Super Sonic Chat

Super Sonic Chat

By Adrian and LeonMusicMusic Commentary
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Super Sonic Chat episodes

  • Music of Destiny
    Some bands just pass you by. Maybe you wrote them off as inconsequential, boring or bad. Then life happens. Years pass. Something changes. Suddenly the sound you ignored seems interesting. The boring album is now relevant. The bad artist is engaging. 
    Adrian and Leon discuss some prime examples of artists they overlooked upon early listens that years later became favourites. They tell the stories of how some music, years down the track, changed dramatically in the way it was heard and understood.  If the music remained the same, what changed?
    Which sounds have breezed past and then caught you by surprise later in life? Tell them here:
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    41 min
  • An Objective Nickelback Review (seriously!)

    Nickelback has developed meme status as being one of the worst bands of all time.

    We dared ourselves to ask the question: is the hatred justified? Could it be just a feedback loop where the rhetoric of hating Nickelback leads to actual hatred leading to more hate-talk? Having never listened to Nickelback, Adrian and Leon put their ears, brains and their precious music streaming algorithm on the line and dive into the most successful Nickelback album, All the Right Reasons. 

    The challenge is to then deliver an objective, in-depth review, to reflect on what this band is creating and in doing so determine whether Nickelback deserve the harsh criticism flung their way.  

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    52 min
  • Music as Wallpaper: the surprising story of Muzak, ambient and LoFi.
    Adrian and Leon listen to music deeply; but is there a kind of music that can't be listened to deeply? Is there some music that forces itself into the background? 
    Today the duo launch into music that is hard to grab onto, the world of ambient and LoFi music as well as the fascinating story of Muzak. Dive into the easy listening goodness of wallpaper music. 
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    45 min
  • Confession Booth: Kraftwerk and PJ Harvey

    Adrian and Leon have something to get off their chests, never in their lives have they ever heard the following albums in their entirety - Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express and PJ Harvey's Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. It is a blight on their listening record which has thankfully now been rectified with repeated, deep listening.

    Hear what they have to say on two very different records from two very different time periods. 

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    52 min
  • Timeless or Dated?

    Just what is it that makes some songs sound timeless half a century later, and some songs sound dated less than a decade after recording?

    What is it that makes Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong, Adele, (certain) Nirvana songs and Marvin Gaye timeless?

    Huey Lewis and the News, Depeche mode, Linkin Park and Atlantis by Donovan (just wait for that treat) all date so badly. Why is that? 

    Leon kicks it off by taking the conceptual standpoint.

    Adrian balances the ideas by talking about the sound. 

    Between them, can they consolidate the elements that make a sound timeless? 

    Reach out on the socials and let Super Sonic Chat know what you think makes a song timeless.

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    45 min
  • Every band should break up after ten years

    “Any band that is still together after ten years—Please. Break up. Do your solo albums. Move on”, so said Sufjan Stevens, the acclaimed indie artist.

    Is he right?  Does he have a point?

    Does every band have a golden period that is over after ten years?

    Which bands have gone on too long?

    Which bands did it well and went out on top?

    Leon cracks the case with a salient point about why bands end up stuck in a rut, making different versions of the same album after many years.

    Adrian poses a thought experiment that would keep bands relevant, interesting and interested in making great, risky, creative music.

    And what on Earth could the Indian Premier League Cricket have to do with it?

    The boys also chat about an era in musical history where bands did not stay together long but broke up and reformed new ensembles over and over again, cross pollinating and creating a vibrant, rich vein of output.

    As usual, you can reach us on the socials and email:

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    47 min
  • Electronic Music: a chat about the merits of machines in a live setting, an eerily accurate prediction by Jim Morrison and a retirement plan for Daft Punk

    Did you know Jim Morrison of The Doors predicted the future of electronic music back in 1969?  We listen in to his prediction and chat about it's accuracy.  

    We discuss a franchise plan to fund Daft Punk's retirement and debate whether it really is the dynamic pair of Frenchmen on stage when you see Daft Punk live.  We chat about The Chemical Brothers Live at the Big Day Out, warehouse parties, club culture, synthesizers and how innovation offers new pallets for musicians to paint with.  

    The devil's advocate might say electronic music live is just a person on a stage pressing play on a laptop. Pointless.

    We say otherwise.  Aphex Twin helps us make a point.  As does Frank Zappa, Nine Inch Nails, the Bloody Fist label from Newcastle in the 90s and more.

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    35 min
  • Deep Listening and Things You Can't Unhear

    A new stereo leads to a chat about the joys of deep listening.

    But first, there's some things you can't unhear!  See if you can pick the mistakes in the three famous song snippets Ade plays for Leon.

    Then the question is asked: When listening to music are you a researcher?  Or do you refuse to read a single thing and let the music move you? 

    If you just listen, will you miss something crucial? If you research and read, are you allowing the influence of others to sway you too much? 

    Ade and Leon do a deep dive into the pros and cons of both sides. Hear examples of how each method directly impacts on albums or songs. 

    And most importantly, the episode centres on the absolute wonder of deep listening.

    Tell us on the socials your experiences of deep listening. 

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    49 min
  • 2021 Wrap Up: What Have You Been Listening To?

    In this, our 30th and final episode of 2021, we ask each other 'What have you been listening to this year?'

    When I ask people 'What've you been listening to?', I love it when they reply with specifics.  So in this episode we dive right in with 5 albums each that we've been listening to in 2021.

    We chat about new albums from new artists, old albums from old artists and other great discoveries, all of which were new to us and stuck with us across the year.

    To close out the episode we ask each other 'what was your favourite Super Sonic Chat episode from the year'?

    We'd love to hear from you: 

    • what were your favourite albums from the year?
    • what was your favourite episodes of the podcast?

      • Hit us up!

      And as always, we are super grateful for everyone that tuned in this year, or left us a message, a voicemail, an email or a review.

      We'll be back for more thought experiments, debate and sonic chat about all things music and art in 2022.

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      58 min
    • Suits You To A T : Tom Waits and Tame Impala in 5 songs

      Is it possible convey the breadth and depth of everything an artist offers through the careful selection of only 5 songs? This is the fifth instalment in a short series where Super Sonic Chat strives to sum up the sonic palette of an artist to a hypothetical, uninitiated audience. 

      Listen as Leon is introduced to the psychedelic sounds of Tame Impala, an artist that Adrian is very familiar with.

      Follow along as Adrian meets the sultry tones of Tom Waits another individual that Leon understands intimately.

      This time, the audience is real and the boys chat about being on the receiving end of this experiment, what it's like to discover new music and what they think of the other's recommendation.

      Let us know if we picked the best 5 songs for this task.

      Or if you met these artists for the first time, let us know what you thought.

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      51 min

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