SOUNDWAVE : 55 : INNESTI

Today’s guest deejay is Innesti.

Innesti’s mix concludes my deep dive of musicians I’ve discovered on Bandcamp and invited to deejay on SOUNDWAVE.

 

Innesti
Innesti

When I found Innesti on Bandcamp, I immersed myself in their music. I think it was Brian Eno who described ambient music in a metaphor of a painting: you can either have the painting as something that’s part of your background and enjoy it on that level, or you can choose to shift your focus to the painting and experience it at that level. Innesti’s music definitely fulfills those categories but awards active listening.

I’m listening to some of Innesti’s music as I write this. It’s the golden hour, and the kitchen I am writing you from is magically lit, and Innesti is providing the soundtrack to this enchanting moment.

I’ll most definitely feature more artists on Bandcamp on the show in the future, but not at the same volume.

If you’re unfamiliar with Bandcamp, it’s a service that sells music and gives musician and music labels a fair percentage of money generated from sales on Bandcamp.

 

The pilgrimage to Amoeba Music
The pilgrimage to Amoeba Music

Speaking of buying music, yesterday we took our son to Amoeba Music in Los Angeles. He recently got into vinyl, so and I’m happy to indulge him. California has leveled off on COVID-19 infections enough that the state is opening business to the public. Even so, there was a long line to get in the building because they can only admit people in at lowered numbers for everyone’s safety.

Our son picked up Tomahawk‘s Tonic Immobility and Crazy Horse and Neil Young‘s Zuma. I had a list of five CDs I was hoping to find but turned up nothing. When I got home, I found them all on eBay and Amazon. On the other hand, I did discover Killing Joke’s Malicious Damage, an album that includes some tracks I’m not used to seeing on their live albums, and Solti‘s Wagner‘s Götterdämmerung boxed set.

As soon as you feel safe enough, I encourage you to head out to your local music store and pick up some albums for yourself or someone as a gift. You or they deserve it, and your local music store needs your support.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be John Shanahan, host of the Hypnagogue Podcast.

See you then!

  1. Innesti “Parenthetical Moments”
  2. In the Branches and Neglect “Stepping into the Past“
  3. echospace plays michael mantra “Sea Shell City (morning)”
  4. Eternell “cove (meditation)”
  5. Billow Observatory “Pankalia”
  6. Andrew Lahiff “This Side of Winter”

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