Jeannie Hopper sits down with Julie Covello aka DJ Shakey to talk Hobo-tech, Electro-Swing, snowboarding, living life at Rubalad, alternative audio controllers, Ableton Live, Moldover, the Warper Party, and working in the Clocktower Gallery.
Jeannie Hopper interviews and plays music with Mark Kneppers of Kraak & Smaak, one of the group's three core studio members. After bonding over a slavish devotion to vinyl and a love for classic funk they created their debut album, Boogie Angst.
Jeannie Hopper caught up with Bonobo and DJ Nickodemus to discuss 2011 musical and social projects, new albums, and where they're at in the ever changing technical landscape of tools for DJ'ing and performing. Black Sands and Moon People.
Cookin' Gumbo is Captain Planet's first full length album and is a 2011 release on DJ DRM's Brooklyn-based label Bastard Jazz. The two sit down with Jeannie Hopper to talk and play tracks celebrating their joy of fusion and embrace of global styles.
This concert was held around the time Grand Central Records released "Grand Central Translation," Qool Marv's first mixed CD. This live set was recorded May 8, 2004 at Marv's "Buttamilk Party," at the Roadhouse in Manchester, England.
Our Jeannie Hopper sat down with the Austrian dub remix masters Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister in New York after a nine year absence. They catch us up on their label G-Stone now celebrating its 16-year anniversary... Read More
Host Jeannie Hopper takes us on a journey into the life of Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900-1980), a preacher, musician, poet, and artist who resettled in New Orleans at the age of 39 to "carry God’s message to the headquarters of sin."
The ever-mobile Adriana Kaegi takes a rare rest to stop by the Clocktower and speak with AIR's Jeannie Hopper. Kaegi discusses the curious breadth of her prolific and discursive performance history.
The eclectic band Hess Is Morereleased their 10-song LP Hits on Nublu Records, evidence enough of their expansive musical tastes and abilities. But just to leave no doubt in his listeners' minds, Hess stops by the Clocktower to talk.
AIR's Jeannie Hopper chats with Jen Lyon, co-founder with Katie Longmyer of MeanRed Productions. yon tells of the various triumphs and setbacks that led to the foundation of MeanRed and related ventures Good Peoples and BKLYN Yard.
Jeannie Hopper speaks to both the taller and the shorter halves of Groove Armada about the place of and Tim Love Lee in their earliest collaborations, which began "in a town called Cambridge."
Scott Hardkis's 2010 debut full-length album Technicolor Dreamer is a notable expansion of the musician's talents and curiosities, noticeable in more than just the eye-catching jacket design.
Jeannie Hopper caught up with Ben Watt to discuss his record labels Buzz in Fly and Strange Feeling, hear about his journey from one-half of Everything But the Girl to international club and radio DJ and, to top it off and make a good evening great.
AIR's Jeannie Hopper speaks with musician Lisa Shaw about her album Free released through Salted Music, Miguel Miggs' independent record label. Shaw is a staple of the house music scene, and one of its most exciting and innovative voices.
AIR's Jeannie Hopper speaks with Blue Note International's Adam Hertz; they discuss the artistic lineage of Blue Note and the various venues - among them the Highline Ballroom and B.B. King Blues Club.
DJ Neil Aline busts some moves in his set for MoMA P.S.1's 2008 Warm Up summer music series, recorded by ARTonAIR.org. This Tahitian-born, French-raised DJ has been all over town - and all over the world - creating fresh sounding club beats.
On September 6, 2008, Lisa Shaw performed at MoMA P.S.1's Warm Up summer music series. Listen to the event here and let Shaw's vocals seduce you - along with her genre-defying sets. Recorded live by ARTonAIR.org.
Chicago-based DJ Jerome Derradji, born in Algeria, moved from France to the United States to the capital of house music and created independent label Still Music. Recorded live at P.S.1's 2008 summer Warm Up music series.
On September 6, 2008, ARTonAIR.org visited MoMA P.S.1's Warm Up summer music series to take in the fresh sounds emanating from Queens. On that day, Art International Radio recorded N.Y.C.'s Quinn Luke aka Bing Ji Ling and his psychedelic songs.
Drummer Jonathan Kane, co-founder of brutal punk band Swans, performed his album February in its entirety at MoMA P.S.1's Warm Up summer music series on August 30, 2008. ARTonAIR.org was there to record Kane's blues-based songs.
Art Radio's Jeannie Hopper interviews Academy Award winning musician and composer Gustavo Santaolalla of Bajofondo, a contemporary tango outfit. Santaolalla has written music for many films, including Brokeback Mountain and The Motorcycle Diaries.
An East-European-flavored dance set by one of the regulars from NYC's Menahata Bulgarian bar. Enjoy the drunken fervor experienced at a concert starring Gypsy-punk mustache gods Gogol Bordello. Recorded at P.S.1 summer Warm Up music series in 2008.
Each summer, MoMA P.S.1 presents the Warm Up music series, bringing a variety of innovative musicians to Queens. On August 9, 2008, ARTonAIR.org recorded Mungolian Jet Set live at P.S.1 Warm Up.
The Royal Norwegian Consulate General sponsored house music legend DJ Strangefruit live at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center's Warm Up summer concert series in 2008. Strangefruit is also a member of the band Mungolian Jet Set. This program is in 2 parts.
CX KiDTRONiK played a few DJ sets at Warm Up on August 2, 2008, the day hosted by the Black Rock Coalition, and was joined by colleague INF-ONE here and there. His next album on StonesThrow will be under the band name KRAK ATTACK.
For Independent Curators International (ICI)'s 2010 series at the New Museum, independent curator Bisi Silva (founder Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos) joins ICI Executive Director Kate Fowle for a political, social, cultural and artistic chat.
Host Michael Rush sits down at our seaside studio the morning after the opening of a video show he curated at the new Cisneros Foundation space in Miami. He heads most directly into the elusive passageways between... Read More
As Tania Ketenjian tells the story, while New York artists priced out of Manhattan were moving to Brooklyn in the late 90s, a similar spike in San Francisco real estate values forced a number of artists and made it... Read More
A June 2011 interview with the great portrait artist on his choice of subjects including a longstanding series of self portraits, his colors, his disabilities and their influence on his work, the pleasure of pushing paint, and how Rome affects him.