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The Dead Drop

By: Tzaddi Salazar
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  • Field recordings and interviews from the Philippine and Asian fringe. Hosted by award-winning Manila-based journalist Karl R. De Mesa. My cultural dead drop for everyone who's overwhelmed by online interactions and the cold curation of machine algorithms. Artifacts of creativity for others to find and be inspired by, in a global milieu where genuine surprise is at a premium. Rarely happens anymore. Like the music tape exchange of yore, a thumb drive of journals left anonymously, a box full of mystery books. Unexpected. Welcome. Nonfiction. Get ready for a surprise. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tzaddi-salazar/support
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Episodes
  • SUPERPSYCHOCEBU | Queen City High Times W/ Ara and Chris

    SUPERPSYCHOCEBU | Queen City High Times W/ Ara and Chris
    Apr 20 2024

    Chris Linaban (director) and Ara Chawdhury (producer) are the creators of the 2016 Bisaya stoner movie SUPERPSYCHOCEBU.


    With a cult following growing over the years (screenings during 4/20), in 2024 they now have screenings in the US and Philippines.


    The filmmaking and real life partners look back on how they made the movie and what it means to them now.


    superpsychocebumovie.com/

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7N9aQEupCE


    * Contains samples from Surrogate Prey, used with permission.

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    47 mins
  • CASTRO SMITH | Engraving Myths on Jewelry and Filipino Folklore

    CASTRO SMITH | Engraving Myths on Jewelry and Filipino Folklore
    Mar 2 2023
    CASTRO SMITH is one of the best known intaglio engravers in the world. The Filipino-British carver of jewelry and art pieces is based in London, known for his intricate work on signet rings. The signet rings often sell out fast at Dover Street Market and other upscale merchant platforms. It’s also captured the attention of A-list celebrities such as Elton John, Jeremy Strong, the actor in HBO’s Succession, and Anya Taylor-Joy from Queen’s Gambit, who have gone straight to Smith to commission pieces. From A-list actors to professional gamers, scientists to elite athletes, Smith’s work caters to that mystery point between owning something tactile and precious, and celebrating life’s milestones. Because it’s the bespoke process that makes Smith’s work pregnant with meaning. When people come to him to mark events, celebrate anniversaries, or cement personal symbols on jewelry that’s when a custom piece transcends the material. It becomes an object of personal mythology. Something beyond jewelry. Something edging closer to totemism. On this episode of The Dead Drop, Smith talked to me about growing up Eurasian, about his childhood in Cagayan De Oro and Newcastle, his love for aswang stories and other Filipino lower mythology creatures, and how this almost 5,000-year-old art of carving on gold and metal is finding a resurgence with some unlikely young clients. Follow Castro Smith on IG : https://www.instagram.com/castrosmith/ Visit his shop to commission a custom piece: https://castrosmith.com/ *** Contains samples from Surrogate Prey, used with permission. This podcast is powered by Anchor. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tzaddi-salazar/support
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    44 mins
  • BASALT SHRINE | Burning Up the Sludge Swamp & Track By Track of "From Fiery Tongues"

    BASALT SHRINE | Burning Up the Sludge Swamp & Track By Track of "From Fiery Tongues"
    Sep 23 2022

    Extreme slow metal at its tastiest. Hailed as genre-defying and a tour-de-force, BASALT SHRINE's debut LP is burning up the Pinoy sludge swamp like someone freed a quartet of gleeful arsonists. 

    The Filipino doom/post-metal super group is composed of Bobby Legaspi (Surrogate Prey, Malicious Birth), Rallye Ibanez (Ex-Religious Nightmare, Surrogate Prey) and Ronaldo and Ronnel Vivo (Dagtum, The Insektlife Cycle, Abanglupa, Imperial Airwaves, Ex-Hateure). 

    On this interview we go through each of the tracks on their excellent album "FROM FIERY TONGUES", their thoughts on extreme music, and how they found a hack for performing their previously studio-only songs live.

    Buy the digital album on their Bandcamp: https://basaltshrine.bandcamp.com/releases

    Buy the physical releases on the ff platforms.

    Electric Spark (Netherlands) / Vinyl
    www.electricsparkrecords.com

    Surrogate Rec. (Ukraine) / Jewel Case CD
    www.surrogaterec.com

    Cruel Nature Records (UK) / Special Edition Cassette Tape
    cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com

    Three Moons Records (Poland) / Limited Edition Cassette Tape
    www.threemoonsrecords.com

    Aim Down Sight Records (Germany) / Limited Edition Cassette Tape
    aimdownsightrecords.bandcamp.com

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    Electric Talon Records (Philadelphia) / Digipak CD / Cassette
    www.electrictalonrecords.com

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    PAWN (Ph) / Cassette Tape
    pawnrecords.com

    Harrowing Industries (Indonesia) / Digipak CD
    harrowingindustries.bandcamp.com

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    Contains samples from Surrogate Prey, used with permission. This podcast is powered by Anchor. 

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    1 hr and 42 mins
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