The A.M.

The directors of CUFF.Docs opening film Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters join in the third hour to discuss their documentary on the Hellboy creator. That, plus the usual AM mix of drifting electronics, jazzy ambient sounds, global psychedelia, vintage krautrock, and other tunes to steer you into the waking world. Enjoy!

Playlist:

• Floating World Pictures - The Village Headman Pleading with the Old Ferryman
• Duval Timothy, featuring Yu Su - Wood
• kaada - Destroyer and Preserver
• hyenaedon - Nami Ninety Nine
• Haiku Salut, featuring Meg Morley - Carousel
• T. Gowdy - Déneigeuse
• untrained animals - Toys’ Piano
• Esmerine - Wakesleep
• Geotic - Depth to the Well
• Iceblink - Cellphone in the Bath
• Virginia Astley - Tender (Extended)
• Orions Belte - After the Smoke Clears
• Applesauce Tears - Dressed for Fortress
• Various Artists, Touchtheplants, featuring Kacey Johansing - Whales of Agate
• Pozi - Slightly Shaking Cells
• Cate Le Bon - Typical Love
• Sand - May Rain
• Sand - On the Corner
• Die Welttraumforscher - Leguan Rätselmann
• Zacht Automaat - Memories with Feeling
• Dry Cleaning - Driver’s Story
• Bibi Club - Le Matin
• Cindy Lee - Dry Drive
• Midnight Rodeo - The Big Melt
• The Garrys - R.M. of Wolverine
• Blume - Do You Want to Ride
• Pleasure Prevention - Don't Talk to Me
• The Cure - Cut (1990 Demo)
• Personal Bandana - Rhombus
• The Dears - Until Deathrow
• No Joy - Nothing Will Hurt
• U.S. Girls - State House (It's a Man's World)
• Machine - Only People Can Save the World

This week's AM leans towards contemporary classical for its first half, exploring some experimental sounds and noisy reinterpretations before Caribou launches the episode into pop territory for its second half. Psych-rock, indie, plenty of Can-con—and any week with new Yo La Tengo is a good week. Enjoy.

Playlist:

• Faten Kanaan - Ard Diar
• Ian William Craig - A Given Stack
• Light Conductor - The Rooms Are Turning Inside Out
• Stilz - Timelines
• LOUVER - c-a10
• Where`s The Other - Relaxology
• Fomular - Standard Feature
• Erik Hall - Section VI
• Hannah Peel, Paraorchestra - We Are Part Mineral
• Contemporary Noise Ensemble - All Systems On..!
• Yonatan Gat - Joke – III. Molto vivace
• Makaya McCraven - In These Times
• Caribou - Hello Hammerhead
• Caribou - Barnowl
• Magic Arm - Good Views Near North
• Ora Cogan - To Bring You My Love
• Isla Craig - Song For Boots
• SAULT - Morning Sun
• Badge Époque Ensemble - Conspiring with Nature
• Goat - Blow the Horns
• The Mkwaju Ensemble - Mkwaju
• Ghostkeeper - Ancestral
• Kensington Market - Help Me
• Absolutely Free - The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
• The Orielles - Darkened Corners
• Yo La Tengo - Fallout
• Crystal Eyes - 2,000 Years

Still slightly reeling from the news about Mimi Parker of Low, who passed away over the weekend, so this week’s Throwback features a pair of songs from Things We Lost in the Fire. I’m grateful to have seen Low live a couple of times, but that also makes the loss hit harder. Strange how that works.

Otherwise, this week’s episode alternates between wintry soundscapes and more escapist moments, a sort of indecision around how to treat one of the first truly frozen mornings of this year’s winter. Both have their place, so hopefully you enjoy them as much as I did.

Playlist:

• Norio - Tsubute
• Holmes + atten Ash - Tethys
• untrained animals - A Fancy Funeral
• Seahawks - Falling Into Space
• Where`s The Other - Wandering Lost in the Found
• Rachika Nayar - Gayatri
• wihtikow - nipiwin
• Neil Cowley - Sangro River
• Lord of the Isles - Open Mode
• hyenaedon - Vague Deity Worship
• Svaneborg Kardyb - Fragt
• Shabason & Krgovich - Soli
• Hush Pup - The Hours
• Midwife - Sickworld
• Zoon - In the Woods
• Laura Hickli - The Ebony Room
• Low - In Metal
• Low - Laser Beam
• Edena Gardens - Sliding Under
• Do Make Say Think - White Light Of
• Owen Pallett - Polar Vortex
• Marlene Dietrich - Sag mir wo die Blumen sind
• Spencer Cullum, featuring Yume Abe - Kingdom Weather
• Ernest Hood - Bedroom of the Absent Child
• Andrew Wasylyk - The Confluence
• Alvvays - Lottery Noises
• En Attendant Ana - Principia
• Hermitess - Followers
• Dry Cleaning - No Decent Shoes for Rain
• High Five - Soften Your Glare

It's A Very AM Halloween this morning on CJSW. A mix of horror soundtracks, atmospheric sounds, and musical memento mori to start your week on a low-key spooky note.

Playlist:

• Sinoia Caves - 1983 - Main Theme
• John Carpenter - Last Sunrise
• Lucifer - Witch Trial
• Concretism - Incident on the A1075
• Psychic Pollution - The Rain, a Dove and Death
• Von Lehbauer - Ghostlike Projections
• Stelar Door - Sinistre
• Camp of Wolves - Lure the Midnight Hour
• The World Next Door - Planet Ghost Dad
• Tangerine Dream - Burning Force
• Broadcast - Our Darkest Sabbath
• Jeremy Gillespie - Starless Night / The Void
• Philip Glass - It Was Always You, Helen
• The Garrys - Underworld / Overture
• Thom Yorke - The Universe is Indifferent
• Jóhann Jóhannson - Children of the New Dawn
• Xiu Xiu - Audrey's Dance
• Set Fire to Flames - Love Song for 15 Ontario (With Singing Police Car)
• Set Fire to Flames - Steal Compass / Drive North / Disappear
• The Vampire Sound Inc. - Necromania
• Francois De Roubaix - Les dunes d’ostende
• Riz Ortolani - Cannibal Holocaust (End Titles)
• Scott Walker - My Death
• Zacherley - Baying at the Moon
• The Revels - Midnight Stroll
• Tom Waits - Army Ants
• Adam & Eve - The Witch
• Chad Van Gaalen - Monster
• Jenny Omnichord - Skeletal Love Song
• Key to the City - Back in Black Lagoon
• Serpent Power - Dr. Lovecraft’s Asylum
• Frank De Vol - House on Haunted Hill
• Ray Torske - 666
• Aphrodite's Child - The Four Horsemen
• C.A. Quintet - Trip Thru Hell Pt. 2
• Yvonne Gage - Doin' It In a Haunted House

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Thanks to Wordfest, The Allium, and the Calgary Underground Film Festival for their generous donations. We'll be back to a normal-ish AM next week (with some Halloween treats in the mix, naturally).

Playlist:

• Charbonneau/Amato - Light Memoir
• Chad VanGaalen - D85 Teardrop
• Green-House - Sunflower Dance
• Julien Mier - Industries in the Trees
• Jilk - March for Salt Over Gold
• Untrained Animals - Only Fan of the Space Program
• tstewart - Baxter Climb
• Fuubutsushi - Sugar Maple Turn
• MISZCZYK, featuring The Space Lady - End Credits
• Moat Bells - Tiny Floating Things in the Air
• Victor Sogliani - L’inquietudine
• Steven Lambke - The World Filled to the Brim
• Yasmin Williams - Through the Woods
• The Brazda Brothers - Gemini
• Florist - Dandelion
• Yves Jarvis - Endless Tube
• JOYFULTALK - Blissed for a Minute
• Alabaster dePlume - Don't Forget You're Precious
• Mahogany Frog - A Decision of the Flower
• Strawberry Switchblade - Trees and Flowers
• Molly Lewis - Miracle Fruit
• Wayfinding - Belafonte's Farewell
• Space Opera - Over and Over
• gerry - Grimpy
• Dungen - Nattens Sista Strimma Ljus
• Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Les Fleurs
• Yoo Doo Right - SMB

Author/playwright/actor Ann-Marie MacDonald discusses her new gothic ghost story, Fayne, plus the magic of landscape, love, curiosity and science. That, and three hours of dreamy and eerie tunes to start this mid-October week on the right note.

Playlist:

• Esmerine - Blackout
• Clarice Jensen - Love
• Camp of Wolves - Long Past Dawn
• Blackford Hill, featuring Ela Orleans - Dionysus
• Metius - First Vision
• Dohnavur - The Kindness of Others
• Rival Consoles - A Warning
• Ecotype - Order and Class
• Prince Shima - Twin Suns
• Luke Temple - Empty Promises
• Sagor & Swing - In i skogen
• Mabe Fratti - Algo Grandioso
• Oren Ambarchi - III
• BADBADNOTGOOD - Eyes Closed
• BADBADNOTGOOD - Triangle
• Fools - Source
• Ludovic Alarie - je te laisse fermer mes yeux II
• Rozi Plain - Prove Your Good
• Tawni Bias - Two Poodles One Cake
• Dana Gavanski - Sparkling World
• C Duncan - By
• Astrel K - Is It It or Is It i?
• Bart - Into
• Zacht Automaat - It Couldn't Happen Again
• Low - Breaker
• Extra Happy Ghost!!! - Mash-Up: Neither Being Nor Nothingness
• Cindy Lee - Heavy Metal
• Zoon - Giizhig

Lazy music for a holiday Monday, opening with contemporary classical and experimental folk from Cancon stalwarts Richard Reed Parry, Brian Borcherdt, and Sarah Neufeld, and sticking with ethereal sounds throughout. Happy long weekend to all the Canucks listening to this—hope you have a wonderful week.

Playlist:

• Quilting - Streaming
• Richard Reed Parry, Susie Ibarra - Field VII: Overtone Heartbeats
• Sarah Neufeld - The Top (Rival Consoles Remix)
• Eine Kleine China - EKC Democracy
• T. Gowdy - Miracles
• Ulrich Schnauss - Ascent from the Circle
• Frunk29 - Flyboat
• OHMA - Between All Things
• Brainstory - Thank You
• Shabason & Krgovich - I Am So Happy With My Little Dog
• Lucinate - In Between
• Dreamlord Recordings, featuring Arboria - Moon Garden
• Zacht Automaat - Now You Know It’s True
• Pearl & The Oysters - Sonhando Com Nosso Amor
• Vanishing Twin - Vanishing Twin Syndrome
• Oruã - Diamante Nasce
• Peel Dream Magazine - Hiding Out
• Ryan Bourne - End of Story
• The Soul Surfers & Janko Nilovic - Magnolias and Revolvers
• Yonatan Gat, featuring Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), Mikey Coltun (Mdou Moctar), Curt Sydnor - Slow American Movement
• Sun's Signature - Bluedusk
• Gloria de Oliveira & Dean Hurley - Further Than the Stars
• Nabihah Iqbal - Is This Where It Ends
• You'll Never Get to Heaven - Exquisite Tension
• Alvvays - Tom Verlaine
• wasmarkhere - A Bright Spark
• Carla dal Forno - Side By Side
• Sei Still - Soldados Caidos - Live

Three fairly self-contained hours this week—ambient electronics up front, shoegaze to end things off, and jazz and Latin sounds in between. The sounds are eclectic, but the vibes are consistent, starting your week on a dreamy note.

PS – Wordfest's Imaginarium is on now, and AM host Peter Hemminger is hosting one of the events on Thursday, October 6. Check out the full lineup at wordfest.com

Playlist:

• Inkarose - Return to River
• Ian William Craig - Prisms
• The Advisory Circle - Inner Activity
• Various Artists, featuring Chenosky - sadhana (a thing i do everyday)
• Asta Hiroki, Tristan de Liège - Time Out
• hello moth - root voice
• Maria Chiara Argirò - Bonsai
• Teen Daze - New Spirits
• Ian Boddy, Erik Wøllo - Revolve
• Cylindricon - Numbers & Letters
• The Analog Girl - Secret Garden (Instrumental)
• Makaya McCraven - So Ubuji
• Molly Lewis - The Green Ray
• Sharron Kraus, Justin Hopper - Rock Pool
• LT Leif - No Birds
• Edena Gardens - Hidebound
• Vytas Brenner - Danza Con Pajaros
• Vytas Brenner - Gavilan
• Chico Bernardes - O Espelho
• Os Brasas - Beija-me agora
• Iceblink - Dialoghi
• The Garrys - Come On
• Bibi Club - Parasite
• Lives of Angels - Imperial Motors
• Pia Fraus - The End of Time and Space
• Kiwi Jr. - The Sound of Music
• Andy Bell - It Gets Easier
• Preoccupations - Slowly
• Zoon - Play Ground
• Sunglaciers - For What
• Fujiya & Miyagi - Non-Essential Worker
• Applesauce Tears - Cloud Break
• Robert Diack - Indigent

It isn't officially fall, but it's close enough to share some chillier tunes for the change in seasons. Starting with the subdued optimism of Clarice Jensen's "Joy," and bringing you a mix of experimental compositions, dream-pop crescendos, soaring psychedelia, and other amber-hued sounds for an autumn morning.

Playlist:

• Clarice Jensen - Joy
• Ólafur Arnalds, featuring tstewart - New Grass – Piano Reworks
• NETRVNNER - Reign
• Rachika Nayar, featuring Maria BC - Our Wretched Fate
• Moat Bells - Darkened Light
• JoyCut - BLUTOKYO_
• Christian Löffler, Fejká - Fjäll
• Branches - Bear Fruit
• Karavelo - Prosciutto
• Golden Ivy - Delta
• Misha Panfilov - Raindrops on Water
• Dawn to Dawn - Lanes
• Bibio - Off Goes the Light
• Dana Gavanski - Strangers
• Anika - Godstar
• Toncho Pilatos - Blind Man
• Toncho Pilatos - Kukulkan
• The Shangs - (Lying Here) In Brazil
• Fiver - Cargo of Hollywood Stars
• Jung People - Coloureaters
• Mark Peters - Dusty Road Ramble
• Tan Cologne - Topaz Wave
• The Real Tuesday Weld - Bone Dreams Blood
• Rozi Plain, featuring Alabaster DePlume - Agreeing for Two
• Widowspeak - The Jacket
• Ghost Woman - Jreaming
• Blume - Do You Want to Ride
• Loveliescrushing - Babysbreath
• Cindy Lee - A Message from the Aching Sky
• Machine - Trails
• Medicine Singers - Sunset

Award-winning animators Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis join the episode to discuss their latest short The Flying Sailor, screening at this year's Calgary International Film Festival. That, and your usual mix of ambient electronics, experimental sounds, psychedelic daydreams, and blissful tropicalia — all with a bit of autumn melancholy, because it's just that time of year. Hope you enjoy it!

Playlist:

• Andrew Bird - Rare Birds
• Iceblink - Duet
• Ohma - In Essence
• Various Artists, featuring a-souvenir, O'Haara - a-O'
• JoyCut - Francis&Violet_
• Rival Consoles - World Turns
• In The Well - Meldrum
• Betonkust - It Comes in Waves
• Lunar Lemur - Chicxulub Landing
• Laura Groves - Thinking About Thinking
• Ora Cogan - Dyad
• Hotel Josephine - Half Heartedly Gold
• Percy Faith & His Orchestra and Chorus - Yellow Days
• Gloria de Oliveira, Dean Hurley - All Flowers in Time
• MISZCZYK - Nautilus
• Nelson Ângelo e Joyce - Comunhão
• Nelson Ângelo e Joyce - Sete cachorros
• Beautify Junkyards - Verde Pino
• Makaya McCraven - The Fours
• Badge Époque Ensemble - Badge Époque Ensemble
• The Hologram People - Lady Octavia and the Priest
• Gwenno - N.Y.C.A.W. (the lonely summer mix by JDBRADFIELD)
• СОЮЗ (Soyuz), featuring Kate NV - I Knew It
• Juana Molina - Misterio uruguayo
• Robert Diack - Indigent
• Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Everyday
• Ryan Bourne - Anemone Sound
• Kiwi Jr. - Unspeakable Things
• Tess Parks - Suzy & Sally’s Eternal Return
• Space Opera - Over and Over