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TONITE at 6pm ET- #BTFFT: The Journey - a special radio documentary on Champions of the Local Scene!

TUNE in to CJLO TONITE July 6th 2016 for a very special edition of Champions of the Local Scene as we feature a special radio documentary featuring the adventures of our Hip-Hop artIst resident, Strange Froots! Fun treats, and great beats are in store for the entire hour, including behind-the-scenes commentary from your co-hosts Saturn De Los Angeles (Shibuya Crossing) and Joana Cumo (Je Suis TBA)!

And for this broadcast, we're giving you the chance to win a CD of their latest release recorded and mixed at our studios if you can figure out the full name of Strange Froots' hashtag called BTFFT! Learn more how to win below:

Composed of Mags, Naika, and Sage - and hailing from the NDG-based No Bad Sound Studios, this unit has caught our hearts with their determination, inspiration, and dedication to help change the landscape of a sound that's long been known as to be an exclusive "Boy's Only" club. Having been embedded in Montreal's indie music scene for years, discover how they have built their street cred from the ground up, and earn the praise and respect that they deserve from fellow music-makers, family members, and peers such as Melissa Fundira, Emma Bronson, and Lucas Charlie Rose. Hear their stories as we join them for an intimate yet fun coversation that will make you laugh, cry, and smile.

On the flipside, change is a constant thing, and will always be a part of our reality - including that of Hip-Hop. CJLO World Music Director Kelly Belfo and long-time Limelight co-host Amrew Weekes both chime in on how this genre is not just about the sound - but also a movement to mobilize and inspire a community long known to be in the fringes - and how the youth is out to change our perspective on it. Are we ready for music - and Hip-Hop - to redefine itself, and embrace it's new-found renaissance?

Join us as we learn more all about the legend behind one of Montreal's most promising young musicians of 2016! Dive into the basket of refreshing beats, tasty treats, and all of the delicious sounds that you can feast at 6pm ET at 1690 AM in Montreal - and catch it online anytime after the broadcast at 7pm at CJLO.com.

"BTFFT: The Journey" is a special CJLO radio presentation, and is part of ON ROTATION, our year long Artist Outreach Residency Program - made possible with the generous support of the Community Radio Fund of Canada, and great people like you who help make amazing and inspiring independent radio happen.

A Kanye West Anthology Retrospective

I am gonna let you finish but...

The release of The Life of Pablo has to be one of the most divisive albums of the year, where we question does the music separate the ego that is known as Kanye West, who goes also by the name of "Yeezus". If that is not a God complex, then maybe the track "I Am a God" might lead more insight into this strange, bigger-than-life-itself complex. The purpose of this article is to go through the anthology of an artist who introduced me to hip hop. The three things this article will be focusing on are the humility, the ego, and the music of the artist known as Kanye West.

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1. "I am a God, no one is better than me Yeezus" complex
2. "I am gonna let you finish but, Beyoncé had the best album of all time" complex
3. "I am going to speak my mind and be politically correct" complex
4. "I want to apologize after the fact but I was (blank)" complex
5. "Hey Mama, I wrote this song for you" complex

The College Dropout (2004)

This was the first studio album for Kanye West, and it is a classic hip hop album that showcases his melodic soulful sides as an artist. Prior to this, West worked with Jay-Z on The Blue Print. The album starts off by tackling theme of his roots, materialism, personal struggles, and race. One of the faults that I take with the album, like most hip hop albums, is the misogyny on tracks like "Workout Plan", though the album is not laced with these tracks. The album concludes with the entire rise-to-fame where "Last Call" tells the story of his success. "Jesus Walks" is one of the leading tracks, where we get a strong sense that his faith in Jesus and how Catholicism is important in his life, rather than comparing himself to the religious figure. "Slow Jamz" highlights the strong R&B side as an artist, and there are also some strong interpersonal albums that are some of my favourites. "Through the Wire" tells the tale about Kanye's fatal car accident that almost took his life, and "Family Business" pays impotence to the his family roots. The College Dropout was critically praised as a debut album, and also lead to West winning the Grammy for Best Rap Album.

Rating >>
Humility: 4/5
Ego: 3/5
Music: 4/5

 

Late Registration (2005)

This is the album that kickstarted my love for hip hop and rap, and I would call it a definitive album for the genre. First off, this album uses many samples from influential soul and R&B staples. Curtis Mayfield's "Move on Up" is heard on "Touch the Sky", Ray Charles' "I've Got a Woman" on "Gold Digger", and Gil Scott-Heron's "Home is Where the Hatred is" makes it to the track "My Way Home". West also uses the album as a platform to address current issues in the African American community with tracks like "Crack Music", "Roses", and "Diamonds from Sierra Leone". He also gets very personal and deep with his track "Hey Mama", an ode to his mother Donda West. This album not only succeeds at showcasing the influences that other genres had on hip hop. It showcases how an album can touch on social issues that are interpersonal and introspective for West. This is probably not West at the height of his career. Late Registration is his most grounded in old school rap, where the beats provided the art form to both tell introspective and interpersonal stories. One thing is for sure, I will never regret the day this album opened my ears to the genre as an art form.

Rating >>
Humility: 4/5
Ego: 5/5
Music: 4/5

 

Graduation (2007)

Graduation focuses on the electronic, synthesizer, and looping audio. From the "Woo hoooo ooo oooo" heard in the opener "Good Morning", coming from Elton John's song "Someone Saved My Life Tonight", to Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" sampled in "Stronger", there is no denying that West wanted to focus on the new era of sound. Then there are the crowd party anthems of "Champion", "Good Life", and "Can't Tell Me Nothing", but nothing can compare to the beautiful melodic bouncing synthesizers in "Flashing Lights". The interpersonal song of someone from his youth in "Homecoming", and his ode to Jay-Z in "Big Brother". This album is a solid crowd pleaser for party people and the fans of some pretty dope electronic synthesizer beats. This would also be the year that Kanye West and 50 Cent held an old school rap battle by dropping their album on the same day. You can say right now who you think won the battle, and as they say the rest is history.

Rating >>
Humility: 3.5/5
Ego: 3/5
Music: 4/5

 

808s & Heartbreak (2008)

Every artist has their accessible album, and 8080s & Heartbreak was Kanye's. It offers a departure from the rap and hop hop genres and embraces his previous album, Graduation, as an influence. 808s & Heartbreak focuses more on electronic pop with most of the voices distorted by Auto-Tune. Some people might shake their heads and wonder if this was the end of the polo beat rapping Kanye West, I embraced the album. Not only is it accessible, but it is one of his albums where the heightened base does not kill the vibes. From the drum stopping songs of "Love Lockdown" and "Amazing", to the more electronic synth pop of "RoboCop", this album can be seen as an accessible club-based music album for West.

Rating >>
Humility: 4/5
Ego: 3/5 
Music: 3/5

 

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)

Every artist goes through a crisis, but it's how they come back stronger that truly exemplifies them. From the death of his mother and the infamous VMA incident, Kanye West decided to isolate himself from the public eye in Hawaii. The album was released in a deluxe edition, and also included a video musical called "Runaway". There is no doubt that My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy can be considered one of West's most interpersonal concept albums. Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, Sir Elton John, Stacy 'Fergie' Ferguson, John Legend, Rick Ross, and Nicki Minaj are some of the collaborators that can be herd on the album. West gets reflective about his ego in the drum-based "Power", and the piano plucking auto-tuned track "Runaway". There are also the power rap anthems of "All of the Lights" and "Monster". This album proved to be one of the most critically-acclaimed albums for many people, and as for me, this is my favourite of his most experimental albums.

Rating >>
Humility: 3/5
Ego: 2/5
Music: 4/5

 

Yeezus (2013)

You don't need to call it a reinvention of the artist formally known as Kanye West, even though the album embraces more of the new-age sounds of Auto-Tune. This is a dark, grungy album mixed with horns, electronic guitars, and reggae-tones underlines this new industrial sound. West provides a social commentary about race and consumerism with tracks like "Black Skinhead" and "New Slaves". The album is less substantial with egotistical tracks like "I Am a God" and the misogynistic tracks like "Blood on the Leaves" and "I'm in It". The album is less than a hip hop concept album, and rather an interpersonal album about his relationship with Kim Kardashian, as the album concludes with "Bound 2". As much as West tries to experiment with new sounds, most of the tracks lack creativity when it comes to the lyrics.

Rating >>
Humility: 1/5 
Ego: 1/5 
Music: 2/5

 

The Life of Pablo (2016)

Everyone was speculating when the album would be released. After the event in Madison Square Garden, Yeezy Season 2, and an appearance on Saturday Night Live where Kanye shouted, "www.kanyewest.com!", I thought the day had finally come. I was greeted to a taped message from Mos Def with more of a social-commentary message, and found out the only way I could listen to the album was through the Tidal streaming service. Not becoming a sucker for the streaming services, I held out hope as Kanye went on Twitter rants about being broke and other socially-awkward tweets. Finally, he tweeted out that his album would be released via his website. It has to be the most time I've spent thinking about an album all year, and it is the album that I have listened to the most. As for music, it blends together the music styles of Yezzus and gets your ears treated to an overload of bass. I had enough at one point, and had to switch to bass-reducer mode to appreciate the album, even though that is not the way he intended the album to be. The tracks are more self-loathing about his new life and status with tracks like "Famous". The only old Kanye that we get is his self-loathing reflections in "I Love Kanye". Even though The Life of Pablo is an album that I keep on going back to in my repeat section this year, there is no depth lyrically and that takes me away from this album compared to others.

Rating >>
Humility: 1/5 
Ego: 1/5 
Music: 2.5/5

 

It's kind of hard to respect an artist that has made you fall in love with a genre of music when he is socially awkward. His most recent publicity stunt involves his music video for "Famous", where he is asking people to sue him, not taking into account that he is dealing with personal debt. All I can say is that I miss the old Kanye.

 

--All of what is new and out! Tune in the At the Movies (with Iconic Sounds), every Tuesday at 8AM, only on CJLO 1690AM.

News for Wednesday, July 6th 2016

LOCAL
By Catlin Spencer

The Palais des congrès, Montreal's Convention Centre, will be playing host to Montreal's Comic-con this eighth, ninth and tenth of July.
Guests of honour for 2016 include Tom Felton from Harry Potter, William Shatner from Star Trek: The Original Series and John Barrowman from Doctor Who.
Fans of Sci-fi, Horror, Anime, Gaming, bande dessinée, and comic books can buy tickets at the door or online at montrealcomiccon.com
CJLO will be following the event with day-by-day and post-convention coverage, including updates on social media such as Instagram and Twitter.

 

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NATIONAL
By Patricia Petit Liang

The Canadian Human Rights Commission announced that the federal government may soon remove any mention of sex or gender from passports and other official identity documents.
According to CBC News, the Commission's senior official says that gender-neutrality in identity documents is the number one priority for transgender Canadians.
The statement was made during consultations done between the Commission and the transgender community.
No official dates have yet been announced for these changes to happen.

 

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INTERNATIONAL/GALACTICAL
By Saturn De Los Angeles

NASA's research satellite has successfully entered Jupiter's atmosphere this week.
According to BBC News, Juno will orbit around the solar system's largest planet to gather information.
After five years of travelling from earth, Juno's aims to explore the planet's dangerous interior between now and up to 2018.
The planet's surface has a very high radiation rate that can ruin any kind of electronic device with the power equivalent to a million dental X-Rays.

Wednesday, July 6th 2016

Hosted by Pauline Nesbitt

Stories written by Catlin Spencer + Patricia Petit Liang + Saturn De Los Angeles

Produced by Saturn De Los Angeles

The P. K. Subban trade is good for the Montreal Canadiens!

Sure, I liked P. K. but...

I was asked to write an article about the draft held in Buffalo last Friday, which ultimately was overshadowed by the Subban trade rumours (thanks George Laraques and 91.9 Sport). The trade never materialised then, which in retrospect I think is a good thing.

The rumours had the Oilers offering Leon Draisaitl and the fourth pick overall, French superstar-to-be Pierre-Luc Dubois. I don't think that was enough, and clearly neither did Marc Bergevin. From what I have heard, The Habs management were asking for Draisaitl, Hall or RHD, Oscar Klefbom and the number four pick. The deal didn't go through and Dubois to everyone's surprise went third to Columbus and Edmonton drafted highly coveted finish prospect Jesse Puljujärvi. Edmonton was so surprised they didn't even have a jersey ready with Jesse Puljujärvi's name on it.

So why is the P. K. Subban trade a good thing for the Montreal Canadiens? SHEA WEBER IS A MONSTER!! The guy scores 20 a year, puts up 50 points, lays down the hard hits, and is not afraid to drop the gloves! What's with all the backlash? Sure, I liked P. K., but Shea Weber is Team Canada's number one defenceman! Has everyone lost their minds? I think the backlash is mostly from the casual hockey fans. I'm sorry to say this, but your reaction to this trade is why you are the casual hockey fan.

With this move, Marc Bergevin and the Canadiens are clearly going after the Stanley Cup. As of June 29th, the Montreal Canadiens have won this trade. I don't even want to get into the "P. K. wasn't liked in the locker room" stuff we've all heard. If you don't know what I'm talking about, or don't recall the countless times P. K. acted bigger than the team, I will be happy to write another article about it. The fact is, he never accepted not being voted captain last year, and he was pulling in one direction while the rest of the team was pulling in the other. Shea Weber brings a winning pedigree to the Montreal Canadiens. He has earned the respect of his peers; he stabilizes the defence, and brings leadership and skills to a team who clearly needs it.

I think Bergevin needs to add a top-six player and, in a perfect world, trade Tomáš Plekanec for a more dynamic center. With the addition of Andrew Shaw, subtraction of Lars Eller, and now the Subban versus Weber trade, I think les glorieux have acquired experience and leadership. Shaw has two Stanley cups, Weber two gold medals, and the latter will be able to support the leadership of Captain Max Pacioretty and Carey Price in those tough-grinding winter months. Speaking of Carey Price, at 6'4" as nasty as Weber he is, no one will be sliding into Carey this upcoming season.

Honestly, I love watching P. K. Subban and will continue to do so in that horrible mustard yellow Nashville sweater. I remember seeing him in back-to-back games against the Flyers in 2010 and thinking to myself that P. K., at just 20 years old, had more skills than anybody on the current roster. P. K.'s father Karl emigrated from Jamaica in the 1970s and quickly adopted the Canadiens as his favourite team. The school principal would watch every game on television, so when P. K. was drafted forty-third overall in the 2007 NHL draft, he couldn't be happier to realise his childhood dream. Subban devoted his time to local Montreal charities, social events, and he was a great ambassador for our city. However, this trade had to be done.

Do not worry casual hockey fan, the emotions you are feeling today will quickly disappear after a few Shea Weber power play goals and a few hometown wins. Once the Habs start the season 5-0, all will be forgiven. Carey Price is  the heart of the team, not P. K. Subban. Coming from a guy whose cousin won the Stanley Cup with the Canadiens in 1993, you've heard it here first: the Canadians will win the Stanley Cup within the next three years!

 


--Visit the CJLO Magazine every Lazy Sunday for our specialty columns, reviews, and features. Root-de-doo-de-doo, a-root-de-doot-de doy di, a-root-de doot de dum, a-ree-de-dee-de-doo dee - doo doo... Lazy Sunday afternoon... got no mind to worry...

WHAT'S NEW AT CJLO - 1690AM

Read the Latest News and Announcements - CJLO Style

CJLO CHARTMANIA! >> TOP 5 ALBUMS 7/4/16 >> 1. Braids - Companion EP (Flemish Eye) - 2. Gypsy Chief Goliath - Citizens of Nowhere (Pitch Black) 3. Nails - You Will Never Be One Of Us (Nuclear Blast) - 4. Odonis Odonis - Post Plague (Telephone Explosion) 5. Mogwai - Atomic (Rock Action) >> Go to our official Charts page to see the full list of albums that charted this week!


PROGRAMMING NOTE >> DJ Brian 'Döc' Holidæ is set to retire his long-running hip hop music show, Phantastiq Cypha, to begin a brand new talk show called Geektastiq Cypha this week! Catch the first edition Wednesday, July 6th at 9PM, only on CJLO - 1690AM.


As part of our "On Rotation" artist residency program, set up with the generosity of the Community Radio Fund of Canada, we invite you to an amazing night as Strange Froots, our hip-hop group in residence, launches their EP on Thursday, July 14th at Groove Nation (410 Rachel E.). Doors open at 20:00. The event is PWYC with a $10 suggested donation, and all proceeds benefit Nobad Sound Studio.


We've teamed up with the folks at the KickDrum Summer Marathon in July for seven wonderful days of 100% Montreal-based music. Tune in to Champions of the Local Scene at 6PM on Wednesday, July 13th for our live broadcast and pre-show festivities at Blanc de Blanc (248 Villeneuve W.).

You'll definitely want to stick around to catch Jesse Speed, Constance, and Pallice. Doors open at 18:30, the show starts at 19:00, and tickets are only $7 + $1 (Plus One) = $8. That $1 from every ticket will go to support USC Canada - Seeds of Survival and their work to build resilience through ecological agriculture! Check out the Facebook event page for the latest news announcements.


CJLO - 1690 AM is looking for a new General Manager who will guide, organize, and motivate our dedicated and independent volunteers and staff. The chosen candidate will help take CJLO to the next level in its development and continued growth as one of North America's most well-respected campus and community radio stations. The deadline to apply is Thursday, July 7th at 11:59:59 PM. All the details are available on our Job Postings page.


PROGRAMMING NOTE >> Check out CJLO's brand new addition to our schedule, In Between Rounds! Our first ever show about the fighting ring. Your host DJ MILLZ will breakdown fights, talk with special guests, and bring you the weekly news on the fight universe Mondays at 2PM. Tune in!


There are countless ways you can get involved at CJLO, and we're always looking for new volunteers! Check out our Volunteer page for details and tips on how to apply!

 

--Main image courtesy of Ryan Statz.

Final Phantastiq Cypha: Geektastiq Cypha Edition

Catch the last Phantastiq Cypha: #GeektastiqCypha Edition tonight at 10PM EST on CJLO.com | 1690AM | Bell FibeTV 950. Döc Holidæ will be touching on a long list of great geek culture content and going on our usual tangents. Geektastiq Cypha will be turning into a weekly Wednesday staple at CJLO! Catch the first edition Wednesday July 6th at 9PM EST.

 

MONDAY JULY 4TH @ 2PM: In Between Rounds interview w/ The Beast & Big Daddy

Tune into In Between Rounds on Monday, the 4th of July at 2pm for some amazing interviews with The Beast and Big Daddy by Emilio Greco!

Blake “The Beast” McKernan is an upcoming fighter from Sacramento California, fighting in the cruiserweight division in boxing. With an undefeated record he recently just signed to one of the greatest boxing promotions in Golden Boy Promotions. His debut fight is July 7 at Cache Creek Casino in California! He will be talking with Emilio Greco on the first half of In Between Rounds!

Gary Goodridge also known as “Big Daddy” in the fighting world is a former top contender in MMA and kickboxing, former Arm Wrestling Champion and former Super Heavyweight Amateur Boxing Champion of Canada. Fought in the early days of UFC, Pride Championships, and K-1 Big Daddy fought the who’s who in combat sports. He will be joining the second half of In Between Rounds with Emilio Greco.

In Between Rounds is CJLO's first talk show about fighting! Every week, Emilio breakdowns fights with speical guests. Tune in for weekly fight updates - Mondays at 2pm!

 

Je Suis TBA @ Marché des Possibles

CJLO is proud to participate in the Marché des Possibles on Friday, July 1st! Je suis TBA will be DJing the event from 1pm to 4pm with some cool groovy mellow future beats. Join us for fun workshops and to eat delicious food! After 7pm, come watch the musical stylings of Timothy Armstrong, Daybi, Odaya and Beatrice Deer!  Come on down and say hi to one of CJLO's finest and most dedicated DJs.

Tashi Wada, Yoshi Wada & Julia Holter + Tashi Dorji & Mette Rasmussen Duo @ La Sala Rossa

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REVIEW >> Suoni Per Il Popolo, CKUT, CHOQ, Blue Skies Turn Black, Scène 1425 et CJLO - 1690AM present: Tashi Wada, Yoshi Wada & Julia Holter + Tashi Dorji & Mette Rasmussen Duo >> Friday, June 17, 2016 @ La Sala Rossa

For the experimental and avant-garde music festival Suoni Per Il Popolo, the duo Tashi Dorji & Mette Rasmussen and the father and son pair Yoshi Wada & Tashi Wada, featuring Julia Holter, played a concert at La Sala Rossa full of ambitious and contrasting sounds.

As soon as the first act came on the foot-high stage, the lights dimmed and the audience's chatter followed suit. A blonde woman picked up the saxophone that had been sitting on its stand, and an Asian man did the same to the guitar that was on the right. There was no introduction.

Tashi Dorji & Mette Ramussen started immediately, and almost their entire performance was wordless - no singing, no words of gratitude to the audience, nothing. Their music is best described as free improvisation, and it is exactly what it sounds like: completely improvised music. But for the uninitiated, it sounds less like a jam session and more like complete chaos. There was no melody, no harmony, no musicality; only (seemingly) random notes and chords. In addition to the near non-existent musical structure, the instruments themselves were played in very unusual ways. The alto saxophone was sometimes played so loud that it went out of its register and sounded not unlike screaming. The electric guitar often went from amplified to unamplified as to simulate static.

Their last song had particularly interesting playing techniques, most likely to make it sound like traditional Japanese music. Throughout the entire song, Tashi Dorji's guitar strings were plucked without any amplification or distortion, much like a shamisen or a koto, and Mette Rasmussen's saxophone was blown into without a reed, played similarly to the shakuhachi flute. Their improvisational roots were still heard, but because the piece sounded the most like music out of all their other songs, it was, to me, their most memorable performance.

I understand the attraction of playing music without having any kind of constraints, but to untrained ears like mine, it is incredibly difficult to listen to, much less to enjoy. Because music in the free improvisation or free jazz genres strive to be as "free" as possible, they sound less like music to the average person and more like random noise. And so, having this duo as an opening act felt like a mistake, as nothing could possibly feel more intense as pure chaos in sonic form.

But, of course, I was wrong. The main event, Yoshi Wada, Tashi Wada, and Julia Holter, was the polar opposite of the opening act. It was slow, minimal, and carefully crafted. It was of gargantuan proportions, with only a single, hour-long song being played throughout their whole show. From that last piece of information alone, you can probably already see why this performance was as impressive - exhausting, even - as the last one.

The saxophone and guitar made way to two tables with an array of bells, a synthesizer, an organ, and a computer. Like the opening act, there was no introduction. The first sound the audience hears is the sound of a single bell being rung. More bells, hand bells, chimes, electric bells - you name it - join in slowly, and the lengthy interval between each ring tells a lot about what's to come. It was not unlike the bells I would hear at a Buddhist temple before a prayer.

At one point, Julia Holter and Tashi Wada join in on the synthesizer and electric organ, respectively. As the bells make way to the droning keyboards, Holter's faint, a melodic and atonal vocalizations are briefly heard. More and more layers of droning get piled on, get increasingly loud, and the electric bells, controlled on a computer by Yoshi Wada, completely stop ringing. Yoshi Wada gets up, plays a single tone on a bagpipe, adding onto the layers of droning. The 72-year-old musician's small frame can be seen walking solemnly around the venue.  

By the time Wada Sr. had regained his seat, what started out as a hum on the keyboards had become a roar. The wall of sound that was built layer by layer was now massive—it was so loud that the entire venue was shaking. I was really glad that I brought my earplugs when I saw the man in front of me plug his ears because of how earth-shatteringly loud it was. Protect your ears, children.

The concert went on, and it actually got quieter, and the bells made a return. Yoshi Wada had one more trick up his sleeve, however: a handmade, hand cranked instrument that, you guessed it, added droning tones to the fading overtones. This time, the meat-grinder-like instrument's sound ranged from lawnmower in the distance to air raid siren, in terms of both tonality and loudness. 

Yoshi Wada regained his seat once more, and the synth and organ began to pulsate, rather than drone. Yoshi Wada rose and walked one last time, this time to play the bagpipes. The song ended with a low droning from Julia Holter and Tashi Wada on their respective instruments.

I honestly wish I knew more about music to know exactly what the thought process behind the compositions was, or how the message of the music was heard in the compositions. But, despite that, it felt to me that the chaotic, extremely unpredictable music of Tashi Dorji & Mette Rasmussen was the soundtrack to a death, and the repetitive, cathartic, almost transcendental music of Yoshi Wada, Tashi Wada, and Julia Holter was like the soundtrack to a funeral. Whether the music took you to heaven, hell, or purgatory in the process depends on your point of view and overall enjoyment of the show. After feeling like I got brutally murdered on the opening act, I suppose the main act's slow, sometimes painful, but strangely soothing droning made me feel like I was getting purified in purgatory.

 

--DJ Lawrell hosts Fukubukuro every Sunday at 9PM, only on CJLO. With moods ranging from serene to hotblooded, light-hearted to upsetting, minimalistic to ear-shatteringly loud; the fun part of Fukubukuro is not knowing what you'll get every show.

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