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).

Episode 120 ~ Jamie Cowling poetics + Kalveronic guestmix

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).

Episode 122 ~ UK Couple’s Lifechanging National Park Tour + DJ Rambo Guestmix

In this week's episode we play ambient-influenced tunes from Andre 3000 and ThenVersusNow and dance numbers from Barry Can't Swim and Jem Cooke, before sprinkling in some #poppunk and #midwest #emo.

And we'll play our interview with investor Jay Eum about the implication of the APEC summit in San Francisco, not too far away.

But it all leads up to our documentary about the 2023 O'Neill Coldwater Classic that went down last weekend in Santa Cruz. We even managed to score interviews with the big winners—Michael Dunphy and Autumn Hays.

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

Episode 129 ~ Santa Cruz local Autumn Hays = 2023 Coldwater Classic champion

We chilled out for January (and I hope you enjoyed the "mixtapes" in the meantime) but now we're back, with a vengeance!

We've been collecting-up plenty of oceanic content and delicious electronic tracks for y'all to take in. And I hope you're ready for what's about to be unleashed.

Because this week we're taking stock of things from the white sands and emerald seas of Carmel Beach, interviewing bodysurfers during the first-ever USA Bodysurfing competition at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz and then handing over the keys to DJ Ergot for his second guest mix for the Frequency Horizon.

Tune in each week at kpcr.org from 10-midnight pacific time or 92.9FM in the Los Gatos / San Jose area.

Episode 133 ~ Carmel Beach musings, USA Bodysurfing @ Steamer Lane, DJ Ergot returns

Do you ever wonder how California plans to handle global warming? Are you curious about the longterm impacts of last year's storms (you know, the ones that were so bad they were categorized as natural disasters)?

Well, on today's Frequency Horizon program, we have the answers. Because we'll interview a trucker hauling giant boulders from the Cali interior to West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz. Plus, we bump into the dude who makes those 3D-printed surf fins he says could democratize surfing in the Third World. And I'll get myself a new surfboard (finally).

And in the second hour, DJ Melisa returns for her second guestmix, just after a move to Las Vegas to link up with a new newspaper.

There's plenty of bangers, atmospheric numbers, chill and energetic tracks on offer. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 134 ~ New surfboard, trucker solidifies the coast, DJ Melisa (Las Vegas)

From hitting the waves at Montara State Beach during a milky twilight, to reconnecting with Fava MC (and discovering he's a teacher back in Germany), to getting to meet my favourite author Sheila Heti (who also happens to be Canadian but has a rad global outlook), I’ve been reminded of just how magical life can be. (Not to mention I put out my second-ever newspaper as an official editor).

https://www.sheilaheti.com/

I learned more about arranging sentences from a delightfully quirky yet utterly confident literary master, about managing frequencies on the fly in a live club environment (@mcfava), and pondered how natural forces can change your life in an instant. And I'm sharing it all with you guys—to a curated electronic music soundtrack.

Plus, I got a surprise DJ mix sent over from none other than Italian mixmaster Michael B DJ (@michaelbofficial). Hope you enjoy!

Episode 135 ~ How Sheila Heti arranges her sentences, MC Fava sings, Michael B DJ mix (Italy)

In this week's episode of the Frequency Horizon (broadcast on Pirate Cat Radio just as 38 inches of snowfall was underway), we offer an on-the-slope view of how one independent ski hill (Sierra-at-Tahoe) is doing a couple years after a devastating wildfire ripped through the property. Shout-out to the marketing department for giving us a behind-the-scenes look at how a local-focused mountain ticks.

We take you inside a Heavenly gondola of the sort made famous where a pour soul got trapped inside overnight a few weeks back.

And we hear firsthand from "lifties" themselves 1. About what it was like to cope with a slow start to the season and 2. Some of the underground DJs tearin' up the Legion dancefloors this year.

Given the recent suspected fentanyl deaths in town, we'll cap off the episode with an interview with State Senator Dave Cortese about efforts underway in Sacramento to get a handle on the overdose crisis.

Of course, we weave it all together with some top-shelf tune-age to help get you fired up to hop on a lift and carve some quality turns.

Theme: Butterflywingtip "BBB"

Tune-in live each week at kpcr.org or via the Pirate Cat Radio analog feed at 92.9FM in Los Gatos and San Jose!

Episode 136 ~ The Lake Tahoe Edition

We go from a rainy surf at Steamer Lane on a Wednesday evening in Santa Cruz, to linking up with some dudes who appeared on the Frequency Horizon a few years back (when we were on the air in Canada).

We’ll check out the London Elektricity show in Oakland.

And DJ Melisa delivers her third guestmix… just days after we land on the cover of Metro Silicon Valley (at least as part of a sidebar)!

Here's the songs she played in case you want to purchase them from the artists who created them...

1. “Intro” — Alan Braxe, Fred Falke
@braxe1 @fredfalke

2. “Haven’t You Heard” — Alan Fitzpatrick, Patrice Rushen
@alanfitzpatrick, @patricerushen
 
3. “system” — salute
@saluteaut

4. “mr useless” — shygirl and sg lewis
@0800shygirl

5. “Saving Up” — Dom Dolla
@domdolla

6. “No Regrets” — Catz ‘n Dogz.
@catzndogz

7. “Seismic” — AC Slater, Chris Lorenzo, Fly with Us
@acslater, @chris-lorenzo-1

8. “Release Me”— Mark Knight, Armand Van Helden
@markknight, @armandvanhelden

9. “If I Can't Get Down” — Mike Dunn, Mousse T
@mousset

 10. “Lose My Mind” — Jamie Jones
@jamie-jones

 11. “Like the Old Days”  — Barry Can’t Swim
@barrycantswim

 12. “e-motions” — Erika de Casier, mura masa
@erikacasier, @muramasamusic

13. “To Love Again” — Vandelux, Sofia Kourtesis
@vandelux, @sofia-kourtesis

14. “3am” — Baauer, AJ Tracey, Jae Stephens
@baauer

This episode first appeared on 92.9 FM Pirate Cat Radio in Los Gatos California.

Tune in each week from 10-midnight Friday on kpcr.org or via the Pirate Cat Radio station on the TuneIn app.

Episode 139 ~ Meeting Sam + Jake @ Kirkwood; London Elektricity in Oakland; DJ Melisa: guestmix #3

Since the solar eclipse rolled through North America this week, we decided to replay our mini-doc from the 2017 Oregon Eclipse music fest.

DJ Little John was at that event. And in this we have the first-ever "sneak peek" mini-mix from him—straight outta Shanty Shack, in Santa Cruz.

This show first aired on 92.9FM Pirate Cat Radio in Los Gatos, California. Tune in each Friday at kpcr.org from 10-midnight.

Episode 140 ~ Flashback to Eclipse 2017; DJ Little John @ Shanty Shack

A couple European exchange students we meet by the beach in their van have a surprisingly inspiring perspective on journalistic possibilities.

DJ Yuka Yu (@yukaswat) teaches the fundamentals of electronic music mixing.

And our program manager randomly appears when when I'm surfing instead of completing my show—and yet it's kinda awesome...

Episode 141 ~ Casual Steamer Lane Friday; Yuka Yu interview; Dutch exchange students

In addition to a varied music stream of chill proportions, we'll take you on a hike in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park and contemplate the benefits of surfing with a pair of rad Guatemalan brothers just north of Santa Cruz.

Tune-in live every Friday night from 10-midnight on 92.9FM Pirate Cat Radio kpcr.org.

Episode 142 ~ Henry Cowell hike + surfing with the Guatemalan bros

We check out the various booths along East Cliff during the Logjam Longboard surf competition.

And WYA? (Where You At, from San Jose) provides a dope guestmix in the second half of the show.

This is the Frequency Horizon!

Tune in live each week from 10-midnight on Friday on kpcr.org or 92.9FM in Los Gatos, California (or Campbell or San Jose).

#staychill #surfing #ocean #waves #edm #electronicmusic #rad

Episode 143 ~ Logjam longboard comp @ Pleasure Point; WYA? guestmix

We've got plenty of chill-but-dancey tunes + dream pop-esque vibes this week:

-We interact with a beachcomber (+ a surfer going out) on a relatively small day at Pleasure Point.

-Plus @ANDON delivers a #deephouse guestmix in the second hour of the show.

Episode 144 ~ Pleasure Point beachcomber + ANDON guestmix

Mat calls in from Long Beach in the Tofino-Ucluelet area of Vancouver Island, Canada.

Plus, San Francisco-based Rave Mom sends in a sick guestmix—and tells us about how she actually grew up in the area our radio station now covers.

Episode 145 ~ Mat calls in from Tofino; Rave Mom guestmix

I fret about whether I'm about to get scammed as I head out to Lightning in a Bottle Music Festival 2024.

And ANDON delivers a fantastic warm-up guestmix called "La Barosa" from across the Atlantic Ocean.

Episode 146 ~ Pre-LIB Music Fest '24 + ANDON's "La Barosa" guestmix

I hit the slopes one final time this season—this time at Palisades Tahoe.

And I head out to Bakersfield, California to take in the wondrous spectacle that is Lightning in a Bottle music festival, checking out sets from the likes of Skrillex, MIA + Rufus du Sol, and even scoring an interview backstage with Nia Archives!

Episode 147 ~ Spring snowboarding + meeting Nia Archives @ LIB Fest 2024

I gathered together a collection of some of my favourite memories from my time producing my Frequency Horizon radio show for Pirate Cat Radio in Los Gatos, California.

In this aircheck, a Guadalajaran DJ gives us a tour of his neighborhood, we take in a dog surfing competition in Pacifica, interview a Canadian with a sense of humor, connect with some French interviewees via a phone booth set up at Burning Man, and are treated to a performance of traditional music at a waterfall in Puerto Vallarta.

Frequency Horizon Pirate Cat Radio Aircheck

NorCal DJ soupANDsalad delivered his second guest mix for the Frequency Horizon podcast, which aired on Pirate Cat Radio 92.9FM, in June 2024.

This hour of music is a recording from an ecstatic dance he played. It's a journey through a wide range of emotions and sounds, and will be good company for your introspective travels—as well as bright summer days.

#dance #vibes #electronicmusic #house #techno #ambient #chill #party #California #broadcast

soupANDsalad's "Ecstatic Dance Mix" for the Frequency Horizon radio show (June 2024)

The third episode of the Frequency Horizon podcast has its highs and lows as we go from the beach to hospital to an accident scene on the Pacific Rim Highway, in what we’re calling the “Take Me to the Hospital" edition.

Here's what's in store:

-My scalp is sliced open with one of the fins of my surfboard, causing me to reluctantly ditch a near-perfect surf excursion.
-Music from @metric-band, @aki-onda, @tycho, @snakehips-1 and @karlysummers and more.
-Update from the Ucluelet police department about a devastating car crash in which one person died and two were sent to hospital.
-Christian Bagirubwira, a Rwandan dude who now calls Tofino home, tells a story involving a machete where things went wrong.

Episode 3 ~ Take Me to the Hospital ~

How will we feed the world in the years to come?

-We do a deep-water dive on the subject of aquaculture, speaking with local Tofino activists Clayoquot Action before they head off to Norway to raise a stink about fish farming.
-We'll take you back to the occupation of open ocean pens by some members of the Ahousaht First Nation and examine its impact, months later.
-Laurie Jensen, communications and corporate sustainability manager, for Cermaq Canada, helps us get into the nuances of ocean farming salmon.
-Music in the segment from @boardsofcanada, @bluelunarmonkey, @oneohtrix-point-never and more (some of which I originally found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQq77ShU-XQ)

Kali-ann Butala visits Tuff City Radio studios to look back on her time in our Vancouver Island community, before heading to Toronto, once again.
-I love the intimate feel of "Runnin' on Tofino Time" (If it doesn't get stuck in your head I will be surprised).

-Plus, track from @oizo-mr-3000, @charlixcx, @ratboyratboy + @yeasayer and @delta-will

Episode 12 ~ Focus on Fish Farming as Kali Runs Out of Tofino Time

This week we we’ll usher you into the program with a “cold open” monologue over the strains of Dub Physix’s “The Clock Ticks.” Then a community choir helps bless the boats as part of the Pacific Rim Whale Festival.

Screenwriter Erin McMullan pops by the studio for a live chat about her thrilling experience attending the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (put on by the folks at www.womeninfilm.ca/) the previous weekend. We’ll take a look at what goes in to turning words into a Hollywood blockbuster and ask her about a memorable #horizon moment.

We have a Vancouver Island musician call in live to the program from Mexican surf town Sayulita. He’ll give us the skinny on the environment @apparat was surrounded by when they created one of their best tracks.

I’ll give you breaking news about public beach access improvements, Tofino’s plan to crack down on Air BnB hosts operating illegally, and give you a sense of the community’s efforts to push British Columbia in a more “green” direction — at least as far as its investments are concerned. (Set to an Infected Mushroom track).

Plus we’ll play music from Calibre, @shogunaudio, @logisticsmusic, + @tiesto; and throw in a couple “Dels” for good measure: @lana-del-rey and @lewis-del-mar (I have a quota of two per episode, so we’ll have to save Del the Funky Homosapien @zartan-drednaught-cobra for next time lol).

*******
Then, we’ll do something we’ve never done before — get heavy down into an experimental synthesizer performance at the hands of temporary #Tofino local Fabian Konrad. And I do mean heavy.

>>>get ready for one hell of a noise/sound/art experiment....

There will be starting and stopping, lush electronics and soundboard switch-ups all live in studio at 90.1 FM Tuff City Radio studio. Expect plenty of emotive moments, live interviews and random recorded performance clips all thrown in together.

(Originally aired March 15, 2016 on 90.1 FM Tuff City Radio, Tofino, B.C., Canada)

Episode 19 ~ Boat blessing, Apparat Sayulita story, Fabian Konrad’s live synth experimentalism

Early on we roll in with some #drumnbass from @memtrix, Beefus B @beefusbruiser (found this via #SoundCloud and I'm lovin' this stuff!), Oliver Heldens @oliverheldens and move into some A.Lias @a-lias49 and Niklas Aman @niklasaman

9:00 - You last heard from Bernardo (https://soundcloud.com/bernieff) when he called in from Mexico during Episode 19 (https://soundcloud.com/frequencyhorizon/episode-19-boat-blessing-apparat-sayulita-story-fabian-konrads-live-synth-experimentalism). This time he's live in studio to tell us about a new intro and teaching kids to use Ableton Live.

11:25 - Sam was a guest on Episode 20, telling us about radio waves involved in theatre. Now she'll tell us about a cloud-catching society she joined that prizes Kelvin-Helmholtz "wave clouds" among the top finds. 

25:45 - I talk about what it was like to participate in a brand new surf competition called the West Coast Weird-Off. We randomly decide to give a bizarre-sounding onesie.

1:04:13 - DJ EM.ASH (@emash) is now an important figure in the Vancouver Island underground electronic music scene, but he once used to put on a four-hour weekly radio show here on 90.1 FM in Tofino. We'll chat with him about the peculiarities of the dance music world on the Island, and he drops a reflective guestmix with a chill arc to the presentation. You're in for a treat.

Tracklist:
What is your name - Martin Buttrich (@martin-buttrich)
Feeling High - Dennis Cruz (@denniscruz)
See Line (Wade Remix) - Dennis Cruz
Core - Joe Red (@joered)
Cape Coast - &ME (@andmeandyou)

Episode 47 ~ Cloud waves, onesie giveaway, DJ mix from EM.ASH

[33:10] - Ian Armstrong, aka Tin Man, came down to Vancouver Island to visit family and hunt Sasquatch. We learn about how searching for Bigfoot with his dog has provided an important avenue for personal growth. 
(Check him out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCezSc35pEWR9Df6-1mjkGzQ) 

[56:58] - Ania Jarda reads Sarah Kane's "Crave" monologue on a trip back from Long Beach.

[1:03:35] - I read from a zine called "doris 32" http://www.dorisdorisdoris.com/zines0

[1:11:15] - Paula launches the #hair4her campaign on Giving Tuesday, telling the Frequency Horizon audience about the overwhelming support she received right away as she fundraised for a new high-quality wig.

[1:42:02] - We meet the Van Rooyens, newlyweds who recently arrived in Tofino from South Africa. They talk about their fondness for Canadian landscapes and having luck with the people they've encountered so far.

Music from @dawnwall, @crookers, @oliverheldens, @maverick-sabre, @okgo, @feist-1

Episode 54 ~ Sasquatch hunting, #Hair4Her GoFundMe campaign, South African newlyweds

It's been a rare thing for me to delve into dubstep and trap territory on my show, but I figured it was at least time to embrace some of these elements -- particularly with the new release from @gjonesbass. It's music that's as spastic as Tofino weather conditions eh? 

Plus, we'll dial up the random inspiration voiceovers and douse you in some solid four-on-the-floor. Because -- why not?

1:20:13 - Luchos is a dude who I met while hitchhiking from Whistler to Vancouver, while working on a segment for Episode 23 of the Frequency Horizon (https://soundcloud.com/frequencyhorizon/episode-23-whistler-adventure-hitchhike-up-badbadnotgood-interview-a-tribe-called-red-shoutout). We ended up talking about travel and what's it's like to work in the Canadian indie film industry. He ended up stopping by Tuff City Radio and camping by the waves. 

Music from: @datsik @diplo @excision @acslater @gjonesbass @boardsofcanada @getterofficial @valentinokhan @johariofficial

Episode 63 ~ Dark days and my convo with a Canadian indie film creator

DJ Ginger Slice (@ginga-slice) is back in Tofino while she continues to work on a bass-heavy EP. I know you can't wait for what she'll drop, and I can assure you there's some gems in there for sure.

"You have to go in there with an optimistic, curious point of view -- and enjoy it," she urges music creators.

1:19:11 - We bring you some random bunny facts and talk about the Best of Tofino results from the illustrious Tofino Time (http://www.tofinotime.com/) magazine.

Music by:
Teddy Killerz @teddykillerz, Annix @annixdnb, Pendulum @Pendulum, High Contrast @highcontrast, Tchami @iamtchami, Benny L @bennyldnb, Serum @serum, Ragga Twinz @flintz, Oliver Heldens @oliverheldens

Episode 64 ~ DJ Ginger Slice brings the hype to Tuff City Radio

Morphing into a new phase, I head down the West Coast, meeting electronic music producers and filmmakers, and start to come to a deep appreciation of what Los Angeles is all about.

34:05 - First we'll weave dope electronic tunes together, as always, along with a night out in Seattle -- including a lesson on brostep history from the Shift Crew @press_shift and watching a truck hit a car then drive away with supreme arrogance.

1:06:29 - Rad Reviews: Henry Metal @user-194436281, Jason Vitelli @jasonvitellimusic, Meanr Mynr @meanrmynr, Joel Phil @joelphil, Yaysh @yayshplz

Music: @moderat-official, @dc-breaks-uk, @the-black-eyed-peas-official, @dannybyrdmusic, @othersdubstep, @tippermusic, @filwoody, @fortromeau, @gruen_glas_music, @ocandverde (track of the week).

Includes an interview with Leonard Avance @user-369863709 about his first ever track! At the time he was going to call it Beauty, but ended up going with the title Runaway for the song he ultimately shared with the podcast.

1:30:50 - And we cruise around LA's freeway network on Golden Globes night with director Richard Fox, who helps us contemplate how music is a universal language, something he's making a documentary about.

For other podcasts from Frequency Horizon Productions check out: 

StandUp SpeakUp - Episode 37: The Deadly Truth of Ocean Life > https://standupspeakup.podbean.com/e/episode-37-the-deadly-truth-of-ocean-life/

StandUp SpeakUp - Episode ​35: Motorcycle Gangster Begins Again >
https://standupspeakup.podbean.com/e/episode-%E2%80%8B35-motorcycle-gangster-begins-again/

Episode 98 ~ LA Transitional pt. 1

We enjoy moving into the triple podcast digits with an episode that's full #fire from beginning to end !!!

Cold Open: We hit up a celebration of Los Angeles drum n' bass promoters reaching their own milestone > 1,000 editions of the weekly Respect night. In the downtown LA warehouse they had LTJ Bukem, the man known for invigorating atmospheric and liquid drum n' bass genres at the point of inception (who Blue Lunar Monkey @bluelunarmonkey had nothing but good things to say about playing alongside), to make it official. @ltj-bukem

9:20 - Emmy award-winning writer and executive producer with Seinfeld, Simpson and Rocko's Modern Life credits to his name, Ron Hauge steps into the Frequency Horizon limelight after brunch. You'll have to listen to find out why he told us: "I'm on drugs."

17:40 - Rafa the Brazilian psytrance DJ known as Nitrous comes to LA and is thrilled to be in Koreatown. He's trying to get new clients and improve his English. @djnitrous

41:06 - We meet a Santa Monica character who claimed to be an original Motley Crue member. Odean tells us about his plan to frustrate PETA.

48:00 - Deadmau5 decided it was time to do a full orchestra-electronic mash-up in an extremely professional manner. The energy at the second day of the Where's the Drop? festivities at LA's the Wiltern was moving. The sincerity of the production was thrilling. And even though some were surprised it didn't break out into a full-on dance party, you could almost hear personal music growth happening all around. Musical director Gregory Reveret did an amazing job.

1:05:45 - Rad Reviews: Ajay Mathur - Little Boat (@ajaymathurmusic)
Ryan Hutchens - The Last 10 Years (@ryanhutchens)
Good Field - Surface Tension (@goodfieldband)

1:13:46 - We muse on the legalization of recreational weed (in California and soon in Canada) from Hollywood in a very legit on-the-street yet typically Frequency Horizon-remix fashion.

1:23:24 - I headed through the hills to West Hollywood and squeaked into the LA premiere of Come Sunday, the brand new Netflix production from podcast and public radio kings This American Life. We'll put it in front of the ole' #ambient looking glass to see what deeper perspective might shine through. Here we'll give you a glimpse of how Ira Glass handled a potential pitfall during the QnA and hint at the significance of meeting a potent broadcaster. @this-american-life
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1690967/

Music: @churchoftheundecided @montydnb1 @spydnb @gred_music @crestofthesyndicate @blackdownofficial @overjoymusic @piezopz @u-ziq-official @unknownmortalorchestra @kidnap_music @nthngnthng @hot_chip @toddterje @mario-basanov @flightfacilities @oberonorebo 

Track of the week from: @superpitcher_official @r-srecords
https://soundcloud.com/r-srecords/talaboman-dins-el-llit-superpitcher-remix-1

Episode 100 ~ LTJ Bukem, Deadmau5 orchestral, Emmy award-winner, This American Life's premiere

Let's start with a quick surf story, Cali-style. And then an epic "Calypso" dancer intro...

-We shout-out Greg Reveret, the composer who worked with Deadmau5 (@deadmau5) on the Where’s the Drop? album, after he connects with us on the Twitter machine. Thanks for the social love Greg. Such inspirational work dude btw! 
Follow him here: https://twitter.com/GregReveret

39:10 - 
Rad Reviews: Gideon King & City Blog “Upscale Madhouse” @user-107470090
Halfwait “The Official” @halfwait
Eric Frisch “Water Into Gold EP” @ericfrisch

1:08:35 - Crooked Flower “Blooming - The Light Rail Sessions” @crookedflower

31:52 - Calgary producer Indiazi, in the midst of Stampede madness north or the border, explains the method behind the madness of Asiatic Shores. I love how beaches come into the mix for her. @indiazi

1:23:25 - We head to the CNN building in Hollywood and catch them playing one of the best Boards of Canada tracks of all time over their exterior speakers, as immigration discussion rages on the TV in the middle of the night. @boardsofcanada @cnn

1:29:15 - Okay, back to Venice Beach to walk along the strand and hit up the skatepark. But the helicopters are circling, once again, up along Abbot Kinney Blvd., and we get the low-down on crime in action from some young skaters nearly caught up in the action.

1:32:33 - America Fuck Yeah! We head to a Fourth of July parade that actually kicked off with parachuters and a ridiculously emphatic USA chant in the Pacific Palisades. Hope you enjoy some of the on-the-spot audio and commentary we have to serve up like apple pie.

1:39:35 - I hopped on the bus and headed to Westwood in mid-afternoon. I bumped into Matthew Koehler (pictured), a 22-year-old from Missouri, and I randomly asked if he wanted to share some of his unique thoughts on his pad of yellow legal paper. I was pleasantly surprised by the result. Here’s how he describes the stream of consciousness poetry: “This is just a concept that I kinda tousled with in my astral imagination. It’s about the mechanics of movement, motion, intention, desire and how we marry all those together within our chakras.”

Music: Logistics, Hybrid Minds @hybridminds, Optic Rose, Marcus Intalex @marcusintalex, Klangkarussel, Ivy Lab @ivylab, Guy J @guy-j, Dead Mans Chest @dead-mans-chest, M.F.S. Observatory @mfs-observatory-1, Ross From Friends @rossfromfriends, Rufus du Sol @rufusdusol, Sim Hutchins @simhutchins

Track of the Week: Can't Get Enough by Rene LaVice @renelavice featuring Isaac Evans.
https://soundcloud.com/renelavice/cant-get-enough-feat-isaac

Episode 101 ~ Venice Skaters Witness Burglary, USA! Parade, Astral Poetry

Straight from my new lab on the Silverlake hillside, to the world beyond, we've got "heroic" connex, heatwave #vibes, and face-to-face moments with some of the most respected names in the game...

1:15:54 - *Interview with K-Town Oddity: We head to the Line (boutique) Hotel in Koreatown for the Stones Throw records pool party. Here we even shout-out Anthony Bourdain RIP in our own way right quick. @stonesthrow

1:49:00 - We head to an art show put on by @kcrw at the Hammer Museum and witness turntable maestro Cut Chemist @cut-chemist in action. While waiting to interview the man, I randomly encounter #Canadian broadcast icon George Stroumboulopoulos aka Strombo right there in the Westwood concrete jungles (of LA). Check out his podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheStromboShow

Music: @nero, @dancaplen, @calyxteebee, @caribouband, @bert_h, @elaxmusic, @bajaajax, @max-cooper, @aphex-twin-official, @tomtrago, @t-e-e-d, @jungle-8, @kolsch, @tiga, @paolomartinidj, @rune-recordings, @user-477471467, @maxim-lutr, @sudanarchives, @stillcorners, @A-Beacon-School, @air-k-cephei

Rad Reviews: 
1:10:40 - Andrew Reed @andrewreed-1, Taylor James, Mah-Ze-Tar, The Slang @theslangrock

Episode 102 ~ Cut Chemist Interview, Stones Throw Pool Party, Strombo Encounter

This we go on an in-depth tour of LA's Little Tokyo with infamous video gamer Chazo (you can read about him here: http://supersmashbrosgeneral.wikia.com/wiki/Chazo). 

He'll tell me how anime is a community based on much more than overly sexualized imagery and hilarious theme songs -- and he'll try to kick my ass at the arcade.

Check him out on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/chazostatue

33:54 - After a few trips to West Hollywood council in my cross-town rambles, I decided it might be appropriate to mash up a public address from @goingdeepwithchadandjt with Vespa by Bicep. I mean, who can argue with adding in some historical context of the ancient vespa debate vis-a-vis our modern trials and tribulations with the e-scooter? You should follow those dudes now. Also, it even led to the actual Mayor Pro Tem to actually tune in to this very podcast. Expect more civic-ambient mash-ups in the episodes to come...

48:16 - And I meet up with dnb mainstay @marcus-visionary as he graces East LA with #heavy jungle and #liquid rollers.

1:11:29 - Rad Reviews - Deb Montgomery "All the Water", Elza "Nothing's Wrong" @elzanoise, The Goldwyn Experiment "Avenue B" @thegoldwynexperiment

Music in the episode from: @bloodorange, @dannylharle, @dialogg, @easyfun, @iiris, @spacehardware, @feelmybicep, @jubei-1, @king-krule, @devonlisinski, @houndstoothlbl, @forestswords, @hannahdiamond, @nightbassrecords, @denissulta, @hauznated, @prince_rama-1 + @duskymusic

Theme: @nasoshnik

Episode 103 ~ Little Tokyo Romp + Marcus Visionary in East LA

I made it through a year of highs and lows in the City of Angels!

So lets fire up the Aphex Twin (@aphex-twin-official) and contemplate how far we've all made it in the last 12. It's crazy to think in that time I've managed to live in Los Feliz, Venice Beach, Westwood, Koreatown and Silverlake (and everywhere in between and beyond, right?). Plus, I've done a wide assortment of gigs in the process -- background acting, videography, podcasting, fresh salad seller, fine dining server and more.

We start with some clips from a Werner Herzog doc about crashing in the jungle. And I describe one particular post-club tableau, following an epic drum n' bass night with DJ Goldie at the helm (@metalheadz).

Plus we'll take you with us down to a public #art show breathing new life into a concrete spaceship-looking sculpture that never really worked properly. The six-story, 60-ton Triforium by artist Joseph Young was supposed to exude synchronicity through 1,494 multi-coloured glass prisms. But symbolic of DTLA itself, its futuristic dreams came smack up against the challenges of reality. Luckily the Triforium Project captivated Los Angeles by finding workarounds to get the thing up and running again for a series of super cool shows. 

1:26:35 -
Original performances created specifically for the public art show by:

$3.33 (@thr33thirtythr33) with "Celestial Spam"
Ben Babbitt (@benbabbitt) with "The Pull of the Swerve"
And Ben Browning (@benbrowning) of Cut Copy (@cutcopy) with "Light Minded People"

Music: Nympho (@nymphoofficial), Forest Swords (@forestswords), Fred V & Grafix (@fredvgrafix), KOAN Sound (@koan-sound), Kolsch (@kolsch), Mefjus (@mefjus), MorMor (@mormor_music), Orbital (@orbital-4), Polo & Pan (@polo-pan), Objekt (keinobjekt), Oz (@co-lab-recordings-uk), Shimon (@shimon-audioporn), Benny L (@bennyldnb), Souls of Mischief (@soulsofmischief), N'to (@ntonto), Worakls (@worakls), 16 Bit Lolitas (@16bitlolitas), Camp Lo (@camploofficial)

44:02 -
Rad Reviews of: Weather McNabb (@user-75280168) and Post Death Soundtrack (@postdeathsoundtrack)

Episode 104 ~ Post-Goldie Reflections, Triforium Rebirth, Public Radio Training Begins

This time 'round we feature a longform interview with Coachella headliners RÜFÜS DU SOL...

13:31 - Rufus Du Sol interview
1:18:37 – Unique "RIP dispatch" from Desert Hearts 2019 music fest for my grandfather
1:37:20 - First “cut copy” broadcast on KCRW in Los Angeles.

Read my full article with Rufus du Sol and see an amazing photoshoot in the pages of Flaunt magazine:
https://www.flaunt.com/store/issue-165

Tracklist >>>

Bassnectar & Hailo “Irresistible Force (Reflective Part 4)”
http://smarturl.it/reflective4

Marie Davidson “Work It (Soulwax Remix)”
https://mariedavidson.bandcamp.com/album/work-it-soulwax-remix

Zheani “The Question”
https://zheani.lnk.to/THELINE

Rufus Du Sol “Innerbloom”
https://sweatitout.lnk.to/bloom

Rufus Du Sol “Sun Dream”
http://smarturl.it/DesertNightEP

Nicholas Jaar - “I Never Dream” from the Against All Logic album
https://store.other-people.net/music/artist/71352-against-all-logic

Sub Focus & Dimension “Desire”
https://subfocus.lnk.to/Desire?utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=referral

Rufus du Sol “Until the Sun Needs to Rise”
https://www.amazon.com/Until-Sun-Needs-Rise/dp/B01APT6JKA

Rufus du Sol “New Sky”
https://rufusdusol.lnk.to/solace

Rufus du Sol “Lost in My Mind”
https://rufusdusol.lnk.to/Solace

Tycho “Easy”
https://tycho.lnk.to/weatherYo

Spooky “Schmoo”
https://open.spotify.com/track/12l2Y9ri6cbd8IrdTO4in9?autoplay=true&v=T

Moonbootica “June”
https://open.spotify.com/track/168dBkZoPSdAa8ZVqP6qvH?autoplay=true&v=T

Eliminate “Weeble Wobble”
http://classic.beatport.com/track/weeble-wobble-original-mix/11656722

1:18:37 – Unique tribute to my grandfather who figured in Episode 105 (https://soundcloud.com/frequencyhorizon/episode-105-midnight-criminal-pickup-pair-of-originals-parking-lot-rap) and Episode 56 (https://soundcloud.com/frequencyhorizon/episode-56-grandma-im-in-jail-digital-advertising-world-car-in-the-ditch)

Kincaid & Sinal “Long Haul Flight Bathroom Romance Scene”
https://www.beatport.com/release/long-haul-ep/2096692

Alix Perez “Melodrama”
https://lnk.bio/pMhY

1:37:20 - My first “cut copy” read out on Los Angeles airwaves during NPR member station KCRW’s All Things Considered broadcast on May 15, 2019 (read by host Larry Perel).

UMEK “Brethren” 
https://www.beatport.com/track/brethren-original-mix/11664212

Off the Meds “Belter (Joy O Belly Mix)”
http://smarturl.it/offthemedsbelter

Bangkok Impact “Aspirin”
https://cremeorganization.bandcamp.com/album/aspirin-junge-dame-cro-12-03

Jean-Jacques Perrey “EVA”
https://open.spotify.com/track/4nQNNwnIUUmFzVOcVVJCk1?autoplay=true&v=T

Episode 106 ~ RÜFÜS DU SOL Interview, Festival RIP Dispatch + 1st NPR Words

From connecting with the innovative All Gas No Brakes crew of YouTubers in Echo Park, to tense moments with Mexican authorities on surf and dental jaunts south of the border, to a heartfelt memorial segment to early-adopter Dylan Roberts, to a 30-minute chat with melodic techno DJ Christian Löffler, there's quite a bit on offer in our debut Dublab "Guest Session."

First aired on Dublab Radio Dec. 27, 2020 from 8-10 p.m. Pacific.
(Listen on dublab: https://www.dublab.com/archive/frequency-horizon-guest-session-12-27-20)

TRACKLIST:
Biig Piig @biiggpiigg “Switch”
~Intro~ Ott @ottsonic “Smoked Glass and Chrome” 
Bop @bop x Subwave @subwave “Lo-Fi Romance” 
Bachelors of Science @bachelorsofscience, Eko Zu @ekozumusic & MC Dre “Ride the Wave” 
DJ Marky and SPY @spydnb “Mystic Sunset” 
X&G @xandg “Control”

~All Gas No Brakes Segment [21:45]~
DJ Screw: Big Floyd ft. Chris Ward & AD “Sittin’ On Top of the World” (@dj-screw-mixtapes I think)
Choke “I’ve Told Myself a Thousand Times” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6r4PUfC50c
STRFKR “Golden Light” @starfucker_usa
[SFM] “Time Traveler” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAu_fYHZKLs
The Avalanches @theavalanches “Wherever You Go ft. Jamie xx @jamie-xx-official, Neneh Cherry @neneh-cherry, CLYPSO” 
Calibre @calibresignature “End of Meaning”

~Honoring Key Listeners Michael Poole and Dylan Roberts [34:15]~
Monuman @monuman “Hurts When I’m With You” 
Mark System @marksystem “Optix” 
Rayn @rayndnb & Joely “Patchwork” 

~Mexico pt. 1 [48:05]~
Mystic State @mysticstate “Evermore (War @wardnb remix)” 
Nelver @nelver & Ian Urbina “Ocean of Rain” @user-336761701
Urbandawn @urbandawndnb “Sleeping Awake” 

~Christian Löffler @christianloeffler Interview pt. 1 [1:02:00]~
Christian Löffler “Eleven (feat. Mohna)” 
Christian Löffler “Pastoral” 
Christian Löffler “Lys (feat. Menke)” 
Fehrplay @fehrplay “Reach”
Boris Brejcha @boris-brejcha feat. Ginger “Happinezz (edit)” 
Face to Face “I Won’t Lie Down (Frequency Horizon’s Spoken-Kombat mashup)” @frequencyhorizon 
Clown Core "Flat Earth" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDGfxKKI5jew1CrrBrEUMhw

~Mexico pt. 2 [1:25:48]~
Dillinja @dillinja “Hard Noise (Break remix)” @officialvalverecordings
Shlohmo “Heaven Inc.” @shlohmo

~Christian Löffler Interview pt. 2 [1:31:30]~
Christian Löffler “Fate” 
Christian Löffler “Weiß” 
Christian Löffler “Funebre” 
Christian Löffler feat. Mohna “Roth (Nathan Fake @nthnfk short edit)” 
Kings of Convenience @kings-of-convenience-official “I Don’t Know What I Can Save You From (Röyksopp @royksopp remix)” 
Laura Veirs @ravenmarchingband "Magnetized” 
Mogwai @mogwai-official “After the Flood”

ID tags by Leslie Pine @lesliepineapple

Cover Art by Nancy Wood https://www.instagram.com/nancywoodartist/

Episode 112 ~ Dublab Guest Session: All Gas No Brakes + DJ Christian Löffler Interviews, RIP Dylan

Welcome to the intersection of sky . sea . and sound ~

Frequency Horizon

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