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Join gak as he explores music from the movies, tunes from television and any other cinematic source, along with atmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange old goodies that could be used in a soundtrack to be. The spotlight swings widely to encompass composers, genres and other categories, but all in the name of discovery and ironclad whimsy.
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Exploding Head Movies
Exploding Head Movies
XHM #639 - "Born to be a lion" (2023 March 06)
7 MAR 2023 · For Week 6 of our annual Oscars profile, this pre-recorded episode focuses on the nominees for Best Original Song. We'll hear songs from the films Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Tell It Like a Woman, Top Gun: Maverick, RRR and Everything Everywhere All at Once. We'll also hear some songs that missed the cut whilst gak celebrates some birthday or other from far away. 1. Cristobal Tapia de Veer: Happy Birthday (Smile OST, 2022) Paramount 2. Neil Young: Old Man [live] (Harvest: 50th Anniversary Edition, 1972) Reprise 3. Josefin Runsteen: Banyan, Scene V - Air (Hana: Three Bodies OST, 2021) Pacaya 4. tomandandy: Opening (47 Metres Down OST, 2017) Lakeshore 5. Marco Beltrami: 47 Comes a Knocking (Hitman: Agent 47 OST, 2015) La-La Land 6. Ilan Eshkeri: 47 Ronin (47 Ronin OST, 2013) Varèse Sarabande 7. Akira Ifukube: Main Title (47 Ronin OST, 1962) Toho 8. Joe Hahn & Alec Puro: Blade Prophecy (Blade of the 47 Ronin OST, 2022) Back Lot Music 9. Maarja Nuut & Ruum: We Get Older (World Inverted, 2020) Õunaviks 10. Virna Lindt: Young and Hip (Musik Music Musique 2.0: 1981! The Rise of Synth Pop, 2021) Cherry Red 11. Tess Parks: Happy Birthday Forever (And Those Who Were Seen Dancing, 2022) Fuzz Club/Hand Drawn Dracula 12. Asura: I Saw You in Vice [Anenon Birthday remix] (Asura, 2010) Non Projects/Moamoo/Art Union 13. No Joy: Ageless (Motherhood, 2020) Joyful Noise/Hand Drawn Dracula 14. Cassandra Jenkins: Michaelangelo (An Overview on Phenomenal Nature, 2021) Ba Da Bing! 15. Fumerolles: Sismographe (Nuit Jaune, 2023) Kinnta 16. Andy Shauf: Paradise Cinema (Norm, 2023) Anti- 17. Young Gun Silver Fox: Still Got It Going On (Ticket to Shangri-La, 2022) Légère 18. Light Blending In: Airy Nights (2022) self-released 19. Men I Trust: Ring of Past (2023) self-released 20. TOPS: Future Waits (Empty Seats EP, 2022) Musique TOPS 21. Rob Simonsen: Life Boat (The Whale OST, 2022) A24 22. Snotty Nose Rez Kids: I'm Good (I'm Good, HBU? 2022) Distorted Muse 23. Dumb: Fully Compromised (Pray 4 Tomorrow, 2022) Mint 24. Michel Legrand: Romantic Oscar (L'Intégrale/The Complete Edition, 2013) Universal France 25. Rahul Sipligunj & Kaala Bhairava: Naatu Naatu [w.MM Keeravani] (RRR OST, 2022) Super Cassette Industries/Lahari 26. Rihanna: Lift Me Up (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever OST, 2022) Hollywood/Roc Nation/Def Jam/Marvel 27. Ludwig Göransson: Imperius Rex (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever OST, 2022) Hollywood 28. Sofía Carson: Applause (Tell It Like a Woman OST, 2022) Iervolino/We Do It Together 29. Lady Gaga: Hold My Hand (Top Gun: Maverick OST, 2022) Interscope 30. Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga, Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe: Top Gun Anthem (Top Gun: Maverick OST, 2022) Interscope 31. Kenny Loggins: Danger Zone (Top Gun: Maverick OST, 2022) Interscope 32. Son Lux: This is a Life [w.Mitski & David Byrne] (Everything Everywhere All at Once OST, 2022) A24 33. Mychael Danna: Out Yonder Where the Crawdads Sing (Where the Crawdads Sing OST, 2022) Decca/Republic 34. Taylor Swift: Carolina (Where the Crawdads Sing OST, 2022) Decca/Republic 35. Doja Cat: Vegas (Elvis OST, 2022) RCA 36. Aidan Baker & Matt Borghi: Sunken Cathedrals (Undercurrents, 2004) Zenapolæ/Broken Spine 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. LCD Soundsystem: New Body Rhumba (New Body Rhumba from the film White Noise single, 2022) DFA/Columbia I'm older than I've ever been and now, I'm even older. radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies
XHM #638 - "The only percussion comes in the form of ammunation" (2023 February 27)
28 FEB 2023 · Oscar season continues with the 5th and final of the best original score nominees: Volker Bertelmann's music from All Quiet on the Western Front. 1. The Zombies: Butcher's Tale [Western Front 1914] (Odessey and Oracle, 1968) CBS/Date 2. In Mirrors: An Introduction (Only Time Will Tell: Leopard B-sides, 2022) self-released 3. Big Thief: Time Escaping (Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, 2022) 4AD 4. Khotin: Computer Break [Late mix] (Release Spirit, 2023) Khotin Industries 5. Sigur Rós: Áss Hinn Hvíti [w.Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen & María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir] (Odin's Raven Magic, 2020) Krúnk 6. Little Shalimar: Same Damn Thing [w.Ghostface Killah, Boldy James & eXquire] (Rubble Kings: The Album, 2016) Mass Appeal 7. Jasmyn: Blank Paper (In the Wild, 2022) Anti- 8. Eli Muro: Wishbringer (Wishbringer, 2022) Jellyfish 9. Quasi: Queen of Ears (Breaking the Balls of History, 2023) Sub Pop 10. Viagra Boys: Ain't No Thief (Cave World, 2022) Year0001 11. Nicolas Godin: Destroy and Create (Fire of Love OST, 2023) Record Makers 12. Status/Non-Status: Johnny's Song (January 3rd EP, 2023) You've Changed 13. Kamikaze Nurse: Stimuloso (Stimuloso, 2022) Mint 14. Machinefiend: The Future is Ending (The Future is Ending, 2022) In Space 15. Skrillex: Ratata [w.Missy Elliott & Mr Oizo] (Quest for Fire, 2023) Owsla/Atlantic 16. MJ Cole: Feel It [w.Piri & Tommy Villiers] (2023) 892 Recordings 17. Kikagaku Moyo: Daydream Soda (Kumoyo Island, 2022) Guruguru Brain 18. Ghostly Kisses: Carry Me [il:lo remix] (2023) Akira 19. Leathers: Ultraviolet (2022) Artoffact 20. Terrence Dixon: Aurora (Other Dimensions, 2021) 30D 21. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Emile Mosseri: Log in Your Fire (I Could Be Your Dog/I Could Be Your Moon, 2022) Ghostly International 22. Actress: Towers (Ghettoville, 2014) Werk Discs/Ninja Tune 23. Ben Frost: Love in a Colder Climate (Broken Spectre, 2022) The Vinyl Factory 24. Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka: Sudany (Languoria, 2022) Mondoj/Unsound 25. Ulla Straus: Gloss (Foam, 2022) 3XL 26. Colin Stetson: Trapped in Forever (Among the Stars OST, 2022) Walt Disney 27. Colin Stetson: Through the Floorboards (Texas Chainsaw Massacre OST, 2022) Waxwork/Milan/Sony Classical 28. Hauschka: Sweet Spring Come (Room to Expand, 2006) 130701/Fatcat 29. Hauschka: Mount Hood (Foreign Landscapes, 2010) 130701 30. Volker Bertelmann: Remains (All Quiet on the Western Front OST, 2022) Netflix 31. Volker Bertelmann: Dog Tags (All Quiet on the Western Front OST, 2022) Netflix 32. Volker Bertelmann: Tanks (All Quiet on the Western Front OST, 2022) Netflix 33. Volker Bertelmann: War Machines (All Quiet on the Western Front OST, 2022) Netflix 34. Volker Bertelmann: Retreat (All Quiet on the Western Front OST, 2022) Netflix 35. Apparat: Sayulita (DJ-Kicks 12", 2010) !K7 36. Injury Reserve: All Quiet on the West Side (Floss, 2016) self-released radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies
XHM #637 - "A portrait of the artist as a young man playing with UFOs & dinosaurs" (2023 February 20)
21 FEB 2023 · It's Week 4 of our annual Oscars profile so for your Family Day programming, we'll hear cues from John Williams' nominated score from Steven Spielberg's pseudo-autobiographical film The Fabelmans. We also embrace Carnaval, Mardi Gras and the start to Lent as we acknowledge the recently deceased, one year of Ukraine's invasion and other news. 1. Desi Arnaz & His Orchestra: Carnival in Rio [w.Lucille Ball] (Babalu, 1996) RCA/BMG 2. Andy Ash: Carnival de L'Spirit (Carnival de L'Spirit 12", 2008) Stilove4music 3. De La Soul: Eye Know (3 Feet High and Rising, 1989) Tommy Boy/London 4. Three Dog Night: The Family of Man (Harmony, 1971) ABC/Dunhill 5. Three Dog Night: King Solomon's Mines (Suitable for Framing, 1969) ABC/Dunhill 6. Barry McGuire: Puff the Magic Dragon (Star Folk featuring Members of the New Christy Minstrels, 1965) Sparton/Surrey 7. Juliette Gréco: Strip-Tease (Le Cinéma de Serge Gainsbourg, 2015) Decca 8. Alain Goraguer: Ten et Medor/Ten et Tiwa (La Planète Sauvage OST, 1973) Pathé 9. Gerald Fried: Mr Spock (Star Trek: The Original Series - Volume II, 1966) GNP Crescendo 10. Raquel Welch: I Am Ready to Groove (A Swingin' Summer OST, 1965) Hanna Barbera 11. Mario Nascimbene: One Million Years BC (The Hammer Film Music Collection: Volume 2, 1999) GDI 12. Ellen Allien: True Romantics (AurAA, 2020) BPitch Control 13. Tove Lo: No One Dies from Love (Dirt Femme, 2022) Pretty Swede/Mtheory 14. Squid in Chains: Sunflower Fields Forever (Sirens of Kyiv [remastered], 2022) Earsay 15. Roman Petrovich Kumlik: Listen Kind People to What I Want to Tell (Ukrainian Music: Anthology of Folk Music, 2010) Melodiya 16. Mitch Davis: What You Say (The Haunt, 2022) Arbutus 17. Franz Waxman: The Tower (The Silver Chalice OST, 1954) Film Score Monthly 18. Jonah Yano: Song About the Family House (Portrait of a Dog, 2023) Innovative Leisure 19. Jill Barber: Joint Account (Homemaker, 2023) Outside Music 20. Simon Boisseau: Fuir (2023) Bravo Musique 21. Tess Roby: Century (Ideas of Space, 2022) SSURROUNDSS/Plancha 22. Yo La Tengo: Aselestine (This Stupid World, 2023) Matador 23. Ramzi: Chantilli (Hyphea, 2022) Music from Memory 24. Marin Patenaude: Right from the Start (Sex & Dying, 2023) Dine Alone 25. Basia Bulat: Fables [version] (The Garden, 2022) Secret City 26. Mark Mancina: The Sea Beast (The Sea Beast OST, 2022) Music on Vinyl 27. Panic! at the Disco: Into the Unknown (Frozen 2 OST, 2019) Walt Disney 28. 4*Town: U Know What's Up [The Panda Hustle version] (Turning Red OST, 2022) Walt Disney 29. Germaine Franco: Impresiones del Encanto (Encanto OST, 2021) Walt Disney 30. John Williams: The Journey Begins (The Fabelmans OST, 2022) Sony Classical 31. John Williams: Mitzi's Dance (The Fabelmans OST, 2022) Sony Classical 32. John Williams: Midnight Call (The Fabelmans OST, 2022) Sony Classical 33. John Williams: Mother and Son (The Fabelmans OST, 2022) Sony Classical 34. John Williams: Reflections (The Fabelmans OST, 2022) Sony Classical 35. Charles Mingus: Pops [When the Saints Go Marching In] (The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's, 2022) Resonance radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies
XHM #636 - "These talkies are the path to sin" (2023 February 13)
14 FEB 2023 · Our Oscars profile continue with Justin Hurwitz's nominated original score from Babylon. We also talk about earthquakes, many a live event in Vancouver this week -- including Hotham Sound's Drop Cities 2-day hoedown -- and a weird blend of jazz age remixes and what Babylon is. Thanks to everyone who donated to Fundrive 2023! 1. Altin Gün: Yali Yali (Âlem, 2021) self-released 2. Ted Quinlan: Babylon (Absolutely Dreaming, 2019) self-released 3. Kit Sebastian: Yeter (Melodi, 2021) Mr Bongo 4. Káryyn: Aleppo (The Quanta Series, 2019) Mute 5. Idlefon: After the Quake (Anthology of Persian Experimental Music, 2019) Unexplained Sounds Group 6. Wesli: Ba Li Va Li [remix] (Tradisyon, 2022) Cumbancha 7. Ian & Sylvia: Nancy Whiskey [live] (The Lost Tapes, 2019) Stony Plain 8. Numün: Lighter (Book of Beyond, 2023) Shimmy Disc 9. The Clean: Billy Two (Boodle Boodle Boodle EP, 1981) Flying Nun 10. Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz: Thorns in the Laws of Attraction (Jooj Two, 2021) Mint 11. The Budos Band: Renegade (Long in the Tooth, 2020) Daptone 12. Gilla Band: Backwash (Most Normal, 2022) Rough Trade 13. Ben Shemie & Molinari Quartet: The Eye (Desiderata, 2022) Joyful Noise 14. Hudson Glover: Recorders (Solar Surfing: Music from the Film 'Crystal Oscillators', 2023) Hotham Sound 15. MIDI Janitor: Do You Not Wish? (Bulk Order, 2023) Hotham Sound 16. Corben: Ain't Easy (Sun Variants, 2022) Hotham Sound 17. Playback Head: Synth Tape (Calliope, 2022) Hotham Sound 18. Karamelien: Ascension Heights (Ascension Heights, 2022) self-released 19. Castle If: Easy Love (Drivin' Easy, 2023) self-released 20. Badbadnotgood & Arthur Verocai: Love Proceeding [Macroblank remix] (2022) XL/Innovative Leisure 21. Yves Jarvis: At the Whims (The Zug, 2022) Anti-/Flemish Eye 22. Phoebe Bridgers: Chinese Satellite (Punisher, 2020) Dead Oceans 23. Stephanie Economou: Main Theme from Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök [w.Einar Selvik] (Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök OST, 2022) Lakeshore/Ubisoft 24. Kid Koala: Jump & Shuffle [Live from the Hardware Store] (Creatures of the Late Afternoon OST, 2023) Envision 25. Emeli Sandé & The Bryan Ferry Orchestra: Crazy in Love [Kid Koala version] (The Great Gatsby OST [deluxe edition], 2013) Interscope 26. Moka Efti Orchestra: Babylon Charleston (Babylon Berlin - Music from the Original TV Series: Volume 1, 2017) BMG 27. Muslimgauze: Babylon is Iraq (2019) Staalplaat 28. Simon Franglen: Nothing is Lost/You Give Me Strength [w.The Weeknd] (Avatar: The Way of the Water OST, 2022) Hollywood 29. Simon Franglen: From Darkess to Light (Avatar: The Way of the Water OST, 2022) Hollywood 30. Justin Hurwitz: Welcome (Babylon OST, 2022) Interscope/Mercury Classics 31. Justin Hurwitz: Ain't Life Grand (Babylon OST, 2022) Interscope/Mercury Classics 32. Justin Hurwitz: Señor Avocado (Babylon OST, 2022) Interscope/Mercury Classics 33. Justin Hurwitz: Gold Coast Rhythm [Juan Bonilla] (Babylon OST, 2022) Interscope/Mercury Classics 34. Roy Ayers Ubiquity: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival [reissue], 1996) Verve It's not too late to still donate to Fundrive 2023: https://citr.ca/donate radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies
XHM #635 - "Be in love with nothing but the bagel" (2023 February 06)
7 FEB 2023 · We press on in the multiverse of Oscar nominees for the 95th Academy Awards with a redux on Son Lux's nominated score to Everything Everywhere All at Once along with a nominated song featuring Mitski & David Byrne. Fundrive 2023 is on! Visit http://citr.ca/donate to help CITR upgrade its transmission tower and FM antenna. 1. Shakespears Sister: Hello [Turn Your Radio On] (Hormonally Yours [remastered & expanded], 2021) London 2. Vangelis: Intergalactic Radio Station (Direct, 1988) Arista 3. Barrett Strong: Money [That's What I Want] (Money 7", 1959) Tamla 4. The Garrys: Bury Me with My Money (Get Thee to a Nunnery, 2021) Grey 5. Ennio Morricone: Money Orgy (Danger: Diabolik OST, 1968) Sycodelic/Blow Out 6. Pierre Kwenders: Sahara (José Louis and the Paradox of Love, 2022) Arts & Crafts 7. Jackson Ramsey: Simple Sample (Youngness, 2022) self-released 8. Angelo Badalamenti: Mysteries of Love [Organ 3] (Blue Velvet OST: The Deluxe Edition, 1986) Varèse Sarabande 9. Underpass: On the Radio (Deluxe Industrial, 2021) No Sun 10. Mellaa: Makin' Love in the Fast Lane (Makin' Love in the Fast Lane 7", 1983) Larc 11. Marita Viitasalo: Romance in D-flat Major [Opus 24, No.9] (Jean Sibelius' Piano Pieces, 1993) Finlandia/Fazer 12. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man: Romance (Out of Season, 2002) Go! Beat 13. Beach House: New Romance (Once Twice Melody, 2022) Sub Pop 14. Anna Drubich: A Horse and a Donkey (Navalny OST, 2022) WaterTower 15. Mandaworld: I Adore You (For Emotional Use Only, 2023) Twilight 16. Hot Chip: Down (Freakout/Release, 2022) Domino 17. Gesumm: Transmission Failure (Forest City Series: Volume 5, 2022) A Person Disguised as People 18. The Avalanches: Because I'm Me [w.Camp Lo] (Wildflower, 2016) Modular/Astralwerks 19. De La Soul: A Roller Skating Jam named Saturdays [w.Q-Tip & Vinia Mojica] (De La Soul is Dead, 1991) Tommy Boy/FFRR 20. Eric Serra: The Antenna (Goldeneye OST [expanded], 1995) Virgin 21. Kraftwerk: Antenna (Radio-Activity [remastered], 2009) Kling Klang/Capitol 22. Howard Shore: Arwen's Fate/The Grace of the Valar [w.Sheila Chandra] (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers OST - The Complete Recordings, 2018) WaterTower/Reprise 23. Broadcast: Tower of Our Tuning (The Noise Made by People, 2000) Warp/Tommy Boy 24. The Tranzmitors: Concrete Depression (Concrete Depression 7", 2012) La-Ti-Da 25. Laura Repo: Everything is Everywhere (Get Yourself Home, 2011) self-released 26. Son Lux: Change is Everything [sax version] (Reincarnates, 2020) This is Meru 27. Son Lux: Fence [w.Moses Sumney] (Everything Everywhere All at Once OST, 2022) A24 28. Son Lux: My Life Without You (Everything Everywhere All at Once OST, 2022) A24 29. Son Lux: Rendezvous at the Premiere (Everything Everywhere All at Once OST, 2022) A24 30. Son Lux: I Love You (Everything Everywhere All at Once OST, 2022) A24 31. Son Lux: This is a Life [w.David Byrne & Mitski] (Everything Everywhere All at Once OST, 2022) A24 32. Patrick Shiroishi & Dustin Wong: Shatters (Hole of Forest, 2023) A Red Thread 33. DJ Shadow: Changeling/Transmission 1 (Endtroducing....., 1996) Mo'Wax/FFRR We are nothing without you/we are everything with you/ we are everywhere with you/this is getting complicated/all at once. Help us broadcast our love: www.citr.ca/donate radiofreegak@gmail.com
XHM #634 - "Bread vans & miniature donkeys" (2023 January 30)
31 JAN 2023 · The nominees for the 95th Academy Awards were announced last week so it's the start to our annual Oscars profile! We'll kick off with Carter Burwell's nominated score to the film The Banshees of Inisherin as we mix the usual tributes and newish songs, though there'll be a spot of vintage Irish folk to further confuse the fields. CITR Fundrive 2023 starts this week! Go to www.citr.ca/donate already! 1. Clannad: Theme from Harry's Game (Magical Ring, 1983) RCA 2. Sophie Kauer & the London Symphony Orchestra: Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 - IV. Allegro [conductor: Natalie Murray Beale] (Tár OST, 2022) Deutsche Grammophon 3. The Stranglers: No More Heroes (No More Heroes, 1977) United Artists/A&M 4. Robert Gordon: It's Only Make Believe (Rock Billy Boogie, 1979) RCA 5. Earth, Wind & Fire: Rock That! (I Am, 1979) ARC/Columbia 6. Renée Geyer Band: Largesse (Sun, 1972) RCA 7. Joyce Bryant: Runnin' Wild (Runnin' Wild, 1954) Epic 8. Kronos Quartet: Marquee Moon (Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary, 1990) Elektra 9. Television: Venus (Live at the Old Waldorf, 2003) Rhino Handmade 10. Alvvays: Tom Verlaine (Blue Rev, 2022) Polyvinyl/Transgressive/Celsius Girls 11. Berto Pisano: Tema di Oscar [from Sissignore] (Beat at Cinecittà: Music from 1960s & 1970s Cinema - Volume 3, 1968) Crippled Dick Hot Wax! 12. Little Simz: Gorilla (No Thank You, 2022) Forever Living Originals/AWAL 13. Rosalía: Saoko (Motomami, 2022) Columbia 14. Skee Mask: A14 vs CB (ISS008 EP, 2022) Ilian Tape 15. Yaeji: For Granted (With a Hammer, 2023) XL 16. KH: Looking at Your Pager (2022) self-released 17. Kilometre Club: Shed 6 (Shed, 2022) Imaginary North 18. Nonarchy: First, Love (Cheap Tuesdays, 2021) Shoes for Feet 19. Dan Mangan: Fire Escape (Being Somewhere, 2022) Arts & Crafts 20. Mac DeMarco: Vancouver (Five Easy Hot Dogs, 2023) Mac's Record Label 21. Cots: Flowers [Fresh Cut] (Moonlit Building EP, 2023) Boiled 22. KCAR: 1234 (La K7, 2020) self-released 23. Loscil: Trap (The Sails Pt. 1, 2022) Frond 24. US Girls: Futures Bet (Bless This Mess, 2023) 4AD 25. Lee Paradise: Dreamin' (2022) Telephone Explosion 26. Banshee Beat: 131 (Le Sucre du Sang, 2014) Alright. 27. WheelUP: Fusion [w.Bémbé Ségué] (Good Love, 2021) Tru Thoughts 28. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul: Blenda (Topical Dancer, 2022) Deewee/Because Music 29. Blank Banshee: Update (Music for Menus, 2022) Hologram Bay 30. Siouxsie & the Banshees: She's a Carnival (A Kiss in the Dreamhouse, 1982) Polydor 31. Mellow Candle: The Poet and the Witch (Swaddling Songs, 1972) Deram 32. The Raineys: Woman of the House (Fire Draw Near: An Anthology of Traditional Irish Song & Music, 2021) River Lea 33. Hildur Guðnadóttir: Not All Men (Women Talking OST, 2022) Decca 34. Carter Burwell: Walking Home Alone (The Banshees of Inisherin OST, 2022) Hollywood 35. Carter Burwell: Delivering Milk but No News (The Banshees of Inisherin OST, 2022) Hollywood 36. Carter Burwell: The First Finger (The Banshees of Inisherin OST, 2022) Hollywood 37. Carter Burwell: My Life is on Inisherin (The Banshees of Inisherin OST, 2022) Hollywood 38. Pawel Mykietyn: Tribute to Donkey (EO OST, 2022) Milan 39. The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir: Polegnala e Todora [Chant D'Amour] (Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares: Volume 1, 1975) Disques Cellier/4AD radiofreegak@gmail.com twitter.com/hundredaire www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies
XHM #633 - "Kung fu Cantopop" (2023 January 23)
24 JAN 2023 · The Year of the Rabbit is upon us, so amongst some bunny related songs, we'll have tributes to guitarist Jeff Beck, singer David Crosby and Hong Kong composer Joseph Koo (1931-2023) as we profile some of his action film soundtracks. 1. Cristobal Tapia de Veer: Mr Rabbit It Is (Utopia OST, 2013) Silva Screen/Kudos 2. Phil Western: Rabbits (Laborandum, 2012) Rustblade 3. Bad Waitress: Rabbit Hole (No Taste, 2021) Royal Mountain 4. Ambre McLean: Run Rabbit (Me, 2014) Northwood 5. Matthew Dear: Bunny's Interlude (Bunny, 2018) Ghostly International 6. Isabella Summers: Bunny (Physical: Season 1 - Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack, 2021) Lakeshore 7. Al Stewart: Year of the Cat (Year of the Cat, 1976) RCA Victor 8. The Yardbirds: Psycho Daisies (Happenings Ten Years Time Ago 7", 1966) Columbia 9. Jeff Beck: Beck's Bolero (Truth, 1968) Columbia 10. The Byrds: It Happens Every Day (The Limey OST, 1999) Flash Cut 11. David Crosby: Rodriguez for a Night (For Free, 2021) BMG 12. The Byrds: Stranger in a Strange Land (Ford v Ferrari OST, 2019) Fox Music 13. Kylie V: Catherine (2022) self-released 14. Beth Orton: Weather Alive (Weather Alive, 2022) Partisan/Knitting Factory 15. Ferrante & Teicher: Hong Kong Soul Brother (In a Soulful Mood, 1974) United Artists 16. Jessy Lanza: Wet x3 [w.Taraval] (DJ Kicks: Jessy Lanza, 2021) !K7 17. Kaytranada & Anderson .Paak: Twin Flame (2022) RCA 18. Lalo Schifrin: Headset Jazz (Enter the Dragon OST: 25th Anniversary Edition, 1973) Warner Bros 19. Yang Chen: Silt [w.Sara Constant] (Longing for _, 2022) People Places 20. Nick Storring: Music from Wéi - III (Music from Wéi, 2022) Orange Milk 21. David Ming-Yeuh Liang: Three Variations of Plum Blossom (Chinese Masterpieces for the Ch'in: Ancient and Modern, 1975) Lyrichord 22. Zhou Xuan: Radio Broadcasting/Hua Yang de Nian Hua (In the Mood for Love OST, 2000) OmTown/Virgin/Rock 23. Carrie Koo Mei: Dream (Love Without End 7", 1961) Ruby/Lucky 24. Joseph Koo: A Better Tomorrow Theme (A Better Tomorrow OST, 1986) USE Corp & Triarrow 25. Joseph Koo: Mark's Theme (A Better Tomorrow OST, 1986) USE Corp & Triarrow 26. Joseph Koo: Main Theme (Bruce Lee's The Big Boss OST, 1971) Tam/Toho 27. Joseph Koo: Opening (Bruce Lee's The Big Boss OST, 1971) Tam/Toho 28. Joseph Koo: The Big Guy (Way of the Dragon OST, 1975) Tam 29. [radio advert]: Fists of Fury [w.Bruce Lee] (Sex, Sleaze & Soul, 2007) 30. Joseph Koo: Main Theme from Fist of Fury [w.Mike Remedios] (Fist of Fury OST, 1972) Tam 31. Steve Kaldestad: Rabbit's Habit (Fraser Macpherson from the Pen of..., 2022) Cellar Live 32. Kamasi Washington: Fists of Fury (Heaven and Earth, 2018) Young Turks Gung hai fat choi! radiofreegak@gmail.com twitter.com/hundredaire www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies
24 Hours of Radio Art: Hours 11 & 12 - "koillinen, kaakko, lounas & luode" (2023 January 17)
17 JAN 2023 · gak is back for another two hours of radio art, though he had plans for eight hours, so prepare for four separate layers of sonic mayhem, mixing spoken word, field recordings, soothing drone and not-so-soothing noise, highlighting the creative minds that inspire us all. there are eulogies for some brilliant souls who left us in 2022: vangelis, george crumb, mira calix, norm chambers, klaus schulze & ingram marshall. CHANNEL NSZ -- N1/ Klaus Schulze: Melange (OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music 1948-1980, 2000) Ellipsis Arts ** RIP N2/ Sylvie Courvoisier, Ned Rothenberg & Julian Sartorius: Deep Rabbit Hole (Lockdown, 2021) Clean Feed N3/ Vangelis: Part Two (Hypothesis, 1978) Bellaphon/Charly ** RIP N4/ Iannis Xenakis: I-1. Diamorphoses [1959] (Electroacoustic Works 1922-2001, 2022) Karlrecords N5/ Concord Quartet: George Crumb's Black Angels, III. Return (American String Quartets 1950-1970, 1995) VoxBox ** RIP N6/ Norm Chambers: Simulacrum (Graphic Means OST, 2017) self-released ** RIP N7/ Anla Courtis & S Glass: Rabbit Science (Other Secretive Vehicles, 2021) Ikuisuus N8/ Low: There's a Comma After Still (Hey What, 2021) Sub Pop ** RIP N9/ Rusalka: Reflection Underneath Waves (Base Waters, 2019) Absurd Exposition NA/ Ernie Althoff: Hansel and Pestle (Nine Perverse Pairs and Three Veranda Interludes, 2022) self-released NB/ Colette Broeckaert, Sebastian Berweck & Martin Lorenz: Bernard Parmegiani's Stries [1980] for 3 Synthesizers & Tape, III. Stries (Stries, 2021) NC/ Natasha Barrett: Growth (Heterotopia, 2022) Persistence of Sound ND/ Nurse with Wound: Broken America (3 Lesbian Sardines, 2021) United Dairies NE/ Monica Pearce & SHHH!! Ensemble: Leather [w.Zac Pulak & Edana Higham] (Textile Fantasies, 2022) Centrediscs NF/ Sean Luciw: Rabbit Ears [in the Pocket] (Killing Time: 20th Anniversary digital rerelease, 2016) Ulusulu CHANNEL VOX -- V1/ Mira Calix: Gargle [Command V] (Absent Origin, 2021) Warp ** RIP V2/ Toru Takemitsu: Vocalism A-1 (Concert 20-21 Century, Volume 7: Early Japanese Tape Music, 1956) Earlabs V3/ Ingram Marshall: Cortez [1973 w.Snee McCaig] (Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Centre 1961-1973, 1998) New World ** RIP V4/ Lucrecia Dalt: No Era Sólida (No Era Sólida, 2020) Rvng Intl. V5/ Cousin Silas & the Glove of Bones: The Universal Hum 3:30am (New Runes, 2022) Submarine Broadcasting V6/ Efrim Manuel Menuck: Baby It Has to Fall (Corona Borealis Longplay Singles Series, 2020) Constellation V7/ Graeme Miller & Steve Shill: Without Impatience (The Carrier Frequency: Original 1984 Stage Production Score, 2020) Finders Keepers V8/ Avey Tare: Tape Player Chants for Winter (New Psycho Actives: Volume 1, 2015) self-released V9/ Ben Johnston & The New Verbal Workshop: Visions and Spels [side 2] (Visions and Spels, 1984) Composers Recordings Inc [CRI] VA/ Aidan Baker: Something Opens in My Head (True Dreaming [to Bend the World], 2021) Dissipatio VB/ Princess Apparently: Disaster Head (Demo/lition, 2018) self-released VC/ Markus Floats: "Karl Marx. Capital Volume 1. Chapter 33 - The Modern Theory of Colonisation [Abridged]” Corona Borealis Longplay Singles Series, 2020) Constellation VD/ Cabaret Voltaire: Baader Meinhof (Methodology '74/ '78. Attic Tapes; 2003) Mute/The Grey Area VE/ Reinhold Weber: Missa Fonetica Für Eine Elektronisch Verfremdete Stimme 1973 (Elektronische + Phonetische Kompositionen, 1974) Corona/Creel Pone CHANNEL ERF -- E1/ R. Murray Schafer, Judy Loman, Theodore Gentry, Wendy Humphreys, Beverley Johnston, Tilly Kooyman & Stuart Laughton: Sun Father, Earth Mother (Patria, 1996) Opening Day E2/ [no artist] Big River (Wilderness River: The Natural Sounds of the Wilderness, 1993) LaserLight Digital E3/ Nathan Shubert: Deutsche Bahn Train to Cologne [50.992°N, 7.01°E] (Field Recordings: Volume 1, 2019) self-released E4/ David Shire: Tiger Tiger (Apocalypse Now: The Unused Score, 2017) La-La Land/American Zoetrope E5/ Aperus: Birdsong as Mantra (Archaic Signal, 2020) Geophonic E6/ Emeka Ogboh: Ojuelegba 2.0 (Alternate African Reality: Electronic, Electroacoustic & Experimental music from Africa and the Diaspora, 2020) Syrphe E7/ ROY 101 & AD: Night (Sounds of Parkdale, 2018) self-released E8/ Stephen Shiell: 51°32'11.1"N 0°01'26.9”W (No More War Pigs, 2022) Industrial Coast E9/ [no artist] Small Rapid (Wilderness River: The Natural Sounds of the Wilderness, 1993) LaserLight Digital EA/ Bill Fontana: Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns [Installation version, 1981] (Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns, 1982) KQED FM EB/ Nathan Shubert: Stream Outside Frankfurt [50.186°N, 8.691°E] (Field Recordings: Volume 1, 2019) self-released CHANNEL DRN -- D1/ Blanck Mass: Noise Destroys Something Wonderful (Ted K OST, 2022) Sacred Bones D2/ Aviva Endean: Moths & Stars (Moths & Stars, 2022) Room40 D3/ Richard Wernick & Penn Contemporary Players: George Crumb's Lux Æterna (Xenakis, Del Tredici, Stockhausen, Cage, Crumb, 2014) Sony Classical ** RIP D4/ Mica Levi: What Y'all Make (Zola OST, 2021) Invada/A24 D5/ Deison: Hidden Light (Magnetic Debris: Volume 1, 2019) Dissipatio D6/ Colin Stetson: Cerberus (Chimæra I, 2022) Room40 D7/ Equal Ways: Gone, The Salt Tears (OEM Compilation I, 2020) Ottawa Experimental Music D8/ Formula Vee: Dispersal (Dispersal, 2020) Mule D9/ Kara-Lis Coverdale: A 478 (A 480, 2014) Constellation Tatsu DA/ Matmos: If All Things Were Turned to Smoke/Gdyby Wszystko Stalo Sie Dymem (Regards/Uklony dla Boguslaw Schaeffer, 2022) Thrill Jockey DB/ Ryoji Ikeda: Code-Verse [2018] (Music for Installations: Volume 2, 2022) Codex Edition DC/ Sarah Davachi: Harmonies in Grey (In Concert & In Residence, 2022) Late Music DD/ Stephen Vitiello, Pauline Oliveros & Joe McPhee: SV+PO+JM 2 (SV+PO+JM, 2001) UbuWeb DE/ Clint Mansell: Mychorrhiza [60-250Hz] (In the Earth OST, 2021) Invada/Lakeshore DF/ Scanner: Vittoria (52 Spaces, 2002) Bette A sane version of this to properly eulogize the appropriate folks can be made upon enough requests. However, this is best recommended to be listened to via double stereo. radiofreegak@gmail.com twitter.com/hundredaire www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies
XHM #632 - "The crystal owls are totally what they seem" (2023 January 16)
17 JAN 2023 · In honour of composer Angelo Badalamenti (1937-2022), we pay tribute to only a modest selection of his wide varied musical career, definitely leaning on the David Lynch collaborations we primarily associate with him. gak also marks 15 years at CITR with a mix of moody melodies. 1. Guy Smiley: The 15 Commercial [w.The Count] (The Count Counts, 1975) Sesame Street 2. Henry Mancini: Main Title from Days of Wine and Roses (Days of Wine and Roses OST, 1962) Intrada 3. Angelo Badalamenti: Slow Speed Orchestra 1 [24 Hours] (Twin Peaks Archive, 2012) David Lynch 4. Faithless: Insomnia [Monster radio edit] (Insomnia single [US import], 1997) Arista 5. Yukihiro Takahashi: Extra-Ordinary (Neuromatic: Yoshinori Sunahara remaster, 2021) Sony Japan 6. Yellow Magic Orchestra: Rydeen (Yellow Magic Orchestra, 1978) Alfa 7. Run the Jewels: Love Again/Akinyele Back [w.Gangsta Boo] (Run the Jewels 2, 2014) Mass Appeal 8. SZA: Conceited (SOS, 2022) Top Dawg 9. Jeff Beck: Where Were You [w.Terry Bozzio & Tony Hymas] (Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, 1989) Epic X. Dry Cleaning: Kwenchy Kups (Stumpwork, 2022) 4AD 11. Junior Boys: Waiting Game (Waiting Game, 2022) City Slang 12. Joseph Shabason: 13-15 (The Fellowship, 2021) Western Vinyl/Telephone Explosion 13? Shabason & Krgovich: Templeton Field (At Scaramouche, 2022) Idée Fixe 14. William Orbit: Nuestra Situación [w.Lido Pimienta] (The Painter, 2022) Guerilla Studios/Rhino 15! The Art of Noise: Hummingbird (Balance: Music for the Eye, 2022) ZTT 16. Apollo Ghosts: Gave Up the Dream (2023) You've Changed 17. Thaïs: Le Vent (Tout est Parfait, 2022) Bravo 18. Bclip: El 15 (Herramientas Para el Club, 2020) Salviatek 19. Tess Parks: Brexit at Tiffany's (And Those Who Were Seen Dancing, 2022) Fuzz Club/Hand Drawn Dracula XX. The Garrys: Graveyard Curve (Surf Manitou, 2017) Grey 21. Adrian Quesada: Starry Nights (Jaguar Sound, 2022) ATO 22. Orville Peck: Old River (Pony, 2019) Sub Pop 23. Jessica Moss: Light Falls on Every Door (Galaxy Heart, 2022) Constellation 24. Castle If: Eerie Foliage (The Verdant Realm, 2022) self-released 25. Nina Simone: I Hold No Grudge (High Priestess of Soul, 1967) Philips 26. Barbara Mason: Child of Tomorrow [version] (Gordon's War OST, 1973) Buddah 27. Badder than Evil: Hot Wheels [The Chase] (Gordon's War OST, 1973) Buddah 28. Isabella Rossellini & Angelo Badalamenti: Blue Velvet/Blue Star [montage] (Blue Velvet OST: Deluxe Edition, 1986) Varèse Sarabande 29. Julee Cruise: The Swan (Floating into the Night, 1989) Warner Bros XXX. Xiu Xiu: Audrey's Dance (Xiu Xiu Plays the Music of Twin Peaks, 2016) Bella Union/Polyvinyl 31. Angelo Badalamenti: Twin Peaks Theme [alternate version] (Twin Peaks Archive, 2012) David Lynch 32. Angelo Badalamenti: Dance of the Dream Man [solo sax] (Twin Peaks Archive, 2012) David Lynch 33? Angelo Badalamenti: Générique - Marcello/Who Will Take My Dreams Away [w.Marianne Faithfull] (The City of Lost Children OST, 1995) Point 34. Angelo Badalamenti: Careless Love [w.Siouxsie Sioux] (The Edge of Love OST, 2008) UCJ/Universal 35! Angelo Badalamenti & Kinny Landrum: Cool Cat Walk (Wild at Heart OST, 1990) London/Polydor 36. The Staple Singers: Take My Hand Precious Lord [live] (Freedom Highway, 1965) Epic He made it like the wind. RIP to the bad angel. radiofreegak@gmail.com twitter.com/hundredaire www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies
XHM #631 - "Only feels like it's raining forever" (2023 January 09)
10 JAN 2023 · As we crawl into 2023 properly, we pay tribute to Seattle composer Norm Chambers (1972-2022), who recorded ambient music under various aliases. We'll focus on his score to the 2017 documentary Graphic Means amongst other bleepy bits, eulogies, quality tunes from 2022 and a taste of the music already out in the new year. 1. Reindeer: 2023 (Reindeer, 2014) self-released 2. Esmerine: Entropy - Incantation/Radiance/The Wild Sea (Everything was Forever Until It was No More, 2022) Constellation 3. The Velvelettes: Lonely, Lonely Girl Am I (The Velvelettes, 1965) Motown 4. Sérgio Mendes: Ciudade Grande [w.Pelé] (Pelé OST, 1977) Atlantic 5. Ashra: Sunrain (New Age of Earth, 1976) Isadora 6. Manuel Göttsching: E2-E4 [excerpt] (E2-E4, 1981) Inteam/MG-Art 7. John Carroll Kirby & Laraaji: Dawn of New Day (Dance Ancestral, 2022) Stones Throw 8. Baris Manço: 2023 (2023, 1975) Yavuz Plak 9. Dora Jar: Bumblebee (2022) Made of Elves/Island 10. Pom Poko: Enduro Corner (This is Our House EP, 2022) Bella Union 11. Hipnosis: Theme for a New Year (Hipnosis, 1984) ZYX 12. Kelela: Washed Away (Raven, 2023) Warp 13. Lil Yachty: Poland (2022) Quality Control 14. Vincent Parker: The Pier (For Nothing Tho..., 2021) self-released 15. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Burning (Cool It Down, 2022) Secretly Canadian 16. Aiko Tomi: Fit (2022) Tominaga 17. Molly Lewis: Mirage (Mirage EP, 2022) Jagjaguwar 18. Busty & the Bass: All the Things I Couldn't Say to You (2022) Arts & Crafts 19. Yo La Tengo: Fallout (This Stupid World, 2023) Matador 20. Mary Lattimore & Paul Sukeena: Didn't See the Comet (West Kensington, 2022) Three Lobed 21. Khotin: Fountain, Growth [w.Tess Roby] (Release Spirit, 2023) Khotin Industries 22. Best Fern: Way Inside (Earth Then Air, 2023) Backward/Redeye 23. Nick Schofield: Mirror Image (Glass Gallery, 2020) Backward 24. Marc Canham & Duotone: Parallel Worlds (Black Mass EP, 2022) Sound of Solar 25. Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble: Regnanten Sempiterna (Officium, 1994) ECM New Series 26. Jürgen Müller: Jenseits des Stromes (Science of the Sea, 2011) Digitalis 27. Jürgen Müller: Traumfolge Einer Qualle (Science of the Sea, 2011) Digitalis 28. Norm Chambers: Sargasso (Seaside Resonance, 2021) Hotham Sound 29. Norm Chambers: Linotype Theme (Graphic Means OST, 2017) self-released 30. Norm Chambers: Line Screen (Graphic Means OST, 2017) self-released 31. Norm Chambers: Index (Graphic Means OST, 2017) self-released 32. Cub\cub: Red Tarn (2022) self-released 33. M Mucci: An Ending - 2022 Pt. 2 (An Ending - 2022, 2022) Tall House radiofreegak@gmail.com twitter.com/hundredaire www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies
Join gak as he explores music from the movies, tunes from television and any other cinematic source, along with atmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange old goodies that...
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Join gak as he explores music from the movies, tunes from television and any other cinematic source, along with atmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange old goodies that could be used in a soundtrack to be. The spotlight swings widely to encompass composers, genres and other categories, but all in the name of discovery and ironclad whimsy.
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