Prototype Issue
Just Like Music
by La Musica
VOSOTROS FREE MAGIC by Jesse Furman
created 8 days ago.
Vosotros, Spanish for “you all,” is the name of a small downtown LA record label. There are no office headquarters or corporate sponsors. It is not a business, but a communistic force of music production. Vosotros is strictly about making great uncontrolled music for all walks of human life. Featured on the I-tunes pod cast, Vosotros brings their debut album “The Lazy Susan” to people free. Their music also streams on their website Vosotros.com, along with news of what various artists are doing, their recordings and future shows.
Sometimes you just have to look around the immediate surroundings to discover great art. Two longtime friends and music majors at the University of Southern California did just that to form the label. Gathering talented musical minds within their classroom, Vosotros began performing off campus. In the heart of Downtown LA, crammed in a tiny jazz bar, a crowd of music students and friends put on a show, almost like a drum circle in which the stage became a place where any of the 30 or more musicians could pick an instrument and display their superior talents. For most it was an after-school event to get a party started, but for Vosotros producer Gabe Noel, this community became a magnet for a massive musical concept.
For a while now Vosotros has performed monthly shows. Each month, a handful of new musicians joined, coming from USC, the LA area or distant parts of the nation. Vosotros shows became more colorful. The scene grew, gaining new acts from each city. Vosotros remained in LA and various artists traveled to the Label’s downtown location, as if they were destined to Graceland.
The outcome is a wonderful musical recipe; blending folk, hip-hop, electronic, jazz, and alternative rock into an enchanting journey that solo and jam styles induce. From the start, Gabe was writing songs for all the bands and when a year passed, Vosotros recorded their first feature album, “The Lazy Susan,” composed of tons of artists recording the songs that Gabe wrote.
Music enthusiasts are discovering the label’s experimental complex sounds. The highly acclaimed hip-hop blog OkayPlayer.com has applauded “The Lazy Susan” in an accurate review. In addition, a well-visited online radio station, Pandora.com, incorporates Vosotros songs into their music library.
The only predictable future for this shape-shifting phenomena is a continuation of its tremendous and well-earned publicity. Vosotros is an extraordinary underground label gaining commendable online attention and none of its coming from advertising or marketing promotions. Music enthusiasts continue to support its magic, because they have been looking for a group of artists who will lead our generation into an uplifting renaissance. Vosotros will lead us into a world where people can find good new musical minds with ease. A world as Vosotros envisions it- free for “you all.”
Check out all the band’s upcoming shows and new recordings at www.vosotros.com.
CONNOR OBERST DOES IT AGAIN by Megan Mooren
created 26 days ago.
If you are anything like me, the term Bright Eyes means more to you than a term of endearment. This band, headed up by singer/songwriter Connor Oberst, created a poetic sound and enchanting lyrics that stayed with you hours after listening. It’s unique sound was never sufficiently streamlined and packaged to play on KIIS FM.
On August 5th, performing under a new band name, Mystic Valley Band, Oberst releases his self-produced, self-titled new album to a very lucky public. Oberst will be performing in LA on August 5 at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, and at The Music Box in LA on October 21 & 22.
Leaving the name but not the uniqueness of Bright Eyes behind, Connor set up camp in Mexico for a month with long time associate Andy LeMaster, fellow singer/songwriter Nik Freitas, and fellow Bright Eyes member Nate Walcott to create songs like “Souled Out” for this new album. The new Mystic Valley Band will not fail to deliver what Oberst fans will be anticipating August 5th.
Oberst has been making beautiful music since the ripe age of 13 when he released his first album “Water” on cassette. It was financed by himself and his brother Justin for their own Lumberjack Records (which would later turn into Saddle Creek Records, his current label). Oberst never turned back—he began playing with various other artists, released another solo album at 16, and eventually formed Bright Eyes, which gained him much respect as well as performances on Jay Leno and David Letterman’s late night shows.
Never heard of Bright Eyes or Connor Oberst? Download a few old Bright Eyes tracks. My pick is “Land Locked Blues”, a duet with Emmy Lou Harris with lyrics like “the world’s got me dizzy again/you’d think after 22 years I’d be used to the spin” and “it all boils down to one quotable phrase/if you love something, give it away.”Also check out the album “I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning,” which features some of Oberst’s best work.
BOOGALOO LA SAVES THURSDAYS by Bianca Barragan
created 39 days ago.
For the masses, going dancing on a Thursday night isn't about the music; it’s about dancing with (or at least near) attractive people. These people are blessed because they don't suffer when the DJ spins the same crap you hear on the radio.
But you - you are not these people! So forget them and get to The Short Stop, where Thursday nights are Boogaloo L.A. (www.boogaloola.com), a funk-soul-Latin-disco challenge to your dancing shoes.
Situated in Echo Park, The Short Stop is the perfect venue for Boogaloo. With its spacious dance floor and great sound system, there is nothing keeping you from giving in to the horns, bongos and mellifluous vocals. While diverse in terms of genre (African disco followed by some NY '70s salsa jam), the music is simultaneously obscure and accessible. As such, the crowd is an even mix of high-waisted-jeans girls and the men who love them, homies, and Weird Guys That Girls Avoid. The diverse crowd ensures that even if you aren’t dancing, you’ve always got something interesting to look at. 
Boogaloo’s building up quite a following. Going strong since this February, the original line-up of two DJs—Oliver Wang (www.soulsides.com) and DJ Murphy’s Law (http://bywayof.net/news.html)—now includes regular guest DJs from across the country who come and shower you with brilliant musical diamonds like Nu Shooz’s “I Can’t Wait” (http://youtube.com/watch?v=XR3zteEKAFg).
Again I ask, "why are you somewhere else when you could be here?"
DJ Oliver Wang
A NIGHT WITH LUNA ANGEL By Erin “Miss E” Smith
created 49 days ago.
Photos By Wesley Frias
The crowd is swaying side to side, rocking to the rhythmic drums, and Luna Angels’s soulful crooning (I don’t even want to say crooning, its more like a breath that just comes from the soul). Her appearance captivates you, as her voice demands your attention, yet soothes you. It’s hard to call her a newcomer since music has been in her blood before birth—her family’s musical heritage. Raised in Northern California (Mendocino County) but recently relocated to Sunny Los Angeles, at the age of 26 Luna is steadily on the rise. She has performed on stages with India Arie, Floetry, and Les Nubians. This is not quite the beginning and far from the end of her revolutionary musical movement. I was graced with the opportunity to sit and chat with the Angel.
RTLA: What do you think of when you hear L.A. music?
L.A.: “I can’t really tell you of one specific person I think of. There are so many people and genres of music out here, it’s hard to name just one. Los Angeles is a place where everyone is doing their own thing. It’s a place to get your music off the ground.
RTLA: What makes Luna Angel different from any other artist?
A: One thing I focus on is originality. This is an industry saturated with things that we have already heard. I try to bring something that is feminine but has an edge to it. I try and put that into my performances. People have told me that when I’m on stage I’m like a warrior and that’s how it should be, you have to fight for your place here because someone will take it just like that.
RTLA: What inspires you in your writing?
A: My life experiences, struggle, especially being an artist. When someone tells me they enjoy my music it makes me strive harder. And God, the divine spirit I can’t ever fully understand. I feel he/she most when I’m onstage.
RTLA: Who would you say have been your cultural teachers?
A: My mother, she was pretty much a super star in France. She was the first black backup dancer for a very iconic singer at the age of 14. She was a backup dance for Otis Redding, Ike and Tina Turner. My father is an artist; my uncle was a Wailer with Bob Marley. Everyone thinks my Uncle is one of the reasons I’ve made it this far. It’s actually the opposite. He didn’t help me at all getting shows or connections, he helped in other ways. I come from a family of art, we all just feed off of each other.
RTLA: What is your ethnic background?
A: My father is Sephardic Jew by way of Paris and my mother is Jamaican by way of London.
RTLA: What music influenced you growing up?
A: All the kings and queens of history. Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder. A lot of West African music, back then it was about REAL music, selling venues and rocking crowds.
RTLA: What about the industry don’t you like?
A: There’s a lot of taking going on “biting”. It’s not an industry where people want to help you. It’s cut throat to the point where it’s making the women more independent we’re making our own beats now. It should make it more of a community; we need to bring back jam sessions.
RTLA: Do you feel people look past your genre of music? Why?
A: Definitely. People listen to what they are exposed to. World music artists just aren’t exposed enough. I think people would really like it if they heard it more… Like that saying “you fear what you don’t understand”. I would say it’s a form of ignorance. You can’t blame them for that though.
After seeing and speaking with Luna I agree that World Music artists need more exposure. If you’re ready to revive your musical senses, I definitely recommend this Angel for you.
www.lunaangel.com
www.myspace.com/lunaangelsound
www.lunaangelsound.blogspot.com
CIAM; OVERDUE IN LA by Cesar Cruz
created 55 days ago.
I'll tell you right now, I'm not even going to attempt to write with an English accent. Looking over my notes, though, I couldn't help but read them in just that. I must accredit this to CIAMs' archaic UK-ic vibe.
The band CIAM from the UK, pronounced see-am, takes their name from the Congress International d' Architecture Moderne, a collection of architects who in 1928 attempted to reconstruct Europe's architecture. Appropriately CIAM, the band, attempts to restructure music through incorporation film, animation, visual designs and architecture from the likes of Olga Gomez Fernandez and Brigitta Lenz. After reading through their lyrics and sitting down with the front man Jeff Shapiro, I can only say that their American debut June 24th at the Tangier bar and restaurant in Los Feliz, was much overdue.
"Our music and the visuals are a package," says Shaprio. "The lyrics are quite politically outspoken. The song 'Here I Am' is as simple as that, this is who I am, this is the best I can do. 'It Takes a Friend' (to bring you down) is about how no one can let you down like a best friend. 'Venus in Furs' is a fun song; we did it in gest, in respect to the Velvet Underground which led into Andy Warhol and the art scene."
Planted behind the group was a projector screen displaying images that at first glance reminded me of the visualizer on media players. These graphics, however, focused more on the art in the images rather the energy of the music. The common bond in the band, Shapiro says, is "design and engineering we've all got our experience in website design, advertising, sound engineering and film production."
The band gathers their inspiration for their songs from within. "If I'm in a dark mood I write dark - not doing catchy tunes. The surroundings inspire us, government inspires us, design, other music. Lovers in our life inspire us. Life, everything we respond to, inspires us."
Its true that one of the most fundamental ideologies a band has is to express themselves in only a way they can. CIAM achieves this by not taking the obvious chord; that's not to say that their songs aren't without rhythm, but that they are unique. "We made a decision to not care about what anyone thinks, produce something we enjoyed and liked," says Shapiro.
In concert their sound was precise, noises connected to make music that reminded my ears of the good electronic live blasts I hadn't heard in a while. Their music fattened the room with melodies that sounded more like equations, measured out echoes bouncing from the walls and comments from the crowd such as an enthusiastic "I can't believe this was free!" followed by a muttered "…at least I, got … in for free."
You can download their debut album Anonymous for free at http://www.ciammusic.com/ and even better see the band at MOCA the July 22 as they are scheduled to play.
LIQUID LIL WAYNE: SWIG THEORY by: t.i.m. sears
created 61 days ago.
So, now it should be clear to everyone who has at least one good ear and half of a frontal lobe that Lil’ Wayne is indeed THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE!
The songs, the mixtapes, the videos, the cameos, the hair, the hate, the Bapes, the jewels, that smile…and most-telling, the million records he just sold in a week’s time.
Sure, Kanye West only fell 50,000 short of that goal back in 2007, but don’t forget he did that amidst his “battle” with 50 Cent to see who could sell the most records. Honestly, if so many people didn’t hate 50 and the gangsta rap he stands for, KW would have never sold so many so fast. On top of that, something tells me LW would have actually just battled his adversary rather than challenging him to some silly, contrived contest. (This makes me think back to the cover of a magazine that came out during that time, with 50 and KW staring each other down like a pair of prizefighters, but looking more like they were about to kiss or cuddle, than battle.)
Okay, um…yeah, while on the subject of kissing….yes, Lil’ Wayne did kiss his baby daddy, I mean, his daddy Baby and there’s a heavily circulated photo to prove it. And to that, He said this:
"Damn right, I kissed my Daddy / I think they pissed at how rich my Daddy is / And I'm his kid, I stunt with my Daddy / Call Ms Lee, she with my Daddy / So diss me, and don't diss my Daddy / 'Cause who was there when no one wasn't / Just my Daddy / Who was there when I needed money / Just my Daddy / So who be there when I see the money / Just my Daddy / Who said that I'd be the one / Just my Daddy / Hello Hip-Hop, I'm home / It's your Daddy"
Yeah, I think he’s survived that one. So many emcees have fallen to much lesser scandal.
Back to Kanye. At one point during his short-lived ascension and reign, Mr. West declared that he wanted to be the #1 artist out at any given time…and that exact admission may be precisely why he isn’t #1...anymore. (I could go on forever about the hard-on Kanye is now harboring for Lil Wayne, but I won’t.) Mr. Wayne never said any such thing. He never told us who he wanted to be. He simply came out and roared who he already was…THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE!
Then, as a man who is bold enough to declare such a thing might do, he set out with unflustered determination to prove it.
Since then the fella has been incontestable and unarguably the best, cutting through the so-called competition like The 300 wore out those Persians! Alas, with his presumed affection for getting high and affinity for syrup, some fear we will eventually see him laid out on the hiphop field like Leonidus.
At just 25 years of age, reppin’ the 504, the 5' 6 emcee is no doubt #1! And since I’m shooting numbers at you, let us not forget that he just sold 1,000,000 cds in approximately 168 hours. That’s 5952 cds p/hour, or 99.2 cds every minute or, dare I break it down even further, 1.65 cds per second!
Listen, LW has compiled such a catalog of songs over the past two years that it took him less time to sell a million records than it would for you to listen to all the songs he’s been on. Granted, GOD made the whole world in 6 or 7 days and LW never said he was Jesus, though Jay-Z and Nas have often alluded to being God’s son. How’s that for perspective? (Warning: If you google “featuring lil wayne”…your computer…will explode!)
Anyway, riddle me this.. Is Lil Wayne’s surly and churlish demeanor not magnetic? Doe his flow not flood the senses and function far above normal? Is his deliverance not precise and exact? Rhyming like his feet are kicked up on a speaker…my God, is this young man not comfortable on the mic!!
Mixing the deep and perplexing with the foolish and straightforward, Mr. Wayne manages to ensnare the ear and trap the listener. Much of what he says is so simple that surely someone must have said it before, and probably will say it again, but its how he’s saying it now that outlives the past and predicts the future. Throughout his lines he shifts gears and hits switches in his Delorian.
Then there are lines so complex and multifaceted, so deep and bent back on themselves in meaning, that it literally takes minutes to hear that which is said in seconds…resulting in his voice echoing in your head long after the song has ended.
If a rapper has ever been on a roll, LW most definitely is. From the now almost-forgotten "FIREMAN," where at least half of his current fans first started to take notice of him, to him dropping loads all over Baby’s 2005 album FAST MONEY, to the coolly cryptic and obscure "I FEEL LIKE DYING" and then taking the Vocoder and doing more with it than T-Pain and his endless copycats ever have. (Compare "LOLLIPOP" to "SEXUAL ERUPTION." One is immature and contrived, the other novel and inventive.)
Then there is the infectious "A MILLI," which sort of sums it all up, and finally his fantastic rewording of Rakim’s classic verse on "GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD," which is just a great song!! (Speaking of "A MILLI," exactly how far out of line and out of his league is Fabolous to be kicking freestyle over the Milli instrumental and posting it on his myspace page? In the verse he actually says “milli vanilli muthafuckas”, which I pray, for his sake, is not a slight to Lil Wayne. And on the topic of doing dumb things…Bow Wow, please stop calling yourself Lil Weezy before the real Weezy notices. And just for the sake of further comparison, right now, at 1:15 in the afternoon, Lil’ Wayne’s myspace page has 98,527 plays, Fabolous has a paltry 8,163 and Bow Wow is bringing up the rear with 5,370 plays, presumably because its summertime and school is out.)
As shrunk up, guttural and mannish as LW is, he has somehow captured the hearts and minds of the entire hiphop audience and come to the attention of nearly everyone in the civilized world. Everyone seems to like the guy, from grannies and gangstas to pansies and drug-pushers.
A friend of mine, who has been riding Eminem’s 80-pound balls forever, has finally, and mercifully, lost interest in "Lose Yourself" and now Lil Wayne’s "LET THE BEAT BUILD" blares repeatedly from her myspace profile. My girlfriend says she can tell LW “dropped everything else and dedicated himself entirely to being the best.” Her son believes LW to be a virtuoso.
My mother, who was born and raised in the sunken city of New Orleans, hasn’t heard any of his music but likes LW because he’s from her hometown. When told that he had just sold a million records, she replied in trademark New Orleans fashion, “For true!” (Oh yes, the women do so love him! As proven by the fact that he’s nibbled on Nivea, took down Trina and sexed up Solange. And, of course, he gets his mandatory Superhead-credit, which most every rapper does. According to Wayne, even Gwen Stefani said she couldn’t doubt him!!)
Mind you, none of the people I just mentioned even bought his album. That friend of mine lives on the internet and downloads everything. My mothers hates rap! My girlfriend’s son burned the cd from a friend and I have forbidden my girlfriend to listen to the album. Why? I don’t want Wayne shooting any of his swig in my girl’s ear!
Which finally brings us to this Swig Theory of mine.
Over the past couple of years SWAG and SWAGGER have become the most overused terms in hiphop. Quite ridiculous! Everybody who has blown up claims to have it in abundance and everybody who ain’t got it wants it. Supposedly, money, women and success are magnetized to the stuff. Let us define…
SWAGGER: to talk boastfully about personal accomplishments, to walk in an arrogant or proud way.
SWAG: to move with a lurching or swaying movement, loot or stolen property (slang).
With that said, I would be in agreement that most rappers do have swag and swagger. What, with the way they strut around blowing their own horns and bragging about what they have got and we have not. Swaying about like loose women, stealing each others flows and adopting each others personas for profit.
To sum up Lil Wayne’s success by saying that he has swagger/swag would seem, well, stupid and unimaginative. If swagger/swag is all that’s needed, every rapper would sell a million records in a week. Hell, I got some swagger/swag myself and I might not be able to sell this article, much less a million copies of it.
No, Dr. Dwayne Carter has something else!! I say the boy’s got SWIG!!! Major swig! Let us define…
SWIG: to drink something in large gulps, a large gulp of drink.
What exactly swig is, as it pertains to Lil Wayne and his fame, I don’t know, but maybe it’s what he’s guzzling out of that doubled-up Styrofoam cup of his. We assume its syrup - a combination made up chiefly of promethazine and codeine, which is supposed to be prescribed by doctors for severe colds and pneumonia – but say what??...its swig!?!?! Henceforth, swig shall be defined as “liquid lil wayne”. Agreed?
So, if your record sales are down, your myspace gets shitty hits, model bitches no longer respond to your advances, you barely go gold, much less platinum, and/or channels get changed by the millions when your video comes on…here’s my suggestion.
Grab yourself a big ole styrofoam cup, preferably the 24oz Weezy F. Baby-approved size! Go see Lil Wayne and tell the Young Money millionaire to fill ‘er up! Now, sit back and take a nice healthy gulp of liquid lil wayne. Swig...and don't forget to swallow!
Psst: Terrif Karaoke at Chinatown's Secretive "Swap Meet" by Bianca Barragan
created 70 days ago.
I had been wanting to go to Swap Meet for a few months and I'll admit that part of the attraction was that the venue is hard to find. The directions read like a treasure map: turn down the alley; pass the dumpster; descend the stairs.
Why all the secrecy? What are they trying to hide?
Swap Meet is a monthly event at BetaLevel, a performance space accessible only from an alley behind the Full House restaurant on Hill St. in Chinatown. Although it's advertised on the website as a music exchange and MIDI karaoke night, co-founder Sean Deyoe explained that there's been a shift in the agenda. "Maybe one or two people will bring music [to exchange]," said Deyoe, "but it's mostly karaoke now."
I was soon to find out that Swap Meet is not barroom, wait-your-turn-while-I-sing-my-song karaoke. For one thing, instead of being on a little screen that only the singer can see, the words to the song are projected straight onto the wall in a fist-sized font.
It's not like they needed to put the words up there; everyone knows the words to The Police, Foreigner, and Bon Jovi. With classics like these being sung, its easy to see why everyone - whether standing, sitting, eating, or drinking--is singing. The energy of the 35 or so in attendance was so high, I couldn't imagine how any more people would fit in there. "We've had it more crowded once in a while," admits Swap Meet co-founder Jason Brown, "which was too much...a smaller group can actually be more fun."
The organizers do a good job of keeping the crowd at peak attendance. They don't advertise the event anywhere other than their website. They rely instead on friends' blogs and on word-of-mouth, which, as Swap Meet co-founder Jason Brown points out, "usually work best for convincing someone to walk down a dark alley in Chinatown."
Another goal of this strategy is to maintain an unpretentious, convivial atmosphere. They would prefer to attract "a small group of people interested in what's going on [rather than] a whole bunch of people who don't really care." Not only are Swap Meeters interested, they are dedicated. When I left, the din of a familiar song ("We Belong To The Night") and unstoppable voices could be heard from the street,
going as strong as they were 3 hours before.
Swap Meet is usually the last Saturday of every month. Directions, a partial song list, and other information on Swap Meet can be found on their website.
(http://superbunker.com/projects/swap-meet/).
Additional reasons to go next month can be found on
their Flickr: (http://flickr.com/search/?q=swapmeet%2Cbetalevel&m=tags).
Mates Of State By Vince Uribe
created 85 days ago.
Husband and wife duo Mates of State relished their new album Re-Arrange Us last week, performing their feel good music at the Henry Fonda Music Box on Wednesday, May 28 and showcasing new songs.
Check out their MySpace page to take a listen www.myspace.com/matesofstate.
Music Has a Voice. Are Your Listening? By Erin "Miss E" Smith
created 89 days ago.
Photos by Wesley Frias & Brandon Scott
Handshakes and Pounds All Around is what you hear when you turn on Tiron’s mixtape. Coming from the Chi but relocated to Cali, rapper Tiron is bringing a new meaning of Hip Hop from the SOUL. From beats that make you wanna go grab your momma or daddy’s flyest suit from back in the day to lyrics that everyone can relate to, two step to, look to the sky to, or just nod your head and vibe to. That’s what he’s giving us.
Coming from a musical family background it’s no surprise that Tiron would have ended up the emcee that he is today. Using influences from just about every musical style, especially soul and, jazz and the Golden era of Hip Hop he still is set apart with one word: SWAG.
When asked, “What is the difference between Hip Hop and rap?” he answered “Hip Hop is a world. Rap is just a WORD in it.” Makes you think right?
“You have to listen to all the greats…even the one’s you don’t like…there’s a reason they were GREAT…”
With songs about “Throwing My Money” (Which I’m sure we can all relate to) getting our “Shine On” to “Boys and Girls” and being “Picky,” when it comes to the opposite sex it’s hard to not change your perception of Hip Hop after listening to the mix tape. Handshakes & Pounds linked with rap trilogy Pacific Division and many others on the underground scene (Blu, The Elevators, Tunji, etc.) There’s no reason why Tiron will end up “Never Happy.” Let’s keep changing the Hip Hop world. One rhyme at a time.
Check out Tiron on MySpace at www.myspace.com/tiron and download Tiron’s mixtape “Handshakes & Pounds” at www.zshare.net/download/2810867cafcaf6.
Check out Tiron perform “Shine On”
Check out Tiron’s new video with Pac-Div “Paper”
Headtrip on 103.1: Sunday soothe for Sat. partying by Cesar Cruz
created 91 days ago.
The only good thing about coming home Sunday morning after a busy night of drinking and dancing is being able to tune into Indie 103.1's Headtrip hosted by DJ Christian B. What awaits you within these three hours of sonic ecstasy is best described as a cross between soft melancholy indie beats and elevator music. Christian B advertises his show as chill down tempo beats; in any case the music's lullaby-like tempo is perfect for soothing fevered minds into a comatose state of rest. I realize that this is called sleep but there is something special about the company of artists that get you there.
If your neighbor's rooster wakes you up every morning at 5 then you probably live in Echo Park - which is perfect since knowing underground artists, like the one's played on the station, is vital to your survival amongst hipsters. Talents in the rotation include The Lift, Bell & Sebastian, Sneaker Pimps, Bloom Bip and yes even some of the more typical indie artists such as Bloc Party, Nine Inch Nails and Coldplay.
One band I "discovered" by listening was Bauhuas. Their song "All We Ever Wanted" is not likely to be played on your mainstream station - no, not even during adventure hour. Other great noises I heard came from nondescript artist such as the Aphex Twin, whose instrumental song "Film" is more likely to have been heard during your typical DJ's announcements—leaving you wondering who is that one artist whose song they never play?
DJ Christian B posts his playlist on www.indie1031.com after every show under the Head Trip show tab. So check it out. The show or the playlist.