400 Floor

For the 20th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Chris Sherron and Quinn Taylor, two old friends better known by their monikers Galcher Lustwerk and Young Male. The two RISD grads met in Providence in the mid 2000s and bonded over their shared love of club music, teaming up to throw parties in Providence and eventually in New York, where Quinn started his label White Material. Both began touring the world and have not really stopped for the last decade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the 19th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Ma Clément and Zach Phillips, the singers and songwriting team behind Fievel Is Glauque. With Ma growing up and France and Zach in rural New Hampshire, at first glance the two may seem like unlikely musical partners, but they come together in an incredible union as composers of some of the most complex, quirky and beautiful music being made today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 18th episode of 400 Floor is a little different. By popular demand we collected some of the best (and worst) tour stories from the previous 17 interviews, many of which did not make the cut for the final episodes. Get ready for van breakdowns, low attended shows and accidental break-ins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the 17th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Ryan Garbes and Shawn Reed, two old friends who shared many projects together including Wet Hair and Raccoo-oo-oon. We talk deep early '00s Iowa punk scene, transitioning into more experimental music, the foundation of their highly influential label Night People and the effect of visibility on underground culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the 16th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Aaron Anderson and Chris Hontos, known together as Beat Detectives. Growing up in the cultural desert of small town midwest they met at the oasis of Minneapolis in the early ‘00s, a period of time that you should be quite familiar with if you’ve been a listener of this podcast. Both being fans of extreme music they wondered what it would be like to make music that people actually enjoy listening to (a novel concept, right?) and thus birthed Beat Detectives, a project which continues to flourish even after their move to New York almost a decade ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the 15th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Aaron Dilloway & Twig Harper, two figureheads of the American underground music scene whose 30+ year journeys overlap with so many key players and whose projects spawned so many trends and communities, it boggles the mind. We discuss childhood experiences with music, their origins circling around Ann Arbor - that legendary hotbed of 20th century American music - plus their history with old friend and longtime bandmate Andrew W.K. and his relation to a shadowy figure named Steev Mike, who seemed to hold such power over Twig and Aaron that they actually refused to comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the 14th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Dean Spunt (No Age, PPM) and Sophie Weil (Syko Friend, Dove Cove). We discuss getting scared by music, being on MTV and the many hilarious and roundabout ways as a kid you slowly learn about the larger context for music you hear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the 13th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Nina co-founder Eric Farber (Truman Peyote, Cellphone, EZB) and Josh McIntyre (Little Girls, Prince Innocence, Thermal), two old friends and collaborators. We talk about the virtues of Windows Sound Recorder, the bohemian charm of Queen Street and perhaps the greatest club trick of all time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the 12th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Steven Warwick, formerly known as Heatsick, and Luke Younger, who performs as Helm. But before their well-known solo projects, they were Birds of Delay. Formed during their time in Nottingham in the early aughts, they were a prolific group who came up during the burgeoning No Fun Fest era of the noise scene and proved to be hypnagogic harbingers along with peers such as Emeralds and the Skaters. We talk about their roots in the UK punk scene, meeting Sonic Youth at ATP and the bleak reality of touring the American midwest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the eleventh episode of 400 Floor we talk to Chloé Maratta and Flannery Silva, formerly known together as Odwalla1221. Born out of Baltimore’s fertile underground music and art scene of the late aughts, Maratta’s and Silva’s Odwalla88 project pushed the boundaries of music, art and fashion, with a punk simplicity at its core, a classically no wave formal logic of brut repetition, a 21st century sonic palette with a post-net art sensibility, all tied together with a distinctly feminine lyrical and aesthetic vision. They recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of Odwalla. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the tenth episode of 400 Floor we talk to Matthew Arkel and Aaron David Ross, aka Gatekeeper. Birthed by two college students in Chicago at the beginning of the bloghouse era, they quickly found success with their early Italo inspired productions and over-the-top stage sets, eventually winding up associating with the now legendary label Hippos in Tanks, which released their epoch defining Exo. They recently came back together to play their first live shows in almost a decade at the end of June. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the ninth episode of 400 Floor we talk to Gabriel Saloman Mindel & Pete Swanson aka Yellow Swans. One of the premier US noise bands of the '00s, they melded the sonic experimentation of noise music with the intensity and DIY ethos of hardcore punk, touring relentlessly and famously always making sure to fit in smaller cities in their route often skipped over by other bands. They play their first show in 15 years on June 16th, headlining the Oblivion Access festival in Austin, TX. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the eighth episode of 400 Floor we talk to Bergsonist (Selwa Abd) and G. (Greg) Zifcak, two electronic musicians who grew up worlds apart - Selwa in Morocco and Greg in Seattle - but came together artistically and more in Brooklyn’s budding techno scene of the 2010s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the seventh episode of 400 Floor we talk to Esra Padgett and Mark Iosifescu, better known together as Angels in America. We talk about growing up in Manhattan, engrossing themselves in the New York underground music scene of the aughts, getting the attention of Thurston Moore, touring with Weyes Blood, and how they developed their highly individual style of music that is noisy yet melodic, straightforward yet conceptual, deadpan yet slapstick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the six episode of 400 Floor we talk to Jeff Witscher and Daren Ho, two old friends and veterans of the American underground music scene of the early '00s. Jeff is best known for his work under his moniker Rene Hell, playing festivals, releasing records and touring for a decade straight. Daren played in the influential psych rock band Raccoo-oo-oon and started one of the best known modular synthesizer shops in the world, Control Synthesizers and Electronic Devices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the fourth episode of 400 Floor we talk to Samara Lubelski & Bill Nace, two veterans of the East Coast underground music scene and old friends who, after years of orbiting around each other, began recently collaborating as a duo. We talk about Samara’s beginnings in the downtown bohemia of Soho in the 1970s through playing in famed groups such as Tower Recordings and Hall of Fame, and Bill’s small town New Jersey upbringing to planting deep roots in the Western Mass experimental music scene where he began long term collaborations with both Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the fourth episode of 400 Floor we talk to Cory Arcangel and Jacob Ciocci, two old friends and highly influential contemporary artists who took their interest in computers and the kitsch culture of their 1980s childhoods and forged successful careers in the art world, for Jacob particularly through his highly influential collective Paper Rad. In this sprawling interview we trace their histories from their high school years, to meeting each other in the VHS editing lab at Oberlin, through the beginnings of their art careers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the third episode of 400 Floor we talk to John Elliott (Emeralds / Imaginary Softwoods / Spectrum Spools) and Nina’s CEO, Mike Pollard (Arbor / Treetops / Pale Blue Sky), two old friends and movers in the early ‘00s Midwest underground electronic music scene. We talk about their histories, both having run important labels that helped launch the careers of numerous artists, and the changes that they experienced in the scene, particularly with the advent of web 2.0, social media and smartphones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the second episode of 400 Floor we talk to Lili Schulder and Luke Wyatt, respectively known by their individual monikers 51717 and Torn Hawk. Two close friends of Nina who have both made names for themselves in the underground electronic music scene in New York City and beyond. Both growing up on the East Coast in the ‘90s they eventually crossed paths in New York City in the mid ‘00s and, through their association with Ron Morelli's L.I.E.S. label, brought their singular voices to the international stage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The inaugural episode of 400 Floor features Anthony Child and Karl O’Connor, respectively known by their individual monikers Surgeon and Regis. In the early ‘90s they took the blueprint of Detroit techno and melded it with their British industrial and post-punk influences to create a harder edge sound that became the foundation for all European techno to follow. In this interview we dig deep into their history together: from growing up in the Midlands and their introduction to the community that facilitated their friendship to the formation of Karl’s label Downwards and Tony’s early success in the nascent European techno scene of the 1990s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.