About this episode
This episode features an interview with the ambient/electronic duo sandcastles discussing their concept album XTOPIA.
This week we are joined by sandcastles. The duo sandcastles is an ambient/electronic act that consists of artists SNOWDN and M Vawter (AKA Justin Benjamin and Michael Vawter). XTOPIA is an ambient sci-fi concept album about a utopian society called XTOPIA. All things sandcastles: https://linktr.ee/sand.castles Support Pod Mod on PATREON ( https://www.patreon.com/podularmodcast ) Featured Artist: Baghead thank you 4ms: https://4mscompany.com/ patchwerks: https://patchwerks.com/ Signal Sounds: https://signalsounds.com/ Expert Sleepers: https://expert-sleepers.co.uk/ Knobula: https://www.knobula.com/poly-cinematic Bastl: https://bastl-instruments.com/eurorack/modules/neo-trinity waveform magazine: https://waveformmagazine.com/
People in this episode
Host: Podular Modcast
Guest: sandcastles
Topics covered
- ambient music
- electronic music
- concept albums
- interviews
- music history
Keywords
- ambient
- electronic
- XTOPIA
- sandcastles
- music interview
- concept album
- sci-fi
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Baghead, 4ms, patchwerks, Signal Sounds, Expert Sleepers, Knobula, Bastl, waveform magazine
Books & works: XTOPIA
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