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TEM Ep.18: Nice & Cool

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I am your musical tour guide AD Springer, happy to report it is indeed snowing here in The Electric Metropolis, even if the mass of neon lights are melting the snowfall away. The metropolis is at a nice and cool temperature, just enough to make you wear a jacket but not enough to be bitter. Perfect time to listen to some of the lovely sounds of the city and the denizens that make it pulse and beat all the way to the stars and back. Our tour will start fairly busy, with all the traffic and all, before we cruise through the synth district. We’ll see some familiar sounds in the Chiptune district before seeing a couple cool new ones in Future Funk. The VGM district will have some blasting winds of great music to some equally great games, so keep an ear out. At our last stop, we’ll be just in time to catch the beautiful rise of the clouds to reveal the great expanse all around; try not to mind the heavily armed androids, they just like the view too.

Tour Itinerary:

First Stop:

“Grimoire Blanc” by Dan Terminus off the album Automated Refrains

Synth District:

“Eclipse” by Nerex off the  Hyperspace EP
“FOODBAR” by TWRP off the album Ladyworld
“Unicorn (Magic)” by Dana Jean Phoenix off the album Synth City

Chiptune District:

“Interstellar Good Times” by PROTODOME off the album CHIPFUNK
“Tracking Eva’s DSi Usage” by Lazy Nerd 204 off the album M01 Redux
“Down Under Zone” by Game Genie Sokolov off the album Background Sound 01

Future Funk District:

“Wild style” by Waifu Avenue off the album PINK NEON TOKYO COMPILATION VOL 2
“Moon Beams” by Isaac Galvez off the album Isaac Galvez | Hypnosis
“Nightlife” by Snowshoo off the Snowshoo EP

VGM District:

“Together We Stand (Together Always)” by Eino Kaskitalo, Jorito off the compilation album Secret of Mana: Resonance of the Pure Land! from ocremix.org
“Ultima” by MASTER BOOT RECORD off the album WAREZ
“Part II” by Smoochyface off the album The Cracks Are Where the Light Shines Brightest

Final Stop:

“NieR: Automata “Beautiful Rise” OCRemix” by RoeTaKa from the website ocremix.org

Got any suggestions for future tours?

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

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Album Review: Milk & Bone – Deception Bay

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Montreal duo Milk & Bone tenaciously return with their sophomore album, Deception Bay. This being one of my most anticipated releases for 2018, you’re not going to hear a change in their sound or anything truly innovative, but you will get the feeling that they really know who they are as a band. Deception Bay digs deeper into the subject of relationships than Little Mourning does (one of my favourite records from 2015). More specifically, Poliquin and Lafond-Beaulne open up about toxic relationships and consider where/why things went wrong.

Deception Bay‘s 14 tracks are moody and full of struggle concealed in somber electronic beats. The album opener Set In Stone sets the tone for this record, hearing a tired and worn voice asking to go back to the way they felt before, “I wanna live a life where nothing hurts me anymore…” Tmrw. is a stripped down melancholic piano piece that laments about tomorrow, where I think if you added other layers to it it’ll take away from the raw emotion of the song. Another enjoyable track is THE FLOOD which reminds me of Esthero‘s Breath From Another era. The title track, also the second single released, is one of the strongest tracks off the album too, potentially 2018’s anthem for the heartbroken.

Deception Bay drops February 2, 2018 via Bonsound.

RFYL Episode – JustNodEP04

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

 

Sometimes you need to contradict your own lessons. Unlike last week, we don’t need to use our words. This week, all we need to do is nod.

Nod to the music. Just nod.

 

Playlist:
Flawless – Dorothy
Rocket – The Pack AD
Atmosphere – miesha & the spanks
Killer – Ruby the Hatchet
Sky Blazer – Shades of Sorrow
Giants Walk – Spocaine
CIrcles / Riding On – Powder for Pigeons
ANTHROPOCENE – Allout Helter
Electrick Sorcery – Magick Touch
Night Terror – The Order of Chaos
False Walls – Unleash The Archers

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Bassix – Episode #1

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Welcome to Bassix, the show where we dive head first into the deep end of electronic music.

In this episode we get a taste of whats to come with music featured from big names in bass music as well as local talent from around the Maritimes.

Local and Canadian artists featured in this episode:

Pineo & Loeb (Halifax) – What I need ft. kylo & MSA

Apriskah (Halifax) – Paper

Asur (Halifax) – How Good 

Chuurch (Calgary)

– Flippin’ the Bird

 

Full tracklist:

Pineo & Loeb – What I Need ft. Kylo & MSA

Damien n’ Drix – Pushah

K-D x Medasin – 1234

Apriskah – Paper

Yunis & Subp Yao

Sumthin’ Sumthin’ – Fear

Razat – D_Murder

Bleep Bloop – When Sound Was Sound

Chuurch – Flippin’ the Bird

Nitti Gritti – No Calls

X&G – gravity

False Noise – Skyshards

Dayle – I-D

Asur – How Good

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The Lunchbox Interview – Lieff Salonius (Science East Adult Night)

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They may call it the wonder of children, but science can make us all gaze in amazement.

My guest today is Lieff Salonius, the Director of Development and Communications of Science East. The local experiential science centre is going to be holding its annual Adult Science Night, with the theme of “Super Small: Invisible Wonders”. Lieff joins me to talk about the mission of Science East, the importance of hands-on experiences with science, and this year’s adult experience focus on the things that cannot be seen by our eyes.

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Anything Goes 2018-01-27

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Track Listing:Anything Goes with Bondo – there is so much great new music out there

1.) Ought – Disgraced America

2.) Kings Of Our Kin – My Man

3.) Kat Meoz – Bad Moon

4.) Buffalo Tom – All Be Gone

5.) PALM – Composite

6.) Art Of The Possible – Passerby

7.) Hollerado – Eloise

8.) Colour Tongues – Aurora

9.) Bahamas – No Wrong

10.) Halo Maude – Du Pouvoir

11.) Milk & Bone – Nevermore

12.) Bad Dylan – Fievre ft. Anatoie

13.) Danielle Duval – Underciver

14.) Bark Bark Disco – Honey I Love You Now

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TEM Ep.17: Cruising Along

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I am your musical tour guide AD Springer, tonight I want to paint a picture for you. So we are cruising along the neon-lit streets of The Electric Metropolis, when suddenly, the tour bus is awash in a wall of rain near-on freezing yet warmed up enough to splash onto the road. Then it hits us, even when the skies open up and the roads turn to ice, we can keep cruising along to the beats that keep us smiling, nodding, and thinking. What I am trying to say is, please, do not stick your head out to drink the rainwater -it is very cold; do not wave your hands amidst the rainfall -you will just get the seats wet; and finally, most importantly: do not forget to enjoy the ride and enjoy whatever you want to enjoy. Although we are cruising along in a synthetic and digital metropolis of song and sound: we can always find that connection between the blinking lights and crunchy sounds.

Tour Itinerary:

First Stop:

“Inaugurate Me” by The Trick off the album Inaugurate Me

Chiptune District:

“Mizu” by Theodore West off the album Re:Human
“A Sunday with a Korg M01” by Lazy Nerd 204 off the album M01 Redux
“Keyboard Demo Attack!” by PROTODOME off the album BLUESHIFT

Future Funk District:

“Bittersweet Love” by Ayaka 
“Tigerstyle” by Aloe Island Posse off the album Internet Discotheque
“Dreamer’s Street” by Cero Rio off the album Towards the Future

Synth District:

“Jaguar Future Party” by Jaguar Knight off the album Unknown Futures
“Chasing the Sunrise” by Archie off the album Archie
“Neon Tattoo” by Mirrorvoid off the album Neon Tattoo

Return of the Chiptune District (With a VGM twist):

“DX H34V3N [cTrix]” by Tuberz McGee off the compilation album The Great Australian Barbecue Bash vol.1
“Walls of Judgement” by Jeff Ball off the Tiny Barbarian DC: Sinister Tower Original Soundtrack
“Outside The White Shadows” by chibi-tech off the album Psycho Somatic Generation

Final Stop:

“A Neon Glow Lights the Way” by Garoad off the album VA-11 HALL-A – Second Round

Got any suggestions for future tours?

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

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Homemade Jams 2018-01-22

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Track Listing: Homemade Jams CHSR

1.) Adyn Townes – I Believe

2.) Ian Janes – Can’t Remember Never Loving You

3.) SHARE – Horse and Rider

4.) Jane Blanchard – Enemy

5.) Jane Blanchard – Island

6.) Anne Janelle – Knocking At My Door

7.) Josh Bravener – Without You

8.) The Olympic Symphonium – Glory Of Love

9.) Art of the Possible – Passerby

10.) Sleepy Driver – Lucia

11.) Paper Lion – My Friend (Octopus Project Remix)

Album Review: Born Ruffians – Uncle, Duke & The Chief

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Toronto’s Born Ruffians are back with their 5th studio album, Uncle, Duke, & The Chief; their first with the original trio since 2013’s Birthmarks, which was my first introduction to the band.

Creating a nostalgic rock sound soaked in reverb, the beginning track Forget Me was inspired by the passing of David Bowie, making the idea of death not a fearful one. Singer/writer Luke Lalonde is quoted as saying “We’re all doing this together, we’re all on the same path. Just some of us are ahead of others.” Even though this song is about mortality, I think it can also be applied to life and how sometimes we’re not meant to be on the same path as our partners and sometimes you have to take a different journey and let them go on without you. Maybe you’ll meet up again down the road. Maybe not. This idea fits in with the theme of the record which could be described perhaps as turbulent times. Forget Me, along with Love Too Soon, are the first tracks released off the album and are accompanied by music videos directed by Leah Fay Goldstein and Peter Dreimanis of July Talk.

The bitter lyrics of Love Too Soon are masked by the smooth sounds of dreamy guitar, a simple bass line, and organ in the background. It’s the subtle whistling between verses that really sets this track apart from what could be considered just another “indie rock” song, given the ingredients.

There are faster tempo tracks like the anthemic chorused Miss You and the punkier riffed Fade To Black. Side Tracked, Spread So Thin, and the album closer Working Together are the type of songs that will have you head swaying the whole time. Ring That Bell, along with Forget Me really nail the 60’s rock spirit, and basically this record is the first time I’ve been excited about a new record in a while.

Slightly straying from their previous albums’ (RUFF) sound, I think this time they made a record that they wanted to make instead of what the critics wanted to hear. They say it best in the lyrics of Tricky, “I’m so sick of that overrated, stuff that you think is sophisticated”.

Uncle, Duke, & The Chief is released February 16, 2018 via Paper Bag Records.

Python’s Paradise Ep. 126 – 2017-04-24: Dave Friedman Interview

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Dave Friedman discusses his work as a still photographer on films stemming from 1965 with The Sound of Music to others such as Grease, Running Man, The Wild Bunch, Enter the Dragon, and The Hunter, as well as his utter distain for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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Anything Goes 2018-01-20

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Track Listing: Anything Goes with Bondo – there is so much great new music out there

1.) Born Ruffians – Love Too Soon

2.) Born Ruffians – Forget Me

3.) Mother Mother – The Drugs

4.) Josh Sahunta – Circles

5.) Mimicking Birds – Sunlight Daze

6.) Dylarama – Chantal

7.) Adrian Underhill – Not Good Enough

8.) Omhouse – Aurock

9.) Mountain Eyes – The Wind

10.) Insecure Men – Teenage Toy

11.) Superorganism – Everybody Wants To Be Famous

12.) Dormitories – Play Doh

13.) Ian Janes – Can’t Remember Never Loving You

14.) A View Of The Earth From The Moon – Distance Runner

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RFYL Episode – UseYourWordsEP03

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We continue to hit the ground running this week on RFYL! Join us … or, rather, join me as we continue to throw (jam) the best tunes I can find down your earholes! Need to find the best sound for the perfect someone? Well, clearly you both need a little bit of what RFYL will get you!

Did none of that make sense? That’s ok! I clearly have lost my mind. But I didn’t lose my playlist – it’s pretty solid, even for me!

Check it out here:

Playlist:
Gun In My Hand – Dorothy
Pretty Great Machine – Napalmpom
Get Crazy M’Lady – HighKicks
Guilty One – Rockyard
Back Home In Bristol – The Dreadnoughts
Tomorrow May Never Come – The Creepshow
One In A Million / Beast In The East – The Standstills
Drive ‘Til Morning – A Brilliant Lie
Fools Gold – Arcane Saints
Quicksand Castle – Dirty Ghosts
The Fool – Ruby the Hatchet
Manic Depression – The Dyadics
The Great Escape – Magick Touch

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The Lunchbox Interview: Matt Maclean (Improv & Gaming for Mental Health)

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Perhaps one of the greatest things to learn from improv is that we’re all just making it up as we go along anyway.

My guest today is Matt Maclean, UNB’s Mental Health Strategist. He returns to give an update on the ongoing programs he’s implemented to help support students with their mental health well-being, including the peer support centre and board game nights. We also talk about two newer initiatives: the use of roleplaying games (specifically D&D) in helping people confront and overcome issues they have in real life, and the use of improv to improve reactions to social anxiety.

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The Lunchbox Interview: Josh Green (Provincial Archives; Fredericton Historic Photos)

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Photographs are an amazing tool to understanding the past — even when they remain mostly mysterious.

My guest today is Josh Green, Photo Archivist at the New Brunswick Provincial Archives. He’s holding a talk on January 18 at the Archives (sponsored by the York-Sunbury Historical Society) to talk about historical photographs of Fredericton, dating from Confederation all the the way to the turn of the 20th century. He discusses the large collection at the archives, the process of authenticating and understanding the photographs, and some of the fascinating pictures he’ll be presenting.

Join Josh Green at the Provincial Archives (Dineen Drive, UNB) on January 18 at 7:30pm.

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Homemade Jams 2018-01-16 w/ The Lifers

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Track Listing: 

1.) The Lifers – Front Door

2.) Våras – A New World

3.) Wangled Teb – Driftwood

4.) Liam Corcoran – About Time

5.) Christine Campbell – Nobody Cares

6.) Christine Campbell – Can’t Stop The Clock

7.) The Tortoise The Hare & The Millionaire – Hey Baby

8.) Alert The Medic – Music In The Background

9.) FM Berlin – Yer Honour

10.) FM Berlin – TV

11.) DenMother – Cats

12.) Town House – Hiding

13.) Redwood Fields – Foundations

 

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Fuzztone Mania Final Episode

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 Hello Once again It”s been one heck of a week for me but With all the stuff going on in my life I was able to take out the time and get The Final Episode done.I would like to thank you all that listen to my Show It was fun doing it but my hearts no in it any more .  here is the list of the bands I played that night . Take care all it was a pleasure .

 

Play List for 01/12/18
1. Rainbow- Street of dreams
2. Alcatrazz -Jet to jet
3. April wine -21st century schizoide man (can)
4. Blue oyster cult – Godzilla 
5. Black Sabbath – 6. Fist – Rock n roll suicide (can)
7. Budgie – Crash course in Brain surgery
8. Ac/Dc -War machine
9. Douccett – Mama let them play (can)
10. Ram jam – Gone wild
12. Dio – Don’t talk to strangers
13. Helix – Bang of a Brick wall (can)
14. Led zipplin – Stairway to heaven
15. Black Sabbath – Am I going insaine
16. Killer Dewarfs – Are you ready (can)
17.Doors – Littel rad roster
18. Saxion – Dallas 1 pm
19. Krokus – Longstick Goes boom
20. Pink floyd – One of these days
21. Iron maiden -Fear of the dark
22. April Wine – Right down to it (can)
23. Disturbed – Imortialized
24. Megadeath – Sweating buillets
25 Korn – Black is the soul

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The Lunchbox Interview: Sylvia D. Hamilton (Excavation: Memory Work)

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Too often, history seems to be presented in terms of dates, places and facts, rather than in terms of people and culture.

My guest today is Sylvia D. Hamilton, a filmmaker, poet and writer whose work highlights, exposes and solidifies the history of African people in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and elsewhere. Her exhibit, Excavation: Memory Work, is currently on displays at the UNB Art Centre, featuring elements discovered among the archives and artifacts of Kings Landing.

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The Lunchbox Interview: Mike Southwell (Marijuana for Trauma)

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From a treatment for those in the intensity of battle to something that can be applied in situations of mundane but still intense pain, the world’s attitude is changing toward marijuana.

My guest today is Mike Southwell, President of the locally-grown company Marijuana for Trauma. The company has experienced great expansion across the country in its support not only of veterans in need of post-service recovery but in treating people with chronic pain and other illnesses. As attitudes and legalities surrounding marijuana start to dramatically change, Mike joined me to talk about where MFT came from, his own experience with recovery, and his hopes and plans for the future of the company.

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TEM Ep.16: Future Sins ft. Interview w/ Rozen

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Tour Itinerary:

First Stop:

“kandYbabY” by bleeds off the album METROPOLIS
“Myztik Emporium” by Bardic Beatz  off the Beautiful Minds EP

Future Funk District:

“Ayaka x Maid Cafe – City Lights” by Maid Cafe
“Hook Theory” by N O R I A off the Album Single Series Vol.2

Synth District:

“Ladyworld” by TWRP off the Ladyworld Album
“Delta City Blues” by ZAYAZ off the album The Singles

C-64 District:

“Futurism” by ComputeHer off the BLIPTASTIC! album
“FutureShock Remake” by Max Hall off the Summer of SID album

Interview with Rozen:

Rozen is the composer/arranger of the orchestral remix album Sins of Hyrule, an exploration of the Mythology of the Legend of Zelda through music.

He is a G.A.N.G. Award-winning arranger and composer whose orchestrations and arrangements have commissioned by the L’Orchestre de Jeux Video, the Angel City Chorale, the Game Music Ensemble, and the Folklore Guild.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See more information about the Sins of Hyrule Album or look into Rozen himself.

Final Stop:

“Breath of the Wild” by Rozen off the album Sins of Hyrule

Got any suggestions for future tours?

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

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