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SOUNDWAVE : 136 : SAM ROSENTHAL

SOUNDWAVE : 137 : SAM ROSENTHAL

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.

 

Sam Rosenthal, founder of Projekt Records
Sam Rosenthal, founder of Projekt Records

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.

  1. Sam Rosenthal & Projekt Artists “the Alabaster reliquary of glittering ashes”
  2. Steve Roach “In the Eye of Noche Compressed”
  3. theAdelaidean & deepspace “Star Cradle”
  4. Sam Rosenthal / jarguna “Evening market of the petal fields > part 3”
  5. Forrest Fang “In Air, It Seems”
  6. Lorenzo Montanà “Between Worlds”
  7. jarguna “Return to the Paganism”
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SOUNDWAVE : 135 : AMBIENTBLOG

SOUNDWAVE : 135 : AMBIENTBLOG

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.

 

Cloudwatching Sequence
Cloudwatching Sequence

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.

 

Cloudwatching
Cloudwatching

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.

I hope you’ll enjoy watching these -imaginary- clouds!

Cloudwatching Playlist (includes start length, artist title, album title, year, and label).

  1. Francisco López “Untitled #373”
  2. Lawrence English “Pre-Approach”
  3. William Basinski & Janek Schaefer “. . . on reflection (four)”
  4. Arve Henriksen & Eivind Aarset & Jan Bang “The Swans Bend Their Necks Backward To See God”
  5. Masayoshi Fujita “Harp”
  6. Mombi Yuleman “Mental Telepathy”
  7. ASMUS TIETCHENS “Paralelle Ebene 1”
  8. Abul Mogard “Like Water”
  9. KEDA “La Lune De Corée”
  10. Tapani Rinne & Teho Majamäki “Reflection”
  11. Radboud Mens “Convolution”
  12. Alex Haas & Michel Banabila “The Woods (ft. Bill Laswell)”
  13. Imperial Valley “Fields North Of Kane Spring, Oct 8, 1938”
  14. James Murray “Clearings”
  15. Raum “Daughter”
  16. Tierro Cosmico “Eres Nocturna”
  17. Emmanuel Holterbach “Rivage (Shore)”
  18. Holland Patent Public Library “a road I’ve passed but never taken”
  19. Thomas Ragsdale & Richard Arnold “The View”
  20. David Cordero & Kenji Kihara “Grazalema”
  21. Abul Mogard “The Rain Has Gone”
  22. Robyn Miller “Gateroom”
  23. From The Mouth of the Sun “Paint & Stories”
  24. Olga Wojciechowska “Recreating Worlds”
  25. Biosphere “Aura In The Kitchen With The Candlesticks”
  26. Jolanda Moletta “Spell II: Daydream And Nightbloom”
  27. Budhaditya Chattopadhay “Dhvani”
  28. Cell “Geiger”
  29. Clarice Jensen “Fear”
  30. Erik Wøllo “Peace Bells”
  31. Tarotplane “Auximenes”
  32. NORMAN W. LONG “Return & Recovery”
  33. Marine Eyes & Antarctic Wastelands “Enshrouded”
  34. Ryoji Ikeda “Data.Tron (2007-14)”
  35. Masayoshi Fujita “Pons”
  36. Tetsuroh Konishi “Kevaan Aania”
  37. Madeleine Cocolas “Presence”
  38. PINKCOURTESYPHONE “Comfortable Predictability”
  39. Clarice Jensen “Love”
  40. Radboud Mens “Modular”
  41. Arve Henriksen “The Farmers Of Sonic Alchemy”
  42. Daigo Hanada “Kage”
  43. Ivan Cebrian | Victor Cerdan “Snow in silence”
  44. Robert Rich and Luca Formentini “First Day”
  45. Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka “Outro”
  46. Sven Laux & Fione “Stay”
  47. loscil “Dub For Cascadia”
  48. Powlos & Holt “Our Shimmering Breath”
  49. Anne Chris Bakker “Johan (In Memoriam)”
  50. Glåsbird “Sirsa”
  51. Trio Ramberget “D Minor Postlude”
  52. Galya Bisengalieva “The Crash”
  53. Madeleine Cocolas “Enfold”

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SOUNDWAVE : 134 : protoU

SOUNDWAVE : 134 : protoU

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 Puzan, AKA protoU
Sasha Puzan, AKA protoU

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.

  1. protoU “Lost Here”
  2. Gate X-138 “120 Km To Chalna”
  3. Dt-90 “Alone Man (G.R.I.T. Remix)”
  4. Echo Box “The Thaw”
  5. Faidel and Alex Humann “Alaska Preserve”
  6. Goran Geto “Silent Places”
  7. Murkok “Inconsistency”
  8. Untitledcloud “Abstractions”
  9. Solar Noise “Horizon”
  10. Lumini Trio “Last Summer”
  11. Dronny Darko & protoU “Riparian Forest [ 300 million years ago ]”

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SOUNDWAVE : 133 : KMRU

SOUNDWAVE : 133 : KMRU

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.

 

Joseph Kamaru, AKA KMRU
Joseph Kamaru, AKA KMRU

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.

Joseph’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.

  1. Tenka “Nutrition ~ Microorganisms In The Darkness Of Life ~”
  2. Gylden “Bug light”
  3. Emily A. Sprague “Water Memory 2”
  4. Félicia Atkinson “Our Tides”
  5. Julia Reidy “World in World”
  6. anthéne “Cedar Point II”
  7. Emilía “Layover II”
  8. naemi “rast”
  9. LB Marszalek “Sorrow”
  10. Hiroki Takahashi “Seed”
  11. Belong “Vowel (Digital Bonus)”

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SOUNDWAVE : 132 : PIERRE LAPLACE

SOUNDWAVE : 132 : PIERRE LAPLACE

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.

 

Pierre Laplace
Pierre Laplace

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.

  1. Alexi Murdoch “All My Days”
  2. Mark Kozelek “Find Me, Ruben Olivares”
  3. Alela Diane “About Farewell”
  4. Hayden “1939”
  5. Townes Van Zandt “Kathleen”
  6. Spain “Easy Lover”
  7. Adrian Crowley “Some Blue Morning”
  8. Grandaddy “He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s the Pilot”
  9. Elysian Fields “Next Year in Jerusalem”
  10. Jackson C. Frank “Marcy’s Song”
  11. Bill Fay “Big Painter”
  12. Antony and the Johnsons  “Hope There’s Someone”
  13. Richard Hawley “Cole’s Corner”
  14. Nina Simone “Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair”

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SOUNDWAVE : 131 : AMBIENT DUB

SOUNDWAVE : 131 : AMBIENT DUB

Today’s show features a retrospective mix of the Ambient Dub compilation albums from the ’90s.

A couple of months ago, I realized I had an open slot in the Soundwave schedule. I could have quickly filled that slot, but since I rarely get to deejay on my own show, I save those available slots for myself. As it happens, I had just finished a mix featuring music from the Ambient Dub compilation albums.

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.

As I recall, I first came across the Ambient Dub Volume 3: Aqua album while digging through the racks at Newbury Comics in Harvard Square. The album cover caught my imagination. It was a minimalist take on the techno/rave flyer album covers at the time.

I was already a devotee of dub since the ‘80s when I discovered ROIR’s 21st Century Dub, a release of Pecker Power’s cosmic dubs. Beyond captured that alchemical synthesis of ambient and dub, turning me on to musicians like Banco De Gaia, Higher Intelligence Agency and Space Time Continuum.

For the next few years, I worked my way backward through the series, finding Ambient Dub Volume 2: Earthjuice and Ambient Dub Volume 1: The Big Chill and finally catching up with Ambient Dub Volume 4: Jellyfish.

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.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be returning guest deejay Pierre Laplace.

See you then.

  1. Original Rockers “Sexy Selector”
  2. Groove Corporation “Roots Controller”
  3. Sandoz “White Darkness [Electronic Eye Remix]”
  4. Sounds from the Ground “Triangle”
  5. Banco De Gaia “Sheesha”
  6. Gol “No Bounds”
  7. Digital Jesus “Menali Encounter”
  8. 21st Century Aura “Disorientation”
  9. Deep Space Network “Callacop”
  10. Space Time Continuum “Oracle”
  11. Higher Intelligence Agency “Delta”
  12. A.P.L. “Hypnosystem”
  13. Mimoid “Strawberry”
  14. Alphanex “Planet Hoskins”
  15. Insanity Sect “Choctaw Ridge”
  16. Coldcut “Sign”
  17. Starseeds “Regina from the Future”

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SOUNDWAVE : 130 : DAN HANDRABUR

SOUNDWAVE : 130 : DAN HANDRABUR

Today’s guest deejay is Dan Handrabur.

Dan records 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 Handrabur
Dan Handrabur

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.

Something to think about.

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Join us next week for the Ambient Dub retrospective mix.

See you then.

  1. dan handrabur “applied math”
  2. dan handrabur “low command”
  3. dan handrabur “nonevent”
  4. dan handrabur “onirya”
  5. dan handrabur “proaktiv”
  6. dan handrabur “restored”
  7. dan handrabur “starsystem”
  8. dan handrabur “stitcher”
  9. dan handrabur “psyclick redundancy”
  10. dan handrabur “clockstop”

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SOUNDWAVE : 129 : SERGE TIMMERS

SOUNDWAVE : 129 : SERGE TIMMERS

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.

Serge has some words about his mix below.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Dan Handrabur.

See you then.

 

Serge Timmers
Serge Timmers

Nachtraaf is a Flemish expression for someone who is most active at night. Most of the tracks on this album were made at night, as I almost always do. The track “Zenenacht” in this mix comes from this album. It’s old-Dutch for “Eternal Night.”

Planet Psyche comes from lighter times and features the track “Cosmonaut.”

In the mix, I’ve compiled some tracks from friends (Ashtoreth, Stratosphere, and Distant Fires Burning) along with the most important influences in my journey in slow and emotional music.

  1. Distant Fires Burning “Book Of Fragmentation”
  2. Stratosphere “God Was Nowhere To Be Found”
  3. O Yuki Conjugate “Sunchemical”
  4. Misantronics “Zenenacht”
  5. Ulf Söderberg “Vidarnas Hus”
  6. Ashtoreth & Grey Malkin “Bone, Leaf & Moss”
  7. Atrium Carceri, Cities Last Broadcast, God Body Disconnect “Miles to Midnight”
  8. Higher Intelligence Agency / Biosphere “The Rotunda”
  9. Bohren und der Club of Gore “Black City Skyline”
  10. Bersarin Quartett “Keine Angst”
  11. Anunada “Cosmonaut”
  12. EVA “Anna’s Planets”

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SOUNDWAVE : 128 : STEFAN BECK

SOUNDWAVE : 128 : STEFAN BECK

Today’s guest deejay is Stefan Beck, AKA Golden Brown.

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.

 

Stefan Beck
Stefan Beck

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!

  1. Mickey Hart “Sky Water”
  2. Stein Urheim “Water-part I”
  3. William Parker & Hamid Drake “Earth”
  4. Joyce Moreno with Nana Vasconcelos and Mauricio Maestro “Chegada”
  5. Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté “ Warbé”
  6. Bill Frisell “Outlaw”
  7. Collin Walcott “Jewel Ornament”
  8. David Crosby “Kids and Dogs”
  9. Alice Coltrane “Er Ra”
  10. Laraaji “Through Luminous Eyes 2”
  11. Hailu Mergia “Yefikir Engurguro”

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SOUNDWAVE : 127 : GIULIO ALDINUCCI

SOUNDWAVE : 127 : GIULIO ALDINUCCI

Today’s guest deejay is Giulio Aldinucci.

Everybody hates Twitter. I understand why. There’s so much vitriol and misinformation. I’ve rarely had those experiences on Twitter. My experiences on Twitter have been good for the most part.

Take today’s show.

Last year Emil Zapffe guest deejayed on the show. He opened his mix with a track from Giulio. I shared the show on Twitter, and Giulio thanked Emil for including him in the mix. I invited Giulio to join us on Soundwave, and here we all are today.

 

Giulio Aldinucci
Giulio Aldinucci

Giulio describes his mix as “Altri ambienti: a glimpse at Italian minimalism between the 70s and 80s in five pictures.”

Giulio’s mix is lovely. It’s helped get me through the week. Summer decided to get hot in San Diego. I work from my kitchen table and am blasted by the sun all day. If you had a video camera trained on me, you’d see me moving my laptop around my kitchen table to flee the sun’s light coming from my skylight. But there’s no escaping the heat. I’ve been baking in the sun all week long, which leaves me a little stunned, making me more receptive to Giulio’s mix. Some songs lend themselves to the heat, and I lost myself in their shimmering sound waves. Others felt like a cool draught of air.

You’ll want to hear more music from Giulio. His new album Real will be released on Karlrecords on October 14, available on vinyl, cassette, and digital.

All this from a conversation that started on Twitter.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Stefan Beck.

See you then.

  1. Luciano Cilio “Primo Quadro ‘Della Conoscenza’”
  2. Lino Capra Vaccina “Canti Delle Sfere”
  3. Piero Milesi “Mr. Nanof’s Tango”
  4. Francesco Messina “Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo”
  5. Tiziano Popoli “Night Flight-Prozession”

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