SOUNDWAVE : 83 : WIFE SIGNS

SOUNDWAVE : 83 : WIFE SIGNS

Today’s guest deejay is Kellen Perry, AKA Wife Signs.

Daniel Chamberlin turned me on to Wife Signs with his Cosmic Chambo mix for Soundwave. As is my want, I asked Daniel who he know that would want to share a mix on Soundwave and he suggested Kellen. Daniel was spot on, because Kellen’s mix is a delight.

 

Kellen Perry, AKA Wife Signs
Kellen Perry, AKA Wife Signs

I mentioned last month how Line Spectrum’s mix blended so seamlesslessly with the sounds of my environment that caused me no small amount of anxiety. Kellen’s mix also merged with the sounds around me, but it was so ephemeral that it was a soothing experience. It made the sound of clanking flatware musical. Some of the mixes heard on Soundwave are sublime, and some, like Kellen’s, make the mundane seem magical.

While you can stream Kellen’s new album, Beneath the Weight of Care, on Spotify, I encourage you to pushase his album on Bandcamp. You can also follow Kellen on Twitter.

I hope you have a Happy Halloween. I know I will, because I’m taking my grandkid on his first trick or treating he’ll remember. Talk about magical!

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be protoU.

See you then!

  1. Klara Lewis “Seascape”
  2. More Eaze “Leave”
  3. Offthesky & The Humble Bee “Fallen Fruit to Navigate By”
  4. Wife Signs “Burning Off the Nuance”
  5. Austin Rockman “Kissed By Her Witness”
  6. Vanessa Amara “Manos”
  7. Lusine ”Without Standing”
  8. Wife Signs “Small Art and Love”
  9. Listening Mirror “Outside Heaven”
  10. Tom James Scott “Green Wren”

SOUNDWAVE : 80 : LECU

SOUNDWAVE : 80 : LECU

Today’s guest deejay is Lecu.

I discovered Lecu a few months ago when Soundwave guest deejay Ishmael Cormack asked folks on Twitter for musical recommendations. Lecu suggested Sebastian Mullaert and Erland Cooper. Those were both great recommendations. Who was this Lecu? I checked out how Twitter profile, which led me to his Bandcamp page and listened to his albums. I extend an invitation to join us on Soundwave, and here we are today.

It was a breath of fresh air after last week’s mix from Line Spectrum. Don’t get me wrong, last week’s show was great, but listening to it on my AIrPod Pro with transparency mode felt more like an auditory hallucination than a mix. Lecu’s mix feels whimsical by comparison but no less fantastic than Line Spectrum’s mix.

If you’d like to hear more music from Lecu, check out show on 1020 Radio, every first Thursday of every month from 10 PM – 11 PM Pacific.

Lecu has some brief words about his mix below.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Inner Travels.

 

Leo, AKA Lecu
Leo, AKA Lecu

I’m happy to share my mix with you today. Lots of nice textures, both abstract and familiar, with some lush tracks along the way — one of which is a new one from me, which feels like the start of a new record and a new direction for me as an artist.

It was really fun to make, and I’m so honoured to be in very good company with your other guests

Much love from Plymouth, England, and wishing you all the very best. 

Leo / Lecu

  1. H. Takahashi “Absorption (Granulated)”
  2. H. Takahashi “Absorption”
  3. Bubble Keiki “Network Gardening”
  4. KMRU “Inter Alia”
  5. Julius Theory “SSRI Prophet (excerpt)”
  6. Dane Law “Southbound To Denshaw”
  7. Morimoto Naoki “A Day”
  8. Lecu “Familiar i*”
  9. Phexionensystem “Water Resonance”

Field Recordings & Sounds

  1. Listen In “Watering The Garden”
  2. Four Tet “Parallel 5”
  3. Lecu “Water Bowl Through Nebulae”
  4. Lecu “Field Recording: Interacting with Woodland Leaves”

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SOUNDWAVE : 75 : COMPLEX HOLIDAY

SOUNDWAVE : 75 : COMPLEX HOLIDAY

Today’s guest deejay is Robert Farrugia, co-founder of Complex Holiday, an itinerant label for inside-out ambient and sound art tomfoolery.

I’m usually fastidious about tracking how I come to know guest deejays on Soundwave. Unfortunately, my initial conversation with Robert began on Facebook Messenger and that chat is lost to the ether. Well, really, Facebook has that conversation stored somewhere. But it’s as good as gone for me.

Whatever lead me to Robert, I’m glad I invited him to join us.

What you may or may not know is that I get the mixes you hear months in advance. I usually enjoy it for a week or two before I move on to listen to the next guest deejay’s mix. I’ll also re-listen to the mix a few weeks before their show is released. I listen to the mixes a lot.

 

Robert Farrugia
Robert Farrugia, Photograph by Chris Vella / Storbju

Robert’s mix was a welcome companion for the last week. Nationally, the U.S. is caught between wildfires and hurricanes. Internationally, the U.S. has left Afghanistan. And on a personal note, the was my kid’s first week at high school. While our area is 75% vaccinated, I’m still anxious about how this will work out. Within the first week there’s already been a report of a student with COVID-19. Robert’s mix felt like an echo of how I’ve been feeling about all of it.

There’s a tension that builds up early in Robert’s mix that unravels nearly halfway through before exploring different sonic territory. The mix ends hauntingly and somberly.

That feels right.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Michael Donaldson.

See you then!

  1. Dylan Henner “I Was Reading the News But I Felt So Sad I had to Stop”
  2. Snap Dragon “Breathe”
  3. Benoît Pioulard “Whose Palms Create”
  4. Robert Farrugia “Tlellix”
  5. Warmth “Cirrus”
  6. David Cordero “Sevredol (Sight Below Remix)”
  7. Marsha Fisher “Chapter House”
  8. Kurt Buttigieg “Confiance en quoi”

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SOUNDWAVE : 74 : ANTHÈNE

SOUNDWAVE : 74 : ANTHÈNE

Today’s guest deejay is Bradley Sean Alexander Deschamps, AKA Anthéne, curator of Polar Seas Recordings.

I discovered Anthéne when Ishmael Cormack (listen to his mix for Soundwave here) requested music recommendations on Twitter. There were some great suggrestions, and I listened to everything I could find on Bandcamp or Spotify. Anthéne’s music was warm, dreamy, and organic for all its etherealness. Naturally, I extended to Anthéne to guest deejay on Soundwave.

Last week I drove from San Diego to Sacramento with Jonanathan Ammons’s mix providing the soundtrack for that apocalyptic journey. This week Anthéne’s mix was the music for my night drive back to San Diego. This time there were no abandoned cars, wildfire smoke choked skies, or searing sunlight. Instead, a beautiful, three-quarter orange moon floated on the horizon while the stars came out, one by one. It was a long drive, and I played Anthéne’s mix several times, which got me as far as Los Angeles.

If you feel like sharing, please tell me where you listened to today’s show.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Complex Holiday.

 

Sean Alexander Deschamps, AKA Anthéne
Sean Alexander Deschamps, AKA Anthéne

  1. Mary Lattimore “Sometimes He’s In My Dreams”
  2. Drape “Solo In High Dreary”
  3. Sylvain Chauveau “Et peu à peu les flots respiraient comme on pleure”
  4. Keeley Forsyth “Photograph”
  5. Sarah Neufeld “Stories”
  6. Gia Margaret “No Sleep No Dream”
  7. Yasmin Williams “Juvenescence”
  8. Havenaire “Beta”
  9. Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron “Real Lost Wisdom”
  10. Leo Svirsky “River Without Banks”
  11. Slow Reels “Lakka”

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SOUNDWAVE : 72 : VARGKVINT

SOUNDWAVE : 72 : VARGKVINT

Today’s guest deejay is Sofia Nystrand, AKA Vargkvint.

For months, Sofia’s music kept appearing on my Spotify Discover Weekly playlists. If I didn’t find Sofia’s music there, she’d pop up on someone else’s playlist. Or I’d find her music on Bandcamp. In fact, Brueder Selke (CEEYS), played Sofia’s “Utåt” on their mix for Soundwave a few weeks ago.

There’s a reason for this, of course. Sofia has that magical ability to trasnport you to a world that is uniquely hers yet utterly familiar though her songs. Sofia deftly weaves folk, contemporary classical, pop, experimental music, and ambient. It’s a gorgeous thing to experience and I’m delighted to share her mix with you on today’s show.

If you’d like to hear more music from Sofia, she is featured on the Realismo Mágico compilation album from piano and coffee records. Some of the artists you’ll find on Sofia’s mix can also be found on the album (Klangriket, Sjors Mans, Jakob Lindhagen, Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, Simeon Walker, Ceeys). Sofia has also just released a rework of the first track, “Pomegranate,” by Sergio Diaz de Rojas.

Sofia has some words about her mix below.

Before I get out of Dodge, I’m happy to report that this weekend I briefly had my wife and kids in the same house. It was short lived, though. My wife headed back to work Sunday evening, and the kids will be visiting their dad next week. But after months and months of being apart, it was a small blessing.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Jonathan Ammons.

See you then!

 

Sofia Nyland, AKA Vargkvint
Sofia Nyland, AKA Vargkvint

When I was working on this mixtape, I wanted it to be centered around collaboration and how music can change when being transformed by another person’s creativity. I’ve just released a rework album where people have reimagined my songs from the album Hav (I have two of them included in the mixtape), and it made me inspired to find other remixes or reworks to include. One of my favorite songs of this year is the rework that Alexandra Hamilton-Ayes have made of Frances Shelley’s ”Evening Star”. Apart from the amazing reworks, I have included a few newly released songs, and a couple of my personal favorites from artists who I really admire.

  • Sergio Diaz De Rojas “Pomegranate”
  • Rockettothesky “Grizzly Man”
  • Tim Linghaus “Love and Dust”
  • Joakim Alfvén “Opinium”
  • Richard Luke “Everything a Reason (Jakob Lindhagen Rework)”
  • Vargkvint “Fyr (Reimagined by Bonander)”
  • Justina Jaruševičiūtė “Prayer”
  • Frances Shelley & Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres “Evening Star (Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres Rework)”
  • Simeon Walker “Drift (Reworked by CEEYS)”
  • Marie Awadis “day 3”
  • Klangriket “Björk (Jakob Lindhagen & Vargkvint Rework)”
  • Bonander“Gone in the Wind”
  • Vargkvint “Stormen Kommer II (Reimagined by Klangriket & Sjors Mans)”
  • Simeon Walker “Compline”
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    SOUNDWAVE : 69 : FROM OVERSEAS

    This week’s deejay is Kévin Séry, AKA From Overseas. Kévin is also the label manager for Past Inside the Present, a label, and resource for the ambient listener.

    From Overseas is Kévin’s ambient project. Using his guitar as his tool of expression and looping techniques, he creates a multiplicity of layers, intense drones, and mesmerizing soundscapes both in the studio and in live performances.

    Originally from the tiny French Overseas Department and Region, Reunion Island, he routinely bounces between his home island, a small port town on the east coast of the US, and continental Europe, picking up fresh ideas and inspiration along the way.

    Kévin’s mix is very familiar, even though I’m unfamiliar with every song and musician featured in his mix. There’s something about Kévin’s mix that evokes the sound and feel of 4AD, a label that was known for alternative rock, post-punk, gothic rock, and dream pop albums. But if I had to narrow it down, I’d say that Kévin captures the spirit of 4AD’s This Mortal Coil. There’s something haunted in the selection of his songs but still quietly triumphant.

    Kévin has some words below about his mix.

    Join us next week when our guest deejays will be brothers Sebastian and Daniel Selke of CEEYS.

     

    Kévin Séry, AKA From Overseas
    Kévin Séry, AKA From Overseas

    It’s an honor to be part of the Soundwave series. I love doing mixes like this. It’s a great way to go on a unique journey and to immerse yourself in the work of amazing and influential artists. This mix was made on February 23rd, 2021, when winter was slowly giving space to spring. Hopefully, people feel what I feel and can discover a few gems.

    1. 36 & awakened souls “Guide Me Home (awakened souls – Shoegaze Version) ”
    2. Lucy Gooch “Ash and Orange”
    3. Emily A. Sprague “Woven”
    4. Chuck Johnson “Raz-de-Marée”
    5. Illuvia Iridescence”
    6. Ilyas Ahmed & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma “Ocean Blue”
    7. From Overseas “Rêve”
    8. Christina Giannone “Untitled111”
    9. Alex Somers “Sooner”
    10. Mogwai “Dry Fantasy”

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    SOUNDWAVE : 67 : felt body

    Today’s guest deejay is Hunter Reyne; AKA felt body.

    Hunter is yet another talented musician I discovered through Bandcamp. What appealed to me was Hunter’s deft use of field recording in his music. He creates a very lived-in world and evokes imaginary memories of a time and place I’ve never experienced. It’s lovely. And of course, I invited Hunter to join us on Soundwave.

    What’s delightful about Hunter’s mix is while some of the songs reflect his sensibilities, some are entirely unexpected. I’m specifically thinking of his inclusion on Tôsha Suihô’s “時雨のあと(Shigure no Ato)” and an example. It’s those surprises that are one of the reasons I get excited about when I listen to our guest deejay’s mixes, and I hope you’ll feel the same.

    Hunter has some words about his mix, which you’ll find below.

    Before we get to that, I want to mention that guest deejay and Krautrock legend, Roedelius, has put together an excellent program for the music festival and symposium, More Ohr Less, that will have ended as of the release of today’s show. The event took place in his hometown in Baden, near Vienna. Some of the participants were Anna von Hausswolff, Carl-Michael von Hausswolff , Chandra Shukla, and many more. More Ohr Less will have been live-streamed, and if I know Roedelius, he’ll make the stream available to those who missed it.

    The other thing I wanted to mention is that a few weeks ago, I said I would wrap up Soundwave in early 2022. At the time, I felt the pandemic was winding down, and Soundwave will have served its purpose. I hadn’t realized that I was myopic. Yes, things are improving in the U.S., but here are parts of the world that are in a terrible state. I hope I’m not implying that Soundwave is some transcendent force for good. I mean that this little show provides solace or distraction for a brief period during the pandemic, then I will keep releasing shows.

    Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Orphax.

    See you then!

     

    Hunter Reyne, AKA felt body
    Hunter Reyne, AKA felt body

    I wanted to capture some of the ideas and inspirations that I’ve been taking from throughout Covid, as well as that latent sense of both anxiety and, in the end, a peacefulness – however, it’s achieved.

    Quarantine has had an odd effect on my lifestyle. I find I unable to make broad movements anymore (like taking a trip or even commuting to work). Still, my smaller movements, like simple walks along the river near my house, have become themselves opened-up and, in their way, as expansive as a weekend spent in a different country. I have become so attentive and enamored with the space around me. I have gone crazy, and I speak to it, and it speaks back to me. We are lovers.

    In making this mix, I was drawing from Guy Debord’s psychogeographyand also broader atmospheric theories put forward by theorists like Julianne Rebentisch and Tonino Griffero. Walking and movement, and momentum are essential to the worlds within these nine pieces, yet I find each of them incredibly still, meltingly so. This is the paradox at the heart of a psychogeographic outlook. As I move, I become more singular with the landscape around me, more fluent in its languages and behaviors, and poetries. I hope in listening you will find some stillness in movement, too.

    1. Toshiya Tsunoda “The Day After A Typhoon, Miyagawa”
    2. perila & ulla “blue drum”
    3. Maria Teresa Luciani “Giardini Pubblici”
    4. Gesellschaft Zur Emanzipation Des Samples “TaxiTrailer”
    5. Zdeněk Liška “A Small Stone in Space”
    6. Tôsha Suihô “時雨のあと(Shigure no Ato)”
    7. Tzvi Avni “Vocalise”
    8. Hiroshi Yoshimura “Horizon I’ve Ever Seen Before”
    9. Haco “Faito!”

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    SOUNDWAVE : 64 : SEAN HOCKING

    SOUNDWAVE : 64 : SEAN HOCKING

    Today’s guest deejay is Sean Hocking.

    Sean is the host of Metal Postcard Records, an independent record label based out of Sydney. I met Sean nearly a decade ago when I interviewed him and showcased his label for solipsistic NATION. He releases great music through Metal Postcard Records, so I invited Sean to be our guest deejay last summer. It was a wonderful mix, so naturally, I asked Sean to delight us with another set.

    A casual listen of Sean’s mix will leave you with the impression that it’s wonderful and whimsical. Its certainly that but a closer listen reveals depth and speaks to the human condition. It works on both levels, which is a neat trick. It’s also a bit of an Australia travelogue, so enjoy the ride!

    If you want to hear more music from Sean, he also hosts Bottom of the Pops, which you can find on Spotify. It’s the Nuggets of internet radio. Sean also hosts shows on Dandelion Radio, FSK Radio out of Germany, and 8K in New Zealand.

     

    Sean Hocking
    Sean Hocking

    Tuesday California officially opened up and eased pandemic restrictions.

    I still wear a mask and socially distance in some situations but it’s nice to mingle with people and dine at restaurants. And it’s nice not wearing a mask at the gym, especially when I’m on the stair machine.

    I’ll be listening to Sean’s mix on Fathers Day and hopefully hoping to go out for brunch with my family. If you’re a dad or have one, I hope you can do the same.

    Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Yann Novak, the founder of Dragon’s Eye Recordings.

    See you then!

    1. Sean Hocking “Australian Dawn Chorus”
    2. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu “Amazing Grace”
    3. Lajamanu Community (NT) “Emu Dreaming”
    4. Warwick Thornton “The Beach (Trailer)”
    5. Tony O’Connor “Ningaloo”
    6. George Greenhough “Memories Surfing Lennox Head Early 1970’s”
    7. Gravy Murphy “Seaside Acid”
    8. Peter Sculthorpe “Songs of Sea and Sky (Second flute solo)”
    9. Sean Hocking “Mutitjula Walk”
    10. Jack Burton “Lake Monger pt. I, II III”
    11. Salary “DD Dub”
    12. Soda Eves “No One Else”
    13. The Emergency “Omega Point”
    14. Sean Hocking “Fire at night outback”

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    SOUNDWAVE : 58 : COSMIC CHAMBO

    SOUNDWAVE : 58 : DANIEL CHAMBERLIN

    Today’s guest deejay is Daniel Chamberlin.

    Daniel and I met on Twitter over our shared appreciation of Paleowolf (listen to the Paleowolf mix on Soundwave here). I learned he is the host of Inter-Dimensional Music, a syndicated weekly community radio broadcast of “heavy mellow, kosmische slop, and void contemplation tactics.” After enjoying a couple of his shows, I invited Daniel to guest deejay on Soundwave.

    What I love about Daniel’s mix is that his segues are so seamless that I often am unaware that he’s transitioned into another track. Granted, the music featured on Soundwave lends itself to those kinds of segues, but Daniel is particularly deft at it.

    The other remarkable thing about Daniel’s mix, for me at least, is that he selected songs that feel very familiar to me. Except that I’ve never heard them before. They feel intimate and worn in.

    Finally, Daniel’s mix took me on a sonic and emotional journey. I’d get lost in his mix. When it ended, I was satisfied but would have been just as happy to have it continue indefinitely.

    You can find Daniel on InstagramMixcloud, Twitter, YouTube, Bandcamp and his blog, Into the Green.

    Before I wrap up today’s show notes, there a couple of things I want to mention.

     

    My second Moderna vaccination.
    My second Moderna vaccination.

    Monday I got my second dose of the Moderna vaccination. I was prepared for the worst: a very sore arm, chills, fevers, body aches, etc. I experienced none of that. I did sleep for over 24 hours, though.

     

    Hans-Joachim Roedelis
    Hans-Joachim Roedelis

    Michael Donaldson was inspired by mix from Krautrock legend Hans-Joachim Roedelius to write a post on Roedelius’s musical career on his blog. It’s a good overview of Roedelius, so please read it if you’d like to learn more about the man.

     

    Back to Beyond and Cycle
    Back to Beyond and Cycle

    Guest deejay protoU has released a new album, Back to Beyond with Alphaxone. Listen to protoU’s mix for Soundwave here. Rhucle, who has also guest deejayed on Soundwave, has released his new album, Cycle. Both albums are fantastic and unique to each artist.

    Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Mauricio Sotelo, AKA Haiteku.

    See you then!

     

    Daniel Chamberlin
    Daniel Chamberlin

    Here’s an hour of heavy mellow meditation.

    Cosmic Chambo presents a heavy mellow ritual soundtrack for meditation, yoga, and other mindfulness practices in the service of transcending false binaries and dismantling white supremacy. Listen for hypnotic choral music, metal-informed jazz drone, heavyweight ambient dub, and organic industrial rhythms.

    1. Wife Signs “Void Contemplation Tactic”
    2. With Great Care “Bloodflow”
    3. Anna von Hausswolff “Dolore di Orsini”
    4. David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir “Solstice Kyrie”
    5. itta “Moonlight”
    6. Kevin Richard Martin “Back to where i belong”
    7. Divide and Dissolve “We Are Really Worried About You”
    8. DEAFKIDS & PETBRICK “O Antropoceno”
    9. Azu Tiwaline “Terremer”
    10. KMRU “behind there”
    11. Ancestral Duo “Trajesty”
    12. Dedekind Cut “The Crossing Guard”
    13. Jamire Williams “God’s Morning Invitation (featuring Chassol & Carlos Niño)”
    14. Path of the Sun “Aquatic Sun”

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