Nuclear Power Pants - "Got Soul" 8.4.11

On this episode, I spin some of the tightest tunes I heard on my Talk Singer tour and try not to wake up my tour mates.
Mike Riley's art this week is an homage to Kwame's The Boy Genius. This episode is hosted by Splicetoday.com. 

Episode 63 - Height Spinning Tunes

This is part two of my interview with Lord Grunge. We recorded this on his front porch in Pittsburgh, on Black Friday.

We start the conversation by talking about Grand Buffet’s B-sides record Dicer, and how it later played a hand in them going on tour with Third Eye Blind. We talk about some of Grand Buffet’s later releases, and some of the frustrations they faced upon putting those records out. We discussed making music as an older guy and his new day job as an EMT. 

Mike Riley’s art this week is an homage to Black Sheep’s Non-Fiction. This episode is hosted by splicetoday.com.

Episode 69 - The Return of Lord Grunge

My guest this week is R.M. O’Brien. He’s a poet and a playwright and the main man behind Nuclear Power Pants. We’ve been friends since we first played a show together at Purchase College in 2004, and we’ve gone on several tours together throughout the years. 

He talks about forming Nuclear Power Pants at Purchase College, and then reforming the band in Providence and then Baltimore. We talk about the inherent frustration of touring, and the point where touring with his band began to clash with his role as a family man. He explains his conversion to Sikhism, and how that’s affected his outlook on life and his approach to creative pursuits.

Mike Riley’s art this week is an homage to Def Jef’s Soul Food. This episode is hosted by Splice Today.

Episode 84 - R.M. O'Brien

My guest this week is Jones. Jones is a rapper and producer from Baltimore. We’ve been friends since third grade, and we’ve been making music together since 1998.

We talk about our early group called Wounds, and his first forays into making beats. We discuss his full-length debut, his remix projects and his role in the band Hungry Bodies. He breaks down why he put music on the back-burner for the last few years, and his plans to get back in action.  

Mike Riley’s art this week is an homage to Ghostface Killah’s Ironman. This episode is hosted by Splice Today.

Episode 89 - Jones

gathering

Muggsy Bogues Layups

"Church / Liquor Store"
Written and Performed by Saba
Featuring Noname
Produced by Cam O'bi
Additional Vocals by Akenya 
Additional bass by Benjamin J Shepherd
Recorded by James Musshorn at Red Bull Studio LA
Mixed and Mastered by Matt Wheeler
Noname Vocals Engineered by Elton "L10" Chueng at Classick Studios
www.sabapivot.com

Bucket List Project

Church / Liquor Store (Feat. Noname) [Prod. by Cam O'bi]

A few recordings of my neighbors sanding their floor, spliced together. No artificial reverb. Delay applied for pseudo-stereo. Some pitch adjustment. Heavily EQ'd

Sander

Sugar Lines

This is the final movement of 'Ultimate Reality' an audio/video collaboration between me an artist Jimmy Joe Roche.

A DVD of 3 pieces is for sale at my shows and at carparksrecords.com 

It was written in 2006.
The drummers are Kevin O'meara and Jeremy Hyman
Recorded by Chester Gwazda

Sugar Lines

whichbirds

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