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Henning Schmiedt - Schlafen (flau)

Dakota Suite & Quentin Sirjacq - the indestructibility of the already felled (Schole)

The Alvaret Ensemble - ea (Laaps)

Midori Hirano - Invisible Hand (Sonic Pieces)

Mute Forest - Riderstorm (Lost Tribe)

Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri - Una Presencia En La Brisa (ASIP)

Frederik Valentin & Loke Rahbek - Elephant (Posh Isolation)

Still Life - for a long time i went to bed early (Hush Hush)

Transtilla II - Transtilla II (Midira)

Aidan Baker / Gareth Davis - Invisible Cities (Karlrecords)

 

Track Listing

 

Henning Schmiedt - und ausatmen [0:00]

Dakota Suite & Quentin Sirjacq - these nights without you [4:09]

The Alvaret Ensemble - Wiete Wylgen [8:26]

Midori Hirano - Coil [17:17]

Mute Forest - Dance the Spell Off [21:27]

Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri - El Reflejo Que El Sol Ha Perdido [24:37]

Frederik Valentin & Loke Rahbek - Scarlett [29:57]

Still Life - turning - after parting [37:55]

Transtilla II - Assemblage 2008 [41:21]

Aidan Baker / Gareth Davis - Names [53:52]

Part two of our four hour look back at the last decade of Surgery Radio all stars. Enjoy!

 

The Gentleman Losers - Make We Here Our Camp of Winter (Sound in Silence) // 2018

Grouper - A I A : Alien Observer (Yellow Electric) // 2011

offthesky - Light Loss (Dronarivm) // 2015

Sylvain Chauveau - Kogetsudai (Brocoli) // 2013

ghost and tape - Home (Schole) // 2012

Emanuele Errante - Time Elapsing Handheld (Karaoke Kalk) // 2011

David Grubbs - Prismrose (Blue Chopsticks) // 2016

Mountains - Centralia (Thrill Jockey) // 2013

Tim Hecker - Love Streams (4AD) // 2016

M. Geddes Gengras - Hawaiki Tapes (Umor Rex) // 2018

Nils Frahm - Felt (Erased Tapes) // 2011

Rafael Anton Irisarri - The Unintentional Sea (Room40) // 2013

Federico Durand - A Través Del Espejo (12k) // 2016

The Haxan Cloak - S/T (Aurora Borealis) // 2011

Boduf Songs - Abyss Versions (Orindal) // 2019

Loscil - Monument Builders (Kranky) // 2016

Carmen Villain - Both Lines Will Be Blue (Smalltown Supersound) // 2019

Félicia Atkinson & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Comme Un Seul Narcisse (Shelter Press) // 2016

Grumbling Fur - FurFour (Thrill Jockey) // 2016

Demdike Stare - Wonderland (Modern Love) // 2016

Kiasmos - Kiasmos (Erased Tapes) // 2014

Ida Toninato - Strangeness is Gratitude (Kohlenstoff) // 2016

Goldmund - Occasus (Western Vinyl) // 2018

A Winged Victory For The Sullen - S/T (Kranky) // 2011

 

Track Listing

 

The Gentleman Losers - Fish Roam in Winter Water [0:00]

Grouper - Mary, On The Wall [Second Heart Tone] [3:29]

Offthesky - If We Were a Lake [9:32]

Sylvain Chauveau - Lenta la neve [15:30]

ghost and tape - Pere IV [18:58]

Emanuele Errante - Memoirs [23:38]

David Grubbs - Learned Astronomer [29:16]

Mountains - Identical Ship [30:51]

Tim Hecker - Violet Monumental [33:50]

M. Geddes Gengras - Mauna Kea [38:41]

Nils Frahm - Kind [44:14]

Rafael Anton Irisarri - Her Rituals [47:30]

Federico Durand - Recuerdos en Super 8 (Memories on Super 8) [54:19]

The Haxan Cloak - Burning Torches of Despair [59:05]

Boduf Songs - You are Always on the Edge of a Precipice [01:02:29]

Loscil - Drained Lake [01:05:18]

Carmen Villain - Sometimes I Love You [01:11:51]

Félicia Atkinson & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - O [01:18:51]

Grumbling Fur - Silent Plans/Black Egg [01:22:26]

Demdike Stare - Overstaying [01:27:56]

Kiasmos - Looped [01:33:37]

Ida Toninato - Wanderers [01:39:33]

Goldmund - Terrarium [01:47:04]

A Winged Victory For The Sullen - All Farewells Are Sudden [01:52:23]

The next two episodes present a reflective and seemingly required "best of the decade" retrospective. It seems appropriate in this case as Surgery Radio joined the Podbean platform on January 19th, 2010 with episode 92 and featured tracks by two of the artists also included in this episode:  Oren Ambarchi and Peter Broderick. That is what I came to realize about this ten year stretch of the show; that there were artists like Ambarchi and Broderick, Mark Nelson, Bill Orcutt, Oval, and so on that were carried in from the first chunk of 00s and some from the 90s. Others like Raime, Noveller, Demdike Stare have emerged fully in this decade and risen to prominence. The other element that defines the decade in my mind is the rise of many excellent boutique labels that provide homes to artists, both established and just starting out, giving them a framework to support the strange and beautiful music this podcast thrives on.

This is a double size podcast that will be followed on January 6th with a second part... so a decade summarized in four hours. Obviously incomplete, but at least a serviceable rough sketch of what we loved.

 

Bill Orcutt - Odds Against Tomorrow (Palilalia) // 2019

Raime - Quarter Turns Over A Living Line (Blackest Ever Black) // 2012

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Beileid (Pias) // 2011

Multicast Dynamics - Scandinavia (Denovali) // 2015

Oval - Popp (Uovoo) // 2014

Porya Hatami & Arovane - Kaziwa (Time Released Sound) // 2016

Mark Templeton - Gentle Heart (Graphical) // 2017

Brambles - Charcoal (Serein) // 2012

Tujiko Noriko - My Ghost Comes Back (editions Mego) // 2014

Noveller - Glacial Glow (Saffron) // 2011

Ben Frost - A U R O R A (Traffic) // 2014

Chihei Hatakeyama - Ghostly Garden (Own Records) // 2010

Jasper TX -  An Index Of Failure (Handmade Birds) // 2013

Benoît Pioulard - Hymnal (Kranky) // 2013

The Declining Winter - Home For Lost Souls (Home Assembly) // 2015

Bvdub - One Last Look At The Sea (Sweat Lodge Guru) // 2011

Oren Ambarchi - Hubris (editions Mego) // 2016

William Basinski - The Deluge (Temporary Residence) // 2015

Hauschka - Abandoned City (City Slang) // 2014

Aaron Martin - Comet's Coma (Eilean Rec) // 2014

The Caretaker - Everywhere at the end of time (History Always Favors the Winners) // 2016

James Blackshaw & Lubomyr Melnyk - The Watchers (Important) // 2013

Pan•American - A Son (Kranky) // 2019

Antonymes - There Can Be No True Beauty Without Decay (Hibernate) // 2013

Peter Broderick - Partners (Erased Tapes) // 2016

 

Track Listing

 

Bill Orcutt - The Sun and its Horizon [0:00]

Raime - Soil and Colts [3:38]

Bohren & Der Club of Gore - Zombies Never Die (Blues) [9:09]

Multicast Dynamics - Routa [16:25]

Oval - sa [22:10]

Porya Hatami & Arovane - Uun [26:20]

Mark Templeton - Cab Lights [30:00]

Brambles - Such Owls As You [32:59]

Tujiko Noriko - Yellow of You [38:13]

Noveller - Entering [44:16]

Ben Frost - Secant [45:55]

Chihei Hatakeyama - Voices [50:49]

Jasper TX - In All Your Blinding Lights [54:21]

Benoît Pioulard - Excave [59:43]

The Declining Winter - It is Intensely Sad [01:03:35]

Bvdub - A Sisyphean Silence [01:05:55]

Oren Ambarchi - Hubris 2 [01:13:55]

William Basinski - The Deluge (The Denouement) [01:15:48]

Hauschka - Who Lived Here? [01:21:52]

Aaron Martin - A Narrow Clearing [01:26:34]

The Caretaker - The loves of my entire life [01:28:58]

James Blackshaw & Lubomyr Melnyk - Haftorang [1:32:56]

Pan•American - Sleepwalk Guitars [01:41:31]

Antonymes - Falling [i] [01:45:02]

Peter Broderick - In a Landscape [01:48:23]

Francesco Guerri - Su Mimmi Non Si Spara! (Rare Noise)

Boduf Songs - Abyss Versions (Ordinal)

Inga-Lill Farstad - Einstape (Eilean Rec)

Charlie Dreaming - Soft Hypnotic (Drift)

David Norland - Glam Tear Stain (Denovali)

Ilyas Ahmed - Behold Killers (Geographic North)

James Place - Vanishing (Umor Rex)

Alejandro Morse - 444 (Umor Rex)

Gonima - Nine Objects Through Open Window (Bullflat38)

Anne Chris Bakker - Stof&Geest (Unknown Tone)

Location Services - Reincorporate (Beacon Sound)

Henning Schmiedt - Klavierraum, später (Flau)

 

Track Listing

 

Francesco Guerri - Su Mimmi Non Si Spara! [0:00]

Boduf Songs - Black Nails [4:49]

Inga-Lill Farstad - Bekkesildre [9:32]

Charlie Dreaming - Twin Caverns [15:52]

David Norland - Agate or Barium [19:58]

Ilyas Ahmed - Mad Love [22:48]

James Place - Ramona’s Fall [26:01]

Alejandro Morse - A Long Good-Bye [30:03]

Gonima - Falling Outside of Myself [38:43]

Anne Chris Bakker - Petrichor [43:04]

Location Services - New Limb [49:17]

Henning Schmiedt - 2 reife Mangos [55:09]

This is a special episode spotlighting the work of Mark Nelson. With nearly three decades of musical history, Nelson started in the early 90s with Virginia based ambient/post-rock trio Labradford. Since he has split his ideas between the solo + occasional guest player project Pan•American and most recently in Anjou, which reunited him with Labradford bandmate Robert Donne. Nelson's most recent release is a new Pan•American album called A Son that's been well received and features a turn towards more personal and acoustic songwriting elements. This episode will hopefully soon be supplemented with a short interview.Note: all releases can be found on Kranky records

 

Pan•American - Quiet City (2004)

Labradford - Mi media naranja (1997)

Pan•American - White Bird Release (2009)

Anjou - Epithymía (2017)

Labradford - A Stable Reference (1995)

Pan•American - For Waiting, For Chasing (2006)

Labradford - S/T (1996)

Pan•American - A Son (2019)

Labradford - Prazision LP (1993)

Pan•American - Cloud Room, Glass Room (2013)

Anjou - S/T (2014)

Labradford - Fixed::Context (2000)

 

Track Listing

 

Pan•American - Before [0:00]

Labradford - WR [3:22]

Pan•American - How Much Progress One Makes [8:53]

Anjou - Greater Grand Crossing [12:51]

Labradford - Banco [16:45]

Pan•American - Are You Ready? [21:36]

Labradford - Phantom Channel Crossing [26:22]

Pan•American - Muriel Spark [31:13]

Labradford - C. of People [36:02]

Pan•American - Project for an Apartment Building [40:44]

Anjou - Readings [46:30]

Labradford - David [54:07]

Emanuele Errante - This World (Whitelabrecs)

Olga Wojciechowska - Infinite Distances (ASIP)

Dråsa - Open Your Hand (Unknown Tone)

Anne Müller - Heliopause (Erased Tapes)

øjeRum - Through the Archway of Mouths (Opal Tapes)

Kenseth Thibideau - Suns of Riley (Temporary Residence Ltd)

Stephen Vitiello & Molly Berg - I Drew A Fish Hook, And It Turned Into A Flower (IIKKI)

Jonas Meyer - Konfusion (Serein)

Ian Hawgood + Phil Tomsett - Fragmented Boundaries (Home Normal)

Offthesky - Fallow (Dronaivm)

 

Track Listing

Emanuele Errante - Anema [0:00]

Olga Wojciechowska - Images Imprisoned Within You [3:48]

Dråsa - Open Your Hand [8:03]

Anne Müller - Nummer 2 [11:55]

øjeRum - In the Fever Sun of Winter Nights [17:38]

Kenseth Thibideau - Suns of Riley #5 [21:48]

Stephen Vitiello & Molly Berg - I Drew a Fish Hook [30:35]

Jonas Meyer - Konfusion [38:23]

Ian Hawgood + Phil Tomsett - Fever Dreams [44:25]

Offthesky - Bleed Glass [54:08]

CUP - Spinning Creature (Northern Spy)

Zachary Hay - Zachary Hay (Scissor Tail)

Ohio - Upward, Broken , Always (12k)

Donnacha Costello - Constant Bearing Decreasing Range (self-released)

Benoît Pioulard - Sylva (Morr)

Robert Heel - The King of Groves (Shimmering Moods)

Matthew Collings - Uzonia (Denovali)

WhoIsR - Into the Void (Shimmering Moods)

Jazzdefector + Slow Clinic - Green Echo (Whitelabrecs)

 

Track Listing

 

CUP - Spinning Creature [0:00]

Zachary Hay - 4 [5:36]

Ohio - Apeiros [10:09]

Donnacha Costello - Leeway Drift [19:01]

Benoît Pioulard - Keep [25:54]

Robert Heel - The King of Groves [29:23]

Matthew Collings - Digital Ruins, Forgotten Future [36:25]

WhoIsR - Into the Void part II [42:04]

Jazzdefector + Slow Clinic - Lost Roads [51:52]

Happy Thanksgiving! Or at least to the Canadian listeners among you. The task of making seitan meatloaf with leeks and mushrooms overtook the time needed to prepare a new episode, so please enjoy this "vintage" show, originally posted back on August 14th of 2008.

Quartetski Does Prokofiev - Visions Fugitives Op. 22 (Ambiances Magnetiques)Tape - Milieu Plus (Hapnä)Town And Country - Up Above (Thrill Jockey)Neil Young - Dead Man Sountrack (Vapor Records)Willits + Sakamoto - Ocean Fire (12k)Ólafur Arnalds - Eulogy for Evolution (Erased Tapes)Pram - The Moving Frontier (Domino)Monolake - Hongkong Remastered (ML)Bird Show - S/T (Kranky)Jane - Berserker (Paw Tracks)Terminal 4 - When I'm Falling (Truckstop)

Track Listing

Quartetski Does Prokofiev - Lento Irrealmente [0:00]Tape - Root Tattoo [2:48]Town & Country - Almost At White Glass And Sun [6:17]Neil Young - Guitar Solo 5 (excerpt)[10:06]Willits + Sakamoto - Sentience [14:39]Ólafur Arnalds - 1440 [22:51]Pram - Sundew [29:31]Monolake - Mass Transit Railway [32:29]Bird Show - Green Vines [39:28]Jane - Agg Report (edit) [45:24]Terminal 4 - This Must Be The End [54:31]

Bill Orcutt - Odds Against Tomorrow (Palilalia)

Pan•American - A Son (Kranky)

Weeping Bong Band - II (Feeding Tube)

We Like We & Jacob Kirkegaard - Time is Local (Sonic Pieces)

Joseph Allred - O Meadowlark (Feeding Tube)

Tsone - Pagan Oceans (Home Normal)

Ricardo Donoso - Re_Calibrate (Denovali)

Floating Spectrum - A Point Between (Temporary Residence Ltd)

Moss Covered Technology - Slow Walking (Polar Seas)

Jogging House - When (Dauw)

Visionist - Safe (PAN)

Greg McMurray - Stay Up (Figureight)

 

Track Listing

 

Bill Orcutt - Already Old [0:00]

Pan•American - Memphis Helena [2:42]

Weeping Bong Band - Pattern of a Platitude [10:08]

We Like We & Jacob Kirkegaard - Amor & Psyche [16:45]

Joseph Allred - The Porch In The Morning, And The Angel Returns [19:04]

Tsone - a good cleansing always sets one's mind to rights [24:04]

Ricardo Donoso - Forced Perspective [29:27]

Floating Spectrum - Rising tide, nourished soil [34:07]

Moss Covered Technology - Departure Process [39:13]

Jogging House - Breaks [45:52]

Visionist - Tired Tears, Awake Fears [49:46]

Greg McMurray - Blindless Sea of Light [52:58]

Love Foreverest - Love Foreverest (Reckno)

Matthew Halsall - Oneness (Gondwana)

Konstrukt + Ken Vandermark - Kozmik Bazaar (Karlrecords)

Mario Diaz de Leon - Cycle and Reveal (Denovali)

Bora - Noyeé (First Terrace Records)

Günter Schlienz - Know Your New Age (Zoharum)

9t Antiope - Grimace (Eilean Rec)

François J. Bonnet & Stephen O'Malley - Cylene (Editions Mego)

Chihei Hatakeyama - Forgotten Hill (Room40)

 

Track Listing

 

Love Foreverest - Ski Swan in the Shower [0:00]

Matthew Halsall - Life [3:40]

Konstrukt + Ken Vandermark - Bammm! [13:24]

Mario Diaz de Leon - Sacrament [18:01]

Bora - Dypsnée Alix [30:44]

Günter Schlienz - The Prophet [36:20]

9t Antiope - An End on Itself [45:12]

François J. Bonnet & Stephen O'Malley - Première noire [51:30]

Chihei Hatakeyama - Forgotten Hill [54:36]