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SOUNDWAVE : 129 : SERGE TIMMERS

Today’s guest deejay is Serge Timmers.

Like so many of the guest deejays on Soundwave, Serge was highly recommended by a previous guest deejay. In this case, it was Gert De Meester (listen to his mixes here and here). As always, I listened to Serge’s music, loved what I heard and invited him to guest deejay on Soundwave.

I usually listen to Serge’s mix during the day while I’m working. Why not listen to gorgeous music while I’m being productive? But Serge’s mix comes alive in the night. If you’re lucky, a foggy night. Serge’s mix casts everything in mysterious shadows. Serge’s mix includes songs that sound as if they came from an Excursions in Ambience album; why there’s even a track that features Higher Intelligence Agency! Other tracks lean into trip-hop, not to mention the unexpected byways Serge takes us on in his mix.

Serge has some words about his mix below.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Dan Handrabur.

See you then.

 

Serge Timmers
Serge Timmers

Nachtraaf is a Flemish expression for someone who is most active at night. Most of the tracks on this album were made at night, as I almost always do. The track “Zenenacht” in this mix comes from this album. It’s old-Dutch for “Eternal Night.”

Planet Psyche comes from lighter times and features the track “Cosmonaut.”

In the mix, I’ve compiled some tracks from friends (Ashtoreth, Stratosphere, and Distant Fires Burning) along with the most important influences in my journey in slow and emotional music.

  1. Distant Fires Burning “Book Of Fragmentation”
  2. Stratosphere “God Was Nowhere To Be Found”
  3. O Yuki Conjugate “Sunchemical”
  4. Misantronics “Zenenacht”
  5. Ulf Söderberg “Vidarnas Hus”
  6. Ashtoreth & Grey Malkin “Bone, Leaf & Moss”
  7. Atrium Carceri, Cities Last Broadcast, God Body Disconnect “Miles to Midnight”
  8. Higher Intelligence Agency / Biosphere “The Rotunda”
  9. Bohren und der Club of Gore “Black City Skyline”
  10. Bersarin Quartett “Keine Angst”
  11. Anunada “Cosmonaut”
  12. EVA “Anna’s Planets”

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SOUNDWAVE : 77 : GERT DE MEESTER

Today’s guest deejay is Gert De Meester.

Gert appeared on Soundwave last year, and I enjoyed his mix so much I invited him back. Today’s show is equally fantastic. Gert can expect another invitation from me in 2022.

Gert says today’s show features a perfect mixture of tracks that have influenced him and tracks that currently influence him. He said they’re all such beautiful tracks, and what’s best, you can find them all on Bandcamp, some of them entirely for free.

Today’s mix also includes a track form Gert’s project, Distant Fires Burning. You’re gong to love today’s mix and you’ll want to hear more music from Gert. Good news! You can find his latest album, Inperspectycon Vol​.​1, here.

 

Gert De Meester
Gert De Meester

One thing that’s interesting about the 21st century is music is so freely available, and it’s nearly endless. Consequently, I don’t think most music gets the attention due, and I’m not wagging my finger. I’m just as guilty. It’s exceedingly rare that I will listen to a song or an album repeatedly. There’s so much I want to listen to, and I’m often impatient to listen to the next song, even while I’m listening to something that very moment.

Take today’s show. It’s spectacular. But you’ll listen to it once. Some of you might even listen to it twice. And then you’re on to the next show. Or the next song. Or the next video.

As the producer of Soundwave, however, I have a very different relationship with the music you hear.

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but I receive these mixes months before I publish them on Soundwave. I live with these mixes. I marinate in these mixes.

I’ve become very familiar with Gert’s mix. It’s a gorgeous experience. But after repeated listening, I’ve come to appreciate just how dense the songs that appear in today’s show are. I’ve become intimately acquainted with every snap, crackle, and pop. I lose myself in the swooshes, the sizzle, and grit.

Gert’s mix is made for repeated listening. I encourage you to do so.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Michael Southard of Triplicate Records.

See you then!

  1. Taylor Dupree “Everything’s Gone Grey”
  2. Neuro… No Neuro “Blend With Internal Mirror”
  3. Loscil “First Narrows”
  4. Biosphere “Endurium”
  5. For Greater Good “Love You Terrorist (Stockholm Syndrome Mix by Distant Fires Burning)”
  6. Boards Of Canada “XYZ (Peel Session)”
  7. He Can Jog “My (Mother’s) Records”
  8. Umlaut “Audio(bulbs)”
  9. Jon Doe One “Karper”
  10. Autistici “Edall”
  11. Distant Fires Burning & Seigo Aoyama “Or The Horror Of It Now”
  12. Ashtoreth & Stratosphere “The Burning Spirit”
  13. Dadavistic Orchestra “Strung Valve Checkout”
  14. Oubys “ToweringWindTowering”
  15. Roel Funcken “Graydon Margolis AMB”
  16. Sonmi451 “Hippocampus”
  17. Darren McClure “Time Takes It’s Course”

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