September 26 2015 - Fresh playlist beats...also, Saturday's the day for technical difficulties

Songs played (* CanCon):

• Gang Signs* - SW
• Gang Signs* - LA on Monday
• Arthur Comeau* - Bâtir des Déserts
• Hudson Mohawke - Ryderz
• FKA twigs - Figure 8
• Son Lux - I am the Others
• Boha* - Aired Out
• Empress Of - How Do You Do It
• Health - Stonefist
• Joyfultalk* - Buschbabies

You remember last week when I said I played more non-playlist stuff than usual? Well, two of the three artists (Gang Signs and Empress Of) have now been added so I played them again this week. xD In fact, today all my tracks are from the CJSF playlist! Don't we have amazing music? ;)

We also got Arthur Comeau's newest, Prospare!! I always like my francophone artists, especially those that rap in chiac. ;)

I'm very impressed with the Chapel Sound Compilation, vol. 1. Chapel Sound is an artist collective based in Vancouver, and this compilation boasts some awesome electronic and hip-hop tracks. It's awesome to find out Vancouver's got plenty of talented artists/producers. :D

Also, what is it with everything glitching up on a Saturday? It's been like that ever since the campus-wide power outage. Who knows what will happen next time I go on air? aaaaahh

Next week I will be at the FM Party. Come party with us at the Astoria on October 3 and join the CJSF crew and enjoy some cool local live music!

Audio links!
http://cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_September_26_19_00.mp3
http://cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_September_26_19_30.mp3

September 19 2015 - More of your synthy Saturday picks

Songs played (* Canadian Content):

• Madeon - Home
• Hermitude - Midnight Terrain
• Gossamer - Print
• Holly Herndon - Chorus
• Landyn* - Psychosis
• The Librarian* - A Zeal
• Empress Of - Water Water
• FKA twigs - Glass & Patron
• k-os* - Spaceship
• Mesa Luna* - Drum Carpet
• Seoul* - The Line
• Gang Signs* - Tonight

Lots of instrumentals, and lots of great producers! This time I had a bit more non-playlist artists than usual, but that's OK...I think I'll pick all playlist stuff for next Saturday, especially now that I may have a new favourite indietronica-type artist from the CJSF playlist!

Madeon's concert was amazing!! I'll put a link to the show review when CJSF publishes it. :)

Audio links:
http://cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_September_19_19_00.mp3
http://cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_September_19_19_30.mp3

September 12 2015 - A somewhat dark electronic Jumbalaya

Songs played (* Canadian content):

• Snowday* - Patterns
• Ramzi* - Nuptial Bebites
• Fake Tears* - Uncanny Valley
• Hot Chip feat. Posdnuous - Love is the Future
• The Receiver - Transit
• Digits - The Fear
• OOFJ - I Forgive You
• Panda Bear - Crosswords (Pete Rock Remix)
• The Number Line feat. Piper Davis* - Fever Dream (Rusty Meeks Remix)
• Roisin Murphy - Evil Eyes
• Madeon - Imperium
• Hudson Mohawke - System

This episode's set goes darker in tone save for a few tracks. I guess what sets my show apart from others is my inclination towards dark alternative-leaning electropop/indietronica, going experimental at times. I'm thinking that's the direction my future music show will take. Only thing is...what should I call my show???

Apologies for calling 'public transit' a Canadian-only term...it's a North American term, so I believe the Receiver would have taken the term 'transit' to also mean public transportation. I'm not North American so I'm inclined to make that kind of mistake.
And clearly I'm not Irish either so...tell me if I pronounced Roisin Murphy's name wrong. :P

Also as an aside, I don't particularly communicate well in Japanese either. :P English is the way to go for me.

Snowday's got a new EP out! They've signed on to Hybridity Music, becoming labelmates with fellow awesome acts like Humans, Sabota, and Project Pablo. Through this label they'll release Evoke on September 18. They've gone a bit more experimental compared to their previous release As We Travel, with a wider sonic pallette...with that though I think this EP sounds even more interesting! 'Patterns' is my favourite song out of the EP, and the track I've showcased tonight.

Ramzi and Fake Tears, both performers at the Victory Square Block Party on Sunday September 6, follow in tonight's Jumbalaya set. Ramzi brings us an eerie experimental electronic track, while Fake Tears delivers some dark electropop.

After a brighter-sounding Hot Chip track we get darker while still staying in the electropop/indietronica theme with the Receiver, Digits, and OOFJ.

Panda Bear and the Number Line showcases some interesting remixes of their tracks afterwards...I like remixes better than vocal covers, but that's just me :P I'm mostly about overall production, so interesting remixes captivate my attention just a bit more than a 'well-delivered' cover.

Roisin Murphy then performs a longish but cool track, before I close it up with two instrumentals from two of my favourite producers, Madeon and Hudson Mohawke. I don't know if I can make it to Madeon's show, but I'd like to make it to HudMo's! ;)

Audio Links!
http://cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_September_12_19_00.mp3
http://cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_September_12_19_30.mp3

September 5 2015 - More electronic Jumbalaya plus technical difficulties

Songs played:

• Ratatat - Abrasive
• Sabota* - Hi & Lo
• MS MR - How Does It Feel
• Georgia - Nothing Solutions
• Ariane Moffatt* - Debout
• Keita Sano - Search
• Delerium feat. Rykka* - Aurora
• Metric* - Office Towers Escalate
• Madeon - Zephyr
• Squarepusher - Stor Eiglass
• Longwalkshortdock* - I'm Forgetful
• Longwalkshortdock* - Choked by Robots

The power is back at CJSF! It returned on Sunday evening. However, the computers were broken so I was unable to air the pre-recorded station IDs, promos, and public service announcements so I ended up doing a lot of talking. :P

In spite of the computer acting up, I managed to sneak in some of the MP3-only tracks off CJSF's playlist, having saved some of the music on my iPod. Aren't I a genius, mwa ha ha. :P

I continue with the electronic theme of my Jumbalaya/possible future show. I still draw from the pop-influenced eletronic pool, choosing tracks that are danceable, singable, or even both...with some quirky glitchy tracks towards the end from Squarepusher and Longwalkshortdock.

Ariane Moffatt I actually heard of a long time ago! Back when I was attending an international high school in Beijing, my French teacher from Quebec introduced us to this singer-songwriter. Her new album, 22h22, is very awesome francophone electropop so I recommend you check it out!

Audio links!

http://cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_September_05_19_00.mp3

http://cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_September_05_19_30.mp3