ghunghru 034 // max ellington / The Shape of Memory by ghunghru published on 2020-04-02T00:31:06Z by @berrmax, curated by @eeeeeeeugenia The anchor of this mix is a recollection of a moment from sometime in September 2017. I'd left my job and begun traveling abroad for several weeks. Almost a full month into my trip, I was visiting some friends in Australia, in Far North Queensland. We spent four or so days walking around a cute little resort town tucked between the beach and sprawling mountains covered in deep jungle. One morning during my stay I crept out of the house early and walked by myself along the beach and out to the end of a long pier extending eastward over the Pacific. As I stood and looked out at some islands balanced delicately on the horizon, and then back towards the dark green slopes jutting upwards behind the facade of the town, I was overcome with the idea that this was just about as far as I could possibly be from where I grew up in Michigan. I have long fixated on the feeling of being "far from home;" even now as I approach five years living in LA I still often find myself pausing to soak in the fact that I'm really *all the way over here* as if I need to bottle up the sensation to make sure I don't forget it. But here it was in full force, that feeling totally distilled and concentrated in a way that could never again be matched, leaving me rapt in silence as sunburnt Ozzies milled around me. It felt triumphant but not final, as though I had completed a journey outwards and could now work out my path back, rediscovering what I'd skipped or discarded along the way. This selection of tracks is meant to start from that specific moment and then unfurl itself towards the more general "far from home" idea, the little tingle that you get when you've left your usual corner of reality and are facing unknowns with eager eyes; full of euphoria yet grounded, reminded of all that it took to get to this point. Tracklist: Julianna Barwick & Rafael Anton Irisarri - A1 Anton Zap - Miniature 5ive - Almost Heaven Dan White - Digital Detox Benoit B - Vague à l'Âme Aleksi Perälä - NLL561606934 Shaded Explorer - Underwood Bigeneric - Oro Verde Ambien Baby - Cosa Melly - Shrubbery C.K. - Hybrid Textures Udmo - Float The image is from a hike in Mossman Gorge near the area where the aforementioned memory took place! Genre Ambient Comment by Eiko Tea ❤️ 2020-10-18T20:39:37Z Comment by JENNGREEN great track 2020-04-17T20:51:25Z Comment by JENNGREEN <3 2020-04-17T20:42:38Z Comment by JENNGREEN this is killer ~ 2020-04-17T20:38:13Z Comment by JENNGREEN yesss, Max!! 2020-04-17T20:38:04Z Comment by Aaron J ahhh this is so good! 2020-04-08T22:21:02Z Comment by Sam Siam dom and I are quarantined and starting this set, we're synced and ready for the journey 2020-04-03T21:21:21Z Comment by Up5ideD0wN awww this is insane 2020-04-03T15:18:38Z Comment by dj caprisun splash mountain lake tahoe boh 2020-04-03T08:17:36Z Comment by David Grunzweig <3 love this track! Great mix Max 2020-04-03T05:44:30Z