Hailing from Amsterdam, Netherlands, Phil van Dulm and Alexander Bartels, musically known as Wanderwelle, produce electronic music that balances between the genres of ambient and experimental techno, highlighting a combination of the two to craft a unique signature style of electronic music.

In 2017, Wanderwelle released their debut album Lost in a Sea of Trees under the Canadian label Silent Season. Dulm and Bartels found their inspiration for the album from the famed Slavic folklore and ancient pagan tribes that once wandered through the forests of Europe. The duo added a distinctive element of music to their debut, by collecting field recordings in the woodlands of Russia, Czech and the Netherlands to fuel their experimental prowess.

Dulm and Bartels follow up on their debut with a new album to be released under Silent Season this year, drawing influence from French artist Paul Gaugin’s remaining years of his life that was spent on the paradise island of Tahiti. Titled Gathering of the Ancient Spirits, it elicits a story of Gaugin’s adventure in searching for a land that is cut off from all contact of modern society, where its inhabitants continue to look up to nature as a pathway to connecting with their ancestors.

Orb Mag collaborated with Wanderwelle to conceive this week’s Orb podcast, providing a deeper insight into the mystical world of these two artists colluding together to provide a unique adventure into the world of nature and sound.

Tracklist

01. Meta – Ambiente 1

02. Dorisburg – Uncertainly

03. Henry Wolff & Nancy Hennings – Clear Light

04. A Sacred Geometry – City of Ys

05. Bandhagens Musikförening – Testbild

06. Primal Code – Junkan

07. Ñaka Ñaka – 000020

08. Jonny Nash & Lindsay Todd – Kokokan (Heaven Herons of Petulu)

09. VC-118A – Sequence

10. Area Forty_One – Freefall

11. DJ Richard – Old Winter’s Way

12. Primal Code – Acaulis

13. Vera Dvale & Psykovarius – Algus

14. Black Merlin – Totek and Tim

15. LNS – Wasp (E-GZR E-mix)

16. Steffi – The Meaning of Memory

17. Evigt Mörker – Krans Av Stjärnor

18. Huerco S. – Promises of Fertility

19. Cliff Martinez – Take Off Your Shoes

20. D.Å.R.F.D.H.S. – Norr om Uppsalaslätten

21. Altstadt Echo – Refusal

22. DJ Richard – Dies Iræ Xerox

23. Evigt Mörker – Den Stilla Kammaren

24. Cyspe – Passing

25. Isorinne – 4:05

26. Raime – Real People Not Actors

27. Abul Mogard – The Roof Falls

28. SSTROM – Umbra