Taste of Chaos debuted this February on BFF.fm, with a mission to play "music for the lost, confused, and restless, featuring genre deep dives in the realms of punk, post-hardcore, and indie rock." Learn more about the show and BFF.fm volunteer Zero Laforga, aka DJ Séance, below and tune in every other Saturday from 12 to 2pm!

Interview conducted by Josalyn Wells of End of Teens Radio.

Josalyn: You were a volunteer at BFF.fm before you became a DJ, like me. When you decided to become a DJ, what was the first thing that came to mind for the inspiration behind your show?

Zero:I had actually thought about being a DJ or having a show for, like, years when I was in college. I went to USF, which has a pretty robust radio program, and I just never had the time to do it. I was an RA, and I was doing undergrad and grad school at the same time, so the concept laid dormant for years. I wanted a way to do it eventually. I just didn't know, like, when, where, or how. I had the DJ name, the show name, and the concept down, so I was really just looking for a place to settle in and call home.

Then I started volunteering at BFF.fm as a photographer. I had worked in the music industry in other capacities, doing audio engineering, booking, and promoting, before I pivoted to photography. I was like, "Wait a minute, I could do the radio show at BFF.fm. I'm already here!"

How would you describe the vibe of your show?

Chaos, chaos, wild card. Never let them guess your next move. Never let them get settled. The concept for my show is that every single week the theme changes. Every week I choose a different subgenre of punk, indie, whatever to dive into, getting really weird and funky with it. That's the whole vibe of my show: giving people the unexpected.

I've done an episode on Chamber Post Hardcore, which is like kind of nutty. It's like stuff that's like very theatrical, has like orchestral elements in it, symphonic elements. I did a garage rock episode, but like trying to do garage rock from unexpected places that most people would not have heard of. And then I did -- it's not really a sub genre, but I just wanted to do it because I feel like it's important -- an episode of music all made by not men. Because I was like, "This is important to the scene." My last episode [at the time of the interview] was riding a line between emo and indie -- bands that are not quite just indie, not quite emo, but  right in the center of that. And then I don't know what we're gonna do in a couple weeks.

What would the ideal setting be for people to listen to your show?

Okay, I feel like there's a couple scenarios. One of them is: you're walking around late at night in a town you don't know, just like, where the hell am I? That's a good one. Another one, and this is just because I do graffiti, and in my head it would be funny, but it's like...you're just running from the cops. [Laughs] But I feel like my show is for people who are, like, if you're on public transit and you want to have your main character moment a little bit, you put on my show.

Can you recommend an album or song that you're really into right now?

I'm not gonna lie, I've been just listening to a lot of Lil Peep. But before that...I've played a couple tracks off this album in multiple episodes: Carissa's Weird Songs About Leaving. It's a really good, like, emo indie album. I really fuck with that. Threads by Now, Now -- that's my desert island album. Copeland is really interesting. Their entire discography is hands down so... like, they have no misses. Every single album throughout their career is good.

Do you have a favorite local venue?

Absolutely, Bottom of the Hill forever, that's my ride or die. I'm really sad that they're closing, but I think out of all the local venues that I really fuck with, it's got to be Bottom of the Hill.

Tune in to Taste of Chaos every other Saturday from 12 to 2pm!