Hi folks,
We’re gearing up for back-to-school, Reggae Fest, and MUTEK — I swear, there never a dull moment in this city… I also got to catch excellent local sound-benders Urlapse the other night, highly recommended for those with brave ears! Tell me what you’re listening to these days?
xo
joni
:::WHAT’S UP AT CKUT:::
Throughout the month of August, we’re continuing to highlight performers from this year’s edition of MUTEK on our residency program The Montreal Sessions. Tune inevery Tuesday from 3-pm for a wide range of performers and curators from this true heavyweight of the electronic festival scene. Can’t catch the shows live? Find the full audio for stream or download here.
:::CHARTS:::
ckut top 30 – august 15, 2017
1. sound of the mountain – amplified clarinet & trumpet – mystery and wonder CC *
2. le fruit vert – paon perdu – three:four CC *
3. tiny vipers – laughter – ba da bing!
4. markus floats – first album – self-released CC *
5. yoo doo right – ep2 – second best records CC *
6. corridor – supermercado – michel records CC *
7. smileswithteeth – suddenly constantly – self-released CC *
8. foonyap – apropos – self-released CC
9. couleur dessin – s/t – fixture records CC *
10. tough age – guess not/unclean – mint records CC
11. urochromes – night bully ep – wharf cat
12. raveen – always – self-released CC *
13. do make say think – stubborn persistent illusions – constellation CC
14. dreamstate – drone day – e-space CC
15. chris speed trio – platinum on tap – intakt
16. japanese breakfast – soft sounds from another planet – dead oceans
17. alder & ash – psalms for the sunder – lost tribe sound CC *
18. naomi punk – yellow – captured tracks
19. wet hair – the floating world – wharf cat records
20. seabuckthorn – turns – lost tribe sounds
21. golden retriever – rotations – thrill jockey
22. tanzania albinism collective – white african power – six degrees
23. dasher – sodium – jagjaguwar
24. best fern – covers ep – self-released CC *
25. forest swords – compassion – ninja tune
26. xordox – neospection – editions mego
27. not you – misty – fundog CC
28. carsickness – 1979-1982 – get hip recordings
29. late spring – trembly fog – agony klub records CC
30. christof migone – greatest hits – squint fucker press CC
ckut jazz – august 15, 2017
1. chris speed trio – platinum on tap – intakt
2. william parker quartets – meditation / reflection – aum fidelity
3. tyshawn sorey – verisimilitude – pi
4. david s. ware trio – live in new york, 2010 – aum fidelity
5. steve coleman’s natal eclipse – morphogenisis – pi
6. satoko fujii/natsuki tamura – kisaragi – libra
7. craig pedersen quintet – approaching the absence of doing – mystery & wonder CC
8. nicole mitchell – mandorla awakening ii, emerging worlds – fpe
9. andy haas – taballah ii – resonant CC
10. quinisin nachoff’s ethereal trio – s/t – whirlwind CC
ckut global – august 15, 2017
1. tanzania albinism collective – white african power – six
degrees
2. ruben gonzalez – introducing… ruben gonzalez – world circuit
3. songhoy blues – resistance – fat possum
4. lord echo – harmonies – soundway
5. omar souleyman – to syria, with love – mad decent
6. v/a – even a tree can shed tears: japanese folk & rock 1969-1973 – light in the attic
7. meklit – when the people move the music moves too – six
degrees
8. v/a – pop makossa: the invasive dance beat of cameroon 1976-1984 – analog africa
9. juana molina – halo – crammed discs
10. fwonte – no wanga 2 – self-released CC *
ckut rpm – returns next week
ckut beatbox – august 15, 2017
1. shabazz palaces – quazarz: born on a gangster star // quazarz vs the jealous machines – sub pop
2. young braised – y – self-released CC
3. toussaint morrison – lesser restoration – urban home companion
4. illa j – home – jakarta
5. mr. brady – speechless – urbnet CC
6. vince staples – big fish theory – def jam
7. fredy v – it takes a village – self-released CC *
8. auxx – 23/09 – urbnet
9. big boi – boomiverse – epic
10. jidenna – the chief – epic
CC indicates Canadian content
* indicates local content