Emberexi

In the absence of recent show recordings I have a link to some fantastic mixes by an old friend…

Some longtime listeners or local scenesters may remember Joel Danielson from his involvement with the l’hiver events here in Calgary, or his work with many local bands such as Red Not Evil, Woodpigeon, Francis Cheer, or his own Bumblebee project. Joel also dj trained on Katharsis and went on to host his own late night show on cjsw for a time. Over the last while he has been working away on a series of mixes as a creative outlet while he prepares for a relocation to China. I’ll let him describe it:

some of you may know about this project, some may not yet... anyway here's the news:

i've completed a second series of mixes for the emberexi moniker i began to use about three years ago for my music compilation and djing.the first series, "pain vs progress" was an attempt at creating emotional moments that seem to fit with significant milestones throughout the process from life to death. each of the 12 mini-mixtapes in that series had a unique title beginning with a letter of the alphabet, from A to L, and the titles tell the life story:

- a child is born
- birthday cake
- chills and high fever
- daddy was your first word
- every second wind knocked out
- friends move away so chase them
- get on a plane to somewhere
- hurry home before dark
- internal bleeding
- journal entries
- know the enemy
- last will and testament

the second series is called "amphibiography" and contains 14 mixes with titles beginning with letters M through Z, picking up where the previous series ended.

- morning has barely broken
- natural disposition
- oneiric discourse
- panic / boredom
- quality is of an intentional order *
- reflections of a watered silk
- science of signs
- textuality ***
- une sorte de curiosité
- visages et figures ***
- words instead of fingers
- xiang ***
- yet glottic
- zone of language

* 33 minute dj mixset
*** cd-length dj mixsets

amphibiography seemed a fitting title for the second series, because it picks up the life story, moving beyond the death of the first series into a new plane of existence. just as amphibians exist both on land and water, so we as humans with spirits live not only on earth, but also in a spiritual realm. living beyond our senses, running parallel with the divine, is a mystery i wanted to continue exploring in the second series.

interestingly, the word "amphibiography" showed up in an online thesis paper by a student who studied roland barthes and semiotics, which is the field of study of symbols and meaning. the titles are bits of text either taken from the essay, or from quotes of roland barthes himself. the study of symbols is very much a part of my every day learning in design, communication, music and culture, and the way we interpret things visually relates very strongly to the meaning and direction of a spiritual life.

so there's the story.

http://emberexi.org

please feel free to share this link with anyone you know who might be interested in a boatload of great electronic music i have been digging up for years. there's so much great stuff out there.

disclaimer - none of the music was produced by me (except for two tracks produced under my "bumblebee" moniker, one in "friends move away so chase them", and one in "reflections of a watered silk").

ps - emberexi is an anagram of "bee mixer".

enjoy.

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joel