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Surgery 157

This month's summer vacation episode is an early birthday gift for Sam

Tape - Milieu Plus (Hapna)
Hrsta - L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable (Fancy)
Laura Arkana/Peter Broderick - Lentemuziek (Hush)
Brambles - Charcoal (Serein)
Library Tapes - Escapism (Auetic)
Eluvium - The Motion Makes Me Last (Temporary Residence)
Songs of Green Pheasant - Aerial Days (Fat Cat)
Fields Awake - S/T (v+h)
David Grubbs - Prismrose (Blue Chopsticks)
Simon James Phillips - Chair (Room40)
Ruhe - A Beautiful Weakness (Audio Gourmet)
Sylvain Chauveau - Rare and Unreleased (130701)
Sleepingdog - Polar Life (Gizeh)

Track Listing

Tape - Star skid [0:00]
Hrsta - 21-87 [4:00]
Laura Arkana/Peter Broderick - De Mooiste Tijd Van Het Jaar [11:25]
Brambles - Salt Photographs [16:11]
Library Tapes - Silhouettes [22:54]
Eluvium - Leaves Eclipse the Light (Nick Zammuto Remix) [26:00]
Songs of Green Pheasant - Dear Prudence [29:33]
Fields Awake - Fade from the Outset [34:51]
David Grubbs - Nightfall in the Covered Cage [41:34]
Simon James Phillips - Posture [46:30]
Ruhe - The Gift [51:12]
Sylvain Chauveau - Notre étrangère [54:38]
Sleepingdog - Polar Life [55:33]

Surgery 156

So I'm trying to be more diligent this summer than last year which saw a four month gap in posting. My plan is to do at the very least one episode per month May through August, and if at all possible keep to the two-per-month schedule. I'll be posting news on one of my competing distractions over the weekend, so stay tuned. But for THIS EPISODE I put together an off-the-cuff mix of shoegaze related music that spans a couple of decades and a variety of approaches. I didn't have time to get all my links in a row this time around, but I recommend you check out all these artists, 'cos they're awesome (obviously). And so are you guys. Thanks!

My Bloody Valentine - ep's 1988-1991(Sony)
Mark McGuire - Get Lost (eMego)
Noveller - Desert Fires (Self-Released)
Roy Montgomery - Scenes from the South Island (Drunken Fish)
18th Dye - Crayon (Matador)
Six Organs of Admittance - Dark Noontide (Holy Mountain)
Black Tambourine - Complete Recordings (Slumberland)
Bardo Pond - On the Ellipse (ATP)
Plankton Wat - Spirits (Thrill Jockey)
Sianspheric - The Sound of the Colour of the Sun (Sonic Unyon)
White Rainbow - Prism of Eternal Now (Kranky)
Yume Bitsu - Auspicious Winds (K)

Track Listing

My Bloody Valentine - Angel [0:00]
Mark McGuire - Get Lost [4:46]
Noveller - Toothnest (for Chris Habib) [9:46]
Roy Montgomery - Rainshadow Near Christchurch [14:52]
18th Dye - Aug [19:55]
Six Organs of Admittance - Regeneration [22:51]
Black Tambourine - For Ex-Lovers Only [28:32]
Bardo Pond - Test [31:10]
Plankton Wat - Cape Meares [40:53]
Sianspheric - Slightly Less Sunshine [43:19]
White Rainbow - Guitars [48:40]
Yume Bitsu - Sharp Twisted [55:10]

Surgery 155

April was/is a pretty busy, so I'm only able to put together one episode this month. The good news is that it's a 90 minute episode. Stay tuned for some exciting news in May. Really.

Shaded Explorer - Empatia (Silent Season)
Moiré - Lines + Colours (Ghostly)
Gazelle Twin - Out of Body (Gazelle Twin)
So Percussion/Glenn Kotche - Drumkit Quartets (Cantaloupe Music)
Multicast Dynamics - Outer Envelopes (Denovali)
Félicia Atkinson & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Comme Un Seul Narcisse (Shelter Press)
Norman Westberg - MRI (Room40)
Kane Ikin - Modern Pressure (Type)
Mamiffer - The World Unseen (Sige Records)
Sølyst - The Steam Age (Bureau B)
Anders Brørby - Nihil (Gizeh)
Oren Ambarchi / Stefano Pilia / Massimo Pupillo - Aithein (Karl Records)
Peder Mannerfelt - Controlling Body (Wallroom)
Deakin - Sleep Cycle (Deakin)

Track Listing

Shaded Explorer - Inner Treasures [0:00]
Moiré - Mirrors [4:51]
Gazelle Twin - Blood Gushes [12:36]
So Percussion - Drumkit Quartet No. 3 - III [20:35]
Multicast Dynamics - Interior 1967 [23:34]
Félicia Atkinson & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - ME [28:33]
Norman Westberg - MRI [32:46]
Kane Ikin - Tap Tap Collapse [48:05]
Mammifer - Parthenogenesis [52:02]
Sølyst - Eulenflug [56:07]
Anders Brørby - From the Window Above the Lake [1:00:11]
Oren Ambarchi / Stefano Pilia / Massimo Pupillo - Burn [1:06:01]
Peder Mannerfelt - Coast to Coast [1:18:18]
Deakin - Golden Chords [1:21:17]

Surgery 30

Please enjoy this "classic" episode originally published in October of 2006. Apologies for the lack of label links or track times. The show comes from a time that precedes that formatting.

Ezekiel Honig - Scattered Practices (Microcosm)
Donato Wharton - Body Isolations (City Centre Offices)
Alexander Tucker - Furrowed Brow (ATP/R)
Svalastog - Woodwork (Rune Grammofon)
Smutny - Telehors (Normoton)
Xela - The Dead Sea (Type)
Hanno Leichtmann - Nuit Du Plomb (Karaoke Kalk)
Immune - SoundInside (Stilll)
Console - Mono (Disko B)
Paul Wirkus - Déformation Professionnelle (Staubgold)
Steffen Basho-Jughans - Late Summer Morning (Strange Attractors)
Tim Hecker - Harmony In Ultraviolet (Kranky)
Richard Jarverling - Two Times Five Lullaby (Yesternow)

Track Listing

Ezekiel Honig - Oceans And Living Rooms
Donato Wharton - Transparencies
Alexander Tucker - Saddest Summer
Svalastog - Reforestation
Smutny - Darkdesert
Xela - Wet Bones
Hanno Leichtmann - Keller
Immune - Wandering
Console - Foster Kane
Paul Wirkus - Valore Energetico
Steffen Basho-Jughans - Azure No. 3
Tim Hecker - Dungeoneering
Richard Jarverling - Heavenly Birds pt.1

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Havenaire - Tremelo (Constellation Tatsu)
Sophia Loizou - Sigulacra (Kathexis)
12z - Trembling Air (Other People)
Gate - Saturday Night Fever (MIE)
Cloudland Canyon - An Arabesque (Medical Records)
AGF - The Self/The Other (AGF Producktion)
Tim Hecker - Love Streams (4AD)
Jérome Chassagnard & Jérémie Mathes - Outer Dialog (Hymen)
Hotel Neon - Remnants (Fluid Audio)
Thomas Köner - Tiento de la Luz (Denovali)
Dakota Suite & Emanuele Errante - The North Green Down (Karaoke Kalk)
Stumbleine - Echo Chamber (Bandcamp)

Track LIsting

Havenaire - Brute Camp [0:00]
Sophia Loizou - Genesis 92: The Awakening [6:25]
12z - Speechless Yet Echoing [11:28]
Gate - Caked [14:19]
Cloudland Canyon - Faulting Fate [12:34]
AGF - Wicked Problems [29:05]
Tim Hecker - Obsidian Counterpart [31:16]
Jérome Chassagnard & Jéréremie Mathes - Ascent [36:00]
Hotel Neon - Deluge [39:32]
Thomas Köner - Tiento de la Luz [46:47]
Dakota Suite & Emanuele Errante - Instincts Reduced to Silence [54:07]
Stumbleine - Comatose [56:20]

Surgery 153

Coppice Halifax - Ĉielarko (Milieu)
Lumisokea - Transmissions From Revarsavr (Opal Tapes)
Surgeon - From Farthest Known Objects (Dynamic Tension)
Best Available Technology - Running to You (Working Nights)
Sollilja - In Looking, Disappears (Hospital Productions)
Kobosil - We Grow, You Decline (Ostgut Ton)
Skee Mask – Shred (Ilian Tape)
Jack Dixon – MMXII (self-released)
Various - Radio Caliban: "Singles" 2015 (Blackest Ever Black)
Sars & Ar - For Those Who Strive (Northern Electronics)
Various - Into The White (Dronarivm)

Track Listing

Coppice Halifax - Ĉielarko 1.2 [0:00]
Lumisokea - Whirling Dervishes [5:59]
Surgeon - BDF-32996:47 [12:18]
Best Available Technology - Stone Glance [19:00]
Sollilja - Means of Egress [21:49]
Kobosil - Reflection [30:01]
Skee Mask - Everest [34:13]
Jack Dixon - Borough [38:46]
Bremen - Sick City [42:57]
Sars & Ar - The Narrow Life He Bore [47:55]
Kleefstra-Bakker-Kleefstra - Oant Safier (edit) [51:30]

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Eril Fjord - Excalibur  (Farbwechsel)
Massive Attack - Ritual Spirit (Massive Attack)
Robert A.A. Lowe - Cognition / Observation (DDS)
Abstract Division - Contemporary Spaces (Dynamic Reflection)
IXTAB - Voice-Hand (Tymbal Tapes)
Porya Hatami & Darren McClure - In-between Spaces (Darren McClure)
Ital Tek - Hollowed (Planet Mu)
Willamette - Diminished Composition (Scissor Tail)
Federico Durand - A Través Del Espejo (12k)
Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP (House of Mythology)
Secret Boyfriend - Memory Care Unit (Blackest Ever Black)
Christoph de Babalon - Short Eternities (Love Love Records)

Track Listing

Eril Fjord - Kepler [0:00]
Massive Attack & Roots Manuva - Dead Editors [2:11]
Robert A.A. Lowe - Observation (Sophrons) [6:52]
Abstract Division - Glide [14:12]
IXTAB - Ysel [17:03]
Porya Hatami & Darren McClure - Vacant Poise [23:23]
Ital Tek - Aquamarine [31:10]
Willamette - At Length and Dead Horse [34:39]
Frederico Durand - Canción de la Vía Láctea (Milky Way song) [39:14]
Ulver - Gold Beach [43:00]
Secret Boyfriend - Stripping at the Nail [47:45]
Christoph de Babalon - It's Returning [56:03]

Surgery 151

JANDEC (or your track-a-month podcast)

Tomasz Bednarczyk - Painting Sky Together (Room40)
Noveller - Fantastic Planet (Fire)
Isnaj Dui - Duodecim (F Box)
Jessica Pavone - Army Of Strangers (Porter)
Chihei Hatakeyama - Mirror (Room40)
Fennesz - June (Table of the Elements)
The Swirlies - Strictly East Coast Sneaky Flute Music (Taang!)
Pillowdiver - Cassette Recordings (Analog Path)
M. Ostermeier - Percolate (Parvoart)
Segue - Grey (Tokyo Droning)
Ensemble - Excerpts (FatCat)
Jesu - Ascension (Caldo Verde)

Track Listing

Tomasz Bednarczyk - January [0:00]
Noveller - In February [9:16]
Isnaj Dui - March 2012 [13:33]
Jessica Pavone - April is Over [17:59]
Chihei Hatakeyama - May 15, 2010 [21:54]
Fennesz - June [23:33]
The Swirlies - Who Was in Scituate on the 4th of July [28:31]
Pillowdiver - 10th of August 2011 [33:34]
M. Ostermeier - September Again [39:24]
Segue - October [43:05]
Ensemble - November 22nd [49:18]
Jesu - December [50:40]

Surgery 150

The plan for episode 150 was already to go back into my collection and do a kind of "unheard greatest hits" from some of my favourite albums from years of doing the podcast. But with David Bowie's passing a few days ago it seemed necessary to pay tribute... primarily because if I hadn't heard Scary Monsters when I was 13 or 14 this podcast might be a mix of tracks by Bob Seger, Jimmy Buffett, and The Eagles. No joking! I'm pretty sure you can draw a straight line between my listening from that moment through until now, represented in the tracks from the mix below. Some of the artists are directly related to Bowie, some definitely influenced by him, the rest share a textural kinship that rings true to my ears. So, enjoy this tribute, hopefully, and if you note there is no halfway title/time stamp... the flow seemed to suggest that it be dropped for this episode.

Thanks.

David Bowie - Lodger (RCA)
Brian Eno + David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (Sire)
Electrelane - The Power Out (Too Pure)
Bark Psychosis - Hex (Circa)
The Cure - Faith (Fiction)
Mogwai - Young Team (Chemikal Underground)
Labradford - S/T (Kranky)
Jon Hopkins - Insides (Domino)
Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out (Beggars Banquet)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#∞ (Constellation)
Lou Reed - Berlin (RCA)
Low - The Curtain Hits the Cast (Vernon Yard)
Brian Eno With Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (EG)

Track Listing

David Bowie - Yassassin (Turkish for: Long Live) [0:00]
Brian Eno + David Byrne - A Secret Life [4:08]
Electrelane - Oh Sombra! [6:35]
Bark Psychosis - Absent Friend [9:28]
The Cure - The Drowning Man [17:38]
Mogwai - A cheery wave from stranded youngsters [22:24]
Labradford - Scenic Recovery [24:39]
Jon Hopkins - Colour Eye [29:24]
Bauhaus - The Three Shadows Part I.II.III [34:05]
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Dead Flag Blues (edit) [43:07]
Lou Reed - How Do You Think It Feels [50:50]
Low - Stars Gone Out [54:28]
Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent) [58:39]

Surgery 149

The Boats - Lost Ideas (Other Ideas)
Muséum - Little Dead Things (New Kanada)
Silent Harbour - Hinterland (Shipwrec/DSC)
James Booth - Tell Me Lies (Farbwechsel)
Phil Tomsett - Broken Memory Machine (self-released)
Lucrecia Dalt - Ou (Care of)
Aleks - Frame of Reference (Shimmering Moods)
Aris Kindt - Floods (Scissor and Thread)
Petre Inspirescu - Vin Ploile (Mule Musiq)
T.E.S.O. - No.3. Obliate (Aperture)
Lubomyr Melnyk - Rivers and Streams (Erased Tapes)

Track Listing

The Boats - Side Two (edit) [0:00]
Muséum - A Late Afternoon in Time [2:42]
Silent Harbour - Environmental Migrant [8:16]
James Booth - Closing Ceremony [15:13]
Phil Tomsett - Midnight Furnace [19:13]
Lucrecia Dalt - Floto (Diamagnet - Cae - Cathexis) [24:09]
Aleks - Wander [28:53]
Aris Kindt - Floods [32:06]
Petre Inspirescu - Delir 6 [38:30]
T.E.S.O. - Untilted Blue Monochrome [43:50]
Lubomyr Melnyk - Ripples in a Water Scene [52:07]