Greetings friends,
Last week I was lucky enough to catch a sold-out Leonard Cohen tribute where a whole crew of Montreal artists played renditions of their fave Cohen tracks. It was a pretty special experience, perhaps even more so given that the whole night was a fundraiser to buy a piano for local youth centre Dans La Rue. Many of our programmers, including Li’l Andy (above) and Katie Moore, participated in the event; what a great reminder of the talent we are lucky to have in the city – not to mention right here at CKUT.
xo
joni
:::WHAT’S UP AT CKUT:::
During the month April Jean Cousin, aka Joni Void, will be hosting The Montréal Sessions on CKUT every Tuesday from 3-5pm, leading up to the release of his forthcoming album Selfless on Constellation Records. For this special residency, Jean is presenting a series entitled Scapes: a “series of conceptual musical selection experiences.” We’ve been promised immersive mixes that aim to transcend genres and traditional radioplay, instead sounding more like a lucid dream broadcast. Intrigued? You should be.
:::CHARTS:::
ckut top 30 – april 4, 2017
1. tonstartssbandht – sorcerer – mexican summer
2. saltland – a common truth – constellation CC *
3. high plains – cinderland – kranky CC
4. philippe lauzier – a pond in my living room – sofa CC *
5. arto lindsay – cuidado madame – northern spy
6. joni void – selfless – constellation CC *
7. palberta – bye bye berta – wharf cat
8. avec le soleil sortant de sa bouche – pas pire pop (i love you so much) – constellation CC *
9. just got death – miella totomi – sono sordo CC *
10. ondatropica – baile bucanero – soundway
11. cop car bonfire – deep forest – self-released CC *
12. mi’ens – challenger – kingfisher bluez CC
13. austra – future politics – domino CC
14. dickey/maneri/shipp – vessel in orbit – aum fidelity
15. anjou – epithymia – kranky
16. sneaks – it’s a myth – merge
17. pick a piper – distance – tin angel records CC
18. mark dagley – collected works 1978 – 2016 – feeding tube
19. jayme stone – jayme stone’s folklife – borealis CC
20. second woman – s/w – spectrum spools
21. klaxon gueule – ceci n’est pas – sono sordo CC *
22. blessed – ep 2 – kingfisher bluez CC
23. nina riser – i hope all your dreams come true – feeding tube
24. the painters/carla sagan – supermoon lunar eclipse – egg paper factory CC *
25. lea betrucci – all that is solid melts into air – nna tapes
26. german army – diaspora of intolerance – dub ditch picnic
27. mid pines – IIVIXIXXX – circuit song recordings CC
28. holy motors – sleepryder – wharf cat
29. mozart’s sister – field of love – arbutus CC *
30. kreidler – european song – bureau b
ckut jazz – april 4, 2017
1. dickey/maneri/shipp – vessel in orbit – aum fidelity
2. harris eisenstadt – recent developments – songlines CC
3. miles okazaki – the trickster – pi recordings
4. isabelle duthoit/george graewe – parlance – nuscope
5. mostly other people do the killing – loafer’s hollow – hot cup
6. microscopic septet – been up so long… – cuneiform
7. fred hove chamber ensemble – polygon – self-released CC
8. trio3 (cyrille/workman/lake) – visiting texture – intakt
9. harris eisenstadt canada day quartet – on parade in parede – clean feed CC
10. craig taborn – daylight ghosts – ecm
ckut global – april 4, 2017
1. ondatropica – baile bucanero – soundway
2. orquesta el macabeo – la maldicion del timbal – peace & rhythm
3. ibibio sound machine – uyai – merge
4. the battle of santiago – la migra – made with pencil crayons CC
5. lido pimiento – la papessa – self-released CC
6. tinariwen – elwan – anti
7. daymé arocena – cubafonia – brownswood
8. janka nabay & the bubu gang – build music – luaka bop
9. hanitra – songs from madagascar: lasa – arc music
10. jungle fire – jambu – nacional
ckut rpm – april 4, 2017
1. v/a – be as happy as possible – phinery
2. strategy – the infinity file – geographic north
3. octo octa – where are we going? – honey soundsystem
4. sarah davachi – all my circles run – students of decay CC
5. sci fi sol – experimental drawingboard ep – detroit underground
6. skinnybones – SKB01 – self-released CC
7. racine – des milliers de fenêtres – archipel CC
8. nuel – hyperboreal – further records
9. citofono – EP1 – self-released CC
10. intangerines – killer parents – low noise productions CC
ckut beatbox – april 4, 2017
1. karriem riggins – head nod suite – stones throw
2. run the jewels – run the jewels 3 – self-released
3. thundercat – drunk – brainfeeder
4. holy rolling – astral travelling – sovereign music movement CC *
5. haviah mighty – flower city – self-released CC
6. denzel curry – imperial – loma vista
7. a7pha – s/t – anticon
8. chance the rapper – coloring book – self-released
9. p.o.s. – chill, dummy – rhymesayers
10. cold cut – only heaven ep – ahead of our time
CC indicates Canadian content
* indicates local content