Episode #8 of of Arthur Radio definitely makes Visitation Rites’ universal internet heart sing. Ivy Meadows and Harry Painter shower you in an ecstatic medley of psychedelic dirges from all four corners of the planet. Special guest Robert Damore (aka Bobby Bouzouki) whispers some bittersweet nothings on his Bouzouki, and even takes the time to recount some of the narratives behind the rebetika (Greek folk songs) he plucks. Visitation Rites concludes the voyage with an ode to the past, present, and future of drone.

A tentative listening guide, straight from mobile writing desk of DJ Harry Painter:

“The sun is here and opens the curtains slowly! It brings the slow glowing dust! It springs the earth out of polar jail, the winds blow the desert sand to make for better traction. If you sit, it will make your hair look sexier! The tectonic plates are shifting all around us, their quakes make the planet spin faster, and change the pitch! If you jump, you can land in buttes, the plateaus, or the Isle of Cyros! Through our earth’s muzak, the winds blow Bobby Bouzouki up to the Arthur radio treehouse for a jaunt upon rebetika mountain. Happy trials!”

“Arthur Radio Voyage #8: The Bobby Bouzouki Episode”

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This week’s playlist after the jump (we recommend listening before looking).

[HAIRY PAINTER & IVY MEADOWS LIVE MEDLEY]

Charlie Tweddle – Psychedelic Tears
801 – Tomorrow Never Knows / Sun Araw – Beams
Religious Knives – Luck
Visitations – S/T album, Side B
OCS – Oh, Babe, it Ain’t No Lie
Marika Papagika – The Dervish
Vengopal Chari – Laughing
Master Musicians of Jajouka – Teasing Boujaoud
Charles D. Speer – House of Gold
Omar Souleyman – Atabat (2) and Atabat
Lagu Kebiar – Gamalan Gong
G.U. Hsu – The English Sound Table
Henry Flynt – Echo Rock
Daniel Aliangana – Dada Margaret
Los Jaivas – Cacho
Willie Lane – Deep Space Raid
MV & EE – Anthem of the Cocola Y&T
Tinariwen – Desert Wind

[LIVE PERFORMANCE BY BOBBY BAZOUKI @ 56:39]

[VISITATION RITES DJ SET]

Peaking Lights – All the Good Songs Have Been Written
Dashiell Heyadat – Fille de l’Hombre
Wilburn Burchette – Contemplation
Lucky Dragons – It’s Me / Restraint
Rhys Chatham – War in Heaven
Sun Araw – Harken Sawshine

Tags: 801, Arthur Radio, Bobby Bouzouki, Charles D. Speer, Charlie Tweddle, Daniel Aliangana, Dashiell Heyadat, G.U. Hsu, Henry Flynt, Lagu Kebiar, Los Jaivas, Lucky Dragons, Marika Papagika, Master Musicians of Jajouka, MV & EE, OCS, Omar Souleyma, Peaking Lights, Religious Knives, Rhys Chatham, Sun Araw, Tinariwen, Vengopal Chari, Visitations, Wilburn Burchett, Willie Lan

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