Proxima Psychoacoustics
@proximapsych.bsky.social
aka Chris Harris, he/him. Canadian musician. Neither new nor notable.
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Whynott, by Proxima Psychoacoustics
18 track album
proximapsychoacoustics.bandcamp.com
New album available. It's a grimy, expressionist ode to a place I used to live as a kid. Naïve new wave-ish instrumentals and vibey nonsense, for those tuned to such wavelengths. proximapsychoacoustics.bandcamp.com/album/whynott
I love Nardwuar interviews where he and the interviewee are completely in sync. I feel *intensely* uncomfortable when they aren't, however. You can tell which kind it is from the first question.
Such honours may not amount to much in the grand scheme, but I'm glad he got the Order of Canada.
Such honours may not amount to much in the grand scheme, but I'm glad he got the Order of Canada.
December 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I love Nardwuar interviews where he and the interviewee are completely in sync. I feel *intensely* uncomfortable when they aren't, however. You can tell which kind it is from the first question.
Such honours may not amount to much in the grand scheme, but I'm glad he got the Order of Canada.
Such honours may not amount to much in the grand scheme, but I'm glad he got the Order of Canada.
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...Heal Mura, Juana Molina, @proximapsych.bsky.social, Bryan Ferry & Amelia Barratt, @stereolabgroop.bsky.social, @projectgemini.bsky.social & Wendy Martinez, Pedro Mizutani & Skinshape, Nyron Higor, Cosmic Tones Research Trio, The Circling Sun, Damon Locks...
The A.M.
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December 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
...Heal Mura, Juana Molina, @proximapsych.bsky.social, Bryan Ferry & Amelia Barratt, @stereolabgroop.bsky.social, @projectgemini.bsky.social & Wendy Martinez, Pedro Mizutani & Skinshape, Nyron Higor, Cosmic Tones Research Trio, The Circling Sun, Damon Locks...
Lot of great stuff on here. I second the recommendations for Provincial Park, by @buildingsfoodmusic.bsky.social and Public Works and Utilities by @warringtonruncorn.com
AM Gold 2025:
50 favourite albums from the past year, and 150+ others that are also very much worth a listen. Ambient, psychedelic, modular synth, jazz, library grooves, jangle pop, and other sounds suited to early mornings and contemplative moments.
wanderlines.ca/2025/12/18/a...
50 favourite albums from the past year, and 150+ others that are also very much worth a listen. Ambient, psychedelic, modular synth, jazz, library grooves, jangle pop, and other sounds suited to early mornings and contemplative moments.
wanderlines.ca/2025/12/18/a...
December 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Lot of great stuff on here. I second the recommendations for Provincial Park, by @buildingsfoodmusic.bsky.social and Public Works and Utilities by @warringtonruncorn.com
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Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
The slur is, at the very least, distracting and annoying. Like "Money for Nothing", I'm aware that it's the character saying it, and it wouldn't faze me reading it in a book, but hearing it at the mall or on daytime radio with my kids would be quite jarring.
December 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The slur is, at the very least, distracting and annoying. Like "Money for Nothing", I'm aware that it's the character saying it, and it wouldn't faze me reading it in a book, but hearing it at the mall or on daytime radio with my kids would be quite jarring.
"Fairytale of New York" has never been popular in Canada at all (the vast majority of the handful of people I've polled have never heard of it). I only first heard it a couple years ago, and only by actively looking for it.
December 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"Fairytale of New York" has never been popular in Canada at all (the vast majority of the handful of people I've polled have never heard of it). I only first heard it a couple years ago, and only by actively looking for it.
It's hard to remember that there were two whole seasons of Stranger Things without Maya Hawke. If Robin dies before the season is over, I'll probably stop watching immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It's hard to remember that there were two whole seasons of Stranger Things without Maya Hawke. If Robin dies before the season is over, I'll probably stop watching immediately.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
'Weird' Al Yankovic
Prince
Blue Rodeo
Tegan and Sara
Peter Gabriel
'Weird' Al Yankovic
Prince
Blue Rodeo
Tegan and Sara
Peter Gabriel
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Adele
The Electric Light Orchestra Part II
Stevie Wonder
The Australian Pink Floyd Show
Deicide
Adele
The Electric Light Orchestra Part II
Stevie Wonder
The Australian Pink Floyd Show
Deicide
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Pulp
Pet Shop Boys
All Saints
Starsailor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Pulp
Pet Shop Boys
All Saints
Starsailor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
'Weird' Al Yankovic
Prince
Blue Rodeo
Tegan and Sara
Peter Gabriel
'Weird' Al Yankovic
Prince
Blue Rodeo
Tegan and Sara
Peter Gabriel
Thus illustrating a very Gen-X/Atlantic-Canadian bad habit: upbeat statement, undercut by the addition of somewhat self-deprecating sarcasm
October 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Thus illustrating a very Gen-X/Atlantic-Canadian bad habit: upbeat statement, undercut by the addition of somewhat self-deprecating sarcasm
Look out, world, I now have a bass guitar! Surely this will change everything.
October 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Look out, world, I now have a bass guitar! Surely this will change everything.
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Have I mentioned on Bluesky that the @cjsw.bsky.social funding drive is on now? Support Canada's best campus and community radio station at CJSW.com/donate, and use the link below to hear three hours of me sharing tracks from this year's two FD mixes and flogging the benefits of independent radio.
The A.M. – Episode October 20, 2025 – CJSW Radio
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October 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Have I mentioned on Bluesky that the @cjsw.bsky.social funding drive is on now? Support Canada's best campus and community radio station at CJSW.com/donate, and use the link below to hear three hours of me sharing tracks from this year's two FD mixes and flogging the benefits of independent radio.
New album available. It's a grimy, expressionist ode to a place I used to live as a kid. Naïve new wave-ish instrumentals and vibey nonsense, for those tuned to such wavelengths. proximapsychoacoustics.bandcamp.com/album/whynott
Whynott, by Proxima Psychoacoustics
18 track album
proximapsychoacoustics.bandcamp.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
New album available. It's a grimy, expressionist ode to a place I used to live as a kid. Naïve new wave-ish instrumentals and vibey nonsense, for those tuned to such wavelengths. proximapsychoacoustics.bandcamp.com/album/whynott
Further evidence that old is not always good.
October 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Further evidence that old is not always good.
Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18e...
October 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18e...
Wow, I thought only us Canadians were subjected to this.
October 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Wow, I thought only us Canadians were subjected to this.
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It was more bonkers, and just as uneven, as I expected, but I had a good time.
October 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It was more bonkers, and just as uneven, as I expected, but I had a good time.
As an enjoyer of Cronenberg and Philip K Dick, it's odd that I never watched eXistenZ before tonight
October 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
As an enjoyer of Cronenberg and Philip K Dick, it's odd that I never watched eXistenZ before tonight
Very jealous you got to see Pulp. "Slow Jam" might well be my favourite song of the year so far.
October 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Very jealous you got to see Pulp. "Slow Jam" might well be my favourite song of the year so far.
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Shouting "Crowded Theater" In A Fire: Responding to a real emergency with some baffling shit that only serves to delay an actual course of action
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Shouting "Crowded Theater" In A Fire: Responding to a real emergency with some baffling shit that only serves to delay an actual course of action
On one hand, I guess it shows you're not overly attached to the past (especially when greatest successes are behind you), with a bit of carnival-barker "You ain't seen NOTHIN' yet!" hype. I always find it a bit sad, though, like praising your youngest child, using their older siblings for contrast.
September 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On one hand, I guess it shows you're not overly attached to the past (especially when greatest successes are behind you), with a bit of carnival-barker "You ain't seen NOTHIN' yet!" hype. I always find it a bit sad, though, like praising your youngest child, using their older siblings for contrast.
Watching Bowie interviews, he seemed to always promote a new album at the expense of the previous album. I think part of it was just promotion-talk, or maybe it was just his excitement about the new stuff; when he didn't talk like this, you could tell he thought the new stuff sucked ("Tonight").
September 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Watching Bowie interviews, he seemed to always promote a new album at the expense of the previous album. I think part of it was just promotion-talk, or maybe it was just his excitement about the new stuff; when he didn't talk like this, you could tell he thought the new stuff sucked ("Tonight").
For real, though, the new múm album is enjoyable, imo.
September 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
For real, though, the new múm album is enjoyable, imo.
The sacred laws of internet artistry oblige me to point out my new album arriving in October (despite you clearly soliciting "September releases").
September 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The sacred laws of internet artistry oblige me to point out my new album arriving in October (despite you clearly soliciting "September releases").
"Whynott" is the new album coming out 14 Oct. It's about a place where I grew up. You can pre-order, if that's your thing; you can also hear a couple of the songs already. proximapsychoacoustics.bandcamp.com/album/whynott
Whynott, by Proxima Psychoacoustics
18 track album
proximapsychoacoustics.bandcamp.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Whynott" is the new album coming out 14 Oct. It's about a place where I grew up. You can pre-order, if that's your thing; you can also hear a couple of the songs already. proximapsychoacoustics.bandcamp.com/album/whynott