The Yokai Trilogy - Ghost in the Machine
This episode 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.
The Yokai Trilogy - Almost Ghosts
This episode goes further into what it is to be Hikikomori and and why John's second record of the trilogy doesn't have a single organic instrument on it.
The Yokai Trilogy - Hikikomori (in brief)
This episode briefly introduces Hikikomori and the story behind John's second record in the trilogy.
The Yokai Trilogy - Turn of the Screw
This episode 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.
The Yokai Trilogy - Backwards Foundationally
This episode 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.
The Yokai Trilogy - Ghost Stories
So begins 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.
The Yokai Trilogy - Previewing Series 1
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.
The Key
What is the key to The White Whale? How do we find an origin point? Has it already happened?
"When men have died they enter history. When statues have died they enter art. This botany of death is what we call culture" -Alain Resnais
Miscommunications in Audio
When you record, things can go wrong, but not all is lost.
Testing 1,2
You have to start somewhere. Seems a guitar feed was the best way for The White Whale to make an entrance. Stay tuned for more episodes shortly.
A place of audio. A place of ideas. The White Whale is a podcast collective of mixtape journalism, long-form documentary, fiction, and sound experimentation. Find us wherever you listen to podcasts, including iTunes, Soundcloud, Google Play, and Stitcher. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook! Brought to you by CyNar Pictures; a multimedia lab experimenting with image and sound that also releases music via American Residue Records. We try to do things as they are not supposed to be done.