Episodes
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MBP #189 Dom Smart
Today I'm talking with Dom Smart, who makes music as Neurodriver and runs the plugin company Devious Machines. He spent about fifteen years doing sound design for games, a lot of it on the Harry Potter games at Electronic Arts, and back in the day he was half of the breaks act Far Too Loud. Then…
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MBP #188 AHEE
Today I've got AHEE back on the podcast — Chris Adams. He came up through audio engineering and synthesis, and he's spent years pulling dubstep, trap and future bass into one sound, with releases on Bassrush, Subsidia, Circus Records and Wakaan, and support slots for Excision, Subtronics…
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MBP #187 Tom Cosm
Today we're joined by Tom Cosm, a New Zealand-born producer, technologist, coder, and educator who's been pushing the boundaries of music and sound for over two decades. He's known for pioneering YouTube tutorials that taught a generation of producers, and for building systems that turn things…
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MBP #186 David Satori
Today we're joined by David Satori — co-founder of Beats Antique alongside Zoe Jakes and Sidecar Tommy, a trio that came out of the San Francisco performance underground, Burning Man, and the West Coast Circus Bass music scene. He's also co-founder of Dirtwire with Evan Fraser and Mark Reveley,...
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MBP #185 Nicholas Yochum
Today we're joined by Nicholas Yochum, an LA based sound designer currently working at Blizzard on Overwatch, where he focuses on synthesized sounds to help create effects with a more clean, stylized aesthetic. He's on the heroes team and is currently working on new heroes for the game. Nicholas...
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MBP #184 Mr. Wobbles
Today we're joined by Mr. Wobbles, a.k.a. Austin O'Brien — a live loop station artist who's built his own approach to creating music entirely in the moment. We get into where the name Mr. Wobbles actually came from — which involves a beatboxing Ventrilo server, a wah bass, and a guy who turned…
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MBP #183 Mark J
Markj is a Melbourne based DJ from New Zealand. His sound encompasses all things House, Techno, and everything in between. He runs a little project called Soundfood. This is where he simultaneously cooks food and DJs for his audience. Over the years he has been lucky enough to open for a bunch of...
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MBP #182 Ambrus Deak
AMB is a music producer, educator, and Ableton Certified Trainer with 30 years experience across electronic music, sound design, audio engineering, and film. After a decade as founder of Budapest School of Music Technology and another as Program Manager at the Los Angeles Film School, he founded...
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MBP #181 Downtempbowl
Sierra Bowler, known as Downtempbowl, is a Chicago-based performing and music artist, movement instructor, and computer engineer. Her work blends fusion bellydance, animation dance, and flow arts with experimental sound and technical precision. She is the founder of Mycochanel, a creative project...
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MBP #180 Rob Talbott
Today's guest on The Mr. Bill Podcast is Rob Talbott of Dodge & Fuski and co-founder of Disciple. Rob's been producing since the early 2000s and came up during the early UK dubstep era, back when scenes were small, MySpace was the main discovery tool, and nothing happened overnight. Dodge & Fuski...
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MBP #179 Brad Sweet
Brad Sweet is the co-founder and CEO of Same Same But Different Music Festival and Same Same Presents. With a background as a musician and producer, Brad's understanding of the industry has fueled the growth of Same Same But Different from a 400-person gathering to 7,500 daily campers in under…
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MBP #178 FUNILAB
Simone 'Funi' Fougnier is a visual artist from Northern Italy, built a 15-year career in the music industry, collaborating with icons like Deadmau5 and Anderson Paak as an illustrator, designer, and motion artist. In 2019, Fougnier co-founded Studio Syro to pioneer unexplored artistic mediums.…
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MBP #177 Opiuo
Opiuo is a genre-bending plethora of auditory and visual masterclasses. Born in 1984 in rural New Zealand, his parents provided the land upon which music festivals were held. This extremely formative growth surrounded by the early incarnations of Aotearoa's electronic music scene exposed him to…
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MBP #176 Justin Frankel
Justin Frankel is a programmer, musician, and human being. In this conversation, Justin, the creator of Winamp and Reaper, shares his journey through programming, the evolution of his software, and the philosophy behind his work. He discusses the challenges of working under AOL, the artistry...
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MBP #175 Supertask, Michael Schnebly + Landry Bulls
In this conversation, this research team discusses their innovative project that combines social cognition, crowd dynamics, and machine learning. They explore how to utilize body tracking technology and infrared cameras to gather data on audience behavior during live performances. The team aims…
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MBP #174 Andrew Simper
Andrew develops some of the world's most advanced analog modelling audio algorithms, releasing these as plugins through his own company Cytomic, and licensing technology to industry leading developers like Ableton (Live, Move, Push), and Xfer Records (Serum). Andrew Simper Links Mr Bill Links...
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MBP #173 PhaseOne
Hailing from Sydney, Australia, PhaseOne's distinct sound (a unique blend of hard-hitting Bass Music infused with Metal) quickly found him a niche in the hardline EDM landscape. His music has been described as "a symphony of filth", and boy are they not wrong. As a producer, guitarist, and...
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MBP #172 Skybreak
Amidst the kaleidoscopic landscape of electronic music, Skyberak stands as a visionary architect of sound, masterfully weaving vibrant hues of color into the intricate fabric of bass music. With a signature style that defies convention, Skybreak's sonic creations explore the uncharted territories...
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MBP #171 Matt Xavier
Matt Xavier is a full-time psychedelic guide, DJ, and mental health counselor whose remarkable career has spanned more than three decades at the intersection of music, healing, and expanded states of consciousness. In the early 1990s, Matt gained prominence as "Matthew Magic," a pioneering force…
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MBP #170 Dave Gamble
DMGAudio is Dave Gamble and co-conspirator Krzysztof Oktalski, enriched with ideas from hundreds of engineers, producers and audio specialists. Dave has worked in Pro-Audio for over a decade, for prestigious companies such as Focusrite, Novation, Sonalksis, Neyrinck, Brainworx. DMGAudio was…
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MBP #169 Vojtech Meluzin
Vojtěch Meluzín is the founder and CEO of MeldaProduction, a Czech-based audio software company renowned for its innovative and versatile audio plugins. Born and raised in the Czech Republic, Meluzín's journey into music and technology began early. He started programming at the age of 10 and…
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MBP #168 Rodrigo Constanzo
Rodrigo Constanzo makes art. He thinks this is an important thing to do. The art he makes is generally smeared in time, in the form of music. He improvises and acts as an antennae to the beauty, electricity, and endless surprise that is living a crazy life. He composes and tries to create new...
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MBP #167 Steve Duda
In this highly anticipated episode, we sit down with legendary sound designer and software developer Steve Duda, the mastermind behind Xfer Records and the groundbreaking synthesizer plugin Serum. Renowned for pushing the boundaries of digital audio, Steve has garnered a cult following among...
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MBP #166 Benn Jordan
BIO: Benn Jordan's career began in the late 1990's as a recording artist most widely released under the moniker "The Flashbulb". A decade later, Benn would become synonymous with artist advocacy after he purchased his music rights back from record labels,formed a non-profit publisher, and...
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MBP #165 Curtis Roads
Curtis Roads creates and pursues research in music technology. He is Professor Emeritus of Media Arts and Technology (MAT) and in Music at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), where he also managed the Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology (CREATE). He studied…
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MBP #164 Funk The Empire
Funk the Empire is a Dubstep Producer out of Chattanooga, Tennessee. His production style blends classic dubstep with the nostalgic sound of 80's synth-funk including live instrumentation and modern sound design. He's released music on labels such as Circus Records, Headband Society, and The...
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MBP #163 Matt Davis
BIO: Head Engineer at Hacienda Mastering. Principle Designer at Hacienda Acoustics. Professor at Full Sail University. Founder, curator, and FOH at Reference Sessions. Occasional front of house engineer for Jade Cicada, Detox Unit, and Mickman. Unrepentant shitposter. Matt Davis Links...
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MBP #162 Ainonow
Ainonow is an interdisciplinary and enigmatic artist focused on electronic music production. His musical journey began playing the viola in an orchestra at the age of nine, where he began to fall in love with music. However, the classical world alone was not enough to satisfy his musical…
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MBP #161 VEIL
BIO VEIL is the highly explosive, dark and mysterious byproduct of many years of creative evolution. Her former DJ project spacegeishA toured the globe, and is one of VEIL's biggest influences, giving her the strength and confidence to take risks and set trends. She produces her own original…
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MBP #160 Mr. Bill AMA
Mr. Bill the host of this show, an electronic music producer, and DJ from Sydney, Australia (currently residing in the USA) best known for his willingness to share tips in studio techniques & massive library of technical know-how with other aspiring producers. With a huge catalog of released...
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MBP #159 Undulae
Bio: Brendan Rincon (Undulae) is a Phoenix-born music producer and educator, currently based in Mexico. He began producing electronic music at the age of 12, working his way through a wide array of genres, toolsets and techniques, eventually settling somewhere between EDM and IDM. In addition to…
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MBP #158 Marcus Bell
Summary In this conversation, Marcus Bellringer shares his journey as a musician and the transformative impact of AI on music creation. He discusses the challenges he faced after losing his voice and how he utilized AI tools to clone his voice, leading to the creation of his project, Ravenlight....
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MBP #157 BIOS / SATURATE
BIOS is the head of SATURATE! and their Artist Development Program. SATURATE! is a digital and vinyl label for fresh music. "Bringing you the heat since 2010." Based in Hamburg, Germany, SATURATE! goes beyond being just a label—it's a pulsating hub for fresh and innovative music. Artists who dare...
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MBP #156 AyseDeniz
AyseDeniz was considered a child prodigy in her native Türkiye and made her concerto debut when she was nine, with the Gordion Chamber Orchestra playing J.S. Bach's Keyboard Concerto No. 5. At thirteen, she had already performed as a soloist with various orchestras under conductors including...
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MBP #155 Grabbitz
Bio: "Grabbitz has never shied away from embracing the totality of his musicality as a hybrid-live electronic artist, continually innovating and pushing his sound forward with each subsequent release." -(Billboard) "An updated version of the heady late-Nineties days when rock and 'electronica'...
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MBP #154 Opiuo
Bio: Opiuo is a genre-bending plethora of auditory and visual masterclasses. Positivity and movement are at the core of the project, and his music is an infectious electronic based blend of funk, soul, psychedelia, and booty-shaking bass. Born in 1984 in rural New Zealand, his parents provided…
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MBP #153 Automhate
BIO: Automhate is an Italian artist known for his unique blend of electronic music and avant-garde artistry. Emerging from the underground music scene, Automhate has carved a niche with his experimental soundscapes and innovative production techniques. His work often transcends traditional genre...
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MBP #152 Green Matter
Bio: Nida donned the Green Matter alias in 2019 after several years of cultivating a love of bass music. This fiery passion was first sparked in 2012, when her sister took her to a Skrillex performance. She then dove headfirst into DAWs and dubstep production, finding her creative calling with…
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MBP #151 ONHELL
Bio: "ONHELL" is a phonetic respelling of the Spanish pronunciation of angel and the first name of Los Angeles-based composer, producer, and DJ, Angel Rubio-Hale. ONHELL's sets are diverse journeys, mostly comprised of original beats. Though no two tunes are the same, all with varying bpms and...
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MBP #150 Keota
Bio Living in Denver, CO, Tom Brennan has been making electronic music of many flavors under the alias Keota for nearly 10 years, and making music for 15+ years. Specializing in many off-shoots of genres popularized in the UK (dubstep, garage, "neurohop", half-time, etc), Keota has played…
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MBP #149 Seppa
Seppa has been producing beats for over 15 years, always finding new ways to keep the dance floor exciting. After working with a variety of small labels as Duskky, it was Wonk#ay Records (which he now co-runs with Bunkle and Aytch) that really pushed him into becoming what he is today. Playing a...
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MBP #148 Anders Stenberg of KILOHEARTS
One of the co-founders and owners of Kilohearts, Anders is a key developer behind the Phase Plant soft synth, and the extensive suite of effects plugins that make up the Kilohearts modular ecosystem. He lives and works in Linköping, Sweden, and enjoys demoscene music, quirky Australian comedy…
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MBP #147 Lizzy Jane
Bio: Since a young age, Lizzy Jane has made it her goal to attack music from all angles. Since previously composing music as a vocalist, pianist, and bassist, she has carried her musical knowledge to the electronic scene with a fresh twist. Lizzy Jane utilizes her eccentric musical taste to…
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MBP #146 Andrew Gerrand AKA enneff
Bio: nf (aka enneff aka Andrew) lives on the east coast of Australia. As a programmer, he has built Open Source Software at Google Australia for the last 14 years. Originally part of the team that built the Go programming language (go.dev), he went on to co-create the Upspin storage system...
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MBP #145 Supertask
Bio: For those who love to experience music, look no further than Supertask. With deep roots in hip-hop and a focus towards immersion, Supertask creates sonic landscapes that dance between the intensity and stillness of the human consciousness. With a background in IT, Supertask frequently uses...
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MBP #144 Zach Evans
Zach Evans is the head of the Harmonai research lab, the music research wing of Stability AI, working on open-source generative AI tools for musicians. "We're launching new models and features in Stable Audio (www.stableaudio.com) including the ability to upload your own audio for style transfer....
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MBP #143 Rob Freund
Robert Freund is an experienced advertising attorney and advisor. He focuses his practice on online marketing and e-commerce issues. Before opening his own firm, Rob honed his legal skills working at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, one of the largest and most respected international law firms. Rob has...
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MBP #142 Anklepants
Reecard Farché (aka Anklepants) is an Australian born convict, multi instrumentalist, instrument builder, and solo member of Anklepants. You can check out the bulk of his work here: Anklepants Links Mr. Bill's Links: https://linktr.ee/mrbillstunes Podcast Produced & Edited by: Robert Fumo
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MBP #141 David Packouz
This podcast episode will delve into the life of David Mordechai Packouz, a former American arms dealer, musician, and inventor born on February 17, 1982. Packouz joined forces with Efraim Diveroli in September 2005 at AEY Inc., an arms company that quickly secured numerous contracts worth...
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MBP #140 Au5
Born and raised in New Jersey, Au5 (Austin Collins) has been a lifelong musician. Trained in classical piano since age 4 and studying bass guitar and music production since age 13, Austin is a well-rounded composer and music technologist unbounded by genre. Au5 Links Mr. Bill Links 00:00...