All Episodes - Frequency Theory
Frequency Theory is an eclectic cafeteria of the sonically strange and the audibly alluring. Surprising samples, radical remixes, and mesmeric mashups mate with concupiscent chaos. Everything and everything, past present and future, abhorrent and sublime. All sound. Hosted by Tom Tenney, Frequency Theory can be heard live every Wednesday at 8pm on Radio Free Brooklyn
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Frequency Theory 1732 "Zombie Dogs"
Original Air Date: September 9, 2017 Hosted by RFB co-founder, Tom Tenney, Frequency Theory is 2 hours of music and sound outside your comfort zone. Tonight's show, "Zombie Dogs", features sounds from the (first) Korean war and tracks by: Ebo Taylor, Annette Peacock, Soul Position, Harlem Yu, Typical Cats, Hugh Masekela and more! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10 PM Eastern. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1731 "Broadway Junction" 8/31/17
Original Air Date: August 31, 2017 Tonight's episode, "Broadway Junction" features Mayan hip-hop by Balam Apju plus: Cities Aviv, Melissa Aldana, Odd Future, noura mint seymali and more! Experimental jazz, hip-hop, funk, fusion. Music outside your comfort zone. Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday 8-10pm. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn
Frequency Theory 1730 "Human Hands Rising Mind"
Original Air Date: August 24, 2017 Hosted by RFB co-founder Tom Tenney, Frequency Theory is 2 hours of alt-jazz, post-funk, experimental soul, and hip-hop 4.0. Tonight's show, "Human Hands Rising Mind" features tracks by Orgone, The Natural Yogurt Band, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, The Suffers, Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra, Barrio Jazz Gang, Takuya Kuroda, Heliocentrics, Liricas Analas, MR CHOP, and more! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10 pm US Eastern Daylight Time. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1729 "Destruction DNA"
Original Air Date: August 17, 2017 Tonight: "Destruction DNA" hard music for a hard week. jazz echoes and resounds, hip-hop hides itself in a dream, saxophones weep. Tracks by Swamp Dogg, Deep Street Soul, DJ Shadow, Baby Huey, Eric B. and Rakim, The Watts Prophets and more. Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10pm US Eastern Time. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1728 "Soul Tiger"
Original Air Date: August 10, 2017 In tonight's show, "Soul Tiger", Tom is preparing for the apocalypse by hunkering down in the Radio Free Bunker, making bodysuits out of cockroaches, and spinning funk, jazz, experimental hip hop, and post-everything tracks from Polar Bear, Die Antwoord, Bushwick Bill, The Shaolin Afronauts, GoGo Penguin, Flying Lotus and more. Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE 8-10pm Eastern Daylight Time. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn
Frequency Theory 1727 "Dress Like X, Lips Like Y"
Original air date: August 3, 2017 Frequency Theory is dystopian-funk, post-soul, acid jazz, and hip hop au courant - hosted by Tom Tenney. Tonight's show, "Dress Like X, Lips Like Y" features tracks by Skull Snaps, Kashmere Stage Band, Dream Warriors, Milk Kan, Fort Knox Five, Nicole Willis & and Soul Investigators and more! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10 pm US Eastern time. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1726 "RaBe!" with special guest Kate Hiß of Radio Bern (RaBe)
Original Air Date: July 27, 2017 In tonight's show, "RaBe!" Tom is joined in the studio by Kate Hiß of Radio RaBe (http://rabe.ch) in Bern, Switzerland and discuss radio, NYC, Switzerland, life and music. Plus tracks by: Oscar Brown Jr., Lizzy Mercier Decloux, Ohmega Watts, Dumpstaphunk, Joe Lee Wilson, Tom Tom Club, Adrian Younge, and more! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10 PM Eastern Time. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1725 "Neon Transplant"
Original Air Date: July 13, 2017 It's too damn hot in NYC to talk, so tonight's show, "Neon Transplant" is mostly back to back hip-hop, funk, and jazz from the likes of Ugly Duckling, Soel, The Crusaders, Monty Alexander, Peanut Butter Wolf, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, The Beginning of the End, and way more to cool your jets, Brooklyn-style! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10pm US Eastern time. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1724 "Made for You and Me"
Original Air Date: July 6, 2017 In tonight's episode, "Made For You and Me", Tom gets all post-fourth introspective about the meaning of freedom and independence. Tracks by: Weldon Irvine, Jean Grae, Ray Charles, Homeboy Sandman, Ozomatli, Chicano Batman, Eva Cassidy and more! Plus, a special Independence day edition of "Discover This Cover" featuring four covers of "This Land is Your Land" you cannot live without! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10pm Eastern. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1723 "Perverted Accordian"
Original air date: June 29, 2017 Tonight's show, "Perverted Accordian," features tracks by Quasimoto, Miles Davis, The Tao of Groove, Prince Fatty, Eddie Jefferson, Champagne Jerry, The Headhunters and more! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10pm Eastern Time. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1722 "Vinyl Guillotine"
Tonight's show, "Vinyl Guillotine" celebrates summer with tracks by Big Sam's Funky Nation, Flow Tribe, The Coup, Shotgun Jazz Band, Eddie Hazel, C. Spencer Yeh, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and more! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE Thursday 8-10pm Eastern (5pm PT) Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1721 "100th Episode Extravaganza!"
Tom and a host of friends invade the RFB studios to celebrate the 100th episode of one of Radio Free Brooklyn's very first shows with a three-hour live broadcast. Angelica and Amanda, hosts of Empty Orchestra, and Patrick, Violet and Sara of the Apocal-cast all stop by and play a gamified version of "Discover this Cover," and Tom shows his age by stumping them with covers of bygone classics. You'll have to listen to find out who won, and left the studio with a free RFB t-shirt!
Frequency Theory 1720 "Hippy Skippy Slam Boyz" 6/8/17
Tonight's show, "Hippy Skippy Slam Boyz" is the show's 99th episode, and Tom is counting down to the 3-hour 100th party episode next week with tracks by The Mighty Show-Stoppers, Skeewiff, Torpedo Boyz, African Music Machine, Polkaholix, Grinderman, The Last Poets, and more! Frequency Theory is a show about musical intersections – where jazz meets hip hop, punk and funk converge, turntablism overlaps with soul, folk shares a spliff with its psychedelic brethren, and industrial hits the disco dancefloor. LIVE every Thursday from 8-10 PM EDT (UTC -4:00) Only on Radio Free Brooklyn. www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
Frequency Theory 1719 "Portal to a Quiet Dog"
Original Air Date: June 1, 2017 Tonight's show, "Portal to a Quiet Dog," laments that, as of today, the US is no longer the leader of the free world. So let's all kick back and enjoy the decline and fall with tracks by Michal Urbaniak, The Disco Biscuits, Steve Coleman, Tuxedomoon, The String Cheese Incident, Lydia Lunch, Mos Def and more! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10pm Eastern Time (UTC -4:00) Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1718 "Revolution Moon"
Original Air Date: May 25, 2017 This episode, "Revolution Moon." turns from sublime to ridiculous, spinning records by Fela Kuti, Spanky Wilson, Sex Mob, Blockhead, Garage a Tois, Pete Rock, Soulive, and more. Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10pm Eastern. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn
Frequency Theory 1717 "Jumpin' Green Godzilla!" (Redux)
NOTE: PREVIOUS UPLOAD WAS WRONG FILE. THIS IS THE CORRECT SHOW. Original Air Date: May 18, 2017 On tonight's show, "Jumpin' Green Godzilla!" Tom shares top-secret code word intelligence, encoded in tracks by Buckshot LeFonque, The Sugarman 3, Lady Pardox, Doctorfunk, J-Radical, Kings Go Forth, The Mighty Imperials, and more! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday at 8pm Eastern Time. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1716 "Two-Headed Jesus"
Live Air Date: Thursday, May 11, 2017 The political temperature of America is VERY high right now, so in tonight's show, "Two-Headed Jesus," Tom is going to try to single-handedly cool it down with tracks by The Electric Swing Circus, Urban Species, Radical Stuff, Edwin Birdsong, Junior Wells, DJ Cam, George Duke, Kormac, and more! Listen up! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday 8-10 pm EDT, 5 pm PDT, midnight GMT. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn. www.radiofreebrooklyn.com
Frequency Theory 1715 "Funky Space Freaks"
Original Air Date: May 4, 2017 Tonight's show, "Funky Space Freaks" features the best post-rock, post-punk, post-jazz, post nasal drip, and acid-wash with tracks by: Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Billy Preston, Jazz Pistols, Vulfpeck, DJ Spooky, Tribal Tech and more! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10pm ET. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1714 "Secret Power Interactive"
Original air date: Thursday, April 27 2017 In tonight's show, "Secret Power Interactive," Tom is back and celebrating our #2 spot on Time Out NY's list of NYC's best indie stations by mixin' up the funk/soul/jazz/hiphop and bringin ya tracks by Shaolin Temple Defenders, Jack McDuff, Hot 8 Brass Band, Brian Auger, Weather Report, DJ Faust, Yes King, Burning Babylon, Funkshone and way, way more! Listen up! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10 pm ET. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1713 "A Coney Island for Your Ears"
Original Airdate: April 20, 2017 In tonight's show, "A Coney Island for your Ears" Funky Cyclones and Jazzy Wonder Wheels abound, featuring tracks by Kero One, The Bamboos, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Louis Prima, Deep Street Soul, Easy Mo Bee & Emskee, 6ix Toys, Fingathing, Dizzy Gillespie and more! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE ever Thursday from 8-10pm Eastern time. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1712 "Ghost Pills"
Original Air Date: April 13, 2017 This edition of Frequency Theory - "Ghost Pills" - celebratin' springtime with funky junk from Flow Dynamics, Bad Boe, Jungle Brothers, Stanton Moore, Stereolab, Betty Ford Boys, Charles Mingus, Electric Peanut Butter Company and more! Listen for happiness. Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10 pm Eastern. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn
Frequency Theory 1711 "Undertow"
Original Air Date: April 6, 2017 Tonight's show, "Undertow" is 100% unadulterated jazz/soul/hip-hop/funk/blues/jazz-hop/funk-blues/hip-funk/soul-jazz/blues-funk and hop-soul with maybe a little turntablism thrown in to keep it interesting. Tracks by Sonny Stitt, Galliano, Otis Rush, Soul Chef, The Haggis Horns, Mother Earth, Dyke & the Blazers, and more! Listen up! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10 pm NYC time. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1710 "Money Cat"
Original air date: March 30, 2017 In tonight's show, "Money Cat," Tom brings you a new-and-improved* show featuring a 'Joint-n-Java' set: mind relaxed, body alive, electric and ready to jump! Tracks by Freak Power, The Soul Snatchers, Jeremey Steig, Corduroy, Chick Corea, Electro Deluxe, Nojazz, and more! Listen up! *now with less talking! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10 pm ET. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1709 "Parade Your Snazz"
Original Air Date: March 23, 2017 In this episode Tom is in convalescent mode after an auto accident last Saturday, so there will probably be a fair amount of incoherent babble, accompanied by great tracks by Merry Clayton, Underground System, Chuck Berry, Prince Far I, Bill Lasell, Cassandra Wilson The UMC's and more! In addition, almost half the show will be dedicated to astounding jazz covers of Bob Dylan - the triumphant return of FT's "Discover This Cover" segment. Listen up! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10 PM Eastern Time. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1708 "Pre Cog"
Original Air Date: March 16, 2017 In tonight's episode, "Pre Cog" Tom is back on the mic after a brief absence, and bringing you super hard acid jazz, bebop, funk and hip-hop jams from Maceo Parker, Dirty Beatniks, Marc Ribot, Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro, Digable Planets, Lord Buckley, Eyenine and more! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10pm ET, only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1707 "Cursed!"
Original Air Date: March 2, 2017 In tonight's episode, "Cursed!" Tom brews up a magickal amalgam blending the hardest electric jazz, hip-hop, funk, post-punk, sound poetry and bebop into a free collage that'll cure what ails ya, guaranteed. Tracks by: Eddie Harris, Nomeansno, Al Jarreau, Les McCann, Thievery Corporation, Soul Coughing and more! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10 PM Eastern Time. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1706 "World Grind"
Tonight's episode, "World Grind" be all mixey mashey jazzy funky punky bluesy eclectic chill with tracks by Slim Harpo, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Charlie Parker, Candy Dulfer, Jim White, Bad Brains, United Future Organization, and more!! Almost the weekend, but not quite.
Frequency Theory 1705 "Indivisible"
Original Air Date: February 16, 2017 After a 3-week hiatus, an all-new Frequency Theory is back on RFB! In tonight's episode, "Indivisible" Tom invites you into the sandbox and lets you play with his experimental jazz, funk, soul, hip-hop, punk and other random weird shit. Tracks by That Handsome Devil, Heavy Trash, Thalia Zadek, Little Beaver, Street Sweeper Social Club, The Honey Drippers and more! Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10pm ET, only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1704 "Free Dumb"
Original Air Date: January 26, 2017 In tonight's show, "Free Dumb," weird times call for weird shows, so tonight will feature some of strangest tracks from Bruce Haack, Miles Davis, Pigmeat Markham, Cymande, Horace Silver, Dillinger, Television and more! Thursday 8-10 PM, only on Radio Free Brooklyn. Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10 pm ET. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn.
Frequency Theory 1703 "Go to Sleep, America"
Original Airdate: January 19, 2017 Tonight, Tom joins the Trump transition in lulling America into the blissful slumber of a fact free world of hate and intolerance. The age of reason is over and we'll hear ghosts of those who gave their lives to see that a day like tomorrow never come. Plus tracks by Immortal Technique, Laibach, Public Enemy, Pete Miser, Jane's Addiction, Consolidated, Rage, Kimya Dawson, and more. Peace to the marchers and protesters on the mall. Frequency Theory can be heard LIVE every Thursday from 8-10 PM ET. Only on Radio Free Brooklyn