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Heavy Friends
Saturday January 16th, 2021 with Chris Ikonomopoulos with Heavy Guest Tarek Al-Zand
Digger's Delight

Welcome Heavy Listeners. Excited to have special heavy guest Tarek Al-Zand supplying music for the show tonight! Tune it in and hear some of his Ottawa record digs as he returns to the city and to CKCU for a limited time only.
Cafe Regio’s
Soul Mann and The Brothers - Shaft - 1971 - Pickwick

Trust Me
Herbie Hancock - Feets Don’t Fail Me Now - 1979 - Columbia

Dolemite
Herbie Hancock - 7" - 1975 - Generation International

Thinking of You
Sister Sledge - 12" - 1979 - Atlantic

Do It Do It Disco
Myron & E - - 2014 - Stones Throw

You Are In My System

The System - 12" - 1982 - Mirage
Set It Off (Remix)

Strafe - 12" - 1986 - Jus Born Records
Situation

Yaz - Upstairs at Eric’s - 1982 - Sire
Double Dutch

Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock - 1982 - Charisma
Can’t Shake Your Love

Syreeta - - 1981 - Motown
No More Room For Dancing

Fatback Band - Night Fever - 1976 - Spring Records
Gonne Get Over You

France Joli - Now! - 1982 - Flarenasch Canadian
Got My Mind Made Up

Instant Funk - - 1979 - Salsoul
I’ll Do Anything For You

Denroy Morgan - I’ll Do Anything For You - 1981 - Becket Records
Erucu

Jermaine Jackson - Mahogany OST - 1975 - Motown
Passion

The Flirts - - 1982 - Unidsc

Spank
Jimmy “Bo” Horne - - 1979 - T.K. Records

First True Love Affair
Jimmy Ross - - 1981 - Quality

War Dance
Kebekelektrik - S/T - 1978 - Epic Canadian

Let X-X/It Tango
Laurie Anderson - Big Science - 1982 - Warner Bros. Records

Wake Up
Yoko Ono - It's Alright (I See Rainbows) - 1982 - Polydor

The Best of India’s New Motion Picture Music
Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh - Saawan Ka Mahina - 1968 - Capitol Records

In My Room
Yaz - Upstairs At Eric's - 1982 - Sire

Anambra
Ozo - Listen To Buddah - 1976 - DJM Records

Love Is Blind
William Onyeabor - Who Is... - 2013 - Luaka Bop
Interactive CKCU
Neal Johnstone (host)
off to a good start this evening

8:06 PM, January 16th, 2021
Chris Ikonomopoulos (host)
Hi Neal, glad to hear. Stay tuned for plenty more.

8:08 PM, January 16th, 2021
PeterB (co-hosting slut, reformed)
Great to hear new voices Tarek!

8:09 PM, January 16th, 2021
Neal Johnstone (host)
oh, I will.

8:09 PM, January 16th, 2021
Tarek Al-Zand
Evening all! Hope you enjoy the journey!

8:11 PM, January 16th, 2021
PeterB
Looking forward to surprises, as always ... And happy homework.

8:13 PM, January 16th, 2021
Jas Nasty
Hey Heavy Friends! Enjoying the journey so far for sure :)

8:24 PM, January 16th, 2021
Chris Ikonomopoulos (host)
Stick around Jas, you're going to hear some of your faves.

8:27 PM, January 16th, 2021
Nikki
I like this style of disco music.

8:29 PM, January 16th, 2021
Jas Nasty
Ohhh Setting It Off!!!!!

8:30 PM, January 16th, 2021
Chris Ikonomopoulos (host)
Hi Nikki, we like it too! Thanks for listening.

8:31 PM, January 16th, 2021
Tarek Al-Zand
Thank you to Monster Records at the Stittsville flea for this sweet Strafe find!

8:33 PM, January 16th, 2021
Chris Ikonomopoulos (host)
Nice flea market find Tarek. I'm still waiting to find a copy somewhere!

8:35 PM, January 16th, 2021
Jas Nasty
Ok Tarek megafan already after hearing my favourite song!! ( Yaz Situation) or,... one of them??!

8:38 PM, January 16th, 2021
Tarek Al-Zand
I agree Jas, it's so good! 1982!

8:40 PM, January 16th, 2021
Heavy Ben
In this France Joli tune, I like how the guitar strumming riff goes on for twice as long as you initially think it will. Great set!

8:56 PM, January 16th, 2021
Chris Ikonomopoulos (host)
Too much guitar riff for one bar, Ben!

9:05 PM, January 16th, 2021
Dance Party
And now the Flirts!!!!

9:10 PM, January 16th, 2021
Chris Ikonomopoulos (host)
Werk it!

9:23 PM, January 16th, 2021
Jas Nasty
Oh Kebekelektrik! What a great show!! I definitely need a cool down, and have been playing Laurie Anderson almost every time I do Heavy Friends so appreciate that too.

9:25 PM, January 16th, 2021
Tarek Al-Zand
Good times! Laurie Anderson is such heavy future music!

9:34 PM, January 16th, 2021
Adam
Great show.

9:48 PM, January 16th, 2021
Chris Ikonomopoulos (host)
Thanks for listening and enjoying, Adam.

9:55 PM, January 16th, 2021
Tarek Al-Zand
That was so fun! Thanks for grooving along and to Heavy Friends for the invite!

9:59 PM, January 16th, 2021