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BCB018 - Sipping White Claw At The Copacabana With C Spencer Yeh Aug 23, 2019

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Our friend C. Spencer Yeh drop by this week to talk sober partying and how hard it is to actually have deep conversations and make friends sometimes. We also talk about Spencer’s work at Spectacle theater and indulge in some movie talk. The rest of the episode is about music, from the impending return of schaffel to italian minimalism and Copacabana. Spectacle Theater http://www.spectacletheater.com/about/ *patreon* *patreon* *patreon* www.patreon.com/basecampbeta *patreon* *patreon* *patreon* Barry Manilow - Copacabana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=591d-XV5rEo Zoviet France - Shamany Enfluence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2tUh5BCEUs Azoto - Havah Nagilah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfmi3sF4kMM Revance - Music Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReNO7QPAuMA Ameritz Tribute Standards - Should’ve Known Better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f35L6ecAeaI Giusto Pio - Ananta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMO-aAiT0wk Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers Produced and Edited by Rachelle Rahme Mixed by David Tatasciore basecampbeta808@gmail.com

BCB017 - BDS & MIDI Organizing with Samir Eskanda Aug 15, 2019

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A hearty sandwich of an episode, the meat of which is an interview with Palestinian musician and activist Samir Eskanda. We talk about BDS organizing and tactics for musicians and music listeners to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people. We also discuss the BDS movement’s focus on institutions rather than individuals, and how the same cannot be said for the reactionary backlash. The bread of the episode is pretty standard BCB nonsense about cocaine and MIDI. Pure fluff. Go lo-carb. *patreon* *patreon* *patreon* www.patreon.com/basecampbeta *patreon* *patreon* *patreon* Steve Porcaro - MIDI & Yayo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCurJJoSrS4 Cinco MIDI Organizer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSwqnR327fk Front 242 - Headhunter (Space Frog Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=351&v=lOPcM4mcgEA 😢 ☔ BLADE RUNNER SPECIAL 😢 ☔ Panacea - Tron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bSnDjEGbE8 Callisto - Bounce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MefMNyFcZ4 Theo Parrish - Solitary Flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7tfNm-hi0A Hypnosis - End Title (Blade Runner) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRS3jQDNMyY Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers Produced and Edited by Rachelle Rahme Mixed by David Tatasciore basecampbeta808@gmail.com

BCB016 - Blog House (Seltzer Mix) Feat Steve Mizek Aug 05, 2019

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Steve Mizek - of Little White Earbuds and Argot Records fame - joins us this week to talk about the heyday of mp3 blogs and the many ways in which the music media landscape has changed since then. We ruminate on the importance of the record label in 2019, worry about mid-2000s blog house returning, and mourn the death of the mix podcast by remembering some of our favorites. *patreon* *patreon* *patreon* www.patreon.com/basecampbeta *patreon* *patreon* *patreon* LWE Podcast 149 Levon Vincent http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/podcast/lwe-podcast-149-levon-vincent/#.XUghLZNKhE5 LWE Podcast 29 Black Jazz Consortium http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/podcast/lwe-podcast-29-fred-p/#.XUgeypNKhE5 LWE Podcast 5 Tama Sumo http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/podcast/lwe-podcast-05-tama-sumo/#.XUghvpNKhE4 LWE Podcast 14 DJ Sprinkles http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/podcast/lwe-podcast-14-dj-sprinkles/#.XUghcpNKhE4 Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers Produced and Edited by Rachelle Rahme Mixed by David Tatasciore basecampbeta808@gmail.com

BCB015 - Couldn’t Get Evicted With Nihar Bhatt Jul 23, 2019

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We’re joined this week by Nihar Bhatt - producer, DJ, party thrower, and label partner of CZ. We talk about San Francisco, the “canary in the coalmine of capitalism”, and reminisce about the constantly changing (read: getting evicted) party scene in the Bay Area. We try to tackle the issues of scarcity in the music scene and try to imagine a future where everyone can throw the cybergoth party that they want to. We talk about lots of great music, and then we talk about Mike Rutherford’s yacht-funk banger “Couldn’t Get Arrested” - the musical equivalent of 1973’s Burt Reynolds classic White Lightning. Note: this is the Baldelli mix that broke Shawn’s brain, then ours, now hopefully yours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU6yg5SFV_g *patreon* *patreon* *patreon* www.patreon.com/basecampbeta *patreon* *patreon* *patreon* Autechre Warp Tapes 89-93 https://autechre.wetransfer.com/downloads/3ced4067d9a7754dbdee72ff25191a9820190624140839/05ebe9 The Connection Machine - Primer’s Mite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyylkMHpsNo Speedy J - Drill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssRJxQxjAd4 Mike Rutherford - Couldn’t Get Arrested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSM6qKVM5PE Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers Produced and Edited by Rachelle Rahme Mixed by David Tatasciore basecampbeta808@gmail.com

BCB014 - Witch House Never Dies feat Sybil Jason Jul 10, 2019

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A spectre is haunting music - the undying spectre of witch house. Sybil Jason aka Farced joins us for this week’s Base Camp Beta where we for some reason talk about witch house and how it never really went away. We also talk about DIY culture and the lengths one used to have to go to before the internet (say, having to go trackdown bootleg CDs in Jersey City) as opposed to a cultural cosplay now facilitated by the internet. We also talk about our favorite Marc Trauner/Arcadipane tracks (Chris forgot to pick one - it would have been Pitch-Hiker or Atmos-Fear, both of which Shawn brings up anyway). Take your brain pills for this one - it’s an episode where only the strong willed survive - only Sybil and Chris made it to the end. *patreon* *patreon* *patreon* www.patreon.com/basecampbeta *patreon* *patreon* *patreon* Salem at Faderfort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88zQ_sf6BMg Sandstorm on eight floppy drives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFmC7hd1hno Hardcore techno logos https://hardcore-techno-logos-blog.tumblr.com/page/2 Trauner Trax Cassegrain - Trappist (The Mover Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlRPHFLeH9U Mescalinum United - Into Mekong Center (Mekong Score Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_d0kBpDyd0 Cypher - Frozen Boom Erection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjJ2QyI4-BQ Suburban Soul - City Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSj725hvhhg Pilldriver - Pitch-Hiker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E53IM0jF-s Rave Creator & The Mover - Atmos-Fear https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=9atKkvkhF_0 Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers Produced and Edited by Rachelle Rahme Mixed by David Tatasciore basecampbeta808@gmail.com

BCB013 - The Beach Beneath the Subway feat Ania and Maroje Jul 05, 2019

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Never mind your half eaten hot dog, welcome to BCB, episode 13 in which we talk: Weird Science with Ania Waluk and Maroje Tabakovic, future communes, mountains vs. the beach, the frightening skeleton of Ocean City (NJ), TM, NY vs Chicago hot dogs, saxophone as the hot dog of the music world, how Subway changed my life. We also discuss songs from Tenor Saw, Five or Six, Tuxedomoon, and Hauster. Not included is Rachelle’s revelation on her theory of Tuxedomoon’s “59 to 1”, here reproduced in précis for posterity: “59 to 1 by Tuxedomoon is about temporality under capitalism. Not Andy Warhol’s 15 minutes of fame; we actually have a fraction of that: 1 second. And how do we express ourselves under capitalism in one second? With the ‘I.’ What is most unique about us, our individuality, is reproduced in a uniform gesture, a tick on the clock. It is also a political gesture, the vote via ‘say I,’ - ‘I.’ And in this way, it is what turns us against one another as enemies or towards one another as allies.” Including music by: Tenor Saw - Original Pumpkin Belly https://youtu.be/jCLQSJE2-x8 Five or Six - Another Reason https://youtu.be/ZV3eaIRewCY Tuxedomoon - 59 to 1 https://youtu.be/ZTWgq9R1JPA Hauster - Ena https://youtu.be/ipYGL3jFXfQ Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers Produced and Edited by Rachelle Rahme Mixed by Shawn O’Sullivan basecampbeta808@gmail.com

BCB012 - Base Camp Burning Man Fundraiser Jun 25, 2019

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Base Camp Basic this week with the original zoo crew - no guests - just pure, uncut base camp. We talk about the Boiler Room, Burning Man, and the Grateful Dead. Like any trip, though, you gotta break on through to the other side where we actually talk about good music like Stephen Mallinder, Duet Emmo, and *ahem* electro-industrial. Any way, help give us all steampunk makeovers for our big Burning Man trip by signing up for the Patreon www.patreon.com/basecampbeta seE yOU ~on~ ~p~l~a~y~a~ ♥♥♥ Jean Michel Jarre with all his gear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_E8aGx777Q Klaus Schulze - Cellestica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGfcPT5qdS8 Stephen Mallinder - Cool Down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MI62Kvryqs Snog - Cliche https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fae7qQSiRUA Duet Emmo - The First Person https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Wl5HqKp_I Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers Produced and Edited by Rachelle Rahme Mixed by Dave Tatasciore basecampbeta808@gmail.com

BCB011 - Mumbo Sauce With Tajh Morris Jun 20, 2019

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Tajh Morris aka Turtle Bugg moved to Detroit last year and misses five things about New York - on this week’s episode, we investigate those five things while snacking and drinking (as usual) and recording our first offsite episode at Base Camp Uptown (Chris’ apartment). We get progressively drunk and stoned and start to ramble about Heaven 17, politics in pop music, and learning. We also talk about the two kings of early 80s funk: Morris Day and Donald Fagen. The Time - Get It Up www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuniNLHhsfI Donald Fagen - I.G.Y. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ueivjr3f8xg Heaven 17 - Temptation www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWkULcx0Ck0 Base Camp Beta is made possible with the support of our generous patrons. Check out our Patreon here: www.patreon.com/basecampbeta Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers Produced and Edited by Rachelle Rahme Mixed by Dave Tatasciore basecampbeta808@gmail.com

BCB010 - With Long Time Listener, First Time Caller Anthony Parasole Jun 11, 2019

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It’s guys night on the podcast, so friend of the show Anthony Parasole stops by to talk guy shit: John Carpenter, Thom Yorke’s moany-ass voice, virtual clubbing, and why you may as well toss a suitcase full of cash out of a helicopter instead of press a record. We talk a lot of music, too - focusing on Synewave classics, Damon Wild, Tommy Musto, Dennis Ferrer, Success-N-Effect, and The The. And we take some calls from our loyal listeners who have a lot to say about James Dolan. Dolan “Sell The Team” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwZ5rEudAps Norman - Greenroom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEUcNfA8FCc Frankie Bones’ Discogs comment on Success-N-Effect’s “Roll It Up” https://www.discogs.com/Success-N-Effect-Freeze-Roll-It-Up/master/71491 Morph - Stormwatch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqLYBr8cmlo Xperiment - Karn Evil #10 Dub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVwLF_B0Aig The The - Giant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unVf6EUX2GU Base Camp Beta is recorded at Control - www.ctrl-mod.com - and is made possible with the support of our generous patrons. Check out our Patreon here: www.patreon.com/basecampbeta Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers Produced and Edited by Rachelle Rahme Mixed by Dave Tatasciore basecampbeta808@gmail.com

BCB009 — The Silence Of The Juuls feat Selwa Abd Jun 05, 2019

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This week’s Base Camp Beta, our ninth episode, features Moroccan-born, New York-based special guest Selwa Abd, better known by her musical alias Bergsonist, with bonus appearance by Greg Zifcak aka Wav Dwgs and part of Eats Tapes. We talk the vagaries of sharing and discovering music in the digital era, playing live shows with very little to no prior experience, going out on a Tuesday night to see your friends spin Krautrock records to a crowd of four (yourself included) at bars with names like “Daddy’s,” the encroaching tide of professionalism in underground electronic music, the dearth of actual physical community/social spaces for musicians and music fans, and Pick Up The Flow, a NYC-based attempt to remedy that lack of community, founded by Selwa herself. Music-wise, we talk a classic Wax Trax cut by Dwayne and cEvin from Skinny Puppy with Bill Leeb on vox; Model 500's “Pick Up The Flow,” the inspiration for the previously mentioned DIY sharing community; and contemporary trap and hip-hop from Morocco. Oh, and we talk about Gong. Yeah, Gong. Way to kill the vibe, Shawn. Cyberaktif - Nothing Stays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwgwS0WSg7E Model 500 - Pick Up The Flow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP53ypyiqyM ISSAM - Trap Beldi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcpAh78saoo Gong - Fohat Digs Holes In Space (Nanterre University 26/04/72) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-rN-S1qKjo Base Camp Beta is brought to you from Control - www.ctrl-mod.com - and is made possible with the support of our generous patrons. Check out our Patreon here: www.patreon.com/basecampbeta Opening music: Beau Wanzer - Basement Dwellers Produced and Edited by Rachelle Rahme Mixed by Dave Tatasciore basecampbeta808@gmail.com

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