{"id":3624,"date":"2020-12-27T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2021-07-01T23:32:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T06:32:13","slug":"soundwave-39-applefish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/soundwave-39-applefish\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUNDWAVE : 39 : APPLEFISH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today\u2019s guest deejay is Nik Davies. You most likely know her as Applefish<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Even before launching SOUNDWAVE I listened to a lot of ambient, classical, experimental and instrumental music. But as you can imagine, I listen to even more music from those genres these days. After perusing Bandcamp and listening to playlists on Spotify certain musicians turned up again and again. And for good reason, their music was singular and provocative. Applefish is one of those artists and I approached her to do a mix for SOUNDWAVE which we\u2019ll listen to today.<\/p>\n\n

2020 was a hard year for all of us. There was so much fear and uncertainty. Confronting your mortality on a daily basis is exhausting.<\/p>\n\n

SOUNDWAVE was my way of coping with the stress and isolation of COVID-19. Pop music, movies, tv and books did not speak to the truth of the new reality I found myself in. The only thing I could focus on and gave me some relief was ambient, classical, experimental and instrumental. Because there are no vocals I could project whatever meaning I needed to on songs form those genres or a song would resonate with me. If I was finding solace in this music than surely others needed to hear it as well, and so I launched this show to share that music.<\/p>\n\n

Almost immediately I decided to invite musicians, music label owners, journalists, etc to guest deejay on SOUNDWAVE. I started with people I knew and then asked the guest deejays who they thought would be interested in sharing a mix on the show. I\u2019ve met so many amazing people and heard some mind blowing mixes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

I have some great shows in store for you in 2021! That said, I\u2019m hoping this time next year nearly everyone will have been vaccinated and COVID-19 will be no more of a threat than any of the viruses we vaccinate for. And on that day I will retire SOUNDWAVE, content that it serviced its purpose.<\/p>\n\n

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Nik Davies AKA Applefish<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

Until then, today\u2019s mix by Nik is the perfect way to wind down 2020. It\u2019s quiet and it\u2019s beautiful. Nik\u2019s mix is like a blanket you wrap yourself in to keep yourself warm in a sometimes cold and harsh would. It\u2019s also an expansive mix that makes me optimistic. And that\u2019s a fine way to end 2020<\/p>\n\n

Join us next week (and net year) when our guest deejay will be Fitz Gitler<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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