Best Rill Causey Podcasts (2026)

dreamers of, released July 26 is v e n n's second EP of the summer on Sonder House. Listen to it here in its entirity, as well as my conversation with v e n n about the creation of the EP. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7K80bdPzdWRFqAHBfk1cPi?si=xtw4UdnFR86zJ46d0GZvVA

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26 - waterslinkys with Ryan Manning 32:37

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Binaural sound by Ryan Manning of water behaving weirdly on a set of stairs in downtown Los Angeles. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L1H5bURiaA&feature=youtu.be Listen to Ryan's podcasts, That's All Folks: https://anchor.fm/thats-all-folks and Impaulsive Postcast: https://anchor.fm/impaulsivepostcast…

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25 - this play, which may or may not take place with acadjmia 31:58

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Producer acadjmia takes to the air in a cimbalom-ic musical journey. We talk about the sound of neutron stars and the human voice. Find acadjmia's work at: instagram.com/acadjmia soundcloud.com/acadjmia

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24 - High School 12:11

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Hypernostalgia tangles with high school Photobooth recordings in a sound collage. Happy valentine's!

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23 - Sifting 10:37

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Sun sifts through the water, and an algorithm sifts through the noise.

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22 - with Hark Madley 37:07

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Producer Hark Madley joins Nice Fumes with his tracks 'empathy' and 'a candle in the dark pt 2' off his upcoming release 'stream'. After the music we talk about finding positivity and support within the modular world, and the roles of flow and transience in the creation of art. For more on Hark Madley: harkmadley.com harkmadley.bandcamp.com @harkma…

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21 - Black Body with Terens K. 27:49

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A terrifying, radioactive journey through another plane with Terens K.

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20 - Pink Pyrite 11:01

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Music from Trona, Yosemite, and other worlds adapted from sound for the film EARTH.COLOR.MAGICK for Bradley Duncan Studio.

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19 - Xochimilco 13:02

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Glide through the sonic waters of the Xochimilco canals.

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07 - with Gram Hummell 34:49

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A rebroadcast of Gram's excellent Nice Fumes while I travel. Browse the shopping mall of worldviews.

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18 - with Loris Ravera 23:57

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Producer and visual artist Loris Ravera shares a minimalist mix, and discusses creating audio to match video, and vice versa.

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17 - Orbital (try this at home) 24:05

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This is the first Nice Fumes orbital, a fun and easy sound project all of you should try! This orbital was created by Andrew Sarlo, Julia Grimm, Michelle Simunovic, and myself at the Little Tokyo shopping center in Los Angeles.

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16 - (≠), for jspurr. with Davinci J. Siano 22:11

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A funky, meditative walk through Boston and alternate worlds of thought with J. Siano.

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15 - ECCO Kommunication with Sun Pack 36:08

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This week, we have a condensed set version of the album ECCO Kommunication by Sun Pack, the musical project of Niki Smith. After the music, Niki talks about being inspired by John C Lilly's body of work, the existential crises humans face, and how we can use our energy to heal.

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14 - with Bad Elephant 20:29

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Producer Bad Elephant shares a minimix, and speaks on regenerative patches and our curiosity as humans.

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13 12:46

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Here's your magic eyeball, use it wisely.

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12 - The Streets are Hot Tonight with Nicky Smith 50:41

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Nicky Smith collaged this week's Nice Fumes, The Streets are Hot Tonight, over six months in 2017. After his piece, we talk about how he gathered samples, and the political sounds of, and impact on, the piece.

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11 - Jebi with Jake Lingan 39:38

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Jake Lingan made this week's Nice Fumes, Jebi, out of recordings of the occult. After his piece, we talk about working with tape, intercepting mystery radio broadcasts, and his label No Index, based in Chicago.*due to a problem with the RSS feed, this episode has been republished*

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10 15:20

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It's raining at the lake. A gunshot flashes through the chatter of frogs.

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09 - No Specific Notes with OSOA 31:29

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OSOA guides us on a sonic train ride that starts in LA's Union Station and flashes through worlds.

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08 19:19

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A cold wind flows through the cave, but who's controlling the mouse?

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07 - with Gram Hummell 26:05

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Gram Hummell created this week's Nice Fumes. After the music, we talk about weaving musical ideas together, and shopping for philosophies in the age of Amazon.

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06 - ddeeaatthhwwaavvee with Mike Harris 20:38

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Mike Harris's ddeeaatthhwwaavvee is an ominous synthetic guitarscape. After the music, he talks to me about making the track and improvising in harmony with systems of effects.

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05 - Microsleep Side B with Ebi Causey 35:41

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Microsleep returns. I talk to Ebi about creating the work, its original placement in the Bennington Museum, making music with room fans, and more.

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03 - Microsleep Side A with Ebi Causey 24:51

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Our first guest set -- an intricate, tingling sound collage of tapes by Ebi Causey.

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02 18:37

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Sniff the big, billowing clouds of church incense.

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01 15:25

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This is the very first episode of Nice Fumes, a weekly ambient/electronic music podcast filled with swirling sonic clouds to populate the spaces in your life. I'm your host, Rill Causey. Today, I explain the basics of the show and play its first piece of music. Thank you for listening!