Category: SOUNDWAVE

Today’s guest deejay is Austin Hill of Aeroplane Recordings.

Soundwave guest deejay Steven Howard introduced me to Austin. I’ve known Steve for decades. If he recommends someone, I listen. And, as always, Steven didn’t disappoint. Neither did Austin.

Austin’s mix introduces his ambient productions to a broader audience and highlights the work of two other exceptional artists, Dan Rosen and Denver Bon, who create art through music.

Austin has words about today’s mix below.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Anne Chris Bakker.

See you then.

This set was created to present my ambient productions to an audience beyond my Facebook friends, and to highlight two wonderful musical artists who create art with music, Dan Rosen and Denver Bon. My ambient productions are created with an intent to go beyond the drone productions that can be created on a grid in a digital audio workstation. These songs pollute the current atmosphere of Ambient music. I like adding live, improvised instrumentation to breathe life into the productions and hopefully create mesmerizing digital and analog music soundscapes. I also hope there is accessibility available to the listener, some very slight, almost Pop, or familiar tone that draws people in so that it can be listening music or background music depending on the listener's intention. It's a live recorded mountain stream in one song, a live Martin acoustic guitar, a live Fender Strat, and a live human voice in another. The only borrowed samples are drums or percussion.

The line between Art and Craft has been interesting to me lately. If everything someone "makes" is art, we live in an art wasteland. My music, for example, is mostly craft, given enough time, or maybe already, someone has probably done or will do something very similar without ever having heard it, simply because they have the method down. The same cannot be said for May Family Reunion and Drank November. Like all great art, their efforts and creations come from an intangible realm of creativity. It is something only they could ever create. I hope you and your listeners enjoy the juxtaposition of these two sources of inspiration and that these songs create an interesting tapestry to lay back and introspect to.

1. drank november “The Wave Function of Dreams”
2. Headrest ft. Lotus Olin “Water Song, unreleased”
3. May Family Reunion “It’s Gotta Be”
4. Headrest “That Cloud, unreleased”
5. May Family Reunion “The Right Recipe”
6. Headrest “St. Vrain, unreleased”
7. drank november “Lost and Through”
8. Softening “David Martin, unreleased”
9. drank november “Meaning and Reason”
10. Headrest “Meteoric, unreleased”
11. May Family Reunion “Casanova”
12. drank november “Hypnagogia”
13. Headrest “Roswell Alien Landing Re-enactment”
14. Headrest “Weird outro”

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Today’s guest deejay is Jon Solo, AKA Naneum.

This is Jon’s third time sharing a mix with us. I keep having Jon back because his mixes are like his own music: delicate, ephemeral, evoking rich and complex emotions. As I write this, it’s another grey day in a month we in San Diego are now calling Greypril. Jon’s mix is the perfect soundtrack for this morning. Everything in my neighborhood looks fragile in the cast of this grey illumination. Maybe Jon’s playlist will provide you with your own moment of serenitiy and tranquility, a sonic escape to a peaceful and introspective space.

Want to hear more music from Jon? You’ll be delighted to learn that his new album, Ollopa Othello, will be released this July through Electrofone Music.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Austin Hill.

See you then.

1. Naneum “Trait”
2. Snorri Hallgrimsson “Avant-dernières pensées: I. Idylle”
3. LEON VYNEHALL “It Breaks Chapter IX”
4. CEEYS “Hiddensee”
5. Jon Hopkins “Dawn Chorus”
6. Niklas Paschburg “Wing Rowing (K08)”
7. Weval “Thinking Of”
8. Slowly Rolling Camera “Natures Ratio”
9. Felix Rösch “Berceuse”
10. Teen Daze “Glacial Lake”
11. Olafur Arnalds, Bonobo “Loom”

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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.

1. Simon Grab “Gargle Ceremony”
2. Simon Grab “Yellow_02”
3. Simon Grab “Yellow_04”
4. Simon Grab “Yellow_03”
5. Simon Grab “Green1_2”
6. Simon Grab “Red2_1”
7. Simon Grab “Red2_2”
8. Simon Grab “Red2_3”
9. Simon Grab “Green1_1”
10. Simon Grab “Green1_3”
11. Simon Grab “Black2_2”
12. Simon Grab “Black2_4”
13. Simon Grab “Black2_5”
14. Simon Grab “Brown_3”
15. 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.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Simon Grab.

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1. Kiln “Demilune f22”
2. Biosphere “Nook & Cranny”
3. Harold Budd/Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois “Against The Sky”
4. zakè & City of Dawn “Once Forgotten”
5. H. Takahashi “Lost”
6. Susuma Yokota “Fairy Link”
7. Casino Versus Japan “Frost Nod”
8. JJ+JS “Lily Pad”
9. Shuta Yasukochi “Into The Forest”
10. Robert Gerard Pietrusko “UTM 39N”
11. Fripp & Eno “Wind On Wind”
12. Boards Of Canada “Corsair”

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This weeks guest deejay is Luke Entelis, AKA Viul.

I had the pleasure of meeting Luke through our former Soundwave guest deejay, Benoît Pioulard (listen to Benoît’s mix here). Luke is a rising talent in the music industry, known for his innovative approach to mixing and blending sounds from various genres. After listening to some of Luke’s release on Bandcamp I immediately extended an invitation to share a mix. Luke did not disappoint.

For today’s mix, Luke has curated a collection of 13 tracks that showcase his unique taste in music. The songs in this mix are united by themes of introspection, dreamlike landscapes, and an ethereal sense of wonder. Beginning THE HERS and ending with Julianna Barwick, Luke’s mix creates a sonic world where the boundaries between reality and imagination blur.

Get ready to sit back, relax, and let Luke Entelis guide you through this musical experience.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Antti Tolvi.

1. THE HERS “Baby Came out Like Good Gear in the Sun”
2. Micah Frank & Chet Doxas “SilvaIgnis”
3. Altars Altars “BV”
4. Squarepusher “I Wish You Could Talk”
5. BEAU WANZER “Headspace”
6. Broadcast “Teresa, Lark of Ascension”
7. Green-House “Perennial Bloom”
8. SYMBOL “Tracer”
9. Orcas “High Fences”
10. 36 “Room 1”
11. Sarah Davachi “Play The Ghost”
12. Tadd Mullinix “Woman in the Dunes”
13. Julianna Barwick “White Flag”

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