Badge Époque Ensemble - Air, Light & Harmony
On November 3rd, Toronto’s Badge Époque Ensemble return to Telephone Explosion Records with their new album Air, Light & Harmony. The release keeps up the jazz-funk group’s torrid pace of releases for TER; A,L&H being their 6th LP release, and 4th proper album for the label since 2019.
The release completes a trilogy of triptych-titled works, following 2019’s Nature, Man & Woman, and 2021’s Future, Past & Present. All 3 of these releases feature compositions which resample loops and stems from prior albums. Air, Light & Harmony takes this gambit further with in-house recycling of snippets from dusty LP copies of their own work (ala Portishead’s famed approach) featured throughout to create warped and ambiguous moodscapes. This emphasis on texture is befitting of BÉE’s only entirely instrumental album.
In many ways this latest work is a counterweight to the maximalism of last year’s Polaris long listed Clouds of Joy album. Clouds carries the density of a Discogs rabbit-hole binge, with its nearly 20 contributors; precise arrangements, soaring choir vocals, extended solos and meditations on joy… By contrast, Air, Light & Harmony has a distinct yin energy - a lightness of touch that could be said to resemble a playlist as much as an album (something playfully alluded to by the generic streaming service displayed on an iPhone screen that is the album’s cover).
Bandleader Maximilian Turnbull has alluded to the change-up: “I wanted to do an album that was more sketch than painting. No deliberation, just spontaneous movement.” Accordingly, the record was made swiftly in Turnbull’s garage home-studio, and is characterised by an unassuming breeziness.
A stylistic tour this broad, yet unassuming is a rare accomplishment befitting such a unique and eclectic group. Like water finding its level, Badge Époque Ensemble have created an album with a free flowing approach, arriving at their plane of sound naturally, a place you would do well to dip into.
BADGE ÉPOQUE ENSEMBLE IS:
Jay Anderson - Drums
Chris Bezant - Guitar
Edwin de Goeij - Rhodes, Piano, Synths
Karen Ng - Alto Saxophone
Alia O'Brien - Flute
Gio Rosati - Bass
Ed Squires - Congas, Vibraphone, Percussion
Maximilian Turnbull - Production, Guitar, Synths
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INVISIBLE WAVES 001
Intro 00:00
Onepointwo-Malnor 00:42
Pabellón Sintético-Luz 03:03
Vince Clarke-White Rabbit 06:59
Chapter 2 11:31
Badge Époque Ensemble-Bowls 12:58
Futuregrapher-Emotix 17:11
Joseph Shabason-Jamie Thomas 20:52
iNFO-Dead kingdoms 26:34
Lone Bison-Bonus: Sad Ending 33:28
Skytree-Astral Projector 37:17
Chapter 3 41:34
The Incidental Crack featuring Dolly Dolly-Hair 43:02
preston.outatime-Mirror Radius 46:31
Timothy J. Fairplay-Underwater Struggle 50:34
F.U.S.E., Richie Hawtin-F.U 56:01
Eje Eje-New Roots (Winter) 1:03:29
Karl Marx-Acid Geitarhorn 1:06:20
Chapter 4 1:11:49
Andrew Weatherall-Evidence The Enemy 1:13:35
Pulselovers-In the Grove 1:20:41
Dressel Amorosi-Killing 1:24:17
HDRF-Initiation 1:28:08
Fluffy Inside-pH5 1:32:19
worriedaboutsatan-Say No To Yes 1:37:57
Chapter 5 1:42:42
Sinoia Caves-Run Program- Sentionauts 1:44:28
Anantakara-Forgiven Not Forgotten 1:47:11
Outro 1:52:26
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Badge Époque Ensemble & Lammping - "Naturally Conspiring" feat. Boldy James & Roshin
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Badge Époque Ensemble - Undressed In Solitude (Live at Union Pool)
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Badge Époque Ensemble & Lammping - "Naturally Conspiring" feat. Boldy James
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Badge Époque Ensemble - Naturally Conspiring (ft. Boldy James & Roshin)
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The AM: October 2, 2023
This week's AM ushers in October with occult vibes courtesy of satanstompingcaterpillars and Throbbing Gristle, trip-hop tunes from Portishead and Ghostkeeper, and more melancholy, moody, and otherwise magical music for misty Monday mornings.
Listening links:
Soundcloud
CJSW.com
Spotify playlist (missing a few tracks)
Image: Günter Brus, Erinnerungen an die Menschheit (Memories of Humanity), 1985
Hour One
The Best Thing in the World
Alabaster DePlume • Come With Fierce Grace
Slow Drip
Rich Hinman • Memorial
Dust Collects
The Album Leaf • Future Falling
glenora forlorn
wihtikow • weird kid
No Body
Contagious Yawns • Intramental
For a Burning World
Lord of the Isles, featuring Ellen Renton • My Noise is Nothing
Enough About Human Rights
Ghost Train Orchestra, Kronos Quartet • Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog
Self Portrait
Ryuichi Sakamoto • 1996
The Wind Surfer
Teen Daze • The Wind Surfer
Sonic Space
Atari Umma • Stoner Ambient Noise
Cerulean Blue
Active Surplus • Mirroring
Hour Two
Blue Fish
Sachiko Kanenobu • Misora
Clear Cut (Live Version)
Jeffrey Silverstein • Single
Shine the Light Inside
Astral Swans, featuring Jairus Sharif • Shine the Light Inside
It’s Not the Worst (Lali Puna Remix)
Two Lone Swordsmen • Further Reminders
Just Eyes
Void Comp • Metropol
Colorfulnickels
satanstompingcaterpillars • The Autumn Kaleidoscope Got Changed
boatfriend
satanstompingcaterpillars • The Autumn Kaleidoscope Got Changed
Snake
Saloli • Canyon
Walkabout
Throbbing Gristle • 20 Jazz Funk Greats
Life Cycle
Vic Mars • Plant Life
冬のサナトリウム
Ryohei Shima • Romance Girl A
october
La Force • XO Skeleton
Hour Three
Wake Up
Sargeant X Comrade • Lo Fi Future
?
Saya Gray • Annie, Pick a Flower.. (My House)
The Rip
Portishead • Third
Oceans
Ghostkeeper • Sheer Blouse Buffalo Knocks
Thin Thing
The Smile • A Light for Attracting Attention
All Good Things
Bart • Some Kind of Way
A Summer Long Since Passed
Virginia Astley • From Gardens Where We Feel Secure
Sunbeam
Misha Panfilov • In Focus
Murkit Gem
Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band • Hotline Bling b/w Murkit Gem
Air, Light & Harmony
Badge Époque Ensemble • Air, Light & Harmony
Sojourner (Live)
London Odense Ensemble • Live At Jaiyede Jazz Festival
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Badge Époque Ensemble - Conspiring with Nature
Buy it here.
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Polaris Prize 2023 Long List: Alvvays Feist U.S. Girls Andy Shauf and More
Badge Époque Ensemble, Jessie Reyez, and Daniel Caesar are also in the larger first round eligibility list of consideration for the best Canadian album of the year
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Polaris Prize 2023 Long List: Alvvays Feist U.S. Girls Andy Shauf and More
Badge Époque Ensemble, Jessie Reyez, and Daniel Caesar are also in the larger first round eligibility list of consideration for the best Canadian album of the year
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Clients
(Bold + Italic: as of December 2023)
10 Carden
12AM
AEG Presents
Adelaide Hall
Ancient Teeth
Animatist
Andrew Hyatt
ASCAP
The Axis Club Theatre
The Baby G
Baby Labour
Badge Époque Ensemble
Bates Audio
Beams
Berklee College of Music
BIG on Bloor Festival
Bonnie Trash
The Callous Daoboys
Camp IMC
Canadian Festival of Spoken Word
Copper Sound Studios
The Common Guelph
CJ Wiley
Cutsleeve
Cafe 939 (aka The Red Room aka The Tennis & Racquet Club)
The Danforth Music Hall
The Drake Hotel
Do Make Say Think
The eBar + Greenroom
Ellevator
Evan Redsky
Exclaim! Media
F*CKPOP Collective
Fanclubwallet
F7 Entertainment Group
Flowerboy
Frail Body
Fruit Bats
University of Guelph CSA
The Garrison
Guelph Civic Museum
Guelph Concert Theatre
Guelph Little Theatre
Guelph Pride
Habit
Holy Smokes Music Festival
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
I Feel Sorry
James Baley
JBAV
Jenna Kessler
K. Flay
Kali Horse
Kazoo! Fest
KEN Mode
KOI Music Fest
Kumiko
Live Nation
The Lincoln County Social Club
Long Winter
Maddee Ritter
Mark Honestly
Monarch Tavern
Mother Cocktail Bar
MRG Live
New Friends DIY
No Joy
Ombiigizi
The Opera House
Opus Lounge
Outpost Vintage
The Painted Lady
Pantayo
The Phoenix Concert Theatre
Respire
Rhythm & Brews
Royal City Studios
Shokran Canada
Silence
Single Mothers
The Silver Dollar Room
SOCAN
The Soul Motivators
Spirit Desire
TV Erased
The Velvet Underground
VERSA
Waveland Canada
Wavelength Music
Wheat Sheaf Tavern
Witch Prophet
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Badge Époque Ensemble - Clouds of Joy - I already loved this group, but the vocal arrangements on this new album take to a whole other level
BADGE ÉPOQUE ENSEMBLE IS:
Jay Anderson - Drums
Chris Bezant - Guitar
Edwin de Goeij - Rhodes, Clavinet, Piano, Synths
Karen Ng - Alto & Baritone Saxophone
Alia O'Brien - Flute
Gio Rosati - Bass
Ed Squires - Congas, Percussion
Maximilian Turnbull - Production
Featuring guest vocalists Robin Dann, Dorothea Paas, Alex Samaras, Alanna Stewart + James Baley (Zodiac).
All instrumental arrangements by Badge Époque Ensemble, with additional arrangement elements provided by Maximilian Turnbull (A1,A2, A4, B1, B4), Chris Bezant (A2, A4, B1), Jay Anderson (B1) & Gio Rosati (A4).
All vocal arrangements by Dorothea Paas.
Additional vocal arranging on B1 by James Baley.
All lyrics by Maximilian Turnbull, except B1 which features additional lyrics by Meg Remy.
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Save the date.
My first show where I'll be presenting the artists, tracks and labels.
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Badge Époque Ensemble - Zodiac (Ft: James Baley)
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set your dial to wlur tonight at 8pm for four straight hours of no love for ned. as always, you can catch up with last week's show at your own convenience below.
no love for ned on wlur – september 23rd, 2021 from 8-10pm
artist // track // album // label
the pointer sisters // i need you // break out // planet
bungalow heaven // hey hey hey // hey hey hey digital single // chasing fireflies
no age // compact flashes // people helping people // drag city
los cripis // tired and blind // restaurant 7" // glad fact
bees make honey // are you sure? // bees make honey, volume one ep // (self-released)
the beths // silence is golden // expert in a dying field // carpark
karen // leave this town // karen // old bad habits
francisca griffin // one eye open // live at the crown hotel on august 14th, 2021 cassette // trace/untrace
the sheaves // good health // excess death cult time cassette // moone
acid seven // yokohama e oideyo // oz days live '72-'73 kichijoji: the 50th anniversary collection compilation // temporal drift
the black tones // the end of everything // the end of everything 7" // sub pop
carson mchone and the outfit // end of the world // camera varda variations ep // merge
holy motors // superstar // superstar digital single // wharf cat
codeine // tom // dessau // numero group
neti-neti // that which remains // impermanence cassette // dinzu artefacts
cecilia lópez and joe moffett // ambient atrophy // caprichos cassette // triptick tapes
otomo yoshihide's new jazz orchestra // hat and beard // plays eric dolphy's 'out to lunch' // aguirre
clark terry // brother terry // color changes // candid
makaya mccraven // seventh string // in these times // international anthem
ra washington and jah nada // planting seeds // in search of our father's gardens // astral spirits
sélébéyone // poesie i // xaybu- the unseen // pi
janette king featuring maryze // mirror // what we lost // hot tramp
charles amoah // scratch my back // sweet vibration // soundway
badge époque ensemble featuring james baley // zodiac // clouds of joy // telephone explosion
triathalon // relax // spin // lex
matching outfits // babe, pay for my train ride! // band made out of sand cassette // kitchen leg
the orchids // didn't we love you // dreaming kind // skep wax
mo troper // i’m the king of rock ‘n roll // mtv // lame-o
las uyuyuy // juan ramón // tremolina tapes- the olympia tapes and the glasgow tapes compilation cassette // discos walden
spice world // dying to go // there's no i in spice world // tenth court
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The AM: February 6 and 20, 2023
Looks like I was so excited about taking Feb. 13 off that I completely neglected to post the Feb. 6 episode. Here’s streaming links for today and the 6th — double your listening for a holiday Monday.
Feb. 6: An 8:30 Throwback to a transitionary period for Sly Stone, in an episode that spans from Sly's subdued grooves to New Order ar the poppiest, classic shoegaze, dreamy omnichords from Lael Neale, Twilight Zone and Night of the Living Dead-sampling electronics, and other offbeat easy listening for the first Monday of February.
Listen on Soundcloud
Stream on CJSW
Feb. 20: A mid-episode throwback to Tony Allen inspires an extended jazz and afrobeat interlude in the show's second hour—consider it a warm-blooded antidote to the frozen landscape on this Family Day morning. Beyond that, it's your usual AM mix of ambient sounds, off-kilter pop, and occasionally explosive shoegaze, all calibrated to wake you up properly on a holiday Monday.
Listen on Soundcloud
Stream on CJSW
Other streaming links
Ongoing Spotify playlist
Playlists:
Feb 6:
Chrysalis
Golden Brown • Weird Choices
Slowly Coming Together
Jilk • Welcome Lies
Vibration Consensus Reality (for Spectral Multiband Resonator)
Eluvium • (Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality
Space Jam
Eve Parker Finley • Chrysalia
Polaris
Yutaka Hirasaka • Single
Free and Easy Wandering
FOONYAP • Single
Slavar
Fågelle • Den svenska vreden
A New Season
Atari Umma • DiverseCity
Learn to Be Cool
Conic Rose • Heller Tag
ghul
wihtikow • ᒌᐸ+
I Remember
Julee Cruise • Floating into the Night
I Am The River
Lael Neale • Star Eaters Delight
You Do It
Marlene Ribeiro • Toquei no Sol
Poke the Bear
Stelar Door • Masquerade
Just Like a Baby
Sly Stone • I’m Just Like You: Sly’s Stone Flower 1969-70
Stanga
Little Sister • I’m Just Like You: Sly’s Stone Flower 1969-70
The Greatest Smile
SAULT • Today & Tomorrow
The Sound Where My Head Was
Badge Époque Ensemble • Self Help
Showking
Mong Tong • Indies 印
Cloud Boat
Masahiro Takahashi • Humid Sun
Katamaran
Les Big Byrd • Eternal Light Brigade
Sooner Than You Think
New Order • Low-Life
Hard Eyes
Uncanny Valley • Fevering Stare
Hunted
Pale Saints • In Ribbons
When It Comes
Dana Gavanski • Single
Stopp, Seisku Aeg!
Velly Joonas • Single
Failing
Pozi • Smiling Pools
High Tide, Storm Rising
Skinshape • Nostalgia
to you
kkidss • apple sauce
Sapanta Blue
Shirley & The Pyramids • Maid of Time
Feb 20:
Softly Brushed by Wind
Early Fern, featuring Joseph Shabason • Perpetual Care
Butterfly Sneezes
Aagtive • Butterfly Sneezes EP
Bicycle Ballet
Gilroy Mere • Gilden Gate
Computer Break (Late Mix)
Khotin • Release Spirit
Root
Howiewonder • Movements
Before We Don’t Have Time
Afternoon Bike Ride • Glossover
Walking in the Rain
Romare • Fantasy
Loving on the Moon
R McCarthy • Dick Arkive: Issue 1
Her Purse Falls and Everything Scatters
Applesauce Tears • Artifacts
Fall Apart
Ashi Shonen • Divergence
Remind U
Flying Lotus • Flamagra
Heimatort
L CON • The Isolator
Way We Are
Ben Marc • Glass Effect
Seventh String
Makaya McCraven • In These Times
Ursa Major
Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge • Phil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison JID016
Starry Nights
Adrian Quesada • Jaguar Sound
To the Moon
King Canyon • King Canyon
Elastic Band
Lightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band • Banned
Secret Agent
Tony Allen • Secret Agent
Alutere
Tony Allen • Secret Agent
Spoons
Afel Bocoum, Damon Albarn, Toumani Diabaté • Mali Music
Staggered
Minotaurs • Higher Power
Oh Me, Oh My
Lonnie Holley, featuring Michael Stipe • Oh Me Oh My
Koto (Glimpse)
Laraaji • Segue to Infinity
Diamond Violence
Marker Starling • Diamond Violence
Sound and Vision
Helado Negro • Modern Love
Dor Fodida
Sessa • Estrela Acesa
Sylvia
Arthur Verocai • Arthur Verocai
Vancouver 3
Mac DeMarco • Five Easy Hot Dogs
Warmest One
Beach Towels • Single
good - Water From Your Eyes Remix
Winter, featuring SASAMI • Single
For What
Sunglaciers • Foreign Bodies
Distance Dealer
Fly Pan Am • C'est ça
Thieves
Flywheel • You've Seen a Lot
Rice
Young Fathers • Heavy Heavy
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