About Juice

Juice is Inksie’s experimental podcast. It’s a mix of electronic and analog sounds, with both ambient and lyrical songs that create a cohesive listening experience. The Inksie Team curates and mixes Juice (semi) monthly and commissions custom artwork.

Track Listing

About the Tracks

Inksie’s Creative Director, Dave, selected and organized Juice 002’s songs. He writes:

I ran across the B. Fleischmann & Ms. John Soda a couple of years ago. The intro resonated with me, so I decided to start the playlist out with it. I tested the waters with iTunes Genius and began researching suggested artists’ work, sometimes to a second or third degree. A few of the other artists were some old favorites of mine including The Radio Dept., Dntel and Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. They seemed to fit in well with the other tracks, so I fit them into the mix where they flowed the best.

I’ve learned quite a bit in organizing this playlist. Please give this month’s Juice a listen and let me know what you think.

About the Artwork

The artwork for Juice’s second edition was created by the Inksie Team’s Creative Division. It was inspired by the fifth track, Eyes on Fire by Blue Foundation. The song’s quiet, haunting lyrics provoked a powerful mental image:

Eyes on fire

Your spine is ablaze

Felling any foe with my gaze

The idea was developed through several sketches that evolved into the icon. A vector version of the icon was developed for texture work. It was printed on a low-quality laser printer with cheap, course paper. The Inksie Team spent several minutes harassing the ink from the paper’s fibers with Bic pen-ends and fingernails, giving it a fatigued appearance. It was scanned and colorized using Photoshop.

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