Planeswalker
Dead Inside Podcasts Episode 5:
Planeswalker (HKCR Residency)
Sounds of a post apocalyptic landscape.
Check out the other Dead Inside podcasts here.
Check out the orginal post on Hong Kong Community Radio here.
Tracklist:
Planeswalker - (Unreleased - original soundtrack for the film A Waking by Clare Chong)
The Assembly Line - (Unreleased - performance at KLEX 2019 feat. Ilysia Tan, Noah Diggs & Mervin Wong)
Theemptybluesky – Secret Place
Ben Frost – Entropy in Blue
Dadub – Of Simulacra
Tim Hecker – That World
Sigur Rós – Kafari
William Basinski – On Time Out of Time
Anti Shift – Parabolic Disarray
Jon Hopkins – Open Eye Signal (Asleep Version)
Planeswalker
City Nomads Radio #88: Planeswalker, Singapore
“Once a devotee of the violin and viola, one indie music festival was all it took to make a convert of Mervin Wong. Better known by his alias Planeswalker, this Singapore artist took the plunge from classical to electronic music five years ago, and he’s been blurring the lines between genres ever since. Taking cues from sound-shifting mavericks like FKA twigs and Floating Points, Planeswalker melds string harmonies, otherworldly synth sounds, and field recordings into a hypnotic, immersive journey. Here, he chats with us about his recent solo record Perihelion, and the link between spirituality and sonic expression in his works.”
Check out the full interview on City Nomads.
Feat. Kin Leonn, Yeule, Nikhil Ramakrishnan (Iyer), Intriguant, Our Softest Hour and other surprises~⠀
From the artist —
With the state of the world right now, I wanted to craft a mix specifically for remote listeners. It’s a journey through different sonic states, beginning with Kin Leonn’s Endless, to Nicolas Jaar’s Fantasy (under his Against All Logic moniker), along with Tales, a track I released under Our Softest Hour – an online art space. It expresses a variety of emotions, exhilarations, as well as moments of calm and tranquility – which I think we all need a little of in the present time.
Planeswalker
MIX #001
A journey that traverses the epic sonic landscapes of handling experimental, electronic genres. In this mix, Planeswalker picks the sounds of seasoned producers and artists, starting with Primordial Germination by Japanese musical collective Geinoh Yamashirogumi, and in another moment through the existential realm with Holly Herndon’s Extreme Love. This stopgap reality comes to a sublime end with Tim Hecker, forming the final sensation – a tingling moment with This Life.
00:00 Geinoh Yamashirogumi, “Primordial Germination”,
02:01 Rustie, “Coral Elixrr (feat. Rustie)”
02:52 Giant Claw, “Soft Channel 008”
05:42 Clarke, “Butterfly Prowler”
10:17 Antwood, “Disable Ad Blocker”
12:02 Four Tet, “Anna Painting”
19:13 Thom Yorke, “Not the News”
23:02 Holly Herndon, “Extreme Love”
25:11 SOPHIE, “Is It Cold in the Water?”
28:39 Ben Frost, “All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated”
30:30 Flying Lotus, “Cold Dead”
31:51 WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA & Oorutaichi, “Underground Ritual”
38:21 Tim Hecker, “This Life”