Episode 264: Cosmik Repercussions 93.3 CFMU, McMaster University, May 13, 2026

Thank you for listening to Cosmik Repercussions for May 13, 2026Featuring New Music from: Bad Bad Joel, Pick a Piper, Speedy J.Also Featuring: Spektrum, Mike Oldfield, Radio Seven, Russell Louder, Coldcut/Air Liquid, Deepsky, Cleaner, Super Plage, Phasmid, Brian Eno, Ekko Ambience, Tycho, Eat Static, Aphex Twin, Nik Rawlings.Welcome new listeners from Indonesia.Featured Artist: Speedy JContemplating the role of the album format in an attention-deficient society, Speedy J presents Walkman — a constantly shifting, 90-minute soundtrack to a journey of your choice. Jochem Paap’s first solo album in over 20 years is a freewheeling, 20-track testament to his decades-deep studio skill and sonic versatility, running from skewed rhythmic rabbit holes to exploratory tonal abandon.For Paap, the traditional idea of the album had become obscured by listening habits and the non-stop information barrage of our digital lives. Having moved on from his breakthrough years releasing LPs and touring off the back of them, he was more inspired to develop his many-sided STOOR project and feed into a bigger artistic body of work than the temporary shelf-life of a single release. As is natural for any artist, his perspective shifted over time and he found himself drawn back to the idea of an album, realising he connected best with longer releases while he was on a walk, out for a run or generally in transit one way or another.With an endearing call back to the humble Walkman, he selected an hour and a half of material created during studio sessions at the beginning of 2025, perfectly sized to fit on two 45-minute sides of a cassette tape. As has long been the case for his studio practice, there were no fixed intentions when sitting down in the STOOR lab to start making noise — just a wealth of experience and an expansive set of tools to start exploring with. From hours of jams Paap pulled together standout moments and moulded them into a mixtape-like narrative ranging from two-minute beat nuggets to full-tilt techno workouts and immersive ambient drops. Every sound is intentional, but the overall delivery is instinctive and curious, showing multiple new dimensions to Paap’s sound and offering unpredictability at every turn.Courtesy of: Oliver Cole, 9 PRhttp://www.9pr.co.uk/Thank you to all my listeners locally, from across Canada and around the world: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Croatia, Czechia, Ecuador, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, India,  Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain,  Sweden,  Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkiye, Uganda, United Kingdom, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Vietnam.