YK World

After quitting Spotify, I found myself struggling with some of the missing bells and whistles of my new streaming platform, YouTube Music. Instead of endlessly griping about it, I did something about it! Join me deep in the goop of art, music and technology as I talk about why I built YewTube; a tool to make YouTube Music Embeds look nice. — Spotify Bundle drops Royalty Ratehttps://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/spotify-end-access-basic-music-only-plan-subscribers-who-cancel YK Artist Playlistshttps://ykrecords.com/playlists YewTube: Better Youtube Music Embedshttps://yt.ykworld.show/ Bleary “foyer” + Little Brain pre-orderhttps://ykrecords.com/releases/little-brain General Trusthttps://generaltrust.website/ YK Records Mailing Listhttps://ykrecords.com/list The Prudish Few – The Eagle Has Left the Buildinghttps://ykrecords.com/releases/the-eagle-has-left-the-building Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus. Find us at ykworld.showEmail me at michael [at] ykworld [dot] show.Instagram: @records_ykBluesky: ykrecords.bsky.socialThreads: @records_yk

In October of 2024, yk Records released Moment of Bleakness, the debut EP from Trash Man. A year later, we released the second EP Cool Until It’s Not. Both are quick bursts of rock music seeped in existential ponderings. They somehow manage to be extremely fun and also introspectively weighty about our time on this big rock. To dig further into this, Alex Mojaverian (Trash Man himself) sat down to talk about his musical history, how Trash Man came to be, how motivating the thought of Death can be and many other lighthearted topics like aliens, ghosts, witches and the crushing forces of capitalism! Seriously tho, the conversation reflects Trash Man’s music – it is a good time that doesn’t shy away from hard topics but somehow, miraculously, doesn’t feel like a bummer. — Trash Man Official Sitehttps://trashman.online Jenni Mojaverian on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jennimojwrites/ Hard Launch by Jenni Mojaverianhttps://www.novelettebooksellers.com/product-page/hard-launch-may-3 Trash Man – Moment of Bleaknesshttps://ykrecords.com/releases/moment-of-bleakness Trash Man – Cool Until It’s Nothttps://ykrecords.com/releases/cool-until-its-not Trash Man – Cool Until It’s Not Demoshttps://trashman.online/cool-until-its-not-demos Sad Baxterhttps://sadbaxter.bandcamp.com/ Bill Eberlehttps://billeberle.bandcamp.com/ Blearyhttp://bleary.bandcamp.com/ Ranch Ghosthttps://boombox.nashvillepubliclibrary.org/artists/ranch-ghost Steve Albini ‘Fluffy’ Coffeehttps://www.mashed.com/1580426/fluffy-coffee-steve-albini-drank-studio/ Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus. Find us at ykworld.showEmail me at michael [at] ykworld [dot] show.Instagram: @records_ykBluesky: ykrecords.bsky.socialThreads: @records_yk

YK Records has the fortunate pleasure of releasing music with the electronic artists Coupler – aka Ryan Norris – and sugar sk*-*lls – aka Ben Marcantel. These two have a deep catalog of works to explore but, most recently, they released a collaborative EP called The Great Oxidation Event. This piece is inspired in part by a cataclysmic geological event of the same name and created by following the methodology of Miles Davis & Teo Macero’s Bitches Brew. By that, an improvisational piece was recorded by Marcantel and delivered to Norris with the instructions to add no overdubs, only edit the piece with transformation and mutation. The results are fantastic. Talking to these two is an absolute pleasure as they are both unbelievably thoughtful, extremely insightful and casual about the way they talk about music. Both tackle big heady concepts during our conversation but it’s never presented as some dull or dense topic, it’s exciting and inspiring to hear them talk. I am beyond pleased to get to work with them both when it comes to releasing music and absolutely gleeful that we got to chat about their latest release. Oh, and “The Three C’s” refers to “Community, Comradery and Creativity” – you’ll understand soon enough. Preamble Quick Bites Links:Trash Man – Cool Until It’s Nothttps://ykrecords.com/releases/cool-until-its-not Jessica Breanne – Electric Hearthttps://ykrecords.com/releases/electric-heart Zook – Evaporatinghttps://ykrecords.com/releases/evaporating Primary Episode Links:sugar sk*-*lls + Coupler – The Great Oxidation Eventhttps://ykrecords.com/releases/the-great-oxidation-event Coupler (Ryan Norris)https://www.instagram.com/couplermusic sugar sk*-*lls (Ben Marcantel)https://www.instagram.com/sugar__skulls Miles Davis – Bitches Brewhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitches_Brewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE_crkd4fe4&themeRefresh=1 Coupler Making Of GoE1: https://www.instagram.com/p/DN5o5szDuqu/2: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOJ063YjtS0/3: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOtYv_MDkQc/ Hands Off Cuba – From Arrival to Survivalhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nMPf2BERx-VBrAjS2VK5t1OkL0Z_rhzCI Forrest Bride (early collaboration with Ben and Ryan)https://forestbride.bandcamp.com/album/cats-with-wings Rollum Haashttps://therobemusic.com/ William Tylerhttps://williamtyler.bandcamp.com/ Luke Schneiderhttp://lukeschneider.bandcamp.com/ Dufflebag (Great Escape)https://thegreatescapeonline.com/ Characterhttps://archive.org/details/character-a-flashing-of-knives-and-green-water Hands Off Cuba + Lambchop – CoLabhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n_LNSzMEONsko4YiXM4F9Yw3q5UQQNr2Y Intersubjective Realitieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersubjectivity Glen Gould vs Leonard Bernsteinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nx09pigZRI Brian Eno + David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghostshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_(album)https://davidbyrne.bandcamp.com/album/my-life-in-the-bush-of-ghosts CANhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_(band) Adoration of the Magi (DaVinci painting)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi_%28Leonardo%29 Chris Marker’s Sans Soleilhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans_Soleil Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus. Find us at ykworld.showEmail me at michael [at] ykworld [dot] show.Instagram: @records_ykBluesky: ykrecords.bsky.socialThreads: @records_yk

This podcast is about the goop between technology, music, and creativity – told through the lens of yk Records. This episode exemplifies that quest. Today we talk with Alex Caress and Beth Cameron about their experiences being discovered by the Lost Wave community – a group of sleuths that take on the task of finding music that is otherwise uncredited. Both Alex and Beth had music uploaded to the Internet without any credit – fans simply having the music files and wanting to find out who made the songs. Lost Wave tracked them both down. This conversation isn’t as much about how they were found (tho we do cover that) but more about how it feels to have music you created decades ago reach someone in a meaningful way, music you yourself considered lost. If you want more on both of these stories – please dive into this WPLN article about Alex’s experience and this But Her Lyrics podcast episode for Beths. Huge thanks to both of these two for sharing the experience and even bigger thanks to the Lost Wave community for tracking them down! — Additional Links:Alex Caress on Instagram:https://instagram.com/alexcaresshttps://www.instagram.com/littlebanditmusic Alex as Little Bandit:https://littlebanditmusic.com/ Beth Cameron on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/blackbramusic/ Beth’s band Fair Verona:https://fairverona.bandcamp.com/ Beth’s band forget cassettes:https://forgetcassettes.com/ Beth’s band Black Bra:https://blackbra.bandcamp.com/album/black-bra Beth & Alex’s band (and Jordan!)Ponychase – Parade of Youthhttps://ponychase.bandcamp.com/album/parade-of-youth WPLN: “Worldwide hunt for long lost song ends in Nashville”https://wpln.org/post/lostwave-song-dont-get-over-me-alex-caress-found/ Alex – “We Tie Ourselves To Lies” aka “Don’t Get Over Me”https://lostwaves-finest.fandom.com/wiki/Don%27t_Get_Over_Me Beth – “The Downfall of a Well-Known Actress”https://lostwaves-finest.fandom.com/wiki/The_Downfall_of_a_Well_Known_Actress But Her Lyrics episode: Fair Verona Mystery Solvedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5jw9ClYf6A Alex and OP Michaela Alden discuss “Don’t Get Over Me”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhMhI4ITOUo Reddit Thread on how “The Downfall of a Well Known Actress” was foundhttps://www.reddit.com/r/DownfallOfLostWave/comments/1b3fyte/it_is_solved_the_downfall_of_a_well_known_actress/ “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPGf4liO-KQ Nuendo Softwarehttps://www.steinberg.net/nuendo/ “Legendary Record Producer” Eddie Kramerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kramer Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus. Find us at ykworld.showEmail me at michael [at] ykworld [dot] show.Instagram: @records_ykBluesky: ykrecords.bsky.socialThreads: @records_yk

This episode we talk with Chris Grigg, founder of Ampwall. What is Ampwall? It’s a direct to consumer music platform that enables artists to post their creations and sell them directly to their fans. If that sounds a lot like Bandcamp, you’re not wrong! The idea for Ampwall was born out of the tumultuous time when Bancamp was sold to Epic Games. We talk with Grigg about the history of the company, the differences between Ampwall and Bandcamp and what he foresees in the future. Spoiler alert: Ampwall intends to be much more than just a place to sell music, it aims to become a better place for creatives of all kinds to find community. Two very important items to remember as you listen to this episode: Music distribution is not a single path choice! Being a fan of Ampwall does not mean you have to dislike Bandcamp. Just like being a fan of Bandcamp does not mean you have to hate YouTube. Artists should be everywhere to maximize their potential discovery. Ampwall is, currently, a subscription based service. Please do not let this dissuade you from digging in deeper. They have a generous free trial and it only costs less than $1 per month at this time. If that still sounds like too much (I get it, I have subscription fatigue), be sure to reach out to them and explain your situation. They are very kind. Tell them I sent ya! Immense thanks to Chris Grigg for talking. I hope it is not the last time. Photo: Grzesiek Czapla/Woe by Caroline Harrison Additional Links:Ampwall!https://www.ampwall.com/ YK on Ampwallhttps://ykrecords.ampwall.com/ Woe on Ampwallhttps://woeunholy.ampwall.com/ Glorious Depravity on Ampwallhttps://gloriousdepravity.ampwall.com/ Ampwall on Blueskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampwall.com Ampwall on Instagramhttps://instagram.com/ampwall Dave Paulson plays Tommy Boy Festhttp://www.tommyboyfest.com Tristen + Cortney Tidwell at Soft Junk, Nashville, TN – Aug 2ndhttps://dice.fm/event/l86gel-tristen-phiz-cortney-tidwell-2nd-aug-soft-junk-nashville-tickets Chris Crofton new music!http://chriscrofton.bandcamp.com/ Talking with Hands new music!https://ampwall.com/a/talkingwithhands/album/the-coin Garth Brooks Ghost Tuneshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GhostTunes Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus. Find us at ykworld.showEmail me at michael [at] ykworld [dot] show.Instagram: @records_ykBluesky: ykrecords.bsky.socialThreads: @records_yk