SOUNDWAVE: Recent Episodes
SOUNDWAVE
Lovingly handpicked weekly mix of ambient, classical, experimental and instrumental music from guest deejays Justin Broadrick (Godflesh and Jesu), DJ Food, Hannah Peel, Adrian Utley (Portishead), Charles Hazlewood, Robin Rimbaud (Scanner), Roedelius, Roel Funcken and more.
Today’s guest deejay is Drew Sullivan.Charles Webster “The Second Spell (feat Ingrid Chavez)”BT “Nicht Musik [Verklärung] No.2 in D major”Ryuchi Sakamoto and Alva Noto “First Dream / Second Dream” Angelo Badalamenti “Mulholland Drive”James Newton Howard “Times Square”Asche & Spencer “I Needed You”Cliff Martinez “Gold Paint Shoot”36 & Isaac Helsen “All Possible States”Johnny Jewel “Saturday (Evening)”John Murphy “Mercury”Nancy Wilson “Elevator Beat”Skrillex “Ride Home”The Dream Academy “Power To Believe”James Newton Howard “Legacy”Asche & Spencer “Tyrell”Peter Gabriel “In Doubt / A Different Drum”Charles Webster “The Spell / The Second Spell”Telefon Tel Aviv “Lengthening Shadows”--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundwavemix/message
Marc Behrens “Feet or Fist”Marc Behrens “Fever”Marc Behrens “I was Never (Long Version)”Marc Behrens “A Disco Boy (Long Version)”Marc Behrens “eeaiooaeieeaiooaei “Marc Behrens “Paiva Players”Marc Behrens “Mamori”See you next week.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundwavemix/message
Unknown Past (feat. Julie H) “Heartbeat (Sanderson Dear Remix)”Lambert “Follow”thds “Desole”Robert Cray “This Man”Fyfe & Iskra Strings “Purpose feat Ghostpoet”Sanderson Dear “A Place For Totems (extended version)”Arab Strap “Fabel of the Urban Fox”Frivolous “Un Monde Sans Fils”David Rausch “Hope”Jarvis Cocker “Elle Et Moi”Muddy Monk “En Lea”Emanicpator & Murge “Sea to Sky (Parra for Cuva Remix)”Richard X feat. Deborah Evens “Walk On By”Adriano Mirabile “Xingu”Kid Francescoli “Moon”Mita Gami “What If It’s All Alright”--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundwavemix/message
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Robert Vincs “Chaomorphic” Soma “Stygian Vista” Muslimgauze “Fakir” Maju “pale blood-coloured recollections” C-Schulz “Plätze Part 1, 2, 3” The Makers of the Dead Travel Fast “Row Boat” Social Interiors “Modern Sleep” Merzbow “Hara-Kiri Video ‘Lost Paradise Theme’” Otomo Yoshihide “Honda” Terminal Sound System “Gridlike” Pablo’s Eye “Absolute” Robert Vincs “Avatar” Mo Boma “Ituri Spaceman” Pablo’s Eye “The switchback”--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundwavemix/message
Today’s guest deejay is Aurielle Zeitler, AKA Ghost Marrow.
I’m fond of this mix not only because it’s beautiful but also because of the seemingly incongruous selection of musicians. There are songs by Roedelius (listen to his mix for Soundwave here) and Christoph de Babalon, songs by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno and Grouper, and so on. Aurielle’s mix is, at one, comfortingly familiar and delightfully unexpected.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Roger Richards, founder of Extreme.
See you then.
- Hainbach “Izmir”
- Roedelius “Wenn der Südwind weht”
- Grouper “She Loves Me That Way”
- Abul Mogard “Half Light of Dawn”
- Ghost Marrow “earth + death”
- Bing & Ruth “Reflector”
- Broadcast “Teresa, Lark of Ascension”
- Ryuichi Sakamoto “solari”
- Christoph de Babalon “Opium”
- Ghost Marrow “fed by the dirt”
- Laurie Spiegel “The Unquestioned Answer”
- Autechre “Overand”
- Robert Fripp and Brian Eno “Evensong”
- Kali Malone “Sacrificial Code”
- Roedelius and Arnold Kasar “Rolling”
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Today’s guest deejay is Radboud Mens.
Hailing from the Netherlands, Mens stands at the forefront of experimental electronic music, pushing the boundaries of perception with each composition.
Guest deejay Ard Bit (listen to Ard’s mix here) introduced me to Radboud, and after listening to a few of Radboud’s albums, I invited him to guest deejay as well. You’ll understand after hearing Radboud’s mix, a delightful sampling of his work.
Radboud’s music is a seamless blend of stillness, textures, and gentle rhythms that fascinate or lull you to sleep. Me? I’ve been listening to it all week, at the beginning and end of my workday.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Ghost Marrow.
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- Radboud Mens “Sequence”
- Radboud Mens “Sequence (Remix)
- Radboud Mens “Modular”
- Radboud Mens “A Temporary State Of Relative Positions”
- Radboud Mens “Again (Reprise)”
- Radboud Mens “Again”
- Radboud Mens “Motion”
- Radboud Mens “An Enabled Chord”
- Radboud Mens “An Enabled Chord (Remix)”
- Radboud Mens “Part One - Polyrhythmic Ambient Drone”
- Radboud Mens “Polyrhythmic Ambient Drone (Remix)l
- Radboud Mens “Feedback”
- Radboud Mens “The Ambiguity of an Apparently Static Phenomenon Part One”
- Radboud Mens “The Ambiguity of an Apparently Static Phenomenon Part Three”
- Radboud Mens “Tongue”
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Today’s guest deejay is Sanderson Dear, the founder of Stasis Recordings.
Sanderson shared a mix with us last year after Rubén Tamayo (listen to Rubén’s mix here) was kind enough to introduce us. I enjoyed Sanderson’s mix so much that I asked if he’d return, and he did not disappoint. Today’s mix is just as fantastic and surprising as his last mix. Maybe more so.
Before I go, if you dig today’s mix, and I know you will, you’ll be happy to learn that Sanderson does a monthly In Stasis show on Rogue State Radio on the first Sunday of each month. You can look forward to Sanderson’s next show on February 4.
The next release from Stasis Recordings is a digital EP by AP Organism, hitting shops Friday, January 26.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Radboud Mens.
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- John Beltran “High On Rain”
- Clint Mansell “In The Earth III”
- David Shire “Blue and Green Talk “
- Fred Karlin “Chase from Westworld”
- Ian Simmonds “Jet”
- Jay Wadley “Ashes”
- Tan Dun “Sorrow In The Desert”
- Inhmost + Owl “Alternate Spring Sundown”
- Sun Electric “R-Gent”
- Orbe “Symphony Of Life”
- SubDan “Light (Off Land remix)”
- Francisco Foo “Feeling You (ft. Miriam Bell)”
- Seok Seung-Hee “Cold Revenge”
- Louis Haiman “Beachfront Watch”
- AP Organism & Outluke “The Goddess (Maps Of Hyperspace dub)”
- Chip Wickham “Pushed Too Far”
- Zwei Null Zwei “Unmoored”
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Today’s guest deejay is Ard Bit.
Ard first hit my radar when three of his tracks popped up in Roel Funcken’s mega-mix for Soundwave. Soon after, Ard’s music kept appearing on my Discover Weekly Mix on Spotify or various ambient mixes I came across. And each time, I had to check the playlist to find out who was making the fantastic music I was hearing. It was like the universe was telling me something. I took the hint and asked Ard to share a mix with us.
Ard says his mix is “a moment with some favourite tracks, mixing, manipulating and jamming live with the lyra and field recordings.”
And this mix is beautiful.
I’ve only had a week to listen to Ard’s mix and let it be the soundtrack for my morning walk with my dog. She and I go to the park to play ball. The park is under a path for jets, so it’s pretty dramatic. Ard’s mix seamlessly slipped into my environment and experience, lending a nostalgic cast for something happening now. The warm sounds, the static, and the sizzle played nicely off the jets’ engines. There are even sounds of dogs barking in Ard’s mix. Perfect!
Tell me how your listing experience went.
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- Chris Watson “Lectern”
- KMRU “Uneven”
- Legiac “Quichua”
- Ocoeur “Chance”
- Martina Lussi “Higher Energy”
- COH meets Abul Mogard “Find and Hold”
- Nikolay Kozlov “resampl4 slowed (feat. Igor Dyachenko)”
- Far away Nebraska “Lontananza”
- Ard Bit “Vervloekte Bergen”
- Deaf Center “Gathering”
- Ard Bit “Mother of Hundreds”
- Ard Bit “Les Charmes Du Mont”
- Jake Muir “Tonic”
- Yann Novak “Dark, Perplexing, Ruptures of Plane”
- Ard Bit “NTRZPM”
- Radboud Mens & Matthijs Kouw “F”
- Ard Bit “Jezersko”
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Today’s guest deejay is Max Würden.
I discovered Max on one of my deep dives on Spotify. It was Max’s Format that captured my imagination. The album is warm and wistful. It feels like a ray of luxurious sunshine on a cold winter day. I don’t know. It’s subjective. Maybe you’d get something different from your listening experience, but that’s what it was like for me.
Max is known for diverse soundscapes and soundtrack production . Proficient as a drummer, he crafts sounds from silence. His works span various awards, including nominations for the Peer Raben Music Award. Max boasts a prolific discography across labels like Kompakt Records and Farfield Records. His recent endeavors involve album releases like Landmark and Script, alongside exhibitions and contributions to the renowned Pop Ambient series. Max’s versatility shines through collaborations, and film soundtracks.
So naturally I invited Max to guest deejay on Soundwave. I was delightfully surprised.
Max sent me a mix steeped in jazz. I thought there’d be a lot more jazz (or Black classical music) on Soundwave, but sadly, it’s a genre that is neglected on this show. Until now, that’s it. Max digs deep and serves up rarities that should become part of your daily rotation. But it’s not all jazz, either. Max included the ambient and instrumental music you’ve come to expect on Soundwave and deftly weaves it with jazz that’s seamless.
See you next week.
- Eberhard Weber “Moana I”
- Jack DeJohnette “Journey To The Twin Planet”
- Yamamoto, Yuize “To Drift Like Clouds”
- Ralph Towner & Gary Burton “1 x 6”
- Mike Nock “Ondas”
- Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto “Emspac”
- Biosphere “Fall in, Fall Out”
- Contemporary Noise Sextet “Morning Ballet”
- Louis Sclavis “Seconde”
- Brian Eno “Fickle Sun”
- Miroslav Vitouš “Direvision”
- McCoy Tyner “Contemplation”
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I was iniated into dub last century when I picked up the 21st Century Dub compilation cassette. I already loved reggae, but dub was much more expansive, mysterious, and supple. It was psychedelic. And so, over the years, I explored dub. King Tubby and Lee “Scratch” Perry were my guides in this dimension.
The more I listened, the more I heard dub’s influences everywhere. I heard it in punk, goth, industrial, etc. Dub is singular because it can absorb any genre’s musical distinctiveness and make it its own.
I’d often don the guide of King Dub during my late-night shows at WMFO. I’d talk in a patois and pitch shift my voice down a notch to sound like a deejay from the deepest realms of dub. And I’d play some of the deepest, low-end frequency dub I could get my hands on. Today’s mix captures the spirits of those nights. I hope you enjoy it.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Tim McManus of Island House Recordings.
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- Napalm Death “Evolved As One”
- Painkiller “Blackhole Dub”
- ICE “The Dredger”
- Spectre “Sub Version”
- Magnet “Miles To Go (Invisible Man)”
- We “Illbient (Featuring DJ Olive, Loop & Once 11)”
- Sub Dub “Monuments On Earth”
- Primal Scream “Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts)”
- Scarab “Fall Of The Towers Of Convention”
- Gedulah vs. Cheesecake “El-Qadim”
- Fugazi “Version”
- Qabbalah “Majesty”
- Capt. Kowatchi “The Mystik Speaks”
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Sub Rosa, was founded in ’84 in Belgium, blazing trails in experimental soundscapes. They're the mad scientists of music, pushing the boundaries and throwing conventional norms out the window.
Their catalog? It's a wild ride through the musical wilderness. They've got everything from electronic experiments to industrial chaos, ambient soundscapes, contemporary classical masterpieces, and avant-garde jazz that'll blow your mind. But what really makes Sub Rosa stand out is their love for the rebels—the artists who dare to challenge the very essence of what music should be.
And they don't stop at just albums, oh no. Sub Rosa goes all out with multimedia projects that'll make your brain do somersaults. They're all about musicians teaming up with visual wizards and sound art installations that'll mess with your head in the best way possible. These guys don't just make music; they create intellectually stimulating masterpieces.
And their following? Let’s just say it’s a tribe of fearless adventurers and collectors who appreciate life’s finer, weirder things. Sub Rosa’s got ’em hooked on their complex and thought-provoking works, and rightfully so.
But that's not the end of the story. Over the years, Sub Rosa has been a launchpad for groundbreaking artists, thrusting them onto the global stage. They've cemented their legacy as pioneers in the world of experimental and avant-garde music, introducing the world to the sonic revolutionaries.
Now, let's dive into Myths Foundation, a treasure trove of four LPs and three EPs that marked their artistic inception. Starting a record label was the furthest thing from their minds back then. These folks were all about crafting intricate and mysterious creations tha
The journey was no cakewalk, my friend. Broke students, they were trying to keep the artistic flames burning while drowning in academia. So, they took it slow and steady, releasing one record per year. It might’ve seemed impractical, but through a series of life-changing encounters, they stitched together these sonic marvels.
These early records? They weren’t just music but mysterious artifacts waiting to be unraveled. With each release, Myths Foundation delved deeper into the abyss of creative exploration. Against all odds, these records marked the beginning of an epic adventure, setting the stage for a remarkable journey that defied expectations.
See you next week.
- William S. Burroughs “Burroughs called the law”
- Cheb Mami “Maniche Aadouk”
- Genesis P-Orridge & The Angels Of Light “Supermale”
- Hula “Torn Silk”
- Paul Lemos & Joe Papa “Under Heaven”
- COIL “Another Brown World”
- Jon Hassell “Map Of Dusk”
- Harold Budd “Strange Thunder”
- Martyn Bates & Peter Becker “Sun-Like-Gold (Part I)”
- Steven Brown “Gone With The Winds”
- SPK “Romanz In Moll”
- Current 93 “Some Morning When The Moon Was Blood”
- Camberwell Now “For Those in Peril on the Sea”
- Claude Debussy “d’un cahier d’esquisses”
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In a dimly lit underground club, the audience gathered, a congregation of the techno-faithful. The night was young, but the atmosphere was charged with a palpable sense of anticipation. The curtain of reality was about to be drawn back, revealing glimpses of the sublime and the chaotic. As the stage lights flickered to life, Skinny Puppy took their positions. It was a peculiar, chilly autumn evening when the temperature outside seemed to mirror the eerie chill that permeated the venue. “Spahn Dirge (Live)” began its haunting journey, a sonic invocation that pulled the crowd into a trance. Images of distorted realities flashed across screens, intertwining with the hypnotic soundscape. It was as if the audience had stepped through a tear in the fabric of the universe, a glimpse into a surreal and phantasmagorical realm. The live performance was not merely a concert but a communion with the otherworldly.
Meanwhile, outside in the drizzle-laden night, a solitary pilgrim embarked on a personal odyssey. With headphones clamped firmly in place, they ventured forth, their every step synchronized with the mournful strains of God’s “Lord, I’m On My Way.” The lyrics became a mantra of longing and existential uncertainty, the perfect accompaniment to their solitary voyage.
In a world consumed by noise and chaos, two friends sought solace in the simplicity of nature. Their canoe sliced through the tranquil waters of a remote river, and Andy Hawkins and Bill Laswell’s “Headwaters” played softly on a portable speaker. The music harmonized with the rustle of leaves and the gentle gurgle of the river, forging a profound connection between man and the natural world.
Back within the subterranean club, Echthros unfurled “Iyov” upon the eager assembly. The song was a tempest of aggression and discord, a sonic maelstrom that mirrored modern existence’s chaotic pulse. It became a cathartic release, a collective purging of pent-up frustrations and societal dissonance.
In the solitude of his studio, Justin Broadrick embarked on a sonic experiment. “Guitar Two” emerged as a mesmerizing composition, distorted guitar sounds woven together in a hypnotic haze. It was a journey into the depths of sound, an exploration of the boundaries of creativity and expression.
These diverse musical vignettes, seemingly disjointed in their tonalities and emotional cadence, converge without incongruity. Today’s mix is an expedition through the corridors of introspection and catharsis.
See you next week.
- Skinny Puppy “Spahn Dirge (Live)”
- God “Lord I'm On My Way”
- Andy Hawkins & Bill Laswell “Headwaters”
- Echthros “Iyov”
- Justin Broadrick “Guitar Two”
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Today’s guest deejay is Chuck Soo-Hoo, AKA Ki Oni.
We have Mark Trecka to thank for today’s show. After Mkl Anderson, AKA Drekka, shared a mix with us (listen to it here), I asked him who he knew would want to guest deejay on Soundwave, and he highly recommended Mark. Mark had to pass, but he mentioned that he is helping Ki Oni with publicity for his new forthcoming record on AKP, and I wondered if I’d be interested in inviting him. I luxuriated in Ki Oni’s A Leisurely Swim To Everlasting Life album, and here we are today with an exquisite mix for you to enjoy.
Now that I think about it, we have Drekka to thank for today’s show because he’s the one who got this ball of wax rolling. And these connections are one of the unexpected delights of Soundwave in the last few years. Four people are the furthest the degrees of separation of guest deejays on Soundwave. It’s only a matter of time before that extends to five people. As I said, unexpected delight.
Another unexpected delight: Chuck chose his pseudonym, Ki Oni, as an homage to a Japanese monster movie creature of the same name — a tree with a human face that spews flower pedals from its mouth. Sublime.
On a personal note, I’ve enjoyed listening to Ki Oni’s mix while walking my dog, particularly around a lovely community spot at a nearby cliff during the golden hour. It was a nice moment.
Join us again next week. I’ll be behind the virtual wheels of steel.
See you then.
- Raum “Daughter”
- Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe “Fraud Callout”
- Purelink “Stadium Drive”
- Patricia Wolf “The Juncos’ Nest”
- Audrey Carmes “Tout est déjà là”
- Lisa Lerkenfeldt “With water up to her knees”
- Dania “Sprinting Toward The Sun”
- Yuri Urano “awa”
- KMRU “Along A Wall”
- Gregg Kowalsky “Fragile Water”
- Pauline Anna Strom “Quiet Joy”
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Today’s guest deejay is Garek Druss.
Garek is another musician I was introduced to through Mkl Anderson AKA, Drekka (listen to Mkl’s mix for Soundwave here). I asked Mkl who he thought would share a mix on Soundwave, and he highly recommended Garek. I didn’t doubt Mkl for a second, but I wantto get a feel for the artists I plan to invite on the show. I listened to Garek’s OHR EYN SOF - Youth Eternal album, and Iknew I was in good hands.
Garek’s mix is disparate yet strangely cohesive. In its way, it reflects Garek’s journey, an exploration of the human condition. Meaning is elusive, lurking just beyond the edge of perception. I could be projecting, of course.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Ki Oni.
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- Minamo & Asuna “Purkinje Fluctuations”
- Garek Druss “The Emotional Addictions of the Body”
- lucy gooch “Chained To A Woman”
- Richter Band “Líbivá”
- J. Campbell “Memorial Drive Tunnel”
- Jac Berrocal, David Fenech, Vincent Epplay “Rock ’n Roll Station”
- nimu “Ultramarine”
- Petteril “His Breath Makes a Cloud in Front of His Mouth”
- Popol Vuh “Strofa 2”
- Inhmost “Trees”
- Jean-Claude Vannier “Bombarde Lamentation (Reprise)”
- Kenji Kihara “Nagi”
- Hamza El Din “ Ashranda (The Beautiful)”
- Croatian Amor “Any Path to Touch the Stars (feat. Jeuru & Alto Aria)”
- Lustmord “Conclusion”
- Mecánica Clásica “En Otra Ocasión”
- Philip K. Dick “The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick Unabridged Part 4”
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Today’s guest deejay is Riz Maslen.
Riz’s last mix for Soundwave is what I imagine a mix from Wes Anderson might sound like at first. But then Riz pivoted to Egyptian jazz-inspired psychedelic rock, to trip-hop, and moved on. And yet, it all hung together seamlessly.
I was so delighted with Riz’s mix that I invited her to share more beautiful music. And, wow, did Riz Maslen deliver!
Riz’s mix is a fusion of both contemporary and classics, but I was instantly smitten with Arooj Aftab’s “Inayaat” (check out my mix featuring Arooj). Riz’s mix will swaddle you in an immersive listening experience. It’s been the soundtrack to my morning commutes for the last few weeks, and it’s a pleasure to share it with you.
Riz’s new second album will be released in 2024 from Aircooled, her new band born out of lockdown with Oliver Cherer, Justin Welch, and Katherine Wallinger.
Catch Aircooled at The Shacklewell Arms in London on October 18.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Garek Druss.
See you then.
- Arooj Aftab “Inayaat”
- Volume Group “Rapid Ascent”
- James Murray “Evolver”
- Boards of Canada “Happy Cycling”
- D Rothon & O Cherer “Godwits”
- Spiritualized “Symphony Space”
- Daniele Bogon “Under This Heavy Sky”
- The Attendant “Untitled”
- Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra “Movement 9”
- Mogwai “Tracy”
- Peter Kruder & Roberto di Gioia “Kusine Limusene”
- North Americans “Bleeding Heart Tetra”
- Woodcraft Folk “Blokflute”
- Kyron “Loop of Mirrors”
- Sinead O’Connor “Trouble of the World”
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Today’s guest deejay is Aidan Baker.
I came across Aidan on one of my deep dives on Bandcamp and was struck by his music. Aidan, a Canadian musician currently residing in the creative hub of Berlin, has an impressive repertoire that spans solo work and collaborations with notable groups like Nadja, Hypnodrone Ensemble, and WERL
Baker’s musical ingenuity is particularly evident in his experimental guitar playing style, which draws inspiration from a diverse range of artists, including Caspar Brötzmann, James Plotkin, Steve Albini, and Justin Broadrick. It’s a pleasure to have him curate this episode’s mix, a captivating compilation that showcases his unique musical sensibilities.
Want to hear more beautiful music? Just last week, Aidan released his new album, Tense Surfaces. I’ve been listing to it while I write today’s show notes while an ocean breeze wafts its way through my windows. It’s a lovely experience.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Mark O’Shea of the Winter-Light music label.
See you then.
- Plotkin & Wyskida “Improv 6”
- Man Forever “Catenary Smile”
- PinkishBlack “Away Again”
- Sarff “Wild Flesh”
- Point No Point “Museum Der Angst”
- Tara Nome Doyle “Crow”
- My Disco “Third Place”
- MJ Guider “Lit Negative”
- Ayami Suzuki “Claro”
- Sofía Salvo, Gustavo Obligado, Marcelo von Schultz “Granada”
- Aidan Baker “Blood Like A Chorus of Insects”
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Today’s guest deejay is tttlllrrr.
I’ve known tttlllrrr for over a decade. I may have met him through Solipsistic Nation, my electronic music show.
I was immediately impressed with tttlllrrr’s pluck. He had a vision for a genre of music that hadn’t existed yet called Magicore, a mélange of metal, electronic dance music, video-game music, and Japanese pop music. Through his Magicore blog and mixes (here are ttwo you can listen to), tttlllrrr willed magicore into existence, which is in itself an act of magic. So tttlllrrr’s pretty cool.
Also, I like to collaborate, and tttlllrrr likes to collaborate, so we hit it off. Over the years, I’ve wrapped tttlllrrr into several of my harebrained schemes that are great fun, including inviting him to guest deejay on Soundwave.
When tttlllrrr sent me his mix three years ago, my reaction was, “Uh…”
I began Soundwave to deal with the quarantine’s stress and isolation during the pandemic’s early days. Ambient, classical, experimental, and instrumental music helped me through those first few months. What tttlllrrr shared was a mix that leaned hard into the experimental and instrumental and reflected tttlllrrr’s personality. And it was a mix I wasn’t in the headspace to listen to. So I shelved tttlllrrr’s mix for a later date and, in doing so, denied tttlllrrr’s expression of whatever he was thinking and feeling when he put together his mix. Not cool.
But over time, Soundwave has expanded its horizons. It’s mined more and more experimental and instrumental music. Christian Sager’s mix is a perfect example. So at long last, here it is!
I don’t think tttlllrrr ever sent me a playlist, so you’ll have to Shazam the hell out if his mix.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Aidan Baker.
See you then.
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Today’s guest deejay is Mike Lazarev.
Mike and I go way back.
I met Mike through Solipsistic Nation, an electronic music show I produced. Mike recently launched Headphone Commute, an electronic and ambient music blog. We traveled in the same circles. Our paths were bound to cross.
Mike and I had a conversation years ago. I don’t recall what we were talking about, but what I distinctly remember is coming away from our conversation impressed with his sincerity and integrity.
Since that time, Headphone Commute has grown in depth and reach. It is now part of the dialogue in ambient and electronic music, Or, as their tagline says on their website, “honest music.” Integrity.
Also, during that time, Mike has released six albums. Each note on each song was lovingly played. Mike’s latest album, When You Are, explores new terrain. I could use words like “delicate,” “warm,” “evocative,” or “organic” to try and convey what Mike’s album feels like, but those words capture the experience of listening to When You Are. For me, it was getting lost in Mike’s music on a rare, dreary day in San Diego and reflecting on my life and family. It was a very moving experience, and I don’t know if it would have happened if Mike’s music hadn’t put me in that state of reverie.
How’s that?
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Drekka.
See you then.
In this mix, I focused on exploring the very edges of the sonic landscape, where beauty and destruction lie on opposite sides of the dynamic spectrum. Between them, one can hear the transmutation between organic and synthetic, fragile and brutal, beauty and fright. I really love the distorted build-ups originating in the gentle and soothing melodies, climaxing to their concerted peaks and then collapsing into beauty once again. It's in this contrast that we find ourselves forever bouncing between the darkness and the light, only to accept that there is no middle ground and that this journey is the way.
- Arovane “Goodbye Forever (Recomposed by Mike Lazarev)”
- Max Richter “Shadow Journal”
- 36 “Colours In The Dark”
- Kcin & Tilman Robinson “Go Be Free Then”
- Mike Lazarev “Tonality Number Seven”
- Jason van Wyk “Light Burns Out”
- Ital Tek “A Delicate Balance”
- Ben Chatwin “Creep Strain”
- CoH meets Abul Mogard “Traverse Within”
- Mike Lazarev Tonality Number One (Excerpt)”
- Jóhann Jóhannsson “melodia (iii)”
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Today’s guest deejay is Henrik Öhberg, AKA, Tvärvägen.
I had the good fortune of meeting Henrik through Soundwave guest deejay Petter Lindhagen (listen to Petter’s mix here). After each show, I ask my guests who they think would share a mix on Soundwave, and Petter highly recommended Henrik, which led me to listen to Henrick’s music for an evening. The experience was everything I had hoped, and I extended an invitation to Henrik, and here he is today with his delightful mix.
Henrik’s fifth and latest album A Great Circle Route was released in January. The album was picked as New and Notable by the tastemakers at Bandcamp Daily. While A Great Circle Route owes a debt to Steve Reich’s American minimalism and the street compositions of Moondog, those influences are distilled through Henrik’s unique signature of soft, vaguely Nordic, melodic lines.
Tvärvägen began as Henrik’s experimental side hustle back in when he was part of the indie act Ironville and hip hop duo Amok. Soon enough, Tvärvägen was his main endeavor. Henrik’s been dabbling with post-classical music for string quartet and ethereal soundscapes. His songs have been featured in numerous TV and radio shows, documentaries, news programs, children’s shows, and more.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Mike Lazarev.
See you then.
- Ichiko Aoba “opening”
- Tvärvägen “A Great Circle Route (Variation forSaxophone Quartet)”
- Plommehagepartitur “Oår 2”
- Autorhythm “Oxytocin”
- Ichiko Aoba “to the red room”
- Andrew Oda “Song of Absence”
- Rick Deitrick “Morningstar”
- Atte Elias Kantonen “Main Character”
- Tvärvägen (feat. Beem) “A Scene UnderWater”
- Ichiko Aoba “chocolate (cookies)”
- Time Wharp “Mixo World”
- Trio Ramberget “E dur - Fält”
- Dialect “Flame Not Stone”
- Ichiko Aoba “my brother”
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Today’s guest deejay is Carmen Rizzo.
Writing today’s show notes was a head trip. Carmen shared his first mix for Soundwave three years ago. That’s not a significant amount of time, but it feels like it. That was our first pandemic summer. You never knew if your next visit to the grocery store was going to be the one that exposed you to COVID and could kill you. Three years later and we’ve gotten along with our lives. Yes, COVID is still a threat, but now it’s manageable. Yes, we’ve all been changed by the experience, but hopefully, we’ve all grown somehow.
That’s where my mind went when I thought about what to say for today’s show notes.
I hope that Camren takes this in the spirit intended. Camrens music has been part of the soundtrack for my pandemic. I was already a fan of his before launching Soundwave, and he was on my list of people I wanted to guest deejay on the show. During that time, Carmen’s music has appeared on mixes from other guest deejays and in shows and mixes I listen to on Mixcloud and Spotify. Carmen’s music has been a constant presence in my life for the last three years.
No words from Carmen on his mix. No playlist. Carmen’s mix is personal and lovingly hand selected. You’ll have to experience it. I’ve been listing to it as I write these show notes, and I assure you, you’re in for an emotional journey.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Henrick Öhberg.
See you then.
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Today’s guest deejay is Cole Peters.
I had the good fortune to meet Cole through Yann Novak (listen to Yann’s mixes four Soundwave here). I asked Yann who he thought would share a mix with us, and he highly recommended Cole. I could have sent Cole an invitation to guest deejay on Soundwave without listening to a note of his music. I trust Yann’s taste in music and artists that much. But of course, I listened to Cole’s music. Yann was spot on.
Cole’s mix is a unique blend of electronic and organic elements, creating a captivating sonic landscape that will take you on a mesmerizing journey. It’s okay if you lose yourself. That’s part of the journey, too.
Be sure to lose yourself in Cole’s latest album, Traces Blurs Signs, where he continues to eschew categorization.
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- Cole Peters “Enclosure”
- Leila Bordreuil “Past Continuous (excerpt)”
- Mika Vainio “Takaísin / Returning”
- Alyssa Moxley “Night smoke over the caldera”
- Chloe Alexandra Thompson “Glass Bits”
- B.P. “a3 - 50.6578° N, 99.9636° W”
- Masaya Ozaki “N 65°04'49.2 E 139°00'17.4”
- Oliver Thurley “sanguine”
- crys cole “A Piece Of Work (excerpt)”
- Ayami Suzuki “Glade (excerpt)”
- Philip Samartzis + Eugene Ughetti “Katabatic Winds Pt1”
- Lawrence English “Evocation At Peron”
- John Bence “Disquiet, Part 1”
- Jeremiah Cymerman & John McCowen “Gospel Hill”
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Today’s returning guest deejay is Raziel Panic. You can listen to Raziel’s previous mix for Soundwave here.
Raziel’s last mix defied my expectations. I naively assumed he would share a mix much like the music Raziel records and performs as YouShriek. Einstürzende Neubauten and Kraftwerk was not a surprise. Arvo Pärt was unexpected. Kitaro caught me entirely off guard.
And yet, where we are again, Raziel has delightfully baffled me.
Today’s mix is full of hypnotic melodies, haunting atmospheres, and evocative compositions. But those are just words. You have to experience Raziel’s mix for yourself. Headphones are perfect. But if you are one of those fortunate few with a decent sound system, crank that sucker and let Raziel’s mix rattle your windowpanes.
Raziel has a few words about his mix below.
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Karl from Angelspit is one of my most recent acquaintances. Drekka is one of my oldest, and Charles from Cathode Ray Tube was my randomly-selected college roommate / dorm flood survivor.
- caterina barbieri “Kara-Lis Coverdale - Fantas Morbida”
- Éliane Radigue “Jouet électronique”
- Ice Planet 9000 & Angelspit “The Aquestor”
- Laurie Spiegel “Sound Zones”
- Cathode Ray Tube “Ghost Ships”
- Drekka “Ekki gera fikniefnum,”
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Today’s guest deejay is Tim Dwyer.
I met Tim through Sanderson Dear, who get deejayed on Soundwave a few months ago (listen to Sanderson’s mix here). As is my want, I asked Sanderon who he thought would share a mix on Soundwave and he highly recommended Tim.
As it happens, both Tim and I are fellow devotees of the Excursions in Ambience compilation album series (listen to my Excursions in Ambience compilation retrospective here). That may explain why Tim’s mix, which features songs completely new to me, feels so familiar. It’s a delight to share Tim’s mix with you.
Tim has words about his mix below.
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My 2021 album Excursion was a release born through influence. It was inspired by improvised live electronics, a deep love of electronic music from the 1990’s, and even the compilation series Excursions in Ambience, of which the album was named after. I wanted to revisit those influences for this mix, crafting a similar sonic tapestry, through a different lens. I’ve included the inspiring music that influenced me to start making music, as well as some new works that elicit that same emotional frequency. Enjoy the journey.
- Aural Imbalance “Sixth Sense”
- Ishq Music “Bhakti”
- Inhmost “Beautiful Eyes”
- Belief “Art of Love”
- Obliquity “Meloside”
- Off Land “Granular Shore”
- The Future Sound of London “Sophies Path”
- Inhmost “Suspension”
- Jacob Newman “Two Phases”
- Amorphous Androgynous “In Mind”
- woob mono “Planet (Remastered Edit)”
- woob mono “Latneiro (Sunrise Dub) [Remastered]”
- Off Land “Fraction Of Shade”
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Today’s guest deejay is Zach Frizzell, AKA zakè.
I was introduced to zakè's captivating music by the talented Luke Entelis (listen to Luke’s mix four Soundwave here), and I'm excited to share his unique sonic tapestries with you.
Zach is the stateside label boss of the Past Inside the Present record label. Zach is also a multi-talented musician, composer, and sound artist. With a deep passion for exploring the intersection of sound and emotion, zaké weaves intricate sonic landscapes that transport listeners to ethereal realms. His musical journey began at a young age, as he discovered his love for experimenting with various instruments and sound manipulation techniques.
The songs in this collection share a common thread of introspection, contemplation, and a sense of profound emotional depth. Each composition invites the listener into a world of deep reflection, where silence and subtle nuances create powerful moments of introspection. Zach’s mix has been my companion during grey mornings. With my cup of coffee in hand, his music eases me into my work day, infusing even the most mundane tasks with intrigue.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Tim Dwyer.
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- T.R. Jordan “Unsaid”
- Pausal “Truth Symbol - False Idolatry”
- Dustin O’Halloran “Quartet N.2”
- Arvo Pärt “Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten”
- Eluvium “Indoor Swimming at the Space Station”
- willamette “Buried Presidents”
- William Basinski “Melancholia II”
- Rafael Anton Irisarri “Watching As She Reels”
- Stars of the Lid “Even If You're Never Awake”
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Today’s guest deejay is Anne Chris.
Anne’s music is a beautiful blend of ambient, experimental, and modern classical styles. I was introduced to Anne’s through Soundwave guest deejay Peter van Cooten (listen to his mix here and here), host of Ambientblog and DreamScenes on Concertzender.
Based in the Netherlands, Anne Bakker is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer. Her music often incorporates field recordings, found sounds, and electronic elements to create unique and immersive soundscapes.
Anne has released several albums and EPs on labels such as Dronarivm, Whitelabrecs, and Rusted Tone Recordings. Her music has been described as “a delicate and hypnotic work that shines with an inner light” and “a moving and atmospheric experience.”
Many of the tracks in Anne’s mix feature minimalistic arrangements and slowly evolving textures, often exploring the sonic nuances of single notes or simple harmonic progressions. Using drones and sustained tones is also prevalent, creating a sense of sonic stasis or timelessness. Several pieces also feature acoustic instruments, such as piano, guitar, and strings, woven into the electronic soundscapes to create a delicate interplay between the organic and synthetic elements.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be zaké.
See you then.
- Mirrorring “Silent From Above”
- Windy & Carl “Btwn You + Me”
- Celer “The delay of intolerance”
- Akira Rabelais “i”
- Oren Ambarchi “Fever, A Warm Poison”
- Morton Feldman “1”
- Hildur Guðnadóttir “Leyfðu Ljósinu”
- William Basinski “The Garden of Brokenness”
- soccer Committee “Moi & Mon Coeur”
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Today’s guest deejay is Simon Grab.
Simon is a Swiss musician, producer, and sound artist who has released several albums and EPs. His music is known for its experimental and ambient soundscapes. Simon combines field recordings and electronic sounds to create unique sonic environments.
I discovered Simon Grab through his album Anthropocene Panic, a sonic artwork exploring human activity’s environmental impact. It’s a sinister and muscular piece of music that vividly depicts what the Anthropocene era feels like.
Simon has some words about his mix below.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Jon Solo.
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“Gargle Ceremony” has been published in Mensa Sonora, a book with cooking recipes and sound. Your invited to gather with your friends to gargle with raw fruit or vegetable juice while listening to the track. Find the recipe here.
The rest of the mix are left over files from longer recording sessions I did a while ago. At that time I categorised them with colour titles, which was more of an attempt to get out of file management chaos than a synesthesia moment. Funny enough, as I got used to the naming, nowadays I actually find the colour titles fit quite well. Those are all unpublished tracks. I might release them one day, or just leave it here at Soundwave.
- Simon Grab “Gargle Ceremony”
- Simon Grab “Yellow_02”
- Simon Grab “Yellow_04”
- Simon Grab “Yellow_03”
- Simon Grab “Green1_2”
- Simon Grab “Red2_1”
- Simon Grab “Red2_2”
- Simon Grab “Red2_3”
- Simon Grab “Green1_1”
- Simon Grab “Green1_3”
- Simon Grab “Black2_2”
- Simon Grab “Black2_4”
- Simon Grab “Black2_5”
- Simon Grab “Brown_3”
- Simon Grab “Yellow_01”
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Today’s guest deejay is Jonas Munk, AKA Manual, and one-half of Billow Observatory, with his partner, Jason Kolb.
Billow Observatory has appeared on several mixes on Soundwave, and I’m excited to have Jonas share his mix with us. Jonas says he selected music that inspired them since day one and some more recent discoveries.
In addition to his musical endeavors, Thomas runs the label Azure Vista Records. He has released two Billow Observatory albums, one of Jonas’s solo work and an album from Jason’s band, Auburn Lull. I eagerly anticipate their soon-to-be-released new album.
Jonas’s carefully curated selection of tracks in this mix all center around the interplay of ambient, electronic, and experimental music, woven together to create a dreamy and ethereal atmosphere. You can expect lush soundscapes, intricate melodies, and beautiful collaborations between artists like Harold Budd and Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois and Robert Fripp and Brian Eno. He also includes standout tracks from electronic music pioneers like Biosphere and Boards of Canada.
As I sit down at my kitchen table to begin another day's work, I can't help but feel grateful for the simple pleasures in life — a cup of coffee, the view of the world from my rooftop, and of course, Jonas’s mix playing in the background. It’s been a constant companion as I ease into my daily routine. I know you’ll feel the same way too. So grab your coffee, find a comfy spot, and let Jonas’s mix transport you to a world of sublime soundscapes and dreamy melodies.
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See you then.
- Kiln “Demilune f22”
- Biosphere “Nook & Cranny”
- Harold Budd/Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois “Against The Sky”
- zakè & City of Dawn “Once Forgotten”
- H. Takahashi “Lost”
- Susuma Yokota “Fairy Link”
- Casino Versus Japan “Frost Nod”
- JJ+JS “Lily Pad”
- Shuta Yasukochi “Into The Forest”
- Robert Gerard Pietrusko “UTM 39N”
- Fripp & Eno “Wind On Wind”
- Boards Of Canada “Corsair”
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Today’s guest deejay is Hekla.
I was introduced to Hekla through the kind folks at Phantom Limb (listen to their mix for Soundwave here). Hekla is known for her explorations into the depths of sound, blending influences from her Icelandic roots with experimental electronic sounds. Her album, Á, was breath taking, as is her more recent album, Xiuxiuejar, both of which I encourage you to experience.
In her mix for Soundwave, Hekla takes us on a journey through the themes of nature, spirituality, and human connection. Her selection of songs includes works by the Estonian composer Veljo Tormis, whose choral music draws on ancient folk traditions, as well as Ghédalia Tazartés’ haunting “Un amour si grand Qu’il Nie Son Objet” and Meredith Monk’s playful “Cow Song.” Hekla also includes a selection from the French composer Olivier Messiaen’s “O Sacrum Convivium,” which explores the theme of spiritual communion.
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- Veljo Tormis “Lauliku Lapsepoli”
- Veljo Tormis “Leaves Lauldakse”
- Veljo Tormis “Rafa Needmine”
- Ghédalia Tazartés “Un amour si grand Qu’il Nie Son Objet”
- Meredith Monk “Cow Song”
- Olivier Messiaen “O Sacrum Convivium”
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Welcome to Soundwave, where we dive deep into the experimental, electronic, and ambient soundscape.
Today’s episode takes us on a nostalgic journey with a retrospective mix of the groundbreaking Excursions in Ambience compilation series. These albums played a pivotal role in shaping the ambient music genre. From the first volume in 1993 to the final fourth installment in 1996, the Excursions in Ambience series explored the intersection of dance music and ambient sounds, capturing the essence of a musical movement that continues to influence artists today.
As a former deejay at WMFO 91.5 FM, these albums were a constant presence in my playlists, providing the perfect soundtrack to my late-night walks home after spinning records at the radio station.
We dedicate this week’s show to the memory of Michael Kandel, who made several appearances on the Excursions in Ambience series and passed away in 2015.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Hekla.
- Tranquility Bass “Mya Yadana”
- Ultramarine ”Saratoga (Upstate Mix)”
- Psychedelic Research Lab “Tarenah”
- Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia “Obsidian (Deconstructure Edit)”
- Sub Sub “Past”
- W.F.O. “No-One In The World [Edit]”
- Schizo Phrenia “Schizophrenia”
- The Locust “Prospero”
- Material ”Mantra (Praying Mantra Mix Edit)”
- Seefeel “Charlotte's Mouth (Avant Garde Mix)”
- Spectrum “Pulse Drone (Neon Sigh)”
- Air “Trip #2”
- Divination “Ancient Evenings (Najm-Al-Din)”
- The Future Sound Of London “Deep Into Your Subconcious I Slide”
- Steve Fisk “Express God”
- Mike Kandel “Slow Boat To China”
- Aphex Twin “#19”
- Freezer “Pressure Zone (Measured At 2 Atmospheres)”
- Far Out Son Of Lung “Cow”
- Labradford, Jim O'Rourke “The Church Song”
- Single Cell Orchestra “Drifting In Wire”
- NODE “Swamp”
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Todays guest deejay is Antti Tolvi.
Antti Tolvi is a visionary musician hailing from Finland, who has been making waves in the underground music scene with his exploration of ambient and experimental soundscapes.
I was introduced to Antti Tolvi through his remarkable album, Spectral Organ / Feedback Gong, available from the always-reliable room40 label. And let me tell you, it was a revelation. His approach to music blendis elements of drone, ambient, and free improvisation to create a sound that is simultaneously intimate out of this world.
Antti’s mix for this episode includes three captivating tracks that perfectly capture his unique style. "in all the cold" by John Franek is a haunting piano piece that creates a sense of space and distance, while "nachtstück" by Eva-Maria Houben invites the listener to engage in a meditative reflection on their innermost thoughts and feelings. Finally, Taku Sugimoto's "Quintet (2017) - Berlin, 2017.08.06" uses silence and understatement to create a sense of vastness and infinite possibility.
All of these tracks share a common theme of introspection and self-reflection, evoking a sense of quiet contemplation that is perfect for those long winter nights.
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- John Franek “in all the cold”
- Eva-Maria Houben “nachtstück”
- Taku Sugimoto “Quintet (2017) - Berlin, 2017.08.06”
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Today’s guest deejay is Joshua Bruner.
I had the good fortune of meeting Joshua through Nick Turner, AKA Tyresta, when I asked him who he thought would share a mix on Soundwave. Nick’s music and his mix for Soundwave are lovely. When Nick suggested Joshua, I was immediately on board.
I ask every guest deejay on Soundwave who would share a mix on the show. It’s a simple thing, but over the last few years, it has led to meeting some extremely talented people and turned me on to fantastic music that I am confident I would’ve never discovered on my own, let alone singular mixes curated by each guest deejay.
Joshua’s mix is yet another example. I don’t know any of the musicians he included in his playlist. That’s no slight to them. They’re all fantastic. There’s just too much music to listen to. Joshua has selected breathtaking tracks for his mix. I’m listening to it as I write this. His mix seamlessly blends with my night of rain pattering on my roof and the whoosh of jets flying to a nearby airport. It’s quite the experience, which is why I’m always asking who should guest deejay on Soundwave.
Joshua has some words about his mix below.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Enrico Coniglio.
See you then.
This episode will be released just a few days before my 43rd birthday! Sometime in January or February, I expect to release an album on vinyl in collaboration with Alyssa Miserendino, someone I would highly recommend for a future mix. I’m excited about this record because it includes field recordings she captured in South America with Gordon Hempton, aka The Sound Tracker. I used a brainwave sonification technique using an EEG to trigger selected samples from their recordings of a unique bird called the Oropendola.
- David Behrman “Music with Melody-Driven Electronics”
- Gordon Hempton “Om Telephone Wire”
- Klaus Wiese “Mystic Landscapes II”
- Alvin Lucier “B. 2”
- Gordon Hempton “Back of the Cave”
- David Behrman “Music with Melody-Driven Electronics"
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Today’s guest deejay is Thomas Meluch, AKA Benoît Pioulard.
Thomas’s music kept popping up on Soundwave mixes. It wasn’t until I asked Andrew Tasselmyer whom he knew, who might share a mix on the show, and he said Thomas that I understood the universe was trying to send me a message: get Thomas on Soundwave. At least, that’s how I interpret it.
Oh, and listen to Andrew’s mix here.
Thomas’s music is warm and intimate. I’m listening to the Communiqué album he recorded with Jogging House as I write this, and it’s perfect listening for a crisp winter night. I was curious to hear who’d include in his mix. When I saw Jason Corder’s offthesky project in his playlist, I knew I was in good hands. Whereas Thomas’s music is warm fire to rub your hands to, his mix feels like stepping out to a bracing day with magical side quests. Again, my subjective interpretation.
I’m glad I listened to the universe.
Speaking of Thomas’s music, he has a new vocal album called Eidetic coming out on Morr Music in March 2023. He also has a Bandcamp subscription with lots of exclusive music, and it is constantly evolving.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Ian Wellman.
See you then.
- Clever Austin “A11”
- zaké & T.R. Jordan “Shoreline”
- marine eyes “cedarwood”
- SYMBOL “Hyperballad”
- Freescha “Kid Brother”
- Jogging House “Renewal”
- Offthesky & The Humble Bee “We Were The Hum of Dreams”
- Otto A. Totland “Grow”
- Raum “Walk Together”
- Henrik Lindstrand “Syrsor”
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Today’s guest deejay is Rubén A. Tamayo, founder of Facade Electronics and Fax Music.
I met Rubén through Yann Novak (listen to Yann’s mixes for Soundwave here and here). Yann’s a great guy with exquisite taste in music. Yann turned me on to Rosalía, who, according to Spotify, I listen to a lot. When I asked Yann who he thought would share a mix on Soundwave, he recommended Rubén. I spent an afternoon listing to music from Rubén’s label for form’s sake, but it was a foregone conclusion. I already knew I would have Rubén on the show solely based on Yann’s opinion. I was not wrong, as Rubén’s mix proves.
I can feel winter coming to San Diego. The mornings are just a little bit chillier. Rubén’s mix has been my companion for the last few weeks as I start my day. Supersadfish + Reptile’s “Daybreak” provides a nice jolt as I make a cup of coffee, review email and review my tasks for the day. Rubén’s mix has been the soundtrack for my mornings, and by the time we arrive at Subxet’s “Blastoise,” I’ve been on an epic sonic journey. It’s a great way to start the day. I highly recommend the experience.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Benoît Pioulard.
See you then.
- Supersadfish + Reptile “Daybreak”
- Alonso x Ibarra x Rudametkin “Erosión”
- Simonel “Equal Poles”
- Rodo “Nyang” (Excerpt)
- Tremolo Audio “Dawn Chorus”
- Yamaoka “Take VI” (Unreleased)
- Otero Vargas “Untitled” (Unreleased)
- MU “Trazo” (Unreleased)
- Transgresorcorruptor + Fax “Tzara” (Unreleased)
- Kathia Rudametkin “Embodying The Macrocosm Of Nature” (Personal track, Excerpt)
- Fax “Non (Portable Remix)”
- Subxet “Blastoise” (Unreleased)
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Today’s guest deejay is Glyn Bush.
Last month I shared a retrospective mix from the Ambient Dub compilation series. It was a fantastic experience revisiting those albums, which also served as a touchstone to some beautiful times. Inspired, I reached out to as many of the musicians on the compilation album as possible, leading me to Glyn, whom I’ve always known as one-half of Original Rockers.
Glyn’s mix re-introduced me to gems from Durutti Column and Faust and introduced me to new favorites such as Chassol and Khotin. And Glyn’s mix is chock full of his music projects, such as Biggabush.
Join us next weekend when our guest deejay will be Rubén Tamayo.
See you then.
- F.U.S.E. “Theychx (extract)”
- Chassol “I lôôôôve usometimes (extract)”
- Glyn Bigga Bush “Now There’s Pain”
- MLO “Spike (Wagon Christ Mix)”
- Edgar Broughton Band “The Dawn Crept Away (extract)”
- Ghost Power “Astral Melancholy Suite (extract)”
- Neotropic “Neotropic”
- Beak> “Teisco”
- Durutti Column “Conduct (edit)”
- PLO Man & C3D-E “100 Pt. II - Pt. III”
- Faust “Untitled (Arnulf on Drums 2)”
- Chassol “Les Oursses”
- Khotin “Dialogue 6”
- Faust “Rudolf der Pianist”
- BiggaBush “The Bells”
- BiggaBush & re:ni “Dub Plate Tectonics”
- Original Rockers “Mecca of Space”
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Today’s guest deejay is DJ Bulut.
I met Bulut well over a decade ago while producing Solipsistic Nation, my electronic music podcast. I was a fan of his New Turkish Beat podcast, and we started an acquaintanceship on Twitter.
I’ve been reflecting on that time for the last few days. It was during Solipsistic Nation that I enjoyed Twitter the most. The network was becoming large enough that I could strike up great conversations and meet interesting people but still small enough that things didn’t get lost in the noise. I still love Twitter, but I admit that the number of genuine interactions I’ve had in the last few years has dwindled.
As I write this, Twitter seems like it might crash and burn. Something will emerge out of the wreckage, but it might not be anything we recognize as Twitter. But maybe that’s okay. Perhaps Twitter has served its purpose. I’m glad I met people like Bulut while it was still vibrant.
Bulut has some words about his mix below.
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- Mickey Hart “Funky Zena”
- Banco de Gaia “Big Man Cry”
- Popol Vuh “Selig Sind, Die Da HierWeinen”
- Vir Unis “Letting Go of This Radiant Hive”
- DJ.Bulut “Ancient Anatolia”
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Today’s guest deejay is Sam Rosenthal.
I invited Sam to guest deejay on Soundwave because he is the founder of Projekt Records. I didn’t ask Sam because Projekt explores genres of music I love, such as ambient, darkwave, and goth, although that’s part of it. No, it’s because Sam has been running Projekt and releasing breathtaking music for nearly 40 years!
For a lot of us, Projekt has become an institution. It feels like it’s always been a part of our lives. Incredibly, I’ve been listening to music released by Projekt for nearly half my life. Sam’s Black Tape for a Blue Girl has always been a favorite. Steve Roach, of course, who makes an appearance on today’s mix. And I’ve been listening to Anji Bee and Ryan Lum’s Lovespirals for years. And so many compilation albums.
I fully expect Sam will be releasing more music from Projekt well into the middle of the 21st century. And Sam will be the house deejay at my funeral. Wow, that got dark. Sam, I hope you took that in the spirit that was intended.
Sam has some words about his mix below.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be DJ Bulut.
See you then.
I put together a mix of tracks selected from the 600+ electronic/ambient/drone albums released on Projekt over the last 39 years (founded in 1983!) Three are my collaborations with label artists; for the other four, rather than selecting “hits” I programmed deep tracks that I quite enjoy. With over 50 releases on Projekt in 2022 there is an abundance of wonderful music to chose from. My intention for Soundwave was to create an hour flow of the mood of Projekt — an exploration and overview for listeners discovering the label for the first time.
- Sam Rosenthal & Projekt Artists “the Alabaster reliquary of glittering ashes”
- Steve Roach “In the Eye of Noche Compressed”
- theAdelaidean & deepspace “Star Cradle”
- Sam Rosenthal / jarguna “Evening market of the petal fields > part 3”
- Forrest Fang “In Air, It Seems”
- Lorenzo Montanà “Between Worlds”
- jarguna “Return to the Paganism”
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Today’s guest deejay is Peter van Cooten, host of Ambientblog and DreamScenes on Concertzender.
I met Peter through Harrold Roeland and I invited Peter to guest deejay on the show (listen to his mix here). I did not anticipate that a mix from Peter would be something of an event. Peter’s mixes are more like epic tone poems that contain both the cosmic and the mundane in one listening experience.
Furthermore, Peter meticulously crafts his mixes. Peter might use a passage once from a song or as a leitmotif. His mixes are dense and multilayered. Peter’s skill is that despite the complexity of his mixes, they are seamless and fluid. You don’t need to know the immense effort that produced the mix you are listening to appreciate its beauty and artistry.
Because Peter mixes feel like an event, it felt appropriate to release today’s show for Halloween as we celebrate the darker half of the year.
Peter has some words about his mix below.
Join us next week when out guest deejay will be Mike Lazarev.
See you then.
Most (if not all) previous Ambientblog mixes always had some dark moments; they are never “just” relaxing. You can only feel release if you also feel tension.
This time, I wanted to avoid the darkness and create a “lighter mood mix.” Not of the “Ibiza Chillout Lounge” kind, but one that can be played in the background and is still exciting enough to listen to. I hope I succeeded, but of course, you’re the one to decide about that!
With two hours, Cloudwatching is longer than usual. Only a few tracks are included in their full length, but most are heavily edited or even just short fragments. Also, they are often overlayed, so you’ll hear the music in a different context. The extensive playlist below may help you track down the original in their full-length versions.
hope you’ll enjoy watching these -imaginary- clouds!
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Today’s guest deejay is Sasha Puzan, AKA protoU.
Sasha is the closest thing Soundwave has to an in-house deejay. I was introduced to her through Dronny Darko (listen to his mix for Soundwave here). Sasha’s first mix was elemental and cosmic. Her second mix was cozy and intimate. Sasha, as Robocat, shared anthemic bangers to celebrate Pride on her third mix for Soundwave.
Sasha returns with a mix that is, for the most part, a compilation of select tracks from Tehnofonika Records. It’s been my soundtrack as San Diego transitions from summer to fall. It’s dark, rhythmic, atmospheric, and sexy.
Sasha’s new album, Untitledcloud, will be released next month on her birthday, November 10th, through ECOUL SND. If you enjoy Sasha’s music and mixes, consider purchasing her album as a gift to her and yourself. More importantly, she asks that you support Ukraine.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Peter van Cooten.
See you then.
- protoU “Lost Here”
- Gate X-138 “120 Km To Chalna”
- Dt-90 “Alone Man (G.R.I.T. Remix)”
- Echo Box “The Thaw”
- Faidel and Alex Humann “Alaska Preserve”
- Goran Geto “Silent Places”
- Murkok “Inconsistency”
- Untitledcloud “Abstractions”
- Solar Noise “Horizon”
- Lumini Trio “Last Summer”
- Dronny Darko & protoU “Riparian Forest [ 300 million years ago ]”
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Today’s guest deejay is Joseph Kamaru, AKA KMRU.
Having Joseph on the show is a bit of synchronicity. I became aware of Joseph’s music a few years ago while searching for music on Bandcamp. What immediately struck me was the sense of intimacy I experienced while listening to his music. Yes, I’m aware that the genres Joseph expresses himself through lend themselves to that kind of feeling. And I’m also aware that this is a complete projection, but I got the sense that a movement of thoughts and emotions conveyed in his music.
Shortly after conning across Joseph, guest deejays on Soundwave began including tracks from his album in their mixes. So, of course, I reached out to him to share select tracks on the show.
oseph’s mix, like his releases, has that sense of interplay between thoughts and emotions. And, perhaps, sympathetically, Joseph’s mix stirred up thoughts and feelings in me, which is the whole point.
Join sun next week when our guest deejay will be protoU.
See you then.
- Tenka “Nutrition ~ Microorganisms In The Darkness Of Life ~”
- Gylden “Bug light”
- Emily A. Sprague “Water Memory 2”
- Félicia Atkinson “Our Tides”
- Julia Reidy “World in World”
- anthéne “Cedar Point II”
- Emilía “Layover II”
- naemi “rast”
- LB Marszalek “Sorrow”
- Hiroki Takahashi “Seed”
- Belong “Vowel (Digital Bonus)”
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Today’s guest deejay is Pierre Laplace.
I invited Pierre to share a mix on Soundwave after hearing his 2019 album, You Disappeared. Since then, Pierre has released a new album, Sundown. Where You Disappeared felt like the soundtrack to a China Miéville novel, Sundown felt like a Koyaanisqatsisque soundtrack for a doomed planet. The album notes for Sundown tell a tale of desperate conflict in Rome in the year 2062. That works, too. The album drips with foreboding.
The first mix Pierre shared was an unexpected delight. Then I could hear the influences of someone like, say, Ennio Morricone, in his music, Pierre’s mix didn’t convey the feeling of his own music. Pierre’s mix for today’s show is further from his albums. His mix is more unexpected and just as delightful.
Aside from three artists, I’m unfamiliar with the musicians who appear in Pierre’s mix. I’ve gone down the listening rabbit hole on Spotify because all the music in his mix is brilliant. I’m sure you’ll be doing the same.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be KMRU.
See you then.
- Alexi Murdoch “All My Days”
- Mark Kozelek “Find Me, Ruben Olivares”
- Alela Diane “About Farewell”
- Hayden “1939”
- Townes Van Zandt “Kathleen”
- Spain “Easy Lover”
- Adrian Crowley “Some Blue Morning”
- Grandaddy “He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s the Pilot”
- Elysian Fields “Next Year in Jerusalem”
- Jackson C. Frank “Marcy’s Song”
- Bill Fay “Big Painter”
- Antony and the Johnsons “Hope There’s Someone”
- Richard Hawley “Cole’s Corner”
- Nina Simone “Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair”
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Today’s show features a retrospective mix of the Ambient Dub compilation albums from the ’90s.
If you’re unfamiliar with Ambient Dub, they were a series of compilation albums released through the Beyond label. Electronic music was mutating at a furious pace, and it was only a matter of time before ambient and dub would intertwine and become its own genre.
I’ve had these albums on rotation for decades. I’ve included songs from these cherished albums when I was a deejay at WMFO, often winding down 5 am set with Insanity Sect’s “Choctaw Ridge.” This mix came together from muscle memory. It was effortless. It was so much fun that whenever a slot opens up in the next few months, I’ll showcase retrospective mixes featuring music from the Excursions in Ambience and From Here to Tranquility compilation series.
- Original Rockers “Sexy Selector”
- Groove Corporation “Roots Controller”
- White Darkness “[Electronic Eye Remix]”
- Sounds from the Ground “Triangle”
- Banco De Gaia “Sheesha”
- Gol “No Bounds”
- Digital Jesus “Menali Encounter”
- 21st Century Aura “Disorientation”
- Deep Space Network “Callacop”
- Space Time Continuum “Oracle”
- Higher Intelligence Agency “Delta”
- A.P.L. “Hypnosystem”
- Mimoid “Strawberry”
- Alphanex “Planet Hoskins”
- Insanity Sect “Choctaw Ridge”
- Coldcut “Sign”
- Starseeds “Regina from the Future”
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Today’s guest deejay is Dan Handrabur.
Dan record and performs under many names: Dreamdoktor, Dreamlogic, and HAN. I know him as Vuemorph, from the excellent From Here To Tranquility Volume 3 compilation album.
During the summer, I looked over the remainder of the schedule for Soundwave for 2022. There were a few slots open, and I decided to do retrospective mixes featuring music from the Ambient Dub, Excursions In Ambience, and From Here To Tranquility compilation albums. Re-listening those albums inspired me to invite the musicians who appeared on those albums to guest deejay on Soundwave. Dan was the first to send me a mix, which I’m thrilled to share on today’s show. You can expect to hear those mixes in the next few months.
Despite knowing Dan from Vuemorph, I had no preconceptions about what Dan’s mix would sound like. Even so, I was surprised.
Dan calls this his HAN mix and describes it as a post muzika pandemik poem. I don’t know what to make of that. What does it mean to live in a post-pandemic world? Something has shifted. It’s not the same world it was pre-pandemic, and we are not the same people we were two years ago. I’m certainly listening to music through fresh ears, but it took Dan’s mix to cause me to meditate on these matters.
I launched Soundwave to help cope with the stress and isolation of the pandemic lockdown. I told myself that once the pandemic was reasonably under control that the show would have served its purpose and that I’d shutter the project. But it feels like there’s still a reason for Soundwave to exist, and maybe exploring what music is in a post-pandemic world is it.
Join us next week for the Ambient Dub retrospective mix.
- dan handrabur “applied math”
- dan handrabur “low command”
- dan handrabur “nonevent”
- dan handrabur “onirya”
- dan handrabur “proaktiv”
- dan handrabur “restored”
- dan handrabur “starsystem”
- dan handrabur “stitcher”
- dan handrabur “psyclick redundancy”
- dan handrabur “clockstop”
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Today’s guest deejay is Serge Timmers.
Like so many of the guest deejays on Soundwave, Serge was highly recommended by a previous guest deejay. In this case, it was Gert De Meester (listen to his mixes here and here). As always, I listened to Serge’s music, loved what I heard and invited him to guest deejay on Soundwave.
I usually listen to Serge’s mix during the day while I’m working. Why not listen to gorgeous music while I’m being productive? But Serge’s mix comes alive in the night. If you’re lucky, a foggy night. Serge’s mix casts everything in mysterious shadows. Serge’s mix includes songs that sound as if they came from an Excursions in Ambience album; why there’s even a track that features Higher Intelligence Agency! Other tracks lean into trip-hop, not to mention the unexpected byways Serge takes us on in his mix.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Dan Handrabur.
See you then.
- Distant Fires Burning “Book Of Fragmentation”
- Stratosphere “God Was Nowhere To Be Found”
- O Yuki Conjugate “Sunchemical”
- Misantronics “Zenenacht”
- Ulf Söderberg “Vidarnas Hus”
- Ashtoreth & Grey Malkin “Bone, Leaf & Moss”
- Atrium Carceri, Cities Last Broadcast, God Body Disconnect “Miles to Midnight”
- Higher Intelligence Agency / Biosphere “The Rotunda”
- Bohren und der Club of Gore “Black City Skyline”
- Bersarin Quartett “Keine Angst”
- Anunada “Cosmonaut”
- EVA “Anna’s Planets”
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Today’s guest deejay is Stefan Beck.
I met Stefan through Steve Targo from Inner Islands after he guest deejayed on Soundwave. I asked Steve, whom he knew would share a mix on the show, and he recommended Stefan. I listened to Stefan's music and lost myself in his gentle guitar playing, swathes of warm sounds, and field recordings. So we have Steve to thank for today's gorgeous mix.
As is my habit, I reacquaint myself with the mixes sent my way two weeks before I share them with you. Stefan provided the soundtrack for hurricane Kay which hit Mexico this week. In the evenings, when it was cooler, I'd go for an hour-long walk and listen to Stefan's mix. Wednesday was a very sensual night. There was a moment as I was walking past a canyon when a rivulet of sweat ran from my temple and behind my right ear. It cooled and evaporated immediately. There was a hint of sage in the air. And Stefan's mix played over my AirPods. Delicious.
Friday, San Diego was awash with the rain from hurricane Kay. It was very dramatic. The sky was gloomy, the wind gusted from my patio door, and occasionally raindrops would land on my shoulders from my skylight window above me, all while Stefan's mix playing in the background.
I hope Stefan's mix provides an equally wonderful experience.
Stefan has a few words about his mix below.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Serge Timmers.
See you then.
The songs selected here don't have any unifying theme apart from that they inspire me and put me in a certain 🌀zone🌀
I think they all have a lot of heart in them and make elegant use of space. Jerry Garcia appears here twice under the radar as well. I can't resist.
I hope you enjoy!
- Mickey Hart “Sky Water”
- Stein Urheim “Water-part I”
- William Parker & Hamid Drake “Earth”
- Joyce Moreno with Nana Vasconcelos and Mauricio Maestro “Chegada”
- Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté “XXX”
- Bill Frisell “Outlaw”
- Collin Walcott “Jewel Ornament”
- David Crosby “Kids and Dogs”
- Alice Coltrane “Er Ra”
- Laraaji “Through Luminous Eyes 2”
- Hailu Mergia “Yefikir Engurguro”
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As a long-time fan of n5MD, I showcased Mike’s label on solipsistic NATION, my electronic music show, years ago. Mike guest deejayed on Soundwave in 2021 and returns today with a much-needed mix for me.
I can’t go into the details, but last week I nearly died. You’d never know it by looking at me. Physically I’m fine. But I’m shaken. I find that I quickly get emotional about things. Sometimes I have a profound respect for life, all lives. Sometimes I’m filled with existential despair. I’m told this will pass in a few months. In the meantime, I’m having these overwhelming experiences.
Mike doesn’t know this, but his mix helped get me through the week.
Mike has some words about today’s mix below.
My song, “Sunrise at Ironhorse Trail,” included in today’s mix, is from a release that I will be releasing on my personal Bandcamp page on World Alzheimer’s Day. My father passed this January in what can best be described as complications due to mixed dementia. All proceeds will be donated to Hope Hospice, which was very integral in the comfort of my father in the last days of his life, as well as, and maybe even more importantly, my mother’s grief counseling after his passing.
- Jon Hopkins & 7RAYS “Ascending, Dawn Sky”
- Billow Observatory “Wash Away The Dust”
- awakened souls “No Other Place”
- Jason van Wyk “Surface Drones”
- OKADA “Annihilation”
- KMRU “Und”
- Mike Cadoo “Sunrise at Ironhorse Trail”
- Chris Child & Micah Frank “VarnAw”
- SVLBRD “The Vault”
- Haunted Ghost “Lost Footage”
- Gridlock “Under [Beat Mix] (unreleased)”
- Rinnovare feat. Benoit Pioulard “The Be in the Grey is Okay”
- Ex Confusion “When I Think of You”
- Brambles “Such Owls As You”
- Last Days “All the Lighthouses”
- Jan Wagner “Kapitel 28”
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Today’s guest deejay is Michael Jakucs, AKA Sunwarper.
After hearing Michael’s music in both Brian Sangmeister and Forest Robots’s mixes for Soundwave, I invited Michael to share a mix. Based on Michael’s music, I knew we were in good hands. But I did not anticipate the surprising directions he took his mix and yet felt utterly familiar.
Let me explain.
The focus of Soundwave is ambient, classical, experimental, and instrumental music, with an emphasis on the ambient. And that’s fine. I’m all about that ambient life. But for me, it’s always a delight when a guest shares a mix that leans into the show’s classical, experimental, and instrumental aspects. Christian Sager’s doom metal/math rock/hip hop mix comes to mind. As does Charles Hazlewood’s mimimalist/modern classical/free jazz mix.
What makes today’s show special, for me, is that it’s very much steeped in shoegaze and dream pop. So while I only know several of the artists in Michael’s mix, I already feel well acquainted with the music I’m unfamiliar with. It’s very déjà vu. I keep asking myself, “Isn’t this a 4AD release?”
Michael just released a track composed for the season finale of the webcomic The Eagle and the Snake called "Forever Becoming.” He also has a full-length album, Radiant Visage, that will be released on October 14 and available for pre-order on September 9.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be n5MD founder Mike Cadoo.
See you then.
- Kh3rtis & Willebrant “Calm Complete”
- Frequency Control Centre “Ventral Tegmental”
- Sunwarper “Farther”
- jesu “We All Faulter”
- Maureen’s Friend “R.P.O.W.”
- Cloudkicker “We Were All Scared”
- Cities of Earth “Sundog”
- christ. “Pylonesque”
- Eonlake “Retcon”
- Boards of Canada “Constants Are Changing”
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Today’s guest deejay is Hessel Veldman.
I met Hessel through Soundwave guest deejay Harrold Roeland (listen to Harrold’s mix here and here). I asked Harrold who he thought would share a mix on Soundwave, and he recommended Hessel. I would have extended an invitation to Hessel based solely on Harrold’s word. However, listening to Hessel’s albums on his Bandcamp page merely confirmed Harrold’s regard for Hessel’s music.
Hessel is a musician, composer, and producer. In the 60s, Hessel’s fascination with electronic audio devices, in combination with a preference for writing and performing extremely idiosyncratic music, created a wide range of experimental electro-acoustic music, sound-poetry, and contemporary music radio productions.
Hessel ran a private cassette label Exart from 1982 to 1995 and released work under various pseudonyms such as Y Create, Forbidden Photographs, and Gorgonzola Legs. More recently, he has released Ymuiden, EPoX with Martijn Comes, and has a track featured in the Daredevil Meditations compilation album.
Join us next weekend when our guest deejay will be Survey Channel.
See you then.
- Peter Rehberg “Inferno 01”
- Rafael Anton Irisarri “Mellified”
- Eli Keszler “The Basement”
- Dale Cooper Quartet & The Dictaphones “Huis Chevêchett”
- claire rousay “Peak Chroma”
- Alessandro Cortini “Nessuno”
- loscil “Orta”
- Sanctuary “In Absolute”
- Hessel Veldman “Duinbeton”
- Andy Stott “How It Was”
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Today’s guest deejay is Sasha Puzan, AKA Robocat.
Sasha’s been on Soundwave twice as protoU (listen to her mixes here and here). Sasha accepted my invitation to guest deejay a third time and shared a mix celebrating Pride. No ethereal mixes on today’s show; we’re all about getting a groove on.
Last weekend I spent the day with my grandkid. We had plans to go to our favorite playground, but there was no parking to be had. I decided to take him to the beach instead. We got caught up in Pride traffic on the way there, which seemed like the perfect time to play Sasha’s mix. People dressed in rainbow gear, butterfly wings, and leather chaps darted between cars as we slowly inched forward. It was a magical afternoon.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Hessel Veldman.
See you then.
- Charli XCX “Boom Clap (Cahil Remix)”
- Dua Lipa “Don’t Start Now”
- Domo Wilson “Bisexual Anthem”
- P!nk “So What”
- Taylor Swift “You Need To Calm Down”
- Jefferson Airplane “Somebody To Love (Remix)”
- Suvo “Go_A (Shum-) (Suvo Remix)”
- Russya “Don’t Stand By My Window”
- Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande “Rain On Me”
- Kazka “Cry”
- Britney Spears “Gimme More”
- Madonna “Hung Up”
- Icona Pop “I Love It (feat. Charli XCX)”
- Britney Spears “Toxic”
- Cher “Believe”
- Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive”
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Today’s guest deejay is Riz Maslen.
Alisú included Riz Maslen in her mix for Soundwave last fall, which led to me spending hours re-visiting the music Riz recorded as Neotropic, as well as her work with 4hero and The Future Sound of London. I invited Riz to share a mix with us, and it’s something else.
Riz mix begins with a piece by Freddie Philips, a British composer known for his work on television music, particularly the theme for Camberwick Green. It’s what I imagine a mix from Wes Anderson might sound like, and I would have been completely satisfied if Riz stayed within that genre. But Riz pivots to Egyptian jazz-inspired psychedelic rock, shifts to trip-hop, and never looks back. And yet, Riz’s mix never feels incongruous. Each track seamlessly blends into the next.
You’re in for quite the journey.
Each mix shared on Soundwave is special. When I say that, I’m not equivocating; they are unique. But some resonate with me more than others, and Riz’s mix is one of those mixes. As the pandemic continues to disrupt our lives, I’ve found Riz’s mix to sometimes act as a balm and other times a needed distraction.
I envy you. I wish I could hear Riz’s mix again for the first time.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Robocat.
See you then.
- Freddie Philips “Opening Music from Camberwick Green”
- Peter Schickele “The Space Fleet”
- John Berberiam and The Missile Eastern Ensemble “The Oud and the Fuzz”
- Digital Bled “Jo”
- Daniele Principato Arne Hiorth “Cuckoo Clock”
- Mike Lazarev “Where You Are”
- Alieno de Bootes “Sending the Clouds”
- Pole “Weit”
- Anne Garner & Mike Lazarev “Dust Devil (Mike Lazarev Pent Up Rework)”
- D Rothon & O Cherer “Silver Haze Dusk”
- Mark Beazley “Four Thirty Six”
- Alfred Deller & Elizabeth Harwood & Choirs Of Downside And Emanuel Schools & London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten “A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Act 2 - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2: ‘On The Ground, Sleep Sound’”
Today’s guest deejay is Robert Farrugia, co-founder of Complex Holiday, an itinerant label for inside-out ambient and sound art tomfoolery.
Robert was our guest deejay last fall, and he returns to Soundwave sharing another lustrous mix.
For me, Robert’s mix captures the essence of ambient music, as explained by Brian Eno, who compared ambient music to a painting. You can enjoy a painting on two levels. On one level, you engage with the painting, looking at it, studying it, and reacting to it. But on another level, the same painting is on the periphery of your consciousness. But it’s still there, subtly affecting you.
I’d find myself immersed in Robert’s mix and then be distracted by an email or text message, lost in thought, and slowly becoming aware that Robert had shifted the territory in his sonic landscape. And then the cycle began again.
Robert has included a few releases from Complex Holiday on today’s show. Ben Mifsud Joslin album, New Life (Robert was involved in the recording process and performed additional instrumentation on Ben’s album), and Daniel Vujcic’s album, Palinopsia, will be released later this year. Robert himself makes an appearance with “Iota.”
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Riz Maslen.
See you then.
- Warmth “Guiding Light”
- Robert Farrugia “Iota”
- Tone Color “Half-Remembered, Half-Forgotten”
- Ben Mifsud Joslin “New Life”
- Taylor Deupree “Twirl”
- Robert Farrugia “Digital Droplets”
- Daniel Vujcic “Quiblis Ark”
- Andrew Tasselmyer “Our Own Private Libraries”
- Daniel Vujcic “Volovod”
- David Allred “Potato”
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SOUNDWAVE : 118 : STEVE SWARTZ Today’s guest deejay is Steve Swartz.
I met Steve through Jason Engling, who guest deejayed on Soundwave a couple of years ago. Steve shared a magical mix that I have listened to many times. Today’s show is no less resplendent in its emotions and sounds. It’s a journey.
Earlier this week, I was telling a friend about Soundwave and Steve’s mix. I explained that because Soundwave was created to help me cope with stress and isolation during the first few months of the pandemic, it is a touchstone to those fearful and uncertain times. For me, Soundwave has become a weekly meditative act of reflecting on those early days and the impact of the pandemic on nearly everything in our lives. While I go back to that emotional space weekly, my thoughts and feelings about those times have changed.
As I write this, it is a beautiful day in San Diego, and I can see the ocean from where I sit. I’ve seen this view many times, and while the view is the same, I’m not the person I was at the beginning of this pandemic. I’ve changed. We’ve all changed. I find myself asking who this person is I’ve become and what will I do? Where do I go from here? Steve’s mix provides the soundtrack for the journey.
Join us again next week when our guest deejay will be Robert Farrugia, co-founder of Complex Holiday.
See you then.
- William Tyler “Slow Night’s Static”
- Suso Saiz “Healthy Digestion”
- Bremer McCoy “Mit Hjerte”
- Hara Noda “Night Swimmer”
- Kenji Kihara “Flowering Quince”
- Björn Meyer “Provenance”
- Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm “20:17”
- Carrie Carlton Quartet “City Morning Views”
- Benoit Pioulard “Stone In Focus”
- zakè “Night Shineth As The Day”
- Philip Wilkerson “The Edge of Being”
- Bark Psychosis “Pendulum Man”
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Today’s guest deejay is Jon Solo, AKA Naneum.
Jon last guest deejayed on Soundwave a year ago. Since then, he’s released a new album entitled Autumn, and it just reached #7 on the NACC Chill charts.
I just wrapped up 45 minutes of playing Halo: Reach, and I’m playing Autumn to chill out and get me in the headspace to write today’s show notes. I’m a New Englander, and Autumn is chock full of songs titled with cities in Massachusetts, such as Boston, Salem, and Swampscott, so I’m already inclined to like this album. That I love the album is a forgone conclusion because Jon’s music never fails to evoke delicate emotions and memories intimately. But it’s also transporting me to various times spent walking along the Charles River in early fall as a young man. It’s been a magical evening revisiting those memories. Thanks, Jon.
Jon does us the favor by opening today’s show with a track from Autum. Go to Jon’s Bandcamp page if you’d like to hear more of this music. Maybe send a few dollars and pick up a few songs or albums while you’re there.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Steve Swartz.
See you then.
- Naneum “Leaves”
- Frededrico Albanese “By The Deep Sea”
- Nils Frahm “Forever Changless”
- Hania Rani “Eden”
- Hidden Orchestra “Spoken”
- Javi Lobe “Lost Time”
- Ólafur Arnalds “Zero”
- Yann Tiersen “Ker Yegu”
- Eydís Evensen “Dagdraumur”
- Jacob David “Blåregn”
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This mix has been gestating for decades.
A year ago, I was rooting around my bins of CDs, gathering music I wanted to use in a future mix on Soundwave. There was a herculean amount of labor finding those CDs. It meant going into the garage, pulling out 75-100 lbs bins of CDs, and sorting through every CD to find what I needed. I have literally put sweat into this mix.
The mix features songs I’ve played many years ago when I deejayed at WMFO. From there I’d segue from one cluster of songs to the next. I know from experience that these songs slot together like sonic LEGOS. Okay, maybe not the most elegant analogy, but you get the idea.
These songs mean things to me.
I hope you enjoy today’s show.
I discovered that when my CDs were in storage, nearly all the songs featured in today’s mix are no longer published. They’re rare gems.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Naneum.
See you then.
- Coil “Corybantic Ennui”
- Coil “Dismal Orb”
- C-Schulz “Firn”
- Z’EV “Superballed”
- Techno-Animal “The Dream Forger”
- Mono Pause “Come Into the Future”
- Steven Jesse Bernstein “More Noise Please”
- T.A.G.C. (The Anti Group Communication) “A.A.A.A. (Accelerated Audio Alpha Activity)”
- :Zoviet*France: “Voice Print Identification”
- Pornosect “Media Termination”
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Today’s guest deejay is Yann Novak.
Yann guest deejayed on Soundwave last year, and it’s a delight to have him back on the show. And it’s not just because his mix is utterly fantastic, but because today’s show reminds me that I’ve known Yann since 2009 when I showcased his label, Dragon’s Eye Recordings, on solipsistic NATION.
Not that I know Yann besides what I see him post on social media. But when I launched Soundwave, I reached out to many people through solipsistic NATION, and Yann was one of them. I like his label, and I respect Yann’s thoughts about music. The mix he shared on Soundwave was beautiful and unexpected. Today’s show is no less lovely and surprising.
So, no, I don’t really know Yann. But it’s good to know people are creating, releasing, and sharing music because it needs to be heard.
Yann included “A Trembling of Light” in his mix, which is from his recently released album, Reflections of a Gathering Storm. It sets the tone for today’s show. If you like it, you might consider giving his album a listen, maybe even spend a few bucks on it. Maybe play it loud enough that the neighbors can hear it, like I did.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Ishmael Cormack.
See you then.
- Yann Novak “A Trembling of Light”
- Robert Takahashi Crouch “An Emotional Rescue”
- Laraaji, Carlos Niño & Superposition “Infinite Sun (Instrumental)”
- Rafael Anton Irisarri “Vanishing Points”
- Leo Wolf “You Appear in Dreams”
- BJ Nilsen “Black Light”
- Ben Frost “Theory Of Machines”
- Aho Ssan “Blind Power (ft. The Mensah Imaginary Band)”
- Joel St. Julien “La Grande Finale”
- ROSALÍA “I See A Darkness (feat. Raül Refree)”
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Today’s guest deejay is Raziel Panic.
I know Raziel from way back. We’re talking about the days when people would send cassette singles to radio stations for airplay. My memory is hazy, but I think I was aware that Raziel was part of the Boston music scene with his band You Shriek in the late 80s. Crazy.
When I say know, I mean more win the sense I knew of Raziel. The circles we traveled overlapped. I even had You Shriek perform on my show on WMFO. But we never really knew each other.
But thanks to social media, I get glimpses into Raziel’s life through his Instagram account, usually in beautiful black and white photos.
I extended Raziel an invitation to guest deejay on Soundwave and I was curious what I’d hear. Raziel is know for goth and industrial music, but that of course doesn’t encompass all the music he listens enjoys. It’s no incongruous that his mix ranges from Arvo Pärt to Einstürzende Neubauten to Kitaro. Marvelous stuff. But still a surprise.
The You Shriek track Raziel included in his mix was never released on digital. Contact me if you’d like a download Raziel’s track.
Raziel has a digital release in the wings, and I’ll let you know when it’s available.
I still don’t know Raziel, but I hope to hang out with him next time I’m on the East Coast.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Yann Novak.
See you then.
- Arvo Pärt “Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten”
- zero zero island “From Pure Air... We Have Descended”
- Jon Hopkins “Abandon Window”
- Einstürzende Neubauten “Fiat Lux B) Maifestspiele”
- You Shriek “14: overexposure (200 Röntgens)”
- Takeshi Nakamura “River In The Ocean”
- Delia Derbyshire “Ziw-zih Ziw-zih oo-oo-oo”
- German and Japanese Commuter Trains, Found Sounds I
- Kraftwerk “Transistor”
- Kitaro “Aqua”
- German and Japanese Commuter Trains, Found Sounds II
- Tangerine Dream “Resurrection”
- Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook “Finally”
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Today’s guest deejay is James Vella.
We have Robert Farrugia from Complex Holiday to thank for James’s mix. I asked Robert who he knew who he thought would share a mix on Soundwave, and he recommended James. Oh, listen to Robert’s mix for Soundwave here.
Robert had not steered me wrong. James runs Phantom Limb, a record label, a music publishing, and touring and label management company. I dipped into his roster of artists, which ranges from everything from experimental hip hop to music inspired by Pre-Columbian Central and South American myths and folktales.
James’s mix explores a lot of terrain and includes a song he recorded under the name A Lily that’s beautiful. There’s also a track in James’s mix that is almost too painful to listen to. You’ll know when you hear it.
I know you’ll love today’s show. If you’d like to hear more music from James, you’ll be delighted to learn that he has new music coming out soon on the Bytes label.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Raziel Panic.
See you then.
- Visible Cloaks & dip in the pool “Valve (Reanimated Feat. Miyako Coda)”
- UCC Harlo “Lyricist of Panic”
- Tralala Blip “Castles of Golden Sound”
- Waclaw Zimpel “Lines”
- Nate Scheible “With Any Kind of Luck”
- Wayne Phoenix “I Gave You Power”
- Dear Laika “Ubi Sunt”
- A Lily “Mbira Heart”
- NIAGARA “Dia 1, Parte 2, Música 3”
- David Darling & The Wulu Bunun “Mataisah-hik Sagan”
- Ki Oni “Dream World”
- Volkan İncüvez “Black Hole”
- Ulla “leaves and wish”
- Throbbing Gristle “Still Walking”
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Today’s guest deejay is Dan Haines Cohen, founder of Machine Records.
Last year Machine Records celebrated 20 years of releasing new electronic/experimental music, mostly from Wales. Described as “Cardiff’s number one underground electronic imprint” (Buzz Magazine), Machine was the winner of Best Label at the Welsh Music Awards in 2005
Dan also records as Stereo Minus One since 2001 and currently based in Wellington, New Zealand. As well as recent mixes and remixes, his eighth album will be released in June 2022.
I met Dan on Twitter. After he turned me on to new releases from his label, I asked if he’d be interested in sharing a mix on Soundwave. Happily, he said yes.
Dan’s mix showcases some recent releases and includes exclusive, as-yet-unreleased tracks. Dan’s mix also includes a new, never before heard remix by Cape Canaveral of Dan’s 2001 track “Alarums’ which features on Lodestone, as well as an exclusive track from Cape Canaveral’s upcoming new release in 2022 (“Far”).
Every morning this week, I’ve listened to Dan’s mix while drinking coffee and beginning my workday. And every morning, while Dan’s mix plays, a squirrel will sit on the railing of my roof deck, munching on nuts. Later, a blackbird will swoop down and peck through the succulents in their flower pots. We have a nice routine going.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be James Vella.
See you then.
- Untiled “Void Pulse III” (Unreleased)
- Cape Canaveral “Unknown”
- Stereo Minus One “Alarums (Cape Canaveral remix)”
- Anatomist “Drifting”
- James Richards “Do You still see your son?”
- Cape Canaveral ”Far”
- Stereo Minus One “Switched (John Barnes remix)”
- Valley Lines “Salvage”
- Starlings “Four”
- Lifting Gear Engineer “Oped”
- Oddskool and BitBasic “Clog”
- Starlings “Six-Two, Minus One (Stereo Minus One remix)”
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Today’s guest deejay is Andrew Tasselmyer .
I met Andrew through Robert Farrugia, co-founder of Complex Holiday. After Robert guest deejayed on Soundwave (listen to his mix here) I asked him who he thought would share a mix on the show and he suggested Andrew. I listened to some Andrew’s many releases and extended an invitation immediately.
Andrew is a musician from Baltimore currently living in Philadelphia. He utilizes samplers, field recordings, and lo-fi recording techniques to make textured and tactile sounds. In addition to his solo catalog on labels such as Laaps, Seil Records, Eilean Recs, Constellation Tatsu, Home Normal, and more, he is a member of Hotel Neon, Gray Acres, and Mordançage.
Andrew has a new album coming on June 17 called Music for Nonexistent Films on Somewherecold Records.
Andrew’s mix for today’s show has everything I love to hear on Soundwave. However, what surprised me was his inclusion of Julie Byrne’s “Wisdom Teeth Song” in his mix. Julie’s appearance in his mix isn’t incongruous. It feels inevitable.
I was so delighted to hear Julie’s music in Andrew’s mix that I was inspired to put together my own mix, which includes one of Julie’s songs. You can listen to that mix here.
Andrew has some words about his mix below.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Dan Haines Cohen, founder of Machine Records.
“Music for walking through piles of dead leaves.”
For this mix, I was inspired to focus on the specific time and place I was in: the peak of autumn in the northeastern US.
I love this time of year when mornings are cold, but not brutally so… just enough to smack you with a jolt of heightened awareness when you step outside. And for some reason, the sunshine feels better when it’s filtered through the exploding colors of the leaves. I have no scientific basis for saying this but trust me, it’s a fact. It also seems that the calendar has progressed far enough at this point in the year that people start to reflect on months past and look forward to the new year ahead. Everyone feels a little more thoughtful, I suppose.
For this mix, I chose songs that could accompany someone on a wooded walk through the forest (or a nap in bed, whatever), with lots of textural analog sounds like hissing tape and shaky vibrato. The idea is that cracking leaves and snapping twigs can enhance the character of these recordings, which all feature a healthy dose of guitar (acoustic and electric), lo-fi beats and rhythms, and nostalgic timbres. I would encourage listening while walking and using earbuds/headpho
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Today’s guest deejay is Jakob Lindhagen.
Sofia Nystrand introduced me to several fantastic musicians after sharing her Vargkvint mix on Soundwave (you can listen to it here). Jakob was one of those musicians, and after I listened to some of his releases, I invited him to guest deejay.
Jakob is an award-winning film composer based in Stockholm, Sweden. His most recent soundtrack is Ziba, a movie about an alienated upper-class housewife in today's modern Tehran. Jakob’s soundtrack for Ziba will be released Thursday, May 12. You can listen to a single from the soundtrack here. It’s a beautiful, moving piece.
Speaking of soundtracks, I listened to Jakob’s mix while playing the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game on Roll20. It lent atmosphere to the game and heightened the experience.
Before I leave you, Soundwave guest deejay Alex Haas has released his new album, STRING OF PIECES. His album has become part of my mourning routine as I start my workday. Listen to Alex’s mix for Soundwave here.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Andrew Tasslemyer.
- Aaron Martin & Dag Rosenqvist “Opening”
- CEEYS_Brueder Selke “Hiddensee”
- Jakob Lindhagen & Dag Rosenqvist “Östersjön”
- Hoshiko Yamane & Mikael Lind “Beyond The Hidden”
- AVAWAVES “Waves”
- Kinbrae “The River Awakens”
- Hydras Dream “The Little Match Girl”
- Jakob Lindhagen & Vargkvint “Bäckahäst”
- Ben Frost & Daníel Bjarnason “Simulacra II”
- Klangriket and Sjors Mans “Prinsengracht”
- Olec Mün and Michael Sarian “Manaas”
- John Hayes & Maxy Dutcher “Arrival”
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Today’s guest deejay is Sean Conrad.
I met Sean through Steve Targo (listen to his mix for Soundwave here). I asked Steve who he thought would share a mix on Soundwave, and he recommended Sean, who runs the Inner Islands music label. I spent an afternoon listening to some of the music from Sean’s label. Wonderful stuff! I sent out an invitation to guest deejay on Soundwave, toot suite.
Sean also records under under the names Ashan and Channelers, and is in the duo Skyminds with Michael Henning.
On today’s show, Sean showcases select tracks from his recordings as Channelers.
Sean has words about today’s mix below.
This week electronic music pioneer Klaus Schulze died. Klaus was a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and The Cosmic Jokers. Klaus released more than 60 albums in sixty years during his solo career.
Last year I invited Klaus to guest deejay on Soundwave. It saddens me that Klaus was unable to appear on the show. I would have loved to have heard what music he finds essential. But we will always have Klaus’s music to experience and enjoy.
You can listen to a 7+ hour mix of Klaus’s music on Spotify.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Andrew Tasslemyer.
See you then.
The following pieces trace my (mostly) acoustic work as Channelers recorded on 8-track tape over the last six years. The pieces revolve around long live takes, minimal to no editing, and compositions that range from fully worked out to fully improvised, with most resting somewhere in between. This is in contrast to my electronic albums as Channelers, which have heavily relied on editing, loops, effects, and generally more post-production than playing. As the years go by, the tape pieces remain closer to my heart. There is a certain spaciousness and spirit to them that I still resonate with. They are more indicative of how I would like to carry on with the Channelers’ work.
- Channelers "In The Garden Of Venus"
- Channelers "Moving Through My Second Self"
- Channelers "Praise For Life In All Its Forms"
- Channelers "Life Living Through"
- Channelers "Dissolving Image"
- Channelers "Pressure Sigh"
Today’s guest deejay is Jacob Newman.
When I launched Soundwave, I had no plans beyond releasing a weekly show dedicated to ambient, classical, experimental, and instrumental music to help cope with the stress and isolation of the stay-at-home self-quarantine during the first few months of the pandemic. If I had a plan, it was that I would wrap up the show once COVID-19 was reasonably under control. Soundwave will have fulfilled its purpose.
Week after week, I’ve shared fantastic mixes from guest deejays who are musicians, deejays, label owners, writers, etc. Each show is different; each show is a gem. But the pandemic isn’t over, and Soundwave hasn’t ended.
One of the unexpected delights of Soundwave over the last two years is the network of people that emerged who have participated in the show. I ask each guest deejay on Soundwave whom they know who would want to share a mix on the show. Soundwave has been around long enough that asking for someone to guest deejay on the show will branch out to three other guests. How far will it go as the year goes by?
I met Jacob Newman when I asked Innesti who should guest deejay on Soundwave. They recommended Jacob. After listening to his music on Bandcamp, I wholeheartedly agreed and extended an invitation to Jacob.
The music you’ll hear in Jabob’s mix captures the spirit of his own music. If you enjoy Jacobs mix, then you’ll definitely want to listen to his latest album, Ephemeralis Algorithmica. As I’m writing this, I’m listening to Jacob’s new album and paused to look up and see palm trees swaying in the breeze against a clear blue sky. The sense of peace and happiness of that moment was magic.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Inner Islands.
See you then.
- Misleading Structures “Momentum Drift”
- Lab’s Cloud “Reflections”
- Loscil “Orta”
- Lo Mismo “Time and Again”
- Atmøsphäre “Evening Lights”
- Motionfield “Reality”
- Martin Jarl “Isolated Incident”
- Mnemonic45 “Restless Heart”
- Autumna “Du er mit lys”
- Blure “Singing of Forests (el canto eterno de los bosques)”
- Eternall, Blure “Beauty and Resistance”
- Ishq “Starflower City”
- strië “Unseen Weight”
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Today’s guest deejay is Shad Marsh.
Shad shared a mix on Soundwave a few years back. Today he shares a mix no less remarkable. His mix explores immersion and isolation.
I’m writing this in the evening from my kitchen table. My patio door is open, and there’s a perfect cool breeze. Shad’s mix is playing in the background, and it feels like an ode to spring. I hope my neighbors are enjoying Shad’s mix as music as I do.
Shad lives in the mountains of western North Carolina. His radio show 2000 Years of Radio can be heard Sunday mornings on 103.3fm in Asheville, NC, and on the web. You’d be doing yourself a favor if you tuned in.
Shad also shares a poem from William Carlos Williams , which you can find below. How nice is that? I may ask future guest deejays on Soundwave to share poems as well.
Speaking of guest deejays, next week features a mix from Jacob Newman.
See you then.
- Daniel Bachman “Accokeek Creek”
- Daniel Bachman “Blues in the Anthropocene”
- Porest “No Terracotta Relief”
- Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt “Demands of Ordinary Devotion”
- Kink Gong “Bamboo Chicken”
- caroline “Skydiving onto the library roof”
- Lea Bertucci “On Opposite Sides of Sleep”
"Lifeless in appearance, sluggish,
dazed spring approaches —
They enter the new world naked,
cold, uncertain of all
save that they enter. All about them
the cold, familiar wind—
Now the grass, tomorrow
the stiff curl of wild-carrot leaf.
One by one objects are defined —
It quickens: clarity, outline of leaf,
But now the stark dignity of
entrance — Still, the profound change
has come upon them; rooted they
grip down and begin to awaken"
—W.C. Williams
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Today’s guest deejay is Melissa Pons.
I found Melissa while doing a deep dive in Bandcamp for new music to listen to. I spent the day skipping from musician to musician. I’d play a minute or two of a few of their songs. If it didn’t move or interest me, I’d move on to the next artist. I skipped across a lot of songs, and then I came across Melissa. Her music was compelling. I spent the rest of the day listening to her albums.
So of course I invited Melissa to guest deejay on Soundwave.
Funny thing. Earlier this week my friend and I were talking about ambient music. He’s a musician and he has strong opinions his craft. He thinks ambient is nothing but a lot of loops, for example. I told him “My friend, I know.” Yes, that kind of ambient music exists, but that’s not the kind of music that the guest deejays on this show play. I told him how Melissa’s makes me smile. Melissa’s mix took me on a journey, and I’d take delight when I found myself in reverie.
I hope you’ll have the same experience when you listen to Melissa’s mix.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Shad Marsh.
See you then.
- Fierce Islands “Memory Bag”
- Jake Muir “like sweet thoughts in a dream”
- Eartheater “Kiss of The Phoenix”
- Melissa Pons “Cows in Space / Heart Cluster”
- Melissa Pons “Essay on Uncertain Layers of Self”
- Chris Yan “Wechselwirkung (interazione)”
- Jeremy Hegge “My first dawn outside our new home in the bush”
- Patricia Wolf “Dawn Chorus One Alternate Mix”
- TOMOKO HOJO + RAHEL KRAFT “Melted Into Darkness”
- TOMOKO HOJO + RAHEL KRAFT “The Hours Descend”
- Paulo Dantas “02022020”
- Melissa Pons “Binaural Bird Feeder / Incredibly Close”
- Ian Wellman “Extraction”
- Ian Wellman “Gusts of Wind”
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Today’s guest deejay is Darren McClure .
I met Darren when I asked Soundwave guest deejay Gert De Meester (listen to his mix here), who he thought would share a mix on the show. Gert highly recommended Darren. After listening to a couple of Darren’s albums, I couldn’t agree with Gert more, and I reached out to Darren, who delivered today’s fantastic show.
I’m fond of today’s show because I listened to it while working from home earlier this week. It was a rare rainy San Diego, and while the rain pelted my rood and windows and the wind shook the palm trees, Darren’s mix played in the background, making it a magical day.
Before I get out of Dodge, Gert is releasing his new Distant Fires Burning album, Inperspectycon Vol.2 Wednesday, April 6. I’ve been listening to the preview tracks, and Inperspectycon Vol.2 is quite the musical journey. I encourage you to give his preview tracks yourself and maybe pre-order his album.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Melissa Pons.
- Ulla “smile”
- Yui Onodera “Substrate 3”
- Taylor Deupree “Live in Yamaguchi (June 25, 2004)”
- Tim Hecker “Kaito”
- Pole “Paula”
- Jan Jelinek “Do Dekor”
- Microstoria “Zuhause”
- Christophe Charles “Taegu”
- Pita “Fvo”
- TIBSLC “Glime”
- Tetsu Inoue “Curve”
- Huerco S. “Promises Of Fertility”
- Fennesz “Odessa”
- Simon Scott “Oaks Grow Strong”
- Janek Schaefer “Tale Of Two Angels”
- CV & JAB “Hot Tub”
- Federico Durand “Recuerdos en Super 8 (Memories on Super 8)”
- Motion “London Thing”
- Shuttle358 “Sea”
- Celer “Walking Above Walkways”
Today’s guest deejay is Damián Schneider, one-half of Munknörr.
I discovered Munknörr by way of Heilung.
In the beforetimes, a friend posted a link to Heilung’s new album, Futha, on Facebook. I listened to a few songs and scoffed that Heilung was a Nordic version of Enya. But Heilung’s costumes captured my imagination, and I went back and listened to their album in its entirety and became a fan. So much so that I went to perform when they were in Los Angeles.
Heilung we’re excellent! I was transported to an age undreamt of for the next hour or so. Heilung looked like Nordic shamans and cheiftans. Aside from the band, there were a dozen warriors and shield maidens. Antlers adorned microphone stands. Some of the audience dressed almost as provocatively as I saw on stage.
Spotify started to serve up music much like Heilung on my Discover Weekly playlist within a few weeks. It dawned on me that what Heilung called amplified history was a genre.
And that’s how I came across Munknörr.
Munknörr means “the ship of the mind,” and this music on today’s show will transport you to other worlds and times. If you’re new to Munknörr, today’s show is an excellent place to start. Damián’s mix explores their many singles and albums.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Darren McClure.
See you then.
- Munknörr “Sigel”
- Munknörr “Laguz”
- Munknörr “Uruz”
- Munknörr “Deyja”
- Munknörr “Andi (feat Sigurboði)”
- Munknörr “Huginn and Muninn"
- Munknörr “Heimdallr”
- Munknörr “Othila”
- Munknörr “Wolf Spirit”
- Munknörr “Thurisaz”
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Today’s guest deejay is Joakim Alfvén.
I met Joakim through Sofia Nystrand, AKA Vargkvint. After showcasing her lovely mix during the summer (you can listen to her mix here) I asked Sofia who she thought would want to share a mix on Soundwave. I’ve found this a great way to be introduced to new music. Sofia went above and beyond and put me in touch with Jakob Lindhagen, Bonander, and Joakim.
We’ll hear from Jakob and Bonander in the next few months, but today we begin with Sofia’s recommendations with Joakim’s mix.
I’ve been steeping in Joakim’s mix the last few months, as I do with all the mixes sent my way. I often listen to the mixes while doing chores and errands such as walking my dog, doing dishes, folding laundry, etc. Joakim’s mix, however, has been my constant companion during the mornings. While I’m drinking my first cup of coffee and sorting through emails, and scheduling my tasks for the day, Joakim’s six plays in the background, the sun on my face. I’m on a riding a train with the landscape passing by my window in my imagination. Sometimes I can almost feel the train gently rocking to and fro.
It’s a magical experience. Please share where Joakim’s mix takes you if you’re so inclined.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Munknörr.
See you then.
- Hoshiko Yamane “Pour donner la vie”
- Sergio Diaz De Rojas “Pomegranate (Vargkvint Rework)”
- Jakob Lindhagen & Dag Rosenqvist “Gamla drömmars stad”
- Daniela Dahl “Genova (Reinterpretation of Original version by Joakim Alfvén)”
- Mathilda Skonare Karlsson “Cornélis”
- Night Gestalt & Klangriket “Like A Particle Of Dust”
- Jon Hopkins, Eleanor Turner and Voces8 “Scene Suspended (Arr. Lawson)”
- Apparat “Big Romance”
- Bonander “Backseat”
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Today’s guest deejay is Nick Turner, AKA Tyresta.
We have Kévin Séry to thank for introducing me to Nick. After Kévin’s mix for Soundwave I asked who he thought would share a mix on show he said I should contact Nick. I did what I aways do, which is dip into Bandcamp and Spotify to listen to get a feel for the artist’s music. After an afternoon spend listening to his releases as Tyresta, I understood why Kévin thought Nick should I have guest deejay on the show.
Good call, Kévin.
Nick’s mix has been my soundtrack for the events unfolding in Ukraine. Some of the songs Nick selected in his mix seem prescient and apocalyptic. But Nick’s mix takes unexpected turns and is, thankfully, at times joyful and triumphant. At least that’s what I got out of it.
Nick is a social worker and experimental musician based in Chicago, Illinois. He releases music as Tyresta, Tyresta and Ruan, Montgomery and Turner (with Jayve Montgomery/Abstract Black), and Color of Time (with Kévin Séry/From Overseas). He also runs the digital-only, experimental music imprint Fallen Moon Recordings, which is a sub-label of Past Inside the Present.
Nick has some words about his mix below.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Joakim Alfvén.
See you then.
The music on this mix has inspired me greatly in recent years and features artists that hold identities that are typically under-valued in ambient, drone, and experimental music.
- Felicia Atkinson “Everything Evaporate”
- Kali Malone “Bondage To Formula”
- Christina Gionnone “Redemption”
- Tujiko Noriko ”10 Ride”
- Ulla Straus “Net”
- Miki Yui “Granit”
- Lea Bertucci“At Dawn”
- More Eaze & Claire Rousay “Post-op”
- Amirtha Kidambi & Matteo Liberatore “Repose”
- Meroitic “Brought Up By It”
- Patricia Wolf “Dawn Chorus Two”
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Today’s guest deejay is Damien Duque, AKA City of Dawn.
I met Damien through Kévin Séry, AKA From Overseas, who was our guest deejay back in July. Kévin spun a gorgeous mix. Afterward, I asked Kévin who he thought would want to share a mix on Soundwave, and he highly recommended Damien. After dipping into Damien’s catalog on Bandcamp, I understood why. Damien captures that dreamy, post-rock sound I love that creates ambient drone soundscapes. Wonderful stuff.
Damien’s mix for today’s show is no less extraordinary.
An interesting aspect about Soundwave is that you, dear reader, most likely listen to each show once. And that’s perfectly all right. Podcasts are a disposable medium. You listen to one podcast and then move on to the next. I do the same thing.
But I listen to each mix sent my way for Soundwave many times. They become the soundtrack to my life. Damien’s mix has provided the score to the horror unfolding in Ukraine. I’m sure that’s not how Damien wanted his mix to be distinguished, but there it is.
As I’ve said many times, I launched Soundwave to cope with the stress and isolation of the pandemic. I never anticipated that it would help me deal with a possible third World War.’
Wherever you are in the world listening to today’s show, I hope it finds you well. I hope today’s show provides solace or, at the very least, an hour’s worth of distraction. I naively hope the conflict in Ukraine winds down without too much more suffering and death. And I hope that things do not spin out of control and drag the rest of the world into this geopolitical shitstorm.
You can find Damien on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Tyresta.
See you then.
- Amulets “Observer Effect”
- Joshua W Bruner “Somehow Sleeping”
- Steve Roach “Left Perfectly Alone”
- Christina Giannone “The Portal”
- dottie “Knell Valley”
- Polar Moon “We’re not Alone”
- Hammock “We watched you Disappear”
- Illuminine “Inferences”
- Slow Meadow “Fake Magic is Real”
- Andrea Cortez “Evening Frogs”
- City Of Dawn “Quiet Years and Broken Shells”
- Willamette “New York Heat”
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Today’s guest deejay is Justin Broadrick.
Justin is a singer and songwriter best known as a founding member of the band Godflesh, which combined metal and industrial music. Justin is also know for Jesu, which some refer to as his “shoegaze” project. While those are some of Justin’s more well-known projects, he’s been involved with many projects over nearly four decades, including everything from remixes to ambient music.
Every episode of Soundwave features spectacular mixes from our amazing guest deejays. Today’s show is no less unique. But today’s show a special to me because my I have an intimate relationship with his music.
I discover Justin through Godflesh’s Streetcleaner album. I can tell you that the album fused metal and industrial music. I can tell you that while the album is bleak as hell, it is somehow psychedelic and cathartic. But you owe it to yourself to experience it. Loudly.
When I learned that Godflesh would be performing in Boston for their first US tour, I interviewed Justin and his partner, G. C. Green, for WMFO. Unfortunately, their drum machine was fried from the US’s electrical current despite the adaptor they used to protect. Justin has to go out on a Sunday morning and purchase a new drum machine. I never got the chance to interview Justin because he had to program beats into his new drum machine as quickly as possible. Instead, I smoked joints and played video games with their road crew in their tour bus. Justin eventually programmed his drum machine and delivered a pulverizing show. I believe they opened with “Love is A Dog from Hell.” A personal favorite of mine.
My other story is about Justin’s collaboration with Kevin Martin called Techno Animal. I was in a relationship with a woman that was crumbling. One night she didn’t come home and was sleeping with another man. The only thing that got e through that long and painful night was listening to Peter Gabriel’s Passion soundtrack and Techno Animal’s Ghosts album repeatedly.
When I launched Soundwave to cope with the stress and isolation of the early days of the pandemic, Justin was the first person I reached out to be a guest deejay on the show. It was a shot in the dark. I didn’t expect a response, but Justin replied to my invitation the next day and said he’d be play to share a mix.
So here we are today with a mix of some ambient music that Justin considers essential listening.
I encourage you to listen to anything that Justin has been involved in. You might consider beginning with Justin’s latest release, EXPECT NOTHING AND THE KINGDOM WILL BE YOURS, which he records under his ambient project monicker, FINAL.
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Today’s guest deejay is Monty Adkins, AKA Skrika.
I discovered Monty when the Cryo Chamber label sent out an email announcing the release of Monty’s new album, Fifth Nature. Whenever Cryo Chamber drops an album I drop whatever I’m doing and listen to it because they never fail to deliver mind blowing. Fifth Nature was no exception.
The “liner notes” explains that Fifth Nature is the first of a series of albums set in the far distant future on a dying Earth. I appreciate concept albums that created their own mythology, but you certainly need to be aware of the backstory of Fifth Nature. The album stands on its own and you will lose yourself in its richly textures of a soundtrack for a distant apocalypse. Enjoy!
Monty’s mix draws upon the roster of artists on Cryo Chamber. Think of it as a compilation album as distilled by Monty. His mix captures the spirit of the label as well as reflecting Monty’s own tastes.
You’re going to love today’s mix. I encourage you listen to other artists from Cryo Chamber hat appear in Monty’s mix such as Dronny Darko and Tineidae who have guest deejayed on Soundwave
Join us next week for our 100th episode when our guest deejay will be Justin Broadrick.
See you then.
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Today’s guest deejay is Francisco Dominguez, AKA Forest Robots.
The story behind Forest Robots is sweet.
It began with Francisco’s travels to the Sierra Nevada. The photos he took while there told the tale of his adventures in those beautiful mountain landscapes. It wasn’t until the birth of his daughter that those stories coalesced. Those pictures and stories could teach his daughter about the wonders of nature, the importance of spending time outdoors, and how vital it is to help conserve public lands. Those same photos and stories, his music, all of distilled into the project he calls Forest Robots, a love letter to my daughter about the wonders of nature.
I had come across Francisco’s musical journeys through Bandcamp. Still, it wasn’t until John Shanahan, host of the Hypnagogue Podcast, played Forest Robots in his mix for Soundwave, that I was compelled to seek him out and invite him to guest deejay on the show.
It’s a lovely mix. Maybe you’ll listen to it when you visit the Sierra Nevada. Or perhaps you can visit the Sierra Nevada in your imagination while listening to it while doing the dishes or walking your dog, which is how I experienced Francisco’s mix.
You can find Forest Robot on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Mixcloud, and Bandcamp.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Monty Adkins.
See you then.
- Chorchill “Po’Boy A”
- Bendu “Possibilities”
- The Billows Burn Bright “Wind Chimes”
- Eonlake “Bloom”
- Salvatore Mercantante “Ambiente”
- Survey Channel “Vitamin Mind”
- Sad Man “Finny Foot”
- Lo Five “Freedom Is A Feeling”
- BVSMV “True Cyan”
- Joshua James Wittman “Kimothy”
- Sunwarper “Petrichor”
- Polyhymns “I Wake Up”
- Steve Hadfield “Bungle Is Passive”
- Fragile X “Reverie”
- Kh3rtis “Bhroodonia”
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Today’s guest deejay is Robert Koch, AKA Robot Koch.
Robert Koch is a German, Los Angeles-based artist, composer, and record producer. Koch made a name for himself as a member of the band Jahcoozi before launching a solo artist. His electronic music sound has been called “Wonderful and strange - pop music from the future” by John Peel.
Robert has woven a gorgeous mix that includes music from artists such as the late Harold Budd; Berlin-based musician, composer, and producer Midori Hirano; and Canadian instrumental music producer Jay Cliffen and select tracks from Robert’s new project Foam and Sand.
Foam and Sand is an ambient soundscape and visual endeavor inspired by Robert’s daily meditation habit.
The project took shape during the pandemic lockdown of 2020. Robert used tape recordings of slowed-down pianos, modular synths, and other sonic sources. The signature sound is created with loops that magnify the irregularities and imperfections of cassette recordings and that are then shaped by Robert into hazy meditative journeys. Through the process, the grainy subtleties of sound give way to vast and lush atmospheric soundscapes, making audible the complex interplay of micro and macro and highlighting the interconnectedness of these two spheres in life.
You can listen to Foam and Sand on Spotify.
You can find Robert on Instagram . You can also find his Foam and Sand project on Instagram.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Forest Robots.
See you then.
- Harold Budd “Rosetti Noise”
- J Foerster / N Kramer “Entrance”
- Foam and Sand “Circle 26”
- Midori Hirano “Patterns (Foam and Sand Remix)”
- Foam and Sand “Circle 20”
- Rosales “Nest”
- Robot Koch “Movement I with Julien Marchal”
- Diskret “Dazed (Foam and Sand Remix)”
- Foam and Sand “Circle 7”
- Foam and Sand “Circle 5”
- Foam and Sand “Circle 6”
- Jay Cliffen “Inure“
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Today’s guest deejay is Harrold Roeland.
Harrold was our guest deejay back in December 2020. His mix spanned the gamut from Biosphere to John Coltrane. It was so gorgeous that I asked him if he would be so kind to grace us with another one. Today’s show is equally breath taking and the range is just as broad and unexpected yet some somehow manages to be cohesive.
Harrold is a trained composer, a poet, sound designer and performing musician, specializing in the use of environmental sounds and long attention spans. His works try to invoke the timelessness of the world and its landscapes. He sings medieval and renaissance music with Ensemble Vlechtwerk, and hosts the radio show Sensenta, a musical serial, at the Concertzender every Sunday evening that explores many of these themes.
Oh, and Harrold also shares his daily haiku+picture on Instagram, which you can experience here.
Special thanks again to Kirk Markarian of Neuro… No Neuro who introduced me to Harrold (listen to Kirk’s mix for SOUNDWAVE here).
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Robert Koch.
See you then.
- Toby Wren “Prologue”
- Lotto “Pointing to a Marvel (Sensenta edit)”
- Lull “Treeless Grounds”
- Kloob “Duran Vasquez”
- Martin Stürtzer “Energy Scale”
- Loscil “Lux”
- Sedibus “Papillons”
- Anouar Brahem “Improbable Day”
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Today’s guest deejay is Kim Cascone.
I know Kim through his label, Silent Records.
Some of the earliest releases on Silent Records can instantly transport me back to the end of the last century. The From Here To Tranquility compilation series simultaneously turned me on to so many great musicians and blew my mind (check out my interview with Kim for solipsistic NATION here). The 50 Years Of Sunshine compilation album was a delightful celebration of the 50th anniversary of the discovery of LSD. And albums from Psychic TV, Zoviet•France*, Vuemorph, and Heavenly Music Corporation expanded my consciousness and my musical horizons.
When I invited Kim to guest deejay on Soundwave I didn’t expect him to play select tracks from his label, but I was surprised at how much he learned into guitar and instrumental music, which, as of the recording of today’s mix, Kim was immersed in. And it was a welcome surprise because although we celebrate ambient music on Soundwave, the show’s format is ambient and classical, instrumental and experimental. I’m thrilled when guests deejay explores other music forms on the show.
Before we get to Kim’s mix, I wanted to share that nearly two years into the pandemic, I finally caught COVID. I don’t know if it was because I’ve been vaccinated and received my booster, and I caught the omicron variant, but I was barely sick. I was congested and tired. That was it, thankfully.
I launched Soundwave in the early days of the pandemic to help cope with the stress and isolation of self-quarantine. I spent the last two years moving from dread of the virus to grim acceptance, and once I caught the virus, I barely noticed it.
Of course, I don’t want to suffer from long COVID. Bit if this is the worst of it, I count myself as very lucky.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Harrold Roeland.
See you then.
- Earth “Thrones and Dominions"
- Boris “Dronevil 2”
- Jozef Van Wissem and Jim Jarmusch “Flowing Light of the Godhead (Bonus Version)"
- Tony Conrad “April 1965”
- Hash Jar Tempo “Untitled 1“
- Khem One “Lunadronus”
- Macuinas Ensemble “Long Strin
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Today’s guest deejay is Kazuya Nagaya.
Kazuya is a Japanese artist who creates immersive, ritualized compositions through bronze bells, gongs, and singing bowls. Kazuya’s music is rooted in Buddhist (Zenzhu) philosophy and sensibilities unique to Japan. Kazuya’s work and interests are also contemporary and span many cultures. Kazuya is also an award-winning writer and a connoisseur of Japanese Literature, Buddhist Folktales, and Zen Philosophical Works.
I came across Kazuya’s music at the beginning of the pandemic. At the time, my attention span had been whittled down to a blunt end. I could not read or watch anything. I couldn’t find escape in music because none of the lyrics of the songs I listened to spoke to the new reality in which we all found ourselves. The only thing that provided solace was ambient, classical, instrumental, and experimental music. The kind of music that was essentially free of lyrics. The kind of music you could project your own meaning on or lose yourself in.
I launched Soundwave to cope with the stress and isolation Brough about by the pandemic. I clutched at it like a drowning man grasps a life preserver. Soundwave gave me solace and succor in the months ahead that were far more challenging and heartbreaking than I could have imagined.
Kazuya was one of the first musicians I invited to participate in Soundwave (listen to Kazuya on the second episode of Soundwave). He could not have known when he recorded “Thanatos” from his Dream Interpretation album that I would play that song repeatedly for days. It seemed to sum up everything I was feeling in those early days of the pandemic. It was crucial to me to have Kazuya on Soundwave. It took over a year for Kazuya to find time to prepare his mix, and it took six months before Kazuya’s mix was scheduled to arrive in your ears. But here we are.
Nearly two years into the pandemic, I am in a very different place than I was initially. But Kazuya’s “Thanatos” and today’s mix ia a touchstone to those painful times. At the same time, the way out is through, and Kazuya’s music also served as a form of catharsis.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Kim Cascone.
- Kazuya Nagaya “Mother Wading In The River”
- Jóhann Jóhannsson “A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder”
- Arvo Pärt “My Heart’s In The Highlands”
- Jóhann Jóhannsson “A Deal With Chaos”
- John Cage “In a Landscape”
- Jóhann Jóhannsson “A Song For Europe”
- Kazuya Nagaya “Thanatos”
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Today’s guest deejay is Christoph Berg.
Christoph is a composer and musician living and working in Berlin, focusing on chamber music and music for film. Besides releasing music on various imprints, Christoph runs his own record label Monochrome Editions. He also releases electroacoustic music as Field Rotation.
That’s all verbiage I copied and pasted from Discogs. I could use words like minimal, haunted, and mournful to describe it but you really, you need to experience Christoph’s music for yourself.
While writing this, I can tell you that I was listening to his Tape Anthology Vol. 1 album over my AirPods. My wife is asleep next to me, and I don’t want to disturb her. I was caught up in the emotions that Christoph was stirring in me when I began to be aware of the sounds of my stomach gurgling. But then it dawned on me that it wasn’t my stomach. It was gentle rumbling sounds within Christoph’s music. I’m sure that wasn’t Christoph’s intent, but for me, it gave an intimate and organic feel to his music. The experience endeared me to Christoph in an unexpected way.
Christoph’s mix, on the other hand, seems to capture the desolate spirit of our pandemic winter of 2022.
Everyone I know seems to have COVID. I have a dry, slight cough. It could be from the booster shot I received last week, a common cold I picked up, or the virus. And so, as part of my now monthly routine, I need to schedule yet another COVID test. But this is the shape of our lives now, so I square my shoulders and get on with it.
Christoph’s mix provides the soundtrack to what feels like it will be a very long winter.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Kazuya Nagaya.
See you then.
- Strain of Laws “Ordinary Mystique"
- Hildur Guðnadóttir “Gallery”
- Murcof “Dropped Soul/Shadow Surfing”
- Jasmine Guffond & Erik K Skodvin “The Burrower”
- Egisto Macchi “Segni Preistorici”
- John Wall “Stat:Unt:Dist”
- Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin “Vaccination No. 2”
- Black Merlin “Sibi”
- PDP III “Walls of Kyoto”
- Radiohead “The Jumbled Words of Climbing Up the Walls Read by Little Dan Clements”
- Makunouchi Bento “Jubokko”
- Meitei / 冥丁 “Jizo”
- Twinkle³ with Sidsel Endre
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Today’s guest deejay is Iu Takahashi.
Last May, I discovered Iu on Bandcamp’s The Best Ambient Music blog post and instantly became a fan. Iu’s songs delicately unfold as you listen to them. It feels that her music might immediately unravel with any sudden movement. Calmness and patience are required, which reinforces the experience of Iu’s gentle songs.
Iu herself does not appear in her mix, but I encourage you to listen to her new releases, both of which were released in December.
One release is her “Stay” EP from A RED THREAD. Iu made this work thinking about her grandparents, who have dementia. Both of them are now living in a facility. She stayed for a few days at their house, where no one lived, and was inspired by the clothing, dishes, and plants left there. For the sound source, she used environmental sounds coming from the house’s windows and an old electronic organ that she used to play when she was a kid. In the midst of realizing the changes in her daily life, the sounds of construction, cars, and crows cawing that may otherwise sound like noise make it feel as if time has stopped only in this house.
Iu’s second release is her “Interspace” EP from The Slow Music Movement. In these three tracks, she intentionally created gaps by reducing the number of notes, and she wanted to enjoy the coincidence and awareness with the outside sounds.
I can’t think of a better way to be in the New Year than listening to Iu’s music. And today’s mix, of course.
Before I go, I also ask that you listen to Genius and Soul, a new show that I launched with Soundwave guest deejays Fitz Gitler and Jason Smith.
Genius and Soul is a weekly show featuring jazz, Black classical music, and more, with mixes lovingly selected by our guest deejays. Our first guest is Brian Jackson, an American keyboardist, flautist, singer, composer, and producer. Brian has recorded and performed with everyone from Gil Scott-Heron to Stevie Wonder, and recently released an album with Jazz Is Dead’s Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad.
You can listen to our first episode on your favorite podcast app or listen here.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Christoph Berg.
See you then.
- Grotta Veterano “Bleiweisova Cesta i (as the snow falls)”
- Sarah Davachi “Third Hour”
Today’s guest deejay is Alex Haas.
I’ve been a fan of Alex’s music since the last century. It feels strange to write that, but it’s true.
I discovered Alex on his Cypher 7 album, Decoder that he recorded with Jeff Bova. Decoder came in all all-back CD jewel case. Very mysterious and very sexy. Decoder was released on Strata, Bill Laswell’s sub-label of Subharmonic Records, and that was all I needed to know in my decision-making process to purchase the album. I was not disappointed. Decoder was as mysterious and sexy as its CD case. The music was minimal, sinuous, and entrancing.
I’ve been listening to Alex’s music over the decades. When his album, The Woods, recorded with Michel Banabila and Bill Laswell, popped up on my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist, I immediately invited Alex to guest deejay on Soundwave.
Alex’s mix is exactly what I expected and delights with music from unexpected sources. You’re in for a treat.
Before I get out of here, I want to wish everyone happy holidays.
I also encourage you to follow Genius and Soul on your favorite podcast app. Genius and Soul is a weekly show featuring jazz, Black classical music, and more, with mixes lovingly selected by our guest deejays. Our first guest deejay will be legendary composer, pianist, singer, and flautist Brian Jackson. Genius and Soul launches on January 1, 2022.
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- Billow Obeservatory “Pankalia”
- Synkro “Don’t Want“
- Alex Haas / Bill Laswell “Empire State”
- Yaga “Rigning Níu"
- Simple Minds “Somebody Up There Likes You”
- Jon Hassell “Last Night The Moon Came”
- Alex Haas “Blue Nude”
- Harold Budd And Brian Eno “Above Chiangmai”
- Alex Haas, Michel Banabila, Bill Laswell “The Woods”
- Karl Hyde “Shadow boy”
Today’s guest deejay is Sean Sleight.
A year ago, while perusing Boing Boing I read a post about Hollow Earth Radio, a Low Power FM (LPFM) non-commercial DIY radio station based out of Seattle. I was intrigued about the station’s promise of “local music, found sound, paranormal encounters, crank calls, dreams, etc.! 24 hours a day!” and tuned it. The station is a delight, and I became Sean’s show, Aquanautic Frequencies, and invited him to guest deejay on Soundwave.
Aquanautic Frequencies broadcasts every Wednesday from 11 am-1 pm PST. Spinning strange and groovy and tunes from the deep. Featuring clangy krautrock and kosmische musik, brain-melting prog, afrobeat, and jazz from Saturn, pulsing psych, weird Bungley rock, Pacific Northwest favorites, outsider music from Finland and beyond, turntable experiments, avant-metal, random radio transmissions, and even the occasional jangled pop number as long as it fits the mood. His shows are broadcasted live at the station with vinyl only, programmed from his music collection, or home recorded with two turntables and mixer fed into a recording console.
In addition to the radio show, Sean is a scientist and has made music a creative outlet for about 20 years. He is the co-founder of Fringe Biology Recordings (fringebiologyrecords.com), a Seattle-based record label of outsider/self-educated recording artists specializing in experimental rock, avant-electronic music, sci-fi soundtracks, kosmische musik, and science-inspired music.
What I love about Sean’s mix is that it took Soundwave's instrumental aspect and ran with it. And Sean’s mix obviously showcases some of his obsessions in music. I always welcome music from Secret Chiefs, Sun City Girls, Can, and Sun Ra, and I was happy to be introduced to artists like Bo Hansson, Thomas Dinger, and Diminished Men.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Alex Haas.
See you then.
- Secret Chiefs 3 “Book T: Exodus”
- Sun City Girls “The Shining Path”
- Diminished Men “Hoarding Light”
- Bo Hansson “Excursion With Complications”
- Grumbling Fur “Acid Ali Khan”
- Cavern of Anti-Matter “Echolalia”
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Today’s guest deejay is danielfuzztone.
daniel’s mix is important to me for several reasons.
One reason is that I meant daniel through Soundwave guest deejay Michael Donaldson (listen to Michael’s mix here) when he posted an interview with daniel on his Micro.blog. Initially, I read the interview simply because it was on Micro.blog, a cool social media network I am a member of. But what hooked me was the interview itself and daniel’s exploration of sound through this music.
The other reason today’s show is important to me is that while I love all the mixes on Soundwave, and I mean that, daniel’s mix hit me in all the right places. He included some familiar and precious tracks from the likes of Miles Davis, This Mortal Coil and Skinny Puppy. This is stuff I immersed myself in the 80s and 90s, so it felt like putting on a well-worn sweater. But daniel’s mix included a lot of stuff I had never heard of before, like Oliver Coates, Besombes & Rizet, and Angelo Badalamenti. It was a perfect blend of the familiar and unfamiliar that his mix provided just under an hour’s with of dopamine hits.
The final reason is that I listened to daniel’s mix many places (while working, walking my dog, doing the dishes, etc.), but the place that had the most significance was in my car while driving my grandkid to day school. The experience is already special because I enjoy watching all the adults delivering their most precious of cargos and seeing the love and concern on their faces. daniel’s mix heightened and already tender experience.
Join us next weekend when our guest deejay will be Sean Slight.
See you then!
- danielfuzztone “Prima Facie”
- Brian Eno “Triennale”
- The House in the Woods "Bucolica”
- Mark Pritchard “?”
- Miles Davis “In a Silent Way”
- Steven R. Smith “Awake”
- William Basinski “The Wheel of Fortune”
- danielfuzztone “Nishiki 10-Speed Dream”
- Boards of Canada “XYZ”
- Cult48 “Deep Calls to Deep”
Today’s guest deejay is Tom Moore, AKA Dead Melodies.
After listening to his latest album, Fabled Machines of Old, I invited Tom to guest deejay on Soundwave back in June. The album was released on Cryo Chamber, and it’s what I’ve come to expect from every release from the label: exquisitely crafted dark ambient music that takes you on an emotional journey. Sometimes harrowing, but always rewarding.
Today’s show has been a different experience for me than what I’ve become accustomed to. Usually, I receive mixes for Soundwave six months before I share them with you. I do this for practical reasons. I like to have the mixes well before the release date, so I don’t have to scramble to get shows out weekly. I listened to the mixes you repeatedly hear for months, a byproduct of this arrangement. I become intimately acquainted with the music. They become the soundtrack for my life.
Tom’s schedule did not permit him to send me his mix in advance. I only just got his mix for Soundwave two weeks ago. I didn’t think that would be time enough to allow Tom’s mix to “breather,” but fortunately, I was able to lose myself in the music, and Tom’s mix quickly became an old friend.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be danielfuzztone.
See you then!
- Dead Melodies “Winter’s Bite”
- Everyday Dust “Where Light Fails (Dead Melodies Solar Frenzy Mix)"
- Dead Melodies “The Wake of Man”
- Zenjungle “Elegy for The Will (Dead Melodies’ Perspective)”
- Dead Melodies “Secrets Foretold"
- Understated Theory “Solitary Demons”
- Owsey “Thousands of Summer Twilights (Dead Melodies Remix)”
- Dead Melodies “A Trial of Crows and Blood”
- Dead Melodies “Certain Beasts”
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Today’s guest deejay is Ilya Fursov, AKA Textere Oris.
Ilya is yet another guest deejay that comes to us by way of the Cryo Chamber music label. I’m sometimes reluctant to feature musicians from Cryo Chamber because I showcase artists from their roster a lot. But that’s because the label’s releases are so good that why would I not invite them on Soundwave?
I was introduced to Ilya after listening to Reflections at the Sea, an album he released with Vladislav Sikach, AKA SiJ. Like most albums on Cryo Chamber, I was immersed in the world they unfolded through their music. I often listen to music while working or doing chores, but I often found myself pausing what I was doing as I got lost in Reflections. Ilya’s mix for today’s show is equally mysterious and magical.
Here in the States, we celebrated Thanksgiving. As I write this, I’m in Boston. This is the first time my father, uncle, brother, and sister have been under the same roof in decades. It wasn’t without family drama, but I suspect that’s part of the Thanksgiving tradition. I also got to spend time with some of my oldest and dearest friends.
I admit to being reluctant to travel to Boston. Mingling with people at the airport and flying with more people in a metal tube with people for five hours was unsettling. I certainly don’t want to catch the virus, and I wouldn’t want to pass the virus on to my family. My father and uncle are in their seventies, and I’m all too aware that my time with them shortens each year.
Like most people, I was able to put the pandemic out of my mind for a while and enjoy myself. But the Coronavirus is not done with us, and now we have to Omicron variant to contend with. Soundwave is my way of coping with the pandemic, and each time I think the show has served its purpose, there is yet another reason to continue sharing mixes with you. And here we are.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Dead Melodies.
See you then!
- Mayer Julcsa “Szundikál”
- Atrium Carceri, Cities Last Broadcast, God Body Disconnect “Quiet Days On Earth”
- Textere Oris & Montren “Warehouse”
- Runar Blesvik “Window”
- kj “Caro”
- Claustrum “Penitential”
- Textere Oris “Temple of Insomnia”
- Atrium Carceri “Reborn”
- Textere Oris “Encased (tribute version)”
- SiJ & Textere Oris “The City That Fell Asleep in the Fog”
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Today’s guest deejay is Jessica Campos de la Paz, AKA Alisú.
Alisú is yet another musician that Soundwave guest deejay Axel Arturo Barceló introduced me to (listen to Axel’s mix here).
Jessica is a Chilean producer and graphic designer and Alisú is her electronic project. She began her career in 1998 performing live sets of dub, techno, IDM and experimental sounds, not only as Alisú but also in the project Manziping with Rodrigo Rivera and Antonio Díaz, performing at many South American festivals. On her first release for Bottom Forty, she composed three beautiful, purely hardware based tracks for her Rompiente EP with rhythmic vibes that take you from resonant underwater depths up into reflective cosmic atmospheres.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Textere Oris.
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- Riz Maslen “The Lake Woods”
- Alisú “Planeando sobre Valpo”
- Valentina Berthelon feat Javi de la Rosa “Sangre”
- Daniel Jeffs “Monkeys”
- Daniel Klauser “When U Dancing”
- F600 feat Fran Straube "Zoom”
- Lars from Mars “Flatforming”
- Delia “Sequence”
- Obsolete Music Technology “Broken Siren”
- Idealist “Time Lapse’
- Alisú “Introspection"
- Claro Intelecto “Patience”
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Today’s guest deejay is José Sobranes.
I met José through Mauricio Sotelo, AKA Haiteku, who I met through Axel Arturo Barceló, who guest deejayed on Soundwave here and here. Soundwave has been around just long enough that it is beginning to form a rhizome-like network. I like that.
I also like José’s mix. I’m never quite sure where one song ends, and the next begins. The only boundary is the start and end of his mix. It exists in some liminal space that is akin to being awake and being asleep. I’m doing my best to describe José’s mix, but really, you need to let it wash over you and take you where it may.
José is a self-taught composer and recordist based in Mexico. His compositions explore the balance between electronics and environmental sounds, chaining narratives, context, and movement, all based on the felt of direct presence.
He is the current label manager and founder of Nova Fund Recordings an independent label focused on contemporary arts and music. All his productions was released in many countries around the globe for mention some: Whitelabrecs (UK), Faint (ES), Ediciones Éter (CO), Blaq Records (MX), WOS Colectivo (MX), Frente Pulquero (MX), Shimmering Moods Records (NL), USON (ES) and more…
Because Soundwave was borne out of the isolation and stress of the pandemic, I feel obligated to mention it on the show. But what is there to say? The pandemic has become part of our lives, and we’ve come to expect the peaks and valleys of infections and deaths. We go about our days trying to maintain some semblance of normality while at the same time incorporating the disruption across the world as part of our new routine. We simultaneously desire to return to our lives before the pandemic while re-evaluating what’s important in our lives and where we want to go next. What will happen?
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- José Soberanes feat. Kiiote “Fallaos”
- Dzyan “Orquídeae”
- Alex Bober “Shielded”
- Darren McClure “Smooth Manifold”
- Francesco Giannico “Litania”
- Kate Carr “Under An Ancient Fort”
Today’s guest deejay is Sasha Puzan, AKA protoU.
Oleg Puzan of Line Spectrum, AKA Dronny Darko (listen to Dronny’s mix here and his Line Spectrum mix here), recommended his partner guest deejay on the show last year, and Sasha’s mix was beautiful and sublime. I invited Sasha back on Soundwave, and she’s delivered another fantastic mix.
While Sasha’s first mix for Soundwave was elemental and cosmic, today’s mix feels cozy and intimate. I’m listening to it as I write today’s show notes, and I wish San Diego would not be so characteristically warm and sunny, and a chilly and overcast day seems more appropriate for Sasha’s mix.
I’ve also been listening to Sasha’s mix while I work at the office. It has been an interesting experience because I launched Soundwave to cope with the stress and isolation of the early days of the pandemic. I’ve been working remotely and listening to Soundwave mixes for nearly two years, and it feels unsettling to listen to the mixes at my office. I’m sure I’ll adjust, but presently it feels out of context.
Where do you listen to Soundwave?
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- 12k “march 10, 2015 (march 3 ice rain)”
- Connect.Ohm “Fossil”
- Purl & protoU “Morning Light”
- Sustainer “Prisma”
- Miyuki “Ghostly Vibes”
- protoU “Believe”
- Dronny Darko “Circuits”
- Dirk Serries “The Sleep Of Reason”
- Venture “Autumn Sun”
- loscil “Gymnote”
- Shuttle358 “Models of Life”
- Dronny Darko & protoU “Riparian Forest 300 million years ago ”
- Fingers in the Noise “Drone Break”
- protoU “Lucid Sequences”
- Taylor Deupree “A Little Ecosystem”
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Today’s guest deejay is Kellen Perry, AKA Wife Signs.
Daniel Chamberlin turned me on to Wife Signs with his Cosmic Chambo mix for Soundwave. As is my want, I asked Daniel who he know that would want to share a mix on Soundwave and he suggested Kellen. Daniel was spot on, because Kellen’s mix is a delight.
Kellen Perry, AKA Wife Signs I mentioned last month how Line Spectrum’s mix blended so seamlesslessly with the sounds of my environment that caused me no small amount of anxiety. Kellen’s mix also merged with the sounds around me, but it was so ephemeral that it was a soothing experience. It made the sound of clanking flatware musical. Some of the mixes heard on Soundwave are sublime, and some, like Kellen’s, make the mundane seem magical.
While you can stream Kellen’s new album, Beneath the Weight of Care, on Spotify, I encourage you to pushase his album on Bandcamp. You can also follow Kellen on Twitter.
I hope you have a Happy Halloween. I know I will, because I’m taking my grandkid on his first trick or treating he’ll remember. Talk about magical!
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- Klara Lewis “Seascape”
- More Eaze “Leave”
- Offthesky & The Humble Bee “Fallen Fruit to Navigate By”
- Wife Signs “Burning Off the Nuance”
- Austin Rockman “Kissed By Her Witness”
- Vanessa Amara “Manos”
- Lusine ”Without Standing”
- Wife Signs “Small Art and Love”
- Listening Mirror “Outside Heaven”
- Tom James Scott “Green Wren”
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Today’s guest deejays are PCM, who are Francesco Perra (P), Matteo Cantaluppi (C), Matteo Milea (M).
n5MD founder Mike Cadoo put me in touch with PCM when I asked him after guest deejayed on Soundwave who he thought would want to share a mix on the show. PCM has crafted a mix that I adore. There’s so much to love.
One of the things I find exciting about Soundwave is that our guest deejays introduce me to music and artists I’m unfamiliar with. On the other hand, some musicians that I’ve been surprised have made an appearance on Soundwave nearly two years into the show. PCM remedy that with today’s mix. I’m talking about talent like Fennesz, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Coil (I’m surprised Coil aren’t on every show), and Morton Subotnick.
PCM themselves make an appearance at the end of today's show. You’ll want to hear more of their music. You can listen to their latest album, Macro, which came out earlier this year. Macro is equal parts expansive and constrained, and the magic happens between those two extremes.
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Today’s guest deejay is Steve Targo, AKA Inner Travels.
I met Steve when Soundwave guest deejay Rhucle (listen to his mix here) who he knew who he knew would share a mix with us. He suggested Steve. After listening to today’s show, you’ll hear why.
It’s a lovely mix, and by coincidence, it paired well with the rare rainy weather we’ve been having in San Diego for the last week. There were times when I wasn’t sure if what I was hearing was the rain outdoors or Steve’s music indoors. It was a magical experience.
If you’d like to hear more music from Steve, be sure to check out his project, Nimbudala. His debut album, Universal Compassion will be released on October 22, and you can pre-order it on Bandcamp as well as listen to a few preview tracks.
Steve says while the album still fits in the New Age ambient realm, it also has more acoustic sounds and influences from kosmiche, rock, jazz, and world music. I’m playing the album as I write this, and it’s wonderful.
Steve has some words about today’s show below.
Before I leave you, I wanted to tell you about a project that I’m launching on January 1, 2022, called Genius and Soul. The show will feature a series of mixes from guest deejays from Jazz and Black Classical Music to today’s scene’s many styles and branches. Our show’s efforts will also include fundraising for the Jazz Foundation of America. Follow us on Twitter for more updates.
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Here is, I believe, an excellent primer for those interested in exploring the music of Inner Travels—four songs from four albums released between 2016 and 2019. From trance-inducing synthesizer work to an improvisation led by electric piano and singing bowls, the common theme in this mix is rain. I say “mix,” but really, this feels to me like its own album.
Thanks for listening, and Joseph, thanks for asking me to do this!
Peace,
Steve
Inner Travels
- Inner Travels “A Gentle Return”
- Inner Travels “Between the River, Wind &Trees”
- Inner Travels “Pools of Thought”
- Inner Travels “Calm After the Storm”
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Today’s guest deejay is Lecu.
I discovered Lecu a few months ago when Soundwave guest deejay Ishmael Cormack asked folks on Twitter for musical recommendations. Lecu suggested Sebastian Mullaert and Erland Cooper. Those were both great recommendations. Who was this Lecu? I checked out how Twitter profile, which led me to his Bandcamp page and listened to his albums. I extend an invitation to join us on Soundwave, and here we are today.
It was a breath of fresh air after last week’s mix from Line Spectrum. Don’t get me wrong, last week's show was great, but listening to it on my AIrPod Pro with transparency mode felt more like an auditory hallucination than a mix. Lecu’s mix feels whimsical by comparison but no less fantastic than Line Spectrum’s mix.
If you’d like to hear more music from Lecu, check out show on 1020 Radio, every first Thursday of every month from 10 PM - 11 PM Pacific.
Lecu has some brief words about his mix below.
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Leo, AKA Lecu I’m happy to share my mix with you today. Lots of nice textures, both abstract and familiar, with some lush tracks along the way — one of which is a new one from me, which feels like the start of a new record and a new direction for me as an artist.
It was really fun to make, and I'm so honoured to be in very good company with your other guests.
Much love from Plymouth, England, and wishing you all the very best.
Leo / Lecu
- H. Takahashi “Absorption (Granulated)”
- H. Takahashi “Absorption”
- Bubble Keiki “Network Gardening”
- KMRU “Inter Alia”
- Julius Theory “SSRI Prophet (excerpt)”
- Dane Law “Southbound To Denshaw”
- Morimoto Naoki “A Day”
- Lecu “Familiar i*”
- Phexionensystem “Water Resonance”
Field Recordings & Sounds
- Listen In “Watering The Garden”
- Four Tet “Parallel 5”
- Lecu “Water Bowl Through Nebulae”
- Lecu “Field Recording: Interacting with Woodland Leaves”
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Today’s guest deejay is Oleg Puzan of Line Spectrum.
Oleg, AKA Dronny Darko, was our guest deejay over a year ago. Dronny mix was drenched in atmospherics and utterly enchanting. It was like looking through the glass darkly. It was a no-brainer to ask Oleg to return to Soundwave with yet another mix, this time as Line Spectrum.
Line Spectrum is a sound art project that expands sonic boundaries through sound manipulations often in a form of severe minimalism using a vast palette of microscopic sounds. Line Spectrum blends deep ambiences, musique concrète, avant-garde elements and silence. It is recommended that you listen to Line Spectrum with high quality headphones.
Yeah, about that…
Last week I took my dog for her evening walk. I find that’s the best time to listen to music and so I played Oleg’s mix. Ordinarily, Oleg’s Line Spectrum mix would have been a relaxing experience, but I used the transparent mode on my Apple AirPods Pro, which lets outside sound in. I use it when I walk my dog because I like to be aware of my surroundings. In this case in induced a state of anxiety because I couldn’t tell what I was hearing was from the Line Spectrum mic or from the outside world. Were the crickets I heard part of Oleg’s mix or my environment? Was that a jet flying overhead or what I was hearing over my AirPods? Were the chatter of people talking coming from a nearby house or from the mix I was listing to?
It was an unsettling experience. I couldn’t trust what I was hearing. It was what I imagine having auditory hallucinations would feel like.
Don’t let my experience detract from your enjoyment of Oleg’s mix. It’s truly wonderful. But please be wary if you should listen to the mix with Transparency mode on.
Before I get out of Dodge, if you want to hear more music from Oleg, head over to Bandcmap and purchase his new album, Bruma, available through the Shimmering Moods Records.
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- France Jobin “D orbital”
- Line Spectrum “Other People’s Thoughts”
- Eleh + Richard Chartier “LINELEH II”
- Francisco López “Untitled #372”
- Simon Whetham “Part First (An Uncertain Distance)”
- Line Spectrum “A Set of Events at the Shore”
- Yann Novak “San Marino”
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Today’s guest deejay is Michael Southard of Triplicate Records.
A couple of months ago, Soundwave guest deejay Ishmael Cormack (listen to his mix here) asked for musical recommendations from his followers on Twitter.
Ismael got a lot of responses, and I listened to every suggestion on Spotify. If I heard something I liked, I’d invite the musician to guest deejay on Soundwave. Anthéne, for example, appeared on the show back in August. And today’s show, of course, features Triplicate Records.
I remember back in the 80’s listening to the soundtrack to Birdy by Peter Gabriel and wishing some musicians would record music for imaginary soundtracks. Such music existed, but I wasn’t aware of it until the following year when I was turned on to Brian Eno’s Ambient 4: On Land and Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks. Finding Eno, and musicians like him, was everything I hoped for and more.
Over the decades, I’ve seen more and more record labels dedicated to ambient, modern classical, experimental and instrumental music. 12k comes to mind, as does n5MD and Ultimae Records.
Music from Triplicate Records was already popping up on my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist and music I was discovering on Bandcamp. When Triplicate Records was recommended to Ishmael on Twitter, it felt like the universe was telling me to invite them on the show.
Triplicate Records is a boutique record label working primarily with instrumental electronic music. They are 100% artist-run, by producers Michael Southard (Time Rival), Bryan Kraft (BVSMV), and George Ernst (Suncastle). Despite the pandemic, they have gained a following with their unique musical tastes, striking artwork, and consistent output.
You’re going to love today’s mix. If you want to hear more from Triplicate Records, listen to their Spotify playlist here.
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- Belly Full of Stars “Pattern 3”
- Building a Building “As an Animal I Roamed Fearless and Free Over The Hills In The Warmth of the Sun”
- Ian Hawgood “Flutter Echo Refrain”
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Today’s guest deejay is Gert De Meester.
Gert appeared on Soundwave last year, and I enjoyed his mix so much I invited him back. Today’s show is equally fantastic. Gert can expect another invitation from me in 2022.
Gert says today’s show features a perfect mixture of tracks that have influenced him and tracks that currently influence him. He said they’re all such beautiful tracks, and what’s best, you can find them all on Bandcamp, some of them entirely for free.
Today’s mix also includes a track form Gert’s project, Distant Fires Burning. You’re gong to love today’s mix and you’ll want to hear more music from Gert. Good news! You can find his latest album, Inperspectycon Vol.1, here.
One thing that’s interesting about the 21st century is music is so freely available, and it’s nearly endless. Consequently, I don’t think most music gets the attention due, and I’m not wagging my finger. I’m just as guilty. It’s exceedingly rare that I will listen to a song or an album repeatedly. There’s so much I want to listen to, and I’m often impatient to listen to the next song, even while I’m listening to something that very moment.
Take today’s show. It’s spectacular. But you’ll listen to it once. Some of you might even listen to it twice. And then you’re on to the next show. Or the next song. Or the next video.
As the producer of Soundwave, however, I have a very different relationship with the music you hear.
I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but I receive these mixes months before I publish them on Soundwave. I live with these mixes. I marinate in these mixes.
I’ve become very familiar with Gert’s mix. It’s a gorgeous experience. But after repeated listening, I’ve come to appreciate just how dense the songs that appear in today’s show are. I’ve become intimately acquainted with every snap, crackle, and pop. I lose myself in the swooshes, the sizzle, and grit.
Gert’s mix is made for repeated listening. I encourage you to do so.
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- Taylor Dupree “Everything’s Gone Grey”
- Neuro… No Neuro “Blend With Internal Mirror”
- Loscil “First Narrows”
- Biosphere “Endurium”
- For Greater Good “Love You Terrorist (Stockholm Syndrome Mix by Distant Fires Burning)”
- Boards Of Canada “XYZ (Peel Session)”
- He Can Jog “My (Mother’s) Records”
- Umlaut “Audio(bulbs)”
- Jon Doe One “Karper”
- Autistici “Edall”
Today’s guest deejay is Michael Donaldson.
I met Michael when he posted an interview with Daniel Fuzztone on Micro.blog. I enjoyed the interview and Michael’s other blog posts and Daniel’s music, so I invited both of them to guest deejay on Soundwave. We’ll hear Daniel’s mix in December.
I got a kick out of Michael’s blog. It’s got a lot of 80/90s feel to it, so for me hearing Daniel’s mix was like putting on a comfortable, worn-in sweater. Daniel’s mix is wonderful, but the track that got me in the feels was My Bloody Valentine/Skylab’s "Incidental Peace.” It’s such an unlikely collaboration but somehow weaves a seamless blend of shoegaze and electronic music. It’s all kinds of wonderful and "Incidental Peace” is buttressed between music that is equally gorgeous.
Okay, time for me to pack it in. Tomorrow is my boy’s first baseball game of the season. I’ll be honest, even with social distancing I think it’s going to be unsettling being around so many people. At lest we’ll all be outdoors.
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- Gemini Revolution “Crumarooned”
- Bjørn Torske “HemmeligOrkester”
- Ralph Kinsella “Suffuse”
- Bill Nelson “Night Tides”
- More Ghost Than Man + San Mateo "11811 (Georgy Block 7.7)”
- Holger Czukay “Radio in an Hourglass"
- My Bloody Valentine meets Skylab "Incidental Peace”
- Fila Brazillia “Midnight Friends”
- Bill Nelson “Clothed in Light Amongst the Stars”
- Elijah Knutsen “Somewhere Knows”
- Q-Burns Abstract Message “The Burning City”
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Today’s guest deejay is Robert Farrugia, co-founder of Complex Holiday, an itinerant label for inside-out ambient and sound art tomfoolery.
I’m usually fastidious about tracking how I come to know guest deejays on Soundwave. Unfortunately, my initial conversation with Robert began on Facebook Messenger and that chat is lost to the ether. Well, really, Facebook has that conversation stored somewhere. But it’s as good as gone for me.
Whatever lead me to Robert, I’m glad I invited him to join us.
What you may or may not know is that I get the mixes you hear months in advance. I usually enjoy it for a week or two before I move on to listen to the next guest deejay’s mix. I’ll also re-listen to the mix a few weeks before their show is released. I listen to the mixes a lot.
Robert’s mix was a welcome companion for the last week. Nationally, the U.S. is caught between wildfires and hurricanes. Internationally, the U.S. has left Afghanistan. And on a personal note, the was my kid’s first week at high school. While our area is 75% vaccinated, I’m still anxious about how this will work out. Within the first week there’s already been a report of a student with COVID-19. Robert’s mix felt like an echo of how I’ve been feeling about all of it.
There’s a tension that builds up early in Robert’s mix that unravels nearly halfway through before exploring different sonic territory. The mix ends hauntingly and somberly.
That feels right.
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- Dylan Henner “I Was Reading the News But I Felt So Sad I had to Stop”
- Snap Dragon “Breathe”
- Benoît Pioulard “Whose Palms Create”
- Robert Farrugia “Tlellix”
- Warmth “Cirrus”
- David Cordero “Sevredol (Sight Below Remix)”
- Marsha Fisher “Chapter House”
- Kurt Buttigieg “Confiance en quoi”
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Today’s guest deejay is Bradley Sean Alexander Deschamps, AKA Anthéne, curator of Polar Seas Recordings.
I discovered Anthéne when Ishmael Cormack (listen to his mix for Soundwave here) requested music recommendations on Twitter. There were some great suggrestions, and I listened to everything I could find on Bandcamp or Spotify. Anthéne’s music was warm, dreamy, and organic for all its etherealness. Naturally, I extended to Anthéne to guest deejay on Soundwave.
Last week I drove from San Diego to Sacramento with Jonanathan Ammons’s mix providing the soundtrack for that apocalyptic journey. This week Anthéne’s mix was the music for my night drive back to San Diego. This time there were no abandoned cars, wildfire smoke choked skies, or searing sunlight. Instead, a beautiful, three-quarter orange moon floated on the horizon while the stars came out, one by one. It was a long drive, and I played Anthéne’s mix several times, which got me as far as Los Angeles.
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Mary Lattimore “Sometimes He’s In My Dreams” Drape “Solo In High Dreary” Sylvain Chauveau “Et peu à peu les flots respiraient comme on pleure” Keeley Forsyth “Photograph” Sarah Neufeld “Stories” Gia Margaret “No Sleep No Dream” Yasmin Williams “Juvenescence” Havenaire “Beta” Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron “Real Lost Wisdom” Leo Svirsky “River Without Banks” Slow Reels “Lakka”
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Today’s guest deejay is Jonathan Ammons.
Jonathan guest deejayed on the show last October. Jonathan's mix was so moving that I invited him back to Soundwave. Today’s mix is equally remarkable. I had the unique opportunity to listen to it while driving from San Diego to Sacramento to visit my wife this weekend. It’s wildfire season in California (it’s always wildfire season), and Jonathan’s mix provided the soundtrack to my apocalyptic drive. The skies were tinted dirty brown from the ashes from the wildfires, but somehow the sun managed to blast the landscape with glaring light: grass and trees parched from California’s megadrought. Every 20 miles or so, I’d pass an abandoned car to the side of the highway. And yet, Jonathan’s mix somehow lent some beauty to such desolate scenery.
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- Jonathan Ammons “The Same River”
- Scanner “The Ascent”
- Floating Points “Apoptose Pt. 1”
- Kimathi Moore “Eyris”
- Harold Budd “Rub with Ashes”
- Seamstress “Save the Bees”
- A Beautiful Burning World “Sonder: III”
- Garth Stevenson “The Southern Sea”
- Tristan Perich “Drift Multiply: Section 3”
- Jonathan Ammons “A Certain Kind of Light: Movement V”
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Today’s guest deejay is Sofia Nystrand, AKA Vargkvint.
For months, Sofia’s music kept appearing on my Spotify Discover Weekly playlists. If I didn’t find Sofia’s music there, she’d pop up on someone else’s playlist. Or I’d find her music on Bandcamp. In fact, Brueder Selke (CEEYS), played Sofia’s “Utåt” on their mix for Soundwave a few weeks ago.
There’s a reason for this, of course. Sofia has that magical ability to trasnport you to a world that is uniquely hers yet utterly familiar though her songs. Sofia deftly weaves folk, contemporary classical, pop, experimental music, and ambient. It’s a gorgeous thing to experience and I’m delighted to share her mix with you on today’s show.
If you’d like to hear more music from Sofia, she is featured on the Realismo Mágico compilation album from piano and coffee records. Some of the artists you’ll find on Sofia’s mix can also be found on the album (Klangriket, Sjors Mans, Jakob Lindhagen, Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, Simeon Walker, Ceeys). Sofia has also just released a rework of the first track, “Pomegranate,” by Sergio Diaz de Rojas.
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- Sergio Diaz De Rojas “Pomegranate”
- Rockettothesky “Grizzly Man”
- Tim Linghaus “Love and Dust”
- Joakim Alfvén “Opinium”
- Richard Luke “Everything a Reason (Jakob Lindhagen Rework)”
- Vargkvint “Fyr (Reimagined by Bonander)”
- Justina Jaruševičiūtė “Prayer”
- Frances Shelley & Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres “Evening Star (Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres Rework)”
- Simeon Walker “Drift (Reworked by CEEYS)”
- Marie Awadis “day 3”
- Klangriket “Björk (Jakob Lindhagen & Vargkvint Rework)”
- Bonander“Gone in the Wind”
- Vargkvint “Stormen Kommer II (Reimagined by Klangriket & Sjors Mans)”
- Simeon Walker “Compline”
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Today’s guest deejay is Roel Funcken.
When I began inviting people to guest deejay on Soundwave I requested mixes that were 30 - 60 minutes long. A 30 minute mix is perfect, but ambient mixes lend themselves to long sets, so I expected a log of guest deejays would not be able to help themselves, and would send me hour long mixes.
Then Roel wrecks my format by sending me a mix that’s two hours long!
But that’s what Roel does. He wrecks formats. His expression through music is always from an unexpected angle. It takes you off guard.
Strap yourself in for a dense, yet spacious mix. There’s nearly 50 tracks on today’s show. Intermingled with Roel’s mix are songs from his latest album, S1 . MK2. Each of his tracks were recorded in one take.
You can find Roel on Soundcloud here and on Bandcamp here.
I am currently exactly where I was when I launched Soundweave during the beginning of the pandemic. My wife and kids re aways and it’s just me and my dog. The difference is back then Soundwave was my way of coping with the stress and isolation of the pandemic. Now it’s just part of our lives. I’m in a different head space. It’s a beautiful day and I’m listening to Roel’s beautiful mix. While the family is away, I can work on personal projects without distraction. Life is grand.
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Today’s guest deejays are Potsdam-based brothers Sebastian and Daniel Selke, AKA CEEYS.
- Otto Lindholm “Lehena”
- Jakob Lindhagen “Tema”
- Anna von Hausswolff “The Miraculous”
- Midori Hirano “Night Traveling”
- Oneohtrix Point Never “Transmat Memories”
- David Allred “For Catherine E. Coulson (Solo Piano)”
- Sarah Neufeld “Where The Light Comes In”
- Shida Shahabi “Main Theme (Piano Version)”
- Matt Stewart-Evans “Horizon”
- Galya Bisengalieva “Kantubek”
- Takeshi Nishimoto “Straßenlaterne”
- Nils Frahm “Über”
- Brueder Selke x Eric Maltz “Crossing”
- Peter Broderick “Eyes Closed And Traveling”
- Library Tapes “Silhouettes”
- Aidan Baker “The Sea Swells A Bit 2006 (Full Album)”
- Mary Lattimore “II”
- Anne Müller “Heliopause”
- A-Sun Amissa “Out Past the Dark”
- Marie Awadis “Lounas Waltz”
- Hoshiko Yamane “Threads”
- Vargkvint “Utåt”
- Diane Barbé “Terra Sonus”
- Kinbrae “Isolated Sketch”
- Grand River “All There Now”
- Rauelsson “Hourglass I”
- Julia Kent “Heavy Eyes”
- Rone “Tempelhof”
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This week’s deejay is Kévin Séry, AKA From Overseas. Kévin is also the label manager for Past Inside the Present, a label, and resource for the ambient listener.
From Overseas is Kévin’s ambient project. Using his guitar as his tool of expression and looping techniques, he creates a multiplicity of layers, intense drones, and mesmerizing soundscapes both in the studio and in live performances.
Originally from the tiny French Overseas Department and Region, Reunion Island, he routinely bounces between his home island, a small port town on the east coast of the US, and continental Europe, picking up fresh ideas and inspiration along the way.
Kévin’s mix is very familiar, even though I’m unfamiliar with every song and musician featured in his mix. There’s something about Kévin’s mix that evokes the sound and feel of 4AD, a label that was known for alternative rock, post-punk, gothic rock, and dream pop albums. But if I had to narrow it down, I’d say that Kévin captures the spirit of 4AD’s This Mortal Coil. There’s something haunted in the selection of his songs but still quietly triumphant.
Kévin has some words below about his mix.
Join us next week when our guest deejays will be brothers Sebastian and Daniel Selke of CEEYS.
It’s an honor to be part of the Soundwave series. I love doing mixes like this. It’s a great way to go on a unique journey and to immerse yourself in the work of amazing and influential artists. This mix was made on February 23rd, 2021, when winter was slowly giving space to spring. Hopefully, people feel what I feel and can discover a few gems.
- 36 & awakened souls “Guide Me Home (awakened souls - Shoegaze Version) ”
- Lucy Gooch “Ash and Orange”
- Emily A. Sprague “Woven”
- Chuck Johnson “Raz-de-Marée”
- Illuvia Iridescence”
- Ilyas Ahmed & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma “Ocean Blue”
- From Overseas “Rêve”
- Christina Giannone “Untitled111”
- Alex Somers “Sooner”
- Mogwai “Dry Fantasy”
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Today’s guest deejay is Sieste van Erve, AKA Orphax.
I discovered Sieste on Bandcamp and, through him, his music label, Moving Furniture Records. Both Sieste’s music the artists on his label focus on drones, experimental ambient, minimalist, microtonal, and field-recordings music. Their music provides yet another example of the scope of ambient music, which is precisely why I invited Sieste to join us on today’s show.
Sieste’s mix continues his fascination who those areas of ambient music. What struck me about his mix, however, was the physical sensations it invoked. I wasn’t aware of it at first, but after repeated listening, I gradually became conscious of a gentle pulse in my ears while Sieste’s mix played over my headphones. That realization was delicious. And when I played Sieste’s mix through my speakers, I slowly noticed a delicate pressure ebbing and flowing through my body.
Furthermore, what was also remarkable was that I wasn’t playing Sieste’s mix particularly loud. Even so, I felt the music. I hope you have the same experience when you listen to today’s show.
Join us next week when our guest deejays will be Kévin Séry, AKA From Overseas.
See you then!
- Ryan van Haesendonck “Sur La Plage”
- Richard Chartier “Conitinue 4”
- Gagi Petrovic “Diligence”
- Coen Oscar Polack “आवारा”
- Fani Konstantinidou “Winter”
- Orphax “Elisabeth (Rework)”
- Matthijs Kouw “Remembrance”
- Machinefabriek ”Dwaal (Nicola Ratti Version)”
- Frans de Waard, Peter Johan Nÿland, Richard Youngs “fpr_vii_fp_edit_(ext)”
- Bruno Duplant & Alfredo Costa Monteiro “Soleils Noirs (excerpt)
- Haarvöl “Small Scale And Isolated Occurrences (For Eliane)”
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Today’s guest deejay is Hunter Reyne; AKA felt body.
Hunter is yet another talented musician I discovered through Bandcamp. What appealed to me was Hunter’s deft use of field recording in his music. He creates a very lived-in world and evokes imaginary memories of a time and place I’ve never experienced. It’s lovely. And of course, I invited Hunter to join us on Soundwave.
What’s delightful about Hunter’s mix is while some of the songs reflect his sensibilities, some are entirely unexpected. I’m specifically thinking of his inclusion on Tôsha Suihô’s “時雨のあと(Shigure no Ato)” and an example. It’s those surprises that are one of the reasons I get excited about when I listen to our guest deejay’s mixes, and I hope you’ll feel the same.
Hunter has some words about his mix, which you’ll find below.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Orphax.
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Toshiya Tsunoda “The Day After A Typhoon, Miyagawa” perila & ulla “blue drum” Maria Teresa Luciani “Giardini Pubblici” Gesellschaft Zur Emanzipation Des Samples “TaxiTrailer” Zdeněk Liška “A Small Stone in Space” Tôsha Suihô “時雨のあと(Shigure no Ato)” Tzvi Avni “Vocalise” Hiroshi Yoshimura “Horizon I’ve Ever Seen Before” Haco “Faito!”
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Today’s guest deejay is Corey Parlamento.
Corey was on Soundwave last summer, and his mix was unique because it was an extension of his show on AshevilleFM, where he played instrumental soundtracks. Sadly, Corey no longer produces that show. Fortunately for us, Corey kept to that format for today’s mix.
Before I leave you to Corey’s wonderful and mysterious mix, I have some sad news. When I launched Soundwave, I didn’t anticipate having to say farewell to so many talented and wonderful musicians in one short year. Today it saddens me to tell you that Jon Hassell, a trumpet player pioneering electronic musician, left planet earth last week. Jon played with everyone, from Brian Eno to Peter Gabriel to Techno Animal. I first became aware of Jon on his appearance on the Myths 3 : La nouvelle sérénité compilation album, and he’s been part of the soundtrack to my life ever since. You owe it to yourself to make Jon part of the soundtrack to your own life. I encourage you to purchase his music or stream him on your favorite streaming service.
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- Black To Comm “Stolen Androgens”
- Yasuaki Shimizu “Seiko 2”
- Fatima Al Qadiri “Souleiman’s Theme”
- Kali Malone “Hagakyrka Bells”
- Third Ear Band “LADY MACBETH”
- Mary Steele “Al Rosana (My Rose)”
- Lustmord “Hanstown Kills”
- Michael Gordon “Decasia, Part 5”
- Loren Connors “No Goodbyes”
- Sean McCann “Nightfall”
- Livingdog “Body Of A Tree”
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Today’s guest deejay is Yann Novak, the founder of Dragon’s Eye Recordings.
I met Yann when I showcased his label on solipsistic NATION.
I discovered Yann’s label through Mike Lazarev’s music blog, Headphone Commute (if you enjoy Soundwave, you’re going to love Headphone Commute).
Yann curates a heady offer of music through Dragon’s Eye Recordings featuring notable artists such as Pinkcourtesyphone (Richard Chartier), Genrietta, and Lawrence English. Some of the label’s releases are whimsical, some challenging, and some so ephemeral that you might imagine you dreamt of hearing it. But all the releases on his label are lovingly selected and demands to be listened to just as Yann’s mix demands to be heard.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Corey Parlamento.
- Geinō Yamashirogumi “Requiem”
- Félicia Atkinson “Infant vampire”
- Tim Hecker “Arctic Lover’s Rock Pt. 2”
- Billie Eilish & ROSALÍA “Lo Vas A Olvidar”
- The Future Sound Of London “Domain”
- Braulio Lam “Dream Lens (Edit)”
- Fortresses “Spring”
- Labrinth “Forever (Euphoria: Special Episode 2)”
- Allen Ginsberg “Pacific High Studio Mantras (feat. Arthur Russell)”
- Byron Westbrook “Heavy Weather”
- Tim Hecker “The Return Of Sam Snead”
- Ian Wellman “Watershed”
- LLOOP “Track 1”
- Geinō Yamashirogumi “Requiem”
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Today’s guest deejay is Sean Hocking.
Sean is the host of Metal Postcard Records, an independent record label based out of Sydney. I met Sean nearly a decade ago when I interviewed him and showcased his label for solipsistic NATION. He releases great music through Metal Postcard Records, so I invited Sean to be our guest deejay last summer. It was a wonderful mix, so naturally, I asked Sean to delight us with another set.
A casual listen of Sean’s mix will leave you with the impression that it’s wonderful and whimsical. Its certainly that but a closer listen reveals depth and speaks to the human condition. It works on both levels, which is a neat trick. It’s also a bit of an Australia travelogue, so enjoy the ride!
If you want to hear more music from Sean, he also hosts Bottom of the Pops, which you can find on Spotify. It’s the Nuggets of internet radio. Sean also hosts shows on Dandelion Radio, FSK Radio out of Germany, and 8K in New Zealand.
- Sean Hocking “Australian Dawn Chorus”
- Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu “Amazing Grace”
- Lajamanu Community (NT) “Emu Dreaming”
- Warren Thornton “The Beach (Trailer)”
- Tony O’Connor “Ningaloo”
- George Greenhough “Memories Surfing Lennox Head Early 1970’s”
- Gravy Murphy “Seaside Acid”
- Peter Sculthorpe “Songs of Sea and Sky (Second flute solo)”
- Sean Hocking “Mutitjula Walk”
- Jack Burton “Lake Monger pt. I, II III”
- Salary “DD Dub”
- Soda Eves “No One Else”
- The Emergency “Omega Point”
- Sean Hocking “Fire at night outback”
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Today’s guest deejay is Pierre Laplace.
I discovered Pierre while listening to his 2019 album, You Disappeared, recorded under the monicker Beyond the Ghost. You Disappeared felt like a soundtrack to a China Miéville novel. In fact, Miéville’s definition of weird fiction perfectly describes Pierre’s music; it “evokes a sense of the numinous.” His follow-up albums, Eternal Drift and his recently released The Last Resort continue to induce feelings of mystery and awe.
Inviting Pierre to be a guest deejay on Soundwave was a no-brainer. I was surprised, however, to hear his selections for today’s show.
Stock up on provisions because Pierre is about to take you on a dark vision quest.
Join us again next week when our guest deejay will be Sean Hocking.
See you then!
- Deru “Light The Pyre”
- Antonymes “A Fragile Acceptance”
- Atrium Carceri “Sheol”
- Morphine “Miles Davis’ Funeral”
- Brian Eno/David Byrne “A Secret Life”
- The Cinematic Orchestra “All Things”
- Ennio Morricone “El Castillo Encantado”
- Trigg & Gusset “Black Ocean”
- The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble “Cotard Delusion”
- Deaf Center “White Lake”
- Bohren und der Club der Gore “Maximum Black”
- The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation “The Admirals Game”
- David Bowie “Warszawa”
- Esbjörn Svensson Trio “Seven Days of Falling”
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Today’s guest deejay is Brian Sangmeister.
I met Brian on Twitter, but I’m not sure how. I’m sure it had something to do with our mutual love for guitars, ambient music, and horror. I recall listening to and enjoying his music but other than that, I don’t know much about Brian, which is why I’m going to interview him briefly on Instagram today. If that goes well, you can expect to watch more interviews with guest deejays on Soundwave on Instagram.
You’re going to dig Brian’s mix. It’s of the caliber you’ve come to expect from Soundwave. There are some surprises, like a track from the Pat Metheny Group, and a track from guest deejay Roedelius’s Cluster project with Brian Eno (listen to Roedelius’s Soundwave mix here). You’re in good hands.
If you want to hear more music from Brian, he has a new song that is included in a charity album available on June 21, 2021, on Bandcamp from Audionautic Records. The label will donate all proceeds to Project Hope, which sends relief to South Asia and people worldwide. Several of the artists in today’s mix will also be on the compilation.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Pierre Laplace.
See you then!
- Willebrant “Dell”
- Sunwarper “Sunkissed”
- Pat Metheny Group “Into the Dream”
- Lửa “Con cáo”
- King Weapon “Tare”
- Etxera “How So”
- Cluster & Eno “Schöne Hände”
- Kh3rtis “Columbia”
- Endeleas “Moonrise”
- The Billows Burn Bright “18 Hours”
- Hadean “New Lows (Redux)”
- Brian Sangmeister “Unfold”
- Carbon Based Lifeforms “Everwave”
- Cpektir “You Won’t Escape Your Past”
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Today’s guest deejay is Jon Solo, AKA Naneum.
Carmen Rizzo introduced me to Naneum when he was a guest deejay on Soundwave. Carmen’s mix was gorgeous and I invited each musician he featured on his mix to guest deejay on Soundwave as well.
Jon’s mix is equally gorgeous. Whenever I listen to it I’m transported from sunny San Diego to a snow morning in the woods of Massachusetts when I was a boy. I can’t explain why but there is something about the delicacy of the music Jon selected that evokes that experience. That’s the beauty of the mixes on Soundwave, they take you on a journey. I’m curious to know where Jon’s mix takes you.
If you want to hear more music from Jon, you can begin with his January 2021 release, Solo Piano. You can hear more of his music here.
I’m going to keep today’s show notes brief. I just drove over eight hours to Sacramento to spend the next few weeks with my wife. I’m looking forward to catching up, having a nice meal, and getting some shuteye. I want to get up early so we can go kayaking.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Brian Sangmeister.
- Goldmund “Sometimes”
- Islands Of Light “Goerde”
- Abby Gundersen “Stratus”
- Carmen Rizzo “Stratification (Naneum Remix)”
- Ólafur Arnalds “Saman”
- Slow Meadow “Ships Along The Harbor”
- Lars Jakob Rudjord “Mothersong”
- Joel Shearer “Sunday”
- Alan Ellis “Soothe”
- Poppy Ackroyd “Feathers”
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Today’s guest deejay is Nate Heard.
Fitz Gitler introduced me to Nate after I asked him who would be interested in doing a mix for Soundwave (listen to Fitz’s mix here). If Fitz recommends anything then I’m going to listen because that guy has excellent taste in music, so invited Nate to guest deejay on Soundwave without hesitation.
Nate did not disappoint. I’ve listened to his mix many times, usually with a cup of coffee while I’m starting my workday. Despite each listen, Nate’s mix sounds fresh even as it’s burnished with another lacquer of familiarity.
Nature said that today’s mix inspired him to dust off his Ableton and begin composing again. I look forward to whatever he decides to share.
Nate is a medical geographer who uses maps to support health programs around the world. When I asked him if there was anything I should mention on today’s show notes, he said he wanted to promote efforts such as 80,000 Hours (a London-based organization that conducts research on which careers have the most significant positive social impact and provides career advice based on that research), GiveWell (an American non-profit charity assessment and effective altruism-focused organization, focusing primarily on the cost-effectiveness of the organizations that it evaluates, rather than traditional metrics such as the percentage of the organization’s budget that is spent on overhead), and Animal Charity Evaluators (a US-based non-profit charity evaluator and effective altruism-focused organization that finds and promotes the most effective ways to help animals).
- Terre Thaemlitz “D.C. D.O.A.”
- Julianna Barwick “Inspirit”
- 細野晴臣 & Bill Laswell “Unfinished Screams”
- Delia Derbyshire & Elsa Stansfield “Circle of Light - Part Two, excerpt”
- Francis Dhomont “Espace/Escape, excerpt”
- Holger Czukay “Traum Mal Wieder”
- Ai Yamamoto “Evening Night fall - Fire, cricket, wine glass etc”
- Chris Burke “Everything I Need”
- Vanessa Wagner x Murcof “Avril 14th - Loscil remix”
- Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, and Panaiotis “Lear, excerpt”
- Negativland “Times Zones, excerpt”
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Today’s guest deejay is Mauricio Sotelo, AKA Haiteku.
Altiplano is a short mixtape about contemporary Mexican electronic artists.
The “Altiplano” (the plateau region) is the zone of the center of Mexico, shaped for various states. From this zone, are the electronic artists that participate on this mixtape, all of them, independent producers.
The music of this material came from the independent label WOS Colectivo and Abolipop Records, on different releases and years.
- PCCL “Base Bells (Huixtralizer opposite blur structure remix)”
- Kiiote “Que desangraron los magueyes”
- Totore “Milagro”
- Broadband Star “Cereal Boreal”
- Antena “Alberca”
- The Hovering Cube “Windwalker”
- Undead Machine “Inchewe”
- José Soberanes “Disperso”
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Today’s guest deejay is Daniel Chamberlin.
Daniel and I met on Twitter over our shared appreciation of Paleowolf (listen to the Paleowolf mix on Soundwave here). I learned he is the host of Inter-Dimensional Music, a syndicated weekly community radio broadcast of “heavy mellow, kosmische slop, and void contemplation tactics.” After enjoying a couple of his shows, I invited Daniel to guest deejay on Soundwave.
What I love about Daniel’s mix is that his segues are so seamless that I often am unaware that he’s transitioned into another track. Granted, the music featured on Soundwave lends itself to those kinds of segues, but Daniel is particularly deft at it.
You can find Daniel on Instagram, Mixcloud, Twitter, YouTube, Bandcamp and his blog, Into the Green.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Mauricio Sotelo, AKA Haiteku.
Wife Signs “Void Contemplation Tactic” With Great Care “Bloodflow” Anna von Hausswolff “Dolore di Orsini” David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir “Solstice Kyrie” itta “Moonlight” Kevin Richard Martin “Back to where i belong” Divide and Dissolve “We Are Really Worried About You” DEAFKIDS & PETBRICK “O Antropoceno” Azu Tiwaline “Terremer” KMRU “behind there” Ancestral Duo “Trajesty” Dedekind Cut “The Crossing Guard” Jamire Williams “God’s Morning Invitation (featuring Chassol & Carlos Niño)” Path of the Sun “Aquatic Sun”
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Today’s guest deejay is Hans-Joachim Roedelius.
Last month Roedelius’s “Wenn Der Südwind Weht” appeared on my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist. On a lark, I sent Roedelius an email inviting him to guest deejay on Soundwave.
Roedelius musician and composer and has performed and recorded with kosmische musik bands Kluster, Cluster , and Harmonia and has a long-spanning solo career. The pandemic has not slowed Roedelius down at all. Just last weekend he did a surprise live stream concert , and in May, he’ll release a new album, Weites Land, that he recorded with Alexander Czjzek.
- Roedelius “Verweht”
- Eno Moebius Roedelius “The Belldog”
- Cluster “Dem Wanderer”
- Roedelius “Stridekid”
- Roedelius “Poetry”
- Roedelius “Five Stations”
- Hans Joachim Roedelius “Hoch Zu Ross”
- Arvanitis & Roedelius “Lovesong”
- Roedelius “Lustwandel”
- Harmonia “Monza (Rauf Und Runter)”
- Cluster “Sowiesoso”
- Roedelius “Leicht gemacht”
- Eno Moebius Roedelius “Base Apex”
- Roedelius “Toujours”
- Roedelius “Die Gunst der Stunde”
- Roedelius “Gefällig”
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Today’s guest deejay is John Shanahan, host of the Hypnagogue Podcast.
The Hypnagogue Podcast began over a decade ago as an offshoot of the Hypnagogue Reviews site, which I ran from 2003 until 2017, when I decided I didn’t have anything worth saying anymore. Now the music does the eclectic talking for me every two weeks, built from the amazing range of music sent my way.
I laid down this Soundwave mix as I do my own show—picking an interesting place to start and following a stream of semi-conscsiousness through my library to see what associations arise. So we kick off with haunting sound-sculptor Joe Frawley and move with the piano into the sparse, emotional spaces of Memory Bell. The Detroit76, a Matt Borghi side project, shifts us smoothly into beat-driven groove territory, segueing into tasty licks from Austin funk-dub duo Canartic, which melts neatly into into vintage Cyberchump. Forest Robots offer a bridge by way of plucked-string tones in a wash of electronica, and Corciolli & Emmanuele Baldini use it to escort us further intro electro-acoustic territory. That put me in mind of the modern chamber music of Domingues and Kane, after which we flick the switch to Tim Story’s brand of electronic chamber music. At the end, the ride finishes courtesy of the person who brought my show to Joseph’s attention in the first place, Neuro...No Neuro, aka Kirk Markarian.
Thank you, Kirk!
- Joe Frawley “Sunday (Recurrences)”
- Memory Bell “Entropy, Obsolete”
- Matt Borghi and The Detroit76 “Space Telesceope”
- Canartic “Aux 1”
- Cyberchump “Interstellar Dub Station Freakout”
- Forest Robots “On A Desolate Shore Under A Full Moon”
- Corciolli & Emmanuele Baldini “Glacier”
- Domingues & Kane “Lament No 7”
- Tim Story “The Woman Singing”
- Neuro...No Neuro “Much-needed Recharge”
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Today’s guest deejay is Innesti.
Innesti’s mix concludes my deep dive of musicians I’ve discovered on Bandcamp and invited to deejay on SOUNDWAVE.
When I found Innesti on Bandcamp, I immersed myself in their music. I think it was Brian Eno who described ambient music in a metaphor of a painting: you can either have the painting as something that’s part of your background and enjoy it on that level, or you can choose to shift your focus to the painting and experience it at that level. Innesti’s music definitely fulfills those categories but awards active listening.
I’m listening to some of Innesti’s music as I write this. It’s the golden hour, and the kitchen I am writing you from is magically lit, and Innesti is providing the soundtrack to this enchanting moment.
I’ll most definitely feature more artists on Bandcamp on the show in the future, but not at the same volume.
If you’re unfamiliar with Bandcamp, it’s a service that sells music and gives musician and music labels a fair percentage of money generated from sales on Bandcamp.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be John Shanahan, host of the Hypnagogue Podcast.
See you then!
- Innesti “Parenthetical Moments”
- In the Branches and Neglect “Stepping into the Past“
- echospace plays michael mantra “Sea Shell City (morning)”
- Eternell “cove (meditation)”
- Billow Observatory “Pankalia”
- Andrew Lahiff “This Side of Winter”
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Today’s guest deejay is Michał Milczarek.
Michał is based in Warsaw, Poland, and is an ambient electroacoustic artist that explores multimedia, sound art, and ambient genre through guitar soundscapes, field recordings, and samples. He is a conceptual leader of MM3, who creates 360° concepts of composing music, sound design, audio production, visual arts, and live performances. Michał is also a member of NUDA, a polish modern jazz/avantgarde band. Michał is currently working on different multimedia concepts and audio-visual works connecting the language of music and social commitment.
- Envee “When the World Ended”
- IDRA “Indivisibilité”
- KMRU “Solace”
- meeting by chance “Not Alone”
- Julianna Barwick “Safe”
- Palette “It’s The Little Things, Pt. I”
- Thom Yorke “Not the News”
- Michał Milczarek “#4”
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Today’s guest deejay is Peter van Cooten, host of Ambientblog and DreamScenes on Concertzender.
I ask each guest to deejay who they know who would be interested in participating in the show with a mix. Harrold Roeland, who was a guest deejay on Soundwave back in December, suggested Peter. I’ve known about Ambientblog for years and have listened to many of Peter’s mixes on Mixcloud. I’m thankful that Harrold made the introduction because Peter’s mix is exceptional.
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Today’s guest deejay is Robin Rimbaud, AKA Scanner.
I discovered Robin last century on a compilation album. At the time, Robin was snatching phone conversations from the ether and incorporating them into his music. It was at once intimate and troubling because the very act of listening to Robin’s music made you complicit in his eavesdropping.
Those tracks, however, are just one area he explores in his music. If you delved into his work, you’d find that it is not incongruous to find him straddling minimalism, classical music, soundtracks and more.
Robin has some words about his mix, which you can read below.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Peter van Cooten, host of Ambientblog.net and DreamScenes on Concertzender.
See you then!
I always find it challenging to know how to begin to choose music from literally hundreds of thousands of pieces of music that I own. Music lives with me from the moment I wake up early in the morning until I go to bed at night (at a very reasonable time). So, I thought it might be of interest to simply make a collage of a few of the many pieces of music that have accompanied me in the last seven days. These are playing as I work on emails, administration, accounts, and so on through my day. A brief picture of a moment in a day for my ears.
- Ø “Otava”
- Roméo Poirier “Thalassocratie”
- Stephen Vitiello “Light Readings”
- Nurse with Wound “Echo Poeme Sequence N° 2”
- Blank Gloss “Of a Vessel”
- Brian Eno “Top Boy”
- Disjecta “Are You an Echo”
- Benjamin Britten “Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 - Chant”
- John Cage “Dream”
- strië “Hallilaul”
- Mark Pritchard “Beautiful People (feat. Thom Yorke)”
- Bersarin Quartett “Oktober”
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Today’s guest deejay is Rhucle.
Rhucle is yet another amazing talent I discovered on Bandcamp.
Typically I’ll do a deep dive on Spotify to discover musicians who explore ambient, classical, experimental, and instrumental music. The last few months, I’ve been searching for new music on Bandcamp. The original reason was that I know Bandcamp is one of the platforms where musicians and labels can get a more significant percentage of money from sales of songs and albums (nearly all the tracks on today’s show can be purchased on Bandcamp, by the way). While I stream my share of music through Spotify, I still purchase music to support the artists, so I decided that as long as I’m buying music on Bandcamp, I should see what they have to offer.
It’s been a rewarding experience because I’ve spent many hours listening to fantastic music. Bandcamp seems to attract musicians and labels who offer a higher caliber of releases. I don’t know why that is so, but in general, it appears to be true.
As I delved into Bandcamp, I came across Rhucle and his lovely music.
Rhucle’s albums will forever feel like a Sunday winter afternoon walking my dog in Sacramento because that’s how I first experienced his music.
There’s a bike path not far from where I’m living. One Sunday, I took my dog, Blossom, for a walk down the path so we could play ball. I listened to Rhucle’s albums on my phone, and his music became the soundtrack for our stroll. We went through fields, saw ducks and egrets in the stream and turtles sunning themselves. At some point, I stopped being aware of Rhucle’s music, it was simply part of the environment.
Naturally, I invited Rhucle to guest deejay on SOUNDWAVE. It’s beautiful and taps into the same magic I got listening to Rhucle’s album that Sunday spent walking my dog. I hope you’ll have a delightfully similar experience when you listen to it.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Robin Rimbaud AKA Scanner.
See you then!
- Loris S. Sarid “Orizzontale verticale”
- Inner Travels “Sirao”
- Chie Otomi “Cardamom”
- Gallery Six “Her Gentle Smile”
- Kyle Bobby Dunn “Grab (And It’s Lost Legacies)”
- Harold Budd “Campanile”
- Bålsam “You’ll Be Safe Here (Long Version)”
- Rhucle “Gardenia”
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Today’s guest deejay is João Guimarães, AKA Emil Zapffe.
If you’ve been listening to SOUNDWAVE for the last few weeks, then it will come as no surprise that I discovered João on Bandcamp.
When SOUNDWAVE comes up in conversation with those unfamiliar with ambient music, I sometimes have to explain that not all ambient music is swathes of pretty sounds. Ambient can be haunting and discordant. Or, in João’s case, it’s grand in scope. If you want to experience it yourself, go to João’s Bandcamp page and play any of his songs with the volume cranked to 11. His music will shake your windows and vibrate dishes off your table. You’ve been warned.
But if you’re expecting that kind of experience on today’s show, then you’ll be just as surprised as I was. João’s mix covers quite the gamut. Yes, there is that big sound, but it’s also delicate, mournful, and lovely. It’s precisely the kind of mix I’d share with people I have to explain the depth and complexity ambient music offers.
Oh, and I also appreciate that João and I appreciate Peter Wessel Zapffe’s nihilist essay, “The Last Messiah” (listen to an excerpt from the essay on my October 2020 mix). I usually embrace Nietzche’s existential exuberance, but it’s easy to waffle and settle into existential dread, something Zapffe (Peter Wessel, not Emil) explores in his essay. As long as I don’t fall into Emil Cioran’s existential disgust, I guess I’m doing okay.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Rhucle.
See you then!
- Giulio Aldinucci “Phoenix”
- Emil Zapffe “Fragmented Anchors”
- SVLBRD “The Void”
- Mono Tape “Origin”
- Mount Shrine & Alphaxone “The Realms of Madmen”
- David Cordero “Tras la tormenta (feat. Carles Guajardo)”
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Today’s guest deejay is Julie Carpenter, AKA Less Bells.
Several months ago, I did a deep dive on musicians on Bandcamp who explored ambient, classical, experimental, and instrumental music. Julie explores all those genres, so naturally, I invited her to join us on SOUNDWAVE. I expected to be surprised, but I didn’t expect how surprised by her mix. Dirty Projectors? Buddy Sainte-Marie? Big Star? What the hell?!? I’m not complaining. In fact, I’m delighted!
Speaking of delights, I urge you to go on your music streaming platform of choice and listen to Julie’s music. I’ve been listening to her albums constantly since first discovering her music, and I have a feeling you’ll do the same. Better yet, if you like what you hear, and you will, why not spend a few dollars on some of her songs or her albums. You can thank me later.
Julie will talk about her mix below.
I need to wrap this up because my wife will visit me for the next week and I need to tidy up around the house. The pandemic and work have kept us apart for months at a time. While I’m used to a solitary life, I don’t like being apart from her this long. But I have relapsed into my former bachelor ways and need to get things shipshape before she’s back in town.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Emil Zapffe, AKA João Guimarães.
See you then!
- Dirty Projectors “Two Doves”
- Clint Heidorn “Pasadena”
- Windy & Carl “Snow Covers Everything”
- Santo & Johnny “Sleep Walk”
- Christina Vantzou “Entanglement”
- The Books “That Right Ain’t Shit”
- Buffy Sainte-Marie “Poppies”
- Big Star “Kanga Roo”
- Less Bells “Queen of Crickets”
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Today’s guest deejay is Dani, AKA Kloob.
Dani’s mix is a special selection of some of the his deepest tracks.
Dani has been composing electronic music for 20 years, from underground electronic dance vibes to ambient atmospheric scapes. Dani has been deeply involved in ambient since 2010, and he has released under Relaxed Machinery and Winter-Light labels.
Dani is yet another musician I’ve discovered on Bandcamp. Unless Bandcamp has a predictive algorithm running behind the scene, I assume Bandcamp is pretty straightforward: what you see is what you get. Meaning, if you’re into, say, ambient music, then Bandcamp serves up a bunch of stuff in that category. As far as I know, they’re not displaying music based on your play count or rating or whatever.
That’s got me thinking. I love Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlists. After years of using it, it gets me. Spotify is just one of many platforms competing for my dollar, offering a set of services and options that they hope will entice me. But for SOUNDWAVE, I’ve found myself lately perusing ambient, classical, experimental, and instrumental music on Bandcamp based album covers, the names of the artists, and skimming through a couple of their tracks. I did it the old-fashioned way like a savage.
Dani had me hooked.
First, the name. Kloob? Really? I’m in.
His album covers are gorgeous.
And Dani’s music has got all the things I love in ambient. His mix ranges from the cosmic to the sublime to the primal. You’re in for quite a journey.
It didn’t take an algorithm. All it took was Dani delivering on the promise of an experience.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Julie Carpenter AKA Less Bells. You guessed it, she’s another musician I discovered on Bandcamp.
See you then!
- Kloob “Kochi Sunset”
- Kloob “A Special Glow”
- Kloob “Desprendido (Alternative Mix)”
- Kloob “Profound Invocation”
- Kloob “Endless Motion”
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Today’s guest deejay is Boris Tyurin, AKA Out of Hell.
Out of Hell continues my exploration of musicians who mine the ores ambient, classical, experimental, and instrumental on Bandcamp. It’s been a successful endeavor, and previous Bandcamp artists who have been guest deejays on SOUNDWAVE are Ishmael Cormack, Tim Six of ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ Records, and Ivan Somov, AKA Notnotice.
I’ll be honest, what made me listen to Out of Hell’s was the influence of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft on his music.
It’s interesting because Lovecraft’s books are in the public domain Lovecraft permeates popular culture. In particular, his Cthulhu mythos. You can find Lovecraft’s tentacled Elder God in the form of crochet toys, tiki mugs, and pajamas. The sublime terror of Cthulhu has been diminished into a safe, consumer item. The only people who tap into the nihilistic horror of Cthulhu are comic book writer Alan Moore, role-playing game creators, and bands such as Rudimentary Peni and Skinny Puppy.
Not everything Out of Hell records is touched by the tentacles of Cthulhu, but the influence is there. Out of Hell explores the realm of dark ambient. His music can be just as delicate and pretty as a lot of ambient music, but it’s mysterious and often tinged with dream and anxiety. His mix is more than a selection of some of his best work. It’s an experience to be had.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Dani, founder of Kloob Music.
See you then!
- Out of Hell “The Dark”
- Our of Hell “Symphony in Moonlight and Nightmares”
- Out of Hell “The Temple”
- Out of Hell “The Whisperer in Darkness”
- Out of Hell “The Voice of the Night”
- Out of Hell “The Ruins”
- Out of Hell “Introspection”
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Today’s guest deejay is Ivan Somov, AKA Notnotice.
Notnotice - a project created to implement the ambient and not only the mood of the author. Originally was written only dark ambient, but later decided not limited by the rigid framework, but at the same time, the music has not lost the original dark and cold, Notnotice tries to embody in their tracks the idea of loneliness and alienation.
- Symphocat “Svifa I Himininn”
- Forest Management “Fill In The Blank”
- unknown “Way number 3”
- Notnotice “Stockholm Syndrome”
- Acronym “Rails”
- очень длинный кот “v parallelnih mirah”
- Bad Sector & Tommaso Lisa “Untitled”
- kmerl “Constellation”
- Stanislav Tolkachev “Borderland”
- Canadian Rifles “1812”
- FH HF “Seconds Remain As Abstract Strokes”
- gacha bakradze “Broken Keyboard”
- Jeremiah M. Carter & Chelsea Bridges “White Rose Royale”
- Appropriate Savagery “Makeup & Ketamine, During a Quiet Evening”
- Christian Michael Filardo “Charm Syndicate”
- Concrete Fantasies “stealth2 (Agadez Magi)”
- Varg2™ “600 Lives To Become Nothing But A Memory (ft. Soho Rezanejad)”
- Cio D’Or “Triplet”
- EyeScream “(A)(ny)(thing)(ll)”
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ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ Records / Pantheon is an independent D.I.Y. music label from St. Petersburg, Russia, releasing various kinds of lesser-known artist from all around the globe. Our label specializes in limited editions of cassettes and CDs in handcrafted packaging and releasing digital-only albums.
All tracks for today’s show are from albums released on ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ Records (2014-2020).
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Thank you for listening!
- tremorkikimor “lunaria”
- Mitseliy & Konstantin Beresnev “Blurred Intensity III”
- Symphocat “Stream Harmony”
- Dynastor “Crystalline Caverns”
- Blear Moon “Rising late”
- July in January “About dreams and visions”
- Dvory “Nisargadatta”
- Highland Spokesman “two”
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Today’s guest deejay is Ishmael Cormack.
To date, nearly all the guest deejays on SOUNDWAVE are people I have relationships with or introduced to me through the guest deejays. Ishmael is different.
These days I purchase nearly all my music on Bandcamp. Yes, I said purchase. I’m old fashioned that way. Oh, I do more than my fair share of streaming, but if I find music I genuinely love, I’m happy to spend money on it. Bandcamp is my favorite platform to purchase music because the artists and labels are treated fairly, and they receive a higher percentage of money from sales than most other platforms. So I’m on Bandcamp a lot. And because of SOUNDWAVE, I tend to peruse releases from ambient, classical, experimental, and instrumental musicians.
If you enjoy music from any of those genres, you know from experience that most of it are dreck. The music tends to be bland or outright terrible. It isn’t easy to compose music in those genres that’s engaging and take you on an emotional journey. It’s refreshing to find musicians who do it well, and Ishmael is one of those artists.
I'm not a musician myself, so it’s difficult for me not to fall into clichés to describe Ishmael’s music using words like delicate, pretty, or sonorous. I’m reminded of an interview I once heard with Ben Frost where he complained of this very thing. I believe he said something to the effect that sommeliers have many metaphors to describe wines’ taste, but we lack the same when talking about music.
It’s almost a shame, then, that today’s mix from Ishmael does not feature his music. Almost, because Ishmael has lovingly selected tracks that are, sigh, delicate, pretty, and sonorous, but it’s true. It’s a wonderful mix.
If you enjoy today’s show, and I have no doubt you will, then support the artists by following my example and purchasing their music. And while you’re at it, listen to Ishmael’s releases on Bandcamp, and if you hear something like it, show him your appreciation by spending some money on his music.
See you then!
- Andrew Chalk “The Flood”
- Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer “On Branches”
- Richard Ginns “Faded From The Winter”
- Tom Scott “Ribbon Glass”
- Jens Pauly “Licht”
- Cyril Secq “Huitiéme Branche”
- Morimoto Naoki “Nod”
- Suda Norihito “The Weather Of The Day Was To Calm Almost As If Nothing Had Happened”
- Melissa Pons “Screeching Dawn”
- Jodi Cave “For Sine And Breath Tones”
- Federico Durand “IIu Wouter”
- Van Veldhoven “First Lullaby”
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I don’t know anyone who escaped the intense gravity of 2020. In addition to a pandemic, this year also saw the unexpected passing of my father. A loss I’m still trying to process. I’ve spent a great deal of time contemplating death, disease, and division over the last several months. Music has always been my primary outlet of expression. As a result, I made a lot of music in 2020. (Four releases!) But as I land on the other side of them, I find myself increasingly feeling lost and out of place. I am often daydreaming about being somewhere else and unreachable. This sense has carried over into my music listening habits as well. I’ve desired quieter sounds that feel less tethered to a place or time. Fewer words. More feeling. To, perhaps, communicate something words cannot yet find. And that is what I have found in these songs over the last several months. To me, each of these pieces feels like rivers that drift or breeze stirring trees in a geography I would prefer to dwell. So I sit in these songs and let them fill my house throughout the days and evenings until, hopefully, I embody the spirit of their imagined origins.
- John Carroll Kirby “Canyon (Waiting Alive In A Canyon)”
- Brian Eno “And Then So Clear”
- 3617 “Orphans of The Sky”
- Dedekind Cut “Tahoe”
- Warmth “The Creek”
- Toshifumi Hinata “Misldsummer Night”
- Johnny Nash & Suzanne Kraft “Time, Being”
- The Blue Nile “From A Late Night Train”
- Gigi Masin “The Word Love (Original Mix)”
- Windy & Carl “Forest Trails”
- Arve Henriksen “Sorrow and Its Opposite”
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Today’s guest deejay is Mike Cadoo, the founder of n5MD, an independent record label based out of Oakland, California, that focuses on ambient, modern composition, post-rock, and experimental electronic music.
I showcased n5MD on solipsistic NATION some years ago. Let me share what I said about n5MD on that episode of solipsistic NATION, which explains why I invited Mike to be our guest deejay on today’s show.
“What I’ve always found so charming is that the releases on n5MD don’t just provide music that establishes a mood. The releases on n5MD take you on an emotional journey, which I find far more compelling and interesting. Anyone can play a chord in E minor that will evoke an emotional response. Still, it’s much more difficult to build an emotionally complex song and takes you places in your imagination. Let me take that back. There are plenty of people who can do that, there are a just few people who do it well and do it with sincerity, and I think that’s what n5MD is all about.”
Mike’s mix for today’s show captures everything I just said about his label. Mike is going to take you by the hand and gently guide you through an emotional journey.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Steve Swartz.
See you then!
- dj healer “Protectionspell”
- Stars of the Lid “Mullholland”
- Jon Hopkins featuring King Creosote “Immunity”
- Neil Cowley & Ben Lukas Boysen “A Grain of Truth”
- The Ideal Setback “Whittle”
- Black Swan “Slow Oblivion, Part I”
- Chronovalve “Something to Hope For”
- Holy Fawn “Tethered”
- loscil “Neve”
- Nils Frahm “A Shine”
- ILUITEQ “Moon Disconnected”
- KMRU “degree of change”
- r beny “Golden Larch Emerging fin Spring”
- Julianna Barwick “Same”
- KMRU “Whir”
- Carlos Ferreira “Epilogue”
- Sea Oleena “Portugal (A Lift)”
- bvdub “I Would Have Waited”
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Today’s guest deejay is Pavlo Storonsky, AKA Tineidae.
I discovered Pavlo while perusing artists on the Cryo Chamber label on Bandcamp. Cryo Chamber has been one of my favorite music labels since being introduced to them through a friend who played music from their catalog to provide the soundtrack to our Vampire: The Masquerade game sessions. I’ve never heard a Cryo Chamber release I didn’t like; there are just some I like more than others. I was hooked when I heard Pavlo’s Exo album. It’s as dark, ominous, and cinematic as everything else on Cryo Chamber but with a science fiction-horror vibe.
That’s not to say that Pavlo’s mix for today’s show sounds like that. But it's undoubtedly moody, atmospheric, and beautiful. I’ve been listing to it all week, and it’s exactly what I needed to help get me through Trump’s attempted coup here in the U.S. and 4,000+ dying a day from COVID-19. It’s surreal that I just wrote that sentence, but here we are.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Mike Cadoo, founder of the record label, n5MD.
- 36 “Cocoon”
- Burial “Forgive”
- Blackhill Transmitter “Five Twenty Seven”
- Access to Arasaka - char *argv
- Valance Drakes “Until Either Comes To Pass”
- Lorn “SILHOUETTE”
- Bad Sector “Ampòs”
- Ghost Factory “It Will Be Okay. We Can Walk Through This Forest Together.”
- Subheim “Streets”
- the_empath “silberstreif”
- Glanko “AC”
- Mønic “Morse”
- Tineidae “Gas Mask (Ambient Version)”
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Today’s guest deejay is Fitz Gitler, and he has a beautiful mix to ease us into 2021.
I met Fritz when I asked Jason Randall Smith (listen to Jason’s mix here) who he knew would be interested in sharing a mix on SOUNDWAVE. Jason did not steer me wrong. Fitz is a musician, deejay, and designing sounds for theatrical productions, most of which in collaboration with director Tim Lee.
- Techniken Defunkus “Pre-show for That Time”
- Teebs “The Endless”
- Colin Alexander “Bells and Strings”
- Tom Richards “Minor Breach”
- LV feat. Tigran Hamasyan “Hammers and Roses”
- Techniken Defunkus “Ash Girl Post & Almost Nothing”
- The Art Of Noise “Robinson Crusoe (downshift)”
- Gabriella Swallow “Linear Construction (No. 5)”
- Johnny Mbizo Dyani “Afrikan blues (excerpt)”
- Aaron Novik “Ballroom of Lost Faith-Lost Dignity-LostSoul”
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Haunted Feelings”
- David Boykin Reads Sun Ra “The Space Age Cannot Be Avoided”
- Buddy Peace “Day 138 - Been Glorious”
- Jean Grae “BITS part 2 - The Fear”
- Angel Bat Dawid “Transition East”
- Daniel Carter, Brad Farberman, Billy Martin “I Guess Everything Is Happening As It Should”
- Ill Considered “Retreat”
- Coleman Hawkins “Hawk’s Variations, Part 1”
- Dodo Marmarosa “Bopmatism”
- Ahmad Jamal “Ahmad’s Blues”
- Roy Eldridge “Echoes of Harlem”
- Dan Tepfer “Improvisation 12 / obsessive”
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Today’s guest deejay is Nik Davies. You most likely know her as Applefish.
I have some great shows in store for you in 2021! That said, I’m hoping this time next year, nearly everyone will have been vaccinated, and COVID-19 will be no more of a threat than any of the viruses we vaccinate for. And on that day, I will retire SOUNDWAVE, content that it serviced its purpose.
Until then, today’s mix by Nik is the perfect way to wind down 2020. It’s quiet, and it’s beautiful. Nik’s mix is like a blanket you wrap yourself in to keep yourself warm in a sometimes cold and harsh would. It’s also an expansive mix that makes me optimistic. And that’s a fine way to end 2020.
Join us next week (and net year) when our guest deejay will be Fitz Gitler.
See you then!
Applefish “Andromeda” Good Weather For An Airstrike “Thaw” Aphex Twin “#3” Lauge “Pine Trees Covered in Fog” Lauge & Matt Tondut “Above the Clouds” Crows Labyrinth “Our Last Dream (Single Version)” Applefish “Astrosat” Biosphere “Poa Alpina” Applefish“Return to the Trubutaries” Good Weather For An Airstrike “The Depths Between Us” Spacecraft “Zodiacal Light”
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This mix starts with jazz, an album by Yusuf Lateef which has a nicely worn out sound. Biosphere’s wonderful impression of breaking ice quickly enters the scene. As far as worn out and slightly off key sounds go, Denmark’s Øjerum is an expert on that. His works are often soothing and slightly disturbing at the same time, as are Roly Porter’s, entering the mix around the 7 minute mark. We take a step back then for the second third of the mix, combining IA’s “Mater Lacrimosa” with, again, the percussive side of Biosphere. The last third of the mix is a piling of works, as often happens in my radioshow Sensenta on the Dutch Concertzender. IA meets John Coltrane meets Markus Guentner meets the genius of Kaija Saariaho. And finally, since it’s polite to introduce oneself, the last notes of “Glacier Looming,” is an impression of the weight of the Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand, a work using birdsong and semi-modular synthesis.
- Yusef Lateef “Purple Flower”
- Biosphere “Skålbrekka”
- Øjerum “The Forest Is Sleeping With The Trees, Part 1”
- Roly Porter “Inflation Field”
- IA “Mater Lacrimosa”
- Biosphere “Bergsbotn III”
- John Coltrane “The Drum Thing”
- Markus Guentner “Magnetar”
- Kaija Saariaho “Six Japanese Gardens IV”
- Harrold Roeland “Glacier Looming”
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Today’s guest deejay is Christian Sager, co-host of Supercontext, a podcast autopsy of media: how we consume it and how it informs our everyday culture.
I love Supercontext. It feels like a podcast that was produced exclusively for me. For example, some of the topics they covered have been the anime Akira, Roy Scranton’s Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization and Bruce Sterling’s state of the word address at SXSW 2016. Sadly, Supercontext is now defunct although Christian and co-host Charlie Bennet still release a monthly podcast for Patreon supporters where they chat about the media they’ve been consuming.
- Aspects of Physics “Level 3”
- Battles “Tonto”
- Atomsmasher “Thunderspit”
- Sannhet “Invisible Wounds”
- DJ/rupture “A04 Untitled from ‘Nubus’”
- Run The Jewels “Don't Get Captured (Instrumental)”
- MONO “After You Comes the Flood”
- Thrones “Ephraim”
- Russian Circles “309”
- Sunn O))) & Boris “Akuma No Kuma”
- OXES “Bees Won”
- The Fucking Champs “What's A Little Reign?”
- Orthrelm “rdd 1+2”
- Heilung “Norupo”
- Earth “Crooked Axis for String Quartet”
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This playlist is intended to turn folks onto new music from known and unknown ambient artists.
Joseph August is new artist out of Los Angeles and a frequent guest for Secular Sabbath with Rhye, Diplo, Flume.
Clarice Jenson is best known for being the cellist for Max Richter’s Sleep amongst many others and an incredible solo artist in her own right
“March” comes from my second release from my latest album, Hours, available on all digital outlets.
Orpheo McCord is the founding member of Ed Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, this song is off Orpheo’s first solo release. Epic ambient marimba beauty
Naneum is an ambient artist out of New York, who’s played for many artists including Angus and Julia Stone and Passenger.
Jónsi is a member of Sigur Rós and composer and “Boy” is from Alex Somers’ second release.
- Joseph August “A Soft Reflect”
- Clarice Jenson “Final”
- Joel Shearer “March”
- Orpheo McCord “As Within”
- Naneum “Accretion”
- Jónsi and Alex “Boy”
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Melorman is the alias of Greek electronic producer Antonis Chaniotakis. For over 20 years, the Athens-based artist has been making electronic music, ranging in musical style from emotional and ambient electronica to experimental and glitch.
His sound is instantly recognizable, and his music is often described as warm and commanding, seeking to inspire nostalgia and create an emotional imagery through sound. The melodies are aerial and fluffy, often changing frequently. Melorman attempts to reach and capture the ultimate feeling and embodiment that melody has on the human emotional state.
He has released music on various labels such as Sun Sea Sky Productions, SymbolicInteraction, Archaic Horizon, Summer Rain Recordings, Shima Records, IVDT, CCT Records, Sixteen Steps Records, and Envizagae Records.
- Aiora “Cinnamon”
- Melorman “Eliquis”
- Hidden Orchestra “Palace End”
- naono “Untitled Merrow”
- Purl “Seraphine Tears”
- Porya Hatami “Fen (Segue Remix)”
- Illuvia “Summer Cloud”
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Today’s guest deejay is Jason Corder AKA offthesky.
Jason was on the list of people I wanted to interview for solipsistic NATION after being introduced to his music through Bluetech’s Somnia music label and featuring Jason’s music on my show (here and here).
Ambient and instrumental music that leans towards the ambient tends to sound indistinguishable. It’s difficult to have a unique sound and in fact that is the point for many artists who create music in this genre. But this is not the case with Jason, His music is very organic. Burnished, you might say. It feel’s worn-in, like a jacket you’ve owned for decades. Jasons music is very much his own and instantly recognizable.
I know you’re going to love this mix. I know I certainly have. I had the pleasure of listening to it again today as we were driving out of Palm Springs. It's not an environment I thought would be conducive to this mix but it fit right in there.
- Xu “Whisper My World (Featuring Darren Harper)”
- Dalot & Sound Awakender “Little Things”
- Lee Evans “Aphasic Dorest”
- Hipnotic Earth “Home Diaries 022”
- David Bowie “Low”
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Today’s SOUNDWAVE features a mix of select tracks from Paleowolf!
I’ve been sitting on a handful of mixes since I invited guest deejays on SOUNDWAVE. If they were going to be generous with their time and efforts to send me a mix then I could be patient and release my own mixes on a later date. And at long last I can finally share with you today's mix of select tracks from Paleowolf!
I got turned on to Paleowolf when Warren Ellis raved about Paleowolf’s album, Megafauna Rituals. I’ve been waiting for an album like Megafauna Rituals for decades since listening to Brian Eno’s Ambient 4: On Land album. Yes, yes, I know that album is an imaginary soundscape the captures the essence of Eno’s England but I didn't know that when I first heard it. To me On Land was more of a touchstone to our Paleolithic past.
Speaking of the Paleolithic, Paleowolf’s music is the soundtrack to a lot of Ice Age role playing games such as Würm, Paleomythic and my own homebrew game based on the Strain rule set. You might want to incorporate it into your own game if that’s your bag.
Scorpio V is the man behind Paleowolf and I was hoping to have him on the show to be a guest deejay but the guy is busy. After looking at all his releases and side projects I don't think the poor bastard has time to eat or sleep. In fact, as I write this his latest album, Primordial II, will be released November 16. Maybe after this album I can get him to guest deejay on SOUNDWAVE.
If you dig today’s show you’ll want to check out Scorpio VI’s other projects such as Orkforge, Metatron Omega and Forest of Yore.
- Paleowolf “Thundertribe”
- Paleowolf “Hunter”
- Paleowolf “Hunter II”
- Paleowolf “Sabertooth”
- Paleowolf “Eos”
- Paleowolf “Héḱmō (Stone)”
- Paleowolf “Unjo”
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Today on SOUNDWAVE our guest deejay is n5MD recording artist, Daniel McCagh.
Daniel describes his mix as a collection of some favourite tunes both beautiful and sometimes uncomfortable for deep and immersive listening. It’s the kind of soundscape that’s perfect for the rare rainy day we’re having this weekend in San Diego. After you are done listening to Daniel’s mix you will know that you have just experienced something profound and that you will need time to process it.
Daniel’s mix comes to us by way of Mike Cadoo, the founder of n5MD. I interviewed Mike and featured music from his label on solipsistic NATION some years ago. When I launched SOUNDWAVE I reached out to Mike to do a mix for a show. Mike was busy at the time but suggested that Daniel put together a mix for SOUNDWAVE. Great idea, Mike. Oh, and I still want you to do a mix of your own when time permits.
Daniel McCagh is an electronic music producer and sound artist currently residing in Melbourne, Australia. Daniel uses acoustic instruments and digital manipulation to create powerful emotive and cinematic music. Daniel is also the sole composer and sound designer behind Gutterbox Audio, having composed music and designed sound for global companies such as Polestar, Huawei, Acura and Volkswagen.
- Proem “As They Go”
- Roly Porter “Known Space”
- Abul Mogard “Flooding Tide”
- Yair Elazar Glotman & Mats Erlandsson “Procession”
- Deru “Undertow”
- Martin Stig Andersen “City”
- Tim Hecker “In The Fog”
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This mix is a small label sampler for Other Forms of Consecrated Life, a platform for experimental artists with an interest in audiovisual phenomena, hypnagogia, or dissociative states. The mix begins with low, pulsing drones from the archive of Lynette Sandholm Evvers, a chromesthesic, whose work has been favorably compared by Disquiet to Éliane Radigue. It then continues with the choral, eremitic musics of The Penitential Station and Acoxaca, before concluding with the more abrasive sounds of Tepe Gawra and Elizabeth Cottern, the latter whose album was described by Brainwashed as an ‘instant classic’.
- Lynette Sandholm Evvers, “Photism”
- The Penitential Station “The Powers of the Soul and the Manner of Her Working”
- Acoxaca “In Abeyance the Devouring Flame”
- Tepe Gawra “Tholoi, C”
- Elizabeth Cottern ”Akoasm I”
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I love this mix and I’m happy to finally share it with you after listening it to it weekly for the six months. It’s also something of a relief because today’s mix is also a touchstone to very unhappy time in my life and I’m glad to finally let go of it.
Join us again next week when our guest deejay will be E & S from one of my favorite labels, Other Forms of Consecrated Life.
See you then!
- Dronny Darko “Bioelectric Dive”
- Sabled Sun “Silo”
- Multicast Dynamics “Observation Deck”
- Ecker & Meulyzer “Carbon Cycles”
- West Dylan Thordson “Opening”
- Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow “Suffocation”
- Those Who Walk Away “First Degraded Hymn”
- Peter Wessel Zapffe “The Last Messiah, Excerpt”
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Today’s guest deejay is Sasha, AKA, protoU!
A few months ago Dronny Darko came on the show with a killer mix. As usually, I asked Dronny who he knew personally who would be interested in sharing a mix of their own for SOUNDWAVE and Dronny recommended protoU. It’s a dark and mysterious that’s both ethereal and earthy. Sasha’s mix resonates with me because it is reminiscent of the first two albums that introduced me to ambient music, Brian Eno’s Ambient 4: On Land and Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks. Sasha’s mix also include’s Hivetribe’s “Uthernno”, which features one of my favorite recording of a 1950s housewife trying to describe a LSD experience.
You will not be disappointed with Sasha’s mix. I’ve had her mix on repeat for weeks and I still find something new in it.
- Alphaxone & protoU “Consumed”
- protoU “Transparent Clusters”
- protoU “Unreal Symbols”
- protoU “Dai Robsa Preah”
- Dronny Darko & protoU “Riparian Forest [300 million years ago]”
- Dronny Darko & protoU “Everything”
- Untitledcloud “Waves”
- Untitledcloud “Abstractions”
- Hivetribe “Herbquake”
- Hivetribe “Uthernno”
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Today’s guest deejay is Axel Arturo Barceló, who I met while interviewing him for solipsistic NATION about his netlabel, Discos Konfort. I enjoyed talking to Axel about his label and dug the music from his roster of artists that he was one of the first people I contacted when I started asking folks to guest deejay on SOUNDWAVE. I know you’re going to live his mix!
This is another one of those entries that I have to keep short because I have friends from out of town that I’m about to meet up with for dinner.
Okay, that’s it. I got a flex. Join us next week when our guest deejay will be protoU.
See you then!
- Jerry ZZZ “M”
- Rose McGowan “Canes Venatici”
- Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes “Storm before the Calm”
- Field Works “Formation 2, Revisited (Lusine Remix)”
- Liozn “Ascending”
- Local 86 “Sim Dreams”
- Pássaro “Ayaymama”
- mdol “aquablock”
- Machino “Navajas”
- OMAAR “Dancefloor (Like this)”
- Hexsystem “Cycles”
- Emmerichk “Dub 2”
- Bliz Nochi “Day Dreamwalker”
- Matías Pérez Fuentes & Joni Lobos “Magnetismo”
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Today’s guest deejay is Jonathan Ammons, a journalist, radio producer, and musician living in Asheville, North Carolina. You can find his music on Bandcamp and listen to his radio show from WPVM and Pacifica Radio Network at the Dirty Spoon.
Jonathan is yet another amazing person I was introduced to through my old friend, Steve Howard (listen to Steven’s SOUNDWAVE mix here). Meeting Jonathan is one of the unexpected pleasures in the evolution of SOUNDWAVE.
I launched SOUNDWAVE to help cope with the stress of the pandemic. In the first few months of COVID-19 it seemed that stepping outside your house might kill you. If that wasn’t terrifying enough, my family was scattered about the country so for a long time it was just me and my dog. That took a toll on me and my usual distractions, music, reading and television, could not hold my interest at all. In fact, they annoyed me or angered me. The only thing that provided any comfort was ambient, classical, experimental and instrumental music. I reasoned that if that music was giving me solace it might help others as well so I launched SOUNDWAVE. Very soon afterwards I decided to invite the talented people I know who might enjoy or, more importantly, need to share a mix of their own. And that very quickly led to asking my friends who they knew personally who might want to participate in the show. That decision introduced me to such wonderful people as Adrian Utley, Hannah Peel, Charles Hazlewood and Jonathan.
I don’t really know Jonathan, though. We’ve just had a few email exchanges arranging today’s show but through his mix I feel I know him more intimately than I might know him through a dozen conversations. That’s all projection, of course, but that is the power of music. It bypasses the rational and hits on emotional truths, which is why I launched SOUNDWAVE in the first place.
- Jonathan Ammons “Wishful Thinking”
- Tim Hecker “Chimeras”
- Wojciech Golczewski “Abner’s Wake”
- Jonathan Ammons “Open Eyes”
- Ben Goldberg “Demonic Possession is 9/10ths the Law”
- Oliver Patrice Weder “Sol’s Lullaby”
- Ian William Craig “Mountains Astray”
- Goldmund “The Flag of Columbia Shall Float O’er Us Still”
- Villages “Life Expectancy”
- Jonathan Ammons “Dead Leaves”
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Our guest deejay is Hannah Peel.
Until a few weeks ago I wasn’t familiar with Hannah and had only become acquainted with her when I asked SOUNDWAVE guest deejay, Charles Hazlewood, who he knew personally that might be interested in sharing a mix on the show. Charles put me in contact with Portishead’s Adrian Utley and Hannah Peel. Adrian’s mix was lovely and Hannah’s mix is no less so.
On today’s show Hannah will take you to some very surprising places and she begins her mix with a track from Joni Mitchel. So unexpected! You're in her capable hands so enjoy the journey. I know you're going to love today’s show.
As I said, I was unfamiliar with Hannah but I’ve been getting up to speed. And you should, too, because Hannah’s music is also unexpected. Her songs can be delicate and achingly familiar. She’’ll paint impressionistic music with swathes of sound but will also delight you with covers of pop songs from the ‘80s performed on music boxes. I catch myself singing Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” constantly thanks to Hannah.
Join us again next week when our guest deejay will be Jonathan Ammons.
- Joni Mitchel “A Case of You”
- Darkstar “Blurred”
- Mort Garson “Music to Soothe the Savage Snakeplant”
- Nick Drake “River Man”
- Bobby Krlic “The House that Härga Built”
- Caroline Shaw “Plan & Elevation: IV. The Orangery”
- The Hermes Experiment “Uh Huh, Yeah”
- Julianna Barwick “Labyrinthine”
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I’m very excited about today’s show because our guest deejay is Adrian Utley!
Most likely you know Adrian from Portishead, the band that put trip hop on the map late last century. Or you many know Adrian more recently for the work he did with Will Gregory for the soundtrack to the motion picture Arcadia, which I featured on the first episode of SOUNDWAVE. Adrian is a man who cares deeply about his craft and his love of sound and music is expressed in any project he is involved with.
I want to give special thanks to Charles Hazelwood for putting me in contact with Adrian. After Charles’s mix for SOUNDWAVE went live I asked him who he knew personally who might be interested in participating in the show and he suggested Adrian and Hannah Peel (who will be our guest deejay on next week’s show). It’s little things like that that make this show feel special and more intimate. At least to me, anyway.
Okay, time for me to wrap this up. My family and I are going to take a little but much needed vacation and get away from the wildfires and earthquakes that have wracked California.
I hope you are safe and well. See you next week.
Adrian Utley 1. Pulled by Magnets “Nowhere Nothing” 2. Philip Glass “Music in Similar Motion” 3. Townes Van Zandt “Sky Blue” 4. Asher Gamedze “Movement Three: Synthesis” 5. Robert Fripp & Brian Eno “Evening Star” 6. Sonic Youth “Dirty Boots” 7. Lee Morgan “Search for a New Land” 8. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds “Into My Arms”
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A collection of pieces reflecting my mood as we near the end of Summer 2020, the summer of Covid-19, and the eve of a potentially apocalyptic American election.
The electrified mbira ensemble Konono N°1 from Congo Republic plays music that is simultaneously joyous and furious, danceable but stimulating cornersof the mind that reflect on history and colonialism, folk culture and electrified popular music.
With a wave of recent lynchings of African-Americans by uniformed police in the USA, forces that often see themelves as occupying armies, I’m reminded ofthis poignant blues by the legendary Blind Lemon Jefferson. While the singer laments that he will be executed for “doing something wrong”, one can’t help imagine that we are witness to a much more primitive form of justice, that of the lynch mob.
Some of my favorite guitar music of all time is vọng cổ music from Vietnam, performed on electric guitars with deeply scalloped fretboards and-built-in electronic effects. This music is deep blues, transnational and cosmic.
With the Linda Music track from what was the Central African Republic, we hear amusic now vanished, played by people extinguished in the civil war between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes. Tragic, beautiful music.
At this point, I humbly add my own composition Storm of the Eye performed by thefantastic virtuosi Hilary Hahn on violin and Cory Smythe on piano. Commissioned in 2009 by Hilary for her album In 27 Pieces, the piece makes great demands on the players both in use of extended techniques and in summoning a feeling for the times.
This program closesout with an excerpt from Quatermass by the great Tod Dockstader, a visionary pioneer of music concrete and electro acoustic music. He worked outside of the academy and therefore never received the recognition due him. His music was visceral and powerful, perfect for this moment.
- Konono N°1 “Kule Kule”
- Blind Lemon Jefferson “Hangman’s Blues”
- NS Vanhai “Doc Tau Guitar” (radiorecording)
- Banda Polyphony “Linda Music 1”
- Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe “Storm of the Eye”
- Tod Dockstader “Quatermass - I. Song and Lament”
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By way of the kindness of Steven Howard I was asked by Joseph Aleo for an ambient mix. To be honest this asking for a mix is a first for me. I haven’t made mixes of others music since the 80’s, not for lack of interest but too little time outside of daily life which was myopically spent creating my own sounds...
Joseph has graciously let me make a mix of my own work for this. I gathered up a journey of sounds that focused on small textures rather than heavy drones. I was hoping to make something mysterious, ‘light’ and somehow hopeful sounding given the reason for this mix is due to our current pandemic situations. It has been a pleasure using my work as building blocks and making everything unique for this mix.
- The Big Dipper “Excerpt”
- Rag Dun “You were in a distant place where voices are kept In boxes of ice, each word frozen”
- W. David Oliphant “Ametis”
- W. David Oliphant “Bewustheid”
- W. David Oliphant “Oog Lag”
- W. David Oliphant “Vakuum”
- W. David Oliphant “Wart Gat”
- W. David Oliphant “Weerlig”
- Rag Dun “Things Fall Away”
- W. David Oliphant “Weerlig”
- Rag Dun “One to Three”
- Zazen Sounds “Hold No 1”
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Usually when I post a new show I blather on about what’s been going on in my life for a bit. But not this week and that’s because our guest deejay is Strictly Kev, AKA, DJ Food!
I’ve been a fan of DJ Food since first discovering him (or them, at the time) on a Ninjatune compilation album. When I started producing my electronic music show, solipsistic NATION, I had DJ Food on my list of people I absolutely had to have on the show. It took a while but eventually Kev appeared on solipsistic NATION with a live recording of his album, The Search Engine, performed at the FullDome, in the UK. Kev later was also kind enough to contribute to my Friends Mix.
When I launched SOUNDWAVE I once again reached out to Kev to put together a mix for the show and once again Kev was generous enough to assemble an absolutely stunning mix of beauty. I know you’re going to love it as much as I do!
Before I get out of here I want to tell you about Kev’s latest project, an album called Citizen Void by Celestial Mechanic. The music is a companion to the debut novel by designer, illustrator and typographer, Rian Hughes, ‘XX – A Novel, Graphic’. It’s huge and is a beautifully-designed tome that clocks in at nearly 1,000 pages.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be David Oliphant.
See you then!
- The New Obsolescents “Huh”
- Pictogram “Slow Action”
- Clocolan “Deepdale Falls”
- Celestial Mechanic “Dana’s Theme (Reprise)”
- Robert Fripp “Music For Quiet Places 7 - At The End of Time”
- BUNKR “East of Eden”
- Celestial Mechanic “Dinner In The Ruins”
- Squarepusher “Detroit People Mover”
- Robert Fripp “Music For Quiet Places 13 - Horizon”
- Steve Hauschildt “The Nature Remaining”
- LF58 “Metamorfosi”
- Jon Brooks “Emotional Freedom Techniques”
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Today’s guest deejay is Corey Parlamento who comes to use by way of my old friend, Steven Howard (check out Steven SOUNDWAVE mix here).
I’ll be honest, I know absolutely nothing about Corey but when Steven Howard suggested I have Corey on SOUNDWAVE I didn't ask any questions. Steven’s taste in music is impeccable and if he recommends a band or a deejay I will not hesitate to take him up on it. Corey is no exception.
Corey will talk about his music but I will spoil one thing here. Corey is a deejay at AshevilleFM and the focus of his show is soundtracks. The instrumental soundtracks. The atmospheric soundtracks. The foley work used in soundtracks. This resonates with me because as long as I can remember those are the parts of the soundtracks I love the most. Before I even knew there was such a thing as ambient music I desired to hear music that consisted of those moments of the soundtracks that filled me with wonder or gave me the chills. That’s exactly the kind of show Corey produces and the mix you are going to hear on today’s show. I know you're going to love it.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Strictly Kev, aka DJ Food.
- Livingdog “Burning Weather”
- Kim Allen Kluge and Kathryn Kluge “Foreboding Sea”
- Ahmet Kenan Bilgiç “Su Nereye Baksan Yine Su”
- Mica Levi “Monos”
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Nothing new to report this week besides the usual COVID-19-related tragedies, social unrest and climate and ecological collapse. So let’s get right to today’s show.
Our guest deejay is Jason Engling.
I’m not sure how I first discovered Jason except that I fell in love with his music after hearing his track, “sometimes i lay in fields at night”. So much so that I invited Jason to come on solipsistic NATION to showcase his live performance that was recorded in the Darkroom in Chicago. And when I launched SOUNDWAVE Jason was one of the first people I approached to contribute to the show with a mix.
Join us again next week when our guest deejay will be Strictly Kev, aka DJ Food.
See you then!
- Jason Engling “Traversing Waves”
- Jason Engling “Trigon”
- Jason Engling “My warm summer day in winter”
- Jason Engling “On the sides”
- Jason Engling “Heptagon”
- Jason Engling “The Old Shop”
- Jason Engling “Slow Walks on the Beach (Unreleased)”
- Jason Engling “Excerpt from practice session for live performance, ’Unrecordables’ in October 2019 at Wayne State University”
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Today’s guest deejay is Jason Randall Smith. You might know him as Macedonia, host of Both Sides of the Surface and a deejay on Bondfire Radio.
Enjoy today’s show. I know you will because you're in good hands. Jason will chat about today’s mix below.
See you next week when our guest deejay will be Jason Engling. Take care!
Beyond Absence “Including - Imaginary Faith” INI Movement “Interlude” 3TM “River Falls” Kidkanevil “All Is Lost” Solar X “Little Pretty Automatic” Alice Coltrane “Morning Worship” Relay “Project For The Palace” Lanu “Roosevelt Blues feat. Megan Washington” Where Is Mr. R?! “Mercixav (Autre Rework)” Beacon “Wave Of Mutilation” Salami Rose Joe Louis “Sitting With Thoughts” L.U.C.A. “Goodnight” Squarepusher “Tommib”
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I discovered Metal Postcard Records waaay back when I was a deejay at a private radio station in San Diego. I featured Metal Postcard Records on solipsistic NATION and have been in touch with Sean ever since and invited him to participate in my Friends Mix.
Sean’s mix is all over the place. If you enjoy today’s show, I encourage you to check out the music on his label, which is just as eclectic and runs the gamut to punk to psychedelia.
Join us again next week when our guest deejay will be brother in podcasting, Jason Randall Smith, of the Both Sides of the Surface podcast.
See you then.
- Sir Robert Orange Peel “Costa ! ( Metal Postcard Re-work)”
- Dub Chieftain “Enter The Chieftain”
- ROC “Divorce”
- Burial “NYC”
- Toxic Chicken “People Hater”
- Allen Ginsberg “Father Death Blues”
- Loom “North Star”
- Forest Swords “Crow”
- Invisible Conga People “In A Hole”
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Charles Hazlewood is a musician, composer and orchestra conductor and I came across him during the first month of the lockdown while catching up on some documentaries I’ve been eating in to watch. One of the documentaries was Tones, Drones and Arpeggios: The Magic of Minimalism where Charles goes in search of minimalism by exploring the work of four great American composers who rebooted classical music in the 20th century.
Join us again next week when our guest deejay will be Sean Hocking, founder of Metal Postcard Records (check out my interview with Sean here).
See you then!
- Ellen Allien “Empathy”
- Terry Riley “Anthem of the Trinity”
- Tony Conrad with Faust “The Side of the Machine”
- Kali Malone “Arched in Hysteria”
- Kieran Hebden “Lyman Place”
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Our guest deejay on today’s SOUNDWAVE is Shad Marsh, who hosts 2000 Years on 103.3 AshevilleFM.
This is a rare instance where I don’t know out guest deejay at all. My good friend, Steven Howard, introduced us when I first launched SOUNDWAVE. Steven’s taste in music is impeccable and when he suggested Shad as a guest deejay I said yes without a moment’s hesitation. And I was right it trust Steven because Shad’s mix is singular. On his radio show Shad explores the genres of experimental, freeform, jazz and psychedelic music and while all of that informs today’s show the mix also like a foley’s wet dream. Shad’s mix feels extremely personal and takes you on an unexpected journey.
- Daniel Bachman “Car”
- Israel Martínez “Mi Vida”
- Issac Shankler “Future Feelings”
- Yarn/Wire “Quartz and Feldspar”
- Loren Connors & Suzanne Langille “I Wish I Didn’t Dream”
- Gamelan Son of Lion “Sleeping Braid”
- connect_icut “Longing Forest”
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This week’s SOUNDWAVE features an absolutely beautiful mix from our guest deejay, Carmen Rizzo!
Carmen is yet another musician I met through solipsistic NATION and when I launched SOUNDWAVE he was on my go to list. And Carmen’s mix is exactly the reason I wanted him tp participate on today’s show. Socket in your AirPods or crank up your speakers and you’ll see why.
Carmen Rizzo is a producer, mixer, programmer, DJ, remixer and recording artist based in Los Angeles. Carmen is also a two-time Grammy nominee has worked with Seal, Coldplay, Paul Oakenfold, Alanis Morissette, Dido, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tiësto, Pete Townshend, and more,
As always, if you enjoy any of the songs you hear on today’s show, and how can you not, then please purchase one of their songs or even one of their albums.
Okay, I gotta go. I’m in Silicon Valley with my wife and kid who I’ve been reunited with after four months of being apart. Thanks, COVID-19. This town is super expensive but it’s also super cute. In fact, I must say “cute” a half dozen times a day. I walk down the street and say “That house is cute.” Or “That fire station is cute.” Or “That park is cute.” Anyway, were’ going to go to the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park and take in some nature with our friend Moby (no, not that Moby) so I’m going to keep this short and go.
Join us again next week when our guest deejay will be Shad Marsh.
In the mean time, go outside. Maybe go to a state park.
- Naneum “Stratification Carmen Rizzo Remix”
- Carmen Rizzo “Flow”
- Joel Shearer ”Morning Loops Day 2”
- Karavan Sarai “Torn In Love”
- kr(Æ)ft “Fortsatt”
- Hainbach “GrowingBackwards”
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If you’re in the U.S., I hope you had a fine holiday. For everyone in the world, I hope you’re having a lovely weekend.
We just got home and we’re winding down and this is the perfect opportunity to jot down today’s show notes. Our guest for today’s show is Gert De Meester of Distant Fires Burning.
I met Gert when I reached out to David Newman, founder of Audiobulb Records to participate on the show with a mix. David took pass but suggested I contact Gert and Kirk Markarian. I owe David because Kirk’s mix was fantastic and I’ve been waiting impatiently to take Gert’s mix live. I know you’re going to love it!
Before I go, please join us again next week when our guest deejay is Carmen Rizzo. You’re in for a treat.
See you then!
- Autistici “Wire Cage For Tiny Birds”
- Distant Fires Burning “K & J”
- Taylor Deupree “Northern”
- Neuro... No Neuro “Scrape To Touch”
- Distant Fires Burning “Geomagnetic Disturbance”
- Svær “Broken Waltz Of Fukushima”
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Our guest deejay on today’s show is Tijs Ham, who records under the name Tapage.
I was introduced to Tijs’s music when I interview Paul Nielsen, the founder of Tympanik Audio, on solipsistic NATION. I was impressed with Tijs seamless blending of ambient, breakcore and IDM that I broke one of my rules for solipsistic NATION, which is not playing an artist’s music more than once on the show. In fact, I featured Tijs’s music on the show quite times and invited him on solipsistic NATION to perform a live set. And that's exactly why I invited Tijs to be a guest deejay on SOUNDWAVE.
Tijs will paint a picture of his mix below but before I go, please join us again ext week when our guest deejay will be Gert De Meester of Distant Fires Burning.
Until then, wear a mask and wash your hands and be safe.
- The Void* “DI/S/CO”
- Tapage “STATES PEDAL(Unreleased)”
- Tapage “SC_200330_205052”
- Tapage & Espoir “Nighttime Instructorship”
- Tapage “Test (Unreleased)”
- Tapage “Citizen Dropout”
- Tapage “Calcium Sonogram”
- Tapage “Two of Three”
- Tapage “Amnety”
- Tapage “Much Like a Dream”
- Tapage & Gareth Davis “STATE I”
- Tapage “Shards”
- Tapage “SC_141222_115849”
- Tapage & Espoir “Flooded Ant”
- Admir Korjenic “Tiaga (Tapage Remix)”
- Tapage “Granular Recursion(Unreleased)”
- The Void* “DI/S/WO”
- Hior Chronik “That Mystery Again (Tapage Remix)”
- Tapage “Femtosecond Intervals”
- The Void* - “DI/S/CO”
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Our guest deejay for today’s show is Jaime Irles.
Jaime was one half of Known Rebel, an electronic music duo from Ibiza. I very much wanted them to interview them for my electronic music show, solipsistic NATION but it never happened. I always regretted missing that opportunity so when I launched SOUNDWAVE Jaime was one of the first group of people I contacted to participate on the show.
Jaime was kind enough to send me this mix we're going to listen to on today’s SOUNDWAVE. It’s spectacular and ranges from Burial to Ryuichi Sakamoto and I know you’re going to love it.
- Burial “State Forest”
- Lorn “Feed The Dogs For Me”
- A Winged Victory For The Sullen “Retour au Champ-de-Mars”
- Jacaszek “Encounter Me In The Orchard”
- Lauge & Matt Tondut “Above the Clouds”
- Cliff Martinez “I’m Hunting”
- Moderat “The Mark (Interlude)”
- Lorn “SILHOUETTE”
- Ryuichi Sakamoto “andata (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix)”
- Jaime Irles “Naval”
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One of the artists on Cryo Chamber that I particularly enjoy is Dronny Darko. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve listened to his album, Origin. He was the first artists from Cryo Chamber I reached out to when I began SOUNDWAVE because his music had the most impact on me. It’s darkly lush, quietly epic, and strangely beautiful. If you enjoy Dronny’s mix, and I know you will, I highly encourage you to purchase his album.
Join us again next week when our guest deejay will be Jaime Irles. See you then!
- Red Fog “Arboria Institute”
- Dronny Darko “Noumenon”
- Line Spectrum “Unreleased”
- Richard Chartier “Sketch For Winter”
- protoU “Transparent Clusters”
- Cryogenic Weekend “Unreleased”
- Red Fog & Dronny Darko “Unreleased”
- Sleeping On Lotus Ashes “Failure of the Material”
- Ajna & Dronny Darko “Mutated DNA”
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Our guest deejay on today’s SOUNDWAVE is Planet Boelex.
I met Planet Boelex through Travis Nobles of hiddenplace music. He suggested that I feature one of Planet Boelex’s live sets on solipsistic NATION, the electronic music show I produced. Planet Boelex’s sound music is impressive because aside from being beautiful it was also distinct. His personality is imprinted onto his music. Electronic music often sound anonymous because some musicians use stock sounds and loops. When you hear a song by Planet Boelex you know it.
I hope today’s show gives you some respite.
Next week’s guest deejay is Dronny Darko. I hope were all in a better place by then.
- Snorri Hallgrimsson “Chasing The Present”
- Digitonal “Autumn Round (Planet Boelex remix)”
- Mikael Fyrek “Bau”
- Data Rebel “Collisions”
- Mosaik “Heart Racer ft. Maria Seger”
- Krister Linder “Other Skies”
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When I made the decision to invite guest deejays to share their mixes I reached out to people I knew from my electronic music podcast, solipsistic NATION. One person I contacted was David Newman, founder of Audiobulb Records. I never had the opportunity to have David on the show but I was hoping to have him contribute a mix to SOUNDWAVE. David wasn’t able to participate but he did introduce me to Gert De Meester of Distant Fires Burning and Kirk Markarian of Neuro… No Neuro.
Kirk is our guest deejay today. I knew the show was in good hands when I listened to Kirk’s Electronic Frequencies, an excellent program on Concertzender Radio in Denmark that features ambient and experimental composers. More great music for us to enjoy!
Before Kirk talks about his mix I encourage you to purchase one or more of the songs you enjoyed on today’s show. The artists pour their hearts into each track. Your purchase of songs or albums helps them continue working on their craft but also puts food on their tables and a roof over their heads.
See you next Sunday. Our guest deejay is Planet Boelex!
- NOEL-KIT “Summertime”
- Autistici “Edall”
- Distant Fires Burning “Science Stops...”
- Wil Bolton “Woven Geometry”
- mg&mw “Seagulls”
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I’ve continued to find comfort and enjoyment in the mixes guest deejays have shared on SOUNDWAVE. Today’s show is significant to me because our guest deejay is musician and producer, Robert Rich. I’ve been a fan of Robert since first hearing his music on the From Here To Tranquility Volume 2 compilation album way back in 1993. I was excited to interview him for solipsistic NATION and share his performance at Fort Mason and the Morrison Planetarium and I’m equally excited to share Robert’s mix with you today! You can read Robert’s show notes below.
Join us again next week when our guest deejay will be Kirk Markarian, who composes music for video games, film, animation, stock music, and other projects.
- Forrest Fang “The Bridge of Chan-Chou III. Falling Stones (Kuan Yin)”
- Amoeba “Origami”
- Robert Rich “Cantus For Hospitality”
- Lou Harrison with Gamelan Si Betty “Gending Max Beckman (Unreleased recording from Lick Observatory concert 17 July 1992)”
- Arturo Salinas “Munamukami”
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This week’s show comes courtesy of Frank Riggio. I’m particularly excited about today’s because I’ve asked Frank to come on solipsistic NATION several times to talk about his music but Frank politely declined every single time. Frank is one of those artists who believes his music speaks for him. Fair enough. But if Frank wouldn’t do an interview maybe he’d do a mix for SOUNDWAVE. And lucky for us, he did. Frank selected some fantastic music that I know you’re going to love. I additional to great tunes, Frank also helps push the experimental aspects that I want SOUNDWAVE to explore.
Frank will talk about today’s music below. If you want to heat more of Franks’ music you’ll be happy to know that Frank recently released a new album under the name Aqka Torr and the album is called Fascina. It’s different from what you’ll hear on today’s mix and it’s very sexy and it’s mysterious.
Join us again next week when our guest deejay will be ambient musician Robert Rich.
- Frank Riggio “Forthcoming/Unreleased”
- Amon Tobin “Heart Of The Sun”
- LORN “BROKEN MANTRA”
- Frank Riggio “Forthcoming/Unreleased”
- Amon Tobin “Red Moon”
- Frank Riggio “Forthcoming/Unreleased”
- LORN “PERFEKT DARK”
- Frank Riggio “Forthcoming/Unreleased”
- Flying Lotus “Land Of Honey”
- LORN “UNFOLDING”
- HECQ “Typhon”
- Syl Kougaï “Corvus (Vulcain Mix)”
- Amon Tobin “Feed”
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This mix was probably inspired by spending 3 years writing and researching MASKS: Bowie & Artists of Artifice (especially the themes that come up in this long-form blog post, Masks All The Way Down). But it’s not a “Bowie mix” as such: mortality, futility, transience, being lost in the simulacra, isolation during coronavirus... and some great beats. Everything in our lives feel so fragile now, but of course the truth is it always was. The outro track is an original remix of Nine Inch Nail’s “Me I’m Not” that I did like 10 years back, and some live studio outtakes from a mushroom party.
- IAMX “Stardust (Video Mix)”
- David Bowie “No Plan”
- Forest Swords “Panic”
- David Bowie “Love is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix)”
- Eivør “Í tokuni” (lyrics translation)
- David Bowie “The Motel/Sunday”
- Onuka “Zenit (intercut with sections of Davi Bowie’s ‘Sunday’)” (lyrics translation)
- Perturbator “Tactical Precision Disarray”
- Igorrr “Downgrade Desert”
- SKYND “Tyler Hadley”
- David Bowie “Killing A Little Time”
- Nine Inch Nails “Me I’m Not (James Curcio Original Remix)”
- James Curcio “Mother Hive Brain (Recorded at OrangeFace)”
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I’m writing the show notes you’re reading from my backyard. Vince Millett’s mix, today’s guest deejay, plays in the background. The sun is out, the sky is blue, birds are chirping and my dog is smelling a flower. It is an idyllic day. Except that it’s week seven of California’s safe at home. COVID-19 has completely disrupted civilization and we’ll feel the aftershocks for years, if not decades, to come. So, yeah except for that, I’m having a fantastic day.
I met Vince eight years ago on Twitter. I was impressed with his netlabel, Broken Drum Records, and his podcast, Secret Archives of the Vatican, and invited him to be a guest deejay for solipsistic NATION, my electronic music podcast. You’ll want to listen to that episode as soon as you’re done with today’s show. Vince’s taste in music leans towards the Asian and Middle Eastern and that is reflected in today’s mix. Each song is a gem. Dhafer Youssef’s “Dawn Prayer,” for example, is gut wrenchingly beautiful
- Moving Ninja “Kemancheh”
- Thousand Yard Prayer “Outremer”
- Dhafer Youssef “Dawn Prayer”
- Vangelis “Eastern Path”
- Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble “Battle Remembered”
- Jonas Hellborg “Suriya”
- Kalenda Maya “Palästinalied”
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I’ve expanded the scope of SOUNDWAVE by inviting musicians, deejays, podcasters, etc to contribute mixes to the show. I’ve been overwhelmed with their generosity and support.
Last Sunday’s show featured our first guest deejay, Sean Horton, who provided a gorgeous mix of music. All week long people have shared with me how much it meant to them. On today’s show we’ll hear another mix of music no less beautiful than Sean’s, this time from my old and dear friend, Steven Howard.
- Steven Howard “Field Recording: crows in trees before sunrise (Three Lakes, Wisconsin - July 7, 2016)”
- Oren Ambarchi “This Evening So Soon”
- Biosphere “Antennaria”
- Annea Lockwood “floating world: Part 1”
- BJ Nilsen “Black Light”
- Sylvain Chauveau “A”
- Colleen “Your Heart Is So Loud”
- Pauline Oliveros & Miya Masaoka “Twilight - Bashou (Tolling Of A Bell)”
- Geir Jenssen “Cho Oyu Basecamp – Morning”
- Steven Howard “Field Recording: katydids from our backyard (Asheville, North Carolina - July 19, 2019)”
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On today’s show we welcome our first guest deejay, Sean Horton. Sean is the founder of Seattle’s Decibel Festival. Sean also reports under the name Nordic Soul.
I’ll see you all next week when we are joined by our next guest deejay, my old and dear friend, Steven Howard.
- Cliff Martinez “Will She Come Back”
- John Foxx and Harold Budd “Subtext”
- Eluvium “Individuation”
- Aphex Twin “#20”
- Apparat “44”
- Hauschka “Destination Unknown”
- bvdub “Your Painted Armor Aches to Crack”
- Windy & Carl “Forest Trails”
- Tim Hecker “Radiance”
- Stars of the Lid “A Meaningful Moment Through a Meaning(less) Process”
- David August “MUSES AND ASHES”
- Brambles “To Speak of Solitude”
- Grouper “Parking Lot”
- Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm “20:17”
- Jon Hopkins “The Wider Sun”
- Jonsi & Alex Somers “Daníell In The Sea”
- Ben Lukas Boysen “Sleeper Beat Theme”
- Helios “Seeming”
- Ólafur Arnalds “Doria”
- Robert Fripp & Brian Eno “Wind on Wind”
- Brian Eno “An Ending (Ascent)”
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Last week I said that SOUNDWAVE would be a monthly show. I’ve changed my mind and decided to release the show on a weekly basis for as long as we are told to stay at home to flatten COVID-19’s curve. I’ve also invited friends, podcasters, musicians, deejays and record label owners to contribute mixes to SOUNDWAVE so expect to hear from them shortly.
If you enjoy SOUNDWAVE, please share it with someone you think will also appreciate it.
See you next week for more lustrous music.
- Richard Moult “Celestial King for a Year (Pt. 2)”
- Jan Garbarek, The Hilliard Ensemble “Regnantem sempiterna”
- MMMD “Hagazussa”
- Colin Stetson “Sorrow: II - Lento Largo—Tranquillissimo”
- Kazuya Nagaya “Thanatos”
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Today’s first edition of SOUNDWAVE comes courtesy of COVID-19.
Like most people, I’m staying at home and social distancing. I’m fortunate enough to be able to work from home but in the evenings I’m left to my own devices. Television fails to capture my interest so I’m unable to Netflix and chill. I’ve only just found myself able to read books again. Barely. But I have had the itch to deejay, hence today’s show.
I hope today’s show provided you with some beauty and a welcome distraction. See you next week.
- Rocks & Waves Song Circle “I”
- Adrian Utley & Will Gregory “Bonny Boy (Anne Briggs)”
- Mending “Julia Writes to Marsha”
- anna roxanne “It's a Rainy Day On The Cosmic Shore”
- Nine Inch Nails “The Cursed Clock”
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