Devin Townsend Podcast

More o this!

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Social media

(5:33) – Art being intentional

(8:47) – Determining creative direction

(19:57) – Finding a narrative

(25:38) – The sound of The Puzzle

(28:54) – Offering solutions / The Film

(35:47) – We are not our thoughts

(39:33) – Accountability

(41:22) – Finding ways to move forward

(43:36) – Objectively viewing albums

(50:54) – How Dev’s friends and family viewed his mental state in 2020

(54:41) – Being compassionate to yourself / Creative obligation

(58:22) – Being single-minded / Giving back to fans

(1:00:39) – The idea behind Ghost

(1:04:23) – Kat Epple / New-age music

(1:12:15) – Katrina Natale / Personnel

(1:14:37) – Looking back on Ghost

(1:18:17) – How close the four DTP records were to Dev’s intention for them

(1:18:55) – Outro

Boo-yaw!

Timestamps:

(0:00) – The Puzzle / Movie

(35:17) – Snuggles

(40:14) – Working with a producer on the next album

(44:19) – The genesis of Deconstruction

(47:56) – The process of Deconstruction / Dirk Verbeuren

(51:56) – Psychologically preparing for Deconstruction

(53:25) – The narrative of Deconstruction

(1:01:04) – The fart / Cheeseburger

(1:06:48) – The continuing theme

(1:10:09) – Articulating music

Sorry this one took so long, been a weird month =)

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Being balanced

(5:44) – What was Addicted?

(15:43) – The commercial rock sound

(18:09) – Producing Addicted

(21:00) – Writing Addicted

(21:19) – Personnel / Anneke van Giersbergen

(27:57) – Mixing Addicted

(34:11) – Mastering

(35:52) – The end-product

(38:23) – The concept of Addicted

(47:00) – Meditation

(48:35) – Following your intuition / DTP

(50:35) – Reception of Addicted

(52:52) – Separating the styles of DTP

(54:11) – Bloodstock / Andy Farrow

(58:54) – Why Dev is continuing the podcast

(1:00:44) – Dev’s personal situation / Routines and deadlines

Not sure who still listens to these, if anyone, but heres the next one =)

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Dev’s creative process / The Puzzle

(18:52) – Chaos

(36:24) – Halloween Stream / Dev’s upcoming projects

(46:09) – The genesis of Ki

(50:30) – Moving away from drugs and alcohol

(52:27) – Not feeling comfortable expressing anger

(57:15) – A new setup for Ki

(1:02:49) – Personnel

(1:03:20) – Putting Ki together

(1:05:25) – Responsibilities / Peavey

(1:09:05) – The Devin Townsend Project

(1:16:04) – A summary of Ki

(1:18:03) – Linking Ki to the present / Outro

Aliens =)

Timestamps:

(0:00) – How the weather inspires Dev / Routines

(11:27) – Being a new parent

(21:34) – Dev’s mindset and lifestyle change

(29:33) – Writer’s block after The New Black / Accumulating gear

(35:41) – The inspiration for Ziltoid / Making a puppet

(43:43) – Writing Ziltoid The Omniscient

(46:51) – The meaning behind Ziltoid

(52:48) – The concept of Ziltoid

(58:51) – Recording alone

(1:04:24) – Finishing the album / Reception / Linking back to Info Dump

(1:13:43) – Tall Latte

(1:16:08) – A summary of Ziltoid

(1:18:42) – Dev’s next steps

Yay! ...Stuff!!

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Social media

(24:09) – Advertising

(31:12) – The genesis of The New Black

(35:56) – The artwork

(40:51) – The production / Recording

(47:10) – Writing The New Black / The performances

(52:23) – Lyrical themes / The songs

(1:01:48) – Summarising The New Black

(1:03:58) – Download 2006 / Dissolving SYL

(1:12:01) – Looking back on The New Black

More of this sort of thing if youre interested...

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Synchestra as a reaction to Alien

(6:53) – Themes of Synchestra

(8:39) – Studio techniques

(11:53) – Notes from Africa

(12:48) – Reactions to Dev’s work

(24:54) – The mission of Synchestra

(27:46) – Vampira

(29:45) – Mental Tan

(36:58) – Judgement

(42:05) – A Simple Lullaby

(45:10) – Sunset

(46:20) – Personnel / Writing Synchestra

(52:15) – Recording

(1:15:06) – The Hummer

(1:18:43) – Devlab

(1:25:14) – Concept of The Hummer

(1:27:35) – Dev’s mindset in this era

(1:30:31) – Triumph

(1:32:33) – Baby Song

(1:34:42) – Writing themes

(1:36:25) – The name / Imagery

(1:40:25) – Relationships between albums

Sorry for the delay =)

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Looking back at the podcast / Self-help

(16:06) – The genesis of Alien

(27:42) – Self-sabotage during Alien / Anti-psychotics

(35:19) – The warehouse

(37:15) – Writing Alien

(44:10) – The meaning of Alien

(48:51) – Dev’s mindset during Alien

(52:21) – Info Dump

(1:01:25) – Dev’s relationship with the members of Strapping Young Lad

(1:04:28) – Lyrics

(1:06:16) – Sensitivity

(1:14:18) – Negativity / Vulnerability / Attention

(1:26:22) – Self-defence

(1:31:17) – Finding the next step / Lockdown

Heres more of this, if you fancy... this one is about the two records Accelerated Evolution and SYL. Yay!

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Uncomfortable truths

(15:00) – Writer’s block / Acceptance

(30:06) – Starting the Devin Townsend Band

(40:12) – Two albums at once

(48:02) – What is SYL?

(52:09) – Rape song / Accountability

(1:00:15) – Promoting SYL and Accelerated Evolution

(1:04:09) – Project Echo / Recording / Dev’s overall opinion of SYL and AE

(1:11:30) – The lessons of SYL and AE

(1:22:09) – The image of SYL

(1:27:02) – Intention

(1:32:44) – Identity / Getting out of your head

(1:41:49) – Writer’s block cont. / Making choices / Failure

Well, heres yet another one of these. I assume if youre listening to it, you want to be…so I should probably stop worrying about the rambling nature of it. If youre listening to it simply because it annoys you, well…thats super weird. Anyways, this is episode 5, loosely based on the 2001 album Terria. Hope youre groovy - Dev

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Dev’s mixed feelings about the podcast / Accountability

(26:06) – Validation

(42:43) – The genesis of Terria / Bipolar

(57:28) – The aesthetic of Terria / Mountain

(1:06:10) – Olives

(1:07:27) – Earth Day

(1:09:43) – Deep Peace

(1:28:36) – Canada

(1:30:51) – Down and Under

(1:31:35) – The Fluke

(1:32:14) – Nobody’s Here

(1:41:05) – Tiny Tears

(1:43:11) – Stagnant / Humble