CITR’s 24 Hours of Radio Art in a snack-sized format. Dark Ambient. Drone. Field Recordings. Noise. Sound Art. Or something.

Friday afternoon’s broadcast features new Near Dark Matter | Thierry Arnal, Lauré Lussier, Innovative Landscapes Laboratory, Simon Fisher Turner, Zimoun, Stephen O’Malley, Six Microphones, Ilia Belorukov, music inspired by Andrei Tarkowsky’s ‘Solaris’, plus the CITR Global Network premiere of The Young Gods’ ‘Appear Disappear‘.

Starting at 2 PM Pacific on CITR 101.9FM, streaming at PLAYER.CITR.CA

(Photo Credit: Charlotte Walker)

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New Music Review By Mark Hjorthoy

Various – Solaris. Music Inspired By Andrei Tarkowsky’s Movie

‘Solaris’ is Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkowsky’s call and answer to ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. Created in the early 70’s, the brilliant cinematography and excellent script match this inspired album perfectly. Every track on this album could have been in the film and would have worked perfectly. The list of artists on this are always exciting to hear, but what they all pulled off for this tribute can only be called “perfect”! It’s already made top ten lists in the music world and I completely understand why. Breathtaking and nearly spiritual. Go get this one and make sure you watch the film. It all makes sense when you do.

Six Microphones – Environmental Studies

An interesting concept made real and surprisingly listenable: three different environments (rooms), and six microphones set up in each room. By raising and lowering the volumes of each of them individually, you get a drone that morphs and changes into different sonic areas creating different pieces each time. A wonderful headphone listen for a great sound experiment. I have heard this three times and I’ll be going back for more. The subtle changes make this so musical, even though no instruments were used. I really love this. It makes me want to experiment more with environments.