henry self

absci radio 1219.1220 – joshua p ferguson, whoa-b + henry self

New music from MATTHEW DEAR, PRINS THOMAS, EPROM & G JONES, DJ HANK, THE RANGE, BETH ORTON + more on this extended ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by JOSHUA P FERGUSON, BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B + HENRY SELF. JOSHUA begins with a mix of downtempo, space disco, indie dance, house + techno. BILL follows with various…

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absci radio 1217 – whoa-b + henry self

New music SISTER ZO, NIKKI NAIR, DANIEL AVERY, YEHNO + more on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B + HENRY SELF. BILL begins with a mix of grime, club, electro, breakbeat + uk garage. HENRY follows with an eclectic mix of electronic shoegaze, downtempo, space disco + psyche rock. [aired 26…

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absci radio 1215 – chris widman + henry self

New music from BATU, CIEL, ALEX BANKS, RON TRENT feat. KHRUANGBIN + more, on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by CHRIS WIDMAN + HENRY SELF. WIDMAN begins with a mix of dubwise downtempo, slow burners, amapiano, electro + dubstep. HENRY follows with an epic + ecstatic set that touches on techno, electro, balearic disco, pop…

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absci radio 1214 – whoa-b + henry self

New music from CHIMPO, BLOCKS & ESCHER, WEVAL, TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS + more, on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B + HENRY SELF. BILL begins with mix of drum n bass, footwork, jungle + hybrids. HENRY follows with a laid-back set of downtempo, disco + house, ready for the poolside….

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absci radio 1211 – joshua p ferguson + henry self

MODERAT, JIMI JULES, HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR + TANGERINE DREAM lead off the latest ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, with hosts JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + HENRY SELF. JOSHUA navigates the first hour running through everything from global jazz + ambient in the early half of the set to lo-fi house + uplifting bass in the latter half….

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absci radio 1207 – whoa-b + henry self

New music from POLY CHAIN, YOROBI, HAAi, ANJA SCHNEIDER + more, on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast with BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B + HENRY SELF in the mix. We continue our annual March focus on women (including trans + non-gender conforming) artists in electronic music. BILL begins with house, techno, breakbeat + electro, before moving into…

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absci radio 1204 – joshua p ferguson + henry self

NIGHTMARES ON WAX, MOOR MOTHER, KOKOROKO + CHEZ DAMIER feature on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE episode focusing on black artists in electronic music, hosted by JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + HENRY SELF. JOSHUA heavily favors deep house sounds with some definite Chicago love, switching this up at the halfway mark to explore black artists from across the…

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absci radio 1202 – chris widman + henry self

New music from BLASTAH, SIRR TMO, LANE 8, COM TRUISE + more, on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, with CHRIS WIDMAN + HENRY SELF in the mix. CHRIS begins with dub-influenced slow burners, moving into uk garage, breakbeat + electro, finishing with drum n bass, footwork + ‘ardcore jungle techno. HENRY follows a synth-driven arc, from…

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absci radio 1200 – music of 1997 – chris widman + henry self

ABSTRACT SCIENCE celebrates 1200 episodes + 25 years with a special podcast focused on music from 1997, our first year broadcasting (an oral history of the radio show was expertly chronicled by The Chicago Reader ahead of our 1000th episode, 20 year celebration, 20 hour marathon takeover of WLUW in 2017). CHRIS begins with IDM…

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best of 2021 – absci radio 1197-1198

BEST OF 2021, featuring ANZ, THE BUG, DARKSIDE, FLOATING POINTS w/ PHAROAH SANDERS, FLYING LOTUS, FRACTURE, JANA RUSH, MADLIB, OCTA OCTA, SLIKBACK + many more, on this extended ABSTRACT SCIENCE year-in-review podcast. Co-hosts CHRIS WIDMAN, BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B, JOSHUA P FERGUSON + HENRY SELF mix 4 hours of future music favorites from 2021 [aired…

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