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Many leagues below a murky, oil-filled pocket of subtropical waters off the southern coast of the United States, abyss creatures continue to communicate through light and vibration. In the “midnight zone,” a formidable black swallower feeds off of a hydrothermal vent, shrouded in a darkness thicker and blacker than deepest outer space. An opalescent dumbo octopus floats serenely by, her shiny coating picking up hints of a nearby jellyfish‘s flashing stroboscopic light, which illuminates a pulsating haze of red around them. On the very bottom of the ocean floor, a sea dandelion sits quietly, swaying back and forth to the rhythm of tectonic plates stirring below her…

Above: Special guest DJ Ron Like Hell, a resident purveyor of good taste and mind-expanding musical knowledge at northern Greenpoint’s favorite record-vending establishment, Permanent Records. If you are in the New York area on Friday, June 11th, go see him DJ at The Loft above Public Assembly.

Stream it: [audio:http://www.arthurmag.com/magpie/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Arthur-Radio-Voyage-18-Swimming-in-the-Cosmic-Ocean-5-16-2010.mp3%5D

Download: Arthur Radio Voyage #18: Swimming in the Cosmic Ocean w/ DJ Ron Like Hell 5-16-2010

This week’s playlist…

[DJ set by Ron Like Hell w/ Ivy Meadows + Hairy Painter]

burning spear – foggy road
oval – do while
dream syndicate – days of niagara
uusitalo – live at OFFF festival 2009
Son.Sine – Upekah – Nurture records
Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook – The Choice – 4ad
Brightblack Morninglight – Gathered Years – Matador
Joe Henderson – Current Events – Milestone
Troupe Majidi – Khilili – Sublime Frequencies
Cro-Magnon – Organic Sundown
Flying Lizards – Whole Lotta Shaking Goin’ On – Statik
Rune Lindbæk – OK, Kjør Romskip – (www.myspace.com/runelindbaek)
Lee Hazlewood – Monday Morning
Rachel Sweet – It’s So Different Here
‘Spiew Juchasa – Wspomnienia Sabaly
Colin Newman – Fish 3
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Vildgolia (Deaf, Dumb & Blind)
The Trolley Dollies – Space Cake (a DJ Harvey mix)
carl craig & mortiz von oswald – re-composed (side d)
cosmic jokers – cosmic joke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Jokers)
solarbeatt (http://www.whitevinyldesign.com/solarbeat/)
daevid allen – only make love if you want to
amps for christ – grey funnel
Faust – C’est Com…Com…Compliqué
robert fripp & brian eno – meissa
noveller – telecin
thee oh sees – drone number one
Susan Christie – Yesterday, Where’s My Mind?
dan graham – rock my religion
Thomas Leer – Letter From America
Füxa – Electric Sound Of Summer
Unrest – UFO
“civil disobedience is civil defense” segment from Animal Liberation LP
margaret dygas – frankly
I.U.D. – mary unmargaret
Ricardo Villalobos & Dandy Jack (Ric Y Martin) – Sini Est
die tödliche doris – weltkonferenz techalpen