CD Esoterik

TEAM ESOTERIK

CD ESOTERIK was a record store from the early 2000's in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. After a short 15 year or so pause to rethink, we decided to finally re-open the store as a podcast. Formely on Ste. Catherine Street in a basement beside a comic book shop, now fully of the ether.

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Episodes

Episode 10: Le son sauvage w. Anne-F Jacques

Amazing sound artist, label runner, contextual one-time author, unlandlord and friend since Esoterik days Anne-F Jacques joins us for our tenth (TEN!) episode. We start with 2-3 notes and the inimitable pacing of Mo Tucker, then go pure timbre and tape when actually it’s lots of notes and no melody. Lots of space between notes makes the notes feel less note. Ellen Fullman ditches long strings and creates rainbows in Poland. Boiling speakers bring the montreal rains. We discover that China is a b...

Jul 30, 2025•2 hr 27 min•Ep. 10

Episode 9. Prinzendorf Impressions: Süßes Erden Mysterien Theater

In this very special episode one of our hosts is transmogrified in Prinzendorf. Another is levitated multiple times, raised into the air! We discuss the relationship between the thing-in-iteslf, knowing the thing as represented, and the thing-as-experienced. A lot of blood. A lot of fruit. A lot of entrails. Plus: Dandelion Magic! The best way to find a virtual therapist Nitsch at Bayeuruth Mekas with colour commentary Kubelka at dawn Loud sneezes and the red wine tastes like blood for weeks. Ga...

Jun 30, 2025•2 hr 46 min•Ep. 9

Episode 8: The good things, you put too much of it w. Olivier Borzeix

Transversal musician and Esoterik kin Olivier Borzeix, whose venn diagrams scantly overlap but go deep regardless, joins us in today's episode. Henry Flynt is identified as the central node of all astral collapse. Leroy Jenkins appreciates the sun city girls but he doesn’t understand them. Lamonte Young almost kills someone dear, but a small dose of possession does an internet affected body good. James Tenney, erotic film star, tortures violinist's fingers. The internet connection changes qualit...

May 30, 2025•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 8

Episode 7: Baader-Meinhoff blues

In which we forgo discussing the state of the world but then play a whole ton of music that discusses it better than words do. Fuck dancing about architecture, make music to set the heart of the world on fire. Special thanks to the persistent Felquiste energy for episode inspiration. Godard actresses and actors. Deleuze reading Neitzche over prog. Renaissance double agents, crying babies/screaming babies, Byron Coley being shy, pis le meilleur fucking disque jamais fait icitte au Québec. We list...

Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 7

Episode 6: Astral Collapse w. Christof Migone

Renowned sound-artist, theorist, and professor Christof Migone joins us for the long haul down the Toronto–London xpressway . Everyone records with actual microphones. No spacesuits. No fishtanks. Just words and music. Confessions. Absolutions. Men who can’t see far enough. Young cousins wake suddenly, speaking perfect Polish . Moths swirling around a lightbulb. 100% nocturnal, until the electric Bozambo dawn . Above all else: Godard. We listened to: A. Intro theme 1. Christina Kubisch – Night F...

Mar 30, 2025•2 hr 42 min•Ep. 6

Episode 5: …is the greatest electronic instrument

Dead of winter emergency February party. This one is for anyone who’s ever had to move. In our continuing recording adventures Leon spends the last part of the episode recording from inside a spacesuit from the depths of Death Valley. Charming animals, melodramas, glacial paces, Eurovision finalists… Fire. White smoke. Black smoke. The end. We listened to: A. New intro theme 1. Marielle Groven – My Heart Is A Mountain 2. Alan Sorrenti – Angelo 3. Cem Karaca – Emrah 4. Isak Sundström – The Tarnis...

Feb 28, 2025•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 5

Episode 4: Low key responsible shredding w. special guest Alex Moskos

In this fourth episode, we welcome legendary noise moistener, ex-esoteriker and genius-level ear-haver, Alex Moskos. Also, Jacob is calling in from a fishtank covered in a sock that he kind of dips in and out of. The usual "experimental" recording balanced by consistently dazzling music. The question remains: Is HMV open? Yes. Well we're open too, then. Finally, Keith Rowe legit shreds. We listened to: A. Intro theme 1. Kavain Wayne Space & XT – Side A 2. Amalgam – Roller Coaster Part 1 3. N...

Jan 30, 2025•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 4

Episode 3: Store is open. Welcome.

After the dogs ate episode 2 it became clear that in order to meet the demand we needed to rush out a third. Turns out time-pressure is the best creative constraint. Number 3 features lots of hard panning, heavy playing, non-complex complexity and mad side-chaining. The question remains: Is there life on the earth? Esoterik podcast says: "YES" We listened to: A. Intro theme 1. Ahmed Essyad – Lecture pour bande magnétique (1974) part I 2. Otto Willberg – Reap What Thou Sow 3. Joan La Barbara – Vo...

Dec 30, 2024•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 3

Episode 1: Unmistakably Esoterik

Inaugural episode! Years in the making, shitty recording, ham-fisted editing. Great great music, lots of laughs, lots of feelings. Sorting out technicals is brown carpet, but it'll be smoother next time, promise! We had a great time, we want you to have a great time. We listened to: 1. Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Bongo Man 2. Ayako Shinozaki⧸Takehisa Kosugi – Heterodyne 3. Patrik Fitzgerald – Working Hu-Man's Casino 4. David Rosenboom – Section II. (symmetrical harmoni...

Nov 30, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 1

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