The White Whale is an audio zine. A podcast of mixtape journalism, fiction, and sound experimentation.
Episodes
Sunday May 24, 2015
Sunday May 24, 2015
This episode of The White Whale involves videos games and EVPs - their existence and use value in the sounds of ghost stories - as conversation begins to address the films ever more.
Sunday May 17, 2015
Sunday May 17, 2015
This episode of The White Whale starts addressing the films and how they evolved the way John saw the music. The coincidences of construction keep building onto this new narrative, creating ripples in how everyone can interpret the work.
Sunday May 10, 2015
Sunday May 10, 2015
This episode of The White Whale shifts to Funayūrei, third and final album in The Yōkai Trilogy; initiating discussion of the third album while also previewing tracks from the upcoming release.
Sunday May 03, 2015
Sunday May 03, 2015
This episode of The White Whale speaks thoroughly to the inspirations and compositional aesthetic of Hikikomori. Made up of inorganic instruments, John also speaks to mixes derived by machines rather than him alone.
Monday Apr 27, 2015
Monday Apr 27, 2015
This episode of The White Whale goes further into what it is to be Hikikomori and why John's second record of trilogy doesn't have a single organic instrument on it.
Monday Apr 20, 2015
Monday Apr 20, 2015
This episode of The White Whale briefly introduces Hikikomori and the story behind John's second record in the trilogy.
Monday Apr 13, 2015
Monday Apr 13, 2015
This episode of The White Whale looks at the classics by James, Poe, and Hawthorne to examine how limiting their structures of storytelling have become. For the modern day ghost story Aokigahara is much more than a name for a first record, but a conduit to ideas that may in fact bring us out of history.
Sunday Apr 05, 2015
Sunday Apr 05, 2015
This episode of The White Whale continues the conversation of The Yōkai Trilogy and looks at how sound running backwards and listening out of order became significant conduits to composition. "Start anywhere, go anywhere, and do anything" as John says. Being a decider of your own experience shapes your context.
Monday Mar 30, 2015
Monday Mar 30, 2015
This episode of The White Whale begins the conversation of The Yōkai Trilogy, its origins in ghost stories, and the desire to tell something different - first with the written word and then without. It is in some ways episode 1 of Season 1, aiming to thoroughly consider The Yōkai Trilogy - an art collaborative between John R. Barner and Garrett D. Tiedemann where John supplies the music and Garrett the visuals. The project has been happening for more than a year and a half with the support of CyNar Pictures and American Residue Records.
Monday Mar 23, 2015
Monday Mar 23, 2015
This episode of The White Whale offers a preview of season 1, which aims to thoroughly consider The Yōkai Trilogy - an art collaborative between John R. Barner and Garrett D. Tiedemann where John supplies the music and Garrett the visuals. The project has been happening for more than a year and a half with the support of CyNar Pictures and American Residue Records. Final record in the trilogy and set of films are due for release soon. To learn more about the project - including music and video streams - go to: http://www.cynarpictures.com/the-yokai-trilogy/ Theme music by Garrett D. Tiedemann and John R. Barner. Original music by Garrett D. Tiedemann. Cover art by Garrett D. Tiedemann.