{"id":4976,"date":"2024-05-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=4976"},"modified":"2024-05-06T00:37:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T07:37:55","slug":"soundwave-187-marc-behrens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/soundwave-187-marc-behrens\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUNDWAVE : 187 : MARC BEHRENS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today\u2019s guest deejay is Marc Behrens<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Soundwave has become possible based on the network the show has created. Each guest deejay leads to another guest deejay.<\/p>\n\n

In January, Radboud Mens<\/a> dropped a devastating set, which you can listen to here<\/a>. Afterward, I asked Radboud who he thought would share a mix on Soundwave, and he thought I would share a mix on Soundwave. Radboud suggested Marc, saying, \u201chis stuff is quite diverse, from sound art to ambient drone.\u201d Uh-huh. That doesn\u2019t begin to scratch the surface of Marc\u2019s sonic explorations.<\/p>\n\n

Marc is a multidisciplinary fine arts, music, theatre, and literature artist. He explores electronic and concrete music, installation, performance, photography, text, and video. He has over 30 music albums released since 1989 and has exhibited and performed internationally. Marc is known for radio dramas like Progress<\/em> (2013) and Nachtsprache<\/a><\/em> (2021) and collaborated on the album Bauteile<\/a><\/em> (2014) with Atom\u2122<\/a>. Marc is a member of DEGEM<\/a>, ran the label Animal Art<\/a> (1989\u20131993), and founded Availabel in 2014. Marc has also taught at various institutions and mentored young artists.<\/p>\n\n

Whew!<\/em> And that\u2019s just a brief bio of Marc. And today\u2019s show is a snapshot of Marc\u2019s work. Marc\u2019s creativity is unrelenting. If you love today\u2019s mix, and I know you will, then you\u2019ll be thrilled to know that you can look forward to his recent and fetching releases. They are Our Tongues in Your Ears<\/a><\/em>, which was released in April on Marc\u2019s label, Availabel. Marc\u2019s albums Aiear<\/em> and Clould<\/em> will be released on Cr\u00f3nica<\/a> on May 21 and June 25<\/strong>, repesctively.<\/p>\n\n

Marc has some words about his mix below.<\/p>\n\n

See you next week.<\/p>\n\n

\"Marc
Marc Behrens. Photo by Joana Machado.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

This Podcast for Soundwave features music from different periods of my work and includes some unreleased material from the archives, never before played publicly. Thanks to Radboud Mens, who recommended me to Joseph Aleo.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cFeet or Fist\u201d (1989)<\/a>
A piece from the cassette album Entomo<\/em> from 1989, my third-ever release, played with a Casio SK-5 Sampling Keyboard, a bamboo clarinet, and some percussion. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cFever\u201d (2015)<\/a><\/p>\n\n

All sounds were generated from the recording of a fever delirium in the Summer of 1988, processed with the Cconfin software by Ennio Mazzon. They were produced for the project Quark: How Does the Invisible Sound?<\/em>, by invitation of Fabio Perletta<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cI was Never (Long Version)\u201d (2004)<\/a>
\u201cA Disco Boy (Long Version)\u201d (2004)<\/a>
Longer versions of two short pieces that were released on the split-10\u2033 EP Product 04<\/em> on Cr\u00f3nica, Portugal. Original sound material generated from remixes of music beyond the human listening range, originally by the Japanese artist *0. Voices culled from a presentation of the remixes.<\/p>\n\n

\u201ceeaiooaeieeaiooaei (2011)\u201d
Part two of a cycle of three pieces composed with recordings of voices made in 1990 (solo voice: Kerstin Menz), and voltage-controlled car horns made in 2002.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cPaiva Players (2011)\u201d<\/a>
Entirely composed with field recordings of the landscape, animals, people and supposedly supernatural beings of the Paiva River in Portugal (and, oh yes, the electronic church bell of Nodar village!). Recordings made during a residency at Binaural in 2010, a place devoted to sound art, art in rural areas, and also rural culture. This is an unreleased alternate mix of material from my album Recurrent<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cMamori (2008)\u201d<\/a>
Composed with field recordings made in the Amazon rainforest while on a residency at Mamori lake, a project led by Francisco L\u00f3pez at the time. Mostly birds, insects, frogs and tree frogs \u2013 and a howling monkey. Some elements and sounds from this track ended up in my radio piece Bushdesertrainforest<\/em> for WDR 3<\/a> culture radio in 2009.<\/p>\n\n