The Beat Oracle

Sorry about being a day late--I was out of it yesterday. We're still in KCSB's temporary studio and this week's recording suffers from the old equipment we're using. Sorry about any fuzzing or cracking--by fall we should be in the band new digital buzzing and ringing studio. Playlist

An ethereal show gets us through this week. Collaborations played this week include Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alias + Ehren, Edan + Mr Lif. Playlist

To celebrate the morning's California Discovery landing we rocked "Spacewalk" in our first (non-podcasted) hour. We're podcasting the last two of our three hours here, but the first hour is available live on kcsb.org's stream. New stuff from Stones Throw (Koushik), Hefty (Elliott Lipp) and plenty of requests fill in the rest of the show. Drop us an e-mail if you want us to play something! Playlist

Last night's show was full of summer type jams. I'm currently beat red from at fight with the sun (I lost). I think my parents are going to dig on the Ry Cooder track. The Cornelius track song goes out to everyone in Anaheim. Oh, I put up a bunch of links to other podcasts I enjoy in the right column--for anyone interested in checking out more great media from the interweb. Playlist

I was out in the Pacific Northwest last week while Noah worked solo and tried out the new interm studio. Unfortunately the recording equipment was acting up, so after a 3 week hiatus we're back! I'm still getting used to the new equipment here--but I was able to play a bunch of new stuff I picked up in Seattle (Ascona CDr, Edan, L Pierre, etc.). This is a pretty mellow show. Oh also--we're trying out sending out the show as 1 file rather than in 2 parts. Less CD-r friendly, yet more podcast friendly. If you have a preference between splitting the show or not--drop us a comment and let us know. Playlist

KCSB is currently renovating its main studio so we weren’t able to produce a show this week. On the plus side–we will soon have a brand new 24 channel digital mixer in the studio along with new monitors, turntable preamps and other bells and whistles. Thanks to all KCSB supporters for making this possible! We’ll […]

Podcasting has sure blown up in the last week! Thanks to ballistic helmet for hosting the podcasts; offering us some bandwidth support after the unexpected flood. Welcome to all the new listeners. We're starting to redesign the page--check out the logo Noah designed. As for the music, we finally got a copy of the Four Tet Madvillainy remixes. Also really feeling the new Kid Loco soundtrack. Playlist

Last night was my first time in our new time slot. Noah & Jon held down the show last week while I was up in NoCal. We'll be podcasting the last two hours of our shows (10pm-Midnight) this summer. If you want to catch the whole three hour show, check it out on the live stream at kcsb.org. Playlist

Today was the last show of Spring quarter at KCSB. We'll be back in a new time slot next week--check back for the time. Apologies for the Idioteque recording--the studio CD recorder seems not to like recording from Turntable 1. Playlist

Today's show features new tracks from Four Tet, Common, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Nobody, Daedelus, Odd Nosdam and more. Playlist

It's June! That means the Beat Oracle will be celebrating one year at KCSB. Anyhow, onto today's show. Check the Podcast. Playlist

This morning we fit in more tracks in a 2 hour slot than any of our previous shows. Umm. Woo. Playlist

A few listener requests made it into today's show. I think there's a more acoustic/rock sensibility than usual today (chalk it up to spring days). Playlist

We had some problems with the FM transmitter in the studio this week--but never fear! Our webcast & podcast are unaffected. Lots of new stuff as always--including a Steinski Simpsons mix! Playlist

We spent the weekend in Indio at the Coachella festival. Today Noah takes us back to the desert and revisits the weekend through his mix during the middle of the show. After playing some fresh tracks we end the show with Supreme B-Boy Mix from the Can't Stop, Won't Stop mix cd (the disc came with the initial copies). Author Jeff Chang stopped by UCSB yesterday for a lecture and KCSB for a long discussion on No Alibis about hip-hop culture. I'll be posting the audio from his lecture soon--so check back! Playlist

We were back to the "regular" beat oracle this week. Noah & I rocked some new music including Tarwater, 13 & God, the Books, the Perceptionists and the new Verve Remix comp. Apologies for not getting to the Prefuse--we forgot the vinyl, and the cd is MIA from the KCSB stacks. Playlist

Part 1 of today's show features a live mix by Noah; Part 2 showcases DJ sets & other recorded audio from our Big Sur trip. Playlist