March 9th, 2013 Mar09

March 9th, 2013

We had some sun break through the winter doldrums so we’d thought we’d throw out some nice beats to break the dull drums out there. Starting off right are a couple of groovy tracks by french hiphop outfit Chinese Man. After the eastern groove of Calling Bombay we move into the...

March 2nd, 2013 Mar02

March 2nd, 2013

Dntel remixes Enya. Mali’s Rokia Traore brings the beauty and then we pick up a bit with Toronto’s Austra. We drop some post-punk/post-rock with Sonic Youth and Pixies then legends Eek-a-Mouse and Lee Perry bring the reggae. Electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram brings her Bird of...

February 16th, 2013 Feb16

February 16th, 2013

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...

January 12th, 2013 Jan12

January 12th, 2013

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...

December 29th, 2012 Dec29

December 29th, 2012

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 Dec22

December 22nd, 2012

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 8th, 2012 Dec08

December 8th, 2012

13 days till the end of the world and 16 more shopping days till Xmas. The show starts this week with old favorites, Suns of Arqa and their 1987 track He Did Not Die. Bill Laswell’s Material project goes Ineffect, with samples from William Burroughs. We continue the eastern vibe with...

November 17th, 2012 Nov17

November 17th, 2012

We go with the minimal and moody techno as the days get shorter and colder. Tonikom sets the mood with her dark and minimal Eternal Internal. We love Tonikom. Deadbeat keeps it dark and pumpin’ with Wolves and Angels and things begin to build with Legowelt before a new one from Reso...

September 29th, 2012 Sep29

September 29th, 2012

Lots of quality hiphop this week. It all starts with an Aesop Rock mashup by Equilibrium followed by some nice beats by Slouch and a little hiphop cum dnb from Chinese Man. Atmosphere and Glue give us some rhymes before Fort Minor drop the politically charged Kenji. After the break we begin...

September 15th, 2012 Sep15

September 15th, 2012

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...