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In this episode, the mic is passed to David, a teacher, artist, and filmmaker in Austin, Texas. David shares his experience living as a black person in America, and how Black Lives Matter, anti-racist protests, and political action happening around the world are affecting his spectrum of feelings - from rage and pain to awe and optimism.

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Sending love & solidarity as an Korean and Asian ally to the beautiful black community 💖 RIP George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Nina Pop, Sean Reed, and every other black & black queer/trans person whose life has been taken by police brutality, systematic racism, transphobia, and homophobia.

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Alan Palomo aka Neon Indian joins AbNon host Ben Aqua to discuss the evolution of his unique music and aesthetic — from his humble beginnings singing Frank Sinatra duets with his dad to being transformed by Radiohead as a teenager to covering “Vamos a La Playa” in front of massive festival crowds.

We also coin the term “emotional italo disco” and host a sensual, romantic listening party featuring some of our favorite emotional italo tunes just 4 u. It’s soggy with existential music nerd commentary and plenty of dad jokes.

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Music in this episode (in order of appearance):

Neon Indian - Annie

Magnetic Fields - Swinging London

Neon Indian - Street Level

Eagles - One of These Nights

Bee Gees - How Deep is Your Love

Frank Sinatra & Luis Miguel - Come Fly with Me

Mario Lanza & Luisa Di Meo - Arrivederci, Roma

Radiohead - Pyramid Song

Aphex Twin - Bucephalus Bouncing Ball

Frank Ocean - Pink + White

Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

Peter Richard - Marlene

Hot Cold - Love is Like a Game

The Splash Band - Halloween 2

Unknown Artist - Old Cortina

Telex - My Time

Mike Francis - Check it Out with the Groove

Vivien Vee - Higher

F.R. David - Words

Blue Gas - Shadows from Nowhere

Righeira - Vamos a la Playa

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"Life is Meaningless," said The Oblong Boys, Austin's weirdest and most zolo band ever. In this episode, I talked to Oblong A, Mr. E, Pat A. Physics, and Lockemup about how The Oblong Boys were spawned, the concepts behind their unique brand of music and performance, and their late night guerrilla escapades.

Think DEVO meets the Residents meets Frank Zappa in a hypercolor Yellow Magic Orchestra mega blender full of Sparks. Here's to The Oblong Boys!

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Music in this episode (in order of appearance):

The Oblong Boys - Godzilla!

The Oblong Boys - Properties of Sound

The Oblong Boys - Newman’s Own

The Oblong Boys - Life is Meaningless

The Oblong Boys - Division of Us Four

Danny Elfman - Pee Wee’s Playhouse Suite

Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo - Cell 63

Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo - Frenchy Back Home

The Oblong Boys - Animal

The Oblong Boys - Allegorical Ankle

The Oblong Boys - A.D.S.

The Prima Donnas - Nance Music Manifesto

The Oblong Boys - Don’t Go Bald

The Oblong Boys - Godzilla!

Renaldo & the Loaf - Here’s to the Oblong Boys

The Oblong Boys - Sassquatch

Attic Ted - Oh No

The Oblong Boys - Rip Your Head Off

The Oblong Boys - F.B.I.

The Oblong Boys - Felliniesque

The Oblong Boys - X-Ray Specs

Cabo Boing - Swirl Up

The Oblong Boys - Dopre Pa Do

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YouTube has dramatically changed my life and creative process in the last 2 years. Here are 3 powerful and important methods you can use to can grow your YouTube channel and social media presence — and, most importantly, your HEART. Get ready to make your soul super swole. (That should be a shirt...)

Music in this episode is from my album “Obscuriosities” — stream it: http://fanlink.to/obscuriosities

(I didn’t write the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song, obvi)

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What is freewriting and how can you benefit from it? Does it help with grief? In this episode, host Ben Aqua discusses how freewriting influenced his grieving process after experiencing a profound loss and becoming a young widow. Ben also recites a few whimsically intimate, bizarre pieces from his freewriting journal. Let's add some Absolutely Nonsensical sunshine to that gritty brainstorm cloud.

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In this 1st ever (proper) episode of Absolutely Nonsensical, host Ben Aqua and special guests discuss art and why it's important.

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A mix for Nobel's Radar Radio show, using all trax from the catalog of my experimental club music label, #FEELINGS.

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Tracklist:

Mama Testa - Using Machines

poolboy92 - Laz-E

Joe Howe - Dorling Kindersley

Lotic - Rendez-vous (Drippin Remix)

Rabit - Terminator (Five Remix)

Ynfynyt Scroll - C3l

Ynfynyt Scroll - Butch Queen (Lotic Remix)

Norrit - Arrival

Ben Aqua - Put It In

Pana - Cop

poolboy92 - Lick (SPF666’s temps écoulé Remix)

HYPEHEADZ - Purple Tint

Ben Aqua - Ultimate Reality (Foodman Remix)

Mama Testa - Estoesparauds (andykisaragi Remix)

poolboy92 - Lick

Rabit - Terminator

Ben Aqua - Reset Yourself

Mama Testa - Gimme My Drvgz (feat. Jack’ie Lo)

poolboy92 - Laz-E (2uitter Remix)

Creepside - T0GETHER

Mama Testa - Magna Data

Supraman - Street Taps

Pana - Cloud Music (feat. Fardigo)

Norrit - B.D.L.W.

Rabit - So Clean (Drippin Remix)

Ben Aqua - He She

Ynfynyt Scroll - Let Me See It (Divoli S’vere & MikeQ Remix)

Ynfynyt Scroll - Let Me See It (Satanicpornocultshop Remix)

Ynfynyt Scroll - Lethal Autonomy (Helix Remix)

Nobel - Vocal Sniper

poolboy92 - Lips

Creepside - No Shade (feat. Tama Gucci)

Ben Aqua - By This River

Lotic - Rendez-vous

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My highly controversial 2014 podcast for Resident Advisor, full of hyper pop and forward-thinking, weird club music. RA described the mix as "an online underground primer, Aqua's RA podcast is right on the money. It's fast, slippery and wilfully garish, blending tracks by key players like A. G. Cook [PC Music] and SOPHIE with music from his own #FEELINGS stable." It went moderately viral after their techno-heavy fanbase went ballistic in the comments, which led to FACT Mag naming it their Mix of the Week.

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Tracklist:

Pana - Cloud Music feat. Fardigo

GFOTY - Don't Wanna / Let's Do It

SOPHIE - Lemonade (Ben Aqua's 888% Hydration remix)

DJ Rashad, MoonDoctoR & FreshtillDef - 1 AM feat. DJ Earl

Da Hool - Meet Her at the Love Parade (Slick Shoota remix)

Gillepsy - Fiery Dust

Young Smoke - Dark Vs Light

RIVA - Fast Life / ?? ??

M¥SS KETA - MILANO SUSHI & COCA

DV-i - Optical Mode

DJ DJ Booth - Heaven (A.G. Cook remix)

Skip Club Orchestra - Ippon

Ben Aqua - Eternal Hard Drive

Umbertron - U Wurkout (poolboy92's Mystic Protein Shake)

DJ New Jersey Drone - Snake Eyes (Chain I)

A. G. Cook - Keri Baby feat. Hannah Diamond

Swick - SUPER GOLD TENNIS

DZA - CATBUG

Arm Watches Fingers - Super Fluid

Margaret Antwood - Cry Cry

Luisterwaar - Circuits

Supraman - Wobble

Balmorhea - Heir II (Ben Aqua remix)

Hannah Diamond - Pink and Blue

Hypo77 - Fleeting Moment

Rabit - Red Candles

Buffalo Black - No Blood Frets Man

NOK from the Future - Awake

Ben Aqua - Organic Blueprint

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A mix for O FLUXO’s #FluxoPodcast 21, featuring bouncy synth pop songs from the 70s/80s that partially inspired my 2014 album Virtual Anticipation.

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Track listing:

Wendy Carlos - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Adagio

Nancy Nova - Copy

Data 3 - Who’s That?

Duncan Mackay - Gin Sing

Supersempfft - We Found It Out

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Day Tripper

Jean-Jacques Perrey - Alerte Aux Robots

Plastics - Robots (7" Mix)

Tone Set - Appeal To Them

Mick Milk - Ear Candy

Jacques Erdos - Toccata

Space - Inner Voices

Space Art - Paris Vision

Telex - Pakmovast

Claude Larson - Sand-Dunes

Giorgio Moroder - Burning The Midnight Oil

Future World Orchestra - Hypnos

Garnegy & Maties Aquarama

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A mix for Cluster Mag (RIP), full of hyper club music, footwork, juke, rave - a blob of music I called "hyPLUR." 32 trax in less than 32 minutes.

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Tracklist:

Sinjin Hawke – Crystal Dust
Mohegan Son – Lick
LOLGurlz – Lite Green
EQ Why – Ghetto Booty 773
Traxman – I Need Some Money
Boylan & J’Roc – Letz Rock
MikeQ – The Master Blaster (Nadus Remix)
Fracture – The Limit VIP
Fuzzy Logic feat. Jada Pearl – All My Love (Slick Shoota Remix)
Supraman – Assidity
2 Chainz – Getn Wrk (Nikes Bootleg)
Skimatix – Terrorist Juke (Wooferface Remix)
DJ Rashad – Twitter
DJ Earl – Audio Fixx
Chrissy Murderbot – Bionic Penguins
Phone Tag – Ghosts Behind (Chants Remix)
DJ Azamat & NXTLYF – The Taste Of Bandwidth (Ben Aqua Remix)
Jlin – Expand
Sarantis – Medieval
Raumskaya – Buy My Bomb
Boeboe – Act Stupid
Dookz – Rock Right
Mama Testa – Estoesparauds (andykisaragi Remix)
DJ New Jersey Drone – No Fear
Eprom – Twerkul8
Druthers & Drips – Hit Em (Sinistarr Remix)
Pana – Night Drive
Ben Aqua – Reset Yourself
Thømas White x Vilify – Brigade
Uncle Texx – Destroy Tengu
Kilbourne – Born Living Under Evil (Illuminati’s Very Youngest)
Ciara – Body Party (Supraman’s Happy Hardcore Candy Rave Remix)

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A mix for UK-based brand Long Clothing, featuring future/hyper club music and footwork/bass vibes.

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Tracklist:

Wendy Carlos - Two Part Invention In F Major
Pana - Parade
Crookers - Bust Em Up (Slick Shoota Starts Di Helicopta Edit)
Ra Cailum - Everything
Nadus - Love Don’t Live Here
Cardopusher - Dónde Están Las Mujeres
Young Smoke - Floating Star
Mike G - Club Watch
DJ FootMerc - Belly 2 Belly
Nah Like - Jewelz (River Gbeh Remix)
2tall - Fuck U All The Time 2k12
Poirier - Bring It On (feat. EJ Von Lyrik)
Paisley Parks - GO
Damscray - Walk To My Truck
Inflect - Wait A Minute
DJ Prako - Bol Soni Chutney-G-Spott
Ben Aqua - Shy Bitch
Satanicpornocultshop - battle creek brawl, reprise (footworkin’ for jamaica)
Planet Soap - Beastie
Marcus Price & Carli - Cronic In The Back
HASEGAWA-4200 - Groove What I Know
Sinistarr - Ross
Ben Aqua - Some Will Die
Ynfynyt Scroll - Fantasma Triste
Philthkids - Ordinateur
Jeremih - Birthday Sex (Lecter Ghetto Ediot Remix)
Heinz Funk - Haendel Goes Electronic (Finale I)

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A mix for all the creators of net art everywhere in the IRL vs URL universe. Bizarro sound collage vibes.

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Tracklist:

zakloyd - late night windowz 98

youpy - Scissor Time Stretch Demo

Shock Diamond - I_Dont_Care (NirvanaRe#Breed)

Phrederick Fox - The Great Bhindi

Glass Popcorn - Glass Like Me (prod. Clams Casino)

THA UNGLOWN FEAT. BEN AQUA - TRIP HAWP

aids3d nightcore - Sexo, Sudor & Calor (eTip edit)

Munks & Sutherland - Track6

HD BOYZ - HDMI IN LOVE

Sextape - TXT MSGS

Ynfynyt Scroll - Butch Queen

†een wi†ch - check it out

Mike Ruiz - Versions Freestylez

Thisket - Reddish (edit)

Time Cop - NIGHTWORF - Alexander in the Holodeck

Ben Aqua - Dear Dad

Mario Zoots - Lay Your Head

smokey emery - 12.30.10. Edit I

Ferdinand Rising - Death

misc. diskette - Upon the Long Beam

Modesty - Smokey

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A mix for Honey Soundsystem's Potcast series, featuring 70s/80s cute synth pop, bizarro zolo, and mysterious library/synth trax.

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Tracklist:

Heinz Funk - Presto Swing
A Trois Dans Les WC - Contagion
Plastics - Robot (7" Mix)
Sizike - Cudni Ples
Akiko Yano - Harusaki Kobeni
Kym Amps - You Don't Know My Name
Hymn - Give Me
Yip-Yip - Too Much
The Oblong Boys - Life is Meaningless
Brenda Hutchinson and Clive Smith - Noon
Claude Larson - Transformation
Garnegy & Maties - Soupapes
S U R V I V E - Cube
Yello - Take It All
Andi Arroganti - Hom-o-hetero
Silent Diane - Juliet The Painting
Tik and Tok - The Garden (4-Track Demo)
Das Ding - Oradour Sur Glane
Dark Day - The Metal Benders
Bernard Fevre - Impressionism
Ben Aqua - march n2 h3ll
Maki Nomiya - Atomic Bomb Rock

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A mix of all-Bollywood disco and bizarro synth pop vibes, all from the late 70s and early 80s. Dry drum machine hits, hyper synth stabs, and vocal drama.

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A mix for Modular Recordings’ Modcast series. Dripping with cosmic disco, italo, and synth pop weirdness, this podcast reflects my early roots and sonic interests as a bb DJ and producer.

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Tracklist:

(Intro) Raymond Scott - Space Fantasy w/ Michel Genest - Magical Iridescence

Roboterwerke - Let's Beam Him Up
Pink Project - Amama
White Noise - Time Traveler
4 M International - Space Operator
Unknown - Disco Cammata
Nancy Nova - Heaven
Autumn - The Game
Utopia - Cosmic Convoy
Krisma - Kathode Mamma
Chip Chip - So Close to Heaven
Munich Machine - Space Warrior
Sparks - A Fun Bunch of Guys From Outer Space
Mark Shreeve - Icon
Space - Inner Voices
The Alan Parsons Project - Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)

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Cosmic disco/weird synth pop vibes with a hilarious pitched-down vocal intro by yours truly.

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Tracklist:

(intro) Vangelis – Conquest of Paradise
Future World Orchestra – I’m Not Afraid of the Future
Goblin – Tenebre
Claudio Simonetti – College
Bob East Showband – Squash
Martin Agterberg – Ephemeron
Gene Ramone – Romantic Face
Passengers – Go Michelle
Vivien Vee – Gotta Go
Imagination – Music and Lights
Peter Jacques Band – Counting on Love One, Two, Three
Arabesque – Don’t Kiss a Crocodile
Change – Angel in My Pocket
Richard Romero – Non Chalance
Alexander Robotnick – Love Robot
Vam Cyborg – Gods Valley (New Dance Mix)
Patrick Cowley – Teen Planet

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