CITR’s 24 Hours of Radio Art in a snack sized format. Dark Ambient. Drone. Field Recordings. Noise. Sound Art. Or something.Friday night s broadcast features Thierry Arnal, Melkor, Nylon 6, Relay Station, Steve Peters, Paulo Raposo, Pinkcourtesyphone, Transponder, David Fennessy, and Llyn Y Cwn.Starting at Midnight Pacific on CITR 101.9FM, streaming at PLAYER.CITR.CA(Photo Credit: Room40)======================New Music Reviews By Mark HjorthoyLlyn Y Cwn - MegalithsBen Powell is someone who feels sound. I’m convinced of this. His moniker for making ambient drone music, Llyn Y Cwn, shines so hard in his latest release: Megaliths. An album where each track is dedicated to a different stone circle found all over the U.K. It’s taken him 25 years of travelling to each site and field recording their ominous presence to create this masterpiece. Make no mistake about it - it is a masterpiece. Carefully sculpting all sounds while retaining the mystery each site holds is very we
CITR’s 24 Hours of Radio Art in a snack sized format. Dark Ambient. Drone. Field Recordings. Noise. Sound Art. Or something.This Friday s broadcast features Atiqullah Amiri / Nicolas Laureau, Gdanian, Anacleto Vitolo, 1950 s sex instruction recordings, Cold Spring Records Arise compilation, Philip Jeck / Chris Watson s Oxmardyke , plus new Tim Olive (Roughage / Nimrod) and more from Victoria s Jayne Imagination.Starting at 2 PM Pacific on CiTR 101.9FM, streaming at PLAYER.CITR.CA(Photo Credit: Kieh! Kieh!)==========New Music Review By Mark HjorthoyVarious Artists - Arise - A Cold Spring SamplerIt s like Christmas, but a dark Christmas full of lush worlds, harsh noise, and beautiful sorrow. This is the second sampler from this iconic label - one that has something for any fan of experimental sounds. It is filled with a staggering 33 tracks from artists such as Dead Voices On Air, 400 Lonely Things, Llyn Y Cwn, Sonologyst, Merzbow, TenHornedBeast, Burial Hex, and SPK, just to n
CITR’s 24 Hours of Radio Art in a snack sized format. Dark Ambient. Drone. Field Recordings. Noise. Sound Art. Or something.This Friday afternoon s broadcast features Atiqullah Amiri / Nicolas Laureau, Gdanian, Anacleto Vitolo, 1950 s sex instruction recordings, Cold Spring Records Arise compilation, Philip Jeck / Chris Watson s Oxmardyke , plus new Tim Olive (Roughage / Nimrod) and more from Victoria s Jayne Imagination.Starting at 2 PM Pacific on CiTR 101.9FM, streaming at PLAYER.CITR.CA(Photo Credit: Kieh! Kieh!)==========New Music Review By Mark HjorthoyVarious Artists - Arise - A Cold Spring SamplerIt s like Christmas, but a dark Christmas full of lush worlds, harsh noise, and beautiful sorrow. This is the second sampler from this iconic label - one that has something for any fan of experimental sounds. It is filled with a staggering 33 tracks from artists such as Dead Voices On Air, 400 Lonely Things, Llyn Y Cwn, Sonologyst, Merzbow, TenHornedBeast, Burial Hex, and SPK,
CiTR’s 24 Hours of Radio Art in a snack sized format. Dark Ambient. Drone. Field Recordings. Noise. Sound Art. Or something.Tonight s broadcast features Llyn Y Cwn, Carolina Eyck, Tangerine Dream, Elephant Bass Communication, Montreal s Red Fog and Guelph s Hymns57.Starting at 10 PM Pacific on CITR FM 101.9, streaming at PLAYER.CITR.CA(Photo Credit: Elm Records/Hymns57)
Cymru Am Byth: 18 Essential Welsh Albums In honour of St. David s Day.
Today - March 1st - is St. David s Day, a celebration of Welsh identity.
The strange thing is, though, we re no closer to defining Welshness than we were 100 years ago - it s a country in flux, code-switching and shape-shifting on an hourly basis.
Musically, however, we feel certain in saying that Welsh music - indeed, Welsh culture as a whole - has rarely been so strong, with new generations utilising the tools at their disposal to craft magnificent new aural shapes.
Clash writers have picked out 18 essential Welsh albums (caveat: we re starting at the year 2000) and we ve tried to look beyond the big names, blending seminal hits with some deep cuts, too.