JONATHAN D VALDEZ guest mix + new music from SHACKLETON, PLACID ANGELS, KMRU + more, on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast hosted by CHRIS WIDMAN. Special guest JONATHAN D VALDEZ (of NU VISION) is a bassist, producer + DJ, who delivers a jakbeat house mix focused on releases from NATION + DIRTY BLENDS labels ahead of the debut release “The Seed” from NU VISION. WIDMAN follows with an techno, electro + experimental sounds.

>JONATHAN D VALDEZ
Nico Babylon – Drum Major – Dirty Blends – 2025
Sanford Zydeco – Buckwheat Beat 4 The Primordial Cult – Dirty Blends – 2025
The Jak & Nico Babylon – This Nasty Possesion – Dirty Blends – 2025
The Jak meets William Kincaid – Psycko Pipez – Dirty Blends – 2025
The Jak Vs Nico Babylon- Roman Romance 4 The DruM kiDz – Dirty Blends – 2025
Mutant Beat Dance – Tuning Within the Maze – Nation – 2022
Nu Vision – R U Serious?!? – Nation – 2026
M.o.m.O.– High Voltage Re-Enactment – Light Sounds Dark – 2015

>CHRIS WIDMAN
Silent Servant “Harm In Hand” (Shadows of Death and Desire, Hospital Productions, 2018)
pdqb “Quaoar” (Sermons of the Electrofying Messiah, Synaptic Cliffs, 2025)
JTC “Infoline (DMX Crew Remix)” (JTC, Bopside, 2016)
E.R.P. “Oretha” (Event Related Potential, Down Low Music, 2005)
Rob Amboule “Friday Night Shite” (Siltie EP, Craigie Knowes, 2025)
Shackleton “The Dream in Fragments” (Euphoria Bound, Woe to the Septic Heart, 2026)
6amsunset “Stranger Call” (Graphical User Interface, Different Circles, 2026)
John Beltran, Placid Angles, Tom VR “Tides Alternate”(Canada, Oath, 2026)
Kangding Ray “Desierto” (Sirāt – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Invada, 2026)
Bill Laswell “Space-Time Paradox” (Essential Dub, Nation Music, 2004)
KMRU “Blurred (feat. Fennesz)” (Kin, Editions Mego, 2026)
Andrew Pekler “Browser Music 2” (Browser Music, 2021)

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JAMES BLAKE, SHACKLETON, KENNY DOPE + DJ SEINFELD are highlights on the latest pod, hosted by JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + HENRY SELF. JOSHUA weaves a psychedelic set running from abstract bass to midtempo deepness to primetime underground fair. HENRY stays mostly focused on the dance floor for the first half of his set with a diverse house-forward hour, that drops the tempo for a mid-set interlude covering electronic pop + low-slung Italo. [aired 12 February 2026 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM]

>JOSHUA P. FERGUSON
Fabiano Do Nascimento & E Ruscha V “Rio Inverso” (Aquaticos, Music from Memory, 2026)
James Blake “Death of Love” (Trying Times, Good Boy, 2026)
Shackleton “When Memory Ceases” (Euphoria Bound, AD93, 2026)
Horsepower Productions “Justify” (Crooks, Crime & Corruption, Tempa, 2016)
Ikonika “JSUK” (Bubble Up EP, Hyperdub, 2022)
Tornado Wallace “Space Tropics” (Desperate Pleasures EP, Beats In Space, 2013)
Natural Magic “Skyward Eye” (II, Optimo Music, 2026)
HOLOVR “Ancient Light” (Hypnotic Sensation, Indole, 2026)
Traumprinz “Where is Home?” (Planet Giegling, Giegling, 2017)
Underground Resistance “When Angels Speak” (When There Is No Sun, Omni Sound, 2026)
TCB “2nd Touch” (Roman Flugel remix) (Rather Happy Songs, House is OK, 2015)
Harmon “California Sober” (Happy Accidents, mulemusiq, 2026)
Shakarchi & Straneus “Donut Plains” (Anchor Songs, Studio Barnus, 2026)

>HENRY SELF
Barry Can’t Swim “Chala (My Soul Is On A Loop)” (Late Night Tales, Late Night Tales, 2026)
Craven Faults “Yard Loup” (Sidings, Leaf, 2026)
TEED “Always With Me” (Always With Me, Nice Age, 2025)
Xpansions “Move Your Body (Elevation)” (Shadow Child Remix) (Food, 2019)
Fresh and Low “Interact” (Bomba, 1995)
Helado Negro “More” (The Last Sound On Earth, Big Dada, 2025)
TSHA feat. Rose Gray “Girls” (Bubblegum Version) (Sad Girl (Remixes), Ninja Tune, 2025)
Kenny Dope & Róisín Murphy “Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)” (Naive Melodies, BBE, 2026)
Roni Griffith “Spys” (Chrissy Edit) (yearofedits.com, 2015)
Fred again.. feat. Floating Points “Ambery” (USB002, Atlantic, 2025)
DJ Seinfeld “Plush” (Ninja Tune, 2026)
L.P. Rhythm “Want Somebody” (Hot Creations, 2026)
Hercules & Love Affair feat. Hips & Lips “Body and Soul” (Stratasonic, 2025)
Weval “Straf (Theme)” (Straf (Soundtrack), Technicolour, 2026)

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New music from VIGGO DYSTE, ESTELLA BOERSMA, ALEJANDRO MERENCO, SHACKLETON, HODGE + more on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B + CHRIS WIDMAN. BILL begins with a mix of techno + house. WIDMAN follows on a technoid axis, but diverging into broken beat + bass music mutations. [aired 05 February 2026 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM]

>BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B
Viggo Dyst “Wet Stuff” (Shall Not Fade, 2025)
Skee Mask “Nights & Music” (Ilian Tape, 2026)
FJAAK “Soulfriction” (SPANDAU20, 2025)
DJ Babatr “Let’s Do It (te-te)” (Hakuna Kulala, 2025)
Estella Boersma “The Core” (EB-REX, 2025)
Peverelist “Pulse IX” (Fadi Mohem Remix, Livity Sound, 2025)
Leibniz “Corridor” (Peach Discs, 2025)
Pugilist “Monument” (Ruff Kutz, 2025)
Gockel “Otorongo” (Patent, 2026)
Altinbas “Nebula” (Observer Station, 2025)
Pearson Sound “Which Way Is Up” (Hessle Audio, 2024)
K-Lone “Shelter” (Tempa, 2025)

>CHRIS WIDMAN
The Black Dog “They Came For My Head” (Loud Ambient, Dust Science, 2025)
MoMa Ready “CLEAR” (BODY 25, 2025)
Robert Hood “Full Armor” (M-Plant, M-Plant 2014)
Mikkel Metal “Rebuild (Luke Hess Remix)” (Rebuild, Echochord, 2026)
Alejandro Marenco “Serpiente” (Cold Front Volume 2, Lake Effect Records, 2026)
Shackleton “The Dream in Fragments” (Euphoria Bound, Woe to the Septic Heart, 2026)
Hodge “Sway” (Tempa Allstars Vol. 9, 2026)
SPEEDY J “Freeqwarp 2025” (Transparent, Stoor, 2026)
Sister Zo “Fighting for Scraps” (Superclásico, Vol. 2, Clásico, 2025)
Kiefer Ian “Clear The Floor” (2025)
Kassian, sept7 “Hollow (sept7 Remix)” (Faux Poly: Remixed 004
Jace Inman “In A Viper Pit” (All Energy, NFC Records, 2025)
Kangding Ray “En La Noche” (Sirāt – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Invada, 2025)
The Bug vs Ghost Dubs “Burial Skank (Mass, Brixton)” (Implosion, Pressure, 2025)

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