John Tejada: a man and his machines

John Tejada has been making electronic music for almost thirty years. In this episode of the Darko.Audio podcast, Tejada discusses how he got into making music, his creative process, his favourite playback hardware, his teaching work at CalArts and some of his favourite music. Photo: Holly Parker PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko Mentioned in this episode... Orbital - Green Album: https://www.discogs.com/Orbital-Orbital/master/8932 John Tejada - Mesh Series 004 mix: https://soundcloud.com/meshmeshmeshmesh/john-tejada Psyance “Andromeda’s Dance”: https://www.beatport.com/track/andromedas-dance-original-mix/1226022 The Orb’s - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld: https://www.discogs.com/The-Orb-The-Orbs-Adventures-Beyond-The-Ultraworld/master/7119 Plaid w/ Björk - “Lilith”: https://youtu.be/pNA-l2Nb1ow Photek - The Hidden Camera: https://www.discogs.com/Photek-The-Hidden-Camera/master/65745 Art of Noise “Beatbox”: https://youtu.be/JSWhzsGY3hA Kraftwerk - Computer World: https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/25051 Richard H. Kirk - Virtual State: https://warp.net/artists/91322-richard-h-kirk/info Etapp Kyle - Nolove: https://ostgut.bandcamp.com/album/nolove Forest Drive West - They Live EP: https://midgar-records.bandcamp.com/album/forest-drive-west-they-live-ep Neon Chambers - One: https://neonchambers.bandcamp.com/album/one Hard Wax store: https://hardwax.com/ Genelec 8351 The Ones: https://www.genelec.com/previous-models/8351a Reftone Cube: https://reftone.com/ Rosson Audio Design - RAD 0: https://www.rossonaudiodesign.com/ Stefan Betke (Scape Mastering): https://youtu.be/5d7O4uMx7YE Dan Clark Audio Aeon2: https://darko.audio/2019/11/a-short-film-about-the-dan-clark-audio-aeon-2/ Touched Music - Covert II EP: https://touched.bandcamp.com/album/covert-ii John Tejada presents Future Stars: https://touched.bandcamp.com/album/john-tejada-presents-future-stars Regis - In This Is The Light That You Miss: https://dns-regis.bandcamp.com/album/hidden-in-this-is-the-light-that-you-missed Campfire Audio - Solaris & Polaris: https://darko.audio/2020/01/a-short-film-about-campfire-audios-solaris-polaris-ii-andromeda/ Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald - Borderland: https://shop.tresorberlin.com/index.php/juan-atkins-moritz-von-oswald-borderland-tresor-262.html John Tejada Bandcamp: https://johntejada.bandcamp.com/ Producer: Nick McCorriston | Music: Ben Pitt