The Eternal Now with Andy Ortmann | WFMU

A comprehensive exploration of contemporary experimental, psychedelic, noise & other obscure music. Hosted by Andy Ortmann (curator of the Nihilist Records label and member of longtime noise project Panicsville) presenting his obsessive perspective on the new difficult music. Peripheral and relating genres, including ethereal, electronic & extreme metal should also be expected in this weekly program. Sit back and relax into the hallucination amplification of The Eternal Now.

The Eternal Now with Andy Ortmann | WFMU is a music podcast hosted by Andy Ortmann and WFMU, with 104 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Andy Ortmann and WFMU hosts The Eternal Now with Andy Ortmann | WFMU, a music show with 104 episodes published.

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  Sounds of Summer Haze from Aug 20, 2026

  Aug 20, 202655 min

  Saccharine Trust - "I Have..." - Paganicons Juan Marcos Blanco - "La Manada" - Caballos Mulatu Astatke - "Mulatu" - Mulatu of Ethiopia Negativland - "Off-Air Comments no.1" - Over the Edge, Vol.4 Ennio Morricone - "Nadine" - Il Serpente (sndtk) Selda - "Dost Merhaba" - Dost Merbaba Chris & Cosey - "Arcade (extended version)" - Exotica Raglani - "Science and Industry" - Give Wonder Jean-Baptiste Barriere - "Regards" - Pandémonium: Ville Ouverte (Esquisses Pour Une Descente Aux Enfers) Jon Appleton - "Chef D’Oeuvre" - Syntonic Menagerie Brainticket - "Egyptian Kings" - Celestial Ocean Los Iniciados - "Los Años No Pasan en Balde" - Druidas Quimicos https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167685

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  Hot, Sweltery & Swampy in the City Tonight from Aug 13, 2026

  Aug 14, 202648 min

  Nash The Slash - "Swing Shift (Soixante-Neuf)" - Children of the Night Sockeye - "Sockeye Tour Tune" - Your Mother Downey, Jr Onoskelis - "The Goldern Temple of Onoskelis (excerpt)" - The Golden Temple of Onoskelis Cluster - "Sowiesoso (excerpt)" - Sowiesoso Nic Pascal Raicevic - "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" - Head Modulo 1000 - "Turpe Est Sine Crine Caput" - Não Fale com Paredes Metin H Alatli - "Gül Ağacı Değilem" - Alaturka'dan Alâ Moog'a Esinlenmeler Swans - "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Love Will Tear Us Apart https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167445

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  Inextricable Summer Heaters Will Melt Eyes from Aug 6, 2026

  Aug 7, 20261h 15m

  Butthole Surfers - "The Bong Song" - Widowermaker Barbara Zawadzka - "Greya, pt V (1991)" - Would It Sound Just As Bad If You Played It Backwards A Collection of Sounds from the Studio Eksperymentalne Polskiego Radia (1959​-​2001) Vol. II Louis De Meester - "Incantations (excerpt)" - Institute For Psychoacoustics And Electronic Music (IPEM) - 50 Years Of Electronic And Electroacoustic Music At The Ghent University Coil - "Heaven's 98 Horror MST" - Swanyard 23 Skidoo - "Fuck You GI (excerpt)" - Urban Gamelan P16.D4 - "Kultstudien Zu Anselm Weiberg (excerpt)" - Distruct Die Anderen - "Neurotic Reaction" - Kannibal Komix Satan Panonski - "Oči U Magli" - Hard Blood Shock Wolfgang Ambros - "Madchen Mädchen" - Eigenheiten Sapphire Thinkers - "I Feel A Bit Strange" - From Within Cem Karaca - "Uryan Geldim" - Turkish Freakout (Psych-Folk Singles 1969-1980) Füxa - "Second Abductions" - b/w Standing Under U Rancid Hell Spawn - "Festering Pus" - Festering Pus Konstruktivist - "Free Form Fetish" - Psykho Genetika Raed Yassin - "Imama of Dawn (excerpt)" - Archeophony Occasional Detroit - "Purple Salvia" - The BEST in Abstrakt Ent. Medicine - "Off the Vine" - Off the Vine https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167218

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  The Inevitability of Tranquility from Jul 30, 2026

  Jul 30, 20261h 3m

  Alozj Bouda - "Horizons" - Synthesizer Sound W. Ravenveer - "Sequnce 3" - Sequences from the Fictive Movie of... Tangible Joy - "Some Say I'm Drunk (But I'm Only in Love)" - underground belgian wave vol 2 https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/166964

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  Unintended Effects of Sonic Blisters from Jul 23, 2026

  Jul 23, 202658 min

  The Arrows - "Hellcats theme" - Hellcats OST Lee Ranaldo - "Destruction Site" - From Here To Infinity Kim Hedås - "Princess Bat With The Underground Stars" - Miniatures Concrètes v/a Cybotron - "Gods of Norse" - Cybotron Marc Tremblay - "ResidusClip Dadaiste" - Bruit-graffiti S.B.O.T.H.I. / P16.D4 - "85/86/83" - Bad Alchemy nr 5 v/a Nurse With Wound - "Thrill of Romance" - Terms & Conditions Apply Weasel Walter - "Cuntfish Beerfart" - The Best of the Worst Klockwerk Orange - "Duonyunohedeprinces (excerpt)" - Abrakadabra [Originally released 1975] Essential Logic - "Eagle Bird" - Wake Up Alien Sex Fiend - "Stress" - Curse Peter Frohmader / Nekropolis - "Cultes des Goules, pt. 2 (excerpt)" - Cultes des Goules The Vitamin B12 - "untitled D 01" - 4 LP box Psychic TV - "Decoder: Frog Muzak" - Splinter Test 2 https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/166736

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