Begin forwarded message: > From: Mike Cooper <[email protected]> > Date: August 1, 2020 at 8:09:07 PM EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WOR] New music shows on Spain's RNE3 > Reply-To: [email protected] > > RNE3, a source of strong contemporary music programming, has revamped its > weekend evening programming -- something it seems to do every 5 or 10 years. > Gone are electronic music and rap shows that aired on Friday and Saturday > nights, Spanish time. > > Late Friday nights still start with "Paralelo3," two hours of electronic > music. But now it's followed by a two-hour "Groovy Nights," described as a > fusion of "jazz contemporáneo con música electrónica, funk, hip hop, neo-soul > o R&B." (Meh.) That's followed by a one-hour "No Dormiras:" "Acompáñanos a > las zonas oscuras de la imaginación y temblemos juntxs porque... no > dormirás." What I heard was pretty avant garde, with spooky music and what > sounded like scary-film excerpts, whispering or frantic voices, a crying > baby, moaning zombies, whimpering dogs, shrieks and more. But, of course, the > program airs at 3 in the morning Spanish time. Not a show to make you fall > asleep, for sure. It reminds me of the provocative show that aired on RNE > (and REE) a few years ago, “Desde el infierno.” > > Saturday nights see some big changes, but the flagship "Atmosfera," continues > to hold a three-hour slot (used to be two hours a few years ago), with > electronic music that always settles into a groovy mix for the last hour or > two. Gone are the show where they played old scratchy 78s ranging from > country and western to Spanish to occasional novelty records. That had been > followed by a two-hour old-school rap show which was getting pretty > repetitive. > > In their place on Saturday nights are "Doce Pulgadas," "un gran disco, una > historia," which included some mildly interesting electronic sorta dancy > music that included a drum-and-bass track and a slowed-down cover of > Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." That's followed by "Gente decent," which > had a brief run in 2019 and asks about your ability "para desconectar de todo > y perderte en tu mundo." It turns out to be a nice dance mix, nary an > announcer heard during the hour. > > While I will miss the shows they are taking off, RNE3 is very good about > keeping old programming available online for streaming. It also allows > downloading of the shows as audio files. For example, their site still has > 227 episodes of the two-hour "Aun no me he repuesto de la ultima noche que > pase contigo," an electronic dance-mix show that began in 2010 and was the > predecessor to "Atmosfera." > > The weekend shows contain minimal talk. RNE3 offers a wide variety of music > programs and consistently plays music I am not going to hear on domestic U.S. > radio. And, of course, with no commercials. It's possible that the new shows > are just short summer (or August) replacements or represent changes caused by > virus-related staffing issues. No way to easily tell. I'm glad there are > still some international public broadcasters producing programming like this. > > The new RNE3 schedule is at https://www.rtve.es/radio/radio3/programacion/ . > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. > > View/Reply Online (#118458): https://groups.io/g/WOR/message/118458 > Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/75937486/527433 > Group Owner: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/WOR/leave/1441936/346206453/xyzzy > [[email protected]] > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >
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