Today’s guest deejay is Francisco Dominguez, AKA Forest Robots.
The story behind Forest Robots is sweet.
It began with Francisco’s travels to the Sierra Nevada. The photos he took while there told the tale of his adventures in those beautiful mountain landscapes. It wasn’t until the birth of his daughter that those stories coalesced. Those pictures and stories could teach his daughter about the wonders of nature, the importance of spending time outdoors, and how vital it is to help conserve public lands. Those same photos and stories, his music, all of distilled into the project he calls Forest Robots, a love letter to my daughter about the wonders of nature.
I had come across Francisco’s musical journeys through Bandcamp. Still, it wasn’t until John Shanahan, host of the Hypnagogue Podcast, played Forest Robots in his mix for Soundwave, that I was compelled to seek him out and invite him to guest deejay on the show.
It’s a lovely mix. Maybe you’ll listen to it when you visit the Sierra Nevada. Or perhaps you can visit the Sierra Nevada in your imagination while listening to it while doing the dishes or walking your dog, which is how I experienced Francisco’s mix.
You can find Forest Robot on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Mixcloud, and Bandcamp.
If you’re new to Soundwave, welcome.
I initially launched Soundwave to cope with the stress and isolation of the early days of the pandemic lockdown. But here we are nearly two years later, and the pandemic is winding down. Countries across the world are opening up and getting back to normal.
I’m dubious. In January, there were 60,000 deaths due to COVID-19. That doesn’t sound like getting back to normal to me. What it sounds like is that this is the new normal. COVID will be with us forever, and we’ll learn how to deal with it and batten down until COVID is about as deadly as the flu.
I told myself when I launched Soundwave that I’d wind down the show once the pandemic had become manageable. We’re not there yet, but soon. What happens when Soundwave outlives its original purpose?
I’m looking forward to finding out.
Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Monty Adkins.
See you then.
- Chorchill “Po’Boy A”
- Bendu “Possibilities”
- The Billows Burn Bright “Wind Chimes”
- Eonlake “Bloom”
- Salvatore Mercantante “Ambiente”
- Survey Channel “Vitamin Mind”
- Sad Man “Finny Foot”
- Lo Five “Freedom Is A Feeling”
- BVSMV “True Cyan”
- Joshua James Wittman “Kimothy”
- Sunwarper “Petrichor”
- Polyhymns “I Wake Up”
- Steve Hadfield “Bungle Is Passive”
- Fragile X “Reverie”
- Kh3rtis “Bhroodonia”
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