Episode 5 – Interview Edition: The Precious Dark | The Visual Side

We welcome Spotted Peccary recording artists and collaborators David Helpling and Eric “the” Taylor to the podcast, along with photographer, creator and teacher David Behringer to talk about the amazing macro-photography and video he contributed to their latest release, The Precious Dark.

We dive deep into David Behringer’s macro-photography approach on the streets of Nagoya, Japan, and geek-out over how the visual and musical aspects of projects impact one another. We also tangent to talk about the love/hate we have for AI, Behringer’s Instagram stardom, and the time Helpling and Taylor spent in the studio creating their recent record.

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00:00 – Intro / VO

01:41 – The Setup | SPM / “Music Is Art” and why the visuals matter

04:39 – The Precious Dark: concept and visuals

09:09 – David Behringer’s photography background and the macro approach

16:00 – The photos as a “Deep Viewing” experience vs music as “Deep Listening” experience

19:00 – The “Produced Entirely by Humans” ethos

23:17 – The “AI factor”

25:11 – The Listening Party experience

30:05 – The Dark Sky Alliance connection

31:15 – Working together in Deep Exile

36:12 – Differing opinions / unique perspectives / learning from each other

37:29 – How it started vs how it’s going

41:27 – “Your images look like my music” – better call mom.

42:47 – “The Precious Dark” video: telling the story thru David Behringer’s lens

48:50 – Gratitude for new eyes and ears / leaving a legacy

51:40 – The “Instagram factor” – David Behringer blew up my phone

53:07 – The music and visuals are forever connected through love

56:35 – Immersion colors mindsets, neon synthwave and getting lost in the “atmosphere”

01:03:28 – Studio session twister, cussing and “chasing the truth”

01:05:29 – Collective creative spirit and our precious time

01:07:16 – Bi-coastal / global / dimensional time travel via small magical moments

01:11:45 – Feeling the air move and experiencing the music with your whole self

01:13:52 – Favorite track picks: David Helpling – We Rise In A Harmonious System (excerpt)

01:16:16 – Favorite track picks: Eric “the” Taylor – The Ice Has Dreams (excerpt)

01:18:24 – Favorite track picks: David Behringer – The Precious Dark (excerpt)

01:22:23 – The Digital Booklet

01:26:27 – What’s next? More music? Interviews?

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