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Prague
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Tearooms in post-revolution Czechoslovakia symbolised places through which new spiritualities were flowing, and the influx of largely uncharted ways of life closely intertwined with new age, ambient, folk and minimalism. With their minds altered thanks to smuggled records by Fripp & Eno or Steve Reich, this loose network of musicians had begun composing meditative music, using loops and handmade instruments, with a different sensibility. Compared to the boisterous Zappa-adjacent and booze-soaked underground movement, which was led by Plastic People of the Universe and provoked the state authorities, this music was meant instead for tea rooms and spiritual sites like churches or monasteries, as if occupying some place where time flows anticlockwise. Music journalist Pavel Klusák dubbed this 1990s scene a “tearoom alternative”. Experimental folk singer Oldřich Janota, Jaroslav Kořán’s various ensembles like Modrá or Orloj Snivců (The Horologe of Dreamers) or Irena and Vojtěch Havlovi were drawn by the light and composed music that didn’t match the fast pace of newly imported capitalism. Mix created by: Miloš Hroch

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Cairo
14:00 - 16:00

ZULI, experimental club producer and VENT co-founder hailing from Cairo hits the NTS airwaves to showcase his club wares: aggressively left-field.

Eric Alexander

Eric Alexander

Eric Alexander has been played on NTS in shows including ALBA Radio w/ Lorenzo Daniels & Bryce Byrd, featured first on 3 April 2023. Songs played include Gently.

There are two artists matching the name Eric Alexander.

The first (born 1968) is an American jazz saxophonist, known for his sophisticated hard bop and post-bop style. Alexander began as a classical musician, studying alto saxophone at Indiana University in 1986. He soon switched to jazz and the tenor saxophone, however, and transferred to William Paterson University. Alexander first achieved fame by finishing second behind Joshua Redman at the 1991 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. He was quickly signed and began recording albums. Influenced primarily by Dexter Gordon and George Coleman, Alexander has worked with many notable jazz musicians, including Chicago pianist Jon Weber. His technique and style continue to mature.

The second is an independent rock musician from Muncie, Indiana, who was a band member of …revel in the morning, Clearance and Everything Now!. He was also involved in various solo and band projects in and around the Muncie scene. In 2005, Alexander self-released a solo album called "Some Kind of Sex."

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Eric Alexander

Eric Alexander has been played on NTS in shows including ALBA Radio w/ Lorenzo Daniels & Bryce Byrd, featured first on 3 April 2023. Songs played include Gently.

There are two artists matching the name Eric Alexander.

The first (born 1968) is an American jazz saxophonist, known for his sophisticated hard bop and post-bop style. Alexander began as a classical musician, studying alto saxophone at Indiana University in 1986. He soon switched to jazz and the tenor saxophone, however, and transferred to William Paterson University. Alexander first achieved fame by finishing second behind Joshua Redman at the 1991 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. He was quickly signed and began recording albums. Influenced primarily by Dexter Gordon and George Coleman, Alexander has worked with many notable jazz musicians, including Chicago pianist Jon Weber. His technique and style continue to mature.

The second is an independent rock musician from Muncie, Indiana, who was a band member of …revel in the morning, Clearance and Everything Now!. He was also involved in various solo and band projects in and around the Muncie scene. In 2005, Alexander self-released a solo album called "Some Kind of Sex."

Original source: Last.fm

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Gently
Eric Alexander, Mike LeDonne, John Webber, Joe Farnsworth
Venus Records2005