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Neil Denari is the latest Guest DJ on KCRW

2013-06-20T13:45:00-04:00

This was the first time where a musician, Eno -- who said I'm not a musician, by the way, I really construct ideas in a studio -- I felt connected to the idea of music, let's say, as sort of an intellectual project but at the same time it was still music that you wanted to dance to. So this is the architectural song and Eno as a kind of designer. Totally opened my eyes to new things.

Track List:

Theme From Shaft – Isaac Hayes
Kurt’s Rejoinder – Brian Eno
2nd Movement, Symphony No. 5 – Glenn Branca
The Bridge – Lee Ranaldo
Keep Your Dreams – Suicide (from the First Album)

Michael Maltzan Guest DJ's on Santa Monica's KCRW

2013-04-10T18:29:00-04:00

Architect Michael Maltzan has designed prestigious museums, luxurious private residences and social housing in Downtown LA. Music has been a factor in his life since he first started to discover architecture and he ruminates on the connection between the two art forms while sharing songs from Big Star, Talking Heads and more.

Track list:

The Bad Plus - Long Distance Runaround
Talking Heads - The Big Country
Big Star - The Ballad Of El Goodo
PJ Harvey - We Float
Glen Campbell - There's No Me Without You

Craig Hodgetts at KCRW Guest DJ Project

2012-03-07T18:54:00-05:00

Craig Hodgetts credits the “unencumbered and exceedingly emotional” style of Miles Davis for shaping the direction of his architectural work. He also names the sounds of Vangelis and Terry Riley as inspirations in a guest DJ set that is a tribute to all kinds of creative work.

Architect Craig Hodgetts, of LA design firm Hodgetts + Fung, is being featured today at KCRW's Guest DJ Project.

LA Architect Barbara Bestor is KCRW's latest Guest DJ

2010-05-05T18:30:00-04:00

For those of you that aren't familiar with Santa Monica College radio station KCRW, they've been running an ongoing Guest DJ project that involves inviting a local celebrity to curate a personal selection of songs, discussing their inspiration with a KCRW DJ. This week's guest is Los Angeles (Silver Lake to be exact) architect Barbara Bestor.