#153: esoteric lounge music now (with Sly Ida, Bay Area)
Artwork from Love and Rockets, Jamie Hernandez, date unknown.
Sly Ida is a longtime selector from KALX 90.7FM in Berkeley. She describes herself as a bad banana with a brain full of spiders slinging God knows what. Her offering tonight (71min) is a wide stroll through various genres, anti-fascist in spirit and varied in tone. It’s honestly just dope as hell. The episode name comes from this record, which is featured in her mix.
I reached out to her once her reels started to bubble up and we started a convo, and now here we are! It’s cool what can happen if you just respectfully reach out and say hi to folks. Community FM kindred, unite.
As per usual, I open and close with a dose of new raps and underground flavors. Have fun listening. Stay safe and sane.
Show archive
Playlist
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Work Money Death, “Pain Becomes Prayer and the Prayer Becomes a Song”
from Pain Becomes Prayer and the Prayer Becomes a Song - EP
ATA - 2026
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FADDA FISH, “"I N I (MOSAIC)" ft. DE SYHELOU w/ additional vocals by CHICAGO KELLY”
from Objects In Mirror Are Close
SHRKSIDE SOUND SYSTEMS - 2026
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Joe Meek & The Blue Men, “I Hear a New World”
from I Hear a New World: An Outer Space Music Fantasy
Esoteric / Reactive - 2015
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Josiah Steinbrick, “(Synthesizer, Two Idiophones, Rin Gong)”
from Meeting of Waters
Leaving Records - 2017
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The Holy Modal Rounders, “The Pledge”
from The Moray Eels Eat the Holy Modal Rounders
Rhino/Elektra - 1968
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The Avalanches, “Two Hearts in 3/4 Time”
from Since I Left You
Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. - 2000
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The Soft Pink Truth, “Shall”
from Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?
Thrill Jockey Records - 2020
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Robert Redford, “The Wolf You Never Knew”
from The Language and Music of the Wolves
W.O.W. Words of Wisdom - 2012
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Emilia Contessa, “Djula Djuli Surabaya”
from Emilia Contessa Sings Favourite Classics of Indonesia: Ask Any Woman
PopSound - 1971
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People Like Us, Matmos, Wobbly, “Wide Open Spaces”
from People Like Us, Matmos, Wobbly
People Like Us - 2018
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Defcee x Malik-Abdul Rahmann, “Informal Liberation Theories”
from RESIST COLONIAL POWER BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
PTP - 2024