Stay Cool

Originally premiered on Stay Cool Radio 002 w/ seangran + @joekay, @andrepower and @thewhooligan & Sango of @Soulection: bit.ly/staycoolradar002

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Back in April the homie Sango came through with a selection of his recent favourite Baile Funk tracks to chronicle Brazil, a place that holds a very special place in his heart, for the SCAPES series.

SCAPES is a series in which an artist or music lover selects some of their favourite tracks from their hometown, country or a place they feel strongly connected to and presents a soundscape of that location.

▶ Snippet premiered on Stay Cool w/ seangran 006 feat. Plastician & A. Sarr: bit.ly/staycoolwseangran006

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@Plastician and I sat down for a two-hour chat and discussed taking his show to the next level with Unreality Journeys, leaving Rinse after 14 years, Wave as a genre, founding @Terrorhythm and more.

Timestamps:

0:00 Working on a track with Rapture 4D for Red Bull

1:51 Music that he grew up listening to and how he got into music

8:44 His first release on Slimzee’s label

9:56 Some of the lesser known people that have been instrumental in Plastician’s career

13:16 Whether his being ahead of the curve has been instrumental in his longevity

15:38 DJs playing to the crowd in London and stagnation in sets here

20:22 Throwing events at Phonox and how that relationship began

23:46 Doing free events

25:05 Glacci’s Lifeforce album and what attracted Plastician to it

27:40 Discovering Klasey Jones

31:25 Why sending beats to DJs that spin with MCs is a good idea

33:50 Similarities between Klasey’s and Plastician’s music

37:37 “Is wave really a genre?” and the criticism the movement has faced

44:07 Does Plastician worry about wave’s future? esp. after seeing garage, dubstep and grime go through transformations and resurgences

49:54 That thump article about wave being a marketing ploy

54:50 Major channels paying attention to emerging genres and trying to profit from them without understanding them

57:06 The Wavepool channel

1:00:14 The Wavepool album

1:03:45 How Terrorhythm came together

1:06:02 That Fact Mag article and press perception of Terrorhythm

1:10:58 The Terrorhythm football and tie-dye shirts

1:14:30 Being ahead of the curve by years and letting press follow

1:16:18 Leaving Rinse FM after 14 years

1:19:22 Taking his show to the next level with Unreality Journeys and how they got involved with each other

1:34:54 His final Rinse shows and the very last one
1:38:41 The most important thing Plastician’s learned in his career: Be real and don’t chase trends

1:43:01 The biggest misconception that people have about him or his music

1:44:55 His occupation as an A&R for a Lithuanian Dancehall label according to dubstepforum.com

1:45:49 The song that defines Plastician and Plasticman

1:49:57 Artists that we should be listen to

1:53:20 Plans for the next 12 months

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Stay Cool has a brand new slot on the first Saturday of every month from 12 - 2PM UK time! Thank you so much for all the support you've shown me on the show so far, it's thanks for the listeners that I've been able to achieve so much in such a short time.

This month @Plastician is the interview guest and in the snippet we discuss him recently leaving Rinse FM after 14 years in his weekly slot to take his show tot he next level with Unreality Journeys. Full interview out later this week.

+ Nicaragua-born @A_Sarr is in the SCAPES mix with one of the most diverse ones yet celebrating Central America.

+ blank body (@1812922) in the chosen one cut with an exclusive, unreleased track

+ exclusive music from @morenightmusic, @talos92, @entheogenesisbeats, Aero, Domino Gold as @acehenderson plus two exclusives from the upcoming Wavepool 2 album from @KarefulUK and @sorsari

Much love and more power to you,

- seangran

▶ Snippet premiered on Stay Cool Radio #005: http://bit.ly/staycoolradar005

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I sat down with @Lapalux to discuss his brand new album Ruinism, the journey of his ever-growing sound and a lot more in this exclusive interview.

Timestamps:

(0:00)Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Podcast and astronomy

(1:25) Where in the world he feels attached to

(2:22) Growing up with video games and what he’s been playing lately

(4:25) His perception of his own music and whether he perceives it as having a distinct duality to it, or do you feel those are all just aspects of a singular multifaceted sound

(6:25) What inspired him to move to a darker direction

(7:48) Depart, the performance art piece that he scored and it’s connection to Ruinism

(10:30) The challenge of scoring it

(12:17) The story behind “Movement I, II & III”

(13:46) The prospect of scoring a movie

(14:40) The concept of Ruinism and how that came together

(16:19) “Reverence”, and the relationship it has with it’s inspiration, a 1915 French painting by Dada artist Frances Picabia

(19:45) Field recordings, pictures of inspiration and their use in Ruinism

(22:01) The use of vocals more as an instrument Ruinism

(24:23) Working with vocallists for the first time on Ruinism and his input on their lyrics

(26:26) Lapalux’s favourite tracks from Ruinism

(29:53) How he met Marielle Tepper, Creative Director on Ruinism and his frequent collaborator (did the artwork for Lustmore and Cuts Vol. 1)

(31:00) Ruinism’s artwork and how it came together

(33:06) Whether there’s a relationship between Lustmore and Ruinism based on the relativity of their concepts

(34:28) The LPLX alter-ego, whether those experiments had an effect on Ruinism and his other side project

(38:40) Techno

(40:10) What music he grew up on?

(41:54) The difference in response to Lustmore and Nostalchic and whether Lapalux expects it to be different with the new album

(43:25) Whether he took Ruinism down the more orchestral route he planned for his Lustmore follow up

(44:26) Lapalux’s experience with instruments

(45:12) The album launch party planned for earlier this year and it’s delay

(46:22) What’s changed with the live show for Ruinism

(48:32) The extravagant clothing in some of his press photos

(49:46) What happened to the planned collab with Prefuse 73

(52:04) The biggest misconception that people have about him / his music

(53:20) Lapalux’s defining songs

(55:35) What artists Lapalux recommends we look out for

(59:13) Whether Lapalux feels his degree in Music Technology was essential to his career and the biggest ways it affected him

(1:05:21) Lapalux’s plans for the next 12 months, including an EP later this year

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▶ Tracklist: http://bit.ly/staycoolradar005tracklist

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It’s summertime, and this month Stay Cool expands into electronic, footwork and garage sounds, complete with an interview with @lapalux about his brand new album Ruinism, out now on @brainfeeder.

+ @plusma shows of some of the best trap and lo-fi hip-hop from Germany (including an unreleased track of his), with his fellow Hamburg native @saintone1 of @espassiert mixing his selections together

+ @eastghost in the chosen one cut with an exclusive, unreleased track

+ A brand new, exclusive track from @lone-1, forthcoming on his Ambivert Tools Vol. Two release

Much love,

-seangran

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This month Stay Cool spotlights Canada, Australia, Belgium and beyond, featuring an exclusive interview with @tennysonmusic. In the snippet they talk about their early influences, how they got their start in music, the journey from luke + tess as a jazz/funk duo to the more electronic based Tennyson, a weird encounter during a gig at a zoo and more.

+ a new SCAPES mix from @swindail showcasing some of the best R&B, bass and future music from Australia.

+ a brand new track off @joe-corfield-1’s upcoming album Phase Shift out June 19th via @radiojuicy1

+ The new Chosen One @sfidelity, who just dropped his amazing album A Safe Place To Be Naked.

+ details on my first live dj gig in Dalston next month, hosting and spinning at the album launch for @ajmwsounds’ upcoming project.

Much love and thanks for the support as always.

-seangran

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Originally premiered on Stay Cool Radio 001: bit.ly/staycoolradio001

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SCAPES is a series in which an artist or music lover selects some of their favourite tracks from their hometown, country or a place they feel strongly connected to and presents a soundscape of that location. Kicking off the series is the legend Evil Needle presenting France.

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▶ Tracklist: http://bit.ly/staycoolradar003tracklist

Stay Cool Radio returns to the @radarradio_ldn studios in London for show three, but keeps it international highlighting France, America and Denmark with the guests.



Featuring:


• An interview w/ @20syl & @mrjmedeiros as @AllttA


• A new SCAPES mix from Marie Dahlstrøm (@mariedmusic) featuring some of her favourite tracks from her homeland of Denmark

• Chosen One highlighting @stimulator-jones, who recently had a song of his premiere on Sofie’s SOS Tape, released on Stones Throw

+ Exclusives from @mavericksoul forthcoming on @treehouse-vibes, @shungubeatmaker and Stimulator Jones



Much love to everyone that’s supported, and look out for episode four next month.


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What is the truth to you?

In the era of alternative facts, having been back in London for a year I find the trust between my circle of close friends being more paramount to our connections than ever, making them even stronger. Funny since I just started Persona 5 and that idea is massive to the series. I hope this mix inspires you to continuing pushing forward in the search to discover what your own personal truth is.

truthsayer is inspired by a lot of the London jazzy hip-hop cats that I’ve encountered in my time being back, especially Sumochief so big thanks to Joe, Oscar and everyone else that inspires me.

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Stay Cool Radio is back for episode two, recorded and put together all the way in my old home town of Hakui, Japan.
 featuring:

- Interviews w/ @joekay, @andrepower and @thewhooligan of @soulection


- A new SCAPES mix from @sangobeats featuring some of his new favourite Baile Funk tracks and some commentary from him on his selections

- @mackybeats as the Chosen One, highlighting some of the secretive producer's best tracks

+ Exclusives from @mrmarstoday, @romderful, @rhymingstanzah, @therealbowtye, @morenightmusic, @vesabeats and @vrsyjnes including a world premiere of ROM & Bowtye’s forthcoming collab “On & On” and Mars Today’s “Cool It” from his upcoming release



Much love to everyone that’s supported, and look out for episode three next month.


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