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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]

Surgery 148

Kangding Ray - Cory Arcane (raster-noton)  
André Bratten - Gode (Smalltown Supersound)
Arash Moori - Heterodyne (Type)
Stephan Mathieu - Before Nostromo (Schwebung)
Jürg Frey - Circles and Landscapes (Another Timbre)
Damon Eliza Palermo - Clouds of David (1080p)
Gaussian Curve - Clouds (Music from Memory)
John Carpenter - Lost Themes Remixed (Sacred Bones)
Iori - Nowhere (Semantica)
Kiasmos - Swept (Erased Tapes)
Norwell - Morfózis (Reckno)
Ghost and Tape - Shift (Slaapwel)

Track Listing

Kanding Ray - Brume [0:00]
André Bratten - Primordial Pit [4:24]
Arash Moori - Illusory Systems of Broadcast [8:03]
Stephan Mathieu - Stasis 7 (Ash the Android's Dream) [13:10]
Jürg Frey - Extended Circular Music No. 2 [16:59]
Damon Eliza Palermo- River Drum [21:25]
Gaussian Curve - Unsolved [26:30]
John Carpenter - Fallen (Blanck Mass Remix) [29:25]
Iori - Axis [35:48]
Kiasmos - Swept [42:05]
Norwell - Running Sculptures [47:20]
Ghost and Tape - Mueve [53:00]

Surgery 147

Recondite - Placid (Acid Test)
Worriedaboutsatan - The Woods / Blood (Tailored Communication)
Esmerine - Lost Voices (Constellation)
Zelienople - Show Us The Fire (Immune)
Subheim - Foray (Denovali)
Christopher Bissonnette - Pitch, Paper & Foil (Kranky)
Loren Chasse - The Sodden Floor (Notice Recordings)
Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - Collaborative Works (Erased Tapes)
Chris Walla - Tape Loops  (Trans Records)
Arovane + Porya Hatami - Resonance (Eter Edtions)
Rafael Anton Irisarri - A Fragile Geography (Room40)

Track Listing

Recondite - Pages [0:00]
Worriedaboutsatan - The Woods [5:41]
Esmerine - 19/14 [12:14]
zelienople - Uptown [18:04]
Subheim - Forsaken [23:24]
Christopher Bissonnette - The Rate of Delay [29:25]
Loren Chasse - Part II [34:31]
Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - A1 [40:30]
Chris Walla - I Believe in the Night [47:27]
Aronave + Porya Hatami - resonaNce [51:21]
Rafael Anton Irisarri - The Outer Circle [53:58]

Surgery 146

William Basinski - The Deluge  (Temporary Residence)
Nils Frahm - Music for the Motion Picture Victoria (Erased Tapes)
Multicast Dynamics - Scandinavia (Denovali)
Shape Worship - A City Remembrancer (Front & Follow)
Cassegrain & Tin Man - Window Window (Infrastructure NY)
Donnacha Costello - Stay Perfectly Still (Self-released)
ESB - S/T (Bureau B)
Rachel Grimes - Book Of Leaves (Temporary Residence)
Thomas Ragsdale - Bait (This is it Forever)
White Rainbow - 21 Exoticism ESCAP (Stones Throw)

Track Listing            

William Basinski - The Deluge (Denouement) [0:00]
Nils Frahm - The Shooting [6:12]
Multicast Dynamics - Scadinavia [10:50]
Shape Worship - An Exemplar [16:45]
Cassegrain & Tin Man - Window Window [22:12]
Donnacha Costello - Devotion [29:20]
ESB - Market [36:56]
Rachel Grimes - Far Light [43:05]
Thomas Ragsdale - Bait [44:56]
White Rainbow - Staged CC [48:30]

Surgery 145

Pole - Wald (Pole)
Senking - Closing Ice (Raster-Noton)
Eomac - Frozen Souls (Inner Surface Music)
Topdown - Dialectic (Aught)
Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - Loon (Erased Tapes)
Steve Hauschildt - Where All Is Fled (Kranky)
William Basinski - Cascade (2062)
Luke Abbott and Jack Wyllie - S/T (Luke Abbott Music)
Grasscut - Everyone Was a Bird (Lo Recordings)
Dag Rosenqvist - The Forest Diaries (Eilean Rec)

Track Listing

Pole - Myzel [0:00]
Senking - Swarming [6:06]
Eomac - Heretic [10:42]
Topdown - 08 [18:03]
Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - Wide Open [22:57]
Steve Hauschildt - Where All is Fled [28:55]
William Basinski - Cascade (excerpt) [33:04]
Luke Abbott and Jack Wyllie - Xantako [38:44]
Grasscut - Snowdown [47:55]
Dag Rosenqvist - VIII [51:27]

Surgery 144 // 12k

With the release of a new Shuttle358 record, a little over 15 years after I bought my first 12k release, which was also the second Shuttle358 record, I thought it was time to do a show dedicated to one of my favourite labels.

Visiting Montreal I would always stop into Esoterik, the excellent basement record store near the corner of Sainte-Catherine and St. Marc St. One afternoon the owner/manager was playing the warm pads + clicks n cuts of Frame while I browsed. After dropping my armload of CDs on the counter I asked him to add a copy of whatever was playing. It was my gateway to both Taylor Deupree's label as well as many other electronic artists of that era.

So cheers 12k. And enjoy this bonus sized episode.

Shuttle358 - Frame (2000)
Ghislain Poirier - Il N'y a Pas de Sud... (2001)
Jodi Cave - For Myria (2007)
Taylor Deupree - Shoals (2010)
Pillowdiver - Sleeping Pills (2009)
Sebastien Roux - Songs (2006)
Machinefabriek + Stephen Vitiello - Box Music (2008)
Sawako - Bitter Sweet (2008)
Sogar - Apikal.Blend (2003)
Komet - Rausch (2000)
Motion - Dust (2002)
Pjusk - Sval (2010)
Murralin Lane - Our House in on the Wall (2010)
Minamo - Durée (2010)
Christopher Willits - Folding, and the Tea (2002)
0/R    Varied (2002)
The Boats - Ballads Of The Research Department (2012)
Shuttle358 - Can You Prove I Was Born (2015)

Track Listing

Shuttle358 - Frame [0:00]
Ghislain Poirier - Déséquilibre [7:43]
Jodi Cave - Rara.B [10:17]
Taylor Deupree - Rusted Oak [14:14]
Pillowdriver - Twenty-Nine [23:42]
Sebastien Roux - The Classical Guitar Song [28:48]
Machinefabriek + Stephen Vitiello - Broken Records, Cassettes [30:49]
Sawako - April - From Sea Shell [39:28]
Sogar - Selkind [42:31]
Komet - Rund [47:22]
Motion - London Thing [52:29]
Pjusk - Demring [54:51]
Murralin Lane - In the Woods [58:19]
Minamo - Be Born [1:00:55]
Christopher Willits - Pentagonal [1:06:25]
0/R - Varied_03:34 [1:09:27]
The Boats - The Ballad of Indecision [1:13:00]
Shuttle358 - Years Later [1:24:26]

Surgery 143

Paul de Jong - IF (Temporary Residence)
I-LP-O In Dub - Communist Dub (editions Mego)
Johan Agebjörn - Notes (Paper Bag)
Offthesky - Light Loss (Dronarivm)
Alex Cobb - Chantepleure (Students of Decay)
Chra - Empty Airport  (editions Mego)
FDG - A Certain Vastness (Where to Now?)
Burial - Temple Sleeper (Hyperdub)
General Magic & Pita - Fridge Trax Plus (editions Mego)
Benoît Pioulard - Stanza (Self-Released)
Nils Frahm - Solo (Erased Tapes)
The Declining Winter - The Waning Mill Chronicles (Home Assemby Music)
Villages - Procession Acts (Bathetic)

Track Listing

Paul de Jong - Baxter @73 [0:00]
I-LP-O In Dub - Donbass Hybrid [4:01]
Johan Agebjörn - You Passed Through [7:37]
Offthesky - Mouthful of Silence [13:28]
Alex Cobb - Anselin [18:57]
Chra - Cigarettes & Roses [25:41]
FDG - Applied to the Edges [28:58]
Burial - Temple Sleeper [32:29]
General Magic & Pita - Shuffle Fridge [39:06]
Benoît Pioulard - VI [42:36]
Nils Frahm - Merry [46:31]
The Declining Winter - On Station Rise [50:25]
Villages - Endings in Rust [54:32]

        

Surgery 142

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Euclid (Western Vinyl)
Tujiko Noriko - My Ghost Comes Back (editions Mego)
Anamai - Sallows (Buzz Records)
Benoit Pioulard - Sonnet (Kranky)
Biosphere/Deathprod - Stator (Touch)
Doldrums - The Air Conditioned Nightmare (Sub Pop)
L'estasi Dell'oro - I Look Upon Nature While I Live In A Steel City (Field Records)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Illuha, Taylor Deupree - Perpetual (12k)
Federico Albanese - The Houseboat and the Moon (Reworked) (Denovali)
Lawrence English - The Peregrine (Room40)
James Blackshaw - Summoning Suns (Important)

Track Listing

Kaitlyn Aurelia - Careen [0:00]
Tujiko Noriko - 12 Moons [3:25]
Anamai - Mute Flames [8:10]
Benoit Pioulard - So etched in memory [12:10]
Biosphere - Baud [15:03]
Doldrums - Video Hostage [22:15]
L'estasi Dell'oro - Kingdom Of North America, Citizen's Archival Recording #024 [27:47]
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Illuha, Taylor Deupree -  Movement, 3 [36:29]
Federico Albanese - Disclosed (Rework by John Lemke) [49:03]
Lawrence English - January 30: Grey Lunar Sea [53:36]
James Blackshaw - Winter Flies [57:44]

Surgery 141

Anthony Naples - Body Pill (Text)
Sleeparchive & Civil Defence Programme - Split (Sleeparchive)
Svreca - Narita (Semantica)
Suuns and Jerusalem In My Heart - S/T (Constellation)
Boris Divider - ExaScale (Artificial Domain)
Black Rain - Dark Pool (Blackest Ever Black)
Rafael Anton Irisarri - Will Her Heart Burn Anymore (Room40)    
Koenraad Ecker - Sleepwalkers in a Cold Circus (LINE)
Mirko - S/T (Room40)
Eartheater - Metalepsis (Portals)
Ant'lrd - Sunnup (Baro)
Michael Price - Entanglement (Erased Tapes)

Track Listing

Anthony Naples - Refugio [0:00]
Sleeparchive - Incomplete Open Cubes [3:46]
Svreca - Ebisu [8:39]
Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart - In Touch [14:52]
Boris Divider - Re-framed [20:36]
Black Rain - Watering Hole [26:11]
Rafael Anton Irisarri - Will Her Heart Burn Anymore_PLUS [29:36]
Koenraad Ecker - Parasites [35:41]
Mirko - A Soft Fall [39:30]
Eartheater - Homonyms [45:46]
Ant'lrd - Sunnup [49:50]
Michael Price - Easter [54:30]