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What happens when you sign on to a label roster that contains The Arctic Monkeys, Jon Hopkins, and Hot Chip... and the drummer quits your band on the release day of the first single?

This and other pertinent questions are answer on this week's episode. Lawrence Hart is still signed to Domino Records, but now as a solo artist whose debut album, Come In Out Of The Rain, will be released imminently. 

We also discuss his background as a jazz musician, travelling all over America with various bands in his formative years, and get into one of our favourite recurring questions on the show - the one about music theory in dance music. 

This is a good one! Check it out. 

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro and how you can support the show

03:40 What's in a name?

06:00 Working with George FitzGerald

11:40 Early experiences in music

15:30 Studying Jazz in New York City

18:21 Music theory and dance music

20:45 NYC Jazz clubs

22:45 Discovering electronic music

25:30 Touring in America

28:30 Signing to Domino with Little Cub

35:20 Going solo as Lawrence Hart

40:00 The decline of bands

46:53 Playing electronic music live

53:30 The perils of sample clearance

59:30 Burial influence

01:06:00 Key changes in modern pop

01:11:00 More on the new LH album

01:12:40 Key synths on the album

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