Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Katharsis Aug. 25 '08

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The show felt a bit scattered this week. Artists played: Tindersticks, Gianna Lauren, Don Caballero, Gunther, The New Year, Lights Out Asia, Pram, The Banjo Consorsium, The Green Kingdom, Galerie Stratique, Machinefabriek, A Lily, The Abbasi Brothers, Max Richter, Boy In Static, Hammock, Near The Parenthesis, Goldmund, Hauschka, & Bitcrush.

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Katharsis Aug. 18 '08

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Many thanks to Peter Hemminger for filling in for me this week. As music & film editor for ffwd magazine (a free local weekly and a must-read for those in Calgary & area looking for an independent and alternative perspective on local/national/international news and events) Peter is privy to all kinds of great music both new and old. His show was wonderfully eclectic, as the recording will attest. Music captured on the recording: Slim Twig (Aubrey’s last song), Karl Hector & The Malcouns, King Khan & The Shrines, Adam & The Amethysts, Elliott Brood, Dr. Dog, Snailhouse, Nico Muhly, Euros Childs, The Neighbourhood Council, Reverie Sound Review, Lhasa, DeVotchKa, Love, The Acorn, Dappled Cities, Lucid 44, Randall of Nazareth, Royal City, Sigur Ros, Matmos, Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid, Azeda Booth, Health, Sun Ra, Nomo, and The Inhabitants.


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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Katharsis August 11 '08

Recording here

When preparing for my show I usually have a rough idea of what I want to play but I'm usually throwing stuff together on the fly and trying to incorporate last-minute discoveries (there's always ~500+ recently or yet-to-be-released cd's in the dj booth). I usually have plenty of great new tracks that I've stumbled across throughout the week on my own. As often happens when I intend to take things in one direction I often end up going in a completely different direction. I had brought a bunch of new experimental electronic and minimalist classical music but this show ended up being mostly guitar-based mellow pop and rock. At the 11:30 mark, I thought I might change tack but it didn't really pan out. This spontaneity keeps things interesting for me at least. We ended up with: Palodine, Woven Hand, Lucid 44, Heaven And, The Walkmen, Bodies of Water, Sam Phillips, Voice of the Seven Woods, Clinton St. John, Lotte Kestner, Kris Delmhorst, Lownote, Snailhouse, The Middle East, The Neighborhood Council, Machinefabriek, Gianna Lauren, Julie Doiron, Lonely Hunters, Smog, Harris Newman, A Lily, Azeda Booth, Jesu Tagaq, & The Green Kingdom.


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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Katharsis August 4 '08

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Electronic and ambient pop this week: Milosh, The Abbasi Brothers, Lights Out Asia, Near the Parenthesis, Pornopop, Simon Fisk (+ Chris Gestrin & Jerry Granelli), Alva Noto, Fourtet, SJ Esau, The Notwist, Boy In Static, Bitcrush, Nico Muhly, Balmorhea, Gregor Samsa, Sian Alice Group, Ateleia, Adem, Snailhouse, Shearwater, Paul Duncan, and Triosk.

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