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 Garden
Ultimae
Carbon Based Lifeforms Homepage

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 Harbours
Second Story Maker

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

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 Records
Dub Beautiful

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 Jones
Native State Records
Rena Jones - Transmigration

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 case
Artemis - Gravity

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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