In which we forgo discussing the state of the world but then play a whole ton of music that discusses it better than words do. Fuck dancing about architecture, make music to set the heart of the world on fire. Special thanks to the persistent Felquiste energy for episode inspiration. Godard actresses and actors. Deleuze reading Neitzche over prog. Renaissance double agents, crying babies/screaming babies, Byron Coley being shy, pis le meilleur fucking disque jamais fait icitte au Québec.We listened to:A. Intro theme1. Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis – Lumière Écarlate2. Richard Pinhas Heldon – Le Voyageur (Ouais MArchais Mieux qu'en 68)3. Rato Mobio Venance - Min Mmi4. Jean-François Pauvros – Mon homme5. George Clinton – Bangladesh6. John Downland – Unquiet Thoughts7. Whine – Gauntlet8. L'Infonie – Mantra9. Scream Baby Scream – UntitledZ. Outro themeShout outs:There, whom Leon keeps calling Them, and DimeTyler Knight and Francis Amireault dream rhythm sectionThe Wall of StockhausenMark Loeser Again!Greg & Brian, keep your eyes peeled for the new Pump Up the Volume location!And because this podcast is an astral collapse generator, this episode is published on Brian and Leon's  birthday, happy birthday Brian!

Renowned sound-artist, theorist, and professor Christof Migone joins us for the long haul down the Toronto–London xpressway. Everyone records with actual microphones. No spacesuits. No fishtanks. Just words and music.Confessions. Absolutions.Men who can’t see far enough.Young cousins wake suddenly, speaking perfect Polish.Moths swirling around a lightbulb.100% nocturnal, until the electric Bozambo dawn.Above all else: Godard.We listened to:A. Intro theme1. Christina Kubisch – Night Flights2. Peter Rose – The Man Who Could Not See Far Enough (Witness – excerpt)3. Jean-Luc Godard - King Lear (excerpt)4. "Blue" Gene Tyranny – A Letter From Home5. Tibor Szemző – Tractatus6. Roy Ayers Quartet – If I Were A Carpenter7. Bozambo – Viva Bozambo8. Offering – Love In The DarknessZ. Outro themeShout outs:BBB / NOW TIME - https://boot-boyz.biz/Alex St.Onge https://www.alexandrest-onge.com/Peter RoseSpecial thanks:Thank you Christof Migone of https://squint.press/Thank you, Roy Ayers (1940 – 2025)

Dead of winter emergency February party. This one is for anyone who’s ever had to move.  In our continuing recording adventures Leon spends the last part of the episode recording from inside a spacesuit from the depths of Death Valley. Charming animals, melodramas, glacial paces, Eurovision finalists… Fire. White smoke. Black smoke. The end.We listened to:A. New intro theme1. Marielle Groven – My Heart Is A Mountain2. Alan Sorrenti – Angelo3. Cem Karaca – Emrah4. Isak Sundström – The Tarnished Angels5. Animal Charm – Moving Day6. Bill Dixon – When Winter Comes7. Fitz Gore & The Talismen – Requiem For Julian Cannonball Adderley8. Marshall Allen ft. Neneh Cherry – New Dawn9. John Cage – In a LandscapeZ. Outro themeShout outs:Colin Vernon as well as the 62 Rache E. Anticapitalist Ass Pirates for the emergency February healerMarielle Groven mariellegroven.ca thanks for loaning the pod your incredible trackAlexandre St-Onge passing on knowledgeThank you Vincent Williams (1933 – 2016) for The VoiceAnimal CharmAnimal CharmAnimal Charm

In this fourth episode, we welcome legendary noise moistener, ex-esoteriker and genius-level ear-haver, Alex Moskos. Also, Jacob is calling in from a fishtank covered in a sock that he kind of dips in and out of. The usual "experimental" recording balanced by consistently dazzling music. The question remains: Is HMV open? Yes. Well we're open too, then. Finally, Keith Rowe legit shreds.We listened to:A. Intro theme1. Kavain Wayne Space & XT – Side A2. Amalgam – Roller Coaster Part 13. Number One du Senegal – Fatu Sarr Waasanaan4. Chaba Fadila – Ouelite5. SnPLO – Lastday cookie6. keiyaA – Do Yourself a Favor7. Gavin J Sheehan – Flibbyflobbyflu [CD Esoterik Exclusive]8. Kevin Harrison & Steven Parker – CavalcadeZ. Outro themeShout outs:The essay in question: George E. Lewis, Improvised Music after 1950: Afrological and Eurological Perspectives, 2002Excellent music archive project Unknown ProvinceThe DIY cassette/mail-art torch burns bright thanks to presses précaires

After the dogs ate episode 2 it became clear that in order to meet the demand we needed to rush out a third. Turns out time-pressure is the best creative constraint. Number 3 features lots of hard panning, heavy playing, non-complex complexity and mad side-chaining. The question remains: Is there life on the earth? Esoterik podcast says: "YES"We listened to:A. Intro theme1. Ahmed Essyad – Lecture pour bande magnétique (1974) part I2. Otto Willberg – Reap What Thou Sow3. Joan La Barbara – Voice Piece: One Note Internal Resonance Investigation4. Fred Moten, Brandon López, Gerald Cleaver – 1A5. Joe McPhee & Survival Unit II w/ Clifford Thornton – Song For Lauren6. Kyle Gann – Andromeda Memories7. Thick Pigeon – Jess + Bart8. Makers – Don't Challenge Me9. Michael Finnissy – Gesualdo: Libro Sesto: IZ. Outro themeEndless gratitude:Chris WrenchZïlonPierre Martel

Inaugural episode! Years in the making, shitty recording, ham-fisted editing. Great great music, lots of laughs, lots of feelings. Sorting out technicals is brown carpet, but it'll be smoother next time, promise! We had a great time, we want you to have a great time.We listened to:1. Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Bongo Man2. Ayako Shinozaki⧸Takehisa Kosugi – Heterodyne3. Patrik Fitzgerald – Working Hu-Man's Casino4. David Rosenboom – Section II. (symmetrical harmonies in chaotic orbits)5. Gerhard Ruhm – Pencil Music Nr. 16. Gerhard Ruhm – Pencil Music Nr. 27. Gerhard Ruhm – Pencil Music Nr. 38. David Van Tieghem feat. Adele Bertei – "Working Girls" opening theme9. Billy Bruner – T-U-L-S-A Song10. Momoyo & Lizard – Sa･Ka･Na (サ･カ･ナ)11. Paul Bley/Masahiko Togashi – Offhand (excerpt)Shout out:NPNP – Harmony In a Vacuum (Halocline Trance) out now!Billy BrunerT-U-L-S-A SongT-U-L-S-ATulsaCome on alongIt's okayI can hardly believeThat underneath this oak tryAll of the tribes, they met in peaceThat's unmistakably TulsaNo better place in the world to liveThat's unmistakably TulsaWhere we liveWhere the people can be so friendlyAnd the weather, so unpredictableIt's a place called 'America's Most Livable City'We started out smallNow we're standing tall and freeWhere this stuff called 'black gold'Floated us all that way