Sunday, January 30, 2011

Katharsis Jan. 30 '11


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The tracks: Radian - Chimera, Mogwai - Rano Pano, Sonic Youth - Escapades, Disappears - New Fast, Friendo - Pass Times, Bitter Fictions - In Absence, Weekend - Veil, Damian Valles - Antumbra, Fabio Orsi - Tropfen, Lavinia - Destroy Yourself, Ø (Mika Vainio) - Heijastuva, A Setting Sun - Raspberry, Bell Monks - Solace, Orcas (Rafael Anton-Irisarri & Benoît Pioulard) - Until Then (Broadcast cover), Benoît Pioulard - Shoals, Talk Talk - I Believe in You, Spheruleus - Frost, Herion - Cab, *AR - Return, Snowblink - Stand Where A Fruit Tree Drops The Things It Does Not Need, Black Eagle Child - Canoeing, and Frederick Squire - What's That Over There A Dead Rainbow?.

The links to the archived show recordings should be good for up to a month from the show date. If the links expire just let me know via comment and I'll re-upload them.

Unfortunately the cost of using free file sharing sites such as mediafire is possible exposure to questionable advertising in the form of nasty pop-ups (sorry). Prior to visiting the download links above I highly recommend installing and using pop-up, flash and ad-blocking extensions in your web browser on top of solid antivirus/internet security protection. Doing so hides/blocks all of that crap.

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Katharsis Jan. 23' 11


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The tracks: Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Where You End & I Begin, Theologian - Unfamiliar Skies, Tim Hecker - Hatred of Music I, Noveller - Fades, BvDub - The Past Disappears, Murcof - Cometa, Bass Communion - Litany 1-403-1204, Jacaszek - Tren IV, Richard Skelton - Voice of the Book, The Green Kingdom - Thoughts and Bells (3:07 am dub), Low - Shame, The Young Scamels - In Virtue Than In Vengeance, Supersilent - 11.2, Soul Whirling Somewhere - God in Heaven, Seaworthy & Matt Rosner - Termeil Lake, Rivulets - Can't I Wonder (solo), Richard A Ingram - The Consolamentum, and Rob Theakston - I Am Waiting For You To Stop Being Mad At Me (Offthesky Reconstruction).

The links to the archived show recordings should be good for up to a month from the show date. If the links expire just let me know via comment and I'll re-upload them.

Unfortunately the cost of using free file sharing sites such as mediafire is possible exposure to questionable advertising in the form of nasty pop-ups (sorry). Prior to visiting the download links above I highly recommend installing and using pop-up, flash and ad-blocking extensions in your web browser on top of solid antivirus/internet security protection. Doing so hides/blocks all of that crap.

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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Katharsis Jan. 16 '11


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The tracks: David Daniell + Douglas McCombs - The Deshabille, PM Glimm - The Sun Is Asleep (Maybe You Should Be Too), Savoy Grand - Glen A Larson, The Dyeing Merchants - In Dreams, Eluvium - Crash Deconstructed, Odessa Chen - The Weight, Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern - Broken Line 2, Johan G Winther - Chasing Kingdoms, Timbre - Like Spinning Plates (Radiohead cover), Zelienople - Chase Scene, Konntinent - Wire Cutter Heart, Nils Frahm - Corn, Harold Budd + Ruben Garcia + Daniel Lentz - La Muchacha de los Sueños Dorados, Lokai - Volver, Ian Hawgood - Piece For Wind Chimes, Grand Valley State University - Zinc (Terry Riley's In C remixed by Zoe Keating), Witxes - Six Pears, Antony and the Johnsons - Flétta (duet with Björk), Janus - Keymaster, Dan Arborise - Paths, Hauschka & Stefan Schneider - Common Exposure, and Juta - Protection (Massive Attack cover).

The links to the archived show recordings should be good for up to a month from the show date. If the links expire just let me know via comment and I'll re-upload them.

Unfortunately the cost of using free file sharing sites such as mediafire is possible exposure to questionable advertising in the form of nasty pop-ups (sorry). Prior to visiting the download links above I highly recommend installing and using pop-up, flash and ad-blocking extensions in your web browser on top of solid antivirus/internet security protection. Doing so hides/blocks all of that crap.

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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Katharsis Jan. 9 '11


"Ear-Grabbers" of 2010 - Part III (Part II with Timothy Heck)
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Unfortunately, Victoria-based artist & world-traveler Peter Glimm (who was planning to perform songs from his new record "NightShade") had to postpone his visit due to a family emergency. Hopefully we will be able to reschedule later in the year.

Instead I carried on with part III of my look back at 2010, highlighting some more of the music that caught my ear. I was joined again by Timothy Heck (longtime cjsw programmer and host of the sorely-missed Music For Hedgehogs program) who contributed some of his favourites.

The tracks: Frederick Squire - You Sing Low and We Will Sing High, Damien Jurado - Kansas City, Warpaint - Set Your Arms Down, Marilyn Crispell & David Rothenberg - Invocation, Zazie Von Einem Anderen Stern - Regentropfen, Pan American - From Here, Sylvain Chauveau - The Unbroken Line, The Knife in collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock) - Annie's Box, Namlook - Pearl XXVI, Balmorhea - Palestrina, The Legendary Tigerman - Hey Sister Ray, Grinderman - Fire Boy, The Barr Brothers - Deacon's Son, Yann Tiersen - Palestine (Yann Tiersen remix), Drivan - Som En Laderlapp, Rocky Votolato - Sparklers, Chris Brokaw & Geoff Farina - In the Evening (Leroy Carr cover), Hans Abrahamsen - Canon 2A: Lustig spielend, aber nicht zu lustig, immer ein bißchen melancholisch, Oval - Kastell, Murralin Lane - All We Hear Are Birds, and Memory Screen - Kathmandu.

The links to the archived show recordings should be good for up to a month from the show date. If the links expire just let me know via comment and I'll re-upload them.

Unfortunately the cost of using free file sharing sites such as mediafire is possible exposure to questionable advertising in the form of nasty pop-ups (sorry). Prior to visiting the download links above I highly recommend installing and using pop-up, flash and ad-blocking extensions in your web browser on top of solid antivirus/internet security protection. Doing so hides/blocks all of that crap.

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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Katharsis Jan. 2 '11


"Ear-Grabbers" of 2010 - Part II (Part I with Timothy Heck)
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As per last week I continued my look back at 2010 and highlighted some of the music that caught my ear. This week I invited Timothy Heck (longtime cjsw programmer and host of the sorely-missed Music For Hedgehogs program) to join me and contribute some of his favourites.

The tracks: The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio, Clogs - Three-Two, David Karsten Daniels - Each Summer Sound, D.A.A.U. - Into the Wild, Lilium - Amsterdam-Paris, Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek - Waltz (A Lonely Crowd), Gregory & the Hawk - Geysir Nationale, Joanna Newsom - Baby Birch, CocoRosie - Grey Oceans, Arlt - Je voudrais être mariée, F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm - Lich-Teil, Wildbird & Peacedrums - The Drop, Enzo Avitabile in Napoletana - Libberazione, Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose - Younger, Victoire - A Song for Mick Kelly, Aranis - Lullaby, Nicolas Bernier - Line(B), and Bertrand Belin - Hypernuit.

Happy New Year!

The links to the archived show recordings should be good for up to a month from the show date. If the links expire just let me know via comment and I'll re-upload them.

Unfortunately the cost of using free file sharing sites such as mediafire is possible exposure to questionable advertising in the form of nasty pop-ups (sorry). Prior to visiting the download links above I highly recommend installing and using pop-up, flash and ad-blocking extensions in your web browser on top of solid antivirus/internet security protection. Doing so hides/blocks all of that crap.

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Katharsis Dec. 26 '10


"Ear-grabbers of 2010" Part I
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This week I started my look back at 2010 and highlighted some of the music that caught my ear. Some releases were highly anticipated and delivered on their promise and some were wonderful discoveries.

The tracks: Heart Failure Research Unit - Under the Line, Kenseth Thibideau - Black Hole, Kyst - Bicycles, Mimicking Birds - The Loop, Efterklang - The Soft Beating, Disappears - Little Ghost, Women - Eyesore, Michael Santos - Hollowing Out, Jefre Cantu-Ladesma - Stained Glass Body, Noveller - Almost Alright, Jon Mueller - Remembered, Yellow Swans - Foiled, Offthesky - Fear of Flora, Mark Templeton - Broken & Remade, Richard A. Ingram - The Melioramentum, Danny Paul Grody - Hungry/Haunted, Ryan Fransesconi - Lost Years, Wil Bolton - Nylon, Rothko - Wake to Tomorrow, Woodworkings - Former Daughters of the American Revolution, Taishi Kamiya - Air, Federico Durand - Mi Pequeno Mundo De Papel, and No More Shapes - New Years (Yves').

The links to the archived show recordings should be good for up to a month from the show date. If the links expire just let me know via comment and I'll re-upload them.

Unfortunately the cost of using free file sharing sites such as mediafire is possible exposure to questionable advertising in the form of nasty pop-ups (sorry). Prior to visiting the download links above I highly recommend installing and using pop-up, flash and ad-blocking extensions in your web browser on top of solid antivirus/internet security protection. Doing so hides/blocks all of that crap.

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