DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands

In this episode on KTUH 90.1 FM, I spoke with Noa of 17A Productions, the founder, event organizer, makeup artist, and creative force behind Hawaii’s scariest haunted attraction — The Hawaii Haunted Plantation in Waipahu. Celebrating 20 years of real fear, this legendary haunt has been terrifying visitors and patrons for two decades with its chilling sets, eerie atmosphere, and unforgettable scares. Located at 94-695 Waipahu Street, Waipahu, Hawaii 96797, the Hawaii Haunted Plantation continu...

In February of this year I chatted with Montreal ethereal duo SU, the musical project of Sarah and Ursa. They released a new dual single, The Web 2.0//Arachnid on February 12, with tracks mixed and mastered by Justin Bennett (Skinny Puppy, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult) and music video by Jordan Dorey During that interview I commented how well they work well together so I thought we should look at their astrology chart, synastry and the birth of their collabo...

I had the pleasure to talk to frontman HARRY STAFFORD of Manchester post-punk legends INCA BABIES about the band's latest album Ghost Mechanic Nine, released on Black Lagoon Records. We also talked about the "Inca Babies Documentary on the Making of Ghost Mechanic Nine - From 80s Hulme to 2024." A vibrant part of Britain's early postpunk/goth/death rock scene, INCA BABIES amassed a steady following through touring and releasing six singles and four albums, all entering the UK Indi...

Cyborg Amok started in 2019 as a recording project comprised of vocalist and keyboardist Greg Bullock and his son, drummer Brydon Bullock. With a focus on performing Cyborg Amok songs in the live environment, the duo set out to write, record and present their unique music to the world. As our planet shutdown in early 2020, living in the same home allowed Greg and Brydon to continue to develop and record music together. So far, they have released two albums, their debut, self-titled album, “Cy...

Industrial-Electronic music legend Bill Leeb (Front Line Assembly, Delerium) signs to Iconic US-based label Metropolis Records to debut his solo album. Titled 'Model Kollapse', this record explores the intricacies of artificial intelligence and the very survival of humanity itself. Based in Vancouver, Bill Leeb is the mastermind behind electro-industrial scene mainstays Front Line Assembly and ambient-pop duo Delerium, having gotten his start with Skinny Puppy (under the pseudonym Wilhelm S...

I had the opportunity to talk to electronic-industrial pioneer MARK PISTEL, musician, music producer, engineer and founder of the legendary industrial band CONSOLIDATED founded in San Francisco in 1988. As a multi- instrumentalist, Pistel has been the driving force behind Consolidated and has made a significant mark in the music industry and in the electronic and industrial scenes, such as his collaboration with Meat Beat Manifesto, Hercules and Love Affair and Until December. Pistel's...

I spoke to iconic Irish artist and songwriter Perry Blake who released his latest album called "Death Of A Society Girl" on Moochin' About Records. This album features Paul McGann, best known for his roles in BBC's "Doctor Who'", "Withnail & I'" "Empire of the Sun'", '"Alien 3'" and "Queen of the Damned ." This album also marks 26 years for Blake as a recording artist. It's also his first music in five years, following the critically acclaimed ‘Songs of Praise’ (5 Stars...

I spoke to Brooklyn, New York Electronic artist Robert L. Pepper of Pas Musique. "Come Follow Me," is the latest album released via Alrealon Musique. Influenced by artists as Faust, Coil, Zoviet France and NEU, Pas Musique was launched in 1995 in Brooklyn as a solo abstract-sound project of Pepper. "Come Follow Me" album pays tribute to the late Frank Tovey a.k.a. Fad Gadget, one of Pepper's top musical influences. These 80's synthpop-inspired compositions with a touch of modern ...

This was my interview with Washington DC-based darkwave gothic rock band called The Neuro Farm when they released their album entitled "VOICES" The project The Neuro Farm was formed when Brian Wolff met Rebekah Feng while in graduate school at Georgetown University working on their PhDs in neuroscience around 2011. While they were both also working on their own solo musical projects at the time, they both shared a common interest in the neurosciences and in the darker genr...

Sydney, Australia’s Bonepeople was a mid-to-late 1990s project, inspired by world music, rhythm and grooves, triphop, electronica, politics, and peace and Maori New Zealand's novelist Keri Hulme’s Booker Prize-winning The Bone People. Spearheaded by dual songwriters and seasoned bassists Vanessa Lucas and Adrian Workman, the project at its height evolved into a 7-piece live band, before calling it quits in late 1998. Their new 3-song EP, "Deception, Love, and Hope", presents reimagined versi...

Brooklyn-based supergroup CLONE, features members of the Veldt, Dead Leaf Echo, Namesake and Pilot to Gunner. I had a conversation with LG Galleon, the lead vocalist, also best known as frontman of Dead Leaf Echo. On this album, he is joined by NYC musicians Gregg Giufree (Pilot to Gunner), Max Idas and Dominick Turi. Live, he is joined by Paul Liziragga (Namesake) and Alex Cox (The Veldt). Co-produced by LG Galleon, their debut self-titled record also called ...

Spectrum is a collection of songs created to highlight each color in a palette. Each song, each color is both a celebration of the color, but also the perspective in which each color is experienced through the lens of G.W. Childs IV. Growing up with synesthesia, Childs has always 'seen' sound. When a series of events altered his life in the form of the pandemic and other major events, Childs reverted to a simpler way of navigating and relating to the complex situations occurring in life by de...