Ghosts of the Gardiner Expressway by Kilometre Club

 

I am fortunate enough to occasionally have labels or artists connect with me about new music they have coming out. Sometimes those discussions result in a guest mix. Which brings us to this latest mix.

Daniel Field, owner/founder of Imaginary North, reached out about some new music coming out on his excellent ambient label. He has a new album out under his Kilometre Club moniker so we figured it would be a great time for a guest mix.

Here's what Daniel has to say about this collection:

"I am so excited to share my new triple album, An Alphabet of Distance, and wanted to create a mix that reflects the idea of closeness. As a result, I looked to music being made in and around my hometown Toronto, thinking about some of our growing ambient community, as well as reflecting on the past. While putting this together, I quickly began to notice themes and trends that have permeated local ambient, electronic, and experimental music from this vast and vibrant city. 

 More than anything, the vast array of instruments used across this mix feels like a connect-the-dots of the diverse, complex, and cosmopolitan nature of the city. In 100 minutes, on top of the usual guitars and synthesizers, you'll hear harp, bass clarinet, saxophone, kulintang gongs, kalimbas, horns, a bridge, and so many more components that come together beautifully. The title of the mix is named after Toronto's most annoying and traffic-filled major thoroughfare, one that has recently undergone partial demolition and multiple lane closures, but is still such a pivotal artery of the city. 

An Alphabet of Distance is out now as a digital download or double CD from Imaginary North."

 

Here's the link to the new Kilometre Club album:

https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/album/an-alphabet-of-distance

Imaginary North Bandcamp page:

https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/

 

Here are links to all the music used in this mix:

• https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/album/nostalgia
• https://shnshn.bandcamp.com/album/form-s
• https://gracescheele.bandcamp.com/album/landings
• https://josephshabason.bandcamp.com/album/anne
• https://piersoolvai.bandcamp.com/album/solace-shards
• https://domakesaythink.bandcamp.com/album/you-youre-a-history-in-rust
• https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/album/other-rooms-mainstream-x-imaginary-north
• https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/album/imaginary-north-transmission-004
• https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/album/outside-choices
• https://brokensocialscene.bandcamp.com/album/you-forgot-it-in-people
• https://pantayo.bandcamp.com/album/ang-pagdaloy
• https://avantlard.bandcamp.com/album/sleepwalking-through-lambton-woods
• https://fanwu.bandcamp.com/album/touch-the-ten-thousand-things-without-dependency
• https://aidanbaker.bandcamp.com/album/field-of-drones
• https://oscarson.bandcamp.com/album/anth-ne-held
• https://dreamstate.bandcamp.com/album/the-drone-cycle
• https://polmopolpo.bandcamp.com/album/like-hearts-swelling
• https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/album/the-longest-time

 

Thanks to Daniel & Imaginary North for this excellent mix.

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00   Kilometre Club & Lutes Jennings - Stoplight (from An Alphabet of Distance, Imaginary North 2024)
• 02:28   Moonwatcher - Echo In The Hollow Of My Skull (from Impressions, Age of Leisure, 2024)
• 06:11   JICS - come back to me (from Nostalgia, Imaginary North, 2024)
• 08:44   shn shn - first light (from Form(s), independent, 2023)
• 13:22   Kilometre Club & Sun Rain - Zone of Harmony (from An Alphabet of Distance, Imaginary North 2024)
• 16:28   Grace Scheele - pomposity (from Landings, independent, 2023)
• 18:28   Joseph Shabason - Forest Run (from Anne, Western Vinyl, 2018)
• 22:52   Piers Oolvai - Materia (from Solace Shards, independent, 2021)
• 27:29   Do Make Say Think - A Tender History in Rust (You, You’re A History in Rust, 2007)
• 32:34   Kilometre Club & Gollden - Fragments (from An Alphabet of Distance, Imaginary North 2024)
• 38:26   Erin Corbett - All You Can Think About Is How Good It Feels (from Other Rooms, mainstream x Imaginary North 2024)
• 45:54  Pick a Piper - Kalimbas and Chimes (from Imaginary North Transmission 004, 2023)
• 51:49  Kilometre Club & Astrolope - All/Flax (from Outside Choices, Imaginary North, 2023)
• 58:06   Broken Social Scene - Capture the Flag (from You Forgot it in People, Arts and Crafts, 2002)
• 1:00:12   Pantayo - Bakal Bote (from Ang Pagdaloy, Telephone Explosion, 2023)
• 1:02:28   Nick Storring - Sleepwalking Through Lambton Woods [excerpt] (from Sleepwalking Through Lambton Woods, Avant Lard, 2023)
• 1:09:00   Fan Wu - Yarrowly (from touch the Ten Thousand Things without dependency, Second Spring, 2024)
• 1:13:40   Aidan Baker - Twilight [excerpt] (from Field of Drones, Arcolepsy Records, 2004)
• 1:18:11   anthene - beneath the trees (from Held, Oscarson, 2021)
• 1:21:52   dreamSTATE - Northern Ark (Feat. Kurt Swinghammer) (from The Drone Cycle, independent, 2024)
• 1:27:30   Polmo Polpo - Farewell (from Like Hearts Swelling, Constellation Records, 2003)
• 1:32:29   Kilometre Club - The Longest Time [excerpt] (from The Longest Time [coming soon], Imaginary North, 2024)