XHM #636 - "These talkies are the path to sin" (2023 February 13)

Exploding Head Movies

Our Oscars profile continue with Justin Hurwitz's nominated original score from Babylon. We also talk about earthquakes, many a live event in Vancouver this week -- including Hotham Sound's Drop Cities 2-day hoedown -- and a weird blend of jazz age remixes and what Babylon is. Thanks to everyone who donated to Fundrive 2023! 1. Altin Gün: Yali Yali (Âlem, 2021) self-released 2. Ted Quinlan: Babylon (Absolutely Dreaming, 2019) self-released 3. Kit Sebastian: Yeter (Melodi, 2021) Mr Bongo 4. Káryyn: Aleppo (The Quanta Series, 2019) Mute 5. Idlefon: After the Quake (Anthology of Persian Experimental Music, 2019) Unexplained Sounds Group 6. Wesli: Ba Li Va Li [remix] (Tradisyon, 2022) Cumbancha 7. Ian & Sylvia: Nancy Whiskey [live] (The Lost Tapes, 2019) Stony Plain 8. Numün: Lighter (Book of Beyond, 2023) Shimmy Disc 9. The Clean: Billy Two (Boodle Boodle Boodle EP, 1981) Flying Nun 10. Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz: Thorns in the Laws of Attraction (Jooj Two, 2021) Mint 11. The Budos Band: Renegade (Long in the Tooth, 2020) Daptone 12. Gilla Band: Backwash (Most Normal, 2022) Rough Trade 13. Ben Shemie & Molinari Quartet: The Eye (Desiderata, 2022) Joyful Noise 14. Hudson Glover: Recorders (Solar Surfing: Music from the Film 'Crystal Oscillators', 2023) Hotham Sound 15. MIDI Janitor: Do You Not Wish? (Bulk Order, 2023) Hotham Sound 16. Corben: Ain't Easy (Sun Variants, 2022) Hotham Sound 17. Playback Head: Synth Tape (Calliope, 2022) Hotham Sound 18. Karamelien: Ascension Heights (Ascension Heights, 2022) self-released 19. Castle If: Easy Love (Drivin' Easy, 2023) self-released 20. Badbadnotgood & Arthur Verocai: Love Proceeding [Macroblank remix] (2022) XL/Innovative Leisure 21. Yves Jarvis: At the Whims (The Zug, 2022) Anti-/Flemish Eye 22. Phoebe Bridgers: Chinese Satellite (Punisher, 2020) Dead Oceans 23. Stephanie Economou: Main Theme from Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök [w.Einar Selvik] (Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök OST, 2022) Lakeshore/Ubisoft 24. Kid Koala: Jump & Shuffle [Live from the Hardware Store] (Creatures of the Late Afternoon OST, 2023) Envision 25. Emeli Sandé & The Bryan Ferry Orchestra: Crazy in Love [Kid Koala version] (The Great Gatsby OST [deluxe edition], 2013) Interscope 26. Moka Efti Orchestra: Babylon Charleston (Babylon Berlin - Music from the Original TV Series: Volume 1, 2017) BMG 27. Muslimgauze: Babylon is Iraq (2019) Staalplaat 28. Simon Franglen: Nothing is Lost/You Give Me Strength [w.The Weeknd] (Avatar: The Way of the Water OST, 2022) Hollywood 29. Simon Franglen: From Darkess to Light (Avatar: The Way of the Water OST, 2022) Hollywood 30. Justin Hurwitz: Welcome (Babylon OST, 2022) Interscope/Mercury Classics 31. Justin Hurwitz: Ain't Life Grand (Babylon OST, 2022) Interscope/Mercury Classics 32. Justin Hurwitz: Señor Avocado (Babylon OST, 2022) Interscope/Mercury Classics 33. Justin Hurwitz: Gold Coast Rhythm [Juan Bonilla] (Babylon OST, 2022) Interscope/Mercury Classics 34. Roy Ayers Ubiquity: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival [reissue], 1996) Verve It's not too late to still donate to Fundrive 2023: https://citr.ca/donate [e-mail] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies