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Part 4 of our annual Oscar music profile for your April listening, focusing on Trent Reznor's & Atticus Ross' nominated score from Mank along with the nominated song from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. gak thinks like he's over his non-Covid cold but it sure doesn't sound like it. Roll sound, speed! 1. Dry Cleaning: Strong Feelings (New Long Leg, 2021) 4AD 2. Heiki: April Dub (Dub Town, 2021) Paper+Sound 3. White Ring: I Need a Way (Show Me Heaven, 2021) Rocket Girl 4. Special Interest: Don't Kiss Me in Public (The Passion of, 2020) Thrilling Living/Night School 5. India Jordan: Rave City (For You 12", 2020) Local Action 6. Jayda G: Both of Us [Jayda G Sunset Bliss mix] (Both of Us/Are U Down 12", 2020) Ninja Tune/JMG 7. Syngja: Monster Trucks (Lang Amma, 2016) self-released 8. The Hang Ten Gallon Hats: Chip Truck (Giddy Up Surfboard, 2021) Dive In 9. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson: Break Up (Theory of Ice, 2021) You've Changed 10. Willie Dunn: Charlie (Creation Never Sleeps, Crea

Part 3 of our annual Oscar music profile for your April listening, focusing on James Newton Howard's nominated score from News of the World along with the nominated song from The Trial of the Chicago 7. We also pay tribute to synthesizer pioneer Malcolm Cecil, musician/cartoonist Gary Leib and welcome a weird baseball season. 1. World News: Descenending (Descenending single, 2021) Safe Sounds 2. Tonto's Expanding Head Band: Bittersweet (Tonto Rides Again, 1996) Viceroy Vintage 3. Tonto's Expanding Head Band: Cybernaut (Zero Time, 1971) Embryo 4. Rubber Rodeo: She Had to Go (Rubber Rodeo EP, 1982) Eat 5. SUSS: Mojave (High Line, 2019) Northern Spy 6. Smoke: Hank Aaron (Heaven on a Popsicle Stick, 1994) Long Play 7. Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Baseball Canto (Live at the Poetry Centre, 2003) The Poetry Centre of Chicago 8. Nick Schofield: Ambient Architect (Glass Gallery, 2021) Backward 9. Styrofoam Winos: Roygbiv (Styrofoam Winos, 2021) Sophomore Lounge 10. Le Couleur: Comme une Fin du Monde (Concorde,

Part two of our annual Oscar music profile is here, focusing on Terence Blanchard's nominated score from Spike Lee's latest film Da 5 Bloods along with the nominated song from One Night in Miami... We also pay tribute to jazz bassist Paul Jackson, French producer Jean Pierre Masseira & the recent shooting in Boulder, Colorado. 1. The Headhunters: God Made Me Funky [w.The Pointer Sisters] (Survival of the Fittest, 1975) Arista 2. Emissive: Sunset Yellow (City of Rooms EP, 2021) self-released 3. Emmylou Harris: From Boulder to Birmingham [live] (Unearthed, Volume 7: Rocky Mountain Time, 2019) Aquarium Drunkard 4. Wilco: A Shot in the Arm [live, Boulder Theatre 1999 November 01] (Summerteeth [deluxe edition], 2020) Rhino FIVE. Dave Grusin: The Colorado Trail (Discovered Again!, 1976) Sheffield Lab 6. Battle of Santiago: Protest (Queen and Judgement, 2020) Made with Pencil Crayons 7. Eunice Keitan: Standing with You (2020) self-released 8. Cal Tjader: Oran (Soul Burst, 1966) Verve 9. Human Egg: Feeling

The nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards were announced last monday, so over the next five weeks, we'll do our annual profile on the nominees for Best Original Score & Song. First up in our Oscar business: Minari & Judas and the Black Messiah. (Pardon any odd tonal shifts between dialogue and songs.) 1. Beck: Hollywood Freaks (Midnite Vultures, 1999) DGC 2. Khotin: Dream Mentor (Dream Mentor EP, 2020) Public Release 3. Yaphet Kotto: Have You Ever Seen the Blues (Have You Ever Seen the Blues 7", 1967) Chisa 4. Ann Reinking: There'll Be Some Changes Made (All That Jazz OST, 1979) Casablanca 5. Yu Su: Melaleuca [at Night] (Yellow River Blue, 2021) bié 6. YUF-O: Rebuild, Recharge (You Eff Ohh, 2021) Superconscious 7. Colored Music: Heartbeat (Colored Music, 1981) Better Days 8. Ryuichi Sakamoto: ff (async, 2017) Commons 9. Taeyeon: LOL (Purpose: The 2nd Album, 2019) SM Entertainment 10. Hye-Jin Park: Like This (How Can I EP, 2020) Ninja Tune 11. A Winged Victory for the Sullen: Every Solstice & Equinox

As Daft Punk have broken up, we pay tribute to the humans behind the masks with selections from their 28 year career, including their work from the films Tron: Legacy and Electroma. Remixes, covers, samples & only one bad French vocoder attempt: the back half of this episode shows their prowess as they became a force in pop culture. 01. Breakwater: Release the Beast (Splashdown, 1980) Arista 02. Heiki: Recovery (Dub Town, 2021) Paper+Sound 03. Bernice: Big Mato (Eau de Bonjourno, 2021) Telephone Explosion/Figureight 04. Laura Lefebvre: Flashback (2021) self-released 05. Kiefer: Cute (Bridges EP, 2019) Stones Throw 06. Russell Louder: Hello Stranger (Humour, 2021) Lisbon Lux 07. Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu: Worst Comes to Worst [Morgan Geist remix] (Worst Comes to Worst single, 2021) Ninja Tune 08. Sébastien Guérive: Bellatrix (Omega Point, 2021) Atypeek/The Orchard 09. JWM83: Saguaro (Forest City Series: Volume 4, 2021) A Person Disguised as People 10. Ólafur Arnalds: Back to the Sky [w.JFDR] (Some K

Monday marks International Women's Day, so for our 7th installment of all-ambient episodes, the future will be all female too. 1. Emily A Sprague: Water Memory Poem (Water Memory/Mount Vision, 2019) Rvng Intl. 2. Chika Asamoto: Obsession (Gypsy Moon, 1988) Columbia 3. Pauline Anna Strom: Spatial Spectre (Spectre, 1984) Trans-Millenia Consort Recordings 4. Pauline Anna Strom: The Eighteen Beautiful Memories (Angel Tears in Sunlight, 2021) Rvng Intl. 5. Mary Lattimore: Thirty Tulips (Silver Ladders, 2020) Ghostly International 6. Mary Lattimore: Chop on the Climbout (Silver Ladders, 2020) Ghostly International 7. Carmen Villain: Light in Phases (Sketch for Winter IX: Perlita, 2021) Geographic North 8. Sarah Davachi: Live in San Francisco [excerpt] (Figures in Open Air, 2020) Late Music 9. Ana Roxanne: A Study in Vastness (Because of a Flower, 2020) Kranky 10. Gia Margaret: INWIW (Mia Gargaret, 2020) Dalliance/Orindal 11. Eve Parker Finley: Meditation #2 (Chrysalia, 2020) Coax/Florafone 12. Adriann

Ringo the greyhound recently crossed the rainbow bridge so in that good boy's honour, we have Ennio Morricone's scores from the 1965 spaghetti westerns A Pistol for Ringo and The Return of Ringo. 1. Lorne Greene: Ringo (Welcome to the Ponderosa, 1964) RCA Victor 2. Shabason, Krgovich & Harris: The Flowers in My Parents' Yard (Florence, 2021) Idée Fixe 3. Akron/Family: Onward, Trainstop, Bookmark (Franny & The Portal to the Fractal Universe of Positive Vibrations, 2003) self-released 4. Alicia Clara: Hazemaze (Outsider/Unusual EP, 2021) Hot Tramp 5. Daft Punk: Make Love (Human After All, 2005) Virgin 6. Fat Boys: Fat Boys Scratch (The Fat Boys are Back, 1985) Sutra 7. The Supremes: Automatically Sunshine (Floy Joy, 1972) Motown 8. The Shacks: Rain [instrumental] (The Shacks EP: Instrumentals, 2016) Big Crown 9. Freelove Fenner: Shoulder Season (The Punishment Zone, 2021) Moone 10. Sun June: Everything I Had (Somewhere, 2021) Run for Cover 11. Fatima al Qadiri: Oubliette (Brute, 2016) Hyperdub 12.

In honour of the Canadian actor Christopher Plummer (1929-2021), we feature music from some of his films, including The Sound of Music, The Silent Partner, The Man Who Would Be King, An American Tail, The Insider, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Beginners, All the Money in the World and Knives Out. 1. Stereolab: Dimension M2 (Electrically Possessed: Switched On Volume 4, 2021) Duophonic UHF/Warp 2. Nick Holder: Hustler's Groove (From Within, 1999) NRK Sound Division 3. Dismasters: Smalltime Hustler (And Then Some, 1989) Sure Delight 4. Simian Mobile Disco: Hustler [w.Char Johnson] (Attack Decay Sustain Release, 2007) 5. Thomas Newman: Scumbag Like Me (The People vs Larry Flynt OST, 1996) Angel/EMI 6. Ormiston: Rebel (2021) Lisbon Lux 7. Men I Trust: Tides (2021) self-released 8. Off World: Decamp (2, 2017) Constellation 9. Stereo Total: Holiday Innn (Juke-Box Alarm, 1998) Bungalow/Bobsled/Kill Rock Stars 10. Small Sins: 510s (Volume II, 2021) Arts & Crafts 11. Nick Schofield: Garden Court

It's Family Day here in BC so this hodge-podge of an episode is mostly in honour of director Michael Apted (1941-2021) and music from his films Coal Miner's Daughter, Gorky Park & The World is Not Enough. 1. Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams: Without Us [Theme from Family Ties] (Television's Greatest Hits - Volume 6: Remote Control, 1996) TVT 2. The Animals: It's My Life (It's My Life 7", 1965) Columbia 3. Anthéne: Winter (Warmth, 2017) self-released 4. SOPHIE: Immaterial (Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides, 2018) Transgressive 5. SOPHIE & Shygirl [aka Clockwork Venus]: Slime (Cyberpunk 2077: Radio - Volume 1 OST, 2020) Lakeshore 6. Marcin Przybylowicz: Close Probing (Cyberpunk 2077: Original Score, 2020) CD Projekt Red 7. Vince Staples: Yeah Right (Big Fish Theory, 2017) Def Jam 8. People Under the Stairs: The Double K Show (O.S.T, 2002) OM 9. Gohj-ji: Calm (Gohj-ji's Groove Tape Pt.3, 2020) self-released 10. Princess Demeny: New York Grief (New York Grief 7", 2021) Séance Centre 11. Delerium: Keyle

Fundrive 2021! CITR's annual fundraiser needs your help to keep the airwaves and devices humming with unique programming -- https://citr.ca/donate This episode profiles Ennio Morricone's music from Sergio Leone's spaghetti western epics that make up the Dollars Trilogy: A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. 1. Delia Darbyshire: Door to Door (BBC Radiophonic Music, 1968) BBC 2. Donna Summer: On the Radio (Foxes OST, 1980) Casablanca 3. T Gowdy: Depse (Therapy with Colour, 2020) Constellation 4. Tor: Foxglove (Oasis Sky, 2021) Eleuthera 5. Yu Su: Xiu (Yellow River Blue, 2021) bié 6. Teen Daze: Glacial Lake (Breathing Tides EP, 2021) self-released 7. ZDBT: Elastic [w.Prado & Slim Media Player] (Elastic EP, 2021) Specials Worldwide 8. Soulwax: Empty Dancefloor (2020) Deewee 9. David Lindup: The Zodiac (Flamboyant Themes: Volume IV, 1970) KPM 10. Basement Jaxx: Cish Cash [w.Siouxsie Sioux] (Kish Kash, 2003) XL 11. D.O.A: Thirteen (1978, 2019) Sudden Death 12.

In honour of Black History Month and all sorts of other political pageantry, this mostly jazzy episode profiles Kamasi Washington's score to the 2020 Netflix Documentary on Michelle Obama: Becoming. 1. Norah Jones: American Anthem (The War: A Ken Burns Film OST, 2007) Legacy 2. Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio: Nomad (Nomad, 2020) Skirl 3. Fucked Up: Year of the Ox (Year of the Ox 12", 2010) Merge 4. Gerry Weil: The Bull's Problem (The Message, 1971) Mercury 5. Junia-T: Complicated [w.Adam Bomb] (Studio Monk, 2020) Pirates Blend 6. HMLT: Bedroom [w.Joyia] (Need You, 2019) Urbnet 7. Holy Hive: Ice Dreaming [instrumental] (Harping: Instrumentals, 2020) Big Crown 8. Westside Gunn & Benny the Butcher: Nerve of You [w.Armani Caesar] (Conflicted OST, 2021) Griselda/Black Soprano Family 9. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee: Message II [Survival] (Message II 12", 1982) Sugar Hill 10. Joy Guerrilla: The Park is Closed (2020) self-released 11. Jerry Cook Quartet: Walk in the Park (Walk in the Park, 2020) Cellar 12. Matthe

As a new dawn rises, we pay tribute to the French composer Claude Bolling (1930-2020) and listen to selections from his scores to Borsalino, California Suite & Le Magnifique. 1, Jim Heath: Theme from Commander in Chief (Commander in Chief OST, 2005) ABC 2. Blackalicious: Paragraph President (Blazing Arrow, 2002) Quannum/MCA/Mahogany Sun 3. Markus Floats: Forward Always (Third Album, 2020) Constellation 4. Len Barry: 1-2-3 (1-2-3, 1965) Decca/MCA/Brunswick 5. The Ronettes: You, Baby (...presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica, 1964) Philles/London 6. The Free Association: Code 46 (Music from the film Code 46, 2004) Koch/Commotion 7. Bernardino Femminielli: L'amour Avec Moi [Cosmo Vitelli remix] (L'amour Avec Moi: Cosmo Vitelli Remixes, 2020) I'm A Cliché 8. Smerz: Because (Okey EP, 2017) XL 9. Brian Eno: Designer Piano (RAMS OST, 2020) UMC/Opal 10. K+D: Johnson (1995, 2020) G-Stone 11. Boards of Canada: Aquarius [7" version] (Aquarius 7", 1998) Skam 12. Darshan Ambient: He Lamented His

On this Dr Martin Luther King Jr day, we zigzag over to Iceland with Frank Hall's score to the 2017 film I Remember You based on the recent release of that soundtrack. We'll have other Icelandic classical for you along with a bit of noise since I skipped this year's 24 Hours of Radio Art. 1. Public Enemy: By the Time I Get to Arizona (Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black, 1991) Def Jam/Columbia 2. Khotin: Digital Field Trip (Dream Mentor EP, 2020) Public Release 3. Noah Creshevsky: Strategic Defense Initiative (Reanimator, 2018) Orange Milk 4. Sväng: Minä Yksin Kuljen (In Trad We Trust, 2020) Galileo 5. Children of Bodom: Hatebreeder (Hatebreeder, 1999) Spinefarm/Toy's Factory/Svart 6. lié: All Night Long (You Want It Real, 2020) Mint 7. Ryan Hemsworth: Nashville (Ever New, 2020) Ever New 8. Like a Motorcycle: Sick Children (Dead Broke, 2020) Known Accomplice 9. Sweeping Promises: Hunger for a Way Out (Hunger for a Way Out, 2020) Feel It 10. Owen Pallett: Horse Shit (Spaceship Earth OST, 2020)

gak marks his 13th anniversary at CITR with one wary eye from last week's autogolpe at the US Capitol. Our profile: Jon Batiste's jazzy songs and Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross' electronic score to the recent Pixar film Soul. We also tackle the music from the controversial video game Cyberpunk 2077 amidst talk of sedition, treason, Boba Fett & Chuck Yeager. 1. Johnny Cash: Thirteen (American Recordings, 1994) American 2. EbE404: Death Cult in the Rose Garden (Tedium & Loss, 2020) Give/Take 3. Baddd Spellah vs MC Chris: Fett's Vette [The Good, the Baddd & the Ugly remix] (2004) self-released 4. Supergenius: A Bobadelic Relic (Star Wars Breakbeats, 1998) Suckadelic 5. John Williams & the London Symphony Orchestra: The Departure of Boba Fett (Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology, 1993) 20th Century Fox 6. Electric Youth: Thirteen (Memory Emotion, 2019) self-released 7. Trust: Capitol (Joyland, 2014) Arts & Crafts 8. James Newton Howard: Entering the Capitol (The Hunger Games: Original Score

We've made it into 2021! gak digs up old plans from an episode devoted to Carter Burwell's score to the Coen Brothers' 1996 classic Fargo and its weird spiritual successor, 2015's Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter with a soundtrack by The Octopus Project. Wintry topics arise but we'll avoid the Minnesota accent. 1. Calamine: Theme from Sealab 2021 (Sealab 2021 OST, 2001) Adult Swim 2. AG Cook: 2021 (7G, 2020) PC Music 3. Sunaïra: Snow Leopard (Naï, 2020) self-released 4. Vampire Weekend: 2021 (Father of the Bride, 2019) Spring Snow/Columbia 5. Don Ellis: Moon Zero Two (The Hammer Film Music Collection: Volume 1, 1998) GDI 6. Marco Beltrami: All Together Now (A Quiet Place OST, 2018) Milan 7. KMD: Peachfuzz (Mr Hood, 1991) Elektra 8. Madvillain: Accordion (Madvillainy, 2004) Stones Throw 9. Metal Fingers: Bergamot Wild (Special Herbs: Volumes 3 & 4, 2003) Nature Sounds/Metal Face 10. JJ Doom: GMO [w.Beth Gibbons] (Key to the Kuffs, 2012) Lex 11. Ennio Morricone: Fondati Timori [from La Smagliatura] (Morr

With 2020 almost in hindsight, we review the year with songs that represent this difficult time along with a profile on Ludwig Göransson's score to the Christopher Nolan film Tenet, which is indicative of the struggles faced by many over the past twelve months. 01. The Avalanches: Ghost Story [w.Orono] (We Will Always Love You, 2020) Modular 02. Gorillaz: Strange Timez [w.Robert Smith] (The Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, 2020) Parlophone/Warner 03. Sarah Davachi: Praha (Qualities of Bodies Permanent, 2020) Constellation Tatsu 04. Magik Markers: Hymn for 2020 (2020, 2020) Drag City 05. Avenue Beat: F2020 [remix, w.Jessie Reyez] (2020) Big Machine/Island 06. Klaus Dead: 2020 (2020, 2020) FUSELab 07. Backxwash: God has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It (God has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It, 2020) self-released 08. Anderson.Paak: Lockdown [radio edit] (Lockdown Remix Bundle EP, 2020) Aftermath 09. Zombi: First Flower (2020, 2020) Relapse 10. Thundercat: Dragonball Dur

Our annual tradition regarding Yuletide numbers that you won't hear anywhere else continues -- it's our counter-Christmas carol episode! That said, with a rotten year almost kicked to the curb, this episode profiles the music from the 1983 holiday classic A Christmas Story along with hymns from the dead and newish solstice music. BESURETODRINKYOUROVALTINE: 1. Driptapes: Intro (A Very Merry Dripsmas, 2015) Driptapes 2. Phoebe Bridgers: If We Make It Through December (If We Make It Through December EP, 2020) Dead Oceans 3. Lindstrøm: Little Drummer Boy (Little Drummer Boy single, 2020) Smalltown Supersound 4. Charley Pride: Christmas in My Home Town (Christmas in My Home Town [expanded edition], 1998) BMG 5. John Prine: Everything is Cool (A John Prine Christmas, 1993) Oh Boy 6. Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd: Snowfall (Mysterious Skin OST, 2005) Commotion/Rykodisc 7. Mazzy Star: Flowers in December (Among My Swan, 1996) Capitol 8. Cristina: Things Fall Apart (Sleep It Off, 1984) Mercury/Ze 9. Orchestr

Composer Harold Budd (1936-2020) created super minimal music, so in his tribute, we return again to our all-ambient well with plenty of his music, including his scores from the recent HBO series I Know This Much is True and the 2014 film White Bird in a Blizzard (co-scored by Robin Guthrie of The Cocteau Twins). 1. Robert G Hamilton & The Frankford High School A Cappella Choir: El Yivneh Hagalil/The Lord Will Build Galilee (The Frankford High School A Cappella Choir Sings '61-'62, 1962) Acoustic Arts Recording Studios 2. John Klein at the Console of the Carillon Americana: Hanukkah Song (Around the World on a Carillon, 1959) Columbia 3. Loscil: Coasts (Faults, Coasts, Lines, 2020) self-released 4. Echo Collective: Respire (The See Within, 2020) 7k! 5. Anthéne & Andrew Tasselmyer: Progressions, Pt 6 (Progressions, 2020) Constellation Tatsu 6. Kinnie Starr: Rivers Move Fast/Gandlee Kwah Gusdlaang (Edge of the Knife/SGaawaay K’uuna OST, 2020) Apopria 7. Kinnie Starr: All I See/'Waadluwaan Hl Kinggang (Ed

As we enter the final month in a bizarre year, we profile Mychael & Jeff Danna's score to the recent Pixar film Onward. 1. Pharoah Overlord: Tomorrow's Sun (6, 2020) Rocket 2. Tom Holkenborg/Junkie XL: Immortan's Citadel [extended] (Mad Max: Fury Road OST, 2015) WaterTower 3. Brian May: Rampage of the Toecutter (Mad Max OST, 1980) Varèse Sarabande 4. Wendy Carlos: Theme from A Clockwork Orange [Beethoviana] (A Clockwork Orange: Complete Original Score, 1972) Columbia 5. John Williams & The London Symphony Orchestra: Darth Vader's Death (Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology, 1993) Arista 6. Andrew Weatherall: Unknown Plunderer (Unknown Plunderer/End Times Sound 12", 2020) ByrdOut 7. Daniel Avery: Lone Swordsman (Dusting for Smoke single, 2020) self-released 8. NWIII: 2020 (2020, 2020) Fuselab 9. Buscabulla: NTE [Jonti remix] (Regresa Remix, 2020) Ribbon 10. Disclosure: Tondo [w.Eko Roosevelt] (Energy, 2020) Island/Universal 11. Blanck Mass: Descent (Calm with Horses OST, 2020) Invad

Kinnie Starr's soundtrack to the 2018 Haida Gwaii supernatural film Edge of the Knife is finally available, so that'll be our profile along with a wide array of wild music. Huu 'laagan, haala kaats’ii. 1. Quakers: Electrify (Quakers II: The Next Wave, 2020) Stones Throw 2. Quakers: A Myth [w.Sageinfinite] (Quakers II: The Next Wave, 2020) Stones Throw 3. Badge Époque Ensemble: Birds Fly through Ancient Ruins (Self Help, 2020) Telephone Explosion 4. New Order: Touched by the Hand of God [7" edit] (Salvation OST, 1987) Factory 5. Víctor Hugo Morales: Diego Maradona's Goal of the Century (World Cup Quarterfinal: Argentina vs. England, 1986) ATC 6. SebastiAn: Sober [w.Bakar] (Thirst, 2019) Ed Banger 7. The Electric Blues Company: Our Day Will Come (Music from Patch Cord Productions, 2020) Sacred Bones 8. Jimi Tenor: 128 Cosmic Rock (Aulos, 2020) Philophon 9. Timo Kaukolampi, Tuomo Puranen & Maria's Choir: Herran Joukot Sure Eivät (Maria's Paradise OST, 2020) Svart 10. Ludwig Göransson: Mando is Back (