Two stories of faith, growth, exploration, and conversion, told side by side.

Produced and Scored by John-Michael Forman.

Cover art "Celestial II" by Tim Goldsmith.

Origin Story

Heart Like A Wasteland

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What this is in 22 words....
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This is a sound project that sits between an audio book, a mixtape, and a mix. It was made specifically for headphones. 

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Reviews of/Affection for - "Narrative Mixing: First Movement, Land"
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1. http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2013/04/01/mr-wie-narrative-mixing-first-movement-land/
2. http://contactlight.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/mr-wie-narrative-mixing-first-movement-land/
3. http://wordkrapht.com/main/2013/01/17/mr-wie-narrative-mixing/
4. http://solipsisticnation.com/solipsistic-nation-no-302-narrative-mixing-%C2%B7-first-movement-%C2%B7-land/

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**Download**
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##Do download a high quality version and use headphones. What streams from soundcloud is of a rather poor audio quality.##

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Instructions
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Just one: Much of the material here is binaural so you really should wear headphones.


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What this is in more than 22 words:
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What is the fundamental task of a DJ?

The idea for this sound project began with that question. My answer? Creating an experience tailored specifically to the context. Different contexts should equal entirely different listening experiences. More often than not DJs create mixes that are a mirror of what they’ve been doing in the club. That can be interesting and I’ve done it myself but I wanted to do something more suited to the solitary listener.

So in exploring the extremes of what I believed a headphone listening experience demanded I created something entirely different from what I’d done in the past.

So what is this? A mix? A mixtape? A sound collage? It’s not exactly a mix because I don’t actually beat match any songs together. It’s not a mixtape because it’s more than just a collection of songs played one after the other. And it’s not a sound collage because it’s more than just a collection of sounds. 

I’m calling it a narrative mix. It’s music as we find it most of the time, out in the world and thoroughly situated in a context: a hospital, in a car driving down the road with the windows down, in a bar, through an MP3 player whilst walking down the street, etc. And often it is the context that gives the music it’s magical quality. That’s what I’ve tried to do here.

There's a story to be found in the sounds if you let your imagination go, but each section stands on it's own as a vignette designed to impress wonder, curiosity, surprise and a sense of voyeuristic beauty. 

This is the first movement of three.


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~Sound Credits~
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None of the music featured in this narrative mix is my own and almost all of the sounds used were recorded by other people. 

I’ve credited all the authors whose sound/s I used below. A special thanks to www.freesound.org and their users. You’ll notice almost all the sounds came from there.

Also a special thanks to the London Sound Survey for their lovely field recordings.
https://soundcloud.com/london-sound-survey

As for the music you can find a track listing below. But before you look, consider waiting until after you finish listening. As mentioned above a rather large element of this mix is surprise and knowing what tracks are coming your way will take a bit away from that. But if you insist you can find the track listing at the bottom of this page.

S: TestTones.mp3 by acclivity | License: Attribution Noncommercial
S: Computer Beep SFX for Videogames by qubodup | License: Creative Commons 0
S: Car Power windows - electric windows .wav by Gutek | License: Creative Commons 0
S: Walking outside metro station.wav by LG | License: Attribution
S: Footsteps - concrete - OD - B.wav by FreqMan | License: Attribution
S: RBH_Household_refridgerator.wav by RHumphries | License: Attribution
S: On a Train by unfa | License: Attribution
S: Passing a Guitar Player out.aif by happyband | License: Sampling+
S: Security Door 2 by ultradust | License: Attribution
S: Footsteps on wooden flooring.wav by Rickmk2 | License: Creative Commons 0
S: 110728_CitySoundScape_SusukinoSapporoHokkaido.wav by snotch | License: Attribution
S: Cologne Station.WAV by inchadney | License: Attribution
S: binaural station.WAV by inchadney | License: Attribution
S: trainjourney from Wuerzburg.WAV by inchadney | License: Attribution
S: crowded train.WAV by inchadney | License: Creative Commons 0
S: On board an ICE train in Germany.wav by inchadney | License: Attribution
S: Railway platform Frankfurt station pt1.WAV by inchadney | License: Attribution
S: Munich station platform 22.WAV by inchadney | License: Attribution
S: train leaving.WAV by inchadney | License: Attribution
S: lunch_college_street.wav by sagetyrtle | License: Creative Commons 0
S: 20091216.going.wav by dobroide | License: Attribution
S: Kobe-train-announcement-and-arrival.wav by xserra | License: Attribution
S: trein-coupe-stop-wait-start.wav by klankschap | License: Attribution Noncommercial
S: slurping_then_an_ah.mp3 by morgantj | License: Attribution
S: belch_sample.wav by jppi_Stu | License: Attribution
S: cansound.wav by BranRainey | License: Creative Commons 0
S: shaken.not.stirred.wav by dobroide | License: Attribution
S: Swallowing Water.wav by Razzvio | License: Attribution
S: trainride.wav by sagetyrtle | License: Creative Commons 0
S: beepbeep.wav by leviclaassen | License: Attribution
S: from_train_to_street.aif by bulldozia | License: Attribution Noncommercial
S: Footsteps Wooden Stairs Squeaking 1.wav by RutgerMuller | License: Creative Commons 0
S: Steps on a wooden floor by jop9798 | License: Creative Commons 0
S: Door 16.wav by LG | License: Attribution
S: queen_street.flac by Corsica_S | License: Attribution
S: Opening & Closing Regular Sized Umbrella -- Slight Pause In-between.WAV by Ndheger | License: Attribution
S: Footsteps - concrete - OD - A.wav by FreqMan | License: Attribution
S: open and close front door and lock.wav by rockstar_not | License: Sampling+
S: apartment-building outdoors 01.wav by klankbeeld | License: Attribution
S: Bar ambience 2.flac by sdfalk | License: Attribution
S: barNoisyAmbience.wav by oniwe | License: Attribution Noncommercial
S: Guy retching water and gasping for air.wav by Tonsofpaperbrokenpen | License: Creative Commons 0
S: chair_sitting_4.wav by FreqMan | License: Attribution
S: 01659 underwater sinking.wav by Robinhood76 | License: Attribution Noncommercial
S: Bubbles.wav by erkanozan | License: Creative Commons 0
S: scuba_dive_underwater_01.wav by m_O_m | License: Attribution Noncommercial
S: Water1.aif by pushtobreak | License: Attribution Noncommercial
S: South-Florida - suburbs - night.WAV by eric5335 | License: Attribution Noncommercial
S: whippoorwill3.wav by imonacan | License: Attribution Noncommercial
S: Bedroom_Windows Unlock, Open, Close, Lock Sequence.mp3 by CGEffex | License: Attribution
S: Door Opens and Closes by ultradust | License: Attribution
S: Door-Wooden-Squeak-0007.wav by D W | License: Attribution
S: door.wav by sagetyrtle | License: Creative Commons 0
S: Man Sniffling by SteveOShore | License: Creative Commons 0
S: Match lighting 3.wav by Adam_N | License: Creative Commons 0
S: Charles Street Bus Station 10.03.2012(24-bit 44.1kHz).wav by LeicesterSoundmap | License: Creative Commons 0
S: Traffic.wav by inchadney | License: Attribution
S: NYC_street leve02l.wav by gezortenplotz | License: Attribution
S: Footsteps on Wet Pavement_1-2.aif by SteveMannella | License: Sampling+
S: raindrops.umbrella.flac by dobroide | License: Attribution
S: umbrella.wav by Corsica_S | License: Attribution
S: cardoor.wav by jessestephens | License: Sampling+
S: Explosion.mp3 by Omar Alvarado | License: Attribution
S: USAT BOMB.wav by sandyrb | License: Attribution
S: 20061105.gunshot.01.wav by dobroide | License: Attribution
S: Driving in Streamwood IL with the windows down (05-04-2009).mp3 by audible-edge | License: Attribution
S: Bee on flower, some background talking.wav by lolamadeus | License: Creative Commons 0
S: FootSteps in a Concrete Corridor 1 by cris | License: Creative Commons 0
S: ekg.wav by guitarguy1985 | License: Creative Commons 0
S: Hospital sounds 2.wav by ERH | License: Attribution
S: baby_laugh1.wav by reinsamba | License: Attribution
S: Small-Jet-Flyover.wav by rickbuzzin | License: Creative Commons 0
S: hospital_lobby.flac by Corsica_S | License: Attribution
S: MMP-300906-014.wav by martypinso | License: Creative Commons 0
S: CarArriveAndStop.wav by jmdh | License: Creative Commons 0
S: windshieldwipers_no_rain.wav by morgantj | License: Attribution
S: tg_on windshield from inside car.wav by Tristan | License: Creative Commons 0
S: driving_in_rain.03.22.2009.MP3 by vhsvhs | License: Sampling+
S: bm_carongravel.wav by cmusounddesign | License: Attribution
S: click02.wav by fonogeno | License: Attribution Noncommercial
S: small_radio.flac by lorenzosu | License: Attribution Noncommercial
S: hospital_tv_channel_change.wav by gezortenplotz | License: Attribution
S: Hospital sounds 3.wav by ERH | License: Attribution
S: TVonoff.aif by orehek | License: Creative Commons 0
S: citystreet3.wav by sagetyrtle | License: Creative Commons 0
S: Breath_Woman.wav by audione | License: Creative Commons 0
S: Caropeningclosing.wav by mikaelfernstrom | License: Attribution
S: 011 Door opens and shuts.wav by FreqMan | License: Attribution
S: footstep on wood foley.wav by martian | License: Creative Commons 0
S: gravel walking.aif by tigersound | License: Attribution Noncommercial
S: elevator trip .wav by Zbyhek | License: Attribution
S: Security Door 3 by ultradust | License: Attribution
S: Town amb - summer, day.WAV by eric5335 | License: Attribution Noncommercial
S: Town or suburbs amb - spring, day.WAV by eric5335 | License: Attribution Noncommercial
S: Car start and drive.mp3 by han1 | License: Attribution

Tracks Used (in order of play)

Nest - The Twelve
Tchad Blake - Document Zimbabwe - Mr. Green Speaks
Nest - Charlotte
Trus’me - Can We Pretend
Nils Frahm - Less
Headphone Commute - For Nils
Erik Satie - Gymnopédies Lent Et Douloureux
Rhye - The Fall
(Cover) Guitar Crusher  - When a Man Loves a Woman
(Cover) Sing Wei - Latch
Erik Satie - Gymnopédies Lent Et Triste
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse

Origin Story

John-Michael Forman

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