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To honour Finland on its 100th Centennial this week, this show is primarily Finnish. We'll span multiple genres and include songs from recent films like The Other Side of Hope and Tom of Finland. Oi maamme Suomi! YKSI Mieskuoro Huutajat: Her Suomi (10th Anniversary Concert, 1998) Bad Vugum KAKSI E.R. Roberts: Large Volume of Water Added to Rocks (Moods for Sauna: Volumes 1 & 2, 2017) self-released KOLME Ian William Craig: Everything and Tired (Meaning Turns to Whispers, 2016) Aguirre NELJÄ Burrow Owl: To Covet (Trigger Warning: A Queer Compilation, 2016) FMLR VIISI Nhaatik: The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife (Gassed [in progress], 2017) self-released KUSSI Fracture: Disintegrate (2017) self-released SEITSEMÄN Metz: Dig a Hole (Strange Peace, 2017) Sub Pop KAHDEKSAN Calypso King & The Soul Investigators: Mo'Calypso Strut (Soul Strike! 2001) Soul Fire YHDEKSÄN Julien Baker: Sour Breath (Turn Off the Lights, 2017) Matador KYMMENEN Whitehorse: Die Alone (Panther in the Dollhouse, 2017) Six Shooter YKTO Apollo: Tr

There have been several deaths in the music world recently, so we'll primarily focus on the Italian-Argentine composer Luis Bacalov (1933-2017) and his Oscar-winning score to the 1994 film il Postino. There will be other tributes, along with the usual mix of who's playing in town and new music. 1. The Beatles: Helter Skelter (The Beatles "White Album", 1968) Apple 2. Colin Stetson: Like Wolves in the Fold (All This I Do for Glory, 2017) 52hz 3. The Easybeats: Sorry (Volume 3, 1966) Parlophone/Albert 4. AC/DC: It's a Long Way to the Top [If You Wanna Rock'n'Roll] (High Voltage, 1976) Atco 5. AC/DC: Chase the Ace (Who Made Who, 1986) Atlantic 6. Frenzal Rhomb: Forever Malcolm Young (Forever Malcolm Young, 2006) Universal New Zealand 7. Tommy Keene: Call on Me (Showtunes II, 2016) self-released 8. Gil Trythall: Harper Valley PTA (Country Moog: Switched On Nashville, 1972) Athena 9. David Cassidy & the Partridge Family: Echo Valley 2-6809 (Sound Magazine, 1971) Bell 10. Gord Downie: The Road (Introduce Yerself,

With Mogwai playing in Vancouver this week, we listen to some of the Scottish post-rock act's music, including selections from their score to the 2016 documentary Atomic. The guitars return after a few weeks of synths. 1. storc: One Woman, Two Eyes (storc, 2017) self-released 2. Trentemoller: November (Fixion, 2016) In My Room 3. Flying Lotus: Siren Song [w.Angel Deradoorian] (You're Dead! 2014) Warp 4. Gary Numan: And It All Began with You (Savage: Songs from a Broken World, 2017) BMG 5. Odonis Odonis: Tracer (No Pop, 2017) Felte 6. Cold Specks: New Moon (Fool's Paradise, 2017) Arts & Crafts 7. Petra Glynt: This Trip (This Trip, 2017) Vibe Over Method 8. Teen Daze: An Alpine Forest (Themes for a New Earth, 2017) Flora 9. The Lollipop Shoppe: You Must Be a Witch (Just Colour, 1968) Uni 10. Dead Moon: Unknown Passage (Defiance, 1990) Tombstone 11. The Braen's Machine: Fall Out (Underground, 1971) Liuto 12. Walrus: Feels (Goodbye Something, 2016) Madic 13. The Rural Alberta Advantage: Wild Grin (The Wild, 201

Part 2 of our Blade Runner profile, jumping ahead to 2049 with this year's sequel to the 1982 original. Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch provide the Vangelis-influenced score to Denis Villeneuve's film, replacing previously hired composer Johann Johannsson. 1. Yaeji: Drink I'm Sippin' On (EP2, 2017) Godmode 2. Audioglider: Moulin Bessou'ed (Subaquamarine, 2016) Section 3. Essaie Pas: Futur Parle (Futur Parle single, 2017) DFA 4. Kelly Lee Owens: Anxi [w.Jenny Hval] (Kelly Lee Owens, 2017) Smalltown Supersound 5. Arca: Urchin (Arca, 2017) XL 6. Antwood: Commodity Fetish Mode (Sponsored Content, 2017) Planet Mu 7. Concubine: Seif (Concubine, 2015) self-released 8. Pye Corner Audio: Greenpoint Hangover (Island of Ghosts EP, 2017) Analogical Force 9. Helena Hauff: Gift (Have You Been There Have You Seen It EP, 2017) Ninja Tune 10. Kaade: All the Air (Encounter with Power EP, 2017) self-released 11. Roedelius: Staunen im Fjord (War Machine OST, 2017) Lakeshore/Invada 12. N/K: Whatdoesmean (EP, 2016) self-released

A new life awaits you with part 1 of a Blade Runner profile series: going back to 1982 with Vangelis' outstanding score to the Ridley Scott adaptation. We'll touch upon the weird history of the soundtrack release and the bootlegs that arose. 1. John Williams: Ladd Company Fanfare (Blade Runner: EMS Recombination [definitive edition], 1982) Tyrell 2. Fever Ray: Falling (Plunge, 2017) Rabid 3. Herman Schwartz: Replicant's Suffering (Just Like Another Bad Film EP, 2006) International Deejay Gigolo 4. L CON: Form of Space (Moon Milk, 2016) The Wildlife Sanctuary 5. Piith: Song I Wrote About UUUU (Sweet Sweet Morning, 2016) HYPERPRON 6. Djedjotronic: Traffic (Drum Program, 2014) Boysnoize 7. VIRE: Dust It Off First (Surrender_EP, 2015) self-released 8. Maarten Bayliss: Both Ends Broken (People are Patterns, 2016) self-released 9. µ-Ziq: Smeester (XTLP, 2015) Planet Mu 10. Burial: Subtemple (Subtemple 10", 2017) Hyperdub 11. Valiska: A Pause (On Pause, 2017) Trouble in Utopia 12. Joseph Shabason: Long Swim (Aytche

It's Devil's Night, so as you prepare your candy dishes and repair your costumes from Hallowe'en proper, we have all forms of eerie music, including Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-winning score to the 1976 horror film The Omen. Be very afraid... 1. Fantômas: The Omen/Ave Satani (The Director's Cut, 2001) Ipecac 2. Audacity 2.0 & Photoshop 6.0: Erin Gee's MG_0036&0037-64bitfloat (Musicworks 126, 2011) Musicworks 3. Zaum: Omen (Oracles, 2014) I Hate Records/Superbob 4. Evil Madness: Demoni Paradiso (Demoni Paradiso, 2008) 12 Tónar 5. The Cure: A Forest (Seventeen Seconds, 1980) Fiction/Polydor 6. Siouxsie & the Banshees: Spellbound (Ju Ju, 1981) Polydor/PVC 7. Dreamreaper: Goosebumps Theme (2017) self-released 8. Faux Cults: Zombie (Caviar, 2015) self-released 9. Dancing in My Dreams: Neverland (Dancing in My Dreams, 2016) Strange Material 10. Blanck Mass: D7-D5 (Adult Swim Singles Program, 2016) Williams Street 11. Egyptrixx: Ax//S (A/B til Infinity, 2013) Night Slugs 12. Zoo Owl: Vantom (Hollow, 2014) self-released

Hallowe'en's horror month continues but in an arch way as we look at Kurt Weill's music and Bertolt Brecht's & Elisabeth Hauptmann's text for The Threepenny Opera. German cabaret and other sinister vibes right this way... 1. The Tragically Hip: Locked in the Trunk of a Car (Fully Completely, 1992) MCA 2. Do Make Say Think: War on Torpor (Stubborn Persistent Illusions, 2017) Constellation 3. The Tragically Hip: Fiddler's Green (Road Apples, 1991) MCA/Sire 4. Gord Downie: Here, Here and Here (Secret Path, 2016) Arts & Crafts 5. Koronis: Wave (Piano Day, 2016) self-released 6. Slowdive: Star Roving (Slowdive, 2017) Dead Oceans 7. Destroyer: In the Morning (ken, 2017) Merge/Dead Oceans 8. Profondo Rosso: Fluxus (Rouge Profond, 2017) self-released 9. Yelle: Un Jour Viendra (Completement Fou, 2014) Because Music 10. Depeche Mode: Behind the Wheel [remastered] (Music for the Masses, 1987) Sire 11. We Plus Plus: Death for a Selfie (2017) self-released 12. King Krule: Biscuit Town (The OOZ, 2017) True Panther 13. Jo

As Hallowe'en Horror Month continues, with the 40th anniversary of Dario Argento's Italian giallo film Suspiria, we'll listen to some cuts of Goblin's score that I haven't played before. Spooky synths mix in with all that prog action. 1. Easy Going: Fear (Fear, 1979) Banana/Unidisc 2. Mike Oldfield: Foreign Affair [Mater Suspiria Vision Mindfuck remix] (2010) self-released 3. Kelela: LMK (Take Me Apart, 2017) Warp 4. Galcher Lustwerk: What U Want Me to Do (Dark Bliss, 2017) White Material 5. Eric Copeland: Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo (Goofballs, 2017) DFA 6. Bernardino Femminielli: Boys' Trottoir (Plaisirs Americains, 2016) Mind/Bethlehem XXX 7. Bicep: Vespa (Bicep, 2017) Ninja Tune 8. Philippe Battikha: Time for New Hands (Invisible Backgrounds, 2015) Samizdat 9. Tiga: No Fantasy Required (No Fantasy Required, 2016) Counter 10. Drexciya: Aquabahn (Drexciya 4: The Unknown Aquazone, 1994) Submerge 11. Fulldeck Subhuman: Mimi (Distraction Motif, 2016) self-released 12. Newclear Waves: The Black Hand (Newclear Waves, 2

Happy Thanksgiving! As we wrap up our VIFF profiles, we dive into our regular October series on horror films. However, we'll start on the Broadway side with Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. 1. John Roberts, H Jon Benjamin & Bob's Burgers: Kill the Turkey (The Bob's Burgers Music Album, 2017) Sub Pop 2. A Tribe Called Red: Burn Your Village to the Ground (2014) self-released 3. Kronos Quartet: ...hold me, neighbour, in this storm... (Floodplain, 2009) Nonesuch 4. The Happiest Guys in the World: The International Holiday of Thanksgiving! (The Tarquin Records All Star Holiday Extravaganza, 1997) Tarquin 5. Gradie O'Neal & the Bella Tones: Turkey Neck Stretch (Turkey Neck Stretch 7", 1958) Bella 6. Vince Guaraldi: Thanksgiving Theme (The Lost Cues from the Charlie Brown TV Specials: Volume 1, 2007) D&D 7. Pulp: Turkey Mambo Momma (The Peel Sessions, 1981) Island 8. France Joli: Playboy [radio edit] (Come to Me, 1979) Prelude 9. Chet Faker: Love and Feeling [Slee

Normally for October, we switch over exclusively to horror-related music in the lead up towards Hallowe'en. Based on this weekend's current events, we'll postpone our usual macabre material and opt for continued VIFF synopses and then tributes to the recently deceased. 1. Brasstronaut: Hawk (Brasstronaut, 2017) Unfamiliar 2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Undoing a Luciferian Towers (Luciferian Towers, 2017) Constellation 3. Louise Burns: Storms (Young Mopes, 2017) Light Organ 4. 54-40: Oppenheimer Park (Odd Squad & Company - On the Beat: Volume II, 2009) Odd Squad 5. Skim Milk: Reunion (Ghost of Jazz, 2015) self-released 6. Actors: Post Traumatic Love [Humans remix] (Post Traumatic Love Remixes, 2012) self-released 7. Rococode: Panic Attack [Humans remix] (Panic Attack EP, 2015) Marquis Label Services 8. Alessandro Alessandroni & Giuliano Sorgini: Autumn Song (Panoramic Feelings, 1971) Canopo 9. DJ Shadow: Horror Show [w.Danny Brown] (The Mountain Has Fallen EP, 2017) Mass Appeal 10. Adamennon: Dalle Fauci al

gak's back from a whirlwind week in Europe, so he's got music tied to most of his time in Finland, along with one memorable night in Dublin where he finally saw Ennio Morricone conduct live. There's also music tied to Vancouver's upcoming New Forms Festival and tributes to Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017) & Jake LaMotta (1922-2017). The podcast server ran out of space the week this episode aired, so this episode is rather funky. I may rescue the actual Morricone profile in a future show. 1. Charles Bradley: Changes (Changes, 2016) Daptone/Dunham 2. Badbadnotgood: IV (IV, 2016) Innovative Leisure 3. Harri Kuusijärvi Koutus: I Was Driving 160 Mph from Turku in the Midnight When I Felt the Time Was Slowing Down (Music for a Family Picnic, 2017) Eclipse 4. Lasse Marhaug: Helsinki - Turku (Origami Republika & The 1,765 Allied Forces of Light: The Free 10 Year Anniversary Album, 2002) The Locus Of Assemblage 5. Aleksi Perälä: 124C70 133.75 (Simulation X, 2017) Clone Basement Series 6. Sinjin Hawke: Don't Lose Your

Along with profiles on Steely Dan's Walter Becker (1950-2017) and CAN's Holger Czukay (1938-2017), we listen to selections from Oneohtrix Point Never's score to the recent film Good Time. Also bear in mind what day it is and what happened 16 years ago hence. 1. I am the World Trade Center: September (Out of the Loop, 2001) Kindercore 2. Offworld: Primitive Streak (1, 2016) Constellation 3. A Tribe Called Red: Electric Intertribal [w.Smoke Trail Drum Group, Ojibway] (Nation II Nation, 2013) Pirates Blend 4. Vince Staples: '06 [extended version] (Adult Swim Singles Program, 2016) Williams Street 5. The Rockers: Computer (LP1, 2016) self-released 6. Charlotte Day Wilson: Work (CDW EP, 2016) Raise Your Hands/Arts & Crafts 7. Gang Signs: LA on Monday (Gang Signs, 2015) File Under: Music 8. You're Me: Applet W (Plant Cell Division, 2016) 1080p 9. Humans: All My (Noontide, 2015) Hybridity 10. Minimal Violence: Untitled Workout (Acid Lakes, 2017) Lobster Theremin 11. Ø [Phase]: Like a Light [Berlin demo] (Versions

Happy Labour Day! With a new school year set to start, we profile Hans Zimmer's score to Christopher Nolan's latest film Dunkirk and pay tribute to Glen Campbell (1936-2017). Onto the beaches: 1. LCD Soundsystem: Tonite (American Dream, 2017) DFA/Columbia 2. Sarah Neufeld: The Ridge (The Ridge, 2016) Constellation 3. Jay Arner: Back to School (Jay II, 2016) Mint 4. Adrian Teacher & The Subs: Victory Square (Terminal City, 2016) You've Changed 5. Dominic Muldowney: Victory Square (1984: The Music of Oceania OST, 1984) The Airstrip One Company 6. Palm Oil: The Envelope (Palm Oil, 2017) self-released 7. Needles//Pins: Untitled/You're Fine (Good Night Tomorrow, 2017) Mint/Dirt Cult 8. Glenn Mercer: Twenty Nine Palms (Incidental Hum, 2015) Bar/None 9. Thundercat: Friend Zone (Drunk, 2017) Brainfeeder 10. Cigarettes After Sex: Apocalypse (Cigarettes After Sex, 2017) Partisan 11. The Exotic Rhythms of Les Baxter and Chorus: Yellow Sun (African Blue, 1969) GNP Crescendo 12. Dead Soft: Never Forever (Dead Soft, 2014

gak's back from watching the solar eclipse in Tennessee, so he has a bit of country, leading towards the diverse soundtrack from Robert Altman's 1975 satire Nashville. Vancouver band Palm Oil take over for the first half hour with plenty of punk and hardcore to go along with stories of odd venues for shows and travel tips, leading up to their appearance at this year's Victory Square Block Party. 1. Bob Kulick, Eric Singer & David Glen Eisley: Sweet Victory (Spongebob Squarepants: The Yellow Album, 2005) Nick 2. Cavern of Anti-Matter: Hi-Hats Bring the Hiss (Void Beats/Invocation Trex, 2016) Duophonic 3. Sex Church: Drifter (Flowers, 2015) Limited Appeal 4. Shameover: Already Gone (Shameover demo, 2016) self-released 5. Shameover: Cougar (Shameover demo, 2016) self-released 6. No Goods: Stray (Buzzer 12", 2017) Kingfisher Bluez 7. Daphne: Baby Blue (Love Story of a Starfckr, 2017) self-released 8. Collagen: Horrendous Fucking Nightmare/Erasing Space (#1 Demo 15', 2015) self-released 9. Six Brew Bantha: Th

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. has had a playful effect on pop culture, so this summery episode takes on the themes from the original 1960s series, the 2015 film adaptation and other quirky songs tied to that spy agency. 1. The Orb: Little Fluffy Clouds (The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld, 1991) Big Life 2. Do Make Say Think: As Far as the Eye Can See (Stubborn Persistent Illusions, 2017) Constellation 3. Swans: Reeling the Liars In (My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky, 2010) Young God 4. Beck: Black Tambourine (Guero, 2005) Interscope 5. Keith Mansfield: City Limits (Impact, 1976) KPM 6. case/lang/viers: Blue Fires (case/lang/viers, 2016) Anti- 7. Sean Nicholas Savage: Inner Natural World (Magnificent Fist, 2016) Arbutus 8. Dead Ghosts: Tea Swamp Rumble (Can't Get No, 2013) Burger 9. Sylvan Esso: Die Young (What Now, 2017) Loma Vista 10. Mew: Start (No More Stories EP, 2009) Sony 11. Sianspheric: Childrenrunningthroughovergrowntallgrass (The Sound of the Colour of the Sun, 2001) Sonic Unyon 12. Va

Originally intended to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday but lined up nicely with both BC Day and the end to Pride Week in Vancouver, this episode goes into the weird fringes of a forgotten genre: Canadian disco! Montreal was a hotbed of disco in the late seventies and upon the global collapse, somehow the Canadian sound kept going. Amongst cheery & cheesy songs, we look at music from the 2011 film Funkytown which portrayed the Montreal disco scene. We also have a spaghetti western cover and an instructional piece on skating. Turn on the siren! 1. Suzy Q: Tonight [Rafael Cancian re-edit] (2014) self-released 2. Kébekélektrik: Mirage (Kébekélektrik, 1977) Les Disques Direction 3. France Joli: Come to Me [edit] (Come to Me 12", 1979) TGO/Prelude/Ariola 4. Vera: Take Me to the Bridge (Take Me to the Bridge, 1980) Rio 5. Freddie James: Everybody Get Up and Boogie [instrumental] (Get Up and Boogie, 1979) Unidisc/Warner Bros 6. Pierre Perpall: Oui C'est Dans la Danse (Danser, 1978) Solo 7. Patsy Gallant: Sugar Dad

Let's dip into the vinyl vault with the 2015 Record Store Day treat that is the synth soundtrack to 1980's Shogun Assassin, the weird mish-mash of the first two of the six Japanese films as part of the Lone Wolf and Cub story. 1. GZA: Liquid Swords (Liquid Swords, 1995) Geffen 2. Shogun: Gazing at Your Face Reflecting the Beauty of the Moon (The End, 2013) self-released 3. DJ Shadow: Systematic [w.Nas] (The Mountain Has Fallen EP, 2017) Reconstruction Problems/Mass Appeal 4. A$AP Ferg: Hungry Ham [w.Skrillex & Crystal Caines] (Always Strive and Propser, 2016) A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds/RCA 5. Spliff Jacksun: New Ancient Discoveries (An·ti·quar·i·an·ism, 2014) self-released 6. Kendrick Lamar: HUMBLE. (DAMN. 2017) Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope 7. Danger Mouse: Chase Me [w.Run The Jewels & Big Boi] (Baby Driver OST, 2017) 30th Century/Columbia 8. DJ Krush: Kemuri (Strictly Turntablized, 1994) Mo'Wax 9. dvsn: Don't Choose (2017) OVO Sound/Warner Bros 10. So Loki: Rebelution (2015) self-released 11. Smileswith

Atmospheres galore as we profile A Winged Victory for the Sullen, a project that features two talents big in the ambient world: Dustin O'Halloran and Adam Wiltzie (Stars of the Lids). Primary focus will be on their score to the 2016 French thriller In the Shadow of Iris, amongst other pieces. 1. Bruno Nicolai: The Bloody Iris (Perche Quelle Strane Gocce di Sangue Sul Corpo di Jennifer? Colonna Sonora Originale, 1972) Digitmovies 2. DJDS: Trees on Fire [w.Amber Mark & Marco McKinnis] (Trees on Fire single, 2017) Loma Vista/Concord 3. Autechre: feed1 (elseq 1–5, 2016) Warp 4. Ghostly Kisses: Garden (What You See EP, 2017) self-released 5. Yaeji: Passionfruit [Drake rework] (2017) self-released 6. Robert T: Cirrus 001 (Cirrus, 2015) self-released 7. Chances: Shine (Shine single, 2017) Outloud 8. Stefana Fratila: Dancing (Dancing single, 2017) Young Botanist 9. Pearson Sound: Glass Eye (Pearson Sound, 2015) Hessle Audio 10. You'll Never Get to Heaven: To Be Fair (Images, 2017) Yellow K 11. Joseph Shabason: Aytch

Admist some folky and hardcore vibes, this highly loopy episode looks at some of the scorework from American jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. The main focus will be on his soundtrack to the animated TV specials from the 1990s tied to Gary Larson's comic The Far Side. 1. Julian Nott: Wallace & Gromit (The Curse of the Were-Rabbit OST, 2005) Varèse Sarabande 2. Badbadnotgood: Sustain (III, 2014) Innovative Leisure/Pirates Blend 3. Bob Dylan: To Be Alone with You (Nashville Skyline, 1969) Columbia 4. José González: Open Book (Vestiges & Claws, 2015) Mute 5. Elvis Bossa Nova: An American Trilogy (Hi I'm Elvia Bossa Nova! 2009) self-released 6. Alex Cuba: Yo Sé Quién Soy (Lo Único Constante, 2017) Caracol/Fontana North 7. Martha Wainwright: Around the Bend (Goodnight City, 2016) Cadence 8. Andrea Bettger, Kathryn Oraas, Osmond Chiu & Anne-Marie Guedon: Waltz of Wing and Claw [The Raven Conspiracy, 2nd Movement] (Musicworks 126, 2016) Musicworks 9. Waxahatchee: Breathless (Ivy Tripp, 2015) Wichita 10. Angel Olsen: Int

With new material being teased by Nine Inch Nails, it's time to catch up on recent scorework by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: Patriots Day and Before the Flood. gak then also accounts for what DIDN'T happen last week. 0. Wayne & Shuster: Frontier Psychiatrist (The Radio Years: The Best of the Best, 2003) Scenario 1. She-Devils: Hey Boy (She-Devils, 2017) Secretly Canadian 2. Loscil: Drained Lake (Monument Builders, 2016) Kranky 3. The Avalanches: Since I Left You [Stereolab remix] (Since I Left You promo, 2001) Modular/XL/Elektra 4. The Avalanches: Livin' Underwater is Somethin' Wild (Wildflower, 2016) Modular/Astralwerks 5. Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier: Teen Tonic (Les Jerks Électroniques de la Messe pour le Temps Présent et Musiques Concrètes pour Maurice Béjart, 1967) Philips 6. Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier: Psyché Rock (Les Jerks Électroniques de la Messe pour le Temps Présent et Musiques Concrètes pour Maurice Béjart, 1967) Philips 7. Liars: Cred Woes (TFCF, 2017) Mute 8. Amon Tobin: Creature 3 (E