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Hey everyone,

I have just a few updates for you on WXYC’s programming for this week. Take a look:

Tonight at 9pm, the Inside Track will feature Sort By Dragging, the latest release from Bremen, Germany based electronic musician Ulli Bowmans. Allegedly inspired by Fritz Lang's Metropolis, these dark and gloomy ambient soundscapes capture the industrial despair and listlessness of the laborers working in the smoky depths of Metropolis. This is a face-dive into a digital abyss and there's enough electro-gloom on here for everyone!

On tonight's New Science Experience we will be continuing our NSE Technician Showcase. The Technician Showcase is the culmination of our newly minted NSE Technician Training program led by NSE coordinators earlier last month. We worked with 15 WXYC DJs to show them how to use our fancy industry-standard club DJing equipment. They'll be taking over the NSE airwaves through the end of the month demonstrating their new skills. Tonight we'll hear sets from Kevin R, Katie H, and Sufi N. Check it out from 10pm to midnight!

Every Sunday, from 1 to 2pm, join us in exploring the traditions of the American South on Hell or High Water! This hour features music from the shelves of UNC's renowned Southern Folklife Collection, one of the nation's most illustrious archival resources for American folk music and culture. A WXYC DJ will put everything in its context throughout the show, letting you know where we are, where we've been, and who's been there.

And tune in Monday at 9pm for the Outside Track, featuring a reissue of the 1974 self-titled debut from Batsumi, a South African group fusing American jazz and traditional musics (most tracks have parenthetical references to specific groups, like "Xhosa African Jazz"). This album shows some of the compositional left turns they take -- they're not afraid to throw in a drum and mouth harp duet or quote Beethoven -- but it also features tons of great melodies from a warm inviting pallet of flute, rhythmic acoustic guitar, hand percussion, and upright bass. It's inviting, melodic, and sounds about as fun to make as it is to listen to.