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abstract science is future music radio: a weekly exploration of innovative electronic music and its roots since 1997. this staple of chicago’s airwaves investigates the current evolution and influence of dj culture, dance music and experimental sounds on a global level. co-hosts CHRIS WIDMAN, HENRY SELF, LUKE STOKES + JOSHUA P FERGUSON showcase the latest releases alongside underground classics, overlooked gems, exclusive live performances, interviews and dj mixes. past guest include AMON TOBIN, APPARAT, BONOBO, BURAKA SOUND SYSTEM, CONVEXTION, DAEDELUS, DEADBEAT, DJ KRUSH, FOUR TET, JAGA JAZZIST, JUAN ATKINS, LUKE VIBERT, MONOLAKE, MODESELEKTOR, PLAID, RJD2, ROBERT RICH, SLEEPARCHIVE and SQUAREPUSHER. more info at abstractscience.net

  1. 4D AGO

    absci radio 1405 – joshua p ferguson + henry self

    DAPHNI, VOICES FROM THE LAKE, APPARAT + ROBYN top highlights for this edition of ABSTRACT SCIENCE with JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + HENRY SELF. JOSHUA’s first-hour set moves from the hypnotic jazz-ish realm to dubwise electronic sounds, with some deep techno + house mixed in. HENRY slowly builds up the energy with a more driving set touching on techno, deep house, balearic breaks + electro dub. [aired 23 January 2026 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM] >JOSHUA P. FERGUSON Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin “Yek” (Ghosted III, Drag City, 2025) TOMAGA “Bluest” (Extended Play 1, Negative Days, 2019) Floating Points “Corner of My Eye” (Pluto, 2025) Apparat “Hum of Maybe” (Hum of Maybe, Mute, 2026) Voices from the Lake “Blue Noa” (II, Spazio Disponible, 2025) Yello “Frautonium” (Half Life – Andrew Weatherall remix) (Blank Media, 2017) Andachan & Bicep “Aapoq” (TAKKUUK soundtrack, Ninja Tune, 2025) Axel Boman “Hold On (Trensum Tribe dub) (Luz / Quest For Fire In Dub!, Studio Barnhus, 2025) Low End Activist “They Only Come Out at Night (Andy Martin Remix) (Municipal Dreams Remixes, Sneaker Social Club, 2025) drames rurals “l’empelt” (Shackleton mix) (Hivern Discs, 2025) Leif “How to Eat an Orange part 2” (Collide, AD93, 2025) >HENRY SELF Helado Negro “Protector” (The Last Sound On Earth, Big Dada, 2025) Max Styler “You & Me” (Vintage Culture Extended Remix) (Nu Moda, 2025) Robyn “Dopamine” (KASI Extended Remix) (soundcloud.com/clubofkasi, 2025) MK & Clementine Douglas “Come Find Me” (Columbia, 2025) Daphni “Waiting So Long” (Butterfly, Jiaolong, 2026) Oneohtrix Point Never “Cherry Blue” (Tranquilizer, Warp, 2025) Daniel Lopatin “The Necklace” (Marty Supreme Original Soundtrack, A24, 2025) Tangerine Dream “Love on a Real Train” (Trance Wax Remix) (Trance Wax Five, Trance Wax, 2019) Harks and Mudd “Susta” (Ron Trent Dub) (Leng, 2021) Ex Generation “Aao Naa” (The Mumbai Exchange, Energy Exchange, 2025) Tom Vek “Cover” (Gus Alt-J Remix) (We Have Sound Remixed, Stratasonic, 2025) Killing Joke “Love Like Blood” (Your Heart Is a Weapon Dub) (In Dub, Killing Joke, 2014) Effy “Raging” (Effy, 2021) The post absci radio 1405 – joshua p ferguson + henry self appeared first on abstract science >> future music chicago.

    1h 59m
  2. JAN 23

    absci radio 1404 – whoa-b + chris widman

    New music from MOSCOW LEGEND, OBEKA, PLEASE + HEAVEE, JACE INMAN, BODYMAN, THE BLACK DOG + more, on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B + CHRIS WIDMAN. BILL begins the program with a mix of grime, uk garage, breakbeat + juke. WIDMAN follows with footwork jungle, drum n bass, electro, dub + experimental sounds [aired 15 January 2026 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM] >BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B Kush Arora “Alghoza Reaper” (Not On Label, 2025) Cesco & Bidle “Overdue” (1985 Music, 2023) L-VIS 1990 “Junglism” (Club Djembe, 2025) Ivy Lab “Cut Cut” (Twenty Twenty, 2024) Liquid DnB-like Ambient Grime “’22 Grime Mix” (Sneaker Social Club, 2024) DJ Fitness ft Señor Faxwater “Tres Tristes Tigres” (Isla, 2025) Hekkla “Damocles” (3024, 2021) Rygby “Giardino Bellini” (Not On Label, 2025) Moscow Legend “Watts” (Not On Label, 2026) Mani Festo “Pathfinder” (Shall Not Fade, 2022) Sun People “Exhausting Care” (Candy Mountain, 2024) Obeka ft Big Dreco “Ready for the Soundman” (Metrodome Remix, Yuku, 2025) Alohn “Horloge du 3ème Âge” (Soa420 Remix, Traverse, 2024) Prettybwoy “Holocene” (SVBKVLT, 2025) Proc Fiskal “Imagemage” (Shleekit Doss, 2025) DJ Polo “If The Glove Fits” (Livity Sound, 2024) Samurai Breaks “Oshee” (Worst Behavior, 2023) Sam Binga & Fracture “I Jus Wanna” (Pineapple Records, 2024) >CHRIS WIDMAN Konx-om-Pax “Phantasy 2” (Uaxuctum, 2025) Wordcolour “Spiral Emoji” (Ratios IV, Houndstooth, 2025) Please & Heavee “High Quality Ramen” (Year of the Snake, Issa Party, 2025) Weval “DOPAMINE (Tim Reaper Remix)” (Ninjatune, 2025) Suburban Architecture “Turning Point (4hero Remix)” (The Complete Architecture Dubs, 2025) Om Unit “The Chase” (Acid Dub Studies III, 2025) Identified Patient “Return” (Reset, Dekmantel UFO, 2025) Jace Inman “Mover” (All Energy, NFC Records, 2025) Bodyman “Stimulant Hoarder” (World Leader EP, Satellite Trax, 2025) Lapalux “DPO Melt” (On The Grid, 2025) JASSS “Sand Wrists” (Eager Buyers, AWOS, 2025) The Black Dog “Working Class Sabbath” (Loud Ambient, Dust Science, 2025) The Bug “Duppied (Brixton Rec) (The Bug vs Ghost Dubs – Implosion, Pressure, 2025) Fivepaw “Heaven Scent” (Fivepaw / Memory Dust EP, 2025) The post absci radio 1404 – whoa-b + chris widman appeared first on abstract science >> future music chicago.

    1h 58m
  3. 12/23/2025

    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 DAVIDSON, NICK LEÓN + JONNY 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 + HENRY SELF mix 4 hours of future music favorites from 2025. [aired 04 + 11 December 2025 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM] >CHRIS WIDMAN Lapalux “Bias Angel” (On The Grid, LPLX, 2025) Coen “Headbanger” (Moshpit, Maloca, 2025) Verraco “Basic Maneuvers” (XL Records, 2025) Dan Curtin “Trust Blind” (The 4 Lights, De:tuned, 2025) Surgeon “Soul Fire” (Shell~Wave, Tresor, 2025) Fjaak +J.Manuel “Binder” (Tectonic Sound, Tectonic, 2025) Weval “Dopamine (DJ Edit)” (Ninja Tune, 2025) Dean Grenier “View Source” (Hand Works Music, 2025 Impérieux “Fena” (Hessle Music, 2025) Barker “Stochastic Drift (Stochastic Drift, Smalltown Supersound, 2025) jonathan d. valdez “Music Frozen Dancing” (Perception, 2025) Deft + Manni Dee “Busy Bee” (Swamp Season, Hooversound, 2025) Batu “Clump” (Question Mark, Lethal Press, 2025) Undulae “Temple Of Symmetry” (Temple Of Symmetry EP, Satellite Era, 2025) Slikback “Data” (Tempa, 2025) easygoingtech “909local” (easygoingtech, 2026) >BILL BEARDEN Kinoteki & DJ FLP “160 Proof” (Limiting Factor, 2025) AJ Tracey & Jorja Smith “Crush” (Casement Remix, Not On Label, 2025) Proc Fiskal “UK Torrent” (Shleekit Doss, 2025) Freedjom “13-8=0_0” (DJ Strawberry’s Düğün Fix, Beat Machine, 2025) Nectax “Soundboy Gambit” (Over/Shadow, 2025) Sully “The Wash” (Fabriclive, 2025) Broken Lip “Neighbourhood” (pt.1+2, Iberian Juke, 2025) Cesco “Flump” (Pineapple Records, 2025) JD Reid & Hagan “Leaf” (Baby Gravy, 2025) TMSV “Dimensional” (Perfect Records, 2025) Darama & Kush Arora “Rattle” (Not On Label, 2025) bambinodj “Carrier” (OST, 2025) DJ Polo “Currents” (Night Slugs, 2025) Anecho “Spiritual Blitz” (Dimeshift, 2025) Low End Activist “Wave 03” (Best Intentions, 2025) L-VIS 1990 “Low Pulse” (Club Djembe, 2025) >JOSHUA P FERGUSON Bitchin Bajas “Skylarking” (Inland See, Drag City, 2025) Damon Locks “Hold the Dawn in Place (Beyond pt 2)” (List of Demands, International Anthem, 2025) Stone “Feely” (Dream Curtain Eternally Gentle, 3XL, 2025) Headache “Most Undo Tomorrow” (Thank You for Almost Everything, PLZ Make It Ruins, 2025) Stereolab “Immortal Hands” (Instant Holograms on Metal Film, Warp) Space Dimension Controller “Reflect Itself” (Six Beginnings, Test Pressing, 2025) Coatshek “Triple Virgo” (Sound Bath, Dark Entries, 2025) Sam Prekop “Font” (Open Close, Thrill Jockey, 2025) Biosphere “Like the End of the World” (The Way of Time, AD 93, 2025) Paul St Hilaire “Mary Jane Greenfield” (w/ The Producers, Kynant, 2025) Tortoise “Works and Days” (Touch, International Anthem, 2025) Djrum “Waxcap” (Under Tangled Silence, Houndstooh, 2025) james K “Hypersoft Lovejinx Junkdream” (Friend, AD 93, 2025) Sven Wunder “Misty Shore” (Daybreak, Piano Piano, 2025) >HENRY SELF Dijon “my man” (Baby, R&R/Warner, 2025) Oklou “Blade Bird” (Choke Enough, True Panther, 2025) Oneohtrix Point Never “D.I.S.” (Tranquilizer, Warp, 2025) John Glacier “Emotions” (Like a Ribbon, Young, 2025) Daniel Avery “Tremor” (Tremor, Domino, 2025) caroline “Beautiful Ending” (caroline 2, Rough Trade, 2025) FKA Twigs feat. PinkPantheress “Wild and Alone” (EUSEXUA Afterglow, Young, 2025) Marie Davidson “Statistical Modelling” (City of Clowns, Deewee, 2025) Effy “2011” (The Syndicate, Fragrance, 2025) Destroyer feat. Fiver “Bologna” (Dan’s Boogie, Merge, 2025) Amaarae & Charlie Wilson “Dream Scenario” (Black Star, Interscope, 2025) Whatever the Weather “3°C” (Whatever the Weather II, Ghostly International, 2025) Maria Somerville “Violet” (Luster, 4AD, 2025) Nick León feat. Jonny From Space “Metromover” (A Tropical Entropy, TraTraTrax, 2025) Darkside “S.N.C.” (Nothing, Matador, 2025) Purelink feat. Loraine James “Rookie” (Faith, Peak Oil, 2025) The post best of 2025 – absci radio 1398-1399 appeared first on abstract science >> future music chicago.

    4h 5m
  4. 12/11/2025

    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 set of UK club, techno, breakbeat + garage. [aired 13 November 2025 of WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM] >MINA MILLS Monobox- Downtown B1 [M-P 311] {1997} Jomanda- I Like It (Acapella) [RB 6001] {1993} Damon Wild- Red Dog [SWRR001] {1996} Felix K- MSCL [FLXK#1] {2018] Tadpole- Plug Out [AB012] {1997} C. Garette- Untitled (Box Blaze & Deetron Remix) [ARMALYTE 005] {2000} Subsounds- Shape Three [SUBSOUNDS 007] {1997} Scrappy- Freeze (Ron Hardy Edit) [RDY 45] {1998} Dave Tarrida- Stem The Flow [TRESOR 126] {1999} Beat Junkies- I Am Sorry [CTM9806-1] {1998} New Order- I Don’t Care [0-20546] {1986} Christian Smith & John Selway- Reflective Mode [TR-012] {1999} Basic Implant- Chilla [AUDIOLP01] {2000} Lil Louis And The Diamond Corp.- War Games (Unfortunately True Mix) [DM015] {1988} Mark Bernard-The World [DM251] {1998} Cherry Bomb- Latination [MM 041] {1998} Dimi Angélis & Jeroen Search- De Novo [TRAUT 009] {2011} Thompson & Lenoir- Can’t Stop The House [HJA 870001] {1987} Green Velvet- La La Land (Floppy Sounds Vocal Mix) [RR2007-1] {2001} Angel Alanis- Assault The Audio [CTM-9813] {1998} Access 58- Abstract Funk [A58-003] {1999} Shaka- Due Corde (Rmx) [REV 002] {2000} Jadakiss (Featuring Anthony Hamilton)- Why! (Instrumental) [INTR 11181-1] {2004} Static Drum- External (Technasia Remix) [LOG021B] {2001} Indo- Are U Sleeping (H&F Vox Mix) [ARM 0004] {1993} >BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B Masaka Masaka “Nothing Makes Sense” (Hakuna Kulala, 2024) Barker & Ray7 “Wiretap #1” (Leisure System, 2025) B. McQueen & Theorist “Chives” (Wisdom Teeth, 2025) DJ Fitness “Rooster Dub” (Isla, 2025) L-VIS 1990 “Soul Motion” (Club Djembe, 2025) Bodhi “LVLZ” (Hotflush Recordings, 2024) Fixate “Conundrum” (Exit Records, 2024) SpacePose “Injure” (Not On Label, 2024) Imaginary Number “I’m In” (YUKU, 2025) Pearson Sound “Hornet” (Hessle Audio, 2024) TMSV “Hangplant” (Perfect Records, 2025) TSVI & DJ Plead “Twos and Fours” (AD 93, 2024) K-Lone “Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah” (Aus Music, 2024) Holloway “Echo Tone” (Instinct, 2020) Wreckx-n-Effect “Rump Shaker” (DJ Cosworth Refix, 2025) Walton “Drowsy” (Not On Label, 2020) The post absci radio 1395 – mina mills + whoa-b appeared first on abstract science >> future music chicago.

    2 hr
  5. 11/24/2025

    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 + footwork before sliding into atmospheric downtempo sounds, capped off by in memoriam selections (RIP D’ANGELO + JACK DEJOHNETTE) [aired 30 October 2025 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM] >CHRIS WIDMAN Gyrofield “Rorschach (ft. Flo State)” (Suspension of Belief, Kapsela, 2025) Identified Patient “Return” (Reset, Dekmental UFO Series, 2025) MUADEEP “Seventh Seal” (Omega Man, 2025) Om Unit & Delay Grounds “Ease” (PRIMARY FOREST 03, CEE, 2025) Jasmín “Bite the Hand” (Hassle Audio, 2025) Farsight “Ron Hudson” (Superclásico, Vol. 2, Clasico, 2025) Pearson Sound “Zoomies” (TD10, Timedance, 2025) pdqb “10000 Gauß (Dopplereffekt Gaussian Surface Remodel)” (Sermons of the Electrofying Messiah, Synaptic Cliffs, 2025) Lapalux “Bias Angel” (On The Grid, 2025) Barker & Ray7 “Wiretap #1” (2025) Joe Milli “Keep That Wire” (Deep Forest EP, Livity Sound, 2025) Amaliah “Hypnosis” (Peach Discs, 2025) DJ Swisha “Say Det” (First Hand Smoke, 2025) Mister Bellini “Nye” (Resurrected Trax, Deep Shopping, 2025) Wanderist “For You” (Imagine, Aus Music, 2025) Rob Amboule “Siltie” (Siltie EP, Craigie Knowes, 2025) Shapednoise “Oblivion Step” (Absurd Matter 2, Weight Looming, 2025) Lone “Ascension.png” (Ascension.png, 2025) DJ Spinn and TEKLIFE “Already” (Break Yo Back EP, Teklife, 2025) DJ Trax “Cubic Nature (DJ Trax Remix)” (Suburban Architecture, 2023) Malibu “Lactonic Crush” (Vanities, Year, 2025) JASSS “Kindness Over Talent” (Eager Buyers, AWOS, 2025) Andrea “Silent Now” (Due in Color, Ilian Tape. 2025) Shackleton “El Din (Part 1)” (Mordant Music, 2008) D’Angelo & The Vanguard “Back To the Future (Part I)” (Black Messiah, RCA, 2014) Jack DeJohnette “Sorcery” (Sorcery #1, Prestige, 1974) The post absci radio 1393 – chris widman appeared first on abstract science >> future music chicago.

    1h 59m
  6. 11/14/2025

    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 late-set comedown into chillout territory. [aired 16 October 2025 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM] >JOSHUA P. FERGUSON Kieran Hebden & William Tyler “Secret City” (41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s, Temporary Residence Limited, 2025) Tortoise “Oganesson” (Broken Social Scene remix) (International Anthem, 2025) Bitchin Bajas “Graut” (Inland See, Drag City, 2025) Sam Prekop “Open Close” (Open Close, Thrill Jockey, 2025) Paul St Hilaire & Gavsborg “Confidential” (w/ the Producers, Kynant Records, 2025) Lord of the Isles “United Wire” (Signals Aligned, Dusk Delay, 2025) Ezra Feinberg “Pose Beams” (Gold Panda remix) (Tonal Union, 2024) Sarathy Korwar “We Take Things for Granted” (There is Beauty, There Already, Otherland, 2025) Makaya McCraven “Imafan” (Off the Record, International Anthem, 2025) Sven Wunder “Liquid Mountains” (Daybreak, Piano Piano, 2025) >HENRY SELF Cloverdale “Lunatics” (Channel 303, Vibrancy, 2025) Human Rebellion X Power “Fake Reality” (Midi Mode, 2024) The Third Man “Fast Train to Edinburgh” (Before We Begin, Ai, 2008) Link “Amenity” (The First Link EP, Evolution, 1992) Ryan James Ford “Roscoh Denk” (Six Stair EP, Sävy, 2020) Denham Audio “Feel the Panic” (Lobster Theremin, 2020) Ellia Jaya & Poppy Wright “Disconnect My Mind” (Three Six Zero, 2025) Eliza Rose feat. The Trip “Weekend” (Defected, 2025) John Glacier feat. Sampha “Ocean Steppin'” (Like a Ribbon, Young, 2025) Sasha / Emerson “Scorchio Revisited” (Trance Wax Ten, Trance Wax, 2024) UFO “UFO” (Smugglers Way, 2025) Nightmares on Wax feat. Yasiin Bey “Bang Bien” (Echo45 Sound System, Warp, 2025) Yukimi “Get It Over” (Ninja Tune, 2025) The post absci radio 1391 – joshua p ferguson + henry self appeared first on abstract science >> future music chicago.

    1h 60m
  7. 11/07/2025

    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, bookended by epic club cuts in memoriam. (RIP JD TWITCH of OPTIMO (ESPACIO) + RON CARROLL). [aired 02 October 2025 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM] >BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B Novelist “Feel The Heat” (Not On Label, 2025) Rygby “Taormina” (Not On Label, 2025) K-Lone “Upside Down” (Tempa, 2025) Anecho “Spiritual Blitz” (Dimeshift, 2025) L-VIS 1990 “Low Pulse” (Club Djembe, 2025) JD Reid “SIREN DE PULSE (FODE FM) (DUB)” (Baby Gravy, 2025) Coido “Deathbox” (YUKU, 2024) Darama & Kush Arora “Heart Meter” (Not On Label, 2025) Kaval “It Just Begin” (KVLDUB, 2025) Obeka “Accelerata” (Future Bounce, 2025) Pugilist “Mannequin” (Ruff Kutz, 2025) Dubrunner “Blackheart” (Menace, 2025) T5UMUT5UMU “Twisted Thorns” (USI KUVO, 2025) JLSXND7RS “GYPSY TRITON VIP” (Not On Label, 2025) Hooverian Blur “Wacky Robot” (Sneaker Social Club, 2025) Bodhi “Demeter 227” (Unknown To The Unknown, 2024) JIALING “MELTING POINT 溶點” (Not On Label, 2025) Om Unit “Snagged” (Not On Label, 2024) Ivy Lab “Curves” (20/20 LDN, 2024) >HENRY SELF Boris “Buzz-In” (An Optimo (Espacio) Mix) (Scion Audio/Visual, 2009) Fatima Yamaha “What’s a Girl to Do” (Dekmantel, 2015) Kieran Hebden, William Tyler “Secret City” (41 Longfield Street Late ’80s, Temporary Residence Ltd., 2025) Dope Lemon “Dust of a Thousand Stars” (Golden Wolf, BMG, 2025) Lawrence Hart “The Wave Cry” (Come In Out of the Rain, Domino, 2025) Pepe Link “Belfast” (Scenes From My Soul II, Music For Dreams, 2025) Faithless feat. Nathan Ball & Amelia Fox “Thinking” (Champion Sound, Faithless, 2025) TUAWKI & The Magic Hours “Da Funk” (Made of Steel, the universe as we know it, 2025) Underworld “Techno Shinkansen” (Strawberry Hotel, Smith Hyde Productions, 2024) Hardsoul feat. Ron Carroll “Back Together” (Classic Main Mix) (Soulfuric, 2003) The post absci radio 1389 – whoa-b + henry self appeared first on abstract science >> future music chicago.

    2 hr
  8. 10/17/2025

    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 “Stop & Go” (Not On Label, 2025) Dominowe ft Aquatic “Street Fighter” (Not On Label, 2025) Glisten “Basop” (Not On Label, 2025) SpacePose “Loyalty” (Not On Label, 2025) State OFFF “I Need Some Baile-Gqom” (Not On Label, 2023) T5UMUT5UMU “Oasis” (USI KUVO, 2025) Aryu Jassika “The Dark Side of The Zoom” (Swak Catalog, 2025) JD Reid & Hagan “Leaf” (Baby Gravy, 2025) AfroNerd “Time Travellers” (FOMP, 2025) Kaval “Soundclash” (KVLDUB, 2025) Pigmnt “Ancient Technology” (Not On Label, 2024) DJ Plead & rRoxymore “Round Echoes” (Smalltown Supersound, 2024) Surreal Sessions & ZVRI “Hayabusa” (DRMTRK, 2024) DJ MP3 “Ngabenuza (Gqom Power Mix)” (Not On Label, 2024) JLSXND7RS “The Joker” (DRMTRK, 2025) DJ Polo “Currents” (Night Slugs, 2025) Obeka “Gombey” (Not On Label, 2025) >CHRIS WIDMAN Badawi “Last DJ of the Apocalypse” (UPA, 2025) Skee Mask “SB Did It First” (E, 2025) Linquency “Access Glands” (Gaussia, 2025) Soul Mass Transit System “Up In Da Club” (HAUSDOGS001, 2025) KiNK & Raredub “You And Me” (Mutual Rytm, 2025) Ma Sha “Sealegs” (Hydrofall, Steel City Dance, 2025) Slikback “Knot” (Attrition, Planet Mu, 2025) Eusebeia “Beneath The Surface” (Undertones FFF “True Independence” (MASSIV, 2025) No Nation “Jailhouserock” (MASSIV, 2025) DJ Crystl “Let It Roll (Kiljoy Remix)” (Function Records, 2025) DJ Food “The Crow…” (Kaleidoscope, Ninja Tune, 200) Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes “Desert Nights” (Expansions, 1975) The post absci radio 1382 – whoa-b + chris widman appeared first on abstract science >> future music chicago.

    2 hr
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abstract science is future music radio: a weekly exploration of innovative electronic music and its roots since 1997. this staple of chicago’s airwaves investigates the current evolution and influence of dj culture, dance music and experimental sounds on a global level. co-hosts CHRIS WIDMAN, HENRY SELF, LUKE STOKES + JOSHUA P FERGUSON showcase the latest releases alongside underground classics, overlooked gems, exclusive live performances, interviews and dj mixes. past guest include AMON TOBIN, APPARAT, BONOBO, BURAKA SOUND SYSTEM, CONVEXTION, DAEDELUS, DEADBEAT, DJ KRUSH, FOUR TET, JAGA JAZZIST, JUAN ATKINS, LUKE VIBERT, MONOLAKE, MODESELEKTOR, PLAID, RJD2, ROBERT RICH, SLEEPARCHIVE and SQUAREPUSHER. more info at abstractscience.net

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