Percussive and glitchy is how it starts moving this week. We hear some Hang Drum from David Kuckhermann and then we head into the melodic glitch of Tinaedae and o9. We slow it down a bit with The Boats and then go back a ways with Boards of Canada. Philadelphia’s City Rain remixes Obfusc...
February 16th, 2013
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This week we start off with the soaring dub of Hol Baumann’s Scala, then Atmosphere comes out of nowhere and drops one before we pick it up a bit and get moving with Nicolas Jaar. Mali’s Issa Bagayogo remixes one of his own traditional tracks with some electricity, then the show...
February 9th, 2013
posted by nomig
This week we revolt against the man. Starting the set off is The Man himself Johnny Cash singin’ about the other man with his cover of Personal Jesus. Then we drop some nice beats courtesy of LCD Soundsystem and a bassy remix of MGMT’s Kids. Following that The Qemists kick it into...
February 2nd, 2013
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New music this week from Emancipator’s Dusk To Dawn. So fresh it’s still warm. We hear one called Heikki from Tor, a Vancouver artist, signed to Emancipators Loci Records. We then feature a really cool project called One on Twoism, which is a compilation of independent electronica...
January 26th, 2013
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Cold and foggy has been the vibe here in the Howe Sound the last week and the mood has set in. We kick it off with some high energy dnb-esque beats from Wisp and Squarepusher. We get a little melcancholy with a coupe nice tracks from Saycet and Weldroid plus Ninjatune’s Eskmo. After the...
January 12th, 2013
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Our 1 year anniversary show! We share electronic music that first inspired us and talk about the early Vancouver electronic music scene. William Burroughs cut-ups, the importance of Psychic TV, Sonic Youth, having big brothers, Terrence McKenna…and a bit more. The Howe Sound System...
January 5th, 2013
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We enter the new year with some dark atmosphere courtesy of Vancouver local Beesaur. After that we start getting groovy with a classic from the Orb and a wicked head nodder by Evan Marc and Steve Hillage. Orb collaborator Thomas Fehlmann shakes our booties and slams the beats from his live...
December 29th, 2012
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Dark IDM courtesy of Autechre and The Orb brings 2012 to a close. We start flexing the bass with VibeSquad and a new one by Reso (one of our fav albums from 2012). We transition into the hippity hop with DJ Kentaro and a nice one by DDay One. An old school DJ Food reminds us of where we...
December 22nd, 2012
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Out with the old…in with the new. This Mortal Coil opens up the show with Baby Ray Baby, then we find the chilled groove for a couple from Cell. New life gets dedicated with Pete Philly & Perquisite then the show gets ambiently glitchy with Preston, Xploding Plastix and Trickform. Drum...
December 15th, 2012
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It’s the last show before the end of the world and so we’re taking us out in style! We start off calling for a revolution with an old school ravey Little Fluffy Clouds remix and keep the beats rolling with Eat Static’s tripped out Bony Incus. We throw some shuffle in our...