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Exploding Head Movies

CiTR & Discorder Magazine

Join gak as he explores music from the movies, tunes from television and any other cinematic source, along with atmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange old goodies that could be used in a soundtrack to be. The spotlight swings widely to encompass composers, genres and other categories, but all in the name of discovery and ironclad whimsy.

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XHM #426 - "Cousin Matthew has seen some things"...

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2018/10/02

It's the start to our semi-regular annual horror month! In the lead-up to Hallowe'en, we'll focus on scary scores for the rest of October and we start with Steve Moore's music from the 2014 indie thriller The Guest.1. Khotin: Welcome (Beautiful You, 2018) Khotin Industries2. Chorus: M Sunne (Black Paradise, 2014) self-released3. Gary Numan: Stories (Dance, 1981) Beggars Banquet4. Kid Koala & Emiliana Torrini: Satellite (Music to Draw to: Satellite, 2017) Arts & Crafts5. Kid Koala & Emiliana Torrini:

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XHM #425 - "Gravity always wins" (2018 September 24)

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2018/09/25

It's been a while since we've had both John Barry and a space theme, so we'll mix both together with the super dark 1979 Disney live-action film The Black Hole. (We'll save Moonraker for another time.)1. Cast: Hello! (The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording, 2011) Ghostlight2. Amon Tobin: Encounter on Io [Lee Gamble reshape] (Dark Jovian EP, 2015) Ninja Tune3. Eleanor Friedberger: Make Me a Song (Rebound, 2018) Frenchkiss4. Japanese Breakfast: 12 Steps (Soft Sounds from Another Planet,

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XHM #424 - "Turkish prison tourism" (2018 September 17)

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2018/09/18

Looking through past episodes, we've never done a proper profile on the legendary disco producer Giorgio Moroder. We correct that this week as we go back 40 years to his Oscar-winning score to Midnight Express. 1. Chromeo: Just Friends [w.Amber Mark] (Head Over Heels, 2018) Atlantic2. Chad Munson: Infinity Mirror (Albedo, 2014) Magnetic Domain3. Rachid Taha: Rock el Casbah (Tékitoi, 2004) Barclay/Universal4. Nese Karaböcek: Yali Yali [Todd Terje edit] (2016) self-released5. Eddie Warner: Telex

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XHM #423 - "Just your regular provincial zombie hunt"...

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2018/09/11

Peter Ricq is one half of the local electro act Humans. Ricq also made his full-length directoral debut this year with the comedic horror film Dead Shack, so we'll profile Humans' score to that film amongst acts playing this week's Westward Music Festival.1. The Juan Maclean: What Do You Feel Free About? (What Do You Feel Free About? single, 2018) DFA2. E.R. Roberts: Very Hot Sauna No. 2 (Moods for Sauna 1 & 2, 2017) self-released3. Kelela: Jupiter (Take Me Apart, 2017) Warp4. Louise Burns: Who's

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XHM #422 - "School's in forever" (2018 September 03)

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2018/09/04

Labour Day means the return of school. What better way to kick off a year of education with selections from Anna Meredith's score to the 2018 film Eighth Grade.1. Nova Nova vs. Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart (Love Will Tear Us Apart 7”, 2002) Curious Fox2. Pacific Coliseum: Ocean City (Ocean City, 2017) Coastal Haze3. Childish Gambino: Feels Like Summer (Summer Pack EP, 2018) Wolf+Rothstein/Liberator Music/RCA4. Video Age: Pop Therapy (Pop Therapy, 2018) Inflated5. Jóhann Jóhannsson: End of

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XHM #421 - "A corsage for the cortege" (2018 August 27)

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2018/08/28

gak's back and profiling the composer Patrick Williams (1939-2018) and scores from his films Cuba and Breaking Away. We also pay tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin (1942-2018).1. Aretha Franklin: Think (Aretha Now, 1968) Atlantic2. A Silver Mt Zion: For Wanda (He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corners of Our Rooms, 2000) Constellation3. Aretha Franklin: One Step Ahead (One Step Ahead 7", 1965) Columbia4. Aretha Franklin: Save Me (I Never Loved a Man the Way I

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XHM #420 - "Nil carborundum illegitimi" (2018 August 13)

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2018/08/14

Following up our recent profile on The Handmaiden, we swing from past oppression to eerily prescient dystopic future oppression with two different scores tied to adaptations of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale: Ryuichi Sakamoto's score from the 1990 film adaptation and Adam Taylor's music from the the television series.1. 79.5: Boy Don't Be Afraid (Predictions, 2018) Big Crown2. Midori Takada: Crossing (Through the Looking Glass, 1983) Palto Flats/WRWTFWW3. Santigold: Gold Fire (I Don't Want:

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XHM #419 - "The book of love has music in it" (2018...

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2018/08/07

For your British Columbia Day broadcast, which lines up nicely with Vancouver Pride activities, our profile will be on the score to the 2016 South Korean erotic thriller The Handmaiden.1. Robyn: Missing U (Missing U single, 2018) Interscope/Island/Konichiwa2. Minimal Violence: Mass (Rapids: The 2015 Sessions 12", 2017) Jungle Gym3. Awwful: Human (Human EP, 2017) self-released4. Freddie James: Everybody Here Do Your Thing (Freddie James, 1981) Black Sun5. Pizzicato Five: Darlin' of Discothèque (The

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XHM #418 - "Shimmer with a hint of glimmer" (2018...

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2018/07/31

Connecting a bit with last week's episode with Portishead, this week's profile is on Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury's recent score to the Alex Garland scifi horror Annihilation.1. Golden Ages: Africa (Africa EP, 2010) self-released2. Boards of Canada: Kid for Today (In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country EP, 2000) Warp3. Jayda G & Alexa Dash: Diva Bitch (Diva Bitch 12", 2018) Freakout Cult4. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: Difficulties/Let Them Eat Vowels (Sparkle Hard, 2018) Matador5. Cluster: Dem

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XHM #417 - "Outsiders utopia" (2018 July 23)

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2018/07/24

Paul Wright's 2017 documentary Arcadia uses 100 years of film footage to highlight England's relationship with nature. The score by Adrian Utley (Portishead) & Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) came out digitially this summer, so prepare to bask in idyllic wonder with unusual sounds.1. CITR: Nothing Hits the Spot... (S.U.B. Pop, 2015) CITR2. Otha: One of the Girls (One of the Girls single, 2018) self-released3. Kalte: Framheim Station (Covalencies, 2018) self-released4. Sink Ya Teeth: If You See Me [album

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XHM #416 - "Only fools by the marina" (2018 July 16)

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2018/07/17

Long in the docks but appropriate for the summer weather, it's our yacht rock episode! Going back to the timeframe of 1976-1984 when the West Coast pop sound introduced smooth adult-oriented music to the airwaves, mixing soul, jazz, R&B and rock together with pristine production and light catchy vocals. We'll include some of the music that appeared in the cult online video series that gave Yacht Rock its name.1. Pages: The Sailor's Song (Future Street, 1979) Epic2. Heiki: Sauna Porch (Sauna Porch

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XHM #415 - "Summer will not go by so quickly" (2018...

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2018/07/10

gak's back and he's going back 50 years to Michel Legrand's playful score to the original film version of The Thomas Crown Affair. Keep all your valuables safely secured as a heist is coming!1. DJ Me DJ You: 9 Volt (Rainbows and Robots, 2000) Emperor Norton2. Suzanne Kraft: Flatiron (Talk from Home, 2015) Melody as Truth3. Dumb: Barnyard (Seeing Green, 2018) Mint4. Wye Oak: If You Should See (Tween, 2016) Merge5. The Chico Hamilton Quintet: The Sage (Chico Hamilton Quintet, 1955) Pacific Jazz6

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XHM #414 - "True sax & violins" (2018 June 25)

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2018/06/26

Although he has scored many a film, Colin Stetson is gaining regard for his evil music from the 2018 supernatural horror Hereditary. There's more TD International Coastal Jazz Festival stuff and other strange sounds to kick off your summer. gak gets high on paint fumes somewhere closeby.1. Bonobo: Break Apart [w.Rhye, Lukan's Lo-Fi Bootleg] (2017) self-released2. Gordon Grdina's The Marrow: Telesm (Ejdeha, 2018) Songlines3. Sons of Kemet: My Queen is Harriet Tubman (Your Queen is a Reptile, 2018)

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XHM #413 - "Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem" (2018...

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2018/06/19

Run away with us as we hear selections from the De Wolfe Music library that were used in the 1975 absurd comedy Monty Python & The Holy Grail. None of those miserable psalms to be found.1. Bossanova: Rare Brazil (Hey Sugar, 2006) Teenbeat2. Mount Liberation Unlimited: Clinton Space Funk (Astro Travelling Through Life EP, 2014) Junk Yard Connections5! Alexia Avina: If I'm the One That You Need [Joni Void remix] (Montages, 2018) Everyday Ago3? Snoh Aalegra: In Your River (Don't Explain EP, 2016)

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XHM #412 - "None of that intelligent life crap here"...

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2018/06/12

We'll stay in space as we go back to 1974 with John Carpenter's debut film: Dark Star.BOMB #1 - Quakers: Glide (Quakers, 2012) Stones ThrowBOMB #2 - Black Mountain: Space to Bakersfield (IV, 2016) JagjaguwarBOMB #3 - Harold Budd: Dark Star (The Serpent [in Quicksilver]/Abandoned Cities, 1989) OpalBOMB #4 - King Cobb Steelie: Lunar Rotisserie (Project Twinkle, 1994) LunamothBOMB #5 - Actors: Bird in Hand (It Will Come to You, 2018) ArtoffactBOMB #6 - Stars: Lights Changing Colour (The North, 2012)

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XHM #411 - "Put Captain Cargo in the solo hold" (2018...

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2018/06/05

The latest film tied to the Star Wars Anthology series came out recently, so we'll listen to John Powell's score to Solo. Amongst some space-related tunes, we pay tribute to astronaut Alan Bean (1932-2018) and preview the 2018 edition of Vancouver's Music Waste. Punch it Chewie!1. Mickey Moonlight: Interplanetary Music (Interplanetary Music 12", 2008) Ed Banger2. Tor: Moon II (Drum Therapy, 2012) Loci3. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Lambs' Breath (Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress, 2015)

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XHM #410 - "Absence is my kryptonite" (2018 May 28)

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2018/05/29

gak's back! We pay tribute to the Canadian actress Margot Kidder (1948-2018) and music from her breakout role: 1978's Superman.1. Fever Ray: To the Moon and Back (Plunge, 2017) Rabid2. Pekka Airaksinen: Simha (Other Power, 2012) Harmönia3. Brian Eno & Kevin Shields: The Weight of History (The Weight of History 12", 2018) Opal4. Blank Banshee: B:/Start Up (Blank Banshee 0, 2012) Hologram Bay5. Glenn Branca: Structure (The Ascension, 1981) 996. Glenn Branca: Lesson #1 for Electric Guitar (Lesson #1,

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XHM #409 - "No time for renewal" (2018 May 14)

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2018/05/15

Time to evade the carousel and find the sanctuary as we profile Jerry Goldsmith's bloopy score to 1976's Logan's Run. Apostrophes will be flung.1. Deadbeat: Laetitia (Wax Poetic for This Our Great Resolve, 2018) BLKRTZ2. Pender Street Steppers: Openin' Up (Openin' Up 12", 2014) Peoples Potential Unlimited3. DJ Koze: Bonfire (Knock Knock, 2018) Pampa4. Todd Terje: Johnny and Mary [w.Bryan Ferry] (It's Album Time, 2014) Olsen5. Boards of Canada: Turquoise Hexagon Sun (Music has the Right to Children,

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XHM #408 - "Wardialing for dollars" (2018 May 07)

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2018/05/08

There's been another recent death in the film score world, so we pay tribute to Arthur B Rubinstein (1938-2018) and music from two of his soundtracks, both from 1983: War Games and Blue Thunder. Synths galore!1. The Beepers: Video Fever (War Games OST, 1983) Polydor2. Up! Spiritual High (Artificial Intelligence, 1992) Warp3. Jon Hopkins: Everything Connected (Singularity, 2018) Domino4. Astrid Sonne: Real (Human Lines, 2018) Escho5. Washed Out: Hard to Say Goodbye (Mister Mellow, 2017) Stones

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XHM #407 - "Repeating & hoping for a different...

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2018/05/01

In tribute to the Czech-American director Miloš Forman (1932-2018), we'll have selections of music from two of his films: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Man on the Moon.1. De La Soul: The Magic Number (3 Feet High and Rising, 1989) Tommy Boy2. E.R. Roberts: Gathering Firewood (Moods for Sauna 1 & 2, 2017) self-releasedTHREE! Bob Dorough: Three is the Magic Number (Multiplication Rock, 1973) Capitol4. Miles Davis: Nothing Like You (Sorcerer, 1967) Columbia5. Ludwig Göransson: Royal Talon Fighter

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