John Shanahan

<p>Today’s guest deejay is John Shanahan, host of the <a href="https://hypnagoguepodcast.com" title="Hypnagogue Podcast">Hypnagogue Podcast</a>.</p> <p>The Hypnagogue Podcast began over a decade ago as an offshoot of the <a href="https://hypnagogue.net" title="Hypnagogue Reviews">Hypnagogue Reviews</a> site, which I ran from 2003 until 2017, when I decided I didn’t have anything worth saying anymore. Now the music does the eclectic talking for me every two weeks, built from the amazing range of music sent my way.</p> <p>I laid down this Soundwave mix as I do my own show—picking an interesting place to start and following a stream of semi-conscsiousness through my library to see what associations arise. So we kick off with haunting sound-sculptor <a href="https://joefrawley.bandcamp.com" title="Joe Frawley">Joe Frawley</a> and move with the piano into the sparse, emotional spaces of <a href="https://memorybell.bandcamp.com/" title="Memory Bell">Memory Bell</a>. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/thedetroit76" title="The Detroit76">The Detroit76</a>, a <a href="https://www.mattborghi.com" title="Matt Borghi">Matt Borghi</a> side project, shifts us smoothly into beat-driven groove territory, segueing into tasty licks from Austin funk-dub duo <a href="https://canartic.bandcamp.com" title="Canartic">Canartic</a>, which melts neatly into into vintage <a href="http://www.cyberchump.com" title="Cyberchump">Cyberchump</a>. <a href="https://forestrobots.bandcamp.com" title="Forest Robots">Forest Robots</a> offer a bridge by way of plucked-string tones in a wash of electronica, and <a href="https://www.highresaudio.com/en/artist/view/8f494554-4410-4496-98a4-ca17f26af9d4/corciolli-emmanuele-baldini" title="Corciolli &amp; Emmanuele Baldini">Corciolli &amp; Emmanuele Baldini</a> use it to escort us further intro electro-acoustic territory. That put me in mind of the modern chamber music of <a href="https://versesrecords.bandcamp.com" title="Domingues and Kane">Domingues and Kane</a>, after which we flick the switch to <a href=