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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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132:55

XHM #560 - "For thee the poet of beguilement sings"...

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2021/06/08

The actor Dame Diana Rigg (1938-2020) was mostly known for her work in the British spy TV series The Avengers but she ruled the roost in George Lazenby's only film as James Bond as we profile Sir John Barry's score to the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Plenty of other secret agent film songs zip by in what likely sounds like the coolest party I'll never escape from. 001 Bell Orchestre: Opening (House Music, 2021) Erased Tapes 002 Shirley Bassey: The Liquidator (The Liquidator OST, 1965)

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130:05

XHM #559 - "Each like is validation" (2021 May 31)

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2021/06/01

Laurel Halo scored the 2018 experimental documentary Possessed, which came out as a soundtrack last year, so this week profiles this wild electronic composer. We also talk Laurie Anderson, the Beats in Space radio show and eulogize Yoshi Wada and Franco Battiato. 1. Laurie Anderson: Big Science (Big Science, 1982) Warner Bros 2. Loscil: Lines (Faults, Coasts, Lines, 2020) self-released 3. Tornado Wallace: Desperate Pleasures (BIS: 001-020, 2016) Beats in Space 4. Anna: Systems Breaking Down [dance

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120:37

XHM #558 - "Amusing regal birdsong" (2021 May 24)

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2021/05/25

For your Victoria Day transmission, we pay tribute to the Spanish composer Antón García Abril (1933-2021) with selections from his score from the film Texas Adios and the TV series El Hombre Y La Tierra. We also remember Bay City Roller Les McKeown, actor Helen McCrory, singers Anita Lane & Fredi and astronaut Michael Collins. 1. Bay City Rollers: Ain't It Strange (Rollin', 1974) Bell 2. Connect_icut: Even More Like Space, Pt. III (Even More Like Space, 2021) CSAF 3. Helen McCrory: "There's Only One

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129:36

XHM #557 - "You only think that you can never go down...

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2021/05/18

gak missed 24 Hours of Radio Art earlier this year, so with a 17th landing on a Monday at long last, experience 2 hours of experimental music along with some kitchen appliance silliness. 0. gak: interview with the dishwasher (2021) self-released [in para//e/ with] /. The Avalanches: Star Song.IMG (We Will Always Love You, 2020) Modular 2a. Robert Filliou: Whispered History of Art [excerpt] (Fluxus Anthology: 30th Anniversary 1962-1992, 1980) Slowscan2b. Antonio Russolo: Luigi Russolo's Corale [1921]

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125:18

XHM #556 - "00:00:00ish" (2021 May 10)

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2021/05/11

Along with a preview of this year's Vancouver Doxa Documentary Film Festival, we pay tribute to the French director Bertrand Tavernier (1941-2021) and we feature some of the jazzy sounds from his 1986 film 'Round Midnight. 1. Squid: Documentary Filmmaker (Bright Green Field, 2021) Warp 2. Laurie Spiegel: Three Modal Pieces - III. A Myth [1983] (Obsolete Systems, 2001) Electronic Music Foundation 3. Laurie Spiegel: A Folk Study (The Expanding Universe, 2012) Unseen Worlds 4. Daphne Oram: Ursa Major

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121:33

XHM #555 - "Fun fact: a temporary inconvenience isn't...

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2021/05/04

With the Oscars done, we focus on smaller films. In this mostly electropop episode, we profile Electric Youth & Pilotpriest's score to the 2020 Canadian scifi horror Come True. 1. The Conet Project: 555 Konec (The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations, 1997) Irdial 2. Electric Youth: Modern Fears [Pilotpriest Come True version] (Come True OST, 2021) Milan 3. Pilotpriest: Forgiven (Come True OST, 2021) Milan 4. Digital Underground: Same Song (This is an EP Release, 1991) Tommy Boy

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125:42

XHM #554 - "We all could live in the same van down by...

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2021/04/27

Oscar season is over and gak gambled on the right film in the short turnaround to airtime. In honour of its Best Picture win during the 93rd Academy Awards, we profile Chloé Zhao's film Nomadland along with the Oscar winning score to Soul and the best original song from Judas & The Black Messiah. 1. Kamasi Washington: Announcement (Becoming OST, 2020) Young Turks 2. Nomadland Cast: On the Road Again (Nomadland OST, 2021) Decca Classics 3. Ludovico Einaudi, Redi Hasa & Federico Mecozzi: Day 3 - Low

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XHM #553 - "Who's got spirit?" (2021 April 19)

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2021/04/20

For our 5th & final Oscar nominees profile, we listen once more to Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross with their nominated score from the Pixar film Soul. We also hear the final nominated song from the film The Life Ahead. We also pay tribute to War bassist BB Dickerson, actors George Segal & Jessica Walter and Blue Peter singer Paul Humphrey. 1. Sharon Musgrave: Giving You Everything [radio edit] (Jewelweed Part 1 EP, 2021) Zosar 2. War: The World is a Ghetto [disco instrumental mix] (The

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XHM #552 - "Building Rosebud" (2021 April 12)

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2021/04/13

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

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121:43

XHM #551 - "Delivering the first edition of history...

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2021/04/06

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

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XHM #550 - "Cruise the trees for American gold" (2021...

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2021/03/30

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

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120:39

XHM #549 - "Our Korean song" (2021 March 22)

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2021/03/23

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)

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XHM #548 - "The robots that rocked" (2021 March 15)

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2021/03/16

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

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XHM #547 - "She floats, she persists" (2021 March 08)

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2021/03/09

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,

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XHM #546 - "Whippet good" (2021 March 01)

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2021/03/02

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:

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126:47

XHM #545 - "All the world was his stage" (2021...

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2021/02/23

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

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XHM #544 - "The lives of our days" (2021 February 15)

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2021/02/16

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

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157:52

XHM #544 - "The lives of our days" (2021 February 15)

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2021/02/16

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

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XHM #543 - "A fistful of the good, the fun & the...

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2021/02/09

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

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129:43

XHM #542 - "Mild metamorphosis" (2021 February 01)

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2021/02/02

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

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