Artist Decoded by Yoshino

With the release of Black Magnet's debut album 'Hallucination Scene' in 2020 a new Industrial Metal power emerged from the unlikely landscape of Oklahoma City. After anxiously waiting out the pandemic Black Magnet returned to the road in late 2021 and has now dropped 'Body Prophecy' the second full-length burst of machine-driven mayhem and electronic deviance. On 'Body Prophecy' mastermind, James Hammontree welds the frenetic vitality of post-punk and metal energy with driving synthetic club beats, factory force physicality, and alluringly stark melodic pulses. Tracks like 'Floating in Nothing' and 'Violent Mechanix' feature both intensely catchy hooks and hammering brutal noise. 'Sold Me Sad' is a quietly deranged lullaby that takes an atmospheric turn. The throbbing drug-addled lurch of the Manson / Reznor-esque 'Incubate' is, at the end of the album, treated to a completely re-imagined and extended club-style remix by scene legend Justin K. Broadrick (Godflesh, Zonal, etc). For all its harsher, scraping atmospheres and pummeling aggression 'Body Prophecy' always remains an eminently tight, memorable album molded for the stage and constructed to keep bodies in motion and listeners transfixed. Topics Discussed In This Episode: How The Kybalion impacted James's life/creative practice Hermeticism and the 7 Hermetic principles Folklore behind "Ring Around The Rosie" Draxler's visual contribution to Black Magnet's newest album "Body Prophecy" Recording "Body Prophecy" during the early stages of the pandemic James working with Justin K Broadrick Suffering through challenging material to grow one's creative perspective Looking past genres to develop a deeper relationship with artworks Tapping into your highest vibration, frequency, and energy Creating art with absolute honesty Embracing the paradox Transforming negative outlooks into positive perspectives "The Pregnant Void" in Taoism Artists / People Mentioned: Salvador Dalí (Surrealist Painter) Francis Bacon (Painter) Max Ernst (Surrealist Painter) Mitch Horowitz (Author / Occult Historian) Jay Cheel (Director) Andrei Tarkovsky (Director) Alejandro Jodorosky (Director) David Lynch (Director) Alan Watts (Writer) Bands / Musicians Mentioned: Justin K. Broadrick Godflesh Jesu Vatican Shadow Killing Joke The Birthday Party Big Black Meshuggah Blood Incantation Greg Puciato Books Mentioned: The Kybalion The Lord of the Rings The Occult: A History Man, Myth, and Magic Series The Hellbound Heart I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Films / TV Series Mentioned: Midsommar Cursed Films Serpent and the Rainbow Twilight Zone Movie The Birds The Exorcist Poltergeist Stalker Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror Hereditary The Witch The Crow The Wizard of OZ Weeds Hellraiser artistdecoded.com blckmgnt.bandcamp.cominstagram.com/bl4ckm4gnet

Oliver Johnson aka Dorian Concept will release his new album What We Do For Others on 28th October on Brainfeeder Records. It's the third studio album by the Austrian producer and synthesizer savant, famed for his singular, beautifully detailed sonic tapestries and wild, utterly joyful live keyboard jam videos. What We Do For Others is a relaxed, quietly confident and intimate record, founded on delightfully loose arrangements, feedbacked soundscapes and blessed with snatches of cryptic vocals that are presented more as additional instrumentation rather than lyrical phrases. All the elements and layers were recorded without interruptions and deliberately not edited. "I think that's why this record has something of a 'band sound'" says Oliver. "It's me playing all kinds of different key- instruments, singing and using fx-units to create these freeform compositions." The title came to Oliver in a dream and stuck with him. "One thing I often find interesting about my creative process is that when I believe to be making something that others could like, it tends to not really connect with people," he says. "Whereas when I get to that special place and just work from my gut – the music tends to often speak to the outside world naturally." Johnson says that he tried questioning his internal voice of self-judgment and temper his constant urge for improvement during the making of the album. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Dorian's earliest memories of being introduced to music through film soundtracks such as Batman Returns (1992) Sound synthesis The earliest influences on Dorian Dorian being influenced by Dj Spinna's "Heavy Beats Vol. 2" in his youth Experimenting and improvising with Micro Korgs Dorian learning how to play the piano around the age of 6 Prepared piano The importance of having teachers that can nurture one's individual creativity Connections between music and video games 8 to 16-bit music used in early console games Psychedelics Set and setting Questioning one's perspective on using time The intentionality of decisions made throughout one's life The compulsion for creating art Dorian's reasons for choosing to become a professional artist His new album "What We Do For Others" His track, Survival Instinct being the "heartpiece" of his album Drawing parallels between creating a sculpture and creating music Presenting complex points of view to a wider audience Commercialization vs. arthouse creations Breaking rules and questioning the process Paradigm shifts in one's own unique consciousness Dorian creating lo-fi music videos for himself with the use of archival footage and processed through Blender Artists Mentioned: Dimlite (Musician) Mike Slott (Musician) Tupac (Rapper) DJ Spinna (DJ) John Coletrain (Saxophonist) Edgard Varès (Composer) Aphex Twin (Musician) Little Snake (Musician) artistdecoded.com dorianconcept.com

Topics Discussed In This Episode: Discrimination against women in the film industry The Weinstein investigation 94% of women working in the film industry experiencing sexual assault How film objectifies women through the use of camera angles, camera movement, and lighting techniques Updating the narrative point of view Predatory perspectives within filmmaking Portraying love and intimacy in film in more nuanced ways Addressing the male gaze The need for more government funding for the arts in the U.S. Artists / People Mentioned: Iyabo Kwayana (Cinematographer) Jeffrey Martin Zacks (Psychologist) Sandra De Castro Buffington (Producer) Catherine Hardwicke (Filmmaker) Laura Mulvey (Film Theorist) Eliza Hittman (Filmmaker) Werner Herzog (Director) Claire Denis (Director) Films Mentioned: Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) Sleeping Beauty (1959) Blonde (2022) Blade Runner (1982) The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) Titane (2021) Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) artistdecoded.com ninamenkes.com

Louis Cole is a singer-songwriter and sickeningly talented multi-instrumentalist with a strong DIY aesthetic from Los Angeles, California. He is on a mission to create deep feelings through music and is the figurehead of an LA jazz-adjacent scene that includes Genevieve Artadi (with whom Cole co-founded the alt pop / electrofunk band KNOWER in 2009), Sam Gendel, Sam Wilkes, Jacob Mann, Dennis Hamm, Pedro Martins and more. He will release his new album "Quality Over Opinion" on 14th October 2022 on Brainfeeder Records. Topics Discussed In This Episode: What initially attracted Louis to wanting to become a musician Olfactory memories How Louis approaches creating music now Louis's love for harmony and chord progressions Musical gifts from the universe Louis's daily routines The multiple albums Louis has coming out including a collaboration with Metropole Orkest in Holland Louis's wide range of eclectic musical taste His experiences going to USC for music school Artists Mentioned: Frédéric Chopin (Composer) Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer) Bill Evans (Pianist) Gil Evans (Pianist) James Brown (Singer / Performer) Stevie Wonder (Singer-Songwriter) Igor Stravinsky (Composer) Genevieve Artadi (Jazz Musician) Thundercat (Singer-Songwriter / Bassist) Sam Gendel (Musician) Blake Mills (Musician) Pino Palladino (Musician) Kurt Rosenwinkel (Jazz Guitarist) Meshuggah (Band) Gustav Mahler (Composer) Skrillex (DJ) Doug Mosher (Saxophonist) Keith Jarrett (Composer / Pianist) Video Games Mentioned: Mario Kart Starfox Streets of Rage artistdecoded.com louiscole.bandcamp.com instagram.com/louiscolemusic

Joseph Lee is an actor & self-taught artist who studies faces and the emotions that inhabit them. Lee focuses on the parallels between external reality and the internal process by manipulating everyday faces and objects through segmented brush strokes, color choice, and volume, converging them into a complete and balanced whole. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Joseph Lee's upcoming solo exhibit opening at GR Gallery in NYC on September 8, 2022 The importance of taking care of one's own mental health Examining the origin of pain and trauma Joey moving to LA to pursue acting The moment when he decided to become a painter Potency in making decisive and guttural decisions Spiritual connection through art Having an insatiable curiosity of people His currently unreleased Netflix show "Beef" (starring David Choe, Steven Yeun, Patti Yasutake, Ali Wong) Utilizing gratitude prayers and journaling Simplifying one's life to help alleviate anxiety Reconnecting and remembering our child self Challenging our needs for external validations Fighting against jadedness Artists Mentioned: Marie-Louise von Franz (Psychologist) Martha Graham (Choreographer) Books Mentioned: The Book of Five Rings (Miyamoto Musashi) Podcasts Mentioned: Hidden Brain - "The Secret Life of Secrets" Films Mentioned: The Godfather Trilogy Paterson (2016) artistdecoded.com josephleeart.com instagram.com/joeyunlee

The long arc of Joshua Hagler's oeuvre, with its focus on painting, could be traced by its slow, physical and conceptual disintegration - of it's imagery, politics, art historical underpinnings, and philosophical erudition - from its early pictorial messaging to a need, in more recent years, for direct physical experience of the numinous. Material layering is at the core of Hagler's work, combining a range of self-developed painting processes which force a loss of skilled control, making for radical pictorial transformation. The works situates itself in the paradox of absence and presence, the internal and external, and the sacred and profane. Whatever research occurs with regard to issues such as mass shooting, wildfires, and religiosity in America, only demonstrates itself to the degree that it's relevant to the artist's own background and direct life experience. The personal is thus foregrounded and given preference over academic defenses, which are subverted at every opportunity. Hagler's distinct signature manages to span paintings both physically slight and vast, figurative and abstract. The work is intentional about avoiding redundancy common in an era of self-conscious branding, preferring endless evolution, while seeking to ground itself in deeper authenticity over time. Topics Discussed In This Episode: The Tenets of Nihil Exile & Absence (The Archaic Brother) - The first tenet of Nihil The reasons why Josh moved from California to New Mexico in 2017 Paradoxes Private vs. public conversations Arvo Pärt's compositional style, "tintinnabuli" Josh's observations in abandoned spaces throughout New Mexico Believing in consciousness Axis Mundi Patterns emerging out of observations The Archaic Brother How being a father has given him a deeper meaning and appreciation for life The role meditation has played in his life Artists Mentioned: Ruben Östlund (Director) Arvo Pärt (Composer) Mark Rothko (Painter) Aja Daashuur (Medium) Books Mentioned: The Daemon (Anthony Peake) The Seat of the Soul (Gary Zukav) Films Mentioned: The Square (2017) Force Majeure (2014) artistdecoded.com joshuahagler.com instagram.com/haglerjosh

Yoshino is a multi-hyphenate artist and the host of Artist Decoded. Topics Discussed: Channeling the muse Seeking the higher self Questioning one's own intentions and motivations Journaling Artists Mentioned: Anthony Peake (Writer) Gary Zukav (Writer) Carl Jung (Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst) Michael Pollan (Writer) Margaret Atwood (Writer) Books Mentioned: The Seat of the Soul (Gary Zukav) The Daemon (Anthony Peake) Caffeine (Michael Pollan) Yoshino's Links: yoshinostudios.com instagram.com/yoshinostudios twitter.com/yoshinostudios

AJA, The Spirit Guide Coach, is a spiritual counselor who specializes in connecting you with the guidance and wisdom of your unique Spiritual team. The advice from your Spirit Guides is incorporated into AJA's intuitive coaching process in order to help you create a plan for breaking negative patterns, finding your path, and accepting the love and support that your Guides surround you with every single day. As the bridge between you and your Guides, AJA considers this to be sacred work and is honored to help those who wish to deepen their connection with their higher self and learn to love themselves on a deeper level. Spirit Guide Life Coaching is an incredibly intimate and rewarding process that allows you to hear the advice and support that your Guides wish to offer you. AJA is a true believer in the innate power every person has to achieve radical expansion through self-love. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Aja's experiences in mediumship and channeling spirits Losing connection with ourselves Children being closer to the source Daily distractions of the modern era and the connection to feeling disconnected from oneself What led Aja to her personal spiritual awakening Her experiences speaking with her spirit guides Connecting to our higher self How people can connect with their guides through meditation The importance of journaling Tapping into one's own psychic abilities Creation and destruction Making the right decisions for ourselves The most rewarding things about being a medium Embodying archetypes Actions precipitating change Not repeating negative patterns that can hold us back Books Mentioned: The Body Keeps The Score (Bessel van der Kolk) Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype (Clarissa Pinkola Estés) Films and TV Shows Mentioned: Ghosts (2021) Hereditary (2018) artistdecoded.com thespiritguidecoach.com instagram.com/thespiritguidecoach

Yoshino is a multi-hyphenate artist and the host of Artist Decoded. Topics Discussed: Thinking about habits as a necessity, similar to breathing The idea of the Daemon (or Daimon) Being a vessel for creative energy to flow through you Channeling ourselves to our intuition "Everyone is a hero in their birth." - Otto Rank Artists Mentioned: Marie-Louise von Franz (Psychologist) Philip K. Dick (Author) Otto Rank (Philosopher) Books Mentioned: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Philip K. Dick) The Myth of the Birth of the Hero (Otto Rank) Yoshino's Links: yoshinostudios.com instagram.com/yoshinostudios twitter.com/yoshinostudios

Natalie Goldberg is the author of fifteen books, including Writing Down the Bones (Shambhala, 1986), which has sold over one million copies, has been translated into fourteen languages, and started a revolution in the way we practice writing in this country. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Natalie's first book, "Chicken and In Love" (1979) Being afraid of both success and failure before her book, "Writing Down The Bones," came out in 1986 Having thin values "I shop therefore I am." - Barbara Kruger Consuming vs. finding meaning Natalie writing two books while undergoing treatment for cancer Accepting suffering Thinking about one's legacy Zen Buddhism "Writing closes the gap between who you think you are and who you are." - Natalie Goldberg What writing has revealed to Natalie "Make this moment an occasion to live deeply, happily in peace." - Thich Nhat Hanh Managing discursive thoughts The pros and cons of the advent of the interview The art of haiku writing People Mentioned: Margaret Atwood (Writer) Amy Tan (Writer) Katagiri Roshi (Sōtō Zen Priest and Teacher) Lidia Yuknavitch (Writer) Barbara Kruger (Artist) Joan Didion (Writer) Viktor Frankl (Neurologist, Psychiatrist, Philosopher, Writer) Carson McCullers (Writer) Thich Nhat Hanh (Monk) Masaoka Shiki (Poet) Books Mentioned That Natalie Goldberg Wrote: Chicken and In Love Writing Down The Bones Let The Whole Thundering World Come Home The Great Spring The True Secret of Writing Three Simple Lines Books Mentioned: The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion) Man's Search For Meaning (Viktor Frankl) The Ballad of the Sad Café (Carson McCullers) 2030 (Mauro F. Guillén) aristdecoded.com nataliegoldberg.com