Funkadelphia: "So, Late Night Radio, where are you from?

And where are you living now?"

Late Night Radio: "I live out in Denver, Colorado now. I grew up in Houston, Texas"

 

Funkadelphia: "Have you always been interested and involved in music,

or is it something that's come up more recently in your life?"

Late Night Radio: "I grew up playing around on guitar and piano and stuff as a little kid, but I never did anything organized. I never really saw it as a realistic venture until the cards kind of fell in place. When I was 22 I actually started producing these melodies and little ideas I had been coming up with since I was 10 years old, and started translating them into actual tracks."

 

 

Funkadelphia: "Your music uses a lot of organic elements and instrumental sampling. At the same time, a lot of electronic acts have begun to incorporate live instrumenation into their performances. Is this something you can see yourself doing in the future, or something that you'd like to pursue for the Late Night Radio project?"

Late Night Radio: "Yeah, actually when I play in Colorado I'll have that. My last show in Boulder I had Clark [Smith] from Dynohunter play sax, and Mikey Thunder and the Beat Server scratching, and Michael came up to spit. I've had Kevin [Donahue] from SunSquabi sit in with me on guitar a lot. Whenever I can, I try to. It's just a matter of getting to that point where I can have something consistent."

 

 

Funkadelphia: "With your last album, Soap Box, you said that originally you had completed about 15 different tracks for the album, but picked the 7 you thought fit best together as an album. Can we expect to hear any of those other tracks either in performances or future releases?"

Late Night Radio: "I've been playing a lot of them live for the past 8 months or something like that. Right now I'm playing about half to sixty-five percent new and unreleased material. I like getting the new stuff out. I feel like that's one of the things with electronic shows; maybe the biggest aspect isn't that you'll get a full band performance, but you'll get to hear tracks that you're never going to be able to hear anywhere else. A lot of people will ask me if I can release the stream of my set, but it's like, "yeah, there were 16 unreleased tracks in that set." I can't really drop 16 new tracks tomorrow."

 

 

Funkadelphia: "Lastly, can you give us any acts or musicians you feel have been key inspirations for you, be them bands, individuals, or electronic acts?"

Late Night Radio: "I mean RJD2 was the first one I remember hearing back in the day that was something that I feel like I'd want to try doing. I remember "2 More Dead" was the track that got me. The whole Colorado scene, Michal Menert is definitely a big one, and now that he's almost a mentor, that has a huge impact on my tracks.
As far as non-electronic, just that whole golden era during the 60's and 70's; just funky jazz. The Beatles are a big one on me, just because of their ability to change. They were never afraid. It was always their sound, but always pushing, always moving forward. They were never scared to try new stuff. A lot of people don't even realize they were one of the first ones to sample and make cohesive records that mixed from one song to another."

 

 

Funkadelphia: "Well we're looking forward to more Late Night Radio music in the future.

Thank you for your time!"

Late Night Radio: "Thank you guys!'