WFMU pulled out the stops this weekend and dropped this science, compiled by Vas Deferens Organization, on us unwitting souls:
ACHWGHA NEY WODEI * AFRICAN HEAD CHARGE * AFTER DINNER * AGITATION FREE * AKSAK MABOUL * ALCATRAZ * ALESIA COSMOS * ALGARNAS TRADGARD * DAEVID ALLEN * ALPHATAURUS * ALTAIS * CHARLES AMIRKHANIAN * AMM * AMON DUUL * AMON DUUL 2 * AMOS KEY * ANAL MAGIC & REV. DWIGHT FRIZZELL * ANGE * ANNEXUS QUAM * APHRODITES CHILD * ARACHNOID * ARBETE & FRITID * ARCHAIA * ARCHIMEDES BADKAR * AREA * ART BEARS * ARTCANE * ARTI & MESTIERI * ART MOULU * ART ZOYD * ASH RA TEMPEL * ASSOCIATION P.C. * ATOLL * AXIS * AXOLOTL * KEVIN AYERS * IL BALLETTO DI BRONZO * BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO * SYD BARRETT * FRANCO BATTIATO * GIORGIO BATTISTELLI * FRANCOIS BAYLE * BEELZEBUB YOUTH * BETWEEN MEALS * BIGLIETTO PER L'INFERNO * BIOTA * BLACKHUMOUR * BLACK SHEEP * BLACK SUN ENSEMBLE * BLADDER FLASK * KARL BLAKE * THE BLECH * BLITZOIDS * BONDAGE FRUIT * BOREDOMS * BRAINSTORM * BRAINTICKET * BRAST BURN * BRAVE NEW WORLD * BRISE-GLACE * BRUME * BUBU * TIM BUCKLEY * FRIEDER BUTZMANN * CAMBERWELL NOW * CAMPO DI MARTE * CAN * CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND THE MAGIC BAND * C.A. QUINTET * CAROLINER RAINBOW * CARTOON * CASSIBER * CATALOGUE * CATHEDRAL * CERVELLO * CEYLEIB PEOPLE * EUGENE CHADBOURNE * CHECKPOINT CHARLIE * CHE SHIZU * CHILLUM * MICHEL CHION * CHORCHAZADE * CHOU PAHROT * HENNING CHRISTIANSEN * CHROME * CHRYSTAL BELLE SCROD * CIRCUS 2000 * CLEAR BLUE SKY * CLEARLIGHT * CLUSTER * CODE 3 * JEAN COHEN-SOLAL * COLLEGIUM MUSICUM * ROBERTO COLOMBO * COLOSSEUM * CONTORTIONS * CORNICOPIA * CORTE DEI MIRACOLI * COS * THE COSMIC JOKERS * COSTES * COTO EN PEL * LOL COXHILL * CRASH WORSHIP * THE CRAVATS * CRO MAGNON * CUL DE SAC * FRANCESCO CURRA * CURRENT 93 * CZAR * HOLGER CZUKAY * BARRY DALIVE * DANTALIAN'S CHARIOT * DARK SHADOWS * WOLFGANG DAUNER * MILES DAVIS * DEBILE MENTHOL * DECAYES * DECIBEL * DEDALUS * DE FABRIEK * DEFICIT DES ANNEES ANTERIEURES * DEMI-SEMI QUAVER * DANIEL DENIS * DEPARTMENT STORE SANTAS * DEUTER * DEUX FILLES * DEVIANTS * DEVO * DG 307 * THE DICKIES * DIE TODLICHE DORIS * DIMTHINGS * D.N.A. * DNA LE DRAW D-KEE * DOM * DOME * DON BRADSHAM LEATHER * DOODOOETTES * PHILIPPE DORAY * DRAGONWYCK * DR. JOHN * JOHN DUNCAN * THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR * DUN * DZYAN * EAST BIONIC SYMPHONIA * EAST OF EDEN * EGG * 801 * EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN * ELECTRIC CIRCUS * ELECTRIC COMPANY * ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN * ELECTRO STATIC CAT * EL TARRO DE MOSTAZA * EMBRYO * ENCORE + GRANDE * ENEMA & GEJONTE * BRIAN ENO * EROC * ESKATON * ETANT DONNES * ET CETERA * ETRON FOU LELOUBLAN * EULENSPYGEL * THE EX & TOM CORA * EXPANDER DES FORTSCHRITTS * JAD FAIR * FAIRPORT CONVENTION * FAT * FATHER YOD * FAUST * FERDINAND ET LES PHILOSOPHES * LUC FERRARI * FIBONACCIS * FILLE QUI MOUSSE * FIRE * FISH AND ROSES * FIVE STARCLE MEN * 5 UU'S * FLEA * FLESHQUARTETTEN * FLOH DE COLOGNE * FOODBRAIN * 49 AMERICANS * LES 4 GUITARISTES DE L'APOCALYPSO BAR * FRASER * FRESHLY WRAPPED CANDIES * FRIENDSOUND * ROBERT FRIPP * FRED FRITH * PETER FROHMADER * DAVID FULTON * FUNCTION DISORDER * FUNKADELIC * FURIOUS PIG * FUSIOON * GAA * GADGETS * DIAMANDA GALAS * GARYBALDI * RON GEESIN * GEINOH YAMASHIROGUMI * GEINS'T NAIT * GENTLE GIANT * GERMAN OAK * GESTALT ET JIVE * GHOST * ANNE GILLIS * THE GIRLS * GNIDROLOG * GOBLIN * THE GODZ * GOEBBELS & HARTH * SERGIUS GOLOWIN * GONG * GRACIOUS! * RANDY GREIF * RAGNAR GRIPPE * GROUP 1850 * GURU GURU * HAINO / MIKAMI / YOSHIZAWA * PETER HAMMILL * HANIWA CHAN * STEN HANSON * HAPPY FAMILY * HAPSHASH AND THE COLOURED COAT * HARMONIA * JON HASSELL * HATFIELD AND THE NORTH * THE HAT SHOES * CHRISTOPH HEEMANN * HELDON * HELLEBORE * PIERRE HENRY * HENRY COW * HERATIUS * HET * THE HIGH FIDELITY ORCHESTRA * HIGH TIDE * JUNJI HIROSE & YOSHIDE OTOMO * SHELLY HIRSCH * THE HISTORY OF UNHEARD MUSIC * H.N.A.S. * LARS HOLLMER * HONEYELK * HONEYMOON KILLERS * THE HONEYMOONS * HUGH HOPPER * HORDE CATALYTIQUE POUR LE FIN * HORRIFIC CHILD * HOSONO AND YOKOO * HUMAN HANDS * HYBRID KIDS * IBIS * ICECROSS * I.D. COMPANY * IGRA STAKLENIH PERLI * ILITCH * ILTAR * IMAGES AND AVANT-QUART * IMP INK * INTERSYSTEMS * IOS SMOLDERS * ISKRA * I TEOREMI * IT `VIAGE' * MARTIN DAVORIN JAGODIC * JOEBOY * JOHN GAVANTI * JOHNNY RONDO DUO * JOE JONES * JUMBO * KAKHUSEN-JOH NO ONGAKU * KANGAROO KOURT * KARUNA KHYALL * KATAHTONIOS * KATRA TURANA * KING CRIMSON * BASIL KIRCHIN * KRZYSZTOF KNITTEL * CHRIS KNOX * KOENJIHYAKKEI * KRAFTWERK * KRALDJURSANSTALTEN * KULTIVATOR * KULU HATHA MAMNUA * LADY JUNE * LAGGER BLUES MACHINE * LARD FREE * LAUGHING HANDS * LE FORTE FOUR * LEMON KITTENS * L'ENSEMBLE RAYE * LEO NERO * LES VAMPYRETTES * LIEUTENANT CARAMEL * LIFT * LIMBUS 4 * L'INFONIE * LOCH NESS * LOUK DE BOUK * LOOP * LOOP ORCHESTRA * LOUNGE LIZARDS * LOVE LIVE LIFE+1 * THE LOWEST NOTE ON THE ORGAN * LUDUS * RENE LUSSIER * LUXURIOUS BAGS * L. VOAG * MAAT * MAGICAL POWER MAKO * MAGMA * MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA * MAHOGANY BRAIN * MAIN * MAITREYA KALI * THE MAKERS OF THE DEAD TRAVEL FAST * IVO MALEC * LES MALEDICTUS SOUND * MAMMUT * PHIL MANZANERA * CHRISTIAN MARCLAY * ALBERT MARCOEUR * MARKS AND LEBZELTER * SALVATORE MARTIRANO * MASSACRE * MASSTISHADDHU * MATCHING MOLE * MAUVE SIDESHOW * M.B. * MCDONALD AND GILES * MCH BAND * MEDICINE * MELODIC ENERGY COMMISSION * MERCURY REV * METABOLIST * METAMORPHOSIS * RODGER MILLER * PHIL MINTON * MIXED BAND PHILANTHROPIST * MIZUTAMA SHOB0DAN * KIMIO MIZUTANI * MNEMONISTS * MODULO 1000 * DIETER MOEBIUS * THE MOMES * MONITOR * MOOLAH * MOOSEHEART FAITH STELLAR GROOVE BAND * DAVID MOSS * THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION * MOTOR TOTEMIST GUILD * MOVING GELETINE PLATES * THE MUFFINS * THIERRY MULLER * MUSICA ELETTRONICA VIVA * MUTANTES * MYRBEIN * MY BLOODY VALENTINE * NAKED CITY * NAME * NARWAL * NASH THE SLASH * NATIONAL HEALTH * THE NAZZ * NEGATIVLAND * NEKTAR * NEO ZELANDA * NERVOUS GENDER * NEU! * C. NEWMAN * NEWS FROM BABEL * MAGGIE NICOLS & JULIE TIPPETTS * NIHILIST SPASM BAND * NINE DAYS WONDER * HERMANN NITSCH * NOA * NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS * NOMADIA * NO SAFETY * NU CREATIVE METHODS * GARY NUMAN * NURSE WITH WOUND * NYL * OFFICER! * OHO * OLIVER * OMOIDE HAOTOBA * OPERATING THEATRE * ORCHID SPANGIAFORA * ORGANISATION * ORGANUM * OSANNA * OSE * OVERHANG * PARTY * PACIFIC 231 ET DENIER DU CULTE * MR. PARTRIDGE * PATAPHONIE * RON PATES' DEBONAIRES * JEAN-FRANCOIS PAUVROS * PEGGY'S LEG * PERE UBU * LUIS PEREZ * PFS * PHEW * GLEN PHILLIPS * PHLUPH * PHOLAS DACTYLUS * PICCHIO DAL POZZO * PICKY PICNIC * PIERROT LUNAIRE * RICHARD PINHAS * PINK FLOYD * PLASTIC ONO BAND * PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE * PLAT DU JOUR * POLE * POLKAHOLICS * POPOL VUH * BOMIS PRENDIN * PRESENT * PRICK DECAY * PRINCESS TINYMEAT * PRO POCIT JISTOTY * P16.D4 * PSYCHIC TV * PSYNKOPAT * PTOSE * PULSAR * PUNGO * PUSSY * PYROLATOR * QUELLA VECCHIA LOCANDA * QUIET SUN * TOM RECCHION * RED CRAYOLA * RED NOISE * MICHEL REDOLFI * THE REFLECTIONS * ACHIM REICHEL * HANS REICHEL * RENALDO AND THE LOAF * THE RESIDENTS * MARTIN REV * REVIVAL * RHAMANN * CATHERINE RIBEIRO & ALPES * GILLES RIEDER * RITUAL ALL 7-70 * R.N.A. ORGANISM * ROCKY'S FILJ * GEORGE ROMANOS * IL ROVESCIO DELLA MEDAGLIA * ROWENTA/KHAN * ROXY MUSIC * THE RUDY SCHWARTZ PROJECT * RUINS * RUNZELSTIRN AND GURGLESTOCK * SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA * CARLES SANTOS * SAT STOICIZMO * SAVAGE REPUBLIC * DANIEL SCHELL & DICK ANNEGARN * SCHIZO * LA SECONDA GENESI * SECOND HAND * SECRET OYSTER * SEMANTICS * SEMIRAMIS SEMOOL * SENSATIONS FIX * SEPI-KUU * SEPSIS * SEVERED HEADS * ELLIOTT SHARP * ADRIAN SHERWOOD * SHOULDER OF MUTTON * SHUB NIGGURATH * SHYLOCK * SILVER APPLES * SINDELFINGEN * SIX CYLINDRES EN V * SLAPP HAPPY * SMEGMA * SALLY SMMIT AND HER MUSICIANS * LA SOCIETE DES TIMIDES A LA PARADE DES OISEAUX * SOFT MACHINE * SOLID EYE * SOULED AMERICAN * SPACEBOX * SPACECRAFT * SPACE STREAKINGS * SPARKS * ALEXANDER SPENCE * S.P.K. * SPROTON LAYER * STEAMING COILS * SIMON STEENSLAND * STEREOLAB * STILLUPPSTEYPA * STRANGE FRUIT ABIKU * DEMETRIO STRATOS * SUBRBAN LAWNS * SUBJECTS * SUICIDE * SUN CITY GIRLS * SUN DIAL * SUN RA * SUPERSISTER * SWANS * SWELL MAPS * SZENTENDRE * HAJIME TACHIBANA * TAIRIKUOTOKO VS. SANMYAKUONNA * TAJ MAHAL TRAVELERS * TAKO * TALL DWARFS * TANGERINE DREAM * TANGLE EDGE * TARKUS * GHEDALIA TAZARTES * TENKO * TERRACED GARDEN * TESENDALO * THINKING PLAGUE * THIS HEAT * DAVID THOMAS * THROBBING GRISTLE * TIPOGRAPHICA * TOBRUK * MONIEK TOEBOSCH * PAOLO TOFANI * TOKYO KID BROTHERS * TOLERANCE * TOMORROW'S GIFT * TONE DOGS * TO NIGE SALA * TRAFFIC SOUND * ULI TREPTE * TRETTIOARIGA KRIGET * TRIO * TUPELO CHAIN SEX * TUXEDOMOON * TWO DAUGHTERS * TYNDALL * ULUDAG * UN DEPARTMENT * UN DRAME MUSICALE INSTANTANE * UNIVERS ZERO * UNREST WORK & PLAY * UR KAOS * U-TOTEM * VAGINA DENTATA ORGAN * VAGTAZO HALLOTKEMEK * VAN BEBBER / LEMKE * CHRISTIAN VANDER * VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR * V-EFFECT * VELVET UNDERGROUND * VERTO * PATRICK VIAN * VIDEO-AVENTURES * VIOLET LIGHTNING * VITAMIN B-12 * BERNARD VITET & HELENE SAGE * VIVENZA * VOGELSCHEISS UND SEINE VERRUKTEN KROTEN * VON ZAMLA * MICHEL WAISVISZ * TOM WAITS * IGOR WAKHEVITCH * WALL OF VOODOO * WAPASSOU * WALTER WEGMUELLER * WEIDORJE * WHA HA HA * WHITE NOISE * JOHN WIGGINS * TREVOR WISHART * WOO * THE WORK * ROBERT WYATT * XTC * X-TET * YES * YEZDA URFA * TATSUYA YOSHIDA * THIERRY ZABOITZEFF * ZAMLA MAMMAZ MANNA * FRANK ZAPPA * ZNR * ZOVIET FRANCE * ZUT UN FEU ROUGE * ZWEISTIEN
It's not their fault over at WFMU, all these names to worry about. The cultish Nurse with Wounds published some epic lists of importantly obscure and obscurely important music to accompany their first two albums, and WFMU points to Vas Deferens Organization as a similar excuse for obsessives to spend the summer months holed up mining the deeper corners of “kraut, psych, prog, bizarre, experimental, free improvisation, and everything in between, updated for the swinging 90s.”
Thanks WFMU
