{"id":4038,"date":"2021-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=4038"},"modified":"2021-07-11T00:04:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T07:04:18","slug":"soundwave-67-felt-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/soundwave-67-felt-body\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUNDWAVE : 67 : felt body"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today\u2019s guest deejay is Hunter Reyne; AKA felt body<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Hunter is yet another talented musician I discovered through Bandcamp<\/a>. What appealed to me was Hunter\u2019s 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\u2019ve never experienced. It\u2019s lovely. And of course, I invited Hunter to join us on Soundwave.<\/p>\n\n

What\u2019s delightful about Hunter\u2019s mix is while some of the songs reflect his sensibilities, some are entirely unexpected. I\u2019m specifically thinking of his inclusion on T\u00f4sha Suih\u00f4<\/a>\u2019s \u201c\u6642\u96e8\u306e\u3042\u3068(Shigure no Ato)\u201d and an example. It\u2019s those surprises that are one of the reasons I get excited about when I listen to our guest deejay\u2019s mixes, and I hope you\u2019ll feel the same.<\/p>\n\n

Hunter has some words about his mix, which you\u2019ll find below.<\/p>\n\n

Before we get to that, I want to mention that guest deejay<\/a> and Krautrock legend, Roedelius<\/a>, has put together an excellent program for the music festival and symposium, More Ohr Less<\/a>, that will have ended as of the release of today\u2019s show. The event took place in his hometown in Baden, near Vienna. Some of the participants were Anna von Hausswolff<\/a>, Carl-Michael von Hausswolff<\/a> , Chandra Shukla<\/a>, and many more. More Ohr Less will have been live-streamed, and if I know Roedelius, he\u2019ll make the stream available to those who missed it.<\/p>\n\n

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\u2019t 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\u2019m 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.<\/p>\n\n

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Orphax<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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

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Hunter Reyne, AKA felt body<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

I wanted to capture some of the ideas and inspirations that I\u2019ve been taking from throughout Covid, as well as that latent sense of both anxiety and, in the end, a peacefulness \u2013 however, it\u2019s achieved.<\/p>\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n

In making this mix, I was drawing from Guy Debord<\/a>\u2019s psychogeography<\/a>and also broader atmospheric theories put forward by theorists like Julianne Rebentisch<\/a> and Tonino Griffero<\/a>. 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<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n\n