Tonight's Halloween special edition of 'Sounds celebrates the disembodied voices of TV preachers, yogis, sporting events, live dramatic readings, answering machine messages, spy radio and other audio curiosities that embed themselves in music and provide ghostly (though not necessarily frightening) layers of intrigue and interest.
Night Air – Tortoise – Tortoise (1994) – Thrill Jockey
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The Jezebel Spirit – Eno and Byrne – My Life in the Bush ofGhosts (1981) – Warner Brothers
Haven Returns – Ian Hawgood + Phil Tomsett – FragmentedBoundaries (2019) – Home Normal
The Spirit Cannot Fail You – Bill Nelson – Chance Encountersin the Garden of Lights (1987) – Cocteau Records
Part VII (Breath) – Maurizio Abate + Matteo Uggeri – BeyondTime (2016) Time Released Sound
Static – Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Lift Your SkinnyFists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000) – Constellation
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To Us Thy Memory Can Never Be Lost – Spheruleus and Friends– William Barber (2016) - Hibernate
Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet – Gavin Bryars - Jesus’Blood Never Failed Me Yet (1975) - Obscure
Fullmoon – Ryuichi Sakamoto – async (2017) – Commmons
Helps Both Ways – Mogwai – Come On Die Young (1999) –Chemikal Underground
To Rest Near You – Rachel’s – The Sea and the Bells (1996) – Quarterstick
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Just One Kiss – Biosphere – Petrified Forest (2017) –Biophon
Radiant – Halftribe – For the Summer, or Forever (2018) - Dronarivm
Car Chase Terror! – M83 – Before The Dawn Heals Us (2005) –Grooom
L.A. – The Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace (1985) –Beggars Banquet
Kiew Mission – Tangerine Dream – Exit (1981) – Virgin
Gyroscope – Boards of Canada – Geogaddi (2002) - Warp
5 dashes i say again - The Conet Project - The Conet Project (1997) Irdial Records
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Mr. Wheeler – Pere Ubu – Pennsylvania (1998) – Cooking Vinyl
The Human Condition (Song For My Father) – Mark McGuire –Along The Way (2014) – Dead Oceans
Five Four Child Voice – Fridge – Happiness (2001) – Text
4 or 5 Trees – Rachel’s – Systems/Layers (2003) –Quarterstick
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Albedo 0.39 - Vangelis - Albedo 0.39 (1976) - RCA