Blast Radio News & Updates

‘Sound Parade’ is the newest, and potentially most mysterious, broadcaster to the Blast Radio airwaves. While a solo broadcaster, his shows are presented in the style of an internal dialogue with the host switching back and forth between two microphones and having a conversation with… himself.  As described in his Blast Radio profile bio, Sound Parade is an intrepid host trying desperately to navigate the stream of consciousness conversations while presenting a “Parade of Sound” featuring personal recordings, vinyl selections, and modular synths. He set himself a goal to do at least 100 broadcasts, however long that takes, and so far he's done 7. You've got 93 more to tune into.   We recently reached out for an interview… In true Sound Parade style, the responses we received were written as an internal conversation. 

Tray Fisk is a visual digital artist with a deep love of culture, art, and music. While his primary creation medium is for the eye, he’s long had a taste to use his voice and love of sound to connect with audiences. For the past year, he’s used Blast Radio to scratch that itch.  Hosting a weekly show every Friday, Tray takes fans on an audible journey through his picks of the week, art news, opinions, and experiences as an American ex-pat now living in Istanbul. More recently, he’s even been giving away a NFT for one of his works of art to a lucky listener.  We recently spoke with Tray to learn more about him, his inspirations, and his love of the movie Labyrinth. 

OldHead is a top contender for the most eccentric of all Blast Radio broadcasters. Going live from his cabin in the woods – frequently with special guests and consistently with pickle sandwiches – his broadcasts bring a combination of laughs, tunes, jokes, and commentary about his late pet moose, Martha.  We recently spoke with him to learn more about his taste, his inspirations, and the album he’s got in the works. Read on to learn about the man in the woods. 

Born in Colombia, raised in Spain, and residing in Berlin, Brayan Valenzuela has been making music for the past decade and his passion for the craft is more fire hot than ever.   Establishing himself with releases like Sweet Girl and Your Drug My Drug on the infamous Detroit Underground label, Brayan has been recognized by the likes of Resident Advisor, Bandcamp, and fans around the world. He’s collaborated with artists like Giant Swan, Paul Birken, and Crystal Geometry – and is now sharing his talents with listeners on Blast Radio.  We recently spoke with Brayan to learn more about him, his taste, his inspirations, and what he’s got going on. Read on to learn about the Berlin DJ lighting up dance floors. 

QSTV is a Brooklyn-based community of creators spawned out of the COVID-19 related shutdown in NYC.  Founded by siblings Marcus Machado and Vicky Casis, who, like most musicians, needed an outlet to showcase their talent without being a danger to the public.  We recently spoke with QSTV founders Marcus and Vicky to get some insight into the minds behind the collective. Read on for more! 

Jess Sikon, is a songwriter and musician currently living and working in Cleveland, OH. Her musical project is called John’s Little Sister, under which she’s released several records (grab them here on Bandcamp). On Blast Radio, Jess has done live performances, late night radio shows, and even an album release listening party for the drop of Are We Having Fun Yet.  We recently spoke with Jess to learn more about her. Read on for more. 

Testu Collective are a NYC-based intermedia art group founded by Dan Tesene and Serena Stucke in 2017. The collective creates experimental videos, concept soundtracks, and audiovisual installations/performances. We recently spoke with Serena to learn more about her. As one half of Testu Collective, she’s an artist that creates sonic & visual worlds exploring perception through experimentation with materiality and spatiality.

Ronnie Loko is a musician & DJ currently based in London, UK – and a regular on the Blast Radio airwaves. His signature sound is a blend of different sub-genres of Trap and House music, but he’s known to experiment with a variety of different electronic sounds. We recently spoke with Ronnie to learn more about his setup, his music, and what inspires him. Read on to learn more about the man behind the broadcast. 

Femi Flaming, better known by his artist persona of Sadnoise, is an architecture student at RISD with a focus on acoustics and programming sound. For the past 5 years, he’s been making experimental electronic music, starting mostly by making house and overtime evolving into designing his own sounds as opposed to using samples.  If you missed it, Sadnoise recently graced the Blast Radio airwaves as part of our Summer Series. On the broadcast he played music from his previous and upcoming release, as well as some songs that have heavily influenced the music he is interested in creating recently. He talked about gear, the importance of modular synthesis in his production workflow, and its relation to the idea of data birds. We recently spoke with him to learn more about his taste, inspirations, and what he’s got going on. Read on to learn about the man behind the broadcast. 

Miss Tahloulah May is a modular synthesist and composer that uses DAWless workflow and has a signature sound mixing techno, electro, and hip hop. Originally born in Paramaribo, Surinam, she moved to Holland at the age of 5 and grew up in a music-filled household, birthing her love of the art and the start of her journey analyzing sounds.   These days, she uses her modular system (nicknamed SapG), drum machines, and live drums to make music. She chose modular synthesis because of the endless creative possibilities, the challenges, and the authenticity it brings.

A very fun recent addition to the Blast Radio airwaves, Dank Zappa has been rocking speakers and, in their own words, “Turning your old favorite songs into your new favorite song.” Known for eclectic mashups and tunes to make you dance (and scratch your head until you figure out the samples he’s using), Dank Zappa is a pleasure to the ears and the mind.  We recently spoke with them to learn more about the artist behind the mash up.

Hitting the digital airwaves live from the ‘Cosmic Conservatory’ in Pittsburgh, PA every Monday night, Professor Jeffy brings both an inspirational story and a crate-digger’s dreamland of classic tracks.  A retired attorney and lifelong music collector, Jeff has survived two bouts with cancer and is not battling a third (which he explained is why he’s currently short on hair). Having gotten a bit stir crazy between cancer treatments and the COVID lockdown, Jeff has turned to Blast Radio as a way to pass that the time and get in touch with his extensive music collection.