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