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    Object Worship

    OBNE Presents: Object Worship. A podcast about creative tools and the people who use them. In each episode, hosts Dan Pechacek and Andy Othling sit down with a creator, from musicians to engineers to visual artists, and ask them about a tangible object that’s been important in their journey. They’ll talk about the creative process, early inspirations, and the magic of tactility, all the while getting to know each other. As friends in the effects pedal corner of the music industry, Pechacek and Othling aim to capture the feeling of post-show chats, where technical deep dives and tangential absurdity are equally welcome.
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    Episodes (20)

    Mike Rugnetta and the Field Recorder

    Mike Rugnetta and the Field Recorder

    Today we're joined by Mike Rugnetta, a sound explorer of many forms. We get into music, podcasting, and a bit of sonic philosophy. Mike teaches us about field recorders, specifically the Sound Devices MixPre-3, and how they've been a part of his creative output through the years. Expect discussions of the meditative nature of capturing and manipulating sound, the value of a ping pong ball, and why Mike nearly chose a hard drive as his object. Oh and of course if you have an opinion on Kierkegaard's favorite pedal, drop us a line at 505-ODD-HOGS.

    Listen to Never Post: https://www.neverpo.st/

    Check out all things Mike: https://rugnetta.com/

    Buy Old Blood pedals: http://www.oldbloodnoise.com

    Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u

    Follow us on the socials: @mikerugnetta, @oldbloodnoise, @andyothling, @danfromdsf

    Andrew Tasselmyer and the Elektron Octatrack MKII

    Andrew Tasselmyer and the Elektron Octatrack MKII

    Today we're joined by Andrew Tasselmyer, prolific musician you may know from his solo work or as a member of Hotel Neon, Gray Acres, and Mordançage. Andrew and Andy have a long friendship, and Dan gets to meet Andrew for the first time. After some chat about technical difficulties and our favorite instrument mods, we get right into the Elektron Octatrack MKII, and Andy and Dan nod their heads along as if they understand half of what's being talked about. It's a deep dive on a deep device from the deep mind of Andrew Tasselmyer. Dig in!

    Check out all things Andrew: https://www.andrewtasselmyer.com/

    Buy Old Blood pedals: http://www.oldbloodnoise.com

    Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u

    Follow us on the socials: @andrewtasselmyer, @oldbloodnoise, @andyothling, @danfromdsf

    Eric Nyffeler and the EHX 16 Second Delay Reissue

    Eric Nyffeler and the EHX 16 Second Delay Reissue

    Today we're joined by Eric Nyffeler: musician, visual artist, and Art Director for Chase Bliss. Centering around the Electro Harmonix 16 Second Delay Reissue, we talk about the beauty of early delay-looper technology and go deep on the aesthetics of pedals. We also get to some important questions with surprising answers: How do you pronounce his name? Should every pedal have a vent? This and more on today's Object Worship.

    Check out Chase Bliss: https://www.chasebliss.com/

    Check out Jenny Haniver: https://jennyhaniverpdx.bandcamp.com/album/jenny-haniver

    Buy Old Blood pedals: http://www.oldbloodnoise.com

    Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u

    Follow us on the socials: @ericnyffeler, @jennyhaniverpdx, @oldbloodnoise, @andyothling, @danfromdsf

    Joe Branton and the Boss CS-2 (Among Others)

    Joe Branton and the Boss CS-2 (Among Others)

    Today we're joined by Joe Branton of the Guitar Nerds podcast. Starting with the Boss CS-2, we take a tour of compressor pedals, with a focus on what makes them not so transparent and a key part of Joe's approach to bass. We also talk about the upcoming Effector Market and NAMM, and take a well-timed question about Bass VI from the hogline.

    Check out Guitar Nerds: https://www.guitarnerds.net/podcast

    Buy Old Blood pedals: http://www.oldbloodnoise.com

    Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u

    Follow us on the socials: @oldbloodnoise, @guitarnerds, @andyothling, @danfromdsf

    Alec Breslow and the Devi Ever Bit: Legend of Fuzz

    Alec Breslow and the Devi Ever Bit: Legend of Fuzz

    Today we're joined by Alec Breslow of Mask Audio Electronics. As a pedal builder and whacky fuzz aficionado, Alec shares with us the magic of the Devi Ever Bit: Legend of Fuzz. It was his first boutique pedal, and still inspires his design approach to this day. We talk about creative process, the joy of not quite knowing how a thing works, and we hear from some past guests on the hogline.

    Check out Mask Audio Electronics: https://maskaudioelectronics.com/

    Buy Old Blood pedals: http://www.oldbloodnoise.com

    Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u

    Follow us on the socials: @oldbloodnoise, @andyothling, @danfromdsf

    Dan and Andy and The Whole Year

    Dan and Andy and The Whole Year

    It's the end of the year episode! Dan and Andy get retrospective at the end of the podcast's first calendar year. They discuss a busy year for OBNE, respond to some listener voicemails, and talk about where they are in their gear and musical journeys.

    Buy Old Blood pedals: http://www.oldbloodnoise.com

    Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u

    Follow us on the socials: @oldbloodnoise, @andyothling, @danfromdsf

    Listen to An Encounter with Broken Time: https://lowercasenoises.bandcamp.com/album/an-encounter-with-broken-time

    Listen to Calamity: https://plainspeak.bandcamp.com/album/calamity

    Kai West and the Pladask Matrise

    Kai West and the Pladask Matrise

    Today we're joined by Kai West, ambient musician and PhD candidate in musicology at the University of Michigan. We talk about the wonders of the Pladask Matrise, the peculiarities of our particular corner of guitar culture, and blow right past "are pedals instruments?" to get to "are pedals collaborators?" A great time is had by all.

    Keep up with Kai on Instagram: @kaicarsonwest

    Buy Old Blood pedals: http://www.oldbloodnoise.com

    Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u

    Follow us on the socials: @oldbloodnoise, @andyothling, @danfromdsf

    Jeremy SH Griffith and the TEAC A-2340

    Jeremy SH Griffith and the TEAC A-2340

    Today we're joined by producer Jeremy SH Griffith. We talk about his favorite tape machine, starting at the magic of tape and spinning off into the ways we get to know our objects decades later, the beauty of limitation and ritual, and the downright spiritual connection of passed-down familial gear. Also we get a voicemail about tremolos.

    Keep up with Jeremy's work on Instagram: @jeremy_sh_griffith

    Buy Old Blood pedals: http://www.oldbloodnoise.com

    Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u

    Follow us on the socials: @oldbloodnoise, @andyothling, @danfromdsf

    Dave Jordan and the Tall Font Green Russian BMP

    Dave Jordan and the Tall Font Green Russian BMP

    Today we're joined by Dave Jordan of Non-Human Audio to talk the nuance of big noise. He's brought a very particular example of a pedal with a decades-long history, and takes us through his journey from using that pedal to creating his own designs like the Slow Loris. Heck, we even talk about parts tolerances!

    Buy Old Blood pedals: http://www.oldbloodnoise.com

    Buy Non-Human Audio pedals: https://www.nonhumanaudio.com/

    Listen to Miserable Things: https://miserablethings.bandcamp.com/

    Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u

    Follow us on the socials: @oldbloodnoise, @andyothling, @danfromdsf, @thatdavejordan

    Emily Harris and the Jazzmaster

    Emily Harris and the Jazzmaster

    Object Worship is back! Andy and Dan catch up about what they've been up to lately, then they welcome Emily Harris to talk guitar playing, her channel Get Offset, and the many wonders and overall cool factor of the Fender Jazzmaster.

    Buy Old Blood pedals: http://www.oldbloodnoise.com

    Check out Emily's stuff: https://getoffsetpodcast.com/

    Hear Andy's new music: https://lowercasenoises.bandcamp.com/album/an-encounter-with-broken-time

    Join the conversation in Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PhpA5MbN5u

    Follow us on the socials: @oldbloodnoise, @andyothling, @danfromdsf

    Clint McDuffie and the MWFX Judder

    Clint McDuffie and the MWFX Judder

    Clint McDuffie is responsible for the ever-inspring Deep Space Devices. In this episode Clint tells the story of his journey with building circuits anchored around the PT-2399 microchip and the ways that has informed his approach and execution.

    Object Worship is a production of OBNE

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    Follow Clint here: https://www.deepspacedevices.com/

    Joan Of Heart and the Pedalboard Itself

    Joan Of Heart and the Pedalboard Itself

    In this episode: 

    Joan of Heart creates unique pedal-centric content on the YouTube channel The Pedal Playhouse and cohosts the Get Offset podcast. In this episode Jo talks about how her pedalboard and the revolving door fx on it has changed and informed the way she creates music over the years. Using live-action animation and voice-overwork in her video content, Jo brings a different vibe altogether to the gear demo arena. Keep up with Joan of Heart here:

    https://www.youtube.com/@PedalPlayhouse

    https://www.youtube.com/@GetOffset

    Object Worship is a production of OBNE

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    Alex Goldman and the Boss RV-3

    Alex Goldman and the Boss RV-3

    In this episode: Dan, Andy, and special guest Alex Goldman of the now defunct Reply All podcast, Slow Fawns band, and more  join together for Episode 7 of Object Worship. Leading off the episode with an odd call from the HOG-LINE HOT LINE* where we found out something before the rest of the world(!!). Alex brings his Boss RV-3 pedal as his Object of Worship and the conversation twists and winds all around it—smashing melodies with the Meris Ottobit and a Prophet 6, new discoveries in magical tone loss, and is the Boss BF-2 really called the Boss Boss Flanger 2 Flanger?

    Keep up with Alex Goldman:

    cooldudezone.substack.com

    https://www.twitch.tv/tuffshed

    Slow Fawns

    Reply All

    Western Kabuki

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    Jesse Honig and The Many Objects From Which He Could Not Choose

    Jesse Honig and The Many Objects From Which He Could Not Choose

    In This Episode: In this episode: Dan, Andy, and special guest Jesse Honig of 29 Pedals and Believeable Audio join together for Episode 6 of Object Worship. Starting the episode with some odd calls from the HOG-LINE HOTLINE*, move on to discuss the philosophy of object definement as a prerequisite to worship. What is Jesse's Object of worship? I think we landed on it's the act of worshipping an object. And then the universe turned inside out and how we're all bubbles floating in the ether of a parallel dimension. Pretty cool. Thanks a lot, Jesse.

    Check out 29 Pedals and Beliveble Audio here: https://www.believableaudio.com/

    Object Worship is a production of the OBNE Podcast Network. https://www.oldbloodnoise.com

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    Emily Hopkins & Russ and the Harp & Reamper

    Emily Hopkins & Russ and the Harp & Reamper

    In this episode: Emily and Russ join Dan, Andy, and Seth for an evening of laughs and beans(?), Russ with his Radial Reamp JCR and Emily her harp. 

     

    Follow all of Emily Hopkins endeavors here 

    https://www.youtube.com/@emilyharpist

    https://emilyharpist.bandcamp.com/

     

    All views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts, cohosts, and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of OBNE. All rights reserved. 2023.

    Matt Lowery and the Monome Norns & Grid

    Matt Lowery and the Monome Norns & Grid

    In this episode: Dan, Andy, and special guest Matt Lowery join together for Episode 4 of Object Worship. Starting the episode with some odd calls from the HOG-LINE HOTLINE*, move on to discuss Synth-O-1K, fiscal spaghetti, and really drive home that OBNE is not responsible for the views of hosts, cohosts, and guests of Object Worship. After that, we dive deep with Matt about the Norns and Grid from Monome, and how they interact and inform his creative workflow and creative output. 

    Check out Matt Lowery's music here: https://mattlowery.bandcamp.com/

    Check out the Chase Bliss Mood MKii Video Instruction Manual to see Matt Lowery's video work: 

    https://youtu.be/O87_xgGxJgI

    https://youtu.be/9UzYim0o_Wo

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    John Snyder and the Digitech PDS 20/20

    John Snyder and the Digitech PDS 20/20

    In this episode: Dan, Andy, and special guest John Snyder join together for Episode 3 of Object Worship. They lead off the episode by fielding some voicemails from the HOG-LINE HOT LINE*, move on to discuss the PDS 2020 from Digitech, and cover everything from Companding, Nyquist Theory, the fact that John started playing classical violin at the age of 6, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

    Check out Electrical Audio Experiments here: https://www.electronicaudioexperiments.com/

    John’s musical project here: https://emberwreath.bandcamp.com

     

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    Andy Pitcher and the Line 6 DL4

    Andy Pitcher and the Line 6 DL4

    In this episode: Dan Pechacek and Andy Othling field a listener voicemail on left of the Object Worship Hog Line Hotline (505 ODD-HOGS* before welcoming guest Andy Pitcher. Andy Pitcher has worked in the music and manufacturing industries for the better part of a decade, from Pigtronix, Supro, Red Panda, String Joy, and is currently the Director of Artist Marketing at D'Addario in New York. Andy is also a prolific musical artist, playing solo avant-garde improvisations, guesting in bands, sessioning on albums, and more. Andy has also made meaningful contributions to OBNE releases and is a joy to know and work with. 

    Dan, Andy Othling, and Andy Pitcher discuss their own experiences with the DL-4, how it compares to the MKII, and whether it is okay that it still sums to mono in looper mode.  Also, who wants to try ...egg ice cream? 

    Keep up with Andy Pitcher at https://www.andypitcher.com/ 

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    Tom Majeski and the Korg Kaoss Pad

    Tom Majeski and the Korg Kaoss Pad

    In this episode: Dan Pechacek and Andy Othling start off this jouney of Object Worship with an interview with Tom Majeski. Tom is the brain behind the now defunct Cooper FX and is now DSP designer at Chase Bliss. Tom's chosen Object is the famed Korg Kaoss Pad. Well ahead of the curve of touch screen and tactile-reactive tech, the Kaoss Pad is truly in a lane all its own. After some dips into the depths of nostalgia, Tom talks about the design process of MOOD MKii. 

    Follow Tom's work at http://www.chasebliss.com 

    Object Worship is a production of the OBNE Podcast Network. 

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