Monday Must Have Mix | Watermark High

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ff0072; color: white; font-size: x-large;"> MONDAY MIX </span></h2> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #ff0072; font-size: x-large;">Watermark High Exclusive Think  In Electronic Mix</span></h2> <div> <h2> <div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4VYhDdxqkL82ptZP35_6N8g6LBV2nuC9l5ZKVXybO_Cr-l5N968KRiwFyl7wF_32_bG2juV5G3VqiphT4oXz_wcqoDww4eSnh6A7HvKxzUhT9fEHIZ46jWM8GjYjTxYRJcG9bRcnCtau/s1600/Watermark+High+press+pic+1+-+LR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="watermark high exclusive mix" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4VYhDdxqkL82ptZP35_6N8g6LBV2nuC9l5ZKVXybO_Cr-l5N968KRiwFyl7wF_32_bG2juV5G3VqiphT4oXz_wcqoDww4eSnh6A7HvKxzUhT9fEHIZ46jWM8GjYjTxYRJcG9bRcnCtau/s400/Watermark+High+press+pic+1+-+LR.jpg" title="watermark high exclusive mix" width="266" /></a></div> <div> <span style="color: #ff0072; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Watermark High is the alias of Johannesburg based electronic musician/producer, Paul van der Walt. Paul's sound typically evolves around the marriage of acoustic & electronic instruments, beats, samples, field recordings & loops, to create evocative electronic sound collages, drawing inspiration from various genres including hip-hop instrumentals, experimental electronica, chillwave and bass music, to name a few.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Paul recently released his latest EP <i>For Good</i> and we caught up with him to learn more about the EP, read the interview <a href="http://www.thinkinelectronic.com/2015/07/for-good-with-watermark-high.html">here</a>. He also put together an exclusive mix for us which is bound to take you on a magical trip. The mix gives you insight to who he has a producer, it's unique and beautiful, just like Iceland.</span></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #ff0072; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19.6px;"><br /></span></span></div> </div> </h2> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br /></div> <br /> Track list:<br /> Lapalux - Don't Mean A Thing<br /> Watermark High - Marrow Deep<br /> Reso - Aqueous<br /> Kodak To Graph - Los Angeles<br /> Maribou State - Raincoats<br /> Everydayz & Phazz - You Love Me<br /> Prefuse 73 - Infrared Remix (feat. Sam Dew)<br /> Two Fingers - Cashew Rhythm</div> </div>

Monday Must Have Mix | Watermark High

 MONDAY MIX  Watermark High Exclusive Think  In Electronic Mix Watermark High is the alias of Johannesburg based electronic m...

For Good With Watermark High

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ff0072; color: white; font-size: x-large;"> INTERVIEW </span></h2> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #ff0072; font-size: x-large;">Watermark High Chats To Us About His New For Good EP</span></h2> <div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Watermark High is the alias of Johannesburg based electronic musician / producer, Paul van der Walt. Paul's sound typically evolves around the marriage of acoustic & electronic instruments, beats, samples, field recordings & loops, to create evocative electronic sound collages, drawing inspiration from various genres including hip-hop instrumentals, experimental electronica, chillwave and bass music, to name a few. Paul recently released his latest EP For Good and we caught up with him to learn more about the EP.<br /> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTr-hFo0-X6xyloQ0oAayxphP1eCtxlpz-YNLdN0aMx3ffK6OVILHTcjOTNKu5PkyGvjh7r9Gi0hl7lH9ElE1DfbLHyzelbS662XUGXUN59-zbxp570ZcUacuz49OgpEsAWQcoJlg9Ed7t/s1600/Watermark+High+press+pic+2+-+LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="watermark high interview" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTr-hFo0-X6xyloQ0oAayxphP1eCtxlpz-YNLdN0aMx3ffK6OVILHTcjOTNKu5PkyGvjh7r9Gi0hl7lH9ElE1DfbLHyzelbS662XUGXUN59-zbxp570ZcUacuz49OgpEsAWQcoJlg9Ed7t/s200/Watermark+High+press+pic+2+-+LR.jpg" title="watermark high south africa" width="145" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>How are you doing and…</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>… Who do you think is the sexiest, hottest DJ producer out there I.E who’s your DJ/Producer crush</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Hey, thank you. Um, <b>Nina Kravitz</b> is quite pretty…</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Can you tell us who you are, what you do, where you come from and What 3 words would you use to describe yourself?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I’m <i>Paul van der Walt</i>, I make and teach music and I live in <i>Johannesburg</i>. Me: Music-nerd, dog-lover, TMNT collector.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Living in South Africa has so many pleasures. What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear South Africa?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mrs. Ball’s chutney. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How did you find yourself following a career in music and what was the inspiration behind the name Watermark High?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I’ve been absolutely obsessed with music since my early teens, I still am today, so making it my life was just natural. There’s a band called <i>Elliott</i> who had a song called “The Watermark High”. So I just stole it basically ;) It has no real meaning to me really, I just thought it would sound cool as an artist name. I dropped the “The” though. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>If you had to pick one places to describe your music where would it be and why?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Iceland probably. Because it’s beautiful and different? </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Inspiration is all around us, where do you draw inspiration from when writing?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It could be anything really, other music obviously but also just sounds from every day life. Or a line out of movie or a book could spark a cool title or theme and in turn, a cool track… </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>6.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>We believe every artist has a message they are trying to portray to the world through their works. What message are you trying to send out through your music?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A bit of a cliché I guess, but just “be yourself”. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>7.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>You just released your <a href="http://www.thinkinelectronic.com/2015/05/watermark-high-for-good-ep.html">For Good EP</a>. Tell us more about the EP, why did you decide to give it away for free.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It’s a 5 track EP that I wrote on and off over the course of a year. I wrote half the songs last year and finished it up earlier this year. I’ve always given people the option to take my music for free, but also to pay if they wanted to, so it’s up to them how much they value it. I’d rather get my music and my name out there, than focus on making money. Very few people buy much music nowadays anyway, so it just made more sense…</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>8.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>While producing For Good what were some of the hardships you faced while. What inspired the album?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Opposed to most of my other work, this release and the time in which it was written was actually quite positive. I got engaged, so the title refers to a sense of permanence, but also a sense of positivity. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>9.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Which track of the EP has the most meaning to you?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I honestly can’t really pick one, I think in general my favourites are “<b>Marrow Deep</b>”(take a listen to his exclusive mix for us to hear it) and the title track, <b>“For Good</b>”. But I love them all, really. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>10.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Your sound is very unique and very refreshing to hear, how did find your sound?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Thank you. I don’t know, it just came natural as my tastes are quite left field. I’ve always tried to just take the things and the music that inspire me, and to mix them into my own sound. The goal has always been to not be easily classifiable in terms of genre. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>11.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Do you think everything is being done in South Africa to support upcoming artists? With so much talent in South Africa some names are still unheard off. What are we currently still lacking?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I’m not sure. I guess if more people actively seeked out new and unheard sounds, that would be great, but that’s usually not the case unfortunately. It’s a completely subjective thing I guess as it depends on how you consume your music and also, we’re in <i>South Africa</i>, so depending on your genre, you probably have a pretty small audience anyway. If you appeal more to a niche, like I do, things are a lot harder.<br /> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRJEjZc6arcPC_l6HKoip8-OPr82cTxVLtMVm328MoUkAdwlvHOSWCHA7OTKziTGHjnMHTRNKN7yMWqAhrHy4ym8YTXl85Zwm29cx23KMpoqmwK97Ow9CMLWsiNGVrV-hWrxMCCaaUvQR/s1600/Watermark+High+press+pic+1+-+LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="watermark high interview" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRJEjZc6arcPC_l6HKoip8-OPr82cTxVLtMVm328MoUkAdwlvHOSWCHA7OTKziTGHjnMHTRNKN7yMWqAhrHy4ym8YTXl85Zwm29cx23KMpoqmwK97Ow9CMLWsiNGVrV-hWrxMCCaaUvQR/s320/Watermark+High+press+pic+1+-+LR.jpg" title="watermark high for good ep" width="213" /></a></div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>12.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How would you like to see the scene change in South Africa?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> For people to just explore a bit more maybe? “Electronic music” is quite a large umbrella for a lot of different sounds, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by what you find, if you look…</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>13.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Who are some producers you’d like to work with?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> If Lapalux hit me up, I wouldn’t say no ;)</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>14.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> What’s next for Watermark High? And do you have any last messages for your fans?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I’m still “in the zone” in terms of writing so I’m going with it. I might play live more later in the year, but for now I’m going to keep writing. To be kept up to date, please join my mailing list via my website: <a href="http://www.watermarkhigh.co.za/">http://www.watermarkhigh.co.za</a><br /> <br /> Check out Watermark High's exclusive mix for us:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <br /></div> <iframe frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/213462250&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe></div> </div> </div>

For Good With Watermark High

 INTERVIEW  Watermark High Chats To Us About His New For Good EP Watermark High is the alias of Johannesburg based electronic music...

Watermark High Reminds You It's All For Good

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #ff0072; font-size: x-large;">WATERMARK HIGH | FOR GOOD EP</span></h2> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVFCicpLU_ass8X-Oj2lra69MEd5VQU-jfCjGM9eqJ_lOZRgT1QVXnebhoJv1DqhFw8nxphumJTdcOoOZMl7wQ_HHQlILaCZzVqpK6iG7Vozz-dxIC3uK6GuJYpcrcWN-OJfJ6TZyGLau/s1600/For+Good.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="for good free download" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVFCicpLU_ass8X-Oj2lra69MEd5VQU-jfCjGM9eqJ_lOZRgT1QVXnebhoJv1DqhFw8nxphumJTdcOoOZMl7wQ_HHQlILaCZzVqpK6iG7Vozz-dxIC3uK6GuJYpcrcWN-OJfJ6TZyGLau/s320/For+Good.jpg" title="for good wathermark high" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For Good Watermark High</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Today sees the official release of <a href="http://www.thinkinelectronic.com/2015/07/for-good-with-watermark-high.html"><b>Watermark High’s</b> </a>new EP, entitled For Good. <b>Galocher,</b> which was released last week was a first taste of the EP. For Good makes this Watermark High's 4th EP to date. The EP can be described as an unflawed slice of downtempo, ambient heaven. Watermark High has a distinctive ability to experiment and fuse together sounds which normally wouldn't fit - this is noticeable through out the EP. The distorted vocal chops akin to his other works gives the EP extra special character. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <i><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“‘For Good’ just made se</span>nse to me, as it refers to ‘permanence’ as well as ‘for the better’ or a sense of positivity, which are both things/themes that applied to my life in general at the time of writing the EP.”</span></b></i></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Written on and off over the course of a year,<b> Watermark High </b>describes the EP as a bit more synth-heavy compared to his previous offerings. It features fewer ‘acoustic’ instruments and samples and is more ‘electronic’ sounding. He followed a less maximalist approach this time around, whilst still keeping things intricate and interesting.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>“I have always loved organic, warm sounding electronic music and that’s what influenced me mostly, sonically - music made with machines and computers and sounds found in every day life, but which sounds more human and which has character and texture. That makes the music more evocative to me. That’s what I look for in music, so that’s what inspired me.”</b></i></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b><span style="color: #222222;">“When I was writing and putting the EP together, I always kept the title in mind, which always kind of nudged me in certain directions. I always try to have the title before I start working, so that </span>what I do makes sense thematically (to me at least). It’s not something I can explain really, there aren’t any lyrics or anything super obvious, but in my mind, the songs fit together.”</b></i></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>For Good Track List:</b></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Galocher</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">2. Die If You Fall, Live If You Jump</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">3. Marrow Deep</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">4. For Good</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">5. Let It Enfold You</span></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Download <b>For Good </b>for a price of your choice, or for <b>FREE</b> here:</span><br /> <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.watermarkhigh.co.za/" target="_blank">http://www.watermarkhigh.co.za</a> </span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Website: </b><a href="http://www.watermarkhigh.co.za/" target="_blank">http://www.watermarkhigh.co.za</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>WATERMARK HIGH Contact: </b></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>SoundCloud:</b> <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/thewatermarkhigh" target="_blank">http://www.soundcloud.com/<wbr></wbr>thewatermarkhigh</a> </span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Facebook:</b> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thewatermarkhigh" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr>thewatermarkhigh</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Twitter:</b> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/watermarkhigh" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/<wbr></wbr>watermarkhigh</a></span></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Deezer:</b> <a href="http://www.deezer.com/album/10170920" target="_blank">http://www.deezer.com/album/<wbr></wbr>10170920</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </div> <iframe frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/111001995&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe></div>

Watermark High Reminds You It's All For Good

WATERMARK HIGH | FOR GOOD EP For Good Watermark High Today sees the official release of Watermark High’s new EP, entitled ...