In this week's episode I opine about my new fitness foray that got me lost on the side of a mountain.

As the actors' strike draws to a close, we bring you a longform interview with Desi Kole, a woman who worked on Pirates of the Caribbean who is now directing her first-ever feature film.

And we'll take a roadtrip from Los Angeles to San Francisco with Bengali singer and philosopher Elma Siddiqui.

Listen live each week from 10-midnight on Pirate Cat Radio at kpcr.org or via the TuneIn app.

We take a jaunt down to the lighthouse on West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz to see 10+ foot waves pummeling the Monterey Bay.

And we’ve got a solid mix of #organic #dubstep, #minimal #ambient #techno and some more commercial #dance tracks, too.

Listen live every week from 10-midnight at kpcr.org or via the "Pirate Cat Radio" station on the TuneIn app.

I don’t know if you saw the UCSC students in costumes out and about mid-week last night around Santa Cruz… but I have to say, I love how everyone’s getting into the Halloween spirit here across the Monterey Bay.

In this week’s show we’ll head up to the Makoto show in San Francisco and play a variety of moody tunes.

This episode features an original composition by Dr. Jevgenij A. Raskatov, an associate professor in chemistry and biochemistry at UCSC, who can make stringed instruments sound both mysterious and incredibly moving at the same time.

We take you to a “bear”-celebrating street festival in San Francisco that randomly helps us round out our coverage of global affairs.

And we visit Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz for Welcome Back Monarchs Day.

Due to a broadcast glitch, last week's DJ Bumbacat mix didn't make the radio version. So we'll be replaying that in the second hour.

We interview the relative of one of the victims of the Hamas attack on the Supernova psychedelic trance music festival in Israel.

(Oct. 13, 2023 broadcast version of the episode aired on 101.9 FM Pirate Cat Radio in Santa Cruz but the originally-intended second hour was cut off due to a technical glitch. The file has been edited as a result.)

Frequent Frequency Horizon collaborator Jamie Cowling sends in an original heartfelt song, and it turns out it mixes perfectly with hip-hop and drum n’ bass.

And DJ Natty from Vancouver Island shares a guestmix from the 2023 Pachena Bay Music Festival.

On this week’s episode, we meet a couple from London who’ve been living in a tent for weeks and finally got the chance to hit up a sick drum n’ bass show—after an experience in Yosemite National Park that was literally life-changing.

Plus, we’ve got an awesome “introductory” drum n’ bass guestmix from DJ Rambo—sent in all the way from New Zealand (after a nautical voyage from Fiji—and some computer chaos).

Michael Simler returns my bicycle, which he'd rented for Burning Man 2023.

And despite the hectic, rainy circumstances at this year’s event, the bike is somehow in better condition than when he left.

He gives us the blow-by-blow of his first every Burn via a longform convo.

And DJ Ergot—a Santa Cruz County local I met down at Steamer Lane just hours after last week’s episode—delivers a guest mix with plenty of dirty and bouncy basslines.

#BurningMan #electronicmusic #storytelling #DJ #synthesizers

Cover photo courtesy of Michael Simler

Theme music: Butterflywingtip "BBB"

This week's episode features some pretty genuine poetic content from eastcoaster Jamie Cowling and a guest mix from Salinas EDM DJ @kalveronic2000.

Theme: Butterflywingtip "BBB"

Catch our weekly radio show on KPCR.org and the TuneIn app each Friday from 10-midnight Pacific (or 101.9FM in Santa Cruz).

On this week’s Frequency Horizon, we’re heading to Burning Man!

Well, I didn’t make it there—something I was a little bummed about at first, but then I felt much better about as time went on (as you could imagine)…

But my bicycle managed to make it to the Playa without me…

In the second hour, we have a special guest mix crafted specifically for the Frequency Horizon by soupANDsalad. @soup-and-salad

Trust me, it's dope. Please support the artists by purchasing their songs and streaming them on your favourite platforms!

soupANDsalad guestmix:

To Travel the Path Unknown – Goat

Black Mesa – Biosphere

Flechazo – FaltyDL

Mozaic – Hashman Deejay

Drama (KG Remix) – Swing Ting [feat. Thai Chi Rosè & Karen Nyame KG]

apricot – Tomu DJ

Lesser Speeds – Kareem Ali

Null Azimuth – Sha Ru

Yesterday And Today – The Field

Esteban – DJ Python

Deliverance – Romare