https://frosty.la Mark "Frosty" McNeill Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:00:26 +0000 https://frosty.la en https://frosty.la/landing-1 Tue, 01 Feb 2022 05:12:03 +0000 Mark "Frosty" McNeill https://frosty.la/landing-1 https://frosty.la/Info Wed, 02 Feb 2022 05:59:39 +0000 Mark "Frosty" McNeill https://frosty.la/Info Mark “Frosty” McNeill is a DJ, radio host, sonic curator, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, record producer, university professor, and creative community builder based in Los Angeles. He’s the founder of dublab.com, a pioneering web radio station that has been exploring wide-spectrum music since 1999. As of 2023, McNeill is serving as a fulltime Creative Producer for the LA Phil.Frosty hosts Celsius Drop, a weekly dublab radio show and has produced long-running programs for Red Bull Radio, Marfa Public Radio, and KPFK 90.7fm. As an Annenberg Fellow in the University of Southern California's Arts Journalism Masters Program, McNeill produced an internationally celebrated radio documentary examining Alice Coltrane’s devotional music which evolved into the liner notes of an album on Luaka Bop and live performance for Pop-Up Magazine. McNeill has co-curated/produced the Pacific Breeze compilations of Japanese City Pop music for Light in the Attic Records as well as Somewhere Between, a forthcoming album focused on experimental Japanese pop. He has curated custom music experiences for major brands and arts organizations including Ace Hotel, Mast Brothers, TED, Nissan, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Red Bull, etc. Frosty is the curator of exhibition soundtracks for The Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He serves on the boards of Future Roots Inc. and Meredith Monk’s House Foundation for the Arts and is a Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities Fellow. McNeill is co-director of the music documentaries Secondhand Sureshots and LAFMS: how low can you go? and co-producer of the KCET Television programs Border Blaster and&nbsp; Artbound: The New West Coast Sound: An L.A. Jazz Legacy. A longtime music journalist, McNeill has interviewed hundreds of artists including Björk, James Brown, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Ella Jenkins, Laurie Anderson, Popcaan, Meredith Monk, Flying Lotus, Big Jay McNeely, and John Cale. His output on a multitude of international media platforms is focused on transcendent sonic experiences. Download Press Photos︎︎︎ ︎&nbsp;︎&nbsp;︎ https://frosty.la/Celsius-Drop-1 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 06:29:18 +0000 Mark "Frosty" McNeill https://frosty.la/Celsius-Drop-1 Celsius Drop Each week dublab is an exploration of the vast Future Roots music spectrum on Celsius Drop. Tune-in to reach those outer realms. Streaming Live Every Thursday from 10AM–12PM Pacific Time on dublab.com ︎︎︎ https://frosty.la/Open-End Wed, 02 Feb 2022 06:42:27 +0000 Mark "Frosty" McNeill https://frosty.la/Open-End Open End Open End is an otherworldly music show for our expanding universe. Frosty leads a high-spirited exploration of the infinite range—tracing migrating sound currents as they mutate into exhilarating new forms. Tune-in for mixes, interviews, and exclusive tracks celebrating wide spectrum wonder. Open End was originally broadcast on Red Bull Radio. Listen to the archive on MixCloud.︎︎︎ https://frosty.la/LAndscape Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:00:26 +0000 Mark "Frosty" McNeill https://frosty.la/LAndscape LAndscape LAndscape is a radio survey of a shape shifting city, painting a picture of Los Angeles through its past, present and future music. Frosty explores the rich and varied sonic culture of Los Angeles through artist interviews, field recordings and classic tracks. LAndscape originally aired on Red Bull Music Academy Radio and was produced by Frosty with Jordan Rothlein and engineered by Joe Hazan. Explore the LAndscape archive&nbsp;︎︎︎ https://frosty.la/dublab-projects-ashram-tapes Wed, 02 Feb 2022 22:31:29 +0000 Mark "Frosty" McNeill https://frosty.la/dublab-projects-ashram-tapes <img width="2013" height="2236" width_o="2013" height_o="2236" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5acfd2f762971c5bff19d2c6e031e6461af81125c81ce71cbc139ef32c330b1b/Alice_ashramtapes.png" data-mid="132287155" border="0" data-scale="41" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5acfd2f762971c5bff19d2c6e031e6461af81125c81ce71cbc139ef32c330b1b/Alice_ashramtapes.png" /> https://frosty.la/dublab-projects-ashram-tapes-2 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 22:40:31 +0000 Mark "Frosty" McNeill https://frosty.la/dublab-projects-ashram-tapes-2 Ashram Tapes:&nbsp; The Devotional Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda This is an exploration of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda’s devotional music, specifically the four albums she self-released through her Sai Anantam Ashram in Agoura Hills, California between 1982-1995. During this period of intense spiritual reflection Coltrane’s music took flight into higher dimensions. We hear about these singular works and gain insight into Turiya’s intention through interviews with family members, students, musical collaborators and scholars including: Radha Botofasina, Varun Soni, Sita Michelle Coltrane, Purusha Hickson, Ashley Kahn, Brandee Younger, Flying Lotus, Shankari Adams, Ed Michel, Surya Botofasina, Marilyn McLeod Ellison, Reggie Workman, Baker Bigsby and Oranyan Coltrane. Explore the Ashram Tapes ︎︎︎ https://frosty.la/dublab-projects-modern-composition Wed, 02 Feb 2022 22:08:48 +0000 Mark "Frosty" McNeill https://frosty.la/dublab-projects-modern-composition <img width="1205" height="666" width_o="1205" height_o="666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d15328430ce791244aa7fd815a84ba33badc028eeb08af87a010e4e5bb51b817/9.png" data-mid="132285575" border="0" data-scale="30" data-no-zoom data-icon-mode src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d15328430ce791244aa7fd815a84ba33badc028eeb08af87a010e4e5bb51b817/9.png" /> https://frosty.la/dublab-projects-modern-composition-1 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 22:25:45 +0000 Mark "Frosty" McNeill https://frosty.la/dublab-projects-modern-composition-1 Modern Composition L.A. A cross-genre radio series examining the dynamic, new music emerging from Los Angeles. Each installment focuses on an individual composer’s contribution to the city’s fertile sonic landscape. Through in-depth interviews, illuminating recordings, and the premiere of a new work by the featured composer, we illustrate how these distinct artists are shaping Los Angeles and how the city has influenced them. Modern Composition L.A. surveys the wide-spectrum music endemic to Los Angeles—sketching a panoramic view of this ever-evolving creative climate. &nbsp; Explore the Modern Composition series ︎︎︎ https://frosty.la/dublab-projects-deep-routes Wed, 02 Feb 2022 21:22:34 +0000 Mark "Frosty" McNeill https://frosty.la/dublab-projects-deep-routes