Motte and Bailey - Episode August 8, 2026

Motte & Bailey Showfill by Miguel Venexen
"Calgary Experimental Electronics"

~Bandcamp Friday got us~

After picking up a stack of new albums from Zeptosecond Records, City of Fire Records and 30/30, we figured there was no better way to show them off than to dedicate an entire Motte & Bailey show to some of the incredible experimental electronic music coming out of Calgary. Special thanks to Milan for helping give music like this a home.

All local and formerly local artists!!
From ambient, downtempo, experimental and electronic music... from hazy and atmospheric to strange, beautiful and occasionally/often unsettling.

Featuring music from Stelar Door, Doughnut Skin, Swan Void, Nyxothera, Masked Opponent, Ghost Cartridge and Blair Sveinson (my accountant! Radio Debut!)

Basically, we went shopping on Bandcamp and came home with enough music to justify an entire episode. Enjoy!

Playlist:

• Blair Sveinson - Meteor Shower
• Stelar Door - Seeking Answers
• Ghost Cartridge - reset
• Nyxothera - Corvidae
• Doughnut Skin - Box Cutter Blues
• Ghost Cartridge - alone in the forest at night
• Stelar Door - Outer Limits
• Nyxothera - Hazel Skies
• Doughnut Skin - Dark Brown Dodge Shadow Abandoned On Deerfoot
• Stelar Door - Forzando
• Nyxothera - The Whitest Dove
• Ghost Cartridge - as the clay dries
• Stelar Door - Wood Drip
• Nyxothera - Butterfly Vines
• Ghost Cartridge - bugs all over me
• Nyxothera - Concrete Path
• Ghost Cartridge - a youngish man is riddled with self doubt
• Doughnut Skin - Man Arriving Home On Xmas Eve
• Stelar Door - Between Us
• Blair Sveinson - Influence
• Ghost Cartridge - family dinner
• Stelar Door - Giants
• Masked Opponent - Rafters
• Swan Void - It Was Always Hollow
• Ghost Cartridge - ocean in the dark
• Swan Void - Deeply Inside
• Ghost Cartridge - please please please please please
• Swan Void - Soon, The Night Comes
• Ghost Cartridge - reading next to a lamp
• Swan Void - A Brief Moment
• Ghost Cartridge - she looks in the mirror
• Swan Void - To Feel Everything
• Ghost Cartridge - thirty thirty vision
• Swan Void - Star Collapse
• Ghost Cartridge - watching tv alone in the dark
• Masked Opponent - Merch Stand
• Nyxothera - Oh Baby