Out of Africa, Into the Big Space

Episode 1 (1st hr) by into the big space

Out of Africa, Into the Big Space
Demo Episode Submitted as Proposal to Baton Rouge Community Radio
hosted by Eric Roy

Episode 1 (1st hour)

1. Nuru Kane – “Colère” (Senegal) // Riverboat
2. Soothsayers – “Freedom” (UK) // Red Earth
3. Hayvanlar Alemi – “Hayalgucu Sporkulubu” (Turkey) // Sublime Frequencies
4. Dara Puspita – “Pesta Pak Lurah” (Indonesia) // Sublime Frequencies
5. Circle – “Vaanen Valtiatar” (Finland) // Ektro
6. DJ / Rupture – “a01” (USA) // Tigerbeat6
7. Neal Pattman – “The Mogul” (USA) // Art of Field Recording
8. Group Bombino – “Boghassa” (Niger) // Sublime Frequencies
9. Yaaba Funk – “Me Nye Me Dofu” (Ghana, USA, Martinique, Jamaica, Italy, Germany, UK) // Hereandnow
10. Flying Lotus – “Do the Astral Plane” (USA) // Warp
11. Man City Lion – “Na Doo” (Thailand) // Sublime Frequencies
12. Afriampo – “ヤーヤーエー” (Japan) // Supponpon
13. S.E. Rogie – “African Gospel” (Sierra Leone) // Real World

Out of Africa, Into the Big Space will be a music show that harnesses the human spirit in its most exploratory, wide-eyed form in tracks from around the world. African music will be an essential part of the show. The Out of Africa hypothesis - which postulates that all Homo sapiens originate from Africa - will be enacted sonically, bridging the massive breadth of African jams with rhythms from around the world, including places like India, Turkey, Haiti, Japan, Eastern Europe, the US, the UK, South America, Finland, and Thailand. Acoustic and electronic will both be embraced fully. The sounds, bands, and vibes experienced first hand while working at an Afrobeat venue in London will be shared, all the while creating an atmosphere both entrancing and inspiring. Efforts will be taken to introduce listeners to underground sounds from these regions in addition to more classic tracks. Commentary will be informative, but brief. The focus will be on the music, sometimes relaxing, sometimes danceable, sometimes more challenging – always inspiring. The goal is to create an atmosphere both foreign & inviting. However, there will be moments of oddness & unfamiliarity (isn’t that one reason we travel?).

This show will NOT be:
- A playlist of tracks from world music collections available at Whole Foods.
- Exclusively international, efforts will be made to illuminate connections between American sounds both new and old and those around the world.