October 31 - The Darkened Dancefloor

Songs played (* Cancon):

• R10t* - Death Pony Express
• Gang Signs* - Stay Awake
• OOFJ - You're Always Good
• FKA twigs - I'm Your Doll
• Hermitude feat. Chloe Kaul - Hazy Love
• Rufus du Sol - Like an Animal
• Bronswick* - Nuit Numéro Un
• Steph Copeland* - The Man in the Back
• Dan Friel - Rattler
• Heroshe* - Nightstep
• Akanak* - Catch

By now listeners should be able to tell I have a preference for darker electronically-oriented music so this feels like just another regular Jumbalaya for me.

I'm not particularly good at choosing music for special occasions such as Halloween or Radio Day, since I suck at picking up on lyrics to be able to tell what the songs are about. So I generally tend to settle on the 'mood' the music evokes.

Rufus du Sol is included in this episode with their bright house-influenced track 'Like an Animal' as part of promotion for their concert that's coming up on November 5! The Sydney, Australia-based electronic trio is currently writing and promoting their follow-up to the dancefloor-ready debut Atlas, an album entitled Bloom. They'll be at the Venue Nightclub on Thursday so make sure to check them out!

Another trio that has a show on the same day is Gang Signs. They'll be performing with Heroshe (included in the playlist, part of the Chapel Sound collective) and Mesa Luna at Fortune Sound Club. So many shows! I also heard the Zolas will also be performing in their wonderful hometown of Vancouver but the show is sold out.

Next week I hope to showcase some artists from one of my favourite local labels, so make sure to tune in to hear what I think is good here in Vancouver :)

October 24 - Kinda cinematic and slightly less electronic

Songs played (* Cancon):

• Vampire Weekend - Unbelievers
• Hudson Mohawke - Kettles
• Hudson Mohawke - Scud Books
• Chvrches - Never Ending Circles
• Son Lux - Now I Want
• Rob Teehan* - The Wolf
• Peter Paul Fraser* - Moonlight Cocktail
• Steph Copeland* - Nadia
• OOFJ - Wolves
• Metric* - Cascades
• Intervene* - You and I
• Intervene* - Lost

I know, I know, Vampire Weekend is huge but hey Ezra Koenig DOES look like Justin Trudeau...let's just hope the new Prime Minister of Canada makes us 'Believers' in the new government instead of what the Vampire Weekend song title suggests! :P

Hudson Mohawke then presents us with his orchestral-influenced tracks, 'Kettles' and 'Scud Books'. The latter retains some of his trap influences, while the former is a standard orchestral piece.

I really love Chvrches' newest album, Every Open Eye!! It's pop but very interestingly produced, simultaneously sounding 80s-esque and pretty modern at the same time. 'Never Ending Circles' is one of my favourite tracks from the album.
Son Lux follows with his avant-pop track 'Now I Want'. The minimal instrumentation on this track sets the mood for what is to come next...two fairly mellow classical-influenced tracks by Rob Teehan and Peter Paul Fraser.

I enjoy the occasional acoustically-oriented instrumentals. Sometimes I prefer listening to instrumentals - be it acoustic, electronic, or a combination of both - than vocally-oriented songs. Maybe it's because I tend to pick up on melody and rhythm often than the lyrical message?

I would like to thank Paul Fraser for sending us his CD! It must be really cool to be able to listen to his music on the radio as he's recorded it.

Steph Copeland and OOFJ, two other film composers, follow with some dark alternative electropop. The way I like a lot of my music ;) Metric's 'Cascades' follow in a similar vein.

Intervene finishes up the set with two ambient trap tracks, setting the mood for the ambient music show Ascension.

Next week...I'm hoping for some more dark stuff. It's Halloween!

October 17 - All the electropop, dark and bright

Songs played (* Cancon):

• Fine Mist* - Stop or Start (live @ CiTR)
• Humans* - All My (Live @ CJSW)
• Gang Signs* - Tonight
• River Tiber* - Lost
• Son Lux - You Don't Know Me
• Son Lux - This Time
• Isaac Vallentin* - Selena
• New Order feat. Elly Jackson - Tutti Frutti
• !!! - Freedom '15
• Chvrches - Leave a Trace

It's great to be back in the on-air studio at CJSF!

Started things off with two live community radio performances, one by (currently inactive) Vancouver electropop band Fine Mist fronted by Jay Arner (Energy Slime) at CiTR, another by Vancouverite Humans with a live set at Calgary's CJSW studio.

We follow the Humans track with a song from member Peter Ricq's other band, Gang Signs. Showcased here is 'Tonight', with a really interesting music video with two really cool actors who I got to meet at Gang Signs' album release party! I even got to meet the trio themselves...so starstruck! Following that is an even darker electronic track by River Tiber from Toronto.

Son Lux gets two songs played on air since I'm really enjoying their newest album Bones. It's very industrial-influenced avant-pop - such interesting sounds. Think a male version of current FKA twigs. :P

Isaac Vallentin follows next with a similar sound, really cool abstract-format track Selena.

We then move onto a dancier, brighter sound with some New Order, !!! (pronounced 'chk chk chk'), and Chvrches. I actually heard of !!! through my uncle back in 2009! He's also introduced me to multitrack recording back in 2006 through the use of a DAW which I don't think is that commonly used, Sony Acid. I was going to record my own material soon as I got my hands on a copy in 2009, but then my computer broke and my new laptop didn't support it...boo.

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