Today’s guest deejay is Marc Behrens.
Soundwave has become possible based on the network the show has created. Each guest deejay leads to another guest deejay.
In January, Radboud Mens dropped a devastating set, which you can listen to here. Afterward, I asked Radboud who he thought would share a mix on Soundwave, and he thought I would share a mix on Soundwave. Radboud suggested Marc, saying, “his stuff is quite diverse, from sound art to ambient drone.” Uh-huh. That doesn’t begin to scratch the surface of Marc’s sonic explorations.
Marc is a multidisciplinary fine arts, music, theatre, and literature artist. He explores electronic and concrete music, installation, performance, photography, text, and video. He has over 30 music albums released since 1989 and has exhibited and performed internationally. Marc is known for radio dramas like Progress (2013) and Nachtsprache (2021) and collaborated on the album Bauteile (2014) with Atom™. Marc is a member of DEGEM, ran the label Animal Art (1989–1993), and founded Availabel in 2014. Marc has also taught at various institutions and mentored young artists.
Whew! And that’s just a brief bio of Marc. And today’s show is a snapshot of Marc’s work. Marc’s creativity is unrelenting. If you love today's mix, and I know you will, then you’ll be thrilled to know that you can look forward to his recent and fetching releases. They are Our Tongues in Your Ears, which was released in April on Marc’s label, Availabel. Marc’s albums Aiear and Clould will be released on Crónica on May 21 and June 25, repesctively.
Marc has some words about his mix below.
See you next week.
This Podcast for Soundwave features music from different periods of my work and includes some unreleased material from the archives, never before played publicly. Thanks to Radboud Mens, who recommended me to Joseph Aleo.
“Feet or Fist” (1989)
A piece from the cassette album Entomo from 1989, my third-ever release, played with a Casio SK-5 Sampling Keyboard, a bamboo clarinet, and some percussion.
All sounds were generated from the recording of a fever delirium in the Summer of 1988, processed with the Cconfin software by Ennio Mazzon. They were produced for the project Quark: How Does the Invisible Sound?, by invitation of Fabio Perletta.
“I was Never (Long Version)” (2004)
“A Disco Boy (Long Version)” (2004)
Longer versions of two short pieces that were released on the split-10" EP Product 04 on Crónica, Portugal. Original sound material generated from remixes of music beyond the human listening range, originally by the Japanese artist *0. Voices culled from a presentation of the remixes.
“eeaiooaeieeaiooaei (2011)”
Part two of a cycle of three pieces composed with recordings of voices made in 1990 (solo voice: Kerstin Menz), and voltage-controlled car horns made in 2002.
“Paiva Players (2011)”
Entirely composed with field recordings of the landscape, animals, people and supposedly supernatural beings of the Paiva River in Portugal (and, oh yes, the electronic church bell of Nodar village!). Recordings made during a residency at Binaural in 2010, a place devoted to sound art, art in rural areas, and also rural culture. This is an unreleased alternate mix of material from my album Recurrent.
“Mamori (2008)”
Composed with field recordings made in the Amazon rainforest while on a residency at Mamori lake, a project led by Francisco López at the time. Mostly birds, insects, frogs and tree frogs – and a howling monkey. Some elements and sounds from this track ended up in my radio piece Bushdesertrainforest for WDR 3 culture radio in 2009.
- Marc Behrens “Feet or Fist”
- Marc Behrens “Fever”
- Marc Behrens “I was Never (Long Version)”
- Marc Behrens “A Disco Boy (Long Version)”
- Marc Behrens “eeaiooaeieeaiooaei “
- Marc Behrens “Paiva Players”
- Marc Behrens “Mamori”
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