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Jon Iverson meets Prins Emanuel, Golden Ivy & Inre Kretsen Grupp is an experiment bridging time and space. Recorded across decades and continents, the album merges ‘80s American home studio sensibilities with contemporary European kosmische.

After receiving hours of unreleased material from Jon Iverson’s reel-to-reel archive, Séance Centre’s Brandon Hocura conceived of having contemporary musicians ‘finish’ the vibrant sketches and demos that had been languishing since the ‘80s. Immediately, a group of musicians working in and around Malmö sprang to mind as sympathetic and exciting collaborators for this material: Emanuel Sundin (Prins Emanuel), Ivar Lantz (Golden Ivy) and Martin Blomberg (Inre Kretsen Grupp). They were inspired by the proposal and spent several days in the studio, weaving rhythms, textures, and melodies around loops and samples made from the original recordings. The resulting album expands Iverson’s percussive and atmospheric vignettes into wide-open 21st Century group-think cosmic music, adding violin, flute, kalimba, lap steel, percussion, guitar, organ, synthesizers, bass, samples, and effects. A sonic landscape that evoke’s Terence Malick’s Montana Badlands as much as Ingmar Bergman’s windswept Fårö Island.

RYIL: Träd, Gräs & Stenar, Dunkelziffer, Embryo, Deadline Paranoia, Peter Zummo

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For this episode we have a special guest mix from You’ll Never Get to Heaven to celebrate their upcoming 4th release, Wave your Moonlight Hat for the Snowfall Train on Seance Centre. The duo is based in London Ontario - Alice Hansen and Chuck Blazevic (Slow Attack Ensemble). We’re big fans, and very happy to release this album which we’ve been playing on repeat since we first heard it. For this show they have put together a mercurial moody mix moving between introspective Canadian indie pop, Argentinian AOR, unreleased Slow Attack Ensemble, and a beautiful ballad from an LA based avant-garde composer.

Tracklist: 

From Red Down -  Girl Cat (So Thin On Love And Barley)
Tara S'appart - Trees
You’ll Never Get To Heaven - Setting Sun
Sylvia Meyer - La Oscuridad
Hüsker Dü - One Step at a Time
Mirtha Deflipo - En Caso De Vida
Vladimir Cosma - Pavane Spatiale
Loren Connors & Suzanne Langille - Moonyean No. 9
Hydroplane - If You Spoke To Me, I Wouldn't Know What To Say
Hood - Fears Grow
Stillife - Celadon (Live At The Trance Port)
Eric’s Trip - Thouroughly
Hem - Be Completely Full Of......
Lol Coxhill - It Never Entered My Mind
Slow Attack Ensemble - Untitled (Unreleased, 2016)
Mariana Ingold & Eduardo Mateo - La Libélula (Demo)
Jane and Barton -  There Is A Man
Tom Recchion - A Complex Shape In The Sky

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Séance Centre Radio Episode 42 NTS w/ You'll Never Get To Heaven (Nov 2021) NO BANTER

This week's show features a mix of exotica, private soft rock, Xian and electronic soul put together by Marseilles based architect and DJ Marwan Filali. Marwan also runs the RA/OI label which recently released a fantastic compilation of songs by Joe Sembene and is about to release a reissue of a great and fugitive Italian library record by the Vagal Group.

Tracklisting: 

The Sound Breakers - Marooned
The Bridge - Joy Of Your Love
Patrick Gammon - Driving (Down Pacific Coast Highway)
The Diamond-Zoot Band - Daytona Sunrise
805 - Mad Woman
Eden Ahbez - Eden's Island
David Ireland - Small Talk
Amy Levin - Good To You
Justin Time - Close Your Eyes
Quatres Aventures De Reinette Et Mirabelle - L'heure Bleue by Eric Rohmer 
Gerry Cott - Alphabet Town
Supaslix - Mercury Lady
Terry Vonderheide - Beauty And Time
Reflex - Stop, Think About It
Jones - Close To Myself
The Key Of Creek - Child Of Nature
Just Us - Easy

Séance Centre Radio Episode 48 NTS w/ Marwan Filali NO BANTER

For this month's episode Brandon Hocura, dreaming forward to summer, has put together a gathering of songs that move between clement weather patterns, held together as a speculative season of transformation. A future past, where the turbulent and spiritually promiscuous spirit of the late ‘60s is folded into our current social climate.

Séance Centre Radio Episode 49 NTS w/ Brandon Hocura NO BANTER

Saying It With Music: a gathering of electronic soul ballads and antidotes. After finishing Dan Charna’s fascinating Dilla Time and overcoming an obsession with Montreal producer Nicolas Craven’s astonishing sample based work for Mach-Hommy (along with an enduring love of Pink Siifu, MIKE, Billy Woods & Slauson Malone), I visited my soul 45 box and selected some favourites that I think contain harbingers of their work.

Image: David Hammons, The Wine Leading the Wine, c.1969, body print.

Séance Centre Radio Episode 56 - Saying It With Music: Electronic Soul Ballads & Antidotes (Vol 1)

A4. Shabason / Gunning - Measures of Fog

In 1967 Lloyd Barnes moved from Jamaica to New York. He worked in construction saving enough money to follow his dream and founded Wackies in 1976, one of the earliest reggae focused studios and record shops in the US. Over the years many luminous voices have passed through his magical mixing board: Horace Andy, The Heptones, Johnny Osbourne, Sugar Minott and the Love Joys, just to name a few. The Wackies catalog is vast, spanning many boroughs of the dub and reggae disapora, even touching on disco and hip hop. As a producer Lloyd Barnes is known for his hazy bass-heavy productions and wicked dubs. 

Our guide to the Wackies universe is Rob Buschgans who, through his Digikiller label, has been working with Barnes, reissuing treasures from his vast archive, including previously unreleased cuts, dub-plates and versions. For this mix Rob has focused on roots and dub cuts, and his selections are untouchable, revealing just how deep inside a song Barnes can get. Digikiller has been unearthing archives since 2009, the catalog is truly astounding, as essential as it gets. Big thanks to Rob for putting this mix together for us.

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Séance Centre Radio Episode 59 NTS - Wackies Dubs & Roots w/ RB DKR

I’ve been meaning to make another volume of Geography of the Mind, a mix series dedicated to Canadian private press records for a while and I finally had the time to put one together. This time I’ve focused on rock in its many iterations: Francophone prog, barroom jam bands, home town psychedelia, coastal pop, 4-track shoegaze and suburban new wave. These songs span decades and coastlines but converge with a shared sense of independence and emotional resonance.

Séance Centre Radio Episode 61 - Geography of the Mind (Vol 2): Private Press from Canada

MEXICO COMP

C1. Isaac Alva - Valle De La Luna

B3. Vistas Fijas - Dias De Margarita

A2. Antonio Zepeda Y Eugenio Toussaint - Viento De Lluvia

On this show we present a sonic journey from the London based, Dorset raised duo In-Form. They run a YouTube channel and are part of Thirdspace, running quarterly parties in London. This mix is the second in a series called Desired Path and covers a lot of ground, but is circles iterations of introspective new wave and avant pop. Check out their excellent mixes and YT channel if you get a chance.

Séance Centre Radio Episode 62 - Desired Path w/ In-Form

On this episode we have guest mix by Tobi Giese aka Real People Music. Tobi made us a wonderful mix of private press outlier music last year and we're thrilled to have another selection from his unique collection, this time with a focus on US introspective and spiritual music, or as he calls it cosmic lounge. It’s a fantastic survey of underknown small run personal recordings from the margins of US culture.

Séance Centre Radio Episode 63 - Cosmic Lounge w/ Real People Music

This episode features mix by Oregon-based collector Josh Lewellen. His collection focusses on unsung visionaries whose work veers into the uncanny & strange soundalikes. This mix delivers, gathering custom label obscurities & local iterations of national heroes. Josh has titled the mix The Last Shootin’ Match and describes it as "wasted singer-songwriter fare, twilight zone guitar scuzz, late night private rock, and a couple major players roaming the same lost highway -- it’s the music of faded loves and vanishing points."

Séance Centre Radio Episode 65 - The Last Shootin' Match w/ Josh Lewellwen

"For a long time I’ve wanted to do this episode; a show devoted to The Tower Recordings collective, responsible for some of my favourite albums from the 90s New Weird America scene. The group, primarily based in New York at the time, consisted of a rotating cast of members; Matt Valentine, PG Six, Helen Rush, Samara Lubelski, Tim Barnes, and Dean Roberts appear on most of their recordings. Self-proclaimed “children of microtones” the heady recordings make reference to Philip K Dick, Sun Ra, The Incredible String Band, Comus, Moondog, as well as an impressive list of subterranean private press folk and psych records. These are Harry Smith’s grandchildren. 

At times the recordings are home-recorded and charmingly shambolic, brethren of the Siltbreeze stable — at other times they have a loose-limbed and spectral sensibility, wide-screen psychedelia recorded to magnetic tape, urbane cousins of the Elephant Six Recordings constellation. The collective often practiced group levitation recording long improvised tapestries of bleary-eyed sound experiments, but on this mix, I focussed on the group’s gift for song & mood, pulling pieces from their extensive discography of records, singles, CDs and CDrs, as well as from post-Tower solo recordings from core members. The collective has always sounded autumnal to me, and this mix is resonating nicely with the cooler weather out here. Enjoy the sounds of the Tower Recordings" -- Brandon Hocura

Séance Centre Radio Episode 66 - The Tower Recordings Special

London-based collector and photographer Alex Yiaxis known as Fantasty in Orbit has put together a mix which celebrates radiant diversity, what Martinician theorist Edouard Glissant calls a “poetics of relation.” The mix dissolves  boundaries, moving across time, space, and place, assembling a meaningful missive for peace.

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Séance Centre Radio Episode 67 w/ Fantasy in Orbit

For a long time I’ve wanted to do an episode devoted to the sound works of Kai Althoff. Despite his notoriety as a visual artist, his auditory world remains largely unexplored. He has been working in sound for decades, first releasing albums as part of the post-kosmische group Workshop, and subsequently under many nom-de-plume: Fanal, Ingrid Herm, Orla, and Engelhardt / Seef / Davis, to name a few. From reading an excellent interview with Kai and David Grubbs I Iearned that he always listens to music while painting and that he prefers recording to cassette tape. I reached out and proposed that he record an atelier mix to cassette for us and send it in the mail. He enthusiastically agreed and several weeks later a package arrived, lavishly inscribed, with a cassette wrapped in vintage fabrics along with a touching, hand-written note. It was even scented, subtly, with perfume. This music is assembled with just as much care, an itinerant collage which travels between outlying influences woven together with an ear for restraint, texture, and the ardent craft of song. I hope you enjoy the journey Kai has mapped out for us.

Séance Centre Radio Episode 68 w/ Kai Althoff

To kick off the new year we have a special mix from Swedish record collector Oscar Richt. He’s been collecting for over three decades and has helped compile obscurities on Guerssen & Busy Bee Records. For this mix Oscar culled songs from school, youth centre, and local cultural organization compilations, an important facet of the Swedish grassroots music movement of the 70’s & 80’s. These tracks were released between 1979 and 1989, recorded by young amateur musicians ranging from 13 to 20 years of age. Its a constellation of nascent desires and pop-culture filtered through talented young minds.

Séance Centre Radio Episode 69 w/ Oscar Richt

ADSR - I Don't Understand [AM-03]

ADSR - Dreampain [AM-03]

Spring is barely on the horizon here in Ontario and we’ve been in a strange slushy stasis for the past few weeks. To help focus on warmer days my longtime friend Aaron Levin has put together a melter of a mix featuring 100% Canadian dance music from the past and present. Despite currently residing in Oakland, Aaron is no stranger to Canadian music and spent years at the helm of Weird Canada, a website, archive, and distributor passionately devoted to homegrown Cancon of all stripes. I’m thrilled to have Aaron on the show and his mix has helped shake off the winter doldrums.

Séance Centre Radio Episode 70 -  100% Candance w/ aaron levin

“Like Brazil, this mix, is not for the faint of heart. Expect radical rhythmic madness, febrile energy, non-linear samples, livewire electronics, crushing bass and an effusive celebration of the endless creativity that Brazil has to offer.” -- Justin La Rose

Ever since hearing the recent album by wunderkind DJ Ramon Sucesso released by Lugar Alto earlier this year I’ve been obsessed with the contemporary baile funk sounds coming out Brazil, some of the most exciting and avant-garde dance music I’ve heard in a long time. For today’s show, Justin La Rose has put together over an hour of wild baile cuts, a mix he’s calling Não é Para Amadores" “Not for amateurs,” a title deeply ingrained in Brazilian social life, conveying the intense and unapologetic nature of the culture. It’s a mix of raw an impertinent music from young producers and MCs pushing the boundaries of song and sound. Drawn to Brazilian music over two decades ago, Justin splits his time between Brazil and Canada, immersing himself in the culture. Look out for upcoming releases on Justin’s newly minted label, Nonshape Records, where he will be showcasing some of the rising talents of baile funk in Brazil.

Séance Centre Radio Episode 71 -- Baile Funk Special w/ Justin La Rose

Episode 72 is an archival dive into the audio works of Kyoto based multi-media collective Dumb Type. Founded in 1984 by Teiji Furuhashi the group’s work includes exhibitions, performances, video pieces, computer programs, print publications, and conceptual audio albums. Furuhashi, who passed in 1995, claimed the name represents “a society overstuffed with information but cognizant of nothing.” The group continues under the stewardship of longtime members Toru Yamanaka and Shiro Takatani. Over the years many artists have collaborated with the collective including Ryoji Ikeda and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Dumb Type’s work addresses a variety of socio-political themes including nationality, identity, communication, AIDS, civilization, media control, and explores the undefined borders of the information society for new visions of human / technological interaction. The pieces on this mix were selected from 4 decades of work including demo versions, interviews, performance soundtracks, archival sketches, and a few stunning solo pieces from Toru Yamanaka. 

Special thanks to my friend Michael Klausman for tipping me off about Yamanaka’s Bandcamp page where he’s being releasing incredible compilations surveying the group’s audio archive.

https://djlalatoruyamanaka.bandcamp.com/

Séance Centre Radio Episode 72 -- Dumb Type Special

This is the fourth volume in my Geography of the Mind Series, focusing on private-issued Canadian music. For this instalment I gathered a mixed bag, but tried to sustain a pensive, melancholic mood throughout. The mix weaves together psychedelic downer folk, emotive electronics, environmental ambient, tape collage, and dank & dubby new wave into a blue-hued tapestry for despondent dreamers.

Séance Centre Radio Episode 73 - Geography Of The Mind (Vol. 4)

Beverly Glenn-Copeland is already known amongst collectors and music heads for two sought-after albums of folky jazz in the key of Joni. But it was this album, originally self-released on cassette in 1986 that really caught our attention. The album, entirely recorded on DX-7 and TR-707, lies somewhere between digital new-age and (accidentally) early Detroit techno experiments. The inimitable style of BGC here is both peaceful and meditative while simultaneously rhythmic and bass heavy. The album was recorded in the northern Canadian town of Huntsville where BGC was living at the time and is a beautiful fusion of personal vision, technology and place. 

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2018 repress of the debut full length LP from Spencer Doran and Ryan Carlile's Visible Cloaks project. Initially recorded in 2013 and issued on cassette by Sun Ark in 2014 (as Cloaks), this first offering uses conceptual processes to weave many of the same threads as their later work; synthetic FM tones, tuned mallet percussion, and electronically modulated voice, all arranged in a gossamer web, spun with neon electronics. On this release the duo set off on the sonic journey they are still on today, refracting their influences through East<>West feedback loops, augmenting traditions with technology. Remastered 45rpm DMM version with additional surprises!

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Repress by Musique Plastique.
Produced & Distributed by Séance Centre

Visible Cloaks - Escape Music From City To Paradise (excerpt)(MP001)

Schleswig-Holstein is a thin land bridge between the mighty hull of the North German lowlands and the long pointed head of the Jutland peninsula, with the gentle Baltic Sea on one side, and the rough North Sea on the other. Numerous lakes, deciduous forests and wide corridors have shaped this region since its formation during the last ice age. The varied landscape, covered with fertile clay and littered with countless large and small granite blocks, is the legacy of the glaciers.

Fascinated by the cultural and geographical history of his homeland, Phil Struck recorded sonic impressions after hikes, wanderings, daydreams, historical readings and childhood memories. Schleswig-Holstein Aufnahmen is the distillation of these diaristic recordings, made between 2017 and 2019, using a sampler, synthesizer, and worn flea market records. Much like the cyclical musings of W.G. Sebald, or Cluster’s pastoral electronic miniatures, these works are intrinsically tied to the landscape of which they were born. The wobble and crackle of the samples is evocative of the craggy scenery of the lowlands, and also describes the patinated atmosphere of memory, found in the work of Vladislav Delay, Pole, Caretaker, Philip Jeck, Ken Jacobs, and Bill Morrison. The painting adorning the album cover was done by Struck’s great grandfather who was also seduced by this meandering windswept land.

Limited edition of 100 LPs with risograph printed artwork.

Tracklist:

A1 Horizonte (Intro) (2:12)
A2 Baizubai (5:41)
A3 Speckenbeck (2:05)
A4 Grube (7:00)
A5 Feuermachen (2:52)
A6 Weiher (3:30)

B1 Sommertage (6:45)
B2 Wogen (11:24)
B3 Jens (3:49)

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Detroit selector extraordinaire Bill Spencer drops Volume Two of Distant Shores on this month's episode of SC Radio on NTS. Mystic messages guided by the hand of Jah. 

Tracklisting:

Dennis Bovel - Do De Dub
Joy Mack - Reality
Marrie Pierre - Our Tune
Louisa Marks - Keep Away (Version)
Scientist - Quasar
Jackie Mittoo - You Bring The Sun Out (Version)
Love Dub Band - Sweet Dub
Treva - Israel Shepherd (Version)
Mike Brooks - On The Ice
TX-Dub - Not For Dub
Les McNeil - Give Me Everything Now
Creation Rebel - Chattie Mouth
Abacush - (Brixton Riot 1981) Suffera Style
Mankind - These Three Girls
Treva - Simple Things (Version)
Shortie Ranks - Dance In A Skate Land
Black Uhuru - Party Next Door
Paul Thompson - Well This Is My Bed
Walter Bailey - Power To Be Good

Séance Centre Radio Episode 23 NTS - Distant Shores Vol 2. by BILL SPENCER (May 27th 2020) NO BANTER

Geography of the Mind, the first in a series of mixes exploring little known territories of Canadian Psych Folk, at least our loosely defined boundaries of those regions.

Tracklisting:

Sue Churchill - You
Jim Lamarche - Make Believe
Ian Tamblyn - Slate Island Song
Gilles Valiquette - T’as Brise Mon Couer
Strange Nursery - Tancha
Len Udow - Beauty Raise the Tree
Brent Ditcomb - Oh Great Provider
Paul Serret - On the Line
Paul Marcano & Lightdreams - Who is the One
Lloyd Chee Choo - James Bay
Michael Hasek - Naja
Brian Davey - Dreams of Ways
Georg & Carole - But For Love
John Lyle - Life is a Breeze
Philip Lewin - King of Queens
Derek MacNeill - Girl in a Field

Séance Centre Radio Episode 31 - Geography of the Mind: Canadian Psych Folk Mix (Jan 2021) NO BANTER

Joris Caloud and Pierre Hubert, who run the always reliable Lorem Ipsum mix and party series sent over 4 hrs of summertime, in the form of electric soul, balearic hip hop, and drum machine AOR. Sit back, have a mimosa and enjoy the flight!

Séance Centre Radio Episode 32 NTS feat: Lorem Ipsum (Feb 2021) NO BANTER

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