This show, we sit down with Evan Marc aka Bluetech to talk about his new dub techo/tech house release Emotional Ecology out on PsyBooty Records, other recent projects, and becoming a ubiquitous force in the underground music scene.

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This episode we feature music from the three digital-only releases by ambient pioneer Robert Rich.  These releases were recorded at two concerts in San Francisco produced by Dub Beautiful Collective.  Each set gives the listener a taste from most phases of Richâs 20+ year recording career, and feature performances of effected steel guitar, bansuri, and a 12 minute improvised piano solo by Rich the likes of which have never been released.   Live at Fort Mason [sets 1 & 2] and Live at Morrison Planetarium are available only at Fake Science Music Store. Robert Rich website â http://www.robertrich.com   Concert recordings - http://us1.fakescience.com/music/robertrich/index.php

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This show we feature San Francisco recording artist Audiovoid aka LayerZ and his sophomore self-release Whispers From Shadowz.  The show features three full tracks from the album which take you through the both the album's hard-edge industrial edged breakbeats as well as downtempo offerings. Audiovoid aka LayerZ @ Fake ScienceAudiovoid Myspace Page

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Booka Shade, aka Arno & Walter, took a few minutes of their time to sit down and talk with Halon before their sound check at San Francisco's Mezzanine. They talked about their label Get Physical, how Booka Shade has grown and what drives them both as producers and as performers.Booka ShadeGet Physical Music

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West Coast based, The Seedling Escape, is made up by Kitty-D and Ooah.  Kitty-D hails from LA and Ooah lives in San Francisco.  These two gentlemen are tearing up dancefloors all over the US and have recently released their first album "Photosynthesis".   Their cutting edge style sits deep in the Glitch-Hop genre and is well worth delving into.The Seedling EscapePhotosynthesis

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While swinging through the Bay Area, French artist Dataspirit took the time to join us at Cedub Studio to lay down an amazing laptop set.  Mixing seamlessly through atmospheric drum and bass to tech-house his 27 minute set is a great representation of his producing abilities. DataspiritThe Timeshift EPCedub Studio

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San Francisco based, Psybooty Records, was was founded in 2002 by partners David Justin and Amy Harris.  The label hosts a roster of talented DJs and Live Artists who perform regularly in the States and internationally.  While PsyBooty releases feature well-known international artists, A&R head, David Justin, puts great effort and emphasis on discovering and breaking new talent.  This week we feature three tracks off an assortment of Psybooty releases and are excited to have them as part of the Fake Science family!Psybooty.comPsybooty @ FSM-Field

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This episode we feature the Los Angeles based glitch label, The Designed Disorder (dD). dD is a relatively new label that focuses on more experimental styles of music and is rooted in the strong and nearly decade old LA glitch scene.  We feature three tracks off their newest comp, 'MORROW CHORAL ORCHESTRA'.The Designed Disorder (dD)

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In this episode we delve into the world of Kalpataru Tree.  Based out of the upper Northwest, Kalpataru Tree newest album 'Scattered Fragments of the Eternal Dream' delves in the the world of deep dub that is created with all organic guitar & bass and plays with light psychedelic undertones.  Kalpataru Tree's 'Scattered Fragments of the Eternal Dream' is now exclusively available at fake Science.Kalpataru TreeScattered Fragments of the Eternal Dream

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LUX (aka Rodman) has been ripping up dancefloors, terrorizing subwoofers, and messingâ up heads up and down the California coastline for nearly two years. Maer features 2 tracks of both his recently released EP and LP.LUX (Rodman)Down for LifeBooty

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Over the last few years we have seen new digital broker services arise from the old physical distribution model.  In the episode the Fake Scientists discuss the benefits and limitations created by these new digital brokers.  We also feature a track from Nano's new album 'Primary'.IODAIngroovesNano - Primary

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In this episode we have an exclusive sneak peek of the upcoming Carbon Based Lifeforms release 'World of Sleepers'. After CBL's critically acclaimed first release 'Hydroponic Garden', three years later Carbon Based Lifeforms is blessing us with a soft and hypnotic album which will be released on Ultimae and Fake Science in December.Carbon Based Lifeforms - Hydroponic GardenUltimaeCarbon Based Lifeforms Homepage

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In this episode we feature the San Francisco based band, The Harbours.  Miguel, front man for the Harbours, and Kyle (guitarist) joined us in the studio for an interview and a live performance. The Harbours album is now available at Fake Science and includes the live version of 'Second to the Last Time' that was recorded for this show.The HarboursSecond Story Maker

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In episode 35, yeah we know we are missing an episode, Maer, Cedub and Halon sit-down for a round table discussion about a few of the current music sales and distribution trends that are occurring in today's digital music industry.  We also feature a track by Dr. Echo, a dub artist that is now available on Fake Science.MySpace and Snocap (this kicked off the conversation)Dr. Echo -- Dr. Echo

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In late September the heads of Ultimate Records, Vincent and Sunbeam, swung through the Bay Area thanks to Maer and Dub Beautiful.  While in town Vincent kindly handed off the soon to be released Fahrenheit Project 6 album.  As always, Ultimae brings us another brilliant compilation with such esteemed psy-chill artists Sync24, Cell, Hol Baumann, Aes Dana, and Solar Fields to just name a few.  Fahrenheit Project 6 will be available later this month on Fake Science.Ultimae RecordsDub Beautiful

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In this episode Maer met up with Rena Jones on the eve of her newest release on Native State Records, Driftwood.  Maer and Rena talk about her music and we play 3 new tracks off of Driftwood and one track off her last album Transmigration, which is now out of print and only available at Fake Science.Rena JonesNative State RecordsRena Jones - Transmigration

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Like Rip Van Winkle, the Fake Scientists awake and realize that 3 months have passed since the last podcast.  Oops.  Well, we are back and we are re-evaluating the current structure of the shows and we are getting back to putting these things out.  In this episode the Fake Scientists discuss the changes and a bit on the RIAA.  We also feature SF local artist, Artemis. RIAA drops caseArtemis - Gravity

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In this episode cedub sits down with James Healy to talk about how and why he founded his label, the Agriculture. The Fake Scientists talk about music in Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) like Second Life, and we play the second improv live set by DJ Olive. Second Life BBC Big Weekend The Agriculture DJ Olive

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In this episode we are back to our regularly scheduled program by having DJ Olive join us in the audio lab. DJ Olive was in town for a show in San Francisco and he was kind enough to sit down and chat with Maer. Olive also brought out his laptop and played a really nice live set just for us. We also have all the Fake Scientists roundtable about the up and down side of selling music in either album or single format.  The Agriculture DJ Olive

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Its mid-April and that means candy, colored eggs and taxes. Oh, and lot's of rain for us in Bay Area. The scientists decided to celebrate all this by putting on a music show and give you a peek at some of the great music we have available at www.fakescience.com.  The Feed - Secret Codes Make a Rising - Expired Planet (off of Sherman Community Arts Vol. 1) Rena - Awakening QPE - Aa Mark Stevens - Wildcat Canyon Piekoz - Thinking Sarah, Susan Joshua Marcus - Coal or Smoke Kraddy - Faux Show (The Shimmy Shimmy Yeah remix)

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In this week halon provides an snapshot of his experiences at the South By South West Conference (SXSW) from Austin, Texas. We introduce the newest Fake Scientists Kevin "Beefcake" Hague, we chat about Creative Commons, Apple vs. France, Maer highlights DJ Olive (for real this time) and we introduce you to Why? from Oakland, CA. SXSW DJ Olive "Heap As" The Agriculture Vivisecting Media (halon's blog) Anticon Records Apple vs. France Creative Commons

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In this episode we take a look at venture capital investment into emerging digital music business models. The scientists discuss the current trends in VC investment and Lunchmeat chats with Bill Nguyen of lala.com, a new music distribution model that is run more like an independent record shop than an online store. Maer is back again with another OEM Bin featuring Interchill's newest release "Arcana". For the test subject, Lunchmeat shares with us a tasty track from robotrAke. lala OEM Radio Interchill Records

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In this episode we celebrate one year of the Lab Report! Christopher a.k.a. FancyPants sits down with Mark Garey of Aesoteric Records to talk about how the label was stated and some of the challenges facing an independent label. Aesoteric is a well respected house label that started in Dallas, Texas and is now based in San Francisco. Maer brings us another OEM Bin featuring the new compilation by Native State Records, the scientists talk about the current publicity issues of MySpace and Lunchmeat shares with us a gem for the test subject that was passed on to us by Monkey Love Records. Aesoteric Records Problems with MySpace? OEM Radio Native State Records Monkey Love Records

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In this episode the Scientists talk about the Grammy's and the puzzling difference between Record and Song of the Year. Maer is back in the studio with the another edition of the OEM Bin featuring Murcof's new album Remembranza. We also bring you Peloton with their new self-titled EP for today's Test Subject. The Grammy's Murcof The Leaf Label OEM Radio Peloton

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In this episode we continue our conversation with Allen Goldblatt. Allen tells us of his experiences in National Radio and why he looked to greener pastures after working on such notable shows such as Casey Kasem, Dick Clark, ABC Sports and other Nationally syndicated shows. The Scientist talk about the future of mobile music and we feature Laughingstock from San Francisco. IFPI Laughingstock

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In the first episode of the new year, we bring you Allen Goldblatt. Allen has spent many years in the music and radio industry working with the likes of Chicago, Dick Clark, Casey Kasem, etc. Allen is such a great storyteller that we decided to break up his interview into two shows. In this show he talks about how he got into the industry, next show he will talk about his career in national radio. Also in this episode, the Scientist talk about the new investigation of price-fixing ofdigital music by the majors and we bring you a Bay Area band, The Bellyachers. Show links: Digital Music Price Fixing? The Bellyachers

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In this episode Cedub talks to Larry Hopkins about his experiences as a keyboard/synth tech and LA based composer. Larry has worked for Kurzweil and now focuses on composing for TV and Film. Cedub and Lunchmeat talk about the new proposal for how the pricing of music should be defined. For the test subject we get into the holiday mood and feature A-NO-NE's Christmas Vol. 2. Larry Hopkins The Right Price for Digital Music A-NO-NE

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After a break the scientist are back and raring to go with a brand new episode.  This week Sariah and Nalepa from Terpischore were in town and they swung by the audio lab to drop some wisdom on us.  Not only that, but Nalepa brought his rig and played some great live tracks that we caught on tape.  Also, Lunchy and Halon chat about out about a possible win for the majors and a huge loss.  Check it out! Terpsichore Group Sony vs. DRM Apple Changing Prices? Nalepa

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In Episode 19 the Fake Scientists discuss the launch of their new digital music store, its birthing process and our hopes for the future. Lunchmeat interviews Scott Unterberg of the band Spycloud about their upcoming record and the distributed recording process. Finally we'd like to thank everyone who helped us in the delivery room. Thank you Seth, Jessica, Lila, Vanessa, Lisa, Chris Subimage, Aaron, Mike the bands on the site and everyone we've talked too, interviewed and harassed along the way. We've arrived, and we like it here. Go be a Patron of the Arts at www.fakescience.com.

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This episode Lunchmeat talks to Larry Crane, Editor of Tape Op Magazine and Producer Extraordinaire, We get to sample the wares of Warez, a glitch-hop producer from Ann Arbor, MI, and the Fake Scientists ruminate on whether an artist needs a label to be successful. Download the show now: Lab Report #18 - "Clap Your Hands and Say âVomit Launchâ". Featured Links: Tape Op Jackpot! Recording Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Warez Moodgadget

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This episode Maer catches up with Matisyahu, on the West Coast leg of his tour. Matisyahu is a New York based Hasidic reggae singer, that has been steadily growing popularity and notoriety with this unique sound and style. The Fake Scientist round table about the ongoing music pricing wars, Maer brings us Native States newest compilation and Halon brings you the San Francisco based Eddie Mis. Download the show now: Lab Report #17 - "All Maer, All The Time". Featured Links: Matisyahu Price Wars Native States Eddie Mis

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This episode Halon sits down with Danah Boyd to talk about online social communities. Danah is a PhD student at Berkeley and works at the Yahoo! Berkeley Research Lab. Maer brings in new tracks from InterChill for the OEM Bin, Lunchmeat and Halon talk about Adam Curry vs. Underpants Gnomes and the general state of podcasting today. Finally, Seth and Jessica join us to guest host the Test Subject and play Voxtrot for us. Download the show now: Lab Report #16 - "Night of the Living Gnomes". Featured Links: Danah Boyd InterChill PodShow Nanocasting Alliance WHYME: Worst Music You've Ever Heard Voxtrot

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This episode Halon sits down with M.T. Silvia from Pixar. She is currently the Media Systems Manager and she tells us how she got into the industry and her experiences at Skywalker Ranch, ILM, Sony and other industry audio work. Maer brings us new music from the net-label Cyan Recs, Cedub brings us new music from Ear Rotator and the fake scientist talk about Warner and Universal's new eLables. Download the show now: Lab Report #15 - "The Avengers". Featured Links: M.T. Silvia's Smartgirl Productions Cyan Recs OEM Radio Ear Rotator

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This episode Halon sits down with David Harrington, founder of Kronos Quartet. Halon and David talk about Kronos' August 23rd release called "You've Stolen My Heart" which features the vocal talent of famed Asha Bhosle. Christopher Morin is back with a new eTicket that features Pitch Black, and we talk about the future of labels in the news. Download the show now: Lab Report #14 - "Time Keeps On Slipping ". Featured Links: Kronos Quartet Pitch Black Waveform Records

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We have mentioned in the past that Fake Science is doing a music show for KYOU radio. Shows 2 and 3 both had ASCAP/BMI protected music so we were unable to podcast them, but for show #4 Cedub focused on his old band, Code of the West. Code of the West formed in 1983 and played for almost 3 years at most of the clubs and venues in the San Francisco bay area. The band consisted of Terry Barnes on guitar who also wrote most of the songs along with Guy Brenner on guitar, Tom Dean on bass and Chris Walcott (aka cedub) on drums. Download the show now: Music Test #4 - Code of the West. Track Listing: Danny Shade Still Left Standing Vampire Song Lolita/Die In My Sleep Loosing You Dangerous Roadhouse Blues Another Sad Song (For Hopeless, Useless Junkies)

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This episode Cedub talks to his good friends Tom Dean and Lori Zook. Tom and Lori are the founders of the Oakland Metro and started the Oakland Opera Theater. Maer brings us Legion of Green Men from Toronto, we sit down and talk about payola and Cedub features two songs from "White Darkness" an opera written by Tom and Lori. Download the show now: Lab Report #13 - "A Song for Jim Jones". Featured Links: Oakland Opera Oakland Metro Legion Of Green Men Sony BMG Payola White Darkness

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Wow, it was a hot one this weekend in the audio lab, too bad we don't have AC. This episode we check in with the Scientist and see what they are listening to. We talk about how Fake Science tripped up on the DMCA, Maer is back with a new comp from Ultimae Records, and Seth from WHYME jumps in to the fray and plays us Diagram. Download the show now: Lab Report #12 - "Studio Heat Wave". Featured Links: DMCA Ultimae Records OEM Radio WHYME Diagram

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In this episode halon sits down with Christopher Morin and they chat about how Ambient Airlines came about, evolved and where it is going. Cyrus Wadia joins us again in the lab to go over the recently settled MGM vs. Grokster/Streamcast case and we get down with "Not On Mars" out of Madison, WI. NOTE: The "Not On Mars" website is http://www.notonmars.com Download the show now: Lab Report #11 - "Jam On It". Featured Links: MGM vs. Grokster Cooper, White & Cooper Ambient Airlines Cell Culture Not on Mars

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In this episode Cedub sits down with Steve Kirk to talk about his experience as a composer in the industry. Steve is an established guitarist, producer and composer of film and game soundtracks. Lunchmeat and Halon talk about the newest round of DRM issues, Maer introduces us to the world of net labels, and we feature Seth, 3rd Son of Albert. Download the show now: Lab Report #10 - "He Who Waits Is Lost ". Featured Links: Sony BMG and DRM Thinner Records OEM Radio Steve Kirk Seth, 3rd Son of Albert

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Wait, its only been a week, what's up!?! Well, Fake Science is introducing a new type of Lab Report. Since we have been picked up by KYOU for the Friday 8 AM slot we decided to start doing an exclusive music show every other Lab Report. In the future we won't be able to podcast this segment because we will be taking advantage of the BMI/ASCAP license for KYOU, but to kick things off we are podcasting the first show by revisiting some of our past Test subjects. The music is all new and we also introduce tracks by Subimage and Cell Culture. Check it out! Featured Links: KYOU Open Source Radio Troll (Army - Qué Son Los Trolls y en Qué Nos Ayudan?) Realistic Orchestra (Scary - Live at Bruno's) The Life On Earth (Your Karma Is Coming - Your Karma Is Coming) Subimage (Maple Lane - Bernal Hill)* Cell Culture (Long Road - The Revelations EP)* * currently unreleased

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In this episode Cedub sits down with Roger Linn and talks about his experience both as a musician and a hardware/software designer. Roger is a world renowned designer that developed the LinnDrum, the Akai MPC series and the AdrenaLinn, just to name a few. We premier a new segment called the "OEM Bin", with Maer Israel. Lunchmeat and Cedub talk about mp3 blogs and our Test Subject is the 20 piece jazz band, the Realistic Orchestra. Featured Links: Roger Linn Design Fluxblog Music For Robots OEM Radio Interchill Realistic Orchestra

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In this episode Lunchmeat sits down with Cyrus Wadia from the law firm Cooper White & Cooper. Cyrus is a partner with the San Francisco office, is the head of their Music & Recording Industry group and he talks to us about current legal trends in the industry. Halon and Cedub talk about a new music tax idea, we say farewell to Ambient Airlines, and listen to the sounds of The Life On Earth. Featured Links: Music Tax Article Cooper, White & Cooper The Life On Earth WHYME

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In this episode Lunchmeat has a indepth conversation with new pop sensation, Geoff Byrd. Geoff is being called the first pop act to go from Internet roots to national radio airplay. We also talk to Justin Frankel (Winamp, Jesusonic) about his new audio software/hardware project. We hear select tracks from the Listening Room compilation album and Seth from WHYME introduces us to Relay. Download the show now: Lab Report #6- "Internet Made The Radio Star". Featured Links: Ambient Airlines Jesusonic Create Digital Music Mole Listening Pearls The Listening Room Geoff Byrd Relay WHYME

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In episode 5 we sit down with Gabriel Elash, head of A&R for Beatsync. Gabriel has an amazing insight in to the current state of the independent music scene and tells us how artists need to re-align their perspective of the music industry. We also feature the new Shuttle358 album Chessa, and Rick Karr (Techopop) joins us again to feature music made by Box Set Authentic. Download the show now: Lab Report #5- "A Box Full Of Ideas ". Featured Links: Ambient Airlines Shuttle358 12k Beatsync Box Set Authentic TechnoPop WHYME

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In episode 4 we sit down and talk to Nick Mason, the drummer of the world renowned band, Pink Floyd. Nick tells us about his new book "Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd", his musical inspirations and how the industry is changing. We also feature German ambient producer, Markus Guentner and San Francisco's cellist/violinist/electronic producer, Rena Jones. Download the show now: Lab Report #4- "Welcome to the Dark Side". Extra-super-special thanks to Chris and Lisa Campbell. Without you two this would not have happened... Featured Links: Ambient Airlines OEM Radio Dub Beautiful Collective Chronicle Books Pink Floyd Kompakt Records Markus Guentner Rena Jones

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In episode 3 we sit down and talk to our good friend Jack Herrington about his upcoming podcasting book for O'Reilly and why he was so excited about podcasting to start this endeavor. We also feature new music from Dr. Toast (also CEO of False-Profit) and an amazing San Francisco band, Troll. Featured Links: Ambient Airlines OEM Recordings Code Generation Network Dr. Toast False Profit, LLC. Troll

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Boy we love this show... in Episode 2 we interview Rick Karr, formerly of NPR, about his new project, Technopop and we discuss the $.05 per song model introduced by Sandy Pearlman and Daniel Levitin at a conference in Canada earlier this month. Also we experiment with some Psychedelic Chill and are introduced to Nalepa - oddly, neither of these are street names for hallucinogenics.Featured Links:Ambient AirlinesOEM RadioDub Beautiful CollectiveUltimae RecordsThe Terpsichore GroupTechnopop

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This is Fake Science's first podcast. In this show we have an interview with David Biderman who has helped develop and manage multiple streaming media technologies with such companies as Nullsoft, AOL/Time Warner and Apple. We also feature David Last on our regular Ambient Airlines e-Ticket segement with Christoper Morin. Our Test Subject is Destination Venus out of Fort Worth, Texas. Ambient Airlines Destination Venus

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