For the 20th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Chris Sherron and Quinn Taylor, two old friends better known by their monikers Galcher Lustwerk and Young Male. The two RISD grads met in Providence in the mid 2000s and bonded over their shared love

Fievel Is Glauque

Oct 18th, 2023 1h 4m

For the 19th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Ma Clément and Zach Phillips, the singers and songwriting team behind Fievel Is Glauque. With Ma growing up and France and Zach in rural New Hampshire, at first glance the two may seem like unlikely

The Tour

Oct 4th, 2023 1h 6m

The 18th episode of 400 Floor is a little different. By popular demand we collected some of the best (and worst) tour stories from the previous 17 interviews, many of which did not make the cut for the final episodes. Get ready for van breakdow

Ryan Garbes & Shawn Reed

Sep 20th, 2023 1h 21m

For the 17th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Ryan Garbes and Shawn Reed, two old friends who shared many projects together including Wet Hair and Raccoo-oo-oon. We talk deep early '00s Iowa punk scene, transitioning into more experimental music

Beat Detectives

Sep 6th, 2023 1h 1m

For the 16th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Aaron Anderson and Chris Hontos aka Beat Detectives. Growing up in the cultural desert that is the small-town Midwest, they met at the oasis of Minneapolis in the early ‘00s. As fans of extreme music

Aaron Dilloway & Twig Harper

Aug 23rd, 2023 1h 3m

For the 15th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Aaron Dilloway & Twig Harper, two figureheads of the American underground music scene whose 30 plus year journeys overlap with countless players, spawning a multitude of trends and communities. We di

Dean Spunt & Sophie Weil

Aug 9th, 2023 1h 3m

For the 14th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Dean Spunt (No Age, PPM) and Sophie Weil (Syko Friend, Dove Cove). We discuss getting scared by music, being on MTV and the many hilarious and roundabout ways as a kid you slowly learn about the larg

Eric Farber & Josh McIntyre

Jul 26th, 2023 1h 3m

For the 13th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Nina co-founder Eric Farber (Truman Peyote, Cellphone, EZB) and Josh McIntyre (Little Girls, Prince Innocence, Thermal), two old friends and collaborators. We talk about the virtues of Windows Sound

Steven Warwick & Luke Younger

Jul 12th, 2023 1h

For the 12th episode of 400 Floor we talk to Steven Warwick, formerly known as Heatsick, and Luke Younger, who performs as Helm. But before their well-known solo projects, they were Birds of Delay. Formed during their time in Nottingham in the

Chloé Maratta & Flannery Silva

Jun 28th, 2023 1h

For the eleventh episode of 400 Floor we talk to Chloé Maratta and Flannery Silva, formerly known together as Odwalla1221. Born out of Baltimore’s fertile underground music and art scene of the late aughts, Maratta’s and Silva’s Odwalla88 proje

Gatekeeper

Jun 14th, 2023 1h 4m

For the tenth episode of 400 Floor we talk to Matthew Arkel and Aaron David Ross, aka Gatekeeper. Birthed by two college students in Chicago at the beginning of the bloghouse era, they quickly found success with their early Italo inspired produ

Yellow Swans

May 31st, 2023 1h 11m

For the ninth episode of 400 Floor we talk to Gabriel Saloman Mindel & Pete Swanson aka Yellow Swans. One of the premier US noise bands of the '00s, they melded the sonic experimentation of noise music with the intensity and DIY ethos of hardco

Bergsonist & G. Zifcak

May 17th, 2023 59m 45s

For the eighth episode of 400 Floor we talk to Bergsonist (Selwa Abd) and G. (Greg) Zifcak, two electronic musicians who grew up worlds apart - Selwa in Morocco and Greg in Seattle - but came together artistically and more in Brooklyn’s budding

Angels in America

May 3rd, 2023 1h

For the seventh episode of 400 Floor we talk to Esra Padgett and Mark Iosifescu, better known together as Angels in America. We talk about growing up in Manhattan, engrossing themselves in the New York underground music scene of the aughts, get

Jeff Witscher & Daren Ho

Apr 19th, 2023 1h 4m

For the sixth episode of 400 Floor we talk to Jeff Witscher and Daren Ho, two old friends and veterans of the American underground music scene of the early '00s. Jeff is best known for his work under his moniker Rene Hell, playing festivals, re

Samara Lubelski & Bill Nace

Apr 5th, 2023 1h 2m

For the fifth episode of 400 Floor we talk to Samara Lubelski & Bill Nace, two veterans of the East Coast underground music scene and old friends who, after years of orbiting around each other, began recently collaborating as a duo. We talk abo

Cory Arcangel & Jacob Ciocci

Mar 22nd, 2023 1h 6m

For the fourth episode of 400 Floor we talk to Cory Arcangel and Jacob Ciocci, two old friends and highly influential contemporary artists who took their interest in computers and the kitsch culture of their 1980s childhoods and forged successf

John Elliott & Mike Pollard

Mar 8th, 2023 1h 4m

For the third episode of 400 Floor we talk to John Elliott (Emeralds / Imaginary Softwoods / Spectrum Spools) and Nina’s CEO, Mike Pollard (Arbor / Treetops / Pale Blue Sky), two old friends and movers in the early ‘00s Midwest underground elec

Torn Hawk & 51717

Feb 22nd, 2023 1h 4m

For the second episode of 400 Floor we talk to Luke Wyatt and Lili Schulder, respectively known by their individual monikers Torn Hawk and 51717. Two close friends of Nina who have both made names for themselves in the underground electronic mu

Surgeon & Regis

Feb 8th, 2023 1h 20m

The inaugural episode of 400 Floor features Anthony Child and Karl O’Connor, respectively known by their individual monikers Surgeon and Regis. In the early ‘90s they took the blueprint of Detroit techno and melded it with their British industr

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Introducing 400 Floor

Jan 30th, 2023 2m 35s

Introducing 400 Floor, a new podcast by Nina Protocol. Featuring clips from interviews of Surgeon & Regis, Angels in America, Jeff Witscher & Daren Ho, Cory Arcangel & Jacob Ciocci, Samara Lubelski & Bill Nace and John Elliott & Mike Pollard. H

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