{"id":3391,"date":"2020-07-26T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=3391"},"modified":"2021-07-02T20:41:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T03:41:03","slug":"soundwave-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/soundwave-17\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUNDWAVE : 17 : CHARLES HAZLEWOOD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today is a great day! Not only did I get to spend the weekend with my wife (since the COVID-19 lockdown in California we\u2019ve spent maybe three weeks together) and throw a party for our youngest\u2019s thirteenth birthday, today I finally<\/em> get to release a mix from our guest deejay, Charles Hazlewood<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n

Charles is a musician, composer and orchestra conductor and I came across him during the first month of the lockdown while catching up on some documentaries I\u2019ve been eating in to watch. One of the documentaries was Tones, Drones and Arpeggios: The Magic of Minimalism<\/a><\/em> where Charles goes in search of minimalism by exploring the work of four great American composers who rebooted classical music in the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n

It\u2019s difficult to revisit the first month of the lockdown. The infection and death rate was exponential and there was no way of telling how high the numbers might climb. Each day was full of dread and anxiety and the fear that going outside or touching something might afflict me with a crippling illness if not killing me out right. And then there was the loneliness. It was just me and my dog. When would my family be under the same roof again? Weeks? Months? A year?<\/p>\n\n

What gave me solace was listening to ambient, classical, experimental and instrumental music, which was the inspiration for SOUNDWAVE. If music was helping me get through COVID-19, surely it would help others. And after watching Charles interview luminaries such as La Monte Young<\/a>, Terry Riley<\/a>, Philip Glass<\/a> and Steve Reich<\/a> I reached out to him and asked if he could continue a mix for the show. And his mix is wonderful!<\/p>\n\n

On today\u2019s show we\u2019ll hear from Ellen Allien<\/a>, who I also interviewed<\/a> when I showcased her label BPitch Control on solipsistic NATION<\/a>, my electronic music show. We\u2019ll also hear a track from Terry Riley\u2019s album, Shri Camel<\/em> and a track from Tony Conrad and Faust\u2019s album, Outside the Dream Syndicate<\/em>. New to me are two tracks form Kali Malone and Kieran Hebden. That\u2019s one of the things I love about the guest deejays on SOUNDWAVE, they\u2019re always turning on on to great music.<\/p>\n\n

So, yes, a great day! I hope you enjoy today\u2019s show. If you\u2019ll excuse me, I\u2019m off to have brunch with my wife and our friends.<\/p>\n\n

Join us again next week when our guest deejay will be Sean Hocking<\/a>, founder of Metal Postcard Records<\/a> (check out my interview with Sean here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n

See you then!<\/p>\n\n

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