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WCBN, based at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is one of the most interesting and exemplary low-wattage college radio stations I know of. The concentration of population makes them influential, as the campus is massive (90,000 at their football games!).
The high quality of people at the station has created a great programming legacy (reggae with Brian Tomsic, hip hop with Chill Will and Chad Wiliams‘ americana are just a few programs on air for over a decade) and numerous influential graduates such as Andy Flynn, Gretchen Lindensmith, Brendan M. Gillen, Tom Simonien, Carlos Julio Souffront and many more.
I am very proud to have a WCBN fleece in my collection from way back.
Here is their current list, verbatim of course:
wcbn fm chart 19 Jan 2008 “dry socket”
1. ponytail “ice cream spiritual!” we are free
2. Fennesz “Black Sea” Touch
3. Birdsongs of the Mesozoic “Dawn of the Cycads” Cuneiform
4. Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid “NYC” Domino
5. jib kidder “all on yall” states rights
6. hauschka “ferndorf” fatcat
7. Women “Women” Jagjaguwar
8. Yoshi Wada “Off the Wall” FMP
9. Skeletons “Money” Tomlab
10. High Places “High Places” Thrill Jockey
11. Bones “Walker” self-released
12. Peter Brotzmann/Fred Longberg “The Brain of the Dog in Section” Touch and Go
13. Sun Ra “Secrets of the Sun” Unheard Music
14. Jacques Demierre “One is Land” Creative Sources Recordings
15. Xamxen “Xamxen” self-released
16. Psychatrone Rhonedakk “American Primitive Electronics” Black Plastic Sound
17. David Byrne and Brian Eno “Everything That Happens Will Happen
Today” Todo Mundo
18. juaneco y su combo “s/t” barbés
19. vivian girls “vivian girls” in the red
20. Invisible Circle “Invisible Circle” Moon Dollar
21. Murcof – “The Versailles Sessions” Leaf
22. juana molina “un dia” domino
23. nightmares on wax “thought so…” warp
24. robyn hitchcock and the egyptians “luminous groove sampler” yep roc
25. little teeth “child bearing man” absolutely kosher
26. The Final Solution “Brotherman OST” Numero
27. Made in Mexico “Guerillaton” Skin Graft
28. Tallest Man on Earth “Shallow Grave” Gravitation
29. Various “Messthetics #106: the Manchester Musicians Collective
1977-1982” Hyped To Death
30. Group Inerane “Guitars from Agadez” Sublime Frequencies
31. A Handful of Dust “Now Gods, Stand Up for Bastards/The
Philosophick Mercury” No Fun
32. John Baker “The John Baker Tapes Volume 1” Trunk Records
33. Crazy Dreams Band – “Crazy Dreams Band” Holy Mountain
34. ZZZ “Sprechen Zie Pop?” Bureau B
35. Luomo “Convivial”
36. slumberwood – “yawling night songs” silent place
37. Arrington de dionyso – “I see beyond the black sun” K
38. Jozef Van Wissem – “A Priori” Incunabulum
39. Kevin Ayers “What More Can I Say” Reel Recordings
40. Gary Farr – “Take Something With You” Sunbeam
41. Jacob Kirkegaard – “Labyrinthitis” Touch
42. Stanley Schumacher and the Music Now Ensemble “Don’t Abandon Your
Baby” Musikmacher
43. Gregory Hawk “The Christmas Album”
44. growing – “all the way” social registry
45. Mark Tucker “In The Sack” De Stijl
46. Christina Carter “Original Darkness” Kranky
47. Kemialliset Ystävät/Sunroof! “Split Series 19” FatCat
48. Religious Knives “The Door” Ecstatic Peace!
49. Bobby Bradford Extet “Midnight Pacific Airwaves” Entropy Stereo
50. windy and carl “songs for the broken hearted” kranky
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Volcano Suns “All Night Lotus Party” Merge
Jandek “Glasgow Sunday” Corwood Industries
Arwulf Arwulf “Reproductive Rights for All Women” Nich Schleppen
Adam Payne “Organ” Holy Mountain
What’s the deal It’s DJ Chill Will of the University of Michigan’s
WCBN 88.3 FM. Home of the longest running college radio Hip Hop show
in the Mid-West and maybe the country. Check out our top 30 chart for
January 14 and be sure to tune into the show weekly on 88.3 Fm in the
Ann Arbor/Metro Detroit area. Or at www.wcbn.org Saturday nights from
9 to 12 midnight est.
Well it’s a new year and still cold as hell with snow all over the
place. So I had to dip and make my way to Cali for a week. 80’s baby
and I’m loving it. Look for interviews with a lot of dope artist and a
special interview with a Hip Hop heavyweight. Big shout to DJ Big Lou
The Mayor on the birth of his daughter.
Here’s our chart:
1. Keelay & Zaire,The Times,Myx Music
2. Jedi Mind Tricks,King Magnetic,Babygrande
3. Top Choice Clique,Reel Chemistry,Brick Records
4. Blame One & Exile,Disturbed,Soul Spazm Records
5. Jurrasic 5,Concrete Schoolyard,Decon
6. Arash,Howudoin,So Full Entertainment
7. Khizman,Goverment Names,Solevide
8. DKLA,Where You At,Zeal Entertainment
9. Eastcoast Avengers,Prison Planet,Brick Records
10.Fashawn,Our Way,White Label
11.Evidence,The Layover,Decon
12.Duo Live,SHootin,Redemption Music Group
13.Lam & Grins,Fight To The Top,Self Expression Music
14.The Package,Making Waves,Pkg Records
15.Tittsworth,WTF,Plant Music
16.Mic Legacy,Larry Davis,Rebel Muzik
17.Emskee,From The Heart,Goon Trax
18.Skit Slam,Just Like You,Freedom Entertainment
19.Black OC,Boom Box,Jeigh B Records
20.Live Manikins,Got The Style,White Label
21.M-16,Them Cars,Flavor Fruit Ent
22.Mr Cavi,Right There,Ivac Ent
23.Major League,Hustlin,New Realm Records
24.One Pham,Get Away,Fasho Records
25.Prodigy,Cold World,DIrt Class Records
26.Ras Ceylon,Betta B Ready,Throwback Records
27.Zion I,Juicy Juice,Gold Dust
28.Dujeous,Break Bread,Ingrooves
29.Ruste Juxx,Wipe Off Ya Smile,Duckdown
30.Annonymous Twist,Blasting,Soul On Rice
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Anonymous Twist,Que Pasa,Soul On Rice
Royce Da 5’9″,Shake This,One Records
Rapper Big Pooh,The Comeback,Hoj
J The S,Automatic,Greater Good
DJ CHILL WILL
WJZE HOT 97-3
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