Best Dublab Radio Podcasts (2024)

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Muscle Beach - live performance (07.31.23) 54:49

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Muscle Beach is the unmediated congregation of Neil, Maisy, Jane & Bennett – an LA 4-piece with a 9th ear, dedicated to the splendor of the human soul.By Alejandro Cohen

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Joe Rihn, Mark Stewart - Audio Days (04.03.22) 2:00:01

12d ago2:00:01

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Joe Rihn is a DJ, musician and writer with endless enthusiasm for his hometown of Los Angeles. His show Audio Days explores the wide world of electronic music and beyond with particular attention to artists pushing the boundaries of sound. In this special interview episode of Audio Days, influential UK artist Mark Stewart discusses his body of work…

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Aaron M Fernandez Olson, Brian Lindstrom, Tommy Peltier - In Conversation: The Genius of Judee Sill (03.31.24) 1:32:30

1M ago1:32:30

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To explore the music, life, and genius of the late Judee Sill, as well as discuss the new documentary about her, LA-based musician Aaron M Fernandez Olson sits down with Judee’s lifelong friend and fellow musician, Tommy Peltier, and the film’s co-director, Brian Lindstrom. Together, they converse on the subject of Judee while listening to her song…

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David J - live performance (05.10.24) 18:19

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David J is a British alternative rock musician, producer, and writer. He is the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and for Love and Rockets. With his new release Tracks From the Attic, David J invites listeners on a most fascinating journey: we’re looking through boxes of tapes, getting reacquainted with an artist we’ve known for a long time …

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BarbarelleJB DunckelNicolas Godin Atlas: AIR Special 03.23.24 1:58:29

2M ago1:58:29

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Atlas is a monthly show hosted by Barbarelle in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Connecting different parts of the world with obscure tracks, Barbarelle takes us through a deep and evolving sonic landscape. From Ambient, Experimental and Jazz, to Latin, African and Middle East sounds, this imaginary musical journey evoques the -both subtle and deep- connec…

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John Hardin live performance 03.20.24 56:20

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John Hardin takes the ancient aboriginal instrument known as “didgeridoo” to new places via digital technology. His music transports the listener with ethereal otherworldly soundscapes, organic rhythms and primal dance grooves.By Alejandro Cohen

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H3IR - live performance (12.16.23) 1:51:08

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H31R blends electronica and hip hop together creating an enigmatic but complementary sonic experience that pushes the fickle boundaries of genre. JWords and maassai both grew up listening to a variety of genres and later using the sounds of their youth to expand on the potential and style of their own music. It wasn’t until the two met while playin…

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Liquid Sky Rey and Carlos of Liquid Sky - in conversation with DJ Ty (02.21.24) 1:37:51

4M ago1:37:51

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It was a treat to chat with the minds behind one of the coolest and most significant stores in rave and NYC history. From the early 1990s until the close of its second location in 1999, Liquid Sky was a clothing shop, a record store, a hang-out zone, a permanent art installation—it was a lot of things to a lot of young people, the grandest of count…

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Xuman - in conversation with Samuel Lamontagne (01.29.24) 2:00:06

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On May 3rd 2023, UCLA hosted a conversation between Xuman (aka Gunman Xuman) and Samuel Lamontagne. Xuman is a social activist and legend of Senegalese Hip Hop, who’s been active for over thirty years. He’s a member of the pioneer group Pee Froiss, and besides his solo career, also created the Journal Rappé for which he’s internationally known. The…

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Soft Moon - sprout session (02.07.11) 15:19

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When the Soft Moon rises, valleys are flooded with cold light. Static crackles, petals fade to pale and a chill runs deep. The Soft Moon shower us with songs like rain from the sombre sky of a stark city. This is concrete music for human hearts. As the tension builds fissures form. Look within and you’ll fine joy within each dark pulsation. This is…

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Irmin Schmidt, John Payne, Jono (04.22.12) 1:55:42

5M ago1:55:42

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Who, what and indeed where is Can? Krautrock legends bring The Can Lost Tapes (Mute), due out imminently. The band’s founder/chief theoretician Irmin Schmidt discusses the whys and wherefores; Can archival engineer Jono Podmore, also of analog electronic band Metamono, spins tracks from Metamono’s new Parcel Post EP (Instrumentarium Records). For m…

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exilio - Mending the Light & Dark (12.08.23) 45:41

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exilio’s first concert of the season explores music with contrasting texts and textures to mend the differences between emotions, seasons, cultures, religions, and colors. We wish to invite the listeners to navigate the definition of light and darkness through artists’ minds and music.Featuring composers such as Tormis, Dett, Dunphy and Panufnik al…

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Jana Hunter - Live dublab performance (07.20.06) 21:47

7M ago21:47

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This is an early live performance from Jana Hunter – a non-binary indie acoustic/folk musician based in Baltimore and the founder of the band Matty and Mossy. Hunter was signed to Gnomonsong, a record label run by Devendra Banhart and Vetiver’s Andy Cabic. Hunter’s solo debut album Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom was the label’s debut release. In 200…

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Jana Hunter - Interview (07.20.06) 16:38

7M ago16:38

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This is an interview Jana Hunter in the early stages of their music career. Jana is a non-binary indie acoustic/folk musician based in Baltimore and the founder of the band Matty and Mossy. Hunter was signed to Gnomonsong, a record label run by Devendra Banhart and Vetiver’s Andy Cabic. Hunter’s solo debut album Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom was th…

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Marvel: Casting director and producer Sarah Finn 1:00:34

7M ago1:00:34

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Marvel: Beatie Wolfe interviews x-ray visionary, superhuman casting director and producer Sarah Finn about building out the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as casting the most awarded film in movie history, amongst many others. Listen to this show that takes you from sufism to being dubbed as the most valuable email address in Hollywood vi…

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Handsome Boy Modeling School - Interview (11.22.99) 1:04:07

7M ago1:04:07

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Prince Paul and Dan the Automator from Handsome Boy Modeling School is interviewed on dublab. Listen in to hear some of their stories behind HBMS and some of their favorite songs. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dublab-inconversation/support

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Live Set 11.01.00 1:18:18

7M ago1:18:18

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Just a few weeks after the release of their seminal album Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven, Canadian post-rock treasures Godspeed You! Black Emperor play a live set on dublab. Tune in for a performance by the influential group recently unearthed from the dusty hard drives in the dublab vaults.…

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will.i.am : Interview 01.15.02 (part 1) 39:13

9M ago39:13

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This program is part of the dublab’s early archives. Enjoy this episode from Frosty’s Celsius Drop radio show. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dublab-inconversation/support

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Mike Harding, w/Steve Roden (LIVE) - Long Wave 08.11.17 1:52:31

9M ago1:52:31

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Long Wave: suspending time and immersing the listener in a widescreen of soundThis months episode features special guest, Steve Roden.TRACKLIST:Steve Roden – ‘9-Sided Room’ – broadcast via TouchRadio (Touch, 2007)steve roden – ‘first’ – small songs for kack jirby (papa voce, 2016)Steve Roden live in the studioSteve Roden – ‘The Radio’ – The Radio (…

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Play: polymath and colour conductor Brian Eno 50:02

9M ago50:02

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Play: Beatie Wolfe interviews polymath, producer, philosopher, environmentalist, colour conductor and “toad in the hole” tosser Brian Eno about his journey from pioneering ambient music, ever-evolving light paintings, production styles, conceptual installations to his constant strategies of surrender. Listen to this show that takes you from co-foun…

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Cut Chemist w/Cymande 06.25.16 1:41:57

10M ago1:41:57

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Enjoy this special broadcast featuring Lukas McFadden, also known as Cut Chemist, interviewing two members of the renowned British funk band, Cymande, the day before their first show in America in the last forty years at the Fonda Theatre. dublab is a listener supported non-profit radio station. Become a Sustaining Member today at: https://www.dubl…

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Brian McBride (Bell Gardens, Stars of the Lid) Live dublab Performance 12.21.05 29:10

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In support of his 2005 album When the Detail Lost its Freedom for the ever-crucial Kranky records, Brian McBride of atmospheric ambient outfits Stars of The Lid and Bell Gardens dropped by dublab for a live rendition of his recent material. In his creative process, McBride recorded guitar, piano and numerous other sources to a keyboard sampler, the…

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RODRIGUEZ - LIVE ON DUBLAB 11.21.08 8:47

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Rodriguez is a legend we’ve been hooked on ever since Nobody turned us onto “Cold Fact,” his powerful statement of psych-soul from 1970. The album originally released on Sussex Records has risen from obscurity and recently been reissued by the wonderful folks at Light in the Attic Records. Rodriguez himself spent years off the general public’s rada…

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Art Laboe in conversation with Josh Kun at Original Sound Studios 07.11.13 1:02:47

11M ago1:02:47

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“Legend” is a word that is often too lightly doled out, but today we proudly present an interview with a bonafide LEGEND. Art Laboe is a broadcasting icon who was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2012. This honor was rightly bestowed as he was the first DJ to play Rock and Roll on the west coast airwaves, smashed color lines by presenting mi…

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Effie Briest — Live dublab Performance 05.14.06 18:19

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Brooklyn’s Effie Briest comes to LA. An all women punk and pyschedelic band. Take a hint of Siouxsie and the Banshees’ rougher edges here, a pinch of Pink Floyd’s expansive prog-rock structures there.By Alejandro Cohen

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Peter Brotzmann & Stefan Biedermann - Special dublab Interview 06.08.16 2:06:15

12M ago2:06:15

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On May 17th, Peter Brotzmann, the godfather of European free jazz, stopped by the dublab studio and recorded a wide-ranging interview with Acting Consul General of Germany in Los Angeles and dublab friend Stefan Biedermann. We’re proud to present this very special conversation in full, along with a selection of recent recordings from Peter Brotzman…

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Audience w/V. Vale hosted by Beatie Wolfe & Aaron Rose 1:10:26

12M ago1:10:26

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An audience with Counterculture Godfather & Punk Publisher V. Vale hosted by Beatie Wolfe and Aaron Rose on Sunday April 16th at The Aster, Los Angeles. Listen to this OJ special x LA event celebrating the life and work of one of this world’s true originals: RE/Search founder V. Vale – described as the first (and last!) punk publisher! After launch…

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Kassa Overall & Qur'an Shaheed In Conversation: ANIMALS album release 05.23.23 21:07

1y ago21:07

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Kassa Overall is a Grammy-nominated musician, emcee, singer, producer, and drummer who melds avant-garde experimentation with hip-hop production techniques to tilt the nexus of jazz and rap in unmapped directions. On ANIMALS, his Warp Records debut, Kassa pushed his kaleidoscopic, subersive vision further. Listen back to the conversation between Ka…

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Green-House live on PELLYVISION 05.11.23 31:14

1y ago31:14

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PELLYVISION is a monthly cohesion of sound and vision. Alex Pelly synthesizes live video to accompany sounds from an artist of her choosing.Green-House is the project of Los Angeles based artist Olive Ardizoni. Approaching the project with an intentional naivety, they craft songs that find freedom through simplicity. As a non-binary artist, they ho…

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Lenny Kaye & Tana Yonas - In Conversation: Nuggets 50th Anniversary 05.18.23 39:36

1y ago39:36

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On April 20, 2023, dublab, In Sheep’s Clothing, & Rhino Records presented the first listen of the newly reissued Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968! Celebrating its 50th birthday, this groundbreaking collection doubles in size for a new anniversary edition that launched as a Record Store Day exclusive on April 22.…

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Over the Atlantic — Live dublab Performance 10.23.06 34:05

1y ago34:05

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Indie rock and electronic duo Over the Atlantic perform live for dublab. Bevan Smith makes music and sound, built and manages the Involve label and is a noted conjurer of extinct birds. As composer/creator he has worked on music for art projects, theatre shows, museums, dance works, Japanese TV adverts and films, notably the Bafta award winning “To…

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Authenticity: Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson 1:49:04

1y ago1:49:04

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Beatie Wolfe interviews Garbage frontwoman, alternative icon, activist, feminist and undeniable tour de force Shirley Manson about her life and career forged by love and fury, all the while changing the face of Pop music as we know it and speaking out for the voiceless, the oppressed, the marginalized. Listen to this show that takes you from Somewh…

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Kurt Vile 03.17.09 17:54

1y ago17:54

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Get slimed by one of Philly’s finest! Kurt Vile is indeed a cat to slither to. His slinky slank sound is super soul for the generation on hold. Stop, don’t get up from that couch! Plop down and put on something nice like these “sprout session” sounds. Kurt cruised into dublab to play some fine sunny stoned songs. So please enjoy and when this cat i…

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Morton Subotnick 11.13.09 1:12:27

1y ago1:12:27

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Super-inspired electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick joined us during our DUBLAB DECADE PROTON DRIVE a couple of months ago. He gladly allowed us to pick his brain for some wisdom and inspiration, and shared some awesome stories of the old school Avant Garde. Dig this session and uncover some of the deepest roots of electronic music today. Find…

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Gyan Riley — interview & live performance (04.10.14) 44:35

1+ y ago44:35

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Gyan Riley graced the dublab studio to share a live solo guitar piece, insight into his music explorations and some rare recordings. Gyan has collaborated with some of the brightest music minds in the world, from contemporary peers such as Nico Muhly to elder pioneers including his father, Terry Riley. This interview found him fresh from performing…

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Wall Matthews (Entourage) — in conversation with Frosty (05.03.18) 1:07:27

1+ y ago1:07:27

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Wall Matthews, founding member of The Entourage Music and Theater Ensemble beamed into Celsius Drop to shine light on the obscure yet impactful group’s history. Formed in 1970, Entourage performed long form sets fusing varied sonic elements into their own unidentifiable genre. Weaving together modern dance, poetry, lighting design and flowing sound…

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dublab & Pocket Studio present: Beneath Detroit (09.26.21) 53:27

1+ y ago53:27

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Beneath Detroit showcases previously unheard music from live concert recordings that took place between 1979 and 1992 at the Detroit Institutute of Arts (DIA) as part of the Creative Music at the DIA program. The Creative Music at the DIA concerts highlight an important avant-garde community jazz movement that prominently featured Detroit-based mus…

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ONE Archives Foundation and dublab present Together On the Air (01.30.23) 38:58

1+ y ago38:58

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Together On the Air: LIVE on Radio, co-presented by dublab and ONE Archives Foundation, dedicated to LGBTQIA+ storytelling since 1952. This show was recorded in front of a live audience as part of ONE Archives Foundation’s latest exhibition Together On the Air, which chronicles the historic contributions of Radio GLLU, the first bilingual LGBTQIA+ …

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NewMusicBox & dublab present: Warp Composers' Sen Moreira & Casey MQ in Conversation (01.12.23) 35:50

1+ y ago35:50

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Warp Composers' Sen Moreira is joined by producer and composer Casey MQ in a conversation about the current landscape in the world of composition, film scoring, and publishing in an ever changing music industry. Sen Moreira is the North America Licensing & Composer Manager for the newly established Warp Composers, representing composers across Warp…

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Colloboh — live performance for NewMusicBox (12.22.22) 26:50

1+ y ago26:50

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This is a live performance of Los Angeles-based composer Colloboh, recorded and filmed at the dublab studios and featuring new compositions utilizing modular synthesizers. Colloboh – experimental producer Collins Oboh. Born in Nigeria, raised in the DMV, and now at 28 years of age, Colloboh asserts himself as a no-nonsense contender of electronic m…

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MANUEL GOTTSCHING: INTERVIEWED BY NANNY CANTALOUPE AT DUBLAB (03.11.09) 1:30:59

1+ y ago1:30:59

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What a treat for us, having musician/composer/pioneer Manuel Göttsching up to dublab soon after his first ever performance in Los Angeles. We totally geeked out about analog electronics, his forward-thinking uses of them in the legendary German experimental rock group Ashra Tempel in the 70’s, his experiences creating the E2-E4 piece in the early 8…

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WARPAINT — LIVE FROM "WIDE OPEN WAVES" AT SPACE 15 TWENTY (12.20.09) 21:31

1+ y ago21:31

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On December 20th dublab celebrated the grand opening of Space 15 Twenty LA’s most radical retail experiment with “WIDE OPEN WAVES,” a live sound flash featuring dj sets by the dublab soundsystem + live performances from Warpaint and NosajthingBy Alejandro Cohen

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Underground: artist, director & curator Aaron Rose 1:31:29

1+ y ago1:31:29

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Beatie Wolfe interviews artist, director, curator and writer Aaron Rose about his journey from wanting to be a trash collector to creating a space for art-world outsiders, first at his renowned New York gallery Alleged and then in his documentary Beautiful Losers and follow-up exhibition. Listen to this show that takes you from conservative Calabas…

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Jenny Nono in conversation with Dick Lucas of Subhumans 24:12

1+ y ago24:12

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Jenny Nono spoke with Dick Lucas of Subhumans here in Los Angeles after their show at Teragram Ballroom while supporting their new record “Crisis Point.” Subhumans are one of the most influential bands from the UK Anarcho-Punk scene of the 80’s, filed right alongside Crass and Conflict, and just as relevant today as they were during the darkest day…

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Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer: live performance at dublab for NewMusicBox (10.13.22) 32:31

1+ y ago32:31

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Jeremiah Chiu is Los Angeles-based artist, musician, educator, and community organizer. Chiu’s hybrid practice often operates under his studio moniker, Some All None, where projects lie at the intersection of art, music, technology, and publishing. Chiu is Full-Time Faculty in the Graphic Design Department at Otis College of Art & Design, a recordi…

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Mark Mothersbaugh x Beatie Wolfe on Compositional Curiosities (OJ Special) 37:50

1+ y ago37:50

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Presented as part of ON AIR LA ANNEX, Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh and “musical weirdo and visionary” Beatie Wolfe discuss the art of composition, building worlds, and how being a conceptual artist can further open up and inform these spaces. Straddling multidisciplines, the pair also revisit Postcards for Democracy, their 2020 collective art campaign …

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Qur'an Shaheed — live performance for NewMusicBox (11.17.22) 31:26

1+ y ago31:26

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Qur’an Shaheed (b. 1992, Pasadena, CA) is a pianist, poet, singer and songwriter based in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA. She has been playing piano since the age of four, trained extensively in classical and contemporary music. Since 2012 she has been developing her practice as a songwriter alongside her solo piano and ensemble work. She released …

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Noah Klein & Mark "Frosty" McNeill — Natural Soundscapes 39:38

1+ y ago39:38

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Launched during the thick of the Covid Pandemic, the Floating series was just what Los Angeles needed—an invitation to come outside and hear the city in new ways. Through a weekly series of roving soundscapes and soundbaths activated in unique and natural spaces, the Floating collective have opened up Angelenos’ ears and spirits to the wonders of t…

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Mouse on Mars — Interview (04.18.00) 20:51

2y ago20:51

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Frosty interviews the electronic duo, Mouse on Mars. Tune in! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dublab-inconversation/support

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Veranda Culture — dublab's 21st anniversary (10.03.20) 19:57

2y ago19:57

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Veranda Culture performed live for the very first time at the dublab 21st Anniversary. All new music performed at his loft studio in Melbourne, Australia, alongside close friend and studio partner Luke Coleman.Veranda Culture is a musical project established by Australian electronic music artist and dublab resident DJ Griffin James (known mostly fo…

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