On this week's Talkhouse Podcast, we’ve got a special episode recorded live just last weekend in New York featuring two artists that appear on an amazingly ambitious new conceptual compilation album called TRANSA, Asher White and MIZU. The album comes from our friends at the Red Hot Organization, was conceptualized largely by Dust Reid and Massima Bell, and features more than 100 artists honoring trans and non-binary artists. There are huge names like Sade, Sam Smith, Andre 3000, indie heroes like Julien Baker and Laura Jane Grace, and incredible up-and-comers like today’s two guests, who worked on separate tracks. The whole thing comes out November 22, and you can pre-order it now. I won’t say much more because former Talkhouse producer Mark Yoshizumi was on hand to introduce Asher and MIZU at the event. Enjoy.
0:00 – Intro
1:39 – Producer Mark Yoshizumi Intro
5:01 – Start of the chat
12:20 – MIZU and Asher's differing musical backgrounds
20:00 – Ad break
22:20 – "The music that I made is aesthetically different than the music I consume"
25:15 – Musical processes
31:37 – The origins of MIZU and Asher's songs on the TRANSA comp
Thanks for listening to the Talkhouse Podcast, and thanks to MIZU, Asher White, Mark Yoshizumi, and Honey Moon Coffee in Ridgewood. Also thanks to Urosh Jovanovich, who recorded the event, and Myron Kaplan, who produced this episode. The Talkhouse theme is composed and performed by the Range. See you next time!
(Photo Credit: left, Tayla Roberge; Edited by: Keenan Kush.)
