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TransmissionsTransmissions :: Frosty and Hermanos GutiérrezWelcome back to Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions, this week on the show, we're joined by three guests—though, not all at once. In the first half of the show: Mark “Frosty” McNeill of dublab and the LA Phil to discuss a new compilation he helped produce, Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996; in the second-half of the show, Estevan and Alejandro Gutierrez, better known as Hermanos Gutiérrez just us to discuss their latest album of spacey guitar instrumentals, Sonido Cosmico. Assembled by Light in the Attic Records in partnersh...
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Live at dublab RadioAdventure Time, Busdriver, Jogger - live on KXLU 88.9fm LA (12.20.05)A legendary session at one of our favorite los angeles FM stations, KXLU, Adventure Time shows off the sampling skills that makes them a great live act. Always enthusiastic emcee Busdriver, and the multi-talented Jonathan from Jogger guest appear on this special session.
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2024-09-1838 minLive at dublab RadioPROPRO - live performance (07.30.24)Protect Me aka “PROPRO” is a duo hailing from Van Nuys,CA. Playing shows since 2008, they cleverly mix House and Experimental Hip-Hop in its Punkest form with their sound. They are set to release a new EP, ‘Mirror’,on 8.18 through their label Panorama City Muzsic.
2024-08-1256 minLive at dublab RadioMultiples, Richard Fearless - Metal Box: live hardware set (06.01.24)Richard Fearless presents Metal Box, broadcast from his shipping container studio situated on the peninsula of land between the River Thames and the River Lea in London’s East End. Fearless’ career as a DJ, founder of cult band Death in Vegas, and head of the independent label Drone have cemented Fearless’ reputation as a diverse maker and renowned digger. Expect a deep love of underground electronic music, with Fearless in the mix and the odd guest stopping by.
On tonight’s Metal Box we have something different, an exclusive two hour live hardware recording of ‘Multiples’.
Multiples are a duo consisti...
2024-07-061h 59Live at dublab RadioMuscle Beach - live performance (07.31.23)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.
2024-06-0954 minLive at dublab RadioDavid J - live performance (05.10.24)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 – yet, the intimate songs he recorded in solitude over three decades reveal new sides to him. Dubbed An Evening With David J, the tour begins on the album’s release day, Friday May 3.
2024-05-1418 minLive at dublab RadioJohn Hardin live performance 03.20.24John 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.
2024-04-1456 minLive at dublab RadioH3IR - live performance (12.16.23)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 playing a show together in 2017 where they’d quickly become friends. JWords and maassai would come to know each other’s respective styles in production and rhyme while developing on their own projects and later build on a mutual desire...
2024-03-031h 51Live at dublab RadioSoft Moon - sprout session (02.07.11)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 division done right.
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How To LAHTLA, Live! At 'On Air Fest'#218: Hey there How To LA listeners! Your host Brian De Los Santos here.We are off today for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but we're still bringing you a fun chat. It's one I had back in November as part of On Air Fest's Open House at dublab here in L.A. It was a very cool, day-long immersive sound and storytelling event, free and open to the public, and Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido and I were there to rep our LAist Studios podcasts. I was excited to be joined by one of...
2024-01-1524 minLive at dublab Radioexilio - Mending the Light & Dark (12.08.23)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 along with two premiers.
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2024-01-1445 minLive at dublab RadioJana Hunter - Live dublab performance (07.20.06)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 2007 Hunter founded an independent record label based in Houston, Texas, Feow! Records, with musicians Matthew Brownlie of Bring Back the Guns and Arthur Bates of Houston band Wicked Poseur.
2023-12-0321 minLive at dublab RadioGodspeed You! Black Emperor - Live Set 11.01.00Just 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.
2023-11-111h 18Live at dublab RadioMike Harding, w/Steve Roden (LIVE) - Long Wave 08.11.17Long Wave: suspending time and immersing the listener in a widescreen of sound
This 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 studio
Steve Roden – ‘The Radio’ – The Radio (sonoris, 1999)
2023-10-071h 52Live at dublab RadioBrian McBride (Bell Gardens, Stars of the Lid) Live dublab Performance 12.21.05In 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, then composed a batch of all-new works from the recordings. For his set at dublab, McBride triggered the samples live.
Bearing a likeness to the pristine beauty of untouched nature, McBride’s meditative session is an awe-inducing half-hour of placid sounds akin to Eno’s ea...
2023-09-0229 minLive at dublab RadioRODRIGUEZ - LIVE ON DUBLAB 11.21.08Rodriguez 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 radar but kept busy with local Detroit politics and playing shows in South Africa and Australia. For us in the northern hemisphere Rodriguez seemed like a powerful spirit of the past and was even rumored to be deceased. Thankfully he’s alive, vibrant and focuse...
2023-08-1208 minLive at dublab RadioEffie Briest — Live dublab Performance 05.14.06Brooklyn’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.
2023-07-1518 minLive at dublab RadioGreen-House live on PELLYVISION 05.11.23PELLYVISION 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 hope to create a space with fewer barriers as both a performer and a listener.
Alex Pelly is a Canadian video artist based in LA whose work incorporates multiple generations of video technology, both analog and digital. In recent years her process has been centered on...
2023-06-1231 minLive at dublab RadioOver the Atlantic — Live dublab Performance 10.23.06Indie 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 “Touching the Void”. Nik Brinkman went to film school, broke out of high school with the band Ejector who supported Pacifier, D4, and Cassette and can’t put down a telecaster for long.
2023-05-1434 minLive at dublab RadioKurt Vile 03.17.09Get 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 is in your hood sway on over and say hello.
2023-04-1717 minLive at dublab RadioGyan Riley — interview & live performance (04.10.14)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 at Walt Disney Concert Hall and soon on his way to further world touring. Listen in to discover a musician sending golden currents across our world.
2023-03-1144 minLive at dublab Radiodublab & Pocket Studio present: Beneath Detroit (09.26.21)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 musicians, of which many players are still active today. Both onstage and in continuing musical collaborations, these concerts triangulated and expanded musical connections with the older avant-minded collectives that had been its models, The AACM in Chicago and BAG in St. Louis.
This episode features a concert by the New...
2023-02-0253 minLive at dublab RadioColloboh — live performance for NewMusicBox (12.22.22)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 music composition utilizing modular synthesizer. With the release of his 2021 Entity Relation EP and opening for beloved dream pop duo Beach House on their ‘Once Twice Melody’ tour, Colloboh has begun to cultivate a following eager to listen to his forward-thinking musical arrangements. ...
2023-01-1326 minLive at dublab RadioWARPAINT — LIVE FROM "WIDE OPEN WAVES" AT SPACE 15 TWENTY (12.20.09)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 Nosajthing
2022-12-1121 minLive at dublab RadioJeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer: live performance at dublab for NewMusicBox (10.13.22)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 recording artist on International Anthem, and a resident DJ at dublab.
Marta Sofia Honer is a viola and violin performer, session player, and educator in Los Angeles. Working in both classical and contemporary fields, Honer’s versatility in different musical settings has garnered her credits alongside Beyoncé, Ms. Laury...
2022-12-0132 minLive at dublab RadioQur'an Shaheed — live performance for NewMusicBox (11.17.22)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 the album Process, with producer Jesse Justice and Preference Records, in 2020 and regularly performs in and around Los Angeles. Her sound is innovative, highly personaland experimental, incorporating elements of improvisation as well as neo-classical and neo-soultechniques.
This live performance by Qur’an Shaheed is part...
2022-10-3131 minLive at dublab RadioVeranda Culture — dublab's 21st anniversary (10.03.20)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 for his work under his Francis Inferno Orchestra). The project emerged in 2017 with a album and record label that was a compelling escape from the regular programming of James’s previously known works, trading off late night dance music for an emotive bed of sound that is ha...
2022-09-1019 minLive at dublab RadioLa ReDaDa — dublab's 21st anniversary (10.03.20)Listen in and watch La ReDaDa’s special live performance, created specially for dublab’s 21st anniversary celebration.
La ReDaDa is a musical multi-region commando and danzón sextet located in the remains of Mexico City´s colonia de Los Doctores.
Watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yffgoyptv6U&list=PLwv1SuXh4kHx4MlmcDYjKKeTHEwGROqln&index=7
2022-08-0921 min2022-07-2339 minLive at dublab RadioGhorba - Live || dublab [21] anniversaryThis is a live performance by Ghorba that took place during dublab's 21st Anniversary celebration in 2020.
Ghorba is a Los Angeles-based producer, live act and DJ. She organizes a party, FM+, for womxn and nonbinary people, and helps run a workshop series, FeM Synth Lab, which encourages music production among femmes. Her debut album, Zero Threat to the Rave, was released on Jacktone Records in November 2018; it was included in Fact Mag‘s best house and techno of 2018. She also puts out music and performs live as half of rave duo DIVORCE (Fatt Grabbers, Sweat Equity).
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2022-06-2421 minLive at dublab RadioSun Araw- Evening Meditations ( 2011 Archived)Unreleased Sun Araw live improvisation from 2011Watch the video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaZWvc5PVEdublab is a listener supported non profit organization. Support this, and all other programs by becoming a Sustaining Member:https://www.dublab.com/support/memberships
2022-05-2204 minLive at dublab RadioKoreatown Oddity — dublab's 21st anniversary (10.03.20)Listen in and watch Koreatown Oddity’s special live performance, created specially for dublab’s 21st anniversary celebration.The Koreatown Oddity is Los Angeles producer/emcee, Humorist, Screenwriter, and overall visionary. He grew up around Hip Hop through his mom who made jewelry for rappers and was down with Grandmaster Caz and Ice-T. He Releases the bulk of his music on cassettes. From Collaborative Projects with Ras G ( 5Chuckles) and MNDGSN ( Vivians) to the self-produced “Pops 45s’, “No Health Insurance” and the ongoing Chinese New Year instrumental series ( beat tapes inspired by the Zodiac animals on the Chinese Cale...
2022-04-1821 minLive at dublab RadioSilent Servant + Visual by Eva Aguila — dublab's 21st anniversary (10.03.20)Listen in and watch Silent Servant’s special DJ set – with visuals by Eva Aguila – created specially for dublab’s 21st anniversary celebration.WATCH HERESilent Servant’s prolific output as a producer and artist has laid the groundwork for much of the most ambitious and forward thinking electronic music of today. As a member of the now defunct Sandwell District, he helped force the hand of change with uncompromising ability. And still, he continues to do so with even greater strength and success.While insincerity remains the safety of many, Silent Servant’s own produc...
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Live at dublab RadioArt of Performance — Dimensions of Voice: Anna Oxygen (11.30.21)“Dimensions of Voice” highlights 3 artists who use voice as a central instrument; as landscape, sound bath, conjuring device, and fluid transmission between worlds, binaries, time and space.An extension of the Art of Performance Series, “Dimensions of Voice” is a broadcast of sets by Colin Self, Odeya Nini and Anna Oxygen, all who engage in composing practices that center voice tripping, voice improvisation, and voice as a cosmic force for community connection.Anna Oxygen is an artist whose work spans performance, sound, technology and interactivity. As a solo musician she frequently performs a mix of improvis...
2022-02-2623 minLive at dublab RadioArt of Performance — Dimensions of Voice: Odeya Nini (11.30.21)“Dimensions of Voice” highlights 3 artists who use voice as a central instrument; as landscape, sound bath, conjuring device, and fluid transmission between worlds, binaries, time and space.
An extension of the Art of Performance Series, “Dimensions of Voice” is a broadcast of sets by Colin Self, Odeya Nini and Anna Oxygen, all who engage in composing practices that center voice tripping, voice improvisation, and voice as a cosmic force for community connection.
Odeya Nini is a Los Angeles based experimental vocalist and composer. At the locus of her interests are textural harmony, gesture, tonal animation, and the illumination of minute sounds...
2022-01-2718 minLive at dublab RadioArt of Performance — Dimensions of Voice: Colin Self (11.30.21)“Dimensions of Voice” highlights 3 artists who use voice as a central instrument; as landscape, sound bath, conjuring device, and fluid transmission between worlds, binaries, time and space.An extension of the Art of Performance Series, “Dimensions of Voice” is a broadcast of sets by Colin Self, Odeya Nini and Anna Oxygen, all who engage in composing practices that center voice tripping, voice improvisation, and voice as a cosmic force for community connection.Colin Self is an artist and composer based in Berlin. They create music, performance and environments for expanding consciousness, troubling binaries and boundaries of perce...
2021-12-1121 minLive at dublab RadioTelecaves - Fall 2014 Proton Drive PerformanceThe band Telecaves and dublab film visionary Alex Pelly have created a special offering for the dublab Proton Drive Fundraiser. This audio/visual collaboration blends a live, improvised music performance by the duo Telecaves with visual accompaniment from Alex. Enjoy this journey into the beautifully oblique.
2021-10-3112 minLive at dublab RadioXimeno 10 - Malik and the Freqtones live performanceXimeno Records 10 Year Anniversary Broadcastaired- August 6th 2021 on dublab.com-featuringDJ'sStretch Armstrong Koco aka ShimokitaNatasha Diggs T-KayBoogie Blind Small ChangeSkeme Richards FreskoJah Jonny Loopy LexaEstaban La Groue TropicazaSkinny Pablo Mo ManleyLive Performances by:The Overlines Malik & the FreqtonesProduced by- Danny Holloway & Jud Nestersongs mixed by- Mario CThis set by Malik and the Freqtones has all the flavor needed to get the place moving
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The Quarantine TapesThe Quarantine Tapes 202: Nato ThompsonOn episode 202 of The Quarantine Tapes, Paul Holdengräber is joined by Nato Thompson. Nato’s most recent project is The Alternative Art School, an online arts program launched in 2020. Paul and Nato talk in depth about Nato’s history in the art world and this thrilling new endeavor.Nato explains what excites him about the possibilities this online-only school creates and discusses their mission to approach art as a life project. They discuss some of the artists Nato has worked with, from Trevor Paglen and Tracy K. Smith to Werner Herzog. Paul and Nato dig into the i...
2021-10-0432 minLive at dublab RadioSOLTERA — dublab's 21st anniversary (10.03.20)Listen to SOLTERA’s special live performance, created specially for dublab’s 21st anniversary celebration.
SOLTERA is a producer, dj and performer based in Los Angeles. The project SOLTERA was born in 2017, two years after her father passed away. She is self-taught, learning how to make beats, play keys and write/sing. She is the co-founder of CASA/TECA, an underground record label in Los Angeles. SOLTERA has toured in the US and Mexico.
SOLTERA is a resident dj on dublab – catch her show TODO O NADA every first Monday of the month, 2-4pm.
2021-09-1722 min
In ConversationAle — Elevation Through Sound w/Liz Lamere & Jared Artaud: Alan Vega's Mutator (07.07.21)On his weekly show, Elevation Through Sound, Ale plays the obscure gems your ears have always craved but never come across. Elevation through Sound provides lucky listeners with a journey through the full sound spectrum.
Alejandro Cohen is a musician and composer from Los Angeles, California. He has worked as composer of music for TV shows, documentaries, and educational materials. Ale is also the Executive Director of dublab.
This program will feature a conversation with Liz Lamere and Jared Artaud who collaborated with Alan Vega and brought to light Vega’s latest Mutator. Ale talks to...
2021-08-151h 07Live at dublab RadioMicachu & the Shapes - live on dublab 07.21.09Micachu & the Shapes are one of the funnest bands to watch perform. We trust you’ll open up your imagination wide as you’re listening to this great band fly through some tunes full of quirkiness and punch. Think of the incredible gestures they made while making these sounds. Maybe they are beating drums, ukulele and keys in a jumpy stomping jam or maybe they’re floating far above the Earth dropping notes to the tops of trees below so that birds may form nests for their young to fly skyward and flap a wing hello back at Micachu. Or pos...
2021-08-1507 minLive at dublab RadioPregnant — Live Performance (07.03.21)Pregnant is the bottomless and humble musical interest and hobby of Daniel Trudeau. The project has existed for over a decade in all plausible slews and fashions from a solo incarnation on into a quintet and is always presented first and foremost as Electronic Pop, although that definition cannot and will not fully sum a conclusive aural understanding of the material. Trudeau invites his eclectic imagination, along with whatever available retinue of performers, to imbue his music with a contextually familiar sound and for the purpose of pulling in even the most bereft listeners; domesticating them, for lack of...
2021-07-1159 minLive at dublab Radiodublab + Femmebit Present: The Art Of Performance w/ Davia Spain + Videomo Live A/VDavia Spain is a prism. The light and dark of a life buoyed by triumph and marred by tragedy is refracted through her work, the lilt of existence as recognizable as her lithe contralto. Her art is a melange of mediums, a stew of classical and jazz training, electronic experimentation, theater, intrepid filmmaking and sinuous dance. Her latest work, ‘Dawning,’ is an exhalation, a diaphramatic release in which her experiences are explored, absorbed and released through a sci-fi concept album about a woman sent from underwater to save earth.
Born in Lagos, raised in California; Omolara Abode, often called Omo for...
2021-06-1315 min
The Quarantine TapesThe Quarantine Tapes 194: Max LevinePaul Holdengräber is joined by Max Levine on episode 194 of The Quarantine Tapes. Max is the co-founder of Nico, the Neighborhood Investment Company in Los Angeles. Paul and Max talk about the work that Nico does to change the dynamics of property ownership and local investment within neighborhoods.They discuss Nico’s model of investment and how it differs from traditional investment models. Max emphasizes the relationship to the community in Nico’s work and their desire for the people in a neighborhood to be the financial stakeholders in their communities. Paul and Max break down the p...
2021-06-0927 minLive at dublab RadioKCRW x dublab present: NoTranslation live at 24hrs of SerenityThis live performance was part of KCRW's 24hrs of Serenity event
2021-05-231h 00Live at dublab Radiodublab + Femmebit Present: The Art Of Performance w/ Jackie Stewart + Eva Aquila Live A/VDublab x FEMMEBIT Present: The Art of Performance – W/ Jackie Stewart and Eva Aquila.
Jackie “Oblivia” Stewart started performing sound in 1979 in Portland, Oregon. Mostly performing within groups until 2001, when she performed a DJ “throw down” of sorts (both DJ’s performed at the same time) and it ended up as a collaboration. Groups Jackie has performed in include “the improvs” (1979), “Spy vs. Spy” (1980), “Babylon 2000” (1981-83), and “Smegma” (1982-present). Though Stewart experimented on guitar and very much enjoys vocals, she has found her focus with turntables. Her visual art medium is assemblage or collage, so it comes naturally to Jackie to assemble sounds. She enjo...
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The Quarantine TapesThe Quarantine Tapes 178: Jacqueline NovogratzOn episode 178 of The Quarantine Tapes, Paul Holdengräber is joined by Jacqueline Novogratz. Jacqueline is the founder and CEO of the non-profit Acumen. Jacqueline and Paul celebrate their birthday, both born on the Ides of March, before turning to how Jacqueline approaches her work with Acumen, both during the pandemic and beyond.Jacqueline talks about how Acumen engages with investment and how the pandemic drove them to understand their role in community-building on a deeper level. They talk about the need for moral imagination and the essential role of reading in building understanding, touching on Mary O...
2021-03-3030 min
The Quarantine TapesThe Quarantine Tapes 176: Nathalie EtokeOn episode 176 of The Quarantine Tapes, Paul Holdengräber is joined by author Nathalie Etoke. Recorded during the time of the historic trials surrounding the death of George Floyd, Nathalie expands on the way that the pandemic has brought into focus many things that were dormant. In this moment of reckoning, Nathalie expertly addresses the truth about what shapes racism, and asks us all to consider what are the consequences of imperialism on our notions of collective human culture. Paul and Nathalie continue to dig into the challenging questions that explore how to be human in a de...
2021-03-2630 minLive at dublab RadioSuzanne Kraft — dublab's 21st anniversary (10.03.20)Listen to Suzanne Kraft’s special, stripped-down guitar set, created specially for dublab’s 21st anniversary celebration.
Suzanne Kraft is the solo moniker of Los Angeles-based producer and DJ Diego Herrera, who is also a member of neo-disco group Pharaohs. … Disco-influenced EP Green Flash appeared on Running Back in 2011, followed by Horoscope on Young Adults in 2012.
2021-03-0620 minLive at dublab Radiodublab + Femmebit Present: The Art Of Performance W/ Nailah Hunter and Anna Luisa Petrisko Live A/VDublab x FEMMEBIT Present: The Art of Performance – W/ Nailah Hunter and Anna Luisa Petrisko.
Nailah Hunter is a Caribbean American experimental composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. Inspired by high fantasy & nature magic, she creates immersive sonic worlds for rest and rumination with harp, layered vocals, glistening synths, and pedals.
Anna Luisa Petrisko is an interdisciplinary artist in Los Angeles. Her mediums include experimental opera, analog video art, sound design, textiles and sculpture. Her recent project is a sci-fi opera and collaborative multimedia VR installation VIBRATION GROUP. Working with many artists and friends, she sees the shared practice as...
2021-02-1828 minIn ConversationJohn Cooper Clarke — In Conversation with John Girgus for dublab (05.01.15)John Girgus from the bands Aberdeen, Languis & Legendary House Cats had the opportunity to “interview” John Cooper Clarke for dublab. Here is what he had to say:
What hasn’t already been said about the great John Cooper Clarke? What already hasn’t been asked? More in the UK, but here to a degree, there has been no recent shortage of interviews with the original Punk Poet. So instead of a safe and formal interview, the idea was to try a get a more informal banter, something maybe any sensible fan would do if given the opportunity.
Wh...
2021-02-1712 minLive at dublab RadioLa Redada - Live at dublab [21] anniversaryThis performance by Mexico's La Redada was part of dublab's 10th anniversary celebration in 2020. Find more of their music here: laredada.bandcamp.com
2021-01-3121 min2020-12-0521 minLive at dublab RadioMargaritas Podridas — dublab's 21st anniversary (10.03.20)For dublab’s 21st anniversary celebration, Sonoran band Margaritas Podridas recorded this live session in the studio Onda Sonora, in Hermosillo, Mexico. It was prepared in a very d.i.y format with cloth from their local fabric store and some help from their friends. The band also included a little sneakpeak from their upcoming album.
Margaritas Podridas (Rotten Daisies) from Sonora, México, is an alternative rock band influenced by the grunge and noise music movement of the 90’s that emerged in 2015. The band was first started by Carolina Enriquez, the lead singer and bass player, and Sofia Leon, the f...
2020-11-2820 min
Creative Innovators with Gigi JohnsonAn Incredible Experiment. . . with Mark "Frosty" McNeill and Ale CohenAle Cohen and Mark "Frosty" McNeill share their journey through “experimenting with sound” and community in building the Internet radio collective DUBLAB over the past two decades. They share what inspired and drove them to build this institution and how it has shifted gears in our listen-from-home global era. Dublab is not your average radio station. Mark calls it “experimentation with sound” that was formed as a reaction to the 1996 Telecommunications Act, which forced the closure of low-power stations. We talked about online radio as a “misuse of technology” -- as a “hack” and a mutant use of tech. Initiall...
2020-11-1255 minLive at dublab RadioSuzanne Ciani — dublab's 21st anniversary (10.03.20)Listen in and watch Suzanne Ciani’s special live set, created specially for dublab’s 21st anniversary celebration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2W-wd6nF8I&feature=youtu.be
Suzanne Ciani is a composer, recording artist, and pioneer in the field of electronic music and sound design. She is best loved for her fifteen albums of original music which feature her performances in a broad array of expressions: pure electronic, solo piano, piano with orchestra, and piano with jazz ensemble. Her music, renowned for its romantic, healing, and aesthetic qualities has found a rapidly growing international audience, and her...
2020-10-1421 minLive at dublab RadioNO ZU — Live dublab Sprout Session (03.11.14)To call NO ZU anything less than energetic would be unjust. The Melbourne-based outfit, fronted by band/cult leader Nicolaas Oogjes, has been making they’re own brand of noise since 2007. Whilst touring the states in early 2014 NO ZU crammed into the dublab studio and rained maximum musical joy down on the office and surrounding areas. Click play to unleash the heat beat.
2020-09-1744 minLive at dublab RadioPeter Walker with Jack Rose (11.19.06)The brilliant guitarist Peter Walker inspired a legion of strummers with his 1960’s albums on Vanguard. In 2006 Peter graced dublab along with one such devotee, Jack Rose (rest in peace), for an incredible set of guitar illuminations. Check out the Tompkins Square release, “A Raga for Peter Walker” featuring new tunes by Peter and tributes by fans: Thurston Moore, Greg Davis, James Blackshaw, Jack and more.
2020-08-2417 minLive at dublab RadioPikelet — Live at dublab (04.30.19)The story of Pikelet is the story of invention, of music becoming activism. Growing out of Melbourne’s folk revival scene, Pikelet was characterized by looping structures and sonic experiments. In 2014, Morris co-founded LISTEN, a feminist organization that promotes the visibility and experiences of marginalized peoples in Australian music. Morris has allowed their own politics and non-binary identity to challenge and stretch their pop gifts. With the release of the last Pikelet album in 2016, Morris was described as one of Australia’s “most fascinating and underrated musical icons.”
2020-07-1236 minLive at dublab RadioThe Dylan GroupAlt/Indie Rock band, Dylan Group, plays a live session on dublab. This performance took place at the dublab studio in 2000
2020-06-2748 min
Live at dublab RadioPuro InstinctPuro Instinct performed live at dublab during the Spring 2014 Proton Drive. This set gets as dreamy as it can get, with full on pads that take you to a far away island off the coast of Spain. Last time I checked Puro Instinct seems to be almost finished with a new record, some are probably included in this performance, for sure one to never forget.
2020-05-2720 min
Live at dublab RadioKurt VileGet 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 is in your hood sway on over and say hello.
2020-04-0918 min
In ConversationLaetitia SadierAlejandro Cohen and Hoseh are joined by Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab for an interview on this episode of In Conversation!
2019-12-2422 min
Orange Juice for the Ears with Beatie WolfePublic Radio: Dublab Radio’s Ale Cohen Talks 20yrsPublic Radio: Beatie Wolfe interviews Ale Cohen, director of dublab, about twenty years dedicated to the growth of music, arts and culture. Listen to this dublab radio show that takes you from Recoleta to dublab HQ via a smashed up record.
Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe [[www.beatiewolfe.com]] explores the power of music across Space, Science, Art, Health, Film & Technology by talking to the leading luminaries in each field from Nobel Prize winners to multi-platinum producers and hearing the music that has most impacted them, their “Orange Juice for th...
2019-09-0642 min
Live at dublab RadioBrian McBride of Stars of The LidFROM THE VAULTS: Brian McBride of Stars of The Lid
In 2005, Brian McBride of Stars of The Lid dropped by dublab for a live rendition of his album, When the Detail Lost its Freedom. We hope you can join us!
FROM THE VAULTS is an ongoing curation project produced by Ben Sinclair, resurfacing rare live performances and DJ sets recorded during dublab’s first ten years.
Live at dublab Radio is produced by dublab. Sound editing and theme music are by Matteah Baim. Visit dublab.com to find out more!
2019-08-2229 min
Live at dublab RadioClarkIn conjunction with his 2012 album, Iradelphic , Clark stopped by the dublab studio for a performance. Thanks to Warp Records for making this happen!
Live at dublab Radio is produced by dublab. Sound editing and theme music are by Matteah Baim. Visit dublab.com to find out more.
2019-08-0826 min
Live at dublab RadioFabiano do NascimentoBrazilian jazz guitarist, Fabiano do Nascimento, stopped by the dublab studio for a gorgeous set of solo guitar! We hope you can tune in for this special live performance!
Live at dublab Radio is produced by dublab. Sound editing and theme music are by Matteah Baim. Visit dublab.com to find out more!
2019-07-2519 min
Live at dublab RadioLaraajiAs part of events for Marfa Myths, dublab teamed up with Marfa Radio and The Lot Radio to present a series of live performances. Legendary artist, Laraaji, was one of the featured guests. We are happy to bring you his luminous set again here on Live at dublab Radio.
Live at dublab Radio is produced by dublab. Sound editing and theme music are by Matteah Baim. Visit dublab.com to find out more!
2019-06-2743 min
Live at dublab RadioJ RoccFROM THE VAULTS: J Rocc live at the Root Down
This live mix from J Rocc, Beat Junkies founder, DJ, and producer was recorded at the world famous Root Down party that happened every week in LA during the late ’90s and early ’00s. DJs like Loslito, Miles, Cut Chemist, DJ Dusk, Peanut Butter Wolf, and others could be heard spinning the best in hip-hop, funk, soul, roots, jazz and latin music. During its lifespan, the club drew indie hip-hop groups, funk bands, conscious MCs and athletic turn turntablists from around the state, and was an authentic piece...
2019-06-2031 min
Live at dublab RadioBaby DeeWe were so honored to have joined Baby Dee and her band on location at a VisionVersion film shoot. Shot at a hidden Japanese cocktail house in Los Angeles, we were able to the capture her dynamic live performance for this recording.
Live at dublab Radio is produced by dublab. Sound editing and theme music are by Matteah Baim. Visit dublab.com to find out more!
2019-06-1335 min
Live at dublab RadioAnimal CollectiveRecorded in 2003, this early era Animal Collective set features sticks, stones, and all you have you come to know and love from this band.
Live at dublab Radio is produced by dublab. Sound editing and theme music are by Matteah Baim. Visit dublab.com to find out more!
2019-06-0622 min
Live at dublab RadioLow Res From The Plug Research DATsFROM THE VAULTS: Low Res From The Plug Research DATs
Joins us for a live set of wild, nearly undefinable future jazz, hip-hop and experimental electronics by early Plug Research, Sublime Records and Mille Plateaux artist, Danny Zelonky aka Low Res. Likely recorded between ’98 and ’00, this set is a lost treasure created by an artist crucial to the 90s electronic music scene in Los Angeles. Low Res and other artists, such as Allen Avenessian, Joe Babylon, and Dimitri Fergadis aka Pthalocyanine, would all release music on Plug Research prior to second-generation artists like Daedelus and Flying Lotus (who...
2019-05-3033 min
Live at dublab RadioK Á R Y Y NK Á R Y Y N stopped by the dublab Studio to perform pieces from her latest work, THE QUANTA SERIES, released through Mute Records this year!
Live at dublab Radio is produced by dublab. Sound editing and theme music are by Matteah Baim. Visit dublab.com to find out more!
2019-05-2334 min
Live at dublab RadioMatmos and Keith Fullerton WhitmanThis performance was recorded live at Matmos’ home studio in San Francisco. We hope you enjoy this improvised set with Matmos and Keith Fullerton Whitman!
Live at dublab Radio is produced by dublab. Sound editing and theme music are by Matteah Baim. Visit dublab.com to find out more!
2019-05-1632 min
Live at dublab RadioFlying LotusIn 2009, Flying Lotus joined us for a live set. We are happy to bring you this dynamic performance again!
Live at dublab Radio is produced by dublab. Sound editing and theme music are by Matteah Baim. Visit dublab.com to find out more!
2019-05-0942 min
Live at dublab RadioJulia HolterJulia Holter stopped by our studio in 2007 for one of her first ever live performances. Tune in to hear one of our favorite live sets!
Live at dublab Radio is produced by dublab. Sound editing and theme music are by Matteah Baim.
Visit dublab.com to find out more!
2019-05-0216 min
Live at dublab RadioHelado NegroIn 2011, Helado Negro visited dublab on a broadcast day organized to assist in Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief. The broadcast, entitled DUBLAB LOVES JAPAN, featured an array of artists focused on sending support to our friends affected by the disaster. We hope you enjoy their live set!
Live at dublab Radio is produced by dublab. Sound editing and theme music are by Matteah Baim. Visit dublab.com to find out more!
2019-04-2530 min
Live at dublab RadioHudson MohawkeProducer, composer, and DJ, Hudson Mohawke, stopped by Flying Lotus' show, Brainfeeder, for a live set. We hope you can tune in for a frenetic performance.
Live at dublab Radio is produced by dublab. Sound editing and theme music are by Matteah Baim. Visit dublab.com to find out more!
2019-04-1837 min
Live at dublab RadioLinda Perhacs BandLinda Perhacs and her band, composed of Julia Holter Michelle Vidal, and Aaron Robinson, stopped by the dublab studio for a live performance. Perhac’s 1970 album, Parallelograms, has become a timeless classic. Tune in for a special performance by a truly unique artist and her band.
Live at dublab Radio is produced by dublab. Sound editing and theme music are by Matteah Baim. Visit dublab.com to find out more!
2019-04-0807 min
In ConversationKevin Haskins and Daniel Ash of Bauhaus with Diva DompéKevin Haskins and Daniel Ash recently formed Poptone, a retrospective project revisiting the music of Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, and Love and Rockets. Joined by Bassist, Diva Dompé, they hit the road and have been thrilling audiences ever since. They stopped by dublab to talk with Alejandro Cohen about the origins of Poptone, rediscovering a love for performing, and offer some gems from the Bauhaus vaults. Hope you can tune in for this delightful conversation!
2019-01-281h 14
In ConversationSuzanne CianiIn celebration of Suzanne Ciani‘s historic release, LIVE Quadraphonic, dublab’s Alejandro Cohen hosted a special broadcast of the album followed by an interview with the artist. Joined by producer, KamranV, they explore Buchla's long forgotten Quadraphonic format, the earliest true 360° listening experience of its kind, and how it was finally translated to vinyl. The record features Ciani’s first solo Buchla performance in nearly 40 years!
2018-09-2319 min
Hey, How'd You Get That Music Job???Ep. 15: Finding Your Tribe with Alejandro Cohendublab.com Alejandro Cohen is a well-known creative force in LA’s music and arts community, with several music jobs under his belt as a musician, composer, DJ and Executive Director at dublab.com. Dublab began its start in the heart of Los Angeles, as one of the first online stations in 1999 and a fierce supporter of … Continue reading "Ep. 15: Finding Your Tribe with Alejandro Cohen"
2018-02-0642 min