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Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
As is consistent with my low grade anxiety I silently debated for the last few weeks how I might tackle this 300th episode. I wanted to do something that would tie in with a piece I was writing over at my Substack, Indie Dependence, about the history of the show... so some sort of summary of its existence seemed apt. But rather than compressing 20 years of programming into one hour I did the next worst thing: compress it into a nearly 21 hour Spotify playlist you can listen to by clicking here. That taken care of, or at least kind of taken care of, the answer for what to do with the actual show occurred to me in the most obvious manner. I am off to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor in New Hampshire in just over a week, and in many ways they are one of the bands that put me on the musical course that led me here. I saw them for the first time back in 1998 at a festival in Halifax, NS having no prior knowledge of their existence, Then again less than a year later at Victoriaville, QC's FIMAV. In 2004 I was enlisted to facilitate a show for them here in Fredericton, NB... a task that proved excessively unpleasant behind the scenes, not because of anything to do with the band, only with all the other logistics involved. I'm told the show was transcendent for many on hand... I came away with a stress-triggered nosebleed... the one and only time this has ever happened to me. The last time I saw them was in the much more relaxed environs of a five night stand of theatre shows in their hometown of Montreal back in 2011. Much like compressing 20 years of podcast history into one hour is impossible, summarizing the band's 25 year career and seven totemic albums into such an abbreviated time does not do them justice. Still I feel like there is a kind of flow in the edits here, so hopefully the show will serve as a kind of reminder to some already on board and an introduction to those as yet unfamiliar... if that's at all possible. Enjoy.
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F# A# ∞ (Kranky / Constellation)
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven... (Kranky / Constellation)
Yanqui U.X.O. (Constellation)
ALLELUJAH! DON'T BEND! ASCEND! (Constellation)
Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress (Constellaion)
"Luciferian Towers" (Constellation)
G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! (Constellation)
Track Listing
note: most of these tracks are edits, not full length
Dead Flag Blues [0:00]
Storm [6:39]
Like Antennas to Heaven [17:19]
Rockets fall on Rocket Falls [20:46]
We Drift Like Worried Fire [27:38]
Piss Crowns are Trebled [38:01]
Bosses Hang pt. II & III [44:31]
A Military Alphabet (five eyes all blind) [54:19]
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Shigeto - Lineage (Ghostly)
Raphael Rogński - Talàn (Instant Classic)
Pauline Anna Strom - Echoes, Spaces, Lines (RVNG)
Richard Sears - Appear to Fade (figureight)
KMRU - Dissolution Grip (OFNOT)
Murales - Reflejo (Ediciones Éter)
Arthur Clees - Stay, Temporary Home (Macro)
Sævar Jóhansson - Where the light enters (Whitelabrecs)
Chantal Michelle - 66 Rue L (Warm Winters Ltd)
Josh Mason - An Anxious Hope (Students of Decay)
Erik K Skodvin - Nothing left but silence (Sonic Pieces)
Jupi/ter - Islands, Pt. 3 (Ambientologist)
Track Listing
Shigeto - Field Trip [0:00]
Raphael Rogński - Cliffs and the Sea [4:20]
Pauline Anna Strom - Quiet Joy [8:38]
Richard Sears - Manresa [11:32]
KMRU - Along a Wall [17:31]
Murales -Tu Sombra [30:02]
Arthur Clees - Everyday [34:02]
Sævar Jóhansson - Where the light enters [38:19]
Chantal Michelle - Line of Drift [44:35]
Josh Mason - Goes Reptile [47:20]
Erik K Skodvin - The Slow Harvest [50:37]
Jupi/ter - Our Final Days [54:18]
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Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Alan Courtis & David Grubbs - Braintrust of Fiends and Werewolves (Husky Pants)
Mary Lattimore - Goodbye, Hotel Arkada (Ghostly)
Claire Deak - Sotto Voce (Lost Tribe Sound)
IKSRE & anthéne - Seasons Shifting (Polar Seas)
7038634357 - Neo Seven (Blank Forms)
Atte Elias Kantonen - A Path with a Name (Students of Decay)
Philipp Otterbach - The Dahlem Diaries (Music from Memory)
Peter Broderick & Ensemble 0 - Give It to the Sky: Arthur Russell's Tower of Meaning Expanded (Erased Tapes)
Tristan Allen - Tin Iso and the Dawn (RVNG Int'l)
Tomáš Knoflíček - Serendipity (Laaps)
Chaz Knapp, Cy Werner, Chaz Prymek - Microfolk (Scissor Tail)
Track Listing
Alan Courtis & David Grubbs - Braintrust of Fiends and Werewolves [0:00]
Mary Lattimore - And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me [4:10]
Claire Deak - A Million Cloaked Ghosts [9:10]
IKSRE & anthéne - Solstice [13:12]
7038634357 - Winded [17:59]
Atte Elias Kantonen - Mire [24:39]
Philipp Otterbach - Left Hand Society [29:13]
Peter Broderick & Ensemble 0 - Tower of Meaning III [31:53]
Tristan Allen - Act II: Sea and Sky [38:46]
Tomáš Knoflíček - Syllabic Speech [47:52]
Chaz Knapp, Cy Werner, Chaz Prymek - To Mend a Heart with Gold [52:52]
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Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Busy week... plus it's been a while since we featured a "Vintage" episode. Enjoy this one originally posted on January 23, 2009.
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The Fun Years - Baby, It's Cold Inside (Barge)
The Caretaker - Persistent Repetition of Phrases (Install)
Library Tapes - A Summer Beneath The Trees (Make Mine Music)
Reigns - The House On The Causeway (Monotreme)
Dakota Suite - The End of Trying (Karaoke Kalk)
Robert Henke - Atom/Document (Imbalance)
Kangding Ray - Automne Fold (Raster-Noton)
Pixel - The Drive (Raster-Noton)
Jacaszek - Treny (Miasmah)
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Dolores (Ipecac)
Humcrush - Rest At Worlds End (Rune Grammofon)
Hemlock Smith & Les Poissons Autistes - Three Times Dead (Everest Records)
Track Listing
The Fun Years - The Surge Is Working [0:00]
The Caretaker - Lacunar Amnesia [8:10]
Library Tapes - Above The Flood [11:30]
Reigns - Mirrors At Night [15:22]
Dakota Suite - This Failing Sea [19:58]
Robert Henke - [First_Contact] [21:51]
Kangding Ray - Quarante [30:12]
Pixel - +40° 42 24.12 -73° 59 51.18 [33:44]
Jacaszek - Powoli [38:22]
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Welk [44:12]
Humcrush - Solar Sail [50:23]
Hemlock Smith & Les Poissons Autistes - Birmingham [55:38]
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sonmi451 - The Eighteen Minute Gap (Laaps)
Stefano Guzzetti - Letters from Nowhere - Piano Book Volume Three (Home Normal)
JARR - 42º (Sound in Silence)
Jon Neher & Michael Scott Dawson - I Yield My Time (Whitelabrecs)
Carmen Villain - Music from the Living Monument (Smalltown Supersound)
Jörgen Kjellgren - Bluebird (Slow Music Movement)
Hania Rani - Ghosts (Gondwana)
Maria W Horn & Vilhelm Bromander - Earthward Arcs (Warm Winters Ltd)
Infinite Light Ltd - Infinite Light Ltd (Denovali)
Arovane - Seismograf (Dauw)
Track Listing
Sonmi451 - A Taste for Vicarious Pleasure [0:00]
Stefano Guzzetti - Tokyo at Night [5:09]
JARR - Rainbows on their Curves 1 [8:25]
Jon Neher & Michael Scott Dawson - Less Cardinal [20:44]
Carmen Villain - Multicolor [24:40]
Jörgen Kjellgren - Bluebird Waltz (Radio Edit) [30:03]
Hania Rani - Dancing with Ghosts [33:17]
Maria W Horn & Vilhelm Bromander - Mycelial Bloom [38:07]
Infinite Light Ltd - December 12 [49:25]
Arovane - Endett [55:17]
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Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Samuel Sharp - Consequential (Blackford Hill)
Bendik Giske - Bendik Giske (Smalltown Supersound)
Matthew Halsall - An Ever Changing View (Gondwana)
Akhira Sano - Phase Contrast from Recollection (12k)
Danny Paul Grody - Arc of Day (Three Lobed)
Saverio Rosi & TeZ - Rote Um (Backwards Records)
Sebby Kowal - Formations (Lontano Series)
Alina Kalancea - Letters Never Sent (Important Records)
Audrey Carmes - Quelque choses'est dissipé (Métron Records)
Track Listing
Samuel Sharp - Puzzle Permission [0:00]
Benedik Giske - Start [4:51]
Matthew Halsall - Water Street [9:04]
Akhira Sano - Grain Culture [17:13]
Danny Paul Grody - California Angelica [22:55]
Saverio Rosi & TeZ - Sauterne [30:28]
Sebby Kowal - Citrus & Wood [38:07]
Alina Kalancea - I Contain Multitudes [46:10]
Audrey Carmes - La fin du film [53:22]
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Sunday Jun 11, 2023
Sunday Jun 11, 2023
Speakers Corner Quartet - Further Out Than the Edge (Otih Records)
Perila - On the Corner of the Day (Shelter Press)
Isnaj Dui - Cereus (Bandcamp)
Gunn Truscinski Nace - Glass Band (Three Lobed)
Andrew Heath - Fold (Dronarivm)
Raays - Innervzm II (Leaving Records)
Sky Civilian - If I Could Swim I'd Bring You the Ocean (Atomnation)
Ly Trang - Syenite (Subtext Records)
Tsuadatta - Preparation for Sleep (Astral Spirits)
Blochemy - Sen (Whitelabrecs)
Nate Scheible - Plume (Warm Winters Ltd)
Andy Cartwright - Below the Noise (Whitelabrecs)
Maroulita de Kol - Anásana (Phantom Limb)
Track Listing
Speakers Corner Quartet - On Grounds (feat Coby Sey) [0:00]
Perila - Elastic Stitches Gracefully In Making [3:15]
Isnaj Dui - Curves Toward [10:30]
Gunn Truscinski Nace - On Lamp [15:25]
Andrew Heath - Fold [19:05]
Raays - Resonant Garden [24:41]
Sky Civilian - Beautiful People [30:15]
Ly Trang - so, flag on flag [34:30]
Tsuadatta - Bubble in the Sky [38:33]
Blochemy - Mane [42:28]
Nate Scheible - Plume02 [46:00]
Andy Cartwright - Beside [48:58]
Maroulita de Kol - The Tree ~ το Δέντρο [52:17]
Sunday May 28, 2023
Sunday May 28, 2023
As is somewhat traditional, this episode we feature some of the artists from the recent 39th edition of FIMAV in Victoriaville, Qc, Canada. Enjoy.
PoiL Ueda - PoiL Ueda (Dur & Doux)
Fred Frith / Ikue Mori - A Mountain Doesn't Know It's Tall (Intakt Records)
Dimitriadis, Dörner, Freedman, Parkins, Williams - BeingFive (Relative Pitch)
Colin Stetson, Elliott Sharp, Billy Martin, Payton MacDonald - Void Patrol (Infrequent Seams)
Tashi Dorji - Improvisations for nylon spring guitar Part III (Bandcamp)
Emilie Škrijelj + Tom Malmendier - Les Marquises (eux sæm)
Susana Santos Silva - All the Birds and a Telephone Ringing (Thanatosis)
Zoh Amba - Bhakti (Mahakala Music)
Track Listing
PoiL Ueda - Kujô Shakujô - Part 1 [0:00]
Fred Frith / Ikue Mori - Nothing to it [7:09]
Dimitriadis, Dörner, Freedman, Parkins, Williams - Amusic [12:07]
Colin Stetson, Elliott Sharp, Billy Martin, Payton MacDonald - Antares [17:04]
Tashi Dorji - 1 [27:43]
Emilie Škrijelj + Tom Malmendier - Chemins de pluie [30:18]
Susana Santos Silva - All the Birds [42:25]
Zoh Amba - The Drop & The Sea [49:52]
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Sunday May 14, 2023
Sunday May 14, 2023
A few weeks back I received a lovely care package. A nice bundle of compact discs from the Ba Da Bing label. I was familiar with around half the artists and charmed by all of them. As a thank you I decided to present a special show featuring tracks from the bundle plus a few selections from the early days of the label that also just happened to already be in my collection. Now if any of you label folk are reading and think... maybe I can bribe my way into a special feature show... you're probably right. Enjoy
Cross Record - Cross Record
Windy & Carl - Portal
Jon Porras - Voices of the Air
Sarah Davachi - Gave in Rest
Claire Cronin - Came Down a Storm
The Veils - ...And Out of the Void Came Love
Lisel - Patterns for Auto-Tuned Voices and Delay
Heather Trost - Desert Flowers
Hawthonn - Red Goddess
1 Mile North - Minor Shadows
Nighttime - Keeper of Time
Yume Bitsu - Giant Surface Music Falling to Earth Like Jewels from the Sky
Roy Montgomery - Audiotherapy
Track Listing
Cross Record - PYSOL My Castle [0:00]
Windy & Carl - Gravital Loft [4:13]
Jon Porras - The Glass House [11:34]
Sarah Davachi - Evensong [14:01]
Claire Cronin - Valentine [19:16]
The Veils - The World of Invisible Things [22:30]
Lisel - Rising Mist [26:51]
Heather Trost - Despoina [30:28]
Hawthonn - Eden [35:42]
1 Mile North - August 8:15 [43:12]
Nighttime - Across the Ocean of Time [47:53]
Yume Bitsu - Flight of the Navigator [52:14]
Roy Montgomery - Audioramble [56:12]
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Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Bartosz Dziadosz - Peace (Dronarivm)
Dania - Foreign Body (ECSTATIC)
Ozomotic | Fennesz - Senzatempo (Touch)
Jan Jelinek - Seascape - polyptych (Faitiche)
Ben Vida w/ Yarn/Wire and Nina Dante - The Beat My Head Hit (Shelter Press)
Death and Vanilla - Flicker (Fire Records)
Jeff Gburek - Zaporizhzhia/Запоріжжя (Plus Timbre)
Elisabeth Klinck - Picture a Frame (Hallow Ground)
Chaz Knapp & Mariel Roberts - Setting Fire to These Dark Times (figureight)
Zonderwerk - Babel (Dauw)
UCC Harlo - Topos (Subtext)
Track Listing
Bartosz Dziadosz - GABI [0:00]
Dania - Adult Third Culture Kid [7:14]
Ozomotic | Fennesz - Floating Time [10:54]
Jan Jelinek - Warm Murmur in the Room [18:15]
Ben Vida w/ Yarn/Wire and Nina Dante - Who's Haunting Who Here [23:09]
Death and Vanilla - Fearless [29:20]
Jeff Gburek - Faces on the Train [34:47]
Elisabeth Klinck - Berceuse [38:14]
Chaz Knapp & Mariel Roberts - Avoiding Sprinklers in Richardson, TX [41:03]
Zonderwerk - Vuurfeest [46:31]
UCC Harlo - Ocelot [51:20]
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