Our 13th all-ambient episode primarily profiles Brian McBride (1970-2023) and some of the music he made either solo or in Stars of the Lid. We also preview parts of the Vancouver New Music Vox Organi Festival next month. Pre-recorded for your end of summer salve. ONE. Ra/Sol: Artist's Meditation [w.EZ Naive] (2023) self-released TWO. Brian Eno: Floating on Sleep's Shore (Top Boy OST, 2023) Netflix Music THREE. IKSRE & anthéne: Lungs (Seasons Shifting, 2023) anthéne FOUR. Aidan Baker & Matt Borghi: Turning Tides (Undercurrents, 2004) Zenapolæ FIVE. Stars of the Lid: Tape Hiss Makes Me Happy (Music for Nitrous Oxide, 1995) Sedimental SIX. Stars of the Lid: Sun Drugs (The Ballasted Orchestra, 1997) Kranky SEVEN. Stars of the Lid & Jon McCafferty: Low Level Listening Pt. 2 (Per Aspera Ad Astra, 1997) Kranky EIGHT. Brian McBride: Silent Motels (When the Detail Lost Its Freedom, 2005) Kranky NINE. Stars of the Lid: Articulate Silences Pt. 2 (...and Their Refinement of the Decline, 2007) Kranky TEN. Loscil & Lawrence English: Violet (Colours of Air, 2023) Kranky ELEVEN. Sarah Davachi: Harmonies in Green (In Concert & In Residence, 2022) Late Music TWELVE. Sarah Davachi: Stations V (Cantus, Descant, 2020) Late Music THIRTEEN. Ayami Suzuki: Mugenkaidan (Passages, 2023) Lontano Series FOURTEEN. Wata Igarashi: Abyss I (Agartha, 2023) Kompakt FIFTEEN. Wands of the Minor Arcana: In the Glade of the Giants (Into the Gloaming Isle, 2023) self-released SIXTEEN. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Mt Baker (@0, 2021) Ahead of Our Time SEVENTEEN. Laraaji: The Dance #2 (Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, 1980) Editions EG EIGHTEEN. Brian McBride: Our Last Moment in Song (When the Detail Lost Its Freedom, 2005) Kranky radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire
