Podcast
This week on the podcast we talk to Daniel Myer, the mastermind behind many, many different projects including Haujobb, Architect, DSTR, and the new project called Rendered. Daniel was in town on an Architect tour and we had the chance to pick his brain about performing Architect material live, the new world of techno that he is getting to play in, and starting Haujobb.
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This week we sat down to talk with... wait, this can't be right - this is just our names! It looks like we sat down to talk to each other! This must be because of the cataclysmic snow Portland has been getting.
We took questions from the Telekon Slack channel, leading to conversations about what the podcast has taught us about creativity, what music we're looking forward to this year, and why cats so good (we were split on this last one).
This week we talked with Karla Zimonja of Fullbright (makers of Gone Home and the upcoming Tacoma)! We talked about the effects of low gravity on the human body, writing for video games, focusing on original content, and much more in this extra long conversation!
This week on Talking to Ghosts we talk with Scott Kelly of Neurosis, Corrections House, and Mirrors Of Psychic Warfare! We chatted about starting Neurosis in the time of thrash metal, working on Mirrors For Psychic Warfare with Sanford Parker, and composing a soundtrack to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2016 production of “Hamlet.” Scott has many tour dates coming up with Neurosis, as well as a Mirrors For Psychic Warfare European Tour!
The play mentioned by Scott in this episode is called “Ruined” and was written by Lynn Nottage. It won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
This week we have our conversation with Street Sects after their Portland show. We chatted about their performance and it's design and intention, the difference between writing noise for a record versus a live performance, inspiration and practice, and some of the concepts behind their albums.
This week we had the chance to talk with Rhys Fulber of Conjure One, Delerium, and Frontline Assembly fame! We chatted about growing up in studio culture, getting into making electronic music, the dream location for a Conjure One show, and more!
We had a chance to talk to the good folks at Weird Candle before their recent Portland show! We chatted about the Verboten Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, shouted out the good folks at I Die: You Die, talked about touring Europe and entering the US, as well as low budget horror film making!
This week we sat down with the good folks at HexRx (and by we I mean Michael). They talked about how Negative Gain Productions focused and then curated their artists, the difference between labels run by musicians and non-musicians, collected versus using synths, and an exclusive sneak peak of Mr. Kitty played over a cell phone into our microphone!
This week we check in with our good friends at the wonderful blog I Die: You Die. We talked about such topics as MERPS, GURPS, and Vampire: The Masquerade; Bruce having the worst play group as a young man; Italian bag handlers; and so much more!
This week we sat down with Skeleton Hands before their show here in Portland. We discussed the relationship musicians have with their output, the small towns that generate large crowds, old bands you hope no one ever discovers, and criss-crossing the country.
This week we had to opportunity to sit down with KITE before their Portland show. We talked about the long drives of their first North American tour and the importance of a good crew when driving those distances, touring China, constructing live sets, and the difference between working in EPs versus longer albums.
This week we talk to Will Lewis from Portland Indie Gaming Squad (PIGSquad) about starting an indie gaming community from scratch here in Portland, OR. Will teaches us about an A M A Z I N G role playing game called Microscope and gives us some insight into turning gamers into developers through game jams and other community events.
For more information about game jams, gaming events, and other fun stuff, please visit the PIGSquad Official Website! You can also follow Will Lewis on Twitter @gamewillpdx
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