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Abstract Science Radio [AS1140]

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New music from HYPHO, DRUMSKULL, JAMES BLAKE, FORD. + more on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B + HENRY SELF. BILL focuses various styles–breakbeat, techno, juke, grime + wave–through a blunted mid-tempo bass music lens to begin the program. HENRY flips the head-down vibe for the second hour, with soulful + jazz sounds giving way to uplifting disco, house + techno.

[aired 05 November 2020 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7fm]

>BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B
Raumskaya “Disrupted” Hyperboloid Records, 2019
Walton “The Bop” Not On Label, 2020
Hypho “Get A Job” Swamp 81, 2020
BSN Posse “Follow the rhythm (if u can)” Not On Label, 2019
Jana Rush “Break It” Objects Limited, 2017
Slikback “Zuhura” Hakuna Kulala, 2019
Kontext “Laying On The Ground” Leibniz, 2007
Drumskull “Braincleaner” Seagrave, 2020
Tusken Raiders “Sexy Sandpeople” Planet Mu, 1995
Jammin “Moving Differently” Bingo Bass, 2020
SNØW “Bleep Test” R&S Records, 2019
Kachina “Maasai Mara” Affectionate Grooves, 2018
TMSV “An Endless Loop” Not On Label, 2020
Plastician “Photons” Terrorhythm, 2018
Synkro “Images” (Sieren Remix) Apollo Records, 2020

>HENRY SELF
James Blake “Before” (Before, Republic, 2020)
The Vision feat. Andreya Triana & Ben Westbeech “Missing” (Defected, 2020)
Marcos Valle / Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad ‎”Our Train” (Jazz Is Dead 3, Jazz Is Dead, 2020)
Mike Salta “Hey Moloko” (Music for Dreams, 2018)
Zero 7 feat. Lou Stone “Outline” (Shadows, Make/BMG, 2020)
Kevin Morby “Velvet Highway” (Sundowner, Dead Oceans, 2020)
ford. “Canvas” (The Color of Nothing, Foreign Family Collective, 2020)
Tensnake “Simpansi” (L.A., True Romance/Armada, 2020)
Frankie Knuckles pres. Director’s Cut feat. Jamie Principle “Your Love” (Alan Dixon Remix) (So Sure, 2020)
Luke Slater’s 7th Plain “Seeing Sense” (The 4 Cornered Room, General Production, 1994)
Khruangbin “Summer Madness” (Late Night Tales, Late Night Tales, 2020)
Gorillaz “Taxi Back to 80’s Reykjavik” (Song Machine Season One, Parlophone/Warner, 2020)

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Abstract Science Live Stream #5

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Abstract Science Live Stream #2

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Abstract Science Live Stream #1

CHRIS WIDMAN + WHOA-B broadcast a special edition of the radio show from their homes

>CHRIS WIDMAN
DOPPLEREFFEKT “Mandelbrot Set” Cellular Automata, Leisure System, 2017
arovane ”endolp” Gestalt, Puremagnetik, 2020
apollo in realtime/apollo 13 “houston we have a problem”
Alexander Aultman “Sunbeam Artifact” Minor Joy, 2020
FaltyDL “Tripping” Recluse Let Loose, Blueberry, 2020
Shalt “Unlast” Ochre Flood, Astral Plane, 2020
Millia Rage “hopper7” self-release, 2020
PAN-AL “Quark” Pan-Al, Luft, 2019
Deadbeat ”Horns of Jericho” Eight, BLKRTZ, 2012
Sofia Kourtesis “Hollywood” Sarita Colonia, Studio Barnhus, 2019
Cygnus ”Temporary Feelings” The Oasis, biosoft, 2019
Overlook & Karim Maas “Chalk” Out of Practice Vol.1, Standards & Practices, 2020
autechre ”34.06_40.57” (Warp Tapes 89-93 Part 1) — cut for copyright issue
JK FLESH vs ECHOLOGIST “Fleshology 1” Echology Vol 1, Avalanche, 2020
Batu & Lurka “Curved (Bambounou Hyper Street Remix)” Curved, Fringe White
HAAi “Stop Looking At Me Swan” Systems Up, Windows Down, Mute, 2020
Addison Groove vs. Joel Deep “FOOTCRAB – JOEL DEEP 130 EDIT” -self-release
Chrissy “New Atlantis” New Atlantis, 17 steps, 2020
Charlotte de Witte “Unthoughtful (Kangding Ray Remix)” Vision EP, Figure, 2020
Shanti Celeste “Infinitas” Tangerine, Peach, 2019
Martyn “One Eye’ 3024, 2020
Happa “One Three Five” Blue, 2020
DOPPLEREFFEKT “Mandelbrot Set” Cellular Automata, Leisure System, 2017

>WHOA-B
Throwing Snow “The Death Of Pragmatism” (Mako Remix) Houndstooth, 2020
Special Request “10 Missed Calls For The Reload” Not On Label, 2019
Phuture T “Cold Sweat” Inperspective Records, 2017
The Invaderz “Roksteady” Invaderz Transmissions, 2001
Paradox “Toprock” Metalheadz, 2018
Wreckless “Lloyd’s Building at Night” Dispatch Recordings, 2020
Sully “Run” Uncertain Hour, 2019
Dissident “Pinguinopithecus” Hyperboloid Records, 2018
Kemal + Rob Data “Konspiracy” Cryptic Audio, 2020
Last Life “Gas Man” Samurai Music, 2018
Digital “Daylight Robbery” Function Records, 2002
Mahakala “The Exodus” Not On Label, 2018
Dylan “Retribution” Outbreak Records, 2000
Sully x Outer Heaven “Dream Sequence” Rupture, 2018
Seba & Paradox “Love or Death” Metalheadz, 2020
Wots My Code “Dubplate” (Total Science Remix) CIA, 2000
Dubmonger “Locrian Flashback” Not On Label, 2019
Alix Perez & Fracture “Archetype” 1985 Music, 2017
Limewax “Bathwater” L/B Recordings, 2008

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Abstract Science Radio Best of 2019

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BEST OF 2019, featuring A.FRUIT, AIRMAX ’97, BARKER, FENNESZ, FLOATING POINTS, OCTA OCTA, SLIKBACK, SPECIAL REQUEST, SYNKRO, YAZZUS + many more, on the first of two ABSTRACT SCIENCE year-in-review podcasts. co-hosts CHRIS WIDMAN, BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B + HENRY SELF mix 3 diverse hours of future music favorites from 2019. [aired 5 December 2019 on WLUW-88.7FM Chicago]

>CHRIS WIDMAN
Barker “Utility” (Utility, Ostgut Ton, 2019)
Skee Mask “Juug (Iss004, Ilian Tape, 2019)
Autechre “32.23_46.53” (Warp Tapes 89-93 Part 2, 2019)
Throwing Snow “Ideolog” (The Death of Pragmatism, Houndstooth, 2019)
Konx-om-Pax “Optimism Over Despair” (Ways Of Seeing, Planet Mu, 2019)
YAK “Wide Eye” (Termina, R&S, 2019)
Chrissy “Truth bomb feat. Colonel Abrams” (True Stories, Super Rhythm Trax, 2019)
Dan Curtin “Pay to Win” (District Omega EP, Bluemoog Music, 2019)
DJ Haus “See U in My Dreams (Lone Remix)” (See U in My Dreams, Unknown to the Unknown, 2019)
Special Request “Shepperton Moon Landing” (Offworld, Houndstooth, 2019)
Slikback and 33EMYBW “ZENO” (Slip A, Hakuna Kulala, 2019)
Air Max ’97 “Turgor” (Falling Not Walking, Decisions, 2019)
Goth Trad “Bloody Dice” (Knights Of The Black Table, Avalanche, 2019)
Scorn “Feather” (Ohm Resistance, 2019)

>BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B
Synkro “Realize” [Apollo Records] 2019
Stenny “Stress Test” [Ilian Tape] 2019
Kamikaze Space Programme “Sparks” [Osiris Music] 2019
Tommy Four Seven “Radius” [47] 2019
Atsushi Izumi “Lansing” [The Collection Artaud] 2019
Alix Perez “Deep Six” [1985] 2019
Rainforest “The Foundation” [Backgrounds Music] 2019
Jook “Rolling In His Grave” [Sector 7 Sounds] 2019
Yazzus “She In Wonderland” [Not On Label] 2019
HomeSick “Burnout 2099” [Defrostatica Records] 2019
A.Fruit “Obsession” [Med School] 2019
Walton “Squelch” [Kaizen] 2019
Fracture “Hot Temptation” [Hot Source] 2019
Zero T “Bermuda” [31 Recordings] 2019
Alix Perez & Sabre “Solitary Native” [Shogun Audio] 2019
Homemade Weapons “Networth” [Samurai Music] 2019
Sully “Porcelain” [Uncertain Hour] 2019

>HENRY SELF
Octo Octa “I Need You” – For Lovers – Technicolour
Thom Yorke “Runwayaway” – ANIMA – XL
Apparat “Heroist” – LP5 – Mute
Floating Points “Bias” – Crush – Ninja Tune
Skinny Pelembe “No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish” – Dreaming Is Dead Now – Brownswood
Brittany Howard “13th Century Metal” – Jaime – ATO
Aquarius TX “Sunset 17” – Monica Groove EP – Echovolt
Automatic “Highway” – Signal – Stones Throw
Chromatics “Light as a Feather” – Closer to Grey – Italians Do It Better
Fennesz “Agora” – Agora – Touch
CamelPhat X Jake Bugg “Be Someone” (Skream Remix) – RCA

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Abstract Science Radio [AS1108] w/ A.Fruit

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A.FRUIT guest mix + new music from ANUNAKU, EPROM, + LONE, on this week’s ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B. BILL showcases a range of bass-inflected sounds, touching on techno, grime, breakbeat, rave + drum n bass in the first hour. For the second hour, Russian DJ/producer A.FRUIT mixes drum n’ bass on the half-step/footwork/jungle axis. A.FRUIT has releases on Cosmic Bridge (“Earthbase” series), Med School, + Hyperboloid Records, and is the founder + host of the Moscow/Saint Petersburg “Get High On Bass” parties. [aired 14 November 2019 on WLUW 88.7FM Chicago]

>BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B
Pangaea “You Know What’s Up” [Hadal] 2018
East Man “Selector” [Hi Tek Sounds] 2019
Walton “Murdah” [Kaizen] 2019
Anunaka “Temples” [Whities] 2019
TSVI “Hossam” [Nervous Horizon] 2018
Eprom “Hope” [Deadbeats] 2019
Senking & DYL “Destroyed City Lights” [Detach Recordings] 2019
Joy O “Breathe In” [Hinge Finger] 2019
ASC “The Siren” [Samurai Music] 2019
Lone “Boketto” [Ancient Astronauts] 2019
Proc Fiskal “Death” [Cosmic Bridge] 2019
Surly “Fourteen” [Not On Label] 2019
Mad Zach “No Past Lives” [MethLab Recordings] 2019
Vern & Milla “Catch My Breath” [Keysound Recordings] 2019
Murlo “Limbo” (object blue’s Flashback) [Coil Records] 2019

>A.FRUIT
Aagentah “9th”
CGRECO “Kodò”
Mel G & Nikes “Bounce” (A.Fruit Remix)
Sun People “More Fun”
Logos ft Mumdance “Zoned In”
Om Unit “Bleach”
Metafloor “Don’t Call Me Crazy”
A.Fruit “Three Six Nine”
A.Fruit “Days”
Baransu “IS” (Pessimist Remix)
Catnapp “Fight For a Fight” (A.Fruit Remix)
Хаски “Мармелад” (A.Fruit Remix)
Crypticz ft Amy Kisnorbo “Chrysalis”
Landlord’s House Coat “A Party For Urchins”
Sam Binga “A Mighty Quest”
DJ Spinn “Make Her Hot”
Mat The Alien x Magugu “Bambam” (Tamarak Remix)
Samurai Breaks “Pull Up”
Abstract Elements “Tenderness”
Hyroglifics “Cash Out”
Still “Shikorina” (Slikback Remix)
Anna Morgan x Kabuki ft Rider Shafique “Natural Vibe”

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Abstract Science Radio [AS1091]

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new music from MOODYMANN, KAMIKAZE SPACE PROGRAMME, THOM YORKE + IKONIKA, plus a PHILIPPE ZDAR (RIP) retrospective on this week’s ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B + HENRY SELF. BILL traverses the latest bass music for the first hour, shifting tempos through UK techno/breakbeat, dubstep/grime + footwork/dnb. For the second hour, HENRY pairs new house + slow burners with 80s classics, before revisiting the work of influential French producer, engineer + DJ PHILLIPE ZDAR, who died in a tragic fall this June. [aired 27 June 2019 on WLUW 88.7FM-Chicago]

>BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B
Zomby “Zexor” [Bedouin Records] 2019
Tommy Four Seven “Neuromorph” [47] 2019
Kamikaze Space Programme “Crumbs” [Osiris Music] 2019
Invxrsion “Islands” [Not On Label] 2019
Guido “Blockwork” [State of Joy] 2019
Yazzus “Ghoulish” [Not On Label] 2019
Vex’d “Ghost” [Planet Mu] 2005
Gundam “Navigator Dub” [NSX] 2018
Shackleton “New Dawn” [Hotflush] 2006
Ghostek “Kaskade” [Not On Label] 2019
Etch “Groove Control” [Sneaker Social Club] 2018
Cesco “Drones” [1985] 2019
A.Fruit “Make Them Shake” [Cosmic Bridge] 2019
Teep “Unwilling” [Not On Label] 2019
BSN Posse “Bebop” [BSN Posse] 2019
Sam Binga “BFT” [Astrophonica] 2017
Almaty “Sonic Signature” [naïve] 2019
Ikonika “Resurrection Machine” [Adult Swim] 2019
Djrum “Untitled 9” [Ilian Tape] 2016

>HENRY SELF
Anthony Naples “Aftermath AM” – Fog FM – Incienso
Moodymann “Downtown” – Sinner – KDJ
Eighties Ladies “Turned on to You” ‎- Ladies of the Eighties – Uno Melodic
The Pool “‎Jamaica Resting” – Dark Entries
Thom Yorke “Dawn Chorus” ‎- ANIMA – XL
La Funk Mob “Motor Bass Get Phunked Up” (Richie Hawtin Electrofunk Mix) – Mo Wax
Hot Chip “Clear Blue Skies” ‎- A Bath Full of Ecstasy – Domino ‎
Cassius “Summer” – Dreems – Caroline
Phoenix “Love Like a Sunset Part II” – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Glassnote/Loyauté
Kasper Marott “Drømmen om Ø” (Forever Mix ’19)

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Only For Robots 141

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track listing:

01. Stray – Wired [Samurai Music]
02. Cooh – Whole Tone [Position Chrome]
03. Scuba – Axel [Hotflush Recordings]
04. Lynx & Malibu – Bangin Arcs [Detail Recordings]
05. Bop – Untitled Pattern 65 [Med School]
06. Homemade Weapons – Subcept (RIP) [Weaponry]
07. Bulletproof – The Nephilim (Konflict Remix) [Cyanide Recordings]
08. Raiden & Khanage – Amnesia Haze [Voodoo Music]
09. Last Life – Gas Man [Samurai Music]
10. Loxy & Resound – Heritage [CNVX]
11. The Untouchables – Curse Of The Mutants [Cylon Recordings]
12. Dissident – Dystopian [Opposide Records]
13. Sully & Outer Heaven – Dream Sequence [Rupture]
14. Mahakala – The Exodus [Not On Label / Om Unit]
15. Dubmonger – Locrian Flashback [Not On Label / Morphy]

recorded for Don’t Trust Humans

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Abstract Science Radio [AS1070]

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DYL, TORANA, MACHINEFABRIEK + ROBERT RICH are featured new music on the latest ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by WHOA-B aka BILL BEARDEN + LUKE STOKES. BILL mixes 170bpm dnb + other bass music varieties for the first hour, followed by mostly ambient soundscapes from LUKE for the second hour. [aired 31 january 2019 on WLUW-chicago 88.7fm]

>BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B
DYL “Principle Of Alternate Possibilities” [Paradise Lost] 2019
Rainforest “Sound Tribe” [Absys] 2017
Sunchase “Karabi” [Microfunk] 2018
Calibre “Existing” [31] 2018
Torana “Acrid” [Weaponry] 2019
Dissident “Pinguinopithecus” [Hyperboloid] 2018
Artilect “Deep Signals” [Horizon] 2018
Dubmonger “Shrouded” [Dubmonger] 2019
Loxy “Masenko Attack” [Eternia] 2017
Synkro & Arovane “New Dawn” [Apollo] 2018
Felix K “Res Cogitans” [Hidden Hawaii] 2012
Cooh “Splitter” [Position Chrome] 2019
Hybris “Iceworm” [Metalheadz] 2018
Raiden “Manapiare” [Voodoo] 2011

>LUKE STOKES
Marley Carroll – luna moth – Flight Patterns – loci records
Robert Koch – Blurry – Sphere – trees and cyborgs
die ANGEL – – – Yön Magneetti Sine – Edition Telemark
Machinefabriek – VI with Richard Yongs – With Voices – Western Vinyl
Liquido – scaffolding – Pattern Abuse 2 : Nordic Ambient – Pattern abuse
Robert Rich – the abiding wheel – Tactile Ground part 1: Location – soundscape productions
Ex Confusion – Tears – I Remember When – n5MD
Hauschka – Curious – A different forest – Sony
David Berhman – on the other ocean – on the other ocean – lovely music
The Orb – Towers of dub – dipping into the cyber world – psycho studios

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Abstract Science Radio [AS1063]

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DANIEL AVERY, MAGIC DRUM ORCHESTRA + MARLEY CARROL are featured new music on the latest ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, with HENRY SELF + guest host WHOA-B. frequent contributor + friend of the show WHOA-B, aka BILL BEARDEN, steps up to the mic for his first program as a monthly rotating host and selector. for the first hour, WHOA-B mixes UK bass/club, future garage + deep dubstep. HENRY takes hour 2 in a house + techno direction, starting with ambient + building to a crescendo of reinterpreted classics. [aired 15 nov 2018 on WLUW 88.7FM Chicago]

>BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B
Troy Gunner “Pleading” [Brotherhood Sound System]
Morphy “Shackles” (Kamikaze Space Programme Mix) [Voodoo Music]
Pedestrian & Jasperdrum “Origins” [2nd Drop]
Akkord “XMTR” [Houndstooth]
Pangaea “Bone Sucka” [Hessle Audio]
DJ Madd “On The Rocks” [Roots & Future]
Wookie “Storm” [ManChu] vs Craig David “Fill Me In” (Acapella) [Atlantic]
DJ Central & Erika Casier “Drive” (DJ Sports Club Mix) [Regelbau]
Folklore Séries “Original Sound” [white]
Congi “Dreams End” (Geode Remix) [Chord Marauders]
Martyn “Vancouver” [3024]
Synkro “Hold On” [On The Edge]
Thelem “Tarnished” [Osiris Music]
Plastician “Wonky” [Terrorhythm]
Egoless “Decolonize” [Sentry]

>HENRY SELF
Steve Hauschildt “M Path” – Dissolvi – Ghostly International
Marley Carroll “Shiver” – Flight Patterns – Loci
Maribou State “Kingdom” – Kingdoms In Colour – Counter
Hidden Orchestra “Wingbeats” (Max Cooper Remix) – Tru Thoughts
Silverlining “Ni Cd Deluxe” – Wrong
Tiga “Blondes Have More Fun” (Jonas Rathsman Remix) – Counter
Daniel Avery “Diminuendo” – Phantasy Sound
Orbital “Out There Somewhere” (Live at Irvine Plaza, New York) – Internal
Magic Drum Orchestra feat. Bunty – “Original Nuttah” – Shapes: Mountains – Tru Thoughts

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Abstract Science Radio [AS1061]

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BRUCE, DEMDIKE STARE, DOPPLEREFFEKT + ADDISON GROOVE are featured new music on the latest ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by CHRIS WIDMAN + WHOA-B. WIDMAN begins the program with techno + house, gradually moving into breakbeat, electro + uk bass music hybrids. regular guest WHOA-B steps up for a second hour set of drum n’ bass. [aired 01 nov 2018 on WLUW 88.7fm Chicago]

>CHRIS WIDMAN
Redshape “Radio Drama” (A Sole Game, Monkeytown, 2018)
Bambooman “Ricochet (Matthew Herbert’s Milky Dub)” (Accidental Jnr, 2018)
Gerd “The Prophetess” (Aus Music, 2018)
Addison Groove “F1nk” (Groove, 2018)
Mariel Ito “Lovely” (2000-2005, R&S)
Maelstrom “Fragment” (Central Processing Unit, 2018)
Jacques Greene “Avatar Beach (Extended)” (LuckyMe, 2018)
Deadboy “Klint” (Trule, 2018)
DOPPLEREFFEKT “Hayflick Limit” (Athanatos, Leisure System, 2018)
Taraval “Aardvark” (Text, 2018)
Demdike Stare “Caps Have Gone” (Passion, Modern Love, 2018)
Etch “Snell’s Law” (Ups & Downs, Sneaker Social Club, 2018)
Bruce “Serotonin Levels Low” (Sonder Somatic, Hessle Audio, 2018)

>WHOA-B
Loxy & Resound – League Of Shadows [Samurai Music]
Fracture – Gangbusters [Metalheadz]
Gremlinz & No Rules – Water [Cylon Recordings]
Despot – Rogue State [31 Records]
Digital – Stitch Up [Function Records]
Rainforest – Squad Nights [Absys Records]
Amit – Form And Dictate [31 Records]
Om Unit & Sam Binga – Shut The Window [BUNIT]
Noisia & Phace – Floating Zero [Invisible Recordings]
Lynx & Kemo – Dangerous [Soul:r]
Alpha Omega – Deep Cover [Reinforced Records]
Loxy & Resound – Heritage [CNVX]

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Last Sunday At The Lighthouse

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01. Darq E Freaker – Lock Off The Rave [Earth 616]
02. Joker – Output 1-2 [Tectonic]
03. The Bug ft Flow Dan – Jah War (Loefah Remix) [Ninja Tune]
04. Commodo vs Lurka – Capisce? [Black Box]
05. Loefah – The Goat Stare [DMZ]
06. Champion – Speed [Butterz]
07. Terror Danjah – Green Street [After Shock]
08. Youngstar – Bongcat 2 [DDJS]
09. Kowton – TFB [All Caps]
10. P-Jam – Untitled [Night Slugs]

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The Deep End @ Morseland

Every Tuesday 10pm – 2am @ Morseland

w/ residents GeeCee, Whoa-B, & Sushi

No cover
$3 Well drinks
Great beer selection

Morseland
1218 W Morse
Chicago, IL 60626

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