Chasing Creativity

Johann stone is a Trance Producer based out of Iceland. In today’s episode we discuss recent releases and creative process behind his msuic. Check out Johann's music on Spotify & Soundcloud

Greg Johnson also known as Acoustic Labs is a guitarist, film composer & music producer. In today's conversations we discuss his recent solo release of Glass Harbor, how hes developed his sound through incorporation of multiple instruments including a Ronroco, Erhu & Guitarviol and of course the creative process behind his music!

Dezza is a progressive house producer based out of Halifax Nova Scotia Canada. Through his career, he's released on such labels as Anjunabeats, Silk Records, Zerothree Records, Spin & Enhanced making Dezza a common name in progressive house. In 2018 alone he has charted #1 on Beatport Trance for the track Sunburn that was co-released with Rolo Green and charted top 5 in progressive house with the track “Law of Attraction”. He’s also performed guest mixes on Above and Beyond’s radio show. In today’s episode we discuss where this all started, the creative process behind recent releases and what's to come in 2019.

Manuel Anglada-Tort is a PhD Candidate studying Behavioral Economics of Music at the Technical University of Berlin. His research aims to apply knowledge from behavioral economics and decision making to the study of musical judgement, preferences and choice behaviors. In today’s episode we address how we as listeners choose the music that we do. We also dig into some fascinating research of Manuel’s that shows how we may not be as keen in how we perceive music as we might think!

Learn more about Manuel Aglada-Tort on Twitter @angladatort

Julian Cisneros is a Composer for film and television based out of Los Angles California. Through his career, Julian has worked on projects for the likes of Disney, Lucasfilm, RED Digital Cinema, Warner Bros, HasBro, Panasonic and many more. In today's episode we speak about his path to becoming a full-time Composer and the creative process behind the music.

Khåen is an electronic music producer known for his captivating sound drawing on elements of deep emotive house. In today's episode we speak about his most recent release titled Solace in the Night releasing on Lane 8's record label, This Never Happened. Aside from the release itself, we dig into the creative process behind the release, how hes developed the sound of Khåen and where he sees himself taking his music as he moves forward. I highly recommend checking on Solace in the Night which can be found on Beatport or Spotify!

PhD candidate is a Cognitive Scientist looking to better understand what is happening in the brain while people imagine music. She uses various experimental methods as well as brain imagining technology to induce and test for musical imagery in the brain. In today's episode we discuss her work as well as the role this research plays in our understanding in how we process and play music.

Rhett is an electronic music producer who over the past two years has released on five Mau5trap complications and released two EP/Albums on Mau5trap titled Substruct and Hollow Earth. In Today’s episode we get into the creative process behind the recent release Hollow Earth, the collaborative process behind the co-produced track Crater featuring Mau5trap artist ATTLAS and the process behind creating his unique sound.

Support Rhett by checking out his music specifically Hollow Earth that can be found on Spotify, Beatport & through Mau5trap Records.

Esin Aydingoz is a film composer based out of Los Angeles. Originally from Istanbul turkey, Esin started playing Piano and Violin at a young age. This early introduction to music transformed into a passion for playing piano and composing.  For College, Esin attended Mimar Sinar University of Fine Arts based in Istanbul Turkey then attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. Soon after graduating she's moved to LA where quickly landed a role working with Disney’s Dcapella.

28mm is a techno producer creating a voice of his own with distinct elements of techno dark house and a bit of progressive house. As of recently he has released on such labels as DTLA (Deep Tech Los Angeles), Understated, Emercive and just released his debut ep on Drip Drop Records titled Extrasensory. In today’s episode we talk about how he started making techno, his inspiration for the name 28mm and prior endeavors as a photographer as well as the creative influences behind his music and distinct sound.