Bay Area Electronic Music - THE BEMPIRE

While JP Genius hosts the latest episode of the Bempire, we sit down with Raw Jaw, a rapper from Berkeley who's debunking stereotypes and helping the community with his performances. You’ll also hear music from Raw Jaw’s latest EP, Gasmask. “First to Cry” by Raw Jaw “All In” by Idea Unsound “Ups x Downs” by Raw Jaw “Never Off Time” by Raw Jaw “Destination Unknown” by Eki Shola “Barefoot Bastard” by Raw Jaw “Idea 1” by Composed by El “Brain on Music” by Raw Jaw ft. Professa Tritone & Ramon’T "Hella Hot" by PM Shift "The Fog" by B/I/R/T/H/D/A/Y "Beach Haze" by Toaster

In this up close interview, Zo Anthony Shay interviews sound artist and flutist Nicolo Scolieri, who works with historical recordings and creates ambient tracks for art installations and soundtracks. All music in this episode is the work of Nicolo.  After having studied Ethnomusicology at UCLA's School of Arts and Architecture, he went on to work for NPR and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage as an analog audio conservator and digtial audio storyteller, while continuing freelance radio production, tape syncs for the BBC, WNYC, and others, and writing and scoring fiction stories and ASMR. Using modular audio hardware and digital sound programming, he is currently building works of sound art and design, bridging gaps between lived experience and the physical sound world. Find out more about Nicolo here: https://nicoloscolierisound.neocities.org/ Listen to Nicolo's music here: https://soundcloud.com/nscolieri

While JP Genius hosts the latest episode of the Bempire, we sit down with Elliot Gann (AKA Philthy Drummond), the executive director and an instructor at the Oakland-based, but international, non-profit workshop Today’s Future Sound. Among other things, we discuss the impact of hip-hop and music production on at-risk youth. Get ready to be inspired! Then visit Today’s Future Sound at todaysfuturesound.org and their portfolio at todaysfuturesound.bandcamp.com.