Same Waves released their debut LP Algorithm of Desire earlier this November via Flau Records. The Chicago-based duo is comprised of electronic musician/producer John Hughes (Slicker, Hefty Records owner) and singer/multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Anderson (L’Altra). The two first met back in 2002 when Anderson recorded vocals for Telefon Tel Aviv’s song, “Sound in a Dark Room,” which would appear on their EP “Immediate Action #8” on Hefty Records that same year.
The label would go on to put out L’Altra’s 2004 single “Bring On Happiness,” as well as their 2005 LP Different Days. After drifting apart, the pair reconnected three years ago and began their work as Same Waves, as well as the more ambient leaning project Hibernis. Algorithm of Desire was recorded outside of Chicago at HFT Studio and it includes players from the local jazz and improvisational scene including appearances from: Charles Rumback, Bill MacKay, Matt Ulery, Nick Macri, Rick Embach, Darren Garvey and Macie Stewart.
The video for “Same Waves” was directed by Jaseel Nambikandy. Filmed in India, Nambikandy’s footage was shot in the northern mountains of Uttarakhand, home of the highest Shiva temple in the world, as well as around the coastal areas near the director’s hometown of Kerala. That region would go on to be destroyed by a historic monsoon in the days following the filming, and the gorgeous new video is a testament to the director’s fortitude in seeing this project thru to completion. Discussing “Same Waves,” Nambikandy explains:
“The storyline is inspired by Panchabhuta, the five elements of nature. There is a fine relation between mountains and water, which has small connections to your thoughts about water and mountains as a reality. There, transformation from one reality to another is possible.”
Featuring shadowy, back-lit figures against immense backgrounds of sky and water, the director’s sublime imagery is the perfect accompaniment to Same Waves’ ethereal meditation on the mysteries of the creative process.
