Desert Island DJs {bpr.podcast}

Episode 1: Deep Tunnels of Bliss & Blur

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:14:08 -0600

"Deep Tunnels of Bliss and Blur" is the first in our new 2012 series. Brought to you by DJ Trey Smith it's a trip down the halls of ambient minimalism featuring Scientific American, Mountains, and Seefeel.

Episode 2: I've Got a Lot of Friends

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:22:15 -0500

Doctor Gumbo (aka Tyrconnell and Dylan O'Donnell) glides into the new series with with this chilled downtempo mix featuring Mazzy Star, Brian Eno, and Air.

Episode 3: The Old Road Hog's Mixtape #1

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:13:23 -0500

The Old Road Hog is David Rhoden, and he likes to boogie. Here he is with a killer mixtape of garage and soul including some juicy rarities and some surprising outliers by Beefheart, and Rick James. His track notes are in the Lyrics tag of the mp

Episode 4 - What's That Strange Glow?

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:59:29 -0500

Pinkysqueak (Dan Haugh) throws his hat in the ring with a mix to draw the curtains on the other side of your mind. Or something! 60s psych and pop battles with tracks from This Heat and Red Transistor.

Episode 5 - 90's Ambiance – pt. I, the drift chapter

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:37:05 -0500

.CitiZen.oBjeCts. is B. Aubrey Freeman, long-standing double bass player for Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? and one-half of BPR projects Geisterfahrer and Sketches of an Amorous Window. Here's his alternatingly blissed-out, heavy, and ethereal drone

Episode 6 - Discrete Mix

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:09:13 -0500

Episode 6. The Discrete Mix from Andrew Dalio features tracks from Popul Vuh, Yes, and Brians Wilson and Eno.

Episode 7 - Not Your Cup Of Tea part 1: Allergic to Echo

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:32:19 -0500

Former WTUL DJ Duncan Edwards (you know, that one with the British accent) has, after much needling and suffering, been finally coaxed to put together a DJ set. The first of his sure-to-be-many podcast mixes is entitled "Allergic to Echo".

Episode 8 - 83 to Infinity

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:52:26 -0500

Another former WTUL DJ, but this one prefers to remain a bit more anonymous, however. Platinum Concepts digs through his 1980's stacks to bring you 83 to Infinity.

Episode 9 - East of the West & West of the East - Part 1: Illusions of India

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:06:04 -0500

Since the Beatles went to India, the West has been fascinated with the music of the Subcontinent. First in a series that of mixes that demonstrate the East's influence on the West (and vice-versa).

Episode 10 - Late and Incomplete

Thu, 10 May 2012 22:50:10 -0500

The third in a trio of former WTUL DJs who have been cajoled into our loosely competitive podcast series, Chris Crowley slipped this mix under the door at the closing bell, winning the Ultimate Procrastination Trophy.

Episode 11 - Rhodes Makes the World Go 'Round

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:29:01 -0500

Round two of the Desert Island DJ series begins with Trey Smith's second mix, an eclectic exploration into the world of the electric piano, namely the Rhodes.

Episode 12 - 90's Ambiance pt II - the shoegaze era

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:37:15 -0500

Although some of these tunes are not specifically regarded as "shoegaze", we've chosen to include them as representations of the broader feel of the time within these closely-related musical genres. It turned out to be a lengthy playlist…….we'd forgotten

Episode 13 - Not Your Cup of Tea: Hey ho... donkey riding!

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:13:29 -0500

The second in the illustrious and somewhat contentious series, "Not Your Cup of Tea" presented by veteran disc jockey and crumpet eater Duncan Edwards. Enjoy at your own risk.

Episode 14 - In C - {version}

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:10:13 -0500

Andrew Dalio with a mix of 5 versions of Terry Riley's In C. Some playing at the same time. And stuff. It starts with the Shanghai Film Orchestra. Then it gets mixed up a bit...

Episode 15 - Keys to the Clouds

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:56:28 -0500

These tracks are all great keyboard tracks, whether Farfisa organ, Rhodes electric piano or Roland Juno synthesizer, to sail through long and humid summer days with.

Episode 16: The Swamp

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:44:00 -0500

Doctor Gumbo returns in round two with a slammin' mix of international beats, as perfect as a Pimm's Cup for reviving yourself in the humid August summer. Savor the overtones of dub, electronic, and funk.

Episode 17 - You Can Never Go Back

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:22:23 -0500

Our new Desert Island DJ is Snarkaluffagus — our first female selector, who brings a poppier college-rock sensibility to our marooned tune junkies. Just in time for her birthday, she takes a look back at childhood lost

Episode 18: Doppelgängers

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:15:00 -0500

Our hops man in Asheville, former NOLA sonic shaman, and prolific BPR solo artist Potpie shares some of his favorite weird covers.

Episode 19 - I Saw the Light Come Shinin' 'Round & 'Round

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:43:05 -0500

DJ Trey Smith's third installation in the series twists like a psychedelic ribbon of dub and space music....

Episode 20 - The Old Road Hog's Mixtape Number Two

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:42:26 -0500

The Old Road Hog rolls into town all gassed up with a trunkload of killer R&B and soul tunes mixed in with some other classic underheard gems. Don't ever stop grooving. Don't ever stop moving.

Episode 21 - Alacrity Variations

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:48:09 -0600

A good old-fashioned mix-tape style mishmash of random stuff from the .CitiZen.oBjeCts. collection... not the 'typical' sound for a number of these bands…..so there's your unification if you need one.

Episode 22 - Autumnal Enossification: A Brian Eno Mix by A. Dalio

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:24:23 -0600

Andrew Dalio returns with a mix that pays tribute to some of Brian Eno's rarer tracks that remind him of the season (autumn).

Episode 23 - Makeout Songs

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:59:07 -0600

Take off both of your socks and snuggle-up with your guy, gal, or whatever, and allow the magic to commence; conquer each other and your souls. Immerse yourselves in this moisty, moisty mix of maladroitious and satan-saluting onslaught of super-sexiness.

Episode 24 - Not Your Cup of Myrrh

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:43:31 -0600

Round 3 dragged its sorry ass in late, with Duncan's technically beleaguered submission miraculously squeaking in under the door as 2012 came to a close. Another eclectic and eccentric mix from our Englishman in Dallas.

Episode 25 - In the style of IndigoM (In Memory of Leigh Bess Boone)

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:21:11 -0600

A tribute to a fallen friend... including some classic IDM, downtempo and postrock tracks from DJ Trey Smith. More details on the page.

Episode 26 - Cover Me!

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:40:16 -0600

a mix of popular artists covering other popular artists narrowed down by choosing what we considered to be "successful" cover versions in either their loyal rendering of the original or their creative divergence -- Aubrey & Shae

Episode 27 - New. Mexico.

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:24:00 -0600

Doctor Gumbo's latest mix pulls together a collection of psychedelic cumbias, Norteña techno and dirty barrio beats from and inspired by Mexico.

Not Your Cup of Tea: Air bubbles on an inner tube.

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:20:00 -0500

The latest in a series of "unbearably popular" (his words, not ours) podcasts from the humble and discriminating mind of Duncan Edwards. Try to listen to this and not have "Terry Keeps His Clips On" running through your head for the next 7 hours.

Smart but Casual

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:20:00 -0500

Trey Smith returns with his fifth installment, this time as iconoclast: "very little of this is music you would normally hear on the podcast in general". More eclectic than our usual offerings? You be the judge...

Radio Heidelberg - Deutsches Radio 22.2.00

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:39:10 -0500

I was visiting my dear friends Shurd & Jane in Heidelberg, Germany and decided one cold, rainy Tuesday night in late February to sit down in their flat with a bottle of red wine and a pack of cigarettes to record sounds off German Radio....

Musique Du Maison

Sat, 06 Jul 2013 12:49:06 -0500

Rediscovering his love for house music beginning in the mid-90's, Doctor Gumbo pulls together a mix of some of today's top DJs and producers in the genre.

The Rise & Fall of Debbie Downer & The Rainy Saturdays

Sun, 10 Nov 2013 15:08:00 -0600

Trey Smith's extends his lead with his 6th contribution to the Desert Island DJ series.

POP de la FEMME

Sun, 26 Jan 2014 18:30:26 -0600

Female singers, pop songs…..GO! Being that these were the only two criteria for our mix it could've ended up being three days long, and almost was…. but you have to stop somewhere. We hope you enjoy. - Aubrey & Shae

Folktronica

Fri, 16 May 2014 13:36:16 -0500

The latest podcast from Doctor Gumbo with tunes from Acadiana, Africa and all points in between.