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Monday, January 18, 2016

Episode 5 - January 16 2016 - Synthpop, radio compilations, and ambient soundscapes

Songs Played (* Canadian):

  • Chairlift - Ch-Ching
  • Fine Mist* - Stop or Start (CiTR live version)
  • Young Braised* - Vision (CiTR live version)
  • Tigerwing* - Two Lovers (CJSW live version)
  • Loscil* - In Threes (CJSW live version)
  • Caribou* - Can't Do Without You
  • ttwwrrss* - System Overload
  • Shigeto - Do My Thing
  • Shigeto - Need Nobody
  • Boards of Canada - Reach for the Dead
  • Mark de Monoloq* - MK320

I'm absolutely loving the newly released Chairlift songs off their upcoming album Moth! The album will be out January 22 so I've shared a track from there to get a taste of what to expect from this fine alt-electro-pop duo.

Since we have a couple of compilations from our sister stations in Vancouver, Calgary, and Hamilton, with the former two being compilations of live performances, I've showcased two tracks from each of them. The live performances are pretty impressive, and the CiTR one in particular gives listeners a little peek into the history of the station in the old student union building (aka SUB) where the station was formerly situated.

For the CFMU (Hamilton) compilation, they're actually a compilation of tracks from artists with a connection to the city of Hamilton, Ontario, where McMaster University (CFMU's home base) is located. ttwwrrss is a Hamilton native, while Caribou is from Dundas, Ontario.

Shigeto is coming to Vancouver on January 22! He'll be performing at the Imperial at 10pm so if you like his cool ambient bassy instrumentals check him out then :)

After Boards of Canada, an experimental electronic artist who David Bowie was influenced by in making his final album Blackstar, we cap off the set with a very dramatic piano-driven track from CJSF's very own Mark de Monoloq, host of the EDM show.

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