The Howe Sound System
Broadcasting from Bowen Island in the Howe Sound each week on 101.7FM CHLY, The Howe Sound System brings you the finest selection in electronic, experimental hiphop, ambient, dub and whatever else we dig up in our vast music archives.The Howe Sound System - May 12th, 2012
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The Howe Sound System - May 5th, 2012
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Beats and bass in effect this week. We start off right with the epic Uppsala from Lissi Dancefloor Disaster and then segue our way into the electronic folk domain with the likes of 2econd Class Citizen and The Amorphous Angrodynous. IDM gets its say with the lush and precise beats of edIT and a live recording of Telefon Tel Aviv. The bass gets heavy with a little Laswell until we really pick up the tempo and run the woofers through the subsonic side of things with (believe it or not) Skrillex followed by Pendulum's classic Tarantula. We close the show with the oh-so-sexy dirty bass of Modeselektor remixing Canada's own Ghislain Poirier.
Tracklist:
Lissi Dancefloor Disaster - Uppsala
Membran - Rendez-Vous In Space
2econd Class Citizen - Whishing Well (Wyred Remix)
Amorphous Androgynous - Given That We've Given
Adam Johnson - Baquelch
edIT - Dex
Telefon Tel Aviv - Live
M83 - I Guess I'm Floating
Loneliness And Revelry
Bill Laswell - Baron Samedi
Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley & Skrillex - Make It Bun Dem
Pendulum - Tarantula
Ghislain Poirier - Blazin' (Modeselector Remix)
The Howe Sound System - April 28th, 2012
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A strong start with a little brand new Santigold as we set course for solid beats all hour long. We bring it classic IDM style with Alphawezen and r.roo. Jonsi drops the beats but ups the emotion with voice and strings - a little post-rock action to end the first half hour. The journey continues with deep and heavy bass starting off all ambient techno-like with Spyra and Die Ashanti as we build our way towards the almost menacing, grinding bass of Horsepower Productions remixing Lee Perry. Afterwards TTC let's the squelching rip with Dans le Club and the mighty Modeselektor brings us to an emotionally charged ending with fat beats and the epic cascading synths of Let Your Love Grow.
Tracklist:
Santigold - God From The Machine
Geiom - Eitiel
Alphawezen - System 1
r.roo - Let Me Fly Away
Jonsi - Kolnidur
Spyra - Crossing The Channel
Zen Lemonade - Die Ashanti
Lee Scratch Perry - Exercises [Horsepower Productions Remix]
TTC - Dans le club (instrumental) - Para One
Modeselektor - let your love grow
The Howe Sound System - April 19th, 2012
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A real ride through genres this week on the show. We start all space and psychedelic with a little live Ozric Tentacles before dropping some bass heavy tunes starting with Pretty Lights' heavy and incredibly wicked dubstep track "I Know The Truth". More chest rattling ensues with goodies from Santogold and edIT. From there we go into some hiphoppy breaks styles Pilote and the mighty 2econd Class Citizen (with a new album coming soon that's sure not to be slept on) as well as Yppah and a Beatles remix that puts Jay-Z to shame. The hour ends with some driving minimal techno from M.A.N.D.Y and Brinkmann dropping funk and 303 on our asses.
Tracklist:
Ozric Tentacles - Live Throbbe
Pretty Lights - I Know The Truth
Santogold - Creator (vs. Switch and Freq Nasty)
Santogold - Anne (Switch Mix)
edIT - If You Crump Stand Up
Pilote - Microphones
2econd Class Citizen - The Way I Feel
Yppah - Blue Schwinn
Ill Chemist - Feel Alright
M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade - Body Language (Jona Remix)
Soul Center - Lopster
The Howe Sound System - April 12th, 2012
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DJ Shadow is one of the most influential DJs out there as well as the owner of the world's largest private record collection. This week we do an all Shadow show as we dig through his opus and remind us all of why he's such a killer talent. This isn't the usual collection of Shadow tracks so sit back and turn up the volume as we do the Shadow tour.
Tracklist:
Hiphop Psych Promo - D-Styles vs DJ Shadow
GDMFSOB (Unkle Uncensored) - DJ Shadow
Stay The Course - DJ Shadow
BASIC Mega-Mix - DJ Shadow
Stopper (DJ Shadow Remix) - Cutty Ranks
Brainfreeze - DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist
Dark Days (Main Theme) - DJ Shadow
Product Placement - DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist
Live In Los Angeles 10/31/09 - DJ Shadow
Six Days (Remix) - DJ Shadow
Right Thing (Z-Trip's Get The Party Off Mix, Pts. 2 & 3) - DJ Shadow
The Howe Sound System - April 5th, 2012
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We dig into our underground hiphop crates to pull out some nice selections of rich beats, vinyl techniques and rhymes this week. We kick it off with Birdy Nam Nam, the 2002 DMC World Champion turntablist quartet and their deep Abbesses composition. Doomtree drops some rhymes and picks up the energy with Z-Trip rockin' the party and taking us into the zone. More rhymes from Grieves and Atmosphere drops some sick production until we drop back a decade or so with Ming & FS doing their hiphop meets dnb thing. Some quality Canadian hiphop in there with Sixtoo and Canadian DMC champ DJ Brace showing us that hiphop is alive and well north of 49. The silky voice of Dessa brings us down followed by the for-some-reason-unknown sample guru DJ Frane with his cutup scratchin and funked out piano groove of A Story I Heard.
Tracklist:
Abbesses - Birdy Nam Nam
Bangarang - Doomtree
Listen To The DJ (Feat. Soup Of Jurassic 5) - DJ Z-Trip
Fly Away - Grieves
02- Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man, Pt. 2 - Sixtoo
Shotgun - Atmosphere
NH TWENTY FOUR - DJ Brace
Cut The Midrange, Drop The Bass - Cylob
Madhattan Bound - DJ Ming & FS
Burn It Down - Sims
Bangin, Slamin Jam - DJ Premier
Dixon's Girl - Dessa
A Story I Heard - DJ Frane
The Howe Sound System - March 29th, 2012
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A rowdy set this week full of hard hiphop beats and big glitchey remixes. We kick it all off with A.Skillz giving us his hippo hop wobble funk remix of California Soul - big tune for when the sun comes out. We dive in to the hiphop styles with some Kreidler, Shadow and AWOL One before dropping down a bit with Cujo and Krush. We pick things up and get rough and ready with Die Antwoord and Peaches, plus a little Kid 606 taking us back to the 90s with his NWA remix that set the world on fire with his 'new' sound back in the day. Aphex glitches out with his classic and Marilyn Manson drops some noise over Depeche Mode (who seem always ripe for a remix).
Tracklist:
A.Skillz - California soul (A.Skillz Remix)
Kreidler - L'Autre Main
DJ Shadow - War Is Hell
Doomtree - Little Mercy
cLOUDDEAD - Bike (2)
Cujo - The Sighting
DJ Krush - Univearth (feat. tetsuro naito)
AWOL One & Nathaniel Motte - Did Not Could Not
Die Antwoord - Fok Julle Naaiers
Peaches - Hit It Hard
Kid 606 - Straight Outta Compton
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus (LP Version)
The Howe Sound System - March 22nd, 2012
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All over the map this week as we feel the vibe looking out over the Howe Sound as the sun sets and the wax spins. NK sets the mood with a killer heavy vibe and then we get all 90s techno with HIA before a massive Eno remix gets us all carried away wondering how someone ever thought of dropping beats over Eno. Spacetime drops the bouncy electronica as Terence takes a break and then we chill right out with Deaf Center followed up with Makyo gettin' all eastern droney. Label mates Bonobo and Tobin finish it off right.
Tracklist:
Sunlight -NK
Speedlearn (Empathy Mix) - Higher Intelligence Agency
An Ending (An Ascent) (Leama And Moor Remix) - Brian Eno
Transient Generator - Spacetime Continuum & Terence McKenna
Limn - Deaf Center
Pura (the 'Goagajah' edit) - Makyo
The Plug (Quantic Mix) - Bonobo
Hey Blondie - Amon Tobin
The Howe Sound System - Mar 13th, 2012
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It all starts with some nice esoteric IDM courtesy of French outfit Saycet. The vibe continues in the euro IDM vein skittering and pulsing along Emancipator and Mnemonic until we get to the more solid beats of Slouch. Spliffs begin to blaze as we settle into blunted beats and sleepy hiphop courtesy of some old school Nightmares On Wax and Montreal's own mega-talent Killa-Jewel, from her debut release. A detour through Philip Glass and then DJ Shadow drops one of his most powerful ambient tunes leading us into the jazz-inflected, slow motion vocals of Jimmy Scott singing an ode to Agent Cooper.
Tracklist:
Saycet: 15
Cheju: Traces
Emancipator: Eve
The Last Gambit: A Tattoo From Amsterdam
Mnemonic: Lichtblick
Slouch: Love On Main Street
Passion - Nightmares On Wax
Sorrow - Killa-Jewel
Koyaanisqatsi - Philip Glass
Day's End - DJ Krush
Triplicate Something Happened - DJ Shadow
Sycamore Trees - Angelo Badalamenti
The Howe Sound System - March 6th, 2012
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This week starts with a great track from Little People, travels to Norway for some Xploding Plastix. The French hip hop collective of Chinese Man features the use of a sample from Washboard Rhythm Kings' recording of Hummin' To Myself. We get into some underground hip hop from the Pacific Northwest with Blue Scholars, down to LA with some AWOL One, and out east with Aesop Rock. We glitch it up a bit with Berlins' Christian Kleine, into some Ms. John Soda and Paris' Saycet. The show closes by taking it down a notch with Deaf Center, some Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet, and the solid songwriting and soprano voice of Joel Thibodeau's Death Vessel.
Tracklist:
Little People: Mezzo
Xploding Plastix: Errata
Chinese Man: I've Got That Tune
Blue Scholars: Cinematropolis
AWOL One & Daddy Kev: Rhythm
Aesop Rock: No Regrets
Christian Kleine: H.Y
Ms. John Soda: Hiding/Fading
Saycet: Chromatic Bird
Deaf Center: White Lake
Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet: Summer Overture
Death Vessel: White Mole
The Howe Sound System - Feb 28th, 2012
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"Every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot." -Carl Sagan
Minimal electronic grooves, digital thunder, soft piano and heady thoughts this week on The Howe Sound System.
Tracklist:
Robert Henke - Layer 001
Laura Palmer - Evolve
Pub - Summer (They Can't See Us In The Dark) Delay Configuration 1
If The Else - Missing My Bong
The Flashbulb - La Tristesse Durera Toujours
The Flashbulb - Suspended In A Sunbeam
Robert Henke - Studies For Thunder
Jochem Paap - Dtnd-Jn
Plastikman - Passage (Out)
Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No.1
The Howe Sound System - Feb 21st, 2012
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Only listen to this week's show if you are ready to close your eyes and melt away to the lush rhapsody of eastern rhythms, electronics and sounds so delicate you think they're going to crack just listening to them. Soft and slow with a gentle bit of sax work over top a droning synth is how we start the show... a pace we continue all the way to the end. We gain a bit of momentum as Vat Von Trapp's voice sail over top of hand drums and drones. Juno Reactor's Song For Ancestors is the perfect accompaniment with it's deep electronics and Lisa Gerard-esque singing. Krishnamurti and Harold Budd take us deep into a introspective journey of our relationship to all of human history. Murcof sends us out to the far reaches of the galaxy and Solar Quest brings us back as we ponder the mysteries of love and the universe.
Tracklist:
Another Green World - Stream of Consciousness
Children of Dub - Spook
Vat Von Trapp - Stars of Babylon In Her Eyes
Gustavo Santaolalla - Hiding It
Juno Reactor - Song for Ancestors
Harold Budd - Balthus Bemused By Color
Adham Shaikh - Resolution
Animals on Wheels - Soluble Ducks
Kruder & Dorfmeister - Boogie Woogie
Murcof - Constelacion
Solar Quest - Singtree
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The Howe Sound System - Feb 14th, 2012
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Welcome class. We open this week with the voice of Dunya Yunis who we heard last week sampled by Brian Eno and David Byrne. The first of the show follows the use of this sample through the likes of the Orb and M|A|R|R|S before we dive right in to Coldcut's remix of "Paid In Full" which ends up being a minimix with Derek B's remix thrown in along with a touch of Lynyrd Skynyrd. The mighty Lord Fader (aka Q-Bert) ends the first half of the show with his monster cut up of Beats & Pieces. Electronics in a different direction for the second half as we stop by Canadian favs Austra before heading off to Sweden for a couple of tracks by Palpitation and The Deer Tracks. Sigor Ros and Cat Power close the show.
Tracklist:
Dunya Yunis - Abu Zeluf
The Orb - Outlands (Live)
M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume (Minimix)
Coldcut - Not Paid Enough
Derek B - Paid In Full (Derek B Remix)
DJ Lord Fader - Beats and Pieces
Austra: Believe Me
The Deer Tracks: Bless The Waves
Palpitation: I Lost And Died
Sigur Ros: Untitled #4
Jonsi: Kolnidur
Cat Power: Maybe Not
The Howe Sound System - Feb 7th, 2012
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A real journey this week as we kick off with a couple of Lee "Scratch" Perry versions of Bob Marley tunes, followed by some Yabby You grooves. Classic reggae all the way. The vibe amps up with Brian Eno & David Byrne's "Regiment" - off one of the first albums to heavily use samples as lead vocals. Is there anything Eno didn't pioneer? The assault continues with African Head Charge leading the way. Part two sees us taking the vibe down several notches as we enter the heady atmosphere of synths and soft flutes via Schpongle's "Flute Fruit". An Oud Improvisation running through some heavy reverb floats us across the musical ether as we slowly build up a groove and bounce our way to the finish, ending the set with an onsite recording of an Islamic call to prayer.
Tracklist:
Lee Scratch Perry: I Am A Madman
Lee Scratch Perry: Pirates (Black Plastic)
Yabby You: Deliver Me From My Enemies
Vivian Jackson & The Prophets: Run Come Rally
Brian Eno & David Byrne: Regiment
African Head Charge: Dervish Chant
Schpongle: Flute Fruit
Naseer Shamma: Oud Improvisation
Mad Sheer Khan: Concrete Sunblock
Eat Static: Panspermia
Grant Wakefield: Call To Prayer
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The Howe Sound System - Jan 31st, 2012
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We start this week off with some Norwegian beats and kazoo fun from Xploding Plastix and then drop right in to some experimental hiphop with the likes of Anti-pop Consortium and Non-Prophets. Bonobo chills us out as we head into part two featuring remixes of classic dub tracks. Starting with some seriously heavy bass remixes of Lee “Scratch” Perry we are then treated to Z-Trip’s wicked remix of Dawn Penn back-to-back with DJ Spooky’s take on the same track. We close with Laswell re-working Bob Marley’s Exodus from his album of Bob Marley dub re-mixes Dreams of Freedom – a personal favourite.
Tracklist:
Xploding Plastix: Kissed By A Kisser
Antipop Consortium: Angular
Mad Rad: The Machine
Non-Prophets: That Ain’t Right
Bonobo: The Plug
Blue Sky Black Death: Sleeping Children Are Still Flying
Horsepower Productions: Exercises
Adrian Sherwood: Devil Dead Out
Z-Trip: Soundclash
DJ Spooky: No, no, no
Bill Laswell: Exodus
The Howe Sound System - Jan 24th, 2012
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This week’s show starts off with some nice bumping glitchiness thanks to Caribou and Beat & The Pulse. We then set course for a little hiphop flavoured funk thanks to our man Cut Chemist but not without passing through some Mogwai rock and touches of dubbiness. We then turn it right around and mellow out with ambience and glitch coming from Arovane as Khonnor keeps the groove rolling while we chill out and finish off with Donato Wharton softness.
Tracklist:
Negativland: Announcement
Caribou: The Barn
SCSI-9: Vega (Original Mix)
Austra: Beat And The Pulse
Mogwai: San Pedro
Trouble Andrew: Oh No
Santogold: Guns Of Brooklyn
Cut Chemist: Adidas To Addis
Deaf Center: Dial
Klyxn: Lichtreflex
Arovane: Thaem Nue
Diagram Of Suburban Chaos: P-fect
Khonnor: Cantelopps
Donato Wharton: Flutlichter
The Howe Sound System - Jan 17th, 2012
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Big, hard beats from Byetone and Modeselektor are dropped as we get this show underway. Modeselektor’s Kill Bill Vol.4 gives way to some old school rave style with a Fatboy Slim remix that somehow slips into techno producer supergroup the Hoxton Whores remixing Cream before we drop the bongo funk of Tim “Love” Lee. After the break we get into contemporary dub with Rhythm & Sound showing us the way and we finish off with the Moody Boyz (pre-KLF Jimmy Cauty no less!) getting real slow and heavy. This one’s tasty.
Tracklist:
Byetone – Plastic Star
Byetone – Opal
Modeselektor – Sucker Pin
Modeselektor – Kill Bill Vol. 4
Wildchild – Renegade Master (Fatboy Slim Old School Remix)
Hoxton Whores – Sunshine of My Love
Time “Love” Lee – Again Son
–break–
Kakatsi, Master Drummers from Ghana, Greg Hunter – unknown
Rhythm & Sound – King In My Empire
Rhythm & Sound – See Mi Yah
Pole – Green Is Not Green Yellow
Rhythm & Sound – Mango Drive
Moody Boyz – Free
The Howe Sound System - Jan 10th, 2012
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Squarepusher! We open with Squarepusher’s epic organ heavy, squelsh-laden Tundra4, one of his best compositions ever, and follow that up with the jungle madness of Venus No.17 with its choice and perpfectly peppered MC drops before laying down one of DJ Food’s finest mixes: Squarepusher slowed into Mike Ink from ’96. Then it’s nothing but chilling out with the likes of Murcof and a surprising entry by NiN before we nearly fall asleep with the lush sounds of Biosphere (and the giant from Twin Peaks). We end where we start with some Squarepusher drone action.
Tracklist:
Squarepusher – Tundra4
Squarepusher – Venus No.17 (Acid Mix)
Squarepusher – Problem Child
Mike Ink – Paroles
Murcof – Camino
Nine Inch Nails – Ghost I, track 2
Byetone – Heart
Biosphere – The Things I Tell You
Squarepusher – Last Ap Proach
The Howe Sound System - Nov. 20th, 2011
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Instrumental hiphop is the first course of this week’s show with DJ Shadow kicking it off with a solid intro cutup as he drops the Number Song while the classic bass line from Dark Lady bounces away underneath. Some nice beats by Modeselektor and DJ Krush follow as we begin slowing down and grooving to The Herbaliser, ending the mix with some early and very chilled Kruder & Dorfmeister. The second half of the show starts with some more hiphoppy beats before we drop into Aphex’s Alberto Balsam and we continue with solid electronic beats all the way to the end.
Tracklist:
DJ Shadow – Live in LA
DJ Food – Dark Lady
DJ Food – Dark Lady (Skint Mix)
Modeselektor – Hasir
DJ Krush – Kemuri (Untouchable Mix)
The Herbaliser – Another Mother
DJ DSL – Love Sick
Kruder & Dorfmeister – Shakatakadoodub
Emancipator – Soon It Will Be Cold Enough To Build Fires
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Fight To The Finish
Aphex Twin – Alberto Balsam
Makelmore – BBoy
Rex The Dog – Heartsong
Fever Ray – Now’s The Only Time I Know
DNN – When Angels Travel