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Frequency Horizon
by Frequency Horizon
Welcome to the intersection of sky . sea . and sound ~
Episodes
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soupANDsalad's "Ecstatic Dance Mix" for the Frequency Horizon radio show (June 2024)
NorCal DJ soupANDsalad delivered his second guest mix for the Frequency Horizon podcast, which aired on Pirate Cat Radio 92.9FM, in June 2024. This hour of music is a recording from an ecstatic dance he played. It's a journey through a wide range of emotions and sounds, and will be good company…
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Frequency Horizon Pirate Cat Radio Aircheck
I gathered together a collection of some of my favourite memories from my time producing my Frequency Horizon radio show for Pirate Cat Radio in Los Gatos, California. In this aircheck, a Guadalajaran DJ gives us a tour of his neighborhood, we take in a dog surfing competition in Pacifica,...
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Episode 147 ~ Spring snowboarding + meeting Nia Archives @ LIB Fest 2024
I hit the slopes one final time this season—this time at Palisades Tahoe. And I head out to Bakersfield, California to take in the wondrous spectacle that is Lightning in a Bottle music festival, checking out sets from the likes of Skrillex, MIA + Rufus du Sol, and even scoring an interview...
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Episode 146 ~ Pre-LIB Music Fest '24 + ANDON's "La Barosa" guestmix
I fret about whether I'm about to get scammed as I head out to Lightning in a Bottle Music Festival 2024. And ANDON delivers a fantastic warm-up guestmix called "La Barosa" from across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Episode 145 ~ Mat calls in from Tofino; Rave Mom guestmix
Mat calls in from Long Beach in the Tofino-Ucluelet area of Vancouver Island, Canada. Plus, San Francisco-based Rave Mom sends in a sick guestmix—and tells us about how she actually grew up in the area our radio station now covers.
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Episode 143 ~ Logjam longboard comp @ Pleasure Point; WYA? guestmix
We check out the various booths along East Cliff during the Logjam Longboard surf competition. And WYA? (Where You At, from San Jose) provides a dope guestmix in the second half of the show. This is the Frequency Horizon! Tune in live each week from 10-midnight on Friday on kpcr.org or 92.9FM in...
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Episode 142 ~ Henry Cowell hike + surfing with the Guatemalan bros
In addition to a varied music stream of chill proportions, we'll take you on a hike in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park and contemplate the benefits of surfing with a pair of rad Guatemalan brothers just north of Santa Cruz. Tune-in live every Friday night from 10-midnight on 92.9FM Pirate Cat...
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Episode 141 ~ Casual Steamer Lane Friday; Yuka Yu interview; Dutch exchange students
A couple European exchange students we meet by the beach in their van have a surprisingly inspiring perspective on journalistic possibilities. DJ Yuka Yu (@yukaswat) teaches the fundamentals of electronic music mixing. And our program manager randomly appears when when I'm surfing instead of...
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Episode 140 ~ Flashback to Eclipse 2017; DJ Little John @ Shanty Shack
Since the solar eclipse rolled through North America this week, we decided to replay our mini-doc from the 2017 Oregon Eclipse music fest. DJ Little John was at that event. And in this we have the first-ever "sneak peek" mini-mix from him—straight outta Shanty Shack, in Santa Cruz. This show…
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Episode 139 ~ Meeting Sam + Jake @ Kirkwood; London Elektricity in Oakland; DJ Melisa: guestmix #3
We go from a rainy surf at Steamer Lane on a Wednesday evening in Santa Cruz, to linking up with some dudes who appeared on the Frequency Horizon a few years back (when we were on the air in Canada). We’ll check out the London Elektricity show in Oakland. And DJ Melisa delivers her third…
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Episode 138 ~ Diplomats on the Klamath; Geek Wonderland from Shanghai; Dyligent mix
In this episode, we sip wine alongside diplomatic missions from around the Pacific Rim on a vessel named the Klamath in San Francisco. There were Canadians hanging out on board, but we turn our attention to the Chinese consulate and the Japanese foreign affairs office to try to give you a glimpse...
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Episode 137 ~ Max Newman Iberican mix; Neumonic chat; Aphrodite show
There’s a lot of movement happening on this week’s Frequency Horizon episode… Thaddeus Laton meets up with a hitchhiker and ends up putting on an EDM festival in Ninilchik, Alaska. Neumonic drops a deeply-personal track in advance of a DJ tour. Max Newman @maxnewmandj brings us a 1-hour Balearic...
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Episode 136 ~ The Lake Tahoe Edition
In this week's episode of the Frequency Horizon (broadcast on Pirate Cat Radio just as 38 inches of snowfall was underway), we offer an on-the-slope view of how one independent ski hill (Sierra-at-Tahoe) is doing a couple years after a devastating wildfire ripped through the property. Shout-out…
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Episode 135 ~ How Sheila Heti arranges her sentences, MC Fava sings, Michael B DJ mix (Italy)
From hitting the waves at Montara State Beach during a milky twilight, to reconnecting with Fava MC (and discovering he's a teacher back in Germany), to getting to meet my favourite author Sheila Heti (who also happens to be Canadian but has a rad global outlook), I’ve been reminded of just how...
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Episode 134 ~ New surfboard, trucker solidifies the coast, DJ Melisa (Las Vegas)
Do you ever wonder how California plans to handle global warming? Are you curious about the longterm impacts of last year's storms (you know, the ones that were so bad they were categorized as natural disasters)? Well, on today's Frequency Horizon program, we have the answers. Because we'll...
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Episode 133 ~ Carmel Beach musings, USA Bodysurfing @ Steamer Lane, DJ Ergot returns
We chilled out for January (and I hope you enjoyed the "mixtapes" in the meantime) but now we're back, with a vengeance! We've been collecting-up plenty of oceanic content and delicious electronic tracks for y'all to take in. And I hope you're ready for what's about to be unleashed. Because this...
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Episode 132 ~ Surf flick premiere + some year-end highlights
We take you along with us to an O'Neill movie premiere in the Pleasure Point neighborhood of Santa Cruz. And we remember some of our favourite radio moments of the year from our journeys far and wide. Plus, I wrapped some moody #house, emphatic #electro-#pop, and #liquid #dnb rollerz up with a…
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Episode 131 ~ Settling-in to a Silicon Valley frequency
Today on the program we’ve got a solid mix of dubstep, trance, house, and—my favourite—drum n’ bass. We’re enjoying our new space on the dial—92.9 FM in the “South Bay” portion of the “Bay Area” (in Northern California, of course). We’ll still have surf-style segments in the weeks to come, but...
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Episode 130 ~ Detroit techno; Sweetwater synths; Jersey shore first-look
We ruminate on the evolving state of the Detroit metropolis while paying homage to the birthplace of techno. We meet frequent Frequency Horizon collaborator Jamie Cowling face-to-face on the East Coast and take in the Jersey Shore on a first-look. We'll also tap into energy from Toronto and...
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Episode 129 ~ Santa Cruz local Autumn Hays = 2023 Coldwater Classic champion
In this week's episode we play ambient-influenced tunes from Andre 3000 and ThenVersusNow and dance numbers from Barry Can't Swim and Jem Cooke, before sprinkling in some #poppunk and #midwest #emo. And we'll play our interview with investor Jay Eum about the implication of the APEC summit in San...
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Episode 128 ~ LA Trip: Desi Kole's psycho thriller; road tripping w/ Elma Siddiqui
In this week's episode I opine about my new fitness foray that got me lost on the side of a mountain. As the actors' strike draws to a close, we bring you a longform interview with Desi Kole, a woman who worked on Pirates of the Caribbean who is now directing her first-ever feature film. And…
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Episode 127 ~ Big waves hit Steamer Lane + leftfield excursion
We take a jaunt down to the lighthouse on West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz to see 10+ foot waves pummeling the Monterey Bay. And we’ve got a solid mix of #organic #dubstep, #minimal #ambient #techno and some more commercial #dance tracks, too. Listen live every week from 10-midnight at kpcr.org or...
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Episode 126 ~ Moody Halloween 2023
I don’t know if you saw the UCSC students in costumes out and about mid-week last night around Santa Cruz… but I have to say, I love how everyone’s getting into the Halloween spirit here across the Monterey Bay. In this week’s show we’ll head up to the Makoto show in San Francisco and play a...
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Episode 125 ~ Butterflies + Bears
This episode features an original composition by Dr. Jevgenij A. Raskatov, an associate professor in chemistry and biochemistry at UCSC, who can make stringed instruments sound both mysterious and incredibly moving at the same time. We take you to a “bear”-celebrating street festival in San...
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Episode 124 ~ Psytrance community reels from massacre
We interview the relative of one of the victims of the Hamas attack on the Supernova psychedelic trance music festival in Israel. (Oct. 13, 2023 broadcast version of the episode aired on 101.9 FM Pirate Cat Radio in Santa Cruz but the originally-intended second hour was cut off due to a technical...
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Episode 123 ~ DJ Natty guestmix from Pachena Bay, Jamie C’s joyful sonics
Frequent Frequency Horizon collaborator Jamie Cowling sends in an original heartfelt song, and it turns out it mixes perfectly with hip-hop and drum n’ bass. And DJ Natty from Vancouver Island shares a guestmix from the 2023 Pachena Bay Music Festival.
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Episode 122 ~ UK Couple’s Lifechanging National Park Tour + DJ Rambo Guestmix
On this week’s episode, we meet a couple from London who’ve been living in a tent for weeks and finally got the chance to hit up a sick drum n’ bass show—after an experience in Yosemite National Park that was literally life-changing. Plus, we’ve got an awesome “introductory” drum n’ bass guestmix...
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Episode 121 ~ Glorious Return of the Beach Cruiser + DJ Ergot Guestmix
Michael Simler returns my bicycle, which he'd rented for Burning Man 2023. And despite the hectic, rainy circumstances at this year’s event, the bike is somehow in better condition than when he left. He gives us the blow-by-blow of his first every Burn via a longform convo. And DJ Ergot—a Santa...
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Episode 120 ~ Jamie Cowling poetics + Kalveronic guestmix
This week's episode features some pretty genuine poetic content from eastcoaster Jamie Cowling and a guest mix from Salinas EDM DJ @kalveronic2000. Theme: Butterflywingtip "BBB" Catch our weekly radio show on KPCR.org and the TuneIn app each Friday from 10-midnight Pacific (or 101.9FM in Santa...
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Episode 119 ~ Burning Man 2023: bike emissary, Nastya’s inspired perspective, soudANDsalad guestmix
On this week’s Frequency Horizon, we’re heading to Burning Man! Well, I didn’t make it there—something I was a little bummed about at first, but then I felt much better about as time went on (as you could imagine)… But my bicycle managed to make it to the Playa without me… In the second hour, we...
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Episode 118 ~ African rhythms, Resonant Dog DJ mix, blue moon dance party
In this week’s episode we head around the globe—and beyond~ We update you with new information about an upcoming Afrobeat show we previously told you about, and learn about the connection of one of our listeners to famous Kenyan funk musicians. Friend of the show Resonant Dog—aka Bernardo de la...
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Episode 117 ~ Ravell interview, DJ Melisa’s 2nd-hour takeover, San Luis Obispo visit
It was under a pleasant sunset at Avila Beach—and at other San Luis Obispo-area surfside haunts—that we assembled this week’s episode. It features an interview with Southern Californian DJ Ravell, who tells us about a collaboration he’s been working on with Jack Trades (a fellow Angeleno), titled...
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Episode 116 ~ Jimbo Phillips, Hugh Hardie & MC Fava, Original Surf Town Poem
Here's what's on tap for our third installment for Pirate Cat Radio 101.9 FM Santa Cruz: We stop by a street festival with a skate competition on the East Side to snag an interview with talented Santa Cruz artist Jimbo Phillips—who tells me about the role of the ocean in his creative process; we...
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Episode 115 ~ 2nd for Pirate Cat: 2023 World Dog Surfing Championships, EC Twins interview
The week, we take you to the premiere dog surf comp of the year—the World Dog Surfing Championships at Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica, California (Aug. 5, 2023). We interview a Swiss broadcasting team covering the event, incorporate some quality play-by-play action from OneTakeMedia.com’s Dan...
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Episode 114 ~ Pirate Cat Radio Inaugural: Yosemite Sunrise, Summer Snowboarding, Fred V Interview
In this week's episode we're hitting the slopes—in the middle of the summer. That's right. For our inaugural KPCR LP 101.9FM Pirate Cat radio (Santa Cruz, California) episode, we're heading out on a midnight foray through Yosemite National Park to beat the traffic to make it to Mammoth Lakes for…
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Episode 113 - 90.9 FM (Salinas) Mix
Here's a DJ set I did a few months back at Radio Bilingue in Salinas... Tracklist (please go support these artists because they're rad af): Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwickofficial - Do You Know the Way to San Jose (FH's Washout Edit) Rhyolite @rhyolite1 - EXTERNAL TRANSMISSION Serum @serum, Paul T...
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Episode 112 ~ Dublab Guest Session: All Gas No Brakes + DJ Christian Löffler Interviews, RIP Dylan
From connecting with the innovative All Gas No Brakes crew of YouTubers in Echo Park, to tense moments with Mexican authorities on surf and dental jaunts south of the border, to a heartfelt memorial segment to early-adopter Dylan Roberts, to a 30-minute chat with melodic techno DJ Christian...
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Episode 111 ~ The Great Venice Reopening
In this episode we descend on Venice Beach as Los Angeles County slowly starts to open up -- after all its surf spots were closed during the coronavirus pandemic. We'll head to the sand as surfers catch their first legal waves, in the process of delivering this one-hour episode to 99.1 Venice...
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Episode 110 ~ Outlaw Oceanic
The Outlaw Ocean, Ian Urbina's book of New York Times investigative reporting about the lawless seas, is arguably the most thorough account to date of the seedy side of ocean life. We're dedicating the entire episode to highlighting the themes behind those stories, playing tracks released as part...
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Episode 109 ~ Return 2 LA - COVID-19 Radio Drama, Oscar Nominees, On the Frontlines at Lockdown
To complete our re-launch trilogy, we have an action-packed episode ushering us back to Los Angeles just as the coronavirus forces us to rethink everything. We process the new reality with a sci-fi radio play, a neurofunk tribute, a conversation with documentarians of the Syrian conflict, and...
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Episode 108 ~ Quebec pt.2 - Hitchhiking Filmmaker, Piknic Électronik, Brasserie Noise Artist Convo
We continue the adventure through Quebec, stopping at a U-Pick farm outside Montreal (22:22) to interview documentarian Chloé Gayraud, making a cameo at Piknic Électronik downtown (30:45), and interviewing experimental noise artist Tom Jacques (1:29:52) at an underground brasserie in Rimouski....
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Episode 107 ~ Quebec Pt.1 - Hot Air Balloons, Art Chat w/ Grammy-nom'd Producer, Reggae Radio
There's a lot of ground to cover in Ep. 107. We'll ride in a hot air balloon, chat with a Grammy-nominated producer consider recording rules, and meet a reggae broadcaster navigating the opaque nature of social media. Art Chat w/ Jay Paul Bicknell - 18:23 Hot Air Ballooning - 53:56 (co-produced…
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Episode 106 ~ RÜFÜS DU SOL Interview, Festival RIP Dispatch + 1st NPR Words
This time 'round we feature a longform interview with Coachella headliners RÜFÜS DU SOL... 13:31 - Rufus Du Sol interview 1:18:37 – Unique "RIP dispatch" from Desert Hearts 2019 music fest for my grandfather 1:37:20 - First “cut copy” broadcast on KCRW in Los Angeles. Read my full article with...
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Episode 105 ~ Midnight Criminal Pickup, Pair of Originals, Parking Lot Rap
In Episode 105 I see an unusual site in the middle of the night in Manhattan Beach — a black man in a leather jacket. I offered to give the man (Robert Tucker, pictured) a ride in my Ford pickup. I was fascinated with where our conversation took us… Macky Gee (@mackygee) “Black Widow”...
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Episode 104 ~ Post-Goldie Reflections, Triforium Rebirth, Public Radio Training Begins
I made it through a year of highs and lows in the City of Angels! So lets fire up the Aphex Twin (@aphex-twin-official) and contemplate how far we've all made it in the last 12. It's crazy to think in that time I've managed to live in Los Feliz, Venice Beach, Westwood, Koreatown and Silverlake…
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Episode 103 ~ Little Tokyo Romp + Marcus Visionary in East LA
This we go on an in-depth tour of LA's Little Tokyo with infamous video gamer Chazo (you can read about him here: http://supersmashbrosgeneral.wikia.com/wiki/Chazo). He'll tell me how anime is a community based on much more than overly sexualized imagery and hilarious theme songs -- and he'll try...
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Episode 102 ~ Cut Chemist Interview, Stones Throw Pool Party, Strombo Encounter
Straight from my new lab on the Silverlake hillside, to the world beyond, we've got "heroic" connex, heatwave #vibes, and face-to-face moments with some of the most respected names in the game... 1:15:54 - *Interview with K-Town Oddity: We head to the Line (boutique) Hotel in Koreatown for the...
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Episode 101 ~ Venice Skaters Witness Burglary, USA! Parade, Astral Poetry
Let's start with a quick surf story, Cali-style. And then an epic "Calypso" dancer intro... -We shout-out Greg Reveret, the composer who worked with Deadmau5 (@deadmau5) on the Where’s the Drop? album, after he connects with us on the Twitter machine. Thanks for the social love Greg. Such...
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Episode 100 ~ LTJ Bukem, Deadmau5 orchestral, Emmy award-winner, This American Life's premiere
We enjoy moving into the triple podcast digits with an episode that's full #fire from beginning to end !!! Cold Open: We hit up a celebration of Los Angeles drum n' bass promoters reaching their own milestone > 1,000 editions of the weekly Respect night. In the downtown LA warehouse they had LTJ...
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Episode 99 ~ LA Transitional pt. 2
In this episode I reflect on the significance of “Number 99” as it relates to the Great One and my own journey from Canada to the U.S. We’ll take you past Venice Beach buskers to the mountains of Big Bear for a comical-but-legit modern rap parody and into the heart of Hollywood, following the...
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