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The AM @theam.ca · 28/09/2026

AOTD#45: Light Conductor - Sequence Three (Constellation) A third dose of space/drone rock & ambient psych from the Besnard Lakes/Young Galaxy collab. Once again only a single vocal track (the superb “Omenize”) but the apocalyptic spoken word sample on “Ghost City Radio” hints at a dystopian bent.

lightconductor.bandcamp.com

Sequence Three, by Light Conductor

5 track album

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The AM @theam.ca · 27/09/2026

AOTD#44: Corntuth - The Nightingale Floor (@auralcanyon.bsky.social) Pastoral electronics, serene field recordings, and at least a hint of Pure Moods in the atmosphere (complimentary). Lovely and comforting use of tape hiss & other ear-twigging textures throughout.

auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com

The Nightingale Floor, by Corntuth

The AM @theam.ca · 26/09/2026

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AOTD#43: Jason Dunham (Blue Lake) / Johan Carøe - Routine Gorgeous collaboration between the two multi-instrumentalists, in a dreamy space that encompasses contemporary classical, jazz and more. Gently rhythmic, pleasantly melodic, often ethereal, a misty landscape revealing new details over time.

jasondungan-johancaroe.bandcamp.com

Routine, by Jason Dungan / Johan Carøe

The AM @theam.ca · 25/09/2026

I guess I should be happy Bojack made it, but the lack of animation on the NYT list is unsurprising and disappointing. It’s a shame stuff like Scavengers Reign and Primal will always fall under the radar, never mind the achievement that is Adventure Time (yeah, kids show, but also so much more).

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The AM @theam.ca · 24/09/2026

Sometimes I forget this song exists. And then I remember and my week is instantly better. youtu.be/vXTzs8nshS4?...

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Unspoken Is the Word

YouTube video by Finch - Topic

The AM @theam.ca · 23/09/2026

AOTD#42: @bunkr303.bsky.social - Signs EP (VLSI Records) From the same sessions that produced the excellent Signals in April and clearly of a piece with its predecessor, leaning slightly towards propulsive over atmospheric but with plenty of both. A rare combination of crisp production & hazy mood.

bunkr-music.bandcamp.com

Signs, by BUNKR

4 track album

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The AM @theam.ca · 21/09/2026

AOTD#41: Black Duck with Elena Setién - Black Duck with Elena Setién (Thrill Jockey) Finds a sweet spot combining dissonant Chicago guitar improv, folk-inflected post-rock, and soft-jazz/prog melodicism. One of the more engrossing blends of the accessible & unpredictable I've heard this year.

blackduck.bandcamp.com

Black Duck with Elena Setién, by Black Duck with Elena Setién

The AM @theam.ca · 21/09/2026

AOTD#40: Eleven76 - A Day of Unrest A solid addition to the ever-growing library-music revival, with the touchstones you'd expect — psychedelic grooves, easy-listening atmosphere, plenty of flute solos, mod-influenced beats, and in this case a welcome Lalo Schifrin influence running throughout.

eleven76.bandcamp.com

A Day Of Unrest, by ELEVEN76

The AM @theam.ca · 19/09/2026

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AOTD#39: Misha Panfilov Septet - Live in Leipzig and Berlin Only a week since Misha released the excellent, hypnotic Where the Birds Fly, and already we're gifted with this four-song, half-hour live set of the jazzier side of the Panfilov canon. RIYL: Soul jazz, Badge Epoque, good things.

mpsc.bandcamp.com

Live in Leipzig and Berlin, by Misha Panfilov Septet

4 track album

The AM @theam.ca · 18/09/2026

AOTD#38: Blind Yeo - The Lemoine Point (Les Disques Bongo Joe) Infectious, kraut-inspired psych-pop. "Colour Pillow/Kologo" is one of the catchiest things I've heard in ages, "Today / Tomorrow" makes excellent use of droning keys and motorik groove, and "Hourglass of the Eye" adds a bit... (1/2)

blindyeo.bandcamp.com

The Lemoine Point, by Blind Yeo

The AM @theam.ca · 17/09/2026

AOTD#37: Hanna Tuulikki and Tommy Perman - Echo in the Dark (Kin-Tu) A musical journey through eras of club culture, with every sound that isn't a human voice made from bat echolocation. Interspecies collaboration and nostalgic dance vibes — not a combination I ever expected but I'll take it. (1/2)

kin-tu.bandcamp.com

Echo in the Dark, by Hanna Tuulikki & Tommy Perman

The AM @theam.ca · 16/09/2026

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AOTD#36: @worriedaboutsatan.bsky.social - No Knock No Doorbell Today's been a bad day and I needed an album to lose myself in. NKND's downtempo/post-rock blend works brilliantly. As the cover makes clear, there's a darkness to it all, but it's an enveloping one, a blanket, not an abyss... (1/2)

worriedaboutsatan.bandcamp.com

No Knock No Doorbell, by worriedaboutsatan

The AM @theam.ca · 15/09/2026

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This week’s AM opens with Space Ghost’s “Back from Reality” — only appropriate as we go from the real world of unstructured weekend time into the strange shared fiction of the working week. Listen back for soothing sounds to tide you over until reality returns again. theam.ca/post/8277920...

Tracklist

Back From Reality
Space Ghost • Back From Reality
Jalur-Jalur
Asa Tone • Mutualkind
Fire on the Water
Bonobo, featuring Arooj Aftab • Distance in Static
Famara Dust - Ben Lukas Boysen Rework
Grandbrothers • Single
Cruisen
BUNKR • Signs
Do I Know - Rachika Nayar Edit
Sijya • Leather & Brass [Retrofitted]
Off With Their Heads
CG Tears • CG Tears
Suburbia
Zachary Gray • Trippin'
Cosmology
Jonathan Fitoussi • DELTAS
Koshi
Jacana People, featuring Anna Phoebe • Single
Vialit
Postmodern Machine • The End is a Beginning

Full of Life
Misha Panfilov • Where the Birds Fly
Guru
Jon Mckiel • Gold Horatio
Eat the Rich
Darryl Kissick • Character Actor
Child
Andy Boay • Doomed
That Life
Persica 3 • Cardinal
One Morning
Brainticket • Psychonaut
Feel the Wind Blow
Brainticket • Psychonaut
La Pernette
The Thorn • Single
Well of Seven
Ayal Senior • Yutori ゆとり
Returning to Everything
Steven R. Smith • Half Light Unfolding

Hiriku
Diles Que No Me Maten • Escrito en Agua
Bird of Parallax
Group A.D. • Bird of Parallax / Sliinky
How Low Hang the Gardens (Olenrath)
Postnamers • City Songs
Bless
Sanctums • DOGS
Ninths
Anna Butterss • Single
Who We Used To Be
Bilal Nasser • Every Martyr Is A Universe
Removing clocks from a heated house
Peggy Lee, Cole Schmidt • Forever Stories Of: Moving Parties
Silver Fish Eyelashes
K.C. Accidental • Captured Anthems For An Empty Bathtub + Anthems For The Could've Bin Pills
Virus
Pierre Desmarais • ZiP

The AM @theam.ca · 14/09/2026

This week’s episode starts shortly at CJSW.com. Listen live or check back here later for streaming links and playlists. Ambient electronics, vintage psych, shoegaze, dream pop, and other such hazy sounds for an autumn morning.

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The AM @theam.ca · 14/09/2026

AOTD#35: Jonathan Personne - Répertoire (Bonsound) A polished, confident blend of indie, dream-pop, and yacht-rock from the Corridor frontman, drifting in similar sonic jet-streams as artists like Vinyl Williams, Chaz Bundick, or maybe Triptides. Enjoyably breezy but never less than accomplished.

jonathanpersonne.bandcamp.com

Répertoire, by Jonathan Personne

The AM @theam.ca · 13/09/2026

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AOTD#34: Jon Mckiel - Gold Horatio (@youvechanged.bsky.social) Mckiel's ongoing collaboration with Jay Crocker (JOYFULTALK) continues to produce some of the most distinctive psych-folk in Canada. Intricate when it needs to be, brash when it wants, a hypnotic, multi-textured feat of pop songwriting.

jonmckiel.bandcamp.com

Gold Horatio, by Jon Mckiel

The AM @theam.ca · 11/09/2026

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AOTD#33: CG Tears - CG Tears (Victory Pool) Brand new electro-pop project from the brilliant Morgan Greenwood (Azeda Booth, Baths) w/Clinton St. John (Florida BC, Jolie Laide) on vox and Chad VanGaalen making his own eclectic contributions. Skittering beats, swelling synth pads, unexpected lyrics...

cgtears.bandcamp.com

CG tears, by CG tears

The AM @theam.ca · 11/09/2026

AOTD#32: Art Feynman - Orphans Temple designed this album as “music to do other things to,” so it doesn’t draw undue attention to itself. But it’d be unfair to call it background music. It’s too playful for that, and too imaginative in its (still simple) textures and melodies. (1/2)

artfeynman.bandcamp.com

Orphans, by Art Feynman

13 track album

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The AM @theam.ca · 10/09/2026

AOTD#31: Ayal Senior - Yutori ゆとり New release from the consistently great & frustratingly underappreciated Toronto guitarist. "Egg Yolk Slime" shows off the album's full range through meandering guitars, blissful vibes, and the friction from occasional atonal arrangements. (1/2)

ayalsenior.bandcamp.com

Yutori ゆとり, by Ayal Senior

The AM @theam.ca · 10/09/2026

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Yutori ゆとり, by Ayal Senior

The AM @theam.ca · 09/09/2026

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Monarch butterfly just flew by the 26th floor window and I’m going to take that as a good omen.

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The AM @theam.ca · 09/09/2026

AOTD#30: Sanctums - Dogs Unexpected but very welcome release from the Calgary duo, swapping their usual jagged soundscapes for a set of instrumental hip hop. Their excellent taste carries through, with well-curated samples and impeccable production, all for a good cause — animal rescue in Gaza.

sanctums.bandcamp.com

DOGS, by SANCTUMS

The AM @theam.ca · 08/09/2026

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Moody music on a misty Monday morning — what could be cozier on the Labour Day long weekend? A couple surprises this week, including ambient jazz from Andrew WK and a psychedelic epic from Frankie Valli’s Four Seasons, just enough to keep you on your toes. Listen here: theam.ca/post/8271396...

A deer silhouetted against a blue sky at the top of a grassy hill. What does it have to do with the episode? Nothing at all, but it was a nice walk.

Tracklist

Magnet
Living Hour • Magnet EP
Tape_X247 - Max Cooper Remix
Fejká • Azur (Deluxe Edition)
Edge of Interior
Andrew W.K. • Temptation to Exist
A Waking Dream (Edit)
Akusmi • Terra Incognita
Points de Fuite
Calgaréal • Vanishing Points
If I Told You
Danny Lubin-Laden • Windows Out
Moons of Temper
Clark • Entity Stims
Time's Relentless Melt
Conflux Coldwell • Unmask
Star
Sanctums • DOGS
Get You In - Belong Mix
Odd Nosdam • On Patrol
Seeker
Yuutsu • Single

No Place in the Sun
Rebecca Flood • Ponies Under Darkness
Old Fashioned Morphine
Honeybear • Single
La mort de l'artiste
Couteau Papillon • La mort de l'artiste
Lendemain
Jonathan Personne • Répertoire
Always
SHOLTO, Phoebe Coco • Single
No Ends No Beginnings
Everything Is Recorded • No Ends No Beginnings
American Crucifixion Resurrection
The Four Seasons • The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette
Look Up Look Over
The Four Seasons • The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette
I Miss My Mom
Strawberry • This is a Compliation
Incriminating Whisper
Eleven76 • A Day Of Unrest
Hotel Blues
Last Ex • Last Ex

Tower of Babylon
Andy Bell, Masal • Common Primitives
Today / Tomorrow
Blind Yeo • The Lemoine Point
Broken English (Moon King Mix)
Sook-Yin Lee • 72RHR UNLOCK THE PAIN - THE REMIXES
Visage sous nylon
Feu Thérèse • Ça Va Cogner
unknowing action
Ciao Ciao Marigold, [12tone] • Single
beem
Fling II • 3
Come Home Baby Julie, Come Home
The American Analog Set • Promise of Love
Don't Wake Me
Full Moon Bummer • Exposed Assets
Always Faithful
Black Market Karma • The Grease Ladder

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The AM @theam.ca · 07/09/2026

Goodnight from increasingly autumnal Calgary.

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The AM @theam.ca · 06/09/2026

AOTD#29: Gilroy Mere - Furlongs (@claypipemusic.bsky.social) Gentle and contemplative, melodic without ever being cloying, evocative of hillside rambles and misty seaside walks. like the best of Clay Pipe's releases, Furlongs is music that evokes a strong sense of place and of movement within it.

claypipemusic.bandcamp.com

Furlongs, by Gilroy Mere

The AM @theam.ca · 05/09/2026

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AOTD#28: Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland - Eternal Life No End A fusion of traditional and experimental, buchla and buzuk on equal footing, deep synths, skittering drums, hand percussion and bells, Arabic singing distorted and autotuned. Doom, drone and art-rock expressing grief & grit.

rgmfdo.bandcamp.com

Eternal Life No End ليلة ظلماء ملعونة، كحياة طالبيها, by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland

7 track album

The AM @theam.ca · 04/09/2026

AOTD#27: Michael Nau – Guess Bed A quick EP adding to less than 15 minutes, but a pretty marvellous way to spend that quarter hour. Six solo guitar pieces forgotten for five years, with strings and additional flourishes added when Nau rediscovered it. Perfect mix of spontaneity and composition.

michaelnau.bandcamp.com

guess bed, by Michael Nau

6 track album

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The AM @theam.ca · 03/09/2026

What songs or albums scome to mind when you think of solarpunk? I’m thinking of optimistic music that blends electronics/technology with acoustic and nature sounds. Any good examples?

peter @peterhemminger.com · 03/09/2026

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I spent a lot of time this spring talking to folks about arts funding in Alberta. Glad this piece is finally out — thanks to all the artists, arts admins, funders, foundations, and others who helped this all come together. albertaviews.ca/rewilding-th...

albertaviews.ca

Rewilding the Arts - Alberta Views

Reducing the Werklund Centre’s reliance on grant funding played a significant role in securing provincial support for its expansion.

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The AM @theam.ca · 03/09/2026

I didn't post it, but there in fact was an AM episode on Monday. An ambient-leaning first hour, a throwback to a quarter-century-old glam rock musical, and an early embrace of some autumnal sounds. Links and playlists here: theam.ca/post/8266943...

Tracklist:

Omenize • Light Conductor • Sequence 3
Lichen Trip • Bibio, Dorian Concept • Answers
Mornings at the Library • Sun Drawing, Sea Level • Afternoons At The Library
River Together • Tenniscoats, Tape • Minat Soul
Cold Signal Index • Altus • Echo Bloom
Will-O’-Wisp - Arms and Sleepers Remix • Palladian • Single
Credits Roll • Easy Idiot • Render Family (Music From and Inspired By)
Sun Down (Common Pipistrelle & Soprano Pipistrelle) • Hanna Tuulikki, Tommy Perman • Echo in the Dark
Applegene • Bullion • Nearly
Suite electrique • Test Card • 73 & Good Luck

Elemental Progression • Fiver • Fiver Trois Presents Cleaning House
Weakened • Lambchop • Punching the Clown
Walk a Line • Gilroy Mere • Furlongs
La Terre est plate • Jonathan Personne • Répertoire
Intermezzo - Orchidea - • Klint, featuring Rachel Kitchlew • Single
The Origin of Love • Stephen Trask • Hedwig and the Angry Inch OST
Midnight Radio • Stephen Trask • Hedwig and the Angry Inch OST
Vini da Gama • Allah-Las • Sirenas
Sunshine Unlimited • Black Duck With Elena Setien • Black Duck With Elena Setien
Only In the Longing • Fiver • Fiver Trois Presents Cleaning House

$What Is Lost Will Return • Immersion • What Is Lost Will Return You Make Me Cyborg • Cornelius, featuring The Monochrome Set • Refractions Süki & Amadeus • No Joy • Big Life, Big Leaf Cloud Cartography - Extended • Cloud Studies • Cloud Studies Camera Shy • sundayclub • sundayclub Morning Star • Pøltergeist • Hallucinations in the Catacombs Epiphany • Sorrow • Sleep Now Forever Désir des astres • Gaspar Claus • CELLS Ultimatum • Final Fantasy • Plays to Please Never the Bride • Raf Wilcot • Cinnabar Bouquet$

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The AM @theam.ca · 02/09/2026

AOTD#26: The Besnard Lakes - Ghost Nation (Ghost Mixes) More than a remix album, this is a full-on reimagining, transforming the Besnards’ massive psych soundscapes into an ambient space-rock masterpiece. Impeccably produced, and a welcome direction for Jace & co. to keep exploring.

thebesnardlakes.bandcamp.com

Ghost Nation (Ghost Mixes), by The Besnard Lakes

7 track album

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The AM @theam.ca · 31/08/2026

AOTD#25: Altus – Echo Bloom Spacious ambient of the sort you might find on Cyclical Dreams or a forgotten Tangerine Dream score. Just the right level of percussive pulse, never overwhelming, only enough to add structure to the textured synths.

altusmusic.bandcamp.com

Echo Bloom, by Altus

The AM @theam.ca · 29/08/2026

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AOTD#24: Lambchop - Punching the Clown (Merge) Lambchop is always worth a listen, and it's nice to hear Wagner's untreated voice front and centre again. Idiosyncratic as always (the hype man in "Just West of Nicollet" is a choice), but also truly gorgeous, especially the choral arrangements.

lambchop.bandcamp.com

Punching the Clown, by Lambchop

The AM @theam.ca · 29/08/2026

AOTD#23: Allah-Las – Sirenas (@mexicansummer.bsky.social) It’s been ages since Allah-Las were the beach-psych band I still mentally peg them as, but Sirenas still surprised me with its breadth of instrumental influence. Durutti, Ultramarine, kraut, but mostly just openness to sound for its own sake.

allah-las.bandcamp.com

Sirenas, by Allah-Las

The AM @theam.ca · 28/08/2026

AOTD#22: Sofie Birch - Bivabippabualukka (@stroomtv.bsky.social) An unhurried, fascinating blend of bossa, ambient & much else. Listened on my walk to work and whenever my thoughts veered to the day ahead, something in the album would pull me back into the moment. Pleasant, mood-enhancing stuff.

stroomtv.bandcamp.com

Bivabippabualukka, by Sofie Birch

13 track album

The AM @theam.ca · 26/08/2026

AOTD#21: Giraffe - The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums (Org Records) There are probably deeper/more accurate references to be made, but to me this plays like a modern version of that early 2000s MMW moment when jazz & jam overlapped, plus segments of In a Silent Way thrown in for good measure.

orgmusiclabel.bandcamp.com

The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums, by Giraffe

The AM @theam.ca · 25/08/2026

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AOTD#20: M. Geddes Gengras - Guest List (@hausumountain.bsky.social) A tone poem, fluent in drone, post-rock, free jazz and prog, but unbound by rote genre conventions. It's a distinct musical language and a difficult one to describe because of that, but an intuitive and deeply satisfying listen.

mgeddesgengras1.bandcamp.com

Guest List, by M. Geddes Gengras

9 track album

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The AM @theam.ca · 25/08/2026

Mild technical difficulties can't get a good AM down. This week's ep. starts with soul-nourishing sounds from Beverly Glenn-Copeland, wraps with the Durutti Column's most recent magic, plus tropical getaways, art-rock detours, and more. Hope you enjoy it. Streaming links: theam.ca/post/8258902...

Backlit trees on a hillside in a BC woods, blue sky visible in the background, sunlight just tracing the outlines of mossy rocks and creating streaks along the ground.

Light of the Heavens • Beverly Glenn-Copeland • Single
ilia • Fling II • 3
Mannequin • Elskavon • Single
Pomme Pomme • Postmodern Machine • The End is a Beginning
Whispering Winds • Hollie Kenniff, Kazuma Okabayashi • The Last Bright Place
Nervion • Allison de Groot, Rich Ruth • Allison de Groot & Rich Ruth
Albion • Samuel Organ, Nailah Hunter, Joel Shearer • The Mendocino Sessions Vol. 1
Thunder Covered Brush • M. Sage • Brush Flier
The Remover of Obstacles • Colliding Crayons • Do It Again
zephyr • Boycalledcrow • Single

Order • Jon McKiel • Gold Horatio
Balloon Moon • Ghostkeeper • Balloon Moon
The Way You Look • Paint, featuring Discovery Zone • Whip of an Ear
Crying Shame • Octoduck • 3P2
Playing and Reality • Horse Lords • Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!
A Display of Emotion • Ryan Hemsworth • Numbskull
Lands Far Away • Bobbyy, featuring Salami Rose Joe Louis • Single
Slip Away • Lael Neale • As Killers Do
Dial “M” for Mother • Singer • Mindreading
Sister’s Mane • Singer • Mindreading
Full Spectrum Dominance • Dummy • Do You Love the Color of the Sky?
Bring It On • The Oscillation • Interference
Happy Birthday Forever • Tess Parks • And Those Who Were Seen Dancing
Shakshuka and Pie • Gnoomes • Losey

Hey! Cool It, Everybody • Giraffe • The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums
When I See You (It Feels Wonderful) • Misha Panfilov • Where the Birds Fly
Jaududdanya • Sophie Birch • Bivabippabualukka
Dance of the Temptress • Ìxtahuele • Single
Vini da Gama • Allah-Las • Sirenas
Kings & Queens • Apostle of Hustle • Folkloric Feel
Love is Real (2020) • Sandro Perri • Single
Everyone Is So In Love With You • Women • Rarities 2007-2010
Doldrums, Doldrums, Eviler Than the Devil • Yoo Doo Right • Build and Rest by the Shepherd’s Light
Time Present and Time Past • The Durutti Column • Renascent

The AM @theam.ca · 24/08/2026

This week’s AM is about to start. Tune in at CJSW.com for the next three hours to listen live, or stream the recording from cjsw.com/program/the-a-m whenever’s convenient.

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The AM @theam.ca · 24/08/2026

AOTD#19: Ancient Infinity Orchestra - It's Always About Liberation (@gondwanarecords.com) Follows on last year's It's Always About Love, the two titles being taken from a piece by Moor Mother. Patient pieces with an innate understanding of tension & release — a deep & deeply moving collection.

ancientinfinityorchestra.bandcamp.com

It’s Always About Liberation, by Ancient Infinity Orchestra

6 track album

The AM @theam.ca · 23/08/2026

AOTD#18: Micha Acher - Henry and the Ghosts Songbook A welcome extension of Hochzeitskapelle’s chamber-jazz/post-rock, a touch melancholy but still playful in its arrangements, with sousaphone, banjo, toy piano & more adding unique textures throughout.

michaacher.bandcamp.com

Henry And The Ghosts Songbook, by Micha Acher

15 track album

The AM @theam.ca · 22/08/2026

AOTD #17: St. Silva - Forager An aural approximation of forest bathing, simulated through field recordings, tape loops, and modular synth. Melodic in a manner that doesn’t overwhelm the atmosphere, and beautifully suited to drifting past the edge of perception. (Ie excellent falling-asleep music)

stsilva.bandcamp.com

Forager, by St. Silva

The AM @theam.ca · 21/08/2026

AOTD #16: Buildings and Food - Yutori Continuing B&F’s evolution into ever more patient ambient electronic realms, Yutori demonstrates the difference between minimalism and simplicity. Complex moods conjured with elegance and efficiency, leaving ample room for contemplation.

buildingsandfood.bandcamp.com

Yutori, by Buildings and Food

The AM @theam.ca · 20/08/2026

AOTD #15: Bristol Manor - One Foot in the Haze Prairie trip-hop from Calgary, AB that confidently carries a dusky mood and methodical tempo across its 45 minutes. Released in spring but better suited to the autumn days lurking just around the corner, paradoxically cozy in its downbeat atmosphere.

bristolmanor.bandcamp.com

One Foot In The Haze, by Bristol Manor

The AM @theam.ca · 20/08/2026

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Ok bsky, start speculating. What’s this guy’s deal?

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The AM @theam.ca · 19/08/2026

AOTD #14: Akusmi - Terra Incognita (@tonalunion.bsky.social) Spiritual jazz built on layers of eclectic, adventurous instrumentation. Small, deliberate whorls of rhythm and melody, looping and cascading into transcendent patterns and colourful vistas, aspiring to ecstasy.

akusmi.bandcamp.com

Terra Incognita, by Akusmi

7 track album

The AM @theam.ca · 18/08/2026

AOTD #13: The Empress - Fortune Teller (Library of the Occult) Psych-groove collaboration between Pauls Osborne (Project Gemini) and Elliot (Pleasure World). Restless bass, chintzy synths, fuzzed-out guitars, and Eastern-inspired melodies — everything you need for a library-horror dance party.

libraryoftheoccult.bandcamp.com

Fortune Teller, by The Empress

The AM @theam.ca · 17/08/2026

AOTD #12: Bluetech - Petit Constellations (DiN) Solo synth subtly inspired by Plantasia, but with a scale that spans from the microscopic to the cosmic. The concept is one thing, but the intricate, ever-winding melodies are what make it so captivating. An absolutely stellar piece of work.

din.org.uk

Petite Constellations (DiN96), by Bluetech

13 track album

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The AM @theam.ca · 16/08/2026

AOTD #11: Fiver - Fiver Trois presents Cleaning House There’s an elegance to Fiver’s songwriting that has been growing since 2020’s You Wanted Country and is in full bloom on Cleaning House. The melodies just feel right, the lyrics crisp and clear, Simone’s delivery distinctive and true. (1/2)

fiverforreal.bandcamp.com

Fiver Trois presents Cleaning House, by Fiver