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1/3/18

And so it begun! The top 50 of the year, as voted on by the Post-Rock community at large. Taken straight from the source (http://arcticdrones.com/staff-picks/post-rock-50-best-releases-2017/), I picked some selections from albums #50-30 to share with you this eve. Plenty of new stuff to the show as well that somehow had escaped my field of vision!

The Swan Thief - Gull - II

*** All We Expected - Nomad - Hatar

*** PILLARS - Subtract/Submerge - Of Salt and Sea

Outrun the Sunlight - Red Bird - Red Bird

Aesthesys - Marea crescente - Marea

RANGES - Called Not to a New Religion, but to Life - The Ascensionist

Lowercase Noises - A Course of Strengthening Medicines - The Swiss Illness

Audiolepsia - Beatrix - Muses

*** glaston - Noir - Inhale/Exhale

Les Discrets - Rue Octavio Mey - Predateurs

Heron - Shores - You Are Here Now

Distant Dream - Sleeping Waves (feat. Dhalif Ali) - It All Starts From Pieces

MAGMA WAVES - I am afraid of you - ...and who will take care of you now

*** In Lights - Memory - This Is How We Exist

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12/27/17

Our last show before we started on the official Top 50 Releases of 2017 rundown. Check out a nice and healthy mix of all kinds of instrumental tuneage. The MAGMA WAVES release is especially worth listening to!

And So I Watch You From Afar - Search-Party-Animal - Gangs

Goonies Never Say Die - I Love You But In The End I Will Destroy You - No Words To Voice Our Hopes And Fears

MAGMA WAVES - Lord Kanamori - Mitsuki, Hida, 1579

Ancients - Constellations - Star Showers On the Euphrates

Signal Hill - Wanderers - Alturas

saisa - Blessing the Circulation - Nothing but naked vanity

A. Armada - Into Days & Nights & Years & Months - Anam Cara

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls - Yanqui U.X.O.

*** MOMENT - Galactic Trip - The Atmosphere EP

PONTON - Kamen - Stjv EP

Oiseaux-Tempete - Ouroboros (Harris Underwater from Do Make Say Think remix) - Re-Works

RADWIMPS - 御神体 (Goshintai) - Your Name Original Soundtrack

The Nikki Grace Experience - för - a()anda partur 2

Yuki Murata - Let's Go to Neverland - Films 

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12/20/17

Holy balls, I had no idea we were THIS far behind in posting playlists! My sincerest apologies. Let’s get this update rollin’! We had a fun week this time by doing some of the playlist on the fly. Maybe that shows in the track selections, maybe not. You be the judge! Also the request for that classic Aphex Twin track was friggin sweet. Thanks for that!

100 Onces - El Chupabillbrah - 100 One Says

Enemies - Moesha - Embark, Embrace

El Ten Eleven - Yellow Bridges - Transitions

Sunken - Dislocated - Recoil

LOOP POOL - 80F - root

No Real Pioneers - Remember - Every Inch is a Hope

9M Lied - Mosquito Tiger - 9M Lied

Summer Effect - Silence Is a Language Too - Nothing But Hope

Saigon - Peace on earth - New World Outro

Toul Syes - Langtores - 4

The Wind Playing Tricks - Tephra - The Wind Playing Tricks EP

We Lost The Sea - Bogatyri - Departure Songs

MONO - Lost Snow - Walking cloud and deep red sky, flag fluttered and the sun shined

*** Cody Noon - Shadow Mountain - Double Dark

Aphex Twin - Flim - Come to Daddy

*** Blood Code & pooldad - 32 Bit Dreams (ft. Softproxy) [Lotus Cloud Remix]

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12/13/17

Here we are, finally back again with tons of new stuff and a full 2 hours, just you and me. I made sure to mix things up a bit last night with this one, throwing in some heavier tracks later on in the show to wake you folks back up. Also, I put a suite of experimental electronic stuff in there too, aided by a fantastic request from one of my biggest fans, so hopefully you enjoyed that as much as I did! The track by FERAZ (and really the entire RED TIDE release) came out of left field for me and I’m digging it more and more with every listen. I’d highly recommend checking out the full concept album and supporting them via the always solid Attack The Music record label.

Also, do NOT miss that new release from Lowercase Noises. It’s super unique and I just love the concept of recording stuff live, in the middle of nowhere, at different times of day. Check out the videos he posted as well on the Bandcamp.

Thanks as always for listening!

Turedure Narinishi Amagumo - Sabku no Shonen - Syozo EP

Tom's Story - Seyda Neen - Tom's Story

The End of the Ocean - Star-Crossed - In Excelsis

*** Apollo Architect - Sleeping Giants - Bohemian Soul

*** Lowercase Noises - Pre-Meridian (Live) - Terra Incognita: Live from the Ojito Wilderness

Sleep Maps - Under The Pyramid - No More Good Dreams

*** Wired to Follow - Cube Alloys - ELIZA 66

PlainFire - into the last good fight i'll ever know - But When Words Fail

E321 - This Might Settle - Id

FALL OF MESSIAH - Blue ruin - EMPTY COLORS

If Anything Happens to the Cat - The Gentle Art of Saying No - If Anything Happens to the Cat EP

*** rafael anton irisarri - SKY BURIAL - The Shameless Years

*** Kermode - Scarab - Cobra

µ-ziq - Lunatic Harness - Lunatic Harness

*** Wolf-e-Wolf - BATTLEMODE - BATTLEMODE

*** FERAZ - Red Tide - Red Tide

Hiki - Closer - Closer

Fragile Balance - The Flow of Dreams - Candlelight Sessions

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11/29/17

Our last show before a short break due to UCI Men’s Basketball having those little games they play. jk they work hard, good job boys.

Short show because it too was preempted, but what was showcased was a lot of outstanding fresh stuff. Hope you enjoyed the program!

*** Diary of My Misanthropy - Are You Dreaming - Leviathan

Bombardier - Now, We Are Kings - You Don't Know How Lucky You Are

Blueneck - King Nine - King Nine

*** mandala eyes - human skull packed with explosives - beasts in binary city

*** CloZee - Flow Like Water - Single

*** Cinema Within - Departed - Silhouettes

Lowercase Noises - A Course of Strengthening Medicines - The Swiss Illness

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11/22/17

Double the interns, double the fun! Thanks to Kazuki and Orb for taking over 3/4s of the show this week and bringing some fantastic fresh tracks to the program. They both had different concepts they wanted to present and I think we all benefited as a result. Kazuki had a bunch of tracks from royalty-free websites that offer their music for use in soundtracks to video games, anime, TV shows, etc. Orb brought his solid lofi hiphop sound, stuff we generally don’t touch on much. Hope you all enjoyed as much as I did!

*** Diary of my Misanthropy - Leviathan - Leviathan

Poisk - Chronic - Circles

*** Seas of Years - Mesopelagic Transmissions - Three Horizons Away

*** Good Weather For An Airstrike - Every Day's New - Little Steps

Rengoku - Psychology of Lefties 

Rengoku - Defromation

Rengoku - Cafe

TAM music factory - Sky at Dawn

TAM music factory - way to success

Rengoku - Catalysis

Rengoku - Homura

Rengoku - Basara

TAM music factory - Thank you, then

MusMus - Peaceful Hammock

MusMus - Vanilla

TAM music factory - Brightness  of the universe 

Jinsang - Bright - Solitude

Jinsang - Morning - Solitude

arbour - dewaldo - single

sleepdealer - rolling papers -yerba ep

Klimbeats - night island - fireflies

digitalluc & philanthrope - Snore - single

idealism - midnight, somewhere - amaranthine ep

nochi - gone guy - all you 

jaeden camstra- gameboy in traffic- kid's menu LP

jhfly -cute little tea house in the mountains - thoughts, feelings, concerns ep

eevee - house of memories - single

ak420 - faze - rua augusta

flughand - zirklteo - peaceful weibs 

burbank - sorry i like you - single 

dizralph.c - two of us - single

kudasai - the girl i haven't met - single

joakim karud - dreams - single the deli - day in the life - vibes vol.2

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11/15/17

Hey everybody! Here’s our first playlist this quarter aided by a wonderful intern. This time, we had Toni AKA DJ Tonedeaf take over the second hour with his own brand of instrumental goodness. I was SUPER into what he brought and how different it was from the stuff I’d normally play, so I hope you felt similarly! The minimalism and use of electronic sounds was something fun and unique for the program. As always, thanks for listening and we will be back this week with another couple of lovely interns to showcase their style over the airwaves.

*** Seas of Years - Weaving Cities from Dust (live in Stockholm) - Single

*** Dialects - Superluminal - Because Your Path Is Unlike Any Other

Sagor Som Leder Mot Slutet - Oknytt - Sagor Som Leder Mot Slutet

Talons - Lunar Gloss - New Topographics

Stavanger - Imaginary Trees - Far From Silence, Close To Violence

Lop Abuse on Somebody - Sanctify - Sanctify

*** Kermode - Rewind - Infinity Mirrors A Compilation Curated by ZEE

Nik Bartsch Ronin - Modul_47 - Llyria

Dawn of Midi - Ymir - Dysnomia

Portico Quartet - Endless - Art in the Age of Automation

MFA - The Difference It Makes - Single

Sonar - Critical Mass (live) - Youtube

Henry Birdsey - Narcissa’s Bells - M A R I O N E T T E S

Palm - Trying - Shadow Expert

Fred Frith - Spring Any Day Now - Gravity

Nils Frahm - Them - Music For the Motion Picture Victoria

Nik Bartsch’s Ronin - Modul 48 - Llyria

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11/8/17

Hey everybody! Sorry for the delay on this one. It’s been a wild and crazy week. I had a blast with this playlist, focusing intently on brand new releases (as you’ll notice from the many asterisks), primarily the more ambient side of things. Please make sure to follow the links to many of the releases and support these outstanding artists on their respective Bandcamp/Amazon pages. They deserve it!

And a huge shoutout to Joe Kenyon IV, long-time friend of the program and formerly of the Ruined Machines project, who provided us this premiere release of his. Though only a handful of minutes in length, Pep Talks has definitely whet my whistle and gotten me further hyped for his full-length (currently in production). Can’t wait to hear more!

Alcest - Les Voyages De L'Ame - Les Voyages De L'Ame

Grace Latecomer - Milk Planet - 900 Million Light Years

*** Circadian Eyes - Kin - Kin

MONO - Requiem For Hell - Requiem For Hell

*** gazelle(s) - Sound Becomes You, Sounds Become Space - There's No One New Around You

*** This Patch of Sky - Pale Lights - These Small Spaces

*** Tunnelvisions - Guava - Midnight Voyage

*** Joe Kenyon IV - Ode to the Possible Past (Reprise) - Pep Talks

The Album Leaf - Lost in the Fog - Between Waves

*** Au5 - Cosmoscope - Cosmoscope

*** Alexander DeLarge - The Lion With A Thorn In Its Paw - To Whom It May Concern

*** Lunar Sol - Mary - New World

*** Carly Comando - Everyday (Grand Piano) - Everyday (Grand Piano)

*** Johnny Jewel - Windswept - Windswept

*** Hammock - Meier - Columbus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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As was foretold, here is the exclusive interview in full with outstandingly pleasant and extremely talented guitarist of This Patch of Sky, Kit Day! I highly recommend listening to the linked song, “Her Beating Wings”, while enjoying the following. Hidden within is even an announcement of a new work coming from them in the near future(!!) Huge thanks to Kit for granting me this chance even though we missed each other at Dunk!USA. I simply can’t wait to hear more from the group in the future!

"These Small Spaces" just dropped just over a month ago and the response seems to be pretty outstanding so far. I’ve heard more than a couple people saying “album of the year”, which is especially meaningful given both Godspeed and Do Make Say Think just released new albums too. How do you feel about all this?

It’s a bit surreal, honestly. We love the record, but, it always strikes us odd to hear things like that being said about it. To be compared to our influences and (dare I say it) heroes is nothing short of humbling. We are determined to make a sound that we, as a group, want to hear. The idea that it can mean something to others is a literal dream come true. We are all excited, hungry and thankful for all of the love and support. As for “album of the year”, I suppose that depends on who’s listening and what they take from it. Our goal is just to make the most beautiful music we can.

What do you think makes "These Small Spaces" different from your self-titled (and prior works)? It certainly doesn’t feel like “more of the same”.

We really set out to do something different, purposefully trying to create something bigger and more beautiful then anything in the past, and we believe we achieved our goal.  You’ll notice a trend of past albums how quickly we released material (about a year between each release), and this album took a span of 3 years to release after S/T.  We really took our time with each song on These Small Spaces instead of just rushing into the studio to quickly record.  After we had all the songs written for this album we spent another 6 months of creating full pre-production recordings of each song.  This really helped us dive into each song to make it the best we could before recording the real thing.  

The amount of time you spent honing these tracks really shows in the final product, so thank you for taking the time to really perfect the sound. Since it was about 3 years from S/T to These Small Spaces, should fans sit tight waiting for the next full-length? Or do you think the next work might be a little quicker out the gates?

We’re already spitting out ideas and writing some new stuff.  I don’t think it will be another 3 years before we release a follow up to These Small Spaces, but don’t hold me to that!

What is the significance of the coordinates given in the song “Coordinates”?

The title “Coordinates” pin points a favorite hiking spot many people in our home state of Oregon visit regularly.  When on top of the mountains, you this sense of being able to conquer anything while basking in breathtaking views of where we live.  Oregon will always hold our hearts as home.  

What was the process for getting This Will Destroy You to remix “Pale Lights” for the release? It is a really solid endcap to the album.

A few of us had become friends with the guys in TWDY years ago while playing in a previous band named Chiaroscuro, touring with them during the release of Tunnel Blanket. We have always been a huge fan of what TWDY does and have always wanted to work with them on a project. After we wrote and recorded Pale lights we felt like it was a perfect song for them to do a remix for! We contacted them and immediately they were stoked about it.  The end result gave the song a whole new feeling without losing the backbone of the original version.  

What with the success of the TWDY remix of Pale Lights, can we look forward to more collaborations like that in the future? I think a lot of fans get hyped to see some of their favorite artists interacting with each other.

This was such a fun process for us we definitely would love to do this more with other artists we follow (stay tuned for one more remix to be released in early 2018).  I know we’d definitely love to do remixes for other artists as well!

I know it’s tough, but if you had to pick a “favorite child” track from the new album, which would it be? Or maybe which one encapsulates the current iteration of This Patch of Sky best?

The overall favorite track from the band is 'Her Beating Wings'. This song specifically went through a huge metamorphosis over the span of 6+ months and is by far the most complicated to play. The original idea for the song I (Kit) wrote shortly before my daughter was born which is the original inspiration for this song. The heartbeats you hear throughout are a representation of her and new life being created.

Thank you so much for sharing the story of "Her Beating Wings", it's absolutely beautiful. Everyone I've discussed the album with cites that one as being a standout among standouts. Can you expand a bit on what makes it complicated to play live?

This is so cool to hear that people are saying that about this song!  There’s so many little layers and parts that make up this song, especially in the final build up, we’d want to make sure it was done right when we play it live.  Ultimately our goal is to play this song live with brass and one other string player.

Can you tell me about the music scene out in Eugene? What is it like for an act of your style?

The Eugene music scene as a whole has rapidly been growing the last 5 years.  When we first started TPOS there was maybe 1-2 other instrumental bands in our area.  Over the last few years there has been more and more popping up which has been amazing to see, and instrumental music is becoming more and more “accepted” in Eugene and Portland.  Eugene has a great mix of genres, and since we’re a college town there’s always new bands popping up.  

Along those lines, I’m always curious what it’s like for bands who know they have a style of music that lends itself to procuring a small but devoted following. What is it like knowing this particular form of art may never result in the group “striking it big”?

This is definitely a loaded question!  I’ve been playing in bands since the age of 13 (almost 20 years now), and when I started TPOS it was the first time in my life that I no longer was trying to pursue music as a full time gig.  The band simply was for fun and really never meant to go anywhere.  Somewhere along the way people kinda started liking us so we kept playing.  So odd enough, when I stopped trying to pursue music full time, I somehow created a band that has been the most successful one I’ve ever played in.  We certainly aren’t anywhere near “striking it big”, and odds are we will never get there, but this band is a personal victory in my own life.  I’ll forever be grateful for every opportunity given to us and the thousands of people who listen to our music.  

Finally, it may be a challenge, but we have to know.... What is the best pet and why? Dog, Cat, Reptile, or Other?

Gunna have to go with a dog for this one!  Cats are dumb and reptiles do nothing.  Dog’s are loyal, fun to play with, and are easy to train.

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11/1/17

Oh yes, you better believe this is the second week in a row I’ve updated this playlist on time. I hope you enjoyed the show last night with numerous wonderfully fresh tracks. Even though at least two of them had vocals, I think they are all well worth your time, so please click the links and take a listen, support the bands on Bandcamp/iTunes, and go see them on tour if they happen to be around your area.

Hope you enjoyed listening and please look forward to a special text-based treat in the near future =] No spoilers!

*** denotes new release

Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - Cygnus - Mariner

GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! - Ko-ink-e-dink? I Think Not! - SUPERBASS!!!! DEMOS

Giza - Hour of the Bullfight - Future Ruins

Ehgo - Long the Night - Ehgo

*** Hollyhocks - Rip Roaring - The Extras

*** I am waiting for you last summer - Undercover - Back and Forth

Wang Wen - Anxiety Inhibitor - L&R

*** I Am Sonic Rain - Aurora - Hidden

*** Endless Melancholy - One Day You Will Be Free (feat. BILYK)

KATRE - (Existing II) It Is All New - Encounters

*** Sven Laux - Paper Streets - Paper Streets

Erbear - Hesitate - Ruminate

Dan Caine - Awaken - Awaken

Lights & Motion - Particle Storm - Chronicle

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10/25/17

Hope you’re sitting down for this one. This may be mind-blowing. I am actually updating the playlist page.... ON TIME. *cue “Bohemian Rhapsody”*

This week was the final of the 3 audio interviews I was honored to conduct while at Dunk!USA 2017 in Burlington earlier this month. I saved the biggest one for last: I spoke for 20 solid minutes with guitarist Dallas Thomas of the hugely influential and legendary band Pelican. We discussed the lengthy wait between Forever Becoming and their upcoming release, touring as a Dad, and what sort of pressures exist for a band of their reputation. Look forward to the full interview being posted on the KUCI.org archives soon.

In the meantime, here’s the playlist for the night. I HIGHLY recommend taking a listen to the Spotlight Track for the week. I had never before encountered Human Pyramids before, but thanks to an update from our friend Takahiro Kido of Ricco Label, my ears are in heaven. They tour with up to 16 instruments on one stage and deliver an insane amount of energy in this relatively short track. This one is definitely worth your time.

Finally, this marks the return to me posting playlists along with links to each song (if I can find them). I stopped doing this a couple years back but I feel like making it easier for you folks to track down some of these wonderful tunes, so I hope you enjoy. Thanks for tuning in!

*** denotes new release

Pelican - City of Echoes - City of Echoes

Wukong the Monkey King - Ode to Keen - Planet Chur

Sleepstream - The Spirit - A Waltz with the Seventh Crane

We Look Like Scholars - Redeemer - Ingest the Cassette EP

Those of Willow - Memoir - For When I Relapse

Seas of Years - The Glass Shelter and the View - The Ever Shifting Fields

*** Human Pyramids - Louise - Home

The Northern Hemisphere - How I Learned to Live (Worries are Gone) - Everest

Voices from Deep Below - Close Those Eyes - Eunoia

Equal Stones - I Will Always Be There - Hands of a Murderer

*** MOMENT - The Atmosphere - Atmosphere EP

*** Psy Fi - Union Overture (Deadcrow Remix) - Totality Remixed

Kossmos - Tripping Gypsies - A Modern Fairytale

Stars As Lights - As We Talk, The Universe Slowly Spins - As If Time Had Stopped

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10/18/17

What a WEEK! Plenty of new tracks for your perusal from the show this time around, including the highly-anticipated new And So I Watch You From Afar. Still high off of Dunk!USA 2017 in Burlington, I was over the moon to share with you folks my interview with CJ Blessum of RANGES (and owner of the distributor, A Thousand Arms). I can’t thank him enough for doing the interview, playing a kickass set, and providing the crowd with some unbelievable merch (my wallet is still crying). If you didn’t catch it, check KUCI.org in the next week for the upload!

Mothra - Escapism - Decision Process

*** And So I Watch You From Afar - Dying Giants - The Endless Shimmering

Labirinto - Piam Ket - Kadjwynh

*** Dialects - Superliminal - Because Your Path Is Unlike Any Other

Miasme - stray.level - perpetual.terminal

*** Nordic Giants - Taxonomy of Illusions - Amplify Human Vibration

*** Hero Across the Sky - Water - Cartoon Heroes

Shipwreck Karpathos - FLY! - Bring Down The Sky

Ty Richards - Spaceman

*** Howard Hello - MCD - Election Year

damascus - Breathless - When Last We Met

*** RANGES - In The Arms of Kings and Gods - The Ascensionist

*** Terracotta Blue - Redefined - Heavy Metal in a Plastic World 2

Kawri's Whisper - Ode to Mars - Stop! Start Over

Brian Eno - Another Green World - Another Green World

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10/11/17

Post-Dunk!USA bliss. I had an outstanding time at the show the weekend prior, from start to finish. Getting to meet so many people in the bands and the scene in general was such a trip. It fascinated me how everyone seemed to kind of know each other already, or were close friends from years prior. Just name dropping someone while talking to another would often be met with “Oh, you mean So-and-So? He’s great!” I was deeply grateful for the people who set up the whole thing, Wout, David, and the crew from Belgium. It was quite the dream to see all this come together so well and meet fellow like-minded folks who appreciate a good instrumental jam. As for this radio host, I’ll be anxiously waiting for the next show they put on here.

While I loved every moment of the bands on stage, meeting those that I did behind the scenes was particularly awesome to me. This week’s show we played the interview I had with all 5 members of Pray For Sound, an act we’ve been supporting since Bruce’s first release, Monophonic, half a decade ago. Look forward to it being uploaded to the KUCI.org archives in the coming week or so!

Hollow Ran - Land - Thanks Your Welcome

Sioum - Shift - I Am Mortal, But Was Fiend

Terronaut - Tragedy on Mars - Terronaut

*** Tiny Silver Hammers - Holographic - Holographic

Maiak - I Am Not a Man, I Am a Free Number - A Very Pleasant Way to Die

Dorena - At Sea - About Everything And More

kokomo - I'm Not Dead - Monochrome Noise Love

Jet Plane - Voicegame - Pipe DreamOvum - No Where Now Here - Microcosmos

*** Edamame - Keys View Morning - Bask

Desolate Horizons - The World Slips Away as we Dance in the Fire - Deep As The Dark Blue Sea

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10/4/17

Dunk!USA 2017 HYPE SHOW. What an exciting way for me to help spread all the energy I had leading up to the first ever Dunk!USA festival in Burlington, Vermont. I decided to only play acts that were on the ticket for the fest and tried to play a track from their earlier releases, as well as a track from their newest release. I think for the most part it came together well and (hopefully) gave you folks a way to see how far some of these artists have come in their years in the business. If you missed this show, try and recreate it in Spotify or Google Music or something!

Ranges - Stick to the Devil You Know - The Gods of the Copybook Headings

*** Ranges - Seven Veils - The Ascenionist

This Patch of Sky - Love Is In Beauty And Chaos - S/T

*** This Patch of Sky - Bella Muerte - These Small Spaces

Pelican - Dead Between The Walls / Mammoth - Arktika

Russian Circles - Death Rides A Horse - Enter

Russian Circles - Mota - Guidance

Astronoid - Astronoid - November EP

Astronoid - Air - Air

Pray For Sound - Retrogression (part 1) - Monophonic

Pray For Sound - Retrogression (part 2) - Monophonic

Pray For Sound - I Have Seen Hell And It's White - Everything Is Beautiful

Zhaoze - Falling Leaves - Azure Star

set and setting - New Age - Equanimity

Tides of Man - Mountain House - Young and Courageous

Tides of Man - Young and Courageous - Young and Courageous

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9/27/17

Coming off of a big week in new music for the instrumental genres, we hosted some really outstanding new tracks by RANGES, This Patch of Sky, and Taka Goto (of MONO)’s side project, Behind the Shadow Drops. The title track off this first full-length release is an expertly crafted showcase of what Taka is capable of with regards to experimentation. Take a listen and let me know what you think!

65daysofstatic - Come to Me - We Were Exploding Anyway

Do Make Say Think - War on Torpor - Stubborn Persistent Illusions

Lost in the Riots - Pearl River Delta - Stranger in the Alps

Red Sparowes - As Each End Looms and Subsides - The Fear is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer

*** Grigoriy Kolokutin - Velvet - Velvet

Sky Architects - Remembrance - The Hollows

*** This Patch of Sky - Her Beating Wings - These Small Spaces Youma - Sunstroke - Approaching Silence

*** RANGES - The Ascensionist - The Ascensionist

Wang-Wen - Blooming Wall Flower vs. Sichuan Style - IV

This Will Destroy You - There Are Some Remedies Worse Than the Disease - Young Mountain EP

*** Behind the Shadow Drops - H a r m o n i c - H a r m o n i c

Of The Trees - Absolution - Vacationland

*** omrr - Lunatics - Devils for my Darling

Mr. Bill & Funi - CSS #16 - Screening

usual sunset - hallway and light - drain

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Just another night of rocking out at @kucifm and pushing it to 11! Tune in now till 8PM PST on http://www.kuci.org or 88.9FM in sunny Irvine, CA #postrock #postmetal #ambient #experimentalmusic #instrumental #dunkfest #dunkusa2017 (at KUCI-FM)

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9/20/17

Let’s keep this update train going! This week was a return to the traditional format of the show, starting off strong and heavy, tapering into softer stuff and more experimental ambient/electronic near the end. Even years and years later, I can never get enough of Hannibal Montana’s “Martial Arts in the Time of Firearms”. It continues to amaze me with some of the snappiest drumming and energetic riffs I’ve encountered. Don’t miss the new, experimental pieces by Govinda and Sontag Shogun. The former has a sultry, exotic sound as the artist has become known for, while the latter is much more ambient in tone.

East of the Wall - Salieri - Ressentiment

Monsters of the Antipodes - Little Beard, Big City - 3-Way Split

This City Called Earth - Sever the Limbs, Preheat the Oven (10,000 Fahrenheit) - 3-Way Split

The River - Dragged Through The Night - Dragged Through The Night

Hannibal Montana - Hatchback of Notre Dame - Martial Arts in the Time of Firearms

obe - Velociriffter - Exit Planet Crust

Pelican - Lost in the Headlights - City of the Echoes

Echoes Across The Sky - Under The Sun - The Growing Distance

My Own True Desire - Natural Evolution - What Better Time Than Now

Robot - Rain At 3 AM - Between Earth and The Sky

The Kiss That Took A Trip - Malice - Electroforest

The Wind Playing Tricks - Trio in C Minor - The Wind Playing Tricks EP

Anomalie - Velours - Metropole EP

Krooked Drivers - Forgive Me - Right Beneath Your Feet

*** Govinda - Seemala Mum - Transcendence

*** Sontag Shogun - no.17 (Chopsticks, Motor, Lecture) - Patterns For Resonant Space

A Quiet End - Vision - Invisible Film