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It's all over the place, this one. Chris and Shawn talk Nathan Fielder, Michael Douglas, plot-twist cinema, Hypnotic Tango, Lacan, Stockhausen, and the professionalization of the DJ mix. JOIN THE PATREON patreon.com/basecampbeta

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 Center International https://youtu.be/YEdKdqu0cvk?si=J5NnLMUaRif9KnaB Tactical Survival Unit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji0g2iC56IU JOIN THE PATREON patreon.com/basecampbeta

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 franchise, and get sidetracked talking about the NY staple of the Baked Ziti slice for about 10 minutes.

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/issue-02/untitling-chloe-alexandra-thompson Defend the Treaties: https://raventrust.com/campaigns/defend-the-treaties/ Chloe's website https://www.chloealexandra.info/ JOIN THE PATREON patreon.com/basecampbeta Youtube https://youtu.be/942IwgBc62E

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 how to go about making your own 808 from Dinsync. Youtube version: https://youtu.be/kEqmuDDxWy0 Dinsync store: https://shop.re-303.com/ JOIN THE PATREON patreon.com/basecampbeta

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 Dangereuses, etc. etc. etc. JOIN THE PATREON patreon.com/basecampbeta

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 pedagogy. It's as Beta as our Camp gets, and y'all better be here for it. Like the saying goes, drop in, tune out, turn off.

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 donate unused gear https://synthlibrarynyc.org/ Check out Heidi's music https://heidisabertooth.com/ JOIN THE PATREON patreon.com/basecampbeta

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 live reacting to Italo tracks neither of us know. JOIN THE PATREON patreon.com/basecampbeta

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 hopping, records to get the punkers slam dancing, and about a million other things. Episode on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O83kGFX7uw SSPS Bandcamp https://ssps.bandcamp.com/album/the-l... JOIN THE PATREON patreon.com/basecampbeta

UNLOCK THE FULL EPISODE patreon.com/basecampbeta Shawn and Chris compare and contrast two legendary Italian free improv groups - Musica Elettronica Viva and the Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza - and spin out talking geodesic domes, west coast cybernetics, hippies, aquariums, the circuit of capital, and North By Northwest (1959). A very Base Camp Beta episode.

Jake Muir joins us this week to talk about RPG-style world building with sound, field recording, Argeïphontes Lyre, and his unique approach to source material destruction. Check out Jake's work https://www.jakemuir.org/about and his latest record 'Pareidolia' https://enmossed.bandcamp.com/album/pareidolia JOIN THE PATREON patreon.com/basecampbeta Video episode https://youtu.be/S7yTKhmDvkw

Shawn and Chris are back in da gear z0ne with an episode talking all about Compressors - what they are, how they work, and how to use them. We look at some of the historically important compressors, talk about compressors as feedback devices, and naturally bring up dialectics. JOIN THE PATREON patreon.com/basecampbeta

Scott Kiernan and Victoria Keddie join us this week for a deep dive into the history of ESP TV, their long-running multi-disciplinary avant-garde public access variety show (say that five times fast!). We talk cross-country mobile broadcasting, the joys of setting up a 501(c), and the latent spirituality of the DIY ethos. Check out the ESP TV archives at https://www.esptv.com/ and please join our Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/basecampbeta

UNLOCK THE FULL EPISODE patreon.com/basecampbeta This week Shawn and Chris dive into the idea of the techno album and why it so often feels unfulfilling or like a paint-by-numbers exercise. We also talk about two examples of techno albums that succeed as exceptional albums - Regis' "Penetration" and Porter Ricks's "Biokinetics" - and why they stand out. We also talk eclipses, if compilations can count as albums, and the constantly changing definition of an album.