Brian Pennington

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This week on No Humans Allowed we feature a bunch of synth sickos. Early 00s electro, wonky and sometimes sleazy indie rock, + some of their modern descendants. The show is up in the @kpiss.bsky.social archives now. I'm live every Tuesday at 7pm ET / 6pm CT

An old Japanese computer from the 1980s in various bright colors

I learned Turbo Pascal in the mid 90s, but I've always lived on the fringes of programming, writing a script here or there. With the future of of vibe coding looking bright, seems time for an NHA spin on it. Tune in for warm programming-friendly vibes 7pm ET / 6pm CT on @kpiss.bsky.social • kpiss.fm

So many dither patterns! 🤩

Flyer depicting a woman staring at the camera who has been heavily simplified, warped, and stylized

On No Humans Allowed tonight I'll be spinning tracks exploring cognition, perception, + the five senses. Tune in to hear lots of new beat, EBM, industrial, early techno, + other experimental genres. I'm live at 7pm ET / 6pm CT on @kpiss.bsky.social • Kpiss.fm

Didn't we see them together at your bachelor party Osheaga trip too? We've seen them together a bunch!

Illustration of a man upgrading his brain with a silicon card

I'm back on the radio tonight (Feb 18) with an armload of hot new tracks + vinyl rips to plug in, hot swap, + try out live on air. Listen in live 7pm ET / 6pm CT on @kpiss.bsky.social • Kpiss.fm

Cuddling Up to Comfy Synth, Electronic’s Most Soothing New Subgenre World-building is a huge element of comfy synth music, with albums generally revolving around a friendly theme or character for the listener to cuddle up with.

The world outside is bleaker than ever. Take a few moments to enjoy this assortment of comfy synth treasures, and rest up before the time comes to face yet another day.

Shaolintine’s Day. Can’t spell kung fu without u

Pascalentine's Day: a day for making Pascal's Wagers, measuring units of pressure, triangles, + esoteric programming languages. The main event will be the Pedro Pascal lookalike contest.

With the proliferation of Galentine's Day events, we'd like to propose some alternate themes for event creators in February:

Macau-lentine's Day: An event to celebrate the Chinese tourist destination, hosted by Macauley Culkin. Across the street at another venue, the organizers of Macaw-lentine's Day will be steaming mad their thunder was stolen while surrounded by brightly colored New World parrots

#1987 rb.gy/147lbf

It's getting a little too hot in the No Human Allowed studio. Hear nympho electro, steamy italo, + a collage of lustful synethesizer-laden soundscapes from bygone eras. Just 0 cents for the first minute + just 0 cents for every minute after. Live at 7pm ET / 6pm CT on @kpiss.bsky.social • Kpiss.fm

This is my home office DJ setup, where I broadcast No Humans Allowed from on @kpiss.bsky.social. I’m live Tuesdays 7-8pm ET and 6-7pm CT on kpiss.fm, where I’ve got over 200 archived shows as well

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The correct answer to that question

A robot merchant selling various pixellated wares

Bandcamp's Black Friday sale is coming up, so it seemed like a great time to play some of the excellent finds I've had there. Bootleg edits of italo, house, balearic, + other synth genres, vaporwave, synthwave, + lots of morsels you can't find anywhere else. Tune in 7pm ET / 6pm CT on kpiss.fm

Illustration of a cyborg woman in multiple colors

I'm prepping more chilly cyborg vibes for No Humans Allowed tonight before I head to the east coast for the holidays. Tune in 7pm ET / 6pm CT for a wintry mix of italo + electro on Kpiss.fm

Midjourney-generated illustration of a cyborg detective in the foreground and a futuristic cityscape full of people in the background

Tonight on No Humans Allowed, we've got a whole dumb AI-generated play about a private eye named Seamus O'Cyborg solving mysteries on an orbital station that we'll be re-enacting over the usual carefully curated bleeps and bloops. Tune in live tonight 7pm ET / 6pm CT on Kpiss.fm #radioplay #cyborgs

I see your third monitor, and raise you an exceedingly girthy second monitor

A robot pumping iron in a neon gym

Tonight on No Humans Allowed, the robots are pumping iron and they have enlisted me to make their gym playlist. Oil up those servomotors and get ready for the pump. Tune in live 7pm ET / 6pm CT on Kpiss.fm