Episode 265: Cosmik Repercussions 93.3 CFMU, McMaster University, May 20, 2026

Thank you for listening to Cosmik Repercussions for May 20, 2026:Featuring New Music from: Carl Gari, Hevi Levi, Fenra, Thaylo, Pick a Piper, Paul Haslinger and Christian Whittman, Lumtz, PJ Wasserman.Also Featuring: I am Robot and Proud, Tycho, Sven Vath, Woody Woods and 3HP.For a full track listing please visit: https://cfmu.ca/episode/cosmik-repercussions-episode-for-2026-05-20/Featured Artist: Carl GariCarl Gari is an interconnected assembly of machines, humans and musical instruments that aims to subvert reality through sound. Founded in 2013, the project comprises the German trio Jonas Yamer, Till Funke and Jonas Friedlich. In the seclusion of a house in the Bavarian Forest, something unfolded that felt less like a conventional album production and more like an internal process of condensation. This house wasn’t a studio – it was a retreat. Its 1960s-inspired interiors, creaking wooden stairs, and crackling fireplace shaped the sound of Carl Gari as much as the instruments themselves. Though the house no longer exists, its atmosphere remains present in the recordings.The music of Carl Gari – Jonas Yamer, Till Funke, and Jonas Friedlich – resists easy categorization, a trait that continues on this monumental new album. From the friction between electronic music and guitar textures, the trio forges a distinctive, idiosyncratic sound. Distorted electric guitars and pulsating basslines intertwine with analog drum machines, tape delays, and intricate effect chains, creating music that is raw, organic, and psychedelic. A new element on the album is the trio’s first use of vocals: Jonas Yamer, usually on bass, raises his voice in a punk-tinged, invented language that hints rather than narrates, unsettling more than it explains.The guest artists do not merely decorate the sound – they alter its very structure at critical points. Polygonia contributes layered vocals that mesh seamlessly with the album’s technoid architecture. Will Brooks of Dälek delivers a dark rap feature on ‘Poison Shyness (Anti-Social)’, his words carving the sonic space with precision. Coby Sey adds introspective vocals that hover between experimentation and restraint on ‘Inner Link’. New York rap pioneer Sensational introduces a deliberately rough, individual counterpoint on ‘Disco Lights’, while the German percussionist Simon Popp drives the album forward with an uncompromising drum performance that insists rather than accompanies on ‘Zeitesser’.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.