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

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.

Toshiya Tsunoda “The Day After A Typhoon, Miyagawa”

perila & ulla “blue drum”

Maria Teresa Luciani “Giardini Pubblici”

Gesellschaft Zur Emanzipation Des Samples “TaxiTrailer”

Zdeněk Liška “A Small Stone in Space”

Tôsha Suihô “時雨のあと(Shigure no Ato)”

Tzvi Avni “Vocalise”

Hiroshi Yoshimura “Horizon I’ve Ever Seen Before”

Haco “Faito!”

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