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 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...
September 15th, 2012
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The Adding Machine kicks off the show with some glitch-hoppy New World Order. The French hip hop collective Chinese Man gets remixed by the Scratch Bandits Crew and we tune in to Seattle’s Grayskul and a Bloody Radio. The show takes a turn towards chillin’ with Emancipator’s...
September 1st, 2012
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Almost back to school on the Howe Sound System. The show starts this week with a banger from Austra, followed by another related project called Trust, and their track Dressed For Space. Fever Ray continues the darkwave vibe with the Familjen Remix of, If I Had A Heart. The show takes a turn...
August 4th, 2012
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The show starts out this week in recognition of Dead Can Dance and their reunion world tour starting right here in Vancouver. We open with a lesser known track called The Writing On My Father’s Hand then play a couple of their classics. Towards The Within and The Host Of Seraphim. The...
July 7th, 2012
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Some chilled beats served up on today’s episode. We start with some real nice beats Cheju and Emancipator before digging into the underground hiphop scene with favs Buck 65 and the Cunninglynguists leading the way. We get slightly into the hick hop territory with Sweatshop Union before...
June 9th, 2012
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The show starts out this week with something we don’t usually do here on the HSS. Riddims! Fantan Mojah, Michael Rose, 3gga & Emiliano all have their take on the Prisonbreak Riddim. We take it back a bit with some vintage roots reggae from The Prophets, featuring Vivian Jackson or...
June 2nd, 2012
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A real journey through the genres this week. DJ Frane starts our trip with one from his Journey to The Planet of Birds, then Cut Chemist finds the groove and stays in the pocket with The Garden. Blockhead brings the Creepin’ and it gets thick and heavy in Amon Tobin’s Nepalese...
May 26th, 2012
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This weeks show starts off with the steady beats and dubby bass of Tonikom. Amorphous Androgynous speeds it up with Auto Pimp and we get back into the groove with Laura Palmer and their excellent track Distances. Byetone glitches it up and Pinch takes us into some Underwater Dancehall. Version...