Chance MeetingChance Meeting on CKCU-FM 93.1 in Ottawa, Canadahttps://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ckcu.gifCopyright by Radio-Carleton, Inc.https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/index.html2024-03-28T19:00:00ZComing up on Chance Meeting on Fri. Mar. 29https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/H2024-03-28T19:00:00ZFrom The Library: John Cameron - top shelf British library records from the 1970s (KPM), 1980s (Bruton), CCS, soundtracksChance Meeting Chance Meeting 2024-03-15: Everywhere you go you can be sure of Shellhttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/64371.html2024-03-15T19:00:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/64371.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>Chance meeting on Ogoniland of Royal Dutch Shell waste and ff BOOM
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<BR>We all know how the oil industry is “low-carbon” and working hard on our “fuels of tomorrow,” but let's not forget about its triumphant corruption and murders from the past.
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<BR>(to embiggen the show icon, right-click and choose "Open image in new tab")<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Paul Kass (Johnny Hawksworth), Linear Movement, Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer, Hit Man, Daniel Schell & Dick Annegarn, Terry Callier, Иван Дорн (Ivan Dorn) & Vakula, Xarah Dion, Larry Manteca, King Cobb Steelie.Heavy BenComing up on Chance Meeting on Fri. Mar. 15https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/H2024-03-14T19:00:00ZChance meeting on Ogoniland of Royal Dutch Shell waste and ff BOOM... with Heavy BenChance Meeting Chance Meeting 2024-03-01: Elongated Arrangements Disposed to Speculatehttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/64173.html2024-03-01T20:00:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/64173.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>Chance meeting on an organic pulse of a nomad and a power failure
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<BR>(to embiggen the show icon, right-click and choose "Open image in new tab")<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Carcáscara, Organic Pulse Ensemble, 75 Dollar Bill, YlangYlang (Ylang Ylang), Can, Madeskimo (Geronimo Inutiq) feat. Sylvia Cloutier, JJ Whitefield.Heavy BenComing up on Chance Meeting on Fri. Mar. 1https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/H2024-02-29T20:00:00ZElongated Arrangements Disposed to Speculate. Chance meeting on an organic pulse of a nomad and a power failure... with Heavy BenChance Meeting Chance Meeting 2024-02-16: Black History Month: Psychedelic Rock in 1970s Nigeriahttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/63934.html2024-02-16T20:00:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/63934.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>Chance meeting on a rock exponent of fuzz and danger
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<BR>Thank you Soundway records for re-issuing much of this material over the past 20 years to to ears that otherwise would not hear this music.
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<BR>Pictured: Ofege was formed in the early 1970s by a bunch of teenage hippies at St. Gregory's College in the Obalende area of Lagos, Nigeria. Ofege was largely influenced by the guitar solos of Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Francis Rossi, and the criss-cross rhythms of Osibisa. At home, they were influenced by the music of BLO (Berkley Jones, Laolu Akins and Mike Odumosu), Monomono (led by Joni Haastrup), The Funkees, and Ofo The Black Company. Comband Razor said "It's clear that for Ofege, songs were largely incidental, little more than excuses to launch into insane, distorted guitar solos. It's also very clear that they smoked a lot of weed." Their first album was recorded while the band members were still in high school (average age of 16). Due to their vibrant combo of sweet harmonies, hooks & fuzz, they would become one of the most legendary Nigerian groups of all time, with impressive sales and national stardom. However, with only four albums released through 1978 and no recognition outside Nigeria, Ofege’s short career would only be rediscovered with the turn of the century.
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<BR>(to embiggen the show icon, right-click and choose "Open image in new tab")<BR><BR>This broadcast featured BLO, The Hykkers, Ofege, The Mebusas, Joe King Kologbo & His Black Sound, The Funkees, Monomono, The Lijadu Sisters, Colomach, The Wings, Cicada, The Hygrades, The Identicals, Sonny Okosuns & Paperback Limited.Heavy BenComing up on Chance Meeting on Fri. Feb. 16https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/H2024-02-15T20:00:00ZBlack History Month special on Psychedelic Rock in 1970s Nigeria... with Heavy BenChance Meeting Chance Meeting 2024-02-02: Black History Month: the return of the wayback machine to early hip hop, electro and disco raphttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/63786.html2024-02-02T20:00:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/63786.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>Chance meeting on the move of a rap and a beat
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<BR>Respecting that this was not made to cater to a white audience in the first place, to me there is a distinct, brief, sweet spot in hip hop history. Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" took everyone by surprise in 1979, but then it took several years for rap to catch on in a big way. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's "The Message" in 1982 was an early breakthrough. Def Jam records started in 1983. Run-DMC's first album was in 1984. L.L. Cool J's in 1985. Electro and break dancing took hold and motion pictures Breakin' and Beat Street soon followed.
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<BR>What came in between?
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<BR>Less played these days is the 1979-83 disco rap that I personally find to be real party starters. Leagues away from today's hip hop, the nascent scene had a message from day one, but was distinguished by organic productions based on actual musicians (!) amid accessible disco and funk loops. Not yet commercial. 10-minute songs. Independent artists and record labels. It is more positive, less cynical, less gangsta, not digital, and not contrived for an algorithm.
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<BR>Pictured: T-Ski Valley. It was acceptablie in the 80s. T is for Tyrone. S for Sensation. K is for Koolest in the Nation. I is for Inspiration. Valley is where I came from [the Valley in the Bronx]. Tyrone Cox recorded for Grand Groove Records, a sub label of Brad Osborne's reggae label Clock Tower Records.
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<BR>Interesting interview with T-Ski Valley that talks about growing up in Harlem, working in a reggae record store, Brad Osborne's murder, early New York hip hop (Spoonie Gee, Kool Herc, AJ DJ), stories of the music business, and shenanigans.
<BR>https://www.thafoundation.com/tski.htm<BR><BR>This broadcast featured T-Ski Valley, Mifflin Ensemble, The Carver Area High School Seniors, Kool D. J. A. J. (Kool DJ AJ), Funky Four Plus One More (Funky 4 + 1), Bobby / Demo (aka The Bobby Deemo Band, Bob Boyer and Demo Cates), Warp 9, Love Bug Star-Ski (Starski) & The Harlem World Crew.Heavy BenComing up on Chance Meeting on Fri. Feb. 2https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/H2024-02-01T20:00:00ZBlack History Month wayback machine to early hip hop, electro and disco rap... with Heavy BenChance Meeting Chance Meeting 2024-01-19: Water Part III: Listen To The Fishhttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/63587.html2024-01-19T20:00:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/63587.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>Chance meeting on another green world of a flying fish et rien
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<BR>(to embiggen the show icon, right-click and choose "Open image in new tab")<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Bob Ascroft (John Parry), The Books, Nurse With Wound, Brian Eno, Roger Miller, Parry Music, Steve Hillage, Paul Kass (Johnny Hawksworth), Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement, Hinterland Who's Who, Philip Glass, Faust.Heavy BenComing up on Chance Meeting on Fri. Jan. 19https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/H2024-01-18T20:00:00ZChance meeting on another green world of a flying fish et rien. Water Part III: Listen To The Fish with Heavy BenChance Meeting Chance Meeting 2024-01-05: From The Archives 1: Mort Garson, Dream Dolphin, Dub Specialisthttps://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/63364.html2024-01-05T20:00:00Z<a href="https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/63364.html"><img align=left src="https://cod.ckcufm.com/images/ondemand.png"></a>Chance meeting on a journey to the moon of ethereal fantasy and a version
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<BR>The music machine never stops. Big labels make big money selling the same songs to the same people decade after decade.
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<BR>Instead of that nonsense, Chance Meeting is interested in unearthed sounds from decades past that is some combination of:
<BR>- never before released
<BR>- prohibitively rare and expensive in its original form
<BR>- first vinyl pressing of cassette, cd, or digital release
<BR>- international music we never knew about
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<BR>On today's episode:
<BR>Mort Garson - Canadian synth pioneer who soundtracked the moon landing, the occult, the zodiac, ads and films from Blacksploitation to National Geographic
<BR>Dream Dolphin - Japanese producer whose unheralded ambient recordings have aged better than her euro-trance, drum'n'bass, and techno
<BR>Dub Specialist - Jamaican mixologists from Studio One who take reggae into hypnotic echo-land
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<BR>For a two hour profile on Mort Garson, check out Electronic Sounds From Canada Part 8 (Heavy Friends, Aug 2021)
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<BR>(to embiggen the show icon, right-click and choose "Open image in new tab")<BR><BR>This broadcast featured Dub Specialist, Mort Garson, Dream Dolphin, Dream Dolphin Featuring Noriko.Heavy BenComing up on Chance Meeting on Fri. Jan. 5https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/H2024-01-04T20:00:00ZFrom The Archives 1: Mort Garson, Dream Dolphin, Dub Specialist... with Heavy Ben. Chance meeting on a journey to the moon of ethereal fantasy and a versionChance Meeting