SOUNDWAVE : 48 : KLOOB

Today’s guest deejay is Dani, AKA Kloob.

Dani’s mix is a special selection of some of the his deepest tracks.

Dani has been composing electronic music for 20 years, from underground electronic dance vibes to ambient atmospheric scapes. Dani has been deeply involved in ambient since 2010, and he has released under Relaxed Machinery and Winter-Light labels.

Dani is yet another musician I’ve discovered on Bandcamp. Unless Bandcamp has a predictive algorithm running behind the scene, I assume Bandcamp is pretty straightforward: what you see is what you get. Meaning, if you’re into, say, ambient music, then Bandcamp serves up a bunch of stuff in that category. As far as I know, they’re not displaying music based on your play count or rating or whatever.

That’s got me thinking. I love Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlists. After years of using it, it gets me. Spotify is just one of many platforms competing for my dollar, offering a set of services and options that they hope will entice me. But for SOUNDWAVE, I’ve found myself lately perusing ambient, classical, experimental, and instrumental music on Bandcamp based album covers, the names of the artists, and skimming through a couple of their tracks. I did it the old-fashioned way like a savage.

Dani had me hooked.

First, the name. Kloob? Really? I’m in.

His album covers are gorgeous.

And Dani’s music has got all the things I love in ambient. His mix ranges from the cosmic to the sublime to the primal. You’re in for quite a journey.

It didn’t take an algorithm. All it took was Dani delivering on the promise of an experience.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Julie Carpenter AKA Less Bells. You guessed it, she’s another musician I discovered on Bandcamp.

See you then!

Dani, AKA KLOOB

Kloob “Kochi Sunset”

Kloob “A Special Glow”

Kloob “Desprendido (Alternative Mix)”

Kloob “Profound Invocation”

Kloob “Endless Motion”

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