QGPod 57 – Recording Engineer & Producer Ekzakt

For the first Quarantine Goods podcast since switching from Skype to Zoom, the guys connected with Ekzakt, a Los Angeles based recording engineer and producer with roots in the Bay Area. His sounds may have made it on to your Spotify playlist in recent years, producing tracks for Black, Too Short, and more recently Partynextdoor’s new album Party Mobile. They talked about how Covid-19 has affected them and how it has impeded the creative process and collaboration. They got into their background as trained audio engineers, and the difference that made when Zach made the move from the Bay to LA. Regardless of the fact that you can make music in a bedroom wherever, Los Angeles is home to creative energy and a network that is unmatched anywhere in the world. While Zach’s presence is missed in the Bay Area, the dude is absolutely killing it in So Cal and the guys been loving what it has brought out of him. Plus, it gives them yet another excuse to visit LA, which they very much look forward to doing once everyone can assimilate back into society a bit. So add some Ekzakt songs to your playlist now, then play them after this podcast.