2018-07-16 22:14
Let’s start with a quick surf story, Cali-style. And then an epic “Calypso” dancer intro…
-We shout-out Greg Reveret, the composer who worked with Deadmau5 (@deadmau… Read More
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This is the website for the Frequency Horizon podcast and radio show, based on Vancouver Island in Tofino, B.C.
We cover surf, electronic and ambient music, blast out sweet photos and try to capture the ephemeral nature of the places we love...
2018-06-11 20:33
We enjoy moving into the triple podcast digits with an episode that’s full #fire from beginning to end !!!
Cold Open: We hit up a celebration of Los Angeles drum n’ ba… Read More
2018-05-26 19:01
The post Scratching the Edit Surface Once Again… appeared first on Frequency Horizon Read More
2018-04-15 17:57
In this episode I reflect on the significance of “Number 99” as it relates to the Great One and my own journey from Canada to the U.S. We’ll take you past Venice Beach busk… Read More
2018-02-10 07:19
Morphing into a new phase, I head down the West Coast, meeting electronic music producers and filmmakers, and start to come to a deep appreciation of what Los Angeles is all about.
34:05 &nd&hell…Read More
2017-11-09 02:59
Thanks Tuff City… it’s been a slice. But now I’m outie.
31:01 – Environment Canada meteorologist explains the “magic” behind the stunning sunset along th… Read More
2017-11-03 05:02
I carved a bass clef into a pumpkin and played some trippy tracks for the Halloween rad-tacular.
1:04:15 – Steve Bick on the line with some info about a special Tofino compilation we&r&hell…Read More
2017-10-25 21:09
Yo this was a packed episode!
>14:03 – Suspect Hero XII (Adam Alexander @suspect-hero) kicked it off with a few dope cyphers.
>34:54 – Harry Day-Hodson brings us a poetic b… Read More
2017-10-19 02:53
You’re in for a treat: Tuff City local Andrew Kinnie not only pops by to drop some knowledge and a didgeridoo/drum live performance, he also brought his DJ gear… Suffice to say… Read More
2017-10-06 06:21
Saving lives and deep dive chill…
1:39:03 – Hey, one time I happened on a group of youth dealing with their friend who just had a seizure apparently while surfing for the first… Read More
2017-09-27 22:15
We look forward to the Queen of the Peak women’s surf comp kickoff we’re hosting featuring Erica Dee and OWABOWA, plus get a report from a Croatian music festival courtesy of one… Read More
2017-09-27 22:02
“I’m hot ‘cuz I’m Freq. U ain’t cuz u not.”
-Dedicated Tuff City Radio listener Warren Rudd calls in and we dish hardcore about banana slugs, a prominent… Read More
2017-09-13 22:25
Just a solid roster of involved electronica, persuasive #indie and hopeful dub.
18:10 – We pontificate on the Everett, WA high def “Tweaker” Cam that’s mean… Read More
2017-09-10 23:57
Today we get an impromptu lesson about “Earth medicine” from someone who would know…
1:23:14 – Michael Poole, the self-described anarchic owner of the Poole’s… Read More
2017-08-31 17:25
Last minute mission to experience the eclipse at Symbiosis‘ Oregon Eclipse electronic music festival.
10:13 – Check out the segment I produced for 94.5 Eclipse FM in Oregon. You… Read More
2017-08-19 05:18
Pretty sure we broke our record for the number of guests, live performances and poems on this special “extended edition.”
26:40 – Johnny Thorpe @johnny-london-969161637&nbs&hell…Read More
2017-08-10 22:48
Last year local First Nations leaders told Trudeau not to return to this part of beautiful Vancouver Island until Canada lets them have their fishing rights won in court way back in 2009.
We… Read More
2017-08-08 06:07
Gettin’ down with the local, plus an in studio session from an East Londoner.
>We kick it off with a brand new theme song courtesy of @Nasoshnik
25:50 – Rad Review: DANIIROUND… Read More
2017-07-29 19:45
4:09 – Sayde Black performs an acoustic set live in Tuff City Radio studios, including original music and a Lorde @lordemusic cover.
1:25:11 – We attend a ‘zine making… Read More
2017-07-19 23:14
We put Councillor Greg’s feet to the fire about the goings on of our local surf resort village, including what to do about containing the pressures arising from the growth in AirBnB-st… Read More
2017-07-14 15:07
Of wolf attacks and heart-wrenching vocals.
1:11 -Sekret Pocket @sekret_pocket, HAL 9000 and Kurt Clayton @kurtclaytonofficial are in the house! They bring a full crew to Tuff City radi… Read More
2017-07-14 15:02
9:57 – My fam drops in to tell about how I almost didn’t make to tonight’s show. Getting lost in the forest is a real thing I found out. Sorry if I sound a little exhausted… Read More
2017-07-14 14:50
Cold Open: While I drive off the ferry back to Vancouver Island after my road trip to the States, I chat with Dena, as she frantically attempts to get Tuff City Radio back on the air…… Read More
2017-07-08 04:03
As I step away to participate in an Artist Relations internship I leave you with a mix of some of the dope tracks I’ve been discovering while at Black Oak Ranch (and over the airwaves… Read More
2017-07-08 03:53
Here’s my auditory trip behind the scenes of Enchanted Forest Gathering 2017 @enchantedforestgathering next to Laytonville, in California’s Mendocino County. The music I pic… Read More
2017-07-03 18:16
I send in a dispatch while at a tire shop in Oregon, delivering furniture to a winery in California, considering the wine festival I attended just days earlier in Tofino.
00:45 – Soft… Read More
2017-07-03 06:35
Taking things from a relaxed perspective, yet contemplating the significance of the passing of an electronic legend.
27:51 – I give a couple homies a ride and end up at the pre-grand o… Read More
2017-07-01 23:46
So I finally achieved one of my big life goals — to write for the local Tofino newspaper. I got to cover an issue of significant concern to a lot of community members, too!
Here’… Read More
2017-06-30 19:56
It’s almost like a lifetime has passed since I’ve had some of these experiences.
And yet in other ways they feel like the same movie of my life that played out yesterday.
The r… Read More
2017-06-29 20:13
We’re coming up to Canada’s 150th birthday, and it’s fair to consider what it means to be Canadian in this global era. The other day I was interviewed on Global News about… Read More
2017-06-29 00:45
By the end of the show five guests had rolled thru the studio to share their stories, or at least their unique perspectives. Not going to lie, there may have been alcohol involved.
But, I th… Read More
2017-06-29 00:39
From India to England, this week’s episode taps into some serious international energy!
57:37 – Stoked to have a Mumbaikur (resident of Mumbai, India) in the studio to give us… Read More
2017-06-29 00:34
“It hasn’t been an easy week” ->
57:40 – That’s saying the least. On the one hand we had a tragedy at sea. On the other, one of our early Frequency Horizon s… Read More
2017-04-27 03:40
20:10 – You know we bring the poetry. And you know we’re not afraid to drop news bombs on y’all. We do both with this segment — reading poetry that was read out to Tu… Read More
2017-04-22 20:32
Just down from my house there is this trail. And this is where it leads.
I won’t be living here that much longer, and that is a shame. Perhaps I will camp out in the woods nearby secr… Read More
2017-04-22 02:26
It was a bit chaotic for the first time this year over the weekend, although in a totally controlled fashion (that will change, and you know it). I speak with one dude who was smacked in the… Read More
2017-04-22 02:19
-Ginger Slice drops by Tuff City Radio studios to hang out as we drop some drum n’ bass bombs, ambient hip-hop creativity and psy-infused swagger. After all, Bryx (@bryxbryx) is headed… Read More
2017-04-22 02:11
39:51 – Vancouver Islander (and former DJ on these very airwaves) Em.Ash (@emash), speaks with Drew about his new release, which was inspired in large part it turns out by blissful hou… Read More
2017-04-22 02:02
47:18 – We head to the Legion for the Tuff City Idol’s 2017 finale, and even interview Hillary, the winner.
1:27:49 – Here’s a clip of a fellow Aphex Twin-lover who… Read More
2017-04-22 01:46
-Show is co-hosted by a couple wide-eyed Brits with a serious passion for cetaceans. You guys rock! Thanks for coming by the studio. Good luck on your travels
40:20 – It’s nice… Read More
2017-03-28 20:58
It’s as if we’re in the waiting room, waiting for the call to move onto the next phase of our lives.
There’s something comforting in hanging on.
There’s something rea… Read More
2017-03-27 20:14
Love seeing natural expression of this sort. For sure.
Living amongst the trees is joyous for sure. But not quite like living right by the surf.
It’s strange how coffee and a goo… Read More
2017-03-27 02:01
It’s not quite summer season yet. But the weather was warm enough to wear shorts during the day we went out on a scouting mission to Vargas Island.
I was working on a journalism articl… Read More
2017-03-26 22:57
Sometimes it seems like we’re just passing through. Trying to complete a project, or finish something we’ve set out to do.
Let’s not forget some of the beautiful images alo… Read More
2017-03-26 04:37
The cool thing about living in the most gnarly and rugged rainforest in the universe is that sometimes the big boys roll through to capture some of our legit mystique.
If you’re trying… Read More
2017-03-18 23:02
DJ Ginger Slice (@ginga-slice) is back in Tofino while she continues to work on a bass-heavy EP. I know you can’t wait for what she’ll drop, and I can assure you there’s so… Read More
2017-03-04 21:12
It’s been a rare thing for me to delve into dubstep and trap territory on my show, but I figured it was at least time to embrace some of these elements — particularly with the… Read More
2017-03-03 18:38
This was our 2017 Valentines Day special. I even threw down a freestyle.
The post Episode 62 ~ Ville Freestyles + Plays Classical Guitar 4 V-Day appeared first on Frequency Horizon Read More
2017-02-27 23:22
Entertaining and refreshing, hopeful but realistic, this episode’s gonna make you think and rock your wetsuit booties clean off, before chilling you out as you know we do~
-We’ll… Read More
2017-02-09 05:09
Sixty is a big number! I was thrilled Tuff City Radio manager Cameron Dennison came by to hang out and celebrate the milestone. We figured we’d unleash 3.5 hours of awesome frequencies… Read More
2017-02-09 05:01
From prairie radio to vinyl house party poetry, this Frequency Horizon episode is all over the map at the end of the road like usual~
35:10 – Today we’re going to see how frequen… Read More
2017-01-27 07:24
Video game musings, math-rock excitement, abstract imaginings.
Get down with an assortment of West Coast-flavoured tunes to blast your winter greys into next season. Only the hardcore remain… Read More
2017-01-13 02:14
This week my car breaks down and I hitch with my surfboard back to Tofino~
21:53 – I recorded a long-form conversation with Julie Walrant, a Belgian traveller, on my hitchhiking journe… Read More
2017-01-11 02:02
So the other day I was about to post this photo and wasn’t sure what to write.
Then, randomly the following day, one of the characters from this picture popped up on my Facebook feed s… Read More
2017-01-10 00:40
(Another post from the frozen heartland… Will have more from the West soon enough, but for now let’s remember the prairies… Consider it like a nice break in the flow&hell&hell…Read More
2017-01-09 19:25
I hear raindrops on the roof. I see it pitter-pattering with pin-prick precision on the rectangular skylight. The coffee is silky smooth. The last of the cream. The last perfect cup.
Sometim… Read More
2017-01-09 00:14
(I originally wrote this post from a decidedly non-Frequency Horizon locale — Central Canada, surrounded by piles of snow taller than I am. Since then I have returned West, started exp… Read More
2017-01-08 05:40
Melt your awkward approach like a sundae on an afternoon in the green and down by the ocean. A touch of Mercury gives pause for reflection as the light bleeds in like a pale blade of grass… Read More
2017-01-05 22:03
(Written by Paula Freitag around 2 p.m. Dec. 1, 2016, the day her GoFundMe project became fully funded — after less than 48 hours)
High on life high on life
Sparkle and rise… Read More
2017-01-04 23:30
Just want to shout out all the surfers who brave this every time they head to the beach in the winter months.
Your fingers throb before and after.
You can literally slip and slide on the bea… Read More
2016-12-30 06:26
Here are a few of the things I did today:
Enjoyed a picturesque muted sunset of dusty violet and glimmering gold.
Went from rugged Canadian Shield to brutal prairie.
Ran around in snow up to… Read More
2016-12-23 06:29
We get into the digital marketing side of things, interviewing former Exclaim! and Vice Canada staffer Missy Ross about how native advertising became a thing and ask her how she’s been… Read More
Episode 55 ~ Sinkhole Foils Blind Date Plans, North Korean Defector Promotes Change Of Consciousness
2016-12-23 05:41
[13:09] – We’ll tell you about how one Vancouver Island woman missed out on a blind date when a giant sinkhole swallowed up the highway. Join us as we take a look at the gaping c… Read More
2016-12-18 21:19
[33:10] – Ian Armstrong, aka Tin Man, came down to Vancouver Island to visit family and hunt Sasquatch. We learn about how searching for Bigfoot with his dog has provided an important… Read More
2016-12-18 21:13
Took me awhile to put this one back together. There are some fun effects and snippets of a couple “hidden” tracks along the way. See if you can guess what they are.
Erin tells us… Read More
2016-12-05 22:02
It’s amazing how a stunning landscape image with no people in it whatsoever could hold such a powerful memory of the birth of friendships with a wide range of people.
In this case I wa… Read More
2016-12-04 22:01
There I was, soaring above the world. Floating without the aid of an engine. controlling my destiny with a few slight movements of my feet and arms.
No, it wasn’t some kind of dre… Read More
2016-12-02 20:39
The waves don’t look too menacing from this photograph, but I can assure you they were. I definitely attempted to paddle out and didn’t get very far whatsoever. Let me put this i… Read More
2016-12-01 07:44
Tonight a few of us gathered around a big screen at the Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre to learn screenwriting techniques, as part of a free workshop sponsored by the Clayoquot Biosphere T… Read More
2016-11-30 04:13
Paula Freitag took a break from cleaning a cute cabin overlooking Mackenzie Beach to gather her thoughts and reflect on the intensity of the past few hours. She was overwhelmed with joy… Read More
2016-11-29 03:50
Since I moved to Tofino, I have absolutely fallen in love with Off the Grid Lager from Hoyne Brewing Co. After a long shift at work it has the meat-and-potatoes body to it you might hop… Read More
2016-11-11 02:12
It’s Episode 52, and you know what that means -> we’ve put a year’s worth of broadcasts out into the universe! Thx for joining us on the journey. It was also the night o… Read More
2016-11-08 06:18
“There is no nationwide advisory in effect for Costa Rica. However, you should exercise a high degree of caution due to crime.” — Government of Canada
I can’t remembe… Read More
2016-11-06 18:45
The sun isn’t always out, but the way the waves captivate those who look their direction, you’d be forgiven for getting the same sort of inspiration out of the deal.
These massi… Read More
2016-11-05 04:42
It’s a wet one out there in Tuff City, with windswept wave plains, swell where there normally isn’t any and potholes growing bigger by the second. And we’ve got you cover… Read More
2016-11-05 04:22
I just came across this artist by the name of Axian, through random YouTube sifting. I gotta say, it def hit the spot for this chill eve. Loved the low-key feel, the extravagant anime visual… Read More
2016-10-28 20:12
Remember that time a few weeks back when I headed south to investigate the state of the Pacific Northwest in the midst of the US elections and ended up interviewing a land-rights protester n… Read More
2016-10-27 17:47
It’s the big 5-oh! Can you believe we’ve made it to this milestone of an episode? Personally I can’t wait for 52, since that will mean I’ve officially put together a… Read More
2016-10-26 20:58
Such crisp audio. Such Thom Yorke-style vocals. Such lush synthesizers. Enjoy.
The post MODERAT Live in Berlin (VIDEO) appeared first on Frequency Horizon Read More
2016-10-25 20:12
Today was one of those days that wasn’t necessarily good anywhere, although it looked absolutely fantastic at North Chesterman. I mean Magic Seaweed was saying it was 8-12 feet —… Read More
2016-10-25 03:52
9:50 – I head to the United States and find a country deeply divided, struggling with sexual norms and deep seeded racism. Autumn Storm recently transitioned from male to female at 19… Read More
2016-10-23 22:37
I started writing this post back on my birthday. It was fun to go through the photos I have kicking around from the summer, reflecting on some of the chill horizons I’ve seen… Read More
2016-10-22 17:45
This show features music from: Floating Points, A Tribe Called Red, Mr. Oizo, Boys Noize, Bjarki, RZA & MF DOOM, DJ Shadow
29:47 – Jeh gives us an update of the goings on… Read More
2016-10-22 16:47
The day I returned from Oregon the ferries were delayed and I ended up missing my shift at work.
I was slated to work the next day too, and I was kind of excited about it because I had purc… Read More
2016-10-21 17:04
I met Donovan on a recent trip to Portland, Oregon. He wore black wraparound sunglasses and had an intense sounding job at a bank. He could have come across as an intimidating guy (particula… Read More
2016-10-21 03:42
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2016-10-20 18:04
I wanted to surf the Oregon coast, or at least have a good look at it. The guy at the border didn’t seem to believe me when I told him that was my reason for heading south. Well, I wan… Read More
2016-10-08 05:22
This post first appeared on the Amethysts in Your Eyes blog Sept. 9, 2015. It was written by Intergalactic Traveler who lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He showed it to me at SoBo… Read More
2016-10-03 22:48
Today I bring you a fun and hopefully super useful blog post from our Frequency Horizon contributor Rafi Chowdhry that tackles the important subject of producti… Read More
2016-10-03 22:14
In this utterly inspiring post from Frequency Horizon contributor Rafi Chowdhry we are taken through his journey of coming to realize how amazing this corner of the universe actually is. You… Read More
2016-09-28 22:36
Early on we roll in with some #drumnbass from @memtrix, Beefus B @beefusbruiser (found this via #SoundCloud and I’m lovin’ this stuff!), Oliver Heldens @oliverheldens and move in… Read More
2016-09-28 18:26
These West Coast hustlers feel quite at home in this smoky ambiance of a low-riding beater car
We’re moving to the beat of a catchy sultry smooth indie pop ballad – not… Read More
2016-09-25 22:46
By Jake Fishman
Cross-post from Goldfish Chronicles
After a week of sleeping in the car and truly living the beach bum life, it was time for us to begin our journey back home. We said goodby… Read More
2016-09-25 22:35
Many of us have packed up the van, headed off to some mind-blowingly stunning park, pristinely breaking surf spot or climbed a formidable mountain and thought, Wow, wouldn’t it be… Read More
2016-09-25 21:16
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2016-09-23 22:27
9:56 – Wade from Vancouver calls in from his campsite at Mackenzie beach and tells us about cooking chicken biryani over the campfire.
31:25 – The Cold Feet Club crew calls in to… Read More
2016-09-23 22:21
-Shout out to the Tuff Beans crew for dealing with the collapsing customer so calmly, fluidly.
59:51 – I play an interview I did with Surf’s Up founder Dennis Nerpio who told me… Read More
2016-09-23 22:08
This one’s a well-musically-endowed show, full of old favs, some new stuff, a reading of the internets and frustrating electronic music news.
40:00 – Used a Thom York (from @radi… Read More
2016-09-23 22:00
We go hard on minimal, nautical vibes and embrace the waves
Intro: South Chesterman vantage point… (after too much summer work I think) A first look at fall…
We’ll set th… Read More
2016-09-23 21:41
Welcome. In this episode we bring you unreported local surprises and an exclusive sit-down with Shakey Graves.
[37:50] The Goldfish Escapades pitches in as we bring listeners to the Seaplane… Read More
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