Talking To Ghosts

This week we talked to Jason Walton, who you may know from Cascadian black metal legends Agalloch, his upcoming new project Khôrada, or his even old noise project Nothing! We chatted about the beginnings of Agalloch, going from bars to huge festivals, the importance of clean socks, and how Khôrada will be different from his past work.

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we have Patricia Wolf who is a solo producer and part of the duo Soft Metals. We chatted about Variform Gallery, Maximus P/Pure Data, and the weird ways that people are affected by sound.

Check out Patricia’s solo work on Soundcloud or Soft Metals on Bandcamp. Be sure to check out her Facebook or Instagram for more of her work and live dates.

You can find Talking to Ghosts on Facebook or Twitter, or on our official website!

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This week on Talking to Ghosts Michael talks to Blanck Mass before his Portland show! We talked about field recording and sample manipulation, touring with the new show, and creating an album that reflects the spaces that you are in.

We also have a great review of the Blanck Mass show from our good friends at I Die: You Die. Definitely check out their podcast: We Have a Technical.

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This week we have something a little different. We're re-releasing an older episode that we really enjoyed. Back in December of 2015 (wow, that long ago???) we talked with Steve Gaynor of Fullbright (makers of Gone Home and Tacoma). The recording starts a little after we started talking, so you catch us talking about living with studio mates. We talked about game design, finding inspiration, and bad vegetarian jerky.

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we talk to Kelli Anderson about making pop up books, creating a fake dystopian edition of the New York Times as a political movement, and looking forward to the time in between projects to catch up on reading!

Kelli Anderson has a book out now called This Book is a Planetarium and you should definitely pick it up at your local bookstore!

You can find Talking to Ghosts on our Official Website, or Facebook, or Twitter, but mostly on the website.

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This week on the podcast we have Statiqbloom! We chat with them about what New York was like when they moved there, the weirdest shows they have played, and working on the latest album, Blue Moon Blood.

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Direct download: Episode_92_-_Statiqbloom.mp3
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This week we chatted with voice actor Sarah Grayson, who you may know from games such as Gone Home and Tacoma! We talked about living all over the world, the SAG-AFTRA strike, finding your character, and how language influenced her interest in voices!

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This week we had a sit down with Chris from Soundcontrol PDX. Chris puts on dope shows, and is a part owner of the newly once-again Tonic Lounge in Portland, a venue we've played for years. We chatted about dealing with the name changes of the venue, turning down the guitars, Monday: The Gathering, and the importance of medium sized venues!

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This week we talk to Andy Deane of the bands Bella Morte and The Rain Within. We talk to Andy about his horror novels, the inception of Bella Morte, and what ghosts are really like (if they are real at all)! 

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This week is part 2 of a 2 part series that we did with the amazing folks of I Die You Die at Terminus Festival up in Calgary! We chat with HAEX about amazing guitar tone, Glass Apple Bonzai about Terminus revenge sets, and then just blabber on for half the episode with Sophie about French acts, Wrestling, baseball mascots, and who the hell knows what else.

You can find the first part of this crossover episode on the We Have A Technical Podcast from I Die You Die.

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This week on Talking to Ghosts Michael talks to <PIG> and Julien-K at their show in Portland! Michael chatted with Raymond Watts about living and working in Japan, making music for fashion shows, and how PIG songs have made it into different projects he has worked on. Then! Michael chatted with Julien-k about their recording process, leading a successful fundraising campaign, and being in the restaurant business in LA!

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This weeks recommendations: 

From Wes: Bandcamp Daily's article on EBM by Andi Harriman 

From Michael: Friends From College (Netflix show), A Ghost Story (Movie), Pharmakon (show)

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This week on Talking to Ghosts we have our good buddies Mike and TJ from Aviator back on the podcast to chat about their new album, Loneliness Leaves The Light On For Me. We chat about tour van jams, the DMX vocal takes that were removed from the new album, and spend a lot of time on wrestling!

This is another long, funny interview so we skipped Poltergeists again. You can go and check out Aviator’s new album instead.

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This week we sat down with the guys from Pleasure Curses. We chatted about defensive submixing, a Discover Channel hostage crisis, renegade sound people, and Brendan Fraser.

No Poltergeists this week thanks to a fun long chat, but stick around after the interview to hear about The Liberty Foundation.

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This week we sat down with the folks from swirly EBM-esque project Technophobia! We talked about running a non-profit label, putting on shows and club nights, very serious New Order fans, and a lot more!

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This week we sat down with sort of grunge sort of shoegaze Tender Age! We talked about sold out first shows, hot dogs in every city, and the shifting of musical influences.

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This week we chat with Boy Harsher about Chumbawamba's Tubthumper, movie production, and having a studio inside of a church! 

This week's Poltergeists: 

Statiqbloom - "Nigredo"

Factory Floor - "Ya"

Dita Redrum - "Fall"

Codex Empire - Hamartia 

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Direct download: Episode_82_-_Boy_Harsher.mp3
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This week we chatted with Andy McMillan, who is a designer and overall doer, about starting a conference, how people should rip off The Manual, shutting down your Nintendo fan site because your girlfriend made you, and of course MBMBAM.

This week's poltergeists didn't really happen. But! We have some recommendations: 

Wes: A podcast called "Friends at the Table" (live-play podcast) 

Michael: Dead Fetus' new album Manifest

You can find Talking to Ghosts on Facebook or Twitter, but our Official Website is always best! 

Direct download: Episode_81_-_Andy_McMillan.mp3
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This week on the podcast we talk to Daniel Myer, the mastermind behind many, many different projects including Haujobb, Architect, DSTR, and the new project called Rendered. Daniel was in town on an Architect tour and we had the chance to pick his brain about performing Architect material live, the new world of techno that he is getting to play in, and starting Haujobb.

Go to talkingtoghosts.com for this week's Poltergeist picks! 

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Direct download: Episode_80_-_Daniel_Myer.mp3
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This week we sat down with post-hardcore black metal project Oathbreaker! We talked about the challenges of long tours, the current political climate, high school punk bands, playing emotional songs, and more!

Go to talkingtoghosts.com for this weeks Poltergeist picks!

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This week we chatted with Portland psych-rock band Skull Diver! We chatted about saving animals from fires, home safety tips, trolling with Randy Jackson, and green jello!

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This week we sat down with Aaron from doom metal bands YOB and Norska. We chatted about band van break-ins, getting into metal and going from death to doom, touring with Tool, and working in coffee!

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This week we have our conversation with post metal pioneer Alcest! We talked about growing up in a small town, the evolution of Alcest's sound, the influence of anime on France in the 80s, and what to do in France!

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This week we talk to Youth Code again! We chatted about touring with metal and beatdown bands, recording with Rhys Fulber, and how mom's in the pit! 

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This week we talked with Kanga before her show in Portland. We chatted about her tour and the venues she's be playing, taking tumbles on stage, negotiating haircut safety with fellow bands, and Kanga's interest in philosophy!

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This week we sat down to talk with... wait, this can't be right - this is just our names! It looks like we sat down to talk to each other! This must be because of the cataclysmic snow Portland has been getting.

We took questions from the Telekon Slack channel, leading to conversations about what the podcast has taught us about creativity, what music we're looking forward to this year, and why cats so good (we were split on this last one).

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This week we talked with Karla Zimonja of Fullbright (makers of Gone Home and the upcoming Tacoma)! We talked about the effects of low gravity on the human body, writing for video games, focusing on original content, and much more in this extra long conversation!

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