Episode 32: HANDSOME TIGER
Canada’s Handsome Tiger on how he flipped from metal to dubstep, growing up mixed-race in Canada (his father is from Libya and his mother is Anishinaabe Métis), dance and ritual, and fusing indigenous culture with bass music.
Episode 29: MOSHE KASHER
pMoshe Kasher has been a flyering bear, a sober ecstasy dealer, a sign language interpreter, a Bay Area raver and a gate monitor at Burning Man. He is now a stand-up comedian living in Los Angeles.
Episode 28: JUSTIN CARTER & EAMON HARKIN PART 2
Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin have spent the last 20 years helping shape NYC nightlife, but these days, they're best known as the owners of Nowadays in Ridgewood, Queens – which is, in many people's estimation, the best club in New York right now. Justin and Eamon are also DJs and are the hosts and residents of long-running parties Mister Saturday Night (also a record label), Mister Sunday, and an ambient chill-out affair called Planetarium. In part one of this two-parter, we talk to the duo about Mister Saturday Night's 15-year anniversary, the dos and don'ts of fog, wild times at Motherfucker, DIY spaces and dance rock, deep house, DJing, the twists and turns of nightlife in post-9/11 NYC and the parties, locations and music that have shaped all their endeavors.
Episode 27: JUSTIN CARTER & EAMON HARKIN PART 1
Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin have spent the last 20 years helping shape NYC nightlife, but these days, they're best known as the owners of Nowadays in Ridgewood, Queens – which is, in many people's estimation, the best club in New York right now. Justin and Eamon are also DJs and are the hosts and residents of long-running parties Mister Saturday Night (also a record label), Mister Sunday, and an ambient chill-out affair called Planetarium. In part one of this two-parter, we talk to the duo about Mister Saturday Night's 15-year anniversary, the dos and don'ts of fog, wild times at Motherfucker, DIY spaces and dance rock, deep house, DJing, the twists and turns of nightlife in post-9/11 NYC and the parties, locations and music that have shaped all their endeavors.
Episode 26: SHAWN REYNALDO
Over the last 20+ years, Shawn Reynaldo has been a DJ, record label owner, radio station manager, journalist and the editor-in-chief of XLR8R magazine. He's a one-time staple of the San Francisco indie rock scene, a former promoter of tropical bass and UK funky parties, and also one of the pre-eminent critics writing about house and techno for Pitchfork, Spin, NPR and beyond. Velocity Press just released Shawn's first book, First Floor Volume 1, which collects the spiciest thinkpieces and hot takes on electronic music and culture that he's penned over the last couple years in his popular First Floor weekly newsletter. To celebrate the kick-off of his North American book tour, we talk about how DJ culture has changed over the last two decades, his view on music writing, his spicy takes on the best and worst sonic trends, the current club scene in Barcelona (where he's based), sober raving, and the time he saw Claire Danes eat shit at Berghain.
Episode 6: MS Easy
Dance, underground performance, costume and clowns: Ms Easy rocks the stage from St. Louis to New Orleans to Shanghai.