The George Bastian Show Future Playlists:

The George Bastian Show playlist for 07/23/2026
Artist Title Album Label Link
Garrett T. Willie Going To Toronto Bill’s Cafe
Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon I’m Getting Too Famous (This Time Last Year) *Clean* As Of Now
Michelle David & The True-Tones Speak To Me Soul Woman
Jaubi Raga Bairagi Todi A Sound Heart
Bria Skonberg Markham Sunrise Brass
George Lewis With Steve Lacy Rainbow Family
Lucid Express Setback Instant Comfort
Claire Rousay Conditional Love Little Death
Jessica Moss No Where Unfolding
Violet Riot RIP Ex’s & Exclamations
Ninajirachi Sing Good I Love My Computer
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Title: Hidden Connections: Music You Didn't Know Was Related

Episode Description: Musical genres often seem completely separate, but many of them share common histories, techniques, and influences. Styles that sound unrelated today have grown from the same traditions or borrowed ideas from one another over time. In this episode, we explore some of music's unexpected relationships by pairing genres that listeners might not normally associate together. We will hear how rhythm, harmony, improvisation, production, and experimentation connect artists across different musical worlds.

 

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  • Posted on: 23 July 2026
  • By: George Bastian
The George Bastian Show playlist for 07/16/2026
Artist Title Album Label Link
Sona Jobarteh N’na Duniyaa Badinyaa Kumoo
Javier Jara Alicia Our Rhythms, Our Voices
Lettuce Gold Tooth Cook
Ping Pong Go Un Poco Loco Smash Combat
Flying Lotus CAPTAIN KERNEL BIG MAMA
Nia Archives Luv Like **Single**
Sknit Salto Grist EP
Minor Sine Project Balter Extempore
Simo Cell Clapflame Simo Live Cuts I
BITWASHERE I Hate Music Somewhere The Stars Align
Angine De Poitrine Sarneizz Vol. II
Zoumer Driving (So Many Emotions) e.a.l. (Euro Arab Lovergirl)
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Title: The Language of Rhythm: How Patterns Move Us

Episode Description: Rhythm is one of the oldest and most universal elements of music. Long before melody and harmony became central to musical traditions, people were using rhythm to communicate, celebrate, work, dance, and tell stories. Although rhythmic patterns vary across cultures and genres, they all share the ability to connect people through movement and repetition. In this episode, we explore how rhythm shapes the way we experience music. Moving through styles such as African-inspired percussion, latin music, funk, jazz, hip-hop, electronic dance music, and experimental sound, we'll hear how different artists use pulse, groove, syncopation, and repetition to create energy and expression.

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  • Posted on: 16 July 2026
  • By: George Bastian
The George Bastian Show playlist for 07/09/2026
Artist Title Album Label Link
Claire Rousay Doubt Little Death
Kara-Lis Coverdale Suspension Of Swallowed Earth A Series Of Actions In A Sphere Of Forever
Andrew Staniland The Laws Of Nature The Laws Of Nature
Odonis Adonis Consumed Odonis Adonis
Crown Lands I: Dawn Ritual I & II
Jessica Moss Until All Are Free Unfolding
Rhucle High Power Place
GorpoPap Sonar Reach 4 The Stars
William Carn’s CHOICES Gratitude The Unburdening
Will Roesner Buoy Fairy Music
Julien Clauss 3116 //////// E V Z ///////////////////
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Title: The Space Between Sounds

Episode Description: Music is often known by the notes we hear, but it is just as important that the sounds aren't always at the centre of our attention. Silence, ambience, reverberation, dynamics, and space all influence how we experience a piece of music. This episode explores how artists use atmosphere to create emotion and meaning. Moving through ambient music, minimalist composition, post-rock, drone, jazz, experimental electronic music, field recordings, and cinematic soundscapes, we'll hear how space itself becomes part of the composition. Rather than filling every moment with sound, these artists show that restraint can be just as expressive as complexity. The episode invites listeners to think differently about listening, not just to music, but to the environments that surround it.

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  • Posted on: 16 July 2026
  • By: George Bastian
The George Bastian Show playlist for 07/09/2026
Artist Title Album Label Link
Claire Rousay Doubt Little Death
Kara-Lis Coverdale Suspension Of Swallowed Earth A Series Of Actions In A Sphere Of Forever
Andrew Staniland The Laws Of Nature The Laws Of Nature
Odonis Adonis Consumed Odonis Adonis
Crown Lands I: Dawn Ritual I & II
Jessica Moss Until All Are Free Unfolding
Rhucle High Power Place
GorpoPap Sonar Reach 4 The Stars
William Carn’s CHOICES Gratitude The Unburdening
Will Roesner Buoy Fairy Music
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Title: The Space Between Sounds

Episode Description: Music is often known by the notes we hear, but it is just as important that the sounds aren't always at the centre of our attention. Silence, ambience, reverberation, dynamics, and space all influence how we experience a piece of music. This episode explores how artists use atmosphere to create emotion and meaning. Moving through ambient music, minimalist composition, post-rock, drone, jazz, experimental electronic music, field recordings, and cinematic soundscapes, we'll hear how space itself becomes part of the composition. Rather than filling every moment with sound, these artists show that restraint can be just as expressive as complexity. The episode invites listeners to think differently about listening, not just to music, but to the environments that surround it.

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  • Posted on: 16 July 2026
  • By: George Bastian
The George Bastian Show playlist for 07/02/2026
Artist Title Album Label Link
COMPANDER Dirt Thin Soles
Sorry Girls Stalker Dreamwalker
Kara-Lis Coverdale Oriri Changes in Air
DJ Unknown The Rain Ichigo Ichie
Maps and Diagrams Mist on the Mountain Volta
Moonlight Ransom Stay Here With Me Computers Talk To Me
GorpoPap Tiny Dancy Reach 4 The Stars
CT57 Blue Light VOID TV
Jane Pakina Solace Millions Of Years Of Longing
Ida Diana Maidstone Cadillac Angel Food
Ed Herbers Gloam Season Cycle: Summer
George Bastian Twilight Zone Aphotic Depths
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Title: Beyond the Instrument: How Technology Changed the Way We Make Music

Episode Description: Music has always been made by the tools artists use to create it. From early synthesizers and electronic instruments to digital production, sampling, and experimental sound design, technology has expanded the possibilities of what music can be. In this episode, we explore how artists have moved beyond traditional instruments and started treating technology as part of the creative process. We’ll travel through early electronic music, synth-pop, ambient soundscapes, hip-hop sampling, plunderphonics, modern electronic production, and internet-based genres such as vaporwave and hyperpop. Along the way, we’ll look at how musicians use computers, recordings, and unconventional sounds to reshape the way we experience music. Whether through carefully designed electronic textures, found sounds from the environment, or digitally transformed recordings, each artist demonstrates a different way of creating and interpreting sound. Technology has opened new creative possibilities for  artists to build entire worlds from sounds that were once impossible to imagine.

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  • Posted on: 16 July 2026
  • By: George Bastian
The George Bastian Show playlist for 06/25/2026
Artist Title Album Label Link
Duwayne Burnside Tribute Red Rooster
Neighbourly Lost It Kerplunk
Wytch Hazel Elements Wytch Hazel - V: Lamentations
The World Provider Anytime (feat. Katie Moore) THEMES
HEALTH THOUGHT LEADER CONFLICT DLC
Palace Oaks Sugar Insular Mountains
GLADHANDING Bones Girl GLADHANDING
The Ophelias Vulture Tree Spring Grove
Angine De Poitrine Angor Vol. II
Sam Quealy Starlight Jawbreaker
The Dialtones Monk Static Sky
Atsuko Chiba Locked And Array Atsuko Chiba
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Title: The Experimentation of Rock

Episode Description: Rock music has always been connected to experimentation. As musicians began exploring new technologies, production techniques, and unconventional structures, the genre expanded into countless new forms. From the heavy energy of blues rock to the atmospheric textures of shoegaze, the electronic influence of synth rock, and the abstract sounds of post-rock and experimental music, this episode explores how rock has evolved into a genre defined by creativity and reinvention.

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  • Posted on: 16 July 2026
  • By: George Bastian
The George Bastian Show playlist for 06/18/2026
Artist Title Album Label Link
Kokoroko Three Piece Suit (feat. Azekel) Tuff Times Never Last
Phylipe Nunes Araújo Asa Phylipe Nunes Araújo
Derek Gripper & Alam Khan Koortjie Birds Of The Air
Hollie Cook Dubbing On Shy Girl In Dub!
Roots Radics Attack On Ganymede 24. Prince Jammy Destroys The Invaders
Nick León Ghost Orchid (feat. Ela Minus) A Tropical Entropy
Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama Call Me Tokyo Funk Diva
Kaytanada Good Luck AIN'T NO DAMN WAY
Samira Banihashemi YVR - Yellow Vancouver Rain Single
JP Meldrum Shuteye At My Expense
Emilio Wawatie, Leila Twenish, & Saeyenna Lee Sikwan Nogom Nikamowin
Michael Sarian Glory Box Esquina
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Title: Sounds Without Borders: How Music Travels Across Cultures

Episode Description: Music has never been isolated. Throughout history, sounds, rhythms, instruments, and musical ideas have travelled between communities, countries, and generations. In this episode, we explore how music moves across cultural boundaries and evolves through exchange. From the rhythmic foundations of West African Afrobeat and Brazilian bossa nova, to the global influence of reggae, Latin music, electronic production, and experimental sound, we will explore how artists transform local traditions into sounds that reach audiences around the world. Each section of the episode is about how migration, technology, and collaboration allow musical ideas to travel and change over time. This episode looks at music as a constantly evolving conversation between different cultures and generations.

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  • Posted on: 16 July 2026
  • By: George Bastian
The George Bastian Show playlist for 06/11/2026
Artist Title Album Label Link
Josè González A Perfect Storm Against The Dying Of The Light
Wild Mountain Mystics Just Lay It Down Fire & Honey
SØURDØPE Water Temple CJSF Singles
Kaytranada THINGS AIN’T NO DAMN WAY!
Melissa Aldana No Pidas Imposibles Filin
Luke Titus Lotus Leaf From What Was Will Grow A Flower
Sassy 009 My Candle Dreamer+
Omar Henderson STICKYNOTES #1 Dozer
GLADHANDING Unflinching Man GLADHANDING
Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill Temple Dreaming In Gamelan
Nausea Low Semmafore New Star Alias
Ellie Merciful Fire Escape Lambing Season Demos
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Title: When Sounds Collide: The Art of Musical Fusion

Episode Description: This episode explores how different musical genres interact, overlap, and influence one another to create new and hybrid sounds. Moving beyond genre boundaries, the show analyzes how styles such as folk, jazz, funk, hip-hop, electronic, and global music traditions can merge in unexpected ways. Through a wide selection of tracks, the episode finds connections between very different genres and shows how musical ideas can travel across cultures and styles. The second half of the program changes toward more experimental listening, where the focus is on how these blended influences reshape rhythm, texture, and atmosphere. The goal of this episode is to encourage listeners to think about genre as something fluid and that has evolving conversations between sounds.

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  • Posted on: 16 July 2026
  • By: George Bastian
The George Bastian Show playlist for 06/04/2026
Artist Title Album Label Link
Awolk Faded Love Wild Rose (EP)
Tenise Marie Send Me A Sign Off The Record
Tad Robinson Deeper Than You Think Soul In Blue
Sean Poluk Seven Garmut
Noam Lemish Song For Rona There's Beauty Enough In Being Her
Hugo Blouin Apres Tu Manges Le Buffet
JJ's Bounty Hunterz On The Rhodes Again J Funk Origins
The Phigs Tip Of The Tongue Synconium
Mobb Deep My Era (Clean) Infinite (Clean)
Avro Perfect World Psychopathe
Lost Decade Rise What It Was
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Title: A Journey Through Sound

Episode Description: This episode explores how different musical genres influence the way listeners experience and interpret sound. This episode will use a wide selection of music from indie, blues, jazz, funk, and electronic music to show the unique sounds of each genre and with its emotions, moods, and associations they create. George will be comparing their styles, textures, rhythms, and sound qualities. This episode shows how different genres can communicate different ideas, feelings, and atmospheres. The program wants listeners to reflect on the role that genre plays in shaping their musical experiences and connections to sound.

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  • Posted on: 16 July 2026
  • By: George Bastian
The George Bastian Show playlist for 05/28/2026
Artist Title Album Label Link
Leon Todd Johnson Wa (Instrumental) Wa Kei Sei Jaku
Hector Plimmer Grow featuring Tawiah Infinity Mirrors
Kate Wyatt Patience Murmurations
Palace Oaks Sugar Insular Mountains
Nick Storring Parque Tingui Mirante
Sassy 009 Sleepwalker's Pendulum Dreamer+
Oliver Night Between The Lines Between The Lines
SOURDOPE High Roller CJSF Singles
Kara-Lis Coverdale Circularism A Series Of Actions In A Sphere Of Forever
Those Who Walk Away The Beginning And The End Afterlife Requiem
Caleb Klager -x TC011
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Title: George Bastian Opening Show

Episode Description: This is a project that explores how different sounds, genres, and textures can be connected and reworked in creative ways. This episode in particular is about playing a mix of atmospheric, electronic, ambient, and reflective music selections as a way to start the show.

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  • Posted on: 16 July 2026
  • By: George Bastian