(313) Double Dutch Wild Kingdom

From Richard Hester
Sent Sat, May 9th 2009, 05:25

This weekend at midnight Saturday/12AM Sunday (GMT- 8hrs), the Wild 
Kingdom features a 3-hour Mayhem radio special called "Double Dutch 
Delight", featuring the work of two of Utrecht's finest, The Connection 
Machine and Maarten van der Vleuten.  The Connection Machine's first 
12",  "Bitflower",  was released on Carl Craig's Planet E imprint in 
1994, and is a perfect example of dreamy IDM/313 hybrid techno. Their 
total released catalog is small - (4) 12"s and a CD, but the quality is 
exquisite. Maarten van derVleuten has been a mover and shaker in the 
Dutch techno/house scene since early days, and he has a sprawling 
catalog of releases under many names, and on many labels - Djax, Prime, 
R&S, TZ, Apollo, Outrage, Signum, See Saw, ESP, and U-trax, to name a 
few. In contrast to the Connection Machine, the special will offer just 
a taster of Maarten's output (no real surprise, given that the special 
is only 3 hours long). Those wishing to do remedial research on van der 
Vleuten can check out discogs.com for more information.

Last week's Wild Kingdom was preempted by a 24 hour KFJC Mayhem special 
called "Doing It to Death", a celebration of the life and times of James 
Brown. The playlist is located at 
http://www.kfjc.org/music/playlist.php?i=32645 . Upcoming Mayhem 
specials are cataloged at 
http://www.kfjc.org/programming/mayhem/index.php . Folks liking 
strange/eclectic music will find mind fodder there....

 

"The Wild Kingdom" airs on KFJC-FM 89.7, Saturday night/Sunday Morning, 
12A-3A (7A-10A GMT). Potential listeners outside the San Francisco Bay 
area can find a webcast at  http://www.kfjc.org/netcast/index.php . 
Present and past Wild Kingdom playlists are also archived at kfjc.org. 
You can also check out archived playlists from my first KFJC show "Just 
Desserts" that was on Fridays 10P-2A from 1992 through 1999. Archived 
playlists exist for that show starting from Fall 1995 to New Year's Eve 
1999/2000, so you can see what what I'm up to these days is pretty much 
consistent with what I was up to all along.

If you do tune in (especially via the web), please take a little time to 
let me know your locale. I'm also interested in promo music from all 
over and in promoting local (San Francisco Bay area) techno-type events. 
If you want to do some promotion for an event, contact the KFJC 
promotions department at xxxxx@xxxx.xxx to arrange ticket giveaways 
and/or to send information for inclusion in our concert outlook. Thanks 
to those who have sent promo music so far.

 Regards,

 Richard Hester
 "Mr. Goodwrench"
 "The Wild Kingdom"
 SU 12A-3A
 KFJC-FM 89.7, Los Altos Hills, California
 www.kfjc.org