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4A.I.: Elsewhere in India 17/03/2026

For tomorrow morning's episode of The Big Note on 3MDR 97.1 FM, I have a wonderful chat with Murthovic & Avinash, two amazing creatives from India who together are Murthovic & Thiruda. They are appearing at Bunjil Place on the 28th of March as part of "Elsewhere In India" from 4:45 - 7:30pm and share some of their influences, what they do and some of what we can expect from their audio-visual immersive show.

4A.I.: Elsewhere in India '4A.I.: Elsewhere in India' presents the Indian artists Murthovic and Thiruda, collectively known as Elsewhere in India, who explore digital repatriation and...

25/02/2026

For Episode #127 of The Big Note yesterday on 3MDR 97.1 FM, we explore microtonality further, after briefly touching on it last week. We also discuss politics both in music and in life, seeing as I touched on that subject last week as well (and got a bit of feedback) 😆
~ Microtonality is the use of microtones in music — that is, intervals smaller than a semitone. These are sometimes called microintervals.
The idea can be broadened to include any music that uses intervals outside the standard Western system of twelve equal notes per octave. In simple terms, a microtone is a note that falls “between the keys” of a piano tuned in equal temperament.

Down Below - Gusto Gusto [10-02-26] Nathan P
* What Was She Thinking? - BenKonarov [10-02-26]
* Harmony - In Constance [20-02-26]
* Coming Undone - mkDubby [27-02-26]
* If You Wanna Stay Alive - Tom Woodward from “Come, Come, KARMA!” [28-01-26]
* Blow Up The Pokies - The Whitlams from “Love This City” [29-05-2000]
* The Holes In Our Heads - Cam Eric from “This World Below” [14-10-25]
* Fabienk - Angine De Poitrine [05-02-26]
* Sleep Drifter - King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from “Flying Microtonal Banana” [2017]
* Gleam - Sevish from “Harmony Hacker” [2017]
* Sacrificial Code - Kali Malone from “The Sacrificial Code” [2019]
* Iket Adjen - Tinariwen from “Amatssou” [19-05-23]
* Politics - Dragon from “O Zambezi” [1978]
* Apolitical by Worker & Parasite from “POLITICS: A Case Study of the Nexus between Populism, Apathy & Exploitation” [08-09-22]
* The Slime - Frank Zappa from “Over-nite SensaOon” [1973]
* Nuclear Fusion - King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from “Flying Microtonal Banana” [2017]

Episode Image: Looking for notes between the notes [C.J. Stephen]

17/02/2026

Good morning peoples, I'm here at 3MDR 97.1 FM ready to share some excellent eclectic music, share some thoughts and hopefully just relax and enjoy the cooler weather this morning, I would love it if you could join me! 😁
From 9 - 11am ❤️

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