Frequency Horizon

-Plenty of great music up for you folks in this edition including @Kiasmos "Looped", @odd-nosdam Odd Nosdam "Sisters" (Boards of Canada remix), @Nero "The Thrill" (@renelavice Rene LaVice remix OhLaLa's Live Version). -I interview a couple dudes I initially thought were twins who have been doing some pretty extreme cross-country camping. They'll explain how they scored a sponsorship from North Fac...

So lovely for "Slice o' Ginga" (Ginger Slice) to drop by Tuff City Radio 90.1 FM studios for an interview, with a special .mp3 in tow... Check out my chat with the Tofitian MC and mixologist, better known around these parts as one Ginger Lee, starting at 48:30 of the program. "It is a magical night in Tofino," she pointed out... Then, don't miss her exclusive guest mix, which kicks off at 57:19. D...

It's a mixed bag this week as we mash up interviews about the mobile threat to theatrical frequencies with multiple emerging musicians (live and pre-produced for a bit of variety). -The CRTC has aligned itself with cell phone juggernauts in the sense the telecommunications regulator is squeezing out the much smaller but no less culturally relevant theatre performers. Listen to an interview with on...

This week we we’ll usher you into the program with a “cold open” monologue over the strains of Dub Physix’s “The Clock Ticks.” Then a community choir helps bless the boats as part of the Pacific Rim Whale Festival. Screenwriter Erin McMullan pops by the studio for a live chat about her thrilling experience attending the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (put on by the folks at www.wom...

As alway, full of experimentation and boundary-pushing news, arts and sonic content, I hope you enjoy the show we have dished up for you today. It’s the first time we’re switching to the full two-hour format, to carry you through whatever you’re up to! Ever wondered what it would take to operate an organic farm on rocky West Coast terrain? We’ll take you down a winding road just outside Ucluelet B...

On Episode 17 of the podcast we make our way home… -I interview a couple of surfers on a layover in LAX as they head back to Florida after a magnificent New Zealand adventure. We’ll use it as an opportunity to look at the “surfer” concept of home, in our new global reality. We've got @gi5 “Fly High” in the background as we hear the story behind this week's cover photo (courtesy of Cole Alcock and...

Here we present the California issue of the podcast: an exploration of a place that's lush with culture. Amid the palm trees and promotions, it belies expectations… and promises new experiences… -We start off in San Diego at the crack of dawn, sitting in on a University of California San Diego surf team practice. (Background music from @privetmusic) -We'll hear from street kids with mad flow and b...

This week we'll head to big wave spot Todos Santos on a day trip to capitalize as it goes off. What you can expect from the episode: -In the Austin airport I chat with Nigerian Seyi Olakulehin as he picks his favourite tunes, including a Handel number, dissects the vital role radio will play in Africa in the years to come, and describes a ray of sunshine never captured (with a camera, anyways). -Y...

This week we take you into the hill country of the Lone Star State. And you'll get up close and personal with some underground Austin electronic. Here's what you can expect: -I chat with an Austin City Limits employee about the significance of country music to the city's identity, ultimately relenting and deciding to play her favourite artist, @george-strait-music, as well as @mirandalambert, on m...

What's on tap? -We'll start out by giving a solid shout/out to MC Farmer, and playing a #beatbox and #drum&bass track he selected specifically for the Frequency Horizon! -Then we set out on a journey with an uncertain end that promises plenty of serendipitous encounters all the way along... -I bumped into Naked DJ Mt. Eliah and his girlfriend clearing customs while heading down to the US and Mexic...

How will we feed the world in the years to come? -We do a deep-water dive on the subject of aquaculture, speaking with local Tofino activists Clayoquot Action before they head off to Norway to raise a stink about fish farming. -We'll take you back to the occupation of open ocean pens by some members of the Ahousaht First Nation and examine its impact, months later. -Laurie Jensen, communications a...

This was a big week on the 90.1 FM Tuff City Radio Frequency Horizon experience. We delve into sinister hues, contemplate winter lifestyles through the first play of a local musician and get the skinny on quality surf imagery from a photographer making his airwave debut. -First of all, I switched Boards of Canada songs for the intro (from Julie and Candy to ’84 Pontiac Dream), which worked out qui...

While I'm away from my 90.1 FM Tuff City Radio show I prepared a two-hour presentation of couple of my favourite DJ mixes from recent years. The first is a @kollektivturmstrasse mix I latched onto while treeplanting in the interior of British Columbia. I remember trying to download it in one of the only places with a WiFi signal in that part of the Cariboo region. I had found the mix labelled as b...

Plenty of audio mischief on this edition of the Frequency Horizon, in the form of a lo-fi sheen, moody tracks, cinematic songs and upbeat kickers. -Music from @lo-freq-1, @tame-impala, @brankoofficial, @holycene, @rhyminginfives, @jamie-xx, @waveshaper-2 -Track of the week >> "Ocean Beat" by Tosca -An original experimental rap created and performed in Tofino by @ville-frojd, fused with analog and...

Playing some of the top Frequency Horizon-approved tracks of 2015 and looking back at some of our own highlights… (This one’s gonna really feel like you’re listening to an analog broadcast, so strap yourself in for the ride!) But before we get too far into the show we bring you one last little audio doc capturing the essence of a perfect Tofino surf day! “You were where you felt you wanted to be,”...

I have a very special Christmas present for you guys… It’s Episode 7! -On the day of the Christmas full moon, which won’t happen again until 2034, I bring you a radio documentary (in characteristically #ambient fashion) about the blood moon eclipse, which won’t be seen until right around the same time. The Frequency Horizon joins an impromptu blood moon lunar eclipse gathering and taps into excite...

This week on the program, music from @four-tet, @cigarettesaftersex, @alpineband, @artsandcraftsmx, @coeur-de-pirate and more. Also... -Analog yet utterly "digitally enhanced" intro -Jen Osborne relaxes on her Vancouver Island family farm after getting back from a photojournalism odyssey that took her to both sides of the conflict in Ukraine. -Shannisse St. Pierre aka Suicide Girl "Felynx Suicide"...

On the fifth edition of the Frequency Horizon we delve into Finish broadcast history, take a trapical look at global affairs, and examine the spirit of 80s synthetic experimentalism. Plus, we take on the subject of bear hunting and the social media controversy it can spark in a place like Tofino. What’s up this week: -Shout out to @radiomalaspina show Kinetic Flow founder. -We’ll sit down with Kal...

-Take a day trip to the hotsprings and bathe in some dope electronic music. -I attempt to describe the concept behind the Frequency Horizon to @koan-sound (Thanks for indulging me guys!) -Also featuring songs from @flatlandsoundstudio, @allahlas, @badboyentertainment, @the-ransom-note -Track of the week is an @alixperez (reworked by DJ Break) -A live chat with Celeste Ross-Opazo dips into fractals...

The third episode of the Frequency Horizon podcast has its highs and lows as we go from the beach to hospital to an accident scene on the Pacific Rim Highway, in what we’re calling the “Take Me to the Hospital" edition. Here's what's in store: -My scalp is sliced open with one of the fins of my surfboard, causing me to reluctantly ditch a near-perfect surf excursion. -Music from @metric-band, @aki...

On the second edition of the Frequency Horizon podcast we take in some musical waves from France and consider a variety of tracks related in some way to Paris or the recent terrorist attacks in the City of Love. Instead of just listening at a distance we take a look at just how closely connected it turns out we are here on the west coast of Vancouver Island. First broadcast on 90.1 FM Tuff City Ra...

~~~ Come on a journey in audio doused with interesting vibes from across the spectrum of sound. The Frequency Horizon emanates from the 90.1 FM Tuff City Radio studio in Tofino, British Columbia, on Canada's captivating Vancouver Island. >This is the first ever Frequency Horizon podcast and we're getting it started off right... What's in store: -An Australian gets a tattoo of a majestic orca in ho...