not originally aired on CFMU, thanks to last-minute crappy-ass computer crashes.

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The first part of a rather ambitious and perhaps deranged countdown.

111: Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – The Proposition Original Soundtrack (The Proposition #1)
Atmospheric, at times pretty and others creepy as Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (a violinist who has worked with Cave on several albums) are so good at. It has a real character, and though I haven’t seen the movie yet, it builds a mood quite clearly and effectively on its own.

110: Maxïmo Park – A Certain Trigger (Acrobat)
Another in the parade of British nu-wave seemingly cashing in on the success of Franz Ferdinand. This is a cut above the likes of the Kaiser Chiefs and The Bravery, though. Maximo Park take the sound and make it theirs.

109: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Howl (Shuffle your Feet)
A huge departure for the band; turning from somber and gritty guitar-rock to gospel-tinged blues. Good to see a band progressing somehow, but this one was close. At first I hated it, but the craft is there and I eventually found myself actually wanting to listen to the album.

108: Why? – Elephant Eye Lash (Crushed Bones)
An intriguing blend of indie rock and indie hip hop. Valuable, if only for the interesting sound it exudes, but listenable beyond that as well. Worth a listen.

107: Boards Of Canada – The Campfire Headphase (Satellite Anthem Icarus)
Ambient electronicery by Scotland’s famed duo. Can feel a bit repetitive and uninspired at times, but there’s some beautiful stuff going on here.

106: Metamatics – 3 Jak and Dive (vlokal)
Glitchy ambience almost in the style of BoC.

105: Jason Collett – Idols of Exile (Fire)
Folk rock from the lead singer of Broken Social Scene. Pleasing to the ears, and some brilliant melodies.

104: Xiu Xiu – La Foret (Ale)
Eerie minmalist and sometimes hard to listen to rock. Lead singer sounds pretty bent out of shape sometimes. A difficult listen, but let it weasel its way in and you may well find something valueable.

103: Lemon Jelly – 64-95 (’64 aka Go)
A bit of a departure for the group. Each song uses a sample from the year in the title. Sounds a little more traditional than previous Lemon Jelly offerings, but at the same time mature and accomplished. The DVD that comes with videos for every track is a treat.

102: Pendulum – Hold Your Colour (Fasten Your Seltbelt Feat. The Freestylers)
Wicked drum and bass from Australia. Shades of Apollo 440. A ripping good time.

101: Thomas Brinkmann – Lucky Hands (THIRTY2)
Delicate ambience. Sounds both natural and heavily computerized at the same time. Beautiful and subtle.

100: Ry Cooder – Chavez Ravine (Poor Man’s Shangri-La)
A concept album from the veteran performer about the destruction of the titular community, a sort of commemoration of their unique way of life. Many different styles and very rich, Chavez Ravine has a lot to offer and it’s definitely one I feel would place a higher given some more time to sink in.

99: M83 – Before the Dawn Heals Us (Teen Angst)
Bombastic synthesizer anthems. If you excuse how seriously it seems to take itself, very fun and at times profoundly beautiful.

98: The Clientele – Strange Geometry (Since K Got Over Me)
Gentle guitar rock. Not much else to say. Quite well crafted.

97: Espers – The Weed Tree (Rosemary Lane)
Medieval sounding psychfolk covers of everything from traditional ballads to Blue Oyster Cult, and an original.

96: The Lucksmiths – Warmer Corners (A Hiccup in Your Happiness)
Sunshine and simple catchy pop melodies.

95: The Rosebuds – Birds Make Good Neighbors (Hold hands and fight)
Not so different from Warmer Corners, a little more airy and straightforward.

94: Common – Be (Testify)
Straightforward but certainly high quality hip hop from one of the genres notables.

93: Stephen Malkmus – Face The Truth (I’ve Hardly Been)
Fun, catchy all-over-the-place light indie rock.

92: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! (Details Of The War)
Nice arrangements. Get a new singer.

91: Keith Fullerton Whitman – Multiples (Stereo Music for Acoustic Guitar, etc – Part One)
Nice experimental ambience. Surprisingly complex and easy on the ears though it sounds strangely mathematical.

90: The Herbaliser – Take London (Song for Mary)
Hiphop, reggae, soul and electronica flounce together in this rather lovely bit of music. Electronic music played on live instruments.

89: Of Montreal – The Sunlandic Twins (The Party’s Crashing Us)
No Satanic Panic in the Attic, but there’s certainly some delicious gems here. Fantastic as a quantitative judgement (as in, the realms of fantasy), but not so much as previous offerings, and much more disco involved.

88: Robyn – Robyn (Be Mine!)
A variety of styles and speeds, but all well-crafted electropop as always seems to be big in Europe.

..to be continued next week..

A rather enjoyable collection of tunes from the first (short) half of the second season of the radio show. I basically started with the first episode cause it was ridiculously good, having been built from a half year’s backlog of songs, then added from there. Goodness! Me!

1. The Constantines – Hotline Operator (from Tournament Of Hearts)
2. Mew – Special (from And The Glass Handed Kites)
3. The National – Karen (from Alligator)
4. Yann Tiersen – A Secret Place (from Les Retrouvailles)
5. Castanets – No Voice Was Raised (from First Light’s Freeze)
6. Go-Betweens – Statue (from Oceans Apart)
7. The Books – An Owl With Knees (from Lost and Safe)
8. Busdriver – Happiness’s (Unit Of Measurement) (from Fear Of A Black Tangent)
9. Out Hud – Its For You (from Let Us Never Speak of It Again)
10. Roisin Murphy – Night Of The Dancing Flame (from Ruby Blue)
11. The Magic Numbers – Love’s A Game (from The Magic Numbers)
12. The Boy Least Likely To – Hugging My Grudge (from The Best Party Ever)
13. Camille – La Jeune Fille Aux Cheveux Blancs (from Le Fil)
14. Andrew Bird – Sovay (from The Mysterious Production Of Eggs)
15. Cuff The Duke – No Sleep, No Heat (from Cuff The Duke)
16. Sons And Daughters – Dance Me In (from The Repulsion Box)
17. The Mountain Goats – Lion’s Teeth (from The Sunset Tree)
18. Jason Collett – We All Lose One Another (from Idols Of Exile)
19. The Decemberists – On The Bus Mall (from Picaresque)
20. The Rosebuds – Blue Bird (from Birds Make Good Neighbors)

A collection of some songs with a sort of delicate drive to ’em. Dare I say sensual? Well, sure. That would apply to most music wouldn’t it?

There was a bit of bum track in it originally, so two years later or so I took it upon myself to redo it slightly (tracks 8 and 9 are the additions)

1. Massive Attack – Protection
2. Thomas Brinkmann – Margins
3. Luomo – The Present Lover
4. Neneh Cherry – Move With Me (Dub)
5. Herbert – It’s Only
6. Under Byen – Kyst
7. Pale 3 – Just Another Day (feat. 12 Rounds)
8. Marsmobil – Astralbody
9. Metallic Falcons – Airships
10. Talk Talk – Inheritance
11. Röyksopp – Sparks
12. Twine – Kalea Morning
13. Sub Sub – Past
14. Yo La Tengo – Our Way to Fall
15. Max Richter – On The Nature of Daylight

originally aired 2-4am December 13, 2005 on CFMU

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The holiday special. Christmas, X-mas, triple x-mas, sex-mas, axe-mas, kwanza, chanuckhkha, you know.. whichever bastes your turkey.

2 am
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Stagger Lee / Murder Ballads (1996)
the national / abel / alligator (2005)
Nada Surf / Paper Boats / Let Go (2002)
Yann Tiersen / A secret place / Les Retrouvailles (2005)
Augie March / This Train / Strange Bird (2002)
Sigur Rós / Hoppipolla / Takk (2005)
Pnau / Super Giants / Again (2003)
Vitalic / The Past / Ok Cowboy (2005)
Under Byen / Kyst / Kyst (1999)
Bell Orchestre / Salvatore Amato / Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light (2005)
PJ Harvey / The Slow Drug / Uh Huh Her (2004)

3 am
Luomo / The Present Lover / The Present Lover (2003)
Neneh Cherry / Move With Me (Dub) / Until The End Of The World (1991)
Herbert / It’s Only / Bodily Functions (2001)
Twine / Girl Song / Twine (2003)
M. Ward / Four Hours In Washington / Transistor Radio (2005)
The Mountain Goats / Pale Green Things / The Sunset Tree (2005)
Wilco / Hell Is Chrome / A Ghost Is Born (2004)
The Wrens / Happy / The Meadowlands (2003)
Iron & Wine / Passing Afternoon / Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
Calexico / Sunken Waltz / Feast of Wire (2003)
Iron & Wine | Calexico / 16, Maybe Less / In the Reins (2005)

4 am
Elbow / The Everthere / Leaders Of The Free World (2005)

Thank you to all who listened to a even a minute or two of the first half of the second season. I’ll be back in the new year with the top 111 albums of 2005

originally aired 2-4am December 6, 2005 on CFMU

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Tonight! All is music pertaining to scoring the movement of picture or body.

2 am
Vangelis / Prologue And Main Titles / Blade Runner (Esper Edition) (1982)
Peter Gabriel / The Feeling Begins / The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
Pale 3 / The Roof, The Escape (Feat. Michael Brook) / Der Krieger Und Die Kaiserin (2000)
Samuel Barber / Adagio For Strings / Platoon (1986)
Sigur Rós / Yfirum / Englar Alheimsins (2000)
Clint Mansell / Lux Aeterna / Requiem For A Dream (2000)
Hans Zimmer / Duduk Of The North / Gladiator: More Music (2000)
Christopher Franke / The War / In The Beginning (1998)
Christopher Franke / Severed Dreams / Volume 2: Messages From Earth (1997)
Rob D / Clubbed to Death / The Matrix (1999)

3 am
The Dust Brothers / Who Is Tyler Durden? / Fight Club (1999)
Philip Glass / Koyaanisqatsi / Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke / Tempest / The Insider (1999)
Nick Cave / A Prison In The Desert / Ghosts Of The Civil Dead (1989)
Ennio Morricone / La Resa Dei Conti / For A Few Dollars More (1973)
Astor Piazzola / “Introduccion” From Suite Punta Del Este / 12 Monkeys (2000)
Yann Tiersen / La Valse d’Amélie / Amelie (2001)
Menomena / Water / Under An Hour (2005)
Edward Shearmur / Grand Central / K-Pax (2001)
Vangelis / Memories Of Green / Blade Runner (1994)
Clannad / Harry’s Game / Harry’s Game (1982)

4 am
Beethoven / Adagio Cantabile (Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’) / The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

originally aired 2-4am November 29, 2005 on CFMU

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2 am
Thomas Brinkmann / Margins / Lucky Hands (2005)
Mirah / Cold Cold Water / Advisory Committee (2001)
Augie March / Brundisium / Strange Bird (2002)
Cuff the Duke / No Sleep, No Heat / Cuff the Duke (2005)
The Deadly Snakes / Work / Porcella (2005)
Iron and Wine | Calexico / History of Lovers / In The Reins (2005)
Andrew Bird / Way Out West / The Swimming Hour (2001)
Tindersticks / Rented Rooms / Curtains (1997)
The Cardigans / In the Round / Super Extra Gravity (2005)
Mazarin / Another One Goes By / We’re Already There (2005)
Fiery Furnaces / Sing for Me / EP (2005)
Dubstar / Not Once, Not Ever / Disgraceful (1995)

3 am
Saint Etienne / Milk Bottle Symphony / Tales from Turnpike House (2005)
Broken Social Scene / Hotel / Broken Social Scene (2005)
Animal Collective / Grass / Feels (2005)
Richard Hawley / Born Under A Bad Sign / Coles Corner (2005)
Underworld / Jal to Tokyo / Lovely Broken Thing (2005)
Cristian Vogel / The Time Lock / Station 55 (2005)
Isolée / Pictureloved / Wearemonster (2005)
Okkervil River / Black / Black Sheep Boy (2005)
Belle & Sebastian / Like Dylan in the Movies / If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / Sunday’s Slave / Tender Prey (1987)
Vashti Bunyan / Wayward / Lookaftering (2005)
Espers / Dead King / the Weed Tree (2005)
Laura Veirs / Through the Glow / Year of Meteors (2005)

4 am
Bonnie Prince Billy / I See a Darkness / I See a Darkness (1999)

originally aired 2-4am November 22, 2005 on CFMU

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2 am
Rob Porter / The Designated Patient / Henry V (2005)
Saul Williams / Act III Scene 2 (Shakesphere) / Saul Williams (2004)
Radiohead / I Will / Hail To The Thief (2003)
Arcade Fire w. David Bowie / Wake Up / Fashion Rocks (2005)
Sleater-Kinney / Faraway / One Beat (2002)
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists / Shake the Sheets / Shake the Sheets (2004)
U2 / Bullet The Blue Sky (live in Dublin and London) / Wembley Nights/Zoo Europa (1993)
Sage Francis / Gunz Yo / A Healthy Distrust (2005)
Manic Street Preachers / Ifwhiteamericacouldtellthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart / The Holy Bible (1994)
Elbow / Leaders Of The Free World / Leaders Of The Free World (2005)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Hiding All Away / Abattoir Blues (2004)
System Of A Down / B.Y.O.B. / Mezmerize (2005)
Outkast / War / Speakerboxxx (2003)

3 am
Cage / Grand ‘ol Party Crash (ft. Jello Biafra) / Hell’s Winter (2005)
Sigur Rós / (the Pop Song) / ( ) (2002)
Lyrics Born / The Last Trumpet (ft. Lateef the Truthspeaker) / Later That Day… (2003)
Lifesavas / Resist / Spirit in Stone (2003)
Kanye West / Jesus Walks / College Dropout (2004)
Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra la la Band / God Bless Our Dead Marines / Horses in the Sky (2005)
Super Furry Animals / Liberty Belle / Phantom Power (2003)
The Decemberists / The Legionnaire’s Lament / Castaways and Cutouts (2002)
Devendra Banhart / Heard somebody say / Cripple Crow (2005)

4 am
Our Ugly Army (Mark Grayson Lenover) / Henry V / Whenever Shots Are Fired (2005)

Thanks to Marco for dropping by. Thanks to everyone involved with Henry V. And thanks to everyone who has come to see it.

originally aired 2-4am November 15, 2005 on CFMU

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2 am
Omar Faruk Tekbilek / Shashkin (Hefner Remix) (2001)
µ-ziq / Swan Vesta / Tango N’ Vectiff (1993)
Rae & Christian / Divine Sounds / Northern Sulphuric Soul (2004)
Common / I Am Music / Electric Circus (2002)
Blackalicious / Give It To You / The Craft (2005)
M83 / Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun / Before the Dawn Heals Us (2005)
Andrew Bird / Why? / The Swimming Hour (2001)
Andrew Bird / I / Weather Systems (2003)
Andrew Bird / Skin is, My / The Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005)
A Camp / The Oddness of the Lord / A Camp (2001)

3 am
Modest Mouse / Tiny Cities Made of Ashes / The Moon And Antarctica (2000)
Sun Kil Moon / Salvador Sanchez / Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003)
Swayzak / Sob 1 / Dirty Dancing (2002)
Camille / La Jeune Fille Aux Cheveux Blancs / Le Fil (2005)
Buck 65 / Corrugated Tin Facade / Secret House Against The World (2005)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / We Came Along This Road / No More Shall We Part (2001)
Sufjan Stevens / John Wayne Gacy, Jr / Illinois (2005)
Bird York / In the Deep / The Velvet Hour (2005)
Patrick Wolf / This Weather / Wind In The Wires (2005)
Røyksopp / What Else Is There? / The Understanding (2005)
Pale 3 / Just Another Day (feat. 12 Rounds) / Der Krieger und Die Kaiserin OST (2001)
Jason Collett / We All Lose One Another / Idols of Exile (2005)

originally aired 2-4am November 8, 2005 on CFMU

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2 am
Doves / The Storm / Some Cities (2005)
Massive Attack ft. Dot Allison / Aftersun / Danny the Dog (promo) (2005)
Depeche Mode / Precious / Playing the Angel (2005)
Mew / Special (Radio Mix) / And the Glass Handed Kites (2005)
Death From Above 1979 / Black History Month (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix) / Romance Bloody Romance (2005)
The Hold Steady / Killer Parties / … Almost Killed Me (2004)
Serena Maneesh / Drain Cosmetics / Serena Maneesh (2005)
Pulp / This Is Hardcore / This Is Hardcore (1998)
The Constantines / Love in Fear / Tournament of Hearts (2005)
Calla / Swagger / Collisions (2005)
Saul Williams / African Student Movement / Saul Williams (2004)
Herbert / The Audience / Bodily Functions (2001)
3 am
Menomena / Strongest Man in the World / I am the Fun Blame Monster (2003)
John Cale / Paris 1919 / Paris 1919 (1973)
Dirty Three / The Zither Player / Cinder (2005)
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis / The Rider Song / The Proposition – OST (2005)
Sons And Daughters / Dance Me In / The Repulsion Box (2005)
Super Furry Animals / Zoom / Love Kraft (2005)
Hybrid / If I Survive / Wide Angle (2000)
Coldcut / Autumn Leaves (Irresistable Force mix) (1999)
Handsome Boy Modeling School / Sunshine (Groove Armada Sunset Dub) (2000)
Death Cab For Cutie / Summer Skin / Plans (2005)
Keren Ann / Ending song / Not Going Anywhere (2003)

originally aired 2-4am November 1, 2005 on CFMU

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2 am
Amon Tobin | Four Ton Mantis | Supermodified (2000)
Portishead | Cowboys | Portishead (1997)
Massive Attack vs Mad Professor | Bumper Ball Dub (karmacoma) | No Protection (1995)
Tricky | Bury the Evidence | Blow Back (2001)
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Anger | Discord (1998)
Primal Scream | Pills | Xtrmntr (2000)
Chris Vrenna | Duchess | American McGee’s Alice (2001)
Aim | Demonique | Cold Water Music (2001)
RJD2 | The Horror | Deadringer (2002)
Plastikman | Ask Yourself | Closer (2003)
Orbital | P.E.T.R.O.L. | In Sides (1996)

3 am
Luke Vibert | Acidisco | YosepH (2003)
Evil Nine | Crooked (Feat. Aesop Rock) | You Can Be Special Too (2004)
Plump DJ’s | Creep Show | Eargasm (2003)
Delerium | Fragments of Fear | Morpheus (1989)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | From Her to Eternity | From Her to Eternity (1984)
El-P | Deep Space 9mm | Fantastic Damage (2002)
Ministry | Every Day Is Halloween | Every Day Is Halloween (1984)
Bauhaus | Bela Lugosi’s Dead | Bela Lugosi’s Dead (1979)
Unicorns | Tuff Ghost | Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? (2003)

A right bit hard-hitting, this. Inspired by a feature on an episode back in the first season, this attempts to present some dark, pounding, hella danceable techno etc. It’s a bit rougher than most of my output, but it gets the job done. It’s also a companion to its follow-up, Angles With Synthesizers

1. Orbital – Satan (industry standard)
2. Evil Nine – Crooked (Feat. Aesop Rock)
3. Azzido Da Bass – Dooms Night (Timo Maas Radio Edit)
4. Dope Smugglaz – The Word (PMT Remix)
5. Luke Vibert – Acidisco
6. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Anger
7. Underworld – Moaner
8. Primal Scream – Swastika Eyes
9. Lemon Jelly – ’88 aka Come Down On Me
10. Plump DJ’s – Creep Show
11. The Prodigy – Voodoo People
12. Leftfield – Afrika Shox (feat. Afrika Bambaataa)
13. S.U.N. Project – Sex Drugs & Acid Trance II
14. Laurent Garnier – The Sound of the big babou
15. Hybrid – True To Form

originally aired 2-4am October 25, 2005 on CFMU

oi, mates! it’s le season premiere! roast me a kipper and flay me a jambo!

(mp3) [the file may be slightly mucked but should be fully usable]

2 am
U2 vs Lyrics Born / Callin’ On Sunday / Partyben (2004)
Castanets / No Voice Was Raised / First Light’s Freeze (2005)
Go-Betweens / Statue / Oceans Apart (2005)
The New Pornographers / Sing Me Spanish Techno / Twin Cinema (2005)
The Boy Least Likely To / Hugging My Grudge / The Best Party Ever (2005)
The Lucksmiths / Sunlight in a Jar / Warmer Corners (2005)
The Magic Numbers / Love’s a Game / The Magic Numbers (2005)
Metric / Dead Disco / Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003)
Franz Ferdinand / Outsiders / You Could Have It So Much Better With… (2005)
Rogue Wave / Bird on A Wire / Descended Like Vultures (2005)
Clem Snide / Something Beautiful / End of Love (2005)
Of Montreal / Climb the Ladder / Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
Primal Scream / Star / Vanishing Point (1997)
3 am
Busdriver / Happiness’s (Unit Of Measurement) / Fear of a Black Tangent (2005)
The Books / An Owl with Knees / Lost And Safe (2005)
The Mountain Goats / Love Love Love / The Sunset Tree (2005)
The Eels / Hey Man (Now You’re Really Living) / Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (2005)
Four Tet / Smile Around the Face / Everything Ecstatic (2005)
Out Hud / It’s For You / Let Us Never Speak of it Again (2005)
Squarepusher / Tetra-Sync / Ultravisitor (2004)
My Morning Jacket / Off the Record / Z (2005)
The Constantines / Soon Enough / Tournament of Hearts (2005)
Elbow / Station Approach / Leaders of the Free World (2005)
Spoon / Metal School / A Series of Sneaks (1998)
4am
The Rosebuds / Blue Bird / Birds Make Good Neighbors (2005)

Notes: Four Tet = Kieren Hebden = was in Fridge (as was Adem). I actually went and looked that up during the show after I wasn’t sure, and then forgot to mention it. Squarepusher is one of the pioneers of IDM and is really just one guy, Tom Jenkinson, and is (I am informed) not to be made fun of. He plays bass really well.
The levels seemed really too high on the web-stream (hence the blatantly loud mp3 and resultant decrease in quality), but at the station they were where they normally are, if not a little lower. Might be a problem with the stream itself. I’ll try to look into it so further shows are snappier and crisper.

NEXT WEEK!: creepy, terrifying ambience and music in honour of the eve of all hallows. hide the children. suggestions requested! requests suggested! (as long as they’re well in advance)