Sean: James K, Alex Kassian, Safe Mind
In Our Headphones
KEXP
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Variety Mix DJ Sean brings a dreamy, synth-heavy vibe to the show with his song choices, including a nod to an influential Krautrock guitarist and a salute to an ‘80s Scottish new wave duo who helped set the standard for his picks.
And Associate Music Director Alex Ruder spotlights the latest from a long-running Detroit-based artist/producer/composer whose latest LP is a showcase of masterful collaborations.
Songs featured:
- James K - “Blinkmoth (July Mix)”
- Alex Kassian - “A Reference to E2-E4 by Manuel Göttsching”
- Safe Mind - “6’ Pole”
- Maraschino - “Rosy Boas”
- Shigeto - “Let’s Talk (feat. KESSWA and Ahya Simone)”
Listen to the full songs on KEXP's "In Our Headphones 2024" playlist on Spotify or the “What's In Our Headphones” playlist on YouTube.
Listen to Sean every Monday night from 10pm -1am, or on-demand anytime at KEXP.org or the KEXP App.
Hosted and produced by: Janice Headley and Isabel Khalili
Mixed by: Emily Fox
Mastered by: Jackson Long
Editorial director: Larry Mizell Jr.
Our theme music is “好吗 (Hao Ma)” by Chinese American Bear
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to In Our Headphones. |
| 0:06.0 | Your chance to discover the songs K-EXP DJs don't want you to miss. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Janice Headley. |
| 0:13.0 | And I'm Isabel Kelly Lee, and this is your never-ending source for new music discovery from listener-powered K-E-X-P. |
| 0:22.2 | Hey, everyone, Janice here this week, and on this week's episode of In Our Headphones, |
| 0:28.2 | I am so excited to welcome one of our amazing variety mix DJs. |
| 0:33.9 | Not only is he a taste maker to our listeners, but he is someone that his fellow DJs are constantly |
| 0:40.8 | inspired by because the depth of his music knowledge is so impressive. |
| 0:45.9 | And that's Sean. |
| 0:47.9 | Hey, Sean. |
| 0:48.9 | Welcome to In Our headphones. |
| 0:51.3 | Thank you. |
| 0:51.9 | Thank you for that laudatory introduction. |
| 0:54.0 | It's true, though. Whenever I'm doing these interviews with DJs for In Our Headphones. Thank you. Thank you for that laudatory introduction. It's true, though. |
| 0:55.4 | Whenever I'm doing these interviews with DJs for In Our Headphones, and I ask how they discovered |
| 1:00.8 | this song or that, they often mention you. I just steal my music from Mike Ramos. That's the source. |
| 1:10.1 | Oh, I love it. |
| 1:11.5 | It's circulatory. |
| 1:13.2 | So, Sean, you started off as an intern in our development department before moving into DJ assisting for both John Richards and Cheryl Waters. |
| 1:24.9 | So who, in your experience, made you pull more CDs? Oh, John, 100 billion percent. |
| 1:34.3 | And when we were in the old building, too, usually once or twice a day, you just hear this |
| 1:38.8 | clatter of CDs falling. Dozens and dozens of CDs and the terrible, terrible process of gathering them back up, |
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