The Signal to Noise Ratio

Tonight:

Loads of the new Skullflower.
Some Yellow Swans, Wolf Eyes/John Wiese collab, maybe new Merzbow.
LIve recorded at Emergency Room last Monday, Sept 25th.
-> Cheerleader Camp
-> They Shoot Horses Dont They
-> sex negatives feat. return of Ratboy.

SEX NEGATIVES plan on arriving/taking over at 11pm with a live set of ambient nonesuch. tune in or I hate you.

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Tonight (Monday August 28th 2006):

update: SEX NEGATIVES AT 11PM!!

Another installment of solo soundart noisescapes. An all out insane. A single room (the backup studio B for those counting at home) brought to the limits of its abilities. A single attack->envelope->decay over 2 hours, in the distance that is not respite but a sound mirage. Your ears will learn new frequencies.

The Background: Studio A will (apparently) be shut down for renovations starting the morning of Monday August 28. This coincides with the meaningless but still important (it's a round number) 300th episode of The Signal to Noise Ratio, on air since Tuesday November 22nd 2000. Imagine such impeccable timing at CJSF. In the coming weeks live noise that would have otherwise been heard on this arbitrarily special night will indeed make it over the airwaves, once the new studio is ready for testing.

The Guarantee(c): after this illustrious episode, CJSF will not be able to broadcast live programming until Studio A is running again. The weakest node has been exposed and will be compromised. Take that, This is What You Want!!

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Tonight (Monday August 07th 2006):

Hey there we have some material from Arbor CDR, frosty drones out of LA by Robedoor and some disgusting mold and mildew growing on the Beatles White Album with The Skaters ltd CDR "white rye bread". Smells/looks/plays kind of like that very same Beatles record in yr dad's moist basement. Recent news out of the Pogus empire: some compilation works from the Montreal Sound Matter exhibit, and some blistering tape machination from the 1990's provided by Reynols co-conspirator Anla Courtis. Gentle drones provided by The Moglass off their new record "sparrow juice" also.

EDIT: no time for the MSM disc.

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Tonight (Monday July 31st 2006):

Recorded live at the Emergency Room on July 20th:::

zz-zz-zz::: Sex Negatives
zz-zz-zz::: Richard Ramirez
zz-zz-zz::: Collaboration between Flatgrey, Sick Buildings, etc.

Almost all gold (minus my recording fuckups). And also: other material. Wait for it... there it is.

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Tonight (Monday July 17th 2006):

Keith drops by with some further Sex Negatives live action, rumour is their first show.

Also---------
)))))) hype for the onslaught ensuing this Thursday night (video in/emergency room).
)))))) new compilations from Drone Records as promised.
)))))) other or more.

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Tonight (Monday July 10th 2006):

|||[]||| Freshly released materials from the PACrec empire of precious metals:

|[]| previously rare The Cherry Point static rinse
|[]| Black Sand Desert, quenched, "hot during the noon hour, pleasant after dark" -EL
|[]| KNURL invents stainful steel

"I had a headache so big, and you made it bigger." - chris-a-riffic

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Tonight (Monday July 3rd 2006):

]]]]]]]]]>>> Artists from the venerable Ground Fault Recordings and Auscultare Research catalog:

]]] ! Crawl Unit
]]] ! KK Null
]]] ! K2
]]] ! Prurient
]]] ! Radiosonde
]]] ! Sickness
]]] ! Vertonen
]]] ! Joe Colley
]]] ! Lionel Marchetti
]]] ! Daniel Menche
]]] ! Randy H. Y. Yau

all if we have time.

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Last week was a blast, but no show, apologies.

Tonight (Monday June 12th 2006):

>>>>>> new bootlegged Jackie-O Motherfucker. (in its entirety???)
>>>>>> new bootlegged Sex Negatives from The Emergency Room last week.
>>>>>> some new Rhys Chatham (probably) to finish the groove.

Next week [episode #290] the plan is to have another live unimprovised Sound Art Noise Scape, this time with three participants. Lock on here for continuing coverage of this occurring or not.

EDIT: the Sick Buildings set was brief, Sex Negatives instead.

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Tonight (monday May 22nd 2006):

Anyway, by popular demand, live Boredoms (Vancouver June 29 1999) replayed in its entirety from last week, plus some M. Bentley, Love Puppets, and probably Building Castles Out of Matchsticks. Phone me down from my caffeine high, or otherwise periodically check up on me!

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EDIT: Ive been previewing most of these selections, sooo good. Listen and/or be upset. Promise.

Tonight (Monday May 15th 2006):

More Asian Heritage Month. Zed is finally in-studio, bringing the noise from the other side of the International Dateline.

>>> Akira Yamaoka
-> video game composer of the Silent Hill series.

>>> Solmania
-> noise royalty, guitar recreations.

>>> Dissecting Table
-> abrasive brazen reality industry.

>>> The Boredoms
-> .
-> Maybe LIVE boot recorded from Vancouver Intl Jazz Fest, 1999. Totally psyched.

>>> plus some indie rawk or something that hasnt been decided yet.

Mainly due to lame logistics that night in 1999, I can't tell you how amped I am abt getting to hear that Boredoms gig. Tune in tonight to hear me get all hyperbolic.

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Tonight (May 08 2006):

Asian Heritage Month continues here at CJSF with yet another episode of The Signal to Noise Ratio dedicated to Japan's excellent and (oft-overlooked) wide-ranging output. Its not all white noise.

Artists showcased include: Merzbow, K2, Masonna, Government Alpha, KK Null, Melt-Banana, & Zeni Geva.

((( (( ( [playlist in real time] ) )) )))

Next week (#285): Zed visits bringing more insanity from the Asia-Pacific region.

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Tonight (Monday Apr 17th 2006):

/. local noises.
/. other noises.
/. 7" noises.

What will be played is still being planned. But this week is SOCAN charting, so... Im playing material that will hopefully be registered somewhere and hopefully results in some royalties of some miniscule sort.

PS. that reminds me.

Send all experimental hedonism to:

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CJSF Radio
TC216, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC, CANADA
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Print/cut/paste it!

More details to come...
950pm: fuck Im so tired. I think Im starting with some NZ drone rawk noise and move on from there, touching on some local noises and Canadian as well, then into whatever fits fatigued.

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...and falsely predicted their rightful place in infamy.

Tonight (Monday Apr 10th 2006):

Live and improvised SOUNDART free-for-all.

That means everyone and everytone is welcome.

Once again, 2 FULL studios of crime. LP/DVD/TV/CD/livefeed.

2 hours long.

1st hour:

24: Day 5: 11:00PM - 12:00 Midnight (Crime)
New discoveries regarding the day's horrific events
keep Jack away from CTU. TV-14 CC Stereo

and anything that can be thrown at Jack/CTU, live or otherwise.

2nd hour:

no concept. sound mess. select yr weapon.

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I am not ashamed to be an unabashed fanboy of these two kids. Their house in Baltimore caught fire on Friday while they were at No Fun Fest, and most of it (including innumerable cool homemade electronicx) sounds like its either smoke-damaged or completely written off. They had no insurance, and from stories Id heard in the past from various people, including Twig himself, the house was floor to ceiling equipment and other materials that were integral to the Heresee empire. I sadly never got to step foot in the space (damn that last trip to DC/Richmond VA), but people in the area say it will be sorely missed as a source for cool cheap noise shows. It was a pit stop for many artists. The Kooltronica maillist always held at least one (or more) awesome sounding shows happening there every month. This is a huge bummer.

It couldn't have happened to better, more inspiring, or more accomodating people. Amongst other things, their three cats (one pictured here) perished of smoke inhalation.

This news is fresh. If you feel the urge to send them love, hello@heresee.com is their Paypal account.

My condolences to Twig and Carly. Hopefully this turns out to be only a minor setback.

( The backstory. )

Tonight (Monday Mar 20th 2006):

A bunch of noise. Plus probably a giveaway.

:> 10"s of drone mastery with Taming Power.
:> The Dead C resurrected by Mouthus.
:> Daniel Menche schools drone wannabes.
:> Concrete with Janek Schaefer.
:> etc.

((( (( ( [playlist in real time] ) )) )))

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Tonight (Monday Mar 13th 2006):

_> bowed metal wash then rinse with Chas Smith.
_> bowed metal wash then rinse with Chas Smith.
_> bowed metal wash then rinse with Chas Smith.
_> amplitude modulated fever with Ariel Pink.
_> metastatic static with Belong.
_> mellow out with Gregg Kowalsky.
_> plus some other noise.

((( (( ( [playlist in real time] ) )) )))

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Maybe my good good friend Emmis will join me tonight. That would be cool. I have no idea what we're playing though. Random whatever. Im not feeling it lately.

Tonight (Monday Feb 20th 2006):

Note: Only one CD player plays in stereo. This may jeopardize things.

New musik! ! !

> psychrawk out with Acid Mother's Temple.
> local dronepiece Heartwarmongering.
> more improvised Brakhage soundtracking by way of Sonic Youth.
> low tech/lo cal courtesy Secret Mommy.
> some Theta that sounded good to me yesterday.
> prepared soundart by Tim Olive/Jon Vaughn/Carrie Gates.
> Shalabi Effect.
> Secret Mommy too.
> and yet more new Jackie O Motherfucker.

PLUSPLUSPLUS!

Monday Night Slumber Party, but solo so without the Party part. Non-noise musics, current and not, from 12mid -> 2am. Then bedtime at CJSF.

( [playlist updated here, online in real time] )

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Monday Feb 20:
-> (let's call it) a request for some Acid Mother's Temple.
-> very likely: 12mid - 2am Slumber Party. Lots of cool non-noise.

Monday Feb 27:
-> either a guest host or another impro-lived soundart spectacular. Dependent on factors.

and, CJSF-wide, tonight Friday Feb 17th:



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