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Today’s guest deejay is Garek Druss.

I met Garek through Mkl Anderson, AKA Drekka, when I asked Mike who he thought would share a mix on Soundwave (listen to Mkl’s mix here). I trust Mkl without question, but I heard some of Garek’s work, and I instantly won over. So, of course, I extended an invasion to Garek, and I was not disappointed.

Garek describes himself as a Los Angeles-based artist whose work explores the balance and sometimes friction between the physical being and the incorporeal. That sounds about right.

Garek’s got quite the mix for us. I’ll admit, I’m unfamiliar with most of the artists he featured, which is one of the delights of hosting Soundwave. He took me on a journey of lulling sounds, gentle crackles and hisses, and quiet chords. When his mix was over, it felt like I had woken from a half-remembered dream.

Garek has some beautiful prints you can adorn your space with. Check them out here.

Join us next week for returning guest deejays, the brothers Sebastian and Daniel Selke (CEEYS).

See you then.

1. Islaja “Oh Divine”
2. Moritz von Oswald “Luminoso (Version)”
3. Miradasvacas “IV”
4. Suzanne Doucet “Turning Point”
5. Secret Pyramid “Slow Softly”
6. David Sylvian + Holger Czukay “Plight (The Spiraling Of Winter Ghosts)”
7. Oscob “we are amidst strange beings, in a strange land”
8. Vladislav Delay “Ele”
9. Habitat Ensemble “Moments”
10. Etnobotanika “Leśny Ambient”
11. Dorothy Carter “Summer Rhapsody”
12. Space Afrika “gwabh”
13. Paul St. Hilaire “Three and a Half”
14. Daryl Groetsch “Fuchsia Vortex”
15. Hiroshi Yoshimura “Time Forest”
16. Jonathan Sielaff “The Lagoon”

Today’s guest deejay is Roger Richards, the head honcho of Extreme.

Today’s show was years in the making. Decades.

Last century, I was a deejay at WMFO. I came across a lot of great things in the new bin. One day, I came across a compilation album titled X – X Section that featured tracks from musicians who explored ambient, experimental, and sheer noise. That album contained deep eddies and pulled me in. In particular, I played C-Schulz’s “Firn” over and over again. From then on, I purchased any CD that bore the Extreme label.

When I launched my electronic music show, Solipsistic Nation, I interviewed Roger and played select tracks from his label (you can listen to that show here). I got a thrill talking to the man responsible for so many of the albums I had grown to love over the years. Naturally, I had to have Roger on Soundwave. We’re all busy people, Roger especially. Still, after a couple of years, he’s agreed to come on the show and feature music from Extreme. It’s quite the mix, and I know you’re going to love it as much as I do.

If you want more Extreme music, Rob Vincs recently released his new album, Chaomorphic. If you dig the first track for this mix, then Chaomorphic is the LP for you!

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Brueder Selke.

See you then.

1. Robert Vincs “Chaomorphic”
2. Soma “Stygian Vista”
3. Muslimgauze “Fakir”
4. Maju “pale blood-coloured recollections”
5. C-Schulz “Plätze Part 1, 2, 3”
6. The Makers of the Dead Travel Fast “Row Boat”
7. Social Interiors “Modern Sleep”
8. Merzbow “Hara-Kiri Video ‘Lost Paradise Theme’”
9. Otomo Yoshihide “Honda”
10. Terminal Sound System “Gridlike”
11. Pablo’s Eye “Absolute”
12. Robert Vincs “Avatar”
13. Mo Boma “Ituri Spaceman”
14. Pablo’s Eye “The switchback”

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Today’s guest deejay is Aurielle Zeitler, AKA Ghost Marrow.

I’ve never had the pleasure of Aurielle. Still, I have Mkl Anderson, AKA Drekka (listen to Mkl’s mix for Soundwave here), to thank you for turning me on to her music and today’s wonderful mix. As is my want, I had asked Mkl who he knew would share a mix with us. Mkl’s first recommendation was Chuck Soo-Hoo, AKA Ki Oni. Chuck’s mix was a fantastic, and it was an unexpected pleasure when Mkl suggested Ghost Marrow. And here we are today.

 

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 once, comfortingly familiar and delightfully unexpected.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Roger Richards, founder of Extreme.

See you then.

1. Hainbach “Izmir”
2. Roedelius “Wenn der Südwind weht”
3. Grouper “She Loves Me That Way”
4. Abul Mogard “Half Light of Dawn”
5. Ghost Marrow “earth + death”
6. Bing & Ruth “Reflector”
7. Broadcast “Teresa, Lark of Ascension”
8. Ryuichi Sakamoto “solari”
9. Christoph de Babalon “Opium”
10. Ghost Marrow “fed by the dirt”
11. Laurie Spiegel “The Unquestioned Answer”
12. Autechre “Overand”
13. Robert Fripp and Brian Eno “Evensong”
14. Kali Malone “Sacrificial Code”
15. 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.

See you then.

1. Radboud Mens “Sequence”
2. Radboud Mens “Sequence (Remix)
3. Radboud Mens “Modular”
4. Radboud Mens “A Temporary State Of Relative Positions”
5. Radboud Mens “Again (Reprise)”
6. Radboud Mens “Again”
7. Radboud Mens “Motion”
8. Radboud Mens “An Enabled Chord”
9. Radboud Mens “An Enabled Chord (Remix)”
10. Radboud Mens “Part One – Polyrhythmic Ambient Drone”
11. Radboud Mens “Polyrhythmic Ambient Drone (Remix)l
12. Radboud Mens “Feedback”
13. Radboud Mens “The Ambiguity of an Apparently Static Phenomenon Part One”
14. Radboud Mens “The Ambiguity of an Apparently Static Phenomenon Part Three”
15. 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. Sanderson has words about his mix below, so I’m not going to spoil anything except 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.

See you then.

 

Thank you, Joseph, for having me back at Soundwave to do a second mix for you.

This one has a similar chillout vibe to my previous mix but hits so with different tones. I still very much showcase the talents of my label mates but also decided to expand the mix to include a lot of the components typically heard in any 99% of the chillout mixes I do: a liberal amount of movie scores, with the odd shout out and nod to the 80s and new wave.

The mix starts with one of the tunes from our 2020 commemorative release. John Beltran’s track and Louis Haiman’s are from our Time Capsule box set. It celebrated our 10th anniversary of releasing music. It was and still is the biggest project we’ve put together. a box of 10 7” singles: one for each catalog year.

After John’s label track, I completely indulged in my love of movie score soundtracks. Starting with Clint Mansell’s work from In The Earth. David Shire’s composition from the original Taking Of Pelham One Two Three and Fred Karlin’s piece from the original Westworld movie. Jay Wadley’s track from Swan Song, Tan Dun’s elegant score from Hero, and one my favorite all-time gangster crime movies, New World, which Seok Suengh-Hee’s track is from.

I also touched on some material attached to future Stasis Recordings releases by Francisco Foo, Inhmost + Owl, SubDan, and Mellonius One.

1. John Beltran “High On Rain”
2. Clint Mansell “In The Earth III”
3. David Shire “Blue and Green Talk “
4. Fred Karlin “Chase from Westworld”
5. Ian Simmonds “Jet”
6. Jay Wadley “Ashes”
7. Tan Dun “Sorrow In The Desert”
8. Inhmost + Owl “Alternate Spring Sundown”
9. Sun Electric “R-Gent”
10. Orbe “Symphony Of Life”
11. SubDan “Light (Off Land remix)”
12. Francisco Foo “Feeling You (ft. Miriam Bell)”
13. Seok Seung-Hee “Cold Revenge”
14. Louis Haiman “Beachfront Watch”
15. AP Organism & Outluke “The Goddess (Maps Of Hyperspace dub)”
16. Chip Wickham “Pushed Too Far”
17. Mellonius One “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.

See you next week.

1. Chris Watson “Lectern”
2. KMRU “Uneven”
3. Legiac “Quichua”
4. Ocoeur “Chance”
5. Martina Lussi “Higher Energy”
6. COH meets Abul Mogard “Find and Hold”
7. Nikolay Kozlov “resampl4 slowed (feat. Igor Dyachenko)”
8. Far away Nebraska “Lontananza”
9. Ard Bit “Vervloekte Bergen”
10. Deaf Center “Gathering”
11. Ard Bit “Mother of Hundreds”
12. Ard Bit “Les Charmes Du Mont”
13. Jake Muir “Tonic”
14. Yann Novak “Dark, Perplexing, Ruptures of Plane”
15. Ard Bit “NTRZPM”
16. Radboud Mens & Matthijs Kouw “F”
17. 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.

1. Eberhard Weber “Moana I”
2. Jack DeJohnette “Journey To The Twin Planet”
3. Yamamoto, Yuize “To Drift Like Clouds”
4. Ralph Towner & Gary Burton “1 x 6”
5. Mike Nock “Ondas”
6. Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto “Emspac”
7. Biosphere “Fall in, Fall Out”
8. Contemporary Noise Sextet “Morning Ballet”
9. Louis Sclavis “Seconde”
10. Brian Eno “Fickle Sun”
11. Miroslav Vitouš “Direvision”
12. McCoy Tyner “Contemplation”

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Several decades ago, I was a deejay at WMFO. The radio station’s format is freeform, and we were encouraged to interpret what freeform meant on each show and play a diverse selection of music. That was the perfect environment for a curious listener such as myself.

Because of our freeform format, the music sent our way was incredibly diverse. One compilation album that caught the attention of many deejays at WMFO: The Myths Collection Part Two. For me, initially, the appeal of the album was the tracks from William S. Burroughs and Jon Hassell. Still, I came to treasure a piece performed by Claude Debussy and captured on a wax cylinder and the field recordings of Belgium, Turkey, India, Tibet and, Nepal.

The intimate, dreamlike quality of the album caused me to purchase every release in the series. The albums were dedicated to the likes of Gilles Deleuze and Ilya Prigogine and included work from COIL, Harold Budd, and Genesis P-Orridge. Who the hell was releasing these fantastic albums?

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.

1. William S. Burroughs “Burroughs called the law”
2. Cheb Mami “Maniche Aadouk”
3. Genesis P-Orridge & The Angels Of Light “Supermale”
4. Hula “Torn Silk”
5. Paul Lemos & Joe Papa “Under Heaven”
6. COIL “Another Brown World”
7. Jon Hassell “Map Of Dusk”
8. Harold Budd “Strange Thunder”
9. Martyn Bates & Peter Becker “Sun-Like-Gold (Part I)”
10. Steven Brown “Gone With The Winds”
11. SPK “Romanz In Moll”
12. Current 93 “Some Morning When The Moon Was Blood”
13. Camberwell Now “For Those in Peril on the Sea”
14. 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.

See you next week.

1. Skinny Puppy “Spahn Dirge (Live)”
2. God “Lord I'm On My Way”
3. Andy Hawkins & Bill Laswell “Headwaters”
4. Echthros “Iyov”
5. Justin Broadrick “Guitar Two”

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