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Nice Fumes

Nice Fumes

By Rill Causey

Nice Fumes is an ambient/electronic music podcast by Rill Causey. Episodes feature new, interesting worlds of sound by a variety of creators.

For more information, or to submit a work to be featured on the show, please visit nicefumes.com.
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28 - looking around

Nice FumesMar 20, 2020

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28 - looking around

28 - looking around

eschew confusion

Mar 20, 202010:55
27 - dreamers of with v e n n

27 - dreamers of with v e n n

dreamers of, released July 26 is v e n n's second EP of the summer on Sonder House. Listen to it here in its entirity, as well as my conversation with v e n n about the creation of the EP.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7K80bdPzdWRFqAHBfk1cPi?si=xtw4UdnFR86zJ46d0GZvVA

Aug 01, 201942:47
26 - waterslinkys with Ryan Manning

26 - waterslinkys with Ryan Manning

Binaural sound by Ryan Manning of water behaving weirdly on a set of stairs in downtown Los Angeles. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L1H5bURiaA&feature=youtu.be

Listen to Ryan's podcasts, That's All Folks: https://anchor.fm/thats-all-folks and Impaulsive Postcast: https://anchor.fm/impaulsivepostcast

Mar 14, 201932:38
25 - this play, which may or may not take place with acadjmia

25 - this play, which may or may not take place with acadjmia

Producer acadjmia takes to the air in a cimbalom-ic musical journey. We talk about the sound of neutron stars and the human voice.

Find acadjmia's work at:

instagram.com/acadjmia

soundcloud.com/acadjmia


Feb 28, 201931:59
24 - High School

24 - High School

Hypernostalgia tangles with high school Photobooth recordings in a sound collage. Happy valentine's!

Feb 14, 201912:12
23 - Sifting

23 - Sifting

Sun sifts through the water, and an algorithm sifts through the noise.

Jan 24, 201910:37
22 - with Hark Madley

22 - with Hark Madley

Producer Hark Madley joins Nice Fumes with his tracks 'empathy' and 'a candle in the dark pt 2' off his upcoming release 'stream'. After the music we talk about finding positivity and support within the modular world, and the roles of flow and transience in the creation of art.

For more on Hark Madley:

harkmadley.com

harkmadley.bandcamp.com

@harkmadley

Jan 09, 201937:07
21 - Black Body with Terens K.

21 - Black Body with Terens K.

A terrifying, radioactive journey through another plane with Terens K.
Dec 20, 201827:50
20 - Pink Pyrite

20 - Pink Pyrite

Music from Trona, Yosemite, and other worlds adapted from sound for the film EARTH.COLOR.MAGICK for Bradley Duncan Studio.
Dec 08, 201811:01
19 - Xochimilco

19 - Xochimilco

Glide through the sonic waters of the Xochimilco canals.
Dec 01, 201813:02
07 - with Gram Hummell

07 - with Gram Hummell

A rebroadcast of Gram's excellent Nice Fumes while I travel. Browse the shopping mall of worldviews.
Nov 23, 201834:49
18 - with Loris Ravera

18 - with Loris Ravera

Producer and visual artist Loris Ravera shares a minimalist mix, and discusses creating audio to match video, and vice versa.
Nov 09, 201823:58
17 - Orbital (try this at home)

17 - Orbital (try this at home)

This is the first Nice Fumes orbital, a fun and easy sound project all of you should try! This orbital was created by Andrew Sarlo, Julia Grimm, Michelle Simunovic, and myself at the Little Tokyo shopping center in Los Angeles.
Nov 01, 201824:05
16 - (≠​)​, for jspurr. with Davinci J. Siano

16 - (≠​)​, for jspurr. with Davinci J. Siano

A funky, meditative walk through Boston and alternate worlds of thought with J. Siano.
Oct 18, 201822:12
15 - ECCO Kommunication with Sun Pack

15 - ECCO Kommunication with Sun Pack

This week, we have a condensed set version of the album ECCO Kommunication by Sun Pack, the musical project of Niki Smith. After the music, Niki talks about being inspired by John C Lilly's body of work, the existential crises humans face, and how we can use our energy to heal.
Oct 11, 201836:09
14 - with Bad Elephant

14 - with Bad Elephant

Producer Bad Elephant shares a minimix, and speaks on regenerative patches and our curiosity as humans.
Oct 04, 201820:29
13

13

Here's your magic eyeball, use it wisely.
Sep 28, 201812:46
12 - The Streets are Hot Tonight with Nicky Smith

12 - The Streets are Hot Tonight with Nicky Smith

Nicky Smith collaged this week's Nice Fumes, The Streets are Hot Tonight, over six months in 2017. After his piece, we talk about how he gathered samples, and the political sounds of, and impact on, the piece.
Sep 20, 201850:41
11 - Jebi with Jake Lingan

11 - Jebi with Jake Lingan

Jake Lingan made this week's Nice Fumes, Jebi, out of recordings of the occult. After his piece, we talk about working with tape, intercepting mystery radio broadcasts, and his label No Index, based in Chicago.

*due to a problem with the RSS feed, this episode has been republished*
Sep 14, 201839:39
10

10

It's raining at the lake. A gunshot flashes through the chatter of frogs.
Sep 06, 201815:20
09 - No Specific Notes with OSOA

09 - No Specific Notes with OSOA

OSOA guides us on a sonic train ride that starts in LA's Union Station and flashes through worlds.
Aug 30, 201831:29
08

08

A cold wind flows through the cave, but who's controlling the mouse?
Aug 23, 201819:20
07 - with Gram Hummell

07 - with Gram Hummell

Gram Hummell created this week's Nice Fumes. After the music, we talk about weaving musical ideas together, and shopping for philosophies in the age of Amazon.
Aug 16, 201826:06
06 - ddeeaatthhwwaavvee with Mike Harris

06 - ddeeaatthhwwaavvee with Mike Harris

Mike Harris's ddeeaatthhwwaavvee is an ominous synthetic guitarscape. After the music, he talks to me about making the track and improvising in harmony with systems of effects.
Aug 09, 201820:38
05 - Microsleep Side B with Ebi Causey

05 - Microsleep Side B with Ebi Causey

Microsleep returns. I talk to Ebi about creating the work, its original placement in the Bennington Museum, making music with room fans, and more.
Aug 02, 201835:41
03 - Microsleep Side A with Ebi Causey

03 - Microsleep Side A with Ebi Causey

Our first guest set -- an intricate, tingling sound collage of tapes by Ebi Causey.
Jul 19, 201824:52
02

02

Sniff the big, billowing clouds of church incense.
Jul 12, 201818:37
01

01

This is the very first episode of Nice Fumes, a weekly ambient/electronic music podcast filled with swirling sonic clouds to populate the spaces in your life. I'm your host, Rill Causey. Today, I explain the basics of the show and play its first piece of music. Thank you for listening!
Jul 03, 201815:25