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Special guest mix from ARIEL ZETINA + selections from 2019 performers at MOVEMENT DETROIT ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL on the latest ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by CHRIS WIDMAN. We begin the program with a guest mix from Chicago DJ/producer/promoter ARIEL ZETINA, recorded live at her SMARTBAR DIAMOND FORMATION residency. ARIEL is an in-demand Chicago DJ & promoter–with residencies at S...

APPARAT , THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS , SUN RA + BIOSPHERE are the featured artists on this installment of the ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast with hosts JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + LUKE STOKES. A generally dance-floor ready set, JOSHUA starts with moody and deep house sounds, turning to a handful of disco-inflected selections and closing out with floor-stomping turns from THEO PARRISH + SUN RA (with LDN’s SIMB...

Special guest mix from DISSIDENT + new music from SKEPTICAL , HOMEMADE WEAPONS + SAM BINGA / OM UNIT are featured on this week’s ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B. BILL begins this drum ‘n bass focused program with new + recent releases from many perennial ABSCI favorites. For the second hour, veteran St. Petersburg (Russia) producer DISSIDENT follows with an...

PRINS THOMAS , FENNESZ , FOUR TET + MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE lead off the new music selections for this week’s ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast hosted by JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + HENRY SELF. JOSHUA focuses on contemporary jazz’s psychedelic side with a peppering of groove-laden new singles from a few of ABSTRACT SCIENCE’s perennial faves. HENRY SELF goes deep on the moody house side of things with...

LORN , ISRAEL VINES , CYGNUS , BERGSONIST , CAURAL + JK FLESH are featured new music on this week’s ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by CHRIS WIDMAN + HENRY SELF. WIDMAN programs first hour selections sourced exclusively from BANDCAMP.COM , including many Chicago/midwest related artists, with sounds moving through experimental grime, breakbeat, techno, electro + bass-heavy slow-burners. HENR...

CHRISSY , HOMESICK , YAZZUS + FRACTURE are featured new music selections on this week’s ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B. BILL goes in with an extended mix, starting with new footwork + rave inspired selections for the first hour, followed by more straight ahead drum n bass for the second hour, ending with a string of millennial classics. [aired 04 April 2019 on WL...

ROBYN , KIM ANN FOXMAN , KELELA + Chicago’s ERIS DREW are the celebrated artists on this DAPHNE edition of the ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast focusing on women + non-binary electronic-music talent with hosts JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + HENRY SELF. Both hosts turn in (mostly) club-ready sets inspired by DAPHNE, SMART BAR ‘s month-long showcase of  artists “who operate outside the dominant vect...

LAURIE SPIEGEL , ANGEL-HO + YAZZUS are featured on another DAPHNE inspired ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast , focusing on women + non-binary artists in electronic music, hosted by BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B + HENRY SELF. BILL begins the program with a diverse set of UK bass music, ranging from mid-tempo club sounds, to footwork/drum ‘n bass and grime/dubstep. For the second hour, HENRY follows with hou...

HI-VIS guest mix + new music from JANA RUSH , SUZI ANALOGUE + ANASTASIA KRISTENSEN on a DAPHNE inspired ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by CHRIS WIDMAN. Chicago DJ HI-VIS kicks off the program with a Detroit-heavy guest mix of “skittery kinetic beats”. HI-VIS runs the deep listening mix series Beyond/Below , performs with SOLD as FARPLANE + helps run the NEON FALLS club night. She is...

MODESELEKTOR , ZERO 7 , SUPLINGTON + CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA top the featured new music on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + LUKE STOKES. Per usual, JOSHUA goes heavy on UK sounds for the first half of the show, dedicating time to broken beat new and old, dancefloor jazz + leftfield crooning. LUKE STOKES takes over the second half with many a moody electronic sound, drawing...

SLIKBACK , SCRATCH DVA , THROWING SNOW + DAN CURTIN are featured new music + a special VOCODERS ONLY deep crate dive, on this week’s ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by CHRIS WIDMAN + HENRY SELF. WIDMAN focuses the first hour on new grime-inspired UK club sounds + left-field techno. for the second hour, HENRY pulls 80s electro classics & 80s-inspired cuts from the depths with an exquisit...

JAMES BLAKE , APPARAT , THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA + SMITH & MIGHTY are spotlight artists on this episode of the ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast hosted by JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + HENRY SELF. For the first hour, JOSHUA navigates a loose tapestry of balearic sounds, downtempo, bass and world house. HENRY takes to the second half of the pod with a generally upbeat mix of lush house grooves, electronic crooner...

DJ FORM guest mix + music from J DILLA, MMPH , HEAVEE + USE OF WEAPONS on this week’s ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by CHRIS WIDMAN. WIDMAN begins with hip-hop influenced beats (RIP J DILLA), followed by avant-drum n’ bass + footwork. for the second hour, DJ FORM of PSEUDO SLANG + GROOVE DISTRIBUTION returns to the program with an uptempo mix of house, acid + broken beat. [aired 07...

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 Alternat...

JOHN COLTRANE, ISOTOPE 217 , KAMAAL WILLIAMS + THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA span our jazzuary 2019 edition of the ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by JOSHUA P. FERGUSON. Surveying sounds old and new, near and far out, JOSHUA plots a course from the vintage post-bop and spiritual jazz sounds of JOHN + ALICE COLTRANE, DON CHERRY + the CHARLES LLOYD QUARTET to some of the big names on the contemporary jaz...

MARTYN , CARL FINLOW , ALLESANDRO CORTINI + MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON are featured on the latest ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by CHRIS WIDMAN + HENRY SELF. On a cold, dark, January evening in 1997, two childhood friends put needle to record in the KCOU-Columbia studios. 22 years later, they are back on WLUW-Chicago for another year of future music. WIDMAN begins with a mix of breakbeat + electro,...

BEST OF 2018, featuring BRUCE , DERU , DJRUM , DOS SANTOS , MAKAYA MCCRAVEN , STEFFI , SKEE MASK , STEVE HAUSCHILDT , TIM HECKER , X-ALTERA + many more, on this extended year-in-review ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast. co-hosts CHRIS WIDMAN, JOSHUA P FERGUSON, HENRY SELF + LUKE STOKES mix 4 diverse hours of future music favorites from 2018. [aired 6 + 13 december 2018 on  WLUW 88.7fm chicago ] > CHRIS...

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 i...

KRANKY, the prolific + innovative label, is featured on this week’s ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast. resident selectors CHRIS WIDMAN + LUKE STOKES mix 2 hours of their favorite KRANKY releases to celebrate the label’s 25 anniversary, ahead of their collaborative event with AMBIENT CHURCH in chicago . in the spirit of the former chicago-based label, which the Chicago Reader’s Peter Margasak dubbed “sonic...

TOURIST , MATTHEW DEAR , SOULWAX + JOY O round out another edition of ABSTRACT SCIENCE and hosts JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + HENRY SELF. JOSHUA goes from slow and funky to afro disco to Bristol dub on the front half of the episode with selections from JOY O, SOULWAX, SMITH & MIGHTY + Chicago’s own ERIS DREW . HENRY picks up the thread with moody and (mostly) four-on-the-floor vibes TOURIST, MAT...

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...

THE FIELD, MATTHEW DEAR + a 20th anniversary KRUDER & DORFMEISTER K&D SESSIONS tribute set on this episode of the ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast with JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + HENRY SELF. Inspired by the 20th anniversary of KRUDER & DORFMEISTER’s seminal  K&D SESSIONS , JOSHUA digs deep in the digi-crates for the first hour, featuring selections from the K&D + G-STONE back catalog a...

SHALT , DJ LAG , ROBOT KOCH + LINDSTRØM/PRINS THOMAS are featured new music on the latest ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by CHRIS WIDMAN + HENRY SELF. WIDMAN begins with fractured techno-bass slow-burners, gradually building the tempo + energy into a few club bangers, and ending with a jazz-house freakout remix by DAN SNAITH (aka CARIBOU) , back when he went by MANITOBA. HENRY takes over for the...

ACTRESS , CHRIS LIEBING , MOSES BOYD + MANSUR BROWN are showcased on this episode of the ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast with hosts JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + LUKE STOKES. JOSHUA goes jazzy for the front half of the show with modern selections, mostly from the past few months of 2018, including Cali twin-brother duo MATTSON 2 , rising UK talent MOSES BOYD, guitar virtuoso MANSUR BROWN + Chicago highlight MAKAY...

SHACKLETON , THROWING SNOW , HEAVEE + THE FIELD are featured new music selections on this week’s ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by CHRIS WIDMAN + HENRY SELF. WIDMAN begins the program with a posthumous MIKA VAINIO (PAN SONIC) collaboration, followed by breaks, bass + percussion variations for the remainder of the first hour. for the second hour, HENRY intersperses new releases amongst tech...