SOUNDWAVE : 149 : SANDERSON DEAR

This week’s guest deejay is Sanderson Dear, the founder of Stasis Recordings.

I met Sanderson Dear through another exceptional guest deejay on this very podcast: Rubén Tamayo, and I have been grateful to him ever since.

Each track from Sanderson’s mix carries its distinct tone and texture, yet they all resonate with a shared melancholy and longing.

Sanderson has over a decade of experience pushing the boundaries of electronic music. His productions are like a carefully crafted time machine, transporting the listener to otherworldly realms of sound and sensation. At least, that’s what my experience is like.

If you enjoy today’s mix, as I’m sure you will, and want to hear more music from Stasis Recodings, you can look forward to an album from Glo Phase this Where We At…, the label’s third compilation, will be released this May. Don’t want to wait that long? SubDan’s 12” EP, They Shine, is fresh off the presses.

Sanderson has some words about his mix below.

Join us next week when for our Excursions in Ambience compilation retrospective.

See you then.

Sanderson Dear

It’s often difficult to distill the ethos and mantra of an imprint into 60mins while still maintaining a purposed ebb and flow. That was my challenge with this mix. My name is Sanderson Dear. I’m the label manager for Stasis Recordings, a Canadian electronic label operating out of Toronto with an international cast of musicians lending their talents to shape our sonic character. We’ve been releasing music since 2010. This mix highlights and focuses heavily on the chilled-out side of the music ledger. Most of the tracks are from our catalog, but I’ve also snuck in a couple of gems from the crew on other labels I am a fan of.

“After” is one of those pieces by Louis which never fails to leave me speechless. The strings, the spatial dynamics, and just the overall emotional tone. Appears on his vinyl release for Indigo Aera, in my opinion it is the standout track.

“Breathing-In” is Louis’ contribution to our 2020 7” box compilation. The compilation is a decade celebration of releasing music. It’s a project we took 4yrs to organize, and it’s the release I’m most proud of us realizing.

“Entwine (reprise)” is from our upcoming 2023 vinyl LP by Glo Phase.

“Rising Tide” to this day, Urenga’s “Floating Island” release is my favourite out of all the titles we’ve released by him on Stasis Recordings.

“Caju (extended version)” is part of a special vinyl companion to our Time Capsule compilation we’re organizing and planning to calendar soon. It’s a tune by Adriano Mirabile which describes his downtempo chillin’ sound.

“Mistpouffers” a new Off Land jam, appears on our next label compilation hitting digital shops this May.

“Flow” is from our recent vinyl release by SubDan. a 4-track EP bonding 90s D&B elements with ambient chillage vibes.

“Ambrosia” label debut by Mellonius One. Best way to describe his sound, ambient scapes, and soundtrack composing meets downtempo breaks.

“Horizons” by Diahgonal. The production alias of Ruben Alonso Tamayo.. super proud to have some Mexicali techno representation on our little international imprint.

“The Detective” is a jazzy, downtempo track from my first long player.

Louis Haiman “After”

Louis Haiman “Breathing-In”

Inhmost “Tripwire”

Glo Phase “Entwine (reprise)”

Urenga “Rising Tide”

Adriano Mirabile “Cajú (extended version)”

Off Land “Mistpouffers”

Fax “Pop”

SubDan “Flow”

Mellonius One “Ambrosia”

Francisco Foo “ElectroFi (Shawn Rudiman remix)”

Diahgonal “Horizons”

Sanderson Dear “The Detective”

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