DJ Steenabrings you a weekly one hour showThe Guitar and Other Machinesto leverage the freeform format of noncommercial radio to get the music created by underrepresented & lesser known artists into unsuspecting ears.

This week we revisit Ami Dang’s 2020 release and then venture into some wider explorations of analog and electronic machines including harps with a heavy focus on experimental Arabic instrumentation.

Ami Dang / Simplicity Mind Tool / Meditations Mix Vol. 1 / Leaving Records / 2020
Nailah Hunter / Bassin Bleu / Bassin Bleu / Mexican Summer LLC / 2020
LI YILEI / KOU / 口 / 之 / OF / Métron Records / 2021
William Cashion, Ami Dang / Abelone (Ami Dang Remix) / Postcard Music Remixes / Ideas for Housecrafts / 2021
Mazen Kerbaj / Dance Music for Lazy People / Trumpet Solo, Vol. 2.2 (Cuts, Overdubbing, Use of Electronics) / Discrepant / 2019
Fatima Al Qadiri / Stolen Kiss of a Succubus / Medieval Femme / Hyperdub Ltd. 2021
Sary Moussa / In Praise of Shadows / In Praise of Shadows / Other People / 2020
Khaled Kurbeh, Ramen Khalaf Ensemble / Al Baseet / Aphorisms / Between Buttons / 2017
Houeida Hedfi featuring Olof Dreijer / Echos de Medjerda / Fleuves de l’Âme / Phantasy, PIAS / 2021
Anouar Brahem Trio / Astrakan Café – 2 / Astrakan Café / ECM Records / 2000
Ki Oni / A Single Heron Takes Flight / A Single Heron Takes Flight / sound as language / 2021