Nothing Concrete

In the first episode of our new series, 'Inspired', Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante - co-founder and co-artistic director of Barbican Artistic Associate, Boy Blue – talks to Oscar-winning director, Danny Boyle in an energetic conversation about process, creation, collaboration, unlikely inspirations – and the power of film, music and British creativity. 

Inspired is a new series on the Barbican podcast, Nothing Concrete where we ask an artist to invite someone who has inspired, influenced or impacted their creative lives to share the stories behind their connection. Each episode was recorded remotely during lockdown. While the Barbican Theatre remains closed, these deeply personal and open conversations bring together creatives across the arts to celebrate the lasting connections and support that artists show for one another.  

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In this episode from May 2017, Ben Eshmade speaks to DJ, producer and musician Sasha about re-Fracted, his live debut performance at the Barbican over two sold out nights.

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From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. 

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Another visit to the archive – in this episode, we time travel to February 2017 to listen to a series of interviews with the team of collaborators who brought the three-dimensional Japanese vocaloid singer, Hatsune Miku, to the Barbican Hall. 

Following an idea initiated by artist Mari Matsutoya, Still Be Here was a project collectively created with music producer Laurel Halo, choreographer and visual artist Darren Johnston, virtual artist LaTurbo Avedon and visual artist Martin Sulzer.

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From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. 

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In this episode we step back to 2016 when John Adams celebrated his 70th Birthday. We spoke to the composer and conductor about the music, sounds and even dreams that have defined his life.

From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. 

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This week we're travelling back in our audio archives to May 2018 to Sounds and Visions, a series of 18 concerts and film screenings curated by composer Max Richter and artist Yulia Mahr.

From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. 

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This week we're travelling back in our audio archives to May 2018 to Sounds and Visions, a series of 18 concerts and film screenings curated by composer Max Richter and artist Yulia Mahr.

From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. 

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In this week’s edition we return to the Classical Music season of 2011 when International Associate Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, travelled across the ocean to perform at the Barbican. This podcast also includes an exploration of the legacy of Leonard Bernstein, who was one of its most important conductors from 1958–1969, bring the orchestra to the television screens of America and beyond.

From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. 

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This week we're delving into our archive looking back to October 2017, and 'Different Trains 1947'. This was a fascinating project which featured composer Jack Barnett from These New Puritans and producer Sandunes amongst other key performers and filmmakers.

From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. 

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Ben Eshmade talks to Robert Henke about his audiovisual project Lumiere with interviews from July 2014 and February 2017.

From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. 

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In an archive interview from March 2016, Ben Eshmade speaks to composer George Benjamin and counter tenor Iestyn Davies, just before the premiere of the then new work, Dream of the Song, performed as part of a three concert series, entitled 'Benjamin at the Barbican'. This podcast has turned out to be a document of the composer and the composition process just before the premiere of this piece. 

From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. 

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