I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee

By day, Sam Grant is responsible for producing some of the most intense, bone crunching yet life affirming riffs for Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs. Also by day (and probably also by night sometimes), he’s an artist and a producer who has built Blank Studios, a top recording facility in the North East of England.

Talking about these kind of side hustles and projects is a big thing on I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee, so to hear that Sam is unleashing his own musical side project, Rubber Oh, onto us is pretty exciting. Their debut album is called Strange Craft and it's this kaleidoscope of retro-futuristic-psych-cosmic-analogue-digital mind bend…it gives me this feeling of familiarity yet unfamiliarity, which perhaps explains how I feel about the world right now. 

Oh, and it's really fucking good.

I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

One positive thing that I’ve taken away from the past two years is how big a role music plays in creating strong human connections. And there’s not just the music, but the touring is especially important for just that physical connection. Artists meeting fans, fans meeting artists. Like-minded people brought together by the music, by what they have to say through that music. Common, strong bonds.

I first met Jess Finlayson in 2017 when she came touring from Australia with her band at the time, The Mis-Made, en route to Rebellion Festival. We've become friends and stayed in touch through a period that no-one ever wants to go through again. Check out Jess's latest project Raising Ravens and fabulous EP In My Room which is full of her trademark harmonies and powerfully observational lyrics.

So it's a real honour to have Jess on here where we get into stuff like how essential these human connections are, her childhood influences, what she learned about herself as a teen with her first band Nitocris, coming together again with her long-time musician friend Jill Jackson and her biggest ever challenge - teaching Blackie of the Hard-Ons to "go live"……

Dig in!

📸 Joshua Nash


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

This episode with one of my fave humans is way overdue. Not only has Cammy Phillips got a fantastic outlook on life, she's an example for many of us who have faced the dilemma of trusting your instinct and taking a leap of faith: she acted on that wtf moment to make the transition from a part-time into a full-time musician. It's all there: taking a calculated risk, being confident and having faith in herself, overcoming her fears and stepping out of her comfort zone. And hey, guess what - it's working like a dream.

Take a listen, have a watch and enjoy!



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

This is the sort of conversation that I love. 

It's really beautiful to talk to Keith about how life has shaped who he is - the philosophy of being free from society's contract of who we are, freedom from the notion of "Me", being free to believe that everything is life, that it's OK to not really understand where we are going and how music has the power to unite us if we will allow ourselves to listen deeply . We're going into some deep - but really important, strong, positive and harmonious  - beliefs and ideas here.


Musically, Xander and the Peace Pirates are fusing a whole load of classic influences - Stevie Wonder, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Free, Muddy Waters and….bear with me here….that early 90's Soul Asylum and Collective Soul rocker vibe.

Go check out their new album Order Out Of Chaos - it's a beautiful document that shows the humanity and wonderful musicianship of the band to the max.








I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

Zach Cooper and Vic Dimotsis are King Garbage and they are making the soundtrack to a perfect night out well, mine anyway. Imagine a deserted city at 2am where Robert de Niro’s taxi drops you off at a door marked only by a single red light, you knock to get in, take the stairs down in a small basement where a group of friends are playing their impromptu improvised tunes, doffing their caps to American Soul, funk, jazz, swing to create a room where bonds of friendship are made and never end. The sort of place that draws you in and never lets you go.

Their second long player is called Heavy Metal Greasy Love, 9 tracks of life affirming fun.

Such a great convo with Zach, talking about his influences from childhood, comfort zones, anxieties, how art creation can be a restorative process, being comfortable with imperfections, collaborations and what he has learned over his amazing career.

Hey, and we also talk about his mind-blowing collabs with Caitlyn Swett and Penelope the Orchid called Duets with Orchids and another with kuxxan SUUM - performed on a waterlogged piano salvaged from the bottom of a reservoir in Black Mountain, NC. Check them out, totally brilliant and innovative.


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

This is a deeply personal, honest and totally compelling story of identity, life and death, how we define success and having the courage to do what's right for yourself. 

Looking back at a musician’s back catalogue is endlessly fascinating – well, for me it is! I like seeing the evolution – in style, tempo, lyrics, art. It makes me think about what was going on in their life to influence them to make that music and those record covers and how those influences ebb and flow as our own life does the same. 

Manu Garcia is someone who has been developing a musical vision through a diverse range of projects, always with music - in often different guises - as its common bond.

Formerly known as Uner and now, reinvented in more ways than one as NIN3S, Manu is breaking away from the life of Uner, fusing his classical music background with his love of electronica and - excitingly - connecting this to other areas of arts and culture. He’s also founded Orfeo Music Online which is a vision to provide artists with support to manage their career from production to mentoring. 

He has just released his latest album, Hopeyard. The album is wonderful – it feels like a storybook of awakening, introspection, healing, optimism and ultimately being as one with the world. You might have already seen the powerful single already released called Khokhoba which features the astonishing vocals of the writer, singer and poet Toshi Tikolo.


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

I have a feeling that this year is going to be when you hear much, much more from Lemondaze. 

Their latest EP Celestial Bodies is a kinda very apt description for their sound which is this intense reverbed, shimmering, thundering, psychedelic, spacey rock that’s got a bit of MBV, Slowdive, Mogwai and a twist of Savages.

Isis de Chastelain is Lemondaze's singer and geetarist and we had such an open convo about creativity, influences, true friendship circles, overcoming anxiety and shyness, beating Swiss cheese plants at their own game and how underrated scissors are as a podcast prop.

Fantastic!



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

Jordan Czamanski has been firmly producing music from the leftfield of electronica for over 20 years with collaborations as Juju and Jordash, Mountain High & many others. Part jazz, part acid, part ambient, part psychedelic, part intergalactic, part deep house, wholly experimental and wholly avant-garde which all goes to show that thankfully I have no idea how to label his music.

He's a true improviser who makes us discard genres and think for ourselves about what the music means to us.

His debut solo album, My Brain's Brain, is out now on Terrence Dixon's phenomenal Minimal Detroit label.



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

This is a fabulous convo, digging into the importance of teaching and learning emotional intelligence from a young age to improve our lives and heal society, and talking about Sarah's relationships with their parents,  childhood experiences, self awareness, identity, empathy, and their life as a single parent, activist, musician and awesome human.

Sarah formed their current band, Sarah Shook and The Disarmers, in 2014 and their  current album, Nightroamer, is just magnificent - attitude, tunes, emotion and bags of self awareness. Think Johnny Cash, Joan Jett, Mike Ness, Wanda Jackson and Jonny Two Bags.

And I'm chuffed that they wore their new hoodie! 



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

I first heard Emma Lee MC's own brand of hip hop just a few months ago and was blown away with her dynamic blend of poetry, emotionally intelligent, positional rhymes and minimalist beats. Old skool, yet futuristic hip hop. Right up my street.

Wow, I enjoyed this episode so much. Just sit back and listen to the wisdom, empathy, warmth, humour and self awareness of such a wonderful human.

Born in Uganda & raised in Harlem, NYC, Emma Lee's been creating & performing since a youth, she's shared tracks/stages with the likes of Kool Keith, Nile Rodgers, DMC of Run DMC, M1 of Dead Prez & Patti Labelle.




I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste