S7E384 - Dot Hacker 'Inhibition' with Layla Moheimani
Yes, Dot Hacker's lead vocalist Josh Klinghoffer played guitar with Red Hot Chili Peppers for 10 years - trigger warning for some - but before forming in 2008 all four members were already established musicians, recording and touring with an...
Yes, Dot Hacker's lead vocalist Josh Klinghoffer played guitar with Red Hot Chili Peppers for 10 years - trigger warning for some - but before forming in 2008 all four members were already established musicians, recording and touring with an impressive list of respected artists including: Beck, Gnarls Barkley, PJ Harvey, The Butthole Surfers and Broken Bells amongst many others. This week's guest, musician/audio engineer Layla Moheimani, fell instantly under the spell of the band and their lush, architectural-yet-still-rocking debut release 'Inhibition'.
Songs discussed in this episode: What Red Hot Chili Peppers Sound Like To People Who Don't Like Red Hot Chili Peppers - There I Ruined It; Unreachable - John Frusciante; Billie Holiday - Warpaint; The Afterglow - John Frusciante & Josh Klinghoffer; Going On - Gnarls Barkley; Biblical Violence - Hella; Overpour - E V Kain; Order/Disorder, Idleidolidyl, Eye Opener, Discotheque, Be Leaving, The Earth Beneath, Inhibition - Dot Hacker; Mystic Lady - T-Rex; The Wit of the Staircase - Dot Hacker; Dreams of a Samurai - Red Hot Chili Peppers; Quotes, Puncture - Dot Hacker; Fade Into You (Mazzy Star cover) - Layla Joon
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Layla Moheimani
Musician / Audio Engineer
Layla Moheimani is a musician, audio engineer, and educator who currently resides in Truckee, CA.
Her lifelong obsession with music and studying different instruments, combined with her Silicon Valley upbringing, gave way to her fascination with music production and recording techniques. Some of her fondest childhood memories are of making "avant garde" recordings on her Playskool tape recorder. Amongst her other instrumental forays, Layla began playing piano at age 5, guitar at age 13, and electric bass at age 17.
She has engineered at several venues including The Chapel in San Francisco and Jan Popper Theater in Los Angeles, and has also been a staff engineer and produced numerous records at Tiny Telephone in Oakland and Women's Audio Mission in San Francisco, as well as overseeing the recording facilities at Foothill College. She was also an instructor with Women's Audio Mission, teaching their Girls on the Mic classes as well as introductory Pro Tools.
Since moving to Truckee, Layla has started releasing music under the moniker Layla Joon and restoring vintage microphones as Electric Layla Labs.