Today’s guest deejay is Mkl Anderson, AKA, Drekka.
One of the delights of Soundwave is the people I continue to meet through the guest deejays that appear on the show. Take Mkl. I met Mkl through Raziel Panic after the last mix he shared on Soundwave. Raziel highly recommended Mkl. There was no doubt that I would invite Mkl to share a mix with us, but that didn’t stop me from spending a delightful afternoon experiencing his music.
I’m still emotionally processing Mkl’s mix. I know that sounds pretentious as hell, so hear me out. Most times, someone sends me a mix, and I have an immediate reaction to it. But with Mkl’s mix, I feel like I keep unpacking stuff from it, which is why I’ve listened to it so damn much.
I love it, though, and I’ve also found that Mkl’s mix is the perfect soundtrack to play while telling my grandson fairy tales as he drifts off to sleep. I can’t think of a better compliment than that.
Mkl has words about his mix below.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Philippe Neau.
See you then.
This mix was done with fresh thoughts of my recent tour of California this past April with my spirit animal, Timber Rattle. I hope it evokes cinematic landscapes and drifting thoughts of driving California’s long, open stretches of desert and tight, winding coastal roads.
Mixed alongside a field recording of ocean waves and pebble beach I made on my trip, I have included some deep, long-time essentials like Cindytalk and Simon Fisher Turner, alongside cherished friends and recent discoveries. Plus, a brand new Drekka track in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Sascha Stadlmeier’s Emerge project.
- Mkl Anderson “33°02’02.1″N 117°17’30.3″W, 23.IV.23, 17:39 (unreleased, 2023)”
- Cindytalk “In This World”
- John B. McLemore “Before Winter’s Death (Excerpt)”
- Lightning White Bison “03.”
- Obay Alsharani “Sleep”
- Luciano Cilio “Secondo quadro da ‘Dialoghi dal presente’”
- An Heap “Singing Dawn Chorus”
- Vört Limpa “Pauling Meadows (unreleased, 2023)”
- Simon Fisher Turner “Rushing Forgotten Secrets”
- Yara Asmar “Sleeping in church (tape 1) on a warm day I turned to tell you something but there was nothing there (excerpt)”
- Dropsy “Part 5”
- Drekka “Une nostalgie relativement inconnue”
- Ascensions Crest “Love is Limitless”
- Kali Malone “Arched In Hysteria”
- Whirled Music “October Third”
- Matthias M.D. Hemstock + Katrín Elvarsdóttir “Hlykkur”
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