RADIO SHOWS

best of 2025 – absci radio 1398-1399

BEST OF 2025 featuring BAMBINODJ, BARKER, BIOSPHERE, BROKEN LIP, DAN CURTIN, DANIEL AVERY, DJ POLO, DJRUM, IMPÉRIEUX, KINOTEKI + DJ FLP, MARIE DAVISON, NICK LEÓN + JOHNNY FROM SPACE, PAUL ST. HILAIRE, PURELINK, TORTOISE, WEVAL + many more on this extended ABSTRACT SCIENCE year-in-review podcast. Co-hosts CHRIS WIDMAN, BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B, JOSHUA P FERGUSON…

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absci radio 1395 – mina mills + whoa-b

MINA MILLS guest mix + new music from BARKER + RAY7, L-VIS 1990, IMAGINARY NUMBER + more, on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast hosted by BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B. Special guest Chicago-based DJ + producer MINA MILLS begins the program with a midwest focused mix of classic warehouse techno + rave house. BILL follows with a…

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absci radio 1393 – chris widman

New music from JASMÍN, LAPALUX, JOE MILLI, WANDERIST, JASSS + more, on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by CHRIS WIDMAN. WIDMAN begins the program with a mix of mutant bass music (drawing on broken techno, electro + breakbeat), followed by percussive house and club sounds. For the second hour, WIDMAN continues with ambient jungle +…

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absci radio 1391 – joshua p ferguson + henry self

PAUL ST HILAIRE, CLOVERDALE, NIGHTMARES ON WAX + TORTOISE lead off new music from JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + HENRY SELF on this edition of ABSTRACT SCIENCE. JOSHUA oscillates between indie-electronic, ambient, deep house + jazz-ish sounds on his first hour set. HENRY picks up with a breaks-heavy set drawing on electro, techno, IDM before a…

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absci radio 1389 – whoa-b + henry self

New music from K-LONE, L-VIS 1990, KIERAN HEBDEN + WILLIAM TYLER, PEPE LINK + more on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B + HENRY SELF. BILL begins the program with a mix of uk garage, grime + breakstep. HENRY follows with an uplifting eclectic selection of baeleric + synth funk sounds,…

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absci radio 1382 – whoa-b + chris widman

T5UMUT5UMU, DJ POLO, LINQUENCY, SLIKBACK + more are featured on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast hosted by WHOA-B + CHRIS WIDMAN. BILL begins the program with gqom + african influenced UK club sounds. WIDMAN follows with hi-energy techno/bass hybrids, drum n bass + downtempo. [aired 14 August 2025 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM] >BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B Omagoqa…

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absci radio 1380 – joshua p ferguson + luke stokes

SAM PREKOP, K-LONE, JOHN CARPENTER + VEGYN lead off new music selections for this ABSTRACT SCIENCE pod hosted by JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + LUKE STOKES. JOSHUA goes in for leftfield electronics, minimal house, rhythmic bass + dubby sounds for his set. LUKE follows with a heady mix of hardcore, ambient + techno. [aired 31 July…

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absci radio 1379 – whoa-b + henry self

New music from DJ SPRINTER, LOW END ACTIVIST, TURNSTILE, LAWRENCE HART, FEVER RAY + more, on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B + HENRY SELF. BILL begins the program with a “kitchen sink 130 [bpm]” set of breakbeat, uk garage, club, grime + electro. For the 2nd hour, HENRY rides downtempo…

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absci radio 1378 – mecániko + chris widman

MECÁNIKO guest mix + new music from FJAAK + J.MANUEL, BATU, HODGE, XTCLVR + more, on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by CHRIS WIDMAN. Chicago-based duo of J.CÓRDOVA + LIQUID CITY MOTORS deliver a guest mix as MECÁNIKO, beginning the program with a set of experimental afro-latin club + uk bass hybrids. WIDMAN follows with…

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absci radio 1377 – joshua p ferguson + henry self

BIOSPHERE, NICK LEON, JAMES HOLDEN + SHERELLE are the new music highlights for this edition of ABSTRACT SCIENCE with JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + HENRY SELF. JOSHUA goes mostly ambient electronic with some underlying techno textures in his first-hour set, ending with a few leftfield + techy selections. HENRY navigates moody chillout, Balearic, throwback electro, and…

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