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High-brow conversations with movers n’ shakers in the music industry, and beyond. Exploring diverse realms of sound art and festival culture, with a decided focus on inspiration and human resilience. Hosted by music journalist B.Getz
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![087: TARRIONA "TANK" BALL [Tank And The Bangas] + TYPE RIDER [multi-media poetry project]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3558807/Tarriona_TANK_Ball_1_9oa6s_300x300.png){kind=logo}
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TARRIONA "TANK" BALL, founder/frontperson/visionary of NOLA-based, GRAMMY-winning TANK AND THE BANGAS joins B.Getz for a special broadcast aboard Jam Cruise 21! Episode 087 was recorded around 12noon on Day 5, and Tank brought an insightful, jovial, reflective perspective to the table for a coloful conversation. On the hees of a pair of dynamite performances as part of their second sailing on The Boat, having first joined this floating circus a precious few weeks before the pandemic in Jan.2020, Tank talks about her JC experiences onstage and off, past and present. She also revisits her 2024 Grammy triumph, winning Best Spoken Word Poetry Album for their 3-part masterpiece The Heart, The Mind, and The Soul. Other topics include Tank's hometown of New Orleans; embryonic beginnings with SLAM Poetry; longtime friend and collaborator Norah Jones, what makes a BANGA? co-producers Iman Omari, James Poyser, Robert Glasper; the impact of their shapeshifting 2017 NPR Tiny Desk Concert, resulting in Trey Anastasio stanning her band very publicly; getting the 2025 NOLA Jazz Fest poster, and more!
Episode 087 also features an illuminating dialogue with SCOTT T. about his latest foray into a new frontier with the bold, ambitious, and groundbreaking poetry/music/visual art multimedia project TYPE RIDER. This chat was recorded a few months ago at Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida.
- 0:00 - ep.087 preview
- 3:30 - sponsor JUST SCHWANDERING NOLA Jazz Fest Parties
- 6:00 - The Upful Update
- 10:45 - introducing TARRIONA "TANK" BALL
- 13:50 - interview w/ TANK [39 min]
- 53:00 - gratitude x Scott T x Tank SLAM Story
- 58:15 - introducing - TYPE RIDER
- 1:02:20 - interview Scott T. [35 min]
- 1:37:30 - afterglow + ViBE Junkie JAM
Tank And The Bangas bio:
Tank and the Bangas explore the most tender and true parts of life’s journey. Unique and with a vibrance that could only come from New Orleans, the lead vocalist, Tank has stretched her vocals over quirky raps, poetry, and rich melodies since the release of their first album, Think Tank in 2013. Four years later, they had a viral breakthrough as the winners of the NPR Tiny Desk Contest — an eclectic performance that has since been praised by musicians like Miguel and Anthony Hamilton and has now amassed over 14 million views on YouTube. Now, Tank and the Bangas arrive with a new 3-part album The Heart, The Mind, and The Soul. With this offering, Tank opens up about the wisdom she’s gained from new beginnings, endings, and in-betweens.
special thanks to Cloud 9 and Jam Cruise for facilitating this interview!
About TYPE RIDER:
TYPE RIDER is a psychedelic multimedia project by Jacksonville-based poet Scott T. Horowitz that defies traditional literary boundaries. Released via Subtle Body Press, a Florida-based publisher, this extraordinary work combines prose, poetry, visual art, and music into a singular, immersive experience that pushes the limits of creative expression. TYPE RIDER is more than just a book—it's a multi-modal journey that engages readers through multiple sensory channels. The project brings together a diverse team of creatives, including Colombian illustrator Jorge Peña, Virginian music producer B. Helix, and mystical scholar Dr. Manuel Festamos, to create a unique interdisciplinary work.
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"Twice The First Time" - SAUL WILLIAMS [1999]
Stream/Download TYPE RIDER on BandCamp
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![086: NUBYA GARCIA [U.K.-based saxophonist/composer]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3558807/Heading_300x300.png){kind=logo}
Sunday Apr 13, 2025
Sunday Apr 13, 2025
A supreme honor & privilege to welcome scintillating saxophonist/composer NUBYA GARCIA to Episode 086. At the dawn of her first US headlining tour, the UK-based sorceress was kind enough to tap in for a deep, insightful chat on a smattering of salient topics with numerous delightful detours. Your humble narrator has been paying rather close attention to this dynamic, shape-shifting artist since she unveiled 2020 debut full-length LP SOURCE. In 2024, Garcia blasted back with the otherworldly sophomore sensation ODYSSEY, a multi-hued document that delivers different shades than its prodigous predecessor.
For just under an hour, Nubya Garcia unspools the passions and pathways that manifested this magnificent new record. Exploring the vision, compositions, and inspirations that made ODYSSEY spring to vibrant life, plus the exhilarating experience of conducting a chamber orchestra for the first time - while recording in a church no less! Nubya discusses her foray into spoken word, recalling a humorous story tracking vocals in Brazil. She later revisits the genetic codes, cross-pollinations and hybrid strains native to the majestic SOURCE. We explore the symbiosis between club culture and her sound art; Ms. Garcia reflects on the impact of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert appearance(s), her lengthy relationships and crucial collaborations with a loyal cadre of co-conspirators including Joe Armon-Jones, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Mala, DJ Harrison (Butcher Brown), and beyond.
- 0:00 - Ep.086 preview
- 3:15 - Sponsor: Just Schwandering NOLA JazzFest
- 5:50 - Sponsor: CORNFLOWER Ka-BLOOM! Tour
- 8:20 - The Upful Update
- 12:15 - Introducing: NUBYA GARCIA
- 16:40 - INTERVIEW w/ Nubya [54 mins]
- 1:11:40 - afterglow > ViBE Junkie JAMZ
Nubya Garcia bio (courtesy of Concord Jazz):
"Nubya Garcia isn’t an artist you can easily classify. Is it jazz? Sure, the London-born saxophonist, composer and bandleader grew up studying the genre under the noted pianist Nikki Yeoh at Camden Music. But it isn’t until you listen to albums like 2020’s Source and 2024’s Odyssey that you hear broader creativity shining through: It’s jazz, classical, dub, R&B and whatever else Garcia wants to convey. It all comes from a place of exploration and self-study, of wanting to do all the things across all disciplines while ignoring arbitrary boxes that don’t fit.
Garcia’s sophomore album Odyssey released via Concord Jazz. A majestic feat on which she blends orchestral arrangements with R&B, jazz, broken beat and dub, resulting in a grand, nuanced record that feels airy and celestial without sacrificing the groove. It’s a deeply personal offering about her trek to falling back in love with musical composition over the past four years."
Big Thanks to Mick & the Nubya team for making this conversation possible!
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Nubya Garcia - "Source" [Glastonbury 2022]
Nubya Garcia - "Triumphance" [Jools Holland 2024]
Nubya Garcia & Joe Armon-Jones Band - "Hold" [2020]
Mala, Joe Armon-Jones, Nubya Garcia, + more : London 2023
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![085: ALANA ROCKLIN v.2 [bass- STS9], ASHER FULERO [keys/producer - Threedom, Emancipator Ensemble, Halo Refuser]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3558807/Episode_084_bw_Instagram_Profile_Picture_1_6n9cf_300x300.png){kind=logo}
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Episode 085 kicks off with the return of STS9’s ALANA ROCKLIN! The beloved bassist delivered one of this program’s most popular conversations [#66, Spring 2023]; Rocklin was kind enough to come back for another round, a shorter interview recorded mid-Feb.2025 aboard Jam Cruise 21. We linked up on my cabin balcony for a discussion that covered the band’s long-awaited return to The Boat (and Alana’s maiden voyage!), new Sector 9 compositions and their forthcoming LP, curating intentional setlists and introducing material in the live element, the post-pandemic current touring model, live music bringing people together in tough times, and more!
- 0:00 - ep.085 preview
- 3:30 - sponsor - OM Festival
- 5:30 - The Upful Update
- 10:30 - introducing ALANA ROCKLIN
- 14:30 - interview w/Alana [33 min]
- 47:30 - afterglow > CORNFLOWER spot
- 52:10 - introducing ASHER FULERO
- 56:10 - interview w/ Asher [62 min]
- 1:57:45 - sign-off, ViBE Junkie Jamz
Alana's chat is chased with a lengthier convo featuring Portland, OR's virtuosic keyboardist/producer/composer ASHER FULERO. We unpack his phenomenal 2024 solo LP 'Worlds', a hybrid organic-electronic affair that remains among my faves last calendar year. Fulero details a journey through the creative process and industry opportunities, how this particular project was wrought with false starts and new lessons/understandings; plus recording/releasing original music in the ever-confounding streaming/social media era of sound-art and consumerism. In addition to Asher Fuler Band and experimental trio Threedom, the artist transparently reflects on experiences working with Emancipator Ensemble, Everyone Orchestra, Liberation Movement, Yonder Mountain String Band, Jon Fishman, and more.
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"Exploring An Asteroid" - Threedom
"Dark Star" - STS9 live
11/14/24 Fox Theater, Oakland CA
*cover photo of Alana Rocklin by Jason Myers, Jam Cruise 21*
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![084: ECHT! bassist FEDERICO PECORARO [Belgian Trap Jazz]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3558807/Episode_084_Federico_ECHT_8asir_300x300.png){kind=logo}
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
All the way from Brussels, Belgium - please welcome ECHT! bassist FEDERICO PECORARO to episode 084! An honor and privilege to connect across the world with a member of one of the most exhilarating bands I’ve had the good fortune of stumbling upon in many, many moons. An idiosyncratic quartet since 2017, ECHT! (Brusselier for ‘The Real Thing’) is remarkably adept at reverse engineering electronic music, a modus operandi of progressive-minded live instrumentation unleashed on a lava-like level beyond your wildest imagination. These brilliant lads blend a malevolent concoction of 'Belgian Trap Jazz' that oscillates through soundscapes of sonic revolution. On March 7, 2025 ECHT! will release their highly-anticipated third full-length LP Boilerism via the Sdban Ultra label.
- 00:00 - episode 084 preview
- 03:40 - The Upful Update
- 07:25 - introducing FEDERICO from ECHT!
- 13:30 - interview w/ Federico Pecoraro [72 min]
- 1:24:50 - afterglow > ViBE Junkie Jamz
Your humble narrator randomly discovered ECHT! via debut LP INWANE, during a lysergic intercontinental deep dive in early January 2022. In the interim three years, the band has been omnipresent in my ear goggles, and I’ve enthusiastically evangelized the mighty ECHT! everywhere I’ve set foot, copious festivals and dancefloors from coast to coast . Thanks to Seb at Sdban Ultra, I finally had the pleasure to conversate with ECHT! low-end technician Federico via the interwebs, 5pm in Brussels, 8am here in the East Bay.
For over an hour, we unpack the bombastic unicorn magic that makes ECHT! tick tick boom! Including - but not limited to: new LP Boilerism; embryonic band origin story; the concept/execution of the ECHT! brand of kaleidoscopic sound art; four musicians moving as one organism; the Brussels sound/scene; influences/inspirations from J Dilla to Jonwayne, Skee Mask, Aphex Twin, and even D’Angelo(!); the challenging realities of touring internationally; bouncing back from injuries; programming a live set; their individual and collective creative process, keeping the music in constant evolution; sick side projects, and so much more.
A **deep bow** of gratitude to Federico, the members of ECHT!, and Seb at the label, for making this mothership connection possible. Large Up all dearly beloveds for tuning in to *The Upful LIFE Podcast*. - bg
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ECHT!
1. Chris Dave & Daniel Crawford - “Takin Orders” > Ashley Morgan - “DOUBLESIZE” >
De La Soul - “The Bizness” (Brewmix vol.1, 2021)
3.“Boilerbeek” - Boilerism 2025
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![083: NIGEL HALL vol.2 [keys/vocals- Lettuce, solo, duo w/ DJ Harrison]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3558807/nigel_upful_v28rn10_300x300.png){kind=logo}
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome back NIGEL HALL to The Upful LIFE Podcast. Member of my favorite band Lettuce. Co-founder and former member of The Nth Power. Collaborator to dozens across genre and generation. My dear friend of a decade plus. Virtuoso musician, otherworldly vocalist, transparent human being. Inspirational cat who takes no shorts and keeps it as real as it gets, and on this episode you find out exactly how/why that is.
Unplanned and improvised on the fly, this spirited conversation was taped during day one of Suwannee Hulaween 2024. Nigel and B celebrate their friendaversary in the place and space where it all began, Spirit of Suwannee Music Park.
- 0:00 - ep.083 preview
- 3:30 - iamavl music industry relief fund
- 5:30 - The Upful Update
- 11:15 - introducing NIGEL HALL
- 19:00 - The Shadow People podcast plug
- 20:00 - conversation w/ Nigel Hall [102 min]
- 2:02:15 - afterglow + Vibe Junkie JAMZ
Topics include: a detailed Nigel Hall rig rundown to kick things off. The new Nigel mentality; reflections on Bear Creek beginnings and the Royal Family era; performing w the JB's; the modern-day LETT renaissance; Nigel's love for the city/Sound of Philadelphia; cheesesteak detour; Frankie Beverly and MAZE; George Duke; various projects and records in the pipeline for 2025; partnership w DJ Harrison; Nigel wisdom regarding recovery, transparency, knowledge of self; the sober keyboard brotherhood, and so much more.
Check out round 1 w/ Nige on Episode 043 from March 2021.
Deep bow to the great NIGEL HALL for the time, energy, music, and humanity.
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"Greens" - Raquel Rodriguez w/ Nigel Hall
"Happy Feelings" (Frankie Beverly and MAZE cover) - Lettuce at Franklin Learning Center in Philadelphia, 9/27/24
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![082: REBUILDING APPALACHIA - Hurricane Helene [w/ LEAH SONG of Rising Appalachia, FYFE, JOSH BLAKE of GFE / iamAVL, WREN from The NOHM Co., BRIAN GOOD - Asheville Music Hall]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3558807/Rebuilding_Appalachia_ep_082bfoqw_300x300.png){kind=logo}
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Episode 082 offers a bit of a different trip than the usual Upful LIFE Podcast. This program is focused entirely on Asheville NC & surrouding Appalachia in the wake of unimaginable destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene in late September. The Asheville music and arts community is a beacon of light and creativity, full of ambitious artisans, dreamers n' doers whom I admire. The good folks of AVL and Appalachia need a whole lotta love, positive energy, prayers, and most importantly DONATIONS to continue their long, arduous process of recovery and rebuilding.
This podcast presents four conversations between five different people rooted down in Appalachia, connected to the local music/arts community, and who each lived their own harrowing version of this same nightmare. It is an honor and privilege to offer a platform for these special souls to tell their storm stories, and ruminate on the realities of the recovery journey. Tune in for emotional, inspirational reflections from Leah Song (Rising Appalachia) and Andy Fyfe, Josh Blake of GFE and iamAVL, Wren Ashley from The Nohm Collective, and Brian Good of Asheville Music Hall.
If you are moved by the contents of this programming, please consider a donation to any of the efforts linked below.
- 0:00 - ep.082 preview
- 4:00 - iamAVL - Music Industry Relief Fund
- 6:15 - Come Together 12/6 benefit concert for Asheville Music Hall
- 7:50 - The Upful Update
- 10:00 - why I'm doing a pod about Hurricane Helene / Appalachia
- 17:20 - shoutout Katie Flanagan - AVL superhero
- 20:00 - introducing LEAH SONG and ANDY FYFE
- 23:00 - conversation w/ Leah, Andy [37 min]
- 1:01:40 - introducing JOSH BLAKE
- 1:03:30 - conversation w/ Josh [46 min]
- 1:50:00 - introducing WREN from The Nohm Co.
- 1:52:20 - conversation w/ Wren [25 min]
- 2:17:00 - introducing BRIAN GOOD of Asheville Music Hall
- 2:20:15 - conversation w/ Brian [19 min]
- 2:39:15 - afterglow, Vibe Junkie JAMZ
On September 27, 2024 the remnants of the Category 4 Hurricane Helene turned Asheville, N.C., into a post-apocalyptic landscape: fallen trees blocking streets; roads turned into creek beds; power lines down everywhere; city water lines destroyed; bridges torn apart. The region’s two rivers carried whole houses downstream. What buildings that remain in the lower areas of Buncombe County are larded with a foot-deep layer of toxic mud. Many people died.
The storm was prodigious. Official reports note that 2,300 structures were destroyed completely or made uninhabitable. That’s homes, stores, and other businesses. The Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina was closed along its entire length, and its director said that some 10,000 trees had fallen into the roadway. Parts of the parkway were covered in landslide mud, while in other places the pavement had washed away entirely. In several locations, the North Fork Swannanoa River carved new courses, leaving at least one bridge over dry land and the water flowing a hundred yards to the west.
Along the French Broad River south of downtown Asheville, the River Arts District was completely wiped out. The narrow, 14-mile long Hickory Nut Gorge, which drops about 1,800 feet between the town of Gerton and Lake Lure, much of the road is now reduced to a rocky creek bed. Estimates for regional damages are currently at $53 billion.
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"Tomorrow's Cost" - Secret Agent 23 Skidoo and Friends
"Everybody Hurts" (REM cover) - Al Green
Vetted resources and references
- Grassroots Aid Partnership
- iamAVL - Music Industry Relief Fund
- Rising Appalachia [several fundraising options]
- Flood Back Art
- Katie Flanagan [AVL superhero] donate here
- Art Garden AVL
- Asheville Music Hall - Joe Marcinek's Dead Funk Summit 12/6
- More resources via ArtsAVL
![081: The Return of ANNA MOSS [solo project, debut LP, + Handmade Moments]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3558807/anna2_300x300.png){kind=logo}
Sunday Oct 20, 2024
Sunday Oct 20, 2024
Welcome back the lovely and talented singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Ms. ANNA MOSS. One-half of beloved political folk-hop duo Handmade Moments, the NOLA-based chaunteuse has launched an absolutely sensational solo project under her own name, leading a larger band on guitar and vocals, and she released a fantastic debut LP ‘Amnesty’ in March 2024. We checked in w/ Anna at the end of a jam-packed summer for a lengthy, spirited, occasionally raw and vulnerable convo about this dynamite new project, her career evolution, the mental/emotional roller coaster she rode during the pandemic to manifest this music, among other associated topics du jour.
Anna Moss was first featured on this program Episode 020 (June 2019), where the focus is almost exclusively Handmade Moments, and her musical/personal journey up through that juncture. Ep.081 picks up where we left off, spotlighting her new chapter: writing solo songs, her killin’ band, crucial collaborators, and more. Then we probe a bit deeper beneath the surface to unpack some heavier matters and perspectives, too.
- 00:00 - Ep. 080 Preview
- 02:30 - HURRICANE HELENE RELIEF - iamAVL
- 06:00 - The Upful Update
- 15:30 - Introducing ANNA MOSS
- 20:30 - conversation w/ Anna [80min]
- 1:41:00 - Afterglow x Vibe Junkie JAMZ
Asheville's Hurricane Helene
MUSIC INDUSTRY RELIEF FUND
"With the world outside her window rapidly unraveling into chaotic madness, Anna Moss found herself holed up alone in her New Orleans home during 2020’s unprecedented global pandemic. Frozen in a state of paralyzing panic, crippling anxiety, and isolation, she was armed with only a guitar, and the voices in her head. A working musician her entire adult life, touring gigs and studio sessions had suddenly screeched to a harrowing halt.
Online, friends and fans sparred feverishly, screaming at each other and into the ether, while the realities and insecurities of her precarious situation sent the singer/multi-instrumentalist spiraling into a deep depression.
Manifested from the nadir of her own darkness and demoralization, Moss mined a medicinal muse from within, incessantly writing on guitar and rediscovering her salvation in song. Intimate, delicate, dreamy, messy, a flurry of new tunes began to flow freely, slowly liberating Anna from the suffocating clutches of her own despair. Emerging from the ashes of this traumatic, dehumanizing spell: a phoenix of deeply personal compositions that would eventually comprise Amnesty, Anna Moss’s solo debut LP released in March 2024 via Empire Records.
An intoxicating gumbo of bedroom pop and existential R&B, Amnesty is at once Anna’s potent opening salvo and a righteous rebirth, too. Paeans born of an emotional purge peel back the rawest, realest layers to reveal ruminations on an artist’s humanity. Throughout Amnesty, Moss treads distinctly different topography than with the idiosyncratic Handmade Moments—her long-running political folk-hop duo with partner Joel Ludford. Rich in ethereal harmonies, subtle sensuality, and melodies majestic, her album’s stripped-down, organic-soul sound leans into throbbing basslines and pulses with a buoyant thump." (c) B.Getz, May 2024
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Anna Moss "Gravy"
Sari Jordan "Perfect Is the Enemy" [live @ Maple Leaf Bar, NOLA 2024]
Anna Moss 'Amnesty' LP feature via L4LM
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Phish “retirement” shows, hop in the wayback machine to revisit the historic, chaotic, at-times catastrophic Coventry festival, hosted in northern Vermont way back in August 2004. Twenty years later, Episode 080 colorfully unspools an oral history of this fateful weekend, reflecting upon the legendary traffic jam, difficult weather and its consequences, plus inspired creativity, community action, local heroes lending helping hands, and determined phans hiking up to 20 miles into the fest.
The focus of this podcast is not the band’s atrocious, nerve-wracked, debilitated performances or their precarious situation at that moment in time, as those aspects have been long addressed ad nauseum. Instead, we shine a light on the humanity, heroic efforts, sad turns of fate, and collective connection that defined what was an epic journey to some, and a traumatic experience for others. After I sounded the alarm for last minute submissions, a dozen brave Coventry survivors were kind enough to contribute short personal stories for this wacky, wild, wide-ranging oral history.
In addition, last week saw the unveiling of ‘JAM - The Documentary’, a 27-minute DIY film from Alex Daltas that dissects this monumental excursion to say goodbye to The Phish from Vermont at Coventry. The motion picture is mostly sourced from his own pre-festival footage, and a smattering of news reports; it took Daltas two decades of dedication to bring this patchwork vision into tremendous fruition. Alex slides thru to open up about the adventures of Coventry & then the 20 year odyssey of manifesting this movie.
- 0:00 ep.080 preview
- 3:30 - a word from our sponsor Fete du Void
- 6:15 - The Upful Update
- 9:40 - introducing COVENTRY & ep concept
- 16:45 - Oral History of Coventry [57min]
- 1:14:00 - introducing ALEX DALTAS - Jam the Doc
- 1:17:20 - conversation w/ ALEX [68min]
Rent/Buy JAM- The Documentary HERE
Jam the Documentary - story/press release
Pharewell My Phriend JamBase 8.20.04
Check out our friends Fete du Void, Oct. 3-6 in Oakdale, LA
![079: GREYBOY [DJ/producer/multi-instrumentalist, co-founder Greyboy Allstars] + FTF Fest](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3558807/ep_079_cover_photo_w_grey_n_ftf9uq3t_300x300.jpg){kind=logo}
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Twas an honor and privilege to welcome legendary DJ/producer/multi-instrumentalist GREYBOY to Episode 079!! A career highlight for this program to facilitate a wide-reaching, ever-rare interview with the man born Andreas Stevens, who's pioneering 90's work on Ubiquity Records set, raised, and re-raised the bar for West Coast acid jazz and trip-hop. Greyboy's solo canon is long revered for blurring the lines between hip-hop, funk, soul, jazz, and beyond; he's also the visionary behind rare-groove ragers The Greyboy Allstars. Released June 2024, Greyboy's latest LP Word On the Street represents an artistic rebirth and musical revolution tied to the broadening of his palette and a personal evolution.
- 0:00 - episode preview
- 3:30 - sponsor - For The Funk Of It Fest
- 5:45 - sponsor - Fete du Void
- 8:20 - The Upful Update
- 12:30 - introducing GREYBOY
- 16:30 - interview w Greyboy [90 min]
- 1:46:30 - introducing Spencer from FTF Fest
- 1:49:00 - chat Spencer [17min]
- 2:05:00 afterglow x Vibe Junkie JAMZ
1988 DMC Regional Champion. Recovering midcentury modernist. Responsible for wrangling together esteemed boogaloo bandits The Greyboy Allstars, hence their moniker and sonic blueprint. Over the course of three decades, DJ Greyboy has worked with musical and cultural luminaries that span genre and generation, his music oscillates between styles yet remains consistently Era Correct.
Grey shares a few of his leftfield non-musical passions that are sure to surprise even the most attentive fans of his timeless tunes. During this sprawling 90-minute conversation, Greyboy was stoked to explore the inspirations, losses, and motivations that gave us his most recent LP, Word On the Street. Plus unpacking seminal releases Greybreaks, Freestylin', Land of the Lost, and reflections on crucial collaborators. Grateful that Grey was such a open book, and seemed quite happy to hop in the sidehack and bomb the hill down memory lane. Give Thanks for Greyboy.
After wrapping with Grey, we check in with Spencer from For The Funk Of It Festival, slated for Aug. 6-9 in NorCal, to get the 411 on this year's throwdown on the Feather River.
Vibe Junkie JAMZ -
GREYBOY: "Unwind Your Mind", "Grey Royale", "Word on the Street"
Dwell Magazine article about Greyboy's house restoration
Greyboy - Word On the Street album on BandCamp
Check out FOR THE FUNK OF IT FESTIVAL August 9-11 in NorCal
Our friends Fete du Void, Oct. 3-6 in Oakdale, LA
![078: MZG [Zach & Charles Weinert - electronic producer duo, twin bros]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3558807/ep_078_coveraoy6s_300x300.png){kind=logo}
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Welcome Florida-bred, Denver-based electronic producer duo MZG to Episode 078! Zach and Charles Weinert are wildly talented yet humble and hilarious, studio wizards who can cook up with the best in the game. Many of us have long been convinced these two handsome gents are destined for superstardom, if not global EDM domination. I've had the privilege of watching the evolution of their craft, careers, collaborations, and trademark sound since before they were even performing as a duo, as well as call them real-life homies for nearly 15 years. Get ready for the Twinzies Takeover!
- 0:00 - episode 078 prevoew
- 2:40 - For The Funk of It Music Festival sponsor
- 6:00 - Fete du Void Music/Arts Fest sponsor
- 9:00 - The Upful Update
- 15:00 - introducing Zach n' Charles - MZG
- 20:20 - interview w/ MZG [92 mins]
- 1:52:20 - afterglow, Vibe Junkie JAMZ
Topics include: growing up twins, coming of age in Northeast Florida, separate musical journeys, Greenhouse Lounge/Sir Charles, exploring Ableton, discovering festival culture, finding Soundtribe Sector 9, figuring out Phish, collaborating with Big Gigantic, The Floozies, Griz. Spirit of Suwannee/Hulaween magic, moving to electronic mecca Denver, distilling/focusing their sound. Unveiling house side-project Duplex. A classic tale of the ol' switcheroo, plastic bong/pocket-p*ssy/kazoo with a country cop, plus barrels more laughs and memories. We run thru a few of the most nuclear MZG bangers to finish strong.
Bio: Twin brothers, Zach and Charles Weinert, spent many years working on separate musical projects, but in 2015, they relented to the inevitable and joined forces to create MZG. Shorthand for “monozygotic” (the scientific term describing identical twins), the name MZG describes the unique bond these two share. After honing their craft in Jacksonville, FL, the pair began playing out for audiences. MZG’s reputation for setting dance floors aflame saw them soon sharing the stage with like-minded acts such as RL Grime, Herobust, and Opiuo, as well as earning residency at Florida festival mainstay Suwannee Hulaween. They've also appeared at festivals Sonic Bloom, Okechobee, and Electric Forest, among others. Rooted in Colorado the past six years, the brothers have wasted no time in making a mark, performing with respected state staples Big Gigantic, Griz, The Floozies, Barclay Crenshaw, and Manic Focus. These self taught musicians and producers deliver bass driven, hip-hop influenced electronica while sharing a chemistry on stage that is natural and infectious.
Vibe Junkie JAMZ
"One 2 Shtep", "BANGA," "FAYDED2023", "FTCU Flip" - MZG
unknown unreleased joint from Duplex
Stay up on all things MZG ---> Bandcamp, Instagram, Soundcloud, Spotify
- Check out FOR THE FUNK OF IT FESTIVAL August 9-11 in NorCal
- Our friends Fete du Void, Oct. 3-6 in Oakdale, LA