Thank you for listening to Cosmik Repercussions for August 27, 2025

Warm welcome to new students to McMaster University and returning students. Wishing you a great school year.

Featuring Music from: Air, Matthew Dear, David Sugar, Digby Jones, Cydonia, Mouse on Mars, Scannerfunk, Skazi, The Tear Garden, Spirits, The Chemical Brothers, Delerium, BPT, Koxbox, Hol Baumann

For a full track listing please visit: https://cfmu.ca/episode/cosmik-repercussions-episode-for-2025-08-27/

Thank you to all my listeners locally, from across Canada and around the world: Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain,  Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkiye, United Kingdom, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam

Thank you for listening to Cosmik Repercussions for August 20, 2025

Featuring New Music from: Dave Soul and Sal Benanti, Thaylo, Emmi Iida, The Philly Allstars

Also Featuring Music from: Jega, Radioseven, Wir, Lamb, M.A.N.D.Y., Playgroup, The Chemical Brothers, The Youngsters, Mouse on Mars

For a full track listing please visit: https://cfmu.ca/episode/cosmik-repercussions-episode-for-2025-08-20/

Thank you to all my listeners locally, from across Canada and around the world: Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain,  Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkiye, United Kingdom, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam

Thank you for listening to Cosmik Repercussions for August 13, 2025

Featuring New Music from: Peter Chilvers

Also Featuring Music from: Frank Horvat, Sasha, William Orbit, Winterlight, John Frusciante, Eat Static, Hol Baumann, Phoneheads, Chris Agnelli, The Future Sound of London, Cygnus X, The Dust Brothers, Front Line Assembly, Luke Vibert, Hot Chip.

For a full track listing please visit: https://cfmu.ca/episode/cosmik-repercussions-episode-for-2025-08-13/

Artist of the Week: Peter Chilvers

Curated art label Curious Music is pleased to announce the forthcoming release of ‘Dust 4’ – the next step in British composer, pianist, and long-time Brian Eno collaborator Peter Chilver’s evolving instrumental series.

Best known for his 20-year collaboration with Eno on the iOS applications ‘Bloom’, ‘Trope’, ‘Scape’ and ‘Reflection,’ Chilvers’ distinctive approach to composition often blurs the line between improvisation and repetition, using live processing, layered textures, and extended temporal space. In his ongoing ‘Dust’ series, he examines how sound can evolve organically over time, likening his approach to natural systems like weather or moss, where music continues to grow and change after it’s played.

Since 2006, Chilvers has worked as a musical and technical assistant to Brian Eno on projects including the soundtracks to the film ‘The Lovely Bones’ (2008) and video game ‘Spore’ (2008), album collaborations with David Byrne and the Warp releases ‘Small Craft on a Milk Sea’ (2010), ‘Drums Between the Bells’ (2011) and ‘Lux’ (2012). He worked as Assistant Producer on Eno’s 2016 release ‘The Ship’ for which he also helped develop a multi-speaker installation which has been shown in many countries.

As one of the earliest successes when Apple’s App Store debuted in 2008, ‘Bloom’ continues to be fondly remembered. This led in 2018 to a collaboration with Microsoft to produce ‘Bloom: Open World’ – an augmented reality installation shown in Denmark, and ‘Bloom: 10 Worlds’ – a complete reimagining of the app for modern phones and tablets. Eno and Chilvers were also commissioned to create ‘Hypnotised’ – a customised version of ‘Bloom’ for use in Coldplay’s live stadium shows.

Chilvers has toured with Karl Hyde (Underworld) and recorded numerous albums with vocalists Tim Bowness and Sandra O’Neill, as well as several solo instrumental albums. Many of these were released through Burning Shed, the online label he co-founded in 2001 with Tim Bowness and Pete Morgan.

Courtesy of Ian Sparkes // 9PR

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Thank you for listening to Cosmik Repercussions for August 6, 2025

Featuring New Music from: Nativalien, Peter Chilvers, Tobias Bergson, Dave Soul and Sal Benanti, Visors

Also Featuring Music from: The Crystal Method, Ritchie Hawtin, Orbital, Simian Mobile Disco, Exstra Moone, Death from Above 1979, Plateau, Tangerine Dream and Hypnotech 3

For a full track listing please visit: https://cfmu.ca/episode/cosmik-repercussions-episode-for-2025-08-06/

Artist of the Week: Nativealien

Bold producer Nativalien, the electronic alias of Qais Khoury, shared a new track titled ‘On & On’ featuring his other project Pinwheel Valley (formerly known as KAIS), on July 18th via Hot Soap Records. Nativalien is a passionate DJ and producer specializing in immersive Deep and Melodic House, as well as driving Techno. With a wealth of knowledge and experience, Qais Khoury is a renowned singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, whose diverse musical output is shaped by a cross-cultural upbringing that spans Amman, London, Vancouver, and now Cyprus, where he runs Hot Soap Studios Ltd.

With over 2 million streams across platforms, features in CLASH Magazine, NOTION, Earmilk, Billboard Argentina, as well as airplay on BBC Radio London and BBC Radio Sheffield, Pinwheel Valley has built a reputation for emotional depth and sonic ambition. The latter is expertly translated into the essence of  Nativalien, who has quietly built a formidable presence in the electronic music scene. Since graduating from London’s Point Blank Music College in 2014, he has remained intentionally low-profile, honing his craft behind the scenes. Drawing inspiration from artists like Cubicolor, Durante and Elderbrook, Nativealien’s soundscape is sure to ensnare fans of his inspirations, as well as those of Camelphat and Lost Frequencies.

A vibrant slice of deep vocal house, ‘On & On’ brings together bold piano lines, tight rhythmic grooves, and flashes of urban grit. Built for movement and emotion, it blends sun-drenched elegance with dancefloor urgency, topped off by dynamic vocals that channel pure emotional energy.

Qais told us: “I created this track to shape Nativalien’s bold sonic identity — a vibrant blend of piano-driven, vocal-laced house music made for the dancefloor. Centered on a soaring grand piano melody, the soundscape builds with rhythmic shakers and gritty police sirens, evoking sunlit beach parties straight out of a Slim Aarons photo. As Pinwheel Valley, I performed the topline vocals, aiming for the emotional punch of Years & Years’ Desire. The focus was to achieve something both rhythmically charged and melodically rich.”

Courtesy of Tauhir Soeker•  Publicist, PLAYY. Records, Tickets, PR, Media, Distribution

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Thank you for listening to Cosmik Repercussions for July 30, 2025.

Featuring New Music from: Astor, Nativalien and Message to Bears

Also Featuring Music from: Playgroup, Junior Boys, Darude, The Japanese Popstars, Chilled Eskiomos, Led Zepplin, Aphex Twin, Hot Chip, Hevi Levi, I Love Serge Gainsbourg, Gare Du Nord, Tobias Bergson, Floating Points

For a full track listing please visit: https://cfmu.ca/episode/cosmik-repercussions-episode-for-2025-07-30/

Artist of the Week: Astor

Emerging electronic producer ASTOR is set to unveil his electrifying new single ‘Poison’ on May 30th, 2025, via ASTOR Records. Known for blending festival-sized energy with emotionally-charged melodies, ASTOR boasts over 2.16 million streams across platforms and a string of high-profile support slots at NOTO in Philadelphia, and The Summer Club in New York City, where he opened for the likes of Nicky Romero, Hardwell, Sam Feldt, Loud Luxury, and Julian Jordan. He has garnered attention from publications such as We Rave You and EDM Nomad. ‘Poison’ follows his breakout 2024 releases ‘Fly Alone’ and ‘Storm’, as well as 2025’s ‘Holding Tight’, which marked his debut signing with Revealed Radar, a sub-label of Hardwell’s Revealed Recordings. With ‘Poison’ arriving as his boldest statement yet, ASTOR is clearly carving his name into the next wave of mainstage-ready talent.

Based in New York City, ASTOR’s path to the decks was not exactly typical. A finance professional and political analyst by day, his musical journey began during the pandemic; a personal pivot from structured routine to creative freedom. Influenced by legends like Martin Garrix, Alesso, Third Party, and DubVision, ASTOR crafts EDM soundscapes that marry melodic intricacy with explosive energy. His sound fuses the subtle emotionality of Progressive House with the huge, kinetic energy of Big Room and Electro House, drawing comparisons to acts like his inspirations as well as Avicii and Swedish House Mafia.

‘Poison’ packs a potent punch, delivering what is quickly becoming ASTOR’s signature blend of introspective emotional manifoldness and primal dancefloor euphoria. Soaring synths, pulsing rhythms, intricate melodies and thunderous drops create a charged yet cathartic experience for the listener. Eschewing the big primary-colour emotions that mainstage anthems often evoke, the track’s evocative production and impassioned vocals tell a sonic and lyrical story of being inexorably pulled towards something that is not good for you.

Reza Dramat • Publicist, PLAYY. Records, Tickets, PR, Media, Distribution

Thank you to all my listeners locally, from across Canada and around the world: Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain,  Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkiye, United Kingdom, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam

Thank you for listening to Cosmik Repercussions for July 23, 2025 a very Jazzy Themed Show.

Featuring: Anita Eccleston, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Zero DB, Bertrand Burgalat, Nicola Conte, Digby Jones, Karmacoma, Kinobe, Apache, Tiny Tunes, Illumination, Lux.

For a full track listing please visit: https://cfmu.ca/episode/cosmik-repercussions-episode-for-2025-07-23/

Artist of the Week: Anita Eccleston

While Vancouver based trumpet player and vocalist Anita Eccleston has been dazzling jazz audiences for a long time, in recent years her chops have been honed as a music producer of lofi dream jazz. “I needed to do something different and I didn’t realize how much I would love creating these new songs from the beats up as a producer. The “Gala” projects have taken on so much life and given me such a liberated feeling.”
Wielding her horn as her primary voice of expression, Anita builds ambient electronic beats overlaid with jazz chords, the palette on which she paints her instrumental polyphony. Vinyl horn lines trade off with haunting lofi electric ukuleles and pianos weave their refrains through synths and organs while she wraps the compositions with layers of velvety vocal pads. Her latest release “Winter Gala” is a nostalgic reinvention of traditional winter-time songs. They are jigsaws pulled apart and remade with fragments of age-old melodies intertwined with counterpoint, memorable beats and bass grooves, all adorned with bells – like tinsel on the tree.
Anita’s lead single “Magi” begins starkly with haunting rhythmic voices leading to a driving snare drum. Expressive trumpets proclaim a vision of hope amidst dreamy layers of lofi electric ukulele and rich choral pads. Midway,
a lonely wavering synth magically playing the refrain ‘field and fountain, moor and mountain’ feels like being in the desert at night following that yonder star, brighter than the rest. Inspired by “We Three Kings”, “Magi” is a journey song about believing in a dream and following through to find it realized.  The second single “Jingle”, is a laid-back cheerful song that sounds like the magic of the first snowfall of winter. The lights are
up and there is nostalgia for years past and hope for this year. It captures the warmth of thinking fondly of your loved ones as you go about the city in wonder of the hyper communal atmosphere.
Dropping the third single with the album, Shchedryk (pronounced: Sh-che-drik) is an upbeat banger infused with hip-hop funk beats and greasy muted trumpets. A descending upright bass ostinato gives it the feel of a noir detective novel and black fedoras. A subtle nod to the Ukrainian new year’s song known better as “Carol of the Bells” it has buoyant energy and intensity.

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Thank you to all my listeners locally, from across Canada and around the world: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA and Vietnam.

Thank you for listening to Cosmik Repercussions for July 16, 2025.

Featuring New Music from: Dmitry Evgrafov.

Also Featuring: Rinocerose, DJ Food, The Maxwell Implosion, Alan Braxe and Fred Falke, Massive Attack, Monolake, Single Cell Orchestra, Eat Static, Fatboy Slim, Shirley Horn via Verve Remixed, Depeche Mode, Hypnotech 3, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Yan Cooke and Junior Boys.

For a full track listing please visit: https://cfmu.ca/episode/cosmik-repercussions-episode-for-2025-07-16/

Featured Artist of the Week: Dmitry Evgrafov

Critically acclaimed, Berlin-based composer and multi-instrumentalist, Dmitry Evgrafov, returns from a five-year hiatus with his stunning new album ‘Research Center’, set for release on July 4th via Open Pathways.

Moving increasingly away from the solo piano material he first became known for, ‘Research Center’ amplifies the expansive stylistic drift evident in his 2020 album, ‘Surrender’. Moving from post-classical composer to electronic producer, the album is a rich, deep, emotional collection of eleven compositions that draw on both AI and a wide frame of influences, resulting in a joyful, kaleidoscopic, and iridescent journey that feels textural, exploratory, and elevating.

Completely self-taught, Evgrafov began to play music from the age of fourteen. He self-released his debut album ‘Pereehali’ in 2013 before signing to FatCat Records pioneering post-classical imprint, 130701 in 2015. His second album, ‘Collage’, appeared later that year, and was followed by ‘Comprehension of Light’ in 2017. After a break during which individual tracks appeared on compilations for the 1631 and Deutsche Grammophon labels, Evgrafov returned in 2020 with ‘Surrender’, witnessing the continuing expansion of his sonic palette.

He has composed for numerous films, videos, commercials, and audiovisual installations and is also co-founder and composer/head of sound design at Endel, a mobile app company making personalised ambient soundscapes that generate generative music in real time. Through Endel, he has been involved in collaborations with such artists as James Blake, Grimes, Novo Amor, Richie Hawtin, Sia, Laraaji, the Blaze and others.

Thank you to all my listeners locally, from across Canada and around the world: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA and Vietnam.

Thank you for listening to Cosmik Repercussions for July 09, 2025.

Featuring: Davids (Hamilton), Sysex, Front Line Assembly (Vancouver), Bacalao, Ladytron, Ulrich Schnauss, Electroluminescent (Hamilton), Junior Boys (Hamilton), Art of Noise, Winterlight, Orbital, Sinewave, Tycho, Robert Miles, Four Tet, Antiloop.

For a full track listing please visit: https://cfmu.ca/episode/cosmik-repercussions-episode-for-2025-07-09/

Thank you to all my listeners locally, from across Canada and around the world: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA and Vietnam.

Thank you for listening to Cosmik Repercussions for July 2, 2025

Welcome new listeners from Lithuania.

Featuring New Music: Raz Ohara and Thaylo

Other Artists featured: Uzig, Air, Voodoo Child, Alex Cortiz, Tricky, Tiesto, Bonobo, Istvan Marta, Ibizzare, Faithless, Club Ice, Interstate, Solvent, Eat Static.

For a full track listing please visit: https://cfmu.ca/episode/cosmik-repercussions-episode-for-2025-07-02/

Artist Profile of the Week: Raz Ohara

Enigmatic producer, songwriter and composer Raz Ohara is gearing up to release a new single, ‘Beyond and Deep Down’, on June 13th, 2025 via House Of Frequency. ‘Beyond and Deep Down’ is the first track off Raz Ohara’s forthcoming album, Memories of Tomorrow; a body of work built on layers of vintage analogue synths and rich, time-warped textures. With over 30 million streams across platforms, his forthcoming album release, and a summer Residency at Babel (Ibiza) on the horizon, the second half of 2025 is looking bright for Raz Ohara.

Based in Berlin, Germany, Raz Ohara is a boundary-pushing musician known for his distinctive, genre-fluid sound and a career that spans decades and scenes. With a voice that defies easy categorisation, Ohara has released a diverse body of work under his own name as well as through acclaimed projects including The Odd Orchestra and Feathered Sun. His collaborations include artists such as Apparat, Chilly Gonzales, Luomo, Acid Pauli, and Oliver Doerell. Drawing from a wide array of influences from Nina Simone to ambient music, Raz Ohara’s unique sound is sure to ensnare fans of Moderat, Bonobo and Connan Mockasin.

‘Beyond And Deep Down’ is replete with intricately-crafted ear candy that will transport the listener to mystical realms of their consciousness. There is a sonic smorgasbord of crisp acoustic guitar, resonant organic percussion, kaleidoscopic pads, winding strings, hypnotic arpeggiators, atmospheric textures, and so much more. At the helm of it all is Raz Ohara’s gravelly voice, softly chanting a tense yet strangely soothing hook. The track’s pacing is mesmerizing, drawing the listener in as if they are floating gently atop a river.

Raz Ohara told us: “This song is about awareness. It is about opening up – to the idea, a philosophy, or a fact – that all we are looking for, all we deeply aspire to be and reunite with, is already here. The almighty is everywhere, within and around, beyond and deep down. You are only one breath away, one blink away to escape the matrix of the mind.”

Courtesy of: Tauhir Soeker • Publicist

PLAYY. Records, Tickets, PR, Media, Distribution

Thank you to all my listeners locally, from across Canada and around the world: Albania, Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain,  Tanzania, Thailand, Turkiye, United Kingdom, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

Thank you for listening to Cosmik Repercussions for June 25, 2025

Featuring New Music: Peter Chilvers, Message to Bears, Astor.

Other Artists featured: Spacey and Sleepy Koala, The Crystal Method, Front Line Assembly, M83, Giriu Dvasios, Bang! Elektronika, Skylab, Faithless, Solvent, Teknostep, Plaid, FSOL, U-Ziq, VNV Nation.

For a full track listing please visit: https://cfmu.ca/episode/cosmik-repercussions-episode-for-2025-06-25/

Artist Profile of the Week: Peter Chilvers

Best known for his 20-year collaboration with electronic music pioneer Brian Eno on the iOS applications ‘Bloom’, ‘Trope’, ‘Scape’ and ‘Reflection,’ Chilvers’ distinctive approach to composition often blurs the line between improvisation and repetition, using live processing, layered textures, and extended temporal space. In his ongoing ‘Dust’ series, he examines how sound can evolve organically over time, likening his approach to natural systems like weather or moss, where music continues to grow and change after it’s played.

As one of the earliest successes when Apple’s App Store debuted in 2008, ‘Bloom’ continues to be fondly remembered. This led in 2018 to a collaboration with Microsoft to produce ‘Bloom: Open World’ – an augmented reality installation shown in Denmark, and ‘Bloom: 10 Worlds’ – a complete reimagining of the app for modern phones and tablets. Eno and Chilvers were also commissioned to create ‘Hypnotised’ – a customised version of ‘Bloom’ for use in Coldplay’s live stadium shows.

Since 2006, Chilvers has worked as a musical and technical assistant to Eno on projects including the soundtracks to the film ‘The Lovely Bones’ (2008) and video game ‘Spore’ (2008), album collaborations with David Byrne and the Warp releases ‘Small Craft on a Milk Sea’ (2010), ‘Drums Between the Bells’ (2011) and ‘Lux’ (2012). He worked as Assistant Producer on Eno’s 2016 release ‘The Ship’ for which he also helped develop a multi-speaker installation which has been shown in many countries.

 Courtesy of Ian Sparkes 9 PR

Thank you to all my listeners locally, from across Canada and around the world: Albania, Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain,  Tanzania, Thailand, Turkiye, United Kingdom, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.