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In the wake of the recent National Indigenous Day and leading towards the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation, it's high time to tune our ears to the music from our First Nations since they've been around this land for myriads of years. The Indigenous music scene has become very front-of-mind as of late, so we'll have modern selections plus some vintage cuts, all with powerful voices that aren't heard regularly in the mainstream. 1. Miss Christie Lee: Experience (2011) self-released 2. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani: Closed Circuit (FRKWYS Volume 13: Sunergy, 2016) RVNG INTL 3. Mobb Deep: Survival of the Fittest (The Infamous, 1995) Loud/RCA 4. Sunday Brunch: Midsummer Night (Midsummer 12", 1999) Svek 5. Children of Alice: Invocation of a Midsummer Reverie (Children of Alice, 2017) Warp 6. Diana: Born Again (Perpetual Surrender, 2013) Paper Bag/Jagjaguwar 7. !!!: Must Be the Moon (Myth Takes, 2007) Warp 8. Thievery Corporation: Saudade (Saudade, 2014) Eighteenth Street Lounge 9. Thievery Cor

In honour of our chum Adam West (1928-2017), we enter the 1960s world of Batman with music from Neal Hefti & a disguised Sun Ra. We also talk about the ever-delayed Berlin, also previewing some acts in this year's Vancouver International Jazz Festival and announce the winner of our Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds giveaway! 1. Neal Hefti: Batman Theme & Intro (Television's Greatest Hits of the '50s & '60s, 1986) TVT 2. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Anthrocene (Skeleton Tree, 2016) Bad Seed 3. The McGowan Family Band: What About Batman? (Ruckus, 2003) self-released 4. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Wide Lovely Eyes (Push the Sky Away, 2013) Bad Seed 5. The Bootleggers: Burnin' Hell [w.Nick Cave] (Lawless OST, 2012) Sony Classical 6. Corinthian: New History (Eurozone Ghost, 2016) Deep Sea Mining Syndicate 7. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: Life on Mars (Mars: Original Series OST, 2016) Milan 8. Seu Jorge: Life on Mars? (The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions, 2006) Hollywood 9. Antibalas: Out with the New, In with the True (Government

A tribute to Sir Roger Moore (1927-2017), the stylish British actor and humanitarian who most famously played James Bond through the 1970s and 1980s. Along with a sample of some of the music from his 007 Bond films, we'll listen to selections from 2 of his television series: The Saint and The Persuaders. 001 Gang Starr: B.Y.S. (Daily Operation, 1992) Chrysalis 002 Craig Aalders: el8dEra 3m (Musicworks 127, 2017) Musicworks 003 Washed Out: Get Lost (Get Lost single, 2017) Stones Throw/Arts & Crafts 004 Eli Muro: Untangling (Untangling single, 2017) 584159 005 Khotin: New Window (New Tab, 2017) self-released 006 Lydia Ainsworth: Ricochet (Darling of the Afterglow, 2017) Arbutus/Bella Union 007 Soft Serve: Pat's Pub Open Blues Jam (Trap Door EP, 2017) 593522 008 Soft Serve: Whisper in the Wind (Trap Door EP, 2017) 593522 009 Moonface & Siinai: Prairie Boy (My Best Human Face, 2016) Jagjaguwar 010 Timber Timbre: Grifting (Sincerely Future Pollution, 2017) City Slang 011 Timber Timbre: Skin Tone (Sincerely Futur

A long overdue memorial to two greats in the Finnish avantgarde music scene: Erkki Kurenniemi (1941-2017) ja Mika Vainio (1963-2017). Both relied on homemade electronics to come up with weird sounds. Vainio was one half of Pan (a) Sonic. We have two scores from Vainio ja Pan Sonic: Mannerlaatta and Atomin Paluu. We also touch upon the upcoming Music Waste festival in Vancouver: June 1-4. 1/ Björk: Headphones [Ø remix] (Telegram, 1997) One Little Indian 2/ Anthéne: Open Air (Permanence, 2016) Cathedral Transmissions 3/ Sarah Davachi: For Voice (All My Circles Run, 2017) Students Of Decay 4/ Sp3ct3rs: Hemiptera (We Lost Our Way, 2016) Dog Park 5/ Big Evil: Electrical Fire (Applebine, 2016) Postmodern 6/ Maneater: Waste (Demos, 2016) self-released 7/ Devours: Freddy Krueger Honeymoon Suite [2016 June 14] (Fishbowl Sessions: Live From CiTR/Discorder 2015/16, 2016) CITR 8/ Tommy Tone: Instrumental (Fax Me a Brain, 2015) Trashtronix 9/ Bing & Ruth: Starwood Choker (No Home of the Mind, 2017) 4AD 10/ Erkki Kurennie

For your Victoria Day episode, we get some rocks out as we tackle the recent news about Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell (1964-2017) with a profile on some of his music from the 1992 Cameron Crowe film Singles (plus Paul Westerberg's material). We also finally get a long overdue tribute to director Jonathan Demme (1944-2017) along with some of the acts visiting Vancouver this week. 1. LCD Soundsystem: Call the Police (Call the Police/American Dream single, 2017) DFA/Columbia 2. Concubine: Apocalypse Disco (Concubine, 2014) self-released 3. Q Lazzarus: Goodbye Horses (Goodbye Horses single, 1991) All Nations/Garvey 4. Talking Heads: This Must Be the Place [Naive Melody, live] (Stop Making Sense OST: Special New Edition, 1999) Sire/EMI 5. Joanna Brouk: Aurora (Hearing Music, 2016) Numero Group 6. Father John Misty: Pure Comedy (Pure Comedy, 2017) Sub Pop 7. Foxygen: On Lankershim (Hang, 2017) Jagjaguwar 8. Bonobo: Antenna (The North Borders, 2013) Ninja Tune 9. Girlpool: Emily (Before the World was Big, 2015)

With the return of David Lynch's seminal TV series next Sunday, we have so much music tied to Twin Peaks. Amidst covers, influences & news about associated events, profiles will include Angelo Badalamenti's score to the film prequel, 1992's Fire Walk with Me, and Johnny Jewel's possible co-score from his new solo album Windswept. The owls are not what they seem. 1. Too Many Zooz: Flightning (Brasshouse Volume 1: Survival of the Flyest EP, 2014) self-released 2. Sarah Davachi: For Strings (All My Circles Run, 2017) Students of Decay 3. Ginla: Apophenia (Ginla, 2017) Terrible 4. Etherlands: Violet Eye ([untitled], 2016) Cereal Bowl 5. Tornado Wallace: Desperate Pleasures (BIS: 001-020, 2016) Beats in Space 6. Electric Youth: Another Story (Innerworld: Deluxe Edition, 2014) Last Gang 7. Exit Someone: Johnny & Mary ([demo], 2016) self-released 8. Prom Queen: Stranger Peaks (2016) self-released 9. Caity Fisher: Life of the Party (Party Games, 2016) self-released 10. The New Creation: Eternity Ahead (Troubled, 197

Recent travels through Prague allowed me a chance to experience legendary Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi in concert, so in honour of that and Asian Heritage Month, we dive into Studio Ghibli with at least one major Hayao Miyazaki film: 2001's Spirited Away. 1. Flash Palace: Group (Ceiling All, 2014) self-released 2. Tanya Tagaq: Nacreous (Retribution, 2016) Six Shooter 3. Max Richter: Europe, After the Rain (Memoryhouse, 2003) Late Junction/Fatcat 4. Max Richter: The Twins/Prague (Memoryhouse, 2003) Late Junction/Fatcat 5. Brian Eno: Prague (The Shutov Assembly: Expanded, 2014) All Saints 6. Tomas Dvorak: The End/Prague Radio (Machinarium OST, 2009) Amanita Design 7. Hermetic: We Ought to Be in Pictures (Civilized City, 2012) self-released 8. U2: Exit (The Joshua Tree, 1987) Island 9. U2: Race Against Time (The Joshua Tree: Deluxe Edition, 2017) Island/Interscope/Universal 10. Joe Goddard: Home (Electric Lines, 2017) Greco-Roman/Domino 11. Young Galaxy: Stay for Real (2017) Plus1 12. Colin Stetson: In the Cl

gak's back, direct into your earholes, with a long-awaited profile on songwriter/game show producer/host/spy(?) Chuck Barris (1929-2017), subject of George Clooney's directoral debut, 2003's Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. We also have a special live guest in the first hour: Louise Burns! 1. Elmer Bernstein: Mayday (Airplane! OST: Limited Edition, 2009) La-La Land 2. Sébastien Tellier: Mayday (My God is Blue, 2012) Record Makers 3. Mi'ens: Dewey Decibel System (Challenger 10", 2016) Kingfisher Bluez 4. Lydia Ainsworth: Afterglow (Darling of the Afterglow, 2017) Bella Union/Arbutus 5. Future Islands: Beauty of the Road (The Far Field, 2017) 4AD 6. Mort Garson: Walk to Grange Hall (Didn't You Hear? OST, 1970) Custom Fidelity 7. Louise Burns: Who's the Madman (Live at CITR, 2017) CITR ** I MAY HAVE THE SONG ORDER WRONG. IRONY: I WROTE OUT THEIR SETLIST 8. Louise Burns: Downtown Lights (Live at CITR, 2017) CITR 9. Louise Burns: Pharaoh (Live at CITR, 2017) CITR 10. Louise Burns: Strange Weather (Live at CITR,

gak had a last minute business trip to Europe arise, so he's mixed and matched a few plans together and opted for a profile on British/German composer Max Richter and his eclectic mix of electroacoustic and neo-classical music, including some film score work. Happy belated Easter! 1. TOPS: Petals (Sugar at the Gate, 2017) Arbutus 2. Fatima Yamaha: What's a Girl to Do (A Girl Between Two Worlds 12", 2015) D1 3. Goldfrapp: Anymore (Silver Eye, 2017) Mute 4. Ramzi: Phobiza (Phobiza "Dia": Volume 1 [12"], 2016) Total Stasis 5. Giorgio Moroder: Chase [Theatre of Delays remix] (2012) self-released 6. Dirty Projectors: Keep Your Name (Dirty Projectors, 2017) Domino 7. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Sad Turtles (Double Happiness OST, 1996) Malofilm 8. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Burnt (Double Happiness OST, 1996) Malofilm 9. Franco Micalizzi: Running to the Airport (Violence: Colonna Sonora Originale Tratta Dal Film, 1977) Cometa Edizioni Musicali 10. Jon and Roy: Moonrise (By My Side, 2014) self-released 11.

Lining up almost nicely with the 37th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Apollo 13 mission, we listen to selections from James Horner's score to the 1995 film adaptation. Amongst its stars was actor Bill Paxton (1955-2017), who was also active in music. We also pay tribute to Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi (1930-2017) and one of his most important instruments, the TR-808. 1. Bruce Haack: Mara's Moon (The Electronic Album for Children, 1969) Dimension 5/King/Mississippi 2. Hashim: Al-Naafiysh/The Soul (Al-Naafiysh 12", 1983) Cutting 3. Cybotron: Clear (Enter, 1983) Fantasy 4. A Guy Called Gerald: Voodoo Ray [Original 12" mix] (Voodoo Ray 12", 1988) Rham!/Warlock 5. Charanjit Singh: Raga Bhairavi (Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat, 1983) His Master's Voice/Bombay Connection 6. DMX Krew: End of the Night (Nu Romantix, 1998) Rephlex 7. Addison Groove: Footcrab (Footcrab 12", 2010) Swamp 81 8. Walton: 808 Vybzin (Walton EP, 2011) Hyperdub 9. Junior Boys: C'mon Baby (Big Black Coat, 2016) City Slang 10. T

In light of recent news, we preempt previous plans and give a long tribute to composer Alessandro Alessandroni (1925-2017). We'll cover a lot of his scores for film & TV, along with collaborations with other legends of the Italian soundtrack industry. 1. The Mighty Bop: Thème 357 (La Yellow 357, 1996) Yellow Productions 2. New Fries: JZ III [Absolutely Free remix] (2017) XLR8R 3. Aldous Harding: Horizon (Party, 2017) 4AD/Flying Nun 4. Whitney: No Woman (Light Upon the Lake, 2016) Secretly Canadian 5. Bill Frisell: Brother (Nashville, 1997) Elektra/Nonesuch 6. Dengue Fever: Cardboard Castles (The Deepest Lake, 2015) Tuk Tuk 7. River Tiber: Green in Blue (Indigo, 2016) self-released 8. Lesley Barber: Manchester Minimalist Piano & Strings (Manchester by the Sea OST, 2016) Milan 9. Persons: Whole New Life (Persons, 2016) HAVN 10. Ramzi: Male Heya (Phobiza "Noite" Volume 2, 2017) Mood Hut 11. Mark Templeton & Kyle Armstrong: Side B [excerpt] (Extensions, 2014) Graphical 12. Mitski: Thursday Girl (Puberty 2, 2016)

Continuing with a recent political thread, I finally found a copy of David Shire's minimalist score to the 1976 political film All the President's Men, which follows the Watergate break-in to President Nixon's fall. Thoughts of spring are also shared in this prerecorded episode. 1. Tinariwen: Ténéré Tàqqàl (Elwan, 2017) Anti- 2. Cruel Boyz: Umeqo Emagqomini [dub mix] (Gqom Oh! The Sound of Durban: Volume 1, 2016) Gqom Oh! 3. Earth Boys: Spring Fling (Welcome 2 Earth 12", 2015) 1080p 4. Biosphere: Spring Fever (Touch 25, 2006) Touch 5. Edd Kalehoff: Spring Waltz (The Price is Right Music Library, 1976) Score Productions 6. Late Spring: It is My Bod (Invisible, 2016) Agony Klub 7. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Dewy Drops of Spring (Dim the Lights Chill the Ham, 2016) Yep Roc 8. Tom Waits: You Can Never Hold Back Spring (Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, 2006) Anti- 9. Cherushii: Spring Fever (Nobody's Fool EP, 2015) self-released 10. Children of Alice: The Harbinger of Spring (Children of Alice, 2017) W

With our present dystopia slowly unfolding, it's high time to look into the film adaptation of George Orwell's 1984, which features 2 scores - one by the Eurythmics and another by Dominic Muldowney. We also cover Chuck Berry (1926-2017) and cats. Fundrive 2017 continues on, though the phone are now silent, so please donate online: www.citr.ca/donate ONE. Dominic Muldowney: Was There Ever a Time (Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Music of Oceania, 1999) Airstrip One Company 2. Killing Joke: Eighties (Night Time, 1985) EG 3. Project Pablo & Wolfey: Jervis Pump Station (Jervis Pump Station EP, 2016) Church 4. Chuck Berry: Club Nitty Gritty (Club Nitty Gritty 7", 1966) Mercury 5. Chuck Berry: You Can Never Tell (St Louis to Liverpool, 1964) Chess 6. Mi'ens: Ja Baar (Challenger 10", 2016) Kingfisher Bluez 7. Japandroids: No Known Drink or Drug (Near to the Wild Heart of Life, 2017) Anti-/Arts & Crafts 8. Muddy Waters: Tom Cat (Electric Mud, 1968) Cadet Concept/Chess NINE. Pulsar Music Ltd: Cat Theme (Stroboscopica Volume

Fundrive 2017! Shape your media -- fund our project to train the next generation of broadcasters, journalists and other media specialists! Along with some jazzy Nino Rota covers, we share our current experiences with getting quality material into your eyes and ears. 1. Roberto Cacciapaglia: Media (The Ann Steel Album, 2011) Half Machine 2. Orbital: Planet of the Shapes (Orbital 2 aka "The Brown Album", 1993) FFRR 3. Adrian Teacher & the Subs: Cash for Gold (Flowers in My Eyes, 2016) City Beautiful 4. The Beatles: Baby You're a Rich Man (Magical Mystery Tour, 1967) Parlophone/Capitol 5. Jeremy Leahy & Jon Tye: Love on a Train (Electro Magnetic, 2009?) Universal GmbH/Lo Editions/Bruton 6. Equalizers: Revenge (Revenge single, 2008) Pure Filth 7. Flying Lotus: Sangria Spin Cycles (The Do-Over: Volume 1 10", 2010) The Do-Over 8. Optical: To Shape the Future (Platinum Breakz II, 1997) FFRR/Metalheadz 9. Underpass: Boy Prince [XHM: 2016 February 01] (Fishbowl Sessions: Live from CiTR/Discorder, 2016) CITR 10. Faili

Award season is done for another year so it's back to semi-regular anticking as we get into some more Ennio Morricone. gak ages audibly during this episode; not sure how but Grandpa G forecasts the future whilst mourning the past and remaining scared of the present. 1. CITR: Ugly Week (S.U.B. Pop, 1962) CITR 2. Doomeastvan: Happy Birthday (Songs in the Key of Death, 2011) self-released 3. Junior Boys: Birthday [Manitoba remix] (High Come Down 12", 2004) Kin 4. Ulrich Schnauss: A Forgotten Birthday (A Long Way to Fall, 2013) Scripted Realities 5. Adrian Teacher & the Subs: When Did I Get Older? (Sorta Hafta EP, 2015) self-released 6. Whitehorse: You Get Older (Leave No Bridge Unburned, 2015) Six Shooter 7. Hans Zimmer: 1976 (Rush OST, 2013) Sony Classical/Watertower 8. Pizzicato Five: Happy Birthday (Mon Amour Tokyo, 1997) Readymade/Matador 9. Cibo Matto: Birthday Cake (Viva! La Woman, 1996) Warner Bros 10. Secret Pyramid: Silent March I (The Silent March, 2011) Nice Up International 11. James Brown: Funky D

The 89th Academy Awards definitely ended memorably, so as I sort out the envelopes given to me, we'll hear selections from winners Moonlight and La La Land along with Lesley Barber's choral-inspired score to Manchester by the Sea. 1. Boris Gardiner: Every N***** is a Star (Moonlight OST, 2016) Lakeshore 2. Justin Hurwitz: Epilogue (La La Land OST, 2016) Interscope 3. Justin Hurwitz: Herman's Habit (La La Land OST, 2016) Interscope 4. Ryan Gosling: City of Stars (La La Land OST, 2016) Interscope 5. Nicholas Britell: The Culmination (Moonlight OST, 2016) Lakeshore 6. Nicholas Britell: Chef's Special (Moonlight OST, 2016) Lakeshore 7. Nicholas Britell: Chiron's Theme (Moonlight OST, 2016) Lakeshore 8. Al Jarreau: Moonlighting Theme (Moonlighting 7", 1987) MCA 9. Indian Jewelry: Excessive Moonlight (Totaled, 2010) We Are Free 10. Wizaard: Sunshine/Moonlight (Starfish Buffet, 2016) self-released 11. The Cyrillic Typewriter: Broken (Custodian OST, 2013) JAZ 12. Alan Stanley Tew: The Big One (The People's Court

Fortuitiously timed for America's Presidents' Day, the final of our Oscar nominee profiles conclused with selections from Mica Levi's score to the biopic Jackie, along with a Sting & J Ralph duet from Jim: The James Foley Story. 1. Scott Garbe & Doug Tefler: 26 Seconds (The Kennedy Suite, 2013) Latent 2. The London Philharmonic Orchestra: Carl Orff's O Fortuna from Carmina Burana [w.the London Philharmonic Choir & the London Chorus, conductor: David Parry] (The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music, 2009) X5G 3. Djivan Gasparyan: I Will Not Be Sad in this World (I Will Not Be Sad in this World, 2009) Opal 4. Bat for Lashes: Never Forgive the Angels (The Bride, 2016) Parlophone 5. Agnes Obel: Familiar (Citizen of Glass, 2016) Play It Again Sam 6. Dalhous: Another Witnessed by Resolution (Run for the Shadows EP, 2016) Lapsus 7. The Rural Alberta Advantage: Beacon Hill (White Lights, 2017) Paper Bag 8. Wolf Parade: Automatic (EP 4, 2016) self-released 9. White Poppy: Heavy Hands (Dorval & Devereaux, 2014) Moon

Happy family day, at least here in British Columbia. This episode is stacked with material, ranging from 2 Oscar-nominated scores - Thomas Newman's Passengers then Dustin O'Halloran & Hauschka's Lion - 1 nominated song from Moana and a tribute to composer/producer David Axelrod (1933-2017). Let's cart ourselves along the indigo pathways... 1. David Axelrod: Loved Boy [w.Lou Rawls] (David Axelrod, 2001) Mo'Wax 2. Mi'ens: Terrorist Attraction (Experimentalsparklenoisepop, 2014) self-released 3. Gene Faith: Family Man (My Baby's Missing 7", 1970) Virtue 4. Thundercat: Show You the Way [w.Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins] (Drunk, 2017) Brainfeeder 5. Family: Family Affair (Family Affair 7", 1971) North Bay 6. Sarah Toussaint-Léveillé: L'écurie Humaine (La Mort est un Jardin Sauvage, 2016) Orage 7. Leonard Cohen: Winter Lady (Songs of Leonard Cohen, 1967) Columbia 8. Bing & Ruth: As Much as Possible (No Home of the Mind, 2017) 4AD 9. Future States: Sudo Su (Casual Listener, 2016) Golden Brown 10. Billy Bragg & Wi

Our annual Oscar profile continues, leading up to the 89th Academy Awards at the end of February 2017. As Black History Month kicks off, we look at Nicholas Britell's score to Barry Jenkins' Moonlight, nominated in 8 categories total. Amongst other soulful & weird sounds, gak talks about Utah and somehow getting back in time for air. 1. Utah Saints: Something Good (Utah Saints, 1992) FFRR/London 2. Corinthian: Lonely City (Eurozone Ghost, 2016) Deep Sea Mining Syndicate 3. Gusgus: David (Attention, 2002) Underwater 4. Little Sprout: Novice (Little Sprout, 2017) self-released 5. Roland Tings: Floating on a Salt Lake (Who U Love 12", 2014) Internasjonal 6. Run the Jewels: Call Ticketron (Run the Jewels 3, 2016) self-released 7. Shabazz Palaces: Forerunner Foray (Lese Majesty, 2014) Sub Pop 8. Nackt: Super Bowl XXVII (2016) self-released 9. Lady Wray: Smilin' (Queen Alone, 2016) Big Crown 10. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings: Tell Me (100 Days 100 Nights, 2007) Daptone 11. The Mighty Swells: A Shot in the Dark (Off

The countdown to the 89th Academy Awards starts, so to kick off our annual profile on nominated scores & songs, we focus on Justin Hurwitz's music from the musical La La Land. It's also the start to the year of the rooster and the CITR Shindig finalists are given their props before one of them wins the grand prize. Kung Hei Fat Choy! 1. Gorillaz: Dirty Harry [Schtung Chinese New Year remix] (D-Sides, 2007) Parlophone 2. Vibracathedral Orchestra: Wearing Clothes of Ash (Tuning to the Rooster, 2005) Important 3. Sonny & the Sunsets: Year of the Cock (Longtime Companion, 2012) Polyvinyl 4. Husker Du: Love is All Around (Makes No Sense at All single, 1984) SST 5. Christopher Young: Rockin' On Rooster (The Rum Diary OST, 2011) Lakeshore 6. Lalo Schifrin: Theme from Mannix (Mannix OST, 1968) Paramount 7. Can: Vitamin C (Ege Bamyasi, 1972) United Artists 8. JD Band: Roll Out the Roosters (The Rum Diary OST, 2011) Lakeshore 9. William Onyeabor: Good Name (Good Name, 1983) Wilfilms 10. Lido Pimienta: I Want You to D