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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DAPHNI, VOICES FROM THE LAKE, APPARAT + ROBYN top highlights for this edition of ABSTRACT SCIENCE with JOSHUA P. FERGUSON + HENRY SELF. JOSHUA’s first-hour set moves from the hypnotic jazz-ish realm to dubwise electronic sounds, with some deep techno + house mixed in. HENRY slowly builds up the energy with a more driving set touching on techno, deep house, balearic breaks + electro dub. [aired 23 January 2026 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM]

>JOSHUA P. FERGUSON
Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin “Yek” (Ghosted III, Drag City, 2025)
TOMAGA “Bluest” (Extended Play 1, Negative Days, 2019)
Floating Points “Corner of My Eye” (Pluto, 2025)
Apparat “Hum of Maybe” (Hum of Maybe, Mute, 2026)
Voices from the Lake “Blue Noa” (II, Spazio Disponible, 2025)
Yello “Frautonium” (Half Life – Andrew Weatherall remix) (Blank Media, 2017)
Andachan & Bicep “Aapoq” (TAKKUUK soundtrack, Ninja Tune, 2025)
Axel Boman “Hold On (Trensum Tribe dub) (Luz / Quest For Fire In Dub!, Studio Barnhus, 2025)
Low End Activist “They Only Come Out at Night (Andy Martin Remix) (Municipal Dreams Remixes, Sneaker Social Club, 2025)
drames rurals “l’empelt” (Shackleton mix) (Hivern Discs, 2025)
Leif “How to Eat an Orange part 2” (Collide, AD93, 2025)

>HENRY SELF
Helado Negro “Protector” (The Last Sound On Earth, Big Dada, 2025)
Max Styler “You & Me” (Vintage Culture Extended Remix) (Nu Moda, 2025)
Robyn “Dopamine” (KASI Extended Remix) (soundcloud.com/clubofkasi, 2025)
MK & Clementine Douglas “Come Find Me” (Columbia, 2025)
Daphni “Waiting So Long” (Butterfly, Jiaolong, 2026)
Oneohtrix Point Never “Cherry Blue” (Tranquilizer, Warp, 2025)
Daniel Lopatin “The Necklace” (Marty Supreme Original Soundtrack, A24, 2025)
Tangerine Dream “Love on a Real Train” (Trance Wax Remix) (Trance Wax Five, Trance Wax, 2019)
Harks and Mudd “Susta” (Ron Trent Dub) (Leng, 2021)
Ex Generation “Aao Naa” (The Mumbai Exchange, Energy Exchange, 2025)
Tom Vek “Cover” (Gus Alt-J Remix) (We Have Sound Remixed, Stratasonic, 2025)
Killing Joke “Love Like Blood” (Your Heart Is a Weapon Dub) (In Dub, Killing Joke, 2014)
Effy “Raging” (Effy, 2021)

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New music from MOSCOW LEGEND, OBEKA, PLEASE + HEAVEE, JACE INMAN, BODYMAN, THE BLACK DOG + more, on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B + CHRIS WIDMAN. BILL begins the program with a mix of grime, uk garage, breakbeat + juke. WIDMAN follows with footwork jungle, drum n bass, electro, dub + experimental sounds [aired 15 January 2026 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM]

>BILL BEARDEN aka WHOA-B
Kush Arora “Alghoza Reaper” (Not On Label, 2025)
Cesco & Bidle “Overdue” (1985 Music, 2023)
L-VIS 1990 “Junglism” (Club Djembe, 2025)
Ivy Lab “Cut Cut” (Twenty Twenty, 2024)
Liquid DnB-like Ambient Grime “’22 Grime Mix” (Sneaker Social Club, 2024)
DJ Fitness ft Señor Faxwater “Tres Tristes Tigres” (Isla, 2025)
Hekkla “Damocles” (3024, 2021)
Rygby “Giardino Bellini” (Not On Label, 2025)
Moscow Legend “Watts” (Not On Label, 2026)
Mani Festo “Pathfinder” (Shall Not Fade, 2022)
Sun People “Exhausting Care” (Candy Mountain, 2024)
Obeka ft Big Dreco “Ready for the Soundman” (Metrodome Remix, Yuku, 2025)
Alohn “Horloge du 3ème Âge” (Soa420 Remix, Traverse, 2024)
Prettybwoy “Holocene” (SVBKVLT, 2025)
Proc Fiskal “Imagemage” (Shleekit Doss, 2025)
DJ Polo “If The Glove Fits” (Livity Sound, 2024)
Samurai Breaks “Oshee” (Worst Behavior, 2023)
Sam Binga & Fracture “I Jus Wanna” (Pineapple Records, 2024)

>CHRIS WIDMAN
Konx-om-Pax “Phantasy 2” (Uaxuctum, 2025)
Wordcolour “Spiral Emoji” (Ratios IV, Houndstooth, 2025)
Please & Heavee “High Quality Ramen” (Year of the Snake, Issa Party, 2025)
Weval “DOPAMINE (Tim Reaper Remix)” (Ninjatune, 2025)
Suburban Architecture “Turning Point (4hero Remix)” (The Complete Architecture Dubs, 2025)
Om Unit “The Chase” (Acid Dub Studies III, 2025)
Identified Patient “Return” (Reset, Dekmantel UFO, 2025)
Jace Inman “Mover” (All Energy, NFC Records, 2025)
Bodyman “Stimulant Hoarder” (World Leader EP, Satellite Trax, 2025)
Lapalux “DPO Melt” (On The Grid, 2025)
JASSS “Sand Wrists” (Eager Buyers, AWOS, 2025)
The Black Dog “Working Class Sabbath” (Loud Ambient, Dust Science, 2025)
The Bug “Duppied (Brixton Rec) (The Bug vs Ghost Dubs – Implosion, Pressure, 2025)
Fivepaw “Heaven Scent” (Fivepaw / Memory Dust EP, 2025)

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