OUTTA Buddy Experience Podcast #002 – Biomigrant

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Artist: Biomigrant

Podcast: Outta Buddy Experience

Date:November 19, 2024

Categories: Biomigrantshivelight

Presenting the second episode of the OUTTA Buddy Experience podcast where we talk with the label’s extended network, explore themes around avant-garde sound, etiquettes of making world fusion music, conversations about upcoming albums, and much more.

This episode features Biomigrant; the musical expression of producer Michael Alfred Wagner. Born in the US, in 2014 he crossed Central America by bicycle, arriving in Colombia where he currently lives. With his mix of digital beats production, live instrumentation, traditional Latin American music and field recordings, he has brought joy and surprises to dance floors across the Americas and Europe.

In this episode, we talk about various themes, all of which are timestamped below:

00:00:00 – Introduction
00:03:15 – Making ‘Aye Que Talento’ with MORiLLO & Maximo Yanez
00:06:20 – ‘Shamanic Music’ Term: Is It Problematic?
00:09:53 – Cultural Appropriation in ‘World’ Music
00:13:30 – Themes of Biomigrant Project & Link to Travelling
00:14:55 – Producing An Album for ‘Plu Con Pla’ in Colombia
00:21:15 – Countries Biomigrant Has Made Music In
00:23:23 – Local Receptivity to Collaboration with an American Musician
00:24:22 – Acceptance: Live Performance & Social Experience in Cuba
00:28:30 – First Biomigrant Project: Belize
00:36:30 – Advice to People Making World Fusion Music
00:38:25 – Are You An Ethnomusicologist?
00:41:00 – Discussing His New Album ‘Cantos, Sueños, Sol, y Sombra’
00:48:30 – Songwriting On Instruments VS DAW
00:51:30 – Biomigrant’s Live Performance Setup
00:54:55 – Sneaky Taste of the Colombian Gaita
00:55:58 – What’s Next?
00:58:25 – Sample Packs?