Viva Radio
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Viva Radio is an eclectic, Brooklyn, New York-based Internet radio
station. Music programming is drawn from a roster of contributors known for their passion and depth of music
knowledge. Each contributor has their own profile with extensive playlist archives, so shows are available after their original time of airing. Viva offers a picture, bio and contact information for contributors.
The station runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Viva is the official in-store music and audio network for American Apparel
stores and plays live in over 160 of its retail locations worldwide.
, indie rock
, pop
, rap
and jazz
.
The station was founded in June 2006. It has 60,000 unique listeners a month. Viva was created in order to give DJs, musicians, art and fashion personalities a place to showcase their favorite music.
Its slogan is "Bringing radio back on track!"
Contributors put together new shows for the station weekly. Viva has 57 contributors, many of them from Los Angeles and New York City. The site is currently at capacity for contributors, but submissions are welcome for future consideration. Shows are typically one hour long but may also run two hours.
Viva has a studio in Park Slope, Brooklyn for conducting live shows and interviews.
, Battles, Bonde Do Role
, Black Dice
, Glass Candy
, The Fucking Champs
, The Rapture
and Simian Mobile Disco
.
The inspiration for Naked Fridays comes from the classic lunchtime and midnight hour DJ mixes on house, hip hop, and R&B stations like Detroit's WJLB, and Chuck Chillout's Saturday Nights on NYC's KISS 98.7 FM. Sometimes obscure but always groundbreaking and straight banging, these radio mixes have launched dance floor anthems and movements to eager ears and savvy soles. Recent contributors include Joseph Colbourne, Justine D, and Tropical Jeremy.
drum event. On July 7, 2007, devoted participants and fans gathered at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood to experience an ensemble of 77 drummers performing as "one giant instrument" under the direction of Japanese music legends the Boredoms. The Viva site hosts video interviews with many of the drummers, as well as a rare interview with Boredoms leader Yamantaka Eye.
Internet radio
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station. Music programming is drawn from a roster of contributors known for their passion and depth of music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
knowledge. Each contributor has their own profile with extensive playlist archives, so shows are available after their original time of airing. Viva offers a picture, bio and contact information for contributors.
The station runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Viva is the official in-store music and audio network for American Apparel
American Apparel
American Apparel is a clothing manufacturer in the United States. It is a vertically integrated clothing manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer that also performs its own design, advertising, and marketing...
stores and plays live in over 160 of its retail locations worldwide.
Mission
Viva is known for the depth of its programming, because each DJ is hand selected for the strength of their musical selections. Shows cover genres like dance musicDance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
, indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
, pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, rap
Rap
Rap may refer to:*Rapping, performance in which rhyming lyrics are used, with or without musical accompaniment ; while an MC performs spoken verses in time to a beat/ melody**Hip hop subculture**Hip hop music...
and jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
.
The station was founded in June 2006. It has 60,000 unique listeners a month. Viva was created in order to give DJs, musicians, art and fashion personalities a place to showcase their favorite music.
Its slogan is "Bringing radio back on track!"
Contributors put together new shows for the station weekly. Viva has 57 contributors, many of them from Los Angeles and New York City. The site is currently at capacity for contributors, but submissions are welcome for future consideration. Shows are typically one hour long but may also run two hours.
Viva has a studio in Park Slope, Brooklyn for conducting live shows and interviews.
VivaLive Series
VivaLive is a series where the station records and rebroadcasts live music performances. The station loosely edits the live material with interviews reflecting artist mood and experience. Each part of the series is one to two hours long and airs about two weeks after the recording date. Current recordings include performances by: !!!!!!
!!! is a dance-punk band that formed in Sacramento, California, in 1996. Members of !!! came from other local bands such as The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers...
, Battles, Bonde Do Role
Bonde do Rolê
Bonde do Rolê is a Funk Carioca-influenced electropop group from Curitiba, Brazil, consisting of MCs Pedro D'Eyrot, Laura Taylor, Ana Bernardino, and DJ/MC Rodrigo Gorky...
, Black Dice
Black Dice
Black Dice is an experimental electronic music group currently based in Brooklyn, New York, USA.-Early years:Black Dice formed in spring 1997 soon after guitarist Bjorn Copeland met drummer Hisham Bharoocha and bassist Sebastian Blanck when they were students at the Rhode Island School of Design...
, Glass Candy
Glass Candy
Glass Candy is an American indie electronic band from Portland, Oregon that formed in 1996. The band consists of vocalist Ida No and guitarist/synthesist/general producer Johnny Jewel. While the band's early work blends elements of no wave and glam rock, their later work incorporates Italo disco...
, The Fucking Champs
The Fucking Champs
The Fucking Champs are a three-piece progressive rock band from San Francisco, California. They are known for their heavy metal appeal, based largely around shifting time signatures, guitar harmonies, and lots of rhythm. Most songs are instrumental. They are currently signed to Drag City...
, The Rapture
The Rapture
The Rapture is an Indie rock band based in New York City. The band mixes influences from many genres including post-punk, acid house, disco, electronica and rock, pioneering the post-punk revival genre...
and Simian Mobile Disco
Simian Mobile Disco
Simian Mobile Disco are a United Kingdom-based production and remix team formed in 2005 by James Ford and Jas Shaw of the band Simian. Musically, they are known for their analogue production...
.
Viva Me + You Series
In addition to regular programming, Viva invites contributors and others to come into the Brooklyn studio to record live broadcasts, known as Me + You sessions. Guests play music and discuss their selections. Past Me + You participants include: Tyvek, Suzanne Vega, Dennis Coffey, Calvin Harris, Matthew Dear, Black Lips, Mike Bones, Christy and Emily, Andrew W.K., Jon Glaser, MGMT, Excepter, Dark Meat, The Teenagers, Dez Mona, King Khan, Jeffrey Jensen, Love as Laughter, Jennifer O'Connor, Growing, The Fiery Furnaces, Tilly and the Wall, Dandy Warhols, Amazing Baby, Jay Reatard, Yacht Rock's JD Ryznar, Fiasco, Japanese Motors, Deertick, Times New Viking, Secret Machines, The Duke Spirit, Matthew Young, Ssion, Chairlift, McCarthy Trenching, Craig Wedren, Here We Go Magic, Nite Jewel, Kinetic Stereokids, Violens, Micachu and the Shapes, Suckers, Doug Paisley, White Rabbits, Cheveu, Kurt Vile, The xx, Gary War, Simian Mobile Disco, Sexy Crimes, Hugh Cornwell, The Raveonettes, So So Glos, Hospital Bombers, The Moi Non Plus, Findlay Brown, Glass Rock, Tune-Yards, Holly Miranda, Oh No OnoNaked Fridays
One of Viva Radio's newest radio programs that features weekly mixes from today's up and coming DJs from North America.The inspiration for Naked Fridays comes from the classic lunchtime and midnight hour DJ mixes on house, hip hop, and R&B stations like Detroit's WJLB, and Chuck Chillout's Saturday Nights on NYC's KISS 98.7 FM. Sometimes obscure but always groundbreaking and straight banging, these radio mixes have launched dance floor anthems and movements to eager ears and savvy soles. Recent contributors include Joseph Colbourne, Justine D, and Tropical Jeremy.
77 Boadrum Online Companion
Viva hosts a site with exclusive video footage from the Boredoms 77 Boadrum77 Boadrum
77 Boa Drum was a concert held on July 7, 2007 at 7:07 PM consisting of 77 drummers. The concert was organized by Boredoms. The title of the concert was a portmanteau of "Boredoms", "boa", "drum", and "77"...
drum event. On July 7, 2007, devoted participants and fans gathered at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood to experience an ensemble of 77 drummers performing as "one giant instrument" under the direction of Japanese music legends the Boredoms. The Viva site hosts video interviews with many of the drummers, as well as a rare interview with Boredoms leader Yamantaka Eye.
Viva Contributors
| Contributor | Show title and link |
|---|---|
| The Art Decade Team | Art Decade Radio |
| Billy J | Electric Adolescent |
| Brendan Timmins | Nadnerb’s Urban Cuisine |
| Brian Tipton | Killing Time |
| Brother Horden | N.Soul UK |
| Bryan Camphire & Harry Bleakly McDowell IV | Promise & Warning |
| Byron S | Like-Like or Like |
| Carlos Avendano | Zestrogen |
| Carlos Pavan | Smooth City |
| Candice Rivera | Pump Up the Volume |
| Casey Masback | Sometimes Almost Always |
| Cat Hartwell | Closet Jams |
| CFCF | Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth? |
| Corey Reid | L.A. Chuck Tennis Dream |
| Dan Selzer | Pyjamarama |
| Daniel Roversi | VIVA BRAZIL |
| Dara and An Ancient Bison | Seeing Ear Dogs |
| Dave Renard | Deadheat |
| Deano Sounds | Cultures of Soul |
| Derek Caterwaul | Freeform Caterwaul |
| DJ BWYSE | She Talks in Stereo |
| Dulce Fernandez | Sensacion En Espanol! |
| Earmon Harkin | Reckless Radio |
| Flavorpill | Flavorpill Radio |
| Gabriele Caroti | The Thicket |
| Ted Shumaker | Gay Beach |
| Gerry Mak | Raise Your Horn To Asgarth |
| Glen Szabo | Absinthe & Presents |
| Greg Baise | La Vie C’est Chouette |
| INgrooves | INgrooves 101.9 |
| Iris Alonzo | Life Partners |
| J. Tripp | Strange Baby |
| Jason Jones | Divers Songs |
| Jay Schleidt & Boy With Man Head | The Acid Living Room |
| JAZ | The Weejun Hour |
| Jill Bradshaw | J’aime Musique |
| Johnathan Kochis | That Ish |
| Jonny Makeup | Jonny Makeup |
| Joseph Colbourne | Straight Down to the Bone |
| Kim Sorise | SoundHouse |
| Lady Starlight | Metal for Muthas |
| Larry Grogan | Funky 16 Corners Radio Show |
| Lazlo Kovacs & Boy Hasoi | HEAPS |
| Lisa and Christine | Red Velvet |
| Louise Paradis | Oui |
| Mae Moreno | the Perfect Prescription |
| Mark Walat | SLY |
| Martin Bruneau | MercyBlow |
| Matthew Sanders | Limosique |
| Max Wowch | Burger Time |
| Maxwell Williams | Maximum Thrills |
| Mechatransducer | Mechatransducer |
| Micah Moses | Public Sensory Forum |
| Nate Walton | Above the Clouds |
| Nathan Brown | Joy! |
| Peter Gunn & Flex Unger | Clean & Humble Radio |
| Peter Jacobson | Wrecks |
| Piper K | Black Hole |
| Reynard Seifert & Friends | California Select |
| Rob Low | Slow and Low |
| Ryan Creed | 120 Minutes Forever |
| Ryan Hamilton | You Could Be Free Again |
| Sambarella DJ | The Gruv Gallery |
| Sebastien Tellier | Sexual Radio |
| Sheri Barclay | The Barclay Hour |
| Street Carnage | Street Carnage Plus One |
| Subbacultcha! | Subbacultcha! |
| Troy Russell | Believe It, Achieve It! |
| Zach Gunsel | That in the Workplace |