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Their first two albums were released by ESL, founded by Rob and Eric of Thievery Corporation. http://www.karminskyexperience.com/\n--\nThe album’s oldest track, and arguably still its best, “Exploration”, which American downtempo fans will recognize from Thievery Corporation’s contribution to the DJ-Kicks series. Over an insistently funky bassline, played by Gary Crockett of the legendary acid jazz pioneers James Taylor Quartet, synth and sitar drones swirl in and out of each other hypnotically as the unassuming voice of an astronaut explains, “That’s the reason we’re exploring; you never know what you’ll find on an exploration”. This is space age groove music at its finest.\n\nhttps://www.popmatters.com/karminskyexperience-power-2495955740.html", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3636536, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3636536/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-01T17:52:17-07:00", "show": 66339, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66339/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721904.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-14dcf107-bbee-4800-b22c-e756321dfc1c/mbid-14dcf107-bbee-4800-b22c-e756321dfc1c-15544218840_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721904.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-14dcf107-bbee-4800-b22c-e756321dfc1c/mbid-14dcf107-bbee-4800-b22c-e756321dfc1c-15544218840_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Circuital", "track_id": "390afa21-e37c-38b7-91b2-f9d2eab42707", "recording_id": "3fb54303-dac4-4bec-a36a-ff064a128778", "artist": "My Morning Jacket", "artist_ids": [ "ea5883b7-68ce-48b3-b115-61746ea53b8c" ], "album": "Circuital", "release_id": "14dcf107-bbee-4800-b22c-e756321dfc1c", "release_group_id": "e4e44f9e-a156-4016-b654-055653d39feb", "labels": [ "ATO Records" ], "label_ids": [ "b63922e9-da3c-4e41-9eda-ae1b11d33a1a" ], "release_date": "2011-05-31", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "My Morning Jacket are touring & offering presales for their October shows @ SF's The Fillmore!\nCheck out the dates & locales here: https://www.livenation.com/artist/K8vZ91759O7/my-morning-jacket-events\n--\nThis title track was recorded on the band's second attempt. James explained to UK newspaper, The Sun, that the song is about the circular nature of life. \n\nOriginally conceived as a Muppets song for Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, the song was to be performed by My Morning Jacket live with the Muppets on stage with the band behind a curtain, playing live. However, when the Muppets project was disbanded, the song was recorded for 'Circuital'. \n\nhttps://www.mymorningjacket.com", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3636535, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3636535/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-01T17:48:34-07:00", "show": 66339, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66339/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710002.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-bbef909f-9016-4e4a-9024-d2609a0549fb/mbid-bbef909f-9016-4e4a-9024-d2609a0549fb-30403807674_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710002.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-bbef909f-9016-4e4a-9024-d2609a0549fb/mbid-bbef909f-9016-4e4a-9024-d2609a0549fb-30403807674_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Earth People", "track_id": "24bcabeb-b368-3c21-9525-4eb057fd47af", "recording_id": "19391136-92e0-4de0-a97d-1dec99090cc3", "artist": "Dr. Octagon", "artist_ids": [ "3eba5e02-780b-4acd-befb-d23a0c6708dd" ], "album": "Instrumentalyst: Octagon Beats", "release_id": "bbef909f-9016-4e4a-9024-d2609a0549fb", "release_group_id": "76bfe713-ca0a-313b-b4cc-80b150514070", "labels": [ "DreamWorks Records" ], "label_ids": [ "d4751e8e-aa7f-4670-b8a3-4a861bcffa0d" ], "release_date": "1997-04-29", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "[airbreak]\n\nThe production of \"Earth People,\" consisting almost entirely out of synthesizers, does much to add to this song’s menacing vibe. Like all other production in the album, the production on this song was handled primarily by Kool Keith’s always dependable DJ and partner in crime – Daniel Nakamura aka Dan the Automator.\n--\nhttps://koolkeith.bandcamp.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3636533, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3636533/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-01T17:48:29-07:00", "show": 66339, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66339/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3636532, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3636532/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-01T17:43:18-07:00", "show": 66339, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66339/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Earth People", "track_id": "efdb816e-c095-311f-8ced-e26b7f8d1bd6", "recording_id": "7767baa3-f6f4-41a1-9e93-d2239aff5d89", "artist": "Dr. Octagon", "artist_ids": [ "3eba5e02-780b-4acd-befb-d23a0c6708dd" ], "album": "Dr. Octagonecologyst", "release_id": "cddbf21f-9cd8-4665-a015-3cdc50cdcc72", "release_group_id": "b38e21f6-8f76-3f87-a021-e91afad9e7e5", "labels": [ "DreamWorks Records" ], "label_ids": [ "d4751e8e-aa7f-4670-b8a3-4a861bcffa0d" ], "release_date": "1997-04-29", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "For Brian!\n\nDr. Octagon, the unhinged alter-ego of Kool Keith, is actually a time-traveling, extraterrestrial gynecologist from Jupiter with some very interesting features. As Keith vividly describes, Dr. Octagon has yellow eyes, green and silver skin that changes to blue and brown, a pink-and-white afro, and a brain that glows different colors. He also wears X ray sunglasses, hard shoes with razor blades, and says that he can change his face with the press of a button and disappear.\n--\n\"Earth People\" was one of the songs Kool Keith performed in this SF concert in 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QesLjS_KQU", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3636531, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3636531/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-01T17:35:12-07:00", "show": 66339, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66339/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Man It Feels Like Space Again", "track_id": "d3db5781-aae4-47e7-a609-501c49a04a81", "recording_id": "0db7a1d9-8fcb-4dcb-86c2-33ba5292571f", "artist": "Pond", "artist_ids": [ "69ac44f7-c80d-47b4-9bc8-fcc758d209e6" ], "album": "Man It Feels Like Space Again", "release_id": "e94e5855-0b2a-46e1-b165-7160a9f8d972", "release_group_id": "001206b3-0569-4d84-b1f6-854c8b032534", "labels": [ "[no label]" ], "label_ids": [ "157afde4-4bf5-4039-8ad2-5a15acc85176" ], "release_date": "2015-01-18", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Pond is a band from Perth, Australia that shares members with Tame Impala. \n\nThey've played at KEXP many times. Check out 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssh7wzRDJIo", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3636530, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3636530/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-01T17:30:57-07:00", "show": 66339, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66339/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn720603.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-1b3f35ad-9ad0-4f82-9d01-1a3a91bcca14/mbid-1b3f35ad-9ad0-4f82-9d01-1a3a91bcca14-44134229769_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720603.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-1b3f35ad-9ad0-4f82-9d01-1a3a91bcca14/mbid-1b3f35ad-9ad0-4f82-9d01-1a3a91bcca14-44134229769_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Full Moon", "track_id": "603a5b3c-1056-4290-83ae-649b29530c07", "recording_id": "d186af68-6707-4b43-ac12-e2df4b30eb18", "artist": "Julianna Riolino feat. 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This track features Weird Nightmare.\n\nhttps://juliannariolinosings.bandcamp.com/track/full-moon-feat-weird-nightmare-2\n\nhttps://juliannariolino.com/\nhttps://www.subpop.com/artists/weird_nightmare", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3636529, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3636529/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-01T17:26:03-07:00", "show": 66339, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66339/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710709.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-eadaefae-7bbc-34ab-9d0f-b5607cf0d4ff/mbid-eadaefae-7bbc-34ab-9d0f-b5607cf0d4ff-7941640265_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710709.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-eadaefae-7bbc-34ab-9d0f-b5607cf0d4ff/mbid-eadaefae-7bbc-34ab-9d0f-b5607cf0d4ff-7941640265_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Ursa Major Space Station", "track_id": "99d67d3c-dc8a-3a47-9e82-803405f0dc2f", "recording_id": "795fd7b4-2ddf-43ec-a9e9-183dbbb0812e", "artist": "Catherine Wheel", "artist_ids": [ "37e3dd97-73f9-4c69-b50d-0c0e3c47c40c" ], "album": "Chrome", "release_id": "eadaefae-7bbc-34ab-9d0f-b5607cf0d4ff", "release_group_id": "ff52771c-2b5e-3687-835f-fd8ea588f244", "labels": [ "Fontana" ], "label_ids": [ "c69058f5-0089-464b-b574-dd44b0f7f610" ], "release_date": "1993-07-20", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Request!\n\nCatherine Wheel was an English indie rock band that was founded in 1990 in Great Yarmouth. Active until 2000, they achieved success both in the UK and the US.\n\nFormed by Rob Dickinson (vocals/guitar), Brian Futter (guitar), Dave Hawes (bass), and Neil Sims (drums), Catherine Wheel's unique sound blended elements of alternative rock, shoegaze, and dream pop.\n\nTheir debut album \"Ferment\" gained critical acclaim and established them as a prominent force in the indie music scene. Subsequent albums like \"Chrome\" and \"Happy Days\" further solidified their reputation for crafting atmospheric yet melodic songs.\n\nhttps://www.roughtrade.com/en-us/artist/catherine-wheel", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3636528, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3636528/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-01T17:22:53-07:00", "show": 66339, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66339/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "Celebrating Space!\n\nLiftoff! NASA astronauts have launched on a historic journey to the moon today.\nhttps://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5768254/nasa-astronauts-about-to-launch-moon-artemis-ii", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3636527, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3636527/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-01T17:17:17-07:00", "show": 66339, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66339/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711001.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-25da871f-ca88-4076-92d4-fe4161c361ba/mbid-25da871f-ca88-4076-92d4-fe4161c361ba-16648365725_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711001.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-25da871f-ca88-4076-92d4-fe4161c361ba/mbid-25da871f-ca88-4076-92d4-fe4161c361ba-16648365725_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Star Roving", "track_id": "a9ebbfa2-79e1-4788-a612-b7bdd802cbc8", "recording_id": "0082db6f-9c9b-4e15-b670-86c19601ea62", "artist": "Slowdive", "artist_ids": [ "a16371b9-7d36-497a-a9d4-42b0a0440c5e" ], "album": "Slowdive", "release_id": "25da871f-ca88-4076-92d4-fe4161c361ba", "release_group_id": "9318347d-b4bc-4b50-bd5e-c9a9fcb9aa98", "labels": [ "Dead Oceans" ], "label_ids": [ "f70f950f-2587-4f85-a5c7-b483a47bd2e9" ], "release_date": "2017-05-05", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Slowdive are a British rock band that formed in Reading, Berkshire, in 1989. 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