Ricardo Wang

Ricardo Wang

Ricardo Wang has been hosting a version of What’s This Called? since 1993 across two stations and a multitude of bodies and incarnations.  Most recently, he can be heard at 12 Noon on kpsu.org on Saturdays.

• NewsBlas 24 September 2014: Tres Gone, Party Killer & PRND at NoFest 2014! - NewsBlas 24 September 2014: Tres Gone, Party Killer & PRND at NoFest 2014! From The Cell Phone Of Ricardo Wang Himself. Tres Gone Party Killer PRND Live, at NoFest 2014 From the following video, now available on our YouTubes Channel: And, also, you should check out our other WTC Video: Mother Box 017
• What’s This Called? 9/14 Benefit Highlights - What’s This Called? 9/14 Benefit Highlights (Featuring remixes by Ricardo Wang & Austin Rich of live performances captured on 14 September 2013 at Slim’s in Historic St. John’s!) What’s This Called? – if anything – is a place where experimental music and persist in all of its various permutations, and why should the presentation of live recordings be…Read more What’s This Called? 9/14 Benefit Highlights
• First Contact Part II: Ricardo Wang! (Recorded 27 July 2013) - First Contact Part II: Ricardo Wang! (Recorded 27 July 2013) (Featuring live DJ set by KPSU’s Ricardo Wang, recorded at Slim’s in historic St. John’s!) Our show at Slim’s on 27 July 2013 (our so-called Experimental Podcast Party) was a tremendous amount of fun, and I’ve been really jonesing to get these recordings out to you guys.…Read more First Contact Part II: Ricardo Wang! (Recorded 27 July 2013)
• What’s This Called? w/ Paco Jones, LIVE! - What’s This Called? w/ Paco Jones, LIVE! (Featuring a live performance by our good friend Paco Jones, as he performs his new EP, A Second Chance Again.) A good friend to both Ricardo Wang and myself, Paco Jones has played on both of our shows a number of times, and it a performer like no…Read more What’s This Called? w/ Paco Jones, LIVE!
• Paco Jones, Live On What’s This Called? - Paco Jones, Live On What’s This Called? Saturday July 6th at 12 Noon Paco Jones Performing Live On What’s This Called? Hosted by Ricardo Wang Engineered by Austin Rich of BlasphuphmusRadio.com Supporting his new EP A Second Chance Again. Visit soundcloud.com/paco-jones for more information.       July 6th at 12 Noon. Performing Live On…Read more Paco Jones, Live On What’s This Called?
• What’s This Called? w/ Holy Filament, Overdose The Katatonic & Death Pact Jazz Ensemble, LIVE! - What’s This Called? w/ Holy Filament, Overdose The Katatonic & Death Pact Jazz Ensemble, LIVE! (Featuring the usual What’s This Called? chicanery, plus live performances by Holy Filament, Overdose The Katatonic & the noise super-group, Death Pact Jazz Ensemble, in preparation for their show tonight at Habesha Lounge.) Join Ricardo Wang and I as we squeeze…Read more What’s This Called? w/ Holy Filament, Overdose The Katatonic & Death Pact Jazz Ensemble, LIVE!
• What’s This Called? with Forrest Friends, Live! - What’s This Called? with Forrest Friends, Live! (Featuring the woodland drone of Forrest Friends, Live!.) Woah.  When I sit down to do radio lately, one would think that I’m merely teaming up with Ricardo Wang to bring you yet another incredible band on  What’s This Called?  What can I say?  We make a good team, and as co-host, it…Read more What’s This Called? with Forrest Friends, Live!
• What’s This Called? with Tres Gone, Live! - What’s This Called? with Tres Gone, Live! (Containing the soothing sounds of Tres Gone performing live.) Saturdays were made for radio, and whenever Eric Hausmann is in the house, it can only mean that you must be listening to What’s This Called?   Ricardo Wang and I work to bring you a soothing performance by Tres Gone: Mike…Read more What’s This Called? with Tres Gone, Live!
• What’s This Called? with Four Dimensional Nightmare, Live! - What’s This Called? with Four Dimensional Nightmare, Live! (Featuring a mind-searing performance by Four Dimensional Nightmare!) My last few appearances on What’s This Called? has been in concert with Cosmic Jim, and while I love any chance I get to listen to music he recommends, it was really great to return to the studio with Ricardo Wang…Read more What’s This Called? with Four Dimensional Nightmare, Live!
• What’s This Called? with Sky Chance, Live! - What’s This Called? with Sky Chance, Live! (Featuring a Live Performance by Sky Chance, who moved to Portland to play this gig!) Join Ricardo Wang – with yours truly running sound – for a mind-melting performance by the (now local) psychedelic noise artist, Sky Chance!  This performance blew away audiences live on What’s This Called? (brought to…Read more What’s This Called? with Sky Chance, Live!