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

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!

Taylor Dupree “Everything’s Gone Grey”

Neuro… No Neuro “Blend With Internal Mirror”

Loscil “First Narrows”

Biosphere “Endurium”

For Greater Good “Love You Terrorist (Stockholm Syndrome Mix by Distant Fires Burning)”

Boards Of Canada “XYZ (Peel Session)”

He Can Jog “My (Mother’s) Records”

Umlaut “Audio(bulbs)”

Jon Doe One “Karper”

Autistici “Edall”

Distant Fires Burning & Seigo Aoyama “Or The Horror Of It Now”

Ashtoreth & Stratosphere “The Burning Spirit”

Dadavistic Orchestra “Strung Valve Checkout”

Oubys “ToweringWindTowering”

Roel Funcken “Graydon Margolis AMB”

Sonmi451 “Hippocampus”

Darren McClure “Time Takes It’s Course”

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