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Homemade Jams 2018-05-22

Track Listing: 

1.) The Motorleague – Everyone is Digital

2.) Monteith – MonteithMania

3.) Wintersleep – Danse Macabre

4.) Property// – Rosie

5.) Paranerd – Mail Pop

6.) Bleum – Lose You

7.) Brookside Mall – Philadelphia

8.) Jeremy Dutcher – Ultestakon

9.) The Olympic Symphonium – Choral Voices

10.) Colony Recording Club – Cycle 1 (Ride)

11.) The Trick – Inaugurate Me

12.) Pony Rouge – Prince De Funk

TEM Ep.34: Close Calls Near You

Tour Itinerary:

First Stop:

“Guys!” by Phil Western off the album Neuro-Plastique
“Tea Time” by Aire off the album Original

VGM District:

“Every Day is Night (FamilyJules Arrange)” by Garoad off the album VA-11 HALL-A EX – Bonus Tracks Collection
“Towns 1 (Hello World)” by Marshall Art & Cory Johnson off the Timeline EP
“Rust In The Wind” by elmobo off the Double Kick Heroes, Vol.1 (Original Game Soundtrack)

Synth District:

“Grey Sky” by Donbor off the album Magnatron 2.0
“Skeletactical” by Espectrostatic off the Skeletactical EP
“Dark Rooms” by Black Market Hard-Tack off the self-titled cassette coming out on July 14th, 2018

Chiptune District:

“Tea Leaf Missiles” by Bubblegum Octopus off the compilation Goodbye, 2013
“Mysterious Island” by Naoki Che off the album Summer Vacation
“FLUKE” by Renard off the album SHOUNEN BASS! TURBO

Future Funk District:

“Days” by Maid Cafe
“REAL LOVE” by Seth Nova
“Tenshi No Enogu” by AsukaWaifu

Final Stop:

“Mizu” by Theodore West off the album Re:Human
“The Grass” by Jackson MacIntosh off the album My Dark Side

Got any suggestions for future tours?

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Python’s Paradise Ep. 211 – 2018-03-05: Brenda Hopkins Miranda Interview

Brenda Hopkins Miranda Interview: Singer songwriter Brenda Hopkins Miranda promoting a benefit concert in answer to the devastating affects of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. She joins forces with a variety of local musicians to bring relief to this disaster.

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Lost Dog Alert

A short white haired terrier looking dog that goes by the name of Skampy was lost near the Fredericton Regional Landfill area at around 3pm this afternoon.  If someone should see this dog, the owner would really appreciate a call. You can reach the owner at one of these numbers; 454-6362, 455-2624, 261-2623.  Please share!

RFYL Episode – JustCuzEP20

Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks

All of the singles and very little catfishing! We have a fantastic selection of brand new tracks for you to sink your teeth into on Long Weekend Eve, so do enjoy and snag a podcast, tell a friend and force someone else you like to listen to it as you rock out in your car / in your backyard / in the lab / wherever you listen to music!

Also, I say “Just Cuz” like forty times so try to ignore that.

Send in requests! Or don’t!

Playlist:
3 AM Lullaby – Hotel Mira
Freedom – Dorothy
Are You Gonna Let Me Love You – Sleep Machine
Naive – Amber Dogs
Take Us All – Greystone Canyon
The Hive – Amerikan Primitive
Rotate Dictator / Dark Energy – Hot Wires
No More Stars – Die So Fluid
Seven Seas – Kilmore
Blackstar – Parasol Caravan
Another Plane – Sergeant Thunderhoof

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Homemade Jams 2018-05-17

Track Listing: 

1.) Janowskii – Treat Everybody The Same

2.) David R. Elliott – I”m Not Him

3.) David R. Elliott – Back East

4.) CHIPS – Modern Days

5.) Jessie Brown – Ghost

6.) Joyful Noise – On The Way

7.) WROTE – Morning Coffee

8.) Brent Mason – Count the Rings

9.) The Hypochondriacs – In The Mountains

10.) Art of the Possible – Passerby

11.) Math Class – Shatterbrained

12.) Shrimp Ring – (Livin’ on a) Shrimp Ring

13.) Elephant Skeletons – Boomerang

14.) The Motorleague – Hymn For The Nearly Departed

 

Homemade Jams 2018-05-16

Track Listing: 

1.) Beard Springsteen – Slippery Sidewalks

2.) Radium Doxy – Rising Tide

3.) Like A Motorcycle – Southern States

4.) Not You – Mabel

5.) Laura Sauvage – You’re Ugly When You Cry

6.) Matt Mays – 78’s, 33’s & 45’s

7.) Tampa – UK Mico

8.) The Motorleague – The Boards

9.) Christina Martin – Always Reminding

10.) POSTDATA – Fields & Valleys

11.) bleum – Lose You (Radio Version)

12.) Wangled Teb – Driftwood

13.) Weak Size Fish – Lost Lagoon

TEM Ep.33: Moonlit Urbanscape ft. Interview w/ Cody Carpenter & Mark Day

Tour Itinerary:

Synth District:

“Apex Predator” by Brood Machina off the album Machines of Loving Grace
“Summer Holidays” by Powerrun off the LP Summer Holidays

Chiptune District:

“Axion Ridge” by Themnotyou off the album Tropical Rainforests [DOSWORKS/1995-2000]
“Chasing Birds” by Hoffy off the album Whiskers Mahone

Singer’s Square:

“White Lighter” by Dylarama off the album Certified Cutie
“Gemini” by Bernice off the EP Puff

Future Funk District:

“Solanin” by Mere off the album Solanin
“Can’t Wait” by Tender Grasp off the album EP

VGM District:

“One Last Quest” by Norrin Radd off the Retro City Rampage Soundtrack
“Scarlet Warrior” by Cody Carpenter & Mark Day off the album Shadow Spirits Vol. 1

Interview with Cody Carpenter & Mark Day:

Electronic artists behind the album Shadow Spirits Volume 1; a chiptune album with all original music inspired from 8 bit and 16 bit RPG eras. Filled with Commodore SID chip and electronic sounds that form the battle music to games we wish we could play. Cody Carpenter has been a perfomer and composer within the film music sphere for over two decades and whom has toured North America and Europe performing music for so many to hear! Mark Day is a veteran composer in the videogame sphere and even developed tracks for several television shows.


 

Cody Carpenter

My website is: http://www.codycarpenterofficial.com/
twitter: @Ludrium

Mark Day

Final Stop:

“Final Ride (OutRun)” by Level 99 off the VROOM: Sega Racing

Got any suggestions for future tours?

Tweet me @ElectricMetCHSR
or
Email me electricmetropolis [at] gmail [dot] com

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Homemade Jams 2018-05-14

Track Listing: 

1.) Postdata – Wilderness

2.) The Town Heroes – Poets

3.) The Once – Any Other Way

4.) Carleton Stone – The Darkness

5.) Ian Janes – Any Fool (playing May 17th @ York County Cider)

6.) Force Fields – Zero Zero Zero

7.) The Olympic SYmphonium – Coat of Arms

8.) Mike Trask and the Precious Memories – Mean Old Man

9.) Free to Grow – Burdock

10.) Tampa – Fold Yourself

11.) Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound – Puppet

12.) Jeremy Dutcher – Pomok Naka Poktoinskwes

Overtime with K and Crox (05-11-18)

Johnny James continues to join me in studio to help us break down the continuing Stanley Cup Playoffs.  Yes, just me, because Sean had to go get a “job”… in Moncton.

In addition we discuss our feelings about Dwayne Casey, who we firmly believe shouldn’t be fired.  (Note:  He was fired after airing, all 3 of us agree it’s a stupid decision)

We also talk about how Canadian Tennis is relevant again.

All this and all the hot takes you can handle on Overtime!

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Anything Goes 2018-05-12

Track Listing:Anything Goes

1.) Adam Robert Thomas – Feel Alright

2.) Son Of Dave – Get A Strut On

3.) The Lifers – Wake

4.) Nick Faye & The Deputies – Hold Me Back

5.) Layten Kramer – Final Frontier

6.) Calla Kinglit – Island and the Sea

7.) Postdata – Wilderness

8.) Anemone – Bout De Toi

9.) Tampa – Wait

10.) Sloan – Essential Services

11.) Jackie Daytona – She’s So Hot

12.) Preoccupations – Solace

13.) Fitness – Fragile

RFYL Episode – NoFloatiesNeededEP19

Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks

Who’s got two thumbs and doesn’t need floaties to get to work? This guy!

We bring you music to set your Spring to, so turn it up loud, occasionally listen to information as to how you can get these tracks, and then resume enjoying music as that’s the format of this show!

Send in requests! Tell me about what you’re listening to! Exclamation Mark!

I still can’t convince myself to type in all caps so deal with it!

Playlist:
The Chase – Rockyard
Ghost Bike – Napalmpom
Mother – Sleep Machine
Manifest – Die So Fluid
Astral Plane – Greystone Canyon
Cynnu Tan – The Joy Formidable
Whole – Amber Dogs
After The Fire – Magick Touch
Sap – Worst Part
Moebius – Puta Volcano
Killer – Ruby the Hatchet
Defcon/Give Me All You’ve Got – Secondhand Habit

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The Lunchbox Interview: Sarah Sarty (Photography)

They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so when a photographer takes a picture, it is their chance to capture that beauty for others, to turn a moment of time into forever.

My guest today is Sarah Sarty, a local photographer of beautiful, stark images. She is going to be giving an exhibition of her work in The Phoenix on May 18, and joins me today to talk about her desire to return to photography after an absence, what she sees in her pictures and how she captures moments.

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Homemade Jams 2018-05-10

Track Listing: 

1.) Ryan Cook – Everybody’s Talkin’

2.) Joey Robin Haché – Tamarak

3.) Jeremy Dutcher – Sakomawit

4.) Ladd & Lasses – She Wanders

5.) Tampa – Fold Yourself

6.) Christine Campbell – Nobody Cares

7.) Les Hôtesses d’Hilaire – Petit Paradis Sur La Bord De L’eau

8.) FM Berlin – TV

9.) Chiller – Heretic

10.) Jerry-Faye – Song For Mom

11.) Ian Sherwood – Little Birds

12.) Cursees Connect – Sleeping In Ropes

13.) Grand Theft Bus – Goldmine

The Lunchbox: Emma Chevarie 2018-05-09 (The ECMAs)

Every fortnight, Emma Chevarie of Music Runs Through It shares her love of live music. We talk about the shows she’s caught and the ones right around the corner.

This week, Emma recounts her experiences at the recent ECMAs in Halifax, both from the perspective of a fan of music and someone on the business end of music booking.

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TEM Ep.32: Travelers & Tourists ft. Interview w/ The Travelers VGM

Dear travelers and tourists: I am AD Springer, your musical tour guide to The Electric Metropolis, your city of sound and song that glimmers, hums, shines, and lays you down with the great music of the electronica sphere and beyond! As a special treat during this tour, my dear tourists, we will be crossing paths with The Travelers VGM! Namely Josh Barron, Marsha Lepire, & Ian Martyn: the producers of that supergroup of performers! Before then, we have a tour to take up and enjoy from future funkiness, chiptuny, singing, and of course video game music worth your ear, time, and heart. So, come with me and let’s get this tour going!

Tour Itinerary:

Future Funk District:

“Rainy Season” by Aloe Island Posse off the album Midnight Selects
“Fluff” by Mere off the album Solanin

Chiptune District:

“The Chaotic Vastness (Aphelion)” by Diad (a Heos x Tadpole project) off the album Diad
“Movement Of The Swift Peregrine” by chibi-tech off the album Psycho Somatic Generation

Singer’s Square:

“Les Yeux Fermés” by Dylarama off the album Certified Cutie
“Statue” by Mythless off the album Patience Hell

VGM District:

“Star Control II “Through the Angles of Space” OC Remix” by Mark Vera from the website ocremix.org
“Into the Thick of It” by The Travelers VGM off the album Heart of the Forest (Music from “Secret of Mana”)

Interview with The Traveler’s VGM:

Ian Martyn, Josh Barron, and Masha Lepire of The Travelers VGM are the producers that created the album Heart of the Forest (Music from “Secret of Mana”) & Ode to The Lovers. They cover game music favorites and obscure selections in folk arrangements of various styles from Celtic, Nordic, Slavic, Spanish, and even Asian traditions. The membership of this supergroup includes players of a broad variety of instruments from many different parts of the world.

The Travelers VGM –

Official Website: http://www.thetravelersvgm.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/travelersvgm/

Places to buy our music – 
Bandcamp (Preferred place to purchase over other outlets): http://travelersvgm.bandcamp.com/

Google: http://play.google.com/store/music/artist/The_Travelers_VGM?id=Arslmgpsgkye7csuzvtneos2xrm
Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/artist/11913243

Josh Barron – 
Ian Martyn –

Final Stop:

“Closing Medley” by Mark Seibert off the Hero’s Quest / Quest for Glory I Soundtrack

Got any suggestions for future tours?

Tweet me @ElectricMetCHSR
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Homemade Jams 2018-05-08

Track Listing: 

1.) Joyful Noise – Quantum Fish Sticks

2.) The Jimmy Swift Band – Two Hands On The Wheel

3.) Stephen Lewis & The Big Band Of Fun – Baby Do You Wanna Get Down (LIVE at Harvest Jazz and Blues)

4.) Joyful Noise – Gimmie D’dart

5.) Kill Chicago – The Grey

6.) Tampa – Wait

7.) The Belle Comedians – Intro

8.) Port Cities – Where Have You Been

9.) Life in Vacuum – Apartment (Toronto, ON)

10.) Quinn Bonnell – I Don’t Mind

11.) The Olympic Symphonium – Careful

12.) Art of the Possible – Sanctuary

“Cocoloco” by Joyful Noise – A Review from Colin Fowlie

Having seen Joyful Noise perform live and having had a fantastic time doing so, I leveraged the substantial power and influence afforded me as a volunteer reviewer for CHSR to have an early listen to the band’s debut EP “Cocoloco“.

Firstly, let’s get the technical details out of the way. Cocoloco is a 5-track collection of original instrumental music recorded and engineered by Brad Perry and Evan Hansen at The Recordery in Fredericton, NB. It was mastered by J. Lapointe at Archive Mastering in Mineville, NS.

Joyful Noise is:
Corey McNeill – Guitar
Camilo Villamizar – Bass
Jason Berube – Drums

I think the best approach is to unpack this thing track-by-track and give you my thoughts.

The first song, “Bertha” has been an earworm for me since they first released a live video from The Recordery a few weeks back. The main theme of the composition involves plenty of clever interplay between guitar and bass, with a rock-steady groove from Berube tying the whole thing together. There are several mini-movements within this track, moving from funk, to a modern jazz swing, with a bit of classic rock thrown in for good measure toward the end. I can’t get it out of my head, and I’m not upset about that fact in the least.

In the second slot, Gimme D’dart starts out with a driving staccato groove, again with the careful coordination and interplay among the trio that Joyful Noise is known for. Again, it moves from the initial pocket through movements that build tension, and then display pop sensibility (albeit with swagger) and even hints of prog rock and Latin flair as the composition soars in the latter stages.

The titular track sits in the 3rd spot, and leads with some psychedelia for the digital generation, superimposing the sound of ocean waves over an 8-bit / chirp introduction before it hits its groovy stride. McNeill and Villamizar take turns driving the melodic themes while Berube sets the tone, from a happy rolling stroll to a more aggressive, frantic pace until Cocoloco reaches its Joyful and cheeky resolution.

Next up is Quantum Fish Sticks, which comes out spitting fusion everywhere with the guitar moving through chord melodies in lock step with the bass and drums. And just as you are furiously grooving out with the tune, it then starts to swing around the 1:15 mark. The track ensures that if you are dancing along, you are most certainly on your toes, with some tight unison stabs before it gets back to the business of grooving hard. It continues to switch gears to the very end. This band really does a fantastic job of making sure that a reviewer runs out of clever non-repeating adjectives to use in describing their work.

On The Way marks the finale of this captivating piece of work. It conjures an air of mystery and tension before things get a bit heavy and the groove drops. At 8:32 in length, this epic keeps moving and engaging the listener through different mini-adventures before catching a triumphant wave that carries the jam to its conclusion, blasting them off to their next inevitable quest.

Overall, Joyful Noise creates a very intricate and complete soundscape as a trio, and only minimal overdubs are evident anywhere. This album truly captures the joy and the musical mastery that the band brings to the stage every night. They obviously have worked extremely hard to make it look and sound easy. Make no bones about it: Joyful Noise is the real deal. They are each masters of their individual instruments, but the product as a whole is so much more than the sum of those parts, and clocking in at just over 33 minutes, there is a lot to enjoy again and again.

If you are a fan of great instrumental music, this EP is a no-brainer. If you aren’t a fan of great instrumental music, there’s a very good chance that this record will change your mind.

I have it on good authority that the band’s name “Joyful Noise” is both a nod to the Derek Trucks album of the same name and the musical mission statement for the trio. That being said, for many, the term “joyful noise” holds a religious connotation. Whatever camp you are in on that topic, if you are looking for a non-denominational religious experience without having to set foot in a sanctioned place of worship, I recommend you spend some time with this EP, and then get out and see these guys live. The joy that they derive from performing is infectious, and their stellar debut EP, Cocoloco, does a fantastic job of capturing that spirit. We could all use a bit more Joyful Noise in our lives.

Check out the EP now:
Bandcamp: https://joyfulnoisenb.bandcamp.com/releases
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7HuRVkCbuXakR9DNH7290i
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/mu/album/cocoloco/1377180379

Go give them a like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyfulnoiseband

And be sure to catch one of their upcoming shows.

Have your own opinion to share with me? Get at me on social media:
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The Lunchbox Interview: Tim Fox (DOCTalks) & Edee Klee (NBCHG) on Open Your Eyes Fredericton

How much do you actually know about the great community organizations that grow all around you? Perhaps it’s time the spotlight gets thrown on each of them..

My guests today are Tim Fox, President of DOCTalks Fredericton and Edee Klee, Co-Chair of the New Brunswick Community Harvest Gardens (NBCHG). It was recently announced that the next focus for the DOCTalks lens of the Open Your Eyes documentary project is the NBCHG. Tim and Edee join me to talk about how this came about, how the DOCTalks filmmakers work to capture the essence of the NBCHG, and how important it is that we support the growth of a new crop of farmers.

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