Base Camp Beta

Greg Zifcak joins us to talk about early interactions with synthesizers in the Bay Area, becoming a more social shut-in, doing math on the synthesizer, and Moroccan rhythms.

Greg Zifcak - "Chaabishaav" https://ziftracks.bandcamp.com/album/chaabishaav

Greg's Website: https://www.gzifcak.net/

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Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers

John Elliott from Emeralds, Imaginary Softwoods, Spectrum Spools, and more joins us to talk about basement dwelling Cleveland gear flippers, laptops on stage, and how good Pink Floyd sounds on weed.

Imaginary Softwoods: https://imaginarysoftwoods.bandcamp.com/

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Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers

Shawn and Chris are back with season 2 of Base Camp Beta premiering a cool 6 years after season 1. In this episode we discuss our new plans for the podcast - namely interviewing fellow artists and trying to figure out what it means to be an artist under whatever stage of capitalism it is we're currently living through. We talk a bit about what we have each been up to recently and finish up by talking about Jean Rollin's incredible 1989 film "Lost In New York".

Chris' Synthesizing With Moog series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waN4owHeyaQ&list=PLfRv-D7DpUfHCDeDl4oVM9n6GAcF1jdiJ

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Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers

On this Very Special Episode of Base Camp Beta, Chris and Shawn trek down to Sheepshead Bay to visit their friend Salvatore Carlino aka P. Leone at his newly opened pizzeria, Lucia of Avenue X. After having some killer slices, they dive into a deep discussion of the topics that really matter: fermentation techniques, dough hydration, what Pete Wells looks like, and answering the age old question of "what is the culinary equivalent of the 909 hi-hat?".

https://www.instagram.com/p.leone_ems/

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Chris and Shawn hike to Prospect Park, eat jerk chicken, and then have a technical glitch while talking about their now-infallible recording process. They reconvene a few days later to talk about the art of learning.

Live from L&B Spumoni Gardens in Brooklyn, NY. We talk giallo and italo-disco, dough hydration, and Richard H Kirk.

RIP Jasen Loveland

We dedicate this episode to our friend Andrew Smith aka Jasen Loveland who recently passed away. An incredibly prolific producer who immersed himself deeply in his music, we read through his "12 Studio Traditions" - a set of guidelines and traditions for keeping creativity flowing.

Please explore Andrew's work over at his Bandcamp: https://jasenloveland.bandcamp.com/

Outro Music: The Lone Flanger - "When She Microdoses Part II"

Intro Music: Beau Wanzer - "Basement Dwellers"

Real relaxed show today as Shawn and Chris begin to shoot the shit about Basic Channel's "Dytiq" and Kid Creole & The Coconuts "Don't Take My Coconuts" but quickly get derailed towards topics from sourdough to NFTs.

The Base Camp Crew talks about Mark Fisher's 2013 essay "The Slow Cancellation of the Future", neoliberalism's effect on production and consumption of culture, and how 100 Gecs throws a wrench in to all of it.

Mixed by David Tatasciore

Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers

Base Camp Beta is back and we're talking about RA and Boiler Room getting $1 million grants, the use of the word "community", and we try to imagine what a future for music could look like.

Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers