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Bedtime Stories
Tuesday January 26th, 2021 with Chris Lyne
Altus - The Music Of Ottawa Musician Mike Carss (part 1)

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This evening we venture into a songless-world; ambience, instrumental and electronic compositions throughout. And we have the first part of a feature on Ottawa musician Mike Carss, whose work is mostly released under the name "Altus". Mike has an extensive back catalogue stretching back 20 years or so, plus he has a recently released album to discover. 2021 will be another busy year for Mike, aiming to compose and record more albums between now and 2022. Shortly before Christmas Mike joined me in the show's virtual "Listening Room" for a chat about his career and works to date. This evening's show will feature the first part of our conversation, with more to follow in Part 2 (in a few weeks time; date to be confirmed). Mike's catalogue of albums, some of which are now available for free or at very low cost, can be found here: https://altusmusic.bandcamp.com/music
One Page Story (show theme)
Chris Lyne - Chapter 4 (2020) - Unreleased Canadian
A Dali-esque Sleep Fuse
Edgar Froese - Stuntman (1979) - Virgin
Nightfall
Altus - 24 hours (2001) - Bandcamp Canadian
Scarlet Woman
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller (1974) - Columbia
End Of The World
Future Sound Of London - Environments 3 (2010) - fsoldigital
A View From Above
Altus - Trailhead (Dec 2020) - Bandcamp Canadian New
Art Decade
David Bowie - Low (1976) - RCA
Part 4
Altus - Artefacts From Distant memory (2006) - Bandcamp Canadian
The Memory
Steve Roach - Impetus (1986) - Fortuna
Interactive CKCU
Chris Lyne (host)
Hi everyone, welcome to this evening's edition of Bedtime Stories. If you enjoy ambient music come on into the virtual "Listening Room" (this interactive page) and let us know about your favourite ambient recordings.

9:55 PM, January 26th, 2021
Shelley
Hello Chris, I’m really looking forward to this show. I first heard Altus when listening to a show called Hot Gossip Then Home” while on a bus. I was so entranced by the music that I almost missed my stop!

10:10 PM, January 26th, 2021
Chris Lyne (host)
Hi Shelley, that's great and thank you for joining in :-)

10:13 PM, January 26th, 2021
Shelley Ann Morris
This is LOVELY! 24 Hours is beautiful. Daybreak is a favourite of mine—very inspiring—you can hear a lot of joy in that song. Nightfall is just perfect for winding down.

10:22 PM, January 26th, 2021
Shelley Ann Morris
There’s a familiar voice......I try to remember to spell out names as there are those who are using screen-readers. It is so interesting to hear about Mike’s early influences.

10:43 PM, January 26th, 2021
Chris Lyne (host)
Shelley, thanks, your point about spelling out names for people using screen readers is an important one,, it's not something that would be immediately apparent to sighted listeners.

10:48 PM, January 26th, 2021
Shelley Ann Morris
Another excellent edition of Bedtime Stories. Thanks so much.

10:54 PM, January 26th, 2021
Chris Lyne (host)
Goodnight everyone, and thanks Mike for your company (albeit continentally distanced!) ;-)

10:58 PM, January 26th, 2021
Chris Lyne (host)
UPDATE: This show is being re-run Thursday 28 January 05.00-06.00 EST What we might call a "GetoutofBedtime Story" Good morning!

5:01 AM, January 28th, 2021