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Ep519: Inside Levitation, Greenway & Reverb Records w/ Harry Portnof

October 13, 2025·1 hr 22 min·1 clip

Nate opens in travel mode. He is back from California, Las Vegas, and Austin, still unpacking records and joking about the food, the beer, and the extra pounds that came with the trip. Levitation is the anchor. He describes the Austin festival as a psych-and-heavy-music weekend that ran September 25 through 28, and he notes that he only caught one day even though he wanted more. That one day was stacked. Blood Incantation, Acid Bath, Secret Chiefs 3, The Sword, and The Armed all get name-checked, with The Armed described as so intense it felt like a war zone. Austin then takes over. Nate and Harry start asking why the city keeps drawing creative people, and the conversation drifts through Silicon Valley, Melbourne, weather, colleges, and the old question of what makes a place a magnet for art. No answer gets forced. Instead, they keep circling the idea that people stay where they can follow their dreams, build scenes, and make work that gives other people a reason to show up. Harry makes it personal. He talks about being a New Yorker who came to Austin and being able to make records on a larger scale there, which turns the city discussion into something practical rather than abstract. The label talk matters too. Nate and Harry move into Levitation, the Reverberation Appreciation Society, and the way the brand lives through records, designs, and the festival itself. The tone stays loose. That looseness lets the episode move from live music to city identity to the mechanics of keeping a music brand active without losing the collector detail that grounds the show. There is an invite at the end. Nate points listeners to levitation.fm, mentions Levitation records and designs, and says to keep an eye on making plans for 2026. The close is friendly. He wraps by thanking listeners for sharing the show, leaving reviews, and helping the podcast keep growing.

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A Levitation recap that widens into Austin, record art, and the people around the scene.

This episode stays with Levitation, but it keeps opening outward to Austin, record designs, and the people who keep a scene alive. Nate and Harry move from the festival floor to the Reverberation Appreciation Society without losing the thread, and the Austin talk has enough…

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Levitation and the Austin scene in one long walk.

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