I absolutely adore the opening song… every layer is completely unexpected. More Balkanity! The rest of the set is quite good as well, with some old space funk from New Birth

In this episode: Atom & His Package, Besh o drom, Bob Log III, Everthus The Deadbeats, Five-Eight, Jake Shimabukuro, Locksley, M. Ward, New Birth, P:Ano, Sirconical, The Specials, Tom Zé, Urban Dance Squad

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Tortapapír

   Besh o drom

   Balkan Madness Ahoy!

3. Ghost Town

   The Specials

   Spooky sounds

4. First Time Again

   Everthus The Deadbeats

   What are they thinking?

5. BREAK

6. Showtime

   Bob Log III

   One man thunderdome

7. Voce Gosta?

   Tom Zé

   Brazilian experimentalismo

8. Desperate Tonight

   Five-Eight

   Brutal song from this Atlanta trio

9. Pumping Iron For Enya

   Atom & His Package

   O Atom… we miss you. Package, too.

10. BREAK

11. Never Had Nobody Like You

    M. Ward

    English Blues, todaystyle

12. Supermarket One

    P:Ano

    A punctuation band, but I forgive them. Unlike Google

13. Got To Get A Knutt

    New Birth

    Suggestive

14. BREAK

15. In My Life

    Jake Shimabukuro

    One of my favorite Beatles songs

16. Let Me Know

    Locksley

    Crazy good o

17. Deeper Shade Of Soul

    Urban Dance Squad

    From the Netherlands and the 9s

18. BREAK

19. Moondance.

    Sirconical

    More minimalist than Van’s version