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Heavy Friends
Saturday March 20th, 2021 with Heavy Ben
Vernal Equinox, Relativity, Births, New Sounds

Born today
プラスティック・ラブ (Plastic Love)
Mariya Takeuchi - Variety - Moon Records - 1985
Four O'Clock Earthquake
John Cameron - Jazzrock - KPM - 1972
Coming Home Baby
Marian McPartland - Bossa Nova + Soul - Time Records - 1963
Rideaux Lunaires
Chilly Gonzales - Steinway & Sons live from the factory floor - Steinway & Sons - 2018 Canadian
Run For Cover
Lee Perry & The Upsetters - 7" - Doctor Bird - 1967
Contemporary Canadian Sounds
Drained Lake
Loscil - Monument Builders - Kranky - 2016 Canadian
Ploce
New Fries - Is The Idea Of Us - Telephone Explosion - 2020 Canadian
Where Did My Mind Go?
ROY - Roy's Garage - Idée Fixe - 2021 Canadian New
Karna
The Garrys - Häxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages - Grey Records - 2020 Canadian
Comes Awake
Man meets Bear - River Range - Ur Audio-Visual - 2019 Canadian
March 20, 1915 – Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity
Act III, Scene 1 - Trail / Prison
Philip Glass & Robert Wilson - Einstein On The Beach - Tomato - 1979
Trans-Love Airways
Don Cherry & The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Relativity Suite - JCOA - 1973
Time Travel
Bruce Mitchell - Future Motion - Parry Music Library - 1984 Canadian
Quantum Physics
Can - Soon Over Babaluma - United Artists - 1974
The first day of spring
Vernal Equinox
Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox - Lovely Music, Ltd. - 1978
Procession of the Equinox
JD Emmanuel - Sounds Paintings - (self-released) - 1980
Equinoxe Part 3, Part 4
Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe - Polydor - 1978
Moon's Milk Or Under An Unquiet Skull (Part 1)
Coil - Spring Equinox - Moon's Milk Or Under An Unquiet - Eskaton - 1998
Beltane, Isle Of Mull: Need-Fire Milking Cows Through Cake
The Blue Funz - Folklore Tapes Calendar Customs Box-Set / Merry May - Folklore Tapes - 2017 Canadian
Spring Morning On The Prairies [excerpt]
Dan Gibson - Solitudes - Environmental Sound Experiences Volume Three - Dan Gibson Productions - 1981 Canadian
Interactive CKCU
Scott
Tuning in early. I think I need that Loscil record. Cheers Ben!

5:57 PM, March 20th, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hey good to hear from you Scott. Yeah check out that Loscil album... quite the prolific producer, endless ambience...

8:16 PM, March 20th, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
The 12.0 hours of darkness started not long ago.

8:16 PM, March 20th, 2021
t_al_z
Enjoying the vibes!

8:18 PM, March 20th, 2021
hillbilly
yup. ditto.

8:23 PM, March 20th, 2021
Dan
Ominous vibes. Diggin it.

8:23 PM, March 20th, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
Thanks t_a_z and hb. The vibes from here get darker and sparser then lighter... hope you stick around

8:25 PM, March 20th, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
Howdy Dandy!

8:28 PM, March 20th, 2021
Lina
Beautiful show mix Ben!

8:36 PM, March 20th, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
Glad you think so, Lina. Look fwd to hearing your mix in a few weeks...

8:41 PM, March 20th, 2021
Mel
Trippy! Enjoying the show.

8:50 PM, March 20th, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
If you're wondering what this long piece that sounds like a wacky Nintendo is, it is Philip Glass

8:50 PM, March 20th, 2021
Oddball
Digging it!

9:20 PM, March 20th, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
Figures! (pretty much no talking for the last hour)

9:22 PM, March 20th, 2021
DJR
I’m now in a trance, what is your bidding?

9:23 PM, March 20th, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
Levitate. If you are already levitating, become invisible.

9:28 PM, March 20th, 2021
Chris
Merci HB.

9:54 PM, March 20th, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
Bienvenue

10:00 PM, March 20th, 2021