The Dead Drop

Tzaddi Salazar
The Dead Drop

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.

  1. 02/03/2023

    CASTRO SMITH | Engraving Myths on Jewelry and Filipino Folklore

    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.

    44 phút
  2. 23/09/2022

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

    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 𝗨𝗦𝗔 Electric Talon Records (Philadelphia) / Digipak CD / Cassette www.electrictalonrecords.com 𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔 PAWN (Ph) / Cassette Tape pawnrecords.com Harrowing Industries (Indonesia) / Digipak CD harrowingindustries.bandcamp.com *** Contains samples from Surrogate Prey, used with permission. This podcast is powered by Anchor.

    1 giờ 42 phút

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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.

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