Today’s guest deejay is Mark O’Shea, founder of Winter-Light, a label specializing in ambient, experimental, and drone soundscapes.
Winter-Light kept turning up in my life. Musicians for the label would appear in mixes from guest deejays on Soundwave, or I listen to on Spotify. After hearing Electronic Death Black Dogs’ Hinterland album and discovering it was yet another excellent release from Winter-Light, I took it as a hint from the universe that I should invite the label’s founder to guest deejay on Soundwave.
Mark’s mix is fantastic, and while most of it is new to me (always a delight), there were some tracks my musicians I’m quite fond of. Kloob made two appearances in Mark’s mix and was a guest deejay on Soundwave back in 2021. And RNGMNN? Wow, that takes me back to an inspired mix I did in 2008! And Hessel Veldman shared an enthralling mix on Soundwave just last year. Everyone who appears in Mark’s mix are new favorites. And I hope they are for you, too.
Mark has some words about his mix below.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Adam Parks.
See you then.
I have curated tracks from some of our Winter-Light label releases in this mix session. A wonderful opportunity to discover some artists and their unique musical styles that may have eluded some of Soundwave’s listeners.
The mix highlights the finer details within the music while creating a space for reflection and solitude. I like to blend percussive elements, lighter shades of ambient interwoven with darker tracks, and accentuated with more harsh soundscapes. A bit of everything to enrich the mix and keep it dynamic.
There is a hidden beauty to the darker side of ambient music that really shines when mixed with slightly softer tones. Light and dark coexist in the same air space. A perfect harmony. I hope you appreciate the experience.
- Nam-Khar “Sab Dak”
- Rapoon “On An Even Keel”
- Kloob “Dali’s Universe”
- Argyre Planitia “The Gate Of Osiris”
- Gydja “Ór Élivágum stukku eitrdropar”
- RNGMNN “The Dawning Of Falsehood (Nam-Khar & Sielwolf Re-Shape)”
- Ajna & Onasander “Routing The Empusa”
- Hessel Veldman “Rauw 0:18:76/Sluisgelag”
- RNGMNN “Nebula”
- Kloob & Onasander “The Malefici”
- Ashtoreth & Onasander “Inferis”
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