Left, right. Right, left. The act of walking, like the human heartbeat, is extraordinarily complex (involving 200 bones and 600 muscles, not to mention a whole light show of brain activity), and yet for many people, a basic, almost thoughtless activity. We’ll ask, where does the mind go when as we move through space?
- As ever, thank you to Roger 3000 for providing Something Like’s jingles
- Check out Barbara Einzig’s Disappearing Work, a recounting (The Figures, 1979); Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies (House of Anansi Press, 2020); and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictee (Tanam Press, 1982).
Tracklist
W.A. Mathieu, Walking, The Listening Book and The Musical Life, 2008
Felicia Atkinson and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, OL, Comme un Seul Narcisse 2016
Angel Bat Dawid, Harkening Etudes, 2021
Simone Forti, Night Walk, Al Di La, 2018 (Saltern Records, LA)
Kate NV, Walk, Bouquet, 2022
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Mindimooyenh, Noopiming Sessions, 2020
Chloe Alexandra Thompson, Walks/Flowers, Moiré, 2021
Mary Krstic, Potwisha, Break the Chains, 1979
Los Dinámicos Exciters – Cuando Llegue A Phoenix, Lo Mejor De Los Dinámicos Exciters
Dylan Henner, Children Were Climbing the Old Tree in the Park, Flues of Forgotten Sands, 2022
Everything Play, 田舎暮らしの夢見人 (Country Dreamer), Everything Play, 1992
Sopa de Pedra, Claro – I Verão II Corpo III Fonte, Do Claro Ao Breu, 2022
Laura Nyro, Stoned Soul Picnic (Demo Version), Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (Expanded Edition), 1968 (remastered in 2002)
Blue Lake, Shoots, Stikling, 2022
Eddie Chacon, Outside (Laraaji remix), 2020
Claire Rousay, everything perfect is already here, everything perfect is already here, 2022
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Dictee (Polymnia / Sacred Poetry), 1982
Linton Kwesi Johnson, Poem of Shape and Motion, More Time, 1998