XHM #788 - "Sound the sun gong & watch the fire rise" (2026 May 11)

With recent volcanic activity abounding (though presently, far from the Pacific Coast of Canada), we dust off hopes of a eruptive profile, nicely timed with a recent reissue of Pink Floyd's 1972 concert film Live at Pompeii.

01. Esa Pakarinen ja Pirteät Pelimannit: Lentävä Kalakukko (1951) Rytmi
02. Matt Thibideau: Memory Loss (Forest City Series: Volume 6, 2025) A Person Disguised as People
03. Charlotte de Witte: Malina [original mix] (A Prayer for the Dancefloor EP, 2026) KNTXT
04. Ellen Allien: Magma (Magma 12", 2005) BPitch Control
05. Ploy: Sauna (It's Later Than You Think, 2025) Dekmantel
06. Manogurgeil: Noursut (Unirytmejä, 2007) self-released
07. Jimi Tenor: Idän Kuoromiehet (Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain, 2024) FLEE/MEG-AIMP
08. Bo Ningen: Ascension (The Holy Mountain Live Score, 2024) Alcopop!
09. Angine de Poitrine: Sarniezz (Volume II, 2026) Spectacles Bonzaï
10. Brian Protheros: Pinball (Pinball, 1974) Chrysalis
11. Valiska: Numbers 4 (Numbers, 2019) Trouble in Utopia
12. Pôt-pot: 22° Halo (Warsaw 480km, 2025) Felte
13. La Lune: Spiral [Down] (Disparity, 2024) Kingfisher Bluez
14. Michael Brook, Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois: Earth Floor (Hybrid, 1985) Editions EG
15. Audio Lava: Leaf (New Music Canada: Volume 1, 2004) CBC Radio 3
16. Bolero Lava: Easy (Brave New Waves, 1991) Variety Recordings
17. Meredith Monk & Katie Geissinger: Walking Song (Volcano Songs: Duets, 1997) ECM
18. Dogtablet: Volcano [w.Nymph.mp3] (Designed to Fade, 2026) Give/Take
19. Cécile McLorin Salvant: I am a Volcano (Oh Snap, 2025) Nonesuch
20. Gail Laughton: Pompeii 76 AD (Harps of the Ancient Temples, 1969) Rapture/Laurel
21. Nicolas Godin: Krakatau (Fire of Love OST, 2023) Record Makers
22. Air: Lava (Le Voyage Dans la Lune OST, 2012) Virgin/Aircheology/Revolvair
23. Daniel Blumberg: Nuvole VI (Sotto le Nuvole/Pompei: Below the Clouds OST, 2026)
24. Scissor Sisters: Comfortably Numb (Scissor Sisters [deluxe], 2025)
25. Elisapie: Qaisimalaurittuq [w.the Westerlies aka Wish You Were Here] (Inuktitut, 2023) Bonsound/Yotanka
26. Pink Floyd: Rain in the Country [take one] (The Complete Zabriskie Point Sessions: Volume 1, 1970) Time & River
27. Pink Floyd: Careful with That Axe, Eugene (Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII [2025 mix], 2025) Columbia
28. Pink Floyd: One of These Days (Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII [2025 mix], 2025) Columbia
29. Masao Yagi: Blossom in the Water (Japanese Jazz Spectacle Volume II - Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz 1962-1985, 2026) Universounds
30. Jessica Moss: No One (Unfolding, 2025) Constellation
31. The B-52s: Lava (The B-52s, 1979) Warner/Island

Krakatoa, west of Java, actually.
Look at a map; it's fun.

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