In this episode of Lost and Sound, I spoke with Thurston Moore, founder member of the iconic Sonic Youth, now living in London where he’s inspired by the city’s improv scene. I remember as a kid handing over my pocket cash for a copy of the band’s album Daydream Nation and being blown away by the way they played rock music, suddenly, it seemed there were no rules, and that appealed massively. His latest album, By The Fire is incendiary and was recorded just before lockdown. We spoke in late October and had a really good chat about the dimensions of sound, New York’s post punk scene, improvisation, his thoughts about the future of live performance and the uncannily accurate future predicted in The Simpsons, amongst other things. A true sonic architect, he was a real gentleman in conversation and I hope you enjoy listening.
I met up with Laetitia Sadier.
Singer with the hugely influential group Stereolab and solo artist, we got into a deep and frank conversation about creativity and the state of the world. Her music has been there in my life since I was a lanky teen, so I was thrilled to have this conversation and grateful to Laetitia for being so open!
I hope you enjoy listening.
Title music by ESO
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Featuring excerpts from Laetitia Sadier Source Enseble's Find Me Finding You LP
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I met up with iconic DJ, producer and label owner Ellen Allien.
Part punk, part cosmic being. She talks about the early days of Berlin techno, being a resident in legendary venues like Tresor right through to dealing with this weird ol’ year, via playing in the town of her favourite spicy Mexican sauce and noticing the bling in nature.
She’s both a world touring techno icon and a uniquely homegrown hero and I hope you enjoy the chat we had.
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I had a chat with Merrill Garbus, who with her long term collaborator and husband Nate Brenner, makes the wonderful sound that is Tune-Yards.
The first time I heard Tune-Yards, I think it being on the 4AD label drew me in, I totally fell for the rhythms and harmonies bursting out of the at the time lo-fi production. Ever since then, new Tune-Yards material is always such heaven to my ears, whether its been on big tunes like Water Fountain or scoring the film Sorry To Bother You.
Zapping in from Oakland, California, where the skies were still very much effected by fires. We speak about her long term support for Black Lives Matter, feminism and how that plays a role in her songwriting. In the process, the conversation kind of became an examination of the cultural issues behind Paul Simon’s Graceland.
There’s also a new tune, Nowhere, Man out this week, which takes their sound to realms of squelchy funk.
I hope you enjoy listening.
For the first face to face interview in ages, I met up with the one and only Ghostpoet.
Twice Mercury Prize nominated, genre-defying and also a really nice guy. We went for a tea and had a chat about his recent LP, the massively brooding and krauty I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep, why he decided to move to Berlin during a pandemic and being a musical outsider. It’s definitely one of those interviews that just freewheels and does its thing, I had lots of fun, I hope you do listening.
www.ghostpoet.co.uk
In the new episode of Lost and Sound, we go over to Brooklyn to chat with DJ, producer and multi media artist Tygapaw.
I love the ferocious, eclectic energy of her mixes. She talks about growing up in Jamaica, going to dancehall seshuns whilst also listening to Nirvana and how she grew in confidence as a DJ in New York and setting up the club night and label, Fake Accent to raise the visibility of black queer artists in New York.
Recently she made the EP, An Ode To Black Trans Lives, in one day during the height of the recent protests. A lot of ground gets covered, I loved chatting with Tygapaw and I hope you enjoy listening.
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In Season 3, I’m setting off to discover how music can connect us all around the world now and in the future. And who better than choreographer and dancer Kianí Del Valle to talk about how music and the body are connected.A true global traveller, her stunningly physical work has appeared in videos for Floating Points, Dirty Projectors, Matthew Dear and Clark, and her troupe The KDV Dance Ensemble recently headlined at Berlin’s legendary music venue Funkhaus. She talks about how music and physicality played a role in her childhood in Puerto Rico, how creativity in groups can evolve through the crisis and the benefits we can reap from shaking it all up.Also, you lucky people, Kianí has made a kaleidoscopic playlist of music that’s inspired her, listen here. Music by ESO.
This episode features two tracks from Kiani’s playlist:Tendril by Lyra Pramuk Laniakia by ZiúrMastered by Kieron YatesHosted by Bear Radio And you can check out other English language podcasts from Berlin by visiting www.bearradio.org
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Hi and welcome back. In Season 3, I’m setting off to discover how music can connect us all around the world now and in the future.
And who better to start with than a true globe trotter, Ahmed Gallab, better known as Sinkane. I’ve always found it totally impossible to listen to his fusion of Afro rock, funk, krautrock and Sudanese pop and without feeling totally energised!
From his home in Brooklyn on a recent Sunday morning, he speaks about the importance of slowing down, and how creativity can shine through this.
A bloody charming chap, just like his music really. And I came away feeling super inspired, and much better in myself about slowing down over the last few months. I hope you enjoy and a little of his vibe rubs off on you too!
https://www.sinkane.com
