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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