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Jean Louis Huhta joins us this week to talk about his incredibly long and varied career playing drums in punk and go-go bands in Gothenburg, his work in the ambient techno collective Lucky People Center, his jamming acid as Dungeon Acid, and how to make rent at the end of the month. Lucky People C…

UNLOCK THE FULL EP ON PATREON patreon.com/basecampbeta It's a ghoulishly good time on BCB this week with Shawn and Chris discussing a socialist halloween, the films of Jean Rollin (yes, again), and who the most goth GRM composer is. We also touch on favorite halloween candies, the Friday the 13th f…

Artist, composer, and technologist Chloe Alexandra Thompson joins us this week to talk growing up in the early 00's Vancouver arts scene, chilling at tide pools, acoustic ecology, and defending indigenous and First Nations rights. Chloe on Acoustic Ecology https://www.highpitchmagazine.com/issues/…

Shawn and Chris are back in da gear z0ne with an episode talking all about the most famous drum machine of all time - the Roland TR-808. We look at the many genres it birthed, its iconic sounds, and talk about some of our favorite 808 tunes. We also dive in to the DIY process a bit and talk about h…

Shawn and Chris dive into the wonderful world of Conny Plank this week - talking about his studio techniques and what made him a great producer. Mostly we just list all the great records he produced - Cluster, Rita Mitsouko, Michael Ranta, Moebius/Plank, DAF, Eurythmics, Kraftwerk, Liasons Dangere…

PREVIEW CLIP. Join our Patreon to get the goods, *uncensored, uncut*! http://www.patreon.com/basecampbeta In our tireless efforts to bring you, dear patrons, nothing less than the Most Premium of Content, we've frankensteined together some ramblings about Fassbinder, pizza, and electronic music…

Heidi Sabertooth joins us this week to talk about her upbringing in Iowa, the electroclash moment in New York, and running Synth Library NYC - a lending library for synths and electronic music equipment that strives to make gear more accessible. Check out Synth Library NYC to get involved and to …

This week we dive into the world of Spanish Italo Disco - sometimes called Paella Disco, sometimes the "Sabadell Sound" after the Barcelona suburb it mostly comes from. We talk about the distinct eras of Italo qua Italo and embrace the deeper cuts as well as the big cheesy ones. We also do some liv…

Jon Nicholson aka SSPS aka DJ Porkchop aka Gigi Black aka part of Excepter joins us for a wide ranging trip. Jon is a fixture of the New York scene, but we spend the entire time talking about his early period in Chicago - Ron Hardy playing the high school function, skinheads and ravers, pool hoppin…