The OTL Show is broadcast from Soho Radio every Friday 8-9am. This episode is from 9th February 2024: Ben Watson presents two new tracks by AMM All-Stars drummer Peter Baxter operating under the name The Baxterium, plus hardcore punk (Detestation), three reed-players (Coltrane, Dolphy, Redman) and an outing by AMM All-Stars called “We Are Militant Zaum”. Plus a shout-out to the Historian On Strike show (Mondays on Kolektiv Radio from Prizren, Kosovo).
Evil Dick “The OTL Show Theme” 1:46
AMM All-Stars (Out To Lunch – guitar; Nick Lubran – pan-African flute; Robert “Sugarlips” Goldsmith – sopranino sax; Peter Baxter – percussion) “We Are Militant Zaum” Betsey Trotwood 2-ii-2024 5:34
Detestation “Why Do They Cry” Agony of Living (HGF, 1997) 2:10
The Baxterium “It’s not VUCA, It’s SNAFU” (drums – Clerkenwell, 3-ii-2024; piano – Cape Town ii-2023) 8:08
Paul Motian Trio feat. Dewey Redman on tenor sax “In Remembrance of Things Past” Trioism (JMT, 1994) 7:26
John Coltrane “You’re a Weaver of Dreams” Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago (Mercury, 1959) 3-ii-1959 5:40
Eric Dolphy “God Bless the Child” Swedish TV, Stockholm 5-ix-1961 5:15
The Baxterium feat. Mike Watt on bass “Nauseous Verse from the Recto Dub” 4:11
Frank Zappa “SEX” Man from Utopia (Barking Pumpkin, 1983) 3:00
Image: “Hurrying & Scurrying” Aquarelle crayons and MS Paint by Out To Lunch 10-ii-2024