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Saturday April 11th, 2020 with Heavy Ben
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Music to chill by, recorded at home pictured: Tides: Music for Meditation and Yoga | Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
Hampton Hawes, Martial Solal - Key For Two - BYG - 1969
Nexus On The Beach
Roberto Musci, Giovanni Venosta - Tower Of Silence - Music From Memory - 2016 (recorded 1987)
Ganesha
Alice Coltrane - Radha-Krsna Nama Sankirtana - Warner Bros. - 1977
Spring Is Here
Steve Haines Quintet - Beginner's Mind - Artists House - 2003 Canadian
Bach's Concerto No. 5 In F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo
Glenn Gould (composer: Johann Sebastian Bach) - Music From Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five - Columbia Masterworks - 1972 Canadian
Monody
Midori Takada, Masahiko Satoh - Lunar Cruise - Epic/We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records - 1990/2017
Storm On A Wilderness Lake [excerpt]
Dan Gibson - Solitudes - Environmental Sound Experiences Volume Six - Dan Gibson Productions Ltd. - 1982 Canadian
Infinity 7
J D Emmanuel - Electronic Minimal Music - Black Sweat - 2016 (recorded 1982)
Quasarsphere
Ash Ra Tempel, Manuel Göttsching - Inventions For Electric Guitar - Cosmic Musik - 1975
Open The Light
Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children - Warp - 1998
Ené Alantchi Alnorem (I Can't Live Without You)
Mulatu Astatke - Ethio Jazz - Amha/L'Arôme Productions - 1974/2002
Talking Rain [excerpt]
Hildegard Westerkamp - Harangue I - Earsay Productions - 1998 Canadian
Ecstasy Symphony / Transparent Radiation (Flashback)
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription - Glass - 1987
Wo Bist Du?
Popol Vuh - Einsjäger & Siebenjäger - Kosmische Musik/Wah Wah - 1975/2013
Hollywood Dream Trip
Syrinx - Syrinx - True North - 1970 Canadian
Doubts About Waking
Paul Schütze - New Maps Of Hell - Extreme - 1992
Ear Dreamin'
Yoshiaki Ochi - Natural Sonic/Kankyō Ongaku (Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980 - 1990) - Wacoal Art Center/Light In The Attic - 1990/2019
Balia
Jon Hassell - Earthquake Island - Tomato - 1978
Summer Ride
Brian Eno - Curiosities Volume II - Opal - 2004
Bettina
Daniel Lanois - Sling Blade OST - Island - 1996 Canadian
Tides III
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Tides: Music For Meditation And Yoga - Touchtheplants Studio - 2018
Gaayatri
Ravi Shankar - Chants Of India - Angel - 1997
Remembering Schubert
Eve Egoyan (composer: Ann Southam) - Glass Houses - Music Of Ann Southam - CBC - 1999 Canadian
You Must Believe In Spring
Bill Evans - You Must Believe In Spring - Warner Bros. 1981 (recorded 1977)
Interactive CKCU
WattStrong
We were hoping Heavy Friends would resurface pandemic style!

8:02 PM, April 11th, 2020
Bijon Roy (host)
Heavy Ben's Record Den? Sounds like you're broadcasting from just next door!

8:03 PM, April 11th, 2020
Dandy
Tuning in from self-isolation in Montreal!

8:04 PM, April 11th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
Evening WattStrongs. Thanks for tuning in as we adapt to a new way to deliver radio

8:04 PM, April 11th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hehe B-Roy, the wall are thin, hm? ;)

8:05 PM, April 11th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hi Dandy! This must be the strangest vacation you've ever taken. You can't even leave the province.

8:07 PM, April 11th, 2020
WattStrong
Dandy, you should update your travel blog this week while on holiday....

8:13 PM, April 11th, 2020
WattStrong
Great chill tunes Heavy Ben. Thoughts on future shows/themes?

8:14 PM, April 11th, 2020
Jas Nasty
Nice gentle show Ben thank you

8:14 PM, April 11th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hey Jas nice to hear from you... Gentle Ben in the chill house ;)

8:16 PM, April 11th, 2020
Keyboard Paul
Excellent harp solo

8:18 PM, April 11th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
I'm of a mind to produce another chill show like tonight if people dig it. I really found it helpful to immerse myself in these kinds of sounds. It has a physical, calming effect to slow things down

8:18 PM, April 11th, 2020
Dandy
Today we learned there's a character named Steve Haines in Grand Theft Auto 5. So yeah pretty good vacation so far.

8:19 PM, April 11th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
Keyboard Paul - seeking some shredding on the harp, are you?

8:21 PM, April 11th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
That's hilarious about GTA5. Can you send Mr. Haines a screenshot?

8:23 PM, April 11th, 2020
Mel
Thanks for the chill vibes, Ben.

8:26 PM, April 11th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hey Mel! Glad you're in the zone

8:33 PM, April 11th, 2020
Rob.
Always interesting stuff, Ben. Finally chill around this household.

8:38 PM, April 11th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
As for future shows, I am working with JD Emmanuel (long synth track that just played) to do an interview and profile in the near future!

8:38 PM, April 11th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
Thanks Rob. You could play this to put the kids to sleep. They'd probably find it intolerably boring!

8:40 PM, April 11th, 2020
Leege
AHHHHH....I am so relaxed....

8:44 PM, April 11th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
Boards of Canada has that effect on me. I find this song is somehow nostalgic even if you have never heard it before

8:47 PM, April 11th, 2020
Scott
Thanks for the Saturday night soundtrack Ben! That's very cool news about JD Emmanuel! Looking forward to that. Cheers!

8:47 PM, April 11th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
Good evening Scott! At least three soundtrack references for you tonight, in case you are trainspotting...

8:52 PM, April 11th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
Thank you Hardy’s VCR Repair Shop

9:04 PM, April 11th, 2020
Ben Armstrong (host)
Fait accompli! It appears as though this music has put everyone to sleep or at least in a state where checking your computer/phone is no longer necessary. Thanks for tuning in to Heavy Friends. Great to have all the comments.

9:58 PM, April 11th, 2020
Hardy
Great show!

4:17 PM, April 13th, 2020
PC
More Phil Collinson!

4:24 PM, April 13th, 2020