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Vanished presences and long-lost sounds

Jennifer Lucy Allan explores the sounds of vanished presences, actual and potential instrumentation, and some old favourites from New Zealand’s 1980s underground post-punk scene.

Jennifer Lucy Allan takes us on a spin around the globe of the most adventurous and left-field sounds. Expect to hear some actual and potential, real and imaginary instrumentation from a new London-based trio, the mysterious sounds of vanished presences found in crossing abandoned spaces in New Jersey, and a cunning take down track from the 1940s courtesy of Greek rebetiko singer. Plus a fizzy long-lost jazz session from 1975, from a jazz giant in self-imposed European exile, recorded in Paris, and accompanied by members of a notorious American funk unit whose deep grooves would later be mined by generations of hip-hop producers.

And, after a good leaf through her record collection, Jennifer Lucy Allan pulls out some old favourites from New Zealand’s underground scene to rock out to.

Produced by Cat Gough

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1 hour, 14 minutes

Last on

Fri 15 Aug 2025 22:15

Music Played

  • Sary Moussa

    I Will Never Write a Song About You

    • Wind, Again.
    • Other People.
  • Okkyung Lee

    Spiral Dance (up or down, i'm not too sure)

    • just like any other day (어느날) : background music for your mundane activities.
    • Shelter Press.
  • Ziad Rahbani

    Al Mash-had Al Akheer

    • Bennesbeh Labokra...Chou? [what about tomorrow?].
    • WEWANTSOUNDS.
  • Paul St. Hilaire

    Like It's Always Been

    • Paul St Hailaire with the producers.
    • Kynant Ex.
  • Éric La Casa & Jérôme Noetinger

    Off Tracks 1

    • Off Tracks.
    • Erstwhile Records.
  • Powell

    We glimpse a world

    • We Do Recover.
  • Moe Moussa & Poppy H

    the esc-apologist

    • Displaced Heart.
    • Fort Evil Fruit.
  • Teppana Jänis & Arja Kastinen

    Vanha valssi

    • Teppana Jänis.
    • Death Is Not The End.
  • LINTD

    AND NOW THEY WANT MY BLOOD

    • DOGTOOTH. And Other Such Tales of The Macabre.
    • HEAD II.
  • Valentina Magaletti & YPY

    One Hour Visa

    • Kansai Bruises.
    • AD 93.
  • Ultan O'Brien

    The Boyne Hunt

    • Dancing The Line.
  • Abdullah Miniawy

    Poem of the poems

    • Peacock Dreams.
    • PPL Songs.
  • Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood

    Tha Wicked Shall Not Prevail

    • LIVE.
    • International Anthem Recording Company.
  • Ï

    MY PHONE IS A GOOD FRIEND

    • publications community.
    • GLARC.
  • Max Syedtollan

    Prynhawn Da!

    • Prynhawn Da!.
  • Irene Bianco

    Sussulti

    • Kronblade.
    • Permanent Draft.
  • Ellen Fullman and The Living Earth Show

    Concentrated Merry-Go-Round

    • Elemental View.
    • Room40.
  • Pin Group

    Power

    • Ambivalence.
    • Flying Nun Records.
  • Σωτηρία Μπέλλου

    Den Ypoféresai : Δεν Υποφέρεσαι (You Don't Suffer)

    • Sell the Dawn: From Her Earliest Recordings, 1948-49.
    • Canary Records.
  • Naoki Zushi

    They've Gone, They Will Come

    • Paradise.
    • Sad Disco.

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