Cogitare Deambulare by Mat Warren

Broadcast on Radiophrenia 17 April 2025 7:00 am - 8:00 am

A longform audio representation of a year spent walking with theraputic intent. Cogitare Deambulare - Derived from the latin words "Cogitare" - to think, and Deambulare - To walk - Think Walk. Walking for the purpose of thinking.

The piece is the result of a year spent walking, listening, thinking, recording and making some sounds. All put together in one audio pot. After a Life changing event happened, I found myself walking a lot as a way of processing what had happened.

Somewhere during this journey, I acquired a Border collie puppy. This gave another meaning to these walks. They were no longer simply therapy, they were now a necessity. This dog had to be walked!

Mat Warren is an experimental guitarist, sound designer, recording engineer and producer known for his complex improvisational style. Using both traditional guitar techniques and also feeding it through software, utilising looping, generative techniques and complex signal-chains, He creates evocative sound-scapes that morph between ethereal organic pads to sheets of distorted noise.