Cornucopia
at from 6 to 10pm
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recorded live · 3 hrs 58 minThe playlist is built mostly from late-70s and 80s new wave and its neighbors. It moves from early drum-machine synth-pop and electro into a stretch of jangly American college rock, power pop, and a slight hint of ska, and later into moodier post-punk with more reverb. We’re drawing on funk, the downtown New York sound where no wave met disco, and the homemade synthesizer funk and Afrobeat of West Africa. The set ends in jazz-funk and early-'70s electric jazz.
- Art of Noise - Opus 4 (0:00)
- Leonardo Marletta - Percussioni Ed Effetti (2:04)
- The Luvmenauts - Extravehicular Activity (3:46)
- Rockets - Electro-Voice (7:30)
- M - Woman Make Man (10:19)
- Grace Jones - I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango) (12:44)
- Kraftwerk - Computer Love (17:16)
- Talking Heads - Moon Rocks (24:35)
- Steve Monite - Things Fall Apart (Vocal) (29:33)
- David Bowie - Shake It (34:58)
- Sexual Harassment - I Need a Freak (38:40)
- Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love (41:57)
- Herbie Hancock - Earth Beat (47:45)
- The Cars - This Could Be Love (52:44)
- The Replacements - Seen Your Video (57:01)
- Squeeze - In Quintessence (1:00:05)
- The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom (1:02:56)
- Pylon - Danger (1:06:02)
- The B-52's - Dirty Back Road (1:11:35)
- R.E.M. - 1,000,000 (1:14:40)
- The dB's - Black and White (1:17:42)
- Trio - Da Da Da (Ich Lieb Dich Nicht Du Liebst Mich Nicht Aha Aha Aha) (1:20:33)
- They Might Be Giants - She's an Angel (1:25:05)
- Love and Rockets - Life In Laralay (1:27:41)
- The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey (1:32:21)
- Cyndi Lauper - Money Changes Everything (1:35:19)
- The Bangles - Going Down to Liverpool (1:40:12)
- A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song (1:43:44)
- The Cure - A Forest (1:47:33)
- Prince & The Revolution - Pop Life (1:53:20)
- Francis Bebey - Tiers Monde (1:56:54)
- William Onyeabor - Fantastic Man (2:00:18)
- Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue (2:06:44)
- Rockets - Cosmic Race (2:12:59)
- Naked Eyes - When the Lights Go Out (2:17:15)
- War - Galaxy (2:20:14)
- The J.B.'s - These Are the JB's, Pts. 1 & 2 (2:24:54)
- Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - High as Apple Pie, Part II (2:29:49)
- Miles Davis - Jabali (2:39:11)
- Waltel Branco - Luar do Sertão (2:43:41)
- The Invaders - Look a Py Py (2:46:30)
- The Luvmenauts - Spice Always Flows (2:49:04)
- ESG - Moody (Spaced Out) (2:52:41)
- Blondie - Rapture (2:57:01)
- Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator (3:01:36)
- Trio - Anna - Lassmichreinlassmichraus (Maxi Version) (3:06:32)
- Fela Kuti - Water No Get Enemy (3:09:09)
- Joe Henderson - Tress-Cun-Deo-La (3:20:06)
- William Onyeabor - When the Going Is Smooth & Good (3:30:32)
- Donald Byrd - The Emperor (3:43:18)
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