Motte and Bailey

Motte and Bailey - Episode June 13, 2026

This week, some unbridled upbeat fun for this warm summer evening! The Motte has a combination of DnB and IDM (with an X-tra special set in the middle!), and the Bailey has free improvisation, some of it stripped back and some of it absolutely chaotic. Playlist: * Huerco S. - Plonk VIII * T.Power - Postcards from Pluto * haiipara - you (how does it feel) * Masked Opponent - Merch Stand * Xylitol - Melancholia * Xingu Hill - The Conquistador Closes His Eyes * x.nte - undocumented supplex * N O Moore - side 2_2 * Picastro - Fell The Family Tree * audry - forever to bring men's minds back to the painful detail * Ivo Perelman and Damon Smith - Eight * Quit Music - Sometimes I do * Nolan Hildebrand - DATA BENDER * Bob Bell - Track 4

Motte and Bailey - Episode May 30, 2026

This week, a heavier and darker episode in celebration of the new Boards of Canada album! The Motte has beat-driven and experimental ambient, and the Bailey is chock full of wild and heavy free jazz. Playlist: * Boards of Canada - All Reason Departs * Isolated Showers - Time Lag Humidifier * Khôra, Mas Aya - The Bornless * Grumm Trencher - Hunted * Monopoly Child Star Searchers, featuring Sun Araw - Lava Solos on Horseback * Elementals' Orrery - Desert Court of Whale, New Coral City * Coil - The Snow * flrst - 141 days from today * Bellbird - Blowing on Embers * Phillip Golub - utopian micronation * Webber/Morris Big Band - Mist/Missed * Quit Music - Sometimes i don't * Fact - with a bit of assisstance from my pals * Earth Ball - Where I Come From

Motte and Bailey - Episode May 23, 2026

This week, and All-Canadian long classics episode, with some new music mixed into the bunch! The Motte has grainy and noisy ambient, and the Bailey is a collection of some fine experimental / post rock. Playlist: * Unknown Mobile, featuring Rob Dickson - Galterö * Ossements - Suite I - Die Geisterglocke * NPNP, Jairus Sharif - Crows Vision of a Flat Plane * Tim Hecker - Virginal I * Moss Harvest - Glass Into Sand * Death Kneel - Maybe Some Other Time * Liam Aldous - Genie Apparition & Water is Magic * Hermitess - The Birds Never Left * Polmo Polpo - Farewell * jordaan mason - stop walking start swimming * i.o - with vital force they feed me * Lucid 44 - slow down panic * Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Piss Crowns Are Trebled * Nadja, Pyramids - An Angel Was Heard to Cry Over the City of Rome

Motte and Bailey - Episode May 16, 2026

This week, part two of the NCRA award celebration! This time, a look at some of my favorite artists that shaped the sound of the early days of this show. On the Motte: Ambient with a hint of electronica at the end. On the Bailey: Calming jazz that slowly gets warped into wild free improvisation and metal. Playlist: * 1958-2009 - A2 * Ariel Ulysses - 1:19:10 + 1:22:56 (original concept) * Desolatum - spiral * Concrete Cedars - For Those Who Live In Apartments * Eine Kleine China - Zugzwang * sub lumen - Fireflies Oil * A Pact Between Strangers - Sow * buddywudd - DJ Tomand Renall * Aline's étoile magique - Segment * Ylang Ylang - Damage * Kalia Vandever - Hubbard Road * Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Premonition II. Contorted * Colin Stetson - Bloodrest * Tantric Bile - Familial Blood Guilt * Imperial Triumphant - Gomorrah Nouveaux * わたしのココ (Watashi No Koko) - kj

Motte and Bailey - Episode May 9, 2026

Part 1 of the Motte and Bailey NCRA award celebration special, looking at some of my favourite artists I've learned about these last three years. Easily the most chaotic episode I've had in awhile. Playlist: * Fishmans - LONG SEASON * Jairus Sharif - Water & Tools * Quit Music - others i wont * Estrogen Estrogen Estrogen - 12-2:00 AM Wednesday 90.9fm * Arts&Crafts - Footprints in the Sand * Swan Void - Ascension * The Sleep Dealers - hold on to your heart * Telematic Visions - moratorium * DJ Bamberino - Magical Girls With Long Johns * Asleep Country - Comedy of Hand Sleights * Deprivationn, featuring Hennerson Hendryx - an end to a mire caught in the razorblades of reality * Pyrrhon - Last Gasp