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Blue Chemise - Mothers of All (Students of Decay)

Spectra Ciera - Skyscrapers Through Time (Infraction)

Daniel Bachman - The Witness Tree (Bandcamp)

Helen - Linda's Head (kranky)

civic hall - the dead bell (Lost Tribe Sound)

Fred Thomas - Coastal Starlight Demos (Bandcamp)

iiisa - tanto te he querido (Leaving Records)

Bluhm - signals in the static (Handstitched)

Ondness - Sol City 2 (Holuzam)

Track Listing

Blue Chemise - Margaret [0:00]

Spectra Ciera - Dark Clouds Pass Without Warning [3:02]

Daniel Bachman - American Boxwood Barboursville Ruins [6:20]

Helen - Dead shark [9:46]

civic hall - like an ear harbour [12:42]

Fred Thomas - (December Horses) [17:23]

iiisa - en voz alta [18:30]

Bluhm - shadow acoustic [23:35]

Ondness - Sol City [27:53]

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Settima Tacca - A Cup, a Horse, and Signs that Point at Wells (Stroom.tv)

Art Feynman - Orphans (Western Vinyl)

blochemy - elyth (Whitelabrecs)

Actress - Radical Frame (Ninja Tune)

Jay Chakravorty - Blood Songs (bigo & twigetti)

diciatz - Musique Domestique (Aguirre)

Tomasz Bednarczyk - stories (Somewhere Nowhere)

Track Listing

Settima Tacca - YAAYAM [0:00]

Art Feynman - Soft Reminder [6:00]

blochemy - aure [9:11]

Actress - Overchord [14:19]

Jay Chakravorty - This is What British Looks Like [18:56]

diciatz - Cavals [22:23]

Tomasz Bednarczyk - trapped in the stormy space of our minds [25:56]

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Tara Cunningham - Warm Ground (Odda Recordings)

Masayoshi Fujita - Forest of Tranquility (Erased Tapes)

Le Motel - Pozo de Agua (Constellation Tatsu)

Støvfigur - Støvfigur (12k)

Ex:Re - Save As (4AD)

Werner Dafeldecker + Eliad Wagner - Fray Field (Room40)

Steve Gunn - Sundowner (Three Lobed)

Track Listing

Tara Cunningham - Following a Thought [0:00]

Masayoshi Fujita - Portal to the Universe [2:45]

Le Motel - Caracol [9:57]

Støvfigur - lyset gennem støvet i luften falder [13:49]

Ex:Re - Radio Station [18:34]

Werner Dafeldecker + Eliad Wagner - Gorilla [22:36]

Steve Gunn - For the Horse, etc. [27:53]

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This week we're putting the spotlight on Across the Horizon. Northern Spy Records and Bob Holmes, who is a member of SUSS and host of the Ambient Country Podcast, created the Across the Horizon series with the goal of emulating the kind of discovery that happens when artists sit down to chat about their influences. At the very earliest days of Surgery and as my taste was developing towards a more experimental side of music, compilations were key to introducing a world of new artists. Across the Horizon curates their releases in a way that maintains a consistent and compelling feeling if not a singular sound.

You can visit Across the Horizon's Bandcamp page to subscribe for exclusive releases, physical media, and zines. Northern Spy Records can be found here. And the Ambient Country Podcast is available wherever you usually get your podcasts. Enjoy.

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Meg Baird - Little Jack's Home in My Arms [0:00]

Balmorhea - Inscape [3:31]

Liz Draper - thaw [6:37]

Alan Sparhawk - Temple Towers [9:59]

Mary Lattimore - Treasure [13:22]

Adjuster66 - Metal Flower [16:10]

Nailah Hunter - We [19:34]

Jessica Roch - Par [22:37]

Kenneth Gregory - i can hold it in my hand [26:51]

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This week it's just a mixtape, pulling tracks from albums that are in my "next to the stereo until I finally alphabetize them into the collection" pile. Enjoy.

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Infinite Light Ltd. - Infinite Light Ltd. (Denovali)

Flying Saucer Attack - Distance (VHF)

Jesu - Terminus (Avalanche)

Puma Blue - antichamber (Blue Flowers Music)

HTRK - Work (Work, Work) (Ghostly Int'l)

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You (Drag City)

Florist - Emily Alone (Double Double Whammy)

Radian - Distorted Rooms (Thrill Jockey)

Track Listing

Infinite Light Ltd. - Vision of God in a Cowbarn [0:00]

Flying Saucer Attack - November Mist [1:56]

Jesu - Consciousness [6:45]

Puma Blue - Dying as a Note [11:29]

HTRK - Love Triangle [14:48]

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Trees of Hell [18:26]

Florist - Time is a Dark Feeling [22:20]

Radian - Stak [24:51]

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With the upcoming release of the new, posthumous collaboration between Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, it seem appropriate to look back on their long and rewarding crossing of paths. The music they offered remains at the top of my all-time favourite works. Enjoy

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Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen (Noton)

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Summvs (Noton)

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Vrioon (Noton)

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Revep (Noton)

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto + Ensemble Modern - Utp_ (Noton)

Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto - 12 Conversations (Noton)

Track Listing

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Morning [0:00]

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Halo [5:17]

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Landscape Skizze [12:09]

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - City Radieuse [20:07]

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto + Ensemble Modern - Particle 1 [27:49]

Ryiuchi Sakamoto + Alva Noto - Conversation 6 [34:17]

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You can find all of the above releases at the Noton Shop.

You probably have noticed we've been playing pretty loosely with show curation this last while. Rather than rely on "vintage" episodes to fill in for the lack of time needed to compile shows of all new music, I've been just digging into the record collection at home and making mixes both formal and informal in their structure. This week I pulled down the little crate of all the Type Records promos I was lucky enough to receive through the latter half of the first decade of the new millenium. Sadly the label is no longer in operation (thus no label links), but as you can see the roster of artists that John Twells & Stefan Lewandowski gathered together was unparalleled in their excellence and continue to be favourites. Hope you enjoy this small sample of their releases.

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Helios - Caesura (Type Records)

Alps - III (Type Records)

Sylvain Chauveau - S. (Type Records)

Deaf Center - Owl Splinters (Type Records)

Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (Type Records)

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Love Is A Stream (Type Records)

City Center - City Center (Type Records)

Xela - For Frosty Mornings and Summer Nights Dance & House (Type Records)

Jóhann Jóhannsson - And In The Endless Pause There Came The Sound Of Bees (Type Records)

Rameses III - I Could Not Love You More (Type Records)

Peter Broderick - Float (Type Records)

Richard Skelton - Landings (Type Records)

Yellow Swans - Going Places (Type Records)

Zelienople - Give It Up (Type Records)

Track Listing

Helios - Come with Nothings [0:00]

Alps - Into the Breeze [4:57]

Sylvain Chauveu - A_ [8:55]

Deaf Center - Hunted Twice [12:56]

Grouper - Traveling Through a Sea [17:31]

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Mirrors Death [21:46]

City Center - Unfinished Hex [26:16]

Xela - A Glance [29:07]

Jóhann Jóhannsson - The Flat [33:54]

Rameses III - No Water, No Moon [37:20]

Peter Broderick - Another Glacier [44:00]

Richard Skelton - Scar Tissue [47:29]

Yellow Swans - New Life [49:11]

Zelienople - Little Little Eye-Full [54:40]

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Telepathic Band - Telepathic Mysteries Vol. 1 (577 Records)

Félicia Atkinson & Christina Vantzou - Reflections Vol. 3: Water Poems (RVNG Intl)

Tomasz Bednarczyk - Painting Sky Together (Room40)

Motion Sickness Of Time Travel - Seeping Through The Veil Of The Unconscious (Digitalis)

Eluvium - Wisdom For Debris (Not on Label)

Willamette - Diminished Composition (Scissor Tail)

Movietone - Peel Sessions (Textile Records)

Track Listing

Telepathic Band - SignGhost Theatre [0:00]

Félicia Atkinson & Christina Vantzou - Film Still / The Sea [3:47]

Tomasz Bednarczyk - Movie [8:49]

Motion Sickness of Time Travel - Mental Projection [10:51]

Eluvium - Night Projections [15:21]

Willamette - Four Films (Films Four) [24:43]

Movietone - Blank Like Snow [27:00]

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We're in the throes of the hottest part of the Summer, now. Fortunately this part of the world isn't as actually on fire as some places, but the radio brings that news every morning. Seemed like an idea to put together an episode that fit that frame. Enjoy.

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Viul - Secret Recess (Dauw)

Mark Templeton - Gentle Heart (Graphical Recordings)

Konntinent - Degrees, Integers (Symbolic Interaction)

Simon Fisher Turner - Giraffe (Editions Mego)

The Caretaker - Everywhere at the end of time (History Always Favours the Winners)

Seabuckthorn - In Nightfall (Bookmaker Records)

Tiny Vipers - Hands Across the Void (Sub Pop)

Track Listing

Viul - Hothouse [0:00]

Mark Templeton - Burning Brush [4:24]

Konntinent - This Searing Heat [7:34]

Simon Fisher Turner - Burnt In [15:01]

The Caretaker - It's just a burning memory [18:33]

Seabuckthorn - Burnt Offering [22:01]

Tiny Vipers - Forest on Fire [24:30]

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Elizabeth Still - Going for Home (Wrong Speed Records)

Heather Woods Broderick - Domes (Dauw)

Hana Stretton - tiarn (PW Elverum and Sun)

Sonja Tofik - Anomi (Bandcamp)

Grouper - Ruins (kranky)

Ekin Fil - Ghosts Inside (Helen Scarsdale)

Sea Oleena - Weaving a Basket (Bandcamp)

Track Listing

Elizabeth Still - Nought [0:00]

Heather Woods Broderick - Daylighting [2:29]

Hana Stretton - Night Swimming [7:55]

Sonja Tofik - Cindy [9:59]

Grouper - Labyrinth [14:23]

Ekin Fil - Before a Full Moon [18:00]

Sea Oleena - Lost Song [22:06]

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