The Chiasm

Leo Daedalus

Thursday 2PM-4PM

The Chiasm pitches the playlist as self-generating contradiction. We're finding, or forging, connections in the unlikeliest, or outright impossible, places — musically, conceptually, however turns you on. DJ Daedalus spins tracks as riddles, layering them into interviews with musicians, artists, and thinky miscreants. WTF does that all mean? Don’t worry about it: it’s a wild dose of aural wasabi that will clear your mental sinuses. In case your mom asks, The Chiasm is named after a concept from French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It’s too fancy for prime time, but it has to do with reconciling dualities and bridging gaps, with the reversibility of reaching out and being reached. Now just sit back and savor the smoothly incomprehensible stylings of The Chiasm.

  • March 21, 2019

    The Chiasm 016 - Oregone

    • Smut City Jellyroll Society "Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jellyroll" [unknown]
    • Animotion "They Can't Touch You" [Raise Your Expectations]
    • The Quadraphonnes "American Dreams" [Get the Funk Out!]
    • Tevis Hodge Jr. "Aint No Tellin" [unknown]
    • Doug Theriault "Scelsi Evening" [Osteoplastic]
    • Paul Brainard "All Stick, No Carrot" [unknown]
    • Three for Silver "This Time Tomorrow" [The Way We Burn]
    • Vagabond Opera "Minoushe" [The Zeitgeist Beckons]
    • 3 Leg Torso "Frog......Secret Agent" [Astor In Paris]
    • Elton John, Anna Leander, Kristopher White "Tiny Dancer" [none]
    • Paul Evansmith "Intro from Archives of the Fantastic" [Archives of the Fantastic Soundtrack]
    • AnnaPaul & The Bearded Lady "Them There Eyes" [One Golden Mic]
    • Maurice Merleau-Ponty "Causeries (extrait)" [Causeries]
    • The Legendary Mark Peter Savage "Time Thief" [Time Thief]
    • Brothers Of The Baladi "Piece of the Rhyme" [Gravity of Love]
    • Barabbas AK "Give Us Barabbas" [Give Us Barabbas]
    • Eurhapsodoi "The Iliad (excerpts)" [Eurhapsodoi Raps Homer in Ancient Greek]
    • Strangled Darlings "Oh Mercy (Harvey Weinstein)" [American Pageants]
    • Paul Trubachik "Thirst" [All Animals Are Sad After Sex]
    • Groovy Wallpaper "Mando Calrissian" [Layers]
    • John Berendzen "Air Objects pt. 2 (excerpt)" [Air Objects]
    • Dead Air Fresheners "5 Minutes In Dog Years" [SadoDaMascus Records: Winter Compilation 2016]
    • Alex Reagan "Drink Meditation" [Horse Printer]
    • Gre Allison "Inhale" [Inhale]
    • The Juleps "Some of These Days" [Frisky]
    • Boy and Bean "When I Get Low I Get High" [Boy and Bean]
    • AnnaPaul & The Bearded Lady "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" [One Golden Mic]
  • March 07, 2019

    The Chiasm 015 - Oddments

    • Bill Laswell "Work Song" [Baselines]
    • Helmut Fritz "Ça m'énerve - Radio Edit" [En observation]
    • Altimet Feat. Mawar Berduri "Sayang-Sayang" [1 Asia - Asian Hiphop's Best Kept Secrets]
    • Bare Egil Band "Kawasaki 500" [Absolutt Ikke Bare Egil Band]
    • Graham Central Station "Release Yourself" [Release Yourself]
    • Jacques Brel "Les bourgeois" [Les Bourgeois (Vol.7)]
    • Moebius Plank Neumeier "Speed Display" [Zero Set]
    • Abdul Jabar & Muhammad Wali "Solo de toolah accompagné de tabla" [Afghānistān: Ritchak, Zer-Barhali, Toolah, Rabab, Tumbur, Tabla]
    • Swede Mason "Masterchef Synesthesia (Buttery Biscuit Bass) [feat. Gregg Wallace & John Torrode]" [Masterchef Synesthesia (Buttery Biscuit Bass)]
    • The Rutles "Cheese and Onions - 2006 Remastered Version" [The Rutles]
    • Maurice Merleau-Ponty "Causeries (extrait)" [Causeries]
    • De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig "Watsgeburt?!" [Watsgeburt?!]
    • The Barry Sisters and Jan Bart with Sam Medoff and The Yiddish Swingtet "Manischweitz Matzo Commercial" [Music From The Yiddish Radio Project]
    • Noura Mint Seymali "Arbina" [Arbina]
    • Jorge Ben "Ponta De Lança Africano (Umbabarauma)" [Africa Brasil]
    • Henri Salvador "Henri Salvador s'amuse" [Henri Salvador-Grands succès]
    • Slim Gaillard "Laughin' In Rhythm" [Blues Boogie]
    • Radio Radio "9 Piece Luggage Set" [Belmundo Regal]
    • Betty Hutton "Old Man Mose" [Her Greatest Hits]
    • Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Terry Gilkyson, Claude Bertrand, Pascal Bressy "Le minimum" [Le Livre de la jungle]
    • Beyond The Fringe "Portrait from Memory" [Beyond The Fringe]
    • Bertrand Russell "Bertrand Russell Talks to CND, 1959 (excerpt)" [Bertrand Russell Talks to CND, 1959]
    • Bomfunk MC's "Freestyler - Radio Edit" [00s Party Mixtape]
    • Fela Kuti "Swegbe & Pako" [Open & Close]
  • February 21, 2019

    The Chiasm 014 - DRIVETIME

    • Zeitkratzer "Oneirika, Pt. 1 - Live" [Oneirika]
    • The Tiger Lillies "Send In The Clowns" [Circus Songs]
    • The Louvin Brothers "Satan Is Real" [Satan Is Real]
    • Zeal & Ardor "Devil Is Fine" [Devil Is Fine]
    • Dave Soldier, Komar & Melamid "The Most Unwanted Song" [The People's Choice Music]
    • Wilmoth Houdini "Black But Sweet" [Poor But Ambitious]
    • Three for Silver "I See it Coming" [Blue Ruin]
    • Three for Silver "Scared Sacred" [Blur Ruin]
    • Malicorne "La mule" [Le bestiaire]
    • Muslim Magomayev "Я возвращаюсь домой" [Привет, любовь! (Дискотека СССР)]
    • Vladimir Vysotsky "Моя цыганская" [Высоцкий 80 (К 80-летию Владимира Высоцкого)]
    • Ken Bichel, The Midnight Four "Match Game" [Match Game TV show]
    • Leningrad "Губошлёп" [Бабье лето]
    • Azucar Moreno "Hava Naguila" [Esclava De Tu Piel]
    • Spike Jones And His City Slicker "William Tell Overture" [William Tell Overture]
    • Peter Sellers "Peter Sellers Sings George Gershwin" [The Very Best of]
    • Peter Sellers "Bangers And Mash" [The Peter Sellers Collection]
    • Edgard Varèse, Ensemble "Das Neue Werk" Hamburg "Varèse : Octandre : I" [Musik Um 1920]
    • Spike Jones & His City Slickers "Der Fuehrer's Face" [Best Of]
    • Tom Lehrer "New Math" [That Was The Year That Was]
    • Stephen Colbert "A Cold, Cold Christmas" [A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All]
  • February 07, 2019

    The Chiasm 013 with Christopher Corbell

    • Richard Strauss "Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215: Scene 1: Wie schon ist die Prinzessin Salome heute nacht! (How beautiful is the Princess Salome tonight!) (Narraboth, Page, First Soldier, Second Soldier)" [Strauss, R.: Salome]
    • Cult of Orpheus "Scene 4 (Viva's Holiday)" [Viva's Holiday]
    • Jellyroll Morton "King Porter Stomp No. 1" [King Porter Stomp]
    • Snooks Eaglin "Let Me Go Home, Whiskey" [New Orleans Street Singer]
    • Hot 8 Brass Band "Love Will Tear Us Apart" [Love Will Tear Us Apart]
    • Tyshawn Sorey "Pillars II" [Pillars]
    • Akron/Family "Italy" [Akron/Family]
    • Charles Wuorinen "Concerto for amplified violin and orchestra III" [Charles Wuorinen: Music of Two Decades, Vol. 2]
    • Elliott Carter "Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello & Harpsichord: Risoluto" [Elliott Carter: Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello & Harpsichord; Sonata for Cello & Piano; Double Concerto for Harpsichord]
    • The Flaming Lips "Rainin' Babies" [In A Priest Driven Ambulance]
    • Wire "Fragile - 2006 Remastered Version" [Pink Flag]
    • Pierre Boulez "Pli selon Pli (1957-62/84/89) Portrait de Mallarmé: No. 2 Improvisation I sur Mallarmé (1958/62) le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd'hui" [Pierre Boulez: Pli selon Pli]
    • György Ligeti "Ligeti : With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles : I Fabula" [Ligeti : Project Vol.3 - Cello Concerto, Clocks & Clouds, Violin Concerto & Síppal, Dobbal, Nádihegedüvel]
    • György Ligeti "Ligeti : With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles : II Táncdal" [Ligeti : Project Vol.3 - Cello Concerto, Clocks & Clouds, Violin Concerto & Síppal, Dobbal, Nádihegedüvel]
    • György Ligeti "Ligeti : With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles : IV Kuli" [Ligeti : Project Vol.3 - Cello Concerto, Clocks & Clouds, Violin Concerto & Síppal, Dobbal, Nádihegedüvel]
    • György Ligeti "Ligeti : With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles : VII Szajko" [Ligeti : Project Vol.3 - Cello Concerto, Clocks & Clouds, Violin Concerto & Síppal, Dobbal, Nádihegedüvel]
    • Cult of Orpheus "Breakfast Poems" [Breakfast Poems]
    • Chris Corbell "Field" [Field]
  • January 24, 2019

    The Chiasm 012 with Anna Leander

    • Louis Prima "Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody - Medley / Remastered" [The Wildest!]
    • Tom Ze "So (Solidao)" [Solidao (So) / Mae Solteira]
    • Boris Vian "Je suis snob" [Le déserteur]
    • Def Leppard "Pour Some Sugar On Me - Remastered 2017" [Hysteria (Super Deluxe)]
    • Nina Simone "Feeling Good" [I Put A Spell On You]
    • Kate Bush "Cloudbusting" [Hounds Of Love]
    • Peter Fox "Alles Neu" [Stadtaffe]
    • Aqua "Barbie Girl" [Aquarium]
    • Serge Gainsbourg "Une Petite Tasse D'Anxiété - Emission Teuf-Teuf" [Intégrale]
    • Fine Young Cannibals "She Drives Me Crazy" [The Raw & The Cooked]
    • Gurdas Maan "Hasdi De Dand Ginda" [The Very Best Of]
    • Haiducii "Dragostea Din Tei" [Dragostea Din Tei]
    • Laurie Anderson "O Superman" [Big Science]
    • Annie Ross "Twisted" [Annie Ross Sings]
    • Mel Tormé "Midnight Swinger" [A Time For Us]
    • Minnie Riperton "Les Fleur" [The Best of Minnie Ripperton]
    • Don Ho "Tiny Bubbles" [Tiny Bubbles]
    • Nancy Sinatra "Tonight You Belong To Me" [Bubblegum Girl Volume 2]
    • Billie Holiday "Pennies from Heaven (with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra) - Take 1" [Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia (1933-1944)]
    • Adriano Celentano "Prisencolinensinainciusol" [Super Best]
    • Caramba "Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot" [Caramba]
    • La Caravane Passe "T'as la touche manouche" [Gypsy for One Day]
    • Raymond Van Het Groenewoud "Zoals Gewoonlijk" [Ballades]