Lost And Sound

In the new episode, or should I say the Neu! episode, I had a chat with Michael Rother, of legendary Krautrock pioneers Neu! and Harmonia and ten solo LPs.

 I’ve always loved his music, which seemed to birth a kind of radical year zero approach to rock, mixing electronics, experimentation, drones and textures. He was also in a very early line-up of some band called Kraftwerk and we had a really warm chat on a cold morning about his complicated relationship with drummer Klaus Dinger, the new LP Dreaming, which he finished in lockdown and the way in the 70s West German music makers like him made music like nobody had ever heard before.

Michael Rother’s website

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For the first Lost and Sound of the year I had the pleasure of chatting with KMRU aka Joseph Kamaru, one of 2020’s true breakout stars, whose stunning field recordings are helping redefine ambient music.
 
Last year he released two LPs, a cassette and tons of tracks and reached high up in much of the music press’ end of year lists. We had a chat about his move from Nairobi to Berlin, the influence of his grandfather, the Kenyan legendary cultural activist Joseph Kamaru and how he translates what he hears into emotive, beautiful sound. Enjoy!

Lost And Sound, is about meeting music people with real vision and together we delve into the culture that inspires them. New episode every Wednesday.

Listen to KMRU on Bandcamp

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Lost And Sound, is about meeting music people with real vision and together we delve into the culture that inspires them. 

I spoke with NZCA Lines, aka Micheal Lovett, whose neon-hued disco pop has charmed me since the middle of the last decade. He’s also played with Metronomy and Christine And The Queens and is currently living in New York. We had a really loose and easy chat about living in a new country, vulnerability, sandwiches, Beck’s Midnight Vultures, about having to show up for creativity to happen and the creative benefits of setting limitations. Enjoy!

NZCA Lines on Bandcamp

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I spoke with Zakia Sewell,  Broadcaster, DJ and Audio Producer. Her amazing BBC Radio 4 series, My Albion, goes deep into the songs, stories and symbols that make up British national identity and taps into a super inclusive, multicultural and magical look at folklore. Her show every Saturday morning on NTS delves deep into celestial grooves, spiritual jazz, mythical folk and hazy psychedelic sounds and always sets my weekend up in the right way.

I really enjoyed chatting with her about taking an inclusive look at  the land,  the ecosystems of music and  balancing the practical with the woo woo.

My Albion on BBC

Questing on NTS 

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I had a chat with Robert Henke, dare I say it a true electronic music pioneer. Composer, artist, software developer and co-creator of Ableton Live. Founding member of Monolake, who were making techno music in Berlin back when I was most likely bopping to Kula Shaker in the indie disco, not that there’s anything wrong with that of course. But we spoke in person before lockdown, and listening back I feel an extra wistfulness in his wonderful descriptions of clubbing as a space to both lose and find yourself. Enjoy! 

And also, from today, Lost and Sound goes weekly. In this strange, tough year the word lost has taken on a new unexpected meaning. But music gets me through and I honestly feel inspiration is flourishing more than ever, wether being forced to be creative about how we approach what we do or just hearing a piece of music in a new way. Sometimes talking about it is a pretty good antidote too. Let’s see how it goes. Lost and Sound, every Wednesday!

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I had a chat with the one and only Peaches. Can you believe her seminal work The Teaches of Peaches has just turned 20? We spoke about this, about Daft Punk, about WAP, about her two massive shows last year and not only that, it was the day of the US election, how about that for hyper background ambience! She’s always been someone who I’ve felt to be fearless and totally raw in her work and I was super happy to chat with her.

Peaches website

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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.  

Thurston Moore

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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.

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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.

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