We'll be right back. We'll be right back. I want to love you. I want to love you. I want to love you. I want to love you. I want to love you. I want to love you. I want to love you. I want to love you. I want to love you. I want to love you. I want to love you. I want to love you. I want to love you. Hi, Elena. Elena. Hi, Elena. Hey. Hi. We also got Frank LePaul. Hola. Hola, amigo. How was your show? How was the show at the Echoplex? It was good, man. It was good. I like Suzuka Poderosa, dude. Oh, man. She should have been on later in the night. You know? I guess. I'm surprised. She was at it last minute. That's why I saw it. But there were a lot of media there, too, man. Yeah. Except for that. I was like, I don't know. Lots of people were like, what is this? The MTV Awards? I know. She kicked ass, though. Yeah. I mean, damn. Great. That's all I got to say is damn. Yeah. I talked to her, dude. She said she's going to come back. She likes LA. She's falling in love with LA. She might move, man. She might move here. I don't know. Got to have her. Yeah. What's up, Big Chain? Oh, Big Chain's trying to show that cat doesn't go away. Big Chain. Yeah. Big Chain. Big C. So we have Sketch in the house. We also have Basic here, too. He's chilling there. He's just. Yeah. That's him. That's him. So we're going to go ahead and play more songs. And we're going to come back here with Piñata. And we're going to talk to Sketch Monster. Ask him what's up. What's new. Are you guys Mexicans? Yes. Partly. Yeah. We're going to talk. We're going to talk with them. We're all Americans here, man. Yeah. Okay. Anyway. So go ahead, Frank. Do your thing, man. We're going to go ahead and come back in a few minutes. Ciao. Stay tuned. Piñata. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. She looked kind of sad When she said goodbye And gave me a kiss I was soon to realize That hey, that was it That was how As I recall It was a couple of years ago I said, will you call me someday She said, no, I don't think so No, I don't think No I had it all down She wanted more I don't know what She was looking for I don't know what I don't know what I don't know what Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I just know, know, know, know, know, know, know So I say hi now, if it's a body, go We're body shakers, we're all the same thing Know, know, know, know, know, know We're all the same thing, all the users So, so, so, so, so, so, so I'm Catatonic, talk to me I'm Catatonic, talk to me Just take advantage, I will agree Agree, yeah I'm Catatonic I'm Catatonic Doctor who is that as far near as I've come near? Walk out the door and I remember just what I saw Between the conversations I left my drugs to tear It was confusing with the drugs, talking and talk I kept the scale and then I panicked and my mind locked, locked, locked, locked, locked I'd rather be that Italian, I'll never stop It's confusing, it disappoints me, oh The conversations, the way the guys didn't know No, no, no, no, no, no To a Italian, it's just a simple thing Go, go, go, go, go, go We've had a chance and they're all the same way, you know No, no, no, no, no, no But with my friendship, I'll never use it So, so, so, so, so, so, so I gotta talk to you, won't you talk to me Just take advantage, lie I will agree My innocence won't stop showing me no teeth I gotta talk to you, won't you talk to me Take advantage, lie I will agree My innocence won't stop showing we don't see I gotta talk to you Talk to me I gotta talk to you Come back to me I gotta talk to you Talk to me Take advantage lie I will agree My innocence won't stop showing we don't see I will not fail. I will not fail. I will not fail. I will not fail. I will not fail. I will not fail. I will not fail. I will not fail. I will not fail. I will not fail. I will not fail. Oh my God. Sorry. Busted. I'm sorry. Hey man, why are you coughing? Yeah, what's wrong with you? It's smoggy LA. Yeah, we're doing a spiritual ritual right now. Sorry. Okay, we're back here at Piñata. We're with Lee and Frank Lopo and Sonidos. And we have a sketch monster, our super guest. So what's up guys? What's going on with you guys? What's the word? Bird. I don't know. We just started playing. We had our first show, which I think was fun. You know, we have a pretty complicated setup. So we're still working out the kinks. But it's a lot of fun. I really like your band. Number one is because you have a drum machine. And I was like, you know, it sounded good there. You know, it could have been a little bit louder, but it was fine. It was fine. We think there was something wrong with the app actually. No, there's nothing wrong. It was just like it was holding back or something. Yeah. Okay. It's meant to be a little loud. It was a great show. I loved it. I got fucked up. You know, everything. I was going to make some signs of there was going to tell you when to clap, when to fart, when to sneeze, when to hit it. But I left at home. Yeah. So, okay. Sketch monster. Who came up with the name? That's a very interesting. Interesting name. Sonia and Louis did. Yeah. I don't remember the conversation. It was kind of like a term that we threw around for like somebody. Sketchy ass people. Who's like really, you know, scary. Sketchy, shady. Sketchy. Like, wow, they're a sketch monster for sure. You know, it was inspired by the people. Those people. That's a good name for a clothing line too. It's like a double meaning. Like a sketch monster and a sketchy ass person. You know? It could mean a couple of things. It's kind of cute in a little sense too. Cute and innocent. You know? And then there's the dark side. You get away with it. So you guys have a. Sorry. That's cool. You guys have a Facebook and you have a profile where they can go in. Where can they go? Facebook is, I believe, facebook.com slash sketch monster. Exactly how it sounds. We have a band camp, which we're still working on. We just recorded the EP, which we did ourselves. Right. We're going to play the EP too later. Woohoo. So. We're going to dance to it. I heard them live and they were great. I mean, you know. Thank you. Thanks. You know, I know, I know Sonia. I know, I know you guys. You guys have been in different bands. So go ahead. Tell me. Louis, what band you come from? Or what were your bands or whatever? I've come from a long line of bands, actually. Hello, we all. But the latest one I was in was Spider Problem. Nice. So that was prior to that. That's what I did. What about you, Sonia? Well. Last project I was in before Sketch Monster was Busty Does With You and Henry. And that was a lot of fun. Good for you. And Elena? I'm currently still in the Orange Rev and came from ECK, Electric Current Eccentric Chaos. Yeah. What happened to your friend? Chris. It looked like he dropped out of the radar. I know. I don't see much. That guy has so much energy. He does. He does. He does a lot of open mic events. I see on the Facebook post he does. Oh, really? He's still around. Okay. You guys still talking? You guys still... How you guys met? Yeah. You guys met in school? We met when I was playing with another band. I was like a side project band. And he played guitar and I played drums in that other band. And then we're like, hey, you're pretty good. Let's jam out together. Yeah. But yeah. Yeah. We're still good friends. You are one of my favorite drummers from that side part of town. You know? Thank you. You're a good drummer. You blow my mind away with your drum kit. What kind of drum kit were you using? The electronic one? Yeah. The V-Drum? It's a Roland TD-3. A little older model. Do they break easy or no? We'll find out. No. Probably. I haven't broken it yet. Yeah. Because you know what? I'm a drummer too, right? And I hit hard. And playing those, I like them. But probably if I play live, I'll be hitting them really hard. Yeah. You can replace the pads. So you can buy different pads. They have better ones. And you could replace the interface as well. And the mesh. Depending on what sound you want. There's like fake mesh on the snare too. Man, you guys know more about the drum kit than Harry. Well, it's their drum kit. Well, we're the technical. Oh, you're the technical? Yeah. You're doing lighting? Did you enjoy the sticks? Yeah. That's what I was going to think about that. I was like, I saw that. I was like, dude. Oh, shit. That was nice. I was like, yeah. I want this on a Twitter contest. These guys are sketchy. Yeah. Looks like you broke open some glow sticks like right before. Yeah. Yeah. We'll park this way. I know, right? Yeah. You want to land your airplane this way. Right here. That's so cool, though. It's like going to a parking lot in downtown. Yeah. Five dollars right here. Hey, you guys. When is your next show? When is going to be your next show? Is it going to be very soon? Our next show that we want to promote is September 10th. That's at the Old Town Pub. Old Town Pasadena. Old Town Pasadena. Old Town Pub. Yes. I'm confirmed. We have the Orange Rev. Sketch Monster. Uh-huh. And Razzle Blaster. Yeah. Yeah. Razzle what? Razzle Blaster. They're a two-piece. I never heard that name. They're trippy. Pretty cool. So good. Nuts. Nuts. Sounds like a Nickelodeon cartoon, but hardcore. Yeah. I like that. Hardcore Nickelodeon. Yeah. Yeah. After 12 a.m. Yeah. After 12. Yeah. Yeah. Kind of like Adult Swim, but. Yeah. Woo. Yeah. We got Consuelo. We got Chelo Rico in the house. Message. Hi. Nice to meet you guys. Yeah. There you go. Nice. That's nice. Yeah. It's official. Yeah. It's official. She's here. Hi. I want to know if I could talk to Sketch Monster. Oh. Caller. What are you calling from? Caller. Who is this? Who's this? I am calling from. Galapagos Park. Nice town. Yeah. Hey, can you turn down your laptop, radio, whatever you have there? Sure I can. Thank you, sir. Go ahead. Here's Sketch Monster asking questions. What's up, Brian? Hello, Sketch Monster. Hi, Brian. I wanted to know what is your favorite type of bear? That would be a Kodiak. I prefer a polar, but what about you, Elena? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Petty bear Paddington bear With the raincoat She's a flasher You know who it was Joggy bear Hey boo boo A gay man What? A gay bear A bear man That was my favorite bear It was like second to Cody We all know that's your favorite bear Big muscular What else? That's the end of my question Have a good day Thank you Thank you, caller number 20 That was Brian It's Sonia's turn Louie, it's Sonia's turn now Yeah, it's her turn They're playing with video games Okay, so going back to Sketch Mountain Come on, let's get serious here Elena, please I can't, it's too hard Okay, let's go Okay, so now, who came up with this project? Who's like the lead person here? Who's the master here? That'd probably be me and Louie Okay I don't know, we had jammed out When we used to live at my mom's house Baldwin Park for a good year and a half You know, we'd be stuck in our room We just started, I don't know Coming up with these crazy ideas I mean, it's been a long time since we've been here We've been like, ooh, what if I did this? What if I did that? And we started with a drum machine Do you guys have same influences? Yeah Yeah, we do actually A lot of influences I remember the first time I hung out with her I saw her record collection I was like, ooh Nice And how'd it come up with picking Elena To drum for you guys? Because Elena's awesome, that's why Awesome Yeah, we had put out a couple ads and stuff A couple people were interested But we didn't have a lot of time So we had to do it So we had to do it We had jammed with Elena And, you know, it just Sounds cool, worked out But she's also very open-minded Because a lot of people wouldn't A big part of it Really consider using an electric drum set And that was just the idea A lot of people were like, electric drum set? What? I mean, you play electric guitars and acoustic drums Why not electric drums, right? Yeah No, but you guys sounded really awesome on On Lot 1 Thank you It was really great, I had a good time So, Big Chain, I don't know if you get those Tracks ready Sketch one, so we're gonna play them in a little bit When is your next show again? Let's let everybody there September 10th at the Old Town Pub in Pasadena Okay And then after that Is September 11th at the Redwood Yeah Redwood Good sounds Everybody has to go through the Redwood Yep, Redwood, September 11th Old Town Pub, September 10th Okay Should be a good time Nice Okay, so Alright, we're gonna play the first track It's, what's it called? Coils, I believe This song's called Coils Coils, alright This track, I play guitar, Lou plays bass Elena's on the drums And it's pretty fun Nice Okay, we're gonna go ahead and hear it And then we're gonna come back to you guys, okay? Cool Piñata for you! Little Little you you you you you you you you I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Oh shit, the light's on. Very wrong. Okay, we're back. We're back in Pinhata with Lee. And... We still got Sketch Monsters. I like that song. It's one of my favorites right here. Thank you. It was the first one we wrote, actually. Nice going there. Nice going. Okay, so we're going to hear two more tracks. And after that, we're going to have in the next hour, we're going to have a basic. And we also have Wet Mango just got here, too. Hello, Christina. She's here. I forgot to play the... I was supposed to play this for you when you come in. I forgot, so I'm doing it right now. Yeah. She's in the house, definitely. Okay, so we're going to play two more tracks. Is that what we got? Okay. Yeah. Okay, what is next here? The next song is a cover. It's by the band Chrome. Chrome, okay. Which is a band from the 70s and 80s. They kind of did their own thing. And the song's called Iza Morris. Okay. All right. So this is Sketch Monster for you. Iza Morris. Iza Morris. Iza Morris. Iza Morris. Iza Morris. Iza Morris. Iza Morris. Iza Morris. Iza Morris. We have a caller! Pina Tower here with Lee, and we got Sketch Monster. We have a caller. Who's this? This is O.S. DeVille, a friend of Elena's here. Woo! Hey, what's up, Ryan? Hey, Elena, how are you doing? I'm doing good. How are you doing? Very cool. Thank you for calling. Yeah, I just had to call and congratulate everybody for being on the radio. We've got a good show here. Fantastica, Bastidas, Spider, Pollen, Orange Rev, and all those people getting together, as well as Basic you have going on later. Yeah, man, gangsters make the world spin. Wet Mango's here, too. Wet Mango's here, too. I was just going to mention Sonic Death Rabbit, the Basics, other things he's got going on with there. Very cool. Cool. Cool. Where are you calling from? What city are you calling from? I'm calling from Hollywood. Okay. Hollywood. Where's Hollywood at? That's right. Never heard of it. I haven't been there in a long time. I think I've been there once. It's right underneath the sign. Oh, okay, I got it now. It's still there. They haven't moved it. But the 101, right? Yeah, they still got that going. I think they tore down the 405 last month. But I think we still got the 101. You know what? They need to fix the 101. You know what they need to fix, too? Fix the 110, man. You know what they need to fix, too? Wilshire Boulevard. No, you know what? No, no, you know what? They need to fix the Sunset Junction thing here. Oh, man. It's all over the news. Pinches Malapagas. Well, what's wrong with that? I don't know. So much money involved. It's amazing. Money makes the world go round. That's what they say. I need to make it over there. Sunset Junction. Anyway, so, yeah, I don't know what happened. I think they canceled. It's not because they wanted to cancel. The city canceled on them. Hey, you haven't paid us. $141,000. We gave you a chance last year. Was it over $200,000? And you didn't come through, so, hey. It was $141,000 or something like that. Last year. I just couldn't answer my phone. I'll come through next time. Hello? Yeah, hello? I'm still here. Yeah. What'd you say right now? You couldn't come through? Oh, I don't know. I think he was trying to make a joke. I'm just going off of what you're giving me here. So how long do you know Elena? Just about two years when she was in ECEK. Back in the days. Oh, you have a hardcore follower here. That's nice. Hey, Elena's one of my favorite drummers. She's awesome. She is. She's the bomb. She's one of my favorites. I'm always excited to see you. I don't know about you, but what new things she's getting into. Cool. So anyway, do you play any instruments? Are you a musician? Yes, in a sense, I do DJ. In a sense, he's a fantastic DJ. Elena's confirming that. He plays at Beauty is Pain a lot in Hollywood. Oh, I like that. Yeah, I play there quite often. Beauty is Pain? Where is that at? It's in Hollywood. Hollywood on Highland. It's a cool little underground spot. Why are you throwing guns? Why are you throwing? I know. Hollywood. Yeah, gang signs. You're throwing me like, you're throwing me gang signs and shit. I'm like, what? It's in Hollywood. Record store, art store, shows. Slash boutique. Fashion gallery, everything. Oh, wow. That's cute. It's cool. Something like Frankie's. Total DIY place. Highland, just south of Sunset. Mm-hmm. Is that like this little place called Frankie's is like that too as well? I haven't been to Frankie's. No? Okay. Frankie's. I've heard of it. It's Frederick's. That's on Hollywood. Does he know Frankie? Frankie's on Sunset. I don't know. Somewhere there. Anyways. Okay, so we just heard some tracks from Sketch Monster. What do you think about it? What are your thoughts on it? You like it? Oh, I don't want to think. I just want to listen. Awesome. Good answer. Good answer. It makes more sense when we don't talk. We just listen to them. Do their thing. Right. But yeah, I think it's very special. I'm glad that they're able to express themselves differently. Thank you. We appreciate that. In a very cool, cool way. So once again, these guys are going to be playing September the 10th? And 11th. Okay. Where? September 10th at Old Town Pub in Pasadena. Okay. Really cool bar. And September 11th at the Rose. Yeah. And then September 11th at the Redwood. I call it the pirate bar. But that's what they should name. Yeah, the pirate bar. That's a cool bar. Also, this Friday we have another session. King Eddie's is free. We're going to have Gothic Cholo. I love that name. I don't know what it is. That's Bizart. Oh, Bizart. Yeah, Bizart. Bizart's gangsta and gone. Yeah. Yeah, he's cool. And also this new cat's called Williams and Williams Incorporated. That's a cool name. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 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Were you staying at another DJ's house? No, no. My homies helped me out when I got there. You just find websites that are similar to Craigslist or something like that. Where you find people subletting. There's a lot of paperwork that you have to go through if you want to be official. Did they ask you to come down here? Or you were like, let me have a little experience out there. I tour a lot in Europe and play out there. I just thought it would be cool to focus on music. There's super cheap flights. If you want to bounce from Berlin to Paris or something, you can get a flight for like 40 bucks. We should go tonight to Berlin. Let's go, man. Artists, especially experimental artists, get paid better there than they do here. Which makes it a lot easier to just play music and live off of that. Why is that? So dough was just raining on you. Because they appreciate music and art. Look at bands like Coco Rosi. Those bands would not have existed in the States. And the girls are from the States. You know what I mean? You know what I mean? You know what I mean? You know what I mean? You know what I mean? You know what I mean? A good example is Sonic Death Rabbit got flown out to Zaragoza, Spain. Wants to play a festival. We got our plane tickets covered. You know, all food, all expenses. Plus $1,000 on top of it. Just to play one show. That doesn't make sense. Just to play one show. It's because the government actually has funds for arts activities in the country. That's the difference. They care about their citizens. You can say, oh, I'm this like random DIY promoter with this crazy experimental music. Hey, France. Give me some money. And they go, okay. Yeah. And it's like, you know, experimental electronic music is obviously a lot bigger in Europe. So. Yeah. Yeah. We're playing this crazy festival with like bands like. Or acts like. Yeah. Awe-Tekker played. Who else played? Chris. Viral Syndicate. Chris. Virus Syndicate. Chris Clark. A lot of Warp artists. And yeah, Curtis Blow came out there. Yeah. That was awesome. And played that show too. No way. Curtis Blow. These are the breaks. Yeah. Yeah. That's amazing. That's amazing. That's amazing. That's amazing. That's amazing. That's amazing. That's amazing. That was especially funny because the way they spoke English and, you know, like, and also like the way that people dance in Europe is a lot different. Like, you think like people here sometimes don't have rhythm. Like, go to a party in Europe and it's just like everybody's just bouncing up and down. Like that one. So then Curtis Blow's like getting down and everybody's just like. Do you think it's because, do you think it's because their weed is better? Their weed is amazing. Yeah. I had a sleep moment. You ever heard that story about sleep? Oh, I had those. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sonia knows. Oh, they go and look for me in the car. Come on. Compared to what there is in California though? No. California's got amazing weed too. Yeah. I don't smoke. When I go back to the East Coast, I don't do nothing there. Yeah. So we're psyched to play your show coming up on. Yeah, man. What day is that anyways? It's going to be this Saturday. This Saturday the 27th. Right after that. The 27th. Cool. The Smunch, the Munch, Nunchun, Shum Shum Shum, something like that. The what? The Smunchun something. The Shumshun, Shumshun. The Sunset Smunchun. Smunchun. Yeah, there we go. What a name. The Smushing. Fucking Bobby. Bobby Vega, dude. Sometimes. Oh, the Smashing Munchkins? Anyway, it's going to be at his house. Yeah. The Smashing Munchkins. Yeah. Sweet. I don't know. It's related with the Sunset Junction, which is not going to happen. El Relajo en la calle. El Relajo. Fuck it. Fuck it. Fuck it. But I thought it would happen if they raised like $130,000 or something. You know what is amazing? It's like with this news came out through Los Angeles time, it's like it showed their true colors. What? What do you mean? Like on the way of like, they're much money and they got a break and they can't make it. You're not representing the scene. You're not representing a really good vibe. You're just giving a bad name to a community. That's what basically they're doing. I understand their intentions of bringing artists, keeping in the payroll, doing this, doing business. And I know it's worked through different like space lands involved and the talent buyers involved. And I, you know, I understand, but this is something you, you cannot try not to make a mistake because this is how you damage not a festival, but the name, the community. Better luck with them next time. Maybe. I mean, plus like, I mean, I'm not really sure. The background is cheaper. They got to do it cheaper. It'll be cheaper. And keep it real, you know? Yeah. Well, as someone who is a promoter. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm also a musician. Right. I know that it's really easy to criticize people that put on events, but really when it comes down to it, they're doing something that a lot of other people wouldn't really put the time and effort towards doing. Right. That has benefited a lot of artists and a lot of people in the community. So without really knowing the background of it, I wouldn't really, I understand what you're saying and there's a lot of people that are going to be let down because of it if it doesn't go through. Yeah. But like it takes a lot of work. Right. Right. And I can see. making mistakes. Oh, no. Of course. Lee, you know what sucks about it? That I was really looking forward to seeing Hanson. Seriously. I was trying to probably meet a little John. Are you serious? Was Hanson playing? I'm fucking serious. They were supposed to play. Amazing. When I saw that, I'm like, okay, I'm done. Can they cream pie on their face? Yeah, that's it. Cream pie? Cream pie. Cream pie. I'd rather see Cisco on that stage. Remember Cisco? The thong song? Yeah, I remember Cisco. Whatever happened to him? I heard he's working at a Burger King. He's working at a Burger King on Sunset Boulevard. Is he? I don't know. They should play the whiskey first. Oh, we got some stuff coming up, too. Besides your show, Christina is a part of this collective called Obsolete, which is dedicated to a bunch of obsolete video game consoles. Breakcore. The whole purpose of it is doing monthly performances with people, visual artists and music artists who use nothing but antiquated computers and obsolete computers and obsolete technologies such as, you know, Commodores, Atari, NES, Game Boys. Circuit bending is involved in it. We've had, I mean, we even consider, like, I don't know, Derek just made a really good point. They stopped selling the Technique 1200 turntable. That means that turntablism is officially obsolete. Whoa. Damn. And I'm not saying, I'm not saying. No wonder those turntables are $170. So if you got it, you got it. Those aren't big needs. Yeah, yeah. But you, well, I mean, there's enough produced in the world. You're going to be able to get them for a while. Have you seen how they much on Craigslist? If you want to buy a new one off the line, you're done. But so, so Christina's Night Obsolete, we're actually going to be playing there also. White Mango, Basic and some of the knucklehead crew that came through over here. You guys said you had Wiz Wars and Cool School on before, right? Yeah. Oh, they did come on. Yeah. Would that be changed? Yeah, they were here a couple months ago, like two months ago or so. Yeah, they're part of the crew too. So we're all going to go crazy and go bonkers. I've been throwing these parties at my warehouse just down the street from here. It's called Pixel Frequency and this is the last one we'll probably do at this warehouse. But yeah, it's just, it's a really cool little space and it's a chance to see people pushing. Can they get the info from going to your, you have a page or something? Right now, probably the best way to do it is to find us on Facebook, which is, you know, it's facebook.com slash Obsolete FM or if you go to obsolete.fm or www.obsolete.fm that's a good way if you're already friends with me, Wet Mango, on Facebook as well. Trying to think of... When is that going on? September? That one is on September 3rd. Sick. Yeah. Yeah, so. Nice. Also check, big up to the So Simple Crew and Dark Matter Sound Systems collectives that we're a part of that have been helping spread experimental electronic music for over 10 years in LA. Check sosimplerecords.com and darkmattersoundsystem.com Saludos y besos. Thank you, Christina. I like that. Sorry about that. No, that's a sign that you're having a good time. Me too. Actually, I just really like all this compression. Oh, yeah. I'm having a good time now. Woo! Is that it? That's it? You guys give up? All right. So, basic, I just want to ask you one question. It's like, do you like her mask? It's nice. Especially the blue one. Two thumbs up. Did you wear stuff like that when you performed? Yeah, yeah. When we did Sonic Death Rabbit, I used to make masks and then Christina wore a bunny outfit that she made. Oh, look how cute. I like... Yeah, I'm into the masks. I like what you did with the doors. Oh, the doors cover? Yeah. Yeah, that's my banger. That's my banger track. If I'm ever like... Oh, the whiskey? The whiskey song? Yeah, yeah. I played it at BlipFest this year because it was like, I was like, these people don't understand my music. I know what they'll like. You slammed them, right? Yeah. That's kind of how it happened. But yeah, no, a lot of people really like that cover. That's another one we haven't played in like three years. Yep. So, do you have other projects besides... I mean, you have Basic and you have, you know... Just Basic and Sonic Death Rabbit and she just has White Mango and Sonic Death Rabbit. Have you ever been a brush from... Oh, I write tons of the stuff that I do. Actually, I think the songs that I'm playing, two of them, I think, have additional writing. I wrote them with my girlfriend, Marcy. But it's just under the name Basic, but we'll get around to them. I think the track Unbalanced we're going to play, it's Basic and Marcy. Thrashy Game Boy stuff with crazy vocals. I love the names of Basic and Mango. Yeah, the Rapids. I want some. I like it. Yeah, that's just... Yeah, it's the stuff that we focus on in those projects. Yeah. I would like to be in a band one day. If you can come down Saturday, they're going to play one of the piñata shows. Yeah. They're going to be performing. Is there actually going to be a piñata? No, not on this one. But you know what? I'll bring one. I'll bring one. I'll bring one. Okay, so there's going to be two. We're going to bring... Okay. That's fine. What do you want me to fill it up with? Condoms. Condoms. Actually, I did just go to Planned Parenthood and they gave me a shit ton of condoms. Go to 99 cents and go get the specials. Condoms and lube. And they sell this powder that's like a shot of vodka, but it's like... That sounds nasty. A powder? Powder vodka? Powder vodka. I never heard that. Is that in Wikipedia? That's how you're going to be doing when you do that. Water. Can you snore it? I would like to snore that. Snort it. Snorting vodka. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. You can't snort it all in lines? In four lines? No. Crocodiles. But yeah, we should stuff the... We should get a piñata and it should be stuffed with things. Like raw meat. Oy. Ramen. It doesn't sound right. Peanut butter. I love peanut butter. Have you guys played the Sunsing Junction? No. No, right? We don't fit into that. We have played some but you know. I don't know. I don't think so. No, I don't. I wouldn't be surprised if you guys be on the bill. I'm not saying that if they didn't hear the music, they wouldn't like it. I'm just saying that, like, as far as the bands that I've seen that have played, we haven't really, we don't really have people that would come to our shows that I wouldn't see at that particular festival for the most part. I don't even know who's playing. Is it like Radiohead cover band, Stereohead? All right, don't be a dick. I'm just kidding. No, no, it's like, I'm sure there's awesome stuff. No, he's being honest. Yeah, yeah. No, no, no. I'm just being honest. I know people that have played the Sunset Junction Festival. We played crazy stuff before, like, you know, and all the parties that we throw was so simple. And with Dark Matter, we do, like, you know, really crazy house parties to, like, you know, really big warehouse shows. Do you guys perform? Do you perform on low end, Derry? No. No. No. Our stuff might be a little too crazy for them, but who knows? Not knocking them at all, but some of the stuff is really loud and chaotic and a lot faster. But, you know, with... Our homie Kevin from Skinny Puppy, he released our album a couple years back, and it was weird. We were playing some crazy spots, like the... Well, you weren't there for that one, huh? I played the Nokia. Yeah, that was weird. The huge Nokia thingy. The theater? Yeah. Whoa. And, like, what else? What, the Pomona Glass House and stuff? So it's kind of crazy coming from this, like, really underground background of playing, you know, just small warehouses. Well, not even small, but just warehouses. But to play in, like, this huge commercial place, you know? Yeah. It's the Nokia Theater. That was funny. Great sound, though, right? Yeah. It's gotta be, like... But at big places like that, though, you know, they turn everyone down until the headliner, and then they turn it up, like, five times as loud. Yeah. Oh, shit, yeah, you're right. They always do that. Yeah, so it's like I could hear, like, my homies in the front row, like, talking to me, you know? Like, hey, what's up? I'm like, wow, this is kind of weird. I'm, like, playing at this huge commercial spot, and I thought it was going to be this huge thing of, like, da-da-da-da. Woo! We made it! You know what I'm saying? It's like, you know, I much, like, prefer just, like, getting nuts with my friends until, like, five in the morning at warehouses and stuff, but... And this was on stage? You guys were on stage? Yeah, yeah, opening up for them. It didn't look like you were in the audio booth or anything like that, right? No, no, on stage. Wow, that sucks. I'm sorry. I'm going to complain. Yeah, let's go out down there tomorrow. I'm sending them an email. No. What the hell? Hey, Basic, how was Japan? How was that? Japan was great. Did the Japanese dig this? Oh, yeah, actually, I went with my homie Kevin. Me and Kevin Key went out there, I think, last year. We spent, like, two weeks out there. I've only played, like, one show. Right. Wow. We ate hardcore, like, about five times a day, just eating sushi. Yeah. Japan's cool, you know? You like sushi? Yeah, sushi is amazing, but it was weird. He loves Indian food, and so do I, so we were just going to, like, mad Indian buffets constantly. Oh, my God. Indians in Japan? And they make curry in Japan. No, it's amazing. You know, they treated us really well, and, you know, I was staying at this, like, 30-story place. Indians in Japan. That sounds like a cool band name. I'm sorry. Yeah, that's weird. Yeah, Japan's cool, man. Big up to the crew over there. They're insane, you know? They liked us. It's like a Canadian moving to South Africa. They liked us to play the crazy music and, you know, scream our heads off, and they loved it. Nice. That's what we're into, just losing our minds. I'm a firm believer in losing your mind. Is there a scene for that? Yeah. Doing over there in Japan? Yeah. You know, you find pockets of it everywhere around the world, but Japan, it was cool. Like, I thought it was going to be a lot bigger, but it was probably, like, 100 people or something, which was nice. The chiptune kind of community in Japan is huge, as far as there's, you know, cholesterol. I mean, these guys are, like, they're into the chip, right? These guys are, like... I wanted to go to Fuji Rock. I did go to Summer Sonic one year ago. Who plays at those things? Those are major... Rage Against the Machine, I think, you play there. Fuji Rock. Go win it now! Yeah. Who else plays there? Hanson? The Japanese band I saw was Ripsline. Hanson. What? Rage Against the Machine playing Hanson songs? How about Silverchair? Yeah. They rock. They were young, too. About 16, 17-year-old. Did that kid kill himself already? Did he kill himself? No, they just broke up, actually. Oh, okay. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks, man. Anyways, so we're going back to basic here. Come on, man. Every time we talk about him, we go back to Hanson and the Sunset Junction shit and the fucking up thing. Keep the studios in that comms. Can I save the world? All right. We're here to save the world. The Los Angeles underground. Mainstream is not... It's not welcome. All right, man. So we're going to play some of your tracks. Oh, yeah. The first one is a track. The first track that I did was Strange Loop. Strange Loop? Yeah, Strange Loop. He's a part of it. All right. We're going to go ahead and play your tracks, and then we're going to go back with you for a couple more questions, and then we'll play the rest of the tracks. Okay. So this is basic. Here, Piñata Hour. Thank you for listening. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. He does have a little bit of a mini studio, though. Yeah, I got stuff in my house. Okay. Oh, you get your own studio? Yeah. With my last album, I recorded at my friend's place. He left, I think, to Brazil or somewhere. And he has this amazing studio. I didn't know how to work anything. So he's like, yeah, here's my keys. Use the studio. Finish up your album in a couple days. I ended up staying there for over a year. Like, a month. I ended up staying there for like a month and just like, you know, taking a bunch of mind-altering things and just freaking out. It's like a kid at a candy store. Yeah, yeah. I mean, because he's got like drum tracks. He's got an amazing studio, yeah. Yeah, he's got tons of equipment. How do you guys met? I mean, you guys have such a lot of chemistry there. The www. www. Was it even MySpace? Strix? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. He used to have an old website. And one thing that he did before a lot of people did was put up a lot of free mixes online. And he was part of a crew of people in Milwaukee from Addict Records that I used to buy a lot of vinyl from them. They were, as far as like the USA front of, you know, experimental breakcore, they were really doing some of the best stuff. Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Yeah. So I was down. So I was down. I was downloading his mixes all the time. Finally, I hit him up and I was like, I absolutely think you're an amazing turntablist and this is great music. I want to make some artwork for you. At the time I was in a hardcore metal band and he was like, yeah, he's like, you do really good vocals and you wrote you wrote this music with these people again. So, you know, he flew me out and we started Sonic Death Rabbit the first day we met. Yeah, I just started collaborating on some stuff. Sonic the Rabbit. Do you guys tour all over the world? We have. We played shows in Europe and around the US. How was Mexico? Oh, very Mexican. We've only played one show in Mexico. It was in Tijuana. And that was one of the most depressing experiences on tour I've ever had in my life. Were you afraid for your life? That was hilarious because we walked into this venue that could fit 600 people and we're just like, what are they doing with this venue? And then everything is like a real big hassle. And we started loading all our equipment on stage. And like this cat just jumped out of the window. And like this cat just jumps in from a window, comes and takes a dump on the stage and then walks away. We're like, oh, this is a good sign. I love Mexico. It was it was a total like, oh my God. Viva Mexico. That was Tijuana though. That was Tijuana. But I played a solo. Tijuana is not Mexico. Damn. I know, but look at it. But check it. Tijuana is like the alley of Mexico, right? But check this out. I played a solo. Tijuana is where James Bond goes and buys his drugs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I played a basic set. So, I played a solo. I played a solo. I played a solo. I played a solo. I played a solo. I played a solo. I played a basic set solo show years later in Mexico City. And that was amazing. It was like 300 people going crazy and shouting along to my songs. And that was awesome. Mexico City. Mexico has its own crews of people that really pull off some stuff. I unfortunately haven't personally been able to go down there yet, but I really hope to. Mexico City. That's where it's at, man. Yeah. Did you put together your website? I love your website. It's awesome. Oh, my girlfriend Marcy did. She's awesome. She did a good job. And my homegirl Sarah, sick kid, did a lot of the photos, like all that green, goopy shit. I see a lot of bands' websites and your website's like... Sick. That's because Marcy knows what she's doing. Fucking sick, man. Marcy's a design hater and she only puts up good shit. Oh, she's dope. She knows how to do a bunch of design. And like I said, some of the next tracks that I'm playing, she writes them with me. Nice, nice. She did a good amount of work on our album, too. Who took that photo of you? Who took that photo of you? Sarah Sitkin. The one they had on the flyer for tonight. Oh, yeah. The one where I'm naked with the Game Boy on my penis. Sarah Sitkin. I see a little bit of your penis. That's a pretty cool pic. I see it. That is a pretty cool pic. Yeah, I see it. Yeah. It's interesting. I didn't recognize you. He's like, interesting, huh? Yeah, that's interesting. Very interesting. I'm like, not really, but hey. I think that one was taken about two years ago, I think. Yeah, Sarah's dope. She used to live down the street, but she moved to the woods just to get away and kick me. But yeah, she's- Is that Santa Cruz? She's one of my favorite photographers, and I definitely want her to come back and collaborate on some stuff with me. She also did the ones with all the green ooze splattering over my head. Basically all my photos, all the ones that are dope. She does- That's a dope ass pic. It's pretty cool. She has a website with a lot of her work on it. I think it's just SarahSitkin.net, right? SarahSitkin.com or .net? .com or .net. It's just if you put Sarah Sitkin, but her photography is phenomenal. Yeah, she's been a good friend for a while. Nice. She does the illness. All right, so we're going to hear the other two remaining tracks of Basic. Yeah, the next one is Unbalanced, and that's the one I wrote with Marcy. Nice. Coming from the Game Boy Color. All right, let's go play that, and after that we'll get back with that. We're going to come back with Frank Le Paul too. All right. Franco. Hola. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The cross is close and the countdown has already begun We wave goodbye to the dirty scenes, fuck this place, let's burn it down And so we're off, full speed, flying high, nestled in a ship The new journey's ahead without a clue of what to expect Clouds of lava chattered, glowing grays in here We grew excited without a spit, I thought a little bit of I know this rock, I've talked to before, I know this rock, I've talked to before I cried, planned this smack, this is terrible, it's not fair I like that track too as well. Yepa. That's right. That track was Rebirth and that is on the album Creatures. How do you like this? I like it. You like that? Looks great man, you guys all look really well done up for the day, for the night. Are those like generic? Damn, did you hear that? No, no, no, listen. He's on the OG. Listen. I used to, shut up. She's like wow that's nice, is that generic? She's trying to kick me under the table. No, I'm saying- That's so dope, it looks cheap. He bought me a mask once, this silver one that looked kind of like a hawk and I thought it was just like a cool design, I didn't even know and somebody came up to me and was like, oh that's my favorite wrestler. You're like who? So are those actual like particular wrestlers? Are every single one for all- We got these at Target. At Target. You got a new line over there. Fallas Paredes. Ah, orange bag store. I love that spot. It's the Nacho Libre way. But yeah, those are from like specific- Si, no, ellos están usando las mascaras de Rey Mysterio. That's usually the mask that I wear. Where Mysterio is. Okay. And Rey Mysterio is huge because he's the one that made the first one. Yeah, he's the one that made the first one. Yeah, he's the one that made the first one. Yeah, he's the one that made the first one. Yeah, he's the one that made the first one. He's the one that made the crossover from Lucha Libre to the WWE. Huge as in fat? Raw. Huge as in fat? No, pobrecito, he's like 5'6". Oh, never mind. But he's one of those like, hey, I'm a little guy, but I can still do it and he kicks ass. Unfortunately, right now he is injured. Oh. Mis saludos, Rey Jr. Yeah, Rey Mysterio Jr. from the 619 in San Diego. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Okay, so you guys are playing a show on Saturday, 27th. Yes. Both of you guys, also the other. Do you guys know Scrappy's? No. But we know we're homies with Bizarre and Walter Gross, but we don't know the other dude. Yeah, he's great. Looking forward to meeting him and checking on his stuff. I haven't heard of it yet. How does this sound? Tell me about it. It's going to be a great night, I tell you that. I mean, that's me, you know. No, I'm excited, too. Do you have to worry about it? I'm bummed about this, man. I'm looking at my calendar, and I was like, damn. I feel a little bit violent because, like, with this mask, I feel strong. No? Okay. That's the answer right here. All right, so you guys are going to be playing on the 27th, and besides that, what about you? Are you going to play anytime? Shit. Cut off one. Yeah, the obsolete night. Yeah, obsolete. Just go to her page and check it out. I got to get on my calendar. So coming up this Saturday, and then the obsolete one, which is September. Right. September what, Christina? And also we have- Oh, third. September 3rd is obsolete. And that's a Friday or Saturday or Tuesday. It's a Saturday. The first- Oh, yeah. Anybody who just texted- What day is that? We always do an- We call it 8-bit open mic from 8.30 to 9.15. Okay. Basically, if you make any music on obsolete hardware, as long as you can go to one line, preferably an eighth inch or a quarter inch jack, we'll give you about eight minutes of time to play. Nice. How cool. That's awesome. All right, guys. We want to thank you. Thank you, guys. Thank you guys for coming down. That's pretty cool. Thank our new friends, the Sketchy Monsters. Sketchy Monsters. I like that name a lot. Yeah, Sketch Monster. Sketch Monster. Sketch Monster. They're great. We should play Barbie. Aw. All right, guys. So we're going to say goodbye. We're going to wrap up this show, Piñata Hour. Thank you, Basic and Michael for coming down. Thank you. We want to thank Sketch Monster, Sonia, Louie, and Elena. Yeah. We also want to thank Hector, Sonny. What's up, Sonny? He was the bartender today. We want to thank Big Chain, Franco Paul, and Consuelo Chilorrico. Gracias, Consuelo. And all the millions and millions of listeners out there. Yes, yes. Don't forget. Don't forget. It's Friday, King Eddie's 3 all night. Franco Paul's going to be there too. Chongos y chongas. All right. Franco Paul up next. Thank you, guys. A bailar. A bailar. A bailar. The weekend starts here. Little we'll see you next time Thank you. Thank you. Starts here. Starts here. Starts here. Starts here. Starts here. Starts here. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.