup
Keith Jarrett – Spiral Dance
Kamasi Washington – Vortex
After ‘Ours ft Louis Baker – That Love
Polyrhythmics – Chophouse
The Meters – It Ain’t No Use
Sun Ra – At Sundown
Oto and Jaycee spoke with Tāmaki Makaurau singer-songwriter, Reia Guess, and played 2 hours of music by singer songwriters and dreampop artists from the Asian diaspora.
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